Chapter 146: The Emperor Meets the Emperor (Three)

When Emperor Meiji heard this, he felt as if he was hit hard by a head-on blow, and his whole body was shaking. This supreme, who ruled Japan for forty years and was called the "Great Emperor" and the "Living God", looked at Zheng Yu, with a pale face and tears appeared in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, I may say a bit heavy, but when Japan has come to this point today, aren't you still awake? I thought your country has challenged China again and again. Now, will China still pick it up and fall down gently?" Zheng Yu shook his head firmly, "I am the emperor of China, and I adhere to the will of the people and represent the interests of the people. Japan's actions have forced itself to a dead end and also to a dead end. Any constitutional monarch, or president or prime minister of China, cannot let Japan go. Otherwise, it will be impossible to explain to itself, and there will be no way to explain to itself."

"His Majesty Emperor, even if Japan has offended China's past, don't forget that this is not the era when China dominated thousands of years ago. Even in Asia, Britain, France, the interests of the United States and Germany are both there, and Russia has a deep foundation. Although there are minor setbacks, the country has not changed..." The Duke of Tokudaji gritted his teeth and said, "For decades of the reform of Japan, the people who defrauded life and death and valued the country, how could they conquer it lightly?"

"Hisser Duke, I can tell you clearly that in Japan, China will only deal with it according to its own will. If European and American countries want to interfere, it will be an offense to the empire." Zheng Yu said lightly, "From now on, in East Asia, the will of my Chinese Empire is the rule. Those who accept this will naturally give him some face. Those who do not accept this and want to make trouble will not give him face. Please keep this sentence in your heart, which will be good for you."

The Duke of Tokuji was pale. He didn't expect that the Chinese emperor was so straightforward and so domineering, but the other party really had the ability to say this.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, we have always been making a move on this big chessboard in the world." Zheng Yu said calmly, "You put your pieces, I put my pieces. Up to now, I have gained the upper hand and have controlled the entire chess game. In other words, at least in the chess game in East Asia, the rules must be based on mine."

"To put it even bigger, in the world, the empire often had to follow other people's rules in the past. But from now on, the empire has already set the rules by itself. Now it is East Asia, and it may expand to a larger place in the future. For any matter, if you want to ignore the will of the empire, several European and American powers discuss together and use the empire as a pawn, that is a dream."

"This is strength." Zheng Yu looked at Emperor Meiji and said in a calm tone, "The Empire has this strength, but Japan does not have this strength. This time, Japan was defeated so badly. To be honest, let alone setting rules, even the qualification to play chess is gone, and only the qualification to be a chess piece is left."

"If Japan chooses to rely on the great powers to fight against China, not to mention whether the great powers will offend our empire for the defeated Japan, Japan's best ending is to become a semi-colonial land of the great powers, or even a protector. Economy, diplomacy, and military envoys will be all in charge."

"Since the best result is just like this, then back to that sentence, what's the point of Japan?"

Emperor Meiji remained silent.

Zheng Yu took a sip of tea and his face was calm.

"I invite Your Majesty, in addition to seeing Your Majesty's heroic posture, I also want to relate the rules." Zheng Yu continued, "No rules can be achieved without rules. Before, the stability of East Asia was in China, and everyone abides by this rule. During the Renchen period, your country's Guan Bai Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted to break this rule, be defeated and died, the regime was taken away by the Tokugawa family, and the descendants also lost their lives. In the year of Sino-Japanese War and now, your country wants to challenge and carry out the order of Japan's Greater East Asian, but you failed again, your creatures were devastated, and the country fell step by step. It can be seen that this rule is absolutely unbreakable. Abiding by the rules is good for all countries."

When Emperor Meiji heard this, his heart moved and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, what do you mean..."

"Japan has repeatedly challenged the rules of the empire and must be punished." Zheng Yu said calmly, "In order to avoid Japan breaking the rules again, the empire needs to supervise Japan, carry out thorough reforms, and establish a system that conforms to the order of the East Asian imperial power and the national conditions of Japan, so as to avoid unrealistic delusions that have ambitions, drag Japan and the royal family into the abyss."

