The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 235 The Future of Japan

On December 12, the 43rd year of Xianning, the eldest grandson of Tanuma Okitsugu, the elder councilor of the Edo Shogunate of Japan, Tanuma Okitsugu, whose original name was Tanuma Okiaki, rushed from Joseon Prefecture to Shuntian Prefecture.

Zhu Jianxuan worked in Wenhua Hall every day, and also met Tian Yiming in Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Jianxuan sat behind his desk and asked Tian Yiming after he finished his greeting:
"How do you feel about Ming Dynasty these years?"

Tian Yiming immediately said:

“Your Highness, I feel that I have benefited greatly and am honored.

"After arriving in the Ming Dynasty and following the Ming army in its campaigns, I realized how vast the world is and how small Japan is.

"I just realized that the Japanese court and the military are all just a bunch of frogs in a well."

Tian Yiming was a little excited when he spoke, and it was obvious that he really believed so.

Tian Yiming was sent to the State of Wu at the age of twelve, and has been serving in the Wu army ever since. In fact, he grew up in the Wu army.

My memories of my childhood in Japan have begun to fade.

I only remember that my father was assassinated and my grandfather solemnly instructed me to clean up the "bugs" in Japan and avenge my father.

Zhu Jianxuan laughed and comforted her, then ordered:
"That's not necessary. Japan's location is still very important to Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty does not want the situation in Japan to change.

“Today we have news that the Japanese King Tokugawa Ieharu is seriously ill and may not survive this winter.

“I now confer upon you the title of Saitama Prefecture Man, appoint you as the commander of the First Division of Japan, and lead a vassal division back to Japan to control the situation inside and outside Edo Castle.

"My current mission is to protect and cooperate with your grandfather, and my future mission is to inherit your grandfather's status and responsibilities.

"Make sure that no matter how the shogunate structure changes, no matter who becomes the shogun or who becomes the elder councilor, the rules related to the Ming Dynasty cannot be changed."

Tian Yiming did not ask why he did this, but immediately clenched his fist and saluted:

"I will obey your orders!"

Then he asked carefully:

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I have a question."

Zhu Jianxuan waved his hand:
"Just tell me. Ask any questions you have, so that you don't fail to complete the task properly."

Tian Yiming immediately said:

"I want to know if Japan will have a chance to become a province of the Ming Dynasty like Korea did in the future?"

Zhu Jianxuan was somewhat surprised:
"What do you think? Do you want Japan to become a province of Ming?"

Tian Yiming immediately said:

"I very much hope that Japan can become a province of Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Jianxuan thought for a moment:

"But the Japanese imperial court and the samurai in Japan may not necessarily want Japan to become a province of the Ming Dynasty."

Tian Yiming immediately said:

"Inside and outside the Japanese court, the shogunate is full of parasites who are in office but do nothing. They are short-sighted and greedy.

"We should follow the Ming Dynasty's method of reforming Egypt and punishing the Qing imperial court, arresting them all and sending them to overseas wilderness for reeducation through labor.

“But Japan has no chance of doing all this on its own.

"Only the Ming Dynasty can completely clean them out and give Japan a truly peaceful and prosperous world.

"Only when Japan becomes a province of the Ming Dynasty can Japan truly enjoy long-term peace and stability.

"Please give Japan a chance..."

As Tian Yiming said this, he knelt down and lay on the ground begging Zhu Jianxuan.

Zhu Jianxuan could tell that the child hated the ruling class in Japan to the core, probably because of his father's assassination attempt when he was young and his grandfather's advice at the time.

At the same time, during his years in the Ming Dynasty, he learned about the Ming Dynasty's way of governing the local areas, and felt from the bottom of his heart that Japan's system was backward.

After seeing the governance plan of "cleansing the ruling class", I felt that I had found a good solution to Japan's problems.

After the Ming Dynasty successfully conquered the north, it began to relocate all the vassal states overseas and completely brought the mainland of Shenzhou under the jurisdiction of the unified imperial court. Tian Yiming was directly involved in the entire process. He was as confident as the officers of the Ming Dynasty, and now he was even more disgusted with everything in the Japanese mainland.

