Age of Rebirth

Emperor Hirohito took over the memorial from General Minai, but did not look at it immediately, but looked at the others suspiciously, and asked, "Aiqing Minai, what is this?"

Minai Koichi replied: "Your Majesty, this is General Umezu Yoshijiro, Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army. Regarding the final results of the current war situation in Manchuria, the Korean Peninsula, and the Far East, and what countermeasures the Empire should take, Your Majesty may wish to take a look. It's amazing. After seeing it, I didn't know what to say, and I didn't dare to make a decision rashly. I also hesitated for a long time. It was related to the great cause of the empire and His Majesty. I feared that I would miss the empire's great cause of establishing the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Only submit it to His Majesty, begging for the Holy Order!"

What is preconceived thinking? Koichi Minuchi played it cleverly. He first set his personality on General Umezu’s memorial, and asked Emperor Hirohito to look at it with colored glasses. First, he had a bad impression in his mind. The trendy old turtle, without a trace, gave Umezu Yoshijiro a slap in the face!

As expected, Emperor Hirohito looked at Meizu's memorial quickly, and Miuchi took a sneak peek at His Majesty's expression, seeing that His Majesty's complexion went from pale at the beginning, to gradually flushing, and then to purple red, with a nose like a locomotive, He was panting heavily, and the veins on his forehead popped up one by one, obviously in the midst of extreme rage brewing!

Mi Neiguang sighed slightly in his heart, "I can't blame myself. If Meizu, after sending a messenger to deliver the memorial, kept in touch with me, this memorial might have arrived before His Majesty the Emperor! Or, he is not so self-righteous. He is a maverick , take refuge in your own faction, and report more about the situation in Manchuria. Then, the result will not be the same as it is now, and I still take good care of the leaders in the faction!"

"Crack!" Emperor Hirohito was completely furious. A teacup engraved with the royal chrysanthemum logo fell to the ground hard, and Miu Minai knew what it was.Knowing the beloved of His Majesty the Emperor, "Shameful! The shame of the Imperial Japanese Empire! Umezu Yoshijiro dared to present such a rebellious and insane memorial, letting go of the Korean Peninsula, abandoning Manchuria, and abandoning the Far East. The overseas of the Great Japanese Empire Give up all the territory, and hand it over to the sworn enemy of the empire—the Chinese demon Tang Qiuli!"

"He dared to go to the memorial today and persuaded me to give up the overseas territories that the Yamato nation has gone through several generations of painstaking efforts. It was captured with life and blood. Then, tomorrow, Umezu Yoshijiro will dare to speak to me, give up Japan, and hand it over to Tang. Qiuli, this is a national traitor, not killing is not enough to calm my anger, not killing is not enough to inspire the front soldiers who are still fighting bloody for the cause of the empire! Not killing is not enough to comfort the pioneers of the empire!"

"Mine Aiqing. Listen, what is Umezu Yoshijiro talking about? Such a memorial. As soon as you see it, you should throw it into the garbage dump immediately. Why do you have to show it to me?" In the empty hall, there were only hideous faces. The angry roar of Emperor Hirohito, the attendants standing outside the palace were all silent, Koichi Yonei also bowed deeply, not daring to vent his breath.

Miuichi expected that His Majesty the Emperor would be furious after reading Umezu's memorial, but he did not expect that when the anger reached this point, three words "kill" would appear in his mouth. The grand plan in my heart is far from the same, but the crime is not fatal. It is quite insightful to compare this memorial with the current situation in Manchuria. Umezu Yoshijiro, who has lost his morals and whose whereabouts are unknown, remonstrates directly!

Emperor Hirohito was indeed very angry. Since he came to the throne of the emperor, he has worked hard to govern himself in order to expand the territory of the Japanese Empire, strive for the largest living space for the Yamato nation, and create great achievements for thousands of years. Needless to say, the Korean Peninsula has already surrendered to Japan. During the fifty years of the Japanese Empire, Manchuria was taken from the Northeast King Zhang and his sons of China. The most expensive thing was the Far East. It took several months of bloody battles with the Soviet Red Army to completely control the Far East.

The combined area of ​​these overseas territories is several times, or even more than ten times, that of the mainland of the Great Japanese Empire. Umezu Yoshijiro, a guy who completely disappointed me, actually proposed to give up all of them. The national policy is completely opposite, but how could he have such courage?

Emperor Hirohito, who was furious, couldn't help but find it difficult to understand that a person who was able to walk into my sight and was entrusted with the important task of commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army should not be like this. In the face of the calamity of killing himself, but through the hands of Mi Nei Koichi, I have to present this memorial that is enough to make him irreparable. Could it be that there is another reason for it?

Umezu Yoshijiro's memorial indeed pierced Emperor Hirohito's lungs. He was furious and furious, but he learned the art of emperors since he was a child.For Emperor Hirohito, who has used political wisdom such as achieving his goals and using unscrupulous means to a proficient level, he has to look at this matter that is enough to send the person who wrote the memorial to the guillotine from another perspective.

