Chapter 403: Blood Gem (23)
On the third day after meeting with the British military delegation, Ishihara was teaching the members of the new members of the Future Society in the New Technology Training Bureau. If you want to liberation from Japan, you must let the Japanese idea be liberated. These young soldiers all have a common concept with the Future Society, and the Japanese people are one of the important components of Japan. Japan's reform must elevate the status of the people to their due position.
Halfway through the course, the Future Society cadres who were in charge of guarding outside knocked on the door, and everyone in the room calmed down. The door of the classroom was pushed open. In addition to the two cadres guarding at the door, Captain Kurita, the adjutant of Ishihara, was standing outside the door. When Ishihara arrived in the corridor, Captain Kurita immediately reported, "Your Excellency, the adjutant of the Army Minister called here, please go to the Office of the Army Minister tomorrow morning."
Early the next morning, Ishihara appeared in front of the Army Minister Shouyi of Teraunuchi. The general of the Temple asked: "Ishihara, the United Kingdom invited the Japanese Army and Navy provinces to send an officer's group to the UK, and you were specially invited."
Ishihara was stunned. He had basically confirmed that Britain would be defeated, and he no longer paid much attention to Britain at this time. At this time, the Japanese Future Society was entering a new stage of internal changes. Originally, the Future Society mainly developed members in the military, but now it was about to develop members to the people. At this time, Ishihara did not want to leave Japan at all.
So Ishihara thought for a moment and replied: "The British side's attention has made the subordinates grateful, but the subordinates may not be suitable to go to the United Kingdom."
General Soichi Deanuchi, the Minister of Army, couldn't understand what trick Ishihara was playing, so he asked, "Why?"
"The officials want to cause more trouble for the Chinese army, so the British army asks the officials about tactics, and the officials will definitely help them with all their strength. However, the British side just wants to communicate with the officials and does not want the officials to have an impact on the British army. The officials are likely to have a quarrel with them because of this. For the honor of the Japanese army, the officials do not want to go to the UK."
After Ishihara sincerely explained his reasons, she looked at General Shouyi of the Temple and waited for the general in the Temple to speak quickly. She saw that the general in the Temple was stunned and a little unhappy. This was exactly what Ishihara was expecting. Next, she waited for the general in the Temple to say, "You go down and wait for the news," and Ishihara got rid of such trouble.
However, the expression of the general in the temple changed from initial unhappiness to contemplation, and continued to remain silent. This made Ishihara feel that something seemed wrong. Ishihara was very confused. Did he backfire?
The general in the temple was also very confused at this time. Ishihara's thorns were mature at this time. With the general in the temple's understanding of Ishihara, what Ishihara said just now is likely to happen. More importantly, the general in the temple was hesitant about whether to send Ishihara to visit the UK. This time, Ishihara came, and originally wanted to see this thorns, to strengthen his determination not to let Ishihara go. However, Ishihara's answer actually made the general in the temple's hesitation worse, because what Ishihara was worried about was exactly what the general in the temple had not considered, and the British did not really rely on Japan.
Finally, the general in the temple said, "You go back and wait for the notice." Then the meeting will be over.
After Ishihara saluted, the general of the Temple stood up and began to pace in the office. The British delegation was sent to the hope that Japan and Britain would re-conclude the British-Japanese alliance and jointly deal with China. Some of the upper Japanese people did not want to be pulled into this war, especially because they were not satisfied with the offer from Britain so far. Therefore, when the British delegation proposed that Japan send a delegation to visit Britain, the Japanese government immediately agreed.
This Japanese delegation to the UK includes political, economic, military and other teams. The purpose is to let the British understand the price of Japan. In order to convince the British to accept such a price, the commander of the military delegation was Nagata Tengyama. Regardless of whether the final alliance was successful, Lieutenant General Nagata Tengyama was the leader of the regiment. After reading the list, the UK put forward their suggestions, 'Can Lieutenant General Ishihara Kanji be invited to visit', which made the Japanese Army very passive. In terms of strength, the army agrees with Ishihara. But Ishihara is a person who was excluded from the core circle. If the Japanese side accepts the British's request, it is equivalent to agree with the British attitude towards Ishihara Kanji. Then the candidates who will definitely become the third commander in the future will no longer be one, but two. This is not the result that the Army wants to see.
