Empire's Rise: Starting by Building a Fiefdom and Forging a Steel Dynasty!

An accident caused Li Xin to transmigrate to another world, becoming the third prince of the Great Gan Dynasty.

Looking at his fiefdom, which was covered in thousands of miles of ice and snow...

Chapter 484 Establishment of Provinces in Japan

After the deaths of Tokugawa Kosuke and Mori Hidemoto, the battle within Mibu-ji Temple quickly came to an end.

Meanwhile, the fighting in the capital of Japan did not last long either.

As more and more large and powerful soldiers stormed into the capital, they began a massacre. In a short time, they captured all the important strongholds within the city.

Around noon the next day, the enormous Japanese dragon flag was raised over the capital of Japan.

The entire capital city, most of its area, has been occupied.

Only in scattered areas are there still some Japanese samurai stubbornly resisting.

However, it is clear that it is only a matter of time before these stubborn Japanese samurai are completely wiped out.

While eliminating the stubborn enemy, the Da Gan Army infantry also began to screen the surrendered Japanese soldiers in the city.

After the battle of the capital of Japan, all major wars in Japan were over. It can be said that all of Japan's main forces were completely wiped out.

Even if there are wars in the future, they will not be on this scale.

Even Japan couldn't muster such a large army!

News of the occupation of the capital of Japan quickly reached Li Xin's side.

When Li Xin received the news, he was sitting by the tea stove, leisurely drinking hot tea.

"Your Majesty, the capital city has been captured at the front."

Zhang Jingzhi walked in with a smile, looked at Li Xin, and said, "After taking the capital, the entire Eastern Japan region is basically pacified. The remaining small vassal states are hardly worth mentioning!"

Zhang Jingzhi's words were filled with undisguised joy.

"Two days?"

Li Xin smiled and said, "You're pretty fast!"

"but,"

Li Xin changed the subject and continued, "Although we have already occupied the capital, we still need to deal with the aftermath as soon as possible! The Japanese are known for their cunning and treacherous nature, and there are too many people with wicked intentions, especially those who participated in the looting of our Daqing Yu Trading Company last year. They must all be brought to justice and not let off! Tell the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Embroidered Uniform Guard to conduct searches throughout the country! This time, we will repay blood with blood and teeth with teeth!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Jingzhi quickly agreed.

Their campaign against Japan was to avenge the Qingyu Trading Company and uphold the dignity of the Daqian Kingdom.

After all, if just any random person could impersonate a pirate and plunder ships of the Great Gan Kingdom, wouldn't that make people look down on the Great Gan Kingdom?

After Li Xin issued the order, the eleven infantry divisions near the capital city dispersed and marched towards various parts of Japan.

At the same time, a massive manhunt began throughout Japan!

All those involved in the looting operation will be arrested!

This includes the various feudal lords and samurai who are in charge behind the scenes!

None of them were spared!

After these people were captured, they were sent to factories and mines in various places along with the prisoners.

Although Japan is a small country, it has several large gold mines!

Abundant production!

Mines such as the Lingkuai Gold Mine were all taken over by the royal family of the Daqian Kingdom.

The prisoners were all sent to the gold mine to work on mining ore.

On the other hand, the Embroidered Uniform Guard also established a special Dongying Zhenfu Division to handle special cases in Dongying.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard also transferred Xie Yuchen, known as "the King of Hell," from within the country to be specifically in charge of managing the Eastern Pacification Division.

Since the establishment of the Eastern Pacification Division, Xie Yuchen has begun to interrogate the captured members of the Eastern Japanese lord's lineage, as well as feudal lords and members of the Tokugawa family from various regions.

Xie Yuchen is known as Xie Yama!

His specialty was interrogation and torture.

In a short time, Xie Yuchen also displayed his strengths, taking turns showcasing his various martial arts skills.

Under torture, the prisoners confessed one after another, revealing all the gold, silver and jewelry assets hidden by their families.

After being tortured, these people were all sent to gold mines, coal mines, and iron mines to spend the rest of their lives.

These people will spend the rest of their lives working in various factories and mines.

If I were lucky enough to die in the mine sooner, perhaps that would be a relief.

After nearly two months of special operations, the Embroidered Uniform Guard has also made great gains!

"His Majesty,"

Xie Yuchen stood respectfully before Li Xin and said, "In the past two months, our Jinyiwei Dongying Zhenfu Division has handled 1,342 special cases involving Dongying, dealing with a total of 19,452 people. Among them are not only members of the Dongying lord's lineage, but also the Tokugawa family, local feudal lords, their old retainers, wealthy merchants, and clans. All of these people have been dealt with!"

"These nearly 20,000 people were the most powerful people in Japan. We extracted countless amounts of gold and silver from them, totaling more than 297,800 taels of gold and more than 33 million taels of silver. Other jewels and jade were priceless."

"All of this wealth has been loaded onto ships and transported back to Beijing by the Beiyang Fleet."

"These people were all sent to factories and mines in various places."

Hearing Xie Yuchen's words, Li Xin laughed heartily, his heart filled with joy.

Gold and silver!

A large quantity!

With so much money, it's enough to support the expenses of this large-scale military expedition.

With the fall of Japan, the Great Gan Kingdom has feasted!

Thinking of this, Li Xin felt a little smug.

However, copying is only one step in the process.

What Li Xin wanted was to completely bring the entire Eastern Kingdom under his rule!

Therefore, it is not enough to simply plunder the wealthy and powerful!

What he wanted was to bring Japan completely under the rule of the Great Khan.

This will never change!

Only in this way can this threat be resolved once and for all, and prevent Japan from becoming a major threat to Japan again hundreds of years later!

However, to achieve a permanent solution, it is not enough to rely solely on iron-fisted suppression.

We also need to use assimilation methods!

Immediately, Li Xin spoke up, "The Jinyiwei's iron-fisted suppression is merely a means to an end. To truly make this place part of our Great Gan Kingdom, we also need civil administration!"

"Therefore, I intend to establish a province in Japan and appoint officials to govern it!"

"I have decided to divide the Kingdom of Japan into two provinces: the northern half will be called Fusang Province, and the southern half will be called Dongying Province!"

"Initially, each infantry division will be responsible for military control. Once the areas are settled, officials will be transferred from within the country to govern them!"

"in addition,"

Li Xin continued, "Measures such as immigration to strengthen border control, intermarriage and education, and changing customs and traditions should also be implemented here simultaneously!"

"Only in this way can we completely guarantee that there will be no more rebellion in Japan!"

"And this is also the fundamental purpose of our expedition to Japan!"

Upon hearing Li Xin's words, Xie Yuchen quickly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"