"The guys of the Satsuma Clan have defected!"

The upper echelons of the Japanese government roared angrily, and Masaki Shouchi, the core of the Choshu Domain, rushed to the door of the door of the contemporary leader of the Satsuma Domain, Akashi Motojiro, with a sword, to fight him. And Utsunomiya Taro, the founder of the Left Shoulder Valve, the patriarch of the Imperial Sect, tried to pull them apart from the middle with Katsura Taro to avoid triggering an unprecedented tragedy that swept across Japan!

Katsura Taro is highly respected, has a transcendent status, and is the undisputed patriarch of the Choshu Domain, and his words carry weight. He made people stand up to the righteousness of the temple and persuaded him bitterly: "The empire has reached the critical moment of life and death, let's stop doing pointless hunger disputes." One qiē is to follow the grand strategy of the emperor's majesty and strive to support the bad situation. The time for the great powers to rearm to the east is not far off, and we don't have to mess up for the reckless actions of some young people below! ”

Utsunomiya Taro also made a strong gesture of determination: "I believe that the young people of Kyushu are still knowledgeable in general, and in any case, they cannot be regarded as representing the entire Japanese people. Don't be overly nervous, we haven't figured out what the hell is going on! ”

Masaki in the temple shouted: "Then do you still need to ask?" It's all in front of you, you guys can't control the situation in Kyushu at all, and the situation can't be worse! How could they have made such a decision without your support? Don't talk nonsense, come out and duel me immediately, and see you to the death! ”

The head of the Changzhou domain, who later formed the Youkai Cabinet, is the type with an extremely tough temperament in his bones, and he doesn't take any opinions and thoughts of the people at the bottom of the government at all except for the old fritters who can't be fooled by the upper echelons of the government.

Now. The situation in Japan is delicate. Acting as a thug of the nations while striving to accumulate the power of re-emergence. Even if he has been a slave of Western society for 100 years, he has unswervingly adhered to the policy of "breaking away from Asia and joining Europe". Imagine that when the entire upper echelons have unified their views, someone actually jumps up from below to contradict them, how can they stand it!

The best thing is that it is the territory of the Satsuma Domain that is making trouble, which just gives him an excuse to settle old debts, can he let it go gently? That's weird!

Akashi Genjiro and Utsunomiya Taro are both strategic generals, and they are relatively sober in their heads. Know when not to do chores. In the face of the unreasonable roar of Zhengyi in the temple, the headache of the brain is about to collapse out.

Genjiro Akashi pinched his eyebrows and tried to explain: "This must be a conspiracy of the Chinese." There was no sign of such a thing before, and don't forget that we have not stopped transporting people to Kyushu, how could an organization that betrayed the country suddenly appeared? It's they're trying to get us in a mess! ”

Terauchi Masatsuki glared at the bull's eye and snorted: "Do you think I will believe such stupid words?" It's clear that those guys are declaring that their ancestors are descendants of the Han people who drifted from China! If you chase it for many years, you can still come up with the names and evidence of your ancestors. This is a move to completely betray the Yamato nation, completely break away from Japan, and want to become a puppet of China! What else do you have to say? No one took the lead. How could their stupid minds come up with such an idea? ”

Katsura Taro and the others squinted at him, and they were embarrassed to refute directly. Are those people stupid? Perhaps. Let's not discuss the question of why the Satsuma clan has always had the upper hand after all these years. Let's just say that the Chinese, who have been pressing Japan and can't raise their heads, how difficult is it to come up with such an idea to sow discord? Is that a simple scholar able to plan?

In fact, other people can also think of this, with the depth of China's thousands of years of strategy, the island of Kyushu has been isolated for two years, and if a bunch of puppets have not been cultivated, then there will be ghosts.

To this day, almost all of the talents of the Satsuma Domain are dying.

