On January 25, 1912, in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, the atmosphere was very depressing at this time, the 122nd Emperor of Japan, Meiji Emperor Muhito was diagnosed with uremia a few months ago, and in recent days, Meiji Emperor's uremia has worsened a lot, according to the diagnosis of the imperial doctor, Meiji Emperor has run out of time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Ahem--Saionji Gongwang, ahem-Katsura Taro, you're all here!" Emperor Meiji was lying on the hospital bed with a pale face, looking at former Japanese Prime Minister Saionji Kotomi and current Prime Minister Katsura Taro, Emperor Meiji said weakly while coughing.

After the end of Saionji Gongwang's previous prime minister's term, recommended by Saionji Gongwang, the former Minister of War Katsura Taro took over the position of prime minister, but the influence of Saionji Gongwang still exists, and even the new prime minister Katsura Taro also performed a disciple of Saionji Gongwang.

The Constitution of the Empire of Japan formulated by the Japanese government in 1889 stipulates that the Empire of Japan is ruled by the emperor of the eternal lineage, and the emperor has the right to govern the legislative, judicial, and administrative powers, and in addition, the official system of the administrative ministries, the commander-in-chief of the army and navy, the proclamation of the declaration of war, and the conclusion of treaties all belong to the emperor's power, so the Meiji Emperor became the sacred and inviolable god of Japan, and now the god man is about to die. It is not only these two Japanese prime ministers who feel great grief, but the entire Japanese people who know about the illness of Emperor Meiji are immersed in boundless grief.

The prince of Xiyuan Temple choked up and said, "The emperor ...... Your Majesty, your Majesty the Emperor can recuperate with peace of mind, and your illness will surely be cured! ”

Emperor Meiji coughed again, and then said with a wry smile: "Saionji-kun, you don't need to hide it, I already know my illness myself, and I don't have a few days to live, alas...... I'm really unwilling, I haven't led Japan to really rise in the world, but it's a pity that Alampasu didn't give me any more time, ahem-"

"Your Majesty the Emperor! Woo-"

"Amaterasu! How can you do this to His Majesty the Emperor! Woo-"

When Saionji Kobo and Katsura Taro heard Emperor Meiji's words, they could no longer hold back the sadness in their hearts, and they all burst into tears.

Emperor Meiji coughed and waved his hand to Saionji Gongwang and Katsura Taro and said: "Don't be sad, you need to do your best to assist the crown prince after the emperor leaves, and continue to fulfill the emperor's unfulfilled wishes, you must defeat the Chinese Empire and take back the Hokkaido and other areas that our Great Japanese Empire lost, cough cough, if you have the opportunity, take a bite on the body of the Chinese Empire, cough cough, this emperor knows very well that if Japan wants to rise, it can only be done by stepping on the corpse of the Chinese Empire, cough cough." ”

Saionji Gongwang wiped his tears, and then said to Emperor Meiji, who was lying on the hospital bed: "Your Majesty the Emperor, rest assured, the minister will do everything he can to assist the crown prince, and he will definitely let the Chinese Empire, which invaded our Japan, spit out the territory that invaded our Japan." ”

Katsura Taro also wiped his tears and said: "The minister will definitely do his best to assist the crown prince, His Majesty the Emperor can rest assured, our Great Japanese Empire will definitely defeat the Chinese Empire in the end and take revenge!" ”

Emperor Meiji reluctantly smiled and said, "This emperor believes that you will definitely be able to assist the crown prince and finally defeat the Chinese Empire!" Absolutely! Ahem, ahem—"

Perhaps Emperor Meiji was a little excited, and after saying this, he kept coughing continuously, and Saionji Konozo and Katsura Taro, as well as the imperial doctors, court maids, and attendants who served Emperor Meiji, immediately helped Emperor Meiji to his feet and asked Emperor Meiji to keep his breathing smooth.

