In 1875, the Lunar New Year was held in a grand and grand manner, with Emperor Meiji of Fuso going to the imperial capital of Chang'an to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Empire.

In particular, the Meiji Emperor's national gift, "108 Maihimes Greeting His Majesty the Holy Emperor", was the most exquisite and ingenious, and was highly praised by His Majesty the Emperor.

The 108 Maihimes, all of whom are made according to the traditional Fuso puppet technique, are dressed in gorgeous kimonos and are decorated in different scenes such as machiyas, halls, and manors, and are decorated with Japanese hairstyles and traditional Japanese costumes.

This is a concentration of more than 770 skilled craftsmen from all over the country, divided into carpenters, painters, jewelers, silk craftsmen, porcelain and traditional lacquer craftsmen, all of whom are top-notch craftsmen, and took more than a year to carefully craft.

These life-size dolls are beautifully crafted and lifelike, with every detail meticulously crafted to make them a work of art.

It shows the rich and colorful social life of the people in Fusang society, and puppet art is a kind of folk art in the cultural tradition of Fuso, which has a long history of inheritance.

The most common is only a palm-sized doll, and the 108 dancing doll enshrined by Emperor Meiji is the first of its kind, and it won a full house at first glance, and His Majesty couldn't help but be delighted.

Daming Palace passed the decree down;

"At the 1875 New Year Garden Party, I deeply experienced the heart of Meiji-kun's fist, which was full of comfort. When enjoying the spring with the Meiji Jun Imperial Garden, the emperor gave a hundred buckets of gold coins and 10,000 tons of grain to encourage him. ”

In terms of specifications, all the dignitaries of various countries are treated with national courtesy, but some are cordial and some are distant.

Like some statues dedicated to the gods of Venezuela in the South American country, Emperor Richard only nodded after looking at it. The treasure trove of this thing in the Daming Palace is piled up, and there are also many stocks in museums around the country, which is not rare at all.

The oracle rewarded him with 100 gold coins, ten pieces of silk, ten pieces of cloth, and a horse.

This is very different from the heavy reward that Fusang received, to put it mildly, it is to send Hanako.

The Tang Empire does not rub sand in its eyes, and the perfunctory congratulatory gifts during the Spring Festival banquet are even more slaps in the face, which is completely humiliating.

The so-called courtesy to others must be sought.

Emperor Meiji of Fuso is now 23 years old and has been on the throne for more than eight years, but he has always been in a state of no embarrassment and difficulty, and it is difficult for him to actually control the power of the country.

The Tang Empire gave a large amount of military assistance to the shogunate, which departed the domestic situation in Fuso from the original historical trend.

The Meiji Restoration did not emerge as expected, and was replaced by a new pattern of coalition government. The first and second cabinets were formed, which nominally honored the emperor.

It was the product of a political compromise that effectively emptied the emperor's powers.

The shogunate, represented by the samurai regime, was now relegated to the background due to its unpopularity. It was transformed into a predominantly conservative party, represented by Shinyuki Matsuda, the prime minister of the second government.

After Matsuda Shinyuki's cabinet came to power, many of the previous government's reformed policies were outlawed, and the reform stance was greatly reversed, and the Meiji Emperor was regarded as a puppet.

All these predicaments forced the reformist forces in Fuso and the Meiji Emperor to turn their attention to the suzerainty for help, and this is why this New Year Hajj trip took place.

Located on the San Francisco Bay, the palace is now the temporary residence of Emperor Meiji of Fuso, and was personally given by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty as the temporary residence of the emperor and his entourage.

From here, you can see the entire Bay Area, and to the west, the vast blue Pacific Ocean.

Emperor Meiji stood in the veranda of the palace with his hands in his hands, looking out at the bay with a melancholy expression. He was flanked by Foreign Minister Yuki Suzuki and Imperial Minister Takayuki Yamamoto, both mainstays of the reformists and close confidants of His Majesty the Emperor.

"The meteorology of the Tang Dynasty is thousands of thousands, and the territory is tens of thousands of miles, which is really the magnificent weather of a big country!" Emperor Meiji's eyes flashed with fiery envy, and he couldn't help but admire.

In the 19th century, most of the Fuso royal family and the upper class of the Chinese received a complete Chinese education from an early age, and were able to skillfully use the national language, chanting and singing, calligraphy, Go and piano skills, which were regarded as elegant activities that were free from low-level pleasures.

Most of the middle and lower classes and ethnic townspeople who do not understand Mandarin are regarded as low-level and vulgar lowly people, so;

Summer insects can't talk about ice, and well frogs can't talk about the sea.

