Akasaka Ligu is a typical Baroque style building with green roofs, gray walls, arched windows and stone pillars. The building covering an area of ​​15,000 square meters looks particularly grand and heavy among the Qingshan Boulevard; in appearance, its interior decoration is like the European palaces of the same period, such as crystals, oil paintings, gold foil, reliefs, and thick inks, so that people almost forget to be in the East. This is an important masterpiece after Japan left Asia and entered Europe during the Meiji period. Not only the entire palace, but even the architects who designed this palace were Japanese.

Europe or Asia were not a problem at all during the Meiji period, but this seemed to have become a problem during the Showa period. Especially the experience of Japanese overseas Chinese in the United States made the Japanese realize that no matter how high-end suits are or how authentic foreign languages ​​are, the Japanese cannot change their fate of being discriminated against. Moreover, not everyone advocates Westernization. In the eyes of ordinary people, tradition is still tradition. Therefore, the whole country is like the extremely strange city building in Shanghai. The upper floor is a Chinese-style glazed tiled roof, and the lower floor is a standard Western-style building, which is definitely a combination of Chinese and Western styles.

Of course, the situation in Japan is opposite. The upper floor is a classic baroque roof, while the lower floor is a thin Japanese wooden building. The separation of value orientations of the upper and lower floors has not only alienated the people, but is often criticized by the people. This is really not as good as China and North Korea: there is an Eastern structure from top to bottom, and even the legal benchmarks are different from the West. In this way, the upper and lower levels are one, and the whole people are united. It is said that Asian countries such as Miluo, Persia, and Afghanistan no longer blindly worship the outside world under this influence, but gather domestic scholars to find a way to govern the country in their own history.

This is true for Miluo Persia and other countries, but Japan, which has been halfway through Europeanization, has difficulty turning around. Regaining tradition is equivalent to betraying Meiji. Continuing Europeanization is not a true recognition from Europe and the United States. What should we do?

After breakfast, Hirohito, wearing a kimono, was walking in the garden of Akasaka Ligu. Behind him were the King Fushimi Miyaki Hirokyo and several palace waiters. King Fushimi Miyaki Hirokyo was reporting to him about his last trip to Tonghua and the Navy's reaction to the London Treaty. The negotiations in the Navy were over, but the Navy was very dissatisfied with the treaty and there was a turmoil a few days ago, but fortunately, no one was hurt.

"Fushimi. Does Yang still have control over the political situation in China?" Hirohito asked the first question after hearing what Fushimimiya said.

"Your Majesty, Yang has maintained control over the Chinese political arena from beginning to end, but he doesn't seem to want to interfere too much in the Song Cabinet. He has been a little lazy in recent years." Fushimimiya said his judgment in a vain way, but for some reason the Emperor asked about this, and was originally discussing the naval issue just now.

"Oh. But the president of the National Bank he appointed is about to be dismissed." Hirohito said yesterday's news, "If it really affects the political situation, why didn't he interfere in advance?"

"Your Majesty," Fumimigu smiled bitterly. This was not a question that the Navy general could answer.

"Haha, I know you don't care about these things." Hirohito stopped and turned to look at Fushimigumi, and then said, "Then let's talk about the navy. Yang really wants the Chinese Navy to fight the Imperial Navy in a real battle?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," Fushimimiya Hirokyo nodded, "If China and Japan want to establish a joint fleet, they must solve the problem of combat awareness. Yang has always advocated aircraft operations. He believes that this is the direction of the navy's development, and the Chinese Navy is also building and training with this awareness. If they are allowed to develop like this, the Chinese Navy will not only not unite, but will constrain each other. If this problem cannot be solved in chess performance, then there will be only actual combat. I believe that after this battle, the Chinese Navy will re-learn the Imperial Navy, and the Imperial Navy with the Chinese Navy will become stronger."

"Is this the result of the military command discussion?" Hirohito asked. He had been walking for a while and had already walked. "I heard that some other people didn't think so."

Yang Rui's invitation to the Japanese Navy caused a lot of shock with Shintaro Shimada's return to the upper level of the Imperial Navy. Although it was six years later, six years were not too long, and the war framework was determined to die, that is, the two armies fought for the sea power of Iwo Jima, and they would win when they landed on the island. No one knew what the Chinese thought. But it didn't matter. It was definitely an amateur imagination to fight against battleships with aircraft carriers in fixed waters. For this reason, Yang Rui gained a reputation as an amateur in the Japanese Navy Command, which was enough for everyone to laugh at for a few years.

