Chapter XXXVII
The killing of the Emperor of Japan caused a huge international sensation.
Today's Japan is already a famous power in the world, and the rapid rise of some old powers has made some old powers feel threatened, and now the emperor of their country was killed by someone breaking into the palace at night, which surprised people in many countries.
If the Japanese emperor had been assassinated outside the Imperial Palace, it would have been shocking at best, but it is unbelievable that he had been strangled to death by someone who had broken into the Imperial Palace, and that he had not even used a gun.
With Japan's current military strength, their guards in the Emperor's Palace must have the most advanced weapons in the world and the most sophisticated combat power among Japanese soldiers.
But even so, their emperor still could not escape death, and was broken into the palace late at night, assassinated the king, and set fire to kill people by the way.
This murderer is so powerful, he can kill the emperor of Japan, and I am afraid that he can also kill the emperors of other countries, so the high-level officials of various countries are extremely shocked by this matter and pay close attention to this matter.
But what everyone didn't expect was that the Japanese Meiji Emperor had just been killed, and then the Japanese Prime Minister Katsura Taro was killed, and then the admiral Yamamoto Gonbei was also strangled to death in his residence, the perpetrator was simply lawless, fierce and arrogant to the extreme, but also powerful to the extreme, during the Tokyo martial law period when the emperor was killed, he still killed the prime minister and the admiral, this killing method is simply terrifying, and there is a chill in the neck when you think about it.
Emperor Meiji was the master of the entire revival of Japan, and it was he who carried out the Meiji Restoration, overthrew the rule of the shogunate, restored the name of the emperor to orthodoxy, and carried out a series of reforms that made Japan become an economic and military power today. His status far surpassed that of previous emperors and shoguns.
Although the Meiji Emperor is already dying, even if he is not killed, he will not live long, but natural death and being killed, these are two concepts, he was killed by someone breaking into the palace, that for all Japanese, it is like a bolt from the blue, many people can hardly believe it, countless Japanese crying bitterly, many samurai committed suicide by disembowelment, willing to go with the emperor.
If the foundation of this faith were to fall, it would be devastating for all Japanese people.
When the news of the emperor's killing spread like a plague in Japan, all the Japanese went crazy!
After receiving the news of the emperor's death, the Japanese admiral Gonbei Yamamoto immediately judged that it was the work of the Chinese assassins and clamored to go to China to avenge the emperor.
But less than two days after he uttered his words of revenge, he was strangled to death in his lodgings, and the entire Shogun's Mansion was unexpectedly aware, and it was not until dawn that the maid found out that Yamamoto Gonbei had been killed.
In less than ten days, the emperor's family, the prime minister's family, and the admiral were all killed, and the sky fell for the Japanese!
While they were frantically looking for the murderer, the former shogunate family in the country began to try to seize power, and many emperors' forces were trying to defend the emperor's rights while fighting against the shogunate family, and they also had to find revenge for the emperor's murderer.
Even the troops stationed overseas have wavered, and their morale has become sluggish, and their spirit has not been the same.
For the Japanese soldiers who are dedicated to serving the emperor, the emperor's orders are everything, and the emperor is their faith and god, and if His Majesty is killed today, one can imagine how crazy and desperate they will be.
Even the Japanese in the Shanghai concession wept bitterly and howled all day, Fujita Gang could not bear this blow and decided to kill the Chinese to vent his anger, so he posted a challenge to the children of the Jingwu Sect, preparing to trample on the dignity of the Chinese, killing a few more Chinese, which can also be regarded as revenge for the emperor.
Now because Li Xiake killed the emperor, the head of the Black Dragon Society, Fumio Funakoshi, was also furious, and he washed his face with tears all day long, and after learning the specific appearance of the assassin, he immediately judged the identity of Li Xiake.
Therefore, by now, all Japanese people know the name of Li Xiake, and naturally they also know that this madman who is causing trouble in Tokyo is actually a Chinese!
All the Japanese were howling incessantly, and some people who did not support a war against China also began to support the military department in waging war against China at this time.
But the Japanese military department is also in a dilemma at this time, such as the death of the emperor today, even the son of Emperor Meiji, Emperor Taisho was cut down by Li Xiake, and even the prime minister and admiral were killed, this time there is not even a leader who can make a decision, even if it is a war against China, it must be approved.
War is not a matter of fighting just to be fought, without food, grass, baggage, and other things, without rear support, no one can move, and there must be a detailed war plan, otherwise it is a blind fight, this is a taboo for soldiers, and no one dares to make a decision easily.
However, some Japanese troops still launched attacks on the Chinese, and a group of Japanese officers and soldiers stationed in the northeast carried out the killing of the Chinese.
At this time, Sun Yat-sen and others were preparing for the war against Yuan, and Yuan Shikai was busy and was preparing to start fighting with the revolutionaries, when the news of the Japanese invasion of the northeast came.
Yuan Shikai was overjoyed, now that domestic disputes are raging, the best way to calm the contradictions is to resist foreign enemies, and immediately launched a letter to the people, asking people of all factions to resist the Japanese invasion together.
At this time, the contradictions between Britain and France and Germany were deepening day by day, skirmishes occurred from time to time, and the First World War was about to begin.
Now that Japan is going to war against China, it has become a situation in which Japan invades China alone, and in this case, it has become a situation in which China alone confronts Japan, and Britain, France, and other countries have no time to look eastward.
At this time, there was no one else who could really gather the national army and start a war with Japan except Yuan Shikai.
If Sun Yat-sen and others had not made trouble, the war between China and Japan might not have been lost.
Brother Pao's ability is more than a step worse than Yuan Shikai, and the person in the world who can clean up such a mess is none other than Yuan Shikai.
In the face of the alliance of various countries, Yuan Shikai had to be humiliated by the city under internal and external troubles, because his strength was inferior to others.
But now that he is only at war with Japan, Yuan Shikai is not very afraid, and now he is creating public opinion in the country, condemning Sun Wen and others for ignoring the overall situation when this national disaster is in trouble, and can be called a chaotic party in the south and the enemy of the people of the whole country.
Regarding this situation in China, Li Xiake naturally did not know that he had already absconded from Japan at this time and came to the island of Taiwan.
Because of the incompetence of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed, and Taiwan and the Penghu Islands were all ceded to Japan, and now Taiwan has been occupied by the Japanese army. This man was a loyal lackey of Emperor Meiji and adhered to the spirit of bushido all his life.
Historically, after the death of Emperor Meiji, he also committed suicide by caesarean section with his wife, voluntarily martyrdom for the emperor.
Dealing with this kind of person, saying anything is useless, you have to kill, you have to kill, you have to kill, Li Xiake ran to Taiwan this time, just to see what kind of person this is.