“...... Since the beginning of the depression, the empire's commercial exports have fallen by 76.5 percent, imports of goods have fallen by 71.7 percent, and the operating rate of enterprises has only reached 50 percent, the largest decline since the Meiji era. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Takahashi is Kiyoshi's emotionless voice, groups of cold data echoed in the empty space of the meeting, although everyone present was all the factional bosses in the imperial political arena, listening to those bleak data, still felt shocked:

“...... The total industrial output of the empire fell by 32.9 percent, the total coal production by 36.7 percent, the total pig iron production by 30.5 percent, the total crude steel production by 47.2 percent, and the total shipbuilding by 88.2 percent. This year, the number of unemployed and semi-unemployed workers in Japan reached 4 million, and this year, the number of strikes reached a record 2,415. Similarly, the value of the empire's agricultural output fell by forty percent. Although the previous year saw a bumper harvest of grain in the Empire, the price of rice had dropped by half, and the Empire's agriculture was hit hard by this, with suicides in villages in almost every region of the Empire. ”

Sadao Araki, the "bearded dragon king," may have kept a cold face when it came to the data on the Great Depression, but he was slightly touched by rural bankruptcies and mass suicides.

Unlike the army tycoons who came from the Choshu domain, the Araki family in Wakayama Prefecture was a family of sinologists who were famous for founding a private school of Sinology. Born in this family of scholars of the lower samurai, Sadao Araki actually did not have too many habits of the old feudal clans, as the principal of Lu University, his care for the students, especially the love for the junior non-commissioned officers, made him the natural spiritual leader of the Imperial Taoist faction of the military department.

And as the spokesperson of the Imperial Road faction in the military department, listening to Takahashi is clear data about bankrupt villages, Araki Sadao frowned slightly. He couldn't help but think of the students of the Army University, when they finally received the non-commissioned officer allowance to subsidize their families, but all they got was the bad news that their parents and siblings committed suicide in the tide of bankruptcy.

For the bright future of the empire, the soldiers have entrusted their youth and lives to the country from generation to generation. However, the development of this country is far from what everyone would idealize, with chaebols colluding with politics and business, parliamentarians who only promise empty promises, and politicians who erupt into scandals from time to time......

Could it be that the future of the empire should be entrusted to these hyena-like scavengers, who will lead the country into the abyss from which it will never recover?

Although Sadao Araki, as a rare scholar in the military department, still has a little respect for Inukai Takeshi and Takahashi Shikiyo, this respect is not enough to correct his opinion.

Whether it is Inuyang Yi or Takahashi Shiqing, no matter how beautiful their morality, knowledge, cultivation, and reputation are, but when they choose to maintain the most filthy and corrupt part of this imperial system, they will become the enemy of thousands of soldiers!

Thinking of this, Sadao Araki's expression became cold again.

Takahashi seemed to turn a blind eye to this hostility from the Minister of War and continued his report: "...... Of particular concern is the fact that the empire's recent depression has shown signs of a sell-off in the yen. If this situation is allowed to continue, the Empire's gold reserves will be severely damaged, and the resulting crisis will be ......"

"Takahashi Zoxiang, the empire has suffered a depression, this is something we all know. Suddenly interrupting Takahashi Yoshikiyo's report, Sadao Araki looked solemnly at the Minister of Finance in front of him, "Then I would like to ask the Minister of Finance, in the face of such a crisis, what measures has the cabinet taken to redeem it?"

Faced with Sadao Araki's questioning, a trace of displeasure flashed on Takahashi's face, as a one-term prime minister and eight-term Tibetan minister, he can be said to be the only person at the helm of the empire's economy. It was only because of his series of economic policies that the Taisho era was able to become the first era of rapid development in the history of the empire.

And now, the head of an army university is questioning his response to the Great Depression!

Putting down the documents in his hand, Takahashi turned around and bowed to Hirohito, who was sitting on the throne: "Regarding the economic depression, the Ministry of Finance has formulated measures to deal with it. First of all, the existing chaebol enterprises will be integrated into a large consortium of trusts and cartels, and orders will be issued to the consortium to subsidize and give preferential treatment, and the scale of production of the imperial enterprises will be restored as soon as possible, and then ......"

