That day, Lu Ming was reading a piece of information in his office, when Huang Yanning suddenly barged in.
Lu Ming looked at him in surprise, knowing that something must have happened.
Lu Ming did not set any particularly strict rules. For example, when subordinates came in, they had to shout a report, salute, etc., but at least they had to knock on the door first. This kind of situation where they barged in head-on would generally not happen.
Huang Yanning apparently forgot about his rashness. He waved a telegram in his hand and shouted: "Master Lu, there is a mutiny in Tokyo, Japan."
"What? Dong, what happened to Tokyo?" Lu Ming stood up suddenly.
"We just received the news. Just the day before yesterday, on the 26th, a serious mutiny occurred in Tokyo. It is said that the Prime Minister and several ministers were killed by the rebels, and several chaebols were also assassinated." Huang Yanning gasped.
Said gruffly.
"How did we receive such important news?" Lu Ming looked at the calendar on the table. Today is February 28th.
"After the rebellion, Tokyo, Japan implemented comprehensive communication controls. Under normal circumstances, no news can be transmitted." Huang Yanning placed the telegraph newspaper in front of Lu Ming.
Lu Ming took the telegram and read it. It was not detailed. It just said that in the early morning of the 26th, some officers and soldiers of the Japanese First Division launched a mutiny and assassinated several ministers, including the Prime Minister.
Chaebol.
The specific situation is unknown.
Lu Ming couldn't help but sigh, the Japanese are really good at making things happen, and they would come up with something from time to time that would attract people's attention.
"The Japanese have reaped the consequences. They are bullying us in different ways, and now there is unrest in their country." Huang Yanning said with a long sigh of relief.
Lu Ming thought for a moment and then said: "It's too early to say this now. I don't think this is a good thing. There may be a bigger crisis hidden."
"Master Lu, what do you mean by this? If they mutiny, it will be detrimental to us?" Huang Yanning was a little confused.
"If it's a simple mutiny, it's nothing. I'm worried that this is a major explosion of Japanese populism, which means that Japanese militarism is on the rise. In that case, it will be a disaster for not only China, but also the entire Asia and even the world."
Lu Ming's eyebrows knitted. He had predicted the development of the situation in Japan, and now it seemed that everything had broken out in advance.
"Populism?" Huang Yanning was a little confused. It was the first time he heard this term.
"In recent years, Japan has accelerated its pace of external expansion. Some people blame the Japanese emperor, while others blame the upper echelons of the Japanese military. In fact, they are not comprehensive. The more important thing is that Japanese populism has become more serious day by day after the Russo-Japanese War."
Lu Ming sighed.
"What is this? Is it related to the war?" Huang Yanning still seemed to understand.
Lu Ming summarized it. The Russian populists had a famous saying at that time: "Whoever is not with 'us' is against 'us'; whoever is against 'us' is 'our' enemy; and enemies should be treated as
Use all means to eliminate them."
"Isn't this a typical form of hatred? People get excited when they disagree, and there is no need to think rationally." Huang Yanning understood immediately.
"It's almost as you said. Many strange phenomena in Japan, whether in the political or military circles, can be answered from populism if you sort them out." Lu Ming said calmly.
"Based on the current situation, if there is a big outbreak of populism in Japan, what will be the consequences?" Huang Yanning has already guessed the result, but still wants to verify it.
"That may trigger an early outbreak of all-out war between China and Japan." Lu Ming's face became a little heavy.
"Oh, so this is a very dangerous signal. We must take countermeasures." Huang Yanning felt the seriousness of the situation.
"Go and notify the Telecommunications Department. If you receive any telegrams about Japan, send them to me immediately without delay." Lu Ming ordered.
"Okay." Huang Yanning immediately went out to notify the telecommunications department.
"Sir, if there is unrest in Japan, will it also affect us in China?" Liu Qiwen stepped forward and asked timidly.
"It's hard to say now. I don't know what kind of mutiny this is and what caused it. It's impossible to determine the consequences of this incident at the moment. However, military expansion has become Japan's policy of governing the country. Under this premise
, it can’t be a good thing.”
Lu Ming pondered, but his heart was experiencing a violent turmoil.
The storm was coming. Although I had known it would come for a long time, I didn't expect it to come so soon.
Lu Ming sorted out his thoughts and immediately called Sheng Youde to ask if he had received any information about the Japanese mutiny.
Sheng Youde also just received a telegram. The content was similar to the one he received. They only said that some officers and soldiers of the Japanese First Division launched a mutiny and assassinated the prime minister, ministers and chaebols.
Lu Ming asked Sheng Youde whether this was related to the intensifying populism in Japan.
