Chapter 73 Japan's decision

Hibiya Park, Tokyo.

This park was once the training ground for the Army Imperial Guard Division. Later, in 1903 AD, two years ago, according to the design of the famous Shizuru Honda, it became Japan's first German-style modern park and a resort for Tokyo citizens to spend summers.

Today's Hibiya Park has become an ocean of anger. Citizens wearing various costumes gathered here at the same time. The angry voices spread to the imperial palace in the north. Even the moat water under the Second Bridge seemed to be ripped with waves of boom.

The musical platform in the middle of the park has become a natural speech venue. The man wrapped in white cloth strips on his head and wrote the word "national humiliation" in blood. He held a loud trumpet and criedly accused the weakness and incompetence of the rulers of the lords, revealing the fact that the people were betrayed!

"...Nationals! Now, in the capital of China! The stolen envoy sent by the Dangdao Dukes are conspiring with the Chinese people to sell North Korea, Japan, and Yamato people! The North Korea, which is exchanged for the lives of our 100,000 kids, will be sold to China without bloodshed by these traitors! And our sacred Okinawa Island will also be officially recognized as the territory of China by them! This is a national humiliation, a betrayal, and a shameless deception to His Majesty the Emperor!"

"The Emperor's subjects! The Yamato nation's athletes! Our newspaper has been controlled by the traitors. You can't see the truth! You can't see the facts! But the Russian newspapers have already covered everything! These traitors not only betrayed Japan, but also sold the Russian friendly countries that have always supported Japan!"

The làng people shouted at the top of their lungs, and a few làng people dressed next to them took out stacks of flyers from the basket and spread them down frantically. People stretched out their arms to compete for the flyers. Many people looked at it, and tears of anger flowed out in their eyes!

"Nationals! The imperial country has reached its most dangerous moment. The traitors are dragging this country into the bottomless abyss! I call on you..."

Police whistles rose everywhere, and policemen in white clothes and black clothes rushed over from all directions with sweat, waving batons in their hands, and the crowd suddenly started to move. The angry citizens and the police fought together.

"Kill these non-nationals to death! They are all accomplices of traitors!"

"What are you doing? Stop, you traitors... you have been fooled by the Chinese!"

"Those people are Chinese spies! Ah... listen to me... don't fight!"

"Bare these non-nationals to death and go to the palace to wish!"

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In the distance, the group looked at the scene of hunluàn, silent.

A long time later, Akishi Motojiro, the Minister of the Second Division of the General Staff Headquarters, sighed and looked at the leader of the Hikari Association, Ryohei Uchida: "Uchida, do you really want to do this?"

Uchida Ryohei was ashamed and bowed deeply: "Your Excellency, since the Russians have dispersed the news, as the leader of the Xingya Society, I have to consider the future of the Guihui Association. If you cannot adapt to the public opinion at this time, the Guihui Association will inevitably collapse, and then Japan's patriotic power will no longer be condensed and fight for the future of the empire!"

Toushanman looked sad and sighed: "Your Excellency, let's join in, at least we can restrain these people from being too luàn..."

Akishi Motojiro looked at the two of them and shook his head with a smile.

"Forget it, things have come to this point, forcibly suppressing is not a solution. Instead of doing this, it's better to go with the flow."

Toyama Manta and Uchida Ryohei looked at each other.

"Since the people's spirit has risen, the elders have no way out. I didn't expect this negotiation to be successful. When we make such a fuss, they always have to express something. I will visit His Excellency Ito to break their unrealistic fantasies." Akashi Motojiro breathed a sigh of relief, "But you must grasp the degree well, don't really trigger military-civilian conflicts, and don't hurt veterans and important officials. You must know that these fanatical people cannot defeat China. Unity and discipline, strategy and order, these things are the foundation for the empire to dominate East Asia."