Emperor Hirohito's eyes fell on the date of signing the memorial, and he couldn't help being shocked. This memorial was actually written by Umezu Yoshijiro a month ago, but why did Koichi Yonei present it to me now?

Emperor Hirohito could not but suspect that there was something hidden in it, and it seemed that there was still a lot of fog. He stared at Koichi Minai with a gloomy look, and asked with great coercion: "Aiqing Minai, when will the memorial of Yoshijiro Umezu arrive?" In your hand?"

Minai Koichi replied calmly, "Your Majesty, it was three days ago!"

"By what channel did it reach you?" Emperor Hirohito asked again.

Minai Koichi replied: "The secret messenger of the Kwantung Army Headquarters!"

"Where is the messenger?" Emperor Hirohito's gaze was like an awl.

"According to what he said, Umezu Yoshijiro strictly ordered that no matter whether the memorial was submitted to His Majesty, the messenger must return to Manchuria as quickly as possible. He took a postal plane on the same day and returned to Manchuria!" Minaiguang replied without any hesitation. However, in his In my heart, I have already made a decision. The messenger sent by Yoshijiro Umezu, who was under house arrest, will never be allowed to stay. He must kill people to silence him, otherwise, the date alone will not match!

Emperor Hirohito has regained his composure from a state of rage. Now it seems that if Umezu Yoshijiro's memorial is seen by him in advance, it will not be like Umezu Yoshijiro. Everything the empire has now has to give up, but Manchuria's The war situation will not reach the point where it is out of control now. Three days is enough to affect and change many things.

"Since you received this memorial three days ago, why didn't you submit it to me immediately? Do you have to delay it for three days? Although this memorial is insane, it is not without merit in light of the actual situation of the current battle situation in Manchuria. Maybe , there is still room for redemption!" Emperor Hirohito asked aggressively, staring at Koichi Minai.

Under the oppression of the illustrious imperial prestige, Akatsuki Mi Nei, a veteran of ups and downs in the officialdom, is now the No. He replied in a fearful tone: "Your Majesty, it's my fault. On the day I received the memorial, I read it carefully and couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. Just as your majesty said, this memorial is pure treason!"

"I was shocked and angry, but I calmed down and felt that Umezu Meijiro was not a mediocre, incompetent, and reckless person. There must be a reason for daring to submit such a memorial. As the chief of staff, I sent a telegram to ask Umezu Yoshijiro himself, what is the real situation of the Manchuria war? Is it as serious as you said, so that it has reached the point of being out of control, and Manchuria, even the Korean Peninsula and the Far East must be abandoned in order to preserve the empire? The strength of the ** team?"

"However, it is very regrettable that all the telegrams sent by the minister have disappeared without any news, and have not received any explanation from the headquarters of the Kwantung Army. The situation in Manchuria is unclear. If you are uncertain, submit Umezu Yoshijiro's memorial to His Majesty, if it is Umezu Yoshijiro with ulterior motives, making alarmist remarks, disrupting His Majesty's established national policy, and mobilizing the people to fight for it, wouldn't it be my fault? !"

"Until today, when I received a telegram from the Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Matsuda Kenjiro, the minister knew that the situation in Manchuria had deteriorated to the point of no control, and the lives of more than a million Kwantung Army soldiers were at stake, so I presented Umezu Yoshijiro's memorial , for His Majesty to resolve doubts!"

"Furthermore, the minister submitted the memorial to this day to prove that Umezu Yoshijiro did not hesitate to risk his life to write this memorial. From this we can see that he is still loyal to His Majesty and the Empire of Japan. It's just that due to personal ability and personality, the situation in Manchuria has deteriorated to this point!"

This kind of explanation and rhetoric is very reasonable. As the No. 1 in the Imperial Japanese Empire, the Minister of Army and the Chief of the General Staff of the Base Camp shoulder to shoulder, naturally have the ability to take responsibility and distinguish right from wrong. If you see Meizu For this memorial of Meijirou, he ran to His Majesty the Emperor in a panic and yelled, why did he take on such an important important matter for the monarchy and bear the trust of His Majesty, what would His Majesty want from you?

Emperor Hirohito's gloomy eyes finally calmed down, his ferocious face was also slack, and Koichi Minai was drenched in cold sweat. The confrontation just now seemed to be a question and an answer, His Majesty's inquiry to the minister, but In fact, it is a battle of wits and courage between the monarch and the ministers. As long as there is the slightest flaw, Minai will be in trouble immediately, and Emperor Hirohito will be taken off on the spot by the enraged Emperor Hirohito. There is also a head!

Because this matter is too big, to the extent that it affects the foundation of the Great Japanese Empire!

(to be continued) (to be continued...)