After the meeting of envoys of various countries decided to divide Japan into six small countries, the Chinese side began to take action, and Lu Zhengxiang received orders from within Japan to find candidates who could be supported in various parts of Japan, and these people should be obedient and not disobey Huaguo's instructions.

While Lu Zhengxiang was busy looking for agents of the six countries, the discussion at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East on whether to treat Emperor Taisho as a war criminal had come to an end.

On this day, at a meeting of representatives of judges from various countries convened by Qin Liankui, he said: "I believe that you have all received the news, and I don't think there is any need to discuss whether to treat Emperor Taisho as a war criminal, right?" After the meeting, I will directly issue a detention order to arrest Emperor Taisho and put him in prison."

British Judge Jonathan stood up and spoke out against it: "I don't agree, the joint decision of the countries has no effect on whether to treat Emperor Taisho as a war criminal, and there is no relationship between the two!" ”

Qin Liankui smiled: "How can it be okay? Of course, it is related, if we want to complete the joint decision of the countries, it is necessary to abolish the emperor, because the emperor is the spiritual belief of the Japanese people, and only by ending this spiritual belief can the joint decision of the countries be thoroughly implemented, and we will take this opportunity to treat the Taisho Emperor as a war criminal, so that there will be no resistance to the abolition of the emperor and the royal family! ”

The vast majority of the judges agreed that Emperor Taisho should be treated as a war criminal, because after all, most of the judges could not resist the pressure and disobey the instructions of the country, and they would eventually have to return to China to seek a living.

British Judge Jonathan was lonely, his face turned the color of pig liver in anger, and he walked away in a hurry. Qin Liankui immediately announced that he would follow everyone's unanimous opinion and treat Emperor Taisho as a war criminal. A detention order was immediately issued to arrest Taisho and put him in prison, and all other members of the royal family were also placed under surveillance. and to freeze their property.

On January 8, 1918, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East officially held a trial of Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, and the first person to be brought to court was Masashi Terauchi.

After a series of preludes, the judge asked the prosecutor to file a complaint, and the prosecutor listed in court the various crimes of Terauchi Masatakeshi, who served as a Japanese officer during the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, led his troops to land in Korea during the First Sino-Japanese War to fight against the Qing and Korean armies, and killed local Korean civilians during the Korean period, after the invasion of Liaodong. He also wantonly killed civilians in Liaodong, and during the Russo-Japanese War, he also killed a large number of people in Northeast China. In addition, Terauchi ordered the massacre of large numbers of innocent North Korean civilians during his tenure as governor of North Korea.

The prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the Far East wisely did not cite the example of Terauchi Masayi killing Korean and Qing Dynasty soldiers, after all, the two countries are at war, each has its own master, and it is normal for soldiers to fight each other, and this cannot be a crime.

The judge of this trial was French, and the proceedings entered the debate stage. After the prosecutor had finished stating his crimes, the judge asked the defendant, "Defendant, do you plead guilty to the prosecutor's list of your crimes?" ”

The defense lawyer stood up and said, "Your Excellency. My client pleaded not guilty, and my client did lead his troops to the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China during the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, and fought against the Korean and Qing armies. But the killings were all Korean and Qing Dynasty soldiers, and did not harm the civilian population. Even if civilians are killed or injured in the fighting, they are injured by mistake. Even if his soldiers had killed Koreans and Chinese, that was not his intention, he was just acting on orders! ”

The prosecutor immediately stood up and said, "Defendant, don't shirk responsibility and crime by acting on orders, we already have detailed information about whether your superiors gave the order to massacre civilians."

Judge, jurors, after civilization entered the modern society, the military regulations of the armies of various countries have relevant regulations prohibiting the use of unfavorable actions against civilians, and I think that this civilian is not only the people of his own country, but also the civilians of other countries, and the massacre of civilians by the army is undoubtedly a violation of military regulations and is against humanity, and we have evidence to prove that the defendant Terauchi Shouichi ordered the massacre of a large number of civilians during the Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the Japanese rule of Korea, among which on January 5, 1895, The defendant ordered his soldiers to kill 479 villagers on the outskirts of Pyongyang; On February 1, 1895, the defendant ordered the killing of 382 civilians in Dandong, China, and on February 11, 1895, the defendant ordered the killing of 517 civilians at the mouth of Arthur. During the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, the defendant ordered the killing of 1,065 civilians in northeastern China. During the defendant's tenure as governor of North Korea, the defendant ordered the massacre of as many as 8,649 North Korean civilians, these are all conclusive evidence, and they are some examples of the relatively large number of massacres, we believe that there are still many innocent civilians who were killed by the defendant's order, but we can't find evidence! ”

The defendant's lawyer stood up and sneered: "Evidence? My client doesn't believe that the evidence is real, it's been ten or twenty years, who can guarantee that the evidence you have collected is true? ”

The prosecutor said to the judge: "Your Excellency, 20 years is not a short time, not a long time, not to mention the Russo-Japanese War, that is, during the First Sino-Japanese War, there were still many survivors of the civilian massacres killed by the Japanese army, and we have found many survivors, I would like to ask the judge to allow us to invite a Korean civilian survivor during the First Sino-Japanese War to testify in court!" ”

Entering the stage of proof, the judge said: "Allowed!" ”

A man in his forties, with a face full of vicissitudes and a lame leg, was brought in by the bailiff, and judging by the man's clothing, he was supposed to be a North Korean, and he was taken to the witness stand by the bailiff.