Hirobumi Ito, who is known as the soul of the Meiji cause, was assassinated, Heihachiro Togo, who is known as the soul of the Japanese Navy, was killed by artillery bombardment, and Gonbei Yamamoto, the father of the Japanese Navy, sank with the latest battleship, and Aritomo Yama and Oyamaiwa, the first and second men of the Japanese Army, died on the battlefield. Now that he is still alive, there is only one Saigo Congdao, but he is also dying, sick, and he doesn't know when he will burp.

Akashi Genjiro and Utsunomiya Taro, who were born in Kyushu, can be called the only remaining core members, and they are young and talented. In the government now, he is far from being a decisive decision-maker. The military power of the whole of Japan withered and was bleak, and there were only two or three big cats and small cats left. Expecting them to have a full influence on the island of Kyushu is simply whimsical!

If someone persuades you to fight, it must be impossible to PK, but it is very difficult to solve the problem.

The prestige of the British Empire was greatly damaged by China's strong recapture of the Brunei Protectorate, and it is said that the nobles of the British House of Lords almost burned with anger and almost unanimously demanded a punitive war.

However, there is also gossip that Kaiser Wilhelm II admired Yang Hao, the leader of New China, very much, and not only praised him on internal occasions, but also sent a special envoy to secretly contact and seek to conclude an alliance with China. On the basis of the original good cooperation, we will further strengthen our partnership and cooperation in the military, economic and other fields, and launch countermeasures against Britain, France, and other countries from the east and the west at the same time, so that the two sides will eventually carve up the world together and seek the great cause of hegemony.

Secrecy in Europe has always been terrible, and it didn't take long for Wilhelm II's statement to become known to the rest of the world. The British were very angry about this, thinking that the Germans had completely forgotten their roots! They don't understand that they are a European power, a great force in the Western world, an important force in the white man, a people of God who are related by blood! No matter how many disputes there are within them, their core interests are always the same, how can they cooperate with the barbarians in the East without authorization and turn against their own people?

The French, on the other hand, were very nervous. Now that they are far from recovering their strength and can hardly afford to care about the colonies in the Far East, the Germans have begun to challenge France along the Mediterranean, which is difficult to say whether it is another escalated version of the Franco-Prussian War. If China and Germany were to act together, France would inevitably fall into the dilemma of being attacked from the back. If Britain and Russia continue to sit idly by, they may be in a state of collapse.

China is so strong. The great powers were afraid of that. The hopeful Japanese upper echelons were very disappointed by this. Pessimistic people even think. If they don't get the sacrifice they made before, it will be in vain, and the possibility of the great powers betraying Japan is getting higher and higher, and if they don't find a way to save themselves, the end may be miserable!

The force that suddenly popped up on Kyushu Island and issued a declaration that happened to play a huge role in this sensitive time period. Not only the Japanese people of Kyushu as a whole were deeply affected, but also the people of Shikoku of Honshu were also thrilled!

Ultimately. Without the victory over China in the First Sino-Japanese War and the victory over Russia afterwards, the Japanese did not have such confidence. Although some achievements have been made since the Meiji era, the country has not yet industrialized, not even a single steel plant has been built, and the manufacturing industry can only be said to have a little beginning, far from being an achievement.

On the other hand, on the other side of the ocean, China, suddenly emerged with the industrial strength to build huge battleships, and suddenly there were countless high-quality industrial products sold all over the world. The Japanese do not believe in the miracle of pie falling from the sky, and they analyze it carefully. It is believed that the decades-long Westernization Movement has actually cultivated a large number of outstanding talents for China. The foundations of industrialization were laid.

The reason why the Qing Empire was so weak before 1894 was that the upper echelons of the Qing Empire were dizzy, and the Qingliu scholars did not understand the relationship between industry and military construction, and did not understand that industrialization was the key force to promote the country's progress. They abandoned their martial arts, put a well-established industrial foundation there to rust, and constrained Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, the pioneers of foreign affairs. As a result, Japan was unable to become more powerful than Japan quickly despite having more than 10 times the national strength and talent.

All in all, this is a system problem!

And the same set of things, in the hands of Yang Hao, a leader with an overseas background, immediately burst out with unprecedented vitality! According to Japanese intelligence exploration, all the industrial facilities established by the Great Qing Dynasty have exerted several times the productivity of the previous ones.

