Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 285 Japan's Chance

In March of the fifth year of the Restoration of Ming Dynasty.

In mid-April, 1796 AD.

On the streets of Edo.

Edo, Japan in the peaceful and prosperous age may be one of the few large cities in the world with a population of over one million.

The streets are crowded with people in all kinds of costumes.

Businessmen dressed in elegant silk clothing, all with smiling faces of congratulations and fortune, stand from the street to the door to attract customers.

Samurai with samurai swords swaggered through the city and appeared at the gates of various dojos.

These dojos are actually schools.

Not just teaching swordplay.

And learning.

Including Western blood, Ming studies, military studies, Confucianism, etc.

There are cities at the same level as Edo, and there are Kyoto and Osaka in Japan.

In terms of population.

Now Japan is likely to be the top five most populous countries in the world. Only the Ottoman Empire, Ming Dynasty, Russia and other countries with more population than them may be because France has the largest population in Western countries, with only more than 2000 million.

And India is now a fragmented state and the colonies of various countries have just been occupied separately. If India is a unified country, their population will definitely exceed that of Japan.

But now India is just a geographical concept.

The Mughal Empire lost so many territories, it is really hard to say whether the population still exceeds 3000 million.

The characteristic of Japanese politics is the dual system of emperor and shogun.

The Edo shogunate seized power.

But the imperial court in Kyoto is not just a puppet, they actually hold the "divine power" of Japan.

The emperor is the incarnation of God in the world.

So no matter who is going to blow the Emperor's family down.

And those shoguns as long as their authority is weak.

The titular court would then begin to have more visibility.

Jump up and down.

Fight for benefits.

The Edo Shogunate era started by Tokugawa Ieyasu has gone through the first 40 years.

Those old people who have gone through the troubled times of the Warring States passed away one after another.

The politics of the shogunate gradually began to turn to Wenzhi.

Confucianism began to be more integrated into Bushido's doctrine.

And in the Warring States period, the royal family and the public ministers who were about to starve to death.

In the Edo period, not only could they be full, but their status gradually became more grand.

If history evolves according to the original track.

The prestige of the Japanese imperial court will further increase as the prestige of the Tokugawa family declines.

And with incidents like the "black boat buckle", it will have more impact on the status of the shogunate.

As a result, larger-scale "respecting the king and fighting barbarians" activities and "integration of public affairs" movements emerged.

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

The power of the downfall faction is also growing.

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

Those impoverished samurai who were so humble that they could only kill with one knife finally stepped onto the highest stage of Japanese politics during the Fall of the Curtain Movement in the middle of the 19th century. The stage of ambition.

Compared with those "children of the Eight Banners" who were born in aristocratic backgrounds.

This kind of careerist who was born at the bottom and has great ambitions, and at the same time has a large number of people who can produce enough talented people is definitely a more dangerous existence-whether it is for their own country or for Japan's neighboring countries. in this way.

And the ultimate end to the madness of these low-level samurai careerists can only be ended by the most powerful weapon detonated by humans.

But for Emperor Zhu.

What he has to do is to suppress the ambitions of these low-level samurai and let the lifeless upper-class 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 military machine.

When Tokugawa Miki arrived at the port of Edo with Zhu Yixin in her arms, the eyes of the sixth prince in her arms rolled around, unaware that his mother was going to fight for him to become the king of 3000 million people effort to do.

It was a squadron of the Ming Navy that sent Tokugawa Miki back to her natal family in Edo to visit her relatives.

This gesture shows that
Tokugawa Manji came here as the concubine of the Ming Emperor.

When she walked off the boat with Zhu Yixin in her arms.

All the big figures in Edo Castle have come to welcome them.

The current head of the Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Miki's elder brother Tokugawa Iezari, old Nakamatsudaira Sadanobu, Tanuma Matsuzaburo and other high-level shogunate officials have all come.

After a grand welcome.

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

That night.

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

Xie Youren, Consul General of Ming Dynasty in Japan, personally welcomed them into the hall at the door.

The sea breeze is gentle, and the spring breeze brings warmth.

On this warmer spring day.

In the living room of the embassy, ​​a simple banquet has been set up.

Tokugawa Manji was already sitting at the banquet holding Zhu Yixin, the sixth prince of Ming Dynasty who had just turned one year old.

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

The three visitors all looked at the child in Tokugawa Miki's arms.

"He is the sixth son of the Ming Emperor, the general of the Japanese Armed Forces of the Ming Dynasty, and the future king of the new Japanese fief!" Tokugawa Miki said, looking into the eyes of the three of them.

"New Japan"

The three looked at each other.

About New Japan.

The officials of Daming have already gotten along with them.

The Ming emperor will entrust one of his sons to be king in South America. The purpose is to reward the pioneering work of the Japanese Armed Forces Corps!
And the site is huge.

It is said that it is a plain that is several times larger than Japan. If the entire population of Japan migrates there, there will be rich people!

As far as the domestic conflicts in Japan are concerned, they are actually similar to those in the Ming and Han Dynasties—there are many people but few lands!
Do not!
The contradiction in Japan is even more acute.

There should be many people and very little land!

Because Japanese people eat too little now.

Basically, one bite of rice and one kelp is one meal.

This is placed in Han.

One meal of those tall and big Han Chinese is enough for the average Japanese to eat for a day or two-it's no wonder that the Japanese are getting shorter and shorter.

Nutrition intake is here.

After the rise of the Ming Dynasty, at least the Liao region and Nanyang are needed to relieve pressure.

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

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

And what about Japan?

3000 million Japanese are crowded on this tiny island.

Even now the Japanese eat so little.

It is almost impossible to feed such a large population! !
therefore.

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

All three people's eyes lit up.

Tanuma Matsuzaburo hurriedly stood up and asked, "New Japan is the fiefdom of Lord Yixin, why is it named New Japan?"

"It may not be called New Japan, but my son sees Japan's hardships and gives Japanese paintings a chance!"

(End of this chapter)