Although Bai Qi said it well in front of Tokugawa Liyan, the matter was so big that Bai Qi didn't dare to make a decision on his own, so he still reported this matter to Li Mu first.
If you don't report, you can't do it, although Li Mu gave Bai Qi the power to adapt to changes, but this right is not unlimited, when it comes to the strategic level, only Li Mu can make decisions, and Bai Qi is only responsible for tactics.
The appearance of Tokugawa Liyan can be said to have disrupted Li Mu's deployment.
Li Mu's original purpose was to curb Japan's expansion and combat the momentum of Japan's rise, and it did not involve a counterattack on Japan's mainland, because Li Mu did not think that a commercial enterprise of the Horse Group could conquer a country as large as Japan.
The emergence of Tokugawa Tachiken has led to a new opportunity, and if it is used well, it may be possible to achieve greater gains.
In fact, on the issue of Japan, Li Mu made the mistake of empiricism, Japan is a very amazing country, extreme inferiority, and at the same time extreme arrogance, during World War II, Japan was afraid of the air, after World War II until the 21st century, he honestly pretended to be his grandson, was slapped on the left cheek by the United States, and he had to put the right cheek up, and he was afraid that he would not serve well.
In the 21st century, Japan is behaving more and more cheerfully, and it seems that it is no longer under the control of the United States, but in fact, all this is an illusion, without the acquiescence of the Americans, Japan will never show that it seems to have gone out of control, and it is precisely for this reason that the Celestial Empire has been reminding the Americans to be careful of raising tigers.
To tell the truth, Li Mu did not think that the Americans were raising tigers for trouble, after all, the war potential of the Japanese had already been clearly felt by the Americans, and if the Japanese dared to come to Pearl Harbor again, then the Americans would be able to teach the Japanese how to be human beings in minutes.
After receiving Bai Qi's report, Li Mu did begin to consider whether to set up a puppet government in Japan.
"The focus of the ZAMA Group is still in the United States, it can also be in Europe, and if you want to talk about East Asia, I don't think it will be the focus of the world in the future."
Henry disagreed, disapproving of the Horse Group's tilt of resources to East Asia.
The establishment of a puppet government is not a joke, look at the United States of Cuba, in order to stabilize the situation in Cuba, three months ago, when Sylvester came to attend the opening ceremony of the Centennial Exhibition of Independence, Ulysses Grant again approved an interest-free loan of 50 million dollars to the United States of Cuba.
The United States of Cuba has a population of more than 2 million, less than one-tenth of Japan's, and it costs so much money for such a small number of people, if it were Japan, then Henry couldn't imagine it.
"Don't kid yourself, we all know the importance of East Asia, where there is almost unlimited human resources, and if we can set up a puppet government in Japan, then I don't need to say much about the benefits, the question is how much we have to pay for it."
Li Mu's attitude is still firm, natural Japan seems to have no money and no resources, but Japan has a population of more than 20 million, which is Japan's biggest capital.
In fact, there is another reason why Li Mu tends to support a puppet government.
Li Mu, who had received a patriotic education, knew very well how much damage Japan had done to the Chinese in modern times, and if Li Mu could set up a puppet government in Japan, then Li Mu could move the troubles eastward as much as possible, inducing Japan to turn its expansion direction to Imperial Russia or Southeast Asia.
In fact, if we carefully look at modern history, then we will find that it was not Japan that caused the greatest harm to the Qing government, but Imperial Russia.
The crimes committed by those countries in Southeast Asia against the Chinese are even more numerous, and although they are supported by the conspiracy of Western imperialism, this does not change the facts.
From Japan's performance in World War II, we can see that the brutality of the Japanese is one of the largest in the world, so it is most appropriate for the Japanese to deal with Imperial Russia and the small countries of Southeast Asia.
Although this reason is more important, Li Mu can't announce it to the public, after all, Li Mu is now nominally an American, and he should put the interests of the United States first, forget about the Qing Empire or something, before the Qing Empire is overthrown, Li Mu will always bury this secret in the deepest part of his heart.
"If we need human resources, we can increase our immigration efforts, which is enough for our current Junma Group, and what do we need so many human resources for" Henry still couldn't understand Li Mu's purpose.
