After hearing the conditions proposed by Zhuge Weijiu, George Canning was also a little surprised.
Ming Dynasty has an absolute advantage over Japan! Even if the Ming Dynasty is unwilling to accept Japan as a vassal state, and does not intend to use colonialism to "help" Japan progress, it can still hang up the entire Japan and beat it up, and then force Japan to cede territory and pay compensation!
How to reduce the attack area now and only hit a small group?
"Your Highness," George Canning asked thoughtfully, "some of the bad people you mentioned are..."
"The people who are now entrenched in Nagasaki are headed by the heir of a Japanese feudal lord," Zhuge Weijiu said. "It was he who colluded with the smuggling ships anchored by the East India Company and brazenly provoked the Jiyin Waterway Incident. Just to plunge our two countries into an uncontrollable armed conflict! Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we cannot let such an insidious villain succeed!"
His words were quickly translated by Cabinet Secretary Harker.
And George Canning immediately understood what Zhuge Weijiu meant. The Ming Empire was obviously prepared to use all its power and use all means to attack Shimazu Qi Liang and his group of patriots... .This strategy of concentrating all the strength to attack an enemy that is far weaker than oneself is almost impossible to fail. Not only will it not fail, but it will also have a crushing effect.
After the crushing is over, those Japanese patriots who are unwilling to be bullied by the Ming Dynasty will feel complete despair and truly become the loyal dogs of the Ming Empire!
Daming's methods...are more powerful than imagined!
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Beijing, Ming Dynasty Council Building.
"My Excellencies, your Excellencies, through the interrogation of the prisoners, we can preliminarily confirm that the Battle of Ji Yin Waterway that took place on the ninth day of February in the seventh year of Taiping was actually a long-planned conspiracy. The purpose of this conspiracy was not only to challenge It started a war between our country and the British Empire, and also attempted to involve Japan in it, thereby provoking a great melee involving our country, Great Britain, and the Japanese shogunate and overthrown forces..."
The person who was making a report in front of a group of political officials in python robes and black gauze in a conference room decorated in a great hall was Zhuge Weidao, who had been back in Beijing for more than ten days. In the past ten days, except for attending a meeting of the Navy Department and a meeting of the Military Advisors on the first day, Zhuge Weidao has been staying at home with Natalie who is about to give birth - Natalie this time But it’s going to be twins!
Well, the twins' second child has been born for a while, and now they're just waiting for the eldest child to arrive!
Therefore, Zhuge Dao had to spend time with others while waiting for his own little eldest son. While accompanying his wife, he was also sorting out a large box of documents and photos he brought back from Jueying Island - these are the records of the military and diplomatic meeting of the Council of Ministers that will be held today, the first day of April in the seventh year of Taiping. Evidence testified at the Yin incident investigation meeting.
This is the first time Zhuge Weidao has dealt with the highest legislative body of the Ming Empire!
Before leaving Jueying Island, Zhuge Weidao specifically asked Wang Wen about the political meeting. As expected, this political meeting was also organized by King Zhuge Wuzhong!
And one of the purposes of this old man's political meeting is to allow the eight aristocratic families and a group of nobles below them to have a place for "civilian struggle" - wherever there are people, there will be struggles, let alone a group of powerful aristocratic families. Honorable? But there is no real winner in a fierce fight without rules.
After taking power, King Zhuge Wuzhong, who had seen too many fierce battles in his two generations, spent a lot of energy on defining a scope of struggle for future generations, and also set a set of rules for struggle.
Throughout his life, he neither usurped the throne nor eliminated other aristocratic families. At the same time, the Zhu Ming Dynasty completely turned into a constitutional puppet, just to set an example of loyal ministers and perfect people for future generations.
