The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 911: Thousand Years of Domination
As far as Liu Fan knew, Japan suffered a severe drought last year. The fields in Kanto were barren, rice prices soared, and a large number of down-and-out samurai were wandering the streets, nearly starving to death. The people were struggling to survive, yet the high-ranking samurai and daimyo were talking about dedication, saying that everyone was united and would sacrifice their own families for the sake of the public...

These arguments from the Japanese ruling class are incompatible with the democratic system currently being promoted by Da Qi, which makes Liu Fan feel disgusted.

I seemed to have returned to the reign of Taizu Liu Zhaosun.

So the emperor urged Dong Shaowei to travel east as soon as possible to Japan to preside over the reforms.

Dong Shaowei knew the mission he was carrying. This was not his first time to visit Japan, and he did not have a very good impression of this country.

Just before Dong Shaowei was about to return to Nagasaki, the emperor summoned General Dong to the palace and told him:
"There are more and more rats in Japan. If we sit back and do nothing, it will be an insult to the constitution and to Great Qi. Large-scale bloodshed cannot occur. You are in Japan, so do what is right for you."

Dong Shaowei said without comment: "I understand."

Peace and reform are inherently contradictory. There has been no reform without bloodshed since ancient times.

Under the emperor's promotion, the cabinet agreed to first transport 300 ships of grain to Nagasaki. After the drought was over, Dong Shaowei would be fully responsible for the reform of Japan.

It is imperative to "eliminate polarization, eliminate slavery, and completely abolish the samurai class."

The reforms in Japan have always been on the mind of Emperor Jingyan. Liu Fan has complicated feelings about this small oriental country. On the one hand, he feels pity for the Japanese and hopes that the millions of people on these islands can continue to survive. On the other hand, past historical experiences and lessons remind Liu Fan all the time to be wary of this small country and the danger of possible war.

In any case, Emperor Jingyan would not, like his predecessors, cover slavery with a utopian cloak and use grand narratives to turn Japan into a hell on earth.

However, the Japanese economy was in decline, the abdicated emperor was ready to make a move, and the dying daimyo wanted to make a comeback. The slogan of "millions of people will die in glory" still had a large market in the island nation, and hatred of Da Qi became the mainstream public opinion...

After resting in Tianxin City for half a month, Dong Shaowei set out again to return to Nagasaki to continue his unfinished business in Japan.

On the second day of October, officials stationed in Nagasaki arrived at the outlying island dock early to welcome Dong Shaowei.

Surrounded by guards, Marshal Dong walked across the sampan in full view of the public, landed on Nagasaki land, and delivered an inspiring speech in public.

The gist of the speech was that the Emperor of Da Qi was very concerned about the future and destiny of Japan.

A million people dying in battle cannot save Japan, and slandering the Great Qi cannot save Japan either. The only way is to allow all Japanese to live with dignity, so that those who till the land have their own land and those who work have their own jobs.

Dong Shaowei's next task will focus on winning people over with virtue. Simply put, it is to completely destroy the Japanese propaganda, abolish all propaganda that slanders Da Qi, and severely punish low-level warriors who incite hatred against Qi.

On June 30th of the 20th year of Jingyan, the Grand Marshal's Office announced the first land reform plan: all rural land in Japan would be purchased by the government, and landlords would only be allowed to retain a certain amount of land. The rest had to be sold to the military government, which would then sell it to farmers on demand.

On July 17th, the Generalissimo's Office announced the banning of all extreme nationalist political parties advocating war against Qi, supporting or aiding the establishment of Japanese hegemony. This included notorious organizations, including the Daisei Yokusankai and the Red Dragon Society, and subjected them to a severe crackdown. By August, the list of groups targeted had grown to , and over samurai and daimyo were put on trial. Over were executed, and over were exiled or imprisoned.

By the end of December, the liquidation of the shogunate system was basically completed.

Dong Shaowei felt that this was not enough. Considering that on the eve of the end of the Qi-Japan War, Japan still had more than 800,000 troops and a considerable number of civilian military organizations, Dong Shaowei ordered that all daimyos and samurai must unconditionally disarm within 90 days and hand over their weapons to the Qi army stationed in their area, otherwise they would be treated as rebels.

In February of the 21st year of Jingyan, except for a few stubborn resistance elements who entered Mount Fuji to resist, the remaining approximately 780,000 samurai and foot soldiers successively surrendered their weapons to the Qi army.

The task of destroying Japanese weapons was given to the 28th Corps. They burned all ammunition depots and set fire to airships. Millions of artillery pieces, rifles, and grenades were thrown into the Sea of Japan. Countless military factories, naval docks, airship bases, etc. were also destroyed.

In addition, the punishment of war criminals and the trial of the Emperor and the Shogunate were also carried out in Tongpan.

The trials of Emperor Sakuramachi and Tokugawa Yoshimune were also proceeding intensively.

In early March, Dong Shaowei announced the arrest of the first 39 Class A war criminals, including Emperor Sakuramachi and Tokugawa Yoshimune. By the end of April, another 104 Class A war criminals had been apprehended. In early June of the 25st year of the Jingyan era, the Provisional Military Tribunal of the Generalissimo's Office was established and began trying these war criminals. That same month, the tribunal sentenced 16 individuals, including the Emperor and the Shogun, to death by hanging, to life imprisonment, and the remaining war criminals to prison terms ranging from ten to fifty years.

Those criminals who provoked the Qi-Japan War and attempted to overthrow the Great Qi finally received the punishment they deserved.

In April, the food shipped from Tianxin City gradually became insufficient, and the food crisis became more and more widespread. At the request of Dong Shaowei, the governors and governors of various provinces began to call on fishermen to transport their catches to Nagasaki. The Grand Marshal's Office, on behalf of Tianxin City, purchased the fish at the market price at the port of Nagasaki.

Large numbers of dolphins, whales, and seals were caught and transported to Japan, becoming the main food on the Japanese table, and to a certain extent solving the food problem in various places.

In September, the second batch of 500 large ships loaded with food and horse fodder arrived at Nagasaki Port.

Japan's food problem was finally initially solved: After that, the Japanese people began to like and trust Dong Shaowei, and liked this veritable Japanese emperor.

In order to avoid the total collapse of Japan, the Grand Marshal's authorities decided to immediately implement land reform in Japan to quell the farmers' serious dissatisfaction with their lack of land.

At the end of that year, under the protection of more than 100,000 Qi soldiers stationed there, the Grand Marshal's Office issued the first Japanese agricultural land reform plan, which was affirmed by Tianxin City in February of the following year.

The plan stipulated that the Daewonfu would be responsible for forcibly purchasing all leased land from landlords who had left the village; land owned by village landlords exceeding 1 chobu, land owned by self-cultivating farmers exceeding 3 chobu, and other lands decided by the various land payment committees were also included in the purchase; the purchased land would be sold to landless or land-poor tenants at a low price, and the original tenants would have the right of first refusal; the rent for the remaining leased land would be changed from payment in kind to payment in cash, and the rent rate for paddy fields should not exceed 25% of the output value, and for dry land, not more than 15%.

In addition, Dong Shaowei also attached great importance to the lessons of the Japanese and the education issues in Japan.

Under his direct intervention, all anti-Qing propaganda was banned in private and public schools in Japan, all Japanese emperor festivals were cancelled, and a national peace day was established.