But not all generals think so. Colonel Inoue Naimei almost danced and shouted that the Japanese Navy would be reborn in this battle; and Major General Isori Yamamoto, who has always praised the air mother, also said that the Japanese Navy would be defeated in this battle. This inconsistent voice made the two more aliens among the high-level generals of the Imperial Navy, and the Emperor did not expect that the Emperor would hear about it.

"Your Majesty. Although aircraft technology has improved, battleships are also improving. Now the latest warships exceed 30,000 tons. Due to the Washington Naval Treaty, countries cannot build larger tonnage battleships. This seems to give aircraft a chance, but once the treaty expires, the power of the shield will be strengthened." Fushimiya said, which was concretizing the contradiction between Shintaro Shimada.

"The real function of an aircraft is to help the fleet reconnaissance the enemy situation and cover the battleships to arrive on the battlefield to fight the enemy in the final decisive battle. It is absolutely unacceptable to deviate from this. Many people who advocate aircraft, or navies that advocate aircraft combat, are rising stars. They either want to improve faster, or hope to use this trick to make themselves become a naval power as soon as possible. This is what the Chinese Navy considers. They try to cross the Imperial Navy with planes, but the facts will prove that this is impossible."

"Okay, I understand." Hirohito also received naval education a few years ago and deeply agreed with the cannon giant ships. However, Chinese aircraft had sunk the Imperial Ship after all, so he had to ask the truth in detail. "That means that if there is a war, will we have an absolute advantage over the Chinese Navy?"

Not knowing why the Emperor mentioned the war, Fushimigu nodded suspiciously. Hirohito smiled when he saw this, "I just said that if China and Japan are very kind now, even if there are unpleasant behaviors, they are just the personal actions of some snobs. Although Fushimigu still has a few years, the navy still needs to prepare well. The empire's dominant position in the navy must be unshakable."

"Yes, Your Majesty. But now Yang requires the empire air mother to be handed over to the Chinese Navy to manage." Fushimigu said the most concerned issue in his heart, "This is the condition for the Northeast Oilfield to invest."

"Eight million tons of oil" Hirohito's tone was a little helpless. After all, the empire is an island country with scarce resources. Although New Japan has countless minerals, New Japan also has no oil, and the annual oil consumption in China has exceeded 5 million tons. Oil and steel are all things that are choking. "How big is the Northeast oil field?"

"I heard that the annual output is over 10 million tons." Fushimiya said. "Yang made sure to give us eight million tons every year, even if it occupies the Chinese output share. If this is the case, then the Imperial Oil supply will be worry-free within 20 years. Moreover, this oil field is very close to the Sea of ​​Japan, so we can build an oil pipeline to the Sea of ​​Japan." After talking about the benefits of oil, Hirohito was worried that he would not agree, and he stepped up: "The air carrier force is only managed in accordance with the Chinese way, and its command power is still in the military command. This does not pose a threat to the Imperial Navy, but it will boost the navy's aviation faction."

"The Yang family's affairs are determined after planning, and the calculation is very far away." Hirohito seemed to say to himself. Seeing that Fumimi Miyaki Hakuto had been waiting for his own holy decision, he said: "The officers of the Air-Macro unit must be loyal people and must not be influenced by China at all!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fumimigu said, "Saint is definitely agreeing to this."

"Okay, you go and arrange it." Hirohito had already walked to the entrance of the palace at this time, and the conversation ended there.

Fushimimiya, who had received the Holy Tribulation, bowed several times before leaving. As soon as he left, Hirohito, who was changing clothes, immediately went to Kamakura Hall. An important meeting will be held there.

The Minister of the Palace, Makino, had been waiting at the entrance of Kamakura Hall. When Hirohito appeared in the hall, he shouted to the hall: "His Majesty the Emperor is here." Marquis Kido Yukiichi, Duke Fumiko Kome, and Baron Kurata Kumao Harada immediately stood up solemnly after Hirohito sat down, their leaning bodies stood up slightly.

Different from the Imperial Front meeting, Hirohito saw that the three of them did not sit down, so he raised his hand and said, "Sit down." Then he waited for the three of them to sit down. He looked at the three of them again and said, "What's the situation in China?"

"Your Majesty. China" was the first to speak Kido Yuichi, but now Koemi Fumi also spoke, so he stopped.

Konoe Fumi is the deputy speaker of the aristocratic academy and a duke. He has the highest status among the three. He fully understands what the emperor needs to know, so he said: "Your Majesty, since the Yang family stepped down from the throne, internal struggles have been extremely fierce, especially since the economic crisis. The Song family cabinet and Yang family members have had many confrontations. Last week, the arrest of Zhang, the president of the State Bank, and the rumor that Zhang was in Beijing for questioning, are all concrete manifestations of internal disputes. Judging from Yang's reaction, he did not see him helping him again. From this we judge that even if Zhang was instructed, it may not be Yang's original intention. Yang's daily life is hunting and reading, and he has no other behavior."