Sheng Youde's reply is that Japan is a country with many volcanoes, and the biggest volcano is Japanese populism. Now the precursors of a volcanic eruption have appeared.
Lu Ming originally wanted to find someone to inquire about the news further, but after thinking about it he decided not to go.
Currently, he has several agents stationed in Tokyo, all of whom are cooperating with the Kenta family. If he has detailed information, he will definitely send it back faster than others.
Tokyo has only sent a relatively brief piece of information now. It should be that the situation is relatively confusing and it is impossible to obtain more detailed information at the moment.
For a whole day, no new telegram came in. Lu Ming could only sit in the office and wait, feeling confused.
Lu Ming called the Japanese Consulate several times, trying to find out the situation from Qian Tian, but the phone number of the Japanese Consulate could not be reached at all and the line was always busy.
In the afternoon, Lu Ming finally got a new piece of information.
Since the rebellion broke out, Tokyo, Japan, has entered a state of comprehensive martial law, with road blockades and traffic controls, not to mention communication controls.
It is said that the Japanese military has taken coercive measures to suppress the rebellion. The rebels are now surrounded, but the mutiny has not been completely suppressed.
Then there was further news that a large number of Japanese navy warships entered Tokyo Port, preparing to send marines into Tokyo to quell the rebellion.
This news shocked many people. If this is true, doesn't it mean that there is a possibility of a civil war between Japan's navy and army?
On this day, not only Lu Ming, but also the whole world's eyes were focused on Tokyo, Japan.
The actual content reported by the major news media was not much, and it was far less detailed than the intelligence Lu Ming collected from everywhere, but they analyzed the Tokyo incident from a different perspective.
After dinner, the sound of firecrackers rang out in the yard, and someone lit fireworks to celebrate. There were also many places in the city setting off firecrackers and fireworks, as if they were celebrating the New Year.
Lu Ming looked at the celebrating crowd in the yard with a wry smile, but there was no feeling of joy in his heart, instead he felt a little heavy.
If a major turmoil really breaks out in Japan, or even triggers a civil war, that is indeed a good thing. The militarists will kill each other, and the people of the country will suffer. This will be a blessing to other countries in the world.
The outbreak of war between China and Japan will be greatly delayed as a result. If Japan cannot settle down for a while, China may even regain parts of Northeast China and Inner Mongolia occupied by the Japanese army in one fell swoop.
However, after Lu Ming carefully analyzed the collected information, he felt that this possibility did not exist.
Those who launched the rebellion were only some officers and soldiers of the Japanese First Division, not all of them, and their strength was limited.
The slogan they put forward was to respect the emperor and eliminate traitors, which was to eradicate the upper-level bureaucrats and chaebols, believing that they were the main culprits of the Japanese people's dire livelihood.
Japan's major financial groups use their economic and status advantages to continuously exploit the people, making the class and hierarchical distribution of Japanese society more and more obvious, with the poor getting poorer and the rich getting richer.
The corruption and incompetence of bureaucrats and the greed of chaebols have led to the gradual widening of the gap between rich and poor in Japan.
To narrow this gap, all power must be returned to the emperor.
Such rebellions launched in the name of "Qing Jun Side" are not uncommon in Chinese history.
However, in Chinese history, "Qing Jun side" is often synonymous with usurping power, but these Japanese officers and soldiers really want to eradicate corruption, greed, incompetence and shamelessness at the top levels of the country.
However, this mutiny was actually a random act by lower-level officers. It lacked careful operational planning, no action plan, and no consideration of how the incident would end.
After the mutiny began, Emperor Hirohito publicly rebuked these young rebels and issued a revolt order, ordering them to lay down their weapons.
This is a bit funny. The emperor is opposed to them eradicating upper-level bureaucrats and plutocrats in the name of "pure monarchy".
This group of lower-level officers did not consider at all what forces were needed for the mutiny and how to achieve their goals.
Not to mention it's child's play, it's also a sign of excess hormones.
Based on all aspects of the situation, by the early morning of the 28th, the rebels were completely defeated and could not afford to make a big splash.
Although the military does not want to deal heavy blows to the rebels, Navy warships have entered Tokyo Bay and Marine Corps tanks are also being transferred to Tokyo. This is obviously a very tough attitude.
The implication is that if the Army does not want to trigger a civil war, it must do its best to counter the rebellion. Once the counterinsurgency fails and fails to do anything, the Navy will not be polite.
The 226 Tokyo Mutiny seemed to be a factional dispute within the Japanese Army, but it was like throwing a pebble into a calm park lake, spreading uneasy ripples throughout the world.
"Sir, no matter how you look at it, this is a good thing for China. Why do you have such a gloomy look all day long?" Liu Qiwen asked in confusion.