Another purpose of King Zhuge Wuzhong's establishment of the political meeting was to ensure that the various improvements he brought to the new Ming Dynasty, such as land equalization, compulsory education, national service, emphasis on industry and commerce, rewards for inventions, etc., could be implemented in the system to be maintained - local government officials (in government units) must be elected by the good people of the Ming Dynasty who have received education, own property and pay taxes in accordance with the law. The central government officials must be elected by local government officials, and the left and right prime ministers must be elected by the central government. The ministers of various cabinet ministries must be nominated by the two ministers and approved by the political council. In addition, the new Ming Dynasty's covenants and other laws must also be enacted, abolished or modified by political meetings...
Of course, King Zhuge Wuzhong was not so naive as to believe that a good system could solve all problems, otherwise he would not have left so many heavenly books to his descendants. This political meeting and the "Ming Dynasty Covenant" proposed by King Wuzhong and approved by the political meeting are the forces on the table to protect the new Ming Dynasty. The Zhuge family protects the "deep forces" of the Ming Dynasty behind the scenes.
One light and one dark, one submerged and one deep, together, they have protected the new Ming Dynasty well for more than a hundred years.
After having a deeper understanding of the political, economic, educational, technological and other aspects of the New Ming Dynasty, Zhuge Weidao had to admit that this ancestor was indeed a great man, and he was not comparable to him... He not only conquered the country and opened up the world, but also left behind the power to protect the world.
As the "deep force" left by King Zhuge Wuzhong, the Zhuge family is actually qualified... Under their protection, although the new Ming Dynasty is a bit timid externally, it is not bad internally. Not only does the economy develop The results are quite good, and most citizens have also enjoyed the fruits of economic growth. The per capita national income is 50% higher than that of the United Kingdom, the leader of Western imperialism, and even higher than that of the "Chosen Country" with fewer people, more land, and rich resources. It also ranks first among economies with larger populations.
Of course, this "first" was not an unattainable position for China before the Qing Dynasty. For the Zhuge family with its ancestral black technology, it is not difficult to maintain this number one position. The real difficulty is to make Zhuge Weidao, an "outsider", feel that the gap between rich and poor in the new Ming Dynasty is not serious... At least, it doesn't look serious.
After fully understanding all this, Zhuge Weidao truly understood the mission given to him by God - he wanted to win world leadership for the world's number one country!
And he, a history teacher from another timeline, must have realized the fact more deeply than any other Zhuge that the other powerful countries in the world are not good countries. If they were allowed to lead the world, the Ming Dynasty would be number one. Your seat will not be guaranteed sooner or later!
Of course, there are so many bad guys, and it’s not possible to beat them all together. You have to deal with them first and attack them at close range!
And the bad guys who are going to be hung up and beaten right now are, of course, those Japanese devils in Nagasaki!
Yesterday, news came from France that Zhuge Weijiu had initialed the "Ming-British Versailles Agreement" with British Prime Minister George Canning in the presence of Louis XVII and the Duke of Marseille, and issued a "Joint Statement", pointing out that Japan There is a terrorist force in the country that is destroying world peace and must be eradicated!
So today, Zhuge Weidao came to the political meeting to testify.
"Brother 108, who instigated the Ji Yin Waterway Incident?" An older man, looking at Zhuge Yizheng with a kind-faced and kind-faced face, very cooperatively asked the question "Who is the bad guy?"
"Your Excellency," Zhuge Weidao replied with a smile, "all kinds of evidence show that there has long been a conspiracy group in Japan that opposes the rule of the shogunate and the Ming Dynasty, and attempts to provoke a world war... and this conspiracy group The current leader is Shimazu Sairyo, he is the heir to the feudal lord of the Satsuma Domain of Japan, and he is also the former naval staff officer of the Japanese shogunate. It was he who used his position to collude with the big pirates in the offshore area of Japan and disguised himself as the East India Company. The Yipian ship provoked a conflict between us and the Royal Navy's visiting fleet! We must unite all possible forces and impose severe sanctions on the conspiracy group headed by Shimazu Sairyo... Only in this way can world peace be maintained!"
