Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

Tokyo in the Far East.

For many people, the place where the Emperor of Japan lives is a very mysterious place. The place where the Japanese royal family lives is in the Imperial Palace East Garden. Although it is located in the bustling center of Tokyo, it is a rare quiet place. place. Even in the 21st century, this place is protected and quiet, and the royal family is not allowed to be disturbed in any way.

In fact, the entire palace turned out to be the palace of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Edo period, the site of the old Edo Castle hundreds of years ago. Later it became the Imperial City, and it currently consists of three parts: the East Garden of the Imperial Palace, the Huangju Outer Garden, and the Square in front of the Imperial Palace. In order to give the royal family enough respect and longing for the area, these three places became the holy places in the hearts of all Japanese, and they were all habitually called the Imperial Palace together.

The Imperial Palace Garden is also known as the Imperial Palace Square. It is indeed the garden in front of the Imperial Palace. It is located between Marunouchi High-rise Street and the Imperial Palace. It is on a vast and neatly manicured lawn with graceful pines and cypresses. The garden is so big that it is hard to imagine that there is such a thing in front of the business district. Such a vast and empty green space.

Walking through the beautiful green lawn outside the Imperial Palace, there are chairs for people to rest on both sides of the sidewalk inside the lawn. In the garden, there is a bronze statue of Nan Gong erected in January of the 30th year of the Meiji era. He is riding a tall horse, wearing armor, a long sword hanging from his waist, and holding a rein. The horse is looking up to the sky and roaring. It is a very majestic warrior figure. For example, near the Imperial Palace, the ground is paved with gravel. Stepping on it gives you a natural and comfortable feeling. The broad field of vision and the characteristic greenery complement each other. It is said that this is recognized as the most beautiful place in the Imperial Palace. [

Katsura Taro looked at everything beautiful in front of him. In my heart, I felt solemn. At the same time, my heart is also complicated.

Japan's emperor system is the longest monarchy system in world history. It has gone through ancient, modern, and contemporary historical evolutions. With the end of World War II, the emperor system has evolved from having political, diplomatic, military, economic, etc. Transformed into a symbolic emperor system that boasts "sovereignty lies with the people".

But the contemporary emperor still occupies an irreplaceable position in the hearts of Japanese people. Various Japanese laws stipulate that the emperor, as the symbolic head of state, is a symbol of Japan and a symbol of the unity of the Japanese people. Therefore, it is natural for the emperor and his family to receive favorable treatment. The emperor and the royal family have special palace police and ordinary police to protect their safety. Even though he is now in power as the Prime Minister, he still continues to be respected by the royal family, and has to use a large number of people in the palace to take care of their daily life. They are exempt from paying income tax.

It can be said that the emperor and his family are hereditary "national civil servants". As long as the Japanese state continues to exist, the emperor and his family will be worried. But the emperor is only a symbolic head of state. Therefore, the emperor and his family cannot participate in domestic politics, but the royal family must go to designated places to participate in scheduled activities every day, and even speak according to the "royal rhythm."

No matter how harassed journalists are at home and abroad, the faces of the royal family must be filled with a "royal smile" and not frown. From this point of view, the freedom of the royal family is absolutely limited.

certainly. Those things are superficial. His position is as important as his, but he clearly knows that the highest power in Japan now is His Majesty the Emperor. After Emperor Meiji's hard work over the years, the current Empire of Japan has become a well-known power in the world. Although he, Katsura Taro, thought he was good, before Emperor Meiji, and in front of the royal family that the entire Japanese people admired the most, he couldn't be weaker.

Therefore, every time when the emperor wanted to summon him, his heart would be extremely solemn. It can be said that he would even be greatly depressed because of it. Looking at the scene in front of him of the wonderful little stream under the stone bridge, so clear, his heart had already flown to the short and solemn house in front of him, where he would be today. His own destination, that is to say, there is the residence of Emperor Yoshihito, one of the most powerful royal families in the world today, who has just taken over the position of emperor of Japan.

