On July 3, 956, when the "Kansai's Fierce Tiger Great Shield" armored corps was about to march into Honshu but suffered heavy losses from bombing by Montenegro aircraft and had to return in defeat, Lord Ishii of Honshu issued a harsh statement, accusing Yamamoto Osamu of coming to power through a coup and that his cabinet was an illegal cabinet, and stated that Prime Minister Ashikaga's cabinet was the legitimate Japanese government.
In the next few days, several lords in the southeast, like Lord Ishii, announced their allegiance to the Ashikaga Cabinet in Okuetsu.
By July 8, when the Lord of Odawara, the right domain of Kyoto, announced a change of flag, a total of ten domains raised the beige flag representing the Ashikaga Cabinet.
The other eighteen territories are not all in agreement with the Kansai Group, but they are too close to Kansai.
For example, Gyeonggi-ryeong and Kyosae-ryeong had long been firmly controlled by the Kansai Group.
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Late at night, in the magnificent study of Shili Villa, Lu Ming was flipping through the documents on the table.
Usually at this time, Lu Ming would use his identity as the Prince of Black Mountain Castle to handle some documents that he needed to review in person.
She was wearing a gorgeous colored glaze dress and sat quietly beside him to keep him company.
Today's Liuli has the sacred and inviolable image of the lord of the Immortal Palace. Even when she went to Wushan with Lu Ming, they both seemed to have entered a fantasy world and were traveling in the fairyland. In that fairyland, there was also Bizhu, and they really looked like an immortal couple.
Hmm? Lu Ming looked at the document in his hand. It was a report on the current situation in Japan by Foreign Minister Song Renzong. Song Renzong was the former Professor Song, who had co-authored "Social Theory" with Lu Ming. He is now the leader of the Social Democratic Party of the Principality, which is the second largest party in the Principality.
The largest party is the Sunflower Party led by Prime Minister Sun Xiangyang.
However, the principality only lifted its ban on political parties at the beginning of this year, and the political parties are very weak, but are also thriving.
Next year, the Principality's first parliamentary elections will be held to elect members of the House of Commons.
Of course, according to the laws of the Principality, the power of the House of Commons is very small nowadays. Any resolution of the House of Commons needs to be voted on and approved by the House of Lords. The legislative power also lies in the House of Lords, and the members of the House of Lords are appointed by the head of the Principality, His Royal Highness the Prince of Montenegro.
For this world, even the people in the Northern Territory know something about party politics, so it is not difficult to take this path.
Lu Ming hopes that he can control it well, so that the principality can develop rapidly under his governance, and it can also take decades to complete the journey from enlightenment to a true parliamentary system.
Looking at Song Renzong's analysis of the current situation in Japan, Lu Ming nodded slightly. Apart from being a little bit scholarly, everything else was fine.
In fact, in Japan, what I want is to divide and rule, so that the northern and southern governments will always be in internal strife.
As for today, the current situation in Japan is actually very similar to the Warring States Period of our neighboring country in our previous life.
For example, although Prime Minister Ashikaga was supported by ten fiefdoms, the lords of each fiefdom were all princes who held local military and political power.
Prime Minister Ashikaga could call up their divisions and go to war with the Kansai Army, but it was impossible to integrate and reorganize their armed forces.
On the contrary, the Kansai Army of the Kansai Group was reorganized, and its divisions were based on the modern military model.
Japan's main divisions also came from the Kansai Army.
If there is no external intervention and the two sides go to war now, Prime Minister Ashikaga's side will surely lose.
However, the Ten Territories of the Southeast only dared to resist the tyranny of the Kansai Group because of the support of the Principality of Montenegro for Prime Minister Ashikaga.
Song Renzong also believed that Japan needed a balance of power between the north and the south. Therefore, at least in the foreseeable future, Japan would no longer be a threat to the north.
However, he believed that the southern forces should be properly armed so that they would have the strength to compete with the Kansai Army.
The Principality’s troops stationed in Japan will try to intervene as little as possible in the war between the two sides in the future.
Lu Ming looked at it and smiled, then put it down and said "Huh" again. There was a letter underneath.
It was written by my father-in-law Han Renwang.
Of course, the son-in-law Han Renwang thought of was Governor Zhang, who had died in Japan.
But he became more and more friendly to him, as he thought it was all because of his dead son-in-law.
After opening the letter, Lu Ming shook his head. It was a letter of persuasion from Han Renwang.
It was still a joint letter, signed jointly with Qi Huaide.
