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Emperor Hirohito fell ill and was angry.

When the Chief of the Army General Staff, Miyajihito, and the Minister of War, Toshiichi Terauchi, walked into Hirohito's dormitory, they found that Chinese medicine was diagnosing Hirohito's pulse, Hirohito believed in Western learning, and devoted almost his life to Japan's Western-style reform plan, but there was only one exception, Hirohito did not believe in Western medicine.

Whenever he was sick, Hirohito preferred to see a Chinese medicine doctor.

After the Chinese medicine doctor diagnosed Hirohito's pulse and prescribed the prescription, he was ready to leave.

Shouichi Terauchi stopped the Chinese medicine doctor and asked in a deep voice, "How is Your Majesty's condition?" ”

The Chinese medicine doctor hurriedly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty's condition is not serious, but it is a stagnation of central qi, as long as you calm and recuperate for a period of time, plus supplemented by decoction, you will be able to recover soon." ”

"Yo-shey, please." Shouichi Terauchi bowed slightly in thanks.

"Don't dare, don't dare to be." The Chinese medicine doctor hurriedly dodged half of his body, and told the Xianyuan Palace Zaihito and the temple Shouichi to say, "His Royal Highness, and His Excellency the Earl, and don't let Your Majesty work too hard." ”

"Hello." Shouichi Terauchi paused again, and then the Chinese medicine doctor turned around and left.

Terauchi Shouichi followed the idle courtyard Miyazaito to Hirohito's sickbed.

Terauchi Shouichi had just been transferred back from the post of commander of the North China Front Army and replaced Seishiro Itagaki as Minister of War, as early as two years ago, Terauchi Shouichi had served as Minister of War, and the 226 Incident was still suppressed by him with an iron fist, so serving as Minister of War was also familiar to him, and Hirohito was also very easy to use.

Hirohito opened his eyes slightly, glanced at the two of them, and said, "Uncle Huang, Terauchi-san, are you here?" ”

The Emperor and the Shouichi of the temple bowed deeply, and the latter said in a panic: "The incompetence of the ministers has caused Your Majesty to worry about the Chinese incident all night, so that the sick bed lingers, and the ministers are deeply frightened. ”

"Alright, alright." Hirohito waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about that. ”

"Hello." Shouichi Terauchi paused heavily, and then obediently closed his mouth.

Terauchi Shouichi, the old devil, is actually a treacherous and slippery, and this nonsense just now seems to be nourishing, but in fact, inadvertently, he threw the errand that first mentioned the business to the idle palace Zairen, and Terauchi Shouichi knew that when it came to the right matter, Emperor Hirohito would definitely be angry, so this drudgery was better handed over to the old emperor's uncle.

Sure enough, Hirohito turned his gaze to Kanin Miyashihito.

Xianyuan Gong Zairen actually didn't want to touch his head, but there was no way, who made him the chief of the army staff?

At that moment, Xianyuan Gong Zairen stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, the detailed battle report of the Battle of Jiujiang still needs to be verified......

"Check?" Hirohito was immediately furious when he heard this, and rudely interrupted the idle courtyard palace Zaihito and said, "What is the verification? What else is there to verify? Aren't the facts clear enough? The reporters of the Associated Press have all written their newsletters, and they have all been made public at the meeting room of the League of Nations at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. ”

Xianyuan Gong Zain's old face immediately collapsed, and he didn't dare to let go of half of the fart that was trained by Hirohito.

Terauchi Shouichi stood behind Xianyuan Gong Zairen, but he was a little proud in his heart, hehe, fortunately, Lao Tzu reacted quickly, and kicked the ball to Lao Zairen's feet without a trace, otherwise it was him, the Minister of War, who was now scolded by His Majesty the Emperor, not the Chief of Army Staff.

Hirohito's anger was aroused, and he roared freely: "Shame, shame! This is simply the greatest shame in the history of the empire, where the headquarters of a group army is located, but let a local army of less than a regiment in China go down again and then three times, what is this? Drills? Playing house? ”

The temple was silent.

Hirohito's anger did not subside, and then he roared loudly: "Itagaki is not very capable of fighting, isn't he very capable of fighting?" Didn't he once defeat the 31st Chinese division with half a division in Shanxi? Why did he not work when he arrived in Jiujiang? Huh? How did he meet Xu Rui, and Itagaki immediately became a rookie who couldn't fight? Shame, shame! Even if you just find a cadet from the Army University to command, I'm afraid you won't lose so badly! ”

It just so happened that the waiter had fried the medicine and sent it in, and asked Hirohito to drink the medicine.

But how can Hirohito have the heart to drink medicine now? With a flick of his hand, he knocked over the medicine bowl on the ground, and the medicine in the bowl spilled on the ground, and the waiter was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground and wiped the medicine on the ground with his sleeve.