Present in history

The comprehensive Westernization movement of the Fuso Kingdom was completely out of shape, and he sincerely admired the Tianwei of the Tang Dynasty, but the wind of Sinology became more and more intense, and the Tang Empire was regarded as a target of ambiguity everywhere.

Emperor Meiji was heartfelt, and Foreign Minister Yuki Suzuki and Imperial Minister Takayuki Yamamoto stood on the top of this mountain, overlooking the spectacular view of the Bay Area.

The vast San Francisco Bay is like two giant arms deep into the Pacific Ocean, and thousands of seagulls fly in the sky.

The architecture of the cities on the shore varies from one to the other, stretching far into the skyline. This is Chang'an, the world's second-largest imperial capital, a megalopolis with a population of more than 3.6 million.

How can this situation not be shocking?

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, it is really hard to believe that thirty years ago, this was just a small port town with a population of 20,000 or 30,000 people, and it developed too fast and changed too much."

"Yamamoto-kun, this is the power of modern industry. The classic example of the success of the Tang Empire shows us the way, the first is to vigorously colonize and expand, and the second is to fully develop the industrial economy, which is the foundation of the strength of Fusang. ”

"What Suzuki-kun said is great, if my Yamato nation wants to rise among the nations of the world, it is the only way to become strong by comprehensively learning the advanced culture and technology of the Tang Dynasty, and even all aspects of the education system."

"Hateful ...... Prime Minister Matsuda is a die-hard conservative. After taking office, he went against the grain, hindering the various innovative measures of Fusang to learn from the Tang Empire in an all-round way, and turning back the clock on history. We and other reformist ministers are soft-spoken, and we are really heartbroken! ”

"Yes, watching the European and American powers develop and grow stronger and stronger, and the world expands and colonizes, I can't help but feel anxious in my heart, and there is not much time left for the Yamato nation."

"Yo Xi, what the two Aiqing said is very true." Emperor Meiji slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid breath in his abdomen, nodded in great agreement, and continued;

"The most important thing today is to establish the unswerving imperial system, to respect and be humble, to set up and down, and to use the brain to command the limbs to act in unison, which is the most correct thing!

I carefully studied the history of the Tang Empire over the past decades, and what runs through it is that the Tang Emperor's wise and martial decisions have been implemented to the letter.

There is no internal friction, there is no yang and yin violation, there is no blinded listening to one thing and doing another, this is the foundation of governing the country.

The center is fixed, and the world is safe.

I have never seen a person who can achieve great things without a clear mind, and the old shogunate in the country is a cancer that hinders the "return of great government", and I am deeply concerned. ”

The young Meiji Emperor was reluctant to be a puppet, and there was a phrase in front of the so-called "Daisei Bongyu", which was the slogan of the reformists more than ten years ago.

"Daisei Hokkai" means that the Imperial State is established based on the rule of His Majesty the Emperor, and the shogunate should hand over the power in his hands and return the Daishoi.

The "resignation of the official and the land" was aimed at the last shogun, Tokugawa Keiki, who had to resign from all positions, surrender his powers, hand over Edo Castle and the shogunate domain, and retire to the mountains and forests.

Now history has changed

After the intervention of the Tang Empire, all these goals were not achieved.

In order to avoid falling into the disastrous situation of a protracted civil war, a pattern of a coalition of conservatives and reformists was formed, and there were many contradictions and many evils inside.

Listening to Emperor Meiji's words, Foreign Minister Suzuki Yuki's brows were furrowed, his face was solemn, and his meager strength could not change the current situation of serious internal friction in Fuso.

I could only sigh and say;

"At this time when domestic affairs are in turmoil, Suzuki can only advise His Majesty the Emperor; Please Your Majesty be calm and slow down.

The power of the old shogunate was deeply entrenched and ruled Fuso for hundreds of years, how could it be eliminated in a while?

If one move is not careful, civil war will start again.

I can only hope that His Majesty the Holy Emperor of the Tang Dynasty will have mercy on me and help the people suffer, and Chrysostom Yuyan supports the emperor's "great political return", which is the only way out of today's internal affairs!

It's just that the Tang Holy Emperor's heart is unpredictable, so I can only wait patiently, hoping that all my efforts can be rewarded, right? ”

Foreign Minister Yuki Suzuki said ambiguously, and Emperor Meiji was not satisfied, but there was nothing he could do.

Although the Emperor of Fuso is known as a family of all generations, he is actually a puppet doll enshrined in a high place, and for hundreds of years he has neither his own army, nor his own imperial farm, let alone a civilian team.

All of this depended on the support of the feudal clans as a representative figure in the struggle against the shogunate.

In this case

Emperor Meiji wanted to become a dictatorial monarch like the Holy Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so wouldn't he want to eat fart in the sky?

Even if the reformist feudal domains had achieved the goal of "returning the great government" and established the imperial rule headed by the emperor, they would not let their power go down and let the emperor exercise dictatorship.

Isn't that a wedding garment for another?

The purpose of the reformist feudal rebellion was to compete for power, implement reform measures to eliminate accumulated defects, comprehensively learn advanced cultural systems and industrial technologies from the Tang Empire and the West, and develop the country, rather than clearing the way for the emperor to take power.

These are two completely different things and cannot be confused.

Today's domestic situation in Fusang is a bit like the Beiyang period in history, where the last emperor in the Forbidden City was a puppet and basically couldn't ask anything.

However, the decrees of the Beiyang government could not reach the whole country, and the warlords in various places went their own way, some were conservative, some were innovative, and some were reversing the wheel of historical restoration.

In the same way, the reformist forces, mainly the four major feudal clans in the southwest, Satsuma, Nagashima, Hizen, and Tozuo, have made great efforts in reform, and they have been far ahead of the policies introduced by the Fuso government.

In some conservative domains, it seems to have returned to the closed shogunate era.

The entire island of Fuso was divided, and some of the feudal daimyo implemented the reform measures introduced by the cabinet, some of the feudal daimyo turned a deaf ear, and some of the feudal daimyo strongly opposed it.

Vice versa.

Once a civil war breaks out in this situation, it may split into a pattern of warlordism and division, repeating the regrettable historical stage that occurred in Chinese history.

Arguably

Fuso is now at the crossroads of peace and division, and has further vigorously promoted innovative measures to strengthen the country and rejuvenate the people, and gradually grow into one of the world's great powers.

If you take a step back, you will fall apart and fall into the chaos of warlordism......

It may be the illusion created by the strong support of the great feudal powers, and the Meiji Emperor actually felt that he could do it.

With this honorable status, you can reap the greatest fruits of political struggle, and then implement the rule of the dictatorship.

The young Meiji Emperor even dreamed countless times of gaining the admiration of all the people and leading Fuso to glory one after another, just like his idol in his heart, the Holy Emperor of the Tang Dynasty......

Every time I wake up from a dream, I am often stunned......

Is this a dream or reality?

It is no secret that the Meiji Emperor, who dreamed back at midnight, was always unable to tell the difference, and it was no secret that he cried and laughed in the palace for a while, making people mistakenly think that there was something wrong with his nerves.

The former minister Takayuki Yamamoto glared at Suzuki with a dissatisfied expression, and then bent down and said after bowing 90 degrees;

"Vainly trying to get the alms of the Tang Dynasty Holy Emperor is an unreliable extravagant hope, and you have to rely on yourself to change the situation, and you have to control your fate in your own hands.

In order to mobilize loyal people to punish the country, including Prime Minister Shinyuki Matsuda, who were all spokesmen for the interests of Shogun Tokugawa Yoshiki, they had to commit suicide by cutting their stomachs to thank His Majesty the Emperor.

There are also those stubborn and conservative feudal lords, and the major families who have held the Guanbai throne in history, all of whom are national thieves and should be killed.

Only the blood of the loyal can awaken the numb people, and it is at this time to serve the imperial kingdom, not some slow plan.

Before leaving, I have already explained to the students and the patriotic and loyal people of the government and the opposition; Killing is now, right now.

I really hope that before returning to Fuso, I can hear the good news of those national thieves conferring their heads! ”

Emperor Meiji and Suzuki were not surprised by the radical remarks of the Imperial Minister Takayuki Yamamoto, but they turned their expectant eyes to the far west.

Takayuki Yamamoto was a radical reformist, and in later generations he was an extremist who caused social unrest.

Their faithful would wear white cloth around their heads, wear white kimonos, and hold samurai swords and shout "Zhuguo thief" to kill people in the streets, and they will not run away after killing people.

Instead, they sat on their knees in front of the severed bloody heads, and committed suicide by caesarean section to thank His Majesty the Emperor, all of whom were outright dangerous.

It's not strange, it's self-defeating.

Emperor Meiji now has a kind of anticipation in his heart;

If this can be done, cutting off Prime Minister Shinyuki Matsuda's head would be a good way to break the situation.

Physical destruction is the simplest and most direct method, and although it is widely criticized in civilized countries and rarely occurs, it obviously does not include the Fuso Kingdom.

The radical reformists were synonymous with dangerous elements, and they not only killed the stubborn old school ministers, but also newspaper reporters, prominent people and commoners who supported the shogunate, and caused a storm of blood in Edo Castle.

One more thing

After the formation of the first cabinet, Edo Castle was designated as the capital and is now renamed Tokyo.