In March of the fifth year of the Ming Dynasty's recovery.

A.D. 1796 in mid-April.

on the streets of Edo.

Edo, Japan, is probably one of the few major cities in the world with a population of more than one million.

The streets are crowded with people dressed in various colors.

Merchants dressed in elaborate silk costumes, all with smiling faces Wishing you prosperity, stand from street to door to solicit customers.

Samurai with katanas swaggered through the market and appeared at the gates of the main avenues.

These dojos are actually schools.

It's not just about teaching swordsmanship.

There is also learning.

Including Western blood, Mingxue, military science, Confucianism, etc.

Cities on the same level as Edo include Kyoto and Osaka in Japan.

Demographically.

Today's Japan is likely to be one of the top five most populous countries in the world, and the only countries that have more people than them may be the Ottoman Empire, the Ming Dynasty, and Russia - because France has the largest population in Western countries, with just over 20 million.

India is now a sparse princely state and colonies that have just been occupied separately, and if India were a unified country, their population would surely exceed that of Japan.

But now India is just a geographical concept.

The Mughal Empire has lost so much territory, and it is really difficult to say whether the population will exceed 30 million.

Japanese politics is characterized by the dual system of emperor and shogun.

The Edo shogunate took control of power.

However, the imperial court in Kyoto was not just a puppet, they actually held the "divine power" of Japan.

The Emperor is the embodiment of God on earth.

Therefore, no one will go to knock the emperor's family out of power.

And those when the authority of the shogun weakened.

This nominal court will begin to have more visibility.

Jump up and down.

Fight for benefits.

The Edo shogunate period, which began with Tokugawa Ieyasu, lasted for the first forty years.

With the death of those old people who have gone through the troubled times of the Warring States period, they have passed away one after another.

The politics of the shogunate gradually began to shift towards bunji.

Confucianism began to be more integrated into the doctrine of bushido.

And the royal family and ministers who were once starved to death in the Warring States Period.

In the Edo period, not only was it enough to eat, but the status of the land gradually became grand.

If history continues according to its original trajectory.

The prestige of the Japanese court would rise further as the prestige of the Tokugawa family fell.

And with events such as the "Black Ship Seki" having more impact on the position of the shogunate.

As a result, a larger-scale campaign of "respecting the king" and a movement of "integrating public service" emerged.

With the movement of "respecting the king and fighting the king" and "integrating public and military forces" is getting bigger and bigger.

The power of the Curtain Downfall faction is also growing.

And it is precisely because of the emperor, the nominal supreme ruler of Japan.

It was only in the mid-19th century that the impoverished samurai who were so humble that they could only die with a single sword eventually rose to the top of Japanese politics, seized the supreme power of Japan, and turned Japan and all of Asia into a stage for their talents and ambitions.

Compared with those noble-born and high-ranking "children of the Eight Banners".

Such ambitious people from the bottom of the ladder, who are so numerous that they can bring out enough talented people to be there, are definitely more dangerous – both for their own country and for Japan's neighbors.

And in the end, the madness of these low-level samurai careerists can only be ended by relying on the most powerful weapons detonated by humans.

And for Emperor Zhu.

What he had to do was to suppress the ambitions of these low-level samurai and let the lifeless upper class of Japanese society continue to hold power.

In this way, when Japan is founded in the future, it will not embark on the wrong path of aggression and expansion and become a dangerous militaristic machine.

When Tokugawa Mitsuhime arrived at the port of Edo with Zhu Yizin in her arms, the eyes of the six princes in her arms were rolling around, and she had no idea what his mother was going to do in order for him to become the king of the 30 million.

It was a detachment of the Ming Navy that sent Tokugawa Mitsuhime back to her mother's house in Edo.

This gesture illustrates that

Tokugawa Mitsuhime came as the concubine of the Ming Emperor.

When she walked down from the boat with Zhu Yizin in her arms.

The big names in Edo Castle have already come to greet them.

The current head of the Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Mitsuhime's elder brother Tokugawa Ieki, the elder Naka Matsudaira Toshinobu, Tanuma Matsuzaburo and other high-ranking shogunate officials have already arrived.

After a grand welcome.

Tokugawa Mitsuhime did not go to live in the Tokugawa family's mansion, but lived in the Ming embassy in Edo.

That same evening.

Tokugawa Ieki, Matsudaira Toshinobu, Tanuma Matsuzaburo and others entered the embassy in a four-wheeled carriage.

Xie Youren, the consul general of the Ming Dynasty in Japan, personally welcomed them into the museum at the door.

The sea breeze is gentle, and the spring breeze is warm.

On this spring day when the weather is gradually warming.

In the embassy parlor, a banquet has been set up.

Tokugawa Manhime was already sitting in the banquet with Zhu Yizin, the sixth prince of the Ming Dynasty, who had just turned one year old.

"Brother, Matsudaira Laozhong, Tanuma-kun, sit down. Today is a casual feast, so there is no need to be polite."

All three visitors looked at the child in Tokugawa Mitsuhime's arms.

"He is the sixth son of the Ming Emperor, the general of the Ming Japanese Warrior Corps, and the future king of the new Japanese fiefdom!" Tokugawa Mitsuhime said as he looked at the eyes of the three of them.

"New Japan"

The three of them glanced at each other.

About the new Japan.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty have already passed through the anger with them.

The Ming Emperor will divide a son to South America as king, the purpose of which is to reward the Japanese military soldiers for their pioneering work!

And the territory is huge.

It is said that it is a plain that is several times larger than Japan, and the entire population of Japan has been rich!

To say that the current domestic contradictions in Japan are actually similar to those of the Ming and Han dynasties - there are many people, but there is little land!

No!

Japan's contradictions are even more acute.

There should be a lot of people, but very little land!

Because nowadays Japanese people eat too few portions.

Basically, a bite of rice, a piece of kelp is a meal.

This is placed in Han land.

The tall Han Chinese have enough to eat for the average Japanese for a day or two – and it's no wonder that the Japanese are getting shorter and shorter.

That's where the nutrients come in.

And after the rise of the Ming Dynasty now, at least there will be two pressure relief outlets in Liaodi and Nanyang.

I heard that we will expand into North America in the future.

At that time, the contradiction between the Han people and the lack of land will be greatly alleviated.

And what about Japan?

Thirty million Japanese are crammed into this small island.

Even now, Japanese people eat so little.

It's almost impossible to feed so many people!!

Therefore.

After hearing that there will be a new Japan in the future.

All three of them were amazed.

Matsuzaburo Tanuma hurriedly stood up and asked, "New Japan is the fiefdom of Yizin Gong, why do you want to name New Japan?" ”

"It's not called New Japan, it's just that my son saw Japan's hardships and gave Japanese painting a chance!"

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