In a secret room at the Yamato Nadeshiko Shrine in Tokyo, in addition to military officers, there are also non-military people from the commercial and logistics departments, and the manager of the Tokyo Royal Rice Store with a missing hand, Hitoshi Kuroshima, is also among them, and most of them are middle- and lower-class officials.

For the past two years, gatherings like this have been held every one or two months at a secret location in Tokyo. The topics discussed are not only military, but also economic.

Sometimes, Emperor Takahito would also appear at the meeting hall. For these middle- and lower-class officials, the emperor and the gods Yamato Nadeshiko were all objects of admiration. Every time the emperor or Yamato Nadeshiko appeared, they were moved to tears.

Emperor Takahito appeared at such a gathering because he was based on the advice of Yamato Nadeshiko, in order to be more "down-to-earth". According to "Yamato Nadeshiko", "The biggest problem of Japan's successive emperors was that they were high up at the top, out of touch with the middle and lower classes, and could only indirectly contact the middle and lower classes through their high-ranking officials." And these messages that are transferred to the emperor through the first, second, or even third or fourth turns are often processed, and the lag is even stronger. For the emperor to truly take charge of all the power in Japan, he had to have as much direct contact with the middle and lower classes as possible. ”

With Chongren's shrewdness, this is not too difficult to understand, and Li Huamei, who incarnates Yamato Nadeshiko, easily persuaded Emperor Chonghito, and then built a secret room in the shrine, where officials from all over Japan could often meet and talk to Emperor Chonghito who came over to "go around", so that Emperor Chonghito could learn more about the information of the middle and lower classes.

Through contact with these middle and lower classes, Emperor Chonghito has grown a lot in the past seven years, and he has become more and more confident when he is young and vigorous. He was able to become a great king like his grandfather, Meiji. In the course of this journey, through contact with the middle and lower classes, and listening to their various complaints, Takahito also became more and more dissatisfied with the current situation in Japan in which the chaebol manipulated the government and overthrew the emperor -- this is a very normal thing, a young and vigorous emperor. It is often difficult to understand that the emperor is not superior, and in many cases, the emperor is just a symbol, a "spokesman" for the ministers and the gentry, especially in Japan. And the emperor with ambition and ambition is often the most intolerant of such a situation.

More and more contacts with middle- and lower-level officials made him understand the growing dark side of Japan, and he also wanted more and more to carry out the so-called "reform" of "broad swords and broad axes".

At that time, Yamato Nadeshiko reminded him:

"Your Majesty, you have to carry out reforms. Change requires the creation of a new interest group centered on you to replace the old one. ”

Yamato Nadeshiko told him that only the team he cultivated with his own hands was the team that really belonged to him. Those who are pulled in the upper echelons are only unreliable allies rather than loyal henchmen.

After realizing his weakness of seeming to be respected, but in fact with a shallow foundation, Chongren followed Li Huamei's advice and decided to cultivate his henchmen from the middle and lower classes.

Pardon the Royals and form the Royal Marines. He often had direct contact with middle- and lower-level officials, and it was after Emperor Takahito listened to Yamato's advice. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the war between the United States and Japan, it took seven years to form his own new team little by little.

The current Emperor Chonghito has two people who are most envious, one is the German Führer Hitler, and the other is the other. But the head of the Soviet Union, Stalin. What he envied was that these two people could call for wind and rain in the country, and remove the power of the guys he was not used to as he pleased.

Emperor Takahito also wanted to be like that, and so far, he has been working secretly towards this goal.

However, due to his special status, the training team is a matter of this. Most of the time, it is operated by Yamato Nadeshiko.

Emperor Chongren's current mentality, to paraphrase Lin Han's words, is like an emperor who wants to rebel.

On New Year's Day in 1945, after finishing the New Year's celebrations of that day, Emperor Takahito used his free time in the afternoon to meet with the "eyes and ears" of various parties from all over Japan who he had drawn to confidants.

"Baga, these red deer deserve to be punished by heaven!"

At four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, when he met with these middle- and lower-level officials, and when it came to six o'clock, Chongren could not help but issue "national scolding" many times.

