((Viscounty*))Party: FP
[Politician]
I am saddened to announce that I have fully taken over the household, due to my fathers death. I have bought a marquiship for my family and have sold the family business.
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((Viscounty*))Party: FP
[Politician]
I am saddened to announce that I have fully taken over the household, due to my fathers death. I have bought a marquiship for my family and have sold the family business.
You can, I'm sure. IIRC the only title you can't purchase is Prince.))((I am fairly certain that you can't purchase a marquisate))
((I swear I remember saying viscounty or barony... ))((Naxhi you lied to me))
((Marquiships are 150,000, Princes are only be imperial appointment))You can, I'm sure. IIRC the only title you can't purchase is Prince.))
Lord Date, this law has been challenged on prior occasion and was kept on the books. Please set aside your own distaste for the law and acknowledge that it must be enforced, just as any other law in the Empire of Japan must be. If you possess an argument against the act's legality, then I invite you to utilize the Japanese legal system and challenge the law in the courts, rather than attempt to subvert democracy. While Japan does face extraordinary conditions at the present moment, it must be acknowledged, affirmed, and reaffirmed, that war is no justification to suspend the rights of the Japanese people or to attempt to push an agenda. More intriguingly, I find it odd that the man behind the war effort, who aims for efficiency and the efficacy of government, continues to argue that it is wholly justifiable to linger in Kyoto when there is such a great war, rather than be on the front, fighting the enemy. I assure you, that while the Japanese people and your men may wait, the Spanish, Russians, and French will not, and when they catch us unawares- well, I am certain that such a distinguished general as you would be aware of what would happen next.I recommend this law of regional governors, an aberration to the centralist nature of the Imperial Government, and wholly unused in these years of its dejure existence (and therefore neither needed, save to please the bureaucrats who pervade the opposition), be abolished; let this mockery of a position be formally dissolved so as to not deny power from the government in the midst of the greatest war facing the Empire or undermine the authority of the Diet, the Pricy Council, the Prefecturates, and above all the Emperor.
(Private: Privy Council)
Prime Minister: Marshal Prince Date Munenari
And the Shogun's power grows...I recommend this law of regional governors, an aberration to the centralist nature of the Imperial Government, and wholly unused in these years of its dejure existence (and therefore neither needed, save to please the bureaucrats who pervade the opposition), be abolished; let this mockery of a position be formally dissolved so as to not deny power from the government in the midst of the greatest war facing the Empire or undermine the authority of the Diet, the Pricy Council, the Prefecturates, and above all the Emperor.
(Private: Privy Council)
Prime Minister: Marshal Prince Date Munenari
Crisis in Brunei
“...in this time of European expansion we look to the one country who has proven to stand off against those who would take away our independence and destroy all that we hold dear. We ask that the Japanese provide military aid to our war-torn nation in the hopes that the people of Brunei, Allah watch over them, are protected and able to act independently and to chart their own course. May Allah forever bless you should you come to our aide…”
It seems the new government's promise to protect Asia from the west is being put to the test. Russia for the past few years has begun to drive into the sultanate of Brunei from their colonies on Borneo while the Japanese have been distracted in Korea. Brunei is defenseless against the Russian threat, and has asked the Japanese to intervene in Borneo in their war against Russia. The problem has been placed in front of the Imperial Army by the Emperor. The Brunei Sultan has offered the Japanese a deal though. Should Japan expand the war into Brunei, they would submit to the Emperor of Japan as their liege and lord, and become a protectorate of Japan. The Japanese though may not be willing to expand the war. While many feel that expansion is key, they do not want the war to continue after all the death so far. It is up to you, Marshall Munenari, leader of the frontline troops, to make the call regarding Brunei. Each will have its own consequences and rewards.
Option A: We accept the deal of Brunei. Divert troops to Borneo and protect our Asian brothers! Only when Brunei is under our protection can they be safe!
Option B: We want to help Brunei, but we want to help because they deserve freedom, not to help to make them a colony. Divert troops to Borneo, but do not subjugate the Brunei people!
Option C: The war has gone on too long. Our people are exhausted. We cannot send aid out of fear that the people will protest this. We want peace, not further conflict!