Chapter 412: Ghost Worship
Kudanhan, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, a gloomy complex of buildings stands silently like ghosts on a rainy night. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
This community of gods, which covers an area of dozens of acres, is the infamous Tokyo Keikoku Shrine!
The rain was pouring down, and several black cars with Japanese sun flags stopped at the entrance of the shrine.
"Prime Minister, please be careful with your step. The umbrellas were propped up, and several attendants lined up on either side of the steps.
Wearing a gray kimono and two white chrysanthemum badges on his chest, Kenichiro Ono stepped on the steps of Keikoku Shrine with a solemn face.
Standing in front of the shrine gate, Ono looked at the two priests and waved them to lead the way.
After entering the entrance, pass through the huge torii gate, where two giant reliefs stand quietly on both sides of the passage, and the one on the left depicts the scene of the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle. 119 years ago, Japan and the Qing government broke out an unprecedented war in the Yellow Sea, less than three months, the Beiyang Navy was wiped out, and was forced to sign the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" with Japan, which humiliated the country.
This relief vividly reproduces the tragedy and achievements of the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, which is a century-old shame for the Chinese nation, but it is a prelude to the victory that Japan regards as supreme glory. Because of the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, the self-confidence of the Qing court was completely defeated, and the ambition of Japan's modern aggression was opened.
Kenichiro Ono stopped here and said with infinite sighs: "The glory of the empire in the past is worthy of our close following, and this time next year, it will be another year of the First Sino-Japanese War, and Japan will surely rise again in Asia!"
"Hey, Prime Minister. Several LDP leaders behind him nodded their heads.
Two years later, one hundred and twenty years later, Ono's ambition is still alive, and the idea of recovering Japanese militarism is burning.
Walking through the stagnant water, the group walked into the shrine compound.
At this time, the rain that had been falling all day suddenly stopped, and people were amazed.
"The heroic spirits of our ancestors are protecting us!" the priest wearing a black gauze hat and sacrificial clothes prayed to the heavens.
Kenichiro Ono stopped and bowed deeply in front of him, where the main hall of the shrine was enshrined with 2.5 million imperial souls.
In front of a bronze statue, Ono laid a flower basket.
This general on horseback and with a sword was a reformer and military strategist at the end of the Japanese shogunate, and was respected as the father of the Japanese Army.
The cold night wind blew, and the atmosphere in the Jingguo Shrine became even more gloomy, and the group walked into the corridor, took off their shoes, put away their umbrellas, and automatically lined up in two columns behind Ono, and followed the priest into the main hall with a solemn and nervous mood.
Usually, most people think that the shrine is full of ashes and relics of war maniacs, but this is not the case. In the main hall of the shrine, there is actually only a sword, a mirror, and 2,000 books of flower names.
This sword is the Keikoku sword, which is the soul of the entire shrine, and it is said that it embodies all the dead souls of the shrine, and it is the supreme symbol of the entire shrine and the representative of the military spirit.
During the Japanese invasion of China, a total of more than 8,000 Jingguo knives were created and distributed to generals, all of them were murderous butcher knives stained with the blood of Chinese people!
The most notorious thing is that after the fall of Jinling, the two Japanese butchers Toshiaki Mukai and Takeshi Noda, when they competed against 100 people, the knife they used was the Jingguo knife!
During World War II, the bones of a large number of Japanese soldiers who died overseas could not be transported back to China, so the method of conjuring spirits was adopted, and the souls were summoned to the "Lingce" on the spot and brought back to Japan, and then transferred the souls to the Jingguo sword through the requiem ceremony a year later.
In fact, the successive Japanese prime ministers have visited this shady sword, and the sword of respecting the country in their ideology represents all the heroic souls who have sacrificed their lives for the country since the Restoration of the Ming Dynasty.
Walking into this main hall, it is empty, and there is a mirror hanging from the beam of the top of the hall, which is something that every shrine dedicated to the souls of the dead must purchase, and the Jingkoku Shrine is no exception.
Ono sat cross-legged in the hall with a group of party leaders and retinues, waiting for the priest to preside over the worship ceremony.
After praying and reciting the sacrificial text, Kenichiro Ono led many followers to kowtow, took the sacrificial wine handed by the priest, recited a few words in his mouth, and swayed out in the air.
The sword of respecting the country covered with a white cloth was placed on the divine case in front of him, and in the dark, it seemed that the call of his ancestors came, which made Kenichiro Ono's eyes full of tears of excitement.
"Prime Minister, please move to the museum!" the priest stretched out his arms and signaled, after visiting the shrine, according to the previous rules, it was time to read the glorious war history of the empire for 200 years.
The so-called Yushukan Museum displays relics of all the wars that Japan has experienced since the Meiji Restoration, including distorted descriptions of wars, wanton militaristic propaganda, and illustrated texts that completely distort history.
Standing in front of a photograph of "Manchukuo", Ono saw a photograph of the puppet Manchu emperor Pu Yi, surrounded by a group of Japanese officers and the old and young remnants of the puppet Manchu Qing court, as well as the smiling faces of unknown people.
