However, this misunderstanding is really difficult for the Japanese to accept! But if they can't accept it, what can they do? Is it possible to go to war with Britain? The question is, do they have the ability?
If you don't have the ability to fight back, you always have the ability to get angry.
Faced with Parkes' extremely arrogant answer, one can imagine the anger of Iwakura Tomomi, Okubo Toshimichi and Into Hirobumi.
"Baga, is Britain going to declare war on Japan?"
Okubo Toshimichi roared angrily.
"If they had declared war, their fleet would have arrived in Tokyo Bay long ago. Just like Parkes said - this is just a misunderstanding!"
Yin Teng Bowen said in a sarcastic tone.
"The lives of tens of thousands of Japanese army and navy personnel, in their eyes, are just two words..."Misunderstanding!""
When he said the word "misunderstanding", Yin Tengbo deliberately emphasized his tone. He was suppressing the anger in his heart. If possible, he would like to kill all the British now, but... Japan doesn't even
You just don't have that strength.
"Easy... ah!"
Kido Takayun sighed.
"This is the status of Japan! In this world, Japan is small and not worth mentioning. Even if someone kills you and kills tens of thousands of you, it is just a misunderstanding. Japan is small.
They were small, so just two words of "misunderstanding" were enough to express their shock!"
Looking up into the distance, Kido Takayun's expression looked very calm, a bit terrifyingly calm, but anyone could see the suppressed anger in his heart. Behind his calmness, there was monstrous anger!
But what about being angry?
It doesn't have any effect. After all, everyone knows very well that this world relies on strength to speak. Compared with Japan, which has no strength, let alone being angry, it doesn't even have the right to speak.
In this world of the jungle, everything is so real.
"Japan is small..."
Okubo Toshimichi said sadly and angrily.
"Little Japan, no one in this world cares about it!"
Little Japan!
Such is your position in the world!
The British bombardment made them all despair of the rules set by the Westerners. They once dreamed of making Japan rich and powerful by learning from the West and adopting reforms, but what about now?
"We once thought that as long as we followed the example of Western countries and adopted reforms, we could become as powerful as Western countries, but now it seems that this is a joke!"
Iwakura Tomomi looked up and said with a sad and angry expression.
"At this moment, I finally understand why His Majesty Emperor Shengde continued to conquer east and west, attacking Chile and Argentina when he first established his foothold in South China. In the final analysis, it was for survival. If His Majesty Emperor Shengde did not take the initiative to attack,
Those Westerners would never allow East Asians to establish a country in South America. Therefore, His Majesty Emperor Shengde saw through the hypocrisy of the Westerners from the beginning. He used a powerful army to get ahead of them and defeated them first.
Strength wins the right to survive!”
Once upon a time, when visiting the Ming Dynasty, Iwakura Tomomi was confused. He didn't know what drove Emperor Sentoku to expedition to Araucania and supported him in his crusade against the Chilean army. Now he finally understood.
For Emperor Shengde, he had no choice. He could only win the initiative in the war and then win the right to survive before the enemy started the war.
"The right to live!"
Iwakura Tomomi pursed her lips and then said.
"In the past few years, we thought that the way to become rich and powerful was to "leave Asia and join Europe." Just as Fukuzawa Yukichi said, "If you want Japanese civilization to progress, you must aim at European civilization.
Determine it as the standard for all discussions, and use this standard to measure the gains and losses of things." "Our country must not be suspicious. Instead of waiting for its neighbors to advance and then retreating to revive East Asia together with them, it is better to break away from their ranks and join forces with all the civilized countries in the West.
Advance and retreat." Is he right?"
After a pause, Iwakura Tomomi shook his head and said.
"Wrong, absolutely wrong. Perhaps the first half of what Fukuzawa Yukichi said is right. If you want Japanese civilization to progress, you must aim at European civilization. However, it is absolutely impossible for Japan to advance and retreat together with the Western civilized countries. Because
We are not the same race as the Europeans! In today's world, the strength of the Western countries is the strength of the European race. How can the European race sit back and watch as the East Asian race becomes rich and powerful? This is...a race battle!"
This is...a battle between races!
Iwakura Tomomi's words were like thunder, echoing in everyone's ears. They all looked at the magistrate in surprise.
"The war between races!"
Yin Teng Bowen nodded in agreement.
"What you said is true. The European race sees itself as a civilized race and rules the world with its powerful national power after the industrial revolution. In their eyes, the yellow race is just like other people of color, barbaric and ignorant. Even we
If you want to become rich and powerful by learning from the West, Westerners will never allow it. The root cause of why the British interfere in Japan's internal affairs is that they will never allow Japan to become a powerful country by learning from the West like the Ming Dynasty!"
Yes, since the Ming Dynasty can rise to become a powerful country with a population of tens of millions, what about Japan with a population of more than 34 million? Of course, it is also possible to become a powerful country, so Britain will try to destroy Japan by supporting the Tokugawa family.
The road to rise.
"The Western ghosts really have sinister intentions!"
After sighing, Iwakura Tomomi said.
"The rise of the Ming Dynasty has made Westerners wary of it. Japan, of course they will send troops to intervene. Their goal is to turn Japan into a semi-colony like the Qing Dynasty, or even a colony like India... In
Under such circumstances, is it possible for Japan to rise?"
Everyone fell into silence, and they all knew very well what the answer was. It is absolutely impossible for Japan to rise in this world of tigers and wolves, and it is even possible that Japan's survival will become a luxury.
The weak do not even have the right to survive. This is exactly how the world operates. It is also an experience they gained from visiting various countries.
In this world where the weak eat the strong, the weak can only let the strong take advantage of them! Of course the weak will not be willing to do so. Who would be willing to be the prey? But the strong will not give the weak a chance to stand up. They will do everything possible to use them.
Use all means to make the weak weaker, and one day in the future, the weak will be put on their dinner plate and devoured by the strong.
This is Japan's future destiny. It is still a very delicious and delicious piece of fat for the great powers.
Now they have extended their minions to Japan. Japan has been put on their dinner plate!
"Ming dynasty!"
Okubo Toshimichi suddenly spoke.
"Since Japan cannot survive alone in this age of tigers and wolves, let's merge into the Ming Dynasty. At least we have the same culture and species as the Ming Dynasty. Even if Japan becomes the Ming Dynasty, there will still be Japan in this world, but if it becomes a colony of Western ghosts,