At this time, the Murayama cabinet was already overwhelmed by the Kobe disaster. After the war, with the development of Japan's democratic politics, the autonomy of local governments has been greatly improved, and the central government does not have very strong control over the local governments. Moreover, there is a strong atmosphere of government departments at all levels in Japan expanding their own powers: "Between the central government and local governments, and between the various departments of the central government, too much emphasis is placed on the functions and powers of their own departments, while ignoring the functions of other departments, and the result is that there is a lack of coordination and consistency among the various functional departments within the government system." Before the Great Mausoleum earthquake, the Murayama Cabinet had a crisis management system centered on the Cabinet Safety and Security Office, but the composition of the system and the coordination function of the system for various government departments were not perfect.

There was no central-level emergency management agency, which caused the effective command of the government to be seen at the first time, except for the timely dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces under the orders of Tomiichi Murayama after the catastrophe!

For example, after the earthquake, "all countries were shocked and not only immediately donated various anti-risk and disaster relief materials to Japan", but the rescue teams of many governments at that time applied to the government for the first time, hoping to come to the Lingshen area to help the victims, but they were not approved by the relevant departments of the government.

At that time, the ships of the U.S. Seventh Fleet stationed in Japan were already anchored in Kobe Bay and were ready to dispatch military helicopters to join the rescue operation, but they also did not receive permission from the allied government of Japan. Although the Americans were willing to lend a helping hand, they could only wait anxiously on the sea not far from the disaster area. However, a large number of injured people who were in the disaster area at the time were unable to be transported to hospitals in nearby areas due to traffic paralysis and insufficient number of helicopters sent by the Self-Defense Forces to carry out the mission.

Moreover, after the earthquake, the rescue team found that the disaster relief facilities and relief materials such as fire trucks and emergency vehicles in Kobe City were seriously insufficient, and they urgently needed the central government to mobilize human and material resources to alleviate the pressure of supply and demand, but they could hardly see the government's command and effective contact in disaster relief.

Murayama Tomiichi, who is already 71 years old, is very troubled by this.

Tomiichi Murayama was the first member of the Socialist Party of Japan to become prime minister, and served as prime minister of the three-party coalition government of the Socialist Party, the Democratic Party of Japan, and the Pioneer New Party, and took office on June 30, 1994. As the prime minister of the three-party coalition regime, in order to ensure the stability of the political situation in Japan, Murayama Tomiichi has made great efforts, but the three-party coalition government has congenitally determined that the political situation in Japan cannot be as stable as that of a one-party government, and the struggles between people in the political circles can be described as one after another!

At this time, there was also a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, which made Murayama Fushi feel even worse.

However, after learning of the outbreak of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, the three-party coalition government, which had been fighting one after another, proposed measures such as saving people first and fighting the earthquake with all its might. Former Socialist Party member Sadao Yama, who had previously proposed to secede from the Socialist Party, put up a "political exemption card" and said that "everything should be given priority to earthquake resistance."

Although members of the opposition New Progressive Party openly criticized the leadership of the Murayama cabinet for failing to fight the earthquake, they also made it clear that in view of the immediate passage of the earthquake budget by the Diet, "the political offensive against the Murayama regime planned in the Diet will be suspended indefinitely." At the same time, both the New Progressive Party and the Japanese Communist Party established the "Earthquake Countermeasures Headquarters." Concentrate the party's liliang to devote all their efforts to earthquake relief.

Tomiichi Murayama knows very well that this does not mean that all the members of the New Progressive Party are selfless for the country and the people, but they are unwilling to disrupt the political situation at this time and thus lose the support of the people. And even if he succeeds in bringing down Murayama Fushi, he won't have to clean up the mess in Kobe himself after he comes to power. Hehe, that mess, how can it be so tidy?

However, regardless of whether these people are sincere in helping themselves or have other intentions, it is a good thing that the political situation in Japan can be calmed down for a while, and "the government's liliang can focus on earthquake relief".

Since learning about the earthquake in Kobe last night, Murayama Tomiichi has been busy organizing earthquake relief, and he doesn't even have time to close his eyes. He personally took charge of the establishment of the "Earthquake Countermeasures Headquarters" and appointed the "Minister of Earthquake Countermeasures". On the 25th, he decided to go to Kobe to inspect the disaster area, risking continuous aftershocks. However, Murayama Tomiichi still felt that "it is difficult to carry out his own will, and it can be said that the bureaucratic habits in his own government are already deep-rooted and cannot be solved in a day! It is not easy to reverse them in such a short period of time." If nothing else, the materials needed for earthquake relief and disaster relief are transported from Tokyo to Kobe, and the actual transportation time and the time it takes for documents to be approved and stamped between government departments are almost the same! Such work may not be anything in peacetime, but it is particularly dazzling in this time, when it is like the exhausting and angry moment of life.

