Li Junwei smiled and walked in front of the kitchen: "When you are full, when the emperor wakes up, he will call you."

Bai Le thought that something must have happened, so he immediately followed Li Junwei to the kitchen hall. At this time, only the food of the guards changed shifts in the early morning. Li Junwei ordered a small bowl of noodles and two side dishes. He turned around and asked Bai Le when he wanted to eat it. He found that the guy was staring at the official bag in the hand of the servant. Li Junwei pinched his neck and turned around, and handed him the things he had chosen: "You can only see after you eat these things."

Obviously, Bai Le didn't know how to eat it, but Li Junwei ate sweet food and ordered two refreshing pickles from the female official who served him, and asked him to add it to his future breakfast in the palace.

Bai Le ate very quickly and didn't care about whether he was healthy or not. Seeing that he had eaten all of it, Li Junwei said to the attendant: "Show him."

The briefcase was opened, with telegrams, diplomatic letters, and two clippings inside, layered, and the main part was a red box, about the size of a calendar with a seal on it. When Bai Le saw it, he immediately retracted his hand.

This is a red box urgent report. The main information that can be reported to the emperor in this way is the intelligence system. The chief officials and confidant ministers are a means for the emperor to control the empire. This has been the case in the Taizu era, and all those who can have the privilege of the red box are ministers who are trustworthy.

In the palace, there are only King Yu, King Cheng and Pei Yuanqi who can receive the emperor's urgent response when it is inconvenient. This is absolute trust.

Although the contents in the red box cannot be seen, through these official documents and newspapers, we can already figure out the whole story. All of these official documents come from Japan, and the report is the "Kyoto Incident".

Bai Le browsed quickly and found that there were official documents in the Embassy in Kyoto, as well as in Edo and Nagasaki, while there were telegrams from London, The Hague and Paris. It has been four days since the "Kyoto Incident". After fermenting, all parties have responded. Bai Le was on holiday these days and was unexpectedly blocked. He remembered that a colleague from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came to visit two days ago. Seeing that Princess Ying was there, he left. He thought that he wanted to ventilate in advance, but unexpectedly staggered.

"Does the emperor know about this?" Bai Le asked carefully.

Li Junwei nodded: "Three days ago, the emperor received the first wave of news. But the news was unclear and there were many contradictory things, so he didn't determine anything. This time, the emperor, the shogunate and related European countries have already had a preliminary attitude. When the emperor sees these, he will definitely look for you."

Bai Le read these materials seriously again, until the emperor got up, finished washing up, and summoned them at seven o'clock.

"The third brother didn't have a rest last night, okay." The emperor asked with concern when he saw that although his younger brother was energetic, his dark circles were very heavy.

Li Junwei smiled and said, "If this matter can be settled today, I will go home and rest for a few days. By the way, don't let Zhao Ming know, otherwise this little bastard will take me to take him here and there to play with me. I am so old now, but I can't stand the tossing of the little bastard."

"Okay." The emperor nodded and asked Bai Le: "Master Bai, you have given me a judgment on the situation about Japan, saying that the current situation in Japan is very delicate, like a boiling oil pan, and just one Mars will explode." As he said, the emperor clicked the information on the table and said: "Can this be considered that Mars?"

Bai Le said: "At present, the shogunate's reaction is still expected. Egawa Ryohide has the symbol of a national hero, and what he did in the Kyoto incident is also in line with Japanese laws. Whether this matter can ignite the situation in Japan depends mainly on the reactions of the European countries involved in the case. If it is just condemning, demanding trial and compensation, then the situation of this Martian sub-lit will not ignite. But if European countries send troops to threaten it or take other substantial threat measures, I think so."

"Egawa Ryohide's approach is in line with Japanese laws? Are you referring to the fact that he killed several foreigners because of a misunderstanding?" The emperor frowned.

"Yes, Emperor. Egawa Ryohide is a daimyo-level agent with a specification of 300,000 stones. According to Japanese laws, he has the qualification to be exempted from the imperial examination for those foreigners, that is, killing them for killing them for free." Bai Le knew that the emperor did not know much about Japan's culture and traditions, so he quickly explained.

"The incident happened in Kyoto, not in Edo," said the emperor.

