Years of the Republic of China 1913

This extremely distinguished guest is none other than the Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan.

Hirohito is the eldest son of Emperor Taisho, that is, Kahito, a patient with meningitis. At the end of last year, Emperor Taisho's health was getting weaker and weaker. Coupled with his nervous personality and easy to anger temper, as the supreme leader of a country The head of state is no longer fit to govern the country.

Hirohito, who has just turned 20, is different from his father. He has received rigorous training from the generals of the navy and army. In the eyes of his subjects, Hirohito is a prince with strong personality, resolute personality and exceptional intelligence. Compared with his father, he was more like his grandfather—Emperor Meiji, who was well-known in modern Japanese history. In their view, only Hirohito was the future hope of the Japanese Empire.

For this point of view, Hirohito himself also thinks so. He firmly believes that when he ascends the throne of the emperor, he will inevitably lead Japan to create a more glorious era than that of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji.So at the end of the 9th year of Taisho, that is, at the end of 1920, he tried his best to persuade his mother, Empress Zhenming, to leave Japan for a visit to Europe after the New Year of the 10th year of Taisho.

Hirohito's main purpose of this visit is to officially visit European countries as the crown prince, and at the same time enhance his status as the next emperor in the hearts of the people.In addition to these, he has another reason that only few people know, that is, when Hirohito returns from his overseas visit, he will formally take over the regent in the name of the crown prince to assist his "sick" Emperor Taisho to take over the state affairs.

Neiji Okamura is a loyal supporter of Crown Prince Hirohito. Long before the local war between China and Japan, he was extremely dissatisfied with the current Emperor Jiaren, especially the losses that Japan suffered in the local war between China and Japan. A serious mistake made by Emperor Taisho as a leader of the country.Originally, the European war broke out.This will be an excellent opportunity for Japan. Taking advantage of the full-scale fighting between the Allied Powers and the Allied Powers, Japan's power can further develop its mainland policy through its expansion in Asia, especially China.

But such a good opportunity was wasted in vain. First, the response to the Chinese government's acceptance of Qingdao was slow, and then the supreme commander of the Japanese army died of a sudden illness in a humiliating way due to Emperor Taisho's whim.Before the battle between China and Japan for Jiaodong and Fengtian started, the army and navy quarreled fiercely. The two sides went their own way, and finally planted the consequences of failure.

With so many things, if Emperor Taisho could fulfill his duties as the head of state, as he did during the Meiji period, when the army and navy were united, this would definitely not be the result.At that time, Okamura Ningji had returned to Japan due to the failure of the Chinese mission, but he was still worried about Emperor Taisho's mistakes in national policy.Even when there was no one after drinking, he acted as an inhuman minister-blasing Emperor Taisho as an idiot.

Because of this, Okamura Neiji, like most Japanese, pinned his hopes on the shrewd and capable Crown Prince Hirohito. , Leading Japan back to glory.

this time.Crown Prince Hirohito's visit to Europe, for Neiji Okamura, he raised his hands in approval.Moreover, because the crown prince's first stop was Kanto Prefecture, Okamura Ningji was even more excited, and he even began to look forward to the scene of being received by the crown prince.

Neiji Okamura's plan was very successful. During the negotiation with Bupai International, Wojczynski promised that Bupai International would not carry out the so-called "export revolution" against the Japanese government and its overseas territories. The Japanese side will give some support to Bupai International's activities in various regions of Asia, focusing on super-high courses.The two sides cooperate closely on a certain basis.

Of course, Neiji Okamura is not a fool, he will not be satisfied with just one promise.This kind of private cooperation relationship is not only a verbal agreement, but even if there are official documents, so what?He very much agrees with a Western proverb that a contract is signed to be torn up from the beginning.After the Meiji Restoration, Japan left Asia and entered Europe, and even regarded this as the truth, and the Japanese did exactly that.

During the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-] (called the Sino-Japanese War in Japan) and the subsequent Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese used this trick to win the victory, and they had already mastered it. In this case, he did not believe in the Soviet Russians who were not much thinner than themselves. He will keep his promise, not to mention that for Neiji Okamura, who is familiar with the Bolsheviks, how can he trust such a guy who has no king or father, who can betray even the closest people for the sake of the so-called ideal and revolution.

Two cunning and wary people came together temporarily. On the surface, they seemed to be in a tacit understanding as a newly married couple, but everyone knew in their hearts that this honeymoon was only short-lived. When the interests of both parties are involved, the alliance will naturally be shattered.

But at least, now we are still friends hand in hand. While taking precautions, Neiji Okamura has created a lot of convenience for Wojczynski, especially he used his domestic relations to win over the revolution that fell apart after Sun Wen's death. Partisans, using them to switch to the arms of the Bolsheviks, was also an important part of his plan.

It has to be admitted that the Bolsheviks were able to succeed in the revolution in Tsarist Russia, oust the Tsar, and even almost seized the entire power. They did have a way in this respect.Moreover, fanatical revolutionaries like Chen Shaobai are more likely to be confused by that set of theories. No, in just a few days, Chen Shaobai and Wojczynski had a heated fight, and they already referred to each other as comrades. Xu Tongxiong, who was skeptical, also held the book day and night and read it wholeheartedly, and even asked to go to Moscow, the holy place of revolution, to learn what is a real revolution.

One week before Crown Prince Hiroren was due to travel, Chen Shaobai, who had officially joined the Bupai International and became the first Chinese Bolshevik member, boarded a passenger ship going south with his comrades Wojczynski and Xu Tongxiong.According to Wojczynski, revolution is not only a theory, but also a practical action. If you want to liberate the working people all over the world and take on the responsibility of saving the people in dire straits, as a revolutionist, you must spread the fire of revolution to all directions .

Wojczynski's statement was recognized by Chen Shaobai. With like-minded comrades, he believed that Sun Wen's unfinished revolution would succeed in his own hands.Originally, according to Xu Tongxiong's suggestion, the most convenient way is to go north from Kantung Prefecture to Fengtian, and use the three northeastern provinces as the basis to spread the revolutionary ideas and find more comrades to unite.However, this suggestion was ultimately rejected by Chen Shaobai. Taking into account the personnel structure and particularity of Northeast China, coupled with Suzuki Sadaichi's reminder, he finally set his target on southeast China, that is, Guangdong and Fujian.

With such a choice, firstly, Chen Shaobai is from the south and is more familiar with it, and secondly, the atmosphere in the south is open, with a high level of education, so it is easier to accept new things.Considering that the revolution led by Sun Wen was also initiated from the south, this is enough to show that the south has a revolutionary foundation.Of course, there is another place that is more suitable, and that is Shanghai, originally known as the Pearl of the Orient.However, after the Wang Yaqiao case, Shanghai * Shanghai is no longer suitable for them to show up. For safety reasons, they decided to go to Hong Kong first, and then go north from Hong Kong to Guangdong.

(A few Taiwanese customers came here temporarily, and the words are a little less today, sorry!) (To be continued..)