Not to mention anything else, let's talk about a Hanyang Iron Factory, Zhang Zhidong spent four or five million taels of silver, and it took five or six years to stumble and stumble to smelt a few tons of high-quality steel. In just one year, Yang Hao sent technical support (of course, there was also equipment support), and it immediately turned into a large steel mill with a maximum capacity of 200,000 tons!

200,000 tons! Thinking about that number, it makes the Japanese feel extremely envious, jealous and hateful! If there was such a steel mill, the Japanese Empire itself would be able to solve the extremely steel raw materials for shipbuilding, how much silver would be left?

By analogy, there is an explanation for China's booming industrialization. What is undoubtedly true is that all the industry-related talents trained in China have all been given full play to their talents. The international students who were originally arranged haphazardly are now taking on the leading positions of important projects. The most famous, Zhan Tianyou, will be in charge of the construction of tens of thousands of kilometers of railways; Jiao Hai, the highest-level ship designer, is said to be the chief engineer of today's most advanced cruisers. Even Xu Jianyin, who has no background in studying abroad, is now a great master and pioneer in the field of China's heavy industry.

China is a vast land and a large number of talents. With a wise and wise leader, you can immediately reinvigorate the eternal majesty and rise to the top of the world!

Such a powerful neighbor of the same culture and the same species and a strip of water (as the Japanese think) has proved that it is entirely capable of changing the political system and reinventing ideas to achieve unprecedented results. So, is it possible for Japan to learn from each other with an open mind, and then learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and become an advanced country without learning from Europeans?

The new faction on the island of Kyushu is just how it is advertised! They were even more fervent in their assertion that the rise of the Great Chinese Empire had extended its blessings to Korea, Luzon, and Boni, and that the next step would inevitably encompass the traditional spheres of influence of Indochina. Looking at its priority to extend westward on the Great Railway, it is foreseeable that in the near future, the Great Chinese Empire will be able to regain the majesty of the Han and Tang Dynasties and spread its influence to West Asia and even Europe!

Japan is a small country with a poor population and a lack of resources, and there is no driving force to support the nation's entry into civilization. Westerners will only use the Yamato nation as a pawn to be manipulated, and they will never really provide a series of ideas, technologies, markets, and funds necessary for progress. Rather than be caught in such an endless bitter war with China, it is better to bow down and temporarily become a vassal of China.

The rest of the words don't need to be spoken, everyone understands them. Since ancient times, Japan has always been arrogant and confident to challenge the majesty of the Chinese Empire, and as a result, it was beaten up and then honestly for a while. At the same time, come and learn with your body down. By the time they've accumulated, they're almost done. The counterattack of the fangs and sharp teeth that were exposed again.

Since it has been like this for more than a thousand years. Now again, what's not to do?

There are quite a few people who believe in this set of theories! Just a few days after the rise of the Kyushu Fusion faction, the Japanese armed forces that had been constantly harassing the Sino-Korean coalition forces in the Guanmen Strait were significantly reduced, and only sporadic clashes remained, most of which were also caused by the Korean volunteers. The Shimonoseki battlefield, which had previously caused more than 100,000 casualties, was temporarily halted by large-scale attacks. The exhausted army is staring at Tokyo and waiting for news.

The madness of Masashi Terauchi is not so much a real concern for state affairs. It's better to see it as a bluff and pull a fig leaf to use as a cover for yourself. In case a day later, everyone below has gotten to the Chinese Tiyì, and he has an explanation for the diehards—after all, I have fought for this, haven't I? However, the other party is too powerful, and he has no choice but to reconcile.

How else to say that "people are invincible in the world"? The upper echelons of Japanese politics are such a bunch of smart things, everyone must first ensure the interests of their own domain, followed by the country and the Yamato nation, and then the imperial family? When did His Majesty the Emperor's status become so low?

Those who can mix up to the top are smart people, where can they not understand the truth of this show? Masaki Terauchi really wants to cut people, and it is estimated that no one will jump out to really block the knife for Akashi Genjiro - this is a good show that cooperates with each other, but it is really not easy to perform well!

