With the fall of Yamaguchi Castle in a fire, and the fall of the head of the family, Mori Keikin, and his cronies, the organized resistance of the entire Choshu Domain also ceased.

After the Battle of Yamaguchi, except for a very small number of people in the entire Choshu Domain, most of them took the initiative to surrender to the shogunate, even Kusaka Genrui and Takasugi Shinsaku, who had previously performed brilliantly in the Battle of Shimonoseki, in fact, the two of them were the first to express their submission and took the initiative to express their willingness to go to Osaka to plead guilty.

This is the present Japan, a nation that has not yet been born. Host. Japan with the concept of righteousness and the state, such a Japan, once those lords fail, the attached retainers will have no backbone, and it will naturally be easy to surrender, as for the common people, it doesn't matter who is in charge, as long as they can have something to eat.

From this point of view, Liu Changyou's method of smashing Huanglong was clean and neat, even better than originally expected.

Moreover, the submission of the Choshu Clan also had a series of chain reactions, and the voices of opposition to the shogunate in various places weakened at once, especially after everyone understood the fate of the Choshu Domain, they were more afraid of the Chinese, and this fear had overwhelmed anger, so they also went to the shogunate to express their submission to the new shogun, at least on the surface.

In this way, the boiling situation that made Li Hongzhang's heart tremble was once again fully reversed with this wonderful victory, which made Li Hongzhang sigh and at the same time strengthened his determination to annex Japan.

Because he suddenly found that the Japanese are actually not so terrible, what bushido, what swear not to bow their heads, it just looks fierce, but in fact it is vulnerable, as long as you are more fierce and ruthless than him, and completely smash the mask on the outside, then he will completely surrender to you. There is no need to play Huairou at all.

To put it bluntly, the overall character of the Japanese is to obey the strong, as long as you are stronger than him, then even if he hates you in his heart, he will completely surrender to you, so you don't have to be kind to the Japanese, let alone show weakness, you must be tough to the end, so that they are afraid to the bones.

All in all, the Chinese have a record of being undefeated. Coupled with the fierce and ruthless style of play, it can be regarded as completely frightening Japan, and the whole of Japan has also fully surrendered in the face of the fierceness of the Chinese, at least temporarily.

Of course, due to the full radio connection and the non-stop transmission of information by intelligence officers, most of what happened in Japan was transmitted to the Red Fort in Hollywood, California, except for a few details. Teleported to Li Yongji's hands.

Seeing that Japan was so easy to calm down, Li Yongji himself was also very embarrassed, because he never thought that it would be so simple and easy.

After all, in his memory, the Japanese are all crazy people who would rather break jade than destroy everything. The spirit of bushido is even more terrifying.

Originally, he thought that the situation in Japan would be very troublesome, and even thought of giving up most of Japan's interests for the time being, sticking to only one or two cities, and then letting them make trouble for a while. Consume and consume the spirit head and then clean it up, who knew that he defeated the head of the Changzhou Domain without such a fight. It's all gone.

"As I said earlier, Japan is not difficult to solve, but you are too worried." After listening to Li Yongji's nagging, Zhang Xinda decisively came to a conclusion, "What kind of bushido, not afraid of death, it is all a product after the Meiji Restoration, after the Meiji Restoration, Japan had real nationalism, but before that, except for a very small number of samurai, most of them did not have any concept of country and nation, and more were feudal lords, living for one feudal lord after another, or the lord, once the lord was gone, it was gone." ”

"I know that, too, but I still can't be careless." Li Yongji lamented, "Even if they haven't fully emerged nationalism and the concept of the state, there is still such a thing as national character." As a citizen of an island country, I have to say that the Japanese people's stoic character is quite good, and sometimes I even think that it is better than the character of our Chinese nation, at least in terms of deference and order, much better.

For example, Japan's Katsukaishu, and Takasugi Shinsaku, these people are quite outstanding, can be said to be long-term, can stretch and bend typical, in comparison, I think the Chinese of the same period, there are really few people can compare with them. ”

"Japan is an island country, and China is a continent, which is similar to the situation between Britain and France, and it is normal to have some differences." Zhang Xinda said, "Isn't there such a saying, a person's personality is determined by genes, but the character of the entire nation is caused by the environment. In the final analysis, the genes of the personality are to allow the ethnic group to better adapt to the environment.

Let's just say that the Chinese, the land is vast and rich, and they established a unified centralized society early, in order to maintain stability, most of the rulers like the policy of fooling the people, and the natural popular customs are slightly weak.

