Chapter 648: A Good Opportunity for Ming Dynasty (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)
Soon the secret telegram from Ryukyu was delivered to Emperor Zhu.
In the operation of a country, intelligence work is always the most important work. Whether it is the presidents or prime ministers of various countries in later generations, their daily official duties all start with an "Intelligence Briefing". Such a briefing determines their daily work.
In fact, the intelligence work of the Ming Dynasty has always been excellent. Perhaps Emperor Zhu did not understand the operation and training of intelligence agencies, but he had seen many spy movies, such as CIA and KGB. How do their spies work and how are they trained?
Although I didn't know it in detail, I still knew a little bit. So as early as ten years ago, the Ming Dynasty had established a spy school. The trained agents had already infiltrated countries around the world, and many of them even entered government agencies of various countries.
Although it is impossible to infiltrate the upper echelons, even if you are just an ordinary employee, you still have the opportunity to obtain a lot of information.
Moreover, the anti-espionage awareness of countries around the world is still relatively weak, so the intelligence work of the Ming Dynasty has been quite efficient in recent years. Of course, in addition to the collection of intelligence, the analysis and judgment of intelligence is more important, which is the top priority of intelligence work.
Unlike what outsiders imagine, the intelligence departments are all filled with omnipotent agents like 007. Whether in the CIA, KGB or MI5, there are more civilian staff, and intelligence analysts account for the majority of them. It is they who integrate and analyze the messy intelligence and give their judgment results.
In addition to the telegram, Emperor Zhu was also holding a report that further analyzed and assessed the situation in Japan based on this intelligence.
"Meiji actually died like this... It's really... God has eyes!"
Emperor Zhu had never expected that Meiji would live so long. Logically speaking, the nuclear radiation should have killed him quickly, but he actually lasted so long. In fact, Emperor Zhu had no idea that the intensity of the nuclear radiation from metallic uranium was not high. It was just a small part of a watch. The damage to Meiji's body was cumulative, and it would take time to accumulate to a certain level to take effect.
"Saigo Takamori actually rebelled as well. This butterfly's wings are flapping quite vigorously!"
In fact, Emperor Zhu admired Saigo Takamori very much. After all, in an era when a general's success was built on the sacrifice of countless soldiers, there were few people like him who cared about the treatment of ordinary samurai and were willing to speak up for them again and again.
"I am determined to leave my hometown, and I will not return until I become famous. Why bury my bones in my hometown? There are green mountains everywhere in life!"
This... Just after I memorized it, Emperor Zhu suddenly remembered that this poem came from his teacher's "Seven-Character Quatrain: Adapting Saigo Takamori's Poem to My Father"
As for the original version, I don’t seem to remember it...but this guy Saigo!
Emperor Zhu muttered to himself while looking through the causes and consequences of the Japanese samurai rebellion.
"400,000 samurai are unemployed. This... is definitely consumable material for the empire! It's a waste of resources to keep them trapped in Japan!"
On this point, Emperor Zhu Da actually agreed with Saigo Takamori's point of view. Of course, it was not about conquering Korea, but about using these resources for expansion.
If these resources could be used to expand the Ming Dynasty's empire, these 400,000 consumables would be enough for the Ming Dynasty to conquer... at least enough to conquer the entire Africa!
In fact, it is easy to conquer Africa. What is the key? It is the reclamation process during the conquest. Let alone Africa in this era, even in the 21st century, you need to get many kinds of vaccines to go there. Even so, if you get some infectious diseases, you can lose half your life or even die.
Is it so easy to get money in Africa?
If it were easy to get, Europeans would not have waited until 1884. Why did Britain use a large number of Indians in Africa? To put it bluntly, Indians were consumables for Britain's empire!
Imperial supplies!
Daming also needs its own supplies!
In fact, the reason why he gave Meiji a watch was to create chaos in Japan and prevent Japan from rising. It would be best if Japan could return to the Warring States period, and then the Ming Dynasty could defeat them one by one and invest the empire's consumables where the Ming Dynasty needed them.
But the rebellion that happened in Japan now was a little beyond the expectations of Emperor Zhu. After all, in history, Saigo Takamori rebelled a few years later, so how could he be so bold to launch a rebellion?
The wings of this disc are flapping a little too vigorously.
However, it was within an acceptable range. After all, what Emperor Zhu needed was not a unified Japan, but a divided Japan caught in civil strife.
Now, it is just the beginning, and we can continue to add fuel to the fire and try to make the fire in Japan burn more fiercely.
"Prince Kazunomiya... The Japanese actually want a female emperor? This is a bit unexpected."
There are a lot of variables in Japan!
The rebellious samurai wanted an emperor who was a widow whose husband had died.
Widow, widow...
And his identity is quite special. How can sleeping with a Hu Ji under Mount Fuji be more exciting than sleeping with the Emperor under Mount Fuji...
Just as this thought came to my mind, Secretary Song Yuanqing came over with another document.
Although there was a prime minister in the Ming Dynasty system, as a de facto monarch, Emperor Zhu had to directly control power while the prime minister handled government affairs.
As the founding monarch, Emperor Zhu certainly did not intend to follow the example of the Hongwu ancestor who was busy with all kinds of affairs. As an emperor, why should he work himself to death in the office? Even if he was going to die, he would rather die under the peony flowers.
Therefore, Emperor Zhu borrowed from the system of later generations and used secretaries to share some of the government affairs.
In the Ming Dynasty system, secretaries play a very important role. As early as the company period, companies had secretarial offices with dozens of secretaries handling various matters.
Now the Ming imperial family also has its own secretariat. These secretaries are different from imperial officials. They have no ranks and are basically equivalent to the emperor's retainers.
Song Yuanqing is the first secretary of Emperor Zhu. He has been in this position for several years. According to convention, it is almost time for him to go out and gain some experience.
However, Emperor Zhu has not yet decided where to go for training.
"Your Majesty, this is an official letter from the War Department!"
He handed over the folder respectfully. When Song Yuanqing was about to leave, Emperor Zhu seemed to remember something and said,
"Something happened in Japan!"
Then Emperor Zhu pointed at the telegram, and after he finished reading it, he asked again.
"What do you think about this matter?"
"It's a good opportunity for our Ming Dynasty!"
Song Yuanqing's words made Emperor Zhu nod his head.
"Tell me about it."
"Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty's colonization in Africa has always been hampered by insufficient manpower and high casualties of immigrants caused by the harsh environment. This means that if our Ming Dynasty wants to expand in Africa, it must have help. At present, there is no better choice than the Japanese, especially those unemployed ronin, who only have their lord in their hearts, not the country, and do not need to worry about loyalty at all..."
The Japanese nowadays, what country do they love? They are used to claiming that they belong to this domain or that domain, and they are always loyal to their lord. As for the emperor... the emperor just betrayed them. They had tried their best to help the emperor restore the monarchy, but as soon as the monarchy was restored, without waiting for the reward, they were all dismissed, and they even lost the right to wear swords. Such an emperor, if he is not hanged on the street lamp, it is because those samurai are too servile.
The Japanese today have no awareness at all of loving their country and the emperor.
To put it bluntly, they are a group of guys who only care about whoever gives them milk.
"That makes sense, but the question is, what should we do now that Japan is in civil unrest?"
Looking at Song Qingyuan, Emperor Zhu asked again.
The civil unrest in Japan is a good opportunity!
What a great opportunity this is. Japan... that is the place where the Ming Dynasty has been since ancient times.
"Your Majesty, I think what we need right now is to demonstrate our presence!"
(End of this chapter)
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