1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

"Greetings, King of Japan, Fujiwara Kanji."

"Don't talk like I'm the Emperor."

Fujiwara Kanezane also extended his hand and responded in English:

"Hello, Mr. Lev Davidovich Bronstein, or Mr. Trotsky, founder of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?"

"Haha, your intelligence network is really impressive." "! !!"

Kuribayashi Tadamichi's face suddenly changed, and he subconsciously wanted to draw his sword, but the agent pressed it back with a finger, making him unable to move. Nishi Takeichi wanted to say something but stopped, and finally could only lower his head in shame.

Fujiwara no Kanezane ignored everyone and just stared at Trotsky, pretending to know it for the first time:

"I never thought you'd stay here. Were you pursued all the way here by Stalin?"

"That's not the case. I just came to America to seek a possibility." "Possibility? Are you talking about the great turmoil caused by the Americans?" "It seems that you also understand Ms. Field's purpose?"

"She is trying to gradually change and even subvert American traditions, turning the United States into a truly powerful nation. If you can't see this, then I'm not even worthy of having a conversation with you."

"Hahahahahahaha...you truly are worthy of being called the 'King of the Northeast'!"

Trotsky laughed for a while, then suddenly asked seriously:

"Mr. Fujiwara, let me ask you, are you a communist?"

“! !”

Now, both Kuribayashi Tadamichi and Nishi Takeichi were stunned.

Needless to say, the former, the latter also thought that Trotsky asked him to "trick" Fujiwara Kanezane into coming over in order to "get him to join the gang"!

how?

From what he said, it seems that this world-famous "King Kanezane" has actually gone up the mountain?

That...

Fujiwara Kanezane was speechless:

"Mr. Trotsky, how could you have such a foolish idea?"

"I've carefully studied many of the policies you've implemented in Northeast China. They seem too strongly socialist, and I have to question this."

"Haha, it seems you haven't heard of an old Chinese saying." "What?"

"The Han dynasty had its own system, originally a mixture of the ways of the hegemon and the ways of the king. How can we rely solely on moral teachings and follow the Zhou dynasty's policies?"

"ah?"

Those who didn't understand Chinese well or at all were confused. Fujiwara Kanezane sighed.

"Simply put, if you want to govern a country well, you must not be trapped by a single ideology or concept, but should combine everything with reality and use whatever works best."

This is not difficult to understand. Trotsky frowned and said:

"You mean you don't lean towards any particular ideology or system?"

"A more appropriate description is that I do not reject most ideas and systems, including communism, which many in Japan regard as a ferocious tiger. I am also happy to learn from it because, to me, it is just a very effective set of tools."

"

Xi Zhuyi breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Fujiwara no Kanezane does not reject communism, everything will be fine.

But Trotsky could not accept that someone treated the ideas he had believed in all his life as a mere "tool", and there was a hint of anger in his tone:

"Mr. Fujiwara, communism is not a tool, it is..." "I know, I know, that's your belief and ideal!" Fujiwara Kanezane said lightly:

"But, from the perspective of a 'ruling class' like me, communism, capitalism, and even feudalism are all tools. As long as they are applicable to the present and to my rule, I will not refuse to use them."

Now Trotsky believed that Fujiwara no Kanezane was not a communist at all.

A communist would never say such a thing.

Rather, he resembles Ms. Field and Roosevelt:

If your stuff is useful to me, I will use it, but whether I accept the core concept or not is another matter.

Forget it, there is no way such a person would be invited to his newly established "World Revolutionary Party".

Trotsky and Nishi Takeichi's most important goal failed before they even opened their mouths, and the room fell silent for a moment.

As if he could see what they were thinking, Fujiwara Kanezane glanced at Nishitake and broke the silence:

"Since Takeichi has brought me here to meet you, I think he may have become a communist. But if he and you both believe that communism, a form of continuous revolution, can save everything, that would be naive."

"...You don't agree with my theory of 'permanent revolution'?"

"In fact, I think that if the 'Soviet priority theory' is short-sighted, foolish, and great-power chauvinism, then your 'permanent revolution theory' is naive, far-fetched, and unattainable."

"How to say?"

"It's too complicated to explain in detail. Simply put, the power of communists is too limited. Every country, nation, and region has its own particularities, and people are easily satisfied with the present and not concerned about the future..."

"I've heard this a lot. As long as we keep revolutionizing..."

"So, you really should study the philosophy of China and other countries with long histories... At least let the communists develop to a certain level! Have you done that?"

Fujiwara Kanezane shrugged.

"Stalin's 'Soviet First' theory will allow the Soviet Union to rapidly grow stronger. At a certain point, it will naturally export revolution abroad, thereby driving a wave of world revolution... Doesn't this contradict your 'permanent revolution' theory?"

Call it nonsense or outrageous talk, the world did have the opportunity to put Trotsky's "theory of permanent revolution" into practice.

Unfortunately, the cowardice, short-sightedness and great power chauvinism of the Soviet high-ranking insects ruined everything.

Trotsky was stunned.

It’s not that he couldn’t understand it. After all, “continuous revolution → strengthening the power of communism → continuous revolution” was the core of his theory.

However, he had never really thought about combining it with the "Soviet priority theory."

In other words, if he had stayed in the Soviet Union, developing the Soviet Union's national strength while promoting world revolution...

嗨!

How is that possible!

Stalin would not allow it, nor would those who supported Slavism allow it;

Most importantly, the Soviet Union’s national strength would not allow it.