Listening to Takahashi Isaki's answer, Sadao Araki snorted coldly: Sure enough, it is still the one that subsidizes those dirty chaebols and supports them to double down on the country's wealth!

Compared with Sadao Araki, Admiral Otkaku Zensheng maintained the British gentleman's style that the Navy had always recommended, and calmly listened to Takahashi Isaki's answer.

It wasn't until Takahashi finished his speech that Inukai Yi slowly stood up and nodded to everyone present: "Gentlemen, the country is like this, only if everyone has the will to be sincere and loyal to the monarch, and the difficulties of the community, can we get through this crisis." Especially at a time when the imperial economy needs to be revitalized, and there is a need for large-scale blood transfusions to domestic companies, so I hope that the army and navy will understand the difficulties of the cabinet and cooperate in the plan to reduce military spending. ”

If the previous conversation was only a difference in political opinions, and the cabinet put forward a plan to reduce military spending at this moment, it would be tantamount to slashing a big piece of the cake of the military department!

This time, not only Sadao Araki, but even Okaku Cen Sheng, who had been watching from the wall, stared at Inukai Yi's gentle face like a retired professor with an incredible face-

Everyone knows that Inuyang Yi has always maintained a fairly good relationship with the Imperial Navy, but no one expected that he would actually do such a black hand to the interests of the Navy!

As the last remaining veteran of the navy, the Grand Horn Cen Sheng, who was the marshal of the Empire, was the biggest radical in the navy, and he was extremely dissatisfied with the "Treaty on the Limitation of Naval Armaments" signed by the Empire with Britain, the United States, France, and Italy. His goal for nearly a decade was to abolish the Washington Naval Treaty, which had humiliated the Navy, and to make the Imperial Navy expand more "healthily".

But Inukai Takeshi and Takahashi actually put the idea of naval military spending on the sake of their economic revival plan!

"Prime Minister Inukai, do you know what you're talking about?!"

"Marshal Bighorn, I am well aware of the results of this. But for the sake of the future of the empire, it is my duty as prime minister to sacrifice the short-term interests of certain departments in order to obtain greater benefits!"

"Bastard! Inu Yangyi, you traitor who vainly tries to weaken the military and flatter European and American white ghosts, non-nationals!"

"Dajiao Cen Sheng, please pay attention to your words, in front of His Majesty's throne, how can you be so disrespectful!"

Seeing that this meeting that decided the fate of the empire was about to turn into a substandard scolding, at this time, Hirohito, who was sitting on the throne, suddenly spoke: "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, I still need to refer to more opinions on this discussion." So—"

Someone naturally continued his words: "Therefore, the mountain monk hopes that the nobles will put aside the dispute and listen to me first. ”

This voice came so abruptly that the bigwigs who participated in the five-phase meeting even had a sense of surprise for a while.

However, from behind Hirohito's throne, a monk wearing a brocade robe, holding a folding fan in his hand, walked out in a dashing manner, and greeted the full house of imperial officials: "Koyasan Kongoboji Temple is teaching the Dharma to Ayanli, and the mountain monks are like light, and I would like to send greetings to all of you." ”

Both Inukai Takeshi and Takahashi Kiyoshi felt absurd about the sudden appearance of this monk who claimed to be the Ayanari of Koyasan, and this was no longer the Kamakura era when Buddhist monks intervened in the political situation.

After the Meiji Era's "Separation of Gods and Buddhas", Buddhism, which had been supported by the Tokugawa shogunate, was greatly affected.

The various shrines that were originally in the hands of the monks were reclassified as national Shinto ownership. The priests, who were originally subordinate to Buddhism, also moved the Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues out of the shrine and became official priests, and in many places, the magistrates demolished the monasteries and burned the Buddha statues. Although the monks and nuns were not dragged out and shot for more than ten minutes, the monks broke their abstinence from eating meat, got married and had children under the supervision of officials, and the nuns either became housewives or were sold to Nanyang to do the leather and meat business, which was also a special scenery in the Meiji era.

With such a vigorous movement to destroy the Buddha and destroy the Buddha, even the three martial arts and one sect will be stunned to destroy the Buddha.

After all, it is much easier for an industrialized country to toss a religious group than it is for an agrarian country.