Katsura Taro saw that he was almost venting. hurriedly hinted to him to close the stall: "The top priority is to ask His Majesty the Emperor to issue an edict." It is a reminder that the people should not believe the rumors of Kyushu's rebellion. In addition, we should do our best to come up with effective solutions to the current predicament. The war with China cannot be fought any longer, and we must retain the vitality of the resurgence of the empire. There should be a decision on the attitude of Western countries, and we should no longer procrastinate like this. ”

"You better be careful, and never let me hear any words about making peace with the Chinese!"

The temple is resolute with a horizontal nose and vertical eyes to put the knife into the sheath, and pouted straight away. The leaders of the feudal wars sighed with sad faces, but they did not have the slightest intention of ordering people to control public opinion, but spread the dispute that occurred between them as quickly as possible, and entered the ears of the envoys of the great powers in the shortest possible time.

Tan En, the US minister to Japan, laughed when he heard this, and directly pointed out the intentions of the Japanese: "This is to use China's threat to exert pressure on us and put forward conditions." Unfortunately, their delusions are impossible. The laissez-faire of the Western countries has allowed an irrepressible China to rise, and we must not allow a few more aggressive and powerful Japan to emerge in the Pacific! ”

Americans are very sober. After moving away from isolationism and aggressively seeking expansion at home, in just one year, it forcibly seized Spain's colonies in the Caribbean and Cuba, and this year extended its tentacles to the central Pacific Ocean by incorporating Hawaii, which it effectively controlled, into the United States. According to the plan, the next step must be to find a forward base in the coastal waters of Asia.

Previously, the Americans were optimistic about the Philippines and made preparations in private. Unexpectedly, the Chinese were the first to strike, and now if they want to seek it, they must face the powerful Chinese navy. It is clear that with the current maritime power of the United States, it will not win at all.

On the other hand, the Japanese archipelago is the most suitable. The wars of recent years have completely exhausted Japan's vitality, and it is time to carve up this ambitious effect.

The Russians share the same sentiment as the Americans. Ambassador Cassini made no secret of his ambition and rudeness, openly declaring that Russia would collect interest on "supporting Japan" for all these years. They need an ice-free port, and apparently there are several places around the main Japanese island that look good.

The Germans were not far behind, Wilhelm II dreamed of a colony in the Far East, and seeing the Chinese unscrupulously robbing under the hands of the Spaniards, the Dutch, and the British, he watched his own battleships take shape one by one and began to move. Well, Japan's Shikoku Island seems to be very good, so you can give it a try.

The French have no enterprising thoughts, but they also refuse to let go of the fat and do not gnaw on it, and sit back and watch other countries share the benefits. They glared at the map, trying to pull a piece from it and take control.

As soon as the anxious Sa Daoyi heard the news, he immediately scolded angrily: "Stupid Japanese! What kind of Cheng dù will they be short-sighted! Can't you see that changing camps at will at this time will only bring them ruin? ”

He could no longer judge some strange ways of thinking of the Japanese upper echelons, so he had to rush back and invite representatives of various countries to a meeting to discuss: "Japan is a country with a very long civilization and history, and they have formed an immutable culture and ideological system. The feudal rule with the emperor at its core, and the hierarchical national system were firmly and unshakable. Internally, although they are constantly strife, they are extremely repulsive externally. Once we raise up the idea of partition, it will only cause their collective rebellion and resistance! What we want is a pawn that can be manipulated and can influence the countries of Asia, so that it can be manipulated with very little effort. But if you really have to come in and divide it yourself, gentlemen, you will regret it! ”

As a Japanese expert, Sa Daoyi really studied and understood that the best way to guide the Japanese to get close to the West was to properly support their military and industrial development, and to play the role of an Asian-stirring stick, which was enough to drag down the expansion of China and Russia. But if you completely push them into the opposite side, just wait for trouble!

It's a pity that at this time, no one will listen to him! (To be continued......)