Under the judge's questioning and guidance, the North Korean man swore in court that what he said was true, that he would never lie, and that he was willing to bear legal responsibility if he testified under perjury.

After all these procedures were completed, the judge motioned for the prosecutor to get up and question him, and the prosecutor stood up and asked, "Witness, please tell me your name, age, occupation."

The lame man said in Korean, "My name is Lee Chang-ho, I'm 42 years old, and I make a living by fishing."

"Where is your home?"

"Sunrise fishing village by the sea in Busan"

The prosecutor pointed at Masaki Terauchi and asked, "Do you know this person?" ”

The witness Lee Chang-ho turned his head to look at Terauchi Zhengyi, and suddenly his eyes widened, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt with anger, he pointed at Terauchi Shouichi and shouted angrily: "Know, I know him, even if he turns to ashes, I know him!" ”

"Why do you know him?"

"Twenty-four years ago, this man came to our fishing village by boat with a group of Japanese soldiers, and they gathered together all 233 of our villagers, and then killed all of them with muskets, and I was in the crowd at the time, and after a burst of gunshots, everyone fell, and the ground was red with blood, and everyone but four died, and I was one of these four survivors, and I was also shot twice and fell in the body, one bullet pierced my left arm, and the other shot hit my right knee, I was shot and fell unconscious, and the Japanese soldiers thought I was dead and dumped me as a corpse and other corpses in a large pit dug next to the village, and the four of us survivors woke up at night and helped each other escape! ”

The prosecutor said to the judge: "Your Excellency, jurors, according to our investigation, when the Japanese army landed in Korea that year, the first thing they captured was the small fishing village of Sunrise where this Lee Chang-ho was located!" ”

The judge nodded, looked at the defense, and asked, "Does the defendant's lawyer have anything to ask the witnesses?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" The accused's lawyer took possession.

"Witness, how do you know that the defendant is the Japanese officer who led the team to massacre your village, after so many years, people's memories are easily blurred by time, how can you be sure that the defendant is the Japanese officer you said?"

The witness Lee Chang-ho was suddenly in a hurry, and he said angrily: "Of course I remember, even if he turns to ashes, I can recognize him, if your parents, wives and children were killed, and you were present and saw it with your own eyes, wouldn't you remember the appearance of your enemy?" ”

The defendant's lawyer shook his head and said: "Your words are not to be believed, the time is too long, more than 20 years ago, my client was still very young, a person is separated by 20 years, there will be great changes in appearance, I don't think that this Japanese army officer mentioned by Mr. Lee Chang-ho is my client!" ”

At this time, the prosecutor took out a document and said: "Your Excellency, we have evidence to prove that Terauchi Masashi was the Japanese official who led the attack on Sunrise Fishing Village, and we found relevant records in the secret archives of the Japanese Military Department, which recorded the landing plan in Busan that year, and the Japanese squadron responsible for occupying Sunrise Fishing Village was led by Terauchi Masaki, please take a look at the judge!" ”

After the information was submitted, the judge and other jurors quickly read it, and the authenticity of the evidence was beyond doubt, and this internal record of the Japanese army was enough to prove that it was Terauchi Masayi who led his troops to kill 229 people in the small fishing village of Sunrise, and four of them survived.

After the evidence was handed over by the judge to the evidence arranger for collection, the judge said to the defendant's lawyer: "Defendant, do you have anything else to ask the witnesses?" ”

The defendant's lawyer asked the witness Lee Chang-ho a few more questions, and finally said to the judge: "Your Excellency, it is obvious that my client was acting on orders during the military operation at that time, and he received an order from his superiors to capture this small fishing village, so killing those villagers is not his crime!" ”

"Against!" The prosecutor stood up and shouted angrily, "Your Excellency, the defendant's boss was ordered by him to occupy the small fishing village, and did not ask him to order the killing of those fishermen, and according to the witnesses and the information we have, those fishermen were forcibly arrested by the defendant with Japanese soldiers and then gathered, and finally shot them collectively with guns, this is a massacre, if this is not a massacre, what is a massacre?" The fishermen were killed without any resistance! (To be continued......)