Now, looking back, after years of external expansion and demographic assimilation, Japan no longer possessed the basic ideological consciousness to resist as a nation.
Employing a brute-force approach at a massive cost and over a prolonged period, the Shun Dynasty had fundamentally dismantled the national consciousness of the Japanese people. Although still in its early stages, whether it was loyalty to the Shogunate or reverence for the Emperor, this ideology was gradually dissipating under the forceful intervention of the Shun Dynasty.
In its place grew a deep reverence and envy for the Celestial Empire right beside them. Everyone longed to live a prosperous life in the Shun Dynasty, and everyone envied families who had already made the move to enjoy such a life.
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