Middle- and lower-level officials from all over Japan handed over to the emperor all kinds of reports that made him want to kill people. These reports were not visible to Emperor Takahito, who had been trapped in Mikasa Palace and disconnected from the middle and grassroots. Through long-term contact with these middle- and lower-level officials, Emperor Takahito really understood why Japan's national power had been booming in the past few decades, but the "rice riots" had often erupted in the country. It has also been put bluntly that the path of "colonial militarism" that Japan is now taking is a reason that cannot bring true happiness to the Japanese people.

The first thing I handed in was a disaster relief report from the Nagoya area. The content of the report is basically a complaint letter. Before the Nagoya earthquake, Japan suffered minor losses due to the warning of Yamato Nadeshiko. Before the disaster, according to Li Huamei's request, the Chinese side specially prepared a batch of excellent tent relief materials and donated them to Japan before the earthquake.

According to Li Huamei's request, these tents are deliberately well-made and "high-end goods" that people can't put down, and there are as many as 5,000 tents. However, these tents, which were supposed to be sent to the disaster area, were harshly withheld by various forces in the logistics process, and the water was pumped without a trace, and in the end, none of them were delivered to the victims.

Yamato Nadeshiko, who had long expected such a thing, sent people to pay attention to it in advance, and in the report submitted to the emperor, it was clearly pointed out where the materials were going, and they were all divided up by the people of the War Department and the local chaebol.

If it is forgivable for the people of the War Department to embezzle these supplies under the pretext of military needs, it is too much to say that those rich and powerful chaebols swallowed these supplies in the name of disaster. Among the photographs handed to the emperor was a photo of a Chinese tent in Hokkaido's non-earthquake zone, used by the son of a chaebol tycoon who was using the relief tent for his personal vacation.

These tents donated by China to Japan were specially designed by European designers at the request of Lin Han and Li Huamei, and the shape, color, and pattern are all very beautiful, and the materials used are also the best. In addition to the canvas, a silky lining is added to the outside.

When the Chinese side proposes design standards for European designers, the requirement is not to put practicality first, but to be "gorgeous", "beautiful" and "stylish" enough, so that people want to take it for private ownership when they see it.

After these materials were donated to Japan, greedy Japanese officials at all levels and chaebol leaders were really deceived. They stretched out their hands to "eat" these beautiful Chinese tents cleanly, leaving not a single one.

Not only Chinese tents, but also Philippine rice and other relief materials brought from Nanyang in advance have also been deliberately replaced with shoddy ones in China. The people who did it were still local high-ranking officials who colluded with the chaebols.

Those who made "small reports" to Emperor Chonghito were all "petty officials" who did practical things at the lower, middle and lower levels without exception. If you want to be promoted to a higher position, there is no more effective way than to make a "small report" to your superiors in front of the emperor, so they are very enthusiastic about this matter.

The shady aftermath of the Nagoya earthquake. It was only a part of the many bad news that Tian Chongren saw, and after these messages reached Chongren's ears, he became more and more dissatisfied in his heart.

All kinds of complaints and dissatisfaction from the middle and lower rank officers of the front line are also piles of them.

In addition, there are also technicians in various military industrial institutes in Japan who secretly report to the emperor that there are various "cats" in military production, and the specific contents are as follows: shoddy goods, and refurbished old goods are replaced with new goods. During the bidding process, he bribed relevant figures in the military to inflate high prices, and so on -- however, in the past two years, Emperor Takahito has been baptized by countless shady scenes. The tolerance has long been far better than ordinary people, and they have long been numb to this.

In addition, there is also a report from the investigators arranged by the "shadows" of the Nanyang dispatch army and Li Huamei, which specifically contains an annual summary report on the flow of precious metals, minerals, grains, and other resources plundered by Japan from the Nanyang every year after entering Japan.

All the reports point to the same answer: most of the benefits and dividends that Japan has won from its colonization in the South Seas are still eaten by the major domestic chaebols as before.

And all kinds of data reports are counted. In contrast to another report, Emperor Takahito was annoyed and angry by the fact that he discovered a "ridiculous" fact: In the three years since the outbreak of the war, the source of the greatest benefit enjoyed by the Japanese people has been repeatedly criticized by high-ranking officials. Request for cancellation of the "royal property" of Mindan.