However, Ishihara's reason for rejection allowed Soichi Deanuchi to break out of internal personnel struggles and could look at the issues between Britain and Japan from a higher level. A considerable number of Japanese senior officials want to strive to promote the British-Japanese alliance. The reasons for these people are very simple. Japan must stand with the West. Even if Japan does not work hard after reaching the British-Japanese alliance, it is necessary to establish Japan's position through alliance relations.
From the perspective of these people, since the British value Ishihara so much, there is no reason not to let Ishihara go to Japan. Although the status of the three chiefs of the Army is important, it seems insignificant compared to Japan's future destiny.
Of course, there are some people who have left Asia and entered the Europeans, and naturally there are people who have different opinions. Japan has long had the "Asian Restoration" faction, advocating unity of Asia and fighting the Western invasion. With China's continued decline and Japan's position as the throne of the most powerful country in the Far East, it has become an invading Asian faction.
However, as China revived and unified in He Rui's hands, many people regained the idea of the Xingya faction. He Rui's teacher Kawahisa Kawahisa insisted on the idea of the Xingya faction. Kawahisa's other outstanding student refused to go to Ishihara Kanir in the UK.
Thinking of this, Soichi Teruchi suddenly felt that he wanted Ishihara Kanr to the UK. Because Soichi Teruchi was both an "invading Asian faction" and an "invading Asian faction". Unlike the simple invading Asian faction, Soichi Teruchi believed that the current situation could only allow Japan to maintain its current national system with the support of the West. Otherwise, Japan would sooner or later cooperate with China.
With the political system that China now adopts, even if China will not require changes in Japan's internal political system, sooner or later, the Japanese people will require the Japanese government to adopt the same economic policies as the Chinese government. In other words, Japan's domestic revolution is only a matter of time.
Soichi Seihara was considering the matter of Ishihara Kanir, and Ishihara Kanirir also had a judgment on how to choose Soichi Seihara. So after Ishihara left the Ministry of Army, he immediately asked the adjutant to contact Yasuki Mitsui in secret, and the two wanted to meet.
That night, Ishihara 'accidentally' met Yasuki Mitsui in a private room in a hotel. At this time, Mitsui had just finished the banquet and Ishihara had already sat opposite him. Without greetings, Ishihara immediately said: "Mitsui, if you support the commander-in-chief, Ishihara will soon get a lot of arms orders."
For consortiums, getting orders is important, but not that important. The most important thing is whether they can reach cooperation with those in power. As long as they cooperate with those in power, temporary losses will be insignificant compared to the benefits of long-term cooperation.
Yasuki Mitsui trusted Ishihara's strategic considerations very much, and he also knew the contradictions and differences between Ishihara and the governing faction and the ruling faction. After hearing Ishihara say that, Mitsui asked: "Ishihara, what is the cost of cooperation?"
"The price is that Japan becomes a pawn that Europe and the United States restrains China. China will not only not restore trade relations with Japan, but will also make defeating Japan the top priority. The most important thing is that with China's revival, once Europe and the United States are unable to block China's development and have to compromise with China, Japan will be abandoned by Europe and the United States."
Mitsui Yasuki can understand a large part of the future described by Ishihara. So Mitsui calmly replied: "Ishihara, even if Japan is abandoned in the future, it will be a long time later. I am just a businessman, and I can make money now and survive now. I am not able to interfere in national affairs."
Ishihara could fully understand Mitsui's idea because Mitsui was telling the truth. Moreover, even if China completely defeated Japan, it would be impossible for a long-term military occupation and colonial rule. Japan would still be managed by the Japanese. At that time, a capable chaebol like Mitsui would still become a collaborator of China. Maybe, because of the private relationship between Mitsui Yasuki and He Rui, Japan was conquered by China, and the Mitsui family might even gain a higher status and gain more power.
But no matter what situation it is, the Japanese people will inevitably suffer.
Ishihara did not understand it with emotion and reason. Instead, he raised a question, "Mitsui, if Japanese people's politics emerged, do you think the chaebols would be safer?"
Yasuki Mitsui said aloud and did not answer. Every year, many people claiming to be "national politicians" or "democratic politicians" will ask for support from the chaebols in various ways. After seeing more people and things like this, Mitsui is completely immune to such words. In the so-called democratic politics, there are always people who want to hold power. Since the chaebols need to cooperate with the power, cooperating with the current power is the safest choice. At least the power has built a power system, and those who try to hold power are a group of guys without a lower limit. At least, they have no idea how power operates.
Chapter completed!