Army bigwigs like Shinzaburo Masaki and Tetsuyama Nagata can meet in secret at a high-end club in Shinjuku, but the young officers of the Tokyo Guards Division and the First Division don't have so many places to go. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

They either gather in izakaya in Tokyo, or they can only raise money for a short vacation to gather at tea houses and hot spring inns around Tokyo.

Of course, there is also a person's study, which is also open to them free of charge all year round.

That person is the famous social activist, who used to have a very close relationship with the Xinhai people.

As usual, the narrow two-story building in Kita Yihui, the standard half-Japanese-style half-oceanic "cultural residence", is also crowded with people today.

Contrary to popular belief, Kita's guests were not limited to the small circle of young military officers, but in fact, young lecturers from various schools in Tokyo, student leaders who were more capable of action than thinking, and new lawyers who liked to talk about it were all his guests.

At this moment, a lawyer wearing gold-rimmed glasses was waving his hand and said in an extremely exaggerated tone: "Gentlemen, as we know, the country is composed of individual citizens, and the empire is a community of interests built by ordinary imperial citizens. The law, on the other hand, is a social contract signed by all the people. In that sense, we are all stakeholders in the empire......"

At first glance, this may sound like a reproduction of Rousseau's famous theory of the social contract, but the young lawyer's next words are enough to make jurists and sociologists shatter their glasses: "...... Precisely because we are all part of the empire, to harm the interests of the empire is to harm our personal interests. Then, when the national thieves have mastered the empire, and while they have harmed the interests of the people, the people are entitled to take up the weapon of criticism and eliminate them physically! Therefore, the assassination of the national thieves is tantamount to legitimate self-defense, and should not be condemned or even judged!"

These words aroused warm applause from everyone present, and even Kita Yihui smiled and nodded.

In the presence of these visitors, this well-known activist, who had sympathized with and aided the Xinhai Movement, was a thin, mild-mannered scholar who became a highly incendiary public mentor:

"The Taisho era has passed, and the elected politicians who were once pinned on by the people have done nothing serious except for a series of bribery scandals. Internally, they only know how to wag their tails and beg for mercy on the plutocracy, and help the rotten capitalists to squeeze the fat of the laborers, and externally, they follow the trend of the white-dominated colonial system, and Mr. Fukuzawa's admonition to "leave Asia and join Europe" has become a small follower of our nation in the white colonial system. ”

"Especially in China and India, we have watched as countries that are also Asian nations are at the mercy of European and American colonizers, but we are only satisfied with stirring up trouble on the border and encroaching on them a little, and we do not have the courage to stand up and become the national liberators and leaders of Asia. ”

"Such an empire is already sick, and it is too sick to be clear, and only those of us who have come to our senses can correct everything that the empire has wronged! And to save this country that is difficult to return, we must rely on advanced and upward forces!"

"What is an advanced and upward force? It is the young generals and cadets who have the most awakened consciousness and desire to fight, and who also feel the most deeply about the country's ills. It has been said that soldiers are not proletarians, and I would say that this notion is trite and wrong. In our country, only the soldier is the most thorough proletarian, the military-trained proletarian, the guardian and vanguard of our Yamato nation—"

Before his assertion of "the theory of the salvation of the country by young soldiers" was over, he was interrupted, and a young soldier with a pale face recklessly broke into the scene of this small evangelistic meeting:

"Mr. Kita Ikki, I'm Kaminai, the head of the Nagasaki Special High School, and I'll contact you if I have an emergency!"

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As Prime Minister, Inukai Takeshi's life can be described as simple, especially in these days, the Shotokai led by him, as well as a large number of forces left over from the Taisho era, tried their best to connect and cooperate with Koyasan, not to mention material comforts.

However, almost everyone from Inukai down to Inukai was excited, and the executive orders were issued one after another, and the entire cabinet was running with great efficiency.

Whether it is the allocation of materials or the liaison of personnel, the bureaucracy's consistent procrastination has been swept away, and it has even become a bit of a sick person.

Although time travel is the highest level of secrecy and has not yet been disclosed to most cabinet members, both the members of this cabinet and the members of the European and American factions have expressed their goodwill to Koyasan.

