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Cao Kun had a bold temperament and was greedy for wine, and it was because he drank a few more glasses that day that he led his troops to burn down the Yasukuni Shrine. At this time, Cao Kun, who was dressed in military uniform, looked at the thick black smoke and raging fire in the Yasukuni Shrine, and many Japanese people who had rushed from Tokyo to put out the fire, had already woken up a lot, and knew that he was indeed in trouble, so he rode on his horse and asked Wu Peifu, "In your opinion, how serious is the burning of the Japanese Yasukuni Shrine?" ”

Although Wu Peifu was only 25 years old at this time, he was born in Xiucai and had a flexible brain, and after following Cao Kun to Japan, he made a more detailed investigation of Japanese history, and he replied to Cao Kun: "The Yasukuni Shrine is a symbol of Japan's national Shinto, and if the Japanese people know that Dashuai deliberately set fire to it, it is inevitable that there will be a great chaos, and those radical samurai and soldiers will definitely rebel." And we are at fault for this matter, and the president will definitely not be able to protect the marshal. ”

Cao Kun said: "Now that the Yasukuni Shrine has been burned, what can it do?" ”

Wu Peifu said: "There are many non-governmental newspapers in Japan, and if we want to settle this matter, the best way is to ask the Japanese emperor to declare that it was an accident." ”

Cao Kun nodded and said, "I'll take my troops to the palace to find Emperor Meiji, if he dares not agree, I will abolish him!" ”

Wu Peifu hurriedly stopped Cao Kun and said: "The marshal must not be impulsive, the Japanese emperor has a very special position in Japan, and if the Japanese emperor is abolished, the Japanese will rebel." The foreigners will not agree either. The vast majority of people in Japan still revere the emperor, and if he were to be deposed, it would cause extreme chaos, and at least 1 million reinforcements would be needed to deal with a possible rebellion. ”

Cao Kun asked, "How is that good?" Do you want me to come to the door to apologize to Little Japan? ”

Wu Peifu thought for a while and said, "I have an idea." When the time comes, we will not go to the Imperial Palace to meet the Emperor of Japan. The Emperor of Japan will also take the initiative to beg us, and when the time comes, things will be much easier. ”

In the autumn of 1899, Nagoya, the central capital of Japan. It is located in the middle of Tokyo and Kyoto. Here in the shogunate period. It was the main residence of the Owari Domain, and was renamed the Furuya Domain in 1869. Wu Peifu took four heavily armed soldiers and an interpreter. In a rubble old town, in a grocery store, the reporter who came from the United States met Kumasawa Dairan, who claimed to be "Emperor Kumazawa." Although the "Imperial Palace" is a little cold, this down-and-out emperor has a very strict appearance. Dressed in a 16-petal chrysanthemum kimono that only a Japanese emperor can wear, he claimed to be the true heir to the emperor, and that Emperor Meiji, who now lives in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, is an impostor.

Wu Peifu saw Xiong Ze Daran's introduction in Japanese newspapers, and at first thought he was a "madman", but as soon as they met. Wu Peifu found that the grocery store owner had a "gentle temperament" and spoke in a clear manner, and he declared from beginning to end, "I should be the emperor!" ”

Kumazawa's claim to be emperor dates back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan. There is an interesting historical story in it.

Just as there were Northern and Southern Dynasties after the Jin Dynasty in China, Japan also had a history of the division between the North and the South. Japan's Northern and Southern Dynasties took place from 1336 to 1392, during which time there were two emperors in Japan, the Southern and Northern Emperors, each with their own lineage. It was preceded by the Kamakura period, and then by the Muromachi period.

Japan's Emperor Gofukusa ascended the throne, and he was in weak health and decided to pass on the throne to his younger brother, Emperor Kameyama. Brother died and brother, this is normal, just like Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin passed the throne to his younger brother Zhao Kuangyi. However, the ministers around Gofukakusa quit, and they insisted on supporting Emperor Gofukusa, and the Japanese court was divided. One faction supports Hou Shencao, which is called the Ming Yuan system, and the other faction supports the Kameyama family, which is called the Dajue Temple system. For a long time after that, the princes who supported the two factions of the Ming Yuan and the Dajue Temple took turns to be the emperor, just as the United States had two parties in power.

When the Japanese throne passed into the hands of an emperor named Go-Daigo, the general Ashikaga Sonji forced Go-Daigo, the head of the Daikakuji Temple, to abdicate and proclaimed a prince who held the Meiin system to ascend the throne and was called Emperor Kogan. After Daigo quit, he fled south with the three major artifacts that symbolized the Japanese imperial power, called the Southern Dynasty, and the princes from all over the country who supported both sides formed a melee, and the era of Japan's Northern and Southern Dynasties arrived.