When Katsura Taro came here, his eyes couldn't handle it, because there were some people in front of him that he didn't want to see.

Itō Hirobumi, the governor-general of North Korea who was not assassinated in North Korea in 1909, Aritomo Yamagata, one of the military representatives, and his predecessor and current partner, Saionji Komō. Including myself, I didn't expect that now, apart from the royal family, the four most powerful people in Japan are gathered here. The appearance of such a scene really made him feel the solemn feeling in his heart deepening.

"Nishizono-kun, the Prime Minister is late. Tell him what we just discussed, and let him join in our agenda." Emperor Yoshihito is just 33 years old this year, and he is in the prime of his life. Witnessing with his own eyes that Japan under the rule of his father, Emperor Meiji, had quickly become one of the world's most powerful countries, his heart was trembling every moment, especially since he became the Crown Prince. As the Crown Prince, he has been They all want to make a feat that everyone can look up to and admire. Therefore, in just a month or two after Emperor Meiji passed away two months ago this year, he has already begun to reveal his ambitions. But this time, he finally couldn't bear it anymore. He was ready to make his first plan after becoming the emperor.

And the four people in front of him are the helpers he had in mind. Of course, this can only be said after taming them, but he felt that this should not be a very difficult time. At least, the respect the three people just showed to him was definitely not a hypocritical performance. Come to think of it, , Katsura Taro should also be a person who understands current affairs and should know how to advance and retreat.

Among these people, Saionji Konobo is close to Kitaro in terms of reputation. Hirobumi Ito and Aritomo Yamagata have been the overlords of Japan in the past few decades. They can be said to be invincible in both literature and martial arts. Enodera Konobo is a student of the former. Although he is now an ally with Katsura Taro and is learning from Ito Hirobumi and Yamagata Aritomo to form a team, but with the reputation and dominance of Japanese politics, he naturally has no regard for Emperor Yoshihito's words. Resistance means.

then. He began to explain the topic to Katsura Taro again.

It turns out that the topic the four people just discussed was the recent controversial incident of Spain delaying the Olympic Games. The main reason is that Spain's image has been greatly damaged because of this, and Japan has followed Spain in cheating everywhere over the years, and has still gained huge benefits. Therefore, people will often take profit as their responsibility, so now they . Discussions have already begun on whether to continue to maintain a semi-alliance with Spain. It seems that now it is time to make a critical decision.

However, Ito Hirobumi insists that this is a very wrong idea. Ito Hirobumi's idea is that Spain has not responded to the lively criticism from the outside world until now. This has exceeded some people's surprise, and Spain's unusual approach. It is absolutely extraordinary. Therefore, Ito Hirobumi feels that Japan is better to wait and see and not cause more trouble.

But, this time. Saionji Komochi, who was originally a student of Ito Hirobumi, strongly opposed it. His view was that Japan should have broken away from Spanish control long ago. As Japan is finally a powerful country in the Far East, it should have a lot of autonomy. Instead of just listening to other people's opinions on everything.

Saionji Konobo's views naturally attracted the interest of Emperor Yoshihito, who had always wanted to make a difference. Therefore, Emperor Yoshihito had begun to waver, even if he first remembered that before his death, Emperor Meiji warned him not to provoke Spain easily. , because the ambition has long been cast into the distance, but I still feel much closer to Xiyuan Temple Gongwang in my heart, instead of being as cold as before.

However, because he took into account Ito Hirobumi's huge influence, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and pretended to be neutral and looked at the military veteran Yamagata Aritomo next to him.

And who is Yamagata Yutomo? Naturally, his vision is not that shallow. In front of his friends and Emperor Ren, it seems that there is no big problem. In the end, he chose to befriend Emperor Ren. Well, after all, in his opinion, there was no need to offend Emperor Ren for this one thing. [

As a result, Yamagata Aritomo finally began to side with Xiyuanji Gongwang and joined in the practice of moving away from Spain.

