s: repay debt The losses caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake to Japan are inestimable.
The number of dead and missing people alone exceeded 160,000, the number of people seriously injured exceeded 100,000, and 2.5 million people were homeless.
Cities such as Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Shizuoka, and Yamanashi around Sagami Bay have been completely destroyed, with economic losses exceeding 8 billion yen, and three hundred years of Edo culture reduced to ashes.
The damage to both people and property is shocking.
And these are only direct losses, but more serious are the indirect losses caused by disasters.
Because the Japanese government's slowness and confusion in disaster relief efforts have greatly disappointed Japanese civilians.
Coupled with the various scandals and inside stories disclosed by some media, they discovered the true face of Crown Prince Hirohito.
This future monarch, who they had high hopes for, turned out to be the same as those wealthy and powerful people.
On the other hand, the Chinese government's early warning and subsequent response greatly improved China's reputation among Japanese civilians.
The Young Japan Association gained a lot of prestige from the earthquake.
Unlike the Japanese government, which had no response, they took China's early warning very seriously.
Although they did not control the political power, they also organized activities within their capabilities.
Personnel evacuated.
They also used radio broadcasts and distributed leaflets to remind people to pay attention to earthquake prevention and popularize a lot of earthquake prevention knowledge.
After the earthquake, they also organized personnel and materials to carry out disaster relief and rescue operations in the disaster areas.
Of course, to be honest, these measures have indeed played a certain role, but not much.
After all, their strength is limited, and their appeal is far inferior to that of the government.
The most important thing is the government's deliberate suppression.
So not many people were willing to obey them in the beginning.
But things need to be compared.
Compared with the Japanese royal family and government, which were indifferent to early warnings and slow to respond afterwards, they suddenly became tall and upright.
Of course, the most important thing is the praise and self-praise of the Youth Japan Association by various media.
After the earthquake, many overseas media and even many conscientious media in Japan touted the Youth Japan Association overtly or covertly, making this organization more popular.
The popularity of Japanese people has skyrocketed.
According to these media, without the many efforts of the Young Japan Association, the casualties of the Great Kanto Earthquake would have been at least doubled or tripled.
There is definitely a lot of moisture in this statement, but it cannot stand up to everyone's consensus, and this conclusion is also supported by very detailed and seemingly real data.
People of this era have not experienced the information bombardment of later generations, and their level of knowledge is incomparable.
They have no understanding of the methods commonly used by later generations of media.
Everyone naturally believes it, or at least half-believes it.
Of course, if it were a different time, the effect of these publicity would definitely not be so good.
But now that China has provided advance warning, the effect is completely different.
The disregard and deliberate cover-up of the earthquake warning by the Japanese upper class is in sharp contrast to the current heavy losses.
The grief caused by hundreds of thousands of casualties and millions of people homeless has made the Japanese people angry with the upper class.
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In addition, conscientious domestic and foreign media widely disclosed that the powerful did not ignore the warning.
They had found a way out before the earthquake, and the airship was parked in front of their homes.
But for their own benefit, they concealed this news from the ordinary people at the lower level.
If you don’t believe me, you can take a look for yourselves.
A few dignitaries died in the earthquake.
They are treating human life with indifference.
If viewed from a neutral perspective, the actions of the Japanese government and powerful people are understandable and can be considered normal reactions.
But the vast majority of human beings are selfish.
As long as anything is related to their own interests, they only care about their butt, regardless of right or wrong.
For those whose lives and property have been damaged, the Japanese government's actions are disrespectful and irresponsible.
In addition, it is not about poverty but about inequality.
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If everyone is unlucky and everyone dies, it will be okay.
But this time, not many of the powerful people died.
The combination of these various reasons has caused the Japanese people's anger towards the upper class to reach its peak.
At the beginning, the anxious Japanese government did not think so much, and did not pay much attention to this folk trend of thought.
It wasn't until later that they discovered that something was wrong.
The public's reaction became more and more intense.
What worried them most was that the tried and tested brand of the royal family didn't seem to work very well.
In many places, "Mikado Mikage" was smashed.
On the contrary, the reputation of the Young Japan Association among the people is getting higher and higher.
Many people have proposed that the Young Japan Association form a cabinet.