Xiong Ze Daran couldn't wait to take out a complicated genealogy chart of the Japanese imperial family, show it to Wu Peifu, and said: "The Meiji sitting in the palace is a descendant of the Northern Dynasty, and his ancestor is just a prince who was supported by the general, and I, Kumazawa Daran, am a direct descendant of the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and in terms of royal blood, I am much more positive than him." It should be me the emperor of Japan. ”

Wu Peifu had already consulted a lot of information before coming to Nagoya, and he was skeptical of Kumasawa Daran's statement and asked: "I heard that the Southern Dynasty in Japanese history, in the era of Emperor GoKameyama, could not withstand the attack of the Northern Dynasty and was forced to sacrifice three artifacts to submit to the Northern Dynasty. ”

Xiong Ze Daran said: "Being forced to sacrifice three artifacts is fake. The Southern Dynasty did not really end there, and there was another Miao descendant of the Southern Forces, King Kumanonomiya Nobuya, the grandson of Emperor GoKameyama, who protected the hermit among the hermits by loyal ministers in the melee, and passed the throne from generation to generation, and the current generation is me. ”

Saying that, Xiong Ze Daran pointed to the genealogy chart of his family and showed it to Wu Peifu, his pedigree chart: King Nobuya of Kumano Palace-Southern Emperor (Western Southern Emperor) - King Kumasawa Hiroshiki - King Kumazawa Genri - King Kumazawa Shoujiu - King Kumazawa Naoyuki - King Kumazawa Hiroshi - King Kumazawa Zunchun - King Kumazawa Zuncheng - King Kumazawa Zuntai - King Kumazawa Zunken (Kumazawa Dairan).

Wu Peifu saw that this pedigree was very complete, and said: "If this is true, our Cao Dashuai will definitely support you." ”

When Kumasawa heard this, his face was happy, and he said: "The current reigning Meiji Emperor in Tokyo, the ancestor of this branch is very suspicious, and Emperor Komatsu has a saying that he is the illegitimate son of Adachi Yoshimitsu, and his son called Emperor Hikari a madman, and he had to succeed a son of the Prince Fushimi Palace family as the heir, and this bloodline is far away." If you don't believe me, you can look it up. Moreover, if the shogun can take me to meet Meiji, he will definitely have to recognize me as an orthodox. ”

Wu Peifu nodded and said, "I will find out what you said." ”

When this "Emperor Kumazawa" heard this, he shouted to Wu Peifu again, "Meiji is a thief, he should consciously abdicate and return the throne to me, our family has been waiting for this day for two or three hundred years." ”

Wu Peifu also checked some of the evidence provided by "Emperor Kumazawa," and as soon as he returned to Tokyo, he reported Kumazawa Daran's situation to Cao Kun, who spent a lot of money and bribed some Western reporters to report on the matter. Soon, a large report about "Emperor Kumazawa" appeared in magazines such as "Stars and Stripes" and "Life", and was reprinted by Japanese newspapers and magazines, causing an uproar in Japan, and the authority of Emperor Meiji faced a heavy challenge for the first time!

Cao Kun telegraphed the situation to Song Xiaofei, who knew that this must be Wu Peifu's idea, but did not debunk it, but expressed support for Cao Kun's approach, and asked the army stationed in Japan to support "Emperor Kumazawa" and split Japan, so that Japan would frequently cope with civil strife, and naturally it would be difficult to fight the Chinese's idea.

The "Emperor Kumazawa", which was supported by China, quickly became famous, attracting a large number of supporters and donations in Japan, and the "Emperor Kumazawa" even went to Tokyo to meet with the people in Tamura Town, and the crowd almost crowded the scene.

At this time, Emperor Meiji couldn't sit still at the appearance of this "Emperor Kumazawa", and he was very frightened! Because wherever this "Emperor Kumazawa" goes, he is always protected by the military police sent by Cao Kun. Emperor Meiji wondered in his heart, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd? Does he really want to abolish me, the emperor, and make a new one? Thinking of this, Emperor Meiji was very worried, and he didn't care about the traditional rules of the Japanese Imperial Palace, so he took the initiative to go straight to the station of the squadron to see Cao Kun and test what China's position was, and he had a bottom in his heart.

Sure enough, as Wu Peifu expected, in late autumn, Emperor Meiji came to the Chinese embassy where Cao Kun was staying, asking for support, hoping to keep his throne.