However, for the Japanese officers and soldiers at the grassroots level, even if they grabbed money and property during the war, most of their heads would be taken away by their superiors, so Chongren only appropriately raised the salaries and benefits and the level of weapons and equipment of the officers and men at the grassroots level of the Marine Corps (equipping them with new weapons can greatly improve the survival rate of the troops in the war and increase their chances of establishing military merits, and in a sense, even more important to officers and soldiers than the basic salary). ), and quickly won the hearts and minds of the military. As for the various atrocities of the Japanese army during the war, Chongren believes that this is of course because the Japanese army did not pay enough attention to this in the past, and even many senior officers connived at it, but the more fundamental reason is that the Japanese army's cheating logistics supply made the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level have to "eat the enemy" and obtain supplies through looting, which thus provoked the resistance of the people in the occupied areas, and the Japanese army often inflicted greater atrocities out of retaliation, forming a vicious circle. The Japanese army, which was at most a small number of wild animals, began to lose its humanity so much that many Japanese officers and soldiers even regarded those atrocities as their main means of amusement. Therefore, subconsciously, Chongren is even a little grateful to the People's Liberation Army for removing those completely degenerate beasts from the Japanese army, otherwise if he wants to transform the Japanese army with serious shortcomings, it will only be hundreds of times more difficult than now.

Based on this historical lesson, Chongren attached great importance to the logistics work of the troops, and although Japan's national strength could not reach the level of the United States and Britain and other Western powers, the achievements of China's People's Liberation Army, which was poorer than Japan, in terms of logistics could serve as an example for the Japanese army to follow. As for the logistics supply of the navy, Chongren also paid full attention to it. Taking advantage of the fact that U.S. aid was still not cut off and that peace had also been achieved between China and Japan, he imported from the United States the construction of freeships and large oil tankers and some necessary heavy machinery, and ordered a large number of merchant ships from many American shipbuilding enterprises, including China Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. (short for Zhongfu International Shipbuilding Industry Group). These measures have greatly enhanced the Japanese Navy's ocean-going combat capability, and if the overseas bases are not taken into account, the Japanese Navy has rapidly surpassed the British Royal Navy to become the second most powerful ocean-going navy after the U.S. Navy

After a large number of army veterans entered the Marine Corps, because most of the original officers and men of the Marine Corps were really not successful, Chongren took actual combat exercises as the main basis for the promotion and promotion of officers, and as a result, the dominance of the Marine Corps was soon controlled by those elite and strong generals of the original army. And be encouraged by this. The independence of the air force was also greatly strengthened, and it almost became an independent air force in the name of the navy, so much so that later the naval command department took the initiative to divide most of the land-based air force in order to avoid losing the dominance of the most elite carrier-based air force. Emperor Takahito saw that the time was ripe. Soon after, the official announcement was made of the re-establishment of the Army and the establishment of an independent air force

Naturally, the bigwigs of the Japanese Navy were not happy about this. But after all, they are not as crazy as the army, and seeing that Chongren's prestige is growing, they finally put the interests of the country first. Chose obedience. Since then, it is inevitable that various contradictions have arisen between Japan's three armed forces, but because the triangular relationship is easier to form a balance than the confrontation between the two sides, it is still much better than the situation in the past when the army and navy dragged their feet with each other and even had many internal strife

In addition, it is worth mentioning that after Chongren ascended the throne, he borrowed an old Chinese saying: "If a prince breaks the law, he will be guilty of the same crime as the common people." On the one hand, it is to satisfy the demands of the Chinese to reach a peace agreement as soon as possible, and on the other hand, it is his personal consideration, if the elders of the imperial family who have great appeal in the military circles like Prince Zaihito are still there, even if the young Chongren can sit on the throne, it will be difficult to have the spare energy to carry out some of his own ideas. The death of King Hatohiko of Asakanomiya, who was hated by the Chinese, to the Chinese for trial and execution was exchanged for the life of Matsui Ishone, who was originally responsible for the Nanjing Massacre as his scapegoat

After that, Takahito himself also promulgated laws to revoke the privileges that many members of the imperial family had always enjoyed, and although his actions damaged the near-divine majesty of the Japanese imperial family in the eyes of a considerable part of the people, they made him more personally supported by the people and the army, and later generations commented that he "not only pushed the Japanese imperial system to its peak, but also dug a grave for it." ”

Through a series of changes, the young Takahito cleared some of the ills within the old Japan, and further strengthened the overall strength of the Japanese army, but a considerable part of these measures cost money, and the cost was not a small amount, which was undoubtedly a heavy burden for Japan, which had not yet emerged from its economic difficulties, and even if the army was reduced to less than the number of troops before the war, it would not be enough to fill such a large gap. Therefore, the economic reforms that Chongren pursued at the same time are the real focus.

To put it bluntly, Japan's biggest problem now is the lack of money in the hands of the government, or more precisely, the shortage of precious metals such as gold and silver, which can buy commodities on the international market, and foreign exchange with strong purchasing power, such as the US dollar and the British pound. However, Chongren knows that the Japanese government does not actually have any hard currency in its hands now, but generally speaking, this money cannot be moved, because it is the reserve fund for the Japanese government to issue yen. However, during the first few months in the liberated areas, Chongren noticed that although the so-called "renminbi" issued by the liberated areas was not supported by any reserves, the value of the currency could remain relatively stable for a long time, and it was well received by the people in the liberated areas. As a result, he realized that it was not gold, silver and foreign exchange that stabilized the value of paper money, but the confidence of the domestic people in the government. And with the characteristics of the Japanese island nation, the more difficult the country is, the more united it is, at least the people at the bottom will definitely be like this. In contrast, there is a risk that the wealthy will flee in large numbers with their possessions

Note 1: Matsui Ishone's status as a war criminal was still inevitable, but he was pardoned and saved from death, Hu Weidong agreed to such a request mainly because the political impact of the public trial execution of a Japanese imperial family was greater, and at the same time, the responsibility of King Hatohiko of Asakanomiya in the Nanjing Massacre was indeed significantly greater than that of Matsui Ishone, who was ill at the time and in fact could not manage him at all. However, the main reason was that the international situation changed at that time, so that China had to cease war with Japan as soon as possible to free up its hands against a more powerful enemy, of course, these are all later (to be continued......

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