Zhu Jianxuan listened to Tian Yiming's plea and reassessed the current situation.

He had 100,000 Japanese vassal troops under his command, and most of the grassroots officers and ordinary soldiers were Japan's down-and-out samurai.

Most of them can read and write, and have fully adapted to the Ming system.

With bolt-action rifles and the support of the Ming navy, they are now capable of completely conquering Japan.

It is not just about defeating the shogunate and the daimyo under it, but also about completely clearing out the original feudal lord class.

Although Zhu Jianxuan was not very interested in Japan, Japan was the only country in the entire Western Pacific coastline that was not directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming court.

Now all the vassal states in Southeast Asia are moving to Africa, and the Northeast region has become a province of the Ming Dynasty.

It is indeed not right for Japan to continue to remain semi-independent.

Before the advent of universal civic education, cultural and national consciousness would exist only among the ruling class.

If the ruling class of Japan, including the emperor, nobles, generals, ministers, daimyo and samurai, were all captured and sent to Africa.

They were completely dispersed and handed over to local governorates across Africa, where they were used as exiled slaves and their culture was destroyed.

The remaining ordinary people in the mainland are managed by Ming officials and vassal army officers who are loyal to the Ming.

In the future, we will completely adopt the local methods of the Ming Dynasty, use one generation to re-cultivate a new ruling class, and form a pure Ming Dynasty cultural system locally.

Then the Japanese archipelago will become the Ming mainland, and the Japanese nation will completely disappear.

In fact, Japan's current population should be less than 30 million, while the population of the Ming Dynasty is at least over 400 million. The people of the Ming Dynasty also have the racial advantage given by the imperial court.

Even without any special operations, as long as the administrative divisions are completely merged, the Japanese will disappear sooner or later.

But now that Africa is being developed on a large scale, the imperial court can require the feudal lords to bring some Japanese along every time they go to Africa.

The monarchs of the vassal states had no way to refuse, and would not refuse more population.

Allowing the feudal lords to use these Japanese to explore and develop the interior of Africa, and then consuming a part of them, can speed up the absorption process.

Before the Industrial Age, overseas immigration of tens of millions of people was unrealistic, but after the Industrial Age, it became possible as long as one worked hard.

To travel from China to Africa, you don't even need a steam-powered sailing ship. Traditional sailing ships can also do the job, but they're slower and can only make two trips a year.

The Ming Dynasty now has countless merchant ships of hundreds of tons. If they are fully allowed to transport people, they can transport millions of people a year.

On the other hand, the Ming Dynasty has already begun the industrial revolution, and Ming merchants will also invest in Japan, and Japan's productivity will also increase simultaneously.

If we leave it alone now, there will be more and more people reading books in Japan, and more and more people will consider themselves Japanese.

Once ordinary people at the bottom of Japan have formed the perception of being Japanese, the difficulty of making the concept of this nation disappear completely will skyrocket.

Now can be considered the eve of modern times, and it is the last chance to absorb the population of surrounding ethnic groups in the ancient way.

Zhu Jianxuan thought about it carefully for a long time, and slowly made up his mind. He looked at Tian Yiming who was kneeling in front of him:

“Since you ask so sincerely, I will give Japan a chance.

"I will arrange for the Ming army to land on the island and thoroughly cleanse Japan of all the evils of tyrants, corrupt officials, and feudal lords.

“You will first lead 10,000 vassal troops to Edo to control the situation inside and outside the city, and control important docks and transportation nodes.

"Next spring, the imperial court will organize a large army to go to Japan to participate in the war. You should be ready to respond."

Tian Yiming immediately became excited and responded respectfully:

"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness. I will do my best."

Zhu Jianxuan asked the Privy Councilor who was on duty beside him to write a transfer order, asking Tian Yiming to go to Korea to transfer a servant division to Japan.

Auxiliary divisions were then dispatched from the mainland to garrison Korea, and other Japanese vassal divisions in Korea were allowed to meet up at the nearest port, waiting to be transported to Japan along with the commanding general.

Finally, all the cabinet ministers, all the privy councilors in the capital, the governor's office and the senior generals of the main army in the capital were notified to come to the meeting.

(End of this chapter)