For the Japanese cabinet ministers, the events of 12 September can be called a disaster. What makes them even more unforgivable is that the bastards below seem to want to keep the matter under wraps, as they have not received any reports of the incident until the evening of September 13.

Before learning about this incident, Konoe Fumiro was reading the newspaper in the living room of his residence, since the 226 incident, the prime minister's residence has been strengthened, but I don't know why it always feels a little ghostly at night, the servant hired by the official residence swore that he had seen a figure wandering in an army coat in the corridor, and some people said that it might be those young officers who were shot back then, because of their unpaid ambitions turned into resentment. Konoe Fumiro was dismissive of these claims, he was blessed by eight million gods, and he was not afraid of a few sinners who were executed.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister." The servant pushed open the sliding door of the living room and served the prime minister a meal for the night.

"Oh, it looks good." The Japanese prime minister put down the newspaper and picked up the steaming bowl of steamed eggs.

"Big Blow Maas" picked up the silver spoon placed on the tray, and the guard carefully scooped up a spoonful of egg custard and put it in his mouth.

At that moment, there was a jumble of footsteps outside, as if the guards and secretaries were shouting loudly, and it sounded as if they were preventing someone from breaking in.

"I really have an emergency to report to the prime minister." An unremembered voice in my head.

"Please don't go any further, please wait, the prime minister is resting, and I will talk about something tomorrow." Konoe could hear that it was the second secretary Tagawa.

"How did you get through the doorman, you can't break in so recklessly without official documents." The voice was supposed to be Officer Twilight in charge of the night guard at the residence.

"Something happened." Fumiro Konoe stood up and walked to the door, opened the sliding door and asked outside. His relationship with the navy and army is currently very harmonious, and there should not be any people with lofty ideals who will come to heaven at this time.

"It's Director Takahashi of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Tagawa let go of the other party's arm, and he respectfully bowed in the direction of Konoe Fumi's bedroom.

"I'm Toru Takahashi, director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." The person who came also hurriedly bowed his head respectfully and reported his name.

"Oh. Have I seen you come to me in such a hurry? Takahashi-kun. The guard pulled open the sliding door and stepped out into the hallway.

"An hour ago, the Japanese embassies in independence and in Japan received a letter of protest from both countries to the empire at the same time." Takahashi reported to the prime minister with a nervous expression.

"Nani? Just kidding. Konoe's eyes widened.

"Don't stand outside, go inside." Seeing that the other party's expression didn't look like he was here to entertain himself, Konoe calmed down a little and ordered to Takahashi.

"Twilight-kun, you go and check around, you have to be especially vigilant tonight, Tian Chuan, you come in with me." The guard was pushed away, and the guard turned and walked back to the room.

"Your Excellency. This is the telegram that has just been received. After entering the room and taking his seat, Takahashi took a telegram from his pocket and placed it on the coffee table in front of Konoe.

"Does the Foreign Secretary know about this?" Konoe Fumiro pretended to be calm and opened the folded document, but his slightly trembling fingers exposed his mood at the moment.

"It was His Excellency Matsuoka who asked me to personally inform His Excellency the Prime Minister, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs is on his way here at this moment."

"Why don't you call first?" Fumiro Konoe complained.

"I'm very sorry that it happened suddenly, and for the sake of safety." Takahashi bowed to the ground in fear.

"Well, you're right to be cautious." Konoe looked down and read the message.

"Unbelievable!" Halfway through the telegram, the guard slapped the table in front of him so hard that the sleeve of his yukata overturned the small bowl on the table. The egg custard, which had only eaten one bite, suddenly overturned on the table.

"Ahh Secretary Tagawa exclaimed, he stood up and prepared to ask the servant for help.

"Don't worry about that!" The guard stood up with the telegram in hand, and walked to his desk as he read it.

"You've seen it. Takahashi. Fumiro Konoe turned on the lamp on the table and leaned into the bright light to read the rest of the message.

"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister." Takahashi nodded yes.

"This matter must be kept secret from the outside world first."

"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister. But the foreign news media will definitely report on it. ”

"At present, we can only take one step at a time, these damn bastards have caused so much trouble for the Empire. No way. I would like to convene an emergency meeting of the Cabinet immediately. Fumiro Konoe turned his face to the secretary and shouted a command. Tagawa called the home of the Minister of Army and Navy and the Secretary of the Interior, asking them to come to the Prime Minister's Office as soon as possible, there was an emergency. ”

"Want to elaborate?" Tagawa already knew the basic situation from Takahashi's mouth at this time.

