Chapter 300

Now, let us take another look at what Japan—or rather the Tokugawa Shogunate and its upper echelons—really wanted. Before the war, they had simply wanted to develop, which left them with no choice but to cast their gaze toward either the Central Plains or Joseon. Confined to choosing between the two, they could only expand into Joseon; as for the Central Plains dynasty, they had merely wished to prove their own strength and force the other side to look upon them with respect. As an island nation isolated off the edge of the world island, the countries surrounding it could be counted on one hand. When it looked outward, it had no options left other than the Luosha, Joseon, and the Central Plains dynasty.