In addition to the lower-class civilians, there are also many intellectuals and military officers among these people, and even There are some high-ranking people.
This phenomenon makes the Japanese upper class feel deep fear.
The upper class of Japan are not fools.
The existence of the Young Japan Association is not a secret.
They have known about it for a long time.
They also know that the thoughts of this organization are different from theirs, and their butts on both sides cannot go to the same place at all, so they are still very wary of this dissident organization hiding in the dark.
If it were a similar "non-national" organization, with the integrity and consistent practices of the Japanese powerful people, they would have gone on a killing spree.
However, it is difficult for the Youth Japan Association to use this method.
The practices of this organization are completely different from the "non-national" organizations they encountered before.
First of all, these guys hide themselves very well, are extremely well-organized, and have a high sense of confidentiality.
So far, the Japanese government has not been able to find their headquarters.
Even the members of this organization are confused.
Except for several well-known main leaders such as Kita Ikki, they are not sure who the other backbones are.
The most important thing is that this organization has a large group of legal experts and lawyers who have a thorough understanding of Japan's current laws.
The things they did were all allowed by law.
Even if there were some illegal things, they were kept very clean.
There was no legal basis for them and no evidence could be found.
It is very difficult to kill them for obvious reasons.
Of course, we all know that this era is not the legal society of later generations.
Laws are made for the common people.
For the powerful, the law is just a piece of toilet paper.
These days, the great powers of various countries are shameless and look very ugly.
For example, the powerful people in the United States can use private soldiers to kill strikers, and can invite competitors to fly on earthen planes, etc.
Japan is naturally no exception.
When they suppressed mass organizations and trade unions in the past few years, they never paid attention to the law.
"Oh, there are no relevant provisions.
Come on, let's write a new one for him."
But the Young Japan Association is different.
This organization is not one of those hanging thread organizations with no backing and no strength.
The strength of this organization is very huge.
Not only do they have strong economic strength in Japan, they are also connected with many powerful chaebols overseas.
They also have many sympathizers and supporters within the government and military.
On top of that, there is diplomatic pressure from China.
Every time they want to cause trouble, those well-informed foreign media, international organizations and "public intellectuals" start to talk nonsense.
Anyway, they are using all kinds of slander and slander.
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The Chinese government also expressed "serious concern" in a timely manner.
Because of these reasons, the Japanese government and powerful people had to put away all the methods that had been useful in the past, and could only use explicit legal means to deal with it.
Of course, although they could not find a reason to kill him completely for the time being, they spared no effort to suppress and exclude them in all aspects.
However, judging from the current situation, the effect of those suppressive measures is not ideal.
Not only did the Young Japan Association not crash into the streets, it actually became more active and nourishing.
"Baga" Hirohito quickly read the information in his hand, slammed the table, and said angrily: "These non-nationals, how can they be so incompetent in the cabinet that they can ruin the reputation of the royal family like this?"
The content mentioned in the intelligence made Hirohito's veins pop.
Those exposing the royal family's exploitation of the people, ignoring the suffering of the people, corruption and depravity were all trivial matters.
Some media are actually questioning the bloodline of the current royal family.
Those conscientious old, middle-aged and young historians have found some specious evidence from nowhere to prove that the current royal family has been replaced by others a long time ago, and not only was it Change it once.
All kinds of imaginative palace secrets are written like pornographic novels.
Oh, it’s more than just a “resemblance”.
The intelligence even mentioned that there have been many literary and artistic works based on the Japanese royal family, and even movies and TV shows.
Seeing these things, Hirohito was so angry that he almost exploded.
For the monarchy, especially the Japanese royal family, which claims to be a lineage for eternity, bloodline is orthodoxy.
If bloodline is denied, then legitimacy will be in jeopardy.
After saying that, he looked at the few confidants in front of him: "What can you do?"
These are the elites of the army's young faction, Nagata Tetsuzan, Obata Toshishiro and Okamura, who are known as the "Sanyuwu".
Neji.
They are all the confidants that Hirohito has won over in recent years.
"Your Highness, Kita Ikki's gang is getting more and more rampant.
It's impossible to continue like this.
If we continue to indulge them and confuse people's hearts, there might be another Shimabara Rebellion."
Neji Okamura said fiercely: "Your Highness, There can be no more hesitation and decisive action must be taken.”
