Soon, just two days later, Akashi Genjiro immediately summoned a large number of middle- and lower-level officers, and most of them were non-Changzhou Fans, and then they wrote a ten-thousand-character book with a long cloth, and then They were sent outside the imperial palace of the Emperor of Japan, and together they asked the Emperor to preside over state affairs in person, select talents fairly, and reject factions. Then it went to war against mainland China, annihilating the Manchu Qing mainland government, and fighting for living space for the Dahe nation. And the petition of this middle and lower-level officer immediately alarmed countless big bosses in the army, and immediately shocked them.

"What do they want? They want to rebel!" Shanxian Youpeng said angrily.

Shanxian Youpeng couldn't help being furious, because this middle and lower-level officer rejected the faction one by one. Isn't this pointing at the monk and scolding the bald man, the biggest representative of the Changzhou Domain in the army? Youtomo of Yamagata is known as the father of the Japanese army. He is a big force in the army, and the army faction dominated by the Changzhou domain, even the biggest force in the army. At the peak, most of the high-level army were members of the Changzhou Fan, so now that he saw that these guys wanted to reject the Changzhou Fan, he immediately became furious.

"His Majesty, please ask the leader of the petition to enter the palace for a talk!" said the emperor's attendants.

And Shanxian Youpeng heard this, and couldn't help but feel worried for a while. Because you friends in Yamagata probably knew that Emperor Meiji was already a little dissatisfied with the Changzhou Domain. You must know that the Changzhou Fan supported the Meiji Emperor's downfall movement back then, and it can be said to be one of the two largest heroic factions, and they both gained the power to control the army. But. As a smart person, he certainly knew that the fate of many of the founding heroes in history was not very good. Although Emperor Meiji did not mean the founding of the country, in fact he was no different from the founding king. And those of them who are the heroes of the "founding of the country". Maybe it will still follow the fate of the founding heroes of the past dynasties! Many heroes of the founding of the country did not end well in the end, and there may even be the possibility of ransacking their homes and destroying their families.

But now this group of middle and low-level military officers actually rejected the faction one by one, and then asked the emperor to take the initiative to govern, which can be regarded as maintaining the emperor's control over the army. And this is tantamount to scratching the itch of Emperor Meiji. Although the power of Emperor Meiji seems to be not small, but the strength of their supporting heroes is not weak, so the emperor must be a little worried. And now the emperor actually received the leaders of these middle and low-level petitioning officers, which shows that Emperor Meiji has already begun to be tempted. Although Shanxian Youpeng thought that even this time they met the leaders of their petitioning officers. It will also not have any impact on the Changzhou Domain's rule of the army. But this represented that Emperor Meiji began to directly intervene in military affairs, and began to want to support some forces to fight against the army faction of the Changzhou Domain.

"The power of the sky is unpredictable!" Shanxian Youpeng suddenly had a sad thought.

But as Prime Minister. Ito Hirobumi's face was also dark. Because he is the prime minister, but he is still a person who hopes to support Japan's move towards a constitutional monarchy. In fact, Ito Hirobumi belongs to the Wenzhi school in terms of his ruling philosophy, although he also has the idea of ​​​​expansion. But it does not support gambling adventures like the Sino-Japanese War. And he also hopes to establish a government controlled by civilians, and then gradually establish a reasonable constitutional system. And this kind of constitutional system, in fact, means that the regime alternates among different factions, forming a country that can gradually move towards a true constitutional monarchy just like Western countries. What he hopes is not to rely on revolution to establish a constitutional monarchy, but to rely on the continuous efforts of the civilian government to realize the constitutional monarchy step by step.

However, the middle and low-level officers in this group of troops actually proposed to let the emperor directly manage government affairs, which was a slap in the face for him. Although Emperor Meiji has a lot of power now, at least Hirobumi Ito has been able to restrict part of the rights of Emperor Meiji in the constitution. Emperor Meiji is not as powerful as other full-time emperors. And if it goes on like this for a long time. The emperor's rights must be inferior to each generation, gradually realizing the real constitutional monarchy. But this group of young officers who claimed to be from the Emperor's Dao faction actually made such a lot of messes. Will it make Emperor Meiji, who has gradually accepted his fate, have other ideas? This is not so easy to solve for the ideal of Ito Hirobumi's life.

"I have seen His Majesty!" Akashi Genjiro knelt down and said.

"Akira Akishi Genjiro, are you the one who initiated this petition?" Emperor Meiji asked expressionlessly.

