Beiyang reactionaries

"Foreign Minister Gu Zheng, there is no room for negotiation. You and I know how the Korean peninsula became like this. Now it is just to correct the mistakes of history and let him go on the right track."

Gu Weijun clearly objected.

In fact, looking at Gu Zhengzhi, Gu Weijun felt a little like a lifetime away.At the time of the Paris Peace Conference, Britain, France, the United States, Japan and Italy closed their doors to discuss on their own, and did not pay attention to other countries at all.Shandong issues related to China, they all decide privately, and then inform the Chinese delegation.That was a real disgrace to China's diplomacy.

Later Gu Weijun served as China's representative to the League of Nations, and Gu Zhengzhi was also one of Japan's representatives to the League of Nations.At that time, Japan was in the League of Nations. Although it was not as powerful as Britain and France, it was almost unscrupulous.

At that time, China basically had no say in the League of Nations.

It's really a turn of events right now.

Masayuki Tani, the Japanese foreign minister, took a very low stance in this negotiation.On many issues, it is almost a kind of seeking attitude.But Gu Weijun's words are getting tougher and tougher, because China is not what it used to be.It can be said that times have changed.

"Minister Gu, but on April 4th, the time is too tight. Even if our troops pack their bags, they won't be ready within ten days."

"In this regard..."

Just when Gu Weijun wanted to make a step in time, a staff member from Japan came in and passed a telegram to the person next to him.The man took a look and immediately handed him to Gu Zhengzhi.

Gu Zhengzhi was very angry.

At such an important moment, how can you be so blind? I didn't see Gu Weijun's attitude softening.But Gu Zhengzhi still glanced at the telegram.After just one glance, Gu Zhengzhi's expression changed drastically.Regardless of being rude, he said to Gu Weijun: "Minister Gu, I'm very sorry, I have something urgent, so I can only temporarily suspend this meeting."

"Minister Gu Zheng, you should do your work first."

Seeing Gu Zhengzhi leave in a panic, Gu Weijun immediately said: "Go, send a telegram to Tokyo and ask what happened there."

"Yes."

so unusual.

This Sino-Japanese meeting is related to the future destiny of Japan.If something big hadn't happened, it would be impossible for Gu Zhengzhi to interrupt the meeting like this.I don't know what happened in Tokyo.

Time passed by minute by minute.

It was already seven o'clock in the evening, and it was almost two hours before the telegram was sent to Tokyo, but there was still no accurate news from Tokyo.But Gu Weijun is not in a hurry, he has been waiting for Tokyo.

"Minister Gu."

"How's it going?"

"Big things did happen in Tokyo, and two big things happened in a row. The first is that today Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo's convoy was attacked by several young Japanese military officers."

"Assault? What happened to Hideki Tojo?"

"People are fine."

Ye Gongchao shook his head and said: "But it is said that the young officers of the Japanese army are very dissatisfied with Hideki Tojo's concession to our country, including many people in the army who are dissatisfied with Hideki Tojo's choice, so this attack happened. After the attack, within half an hour, 19 US B-29 bombers bombed Tokyo. Immediately after the bombing, Emperor Hirohito talked to Hideki Tojo who was still in the hospital. Hideki was very dissatisfied. Especially the American planes started bombing the Japanese mainland, which Hirohito could not forgive. After Hideki Tojo finished talking with the emperor, he handed over the prime minister’s resignation letter to Koichi Kido.”

"Is the news accurate?"

"Yes. Our people got the news from the Japanese imperial family that the Japanese emperor has approved the resignation of Hideki Tojo and is planning to appoint the former Governor of North Korea Koiso Kuniaki as the new Prime Minister. And Hideki Tojo will resign from all his cabinet positions As well as the position of Chief of Staff, General Yoshijiro Umezu will assume the position of Chief of Staff.”

"No wonder."

It turned out that such a big thing happened in Japan.

The powerful Prime Minister Hideki Tojo fell, and the newly appointed Kuniaki Oiso, this person is not very strange, but everyone is not very familiar with it.There are many people in Japan who are qualified to be the prime minister, not to mention the Japanese royal family and civil servants, even the Japanese military is not a minority.To be honest, even Gu Weijun never thought that Koiso Kuniaki could become the Prime Minister of Japan.

There is not much information about Koiso Kunizaki, so it is really impossible to judge this person's policy?

Gu Weijun stood up and said, "Keep in touch with the Tokyo side. Once there is any new news, it must be reported as soon as possible."

