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Chapter 407: Righteous or not

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    History is still moving in the direction it is heading, but the changes in China are beyond Japanese expectations.

    Compared with Chinese leaders, whether the older generation Zhang Zuolin or the young and promising Zhang Hanqing who has become a rising star and whose succession is obvious and unsuspicious, many Japanese senior officials are sighing for their masters because the one who nominally rules Japan now is  The "Taisho" Emperor acted somewhat unrighteously.

    In 1868, the four feudal clans of Choshu, Satsuma, Hizen, and Tosa joined forces to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate, held high the banner of "restoration of imperial government," and supported Emperor Meiji to usher in the era of the Meiji Restoration.  Japan became a constitutional monarchy, and the emperor became the "supreme head of state" confirmed by the country's constitution.  So how much power does the emperor actually have in space?  Who is the real leading force in Japanese society?

    It should be said that the same system, the same laws, but different emperors have different levels of power!  Power can never be fully conferred by law, nor can it be completely guaranteed by the system. Power is the result of a fierce game between the interests of all parties.

    Since the four feudal lords seized power, the core of political power of the "Meiji oligarchs" has gradually formed, and its representative figures are the "Nine Meiji Elders".  Behind them is the dual support of warlords and plutocrats.  They worshiped the emperor as a god, and then "borrowed" the emperor's name to influence the country's major policies.  The Emperor's will must and only be carried out through them.

    With his unique personal charm and political power, Emperor Meiji effectively integrated his imperial will with the interests of the "Meiji oligarchs", thereby gaining support from all parties, consolidating imperial power, and demonstrating the emperor's market authority.

    However, when Emperor Meiji died and his son Emperor Taisho ascended the throne, the situation changed significantly.

    Emperor Taisho has been arrogant and arrogant since he was a child. He has a bad temper and is easily agitated. When he is unhappy, he will whip his servants with a riding crop.  He was also an admirer of the West, with a Kaiser Wilhelm-style horn beard smeared with Vaseline; he was dressed like a German cavalryman and often rode a tall horse through the palace.  It would be fair to say that this was his personal weakness, but he is the emperor, the supreme god of Japan!  Every move will affect the national character and national policy!

    He has neither Meiji¡¯s personal charm nor Meiji¡¯s political acumen. His age, political performance, and prestige are all far inferior to those of his father.  As the saying goes, when a person's talent is greater than his temper, people can usually tolerate it, but if his temper is greater than his talent, it will often lead to backlash.  In a word, Taisho is a typical weak emperor.

    This is the problem with Taisho, and his tragedy is that he is unaware of it.

    Before and after China's Revolution of 1911, Xiyuanji Gongwang formed the cabinet for the second time. Taisho's awareness of imperial power was so strong that all parties were obviously disgusted with it. However, he did not have the power strategy to keep a low profile, let alone the political skills to leverage others.  .  He feels that he is a super awesome person, an awesome person who is protected by both God and the Constitution. He is so awesome that when he gives an order, all parties will immediately obey it unconditionally.

    When the Taisho Era began, the political problem was how to reconcile the sharp increase in armaments promoted by the military with serious financial difficulties.  After the Russo-Japanese War, Japan designated North Korea and northeastern and southern China as its own sphere of influence, which led to a rapid expansion of the demand for armaments.  Therefore, as soon as Taisho came to power, he began to expand the army and strengthen national defense, including increasing the number and equipment of the army (the Ministry of War requested the expansion of two divisions) and the navy, preparing to be better than his predecessors in territorial expansion and military conquest, catching up to or even surpassing  His father was Emperor Meiji.  He was so ambitious and determined that he simply ignored that his power base was not enough to support his ambitions.

    The elders didn¡¯t buy it at first.  Xiyuanji Gongwang is the obvious opposition, and behind him are the forces of big bankers and industrial capitalists.

    During the Meiji era, the emperor and his financial advisers worked together to develop monopolies and colonies overseas, and received a share of the dividends.  Relying on the emperor's support, the zaibatsu controlled pillar industries such as Japan's banks, heavy industry, transportation, and trade. In return, the zaibatsu were loyal to the emperor and adjusted industrial and commercial plans based on the emperor's long-term national policies, becoming a veritable "politics and businessmen."  By the end of the Meiji era, the accumulated wealth of the imperial family increased from a mere tens of thousands of dollars when the Meiji came to power to 40 million U.S. dollars.

    In this layout, the Mitsui Zaibatsu performed best.  The New York Times described Mitsui in 1922: There has never been such an organization in Western civilization. The Rothschild family, which is only engaged in finance, is very ordinary compared with the Mitsui Zaibatsu.  Mitsui was a wealthy chaebol that controlled mines, banks, railroads, shipping, factories, and trading companies.  "As rich as Mitsui" means endless wealth to the Japanese, just like Americans dream of "being as rich as Rockefeller"?Exhausted mentally and physically, he lost all his majesty. Impulsively, he even threatened to abdicate, showing the fragile side of his character.

    In the end, whether he was in a mood or threatening to abdicate, Emperor Taisho had to make a series of arrangements and concessions in terms of national policies and personnel arrangements: canceling most of the plans to expand the army; temporarily giving up the plan to conquer Nanyang by force;  A world war broke out, and Japan synchronized with Britain, France and the United States, which controlled the Pacific; the emperor's oldest adviser was replaced by an official with civilian origin; Crown Prince Hirohito left the special school for royal children and received an education in a Spartan school  .

    In this battle, the bourgeois liberation movement defeated the conservative forces, which was known as the "Taisho Coup" in history.  Its impact on China is that the plutocrats who hold power believe that Japan is not ready for a full-scale war with China at this stage, and they are unwilling to transfer the hard-won power to the military - in the event of a full-scale war, the military will  Fang¡¯s power will inevitably increase greatly.

    This is China¡¯s opportunity.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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