On July 3, 1956, after the "Kansai Tiger Shield" Armored Corps prepared to march into the Honshu Territory but was bombed by the Principality of Montenegro and had to return with heavy losses, Lord Ishii of the Honshu Territory issued a harsh statement, accusing Yamamoto came to power through a coup, and his cabinet was an illegal cabinet. He said that the cabinet of Prime Minister Ashikaga was the legitimate Japanese government.
Within the next few days, one after another, several lords from the southeast, like Lord Ishii, declared their allegiance to Ogotsu's Ashikaga Cabinet.
By July 8, when Lord Odawara, the right leader of Kyoto, announced the change of flag, a total of ten leaders raised the beige flag representing the Ashikaga Cabinet.
The remaining eighteen territories are not all of the same mind as the Kansai Group, but they are too close to Kansai.
Another example is the Gyeonggi and Gyeongzu collars, which have long been firmly controlled by the Kansai Group.
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Late at night, in the magnificent study room of Shili Villa, Lu Ming was flipping through the documents on the table.
Usually at this time, Lu Ming used his identity as the Prince of Black Mountain Castle to handle some documents that needed to be reviewed by himself.
The colorful clothes were gorgeous, and she sat quietly beside him to accompany him.
Today's Liuli has a very sacred and inviolable meaning as the Lord of the Immortal Palace. Even when he and Lu Ming went to Wushan together, the two of them seemed to have entered a fantasy world and traveled in the fairyland. In the fairyland, there were blue beads. It was really a fairyland. Couple scene.
Um? Lu Ming looked at the document in his hand. It was a report on the current situation in Japan by Foreign Minister Song Renzong. Song Renzong was the former Professor Song. He and Lu Ming once wrote "On Society" together. He is now also the leader of the Social Democratic Party of the Principality. The Socialist Party is The second largest party in the principality.
The largest party is the Sunflower Party led by Prime Minister Sun Xiangyang.
However, the principality has only lifted the party ban at the beginning of this year, and the parties are very weak, but they are also developing vigorously.
Next year, the principality’s first parliamentary election will be held to elect members of the House of Commons.
Of course, according to the laws of the Principality, the House of Commons currently has very little power. Any resolution of the House of Commons needs to be voted by the House of Lords. The legislative power is also in the House of Lords. The members of the House of Lords are appointed by the Head of the Principality, His Royal Highness Prince Montenegro.
For this world, even the people in the Northern Territory are more or less aware of party politics, so it is not difficult to follow this path.
Lu Ming hoped that he could control it well so that the principality could develop rapidly under his own governance and that it would take decades to finally complete the road from enlightenment to a true parliamentary system of government.
Looking at Song Renzong's analysis of the current situation in Japan, Lu Ming nodded slightly. Except that the scholar was a little angry, everything else was fine.
In fact, in Japan, they just want to divide and rule, so that the northern and southern governments will always be at war with each other.
Nowadays, the current situation in Japan is actually very similar to the Warring States Period of my neighboring country in the previous life.
For example, although Prime Minister Ashikaga is supported by ten lords, the lords of each lord are princes who hold local military and political power.
Prime Minister Ashikaga can recruit their divisions to go to war with the Kansai Army, but it is impossible to integrate and reorganize their armed forces.
On the contrary, the Kansai Army of the Kansai Group has been reorganized, and the divisions of the Kansai Army are the modern military model.
The main Japanese divisions also came from the Kansai Army.
If there is no external force to intervene and the two sides go to war now, Ashikaga Prime Minister's side will definitely lose.
However, it was because of Montenegro's support for Prime Minister Ashikaga that the Ten Southeast Territories dared to resist the power of the Kansai Group.
Song Renzong also believed that Japan needed checks and balances between the north and the south. Therefore, at least in the foreseeable next few decades, Japan would no longer be a trouble to the northern region.
But he believed that the southern forces should be properly armed to give them the strength to compete with the Kansai Army.
The principality's garrison in Japan will intervene in the war between the two sides as little as possible in the future.
Lu Ming looked at it and smiled, then put it down and said "Hey" again. There was a letter underneath.
It was written by my father-in-law, Han Renwang.
Of course, the son-in-law Han Renwang thought was Governor Zhang, who had died in Japan.
But the more he became affectionate to him, the more he thought it was because of his dead son-in-law.
Opening the letter, Lu Ming shook his head. What Han Renwang wrote was a letter of persuasion.
It was a joint letter, jointly signed by Qi Huaide.
