Matsudaira Rongbao raised his head, his upper body straight: "Your Highness, my colleagues in the military department all agree that Japan's hope is not in the homeland, but in the new Japan!" Because in East Asia, Japan has no room for expansion. The Ming Empire www.biquge.info is like a mountain pressing on Japan, and Japan has no other way out than to completely succumb...... Now the Kingdom of Siam has been a vassal to the Ming Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Western Qing Dynasty have also become vassals of the Ming Dynasty, and Korea has welcomed the Ming Emperor as the king. Looking at the whole of East Asia, only Japan retains sovereignty. However, Japan's economy, national defense, and education are completely dependent on China. Even Your Royal Highness, you are the concubine of the Ming Emperor. In the eyes of Europeans, Japan has long been a subject country of the Ming Dynasty...... It is time for Japan to acknowledge this long-standing fact and deserve its rightful place. ”

"A fact that has existed for a long time...... Deserve it? Tokugawa Akiko frowned slightly, noncommittal. Although this matter is very beneficial for her to consolidate her power, it is also quite risky to actually carry it out. Unless it was the consensus of the entire Japanese society, neither Akiko Tokugawa nor the Tokugawa family dared to take such a step.

Matsudaira Rongbao shouted: "Japan should be the first vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and His Royal Highness Taiko (Ieyuki) should also ascend the throne as soon as possible and become the king of the Kingdom of Japan in the name of Prince Daming!" ”

The current Tokugawa Isayuki is Japan's de facto head of state in the name of Minister of Imperial Affairs and the husband of the female emperor. If the female emperor's body is as healthy as Tokugawa Akiko, there is no problem, and when she gives birth to an heir, the Tokugawa family can naturally take the throne of the emperor justifiably. But this Japanese heroine is a deformed child born by a close marriage, and she was born deformed with a palm, and the rest of her body is not normal. It was diagnosed by Akiko Tokugawa's imperial physician Kusumoto Ina. Most of the female emperors are unable to have children. This news has made many people worried. The people of the Tokugawa family were worried about when the Emperor would turn the tables. When the time comes, they will all be thieves to the enemy and the country. And the people of the Heavenly Emperor were even more afraid, for fear that the ruthless Tokugawa Akiko ninjas would destroy them one by one, so as to cause the fact that the Heavenly Emperor was cut off.

As a result, there are figures from both sides who come out to clamore for the restoration of Japan's status as a vassal, and then the Ming Emperor will crown a Japanese king......

"Don't you want the sovereignty of the Japanese Empire? What will future generations say about us? And the spirit of the Divine Monarch in the heavens will look at us like this? Tokugawa Akiko lowered her voice, looking angry.

"Your Highness, the future of Japan lies in New Japan! In order for the new Japan to develop, it is necessary to abandon the old Japan...... There's no way around it. Because Japan's power cannot do both! ”

Matsudaira Rongbao took a breath and said with some difficulty: "The General Staff Headquarters and the New Japanese Consulate have organized a comprehensive survey of the resources, land, and population of New Japan and the surrounding Argentina and Chile. We found that Argentina has a population of just around 1.8 million. And Chile alone, if you don't count the Indians, has a population of less than 1 million! If we can have 100,000 elite Japanese soldiers, we can sweep through these two countries and open up a truly fertile ground for the new Japan......"

Hearing this suggestion, Tokugawa Akiko's eyes widened and she looked very surprised. "An expedition of 100,000 troops to South America...... Matsudaira, it's been almost 10 years since we developed New Japan. How many people are there? ”

"Less than 300,000." Matsudaira replied truthfully. It is indeed not easy to immigrate to Japan, and it is too far away. The cost of shipping is too high. There is no comparison with the colonization of the Northeast and Lanfang by the Ming Dynasty. Compared to the difficulty of immigrating to the Kingdom of California, I don't know how much.