In the letter, the two powerful men in the Northern Territory believed that they were already the masters of the Northern Territory and that the four-province model of the Northern Territory had become a thing of the past.
The Northern Territory is vast and has a population of hundreds of millions. From ancient times to the present, there has never been such a large principality.
His Highness's wife is also one of the heirs to the great emperor of the empire.
The four provinces in the Northern Territory were originally members of a confederation with equal status to the Kingdom of Griffinni, the Kingdom of Sonia, and the Kingdom of Dongying.
With all these things, it is understandable that His Highness has become the king of the Northern Territory and unified the Northern Territory in accordance with the law and reason.
Lu Ming looked at it and shook his head helplessly.
The meaning of the letter is that "Principality" should be changed to "Kingdom".
Let's just say it's the Northern Territory Kingdom. From then on, its status is equal to that of the Griffinni Kingdom with the eldest prince as the king, the Sonia Kingdom with the second prince as the king, and so on, and he himself has become His Majesty the King.
The current Principality of Montenegro is legally an autonomous principality under the rule of the Kingdom of Griffinni.
And if the Black Mountain Principality becomes the Northern Territory Kingdom, Han Renwang and Qi Huaide will support him and become an autonomous force under the rule of the kingdom.
Our current relationship with them is still that of "allies".
After all, the Principality's temple is too small. Even if they want to completely attach themselves to it, their subordinates will not agree, because at least their nominal positions will be downgraded by several levels.
In fact, I know that both of them want to rely on me.
Han Renwang was supported by himself. As he was old, he had lost his ambitions. He just hoped that his children and grandchildren could continue to enjoy the empire he had built in peace and stability.
As for Qi Huaide, he expelled the Long clan and later helped them quell the rebellion of Ma Quanyou and Chen Xingchang.
He should have had a plan long ago, so he had no objection to Han Renwang occupying the place where Chen Xingchang rebelled.
Apart from these, the current situation is also very clear. Sooner or later, I will unify the Northern Territory. The Japanese have suffered so much. How can their current military strength stop me? If I wait for them to find an excuse to eliminate me in the future, it is better to rely on them now. At least I can get preferential treatment and be a local emperor in the land of self-government for generations.
Lu Ming handed the letter to Liuli: "What do you think?"
Liuli's beautiful eyes glanced over the letter and she smiled: "Your Highness naturally has his own ideas."
Lu Ming nodded: "I think we should accumulate more food and wait until we become king."
Liuli nodded slightly: "Your Highness is wise."
Lu Ming rolled his eyes. No matter how ethereal she was now, she couldn't change her habit of flattering others.
However, if a Northern Kingdom were to be established now, it would immediately become a thorn in the eyes of the First and Second Princes.
In fact, the two of them should have different ideas about themselves now than before. I think they are already very alert to themselves.
If I take a step beyond the line, for example, extending my influence to the southwest, they will definitely not allow it.
If I establish my own kingdom, I'm afraid they will declare war on me immediately, right
Because Alice is not only one of the legal heirs to the emperor of the empire, but also the only heir in the eyes of some nobles.
By establishing her own independent kingdom, Alice will become the strongest contender for the throne.
This is the last thing they want to see.
Therefore, for now, he should focus on the Northern Territory and fight with the Japanese.
In their eyes, this barren and cold land was in turmoil, and with warlords like Ren Zhonglin and Qi Huaide restraining them, their unification of the Northern Territory was a long way off, so naturally it posed little threat to them.
Moreover, the economic foundation of the Northern Territory is far inferior to that of the area they rule, and they have introduced party politics, which will take time to digest.
In fact, I did not take advantage of the situation to unify the Northern Territory, but introduced party politics. The eldest prince and the second prince and the like must have laughed at me for being useless. I knew I could do everything, but I chose to hold myself back. I was a typical freedom patient. In today's chaotic times, only the powerful can be extremely efficient and have the last laugh. A weak free regime will eventually be swallowed up. What's more, in the Northern Territory, what's the point of pursuing freedom and democracy? The ignorant people will mess up your country themselves.
It was not my intention to paralyze the outside world, but it certainly had a paralyzing effect.
Aren’t they afraid that in a few years they will definitely declare the House of Commons to be the highest legislative body
Thinking of this, Lu Ming smiled and looked at Liuli, "Come on, let's go for a walk. I'll go see Xiao Hei."
Liuli nodded slightly, "That beast is lucky. I'm afraid it will become your Highness's five-colored divine bull in the future?"
Lu Ming pretended not to hear any of this.