Murayama Tomiichi is not unaware that the outside media is dissatisfied with the slow action of the Murayama cabinet in the rescue and disaster relief work, but as a three-party coalition government, "in order to compete for power, there is constant friction between the three parties, and even if everyone works together now, everything is given priority to disaster relief and earthquake relief, and it is impossible to do what you want like a finger." Although he is the prime minister "the first person in the Japanese government", in many cases, he can only be powerless!

"It's better to go back!" Murayama Fuichi's heart couldn't help but retreat. I have been in politics for so many years, and I have sat on the prime minister's throne, and I am also a 70-year-old person, so what regrets do I have? Rather than relying on this post of prime minister and being forced to resign, it is better to take the initiative to resign from the post of prime minister, so that he can save his own face.

Murayama Tomichi shook his head and turned his gaze back to the papers on the table, even if he wanted to retreat, he would not be able to consider it until the rescue and disaster relief work in Kobe was completed and everything was back on track. Otherwise, "I will not be a deserter on the battlefield!"

There was a rush of footsteps, and the secretary of Murayama Tomiichi hurriedly walked in and said: "Prime Minister, there is a big trouble, and a large number of demonstrations have appeared in various parts of Japan!"

"What? At this time?" Murayama Tomiichi was taken aback? It was already 10 o'clock in the evening, and it was the middle of winter, "the Kobe area was still under the threat of aftershocks," and hundreds of thousands of victims were waiting for the disaster, and the government was already anxious about it.

The secretary succinctly explained the situation, and by half an hour earlier, there had been demonstrations in various parts of Japan, mainly young people, and a small number of middle-aged and elderly people. Among them, the scale of the big block is the most impressive, according to incomplete statistics, it has exceeded 50,000 people. Moreover, at the same time as the demonstration, many young people in Japan have already taken revenge on some of the people who severely reprimanded and even scolded Fang Mingyuan in the media, and some social groups have even suffered the impact of hundreds of young people in Japan, "A large number of members have been injured and the site of the association has been destroyed."

It also highlights that "the director of the Brigade's Earthquake Research Institute, Keizo Komura, who was beaten and fell unconscious by multiple people" has now been taken to the hospital. The preliminary diagnosis showed that although there was no life-threatening result, the nose, right arm and left leg were fractured, and the left arm was severely fractured. ”

"Demand that the relevant government departments be held accountable for failing to provide disaster relief, and that justice be sought for Fang Jun?" Murayama Fushi's thick eyebrows shrugged slightly, and as for what happened to Komura Keiso, he didn't take it to heart at all! The demand of the demonstrator was not unexpected to him, but he did not expect that today, these people would make a fuss. However, he thought about it, young people, with strong blood, naturally it is impossible to look ahead and look forward to the future like middle-aged and elderly people who have entered society and are forced by reality, and take the overall situation into account.

But...... Murayama Fuichi squinted his eyes, at this time, the appearance of demonstrations is undoubtedly disrupting the already somewhat chaotic social order of Japan, "bringing some trouble to the rescue and disaster relief work, but there are advantages and disadvantages to everything, just to see whether you will avoid harm and seek profit! This demonstration all over the country, if you say that you use haode, is not a sharp weapon to break the rigid system of the current government."

However, how can we turn this liliang into a use? Murayama Fuichi fell into a deep groan.

In the face of the widespread demonstrations and demonstrations in the country, the cabinet of the Japanese government soon issued an order demanding that the self-defense forces stationed in various parts of the country immediately enter the localities, help the local police departments, maintain stable social order, and ensure that similar large-scale armed attacks do not occur again!

At the same time, Tomiichi Murayama made a televised speech acknowledging the government's current shortcomings in all aspects of the earthquake relief work in the Kobe area, and he said to the victims of the earthquake in Kobe and the people of the whole country, "and promised to do everything possible to promote the reform of the government department, speed up the rescue and relief work, and ask the people of the whole country to supervise it." However, in order to ensure the rescue and relief work in the Kobe disaster area, he implored the citizens participating in the demonstration to refrain from acting excessively and affecting the relief work.

In this way, the situation that got out of control was regained by Tomiichi Murayama.

According to the statistics of the relevant departments of the Japanese society in later generations, during this night, there were thousands of demonstrations, riots, and brawls all over the country. A whopping fifty-eight people were killed and more than 5,000 were injured in varying degrees of severity.