Japan is different, the place is small, the materials are small, the population is large, there are many disasters, most of the time it has been in the period of war, there has never been a real unification, has been in a state of division and semi-division, the sense of distress is relatively strong, and they have their own way of survival, such as their bushido, which is basically born for troubled times.

Therefore, there is no need to look at the Japanese as more mythical, to put it bluntly, Japan is just similar to the situation in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China. ”

"When something comes to your mouth, it always tastes bad, you have to misinterpret it before you are willing." Li Yongji shook his head and said, "Anyway, you are also the boss now. Private. Shang, why don't you do business all day long and talk to me? ”

"It's because my brother is now a big boss that he has more free time." Zhang Xinda said, "Isn't there such a saying, there is something to do the secretary, nothing to do the secretary, do everything yourself, that is only done by the middle and low levels, as the CEO, we can grasp the general direction." ”

"Yo, I'm going to be a secretary, and it's really the original form." Li Yongji said.

"Let's call it enjoyment, straight to the heart, where is it like you, I am the emperor, I don't want to think about the seventy-two concubines of the harem, but I only found a woman to do it, or the maid I bought before...... I'll go, don't you laugh at me, okay? Do you want to be so innocent? ”

"It's not called innocence." Li Yongji lightly looked at the image of Zhang Xinda floating in front of him, "You also said it, go straight to your heart, I think it's the right thing to do, so I did it." At least, I can't while my woman is pregnant, you know? ”

"Uh-huh, responsibility, understood." Zhang Xinda nodded, "But let me see, you call it masochism, forget about women, as an emperor, you can't sit in the center." But he changed his name and ran to the western United States in 1862, where birds don't, training the army himself, and playing what to interfere in the American Civil War.

Please, what are you trying to do? Even if you want to interfere in the United States, even if the timing is good, you can just send someone over, and you don't need to do it yourself, right? There's a radio, you don't have to go there yourself, do you know how dangerous it is? ”

"You're not bothered." Li Yongji said helplessly. How many times have you said this? Still said? How many times have I explained, the United States can't leave my golden finger, and I don't feel at ease if I change someone else, understand? ”

"Understands a fart." Zhang Xinda said. "I think you're just a masochist.

Yes, the American Civil War is indeed a good opportunity, but even if the American North wins the American Civil War and maintains the unity of the United States. But with the power of the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, the momentum of development was limited.

After all, their industrial capacity is there, and their population base is there. The Pacific Railroad has not yet been repaired, and the climax of the westward expansion movement has not yet begun, you really have the heart, and there is time to slowly clean up the United States.

For example, as long as you concentrate on developing in China for twenty or thirty years, with the help of your buddies, wait for the industrial and agricultural strength of your Chinese empire to rise, and then push the hard power to the past.

At that time, the United States itself has repaired the trans-east-west railroad for you, and maybe the Panama Canal will also be opened for you, so you only need to rely on strong force to easily go over and rob it, how light and worry-free?

As for the troubles, hum, when you grab the hard power, and then immigrate over, with the super capable racial talent of our Chinese, when the time comes, I dare not say anything else, it is absolutely no problem to dye the western part of North America yellow. ”

"You can't say that." Li Yongji shook his head, "The so-called late will change, who knows what will happen in twenty or thirty years?" According to you, I will wait for twenty or thirty years, in case the United States also changes? What if I run into a bigger problem then?

Moreover, the sixties of the nineteenth century was the era of the rapid explosion of science and technology in the world, and all kinds of new weapons and new technologies emerged one after another, even if I could assassinate those scientists in advance, it would not be possible to really block the progress of the tide of science and technology. ”

"Why, listening to what you mean, you regret letting people assassinate those scientists?" Zhang Xinda said suddenly.

"No, how can it be, the assassination of those scientists, although it cannot completely prevent the scientific and technological development of those countries, can at least play a role in delaying, and this is enough." Li Yongji said.

The so-called assassination of scientists is a secret strategy that Li Yongji ordered the intelligence agencies to officially carry out more than half a year ago.

To put it simply, it is to disguise some agents as businessmen or businessmen's entourage, and then enter Europe or the United States in the name of business, and target those people on the list.

Most of the people on these lists are scientists who are not yet famous, but are about to make serious achievements, such as the famous Alfred in Sweden. Bernhard. Nobel, as well as the famous French chemist and microbiologist Pasteur, as well as Martin, the French open-hearth steelmaker, and Germany's Siemens, etc., are basically celebrities who have played an important role in promoting chemistry and physics and other industries.