Bai Le nodded: "Yes, now only the Tokugawa shogunate, which has incomplete rule of law, implements traditional laws, but Kyoto..."

Kyoto is the legal capital of Japan. Before the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Nagasaki was the important place for foreign countries, because it was Japan's only foreign trade window, the empire, the Netherlands, and the Southeast Asian countries trade there, but when the Tokugawa Shogunate was founded due to the first Japanese civil war, Japan split into the Western Daming Alliance and the Tokugawa Shogunate. Therefore, Edo and Nagasaki became as important, and the main countries would set up embassies in Edo and Nagasaki.

With the rise of Japanese nationalism, maintaining Japan's legal unity has become a consensus in Japanese society. Therefore, all embassies must go to the capital, and the capital should be Kyoto where the emperor lives.

During the second Japanese civil war, Kyoto, located around the main battlefield, changed hands several times. At the beginning of the civil war, the Western Daming Alliance wanted to take the Emperor as the righteousness and attack the shogunate, but the shogunate also had the idea of ​​using the emperor to command the princes. The final result was that the emperor was controlled by the Western Daming Alliance, and Kyoto was occupied by the Tokugawa Shogunate.

In the end, when the armistice was achieved, the two sides compromised and the emperor returned to Kyoto, and Kyoto was left to the emperor's rule.

Therefore, Kyoto has also become a special administrative region in Japan. Considering the arrival of envoys from various countries, Kyoto's laws must also keep pace with the times. But the emperor is still a traditional symbol, so according to Kyoto's rules, John's group of foreigners did not have to kneel down when they saw Egawa Ryohide, but they had to give way.

Therefore, even if there is no misunderstanding of the yellow dog, just because John and others block the way, Egawa Ryoshu can kill them.

"Your Majesty, Penang's urgent telegram." The attendant walked in and took out a secret telegram.

The emperor took it, took a look, and handed it to Li Junwei. Li Junwei and Bai Le read it together, and found that it was an urgent telegram from the Indian Ocean Navy Command, which was the British, Dutch and France who applied for supplies to the Imperial Navy and provided convenient official documents.

Although the navies of Britain, France and the Netherlands are now the main maritime opponents of the empire, the ocean is really vast and the power of human beings is too small. At the sea, no matter how different the opponents are, they must help each other when needed. This is included in the Ocean Convention formulated by the empire and European countries.

In peacetime, ports of all countries will also provide convenience to the navies of other countries, but that is when the country believes that there is no threat. Therefore, when a country's naval ship enters the ports of other countries, except for friendly countries, the rest must be declared in advance.

But not all ships will receive convenient service, and some routes are OK.

For example, if British ships travel to the Mediterranean or the Caribbean, they will be convenient when they pass Ceuta, while imperial ships travel from Cape Town to Ceuta and pass through the British and French colonies in West Africa, they will also be convenient when they pass through the British and French colonies in West Africa. This convenience is mainly for supply.

Some routes are not possible. For example, when imperial ships go to Prussia, they are often not allowed to enter the ports of the Three Kingdoms, or if they apply before departure, they will make things difficult. However, when the Three Kingdoms ships pass through Suez and South Africa and come to the East, they will not receive services from the Empire. This is mainly because both sides regard these places as their own sphere of influence.

Of course, this is not inevitable. For example, the British and French navies once conducted friendly visits to the empire. The two sides planned and negotiated in advance. The navies of the two countries set off from Europe and headed south through the Atlantic Ocean. Starting from Cape Town, they all stopped at the empire's ports along the way and arrived at Shinkyung.

But this time it was different. The joint fleet of the three countries organized the application, but the scale was unknown and the time was not determined. It was obviously just a test of the empire's attitude.

"The Three Kingdoms are going to organize a fleet to launch an expedition." Li Junwei said.

The emperor asked directly: "Last brother, do they have this ability?"

"There is a possibility in theory, but... it's very difficult." Li Junwei thought for a while and said.

He expanded a map and said, "First of all, the three countries had tense relations with the Ottoman Empire. Navy ships were not allowed to pass the Suez Canal, so they could only take the Atlantic route and go through the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean. Before entering the Indian Ocean, there should be no problem with their supply.

