The disabled soldier in China is the secretary of a village party branch. He joined the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army at the age of 14, fought dozens of battles, and joined the Chinese People's Party. In the siege of Qingdao with Japan, Secretary Zhu, who was already a company commander, was hit by shrapnel from Japanese artillery shells and lost his limbs and left eye.

Naturally, it was impossible for the troops to ignore the combat hero, and after he came out of the military hospital, he was arranged to the Qingdao military sanatorium. But Secretary Zhu didn't want to spend the rest of his life there, he chose to return to his hometown. At that time, his village was very poor, and no one was willing to be the branch secretary here, so Secretary Zhu volunteered to be the secretary.

According to the knowledge he learned in the army, Secretary Zhu dug ditches, leveled land, and built roads according to the situation of the village, and vigorously carried out the cultivation of fruit trees and the raising of silkworms. It only took a few years to make the villagers who had fled the famine willing to come back to farm. And Secretary Zhu has a stubborn end, he did not wait for the national construction team to come here, but relied on the production in the village, and finally pooled the money to complete the wire erection first, so that the village was electrified.

These simple accounts surprised the Japanese visiting group, and they could not imagine that such a person could accomplish such a feat with such a broken body.

But facts have proved that Secretary Zhu did not brag, and took the Japanese delegation to the fruit trees, mulberry trees, farmland, and canals in the village. Secretary Zhu was able to tell all kinds of data very clearly, and why it was built this way. It can even tell about the places that were not thought of when it was built, the shortcomings during construction, and the assumptions of future maintenance and development.

After listening to these accounts, the high-ranking Japanese officials also knew that the village party secretary must have participated in the whole process of measurement, discussion, and design, and must be the commander-in-chief of these projects.

Moreover, the senior Japanese officials also noticed that there were still many new scars on Secretary Zhu's body. When asking, Secretary Zhu said indifferently: "I slipped and fell not long ago, and I touched it?" ”

The former chief of the Naval Command Department, King Fushimi Miyahiro Kyo, who had three ribs broken in the war, had the stubbornness of "not getting out of the line of fire with minor injuries" at that time, and asked the medical officer to treat the other wounded first, and he was also a strong person. He couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid of pain?" ”

Secretary Zhu said lightly: "The pain tells me that I am still alive." It's good to be alive, and you can work if you're alive. ”

Japan claims to be a country of samurai, and after the Meiji Restoration, it paid special attention to bushido. Hearing such resolute words, all the former high-ranking Japanese officials changed their faces. After listening to Secretary Zhu's introduction, they knew that the person with mutilated limbs in front of them was the young and strong people in China at the time when the People's Party began a fierce war with Japan. At that time, Japan still felt that no matter what kind of changes occurred in China, it was only one change. Japan still has the upper hand across the board. Now they have a sense of why every war between Japan and China has been a failure since then. At least by that time, the BJP had gathered fighters like this ordinary village party secretary. At that time, Japan faced such a group of fighters in China.

At the end of the visit, even the most unconvinced former Japanese officials were silent. Hirohito, in particular, didn't speak for several days. This man with a severe disability and must rely on prosthetic legs and crutches to walk, has a mediocre status. His exploits are by no means earth-shattering, but the fact that he can stand there on his own is something shocking in itself.

Recalling what this person said, there were no special rhetoric. There is neither the heroism of "Seven Lives to Serve the Country", nor the tragedy of "Kudansakami". He's just alive and well.

According to the People's Party, in every village in China, most of the party secretaries are now undertaken by retired soldiers. And most of these soldiers also started as soldiers and gradually became officers. Recalling Kita Ikki's special kindness to retired soldiers, Hirohito probably understood the truth.

And this Secretary Zhu had a passage that made Hirohito feel particularly shocked, and even had an indescribable disgust, "The suffering of the masses is my suffering, and the difficulties of the masses are also my difficulties." If there is a problem with the masses, if it is not solved, it is not sympathetic, and it is ignored, this is actually a shame for oneself, one's own ugliness, and one's own shame! ”

Such a man who was born to eat, a man who didn't know a big character before joining the army at the age of fourteen, this is a person who has been outcast from society in Japan. I actually have a feeling of caring for the world, and I actually think that I have an obligation to this society. He doesn't seem to feel that his identity is so lowly at all, that he belongs to the type that is looked down upon. His sense of honor and disgrace is linked to his contribution to society, which makes this originally lowly person look great.