These people may be famous in the future, but in 1862, most of them were not well-known, so it was easy for the agents to approach them, and then use the words of the modern society. Change. Things, upside down. Ashwagandha and other modern poisons. The medicine poisoned them in various covert ways, so much so that many headless cases were caused.

In order to avoid being detected, this dark. Killings are usually one-on-one, that is, an agent only targets one target, and never allows one person to appear in front of multiple assassins. Poison. means as well as the poison used. The agent is also tried not to be the same, so that the death symptoms of these scientists are as different as possible, so as not to arouse the suspicion and association of people with intentions.

So far, since most of the objects chosen are unknown guys, and the means used are particularly advanced, all the dark . Without exception, all of them were successful, which means that none of the thirty important assassination targets on the list missed.

The reason why I only found 30 people to start with is because if there are many of them, it is easy to cause unnecessary associations and troubles. Anyway, these thirty people are all extremely important figures in various fields, and the death of these people will definitely greatly delay the progress of relevant scientific research and buy more time for the advanced scientific research of the Chinese Empire.

Of course, from the perspective of interests, Li Yongji feels that it is right to do this, but from a moral point of view, Li Yongji still feels a little guilty about this, after all, he actually admires these people, after all, he has been inspired by these celebrity stories since he was a child.

"It's good if you don't regret it." Zhang Xinda said. "I'm really afraid that when you have a kind heart, you suddenly change your mind, and instead of killing these people, you want to recover them...... Didn't I say that in thirty or fifty years, when China is extremely strong in all aspects, especially after the living environment has greatly improved, it would be good for you to go to Europe to recruit talents, now? Hmph, it's better not to do anything to attract celebrities as soon as possible, it will not only be useless, but it will also startle the snake. ”

"Don't worry. I'm not really a teenager, I know what is serious, and I wouldn't do that kind of stupid thing. Li Yongji said.

Who knew that as soon as he heard this, Zhang Xinda was immediately unhappy: "Damn." Knowing that you're a handsome young guy now, you don't have to show it off so much in front of me. ”

"Where did you go?" Li Yongji shook his head, "Then again. Now it's September, the autumn is crisp, it's a good time to send troops, and our soldiers are almost trained, and it's time for activities, so I plan to find a reason to declare war on the United States in the near future, at least to take down this piece of California, and a lot of supplies may be needed at that time, especially the military. Fire. Supplies, food, and medicines, all of which require a lot. Don't you drop the chain for me, are you ready? ”

"Don't worry." Zhang Xinda smiled, "Your 30,000 can only be said to be semi-motorized soldiers, and it won't be difficult for me to raise them." I'm hoarding the army now. Fire, enough for you 100,000 people to fight for a year.

But then again, did you really decide to officially declare war on the United States? This is a big deal, not child's play, if you can't win steadily, it's better to be careful, at least, it's better to be more prepared. ”

"Of course I know it's a big deal." Li Yongji paused and said, "As you said, the United States has not yet repaired the Pacific Railway connecting the east and west, and the Panama Canal has not been opened, which means that in terms of the speed of troop transfer, in fact, the Americans are not necessarily faster than me transporting the Pacific Ocean by ship from China, not to mention that they still have to face an attack from the south, and they have no strength to deal with me."

Now, after the continuous transportation of people from China, I am in Los Angeles, no, it is the Red Fort in Hollywood, there are more than 500,000 people, more than half of them are strong men who have served as soldiers in China, and less than half of them are their relatives, and more than three-quarters of these relatives are women, and the number of old people and children can be said to be almost none.

In other words, in terms of population, the number of Chinese immigrants in the Red Fort has exceeded the number of all whites and blacks in the entire Northern California combined, and all of these people have guns and certain combat skills, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an army of half a million.

For the time being, I not only have 500,000 immigrants who are half soldiers and half peasants, but also 30,000 highly trained motorized infantry, and 6,000 expeditionary troops from Japan. ”

Hearing Li Yongji say this, Zhang Xinda just shook his head with a sigh, but didn't say anything more.

Indeed, although it was not a long time, because Li Yongji personally rushed over, it was equivalent to bringing a golden finger over, there was no shortage of materials, and Li Yongji did it himself, so the development speed of the entire Hollywood Red Fort can be said to be amazingly fast, and his pseudonym Li Yuanzheng soon became the leader here in the Hollywood Red Castle.