On March 28, a "Hibiya Fever" broke out in Tokyo, Japan. Angry citizens, làng people gathered in Hibiya Park, Tokyo, held a National Assembly to oppose peace with China, and clashed with the police who came to suppress it. They then attacked the official residence of the Minister of the Foreign Ministry, Shoutaro, and the Deputy Minister of the Deputy Minister of the Foreign Ministry, and suffered several incidents of fever and beatings. The Deputy Minister of the Foreign Ministry, Baron Hibiya was injured by stones. The sāluàn in Tokyo lasted for a whole day and night, and finally calmed down after the intervention of the Guard Division. Almost at the same time, similar sāluàn occurred in Yokohama, Sendai, Kyoto, Osaka, Wu and other places.

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March 30th. Tokyo, Chiyoda, Prime Minister's Residence.

Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito looked at the two people who were hiding and apologizing against each other, and his anger finally turned into two words: "hun egg!"

After a few days of sight, Hirobuki Ito seemed to have been a few years older. A heartbreaking fatigue and disappointment spread out from this aging body. He knelt tremblingly, and raised the tray forward. Hirobuki Ito took the teacup and put it beside his mouth. He suddenly was overwhelmed by a violent anger. He threw the teacup to the ground with force, stood up, came to Toushanman, and kicked the Japanese king to the ground with one kick.

"You hun!" Ito Hirofumi, like a volcano erupting, turned around and took out the Yugita sword on the wooden frame indoor, and rushed towards Toyamaman again with agility that was not commensurate with his age. Seeing that the situation was not good, Gentaro quickly hugged Ito Hirofumi from behind with a bear hug.

"Ito-kun, calm down!" Gentaro yelled in Hirobu Ito in a hurry, "The news was exposed by the Russians! People want to make trouble, but Takayama-kun can't stop it!"

"These hun eggs have destroyed His Majesty's peacekeeping plan and destroyed the Japanese branch core of East Asia. They are going to push the empire to destruction!" Hirobu Ito roared, "They are traitors! traitors! They must be punished by heaven for such traitors!"

Army Minister Kaetaro also rushed over and grabbed Hirofumi Ito's arm hard, and finally grabbed the sword from Ito's hand.

The remaining few elders looked at each other in a*po.

How many years have I not seen Duke Ito so angry? In my memory, it seems that only the army and navy left alone in the 18894-1895 and joined forces with the Qing Dynasty to enter Zhili, the famous "Ito riot" could be compared with this time.

Toushanman just fell to the ground, stubbornly silent.

Akishi Motojiro looked at the man, sighed secretly, and said, "Only Mr. Ito, General Secretary Lu, is deeply ashamed of the peacekeeping information release. I will work hard to find out the truth about the leak."

Hirobu Ito had been persuaded by Gentaro and Kanetaro back to the seat, and the xiongs were lying violently together. His eyes were still angry when he looked at Toyama Manta and Akishi Metaro Jiro. He just snorted heavily in his nose to express his understanding.

Akishi Motojiro was fearful on the surface, but in fact he didn't care. He knew that a large part of Ito Hirobuki's anger was to be performed for the palace. After all, the temptation of peace was actually the emperor's intention. Now that this situation has become a situation, not only did the peace turn into a bubble, but the people actually ran to the palace to slander the emperor and ask the emperor to dismiss the lord and the sect of the sect. Many members even shouted the slogan of "returning the great power" and demanded that the emperor abolish the cabinet consultation system and personally take charge of the government affairs, which made the palace very embarrassed.

In this situation, someone must stand up and take the blame. Obviously, this scapegoat cannot be Hiromori Ito. Whether it is Yu Gong or Yu Si, Hiromori Ito must show enough anger.

Hirobu Ito is really angry. In his original intention, he doesn’t want to really start a war with China!

Hirobuki Ito stared at Akishi Motojiro, his lips twitched slightly, and he said coldly: "Akishi, what are the opinions of the second department of the General Staff regarding the responsibility of the Hibiya attack in this Hibiya attack?"

