The British cannons woke up the Japanese!
Or it may have awakened the Japanese who were heading straight for the road of "leaving Asia and joining Europe". Once upon a time, they thought that as long as they could learn from Western civilization, put on suits, and become rich and powerful, they would become Europeans.
What's the point even if it's yellow skin?
As long as they learn from the West, live and think like Westerners, they can be accepted by Westerners.
But this is simply a dream.
What is true in this world is also true in another world.
In another world, more than twenty years after Fukuzawa Yukichi, the founder of modern Japan who advocated "civilization and enlightenment", raised his arms and shouted "Leave Asia and join Europe", Japan is still a frog in the well in the eyes of Europeans and Americans.
A symbol of ignorance, barbarism and unreasonableness.
Only later, after being severely beaten by reality, did the Japanese discover that it was impossible to "leave Asia and join Europe".
What was the essence of the law of the jungle in the 19th century?
On the surface it looks like a feast for the strong and misery for the weak. But in reality it is still a battle of races and a clash of civilizations.
It is the invasion and plunder of other civilizations by European civilization, and the enslavement and exploitation of other races by the European race.
"Leaving Asia and joining Europe"... Can the Japanese peel off that layer of skin on their bodies and replace it with white skin? Even if they become a "banana empire", in the eyes of Europeans, they are still a "yellow peril" and a "yellow peril"
"Heresy" is the enemy.
In another world, it took Japan almost half a century to understand this truth. They could never pull off that layer of skin on their bodies.
Even if they rise, even if they become rich, even if they once claimed to have bought the world, the Anglo-Saxons who control the world will never treat them as equals.
And now?
The arrogance of the British navy, a bombardment at sea, and the tragic death of tens of thousands of Japanese army and navy soldiers made Japan's most outstanding talents in the mid-to-late 19th century, such as Iwakura Tomomi, Yoto Hirobumi, Okubo Toshimichi, and Kido Takayoshi, suddenly wake up.
It turned out that "leaving Asia and joining Europe" was impossible. At this moment, all their dreams were shattered. Amidst the sound of British artillery, they seemed to understand some truth.
Not only is it impossible, but Japan is also facing an unprecedented racial crisis - they may be annihilated by Western monsters like the British at any time, and then 30 million Japanese will become slaves of Western monsters, just like Indians.
Slaves who have subjugated their country!
The country will be destroyed and the species will be destroyed!
Such a threat was something they had never imagined in the past.
The unprecedented crisis made Iwakura Tomomi and the others make a choice.
"idiot!"
With a violent movement, the small table in front of him was overturned. Sanjo Minami, a former Grand Advocate who had suffered a mental breakdown and was unable to perform his duties due to the government's "conquest of Korea" last year. Then faced with the death of the emperor and the domestic political turmoil, he had endured and never returned.
, pointed at Iwakura Tomomi and said.
"How can you bastard say such a thing? Didn't you reform and reform to make Japan rich and powerful? This is unreasonable. Now there is just a problem, and you actually want to hand over Japan to Ming Dynasty. You are damned. I think you are all
Let’s go to the Niju Bridge outside the Imperial Palace and commit seppuku to apologize!”
How could Sanjo Sanemi not be angry?
Iwakura Tomoshi actually proposed to him the suggestion of "professing tributary to the Ming Dynasty". Sanjo Mimi, who is proficient in Confucianism, certainly knows what "proclaiming vassal" means. This is the tribute system established by the Ming Dynasty. In East Asia, Korea has been the tribute system of China.
However, what about Japan? It has been outside this system for a long time. Although Japan takes China as its teacher and is willing to get close to China in its heart, it is definitely not that close to China.
But this does not mean that he does not understand the tribute system of the Ming Dynasty.
Proclaiming vassal status is a link in the tribute system, which means professing vassal status to the Ming Dynasty and then accepting the Ming Dynasty's canonization. Just like Toyotomi Hideyoshi back then, the Tokugawa family also had the Ming Dynasty's canonization in mind.
"Your Excellency, if going to Nichong Bridge and committing hara-kiri to apologize can stop the Western ghosts from snooping on Japan, then I will go to Nichong Bridge now. However, the British ambitions are now obvious, and they have openly supported Germany.
The Tokugawa family even did not hesitate to bombard our fleet. Tens of thousands of athletes died tragically at sea. Your Excellency, if a decision is not made as soon as possible, Japan will not only be restored by the Tokugawa family. How can Saigo and others accept the Tokugawa family?
What? There are other lords, and the British can support Tokugawa or others. By then, Japan will not only be divided, but even subjugated, and will become a colony of the British devils from now on!"
It’s like mourning an heir!
When Sanjo Sanimi, who was still angry at first, heard what Iwakura Tomomi said, his whole body seemed to collapse in an instant. His face turned pale and he opened his mouth, but no words came out.
The news that the British navy interfered in Japan's internal affairs and bombarded the Japanese fleet also made people feel inexplicable fear.
He doesn't believe in the divine wind protecting the country.
Although he has never been abroad, Sanjo Mimi is very clear about the power of Western countries, especially the United Kingdom. Now with the support of the British, the Tokugawa family will definitely be able to conquer the world. If this is just the beginning, then in the future
What will happen?
The rise of the Wu family again?
Whether the samurai family will rise or not, Sanjou Sanimi doesn't know, but it certainly has nothing to do with the public. Even if he implements the plan and succeeds, what will happen?
It may be good for the Tokugawa family to regain power, but if, as Iwakura Tomomi said, Britain will use Japan's civil strife to support all parties and divide Japan, then Japan will really be a country without a country.
"Your Excellency, although it is hard to accept that you have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, at least Japan is still there. North Korea has been surrendered to the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. The Ming Dynasty has never interfered in their internal affairs, nor has it harmed them in the slightest, but it has benefited from the Ming Dynasty.
Asylum, Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s invasion of North Korea ended in failure. Now, by surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, Japan can not only get the protection of the Ming Dynasty from the invasion of British ghosts, but only in this way can Japan survive in this world of tigers and wolves! Your Excellency
!”
Iwakura Tomomi, whose face was full of grief and indignation, raised his head, met Sanjo Sanimi's gaze, and said in a tone of grief and indignation.
"If there were other choices, I would never do this, but the world today is no longer the world of the past. The so-called civilization and barbarism are actually a battle between races, a struggle between Westerners and others.
Slavery and domination, Japan is too weak, if there is no big country to protect Japan, we will not even be able to survive in this world, Your Excellency."
Raising his head and looking directly at Sanjo Sanimi, Iwakura Tomomi said in a sad and angry tone.
"Now, the problems we face are no longer the same as in the past. In the past, all we had to consider was our self-righteous desire to find a way to enrich the country and strengthen the army. But will those Westerners give us such an opportunity? They will not
Give us such an opportunity. Your Excellency, haven't you seen it by now? Now we have no other choice. Becoming a colony of Westerners is almost Japan's only fate. Now if we make
If there is another choice, there is still a chance, otherwise, I’m afraid I won’t even have this chance.”
Listening to Iwakura Tomomi's words, Sanjo Mimi opened his mouth but was speechless. In the end, he even spoke in a tone full of despair.
"How did the world become such a ghost?"
This world is like this! In fact, no one understands this world better than the Japanese, because the Japanese believe that the strong are respected, that is, the weak should be allowed to be mermaids. Of course, the strong can be unscrupulous, of course.
Do whatever you want.
But now Japan is in a very sad situation. He is the target of doing whatever he wants.
"Don't we have any other options?"
The answer is self-evident...
This chapter has been completed!