Episode 27 Restoration Conference

The victory of the war against Japan came suddenly, and that night, many big cities in the Ming Dynasty were full of fireworks and firecrackers, from the highest-level military and political officials, imperial relatives, to industrial and commercial tycoons, industrial tycoons, and ordinary public, all of them were irrepressible excited. It's not that there is much to hate the Japanese, but it's something that is good for everyone.

From the army's side, although the war against the Soviet Union in the west has not yet ended, Japan's surrender is equivalent to half the end of the war. At the very least, it can save a lot of daily consumption of the navy and use it on the Western Front. Moreover, it can also obtain a large amount of compensation from Japan to "subsidize the family". Also, although the Japanese Combined Fleet has suffered heavy losses, there are still many high-quality warships left, which will definitely serve as part of the reparations and let the Ming drive away. Those Japanese planes lying there without oil may also be used as reparations for Daming to drive away, repaint, and use on the battlefield against the Soviet Union.

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From the government's side, the benefits are even greater. First of all, North Korea**, Ryukyu**, the Ming Dynasty immediately had two more die-hard followers in East Asia, especially the Ryukyus, and the relationship with the Ming Dynasty must be greater than that of Siam. Japan and the Ming Dynasty each have a Ryukyu royal family, that was as early as the late 19th century, when Japan invaded the Ryukyus, the Japanese took the Ryukyu king in the Ryukyus captive, and there was a prince who was overseas at the time, so he ran directly to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty also made this Ryukyu prince the king of the Ryukyus, and at the same time did not recognize the Ryukyu king in Japan. And this Ryukyu royal family, which developed in the Ming Dynasty, is Xiuxiu's biological father Shanggui.

Now that Japan has surrendered, whoever is the king of the new ** Ryukyu must have the final say. Then you don't need to ask to know, it must be to let this Shang Gui, who grew up in Daming and is the "most iron" with Daming, be the king. And the one that Japan has fostered...... Just step aside.

And although the Joseon Kingdom will definitely be a hardcore follower of the Ming Dynasty in the future, the relationship may not be as iron as that of the Ryukyus. Because before the invasion and occupation of Korea, the Northern Qing Dynasty was originally recognized as the suzerain. But that's mostly because it's close to the north, so there's no way. North Koreans have always identified with the Ming Dynasty more in their hearts, so much so that they have retained the Ming costumes, etiquette, official system, and so on for more than two hundred years. Later, Korea was invaded by Japan, and the royal family was also taken into exile in Japan, and no royal family escaped. Therefore, for so many years, Daming has never had any dealings with the royal family of North Korea.

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In addition to Ryukyu and Korea**, Japan accepted an armistice that included the cession of Tsushima and Iwo Jima to the Ming Dynasty. This is not a **, it is a complete and permanent cession to Daming.

Both islands are small in size, but their strategic location is very important. Tsushima Island is located between Japan's Kyushu Island and the Korean Peninsula, and is the southern gate of the Sea of Japan in the Tsushima Strait. If you master Tsushima Island, you will master the Tsushima Strait, and you will also master the entire Sea of Japan, or in other words, you will master the maritime communication in the northeastern part of Asia. The Battle of Tsushima of the Russo-Japanese War was fought here. Relying on the favorable topography of the strait, the Japanese army successfully held the Tsushima Strait, prevented the Russian fleet from passing through the strait, and went north to reinforce Vladivostok, thus winning the war.

As for Iwo Jima, it is not so famous in this era, but Xiang Xiaoqiang is too familiar. This is one of the most fiercely contested islands in the Pacific War of World War II. It is also one of Japan's most important naval and air bases in the western Pacific, and its strategic significance is extraordinary.

Of course, Okinawa (Ryukyu) is more strategically located than Iwo Jima, but Okinawa is too far west to be as deep into the ocean as Iwo Jima. Being close to the continent has the advantage of being close to the continent, and going deep into the ocean has the advantage of going deep into the ocean. In the vast ocean, there is such an island that belongs to you, you can build a naval base and an air base on it, and then your military power can be centered here and radiate around. It's like saying that your "hand" can reach farther.

Okinawa - that is, after the Ryukyus, although it is the first country, but the Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to set up a military base on it. Ryukyu, a small country, has no ability to defend itself at all, and even if the Ming Dynasty does not come, it will take the initiative to ask the Ming to garrison troops there. In the late 19th century, Ryukyu was facing Japan's aggressive advance, and repeatedly asked the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Qing Dynasty to garrison it to protect it, but because the two regimes were hostile to each other and tense, it seemed that they were only waiting for the other party to pounce on each other and tear each other to pieces. Eventually, due to China's own division, it was unable to move its forces anywhere, and Japan took advantage of the situation and annexed the Ryukyus step by step.

Now, because of Japan's surrender, the Ming suddenly has a series of strategic points in East Asia – and even in the western Pacific: the Korean Peninsula, Tsushima Island, the Ryukyu Islands, and Iwo Jima, and its geopolitical position has soared. Originally, Japan's two most important strategic bases in the western Pacific, Okinawa and Iwo Jima, were now in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that this meaning is completely comparable to getting the island of Sumatra and the Strait of Malacca.

At present, the Shen Rongxuan government is already forming a delegation, which is about to fly to Japan to surrender and participate in a series of lengthy talks on compensation, cession, and occupation. From the first minister himself to the ministers below, and even to the secretaries and clerks in the offices below, their faces were filled with indelible joy. Shen Rongxuan knew that because of this incident, his cabinet would forever go down in history.

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On the 27th, the surrendered delegation of the Ming Dynasty took the battleship Changping and headed for Tokyo. A day later, on August 29, the "Coordination Conference on the Future Situation in East Asia" was held in Nanjing. Because the delegation of the Ming Dynasty was slow to go to Japan by boat, the meeting in Nanjing temporarily became the focus of the world's media in the next few days.

The outside media simply called the meeting the "Restoration Conference." Because the main purpose of this meeting is to rearrange the future and status of East Asian countries under the "cordial care and guidance" of the Ming Empire. The main content is the detailed plan for the two kingdoms of Korea and the Ryukyus to get rid of Japanese rule and re-establish the country.

The most excited is Xiuxiu's father, the king of the Ryukyus, Shanggui. This idle prince who lives in Nanjing, is supported by the annuity allocated by the Ming royal family, and is usually idle and fighting cocks and lackeys, has now become the king of a country. In the Wuwang Villa, the venue of the meeting, Shang Wangye was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut all day long, holding a precious paper fan in his hand and shaking it slowly, seeing Xiang Xiaoqiang, Zheng Gongyin and other "same level" princes who came to congratulate him, they were also very affectionate, pulling them before and after the "widows", as if they had been classmates and friends for many years.