It seems that, at least on this point, Fujiwara no Kanezane was right. However, did he think that "developing the Soviet Union would allow us to export revolution abroad"? His Highness was taking things for granted.

When the Soviet Union really developed to that point, would it export the communist revolution or the flames of imperialism?

"Representing the development requirements of advanced productive forces, representing the direction of advanced culture, and representing the fundamental interests of the people..."

Trotsky sighed:

"Your Three Represents theory has truly provided valuable results for the study of communist theory that even we communists feel ashamed of..."

Unfortunately, he was not a communist.

"It's not just communism, it also combines capitalism and many things from Chinese philosophy."

“Chinese philosophy?”

"Yes, I believe that Chinese philosophy is extremely profound and extensive. Taking it as the core, absorbing all the advanced ideas and cultures from around the world and developing a unique system of our own is the true path for Japan's future."

"But I heard from Xi that your Fujiwara family is a major landowner in Japan. Do you know that feudal landlords like you will be wiped out by the communist revolution?"

"I know! Otherwise, why would I be killing so many landlords in Northeast China? These backward and anti-human things should have been eliminated long ago."

Fujiwara Kanezane laughed and said:

"But I'm not one of those Chinese landlords. I won't exploit the lower classes like the current Chinese rulers do to make the country strong and the nation prosperous. That's too foolish and too dreamy."

“What about Japan?”

"That's my base (bushi), how could I possibly touch it?" "But they are also exploiting the Japanese people."

"So I'm constantly migrating Japan's lower-class civilians to China to alleviate domestic conflicts, while also providing more benefits and shutting them up."

"But this is encroaching on Chinese land and interests, and will also exacerbate internal conflicts in China."

"China, Japan... You see, even a pure communist like you would find it difficult to break away from a completely nationalist narrative, let alone others."

Fujiwara Kanezane spread his hands:

"As for your reference to exacerbating internal conflicts within China... I'm not sure. Are you referring to the social conflicts in Northeast China? Or are you referring to the conflicts between the people and their rulers in other regions?"

"Uh..."

Trotsky was speechless.

Judging from the intelligence we have received so far, the situation in Northeast China is improving, and overall social conflicts are easing rather than intensifying.

As for other parts of China and the dog-eat-dog situation among their rulers, that has nothing to do with Fujiwara no Kanezane.

He can't even begin to accept the gratitude of the people of Northeast China! You call him "militaristic"?

He said I was talking about the "Three Represents"! You said Japan "invaded China"?

He said the Northeast was "poor and hungry"! You said it "caused suffering" to the Chinese people?

He is slamming the Northeast's construction achievements in your face! There is no point in engaging in such a war of words.

Seeing that Trotsky had nothing to say, Fujiwara no Kanezane finally laughed:

"So I said, expecting communism, a powerful tool, to save the world is a dream. Every country and region has different circumstances, and not everyone can understand your doctrine..."

"The only way out is to continuously develop productivity, continuously optimize the distribution system, and constantly adjust policies according to actual conditions to adapt to social development!"

"If you insist on defining my approach in terms of communism, I would call it:"

“Socialism with East Asian characteristics!”

Fujiwara no Kanezane left. Trotsky looked at his back and sighed softly, "Xi, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

"Don't worry, sir. I know which is more important, friendship or ideals."

Despite saying this, Xizhu looked obviously sad.

He believed that from today on, he had completely lost his friend Fujiwara Kanezane.

Of course, he believed that Fujiwara Kanezane would definitely not report him, but... "Why are you Japanese always so pessimistic?"

Trotsky laughed:

"In my opinion, he still considers you a friend. You'll find out when you catch up with him later... But he might not be on the same path as you or us, so you should be aware of this."

..Sir, I actually have some doubts about this." "What?"

"You said that true revolutionaries are constantly revolutionizing and self-revolutionizing. You also said that if Japan truly wants to be liberated, it must completely overthrow the emperor system and completely defeat the landlord class."

"Yes, so I say that the approach taken by this worthy prince can ease some of the conflict, but he is a member of the ruling class and may very well become the future emperor, so it is definitely impossible to completely resolve the issue..."

"But, does he really have no such plan?" "Huh?"

401 heroes from all walks of life came to the United States to participate in the event

"Characteristic XXism" is not a new thing in later generations, and has even been "distorted" to a certain extent;

But during this period, its ability to deceive people and its contribution to the development of communist and socialist theories were quite strong.

Especially when Fujiwara no Kanezane gradually improved this theory according to actual needs and used this theory to defeat everyone.

However, he is not free now. If Xi Zhuyi had not put himself in front of Trotsky and had no choice but to fool him, he would not have put it out so early.

Because, as the "Special Envoy to the United States" appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, in addition to establishing a closer personal relationship with President Field, Fujiwara Kanezane also had a lot of things to do.

After "chatting" with Trotsky, leaving him with many questions, and drinking with Nishi Takeichi and others to appease him, he took his men and flew to Washington without stopping, and immediately summoned the Japanese ambassador to the United States:

"Your Excellency, Izumi, how did the talks with the US Secretary of State go?" "Your Highness, I'm terribly sorry."

Izubuchi Katsuji looked bitter:

"I failed to complete the task you assigned me..." "Stimson refused to meet with me?"

"They didn't refuse directly. They just said that before Ms. Field officially became president, they were all very busy and probably wouldn't have any time to talk to any foreign envoys..."

Anyone with a decent brain can see that this is an excuse.

"Where are Mr. Roosevelt and Ms. Field?"

"I'm sorry, although we submitted the letter, but..." "We didn't get the response we wanted?" "Yes... yes..."