In late March, there is a fine spring rain in the south of ***, with clear raindrops, nourishing the dry land that has been in full swing. It is the season when cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Looking down at the entire Tokyo capital from the sky, you can see the color of pink tassels clustered everywhere, and the soft colors are like a girl with light makeup.

In Higashio-cho in the suburbs of Tokyo, a car carefully passed through the narrow street and stopped at the gate of a yard near the Sumida River. The doorman who was waiting at the gate ran forward with an umbrella, opened the door, handed it on the umbrella to block the rain for the people in the car. An old man in a dress walked out of the car. Although he looked nearly 60 years old, he seemed to be full of energy and no sense of tumultuousness. He stood in front of the car and sorted out his Western-style dress hem, and then walked into the yard quickly under the guidance of the ward.

When he arrived at the entrance, the old man took off his patent leather shoes and asked the disciples: "Have anyone ever visited the Speaker earlier?"

The speaker he mentioned refers to the Chief Advisor of the Privy Council, Aritomo Yama Prefecture. Although Aritomo Yama Prefecture does not have any public status in the cabinet, he has always held the position of Chief of the Privy Council since Hiromo Ito was assassinated. The Privy Council was an advisory body directly responsible to the Emperor after the Meiji Restoration until before World War II. The functions it contains involve almost all the power areas of the Emperor. Although it is just an advisory system and does not have actual power, it also depends on who the person holding this position. A powerful veteran like Hiromo Ito and Aritomo Yama Prefecture can often control the entire political system as an advisor.

The disciple bent his body and replied in a low voice: "Go back to Qingpu, about an hour ago, General Lu Xiang Dashanyan had been here, but General Dashan only had a talk with the Speaker for more than ten minutes, and he didn't use a cup of tea, so he got up and said goodbye and left."

This Qingpu Lord is Kiyogo, who is known as the "Four Great Kings" of Yama Prefecture's bureaucrat, including Shiratoshi, Hirata Tosuke, and Oura Kazuotake. Since Hirofumi Ito, Yama Prefecture Akito took the actual power of military and political affairs and was promoted to the Speaker of the Privy Council. Not long after, Kiyogo was promoted to the Deputy Speaker of the Privy Council. To this day, he also serves as the Minister of Justice and a Member of the Noble House. He is a typical political representative of the warlords of the Choshu vassal.

Kiyosu Kiyogo (きようらけいご, (February 14, 1850 - November 5, 1942), the 23rd Prime Minister of the Cabinet (Prime Minister). Born in Kumamoto Prefecture, *** politician, *** 23rd Prime Minister of the Cabinet. He served as judicial officer, member of the noble house, minister of justice, minister of agriculture and commerce, and president of the Privy Council. He became Prime Minister in 1924, but because his cabinet members were all appointed by members of the noble house, he was strongly criticized by constitutionalists and resigned only five months after taking office. The era when he became prime minister was also the era when the democratic atmosphere of Taisho was the most prosperous.

After hearing what his disciples said, Kiyosu Kuigo's face fell into deep thought and murmured to himself: "The people from the Satsuma Sect come to see the Speaker? Are these people really planning to cooperate with the Speaker?"

As a capable general of Yutomoto, he has always been unswervingly following Yutomoto's political power and position in Yutomo. Although the Choshu clan and the Satsuma clan both started their own business by relying on military power, the two factions have their own plans after all, but they will form some kind of inevitable alliance relationship based on the interests of the military clan, but in the final analysis, they cannot be fully trusted.

The disciples naturally did not dare to take care of the political affairs of the upper class. After waiting for a while, he said: "Lord Qingpu, Lord Speaker is now enjoying the cherry blossoms in the back garden. The villain will take you there."

