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Chapter 450: The Fall of the Curtain (Part 2)

"Everyone, I think your eyes are too narrow." Shimazu Kokusa said suddenly.

Well? More than ten vassals and dozens of daimyos present, all of whom were angrily watching Shimazu Kokusa.

In their opinion, Shimazu Kokuha, who suddenly mocked everyone, seemed a little too arrogant.

"Shimazu Kokuha, you are a little brat who has not grown all the hair. How dare you say that we have narrow eyes?" asked Mori Hidetori, the Nagashu family, in dissatisfaction.

"Not bad!" Shimazu Kokusa said toughly, "We are in a reversal this time, not to continue the Sekigahara battle, nor to kill the Tokugawa family, but to save the nation and build a country as powerful as China!"

Hiss... Many famous celebrities present took a breath of air conditioning when they heard the word "Chinese".

In this era, these two words are synonymous with power, and there is no doubt about it! Some of them once fought against the Ming Expeditionary Force on the battlefield of Goryeo, and some heard many legends about China from their parents and ancestors. Everyone knows that there is always a powerful empire lingering on the vast continent and cannot be provoked.

To become a country as powerful as the Celestial Empire? They dare not even think about it!

"The daimyos present are all keen on trade with the Fu Liao army from the Ming Dynasty. I believe they have seen the large warships of the Fu Liao army - like an indestructible sea castle. The cannons on them are more than the stars in the sky, and their power is a thousand times that of our iron cannons. They easily opened the door to Edo Bay and forced the arrogant Tokugawa shogunate to contribute part of the territory of Edo Bay." Shimazu Kokusa emphasized the black ship incident that happened a while ago.

The daimyos who were kneeling nodded frequently. This time, the dark news greatly stimulated the Japanese country, which was about to close the country. Millions of people were angry. Under the guidance of knowledgeable people, the people's anger concentrated on the shogunate itself, and shouts of shouting for the Tokugawa shogunate to step down. This incident also became a catalyst, allowing Daimyo, who realized that earth-shaking changes were taking place on the other side of the sea, began to think about his role in this era in advance.

"The Celestial Kingdom on the other side of the ocean has always been at its peak. As early as their Tang Dynasty, a thousand years ago, we sent Tang envoys to study in Japan. They are strong and strong, but their emperors have never looked down on small places like us. Why should we worry that they will make our decisions?" said a daimyo from Shiguo Island.

"Did you forget the Battle of Wen Yong and the Battle of Hong'an during the Yuan Knights? At that time, the help of the Kyushu River was destroyed, which saved us from Kyushu Island." Tadaoyi from Yamauchi, who also came from Shikoku Island, said.

The Yuan gang he mentioned was the Kublai Empire. At that time, the Mongolian army united Goryeo, and the Han people tried to attack Kyushu Island twice, trying to subdue the Japanese Kingdom. All the damings present knew about this before the Warring States Period.

"Even without the Kanfeng, the Yuangang could not conquer us. Later, we captured 100,000 prisoners, most of them killed, and a small number were left as slaves, but it was not entirely the Kanfeng helping us." Another daimyo said.

"Our army defeated the Mongolian coalition in Hong'an, which happened after the Wenyong battle. The main reason was that our army was prepared for a long time and built a stone wall of dozens of miles on Kyushu Island, and the Yuan Kou could not land. Moreover, the Yuan Kou was a cavalry and was not familiar with naval battles. Now we are facing the powerful Ming and Fu Liao army. Their artillery can easily destroy any stone wall, and their battleships can easily knock over our Anzhai ship, and even the Kamikaze can't save us!" Shimazu Iemitsu said.

"Ahem, please allow me to speak." Tadahoshi Shimazu, who had been silent, said.

Tadahoshi Shimazu was a veteran who fought with the Ming army on the Koryo battlefield more than 30 years ago when he was young. As soon as he spoke, the Damen present sat upright and expressed his respect for Tadahoshi Shimazu.

"We used to sit in Guantian and occupied a land of 180 miles, which was Daming. Those who were smaller could call themselves the city lord. During the Warring States Period, Daming had hundreds of city lords, and each thought that as long as we went to Luo, we could dominate everything and the world was invincible." Shimazu Tadaoyuki said, "Later, Oda Nobunaga dominated the world. After the Honnoji Incident, Toyotomi Hideyoshi inherited his will and had no rivals in Japan. However, when we left Japan, Goryeo and the distant Ming army were in the Kingdom of Ming Dynasty. However, when we left Japan, we were in Korea and the Kingdom of distant Ming army.

After the team fought, we encountered the most tragic battle since the Warring States Period. The Ming army's firearms were better than us. Look at the present, the Fu Liao army in the Ming Dynasty emerged, and the power of their firearms was ten times and a hundred times that of the firearms we saw when we fought with the Ming Dynasty thirty years ago. In just thirty years, their development was so rapid. If another thirty years, if the Fu Liao army wanted to invade our Japan like the Yuan gang at that time, what should we rely on to resist them?"

"Besides, our ocean seems to be just a corner of the world. The huge world is waiting for us to explore or conquer. We need to look at a wider world. The premise of exploring the unknown is to make the Kingdom of Japan a unified country, and a powerful country is like the Heavenly Kingdom. We must become a great empire and no longer divide."

Tadaoshi Shimazu said in a hoarse voice. Every word of his words was very clear, and the novel concept shocked the daimyos present.

For thousands of years, during peacetime, the Japanese Kingdom has always implemented the shogun system, but the system of imperial power has almost never been implemented. The current emperor is just a mascot.

"You mean we want to promote the Emperor to be an emperor similar to the Ming Dynasty? As far as we know, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has supreme power, can execute any minister who violates him, and dispatch hundreds of thousands of troops at any time, without any retainers, but only the most loyal slaves. Doing so is equivalent to handing over our destiny to the Emperor who currently has no power. This is a pie falling from the sky for the Emperor. But what is the benefit of us?" asked Mori Hidetori, the Changshu clan.

If Chongzhen heard their conversation here, he would definitely ask them if they had any misunderstandings about the Ming Emperor. If the Ming Emperor could have such real power, perhaps he would not have been imprisoned by Chu Yun on an island in southern Liaoning.

"In the name of supporting the Emperor, all officials are elected by vassals, and all officials' parliament decides political affairs. In this way, the whole country is unified, and as the first group of people to support the Emperor, we can still have significant power. I wonder what you think?" Shimazu Kokusa said, "The will of the country can also be controlled by us and our future generations."
Chapter completed!
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