When Army Chief of Staff Kanin Miyazahito and Army Minister Touichi Terauchi filed into Hirohito's bedroom, they found that Chinese medicine doctors were diagnosing Hirohito's pulse. Hirohito believed in Western learning and devoted almost his whole life to Japan's Western-style reform plan, but only
There was one exception: Hirohito did not believe in Western medicine.
Whenever he gets sick, Hirohito prefers to see a Chinese medicine doctor.
After the Chinese medicine doctor diagnosed Hirohito's pulse and prescribed a prescription, he was ready to leave.
Shouyi in the temple stopped the Chinese medicine doctor and asked in a deep voice: "How is your Majesty's condition?"
The Chinese medicine doctor quickly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty's condition is not serious, it is just a stagnation of Qi. As long as you calm down for a period of time and supplement it with decoction, you will be able to recover quickly."
"Yoshi, please." Terauchi Shouichi bowed slightly to thank him.
"I don't dare, I don't dare." The Chinese medicine doctor quickly moved half of his body away, and then told Xianyuan Gong Zairen and Temple Shouichi, "His Royal Highness, the Prince, and His Excellency the Earl, please do not overwork Your Majesty."
"Hai." Temple Shouyi paused again, and then the Chinese medicine doctor turned around and left.
Temple Shouichi then followed Kanin Gong Zaihito to Hirohito's bedside.
Juichi Terauchi had just been promoted back from the post of commander of the North China Front and succeeded Seishiro Itagaki as Minister of War. As early as two years ago, Juichi Terauchi had served as Minister of War. He suppressed the February 26th Incident with an iron fist, so serving as Minister of War was of great significance to him.
It is very familiar to everyone, and Hirohito is very comfortable in using it.
Hirohito opened his eyes slightly, glanced at the two of them, and said, "Uncle Emperor, Temple-san, are you here?"
Hanin Palace Zai Ren and Temple Shouichi bowed deeply, and the latter said in panic: "The incompetence of the ministers has caused His Majesty to worry about the events in China all day long, so that he lingers on his sick bed, and the ministers are deeply frightened."
"Okay, okay." Hirohito waved his hand and said, "Don't say any more."
"Hai." Terauchi Shouichi paused heavily, and then obediently closed his mouth.
Terauchi Shouichi is an old devil who is actually very cunning. The nonsense he just talked about seems to have no nutrition, but in fact, he inadvertently threw the errand of mentioning business to Kanin Miya Zaijin first. Terauchi Shouichi knew that business was mentioned
, Emperor Hirohito will definitely be furious, so it’s better to leave this hard job to the old emperor’s uncle.
Sure enough, Hirohito turned his attention to Hanin Gong Zaijin.
In fact, Xianyuan Gong Zairen didn't want to get into trouble, but he had no choice. Who made him the Army Chief of Staff?
At that moment, Xianyuan Gong Zairen said bravely: "Your Majesty, the detailed battle report of the Battle of Jiujiang still needs to be verified..."
"Verification?" Hirohito was immediately furious upon hearing this, and rudely interrupted Gong Zaijin, saying, "Verification of what? Is there anything else to verify? Aren't the facts clear enough? Associated Press reporters have already written a press release.
, have all been made public at the League of Nations meeting at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. My imperial uncle, this time the empire has been embarrassed by the League of Nations!"
Hanyuan Gong Zairen's old face immediately fell down, and he was so scolded by Hirohito that he didn't even dare to fart.
Temple Shouichi stood behind Kanin Gong Zairen, but he felt a little proud in his heart. Hey, luckily I reacted quickly and kicked the ball to the feet of Lao Zairen without leaving a trace. Otherwise, I would be scolded bloody by His Majesty the Emperor.
It was he, the Minister of War, who was in charge, not Hanwon Gong Zaijin, the Chief of Army General Staff.
Hirohito's anger was aroused, and he roared: "Shame, shame! This is simply the greatest shame in the history of the empire. The majestic headquarters of a group army is located, but a Chinese local army of less than a regiment is allowed to attack again and again.
Three times, what is this? A drill? Playing house?"
Hanyin Palace Zai Ren and Temple Shouichi remained silent.
Hirohito was still angry, and then roared loudly: "Isn't Itagaki very good at fighting? Isn't he very good at fighting? In Shanxi, didn't he once defeat China's thirty-one divisions with half a division? How come he arrived in Jiujiang?
Why is it not working? Om? How come Itagaki immediately became a rookie who can't fight when he met Xu Rui? Shame, simply a shame! Even if you randomly find a student from Army University to command, I'm afraid he won't lose so miserably!
"
Just in time, the waiter had boiled the medicine and brought it in. He asked Hirohito to drink the medicine.
But how could Hirohito be thinking about drinking medicine now? With a flick of his hand, he knocked the medicine bowl over on the ground, and the medicine in the bowl spilled all over the floor. The waiter was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground and wiped the medicine on the ground with his sleeve.
Hirohito was furious, glaring at Hanin Gong Zaijin and asking: "Uncle Emperor, Itagaki is already considered the most capable among the many generals in the empire, but he was still defeated miserably by Xu Rui. Tell me honestly, what is the empire?"
Isn’t it that there is no way to deal with this Xu Rui? Is it true that no matter who is sent, the result will be the same?”
"That's not the case." Xianyuan Gong Zairen said quickly, "The main reason why Xu Rui repeatedly caused heavy losses to the imperial army before was because the imperial army invested too many troops on the frontal battlefield, which resulted in the backlash.