"In short, for the sake of stability in East Asia, for the friendship between China and Japan, for the peace and stability of the Japanese people, and for the long-term stability of the country, the empire must thoroughly transform Japan in the form of a supervising country. Political, military, economic, cultural, diplomatic, and all fields need systematic transformation."

Emperor Meiji's face was solemn, and the Duke of Tokudaji trembled slightly.

"In the two wars, the elders and military departments of your country were unwilling to be lonely and seeking merit. The major chaebols, cultural circles and societies of your country were fueled by it. For personal gain, these cancers must be cleaned up together." Zheng Yu said slowly, "In terms of politics, the empire will support your country to return to the right path of respecting the emperor and expelling the barbarians, realize the great power, bring back the state affairs and the wrong path of the vassal vassal politics, help your country imitate our empire and establish a real monarchy system, take His Majesty the Emperor as the core, and carry out enlightened politics under the supervision of our empire, focus on people's livelihood, and build the country."

"The so-called General Staff Headquarters and Military Commands are closed and ambitious, which is really the base camp and general backstage of the old vassal clans." Zheng Yu continued, "In the two wars, the military headquarters was unforgivable and must be revoked. The military headquarters, and even those who are responsible for war crimes against our Chinese Empire in the war, should be tried by the imperial court of war and be clear about the canon. In the future, the safety of East Asia will be borne by our empire, and your country has no need for anything other than the force to maintain public security and local security. In this way, no matter how ambitious a person is, it will be difficult for your country to make trouble and drag your country into the abyss of war. And your country's military expenditure will be reduced, so you can pay more attention to people's livelihood."

"In terms of economy, the chaebols of your country are insatiable and ask for the people. Before the Sino-Japanese War, taking the Mitsubishi chaebol Yasuke as an example, the dividend income is 100,000 times that of ordinary people. On the one hand, the chaebol is extravagant, the people are living in poverty, the government is heavily in debt, and on the other hand, the chaebol acquires government industries at low prices. The so-called breeding of industry and business, the chaebols eventually prosper, and the weaker are the people. Can such a system be called benevolent government?"

"Your country's chaebols must accept transformation." Zheng Yu said, "The Empire made the following suggestions as a supervisor: First, break the monopoly and encourage competition, and severely punish the chaebols for their use of their own status and attack competitors; Second, the chaebols must take out more than half of the shares and hand them over to the Japanese government. In order to avoid government bureaucrats seeking personal gain, some of the shares are supervised by the Empire and handed over to the business associations formed by private individuals in China and Japan to provide social security for the lower class of your country; Third, the economic development of the chaebols needs to be included in the government's overall plan, and high progressive taxes are imposed on high-income earners to supplement government financial resources."

When Emperor Meiji heard this, his eyes at Zheng Yu gradually changed, and he felt a little astonishment.

"Your country's diplomacy is hostile to China that is kind to Japan, and has the same language and race, and is flattering and ambitious to enslave the powers in Asia. The relatives are painful and the enemy is happy, and the relatives are close to foreigners and harming brothers. What is this truth? It really makes me puzzled." Zheng Yu shook his head, "For the long-term stability of your country, your country's diplomacy must be in line with our empire, accept our supervision, and achieve the self-existence of the East Asian nation as the tone, be close to the father and brother nation of Asia, and be far away from the West's jackal country. This is the right way for Japan. Simply put, your country's diplomacy will advance and retreat with the empire in the future to build an integrated steel alliance of East Asia. In this way, if the great powers want to invade Japan, they will invade the empire. What else can you worry about?"