Moreover, the natural conditions in Patagonia are too harsh, and the conditions for the development of agriculture are very poor, so there is not enough food to feed too many people. However, it is rich in mineral resources, with huge reserves of iron ore, gold and peat. To the north of the Patagonian plateau, however, there are vast tracts of fertile land that can feed hundreds of millions of people. What makes the whole country of Japan even more jealous is that the owners of these fertile lands are so weak! Together, Argentina and Chile could mobilize up to 200,000 troops. If there are 100,000 well-equipped and well-trained Japanese troops, they can definitely sweep the ...... The combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army was tested in the war against Russia and in this North American war!

The evaluation of the Japanese army and the general staff of the Ming Army all held that the combat effectiveness and combat will of the Japanese officers and men were higher than the average level of the Ming army (the Ming army was all from peasants, and the Japanese army was from samurai, so of course their quality was much worse), and they were also first-class elite soldiers in the world. However, the number of such elite soldiers was not large after all, and Japan did not have an industrial system that could support a large-scale war. It is a dream to want to confront the Ming Empire. The war in North America also told them that the future war between major powers will not be compared with a small number of elites, but the comprehensive national strength of a country, and population, resources, industry, national mobilization and organization are all the top priorities. And Japan can't do it all in this regard, and it can't develop!

After figuring out the roots of themselves and others, it is natural that some people within the samurai group have the idea of abandoning their homeland and going all out to run New Japan. In fact, the idea of leaving Japan and creating a new world overseas was born more than 200 years ago at the end of Japan's Warring States period. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who ruled Japan at that time, fantasized about using Korea as a springboard to conquer China, moved the emperor to Beijing, and he himself went to China as a guanbai, ceding Japan to his adopted son Toyotomi Hideji.

And now, once again opening their eyes to the elite of the Japanese samurai group to see the world, it is not surprising that someone thinks of something similar. It's just that they don't dare to covet the Ming Empire, not only do they not covet the fertile soil of the Ming Dynasty, but they also want to regard themselves as loyal dogs of the Ming Empire, fantasizing about getting a big piece of meat and bones of their own when they charge for the Ming Dynasty.

And our great tomorrow has indeed found a piece of desolate land on the other side of the world that the Westerners do not look down on and threw it to Japan to operate. But no one thought that after almost ten years of Japanese business, they would find a treasure there! Moreover, they also found that in the north of the Patagonian plateau, there are two weak countries that are rich and oil--in fact, Argentina and Chile are not weak in military strength, but the population base is too small, if Japan can use the strength of the country and then borrow the power of the Ming Empire, send 100,000 troops across the sea to South America, it is still very sure that it can lay a future that belongs to Japan!

"It is not easy to assemble 100,000 well-equipped and well-supplied troops in New Japan, but it is not impossible. As long as you get the support of the Ming Empire, this is completely possible. In fact, there were more than 50,000 Japanese samurai in the Ming Expeditionary Force fighting in North America! Another 50,000 people have been trained and armed by the Ming Dynasty and are waiting to go to North America. If the war ends in North America, this army can be transferred to South America......" he took a silent breath, his face flushed," ...... This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it is also the only chance for the Yamato nation to be reborn from the ashes. As long as this can be achieved, it is completely worth it to give up the local area! Because the future of Japan is no longer in East Asia, but in South America, in the new Japan! ”

Tokugawa Akiko slowly stood up, Matsudaira Yoho's suggestion, she didn't hear it for the first time. The officials of the new Japanese Consulate have made similar suggestions to her on more than one occasion. But at such a huge price as giving up the homeland, it is really an unimaginable gamble to fight for a future for the Yamato nation. She is just a female streamer who has mastered part of the real power in Japan by chance, not a heroic man like Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, how dare she make such a shocking gamble?

She turned her head to look at Matsudaira Rongbao, who had an expectant look on her face, and replied in a calm voice: "This matter is not something that I can decide alone, and I need to ask for opinions from all sides...... Matsudaira, you should also go and discuss it with the young officers in the army and listen to their opinions. There must be a broad consensus on this matter. (To be continued.) )u