Emperor Meiji coughed for a while, until he vomited a mouthful of blood, and then Emperor Meiji stopped coughing and let out a long breath of turbidity, and then said to the imperial doctor, court maids, and attendants beside him: "You go down first, this emperor has to discuss some things with the two ministers." ”

After that, more than a dozen imperial doctors, palace maids, and attendants in the room respectfully retreated, and Emperor Meiji lay on the hospital bed again, and only then coughed and asked Saionji Kobo and Katsura Taro, "How did that go on that matter?" ”

Saionji Gongwang and Katsura Taro glanced at each other, and then Saionji Gongwang lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, rest assured, since receiving funding from the United States, that matter has made great progress, and I believe that it will not be long before the Chinese Empire will not have the strength to start an arms race with other countries!" ”

Emperor Meiji's pale face showed a hint of blush, "Good! Very good! Ahem, ahem! Remember, that matter must be kept secret, the less people know about it, the better, and it must not be discovered by the Chinese Empire, it is our Great Japanese Empire that is behind the backs of their domestic anti-imperialist organizations, otherwise our Great Japanese Empire will immediately face the monstrous anger of the Chinese Empire, ahem! With the current military strength of our Great Japanese Empire, we can't withstand the wrath of the Chinese Empire for the time being, ahem! ”

Katsura Taro also lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, rest assured, except for His Majesty the Emperor and the President of the United States, there will be no more than 10 other people who know about this matter, including me and Mr. Saionji, and the intelligence department of the Chinese Empire will definitely not let the intelligence department of the Chinese Empire find any clues." ”

Emperor Meiji asked, "Can't the United States make any mistakes, right?" ”

The public hope of Xiyuan Temple immediately replied: "The Americans have come up with a large amount of money to fund this matter, and the Americans should be aware of the seriousness of this matter, and I believe that the Americans will do their best to cover up this matter, so that the Chinese Empire will not find out about their Americans." ”

"And what about that anti-imperialist organization of the Chinese Empire?"

"That anti-imperialist organization, in fact, never knew that it was our Japanese Empire that supported them behind them, and they thought that it was some overseas Chinese who supported their organization!"

Emperor Meiji coughed and said: "Ahem, cough, then the emperor will rest assured, but using conspiracy and trickery, it is impossible to completely defeat the Chinese Empire after all, and our Great Japanese Empire still needs to strengthen its own military strength, by the way, how many main warships are there in the navy at this time?" The emperor's illness can't even take care of the affairs of the army, cough cough cough! ”

Katsura Taro immediately said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the navy of our Great Japanese Empire, with the strong support of His Majesty the Emperor, now has 6 Fuso-class super dreadnought battleships and 3 Amagi-class dreadnought battleships, and the 6 Ise-class super dreadnought battleships in the shipyard are also being built intensively, and they will be completed by the end of this year, and the sea trials will be completed at the beginning of next year, and they will enter the combined fleet of our Great Japanese Empire's navy." ”

Emperor Meiji sighed and said, "It's a pity that this emperor can't wait for the day when the Ise-class super dreadnought battleship is launched, cough cough cough!" So what is the next shipbuilding plan of the Navy, and Emperor Ben wants to know about the aspects of the main battleship. ”

Katsura Taro said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, our Imperial Japanese Navy has designed a Japanese aircraft carrier, so in the next step of the Navy's shipbuilding plan, our Navy is ready to build two new aircraft carriers of this class, in addition to our Navy has also designed Japan's first battlecruiser and the second super dreadnought battleship, and our Navy is ready to build two." ”

Katsura then reported to Emperor Meiji the approximate data of the three main warships designed by the Japanese Navy.

The first aircraft carrier designed by Japan was the Fengxiang class, with a full load displacement of 20,400 tons, a length of 224 meters, a width of 37 meters, a maximum draft of 7.5 meters, a design maximum speed of 24 knots, equipped with 16 47 mm anti-aircraft guns and 20 anti-aircraft machine guns, and was ready to carry 24 aircraft carrier fighters, 12 aircraft carrier dive bombers, 12 aircraft carrier torpedo bombers and 2 reconnaissance planes developed and produced by the Japanese themselves.

The first battlecruiser designed by Japan was the Hiei class, with a standard displacement of 23,200 tons, a full load displacement of 27,400 tons, and a length of 208 meters. The ship has a width of 27.5 meters, a maximum draft of 9.1 meters, a maximum speed of 26.5 knots, and is equipped with 5 twin 45-caliber 343 mm main guns, 12 120 mm secondary guns, 16 47 mm anti-aircraft guns, 20 anti-aircraft machine guns, 3 533 mm torpedo tubes, horizontal armor belts from 110 mm to 240 mm, deck armor 67 mm, main turret armor 300 mm, conning tower armor 300 mm, and a crew of 1,320 people.