The emptiness gave Xu Rui various opportunities to take advantage of, and led to the continuous defeats of the imperial army."
After a slight pause, Xianyuan Gong Zairen continued: "Now that the offensive on the frontal battlefield has come to an end, the imperial army will then strengthen the security situation in the vast occupied areas, and the Central China dispatched troops will be able to mobilize heavy troop groups.
Launching an all-out raid on Xu Rui's Dameishan home base with thunderous momentum, I believe that the imperial army will definitely win this time, and Xu Rui's troops will be driven out of Dameishan and will be crushed."
Hirohito obviously didn't believe it, and frowned and said, "Is this true? The previous failures were just because of insufficient troops?"
"This is indeed the case." Terauchi Juichi knew that he had to stand up and speak, otherwise he would really offend Kanin Gong Zaijin to death. He immediately took over the conversation and said, "For example, the assassination of Fushimi Palace, it was completely
Because the main force of the Shanghai Condemnation Army had already advanced to Nanjing at that time, this resulted in a lack of troops in the Wuxi area, giving the remnants of the temporary 79th Division led by Xu Rui the opportunity to assassinate Fushimi Palace."
After a slight pause, Juichi Terauchi continued: "Another example is the Battle of Nantong and the first raid on Damei Mountain by the Kawaguchi detachment. They also failed because of insufficient troops. If the two detachments were not one detachment at that time, but
If it is a main division, the results will be completely different."
Hirohito said angrily: "What about the disastrous failure of the 10th Division's second raid on Damei Mountain?"
"This..." Temple Shouichi couldn't react at once, and Xianyuan Gong Zairen quickly took over the conversation and said, "The Tenth Division was caused by Xiaozhu Yinan's underestimation of the enemy. In addition, at that time, the Damei Mountain District had continuous
The drought caused severe water shortage in the mountainous areas, which led to the collapse of the 10th Division due to lack of water."
Hirohito immediately caught Kanin Miya Zaijin's speech disorder and said: "The piggy righteous man will underestimate the enemy, how can he know that if he sends someone to go there, he will not underestimate the enemy?" Itagaki Seishiro was so capable of fighting a tiger general, but in the end he was defeated by Xu
It's a sharp play in the palm of your hand, Emperor Uncle, can you guarantee that if you send someone else there, you can be better than Itagaki?"
"This..." Xianyuan Gong Zairen was immediately speechless.
He really didn’t dare to do this to guarantee Xuan Yuan Gong Zai Ren, because Xu Rui was really good at fighting! Since the Sino-Japanese War broke out, many capable generals have emerged in the National Army, but none of them can be as good as
Xu Rui was always able to defeat the Japanese army with less and more, and almost twenty generals fell to Xu Rui alone!
However, what made Kanin Gong Zaijin feel a little relieved was that Hirohito's anger finally calmed down.
Hirohito stared at the fragments of the medicine bowl that he had just knocked over to the ground, and said quietly: "I remember when I was young, the emperor once said to me that Western medicine is as good as Western medicine, and Chinese medicine is as wonderful as Chinese medicine. Western medicine can treat symptoms, and Chinese medicine can treat symptoms.
Treating the root cause, but treating both the symptoms and the root cause is inevitably biased. Only treating both the symptoms and the root cause is the right way."
Xianyuan Gong Zairen repeatedly echoed: "What the late emperor brother said is absolutely true, and I deeply believe it."
Hirohito waved his hand and added: "To practice medicine, you need to treat both the symptoms and the root causes, and this is how you should govern a country."
Xianyuan Gong Zairen was still confused, but Shouyi in the temple had already tasted it and said: "Your Majesty, what do you mean, send someone to recruit Xu Rui? But this is probably impossible, right?"
"What? Surrender?" Xianyuan Gong Zairen shouted, "This is absolutely impossible!"
"You haven't even tried, how can you say it's impossible?" Hirohito glared at Hanin Gong Zaijin with dissatisfaction, and then continued, "Practicing medicine requires treating both the symptoms and the root causes, and governing the country requires both political and military attention.
If political means cannot solve the problem, military means should be used; when military means fail, political means should be used to solve the problem."
After a pause, Hirohito continued: "At the beginning, Ma Zhanshan's momentum in Manchuria was no less than that of Xu Rui today. The Kwantung Army attacked with heavy troops, but could not advance even an inch. In the end, they used the strategy of political inducement to surrender. Ma Zhanshan didn't obediently enter.
Gu, served as the military and political minister of Manchukuo?"
Temple Shouichi said: "But in the end, Ma Zhanshan rebelled!"
"That's another matter." Hirohito said disapprovingly, "One code equals another. Ma Zhanshan surrendered first and then rebelled. This does not mean that the strategy of simultaneous political and military measures is wrong. When military means do not work, they should be replaced decisively.
Using political means, I think we should send someone to contact Xu Rui immediately!"
Xianyuan Gong Zairen frowned and said, "Who should be sent?"
"That's your business." Hirohito breathed a sigh of relief and added, "I only know that if Xu Rui follows in Ma Zhanshan's footsteps and declares allegiance to the Nanjing Reform Government, it will be like a sword to the heart of China's main war faction! China
The will and determination to resist will definitely be greatly shaken. In short, if this happens, the situation of the Sino-Japanese war will be very different!"
Kanin Gong Zairen turned to look at Terauchi Shouichi. Both of them were a little moved. Although this idea was a bit fanciful, if it really became a reality, the impact would be huge!
