After spending a not-so-lively New Year in Edo, Zhu Fugui is preparing to leave Japan and return to Fengdu.

In a series of meetings in the past few days, the Ming Dynasty determined the final structure and personnel arrangements of the Wajima Metropolitan Protectorate.

Surprisingly, the candidate for the Imperial Protector of the Wajima Metropolitan Protectorate was actually an unknown military cadre before.

That is the commander-in-chief of the Royal Production and Construction Corps, the commander of the 1st Agricultural Reclamation Division, and Colonel Xi Ya.

Of course, before appointing him as the protector of the Japanese island, the military department also promoted him to a higher level, and now he is a brigadier general of Xi Ya.

The reason why he was chosen was not Yin Wang Qinian, the Fengdu Mansion, who had a high reputation before, or Shen Wanjin, the political envoy of Xinlubu.

The reasons are also clear at a glance.

Since ancient times, most of the positions of protectors belong to the plus officials, both civil and military, but more often are led by the prince.

Daming has no prince, and Zhu Fugui doesn't want to make his official position as troublesome as the two Song Dynasty, so that people can't remember it clearly.

So remote collars, false positions or something, Daming is not prosperous.

The Dadu Protector needed by the Wajima Metropolitan Protectorate should be the all-rounder of this imperial government and army.

Compared with a simple civil affairs officer, Brigadier General Xi Yaya, who has military experience, has been focusing on production and construction for a long time, and is absolutely loyal to the Son of Heaven, is undoubtedly the best candidate.

Militarization is in line with the current situation in post-war Japan, and this is an advantage that others do not have.

As for the two deputy capital guards, they were selected from the Ministry of Rites and Jinyi Guard, one surnamed Yang, the other surnamed Su, one Wen and one Wu, and assisted by Brigadier General Xi Ya.

Of course, in addition to the outlined superstructure, the grassroots cadres of the Metropolitan Protectorate also need to be parachuted in by the Ming Dynasty to build a framework, and then use the tested Japanese people as branches.

In addition, His Majesty Zhu Fugui, as the supreme leader, should also clarify the development direction of the Wajima Metropolitan Protectorate in the coming period.

First of all, His Majesty Zhu Fugui pointed out that the Wajima Prefecture is located at the junction of the Asian plate and the Pacific plate, and the earth's crust is active, so earthquakes are bound to occur frequently, so it is not suitable for heavy industry.

In order to explain to everyone what is called geological plate and crustal movement, Zhu Fugui had to make a breakthrough in geography and put forward the Zhu Fugui plate drift hypothesis.

All in all, it's not that the Ming Dynasty doesn't want the Japanese to build cars, refine oil, and make guns and cannons, but natural conditions don't allow it!

In addition, the land of Wajima Prefecture is small, and although the rice yield is extremely high, rice production is too involuted and not suitable for large-scale cultivation.

Therefore, the capital should focus on the development of light industries, such as sock weaving, shirtmaking, whaling, fishing, forestry and other low value-added industries, so that the local efficient agriculture of the Ming Dynasty can ensure the food security of the capital, and the developed heavy industry of the Ming Dynasty can meet the needs of the capital for industrial products.

In order to get Wajima out of poverty as soon as possible, Daming will strive to build ten light industry factories in Japan within two years to realize its industrial complementarity with Daming.

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In addition to domestic affairs, diplomacy is also a top priority for the Wajima Prefecture.

There is no doubt that the defeat of France, one of the top powers, by the Ming Dynasty was news that shocked the world.

Previously, Americans were expelled from white by default because of the civil war and the relatively low degree of civilization.

After all, the United States, which has no background and is in a state of division, is not a great power at all.

But this time, Da Ming defeated the whites on behalf of the yellow race, cleanly and unquestionably.

This is not just a victory for the Ming Dynasty, it is a victory for the whole of East Asia.

