"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I think the words of the Chief Police Inspector General Takenobu Gentaro are very ridiculous, there are no ghosts and gods in this world, it is just that robbers use certain means, just like magicians who make us not know their methods, I think that as long as we work hard to find it, we will definitely be able to find the lost property of the Bank of Japan." Hongo Fangtaro said with a cut of gold.

Hongo Fangtaro was very scoffing at the so-called "incomprehensible" that Takeshin Gentaro said, he didn't believe that there was any demon god in this world, this matter must be some unknown means used by the bandits, and such a large amount of gold bricks, banknotes and belongings could not be shipped out at once, so he was confident that he would be able to catch the robbers, at least he should be able to recover those lost belongings.

"Did you get any clues, or is there a direction to look for?" Okuma Shigenobu asked anxiously.

√No √ mistakes√ Xiao √ said, .q≤uledu." There are no clues yet, but we have captured hundreds of suspicious people, and I will let my men make great efforts to dig up as many clues as possible, and the search operation is very careful, and it is gradually moving out, and it should be discovered soon. Hongo Fangtaro replied firmly.

"The arrest of the robbers must be done as much as possible, if the people know that the central bank and the four major banks have been looted, it will cause panic in the country, it involves more than 1,000 tons of gold and a large number of paper money, and there are many valuables, and the robbers must not be allowed to succeed, if the robbers cannot be caught in the short term, all our cabinet members will be questioned by the people, and more importantly, Japan's economy will be hit hard, and that money accounts for a quarter of Japan's total financial assets. Please, everyone, and now please make sure you work together to recover this finance. Saying that, Shigenobu Okuma actually bowed to the cabinet members and officials of the Metropolitan Police Department and the War Department who were present.

Shigenobu Okuma, who is usually so arrogant and resolute, has become helpless when he encounters such a thing, and he can only hope that his subordinates will work together to recover the money, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable, and at that time, it will not only be a matter of his own prime minister's position, but the whole of Japan will be dragged into the abyss.

Japan's economy, especially its banks, will also face a catastrophe, and the central bank and the four major banks will not only have a large amount of gold and yen, but will also be responsible for regulating the financial circulation of more than 1,000 banks in the country. Now the central bank coffers have been ransacked. In a chain reaction, the small banks will also be drained of cash by the panicked public, and by that time Japan will enter a financial winter, and it is estimated that a large number of small banks that are not too well capitalized will fall. At the same time, it will set off a chain reaction. The Government could not afford to pay civil servants. The army will not be paid, there will be no way to build public facilities, and the entire government will be paralyzed. As the current prime minister of Japan, he will be the biggest scapegoat, and history will also record that during his term of office of Shigenobu Okuma, he brought Japan into winter, and he will never be able to turn over by the heavy shackles of history.

Thinking of this, not only did a layer of cold sweat break out on Okuma's body, but the thought of those possible consequences made him shudder, he sat in his office and scolded the secretary, leaving him alone to think about his thoughts silently,

Pulling open the drawer of the desk, there was a black pistol lying inside, Okuma Shigenobu picked it up and shook it in his hand, "Is this my end, I'm not reconciled." Thinking of the scene of the bullet shooting into the temple and bursting out on the other side, his own blood bursting into his brain, Okuma Shigenobu shivered loudly, quickly threw the gun into the drawer, and closed the drawer door deadly.

At this time, Tokyo has fallen into madness, the first division of more than 20,000 people, 3,000 policemen and all the forces that can be mobilized, all dispatched, launched a comprehensive search of Tokyo, the Japanese people did not know what was happening, they were crazy soldiers broke into their homes, rummaged around for any suspicious clues, as long as there was even the slightest suspicion, they would be taken back to the police department for interrogation, that night, a total of nearly 2,000 people were arrested, many of them were usually idle idlers or thieves who stole chickens and dogs, But most of them were ordinary people, and some were arrested for censorship because they couldn't tell their whereabouts that night.

Hotels, brothels, bathhouses, and places where the robbers might have been harbored in Tokyo were raided, and any guests who could not tell where they came from or could not confirm their whereabouts that night were not spared and were directly arrested.

Everyone knew that something was wrong, and something big had happened, even if His Majesty the Emperor was kidnapped, it is estimated that the government would not arrest people with such fanfare, and it must have happened that something that made the government unbearable, so that the government became so hysterical and reckless.

At dawn, the sun came out to shine on the capital city known as the country of the rising sun, but now Tokyo is like a dead land, except for the police and soldiers on the streets, there is not a single ordinary person in sight, the most prosperous and noisy Tokyo in the whole of Japan, has become a prison and a cage, no one can move around at will, all people are required not to go out at home, and the whole city is like a suspended clock, standing still.