"The usefulness of human resources can be greater, as a responsible enterprise, Junma Group should not limit its focus to the United States, after all, the core business of our Junma Group is still the military industry, so Japan is not important to the United States, but it is very important to our Junma Group."
Bernap, who attended the meeting as an observer, strongly supported Li Mu's decision.
After Bernapp's resignation as Minister of War, according to the agreement with Li Mu, he came to the Junma Group and served as a senior adviser to the Junma Group.
The senior consultant does not have any specific position, but he is paid a whopping $5,000 a month, which is part of a cooperation agreement between Li Mu and Bernap, who will use his connections and connections to pave the way for the Junma Group.
At present, there is only one senior consultant in the Stallion Group, and in the future, after Ulysses Grant leaves, Ulysses Grant will also serve as a senior consultant of the Landmark Group.
Also promised are Sherman and George Dewey, both of whom have been invited by the Kufner Group and in return, they are now able to provide varying degrees of assistance to the Kufner Group.
Unlike Henry, a pure businessman, Berknapp, as the former Minister of War, was more aware of Li Mu's intentions in his attitude towards Japan, and also had his own opinions.
"Do you want to form a Japanese servant army and then start a war" Henry is certainly not stupid, he didn't agree before, but his head didn't turn a corner, and now that Berknapp has said it so obviously, Henry immediately grasped the key.
Henry was right, and an even greater use of human resources was the formation of servant armies.
The servant army also has a long history, at least since the Middle Ages, the biggest role of the servant army is to initiate proxy wars, if Li Mu can establish the Japanese servant army, it will indeed be a good thing for the Junma group.
Objectively speaking, the United States also needs a servant army now, if the United States now has a reliable servant army, then the Americans can use the servant army to declare war with Spain, which is definitely good news for the United States, you know, the Americans have wanted to go to war with Spain for a long time, and what is missing now is a reason.
Spain is one of the more unlucky old imperialist countries, the Spaniards were invincible, their "invincible armada" was indeed invincible, and Spain at that time was like Britain now, and it was also the standard "empire on which the sun never sets".
Now Spain has been in the twilight, not only domestic turmoil, but also overseas colonies have been lost one after another, by the way, the Spaniards are disgraced by Cuba, through the Cuban independence war, ordinary people really exposed their own weakness and incompetence, which makes the United States can't help but want to move.
Although isolationism is prevalent in the United States, there have always been voices calling for expansion in the United States, but the world has now been basically carved up, and if the United States wants to catch up, it can only attack other imperialist countries.
Spain is now recognized as the most appropriate target.
"If we can do that, then maybe we can get the support of Washington, and then someone will pay for the Japanese order, and we will have the final say on the amount of the order."
Berknapp also did everything to convince Henry.
Although he has stepped down as secretary of war, Berknapp's network is still there, and in Washington, Bernapp has friends in high positions, so it is not difficult to do so.
"If that's the case, then okay" Henry realized that Li Mu's decision was irrevocable, so he could only obey.
The news of the Shoma Group's decision to support Tokugawa was reported back to the Ryukyus from New York in September.
Mr.
Li Mu agreed, "Although he had been mentally prepared, Tokugawa Tatsuken was still overjoyed when he heard the news.
After living on Amami Oshima for two months, Tokugawa Tatsuken now wears shirts and jeans, just like the other gunmen, except for two of Tokugawa Riken's retainers who still wear kimonos.
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Tokugawa Tachiken's two retainers, one named Komura and the other named Hashizo, they were actually former retainers of Tokugawa Yoshiki, and after Tokugawa Yoshiki's defeat, they came to Tokugawa Tachiken's side and vowed to assist Tokugawa Tachiken and recreate the pomp and circumstance of the shogunate in the past.
"Yes, Mr.
Li Mu has decided to assist you in restoring the rule of the shogunate, and Mr.
Li Mu has also brought you a small gift, I hope you will like it."
After Bai Qi finished speaking, he motioned to Yang Wei beside him to give Tokugawa Liyan a brocade box.
Yang Wei's expression was not very good-looking, his eyes were particularly sharp, and his eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred when he looked at Tokugawa Liyan.