"In terms of culture, the cultural circles of your country, such as Yukichi Fukuzawa, Su Feng, and others, are really foolish. They are the first-class culprits in the chaos of Japan. They must correct the trouble." Zheng Yu drank another cup of tea, "I think it's good to believe that China-Japan friendship and coexistence and prosperity. There is also the Yoshitoki Akimi, who is said to have been arrested by the Osaka police? Now look, these people are truly visionary and knowledgeable people in Japan. In the future, the Japanese cultural circles will not mention evil sayings such as leaving Asia and entering Europe, Rome in the East, and the Great Japan Expansion Theory. We must return to the East Asian order dominated by China, harmony and stability, goodwill between China and Japan, and jointly support it."

"Japanese education cannot blindly break away from Asia and Europe," Zheng Yu continued, "Japan's entry into civilization relies on the great reform, and learned Confucian culture from China. Now, Japan must return to the parent body of culture and return to the source of Chinese culture. Sinology education must be strengthened to adapt to the overall situation of China-Japan friendship and the pattern of economic integration between China and Japan. If Japanese citizens can speak fluent Chinese, read Chinese books, write Chinese characters, and recite Chinese poems, it will naturally be a natural thing for China-Japan friendship."

At this time, Emperor Meiji's face changed again. The Duke of Tokudaji next to him couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, Japan has its own Japanese and has a kana. Of course, it's not that it's not that I don't learn Sinology, but..."

"I'm not asking you not to speak Japanese or use Japanese," Zheng Yu shook his head, "I just said that at present, your country's education is first, is this putting the cart before the horse? Japanese culture originated from China, which is something that everyone knows. Practicing Chinese and learning Chinese is also beneficial for cultural exchanges and better understanding of Japanese culture. Of course, this is just my suggestion, not forcing..."

"In terms of economy, Japan has scarce resources and a broken economic system. In recent years, it has been exploited by the West using unequal trade mechanisms, and it is extremely miserable." Zheng Yu continued, "For Japan, there was originally a bright road, that is, it is closely integrated with the economy of our empire, and to use the rich raw materials and huge markets of our empire to pick up the shortcomings, give full play to the advantages of Japanese national comparison, use the advanced industrial technology of our empire to coexist and prosper, build a Greater East Asian economic community, realize free trade with each other, share the benefits, and work together to fight against the economic invasion of the great powers. This is not a hundred times better than your country now, selling itself to the great powers as an economic colony?"

Emperor Meiji listened silently, and his thoughts surged in his heart.

Many reasons have been talked to him, including Nakameng Yoshimi, Inoue Kin, Matsukata Matsukata Masayoshi and others, including Nakae Yoshimin, who had secretly read books and even summoned him. Emperor Meiji was not a lunatic. He knew that if Japan could not shake China, it was the right way to fight against the great powers with China. Unfortunately, Zheng Ying was still alive and was determined to completely subjugate Japan. Japan's various forces, for their own wealth and survival, were forced to embark on a fierce confrontation with China. Now, Japan's dream of dominating East Asia has been shattered, and China's strength has far exceeded expectations. Japan and Russia's complete failure and the harsh situation have also far exceeded the most pessimistic expectations before the war.

Emperor Meiji once thought sadly that if he was standing in the position of the Chinese emperor, what he had to do was to first take Japan as a puppet protection country, step by step assimilation strategy, and then wait for the opportunity to completely destroy Japan. As the saying goes, abolish the vassal state and establish direct jurisdiction of counties.

Now he felt more and more heavy as the Chinese emperor opposite him talked about his future plans for Japan.

Zheng Yu said for a while, and saw Emperor Meiji remain silent all the time, and knew that the other party's vigilance was difficult to dispel. But he also knew very well that to put it bluntly, this matter was forced by the situation and was due to strength. He had many cards, but the other party was really at the end of his life.

"Our empire has always believed that constitutional monarchy is the most suitable political system for East Asian countries." Zheng Yu paused and continued, "The emperor's inheritance of your country is the oldest royal bloodline in the world. It is the most suitable system for Japan's national conditions and traditions. Before, the forces of the vassal states of honoring the emperor and expelling the barbarians, overthrowing the shogunate under the banner of honoring the emperor and expelling the barbarians, using the emperor as an idol, and impersonating it and symbolizing it. The vassal state of the vassal state is the real autocracy of the vassal state under the banner of returning to the great power, and using the deification of the emperor to strengthen the power of centralization is really a stealing reputation."