The reason is also very understandable: over the years, the power of the military has expanded vigorously, while the restraint methods of the party forces on the issue of military spending have gradually failed.

Often, once the cabinet began to cut military spending, the military dared to encourage lower-level soldiers and cadets to play the game of "heavenly punishment of national thieves." Even if there are still some hard bones among politicians who have experienced the Taisho era, they cannot withstand this kind of targeted elimination like cutting leeks. However, the cabinet officials and parliamentarians have no way to deal with the bigwigs behind the military department, and even rely on the military to suppress the endless strikes and riots among the people, so there is no restraint.

Therefore, the introduction of Koyasan's forces to restrain the military department has become the best choice for the political parties headed by the Political Friendship Association at present.

Not only is the dog so hard-working, but his son is healthy, and as a secretary, he is tired and thin.

When Mori Ke, the chief cabinet secretary, came out of the prime minister's office, he saw the third son of the dog family walking towards him happily.

The son-in-law, who is well-known in the literary world but is just a rookie in the political world, nodded slightly to the chief cabinet secretary, even if he said hello. Sen Ke's secretaries couldn't help but look angrily at the rudeness of the dog, but Sen Ke just waved his hand tolerantly: "Don't worry, I have been old friends with His Excellency the Prime Minister for many years, at this time, we just need to implement the Prime Minister's will and ignore superfluous things." ”

Speaking of this, a secretary trotted towards him: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Director of Police, Your Excellency Ohno, there is an urgent delivery!"

Taking the official letter from the secretary's hand, his eyes swept over the words "recent frequent activities of radical groups", Sen Ke nodded casually: "Ah, understood, I will convey this matter to His Excellency the Prime Minister, thank you." ”

But saying this, Sen Ke casually handed the report from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to the secretary behind him, and he didn't mean to convey it.

After doing this little thing, Sen Ke asked, "What are the arrangements for tonight?"

The secretary in charge of his personal itinerary immediately responded, "Mr. Shikawa of Mantetsu has a private dinner, I hope you can attend." ”

The so-called "Mr. Togawa" was Shinoji Tokawa, who was later called the "father of the Shinkansen", and he also had another identity, that is, a railway official of the South Manchurian Railway Co., Ltd., and an economic agent of the Kwantung Army of the Military Department.

If there is anything that this Manchurian official has in common with the high-ranking chief cabinet secretary, they are both beneficiaries of the military department's colonial system in Korea and Northeast China. In particular, Sen Ke is different from Shikawa Shinji, who relied on the Kwantung Army for food, this chief cabinet secretary is also a representative of Japanese businessmen in China, and his "Zhonghua Industrial Society" is one of the largest Japanese enterprises entrenched in China; relying on the support of the army, it has made a lot of money in many industries such as coal mines, iron ores, shipbuilding, printing, and textiles, and the China Industrial Society has annexed many Chinese enterprises in North China, Jiaodong, South China, and other places.

The recent expansion plans of the South Manchurian and Kwantung armies have given the Chung Hwa Industrial Association a great deal of benefits, and for the chief cabinet secretary, who has always been more of a politician than a businessman, his capital and power are based on the expansion of China.

Although he tactfully did not express his dissatisfaction with Inu, in any way, he did not have the need to support Inu.

Because, once the expansion of the Kwantung Army to the Northeast stops, it will not be as simple as bleeding for the China Industrial Company that is desperately throwing money at the expansion plan of the Kwantung Army!

The profound interests of expansion and colonization of China have made most of the chaebols addicted to it, and the newly rising Japanese chamber of commerce in China such as the China Industrial Association is only a small role in this feast.

When Inuyang Yi is about to prepare for a strategic contraction against China, it is not simply moving the cheese of a few people, but like smashing the table of a group of people's dinner!

If the president of the Seitokai is a powerful prime minister, like Hirobumi Ito, Aritomo Yamaguchi, or even Count Konobo Saionji, who still holds the power to elect the prime minister, with strong power and prestige, he may be able to force those chaebols to wait for a while.

