The happiness of a few people is often based on the suffering of the majority.
Perhaps in this special period, a very small number of businessmen will make huge profits from it. But what about the majority of people?
They said that the pain of life they endured is unspeakable, just like hundreds of thousands of Tokyo residents in this snowy and cold winter, living in an environment with little food, clothing, and no heating fuel, and more
People can only sleep on the streets.
Of course, these are just Tokyoites.
While countless Tokyoites can only sleep on the streets in the wind and snow, the embassy district is a different world. There are neither crowded refugees nor beggars. Foreigners from all over the world still enjoy the same things as in the past.
life.
"Millions of people were disarmed, and not one of them was a man!"
Standing by the window of the club, looking at the Japanese shacks built with cardboard and rags on another street, Zhao Teng, the consul of the Ming Dynasty, said with some emotion.
"A city with a population of nearly one million was actually conquered by more than 3,000 sailors. This is simply...a joke!"
Is this joke funny?
The Japanese cannot laugh, even in Tokyo now. Since the collapse of the shogunate, a large number of feudal lords and their followers have left Edo, and the total population here has been reduced to half from the previous 1.3 million!
But there are still 600,000 to 700,000 people, but what did these Tokyoites do when they faced the invasion?
Nothing done!
Of course, they were in no hurry to do anything.
"Hey, the country doesn't know its people, and the people don't know its country. The reform government has long been heartbroken! In the past few years, the reform government not only betrayed the gentry they once seized power, but also burdened the peasants.
With land taxes that are several times heavier than before, how can anyone defend a government like this when it is invaded?"
Standing next to the consul, Li Chenglin said with emotion.
“But when we support the reform government now, it’s really not worth the loss!”
"Who said we should support the reform government? What we support will always be only our interests. In diplomacy, the country's interests are the most important."
Zhao Teng said with a smile,
"Okay, Counselor Li, let's see if they are here!"
A moment later, in the conference room on the second floor of the club, facing the two ministers Parkes and Delang, Zhao Teng directly rejected their proposal yesterday.
"Very complaining, we don't see any reason to cancel the safe zone. As far as the information we have, just yesterday more than 1,300 Japanese were injured by British and American sailors. Men were killed and women were raped. Rich
People have been robbed, but if we cancel the safe zone now, we can ensure the safety of civilians."
At this extremely special time, Zhao Teng still stands on the stand of protecting the Japanese. This is humanitarian concern.
"There are hundreds of thousands of civilians living here. Based on humanitarianism, we have the responsibility to protect their safety. This is also the fundamental reason why we set up a safe zone. If..."
Looking at the two ministers in front of him, Zhao Teng said directly.
"If you promise to withdraw your troops from Tokyo, return the occupied areas to Tokyoites, and let the people here enjoy peace again, I guarantee that we will also return the safe zone to Tokyoites at the same time. But now? My
My conscience prevents me from making this decision, because I cannot face the people here. After the safe zone is cancelled, what kind of misfortune may the people living here suffer? I don’t know, but I understand that they need Daming’s help.
shelter."
Zhao Teng didn't talk about interests at all. The reason why he established the safe zone was for humanitarian reasons and to protect the people.
Of course, he does not deny that after setting up the safe zone, through some operations, he personally received extremely generous returns, but... everyone is like this, right?
The safe zone... is just business.
Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents, you know?
"Mr. Consul, there is no international precedent for setting up a safe zone. We can promise to protect the personal safety of Ming residents, but the current situation must end. Tokyo is now under our control, Ming! Ming is here again
What was done in this incident?”
Parkes said with great dissatisfaction.
"Safe Zone, how can you take advantage of the collapse of the Japanese government to usurp the fruits of our victory?"
In fact, when the Ming Dynasty established a safe zone, Parkes chose to accept it because he did not think it was necessary to conflict with the Ming Dynasty.
However, according to London's instructions, the existence of the safe zone has seriously affected the interests of Britain and the United States. After all, because of the existence of the safe zone, they cannot unscrupulously influence Japan's political situation according to their will.
Because everyone has seen that Ming Dynasty forces still exist in Tokyo. Under such circumstances, how could those people turn to Japan?
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"The fruits of victory? This means you are going to annex Japan!"
Zhao Teng said directly.
"Gentlemen, I can tell you very clearly that Ming Dynasty will never accept any country occupying Japan. After all, for Japan, especially the Japanese people, we have responsibilities that you will never understand, just like we protect the people here now.
, it’s like a father’s responsibility to his children.”
After righteously speaking these words, what Zhao Teng didn't know was that just a few days later, his words would spread throughout Japan, and countless Japanese were moved by his words.
In this special period, who can stand by Japan's side to protect Japan?
No!
No country will protect Japan. Only one country will stand up, and that is Ming Dynasty.
They used just a few dozen soldiers to protect hundreds of thousands of Tokyo citizens. Faced with the threat of British and American monsters, their consul resolutely chose to protect!
How could this not be touching?
Faced with such a straightforward answer, Parkes said directly.
"Japan, what does Japan have to do with you? Japan is an independent country. What responsibilities do you need to bear towards Japan? Japan..."
"The Ming Dynasty is Japan's parent country! Mr. Parkes, I hope you will learn the history of East Asia."
"History is just history and has no practical significance!"
Delang retorted directly.
"Mr. Consul, what we are discussing now is the future of Japan. Of course, we do not rule out your reasons for participating, but you must understand that the current Japan should be negotiated by us together, not by Ming alone.
decided!"
In fact, before the negotiations began, they had already received instructions from the country - on the Japanese issue, they could conduct some negotiations with Ming Dynasty to ensure their special interests while ensuring the interests of their own country. This is also what the three countries talked about this time.
root cause.
In other words, they did not want to have a direct conflict with Ming Dynasty on the Japanese issue. They preferred to solve the problem through negotiation.
"Some issues are simply not possible for negotiation, after all..."
Just as Zhao Teng finished speaking, bursts of excited shouts suddenly came from outside.
"Da Ming Ban Zai!"
"The Ming Emperor Banyu!"
This chapter has been completed!