Emperor Meiji felt relaxed and couldn't help swallowing.

"In my empire's view, although there are many inheritances of the royal family in your country, your lineage is really a legitimate orthodox."

Zheng Yu's words immediately made Emperor Meiji's heart sank.

He already knew that China had already mastered the fact that he was Omoto Yoshinoyu and transformed into the crown prince Mutsuin and occupied the magpie's nest. He knew that the other party was a reminder and a threat. If he was disobedient, he could change to other descendants of the royal family at any time. The Japanese royal family has been passed down for so many generations. Even the other party could create a person of unknown origin, such as the Chinese, saying that it was a descendant of a certain emperor to push the throne of the emperor. What's the difficulty of it?

"As long as the royal families of our countries work together, the order of East Asia will be as solid as a rock, and Japan can also enjoy peace." Zheng Yu took a sip of tea, and Song Jiaoren next to him continued.

Chauvinism, this is the legendary chauvinism of the great power.

Emperor Meiji looked at the young man opposite with a calm expression, and his heart felt a burst of sadness.

He had prepared for this day, otherwise he would not have instilled some pro-China concepts in his son Jiaren's education, nor would he have arranged for the Guard Division to be commanded by Jiaren to take charge of Tokyo, and arranged for some royal confidants to stabilize the domestic situation, and brought the Guard Division to Liaodong in person to control the situation, and strictly prohibited soldiers from plundering and killing civilians to avoid complete feud between China and Japan.

In order to leave a way out for Japan, he arranged for naval guards to board the ship to supervise the war as early as before the joint fleet went on expedition, and sent some royal personnel to supervise nearby. When he met Hirahachiro Togo, he secretly issued an edict and persuaded this veteran who took the loyalty and courage of the emperor to make peace with China when the defeat was decided, to keep the fleet, and bargain with the Chinese as bargaining chips.

Everything is to leave some room for Japan to retreat this crazy adventure, to reach a Sino-Japanese reconciliation when necessary, and even based on the Sino-Japanese alliance, to provide another path for Japan's future development.

In order to avoid the destruction of Japan and the extinction of the royal family forever, he did not hesitate to surrender to the nobles to come to the Chinese military camp to pay homage to the Chinese emperor to express Japan and the sincerity of the Emperor's royal family.

But when all this was placed naked in front of him, the Supreme Emperor who had ruled Japan for decades still made the founding emperor feel unbearable humiliation and sadness.

At this time, the Duke of Tokuji no longer cared about his decency. He knelt on the ground with a thunderous sound, leaned down and said with a loud voice: "Your Majesty, even though I die, I dare not seek peace with this humiliation... The king was humiliated and the minister died. Today, let the emperor hear these words, and I should die. Please give me death to protect my loyalty and righteousness."

Emperor Meiji closed his eyes, and two lines of clear tears fell quietly.

This tenacious and tenacious Japanese emperor has changed with each passing day since the founding of the Reform and the country's deification propaganda and unity respect made him a little self-inflated. Deep in his heart, he also has a bit more self-esteem as a true emperor.

Now, for the sake of the country and the emperor's generational inheritance, he has to accept such humiliation

It is obvious that China can no longer regard Japan as an equal allied country, and it is impossible to simply smile and eliminate grudges. The so-called goodwill between China and Japan, coexistence and prosperity, is essentially China's dominance, and even directly intervene in all aspects of Japanese national rule. At that time, Japan's status will not be much stronger than that of North Korea before the Sino-Japanese War.

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Can the great powers save Japan?

My own resistance can only make the Chinese abandon themselves and the next generation they have worked hard to cultivate. In the Japanese royal family, I don’t even know where to choose some puppets. The ending of Japan is even more miserable than cooperation with the Chinese.

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