Akashi Motojiro said respectfully: "According to the investigation by our headquarters, this incident was spontaneous action by the lower-level patriotic patriots, and was not organized by various patriotic associations. However, after the incident, in order to control the development of the situation and avoid a complete loss of control, Xingya Association and other companies had to participate in this operation, which was also due to the restraint of Tōyama and others, and did not cause any major disaster in the end."

"Didn't it cause a disaster?" Hirofun Ito said sarcastically, "Tokyo alone burned 1,526 houses, ninety-two people died, and 1,834 people were injured. The foreign minister and the deputy chief's residence were destroyed, and Hibiki was injured. Even His Majesty's imperial hall was disturbed by these mobs! If this was not a disaster, would it be a big deal to Tokyo Lu Chen be considered a big deal? It would be a big deal to be all of us beaten to death by the mob?"

Akashi Toshiro said in a deep voice: "All the elders were left out of the matter, and there were also righteous men such as Laitoshan to restrain the people. As for the incidents between the Foreign Minister and the Second Minister, it is really a pity that the people hate peace with China and want to eat them raw, which is indeed difficult to restrain."

Akishi Motojiro pondered Hirobuki Ito's intentions, thought for a moment, and continued: "This peace with China, our empire gave twelve points of sincerity. Unfortunately, China was stubborn and demanding prices everywhere, which was really difficult. The Russians had ulterior motives, and had a tight spy network lurking in our empire, and they deliberately disrupted the negotiations of the Japanese branch, which led to the indignation of the people. It can be seen that this matter is not only a magnificent, but also a will of heaven. In the battle of the Japanese branch, it was already the return of heaven and man, and there was no way to avoid it."

Kashitaro, Gentaro and Chief of Staff Oyama Iwa looked at each other. Kashitaro nodded softly. Gentaro lowered his head and said nothing. Although Oyama Iwa was silent, his face showed praise.

Hirofumi Ito glanced at several army generals, then looked at the same heart-wrenching Honbukie Yamamoto and the Minister of Naval Command, Goro Ishizuen: "What are the great opinions of the army and navy?"

But when Kanetaro said solemnly, "The opinion of Your Excellency Oyama is my opinion."

Seeing Dashanyan who had been silent, everyone was about to speak, and they were all listening quietly.

Hirofumi Ito looked at the Satsuma leader in the army, and his heart was mixed.

Oyama Iron is undoubtedly the one who is most trusted by Meiji among Japanese elders. The reason is very simple. This person's loyalty to the emperor is unquestionable. For Hirofumi Ito, he attaches importance to Oyama Iron's opinions because he has grand strategic thinking and keen judgment. He is also an important figure in the Japanese army. He is a hero who turned the tide in the 18894-1895 and insisted on waiting for the great powers to interfere in the stable battle situation in southern Korea.

Kanetaro's attitude has shown that Oyama Iwa is about to represent the entire army and make a unified voice.

Hirofumi Ito turned to Oyama Rock and sat upright.

"Ito, lords, Dashan is slow and never cared about state affairs. But this time, Dashan has to say: We have no choice!" Dashan Iwai bowed slightly and said slowly, "The people need the wealth and land of Manchuria to get rid of poverty; the soldiers need the military merits of Manchuria; the soldiers need military merits; the chaebols need markets; and His Majesty and our high-ranking adults need victory over China to consolidate their power."

He glanced at the people who were stunned when they heard this, and said in a solemn tone: "The Chinese will not give up all this. As for whether they can defeat China, we can consider how much it will cost, but the citizens, soldiers, and middle and lower-level soldiers will not consider it, because that is the responsibility of the government. The people who choose the war are the citizens, and the government can do nothing but lead the war. If the government cannot do this, then it will be only step down."

Ito Hirofumi was shocked and his face was pale.

This Field Marshal, who has never been concerned about politics, finally revealed his attitude and explained the fundamental problem to the point.

In fact, this war is no longer in the hands of Hiromon Ito and others.