Speaking of which, Zhang Xinda sometimes admires Li Yongji, an old friend, and feels that although he may have had such and such shortcomings before, he has the same advantages, especially the style of daring to act, which really makes him sigh to himself.

Think about it, Li Yongji is the emperor, but he doesn't have a harem beauty and seventy-two concubines, but he only has one wife.

Then, after he accompanied his wife and gave birth to a child, he didn't wait for the heat with his wife and children to finish, and at the end of February, he heard about the situation in the United States and the situation in the west, especially after discovering that his cheap brother Li Yongchang came back, he immediately took a non-stop boat to Hollywood, personally took charge of the place here, and prepared for interfering in the United States.

In other words, since Lee Yong-gil arrived at the Red Fort in Hollywood at the end of February. So far in September, he has been here for more than half a year.

In the past six months, Li Yongji has not only been busy with the affairs of the Red Fort settlement, but also in charge of the affairs of the Chinese Empire.

However, through Li Yongji's diligent efforts, the results here are also remarkable. For example, the Red Fort has become a strong fortress, and the local area has not only opened up a large amount of farmland, but also built a series of modern factories and enterprises such as cement factories, arsenals, modern docks, etc., and is already a fairly complete settlement, and its prosperity has far surpassed that of San Francisco.

These 500,000 people in the Red Fort settlement, as Li Yongji said. Regardless of men, women, and children, all of them were militarized, all had guns, and most of them had returned to their hearts without knowing that Li Yuanzheng was the emperor.

So to speak. Assuming that Li Yongji wants to rebel against himself and betray the Chinese Empire, these people will definitely follow him to the end, and this is the only one. It deserves to be admired.

What's even more rare is that he left his lair early to come here, but he still did not give up the power of the Chinese Empire. Instead, he was busy with military and domestic affairs on the side of the Red Fort during the day, and at night he was busy communicating with the country, holding meetings with people from all sides, showing his own existence in this way, and firmly grasping the domestic political power.

This kind of diligence leads to the authority of the Chinese Empire even in the absence of others, so much so that most people in the world think that he is still in control of the powerful country of the Chinese Empire in the inner courtyard of the deep palace in Nanjing, China, but few people know that he has actually come to Los Angeles, California.

In the face of Li Yongji's diligence, Zhang Xinda didn't know whether it was good or bad, but he vaguely felt that there were a lot of changes in this old friend, and he was no longer the introverted otaku he knew, but an emperor with a strong desire for power.

Well, maybe his diligence and studiousness are because he has found the goal he is striving for, so he has been so busy and never stops, which can be regarded as real enjoyment.

Well, an emperor who likes to do it himself, doesn't like to enjoy, only likes work, and regards work as a hobby, and enjoys it, is indeed quite interesting, presumably in the history books of his time and space in the future, he will definitely become a great emperor, a big legend.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xinda looked at Li Yongji, who was staring at the map, through the projection, and shook his head lightly after seeing his serious appearance.

Yes, this old friend has really changed, and he is no longer the same person...... Of course, in fact, I haven't changed, but sometimes I don't notice it.

"Sure enough, the biggest problem is food and transportation." Li Yongji, who didn't know that Zhang Xinda was sighing, frowned after reading the map, "Although after more than half a year of our efforts, the traffic near Hollywood has been relatively good, and it is even easier to beat San Francisco and Sacramento, and as long as you control these two cities, it is equivalent to mastering the whole of California."

But that's not the main thing, the most important thing is to get the Red Fort to Dallas, Texas and Houston, and build the railroad here as quickly as possible!

Only in this way will we be able to obtain the shallow oil here as quickly as possible and gain the driving force for the real oil industry. We are now too short of oil, and without oil, we will not be able to form an absolute advantage.

Of course, the oil industry is still relatively long-term, and in terms of short-term strategy, after opening up the Hollywood Road Houston line, we can get the entire eastern part of the United States to the sea, and then we can build a naval base here, and use the new warships that modern society has brought to completely defeat the fleet of the United States in the north.

Only by destroying the fleet of the North of the United States can the Confederate of the South get the help of Europe, and the British will really make every effort to intervene, and can they really help the Confederate of the South defeat the North of the United States.

That's right, for the sake of the rise of the Chinese nation, a strong United States must never emerge, and the United States must be completely divided into two countries and completely eliminate the behemoth of the United States.

I still say the same thing, as long as this can be done, even if China is temporarily backward in development, it will not hesitate! (To be continued......)