Under such a merciless blow, all the sects of Buddhism should have known how to behave with their tails between their legs, why did such a mad monk who did not know life and death appear?

Moreover, who put him into the Imperial Five Ministers' Council? The security system of the Imperial Palace has reached such a lax level?

Monk Nyoko ignored the five ministers representing the highest authority of the empire, and instead bowed to Hirohito: "Your Majesty, I, Koyasan, have been protecting the descendants of Amaterasu since the founding patriarch Kukai Acharya, which is equivalent to protecting the local incarnation of Dainichi Nyorai, which is the duty and glory of my Koyasan. Although, Benshan did not interfere much with His Majesty's belief tendencies, and also tolerated the separation decree issued by His Majesty's grandfather. But Your Majesty should understand that Benshan does not pay attention to these small things, but because it is not enough to affect the fate of this country, and even this world. ”

Such an arrogant statement shocked almost everyone inexplicably—what did this monk think this was?

Takahashi looked at the monk as cold as the light, and said in a low voice: "No matter who you are, you have violated the laws of the empire by appearing here, guards, where are ......the guards?"

However, before he could finish his words, a series of intricate footsteps interrupted him.

A large group of monks wearing army-style round helmets but wearing traditional leather armor, holding hexagonal iron rods and vajra and other esoteric ritual weapons in their hands, rushed in from the outside and surrounded the entire venue.

Among the people present, Takahashi is Kiyoshi and Inuyoyi can only watch themselves surrounded by monks and soldiers.

And Fang Ze Qianji was very cooperative, and took the initiative to raise his hands.

Only the Minister of War, Sadao Araki, and the Minister of the Navy, Tsuen Otaki, tried to resist, but the two monks who approached him simply sang a mantra violently, and the two of them sat back in their chairs weakly.

A long-haired monk wearing a black monk's robe and a plain white robe, carrying a vajra sword, respectfully reported to Monk Ruguang: "The Great Mentor of the Five Wheels Workshop, Ruguang Ah Yanli, the people of the land to which the Five Wheels belong have already controlled the entire Imperial Palace. The Wind Wheels and the Hot Wheels are suppressing the Tokyo Garrison, and I believe that good news is coming!"

Monk Ruguang shook his head and said, "Wrong, this is not good news, this is just a peaceful action by Koyasan to guide this world back to the right path and defend the light." I, along with the elders of Satomaya, just hope that the Imperial Kingdom will be able to walk on a broader path. And Koyasan will still cooperate with His Majesty's dignity and complete our plan as a courtier walking in the shadow behind His Majesty. ”

Unlike Inukaiyi, who was born as an elected councilor, Takahashi glanced at the big horn Cen Sheng with a wry smile, and these two faction bosses who have been in turmoil for a long time and have their own insider channels are shocked and wryly smiled-

Why, those dangerous monks on Koya Mountain, who are accustomed to operating in the shadows, actually gave up their usual style of action behind the scenes this time, and appeared in front of the world with such a strong and savage image?

Monk Ruguang's answer to the current emperor on the throne answered some of their questions: "The mountain monk has just listened to the arguments of several ministers, and has also learned a little about the thoughts of the cabinet, the navy, and the army. It is true that all the ministers believed that the strategy they came up with was the best for the imperial state. However, in the view of the monks, whether it is the economic revival plan of His Excellency the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance, or the foreign expansionism advocated by the Admiral and the Minister of War, all the problems we face today come down to how the Imperial State can acquire a wider territory, more resources, and a larger market. And this is also the topic that the mountain monk took the liberty to come to His Majesty's palace and wanted to talk about with the ministers. ”

The voice of the monk Ruguang sounded in the conference room in front of the palace: "But as we have seen, the development of the imperial kingdom will inevitably attract the suppression of European and American white ghosts. However, if the Imperial Kingdom has another expansion route that will not stimulate the White Ghosts, what impact will it have on the Imperial Kingdom?"

Bowing to Hirohito, Monk Ruguang turned around and walked in front of Inuyang Yi: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, the mountain monk knows that you are a sensible and loyal politician to the imperial state. Therefore, the mountain monk hopes that you, as well as the ministers, can refer to the information that the mountain monk is about to bring to you when formulating the national policy for the imperial state. ”