"No, just say there's an emergency." After saying that, the guard opened the sliding door behind him and walked to the inner room to change his coat, and through the gap between the sliding doors, he could see that there were already two servants waiting inside.

The Prime Minister's official residence was next door to the Prime Minister's residence, so he didn't need to prepare any car, and with a group of secretaries and guards hugging him, Konoe Fumiro arrived at his office.

"Don't alarm too many people, get the room ready." Fumiro Konoe sat on the couch, looking at the landscape pictures on the wall, but his mind was rapidly unfolding.

The Germans would not be idle to make up such things to make jokes, and the French would not be able to bite without evidence, and it is clear that what the telegram said was true. But why did such a big thing happen, and the prime minister of his own empire would have been ignorant, if it weren't for the protests of Germany and France, maybe he would have been kept in the dark from below until now. It is really an unspeakable shame, but fortunately, the two countries did not know this inside story at this time, otherwise the Japanese Empire would probably become an international laughing stock, and it would not even be able to control its own army, so what use would this kind of government cabinet have. What the truth of the conflict is is the question that Konoe Fumiro is most eager to know right now, but even if he asks questions, there is no one around him who can give an answer.

The residences of the cabinet members are allocated by the state, and most of them live in the area around the parliament building for the convenience of convening, so after being notified. Several cabinet ministers quickly arrived at the Prime Minister's residence.

"What's going on, Your Excellency Prime Minister." The first to hurry was War Minister Hideki Tojo, a diminutive lieutenant general who strode into the prime minister's office with a loop.

"There are still people who have not arrived, Lord Tojo, please wait a moment." Fumiro Konoe made a gesture to sit down, then closed his eyes and began to recuperate, judging from the look on the face of the Minister of War, it was obvious that he did not know the basket stabbed by his men, and the performance of Razor Tojo was always clumsy. Any emotion will be put on the face, and it will not be able to hide anything at all. It seems that the Army has also concealed its superiors, so that the problem is even more serious.

After a while, Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka, Minister of the Navy Yoshida Zengo, and Minister of Internal Affairs Eiji Yasui arrived one after another, and several people, led by Fumiro Konoe, left the office and arrived in a small conference hall dedicated to the discussion of confidential matters.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, what is the urgency of convening this meeting?" After taking a seat, the first person to ask questions was still Tojo, who was anxious.

"Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Can you tell us a little bit about what we know so far? Instead of answering Tojo's question, Konoe Fumiro turned to Matsuoka to speak, and the lieutenant general's face immediately turned red.

"At one o'clock local time in the country, Ribbentrop, the deputy foreign minister of the independent country, and the foreign minister of the country, Pondoue, submitted a letter of protest to the imperial embassy in the country."

"Nani!"

"Uso!" Several exclamations rang out in the conference room.

"The message was sent personally by the Ambassador Oshima in Paris. The full text of the protest document was attached to the telegram, which was handed over to the Prime Minister for his attention. Matsuoka's face was unconcealably tired, and he had worked hard to win over the European Union during this time. After working hard for half a month, I saw that there was some effect, but in the end, I got this result. This is something he can't accept in any way.

"Let's take a look at it first, the copy is still being printed." Konoe Fumiro was in a state of confusion at this time, what was wrong, could he be a stable prime minister for a few days? Every time, I just pressed a gourd here to float a scoop, when will this bad day be the end.

"How can it be Xiao, Kunoya Deer, it must be strictly investigated!" Tojo immediately blew up after reading the telegram.

He was furious that he had no idea of what was in the telegram, and that it was clear that he had committed a serious crime of deceiving his superiors. Although it should be an old trick in the army, if nothing serious happens, the superiors will generally open their eyes and close their eyes, provided that they have the ability to clean up the tail of their hands by themselves, but this time it is really too much.

"The Navy has no position to express its opinion on this matter, but if it is necessary for the Navy to contribute, the Navy will fully cooperate." Yoshida Zengo said respectfully to Konoe, and his sincere attitude made people feel a little unaccustomed.

"This is a serious diplomatic incident, involving two Europa powers, and if it is not handled properly, it will definitely affect the future strategy of the empire." The Minister of the Interior has stated that he is in charge of domestic affairs, and to put it mildly, this matter really has little to do with him.

"First of all, we have to know what's going on in that place! Your army must immediately explain to the cabinet why we don't know what happened until now, and are you still loyal soldiers of the emperor? Matsuoka was really angry, and the pressure accumulated in the past suddenly broke out at this time, and it was rare to stiffen his spine and point to the nose of the Minister of War and question the other party.