Hirohito was furious, glared at Xianyuan Gong Zairen and asked: "Uncle Huang, Itagaki is already the most capable among the many generals in the empire, but he still failed miserably under Xu Rui, you tell me honestly, does the empire have no way to take this Xu Rui?" Is it the same no matter who you send? ”

"Not really." Xianyuan Gong Zairen hurriedly said, "The main reason why Xu Rui repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the imperial army was because the imperial army invested too many troops on the frontal battlefield, which led to the emptiness of the rear, which gave Xu Rui all kinds of opportunities to take advantage of, and only then did the imperial army lose continuously." ”

After a slight pause, Xianyuan Gong Zairen continued: "At present, the offensive on the frontal battlefield has come to an end, and then the imperial army will strengthen the security situation in the vast occupied areas, and the Central China army can also dispatch a heavy army group to launch an all-out sweep of Xu Rui's Dameishan nest with a thunderous momentum, and the old minister believes that this time the imperial army will definitely win, and Xu Rui's troops will definitely be driven out of Dameishan and will be crushed." ”

Hirohito was obviously not convinced, frowned and said, "Is that really the case? The previous defeat was only due to a lack of troops? ”

"That's exactly what happened." Terauchi Shouichi knew that he had to stand up and speak, otherwise he would really offend Xianyuan Gong Zairen to death, so he immediately took over the conversation and said, "For example, the assassination under the Fushimi Palace was entirely because the main force of the Shanghai Dispatch Army had advanced to Nanjing at that time, which led to the emptiness of the troops in Wuxi, and gave the remnants of the provisional 79th Division led by Xu Rui the opportunity to assassinate the Fushimi Palace. ”

After a slight pause, Terauchi Shouichi continued: "Another example is the Battle of Nantong, and the first sweep of Dameishan by the Kawaguchi detachment, which was also lost because of the lack of troops, if these two troops were not a detachment at that time, but a main division, the result would be completely different." ”

Hirohito said angrily: "What about the fiasco of the Tenth Division's second sweep of Dameishan? ”

"This ......" Terauchi Shouichi couldn't react at once, and Gong Zairen of Xianyuan hurriedly took over the conversation and said, "The 10th Division was caused by the fact that Yoshio Xiaozhu underestimated the enemy, and the continuous drought in the Damei Mountains at that time caused a serious shortage of water in the mountainous area, which led to the collapse of the 10th Division due to the lack of water. ”

Hirohito immediately grasped the language illness of the idle courtyard palace Zairen and said: "The little pig righteous man will underestimate the enemy, but if you send someone to go, you won't be careless about the enemy?" Itagaki Seishiro is such a good player general, and in the end, he was played by Xu Rui, Uncle Huang, do you dare to guarantee that if you send someone to do it again, you can be better than Itagaki? ”

"This ......" Xianyuan Gong Zairen was immediately speechless.

Gong Zairen really didn't dare to do this guarantee, because Xu Rui was really too capable of fighting! Since the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, there have been many tiger generals and fierce generals who can fight in the national army, but none of them can always defeat the Japanese army with fewer victories like Xu Rui, and there are almost twenty generals planted under Xu Rui alone!

However, what made Kanin Miyajihito feel a little relieved was that Hirohito's anger finally subsided.

Hirohito stared at the fragments of the medicine bowl that he had knocked over to the ground just now, and said quietly: "I remember that when I was young, the imperial grandfather once said to me that Western medicine is better than Western medicine, Chinese medicine has the wonder of Chinese medicine, Western medicine treats the symptoms, and Chinese medicine treats the root cause, but whether it is to treat the symptoms or the root cause, it is inevitably biased, and only by treating both the symptoms and the root causes is the right way." ”

Xianyuan Palace Zairen echoed continuously: "What the former emperor's brother said is extremely true, and the old minister thinks so. ”

Hirohito waved his hand and said, "Practicing medicine requires both symptoms and root causes, and the same should be true for governing the country." ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen still heard it in the clouds, but Shouichi in the temple had already tasted it, and said: "What does Your Majesty mean, send someone to recruit Xu Rui?" But this, I'm afraid it's impossible, right? ”

"What? Surrender? Xianyuan Gong Zairen shouted, "This is absolutely impossible! ”

"If you don't try, how dare you assert that it's impossible?" Hirohito glared at the Xianyuan Gong Zairen very dissatisfied, and then said to himself, "The practice of medicine needs to treat both the symptoms and the root causes, and the governance of the country also requires both political and military measures, and if political means cannot be solved, they should be resorted to military means, and when military means fail, they should be solved by political means!" ”

After a pause, Hirohito continued: "At the beginning, Ma Zhanshan's momentum in Manchuria was not slightly inferior to today's Xu Rui, the Kwantung Army attacked with heavy troops, but it was never allowed to advance an inch, and finally changed to the strategy of political inducement, Ma Zhanshan obediently entered the palace and served as the Minister of Military Affairs of Manchukuo?" ”

Shouichi Terauchi said: "But in the end, Ma Zhanshan is still the opposite!" ”

"That's another story." Hirohito disagreed, "One yard to one yard, Ma Zhanshan's first surrender and rebellion does not mean that the strategy of simultaneous political and military development is wrong, when military means do not work, we should decisively replace them with political means, I think we should immediately send someone to contact Xu Rui!" ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen frowned and said, "But who should be sent?" ”

"That's your business." Hirohito breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I only know that if Xu Rui follows in the footsteps of the horse and declares his allegiance to the Nanjing Restoration Government, it will be tantamount to a sword piercing the heart of China's main battle faction!" China's will and determination to resist will also be greatly shaken, in short, if this happens, the situation of the Sino-Japanese war will be very different! ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen turned his head to look at Shouichi in the temple, both of them were a little moved, although this idea is a little whimsical, but if it really becomes a reality, the impact will be great! (To be continued.) )