If you ask anyone who knows a little about modern Chinese history what the "Meiji" represents, he will quickly tell you that the "Meiji" represents the beginning of Japan's most powerful era, and at the same time the beginning of a century of humiliation in China.

Yes, Meiji is not a name, but the name of an era in Japan.

It was during the Meiji era in Japan that China suffered the worst blow in modern history--- the defeat of the "First Sino-Japanese War", and an indemnity of 20,000 taels of silver was paid. While destroying the only remaining self-esteem and self-confidence of its own people, the Qing Empire also personally lifted the island nation across the sea to the top that it had never seen before.

It was also during the Meiji era that Japan began to emerge from the fate of being colonized, and the Russo-Japanese War and the annexation of Korea put Japan on the throne of the great powers. It can be said that the Meiji era is one of the most talked about historical periods by Japanese people. Because for the Japanese, this era symbolizes "change", "strength", "invincibility", and most importantly, --- "conquest of China"!

While this period of history is talked about by the Japanese, it is the most difficult historical dark period for all the descendants of Yan and Huang to face calmly. The Nanjing Massacre that followed was actually one of the legacy consequences of this era. When any descendant of Yan and Huang mentions this period of history, even if they are as calm as water, their hearts will ache faintly, right?

In short, Shen Yun is like this now.

"Meiji", "Japan", "Kimiyo", ......

When these three words appeared, Shen Yun suddenly understood something.

"Hmph, that's good. Before, I didn't know why God wanted me to cross over, but now I understand that my opponent is you, a Meiji time-traveler......"

Shen Yun couldn't help sneering in his heart.

At this moment, he was in his room, with a pen and paper spread out in front of him, Shen Yun thought for a while, and immediately picked up the pen and wrote.

“…… There are slaves, and wolves are ambitious. His feelings are difficult to describe, and his heart can be punished. The lyrics of the national anthem sung by its people are actually 'My emperor is prosperous, thousands of generations; The sand is rocky and mossy all over; Long-term peace and stability, the country is rich and the people are Tai'! Today, except for the Son of Heaven of the Empire, who can be the emperor again? This alone gives a glimpse of King Binu's ambitions! It is true that at this time, the widow is vulnerable, but his clan has a tough temperament, is very good at learning, and ungrateful, does not know how to be grateful, and moves only with the strength and weakness, if he does not take precautions early, he will be the bane of my Han nation in the future!

If Your Majesty is willing to allow Yun 3,000 iron armor, don't say 600 miles of Japanese land, even if it is 6,000 miles of Roman territory, Yun will also take it for Your Majesty! ”

This is a recital written by Shen Yun to the emperor. Of course, Shen Yun didn't dare to put it away privately, but in order to prevent the treacherous tricks of these Japanese slaves from succeeding, Shen Yun hurriedly wrote another letter and handed it to Gong San, and also wrote another letter to His Royal Highness Duke Hu, explaining this matter and the wolf ambitions of the Japanese slaves one by one, hoping to get the support of His Royal Highness Duke Hu.

After all this, the sky is already white.

Ben Zhengxiong's gang of Japanese slaves Shen Yun didn't make it too difficult, just let them go after a little punishment--- everyone went to the imperial capital with a big plaque on their backs, and the four big characters on the plaque were "The Sick Man of East Asia"!

Of course, Shen Yun still got a lot of useful information from Ben Zhengxiong's mouth before letting him go. It was the first time in 500 years that the Wa Kingdom had used land as a tribute, and this further demonstrated the depth of the Meiji king's strategy. The tributes sent by their tributary envoys were indeed extremely precious, such as the meat of ocean whales, the night pearls of the deep sea, the red coral, and so on...... They didn't bring these tributes this time, but brought this silk cloth, no wonder they had so much time to blackmail others.

In the following journey, Shen Yun focused on beginning to understand the Wa Kingdom. Fortunately, Bai Xiaosheng and Shen Wu knew something about this, and Ben Zhengxiong knew everything about Shen Yun, so Shen Yun had a systematic understanding of this sworn enemy of the Chinese nation after a thousand years before he arrived in Penglai.

The first recorded king of the empire was called Himiko. In fact, whether Himiko was his real name or not was difficult for even the historians of the empire to determine. They are also based on transliteration. According to Bai Xiaosheng's understanding of the wild history, when Himiko sent envoys into the imperial capital to pay tribute to His Majesty the Holy Ancestor, because Himiko used the title of "The Son of Heaven at Sunrise Respects the Son of Heaven at Sunset", which made His Majesty the Holy Ancestor Long Yan furious and raised troops to fight. If this is true, then the Holy Ancestor Emperor is indeed much more irritable than Emperor Wen of Sui!