After passing the Cape of Good Hope, on the east coast of Africa, fleets could enter Portugal's colonial ports, with the balanced diplomacy that Portugal is now pursuing, which they should be willing to provide. And after passing the Indian Ocean, they entered the Hindustan Empire, they could enter the port, but further east, there was a problem.

There is no port on the Indian Ocean coast to accept them. That is our absolute sphere of influence. I think only Ma Dalan has the courage to provide services to him. From the Java Sea to the coast of Japan, thousands of miles of oceans are all empire-controlled seas. How they maintain their military presence here may even have problems with supply.

Therefore, if the fleets of the Three Kingdoms want to form a deterrence, they must support the empire, at least by default. Therefore, the option of military threat should not exist."

Bai Le frowned when he heard Li Junwei's words. The emperor captured the change in his expression and asked, "Bai Le, what do you think?"

"Maybe the European fleet will really come." Bai Le said.

He thought for a moment and said, "Western daimyos may help."

"You are kidding. Although the Western Daming and the Tokugawa Shogunate compete for power, Egawa Ryohide is the title of national hero. This will be a war for the Japanese country and the Yamato tribe. If the Western Daming and the Western Daming want to undermine the power, they will see when they will." Li Junwei said.

"But this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Bai Le said.

"Do you think Western Daming would kill people with a knife?" Li Junwei felt a little incredible. What could several warships do? Even if they were pirates, they would cause only a few harms to a self-sufficient feudal society like the Tokugawa Shogunate.

As for landing, it is even more impossible. The Tokugawa Shogunate's army was huge in size, and during the Second Civil War, it was replaced with rifled rifles in large numbers. Its enemy, the European Combined Fleet, could organize an army of hundreds of people, with a scale of thousands of people reaching the sky. Without the generational difference in technology, it is impossible to win easily.

Bai Le said: "It is not to use the Europeans to damage the strength of the shogunate, but to use the Three Kingdoms to damage its prestige. Prince, the title of shogunate general is the general of the Conquest of the Wisdom."

When Li Junwei heard this, he was stunned. He remembered some past events and some debates between the Japanese intellectual circles and the imperial scholars.

The shogun was indeed called General Zhengyi. This name has been around for a long time. Hundreds of years ago, the Japanese court gave titles to generals stationed in the eastern country. The so-called Yi refers to the Eki people in the northern part of Honshu and Hokkaido, which is the Jurchen tribe that the empire is now recognized.

This position was originally a temporary dispatch, but later became the title of shogun.

After the first Japanese civil war, the Empire led the Western Daming to launch the Battle of the Shogun War, and King Cheng Li Hai made a ruling on Japan. This was the beginning of Japan's founding and the beginning of the awakening of Japanese nationalism.

The Japanese intellectual community was obsessed with this war, and a discussion arose in Japan, that is, not to cancel the title of the Tokugawa family's general of the Conquering the Noble Army. After all, he did not block the attack from the imperial army at all. Not to mention conquering the Noble Army, he did not do anything to defend the enemy outside the country.

But most Japanese people do not agree with it. They do not support the Tokugawa shogunate, but believe that China cannot be regarded as a barbarian. China is China, not a barbarian.

Whether in the late Ming Dynasty or the era of the Empire, worship of the empire was popular in Japan. Until the knowledgeable people of Japan realized that as long as the empire had influence in Japan, Japan would never be unified, and this worship was challenged.

Let’s not talk about the past for now, but Bai Le’s words reminded Li Junwei that the empire may not be considered a barbarian, but white people from Europe will definitely be considered a barbarian.

Actually, let alone barbarians, Europeans are now very famous in Japan. In the early years, Japan learned the term foreigner from the empire and called white people. After the Ogasawara Islands incident, white people's reputation in Japan plummeted, and the Japanese didn't even need foreigners, and they directly called ghost animals.

Obviously, as long as the ghost fleet arrives, it will be a provocation to Japan. However, the Tokugawa Shogunate does not have a decent navy and cannot achieve the "siege of the barbarians". This will inevitably be a great blow to the prestige of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Even if the Three Kingdoms fleet does not go to war with Japan, it is just like this. And it is obvious that the Japanese western daimyos are happy to see this and should also be willing to provide support.

"Maybe we really have to be careful of this move." Li Junwei thought for a while and said. Although he wanted face, he would not stick to his wrong views.
Chapter completed!