The second super dreadnought battleship designed by Japan is the Hyuga class, with a standard displacement of 25,000 tons, a full load displacement of 28,500 tons, and a length of 190 meters. It has a width of 29.5 meters, a draft of 10.2 meters, a maximum speed of 24 knots, and is equipped with 5 twin 45-caliber 381 mm guns, 10 120 mm secondary guns, 16 47 mm anti-aircraft guns, 20 anti-aircraft machine guns, 3 533 mm torpedo tubes, horizontal armor 210 mm to 330 mm, deck armor 70 mm, main turret armor 330 mm, conning tower armor 330 mm, crew 1390 people.

Emperor Meiji closed his eyes for a moment, then opened his eyes again and said: "The construction of 2 more aircraft carriers, 2 super dreadnought battleships and 2 battle cruisers is still too little, if the other 6 Ise-class super dreadnought battleships are also built, then the main battleships of the combined fleet are only 15, then even if you add the 6 capital battleships planned to be built, it is only 21, and our mortal enemy, the Chinese Empire, already has hundreds of capital warships, and there are 32 under construction!" No matter how difficult it is, our Great Japanese Empire must spare no effort to develop its navy, our Great Japanese Empire is an island country, and without a strong navy, we cannot conquer the mainland! Ahem, ahem! ”

Katsura Taro said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty the Emperor, now our navy, land and air forces of the Great Japanese Empire need money, even if the United States gives us several free aid funds, our Great Japanese Empire currently does not have the strength to build more capital warships, even if we are building 2 Fengxiang-class aircraft carriers, 2 Hiei-class battlecruisers and 2 Hyuga-class super dreadnought battleships, our financial pressure is already very huge." ”

At present, the Japanese Army maintains 66 standing heavy divisions and 30 standing light divisions, with a total strength of more than 3.5 million.

If it weren't for the free aid funds of the United States and the hundreds of thousands of Japanese women who went all over the world to open Japanese brothels, the Japanese government would have built more capital warships, and even the food problem of more than 3.5 million army officers and soldiers would have bankrupted the Japanese government.

Emperor Meiji gritted his teeth and said: "It's a pity that the treasures of the Tokugawa Shogunate have long been exhausted, and the wealth left by the emperors of the past dynasties has been almost used, and the imperial family has no funds to subsidize the navy, when will the navy of our Great Japanese Empire catch up...... Ahem, ahem! ”

Before Emperor Meiji finished speaking, he began to cough violently again, accompanied by coughing up blood, and the frightened Saionji Gongwang and Katsura Taro hurriedly summoned several imperial doctors outside the room.

After several imperial doctors checked on Emperor Meiji, their faces suddenly changed drastically, and one of them immediately walked to Xiyuan Temple Gongwang and whispered a few words, which made Xiyuan Temple Gongwang's face change greatly.

"Quick, immediately send someone to invite the prince here!" The Xiyuan Temple Gongwang couldn't care about the Meiji Emperor who was still coughing, and shouted loudly to one of the palace attendants, and the new Japanese Prime Minister Katsura Taro next to him, when he saw the appearance of the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang, his heart suddenly felt cold, Katsura Taro knew that the Meiji Emperor should be dying, otherwise the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang would definitely not be so gaffe.

At 8:01 p.m. on January 25, 1912, the 122nd Emperor of Japan, Meiji Emperor Muhito, died of uremia and various complications at the age of 60, more than half a year earlier than the time when Emperor Meiji died of illness in history.

During the 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji, he was the most significant leader of Japan's reforms, and Japan also achieved social, economic, and military development, and established the first capitalist country in Asia.

If it weren't for the late reign of Emperor Meiji who met Lin Daxin, the nemesis who made Emperor Meiji want to eat his flesh even to death, Japan would have completed the transition from a capitalist country to an imperialist country under the leadership of Emperor Meiji, and laid a solid foundation for Japan to embark on the road of militarism and world hegemony in the future.

It's a pity that the reality is so cruel, Emperor Meiji met Lin Daxin who had a golden finger, the so-called Japanese Empire was also defeated by Lin Daxin again and again, and Emperor Meiji's ambition was also shattered by Lin Daxin again and again, Emperor Meiji lived more than half a year less, and Lin Daxin was absolutely inseparable.

After the death of Emperor Meiji, Emperor Meiji's son Kahito, with the support of many important Japanese ministers, succeeded to the throne and changed the Yuan Taisho with the I Ching's "Tycoon Yizheng, the Way of Heaven", and Emperor Taisho became the 123rd emperor of Japan. (To be continued.) )