In the letter, the two strong men of the Northern Territory believed that they were already the masters of the Northern Territory, and that the four provinces model of the Northern Territory had become a thing of the past.
The Northern Territory has a vast territory and a population of hundreds of millions. From ancient times to the present, there has never been such a large principality.
His Highness's wife is also one of the heirs to the great emperor of the empire.
The four provinces of the Northern Territory are originally members of the confederation with the same status as the Kingdom of Grifenni, the Kingdom of Sonia, and the Kingdom of Japan.
All these things, it is understandable that His Highness should become king in the Northern Territory and unify the Northern Territory, in line with the law and principles.
Lu Ming looked at it and shook his head helplessly.
The meaning of the letter is that the "principality" should be changed into a "kingdom".
Let's just call it the Northern Kingdom. From then on, it has the same status as the Kingdom of Grifenni with the eldest prince as king, the Kingdom of Sonia with the second prince as king, etc., and he has become His Majesty the King.
The current Principality of Montenegro is legally an autonomous principality under the rule of the Kingdom of Grifenni.
And if the Principality of Montenegro becomes the Northern Kingdom, Han Renwang and Qi Huaide will support themselves and become autonomous forces under the kingdom.
Today, our relationship with them is still "allies".
After all, the principality's temple is too small. Even if they wanted to completely adhere to it, their subordinates would not agree, because at least the nominal position would have to be demoted several levels.
In fact, I know that both of them are determined to be attached to me.
Han Renwang was supported by himself, and as he was getting older, he had long lost his ambitions. He only hoped that his children and grandchildren could continue to enjoy the country he had built in peace and stability.
From Qi Huaide's point of view, he expelled the Long clan and later helped them put down Ma Quanyou's rebellion and Chen Xingchang's rebellion.
He should have already had a plan, so he had no objection to the fact that the place where Chen Xingchang rebelled was occupied by Han Renwang.
Not to mention these, the current situation is also obvious. Sooner or later, he will unify the Northern Territory. The Japanese people have suffered a lot. How can their current military power stop them? If you wait until you find excuses to eradicate them in the future, it is better to rely on them now. At least you can get preferential treatment and enjoy the blessings of being a local emperor in a self-governing land for generations to come.
Lu Ming handed the letter to Liuli: "What do you think?"
Her glazed eyes glanced at the letter, and she pursed her lips and smiled: "Of course His Highness has an idea."
Lu Ming nodded: "I think it's better to accumulate food and become king slowly."
Liuli nodded gently: "Your Highness is wise."
Lu Ming rolled his eyes. She couldn't change her flattery, no matter how charming she was now.
However, if any northern kingdom is established now, it will immediately become a thorn in the eyes of the eldest prince and the second prince.
In fact, the two people's thoughts about themselves now should be different from before. Thinking about it, they are already full of vigilance about themselves.
As long as he takes a step beyond the boundaries, for example, if his power extends to the southwest, they will definitely not allow it.
If they establish a kingdom, are they afraid they won't declare war on them immediately?
Because Alice is not only one of the legal heirs of the emperor, but also the only heir in the eyes of some nobles.
With her own independent kingdom, Alice will be the most powerful contender for the throne from now on.
This is the last thing they want to see.
Therefore, I would like to spend my time in the Northern Territory first, fighting against the Japanese.
They are just tumbling in a cold and cold land that is insignificant in their eyes, and are restrained by warlords such as Ren Zhonglin and Qi Huaide. Unifying the Northern Territory by themselves is far away, so it naturally poses little threat to them.
Moreover, the economic foundation of the Northern Territory is much worse than that of the areas they rule. They have also introduced party politics, which will take time to digest.
In fact, he did not take advantage of the trend to unify the Northern Territory, but introduced party politics. The eldest prince and second prince must have laughed in their hearts that they were not useful. They obviously covered the sky with one hand, but they chose to hinder themselves. They are typical patients with freedom disease. In today's troubled times, Only strong power has extremely high efficiency and can have the last laugh. A weak liberal regime can only be swallowed up in the end. What's more, in the Northern Territory, if you engage in liberal democracy, the ignorant people will mess up your country.
I don't mean to paralyze the outside world, but it must have a paralyzing effect.
Are they afraid that in a few years they will definitely declare the House of Commons as the highest legislative body?
Lu Ming smiled and looked at Liuli, "Let's go for a walk. I'll go see Xiao Hei."
Liuli nodded lightly, "That beast is lucky. Is it possible that he will not be His Highness's colorful sacred cow in the future?"
Lu Ming just pretended not to hear this.