It was against this background that Katsura Taro came here.

After listening to what Saionji Konobo said, Katsura Taro looked at Ito Hirobumi who was silent beside him with some surprise, then looked at Aritomo Shimoyama Prefecture and Saionji Konobo who had just explained to him.

Finally, Lu set his sights on Emperor Ren.

: Your Majesty, from Chen's point of view, Spain's behavior this time is indeed as weird as what the Governor said. We should continue to maintain an inseparable relationship so that we can develop well.

Katsura Taro's statement immediately dumbfounded everyone present. Even Ito Hirobumi, who was sitting aside with a cold expression, also looked at Katsura Taro in surprise, obviously also shocked by this sudden attitude.

He is like this, not to mention a few other people. in Japan. Anyone who is within the system knows that Katsura Taro and Ito Hirobumi are definitely the wrong figures. They represent the older and younger generations of political leaders respectively. During Ito Hirobumi's period, Yamagata Aritomo was the supporting role of Emperor Meiji and Ito Hirobumi. Now, although Ito Hirobumi's student Saionji Konobo is very famous, when facing Yamagata Aritomo's military disciple Katsutaro , or finally became a supporting role.

Chapter 446

It can be said that the protagonists of these two generations have been the object of many disputes and comparisons, and the two of them have often shown themselves to be irresponsible in the past. But what happened just now? Katsura Taro made a choice that everyone thought was one-sided. When he distanced himself from Spain, he actually chose to side with Ito Hirobumi. What result could be more surprising than this.

Emperor Yoshihito looked at him a little glumly. At this moment, he felt that he seemed to be a little too optimistic about his future. At this moment, he seemed to realize how unfamiliar he was to his subordinates.

"Ito Hirobumi, the most powerful figure in today's political arena, must not be touched easily. Such people are like hedgehogs. Once you touch them, they will fight back in the opponent's defense. This is definitely not a cost-effective method, so , you should continue to appease him, otherwise, sooner or later, you will be the last injured person. Also, although his series of policies are sometimes not in line with our ideas, he is actually very practical. Today's patriots are people who hope that the Empire of Japan will prosper. Therefore, you still have to tolerate them to a certain extent in many cases, but it can also be regarded as an adjuster to adjust the relationship between you.

Shanxian Youpeng is a dangerous guy. Many times, this guy always looks like a ruffian, as if he has no scheming intentions. However, if you get to know him more deeply, you will find that this guy, It turned out to be a smiling tiger, a guy who eats people without spitting out bones. Such a person is definitely more chilling than Ito Hirobumi in many cases. I suspect that the assassination of Ito Hirobumi a few years ago, Was it planned by Aritomo Yamagata so that after Ito Hirobumi's fall, Japan would become his one-stop shop? After all, in the final analysis, Katsura Taro was more of a soldier whom he personally taught, and with his concealed existence, Even if there is no intention to overthrow our royal family, it is still possible to have arbitrary power. Therefore, he is the most dangerous person you need to pay attention to.

Saionji Konobo, sometimes this guy seems to be as decent as Ito Hirobumi, but sometimes, he is very decisive. Such a person is definitely an ambitious person, but he hides it too well. , so people think that he is just like his teacher, just a Confucian scholar. Sometimes, such a person is more worrying than a real villain. Therefore, such a lurking hungry man Wolf, you also need to pay attention to him at all times.

Finally, the person you should pay most attention to is Katsura Taro. I don’t see very clearly about Katsura Taro, but one thing I can say for sure is that he is definitely a very capable person. At his current position, there is no doubt that his talent is unparalleled. I even suspect that he and Shanxian Youpeng have already had conflicts. After all, a person who rises so quickly is definitely not willing to be inferior to others, especially someone like someone like him. There are people like Peng in Shan County, so you should pay attention, you should. . . . . . To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (voting, monthly votes, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m to read.)

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