This is a big matter, and Gu Weijun must report it to the Supreme Committee.

So unexpected.

The Hideki Tojo Cabinet, which led Japan's World War II, fell on April 1944, 4.

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"prime minister."

"General Ishihara, please sit down."

Hideki Tojo stepped down, and Koiso Kuniaki was urgently appointed Prime Minister.Koiso Kunizaki retired from active duty a long time ago, and he thought that his life would end like this.Unexpectedly, he suddenly became the prime minister of the cabinet.Koiso Kuniaki took office very hastily this time, and he became the cabinet prime minister without any mental preparation.

But now that he has become the prime minister of the cabinet, Koiso Kuniaki still hopes to do something.Koiso Kuniaki is only 64 years old, and he doesn't think he is old.

Unfortunately, it is not easy to do things.

General Umezu Yoshijiro, who replaced Hideki Tojo as chief of staff, was a veteran general in the army and was very powerful in the army.In the army, I dare not say that he can cover the sky with one hand, but he is also a character who speaks his mind.As for the navy, when Hideki Tojo was there, Minister of the Navy Shigetaro Shimada followed Hideki Tojo in step.There are many voices of opposition within the Navy to Shintaro Shimada's approach, but because Hideki Tojo is too strong, it can still be suppressed.When Hideki Tojo resigned and Shigetaro Shimada also resigned, the Navy immediately changed its face.The navy was originally dissatisfied with the army general becoming the prime minister of the cabinet. Hideki Tojo has strong capabilities, and with the support of Shintaro Shimada, the navy can cooperate even though it is dissatisfied.

But what is Koiso Kuniaki?In the eyes of the navy, Koiso Kuniaki is nothing.

Therefore, although Koiso Kuniaki is the new prime minister, the army and navy do not buy it very much.Facing the powerful army and navy, Koiso Kuniaki couldn't decide many things.So Koiso Kuniaki thought of a person, the army general Ishihara Waner who had been excluded by Hideki Tojo.

Invite Ishihara Wanji to become Minister of War.

Although Ishihara Wanji was suppressed by Hideki Tojo, after all, he has a solid foundation in the army and a lot of influence.Many generals in the army and navy supported Ishihara Waner.As the most admired general of Tanaka Yoshiichi, the longest-serving cabinet prime minister in Japanese history, Ishihara Wanji had a high status in the military in his early years.Xiaoji Guozhao plans to use Ishihara Waner to influence the army to control the army.

"General Ishihara, what do you think about my proposal?"

"Prime Minister, I don't know how you think about the current situation? How are you going to deal with the current situation?"

Ishihara Wanji is no longer as high-spirited as Tanaka Yoshiichi when he was prime minister.At that time, because of the support of Tanaka Yoshiichi, Ishihara Wanji really had a bright future in the army.But after that things were completely different.

After Tanaka Yoshiichi lay in the hospital, Ishihara Wanji experienced too many things.

Because they had different views from Hideki Tojo, they were dispatched to Nanyang by Hideki Tojo.After staying in Nanyang for several years, he can only be the military police force in charge of Nanyang.Just after making some achievements, he was transferred back to Tokyo by Hideki Tojo, and was still suppressed by Hideki Tojo.

After going through such a thing, Ishihara Waner has matured a lot.

"General Ishihara, this is exactly the question I want to ask you. I remember that when Prime Minister Tanaka was here, he always praised you as the most discerning general in the army. He said that you have a broad international vision and great ideas in doing things. You can lead The future of the Imperial Army. His Majesty the Emperor trusted me and gave me the post of prime minister, which made me trepidatious. I don’t have many ideas now, so I want to hear General Ishihara’s thoughts? What should I do in this situation? The empire should What should I do?"

Koiso Kuniaki has a good attitude.

Very humbly asked what Ishihara Waner meant.

Ishihara looked at Koiso Kuniaki with a smile, but did not answer immediately.Instead, he was silent for a while before he said, "Prime Minister, then I will speak directly."

"should."

"Continue to negotiate with China and accept most of China's conditions, showing our greatest sincerity. Then let China act as an intermediary to negotiate with Britain and the United States. You can choose to negotiate in China to end this war. Especially now that we still have strength. , can strive for more interests for our country, and can withdraw from this war with dignity. In order for the empire to withdraw from the war smoothly, we can transfer some places controlled by the front line to China, and let China help us resist Britain and the United States."

Ishihara Waner expressed his thoughts.

Koiso Kuniaki frowned.