"Yes, His Majesty the Emperor, I think that our Great Japanese Empire must revive the imperial prestige so that His Majesty the Emperor can directly control the power. With His Majesty the Emperor's wisdom, he will definitely be able to lead our Great Japanese Empire to revival and prosperity. Please His Majesty the Emperor to solve the problem." Those factions. Just choose officers who are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and then let us be under the leadership of the Emperor. Open up the territory for our Great Japanese Empire, and fight for the living space for our Yamato nation!" Akashi Genjiro said .

After hearing this, Akashi Genjiro went on to say: "Your Majesty, we defeated China by doing our best before, but we did not get what we should have. Not only was Liaodong taken back by the Chinese, but the Chinese Actually reneging on the debt and refusing to hand over Taiwan to us. Now it is even more unreasonable to renege on the indemnity that the soldiers of the Japanese Empire have worked so hard to get. I hope that His Majesty the Emperor can order to launch a war against the Chinese people again , and then we attack the Chinese people again, so as to strive for the one-time destruction of China!"

When Emperor Meiji heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched. This Sino-Japanese War really made him feel like a failure. Not only did they not gain an inch of territory, Liaodong was wanted back by the Manchus, and Taiwan also beat Japan to a bruised face, and even the bureaucrats of the Manchus finally saw that Japan was a "paper tiger", and they used various means to delay it. compensation. The 200 million taels of silver should have been paid, but now only 50 million taels have arrived. As early as Taiwan's Anti-Japanese War, the Manchu Qing government had used various reasons to delay the payment of indemnities. Afterwards, Japan was kicked out, and the Manchus were completely shameless, and even refused to pay directly. Anyway, it kind of bites me, that's what Man Qing means. But at that time, the Japanese army had already been beaten black and blue by Taiwan, so naturally they would not have the courage to launch another war against the Manchu Qing government. And if only relying on the navy, it would not be able to generate too much deterrence against the government of the Manchu Qing mainland. So now Emperor Meiji also has a very toothache. Although Japan did not lose in name in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, it has already lost to grandma's family economically. The colony was not obtained, and the compensation was a drop in the bucket. The domestic situation is very unfavorable! There were even many riots of hungry people in the country, which were suppressed by the Japanese army.

And all of this was assigned to Wang Guorui and the Qing government by Emperor Meiji. So now Emperor Meiji is certainly not reconciled, of course he is not reconciled to so many years of hard work, in exchange for such a result in the end. So he was naturally not reconciled. This is like a gambler who lost money after gambling once. And at this time, what would he think? Will he let it go, or continue to gamble? In fact, many gamblers, once they almost lose their fortune, choose to take the last gamble, and then strive to get back all the past. This is also a kind of gambler's psychology, but he doesn't know, how many times can this kind of gambling win? However, there are still many gamblers who have fallen into this state and cannot extricate themselves.

In the Sino-Japanese War before the Meiji Emperor, because of the appearance of Wang Guorui from Taiwan, they were like people who had accumulated bets for decades, but lost a lot at one time. But he hadn't finished losing yet, and he wanted to get it back again. And of course he wants to bet at this time, and at this time Emperor Meiji really wants to fight again, so that he can successfully defeat China and get a lot of benefits ~lightnovelpub.net~ Even if If it can start to devour China, maybe Japan will become an important country in the world from now on. This temptation was so powerful and attractive that Emperor Meiji wanted to gamble again.

"Your Majesty, hurry up and order! Our hundreds of thousands of imperial troops are willing to fight for you, His Majesty the Emperor, to expand the territory of our Great Japanese Empire, and then we can fight for the living space of the Yamato nation. Moreover, this time we The war is mainly in the north, and we can avoid Taiwan. As long as we avoid Taiwan and face the decadent Manchu Qing government alone, it will not be easy for us to defeat them? At that time, we can let the western powers restrict Taiwan hands and feet, and then we can take advantage of this opportunity to obtain the entire continent!" Akashi Genjiro instigated.

And the Emperor Meiji was also tempted for a while. If the Western powers can restrict Taiwan's hands and feet, and can force the Western powers to force Taiwan not to move, then Japan will be able to face the Manchu government alone. In this way, the possibility of Japan's victory is almost 100%. This also made Emperor Meiji tempted. As long as he can swallow the mainland, obtain the resources of the mainland, and then a small Taiwan, isn't it a target that can be cleaned up casually?

Soon, Emperor Meiji also sent his servants to discuss with the ambassadors of various countries in Japan, expressing the idea that Japan was hoping to attack China, and this situation caused the ambassadors of various countries to explode, obviously because they were frightened by this situation caught. (to be continued)