The happiness of a few people is often based on the pain of the vast majority.

Perhaps in this special period, perhaps a very small number of businessmen will strive for huge profits. But what about most people?

They say the pain of life they endured is indescribable, just like in this cold and snowy winter, hundreds of thousands of Tokyo people live in an environment where there is no food and clothing and no heating fuel, while more people can only sleep on the streets.

Of course, this is just a Tokyoite.

While countless Tokyo people can only sleep on the streets in the wind and snow, there is another world in the embassy area, where there are neither crowded refugees nor beggars. Foreigners from all over the world still enjoy a life that is no different from the past.

"Millions of people were disarmed together, and none of them were men!"

Standing by the club window and looking at the Japanese who built a shack with cardboard and rags on the other street, Zhao Teng, the consul of the Ming Dynasty, said with some exclamation.

"A city with a population of nearly one million was conquered by just over three thousand sailors. This is simply... a joke!"

Is this joke ridiculous?

The Japanese cannot laugh, even in Tokyo, since the collapse of the shogunate, a large number of vassal lords and their entourages left Edo, and the total population here has been reduced to half from the previous 1.3 million!

But there are still 600,000 to 700,000 people, but what did these Tokyo people do when facing the invasion?

Did nothing!

Of course, they don't rush to do anything.

"Hey, the country does not know its own people, and the people does not know its own country. The Reformation Government has long lost people! In the past few years, the Reformation Government has not only betrayed the gentry who once seized power, but also made the farmers bear the land tax several times heavier than in the past. How could such a government defend him when it was invaded?"

Standing next to the consul, Li Chenglin said with a sigh.

"But we are supporting the reform government now, and we are really gaining and losing!"

"Who said that we want to support the reform government? What we support will always be our interests. In diplomacy, the interests of countries are the most important."

Zhao Teng said with a smile,

"Okay, Counselor Li, see if they are here!"

A moment later, in the meeting room on the second floor of the club, facing Bashali and Delang, the two ministers, Zhao Teng directly rejected their proposal yesterday.

"I complain very much that we can't see any reason to cancel the safe zone. As far as we have information, just yesterday, more than 1,300 Japanese were injured by British and American sailors. Men were killed, women were raped. Rich people were robbed. If we cancel the safe zone now, we can ensure the safety of civilians."

At this extremely special time, Zhao Teng still stands on the stance of protecting the Japanese, which is humanitarian concern.

"There are hundreds of thousands of civilians living here. Based on humanitarianism, we have the responsibility to protect their safety. This is also the fundamental reason why we set up a safe zone, if…"

Looking at the two ministers in front of him, Zhao Teng said directly.

"If you promise to withdraw your troops from Tokyo, return the occupied areas to the Tokyoites, and let the people here enjoy peace again, I promise that we will also return the safe areas to the Tokyoites at the same time. But what about now? My conscience prevents me from making such a decision, because I cannot face the people here, what kind of misfortune may the people living here suffer after the cancellation of the safe areas? I don't know, but I understand that they need the protection of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhao Teng didn't talk about any topics like interests at all. The reason why he set up a safe zone was for humanitarianism and to protect the people.

Of course, he did not deny that after setting up the safe zone, he personally received extremely generous rewards through some operations, but... everyone is like this!

The safe zone...is just business.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, you know!

"Mr. Consul, there is no precedent for setting up a safe zone in the world. We can promise to protect the personal safety of the Ming Dynasty's expatriates, but the current situation must end. Now Tokyo is under our control. Ming Dynasty! What did the Ming Dynasty do in this incident?"

Bashali said with great dissatisfaction.

"Safe Zone, how can you take advantage of the collapse of the Japanese government and usurp our victory fruits?"

In fact, when the Ming Dynasty established a safe zone, Baxiali chose to accept it because he did not think it was necessary to have conflicts with the Ming Dynasty.

However, according to London's instructions, the existence of the security zone has seriously affected the interests of Britain and the United States. After all, because of the existence of the security zone, they cannot control the political situation in Japan unscrupulously according to their will.

Because everyone saw that there was still the Ming Dynasty in Tokyo, how could those people turn to Japan in this case?

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"The fruit of victory? In this way, you are going to annex Japan!"

Zhao Teng said directly.

"Gentlemen, I can tell you very clearly that the Ming Dynasty will never accept any country's occupation of Japan. After all, to Japan, especially the people of Japan, we have a responsibility that you will never understand. Just like we protect the people here now, this is like a responsibility of a father to his children."

After saying these words in righteousness, Zhao Teng didn't know that his words spread in Japan just a few days later. I don't know how many Japanese people were moved by his words.

During this special period, who can stand by Japan to protect Japan?

No!

No country will protect Japan, only one country stands out, that is the Ming Dynasty.

They used just dozens of soldiers to protect hundreds of thousands of Tokyo citizens. Their consul resolutely chose to protect them in the face of the threat of British and American ghosts!

How could this not touch people?

Faced with such a straightforward answer, Bashali said directly.

"Japan, what does Japan have to do with you? Japan is an independent country. What responsibilities do you have to bear with Japan? Japan..."

"The Ming Dynasty is a country of parents in Japan! Mr. Bashali, I hope you learn the history of East Asia."

"History is just history, without any practical significance!"

Delang directly retorted.

"Mr. Consul, what we are going to discuss now is the future of Japan. Of course, we do not rule out that you have reasons to participate, but you must understand that Japan in the present should be negotiated by us, not decided by the Ming Dynasty alone!"

In fact, before the negotiations began, they had received instructions from the country - on the issue of Japan, they could conduct some negotiations with the Ming Dynasty, and while ensuring their special interests, they also guarantee their own interests. This is also the fundamental reason for this talks between the Three Kingdoms.

In other words, they do not want to have direct conflicts with the Ming Dynasty on the issue of Japan, but they also want to resolve the problem through negotiations.

"Some issues are not possible to negotiate, after all..."

Just as Zhao Teng's words fell, bursts of excited shouts suddenly came from outside.

"What a Ming Dynasty man!"

"The Emperor of Ming Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!