It had been over twenty years since Berengar first put an end to the war with the Japanese Empire, and the brief, but bloody, conflict with the Shiba Shogunate. And during this time, the world had changed in many ways.
However, if there was one part of the world that had remained entirely the same, it was none other than the Ming Dynasty, which had retreated from the international community and had begun a policy of strict isolationism.
It was only two weeks again when Zhu Wudi had passed away. The Ming Emperor was already what many would consider to be elderly prior to the German-Japanese war, but after twenty years, he was now what one would refer to as ancient.
On his deathbed, the Ming Emperor said one thing and one thing along. That he wanted his son Zhu Zhi to continue the empire's policy of isolationism. To Zhu Zhi who had seen all which the reich had to offer, and on several occasions. He had never quite understood his father's stern refusal to reopen the borders.
