Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 184 The monkey must die!
Something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary. After Ah Man and Ah Qing were stunned for a moment, Ah Man asked cautiously, "Who... do you want to kill?"

"Hiyoshimaru."

Aman breathed a sigh of relief. She thought Yuanye had a sudden idea and was planning to assassinate Oda Nobunaga. That would be a very difficult task. But she soon became puzzled and asked suspiciously, "That groom leader? Why would you kill him? How did he offend you?"

She felt that there was nothing wrong with Hiyoshimaru, a quite normal groom who respected Yuanye very much. Yuanye also expressed his appreciation for him. How come Yuanye suddenly changed and even wanted to kill someone?

Yuanye didn't say anything. He had wanted to kill the monkey for a long time, even when he was in Takeuchi Village.

This was not a sudden thought. He had fallen into this era for some incomprehensible reason, and he always felt that he should do something. At least he should try to prevent some tragedies in history from happening again, and not just stand there and watch foolishly.

That was the first time he had the intention to kill the monkey, but his thoughts were vague at that time and his killing intention was not firm. In addition, he could not find the monkey at that time and his strength was limited, so he just turned Ningning out and dug a small hole for the monkey.

But as he spent more and more time in medieval Japan and read a large number of ancient Japanese historical documents and notes and travel notes of samurai and temple owners, he slowly found the root of the problem - not only did he need to kill the monkeys, but there was something wrong with Japan itself, and it was the biggest scourge.

Japan has the so-called "divine kingdom thought". According to Yuanye's search, it was first recorded in the "Japanese Chronicles", but at that time Japan did not have the consciousness of "only I am a divine kingdom". It was not until the "Japanese Three Generations Records" in the Heian period that Japan began to recognize the use of the term "divine kingdom" to refer to its own country. Then in the early Kamakura period, the idea that "Japan is a divine kingdom, so it is not attacked by other countries, and the imperial lineage continues uninterrupted" was further sorted out and strengthened - until this time, Japan was still basically normal.

Then came Kublai Khan's invasion of Japan, but he suffered a disastrous defeat due to a typhoon. This became a key opportunity for the evolution of Japan's "divine kingdom thought" and produced the "divine wind theory" which had a great influence. The Japanese royal family, shrines and temples began to use it to strengthen their rule, and the "divine kingdom thought" became more and more intense.

Then came the Muromachi period, when the "Root, Leaves, Flower and Fruit Theory" emerged, placing the "divine kingdom idea" in a fundamental and dominant position. The "divine power creation theory" and "divine right of the emperor theory" were formalized, and even began to emphasize the superiority and uniqueness of Japan, believing that Japan was the most noble and special country in the world and should rule the world.

As these "theories" emerged, Japan was also constantly implementing these theories, constantly landing on the Korean Peninsula to burn, kill, and loot, committing many heinous crimes. Many samurai notes took pride in these evil deeds and praised them endlessly - this was not because Japan had any opinions about the Korean Peninsula regime or any hatred towards the Koreans, it was just that Japan's navigation technology at the time was poor, and most of the time it could only reach there.

By this time, Japan had begun to twist and turn as a whole, rushing down the road of disaster without looking back.

Monkey was also influenced by this trend of thought and was an extreme supporter of it. During the era of Oda Nobunaga, he repeatedly suggested that he could invade the Korean Peninsula. After he came to power, he put it into practice, demanding that Korea be conquered in three months, China in one year, and India in three years. He directly launched a war to invade Korea.

Of course, he did not succeed, but it also caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, and indirectly promoted the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Finally, during the Meiji era, the "divine kingdom ideology" that permeated the samurai class evolved into "militarism," in which all other countries were "inferior races" who should be ruled by God's chosen people.

At this time, with the development of science and technology, Japan was able to go to farther places, and the scope of its damage became larger. As a result, North Korea and China suffered one after another, and hundreds of millions of people died.

In other words, China held out after paying a heavy price. If it had not, Japan would have continued to cause harm far away, and who knows how many more people would have died.

Now Yuanye has fallen into this era. After repeated reflection, he feels that as long as he has the ability, he should do two things:

First, he needed to eliminate the "Kingdom of God" ideology, an evil ideology that should not exist in the world and that had brought suffering to countless people. To this end, he would flip through various notes, travel notes, and historical books to trace the roots, and try to eradicate those people and groups that had been polluted by the ideology, so that they would not lead the Japanese people to kill innocent people in the future.

This is difficult, but for the sake of hundreds of millions of lives, he feels he should give it a try.

Second, he needs to divide Japan as much as possible, preferably into several parts and several countries.