But unfortunately, Inukai Takeshi is not Hirobumi Ito, nor is he Aritomo Yamaguchi, and even his allies in the military, those admirals, are quite dissatisfied with his reduction in naval spending. Without the support of the military department, some of the big chaebols also expressed their dissatisfaction, and His Excellency the prime minister could only bet all his treasures on Koyasan.

But is Koyasan really a trusted ally?

The dog Yangyi who works at the desk occasionally thinks of this problem, but he was quickly forcibly snuffed in the bud by himself. Apart from Koyasan's support, he now has no other reinforcements to rely on.

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Emperor Showa, or Emperor Hirohito, was a gentle and honest intellectual, just like the young military generals he reused.

Rather than dealing with political affairs, His Majesty, the "living god" of the Empire, is mostly interested in golfing and conducting research on marine life.

On the north side of the Imperial Palace, there is the Royal Institute of Marine Biology, and on the shores of Tokyo Bay, there is an observatory called the Imperial Villa, which is actually an observatory for real-time observation of marine life.

Of course, as the supreme head of the empire, Hirohito's research activities will not be like those professors at the imperial university, who are struggling to pull sponsorships and run for funds, and even more so in terms of the salary of hired researchers. There are hundreds of researchers directly under the emperor's name, not counting the handymen who have no chance to face Kiyomitsu and listen to the sound of cranes.

To be honest, with such a research team, even if the main person in charge is a pig, it can easily unlock the achievement of "work equivalence". However, there are only two or three research monographs on His Majesty's Majesty. It's not that Emperor Hirohito is not even a pig in this kind of thing, but since he succeeded to the throne, there are more important things that have plagued the "imperial biologist".

Every day at 3 p.m., Hirohito would play a few rounds of golf on the Royal Golf Course without worrying about public opinion questioning the supreme head of state for not doing his job and just having fun. It is important to know that since the Meiji Emperor, the promotion of national Shinto and the re-establishment of the emperor's position have greatly strengthened the authority of the emperor since the Heian period.

You must know that in the Heian period, there was still the Fujiwara clan in power, and even the emperor could not do what he wanted. But when Hirohito first ascended the throne, because of the Huanggutun incident, Prime Minister Tanaka Yoshiichi was summoned to the palace to scold him, and directly scolded the prime minister who was born as an army boss to have a heart attack, so he had to bow down and step down, and died violently at home within a few days.

is so majestic and domineering, it is simply the envy of his ancestors for thousands of years.

But Hirohito, who is so strong, is still dissatisfied with consolidating his authority.

Originally, he was just worried about the imperial faction within the army.

Not only is the Imperial Daoist faction trying to elevate the imperial power from within the army under the guise of "loyalty to the monarch", but also because the soldiers of the Imperial Daoist faction are too daring to play evil.

It has been a tradition since the end of the Edo period for the military to eliminate political enemies under the slogan of "Heavenly Punishment of National Thieves", but even the assassination of cabinet civilian officials is counted, and in recent years, the soldiers of the Imperial Road faction have even directly punished the military bigwigs!

You must know that unlike those imperial factions who are dressed in the guise of "loyal monarchs", the so-called unification faction is the real heart of the imperial state, and the leader of the unification faction, Nagata Tetsuyama, is a close minister of Hirohito himself. In his heart, Hirohito's greatest trust was the older generation of princes in the imperial family who were loyal to him, followed by the generals of the unification faction, and the five regents and the nine Qinghua nobles who were traditionally close to the imperial family.

Whether it is the European and American factions that have always advocated limiting imperial power, or the recent rise of the imperial faction, it is so tiresome for Hirohito.

Now, Hirohito has added one more mountain to his list of dislikes - Koyasan.

Just as he was about to swing with a gloomy face, the Minister of the Imperial Household, Baron Ichiki Kitoro, hurried over, and looked at the cringe on the face of the Minister of the Imperial Palace, knowing that he could not bring any good news, and immediately ruined Hirohito's good mood again.

The circuit caught fire at night, and it was just fixed, so I'm sorry.

(End of chapter)