The brocade box opened, revealing a python craft pistol with an ivory handle, a silver body, and a tiger talisman made of gold.
It is appropriate to use a craft pistol as a gift, and it is a bit inappropriate to use a tiger charm as a gift.
Tiger talisman in the traditional feudal dynasty represents the meaning of power and army, tiger talisman is generally made of two parts, the two are combined into one is a whole, usually half of the tiger talisman is kept by the king, the other half is kept by the superintendent of the army, when the war comes, the monarch will save half of the tiger talisman to the commander of the army, the general will hold the tiger talisman to the army station, and the other half can really control the army.
Tokugawa Liyan is Japanese, and Li Mu is not the king of the feudal dynasty, so it is more interesting for Li Mu to give Tokugawa Liyan Tiger Talisman.
Tokugawa Liyan systematically studied Han culture, and although he had not seen the tiger talisman with his own eyes, he understood the meaning of the tiger talisman, so it was a question of whether to take it or not.
If you take it, it is equivalent to determining the relationship between superiors and subordinates with Li Mu, even if the shogunate rule is restored in the future, then the status of the shogunate in Japan is probably equivalent to the Japanese emperor in the previous shogunate period.
It sounds a little sad, but if you don't take it, all of this will cease to exist, not to mention restore the glory of the former shogunate, and it will be questionable whether Tokugawa Tatsuken and his two retainers will be able to get out of Amami Oshima alive.
Since this is the case, then there is no choice, and Tokugawa Liyan only hesitated for a second before making a decision immediately.
"Please express my best thanks to Mr.
Li Mu on my behalf, thank Mr.
Li Mu for the gift, I believe we will be able to cooperate happily and take what we need."
Tokugawa Riyan happily picked up the tiger talisman, just like a child got a long-desired toy.
"I believe we will have a good time working together."
Bai Qi's face finally smiled.
The next night, Shiraki held a welcome dinner for Tokugawa Tachiyan, who was two months late.
The banquet was held in the Shuri Imperial Palace, and the little emperor did not attend as usual because of his ill health, and Prime Minister Pan Tingzhen was in charge of presiding over it.
After learning the identity of Tokugawa Liyan, Pan Tingzhen behaved more enthusiastically than Bai Qi, not only holding Tokugawa Liyan's hand and drinking with Tokugawa Liyan, but also marrying his niece to Tokugawa Liyan.
Bai Qi didn't say anything about marrying his niece in person, and when he looked back, he questioned Pan Tingzhen's decision.
"Why do you marry of course to better control this little Japan, otherwise you and I are willing to marry my niece to a different race" Although Pan Tingzhen was reluctant, he still focused on the overall situation.
"Harmony" is another highly controversial topic.
Later generations mentioned the Ming Dynasty and thought that the Ming Dynasty did several of the most backbone things, one of which was "not harmony", and although the Huanghuang Tang Dynasty came to the dynasty, it was widely criticized because it used the "harmony" policy.
In fact, there has been such a thing as harmony since ancient times, and it has nothing to do with whether the national strength is strong or not, and it is unfair to evaluate whether a country's bones are strong just by whether women are exchanged for peace.
For example, the current Ryukyu and Japan, although the territory of the Ryukyus is not as large as Japan, and the population of the Ryukyus is not as large as that of Japan, if it is specific to Pan Tingzhen and Tokugawa Liyan, there is no doubt that Pan Tingzhen has an absolute advantage.
The reason why Pan Tingzhen married his niece to Tokugawa Liyan was not in exchange for Tokugawa Rei's favor, but to better control Tokugawa Liyan, and even if Pan Tingzhen's niece could not leave a son and a half daughter for Tokugawa Liyan, Pan Tingzhen would continue to marry his niece until it was confirmed that the next shogun had at least half Chinese blood.
In this way, after two or three generations, the shogun will become a Chinese through and through, and Japan will forever become a vassal state of the Ryukyus.
In this matter, perhaps the one who paid the biggest price was Pan Tingzhen's niece, indeed, in some ways, Pan Tingzhen's niece was innocent, and it was unfair to treat her like this.
But on the other hand, this is also her obligation, fate, and there is no escaping it
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