"It's so outrageous that they actually want to form a cabinet.
They don't know the bounds of the earth and they should be arrested immediately."
His good friend Tetsuyama Nagata also looked indignant.
But Toshishiro Obata said: "Your Highness, we must not act rashly.
We must consider the pressure of international public opinion.
Those who slander the reputation of the royal family are foreign media.
The Young Japan Association itself has no obvious slander.
There is insufficient evidence for us to arrest them for this."
"If there is a violent reaction internationally, the consequences will be very serious," he reminded: "Your Highness, our lifeline is completely under China's control."
The lifeline he was talking about was the route from mainland Japan to Africa.
Japan originally built Africa as its homeland, but so far, Africa's interests have made it impossible for them to give up.
Especially after the Great Kanto Earthquake, Japan felt that its land was small and natural disasters occurred frequently, so it had to open up living space.
In this case, the African route is even more important, but one very critical thing is that most of this route is under the control of China and its allies.
If China is angered and this route is blocked, Japan will cry.
Not to mention, the Japanese mainland is now surrounded by China.
Bombers taking off from North Korea, Ryukyu, and the Kuril Islands can cover the entire territory of Japan.
This is the most terrible thing.
In fact, the Japanese have now come to understand why China's opposition to the proportion of naval tonnage obtained by Japan was not so strong at the Washington Conference.
At first, Japan was complacent and considered it a huge diplomatic victory.
But it didn't take long for them to be happy before they discovered this.
Even if the naval fleet really reached 70% of China's, once a war started with China, the four Japanese islands would be bombed back to the Stone Age within a few days.
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If the nest is blown up, no matter how many fleets there are, it will be of no use.
Okamura Neiji glared at him: "Hmph, you make it easy.
Those foreign radio stations are all abroad.
How should we deal with them?
Are we going to arrest them abroad?
If I say that they have nothing to do with Kita Ikki, even a fool will not believe it."
"It's all to blame on this damn broadcast.
Is there any way to get rid of these broadcasts?
Haven't those losers at the University of Tokyo figured out a way yet?"
Hirohito roared angrily with a livid face.
Nagata Tieshan replied: "Your Highness, this is a brand new technology with no precedent at all, so progress is very slow."
Traditional media such as newspapers and magazines are easy to deal with.
Domestic newspapers directly block them, and foreign circulation is not allowed to solve most of the problems.
But the radio thing is too helpless for them.
This new method of information dissemination is different from the previous things.
Well, people are forced out.
The Japanese government, which was forced by various non-national broadcasts, actually came up with the idea of "electronic interference", but the idea is full of ideas and the reality is very skinny.
Although they thought of this method, it was completely impossible to implement technically.
"Not only foreign forces, but also many of their supporters within us, including the government and the military.
They knew about our many resolutions before they were implemented," Toshishiro Obata said in a low voice: "Your Highness, please be sure Be cautious, I got news that these people have contact with several His Royal Highnesses from Chichibu Palace, Takamatsu Palace and even Mikasa Palace."
Hirohito's face turned pale and he gritted his teeth and said, "How old is Mikasa Miya?"
"Mikasa is young and ignorant, but the people around him are adults," Obata Toshishiro said.
"These damn guys," Hirohito said with a gloomy face as he fell into a long exam.
His father Taisho is more than just his son.
Although in theory he is the real crown prince, if there are no accidents, he is definitely the next generation of "Tian Nao He Ka".
But this premise is "no accidents", but everyone knows that no matter which country or dynasty it is in ancient and modern times, the palace is always full of all kinds of "accidents".
Being a crown prince is inherently a high-risk profession.
Since the recorded history of human civilization, there have been countless accidents and unexpected crown princes.
Especially in Japan, not to mention the crown prince, even the genuine "Tian Nao Heika" often has accidents.
Not to mention the old man, even his old man Meiji died in an unknown way.
It is said that his father's brain retardation was caused by an "accident".
In other words, if something unexpected happens to Hirohito, it is entirely possible.
I am so surprised Thinking of this, Hirohito's anger disappeared, and his heart was pounding.
“What should I do?”
"Your Highness, the best way now is to retreat in order to advance and let Kita Ikki and the others come to the light."
Toshishiro Obata came up with an idea
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