Qingpu Kuiwu came to his senses from his thoughts, then nodded, followed the doorman to the front yard along the wooden corridor, passed a small wooden bridge and walked directly around the atrium, and came to the back garden corridor. A long distance away, I saw Yuto Yama County wearing a white kimono sitting behind a small teahouse arranged in the corridor, slowly savoring fragrant tea, while watching the two cherry blossom trees blooming in the open air in the middle of the yard, with only a maid responsible for making tea beside him. The drizzle fell on the pink leaves of the cherry blossoms, and the shaking branches set against the rain, making them look unique.

The disciple stood on the other end of the corridor and shouted to Yutoshi Shanxian: "Sir, Deputy Speaker Qingpu is here to visit."

Yupeng of Shanxian looked here, then nodded slightly, but did not respond. He was already old and could save as much strength as he could.

The disciple immediately turned around and made a "please" gesture to Qingpu Kuiwu behind him, and watched Qingpu Kuiwu go with his back, and then silently exited the back garden.

Qingpu Kuiwu came to Youpeng in Shanxian County and bowed to him and said, "Your Excellency, I'm disturbing your pleasure in watching flowers."

Shan County Youpeng smiled amiably and said, "Where is wherever Qingpu Jun comes, you are always guests. Come and come, it's just the time for me to sit alone. You are here, so let's enjoy the flowers together. Asong, please help Lord Qingpu prepare the cushions and tea sets, and then leave." He ordered in a timely manner, since Qingpu Kuiwu came to visit without making an appointment, there must be a key matter from the cabinet.

The maid cleaned up the coffee table, then took a new cushion and a new tea set from the room, and then left.

A friend of Shan County asked Qingpu Kuiwu to sit down and pour a cup of tea for him. Then he pointed to the cherry blossoms in the courtyard in an understatement and said, "This year's cherry blossoms bloom earlier than in previous years, but they are more colorful than in previous years. Haha, I think this is a good omen."

Qingpu Kuiwu turned his eyes to the cherry blossom trees in the yard and said slowly: "As you said, this must be a good omen, indicating that our great empire will usher in a stronger era!"

Yama Prefecture Akito nodded thoughtfully, suddenly changed the topic and asked, "So, has Okuma Jun held another cabinet meeting recently?"

Hearing this, Kiyosu Kuigo knew that Ai Tomoto of Yama Prefecture was about to talk about the serious matter. He restrained his emotions and said with a serious expression: "There is no meeting on Okuma-kun, but I heard from the internal affairs meeting that Lord Tibetan Prime Minister seems to be delaying the review of the military expenditure plan, which is probably due to the delay in the transfer of the 7th Division and the 10th Division to North Korea. This matter is quite a matter."

Yupeng of Shan County calmly picked up the teacup in his hand, squinted his eyes and sniffed it. He sighed comfortably and said, "Mr. Dashan has also come here just now, and he also told me about this. This situation at this time is indeed very unfavorable to the plan we made before. The person who Zangxiang is still too stubborn..."

Qingpu Kuigo explained: "The Tibetan Prime Minister does not seem to be stubborn. At present, the public opinion in our great empire is very fierce, and the threats from the Chinese are increasing day by day. Even if these civilized factions want to engage in political struggles, they will put the overall situation first. Yesterday afternoon, I personally went to Kato Kwan, who was from the central bank. The current economic situation is very serious, especially many enterprises in our three northeastern provinces have been boycotted by the Chinese, and many factories cannot recruit workers, and even the passenger flow of the South Manchuria Railway has dropped by nearly 40%. Not only that, Kato Kwan also told me a very shocking news!"

Yutoto of Shan County showed a little interest. He looked at Qingpu Kuiwu and asked, "Oh, what's the matter?"

Qingpu Kuiwu sighed and said in a more intense tone: "It is said that China is going to build another railway in the northeast. What's even more hateful is that this railway will be paved along our South Manchuria Railway. The two railways will be only 50 meters apart at most. Shanxian, what's the matter? This is a naked provocation to us!"

Yama Prefecture Akito suddenly frowned, but soon stretched out again. He smiled coldly and said, "Where did that guy Kato get the news?"
Chapter completed!