Chapter 509: Japan's Crisis (Part I)
Unlike those Japanese compatriots who also lost their jobs in China, Kawahara Caozi doesn't have to worry about the problem of jobs at all after returning to Japan, not to mention that her husband is the son of a Japanese chaebol, she can be clothed and fed without working, even if she has to have a job, someone will naturally help her arrange it, you know, the uncle who asked her to come to China as a spy is now the second most powerful person in Japan......
Because of the acceptance of Katsukaishu's legacy, the full support of the navy, and the friendship with Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito, Fukushima Yasu, who was just a small military attache at the time, became the Minister of the Japanese Navy several years ago. With the exception of the incomparable prestige of the old Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito, there is no one in Japan who can compare with him, not even the elders of the Meiji Restoration, such as Konobu Saionji. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
With such a big power, even if gender discrimination in Japan is still serious, it is easy for Kawahara to find a decent job, but when Fukushima Yasumasa asked her what she thought, this woman who has always been determined sighed deeply and said that she only hopes to live the rest of her life in peace.
At first, Fukushima Yasumasa feared that China had deeper intentions against Japan, and after discovering that his old friend's daughter, Kasuko Kawahara, was intelligent, brave and calm, he persuaded her to go to China as a spy. As a result, after so many years, Fukushima Yasumasa was embarrassed to find that he was completely worried, and Kawahara Caozi was trapped in China and could not come back, and he and his family have been gathering less and leaving more for more than ten years, and now Fukushima Yasumasa heard this, and couldn't help but feel guilty for a while, and blamed himself, "I knew that I wouldn't let you go to China in the first place, it's been 16 years!" ”
"Actually, your worries are justified, the Chinese government is only afraid that there is really a plan, but they are too patient......", but at this time, Kawahara Caozi suddenly said something that made Fukushima Yasuma's heart jump.
Fukushima Yasumasa suddenly raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why do you see it like that?" ”
"China has recently reformed its bureaucratic system, you should know it, right? The names of the Three Princes and the Nine Secretaries, and even the local official positions, have been changed to be more simple and easy to understand, and by the way, the residual influence of the imperial system has been removed, and now China is a complete republic......", Kawahara recounted this fact that had just happened, and then talked about other examples, "and His Excellency the Chinese head of state seems to have a great prejudice against hereditary monarchy. The King of Hawaii voluntarily abdicated the year before last, and the state system was changed to a republic, and this year it is said that even Nepal will become a republic. And North Korea, except for a king, the system is almost exactly the same as China, and you also know that Li Kun is sure to have no heir, and he has never established a prince, and as soon as he dies, North Korea can immediately become a republic, which is clearly arranged......"
"Not necessarily, right? At that time, China defeated even the British Empire, which was still the world hegemon at that time, but in the Treaty of Shimonoseki still agreed to retain the emperor system, if it was really so intolerable, it would not just ask for a name change......", Fukushima Yasumasa found a reason to embolden himself, but his heart became more and more empty. In fact, Fukushima Yasumasa has realized that Kawara Caozi's judgment is very likely to be correct, but now China is too powerful, and Japan's dependence on China in all aspects has far exceeded before, so there is no power to resist at all!
Kawahara shook his head, and shattered Fukushima Yasumasa's illusions in a few words, "At that time, if China insisted on completely abolishing the emperor system, with the prestige of His Majesty Meiji, Japan would definitely be crushed and resist to the death, and the price it would need to pay was too great, and China at that time could not afford it, at least it was not worth it." But now China is much stronger than at that time, and we in Japan have done a lot of targeted work in the past ten years because of the restrictions of the treaty, and the people's reverence for the royal family is far less than before, I am afraid it is difficult for many people to be loyal to His Majesty, and I will not, a king with a sick brain, why should I be loyal to him? ”
As Kawahara said, after the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the former Meiji Emperor Muhito soon died of depression and illness, and the throne passed to the only son who did not die young, Yoshihito, who had been sick since childhood, and suffered from meningitis and left sequelae, and the symptoms have become more and more severe over the years, and his mind has become inferior to that of ordinary people, so that those old ministers who are still loyal to the royal family are disappointed, not to mention others. This undoubtedly further strengthened the influence of the relevant provisions of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, so that the Meiji era of the deification of the Japanese royal family propaganda was abandoned, if China really wants to force Japan to change the national system, dare to stand up to defend the king can not be said no, but compared with the Meiji era, I am afraid that it is not even a tenth.
These Fukushima Yasumasa have known for a long time, but Kawahara Caozi is now so naked to break it, he still feels a little unacceptable, the reason is very simple, once the national system changes, it will inevitably lead to a major reshuffle in the political arena, and he is already the pinnacle of power in the current system, and he will not be optimistic about what happened to him. Few people can remain calm and objective when they are about to face a catastrophe, even a capable person like Yasumasa Fukushima, and the monopoly of military power over the years has made it increasingly difficult for him to listen to those unpleasant advice......
Seeing that Fukushima Yasumasa was obsessed, Kawahara Caozi couldn't help but sigh at the power of power to corrode people's hearts, so he could only change his perspective to persuade this uncle, who had suffered a lot of sin, but in his heart he really cared for and valued him, "Take 10,000 steps back, even if China has no intention of changing Japan's national system, Japan's great changes are still unavoidable, Uncle Fukushima, if you continue to be attached to power, you will suffer disasters in the future!" ”
Fukushima Yasumasa still felt that his niece was alarmist at first, but Kawahara Caozi's next words shocked him, "If my guess is correct, the mass dismissal of Japanese teachers by the Chinese side is just the beginning, at most within two to three years, technicians, doctors, and workers working in China, except for only a very small proportion of elite talents, will be dismissed and return to Japan, the total number is only no less than 5 million, so many people have lost their jobs, do you think our government has the ability to settle down?" ”