At this time, all the cabinet members have gathered at the Prime Minister's residence, anxiously waiting for the results of the army's search, the Ministry of Finance is in charge of the empire's finances, and the Prime Minister of Finance, Taketomi Tokitoshi, is very worried at this time, if the reserve gold and yen cannot be recovered in time, Japan's finances may collapse at any time, and how will he, the Prime Minister of Finance, deal with it at that time, at this time, Taketomi Tokitoshi's face was all blue, he looked at Okuma Shigenobu, and finally had to stand up and say: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, do you want to inform His Majesty the Emperor now, After all, it is not okay not to inform His Majesty the Emperor of such a big matter. ”

Okuma Shigenobu lowered his head and looked at the empty office desk, pulled out of a contemplative state by Taketomi Tokitoshi's words, his heart was calm at the moment, but he had to respond: "Regardless of the results of the army's search, we will go to the palace to report to His Majesty the Emperor, everyone, please go to the palace with me to report this matter, and we will also study the future of Japan." ”

In the future, if the money is not recovered, the modern industrial system that has been built with great difficulty will be hit hardest, and the future is really worrying, at least it will not be able to turn over for many years, but now it has to face such a situation.

In the Emperor's Imperial Palace, all the cabinet members bowed their heads and waited for Emperor Taisho's instructions after bowing their heads and saying nothing.

The furious Taisho Emperor yelled at the cabinet, "Why did this happen, didn't you say that the Bank of Japan is the safest bank in the world, two years ago it cost a lot of money to build a new vault from the new design, but now it was broken by the robbers, and all the property was robbed, is it possible that the vault of the Bank of Japan is made of paper, and you sue me what if the money cannot be recovered." ”

After listening to Shigenobu Okuma's report that the Imperial Central Bank's vault was looted by robbers, Emperor Taisho, who was in a good mood, suddenly felt as if the sky had fallen, and his angry personality flared up again, and he started a fire against the cabinet members below.

After hearing the report, Emperor Taisho realized the severity of the situation, Japan since the Meiji Restoration to the road of developing capitalism, after the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, Japan got great benefits, and gradually rose to become the most developed country in the East, after the outbreak of World War I, Japan accelerated the road of industrialization, took advantage of the excellent opportunity of the First World War to vigorously invest in heavy industry and chemical industry, and gradually built a running chain from the export of raw silk to the purchase of raw cotton to the export of cotton fabrics to the purchase of heavy industry and chemical industry products. However, there has been a problem at the beginning of this chain recently, that is, the export of raw silk in the Republic of China has greatly affected Japan's raw silk export trade, which has made Emperor Taisho very opinionated on the current cabinet, and now is the period when Japan is accelerating national construction and reviving the glory of the Great Japanese Empire, and there was an incident of the looting of the Imperial Central Bank, how can the Emperor Taisho not be angry, and the private property of the Imperial Family is also stored in the Central Bank, this time it was stolen together, is it that the Emperor will beg for food in the future.

"Your Majesty, now that the whole of Tokyo has been put under martial law, it is difficult for the robbers to fly out even if they have their wings inserted, and it is only a matter of time before the robbers are apprehended." Shigenobu Okuma explained.

"The question of time, how much time it takes, whether it is a day or a week, or a month, if the people know that the central bank and the four major private banks have been looted, it will cause panic among the people, and the people will no longer trust the banks, so that they will withdraw all the deposits in the bank, and then the financial industry of the empire will completely collapse." Emperor Taisho shouted at Okuma Shigenobu with a fierce voice.

At this time, Deputy Prime Minister Nishikawa Mingyu said, "Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty feels that there are a few things that need to be solved urgently, please ask Your Majesty to Mingjian." ”

"You say," said Emperor Taisho.

"Now on the one hand, we must pay close attention to the search for robbers, on the other hand, we must do a good job of public opinion control, not let the people know about this matter, in case of panic, and then there is to discuss the situation of the aftermath, after all, it is uncertain when the robbers can be traced, and we must have a countermeasure plan that cannot recover the funds in the short term, in case something unpredictable really happens." Nishikawa said metaphorically.

Although many members of the cabinet are very confident in recovering this huge amount of property, others are not so optimistic, because it is not easy to transfer such a large amount of property in a few minutes, and the robbers must have a huge organization and strict procedures, so they cannot be completely pinned on the recovery of the property.

Emperor Taisho held his forehead with his left hand, and at this time he felt a terrible headache, and after a while, he waved his hand at everyone and said, "Let's talk about the problems under their jurisdiction, and how to deal with them, and we must not let the situation develop to the point where it is out of control." (To be continued......)