With a bang, Tokugawa Akiko smashed a teacup, and as if she was still angry, she kicked over a Japanese low table, and the snacks and food on it were scattered all over the floor. Several ministers of the Cabinet of the Kingdom of Japan, www.biquge.info the de facto Prime Minister, Tokugawa Yoshiki, knelt in this Japanese-style room located in Nijojo Castle Black Shoin for the capital, and they did not dare to come out.

They all heard the news of Emperor Meiji's "resurrection" in England and hurried to Nijo Castle. As soon as Tokugawa Akiko heard the news, she immediately jumped up. And her gaze swept among the crowd, and found that there was no Iwakura to see, and this anger suddenly burst out, and it could no longer be contained. In front of a minister, he loudly summoned the head of the Imperial Court, Okubo Yamato.

This Okubo Yamato, formerly known as Shimazaki Katsuta, was born as a farmer in Tama County, Musashi Province, and later went to Daming as a corporal of the Yokohama Domain to become a Japanese volunteer, and made war exploits in the Russian War, and after returning to Japan, he became the law and order of the Yokohama Domain. However, he did not work in Yokohama, but led a group of Yokohama feudal clans to Kyoto, specifically to eradicate the fighters who opposed Tokugawa Akiko.

Because he is ruthless in cutting people, he is loyal to Mingzi and Yukiyoshi, so he has been promoted again and again. Now he is a high-ranking samurai of the 2000 stone banner family, and he is also in charge of the Imperial Court, Tokugawa Akiko's most confidant. In the words of later generations, he is a spy leader who everyone fears.

As soon as Okubo Yamato arrived, Tokugawa Akiko immediately roared: "Okubo, go and get me the head of Iwakura Kushi!" Go now! ”

Several Japanese ministers were shocked when they heard that Tokugawa Akiko had ordered the Imperial Court to cut down the Japanese foreign minister. This Iwakura has never been very trusted by Akiko, so why is he turning his face and not recognizing people now? Okubo Yamato was not ambiguous, immediately agreed, turned around and walked out, ready to send someone to cut down Iwakura Kuishi! But he had only taken a few steps and suddenly turned back: "Your Highness...... Iwakura went to Shanghai two days ago to greet His Majesty the Great Emperor! ”

"Then send out the ninjas to hunt it down!" Tokugawa Akiko's pretty face was so angry that she was deformed. She really hasn't treated Iwakura lightly over the years, and her money has been increased to 10,000 stones, and there are rewards every three or five times. Sensei said that it was a public family or a royal family, and it was not comparable! She gritted her silver teeth, "Send someone to arrest Iwakura again!" Pull them all to Mikawara and behead them! ”

"Hay!" Okubo Yamato responded. Turn around and leave again. At this time, several ministers in the room set their eyes on Tokugawa Keiki - even if you cut down an Iwakura, it would be too much to cut down someone's door. I don't know how many years since the extermination of the family has happened in Japan! And even if it is the kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, it is not in this way now.

"Wait!" Tokugawa Keiki stubbornly stopped Okubo, and then said to his sister Akiko, "Akiko, what happened?" Could it be that Iwakura is looking at ...... Is this fake emperor related? ”

Of course, Tokugawa Keiki knew that Emperor Meiji was still alive, but in fact, he and Tokugawa Saiaki were involved in the disappearance of Emperor Meiji - after all, the Tokugawa family was not Tokugawa Akiko's own cover. Otherwise, Emperor Meiji would not have disappeared, but would have really become a dead man!

Tokugawa Akiko glared at her brother, and her mind calmed down, Iwakura Ichigomon will definitely be destroyed, at least the men will be destroyed. Since this guy wants to be a loyal servant of the emperor, he has to be prepared to pay the price! But this kind of thing can only be done quietly.

In fact, Iwakura Kushi was not loyal to the emperor, but dissatisfied with the rule of Tokugawa Akiko and the route to China. Although this line was in line with the common interests of the four major classes of Japanese agriculture, industry and commerce in old Japan, there were also many Japanese who were unwilling to enter China. Now that Zhu Jishi has begun to promote the concept of Greater China, it is clear that chariots and horses should assimilate East Asian and Northeast Asian races, and some of the Japanese samurai and public classes that already have a national consciousness (before the Meiji Restoration, the national consciousness of peasants and merchants was very weak) is somewhat resistant to entering China. In particular, those middle-level samurai or the children of public families who could not achieve high or low status did not get much benefit from entering China, and naturally tended to maintain the independence of the Japanese nation -- most of the daimyo who owned large tracts of land and the low-level samurai who had a sword and a single life supported China. The former hoped to alleviate domestic contradictions by sharing the spoils of the Ming Dynasty's foreign expansion. Make sure that their "big estate system" is not shaken. The latter hoped to gain wealth and status through the Ming Dynasty.