Hirofumi Ito was very clear about the dangers of the situation. Although the national strife caused by Hibiya's storm was temporarily suppressed with the intervention of the army, the violent people were just temporarily dormant, waiting for the actual measures of the Maitsu.

What's even more terrifying is that the soldiers also come from the people. In the face of this army, which is full of national sectism and mixed with national self-esteem, the army has been shaken. As the Emperor's personal soldiers, the Guard Division has repeatedly disobeyed the orders during the suppression process, and some soldiers even stood on the side of the mob. In some more advanced divisions, even officers at the level of the regiment commander even have ambiguous attitudes.

Ito Hirobuki's eyes were a little heavy.

The information about peace with China may be that the Army leaked the Russians! He nodded politely to Oyama Iwa, and stared at Gentaro: "Mr., what about your opinion?"

Gentaro was silent for a moment and looked up and said, "We have fully expressed our kindness. Since there are opposition from the people inside and pressure from Russia outside, peace is actually impossible. Then what remains is to delay... Mihuo, the Chinese people, comfort the people inside, and express that they will never give up any power from North Korea and Japan. At the same time, they express their difficulties in China secretly and continue negotiations to achieve the greatest support for our army's war. For a huge and slow-moving animal like China, the best way is not to compete with him for endurance, but to suddenly hit its deadly place and cause lesions inside him."

Hirobu Ito looked at Gentaro in shock. The army giant who opposed entering the pass with Oyama Iwa during the 18898-1894-1895, advocated maintaining the Qing Dynasty and gradually eroding Manchuria.

He always believed that these two people were the most strategic and calm soldiers in the Japanese Army. But today, they undoubtedly stood on the side that supported the war against China.

Hirobu Ito recalled the handwritten letter from the Emperor when he met yesterday, and chewed the fourteen words "I will be looking at the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch", and a feeling of sadness surged in my heart.

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Beijing, Hongluo Lake, Japan's secret mission station.

In a separate courtyard, the sound of sending and receiving newspapers kept ringing, and the phone ringing was constantly. The members of the mission wearing a black suit, a hard bow tie, and a short Western beard, including the staff who were added to the embassy, ​​were all tired and excited, walking with the wind, like busy workers.

The negotiations have reached the last juncture, and the differences between the two sides have been concentrated on several clauses. With the experience of Kentaro Kaneko, the comprehensive judgment of the senior management of the group is extremely likely to succeed!

Thinking that he was about to stop a war, establish the foundation of a new East Asian order, and lay the foundation for the Japanese nation's century-long national destiny, Japanese peacekeeping envoy Kentaro Kaneko was in a burst of heat! His eyes were bloodshot in those eyes, and his tired and excited face swept across his tired and excited face, and he was only proud.

Japan's destiny can finally be in control for the first time!

A figure appeared at the mouth of the big Mén. The light entering the outside seemed to be obscured by this figure. The light in the room dimly dim. Kentaro Kaneko narrowed his eyes and saw the familiar figure walking in step by step, interrupting the busy atmosphere in the room. The air suddenly solidified for no reason, and many people stopped their work and turned their heads to look over.

Arya Jing held a telegram in his hand, his steps were as heavy and slow as if he was filled with lead, but his face was filled with grief and loss. He gently placed the telegram on the table, sat down with his butt, his eyes were blank, and his whole soul was unknown where it was floating.

Kentaro Kaneko grabbed the telegram, just glanced at it a few times, was already shocked and screamed: "What! Delaying negotiations, mihuo opponents? Are they crazy? This is an insult to China, an insult to the Chinese emperor! This is to be hated by the Chinese people!"

"Maybe we were bait from the beginning." Arago Jing murmured, "Hibiya was beaten, people, people riots, and the deputy director of the Foreign Ministry was injured... No, this is just an excuse, Jinzijun, we are just tools. Japan is already crazy. No one can stop them from going to the abyss."
Chapter completed!