"The journey of the Great Dao means that the world is for the common good, selecting the worthy and capable, advocating trust and cultivating harmony... this is called Great Harmony."
This is the ancients’ definition of Datong, but what is the real Datong?
In fact, no matter how "Datong" is defined, essentially, before "Datong", there is "Tianxia". First, there must be unification of the world, and then there can be great unity of the world.
The premise of world harmony is unification and expansion.
Only through expansion can there be a world, and with a world, can "Great Harmony" be possible. In fact, this also expresses the "mission of the empire" in a relatively obscure way.
The mission and responsibility of an empire is to expand.
Compared with the obscurity of the East, the Western world is more straightforward. The Roman Empire shouted that "the mission of the empire is to conquer the barbarians, in more lands and more slaves."
And what about the British Empire?
"The real goal and direction is to expand British rule throughout the world."
Expansion has long been engraved in the blood and marrow of the empire. No matter what excuses or reasons there are, they essentially serve this purpose.
Just like Tokyo in 1875, ostensibly Britain and the United States joined forces to prevent the expansion of Ming Dynasty.
But in essence, they are serving the expansion of the United Kingdom, but they have slightly "advanced" their long-term goals.
After all, in Britain's long-term plan, they wanted to occupy the entire East Asia. The most fundamental reason why it could not be implemented was that the interests among the great powers were too divergent.
This is also the biggest problem in the international colonial game. The expansion of a country is always subject to other powers. Originally, the cooperation between Britain and the United States solved their differences to a certain extent. However, sometimes there will always be
Some surprises.
Originally, after Britain and the United States occupied Tokyo, the problem should be very simple - Tokyo was under their occupation. Then they could naturally implement their policies according to their own wishes.
In order to reduce differences as much as possible, they even planned to bring Russia into it. After all, Russia has always been ambitious about Hokkaido.
But now the problem has undergone some changes - such as Ming Dynasty, such as the "Tokyo Safety Zone" established by Ming Dynasty.
When the British and American sailors came ashore, relying on less than twenty marines and embassy staff to evacuate the expatriates, the Ming Dynasty successfully classified half of Tokyo from the "Imperial Palace" as the center to the east as far as Edogawa.
"Safe place".
A crossroads, a wooden stake.
This is the boundary between the safe zone and the occupied area. There is a sign nailed on the wooden stake - "The Ming Empire Special Reserve", and a flag of the Ming Dynasty is hung on the flagpole on the stake.
Behind the wooden pile, several soldiers were carrying old Schneider breech-loading rifles. They were not tall and did not even have military uniforms. They were dressed in casual clothes and only had a Ming-style military cap on their heads.
At most, the white cloth armband on the sleeve says "Volunteer Team".
The so-called "Volunteer Team" is a "security team" composed of temporarily recruited Ming expatriates and a small number of locals. The officers are from the Ming Dynasty. After the fall of Tokyo, the Ming Dynasty relied on dozens of embassy guards and temporarily recruited Japanese police.
, the gentry established this safe zone.
Compared with the daily atrocities in the occupied areas, the safe area with good security is undoubtedly a paradise. Almost every day, citizens from the occupied areas enter this safe area.
However, it is not easy to enter the safe zone from the occupied area. Along the way, you may encounter Western soldiers or the "Maintenance Society" at any time. The Sustainment Society is a security team composed of scum recruited by Westerners, including both police and gangsters.
member.
Takahashi Korekiyo and dozens of students looked around nervously. On the other side of the intersection, those beast-like Western soldiers were standing there. Their eyes seemed to be staring at the women in the team. In the past half month,
Here, women are dragged away by Western soldiers every day and ravaged in military camps or taverns.
When those Western soldiers saw young girls, they would always whistle from time to time and speak extremely obscene words in English. In response to their teasing, the women with pot ashes on their faces would bow their heads and remain silent.
"It's daytime now, they don't dare to mess around..."
Takahashi Korekiyo said to the students.
"It will be safe after entering the safe zone for a while."
In fact, as early as the day Tokyo was occupied, like many people, he wanted to escape to the safe zone after learning about it. But facing those wolf-like Westerners, who dared to go there? Those who were shot in those days
, there were only thousands of Japanese who were beheaded and ravaged.
Although public security seems to have been restored now, atrocities committed by the coalition forces still occur from time to time, especially at night, and there are even rumors that even the concubines of Emperor Meiji were ravaged by Westerners.
Japan!
The country is really subjugated!
Just when Takahashi Korekiyo was sighing like this, suddenly, five or six maintenance members wearing white armbands at the intersection pointed at them and shouted.
"You all stop!"
There were two Western soldiers behind them, and they stared lewdly at the women in the crowd. The women were all so frightened that they hid behind the boys.
"What's the matter with you!"
Korekiyo Takahashi shouted loudly.
What?
The maintenance members with wooden sticks in their hands were all stunned. What was he talking about?
Born in a samurai family, even though he grew up as an adopted son, although his family was poor, he learned Nanjing dialect from his adoptive mother.
Although it is not fluent, it sounds like the same thing.
"What do you want to do!"
Takahashi Korekiyo, who was wearing a suit, asked directly and said in "hard" Japanese.
"I am from Ming Dynasty, why do you stop me and my students!"
Then, Korekiyo Takahashi shouted loudly in English to the two Westerners.
"You are sailors from that country, I will report this matter to the consulate!"
He is actually a Ming Dynasty man who can speak Japanese and English.
The people who maintained the meeting immediately bowed and apologized.
"I'm very sorry, Your Excellency. Last night, an American sailor was attacked and killed. The suspect is now being hunted."
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Suspect?
For the evil you have done, every Tokyoite may be a suspect!
"They are my students and they are going to study in Ming Dynasty. How can they be suspects!"
Takahashi Korekiyo shouted without fear.
"I will definitely report this matter to the consul!"
The guy who originally wanted to stop this group of people to extort some money and get two women to show respect to the foreign master could only keep bending down to accompany them.
Mr. Yang is a master, and Mr. Ming is also a master!
Not to mention that they couldn't provoke it, even the British couldn't afford to provoke it! Who doesn't know that the British have been protesting for a long time.
Finally, they arrived at the entrance of the safe zone without any danger. Takahashi Korekiyo saw two entrances, one was the Japanese entrance with a huge crowd of people, and the other was the "expatriate entrance" where no one entered at all.
"It would be great if I were from Ming Dynasty."
Yamamotoji, who was following Korekiyo Takahashi, said with emotion.
"Haha, if you can speak Nanjing dialect and write Chinese characters, there will be no problem. Westerners can't tell our identities."
After that, he looked at the teacher and said.
"Teacher, when we enter the safe zone, you must teach us Nanjing dialect. Going to study in the West is not as good as going to Ming Dynasty!"
"That's right, the Ming Dynasty is a dynasty that can even save us!"
While the students were talking to each other, Takahashi Korekiyo looked around in confusion.
It was under the protection of the Ming Dynasty that Tokyo had such a paradise during the war. Without the protection of the Ming Dynasty, what kind of hell would Tokyo be?
In the occupied areas outside the safety zone, Korekiyo Takahashi had personally witnessed the atrocities committed by the Westerners. For him who had lived in the United States, he certainly knew how the Americans treated the Indians.
If Japan falls into the hands of the United States and becomes their colony, then the Japanese will become another group of Indians who will be massacred and bullied by the Americans...
This chapter has been completed!