According to Li Huamei's opinion, Japan's colonization of Mindan, under the banner of "imperial property" and "imperial field," completely skipped the domestic chaebol, and plundered the resources here directly through the Marine Division, with the Admiralty as the head and the families of the Marine Division as the backbone. The dividends received were divided into three, one directly to the navy, one to the families of the participating soldiers, and one to the emperor.

Emperor Takahito turned most of the proceeds that belonged to him into benefits and sold them to the common people at "parity". This kind of capitalless business only made him earn less, but it became the "greatest good governance" that Japanese civilians could enjoy during the three years of the war. And even this good governance is still subject to a lot of pressure in Japan and tangible and invisible resistance from various chaebols.

Emperor Nozohito did not become aware of this situation until 1945, but had become aware of it spontaneously a few years earlier, as his direct contact with middle- and lower-level officials increased.

After listening to the lower authorities' report on 1944, Emperor Takahito tiredly said to Yamato Nadeshiko:

"I really envy Stalin and Hitler, at least they can really transform a country according to their own ideas."

Under the covert influence of Li Huamei, Emperor Chonghito has also realized the real problems of Japan in recent years. He also tried hard to correct these problems, but most of the time, he still couldn't do anything. Compromise, concession, three steps forward and two and a half steps back, this is what he has done the most in all these years.

Li Hua, who incarnated as Yamato Nadeshiko, sighed and said:

"Even Führer Hitler could only compromise and retreat from the moths in Germany. Even after 1941, when he achieved such glory and prestige, he still had to make the greatest compromise when he overtook the political structure of Germany. As for Stalin in Lucia, his approach was reform at the cost of hanging and labor camps for millions of people. If the Japanese Empire had followed his example, the waters of Tokyo Bay would have been dyed red. The price is too high, and I don't know if Japan can afford it. ”

In Yamato Nadeshiko's body, Katyusha's consciousness smiled at Li Huamei at this time: "Dear sister, you are talking nonsense again. Of our three sisters, Artoria is vicious, but you are the blackest. In your heart, you have already made a plan to take hundreds of thousands of heads as sacrifices in Japan, and even have a list of killings, but you are still pretending to be a moderate here. ”

At this time, Emperor Chongren said indignantly: "Do you want to persuade me to endure it again?" ”

"Because Your Majesty, your prestige is still not enough, and the foundation has not been completely laid. Whether you want to reform like Hitler's Führer or purge like Stalin, you have to wait until the war is over, until the Great Japanese Empire has defeated the United States, and you have achieved prestige beyond that of Emperor Meiji. ”

Li Huamei comforted softly.

"The war won't last much longer. By the first half of next year, the war will definitely end. You'll just have to endure it for another year and a half or so. ”

Katyusha's "voice" sounded in Li Huamei's ears again.

"At the end of the war, it was the death of this poor Emperor Takahito, who trusted you so much, and you intended to use his life as a fuse to detonate Japan! Li Huamei, my dear Chinese sister, you are so evil. ”

Li Huamei was so sure that the war would end in a year and a half because the British had reached the limit of their "endurance". At the end of 1944, the British, who had watched the U.S. Navy swell at a terrifying rate and were increasingly worried, had taken the initiative to strengthen ties with Japan and began to consider the topic of Britain, Germany, and Japan joining forces to confront the U.S. Navy, which had been proposed by the Germans.

Britain is about to roll up its sleeves and join the Pacific War.

Although the U.S. Navy was expanding at an alarming rate, Emperor Takahito was still confident in the future of the Pacific War, out of blind trust in Yamato Nadeshiko.

Chongren, a man who doesn't know how to do things, is full of confidence, but Li Huamei, Artoria and Hannah are very sober in this matter. The three of them all believe that the current U.S. Navy is no longer something that any of the three can fight alone, even if it adds the bonus of the ship spirit, it is not enough.

It has now reached the tipping point where the three should join forces against the U.S. Navy.

Shortly after New Year's Day in 1945, the British sent a special envoy to Japan, claiming that their own envoy, Artoria, would make a secret visit after March this year to discuss the topic of British and Japanese joining forces to resist the American navy. (To be continued......)