If in Japan, this is something that is simply impossible to imagine and simply cannot happen. That person could not have joined the army in his lifetime, nor could he have obtained any decent job that would be recognized by the people. After he lost his limbs and left eye, the man was destined to die without a place to bury.

What changed the fate of this man? All of Hirohito's thoughts point to one answer. That is the new China created by the People's Party. In this new Chinese society, all human beings are respected as human beings themselves. Even a person with a disability can gain status and respect through work.

"The suffering of the masses is my suffering, and the difficulties of the masses are also my difficulties. If there is a problem with the masses, if it is not solved, it is not sympathetic, and it is ignored, this is actually a shame for oneself, one's own ugliness, and one's own shame! Recalling this, Hirohito felt more and more disgusted. Such a person will not be liked by the upper class in Japan, and the very existence of such a person is a mockery of the Japanese upper class and a mockery of Hirohito himself.

The Japanese upper echelons have never taken the Japanese people seriously, still less the sufferings of the Japanese people. As for the Japanese bureaucracy of the same status as Secretary Zhu, it is not to be expected that any of them will think as much as this Chinese man.

What kind of society, what kind of power, can allow such a man to exist in China? Hirohito became more and more unable to figure it out. He no longer had the idea of launching a military attack on China, and Hirohito knew that the China he faced was simply invincible. China has such a backbone, and no one can make China bow its head through external forces.

Hirohito's concern now is that if Japan becomes a country like China, how will Hirohito, the living god of Japan, continue to exist as emperor? The courage that once dared to assassinate Kita Ichiki disappeared from Hirohito, and Hirohito finally fell into a real panic. When Chen Ke was finally received in Beijing, Hirohito was nervous.

Chen Ke met Hirohito at the Summer Palace, although in the original time and space, Chen Ke had conceived of taking the Summer Palace for himself. Then plant the land inside, raise Wang Ba in Kunming Lake, and fish a few out to make vegetables when friends come to visit. When Chen Ke was really capable of doing so, he didn't put the idea into practice. Chen Ke just thought he was so cute at the time.

Not only was Hirohito depressed, but after seeing the real backbone of China, the entire delegation of former Japanese high-ranking officials was depressed. It can be seen that after Chen Ke appeared, all the former high-ranking Japanese officials felt a little mentally shocked.

This is not just because Chen Ke looks very young, he should be sixty years old, except for a lot of gray hair, his appearance looks no different from that of a forty-year-old. It's not that they are still looking forward to seeing the Chinese leader in person, these people were also Japanese with status, and for the Japanese, if they look at another big man who is more powerful than them with curiosity, sometimes it is a capital offense.

The reason for the shock of these people is that there is no rigidity, no hesitation, and no possibility, when Chen Ke appeared in front of the old Japanese upper level, it was not with the help of any action to prove Chen Ke's identity, Chen Ke not only appeared, but also existed.

Hirohito was the emperor anyway, and he sensed the difference between Chen Ke and the old Japanese upper class. Japanese people are used to finding their place, even the vast majority of people. However, Chen Ke did not look for it at all, and it was clear that Chen Ke had found himself and found his place. So he didn't have any confusion, let alone any uneasiness.

When greeting everyone, Chen Ke's etiquette was very concise but there were no omissions. On the contrary, those high-ranking Japanese officials rose up one by one.

The others met with Chen Ke, and after greeting him, they were accompanied by other People's Party staff members to visit the Summer Palace. Only Hirohito and Chen Ke were left to talk together. Facing Chen Ke, who was 21 years older than him, Hirohito suddenly didn't know what to say.

The two sat under the famous cloister of the Summer Palace, the staff poured tea for the two, and the interpreter was also in place. Chen Ke waited quietly for Hirohito to speak, and Hirohito felt that the invisible pressure around him was getting heavier and heavier. As if to get rid of this heaviness, Hirohito said, "Chairman Chen, I don't know what your view is on the future of China and Japan? ”

"Are you referring to the future of China? Or is it the future of Japan? Or is it your future in Japan? Chen Ke didn't want to talk nonsense with Hirohito, so he simply asked the root cause directly.

Hirohito was slightly stunned, in front of Chen Ke, who was swaying freely, Hirohito felt that the reservedness and politeness he had upheld before seemed very boring. And it's about his own future, after all, Hirohito replied, "I want to know what you think about my personal future." ”

"Comrade Kita Ikki is afraid that he has not considered abolishing Japan's emperor system now, let alone thinking about what he wants to do to you personally. It was once the royal garden of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and before the Manchu Dynasty fell, there was a debate about whether to save the Qing Dynasty or China. I think they have seen at least one thing clearly, and that is that the political system that the Manchus adhered to at that time no longer represented China's interests. In the end, the Manchus chose to adhere to the interests of the Manchus. So he perished. Chen Ke said slowly.

