Chapter 696: It’s not that easy to recognize your father (fourth update, please subscribe)

Stayed up all night!

The admiral, Junyoshi Kawamura, hadn't rested at all in the past few days. It wasn't that he didn't want to sleep, but the current situation made it impossible for him to sleep.

Now the British have begun to fully interfere in Japan's internal affairs.

Those local separatist forces will only become more rampant with the encouragement of the British. From Tokugawa Shigenori to other ambitious local lords, with the encouragement and support of the British, they will continue to be separatist, and they will become figures like the daimyo of the Warring States Period.

They will do everything they can to win the support of the British, the Russians and the French for their own selfish interests. In the future, Japan will surely be enveloped by war.

Is this the future of Japan?

Although Junyoshi Kawamura is unwilling to face such a future, this is the fate of Japan in the future.

"Perhaps it is really as they said, submitting to the Ming Dynasty might be the best option."

Although he was very opposed to this choice deep down in his heart, Junyoshi Kawamura now had to admit that there was no better option.

"How did Japan become like this..."

Just as Kawamura Junyoshi was sighing for the fate of Japan, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from outside the window. The gunshots were chaotic, but there were also explosions. It was obvious that a fierce battle had taken place somewhere.

Hearing the gunshots and explosions coming from afar, two words immediately emerged in Kawamura Junyoshi's mind - rebellion!

Why did he make such a judgment?

Because this was what he had always been most worried about. After the Hiroshima Garrison was transferred away, he was worried that a rebellion would occur here. And after the British shamelessly attacked the fleet, facing the reality that the Hiroshima Garrison’s navy was annihilated, how could those samurai who were already dissatisfied with the government not take the opportunity to launch a rebellion?

It is for this reason that after hearing the gunshots and explosions, Kawamura Junyoshi immediately ran out instinctively.

This was undoubtedly a very correct choice for him.

As the highest-ranking government official in Hiroshima, he must have been the rebels' number one target. Of course, due to some micro-operations, the rebels did not capture him at the first time, giving him the opportunity to escape.

As for your distrust of those samurai, Junyoshi Kawamura, you did not flee to the naval camp in Hiroshima at all, but fled directly to the port and boarded the warship from there.

The warships are of course those of the Ming Dynasty.

Is there any safer place than being on a Ming warship at this time?

Obviously, there is no safer place than here.

It must be said that although Kawamura Junyi, as a senior official, did not have much experience in choosing how to escape, he definitely had extremely sharp intuition. At this time, there was no place in Hiroshima that was safer than on the warships of the Ming fleet.

After all, even on the navy's artillery batteries there might be aristocratic officers and soldiers participating in the rebellion. After all, those who were dissatisfied with the government were not limited to the civilian population, there were also many people in the army.

Kawamura Junyi, who was on the battleship "Nanhua", immediately became somewhat compassionate after feeling safe. He looked at the flames burning in Hiroshima City and the sound of gunfire in the air.

"Damn those rebels, how could they do this? They are betraying! Betraying the Emperor. Betraying Japan. How could they set fire and kill people..."

A series of questions came out of his mouth, as if at this moment he had become the embodiment of justice.

Of course, Shen Yaozu, the commander of the fleet sent by the Ming Dynasty, naturally comforted him with kind words.

In fact, before the judgment occurred, he had already received the report from Major Chen Dekun and of course knew what the purpose of the rebellion was.

But it just provides a suitable excuse for Ming Dynasty's intervention.

Of course, such interference should be carried out at the invitation of the Japanese. When will they invite us?

Now Shen Yaozu is a little bit looking forward to it.

Compared with the simple entry ceremony held in Hiroshima before, he was more eager to send troops directly into Hiroshima to carry out law and order maintenance operations on the spot.

That’s right, it was just “entering” and “maintaining public order”, not an invasion at all. Of course, the Ming army should have entered at the initiative of the Japanese.

When Shen Yaozu was thinking this, he didn't know that the Japanese consul in Ming Dynasty had received a secret telegram from Tokyo. The content of the secret telegram was very simple - it told him that Japan wanted to pay tribute to the Ming Empire, and then what? Of course, it invited the Ming Dynasty to send troops to protect them.

Of course, it is not that Japan has just submitted to the Ming Dynasty, but according to historical origins, Japan was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. This is of course well documented. From a historical perspective, Japan was indeed a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. After all, the Ming Dynasty did confer the title of Emperor Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed because of the invasion of the Qing Dynasty. As a filial son of the Ming Dynasty, Japan wanted to fulfill its filial piety, but it really couldn't find a place.

In the past two hundred years, Japan has been like an orphan without parents, and its sadness is understandable. For hundreds of years, it has been floating alone in the East China Sea like an abandoned child.

Now, knowing that the Ming Dynasty has been restored, they are of course excited, as they have finally found their father the Ming Dynasty again.

Well, from now on I won’t have to drift alone on the sea like I do now.

What is the filial son of the Ming Dynasty?

This is the true filial son of the Ming Dynasty.

Aren’t the Ming Dynasty’s filial sons Korean?

Is there anything about North Korea when Japan is around?

Even North Korea cannot compare to them.

You know, Japan was the first to come to our door and return to its roots and the embrace of its motherland.

Of course, what are they thinking?

Everyone knew that they would not just want to use the power of the Ming Dynasty to intimidate the British and avoid the danger of national extinction.

In fact, the Japanese also did this in history. In another world, more than a decade later, facing the threat from Russia, Japan once invited the Beiyang Fleet to visit Japan.

The visit of the Beiyang Fleet did help Japan overcome the crisis at that time.

But what is the result?

The Japanese did not appreciate it, but took advantage of the Beiyang Fleet's visit to create a lot of hype. They exaggerated the threat of the Beiyang Fleet to Japan. The Japanese media and public opinion at that time vigorously exaggerated that Japan was "terrified by the might of the powerful Chinese fleet." The Japanese government at that time believed that it was necessary to increase Japan's naval investment and made building a navy capable of dealing with the Beiyang Fleet its "highest order."

You see, this is how the Japanese treat their benefactors.

Of course, my Ming Dynasty is definitely not my Qing Dynasty, and I will never do anything that is thankless.

Besides, for Emperor Zhu, all he needed was a name.

What does "since ancient times" mean?

This has been the case since ancient times!

Only with this title could he "transform" Japan according to his own wishes.

So when Emperor Zhu received the request for help from the Japanese consul, he was of course very happy, but what about it?

I didn't agree immediately. After all, it's not that easy to recognize someone as my father!

You can't say that you thought of your father because you got beaten.

When you are not being beaten, leave your father aside.

So this son needs to be left out for a few days!

Is dad so easy to recognize?

I have set up a book club: 335260551. Everyone is welcome to join and discuss and deduce the plot together.

(End of this chapter)