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Chapter 725 Taming the Loyal Dog (Second Update, please subscribe)
The fleet is firing!

Ming's fleet fired at Japan.

Fired at Hiroshima, Japan!

After receiving the report from the Ministry of the Navy, Emperor Zhu's mood could not be calmed for a long time. Even now, standing by the window, he can hear the beating of his heart.

This is exciting, jumping, and even more exciting heartbeat!
Shoot Japan!
This is simply...the most simple and straightforward wish of all Chinese people!

And there is Zhenyuan among them.

Zhenyuan, that is a warship named by Emperor Zhu himself. Why did he let it visit Japan? To put it bluntly, it is a kind of feeling, a kind of plot, and this kind of plot can't even be let go.

To a certain extent, it is to make up for the legacy of this warship in another world!
And now, not only did it make up for some of his own regrets!
Even the common hope of the people of future generations was truly realized at this time!
With a cigar in his hand, although nicotine helps calm his mood, Zhu Xianhai is still a little excited!

How could it be possible not to be excited? This is nothing more than an exciting thing.

Only God knows.How excited Emperor Zhu was when he heard the fleet bombard Hiroshima, Japan.

In another world, during the Anti-Japanese War, the naval guns of the Japanese Navy fired again and again in Shanghai, Hangzhou Bay, Guangzhou and other places. Those large-caliber naval guns brought huge damage to the Chinese army.

Every time they shelled, a large number of Chinese soldiers were buried under the artillery fire. In the face of such artillery fire, the Chinese army could only use their lives to build the Great Wall of flesh and blood.

Every time I watch a documentary, I see pictures of the arrogant Japanese navy happily shelling Chinese cities.Zhu Xianhai's heart was heavy.

That hatred is engraved in the bone.

But now, at this moment, Emperor Zhu was relieved. This kind of relief has nothing to do with anything else, just because he has done it now.

The artillery shells fired by Ming's fleet landed on the land of Japan, and now it's time for the Japanese to experience that feeling.

Of course, Daming is teaching Nizi a lesson.

Hey, being a father is not easy!
Emperor Zhu sighed inwardly, then took another puff of his cigar, savoring the aroma of the cigar.He thought about it and said.

"Okay, since you've already intervened, let's... intervene."

At this moment, Emperor Zhu was very excited.

Not meddling in Japanese affairs, but at the invitation of Japan, Da Ming's father is going to help Japan restore order.

The sound of cannons is proof!

He really changed history.

Taking a deep breath, Emperor Zhu pondered for a while, then looked at Zuo Zongtang and said.

"Zuo Qing's family has a great relationship with Japan, so I decided to conquer Japan myself!"

what!
Zuo Zongtang looked at His Majesty in surprise, and Lin Yuehu, Minister of the Admiralty, said in one go,
"Your Majesty, Japan is just a tiny place, so why do you need His Majesty to conquer it yourself!"

"Your Majesty, what Lin Shangshu said is true, Japan..."

Suddenly, Zuo Zongtang stopped, he looked at His Majesty, could it be that His Majesty wanted... After thinking about it, he still persuaded.

"Japan is just a small country, why should His Majesty need to personally conscript it? Your Majesty, there is no need to personally conquer it. If Your Majesty is worried, you can send more troops and send another general."

"Left Prime Minister, Japan is different from other places!"

Emperor Zhu waved his hand and said.

"The significance of Japan to our Ming Dynasty lies not in its land, but in its population. Its [-] million population is an indispensable help for our Ming Dynasty. The gentry is what our Ming Dynasty needs to develop Africa in the future."

Japan to Ming Dynasty is like England to India, and Japanese samurai to Daming is just like to the United Kingdom.How did Britain rule most of Africa, only by white people?Of course not, it relied on the hundreds of thousands of Indian soldiers of the British Indian Army and the Indians who acted as its thugs and lackeys.

"Of course, this is only one aspect. On the other hand, the Japanese gentry is the soul and the seat of its spirit in Japan. My Ming Dynasty wants to rule Japan and turn Japan into my Ming Dynasty. It is necessary to make the gentry great Ming, or in other words, remove its soul, transform its spirit, and finally integrate its nation."

Taking a puff of his cigar, looking at Zuo Zongtang who seemed a little dazed, Emperor Zhu said.

"According to Japanese statistics in the fifth year of the Meiji era, the number of gentry families exceeded 190 million. This is the result of the Japanese government doing everything possible, because there are still a large number of countrymen and ronin who are counted as civilians, and these people are also traditionally regarded as civilians. Think of them as samurai. These talents are the real backbone of Japanese society. Unlike ordinary households, gentry, rich or poor, have received a good education since childhood. In the past few hundred years, they have been the elite of Japan, and the Meiji Although the gentry were severely hit during the Restoration, what they didn't know was that these downcast gentry were the root of their desire to rise!"

The gentry is the root of Japan's rise!

This may seem arbitrary, but it is true because the gentry have received a good education. Even if the gentry’s old line of work is excluded, about 87% of the officials in modern Japan are from samurai families, and [-]% of the police are samurai. birth.In Japanese universities, [-]% of the teachers are also from samurai families. In primary and secondary schools, there are many descendants of samurai teaching. In the financial world, there are samurai chaebols such as Mitsubishi. Even in the underworld, there are black dragon clubs composed of ronin warriors. .

The treatment of the samurai class disappeared, and they soon became the backbone of Japanese society by virtue of their education and occupational advantages. It was these educated people who promoted the success of Japan's restoration.

But what if Japan loses these educated backbones of society?Talking about rising, of course, they will become the help of Ming Dynasty to enter Africa and transform Africa.

"But for us, what do we need? It is a Japan that is a loyal dog of the Ming Dynasty, not a rising and progressive Japan. Now, the reform government's suppression of the gentry has given us opportunities and given us An opportunity to turn the gentry into loyal dogs of the Ming Dynasty, after all, for the gentry, their loyalty always belongs to the lord."

The timing is just right now, the Japanese have not yet established a view of the country, and the Japanese gentry have no view of the country, and the vast majority of them still adhere to the tradition of serving the lord.

This lord could be a local daimyo in the Warring States period, or a vassal lord in the Edo period, or the emperor after the books were returned.

And now?

The emperor has betrayed them, and those gentry who have suffered betrayal can naturally swear allegiance to the new lord.

It is allegiance to the Ming emperor.

This is the reason why Emperor Zhu went to Japan. There is no other reason, because he needs to obtain the heartfelt approval of the imperial cannon fodder.

Thanks to the elites of the Meiji Restoration, they have not yet realized the role of those gentry in Japan.

A Japan without the gentry...that is, without a soul, if the soul becomes the Ming Dynasty, will Japan be far from becoming the Ming Dynasty?

Of course, the most important thing is that Japan after the backbone of society has been thoroughly domesticated will never become a threat to China. As for Japan... there will be no more Japan in the future.

(End of this chapter)