If you don't know the truth of history, you will really think that this is the "imperial paradise" and "greater East Asia co-prosperity" that Japan proclaims.
"This is the direction that my generation is striving for!" Ono said with deep affection: "Northeast Asia is supposed to be the territory of our country, and the defeat of the war does not mean that that glorious history can be erased. ”
The companions all agreed, and this photo of an entire room and wall was not exactly the glory they dreamed of.
In this hypocritical exhibition hall, a large number of real photos are used, but they are accompanied by lying text descriptions, pointing to the east and west, avoiding the important and trivial, and covering up the historical truth.
They do not mention the origin of the war, the tragedy of the war, the tyranny and madness of the Japanese army, and the numerous crimes they have committed.
They're obsessed, they're fantasizing.
They ignore the real history and are utterly incurable.
"Prime Minister, I heard that your grandfather once went deep into the Jinling battlefield...... a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker, recounting the history of the Ono family.
"Ohashi-kun, that's true. Ono walked to the star-studded photo wall, revealing great longing and admiration.
Hideki Tojo, Kenji Dohihara, Ishine Matsui, Hyotaro Kimura, Hiroki Hirota, Seishiro Sakagaki, Akira Muto, Kuniaki Koiso, Mijiro Umezu......
Fourteen Class A war criminals, they are war maniacs, executioners, and a disgrace to the whole of Asia and even all mankind, but at this moment, their photos are pasted on the memorial wall one by one, reversing black and white......
After paying his respects to the culprits, Kenichiro Ono walked over to a newspaper and stared at the murderous executioner with a saber on his head.
When two cruel murderers faced the camera, they smiled brightly, and one of them was stepping on a human head with blurred facial features!
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is my grandfather, Second Lieutenant Takeshi Noda. Ono said, pointing to the officer on his right.
There was a sound of inhalation all around, and everyone's face was full of amazement and admiration.
It turns out that Takeshi Noda is his grandfather! After the war, Takeshi Noda and Takeshi, who slaughtered the unarmed people of Jinling, were extradited back to China and executed.
"The Prime Minister's ancestors did their best for the empire and are really a model for us to learn from. ”
"With the Prime Minister at the helm of the Cabinet, it is not far before the empire returns to its yesterday glory. ”
"That's right, His Majesty Tokuyasu's vision and courage are comparable to that of His Majesty Hirohito, and His Majesty the Prime Minister can be compared to the head of Yama Prefecture. ”
A lot of flattering words saluted, and Ono narrowed his eyes, very proud.
Comparing him with the predecessor of Yama Prefecture Youpeng really poked Ono's ambition and catered to his appetite.
Marshal Aritomo Yamaguchi rose to prominence during the Meiji Restoration and contributed to Japan's militarism in modern times, and is known as the "father of the Imperial Army". He single-handedly built Japan's powerful navy, led the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, participated in the sacking of the Old Summer Palace by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and won the first Russo-Japanese War.
If he can catch up with his exploits, Kenichiro Ono will have no regrets and regrets in this life.
Coming out of the Yushokan, Ono and his party went to the eaves of the altar in the corridor and lit the large lantern with candles.
The dim candle flame illuminated the names of the worshippers on the lantern, and Kenichiro Ono nodded in satisfaction, looked at the shrine in the dark night, and knelt on the ground.
The visit ended with the final bow of a group of people, and the whole process lasted only 20 minutes, but the impact will be considerable and immeasurable.
It is believed that tomorrow public opinion at home and abroad will quickly shift its attention from the abdication of the emperor and the issue of illegitimate daughters to him.
Coupled with the removal of the threat to the throne for Dekang, Ono seems to see an unusually bright dawn in the future.
If he continues to lead, Japan will go further and further down the road of militarism.
The priest sent the adults out of the hospital, and Ono and the others got into the car.
The rain has stopped, which is a good sign for the future.
Is that really the case?
Boom-boom-boom
The roar approached quickly, and it stood out in the silence of midnight around the shrine.
Who is Drag Racing?
Kenichiro Ono frowned, and it seemed that he wanted to remind the Minister of Transportation to strictly control illegal drag racing in Tokyo.
Boom -
Two dazzling headlights are approaching!
In the convoy that had not yet set off, the driver and passengers raised their hands to block the nasty sedan hernia headlights.
The direction is...... Over here?
Boom! The sports car jumped wildly under people's noses and broke into the Jingguo Shrine!
At speeds of up to 200 kilometers per hour, who would dare to intercept?
Passing through the torii, the frantic sports car went back and forth in the courtyard twice before several priests came to their senses.
The dazzling lights illuminate the interior of Keikoku Shrine, and everyone is in a state of panic and sluggishness, what is this uninvited guest going to do?
Rumble!
The engine of the sports car suddenly intensified and burned wildly, and it rushed straight to the main hall, where the sword of the country was enshrined, and the front of the sports car was tilted obliquely!
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