Reincarnated as Nikolai II
A Russian economics expert had been making money through long-short strategies during the Russia-Ukraine war. Despite his economic success, he felt deep regret about Russia's historical mistakes. He wrote on his blog that "Russia has been on the wrong path since the 19th century," critically analyzing Russia's history. Then, remarkably, he traveled back in time to 1891 and found himself in the body of Russian Crown Prince Nicholas II during his visit to Japan.
Twisted Flow (3)
The respected British Japanologist Richard Storry described the Japanese people as "docile instruments of the elite."
However, Storry's assessment of the Japanese national character was wrong.
Since the Meiji Restoration, there had only been two types of Seikanron (Conquest of Korea Theory) in that archipelago:
1.The hardliners who wanted to consume Korea now.
2.The moderates who wanted to modernize a bit first, then consume it.
The option of not consuming Korea never existed, as could be confirmed in numerous speeches by Foreign Minister Count Inoue Kaoru.
<Our task is to change our empire and people like Europe has, Korea Qing, which refuse change, have lost their fundamental right independence by not modernizing!>
It wasn't just Foreign Minister Kaoru. Such speeches and tones could be easily found in any newspaper, and they all argued just one thing: