Although he once sided with the shogunate and opposed the joint rule of Emperor Meiji and the Satsuma and Choshu domains in Japan, but in the end, Enomoto Takehiro was still Japanese after all, and in the face of the pressing of the Northeast, with the current situation in Japan, he had already reached the critical juncture of the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species, and the survival of the country. Even though he is in his fifties and is no longer the enthusiastic young man he was back then, he still took the initiative to stand up and will not ignore the country and the people.

Thorny things one after another, weighed again and again, Emperor Meiji still agreed to Enomoto Takehiro's request, but this matter still needs detailed planning, the gift is not so easy to give, and the relationship is not so easy to pull. On the other hand, this secret is only known to a few people present. In the future, once the matter is revealed, internal pickets will also start with a few people.

Since Tohoku is increasing its military presence in Hokkaido, the next step in the discussion is how to strengthen Japan's home defenses.

The whole meeting lasted for nearly three hours, and it was already about 4 o'clock in the afternoon at the end of the meeting, and after the meeting, Saigo Congdao did not go home directly, but went to the government office. In fact, there is a meeting scheduled for the Admiralty today, and there are about a dozen people sitting in the conference room right now. The leader was in his fifties, with a Chinese face, a somewhat gray mustache, and a navy uniform. His name was Shikinori Kayama, Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Navy, and Vice Admiral of the Navy.

The rest were younger, with three being the most important. The first person in his forties, with epaulettes as a rear admiral, was the director of the First Bureau of the Japanese Navy, and at the same time served as the president of the Japanese Naval University, his name was Ito Henyoke.

The other person sitting next to him was younger, just in his early forties, this person was called the military god of Japanese militarism along with Nogi Noshinori in later generations, and now he is the navy junior and rising star, Togo Heihachi. It is said that the Admiralty has already intended to promote him to the rank of Admiral, and it is estimated that it will be a matter of the next two years.

There is another person who is Yamamoto Gonbei! Although he is not as old as the previous three, he is superior in ability. He was the father of the Japanese Navy, and unlike later history, Gonbei Yamamoto had already entered the Admiralty at this time. Although Saigo is the Minister of the Navy, in fact, this old man is more interested in the Army, and he is basically the one who is in charge. Therefore, most of the relevant guidelines and policies of the Japanese Admiralty were actually formulated by Yamamoto Gonbei. It was his efforts that made it possible for the Japanese Navy to become independent from the Army.

This time, a group of people got together to plan how the navy could increase its budget and buy new warships next year. Speaking of which, it is now an open secret that the army and navy are competing for the military budget in Japan, and there is a conflict of interests between the Satsuma and Choshu domains.

As the Tohoku Autonomous Region continues to build up troops in the north and south of Japan, and the navy is from time to time in the coastal waters of Japan, the pressure on Japan's defense has increased greatly. Although Japan is now more developed than before the Meiji Restoration, the indemnity payment for the land cession after the defeat in the First World War with Tohoku has indeed greatly damaged the vitality of its already poor family foundation. On the one hand, it is necessary to build the country, and on the other hand, it is necessary to maintain the development of military strength. How to distribute the limited military expenditure between the army and navy has naturally become the focus of controversy in Japanese military circles, but in fact it is also a collision of the two concepts of Japan's domestic defense.

The army headed by Yama Prefecture Aritomo advocated giving priority to army building so that the Northeast Army would not be able to return when it attacked Japan, in the hope of deterring the Northeast with a powerful army and making it dare not act rashly. Of course, this is somewhat wishful thinking. Regardless of whether Japan's backward army is the opponent of the Northeast Army, the Northeast can choose the landing site at will with its powerful navy, and this alone is enough to torture Japan to death.

It's just that the strategy of the Navy also does not stand up to scrutiny - coastal defense!

Although Saigo is already an admiral, he is not interested in the navy, which is also a well-known thing. He still had the Army in his head, and most importantly he didn't want to know about the Navy at all. Therefore, once someone introduced him to something new in the navy, the most common sentence of the admiral was that it was! I see! Of course, it is also necessary to say separately that although this admiral does not seek much understanding and does not care about the navy, it does not mean that he does not care about the construction of the navy and the related budget.

As a naval admiral, Saigo naturally hoped that Japan would enrich the country and strengthen its army, and there is no doubt about this. As a veteran of the Japanese political boss, he also knows that he was implicated by his elder brother Saigo Takamori, who launched the Southwest War, and has lost the position of prime minister in this life. If we want to maintain our current prime, we must unite the forces that can be united. In other words, the sedan chair is carried by everyone, and he needs a group of subordinates to wave the flag and shout for himself. whereas

Therefore, after thinking about it, these young generals of the Admiralty are the best choice, and developing the navy and competing with the army for the limited Japanese military budget are the best slogans. The strength of the army can create a sense of solidarity between the navy from top to bottom, and as the leader of the Japanese navy, Saigo has naturally become the core of this force.

Seeing Saigo walk into the conference room from the road, everyone stood up and saluted. Looking at the people present, Saigo nodded and said, "Because His Majesty the Emperor was temporarily summoned, so I asked you to wait here, so let's have a formal meeting!" ”

"Hey!"

Saigo only explained the reason why he was late, but he didn't mean to apologize. As a deputy, Shiki Kayama looked at him, obviously wanting to know the content of today's meeting of the emperor, and everyone was like that.

"The content of today's meeting is simple! The Tohoku Autonomous Region began to increase its troops in Hokkaido, with a total number of around 10,000 men, and it is known that there were three special operations infantry regiments, all of which were made up of Russian prisoners. ”

Saigo didn't introduce much information, but just these contents shocked everyone present. But they are soldiers, and there is no unorthodox discussion.

"Well, that's all I can say. Remember! When the national disaster is at hand, all monarchs should work together to share the national difficulties! ”

"Hey!"

"It is precisely what begins the meeting below, about the creation of a new fleet and the purchase and construction of new warships......"

A few days later, Lim Tae-hee left a trail of light footsteps on the floor of the hallway. The girl was holding a copy of the Northeast Daily in her hand, and the front-page news was the first-hand news of the ultrasound abortion case.

"Sir, the husband of Senior Brother and Sister Yan Xie has publicly pleaded with the judge, hoping to punish his wife lightly, as well as Senior Brother Yan Xie!" There was a hint of pride in Lim Tae-hee's voice, although the case was not officially announced, but the ending may not be as tragic as she expected.