And now a part of the Japanese elite gathered in New Japan mostly belonged to the middle-level samurai, and they probably carried out a pro-China line and did not enter China, on the one hand, they held on to the thick legs of the Ming Dynasty. On the one hand, they refused to really enter China, so they wanted to rebuild a Japanese state in South America. Iwakura Kushi is obviously one of them, and now he is bringing Emperor Meiji out, and he is definitely not seeking the emperor of the old Japan, but the vain desire for Muhito to replace Tokugawa Ieyuki as the emperor of the new Japan...... No, Iwakura will not be confused to such an extent, and the restoration of Emperor Meiji in New Japan means that New Japan will break with the Ming Dynasty. Then it will be difficult for them to get a large number of immigrants from old Japan......

Therefore, Muhito was only a pawn to contain Tokugawa Ieyuki, and the purpose was to prevent the new Japan from going further and further down the road to China, just like the old Japan.

Thinking of this, Tokugawa Akiko already had a dimension in her heart. She snorted heavily: "Iwakura Ichigomi is under house arrest for the time being." I'm going to go to Shanghai myself, and I'll leave the matter of Japan to you. Feel free to report back to me if there is any news. I'll leave early tomorrow morning! ”

With that, she stomped her feet and walked out, the anger in her heart. I have to find a place to vent!

Several Japanese ministers bowed down to see Tokugawa Akiko leave, looking up at each other. These people are all the heads of the daimyo family, the biggest vested interests after the combination of public and military, and of course the supporters of Tokugawa Akiko. But to be honest, they are all useless characters. Now when I encounter such a big thing, I have no claim.

In the end, Tokugawa Keiki sighed: "We can't control what happens to the new Japan, but the way of the old Japan into China will go on...... Okay, everyone go back and take control of the situation, no matter what, you have to get past the current level! ”

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Just when the Ming and British sides began to have full-scale diplomatic relations in the Indochina Peninsula, in the South Sea, in the Pacific Ocean and South America. As the focus of contention between the two sides, the new Japanese side is also in full swing in their calculations.

After commanding the troops to capture Santiago and occupy almost all of Chile (except for the Atacama Desert), Saigo Takamori, the chief governor of the new Japan, handed over the main force of the army to the command of Sakuma Kozan, while he stayed in Santiago to plan for the establishment of the country and the relocation of the capital.

In the eyes of Westerners, the new Japan seems to be an independent country, but in fact the new Japan has not really been founded, it is still the status of a Japanese colony, and the institution that rules the new Japan is still the new Japanese consulate, which is actually the specifications of a governor's yamen. Of course, before the conquest of Chile, Saigo Takamori and others did not have such conditions even if they wanted to establish a country in New Japan, and although the territory of Patgonia and Tierra del Fuego was not small, the land that could be cultivated was really too limited -- after all, the Japanese nation was an agrarian nation rather than a nomadic people, and all modern powers needed a relatively developed agriculture as a foundation, otherwise it would not be enough to feed a large enough population, and without a sufficient population, it would naturally be impossible to build a strong country.

With the acquisition of the long, narrow, fertile flatlands of the western foothills of the Andes, the new Japan was finally able to develop agriculture capable of feeding millions or even tens of millions of people. The conditions for the establishment of the country will naturally be ripe.

But what kind of country to build is a rather troublesome matter.

There are now two options for this question, one is to create an independent new kingdom of Japan; The second was the establishment of a new Japanese kingdom that would be subjugated to the Ming Empire. The former option must have been the ultimate goal pursued by the "aspirants" who ruled the new Japan, but the reaction of the Ming Empire made them undecided. The latter option will not only make it possible for the new Japan to follow in the footsteps of the old Japan, but also limit the space for the new Japan to maneuver between the three kingdoms of Ming, France, and Britain.

And what made Saigo Takamori even more troublesome was that the British side suddenly threw out a Meiji Emperor...... They are all dead, why are they resurrected? Do you still want to be the king of the new Japan? There's not even a crack in the window! (To be continued)