Chapter 725 Taming the Loyal Dog (Second update, please subscribe)

The fleet opened fire!

The Ming fleet fired at Japan.

Fired at Hiroshima, Japan!

After receiving the report from the Navy Department, Emperor Zhu was unable to calm down for a long time. Even now, he could hear his heartbeat while standing by the window.

This is an exciting, joyful, and extremely excited heartbeat!

Fire at Japan!

This is simply... the simplest and most straightforward wish of all Chinese people!

And Zhenyuan is among them.

Zhenyuan is a warship named by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang himself. Why did he let it visit Japan? To put it bluntly, it is a kind of sentiment, a kind of plot, and this plot is even impossible to let go.

To a certain extent, it is just to make up for the loss of this warship in another world!

And now, not only does it make up for some of his own regrets!

Even the common wishes of the Chinese people in later generations were actually realized at this time!

With a cigar between his hands, even though nicotine helps calm his mood, Zhu Xianhai is still a little excited!

How could I not be excited? This is simply the most joyful and encouraging thing.

Only God knows how excited Emperor Zhu was when he heard that the fleet bombarded Hiroshima, Japan.

In another world, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese Navy's naval guns fired again and again in Shanghai, Hangzhou Bay, Guangzhou and other places. Those large-caliber naval guns brought huge casualties to the Chinese army.

Every time they bombarded, a large number of Chinese soldiers were buried under the artillery fire. In the face of such artillery fire, the Chinese army could only build a Great Wall of flesh and blood with their lives.

Every time he watched documentaries and saw the arrogant Japanese navy happily bombarding Chinese cities, Zhu Xianhai felt heavy-hearted.

That kind of hatred is engraved in the bones.

And now, at this moment, Emperor Zhu felt relieved. This relief had nothing to do with anything else but simply because he had done it now.

The shells fired by the Ming fleet fell on Japanese soil. Now it is time for the Japanese to experience what it feels like.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty was teaching its rebellious son a lesson.

Alas, being a father is not easy!

Emperor Zhu sighed, then took another puff of his cigar, savoring the aroma of the cigar. He thought for a moment and said.

"Well, now that you've already intervened, then... intervene."

At this moment, Emperor Zhu was excited.

It is not about interfering in Japanese affairs, but at the invitation of Japan, the Ming Dynasty is going to help Japan restore order.

The sound of cannons is evidence!

I really changed history.

Taking a deep breath, Emperor Zhu pondered for a while, then looked at Zuo Zongtang and said.

"Zuo Qing's family has a great relationship with Japan. I have decided to personally lead an expedition to Japan!"

What!

Zuo Zongtang looked at His Majesty in surprise. As for the Minister of the Navy, Lin Yuehu, he said,

"Your Majesty, Japan is just a tiny country. Why does your Majesty need to personally conquer it?"

"Your Majesty, Minister Lin is right. Japan..."

Suddenly, Zuo Zongtang stopped talking. He looked at His Majesty. Could it be that His Majesty wanted to... After thinking about it, he still tried to persuade him.

"Japan is just a small country, so why should Your Majesty go to war in person? Your Majesty, there is no need to go to war in person. If Your Majesty is worried, you can send more troops and a general."

"Left Prime Minister, Japan is different from other places!"

Emperor Zhu waved his hand and said.

"The significance of Japan to the Ming Dynasty lies not in its land, but in its population. Its 30 million people are an indispensable help to the Ming Dynasty. The samurai are necessary for the Ming Dynasty to expand into Africa in the future."

Japan to the Ming Dynasty is like India to Britain, and Japanese samurai to the Ming Dynasty is like the turbaned Indians to Britain. How did Britain rule most of Africa? Was it just the white people? Of course not. It was the hundreds of thousands of Indian soldiers of the British Indian Army and the Indians who acted as its thugs and running dogs.

"Of course, this is only one aspect. On the other hand, the Japanese samurai are the soul and spirit of Japan. If the Ming Dynasty wants to rule Japan and turn Japan into the land of the Ming Dynasty, it must make the samurai Ming-like, or in other words, remove their souls, transform their spirits, and finally integrate their nation."

Taking a puff of his cigar and looking at Zuo Zongtang who seemed a little confused, Emperor Zhu said.

"According to Japanese statistics in the fifth year of the Meiji era, the number of samurai families exceeded 1.9 million. This was the result of the Japanese government's manipulation, because a large number of samurai and ronin were counted as civilians, and these people were traditionally regarded as samurai. These people are the real backbone of Japanese society. Unlike ordinary civilians, samurai have received a good education since childhood regardless of their wealth. In the past few hundred years, they have always been the elite of Japan. Although the samurai suffered a serious blow during the Meiji Restoration, what they didn't know was that these downtrodden samurai were the root of their rise!"

The samurai are the foundation of Japan's rise!

This may seem arbitrary, but it is true, because the samurai received a good education. Even if we exclude the army, the main profession of the samurai, about 70% of officials in modern Japan are from samurai families, and 80% of police officers are from samurai families. 87% of teachers in Japanese universities are also from samurai families, and there are samurai descendants teaching in primary and secondary schools. Mitsubishi and other samurai chaebols appeared in the financial world, and even in the underworld, there is the Black Dragon Society composed of ronin samurai.

The treatment of the samurai class disappeared, and they soon became the backbone of Japanese society with their education and professional advantages. It was these educated people who drove the success of Japan's Meiji Restoration.

But what if Japan loses these educated social backbones? What is the rise of Japan? Of course, they will become the helper of Ming Dynasty's march into Africa and transformation of Africa.

"But what do we need? A Japan that is a loyal dog of the Ming Dynasty, not a rising and striving Japan. Now, the suppression of the samurai by the reform government has given us an opportunity, an opportunity to turn the samurai into loyal dogs of the Ming Dynasty. After all, for the samurai, their loyalty always belongs to the lord."

The timing is just right now. The Japanese have not yet established a sense of nation, and the Japanese samurai do not have a sense of nation either. The vast majority of them still adhere to the tradition - serving their lord.

This lord could be a local daimyo in the Warring States Period, a feudal lord in the Edo Period, or the emperor after the restoration of the land and nationality.

And now?

The emperor had already betrayed them, so those samurai who had suffered betrayal could naturally pledge allegiance to the new lord.

It means to be loyal to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

This is why Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang went to Japan. The reason was simple: he needed to gain the heartfelt recognition of the empire's cannon fodder.

Thanks to the elites of the Meiji Restoration, they have not yet realized the role of those samurai in Japan.

A Japan without the samurai... is a Japan without a soul. If its soul becomes that of the Ming Dynasty, then how long will it take for Japan to become like the Ming Dynasty?

Of course, the most important thing is that after the backbone of Japan's society has been completely tamed, it will never become a threat to China. As for Japan... there will no longer be any Japan in the future.

(End of this chapter)