"Your Majesty, during the economic crisis, we should try our best to promote the Japan-China customs alliance in order to expand exports and reduce unemployment. The police department once again cracked the case of the magistrates. They were about to plan a riot in order to achieve a Russian-style revolution." Kido Yukiichi has been troubled by the crackdown party in recent days, and he has been afraid that Japan will be like this since the Russian Revolution.

"Your Majesty, the customs alliance is crucial." Harada Kumao also spoke. He was once the secret of Kato Takamaki, and then the private secret of Nishimotoji Gonghong. He was largely a liaison between the palace and the chaebol, and an expert in intelligence gathering. "Zhang, President of the China National Bank, did have a plan to integrate China and Japan. First, it was market integration, then economic integration, financial integration, and monetary integration, but it did not mean that market integration would necessarily mean economic integration, and economic integration would necessarily mean financial integration. Even if the two countries work together, there are still many matters to be handled as appropriate. Asian banks and Asian dollar are not worth worrying about."

"But some people say that Yang was consciously annexing the empire." The three people in front of him were Hirohito's confidants, and they were confidants outside the palace. Hirohito paid great attention to their opinions, but he was born a suspicious person, especially now that the cabinet has turned to Britain and the United States, he paid more attention to China's reaction.

"Your Majesty, what Yang is most worried about is that the empire is close to Britain and the United States, so that the empire is likely to unite Britain and the United States to block the Chinese country. At the same time, he always believed that the United States would launch a war against East Asia within more than ten years. If the empire stands on the side of the United States, the Chinese country's situation will be even worse. This is his ultimate motivation to win over the empire." Marquis Kido Yukiichi said.

"The alliance treaty is just a defensive treaty, and China does not dare to provoke the United States on its own initiative, so it has the initiative in the Eastern Front Empire; only against Chilu, because the sixth army of China is dominant, they have relatively the initiative in the Western Front. The saying of annexation of the Empire is not enough to worry about. Zhang, the President of the State Bank, was only afraid that the empire would be close to the English and American countries. This is the same as the gift from the new Central Asian Japanese to the empire, and they are both worried that the empire will leave China."

Yuki Kido explained the annexation as a win-win, which made Hirohito very satisfied. But Fumiki Koemi said: "Your Majesty, despite this, the empire should not continue to sign the contract after the alliance treaty expires, so that the empire can get along with everything."

"Guard, isn't the treaty lasting thirty years?" Hirohito suddenly asked.

"Your Majesty, the treaty is indeed thirty years, but it is also stipulated that the three parties will adjust every ten years. Although this adjustment is only for details, if an objection is raised on the obligations it assumes, the treaty will be in name only." Konoe Fumiya said, and he remembered the British-Japanese Alliance Treaty in his mind. "The year after that will be adjusted. If the economic crisis does not worsen, the empire can consider it."

"Your Majesty, the year after year is definitely not a good opportunity!" Kido Yukiichi interrupted. "The economic crisis had just passed at that time. Once it repeated, the empire would suffer even deeper. Only twelve years later is the opportunity to adjust."

Kono and Kido had disagreements. Harada Kumao, who was silent for a long time, said, "Your Majesty, there are two ways to put them in front of the empire. One is to abide by international treaties. If so, the empire should decisively terminate the alliance treaty with China and return to the international system with an independent attitude, so that the empire can get along with the world, but China will be extremely angry about this. The empire's one-sided most favorable treatment in the Big Six market will all disappear.

Another way is to maintain the current defensive alliance but abide by international treaties. At present, the rapid development of the Big 6 market is enough to support Japanese factories. This path is more appropriate based on economic theory. And most importantly, the Yang family no longer has the intention to be enterprising and pioneering, and the international treaties that China has also abide by have not exceeded the line. However, this is only now, thirty years later, the empire will definitely reconsider its direction: should it continue to abide by the treaties, or "

Harada Kumao's words came to Hirohito's heart. Should Japan abide by the existing treaties or break them? This is the focus of imperial diplomacy and the center of domestic politics. Europeanists are focused on democracy, while conservatives tend toward aristocratic politics like China. They even borrowed Yang's ideology to completely deny the **** and democracy from the perspective of civilization, calling them the toxins of civilization destruction. Thinking of the increasingly high-pitched call for democracy, Hirohito's mind was distracted again. (To be continued.)
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