However, Shen Yun knew that this statement should be a reason deliberately found by the Holy Ancestor Emperor. The most reliable speculation is that Emperor Shengzu has been busy stabilizing the country and expanding his territory before, and for a while he really forgot about this eastern neighboring island country, and waited for Himihu to pay tribute, he remembered the biggest hidden danger in China, so he simply took advantage of the fact that he had not yet died, and killed him first in one go.

After the destruction of Himiko, the territory of the Wa Kingdom was reduced by two-thirds, and his successor, Yahma, resorted to a strategy of subservience and courtesy, allowing the empire to let him go. At that time, the emperor was busy marching into the Western Regions, so he did not make it too difficult for this "surrendered" Japanese state. Since then, the country has been under the strict blockade of the empire, and the people at the bottom have lived in hardship, not to mention the hardships of the people at the bottom, and in the bitter cold land of Hokkaido, I am afraid that the fertility rate is not high. And the real development of the Wa Kingdom was a hundred years ago during the reign of the Wa State Sonic Gai King. At that time, the empire's blockade of the Wa Kingdom was no longer so strict, and the Wa Kingdom was allowed to begin to trade with the Imperial Bohai County, and the Wa Kingdom began to divide into classes, and the nobles and commoners began to distinguish between them. Moreover, the imperial system was copied in China, with a king, a cabinet, three provinces and six ministries, and they also imitated the imperial military system and established three armies, two army corps, and one naval division.

Of course, due to the limitations of national strength, their three legions combined were only more than 6,000 people, and they were as powerless as children in front of the imperial army.

Shen Wu said that the Meiji king succeeded to the throne five years ago, and since he succeeded to the throne, he has really done several great things. The first thing is to change the title of the nation, no longer with Wa as the clan name, but with the name of Yamato. The second is to change the identity system, dividing the people into royalty, Chinese, nobles and commoners. The third is to change the cabinet system, the previous cabinet was modeled on the empire, and the king appointed the cabinet chief, but the current cabinet of the Japanese state is elected by the three levels of Chinese, scholars, and commoners, and the first assistant is called the prime minister. This is not very difficult to implement due to the small size of the Japanese state and the small number of people. The fourth is to intensify trade. Since the empire only allowed one part of the Bohai Prefecture to trade with the Wa Kingdom, the Meiji King of the Wa Kingdom sent envoys to Rome by land as soon as he succeeded him, in an attempt to establish an overland trade route with the Romans.

"With so many actions in the Wa Kingdom, isn't there anyone in the Imperial Cabinet who is alert?" Shen Yun asked dissatisfiedly.

Shen Wu's answer is very classic: "Why be alert? Even if the hundreds of thousands of Japanese slaves in the Wa Kingdom were able to maintain trade relations with the Romans? ”

Shen Yun was stunned.

In this era, no one would think that the Japanese slaves would be any danger to the empire. In fact, the population of the country is now only 500,000, and the army is only 6,000 people, even if they are concentrated in the youth, it is estimated that there will be no more than 100,000 people.

If it weren't for the Meiji king, at this rate of development, it would have taken at least another thousand years for the Japanese slaves to pose a threat to the Han Dynasty. But now......

"The Japanese slaves must not stay any longer! It is enough to have a time-traveler in this era! Moreover, this Meiji seems to really have two brushes, and if he is allowed to develop in Japan, it will definitely be a disaster for the big man at this time! Shen Yun clenched his fists and said secretly.

"It's time for Penglai!" Hou Kan suddenly shouted loudly.

Hearing this, Hou Kan was very excited. Out of Penglai is the sea, Hou Kan, a big pirate, has not seen the sea for almost ten years, and now even if he just smells the sea, he is so excited that he is about to lose control.

Shen Yun smiled and said to Shen Wu, Bai Xiaosheng and the others: "Let's do this first, rest in Penglai for the night, and set off back to Bohai tomorrow." ”

"Yes, Shizi!" Both bowed down at the same time.

Looking at the busy scene of Penglai Port, Shen Yun said silently: "Is this a great life, an era of double wear?" Could it be that my opponent is the traverser of the small island nation on the other side? Hmph, if it really is, then this opponent is too weak. There is no need for the empire to take action, just me, the Hou Shizi of Bohai, can pinch this ant to death! ”

Shen Yun had already made up his mind, no matter what, he must grasp the power of Bohai County, because the Wa Kingdom could only trade with Bohai County, and when the time came, he would choke them by the throat and suffocate them! Hmph, if you have a chance, you should be the Meiji king...... I just don't know if the summons of the Marquis of Bohai is weighty enough, will this Meiji king come to meet him in person from the Wa Kingdom?

…………………… Dividing line ........................

PS: I have a cold, it's very uncomfortable. So much for today!