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Chapter 645 The Emperor's Death (First update, please subscribe)
Meiji fell ill!

In fact, since last July, Meiji fell ill. At the beginning, his condition was not too serious, but gradually his body deteriorated day by day.

Even though several months had passed, it was never known what disease he had.

"What's the matter, Your Majesty?"

On the way to the palace, Ito Hirobumi asked.

"I don't know, even the best Western doctors don't know what disease His Majesty has."

Iwakura Toshimi shook his head.

"I just know that last year His Majesty's body began to have some problems, but no one knew what was going on. Since a few months ago, some wounds began to appear on his mouth, tongue, and cheeks. At first, they were small wounds. , Later it became bigger and bigger, and his hair was also falling out. You only need to turn your head, and you can see a tuft of hair left on the pillow. Now there is no hair on the head. I heard from the imperial doctor that His Majesty's body is full of hair every day. It's bleeding, even gauze can't stop it..."

Iwakura Toshishi didn't even want to describe it any further. After all, what happened to His Majesty was so tragic that it was simply too horrible to bear.

Sometimes he thought in private that if His Majesty died now, he would be relieved instead.

"How did this happen? What is the disease?"

Ito Hirobumi said in surprise.

"Only a genius knows this. No one has ever seen such a disease, but Your Majesty..."

Lowering his voice, Iwakura Tomomi said.

"Many people feel that His Majesty may die at any time!"

Death!

Ito Hirobumi opened his eyes wide in shock, his hands trembling slightly, and murmured while looking at Iwakura Tomomi.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I still have no heirs!"

Meiji has no son yet!

Let alone a son, he doesn't even have a daughter!
For those of them who rely on the "return of the king's government" to hold high positions, once His Majesty dies, they are likely to lose everything.

"This, this...in case, the Reform Reform is likely to fall short!"

Iwakura Tookami nodded, and he did not continue to speak with a solemn expression. The aching wound on his body reminded him that without the support of His Majesty the Emperor, or more precisely, without the signboard of the Emperor, they It is not necessary to guess what kind of counterattack those who promote reform and reform will encounter.

Your Majesty!
But you must not die!
Ito Hirobumi prayed silently in his heart, these reform heroes, what do they rely on to monopolize power?
Isn't it relying on the signboard of "returning the king's government"?

What is the core of this signboard?Of course, it is the emperor. In the past few years, they have relied on the emperor to carry out reforms in the name of the emperor. The suppression of the gentry has long caused dissatisfaction among the gentry. This is why Xixiang will resign. If there is no sign of the emperor, That would be the end of it!
How will Xixiang and those nobles who are dissatisfied with the changes fight back?
You don't need to guess. By that time, let alone Japan's future, even each of them will have a dead end.

Half an hour later, Iwakura Tomomi and Ito Hirobumi arrived at the palace, and got bad news from the imperial doctor as soon as they arrived at the palace.

"Your Majesty's lungs and liver came out of his mouth, and he was about to choke on his internal organs..."

The imperial doctor's words made them both stunned. Based on their knowledge, they had no idea what happened.

People in this era, of course, can't understand what happened. The human cell renewal cycle is generally 120-200 days, and the large doses and skin color can't survive the disappearance of the body, and then die of organ failure.This is the damage caused by nuclear radiation, and now Meiji's body is expulsing the necrotic internal organs.

But all of this is incomprehensible to the doctors of this era. They don't know what happened, they can only watch Meiji's life go by little by little.

On February 1874, 2, after months of torment, the 1-year-old Emperor Meiji was finally freed.

Freed.

When the heroes of the Restoration were shocked by the death of the emperor, they had to face a real problem-the emperor had no heirs!

In other words, the Emperor had no sons and no daughters.

Nothing, Emperor Meiji once had two sons, but they were both stillborn, and they were stillborn before they were born.

What should we do now?
"How to do!"

While the Minister of Internal Affairs was busy with the funeral of Emperor Meiji, the heroes of the Restoration sat together nervously.

"Emperor Xiaoming has only one son, the late Emperor."

Iwakura said with a blank expression.Emperor Xiaomei was Meiji's father.

"Emperor Renxiao only has one son, Emperor Komei, who survived to adulthood!"

"But the younger sister of Emperor Nihyo is married to General Iemo Tokugawa."

The purpose of the marriage between Emperor Xiaomei's sister Kawamiya and the fourteenth generation general Tokugawa Iemo was to combine public and military forces through political marriage, although the combination of public and military forces ultimately failed due to the collapse of the curtain.But who would have thought that Meiji died without leaving a single heir!
But now, it is an extremely embarrassing question for the heroes of the reform - they are finished!
Yes, they are finished!
"According to the order of succession to the throne, He Gong has the right to inherit the emperor's throne."

Because there have been female emperors in history, it is not a problem for Kazumiya to inherit the throne of the emperor, but the only problem is - she is the wife of Tokugawa Kashige!

"Gui Palace also has the right to inherit the throne!"

As soon as Ito's voice fell, Iwakura said,
"It is very rare and exceptional for Prince Shuzi to inherit the palace family as a woman. Although a female royal family can inherit the throne, the status of the palace family that Guigong has inherited naturally cannot inherit the throne!"

Guigong Shuzi made a marriage contract with Prince Airen of Xianyuan Gong.But before the marriage, he was named the inner prince, but two days later, Prince Airen passed away suddenly, and the marriage was stopped.Later, Prince Shuzi Nei inherited the Guigong family that was not in charge and became the twelfth generation of Guigong.This naturally made Shuzi lose her inheritance rights.

"Then, in other words, there is only He Gong..."

Kido looked at Iwakura and said.

"If it's Hegong, it's not impossible, after all, General Jiamao is dead, if she..."

Before Kido could finish speaking, Obo Kuritsu shouted heavily.

"Confused, He Gong supports the integration of public and military forces. Once He Gong succeeds to the throne and she issues an edict to support the integration of public and military forces, then the reform will come to naught! By then, Japan will have no future to speak of! And we will all die!"

It's not just that Japan has no future, but more importantly...they will die too!

"Death is not terrible!"

Iwakura said in a deep voice.

"If I die, Japan's reform can continue, so even if I die, I am willing, but..."

Looking around at the crowd, Iwakura said.

"If I die, the reform cannot be carried out, and Japan may even re-lock the country, then no matter what, I can't die!"

Not only is he unable to die, but he also has to live on. How could he not understand the sentence of death.

"But no matter what, we have no way to guarantee that He Gong will continue to carry out the reform!"

Okuma Shigenobu looked at the crowd helplessly and said.

"If Hegong can't do it, then who else is there? Emperor Guangge is the only one who has lived to adulthood..."

(End of this chapter)