From the Heavenly Taoist Pope Cui Shiheng, who spread the ideas of Oriental Studies on the peninsula, to the Burmese armed forces fighting against the British and Indian colonial forces in the jungles of Burma;

From the young students who are not satisfied with reading the books of sages in the Jiangnan study, to the Chinese laborers who shed blood and tears in the Nanyang rubber plantation;

No matter what the attitude of these people towards the Heavenly Empire, whether the ancestors had resisted the Ming soldiers, or simply regarded the Ming Dynasty as a flood beast, when they heard the news of the Ming Dynasty's complete victory in the Ming War, they all ran barefoot with shouts and tears.

Even some Manchus and Mongols, after a long silence, couldn't help but shout a word of awesome in their hearts.

It can be said that this battle has played the spirit of Asians.

So much so that when I talked with the French about Liao in the Qing Dynasty, I dared to bargain for a few taels of silver!

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But then again, Daming's victory in this battle was not as easy as others thought.

Mobilizing half of the country's army and going abroad to fight for up to half a year is a huge burden for any country.

Whether it is food consumption, material consumption or human consumption, this is not a small amount.

Fortunately, Japan is a large agricultural country and has abundant human resources, which greatly alleviates the supply problem of the Ming army.

And in this battle alone, the Ming army can be regarded as reborn, and it has a little great power.

But the cost is still enormous.

For example, due to the return of half of the Ming military force to the Asia-Pacific region, the war situation in North America rebounded.

The Line of Actual Control, which had been pushed along the Missouri River, was pushed back to the Platte River Valley by the Yankees.

If you really want to be more true from the land area and cultivated land area, the Ming Dynasty actually lost money in this war of peace and security.

As far as the natural resources and crop output of Wajima are concerned, they are really not comparable to those strategically abandoned land.

Of course, that's not how wars are fought.

The population, sea power, legitimacy, and strong claims gained by the Pingwan War were far from being comparable to a few uninhabited lands in the Central Great Plains of North America.

And it's not like the land lost in North America can't be returned.

When the time comes, I'll just go and talk to the old Lincoln buddy at the same time.

Of course, the Japan that the Ming Dynasty occupies today is not complete.

To be precise, the Ming Dynasty actually controlled only the two islands of Honshu and Shikoku.

Kyushu and Hokkaido were not under the control of the Ming Dynasty.

Needless to say, this is mainly due to pressure from the UK.

The British minister to Japan has sent a note to Daming expressing concern about British interests in Kyushu.

In this regard, if Zhu Fugui can smoke, he would like to spit out a smoke ring at the minister stationed in Japan, and then hehe twice.

It's a pity that Zhu Fugui doesn't know how to smoke, and he just beat up the French, Daming needs to recuperate and digest the fruits of victory.

Zhu Fugui knew that it was really not a wise move to tear his face with Britain at this time.

Although Britain and France were both top powers, fighting in the Far East, the pressure on the Ming to face Britain was indeed much greater than that on France.

This big victory has the right time, place and people.

Tianshi refers to a surprise attack that uses the telegraph to declare war 31 minutes in advance, and crushes the enemy's main combat force at the first time.

Geographical advantage refers to the fact that the battle circumvented France's powerful French army, which was superior to the European continent, and took advantage of Japan's geographical advantages to fight against his weak Far East naval and colonial forces.

He refers to the fact that under the Far East war, the advantage of half of the host of the Ming Dynasty was not up to the level of eating pot pulp and welcoming the king's division, but the pro-Ming leading party and the Qinwang party in various parts of Japan were still like carp crossing the river.

In the case of the British, at least the geographical advantage no longer exists.

Britain has a large navy in India, which can be transferred to the Far East at any time, and the Daming Navy may not be able to take advantage of it.

You must know that Britain already has several giant steel battleships of more than 10,000 tons at this time.

In case they really go crazy and send a ship to the Far East, Da Ming may really have to avoid its edge.

Of course, the probability of such a thing is extremely low.

On the contrary, Zhu Fugui believed that if the Ming Dynasty held another military parade to win the war in Edo, it might be able to play a role in intimidating the British from taking rash action.

Provided, of course, that the core interests of the British are not touched for the time being.

Therefore, from a pragmatic point of view, the Ming Dynasty has no idea of taking back Kyushu Island for the time being.