The more Hirohito listened, the heavier his mood became, and no matter how he looked at Chen Ke's words, it felt a bit like writing an epitaph for Hirohito.

"Japan's emperor system has a long history, although it is impossible for me, as a revolutionary, to approve of an emperor system that is maintained by blood. However, I personally believe that if the emperor system does not come into direct conflict with the interests of the people, it will still be able to continue to exist for a certain period of time. Chen Ke's words gave Hirohito some hope in his heart. In any case, he did not want to be the king of the fallen country. If the emperor system had been severed in his hands, Hirohito would rather commit suicide than accept this result.

"I advise you first of all not to think that the emperor system can represent the interests of all classes in Japan as a whole, and that the emperor system does not even represent the interests of all Japanese people. Then, in terms of the current social situation, from the perspective of your personal interests, I suggest that you stand on the side of the ruling class in Japan and on the side of the people who make up the majority. ”

Chen Ke had neither the idea of overthrowing the emperor system nor the idea of maintaining it. He pointed out a path for Hirohito, first, because he did not want to interfere too much in Japan's internal affairs, and secondly, he did not want to intensify Japan's internal contradictions in the short term. If Hirohito is really forced to the point where the dog jumps off the wall, it will not be good for either side.

Hirohito couldn't understand Chen Ke's true thoughts, he was concerned about the continuation of the Japanese emperor system, since Chen Ke meant to be able to accept the continued existence of the Japanese emperor system, even if he didn't believe it in his heart, Hirohito still felt a lot more at ease. So Hirohito tried to ask in a veiled way to ensure that the various powers in Japan could be "loyal to the emperor".

It was also difficult for Chen Ke to determine what kind of emotion it was, if the emperor did not have the idea of being loyal to Japan's interests in the first place, he really did not know how to make the Japanese people loyal to the emperor. Hirohito's words were "quite skillful," and he asked Chen how he had managed to keep the People's Party loyal to him. Even if he didn't want to stimulate Hirohito, on such a major issue, Chen Ke could only tell the truth.

"I have never made anyone loyal to me personally, and for our People's Party, all Party members, including me, are loyal only to the People's Party and to the revolutionary cause of the People's Party. First of all, I must be loyal to the People's Party, obey the Party's discipline, and abide by the Party's constitution. If you think I have any power, it is the power that the members of the People's Party finally gave me through the election of the party committee. These powers do not belong to me personally. ”

Listening to Chen Ke "singing such a high note", Hirohito felt unhappy for a while. He found that what he said was actually no different from what Secretary Zhu in the village said. Republicans don't seem to care about their ups and downs, but in fact, in Japan's constitutional politics, cabinet members can sing and leave the court, and even if they step down temporarily, they will have the opportunity to continue to come to power in the future. However, after the emperor stepped down, the curtain fell forever. There really isn't anything in common between the two sides.

Seeing Hirohito's uneasiness and dissatisfaction, Chen Ke smiled and said: "Your Excellency Hirohito, the main contradiction in Japan now is not to retain or abolish the emperor system, but that the Japanese people want to break free from the feudal system and seek a better life. Whoever can truly lead them to this liberation will support whomever they will support. They don't really care if it's an emperor or a republic......"

If there are different positions, it will be difficult to negotiate many issues. After talking for a while, Chen Ke saw that Hirohito was really a stone in the pit, and he could only give up his efforts to make Hirohito evolve into a truly promising ruler. Instead, it throws out something more substantial. "If His Excellency Hirohito can pledge his support for the socialist revolution in Japan, then we can guarantee that the Emperor will continue to exist as the symbol of the Japanese nation."

Finally heard such a real promise, and a big stone in Hirohito's heart finally landed. Even a relieved smile appeared on his face.

I have to say that Chen Ke himself was very disappointed. It was originally Hirohito's own thing, but Hirohito was afraid of losing. And the political power that could have been obtained, Hirohito gave up in this way. I don't know if I should say that I picked up the sesame seeds and lost the watermelon. But after thinking about it, Chen Ke himself did not have the idea of inheriting the bloodline to be maintained, and Chen Ke was really not qualified to make such judgments and criticisms. So Chen Ke was relieved.

The future of Japan will be decided by the Japanese people of the future.