"This is an internal affair of the Army, and the Army will definitely give an explanation to the Cabinet and His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Your Excellency, such an understatement is simply evading responsibility!"

"As I said, the Army's problems will be solved by the Army."

"You are too indulgent to your subordinates, this kind of thing cannot happen in our navy, we must investigate carefully, find those responsible and punish them severely."

"We don't need the Navy to worry about this issue, not to mention that the truth of the matter is still unclear." In any case, Tojo has a responsibility to defend the honor of the Army, especially in front of the Navy Octopus.

"The protests of the Independence and the Nationals have been thrown in your nose, and you don't know what the War Department is capable of managing the troops below."

"Are you blaming the Army, idiot?"

"How! You army red deer! Matsuoka patted the ribs on his chest, ready to go out and fight with the razor.

"Enough, don't lose your dignity! You are all cabinet ministers above 10,000 people, how can you be as noisy as a street outlet. Fumiro Konoe slapped the table hard. He stood up and shouted to stop the cabinet ministers.

"Now the first thing to do is to immediately start an investigation, and I must find out all the ins and outs of this incident, all the details, which force, by whom, when, where, and why it crossed the border, and how it clashed with the defenders of French Indochina. In particular, it is important to understand how the Independence people were involved in this incident. Konoe said.

"The Army will immediately launch an investigation. I will send someone to form an investigation team. ”

"No, you'd better go down in person and make a gesture to the Nation. In addition, this time the work below is too unpleasant, and it needs to be strictly rectified. ”

"But the army doesn't even know which unit it is now."

"Your Excellency Yoshida, don't be cynical, now we have to be united."

"Ha, I'm sorry, Your Excellency Prime Minister." Yoshida nodded his mistake.

"Which specific troops. Wouldn't it be okay for us to ask the people of the independent country? ”

"Yasui-sama, don't you think the empire is embarrassed enough?" Matsuoka retorted with a smile.

"Judging by the geographical location, it should be the Fifth Division of the Army, and I immediately called Commander Ando. He shouldn't have known about it, otherwise he would never have concealed it. ”

"Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando, it is true that he is not a person who deceives his superiors and subordinates." Fumiro Konoe agreed with Tojo's words.

"Something needs to be done on the part of the Navy."

"Not yet, but just to be on the safe side. The navy should strengthen the surveillance of the French Indochina generation, and although there will be no greater conflict as a rule, it must always be prepared for contingencies. Fumiro Konoe took the telegram from Matsuoka.

"That's right. Until the results of the investigation are known, the matter must be kept secret from the outside world, and no one can leak it. The Ministry of the Interior will closely monitor the media and will never let the people know about our conflict with the independence until the final outcome is decided. ”

"I understand, the Metropolitan Police Department will also pay close attention to rumors in society, you can rest assured of that." Interior Minister Eiji Yasui was previously a member of the House of Lords and knew what was a priority.

"Very well, it's still early, I'm going to meet His Majesty the Emperor early tomorrow morning, and this matter must be known to His Majesty."

"Can't we wait until the situation eases down a bit." Tojo asked hesitantly.

"What kind of bastard is this, this kind of thing must be known to His Majesty as soon as possible, and he must abide by his duty as a minister."

"Ha, I was rude, sorry." Tojo pursed his lips and began to think about it with a frown. Although he is still holding on on to it, he knows in his heart that he has lost face this time, and he vows to let the bastards who caused this embarrassing situation know how powerful Tojo's razor is.

"Now, let's talk about how to reply to the Independents."

"Just tell the people of the independent country that we don't know about this matter at all, and this is completely an action planned by some army officers and soldiers alone."

"It's tantamount to telling the Independence people that we can't control our own army."

"Isn't that true?"

"Okay, don't make unnecessary arguments."

"We should apologize and say that a detailed investigation is underway."

"What about the Chinese people?"

"Of course, the same is done, and the two countries are now an alliance."

"It is said that the UK will join in soon."

"The Duying Alliance has never appeared in history." Someone started crooking the building.

"Don't forget that there is also Yiguo."

"In this way, the independent country is the new generation of European hegemon."

"Therefore, we must take this incident more seriously, and the current attitude of the independent country towards our country is still friendly and harmonious, and we hope that it will not change because of this."

That night, the lights in the small conference room of the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, were not extinguished until dawn the next day.

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