Chapter 723: Returning Home (3)
On the dock, Miyamoto Naoto was also assigned a carriage to take him back to his residence, because his status was not high, so only 5 or 6 soldiers accompanied him to protect him, and nothing happened along the way, and he arrived at the residence very smoothly.
Miyamoto's residence in Tokyo was a very ordinary house, and after returning home, Miyamoto Naoto rested for the night and went to the War Department the next day to report, because he was still on active duty and belonged to the army's intelligence department. However, because Miyamoto Naoto went to Shanghai, he had nothing to do, and now that the war is over, the Army Intelligence Department has no new tasks, so for several days, Miyamoto Naoto has nothing to do, so it is very relaxed.
However, after a few days of rest, Miyamoto Naoto was invited by Ito Hirobumi to his home as a guest, and this time Ito Hirobumi formally proposed to Miyamoto Naoto, hoping that Miyamoto Naoto could quit the military, transfer to politics, and officially embark on the road of politics, and said that he could send Miyamoto Naoto to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as vice minister for foreign affairs.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for Japan's foreign affairs, through exchanges with Miyamoto Naoto, Ito Hirobumi found that Miyamoto Naoto's development of the international situation, cognition, judgment, and the prediction of the world's major powers are quite accurate, and after the Far East War, Japan has to be in the gap between East China and the great powers, borrowing strength, foreign affairs are quite important, so let Miyamoto Naoto work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, just to give full play to his advantages, but also for him to accumulate qualifications in politics.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, also known as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, then the Deputy Minister, the Administrative Officer, and then the Vice-Minister for Affairs, who is in charge of the affairs of the various units under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
However, Miyamoto Naoto did not immediately agree, only said that he needed to think about it, and Ito Hirobumi could understand, after all, such a major choice, of course, could not be made rashly.
Farewell to Ito Hirobumi, Miyamoto Naoto returned to his home, found a letter inserted in the door, Miyamoto Naoto took the letter and opened it, he did not open the door to enter the house, but turned away, and went straight to the Ginza Avenue east of the palace, which is the most prosperous business district in Tokyo, although the war ended less than 1 month, and less than 2 months ago, Tokyo was still facing the threat of war, but at this time the shops on both sides of Ginza Avenue were basically open, calling for buying and selling, the streets were crowded, one after another, and the prosperity was still the sameγ
Because Tokyo is the capital of Japan, all kinds of resources will naturally be inclined to Tokyo, and after the end of the war, East China lifted Japan's maritime blockade, Japan quickly purchased a large number of civilian materials from the United States and British colonies in Asia, half of which were used in Tokyo, so Tokyo also quickly restored its former prosperity and liveliness, so after the successful negotiation in Shanghai, Tokyo had the spare strength to protest to the **. Otherwise, you won't even be able to eat enough, and you don't care what treaty you sign.
Naoto Miyamoto came to a restaurant called Komatsuya and walked in, and it was almost time to eat, and most of the seats in the restaurant were already occupied. However, Miyamoto Naoto was obviously a frequent visitor to this hotel, and the proprietress immediately greeted her, and said with a full face: "Mr. Miyamoto, you are really here, your friend has been waiting for you for a long time." β
Miyamoto nodded and said, "Where is he?"
The proprietress said: "It's still your usual room on the 2nd floor, room 3, you go up first, and I'll bring the wine up immediately." β
Miyamoto Naoto went up to the second floor and opened the door of the No. 3 private room, only to see a man in military uniform about 35 years old sitting inside, and when he saw Miyamoto Naoto coming in, the man said: "Miyamoto-kun, you are finally here, I have been waiting for you for almost 2 hours." β
Miyamoto Naoto sat down in front of him and said, "I'm sorry, Kobayashi-kun." Today I went to Ito's house, and when I came home and saw the letter you left at the door, I immediately came, but what about Nakamura? Why hasn't he come yet?"
Xiao Lin said: "He has already said hello to me, and he will come later, but it's about the same." It seems that Hirobumi Ito is good for you. β
Miyamoto Naoto said: "So what, he has his opinions, he won't listen to me for everything, if he had listened to my advice earlier, the current situation would not have fallen to this point." β
Kobayashi was about to speak, but the proprietress said outside the house, "Mr. Nakamura is here." I saw that the porter opened again, and a fat man came in first, who also sat down at the table, and behind was the proprietress who brought up the wine and food.
After the proprietress withdrew, Xiao Lin poured wine for the three of them and said, "Now there is not much time for the three of us to get together, it's rare to get together, let's have a drink first." β
The three traversers raised their glasses, touched them, and drank them all.
Among the three, only Miyamoto Naoto used his original name, and Kobayashi's name in this era is Kobayashi Koichi, it turns out that he was a Go enthusiast in the old time and space, and he studied Go under Kobayashi Koichi when he was a child, and he said that his chess strength reached an amateur 6 dan, so in this era, the name of the Go master was used, and Nakamura was called Nakamura Shunsuke, he was a football lover in the old time and space, and he loved the Japanese star, so he changed his name.
Although Miyamoto Naotaka didn't dare to compliment the level of naming the two companions, after all, they were all from the future, and in the old time and space, the three of them were all colleagues, so the relationship was naturally unusual. However, in this era, the three of them chose different development paths, and of course they all wanted to do something big, and at the same time help Japan become rich and strong, and avoid the end of the defeat of the old time and space.
Miyamoto Naoto and Kobayashi Koichi both chose to join the army, and they both started from intelligence work, because the Japanese army in this era is very particular about seniority and strict hierarchy, both of them have passed the best age to join the army, and there is no gate valve background, if it is an ordinary soldier, no one wants it at all, but the situation of intelligence work is special, and the age of the two has become an advantage, and the two are intelligence officers in the old time and space, so they are naturally familiar with the road, so they quickly emerged, and now they are already young soldiers.
Shunsuke Nakamura, on the other hand, chose a different path and went into business. After several years of hard work, it has accumulated hundreds of thousands of yen in assets, and before the Russo-Japanese War, it really turned its capital to the United States, invested in Hawaii and the United States, and cooperated with several travelers in the United States, and now its assets in the United States have reached 3 or 400,000 US dollars, and successfully escaped the disaster in Japan, and now it is ready to return to Japan for development.
Although Miyamoto Naoto and Kobayashi Koichi are both intelligence officers, due to their work relationship, the two rarely see each other several times a year, and Shunsuke Nakamura has simply not been in Japan for the past two years, this time because there is not much to do outside of intelligence for the time being, and Shunsuke Nakamura has returned to Japan, and the three of them rarely get together.
While drinking wine, Miyamoto Naoto also told the two of them in detail about the negotiation process, Nakamura Shunsuke because he has always been abroad, and the information of this era is not as developed as the old time and space, so he does not know much about the situation in China, after listening to Miyamoto Naoto's speech, he was also very shocked, and said: "I didn't expect Japan to lose so badly this time, if Ito Hirobumi had listened to your advice earlier, it would not have come to this point." β
Kobayashi Hikatsu: "It's not much use to listen to it, at most it's a little less, East China's participation in the war is certain, and as long as East China's participation in the war, the defeat of this book is impossible to avoid." β
Miyamoto Naoto shook his head and said: "It's still different, at least Japan's mainland will not be attacked, and there is no need to pay so many reparations, and the results obtained by East China ** are much less, so that Japan's recovery time is much faster, and now in this situation, Japan will need at least 10 years to recover, and this will have to go on as scheduled in the First World War, and Japan can eat the dividends of this war." β
Kobayashi Koichi was a little distressed and said: "We are all traversers, we have more than 100 years of knowledge and experience in this era, and in the old time and space, we can also be regarded as elites, why have we achieved nothing until now, not only can we not help Japan become strong, but also inferior to our face! The Chinese who have crossed can mix well." β
Miyamoto Naoto smiled bitterly and said: "Kobayashi-kun, don't be misled by time-traveling novels and manga, the power of the individual is limited, and the things that can be changed are limited, if it was in ancient times, such as the Heian and Warring States periods, it would be better even in the shogunate era, and the role that individuals could play could be greater, but now that they have entered modern society, the power of individuals is too small." The Chinese can mix well because they have a large number of people, several thousand, a considerable number of professional soldiers, and a large number of advanced weapons in the future, which is naturally different. β
Shunsuke Nakamura also said with feelings: " Yes, since it is in Japan, personal ability is too limited, because Japan's traditional power is too strong, in terms of my business experience in the past few years, as long as there are 4 major chaebols, individuals want to break out of the world in the Japanese business world, it is almost impossible, before I went to the United States, the assets in Japan are not small, but compared with the 4 major chaebols, it is nothing at all, and at that time I expanded, it will attract the attention of the 4 major chaebols, and suppress me, fortunately, I withdrew my capital to invest and develop in the United States, in Japan is just to maintain the current situation, they did not start with me, so to talk about the environment of personal entrepreneurshipIn this era, the United States is much stronger than Japan, and Anderson's assets have reached the level of tens of millions, and I am also confident that within 2 years, my assets in the United States will be increased to more than one million dollars, and in 10 years at most, I can also reach tens of millions of assets. β
Miyamoto Naoto said: "In fact, from the perspective of this era, the three of us can already be regarded as successful people, Kobayashi and I have only been in the army for a few years, and now we have been promoted to Shaozuo, and Nakamura-kun, you have only been on the waist from nothing to now, and it has only been a few years, in the eyes of others, we have already been on a rocket, and what is not satisfied." β