This is just in case. The reason why Japan has brought disaster to most of Asia and caused the deaths of hundreds of millions of people is also related to many other factors, such as domestic political struggles, connivance of the international situation, the rise of capitalist forces, etc. In order to ensure that it has no ability to do evil, it is better to divide it into several parts. These are very troublesome to analyze, and even need to study how the Japanese national character has evolved into this, what causes it to have no "guilt" and "shame" is easily out of control, often falling into a collective frenzy, doing some crazy things or extremely selfish things, and then bowing and taking it for granted that it is okay, and dare to do it again next time...

Yuanye himself hasn't figured out all these things yet, and he can't explain them in detail at the moment, or the article will be too long. But he is sure that separating Japan, depriving it of its ability to do evil, and making it no longer like a time bomb that can explode at any time will be good and beneficial to the vast majority of people.

It was beneficial to most people in ancient times, and it is also beneficial to most people today.

Of course, it is also possible that he did something wrong, such as not considering the feelings of the Japanese, saying that murder is wrong, dividing other countries is immoral, and so on. He will be called an extreme nationalist and a despicable person, but he doesn't care. He is just an ordinary person who accidentally fell into this unfortunate era. He himself has a lot of trouble trying to survive, and it is impossible for him to be perfect in everything.

Therefore, he just tried his best and did not dare to guarantee anything. He just wanted to have a clear conscience and did not need others to understand.

As for the fact that people have reached ancient times, but cannot unify the world and rule the country, or go back to the Ming Dynasty to start a revolution or something...

In fact, he was not very interested in becoming the king. With the capital he had now, he could already live a very luxurious life, enjoying delicacies from land and sea every day, and he would not even blink an eye when eating an abalone and throwing away another. Even if he had confidence in his own kidneys, it would not be impossible for him to have a harem of 3,000 people. However, he did not think that should be his main goal. What would it matter even if he unified Japan?

After his death, can he bring Japan into the underworld to continue enjoying himself? Or will he wait for history to return to the right track, and after his death, the descendants of Japanese samurai and temple families will continue to promote the "kingdom of God" and bring great disasters to the world in the future?
Even because of his joining, Japan will become stronger and kill more innocent people in the future?
Forget it now, it is better to do something more meaningful. There is no point in clinging to a little fame. He is a modern man who has fallen into misfortune in the ancient times. He should transform history and make everything move in a better direction, instead of the other way around, integrating into this era for a little personal fame and becoming an ancient man in modern skin.

And go back to Daming to start a revolution...

Not to mention reality, even in the Qidian novel, no one dared to guarantee that the rebellion during the Jiajing period would be successful. This matter seriously lacked social and productivity foundations. Just thinking about it was a lot of trouble. Moreover, he also wanted to guard Ise Mountain and see if he could bring his silly son back to the modern era.

Therefore, after careful consideration, he planned to do two things - to eliminate the "Japanese Divine Kingdom Thought" at this critical juncture to prevent it from fermenting further, and to see if he could divide Japan into several countries to completely deprive it of its ability to do evil.

Therefore, Hiyoshimaru, or the monkey, must die. He is a key node. Only after his death can more people survive and live better.

If this is a trolley problem, Yuanye would probably be the kind of guy who would hesitate to pull the hand crank and let the trolley change track and run over someone...

At least at this moment, this was his choice, but he couldn't explain these to Aman and Aqing. He could only keep these things in his heart, thinking about them secretly like a dark and despicable villain, and couldn't say them out loud.

He was silent for a long time, then looked at Ah Man and Ah Qing and sighed, "In fact, you have already noticed that I am weird, but you have always pretended not to notice it. Let's do the same this time... There is no reason, just treat it as my willfulness."

Aman and Aqing looked at each other, still feeling puzzled, but Aqing reached out and gently held Yuanye's hand, indicating that he trusted him, and Aman stopped asking any more questions and began to consider his orders. He crossed his arms and pondered, "It's not difficult to kill him. Judging from his steps and posture, his martial arts are average. Aqing can kill him in two or three breaths. But this guy lives in Oda Nobunaga's house and is Oda Nobunaga's man. It's best if his death is not related to us, otherwise it will be hard to predict Oda Nobunaga's reaction, which will easily affect Shinwanjin."

Yuanye nodded slightly. This was his concern. He didn't want the killing of the monkey to affect the execution of the big plan. He also pondered and said, "Yes, I don't care how he dies, as long as he dies. There is no time requirement. As long as the action is safe and not discovered, it will be fine."

"There's no time requirement..." Aman was relieved. Looking at Yuanye's expression before, he thought he wanted to start right away, but with enough preparation time, the task would be extremely simple.

She thought about it for a moment, and immediately said confidently: "Leave this to me. I will make sure he dies completely."

(End of this chapter)