Umezu Mijiro returned to his official residence, waved off the butler who had followed him, and sat in his study quietly and thoughtfully. Why did Kaichi Asano kill His Majesty the Emperor, and who instructed him to do this, and the most important thing is that Kaichi Asano was his direct subordinate, and he brought it into the palace by himself, and His Majesty the Emperor died in front of his eyes, and he couldn't escape responsibility no matter what he said.

Umezu Mijiro took out a box of cigarettes from his drawer, he rarely smoked, and only occasionally smoked one when he made a big decision. Lighting a cigarette and watching the sparks of the cigarette butts slowly burn inward, and the green smoke curling up, Umezu Mijiro fell into deep thought.

Umezu Yoshijiro had the same doubts, and the Cabinet meeting was held directly in a side hall of the Imperial Palace, and all Cabinet ministers were required to attend.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me first give you a briefing on the current situation. Doctors have confirmed that His Majesty the Emperor was assassinated. Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso announced the news in a very sad tone.

In fact, people have been mentally prepared for this for a long time, but after hearing the news, people are still shocked beyond measure. Many people shouted loudly, and the venue suddenly became chaotic.

"We must avenge His Majesty the Emperor by killing the assassin and his accomplices."

"What about that Asano Kaichi, did he say who instructed him, and he must find out the ins and outs of this matter."

"So what now, and how should we deal with this?"

Koiso Kuniaki slapped the table with his hand and said loudly: "Okay guys, now is not the time for chaos, we will face the biggest crisis of this cabinet next, so please calm down, we need to face the assassination of the emperor together to ensure that the country does not fall into chaos." ”

When people heard Koiso Kuniaki say this, they all realized the seriousness of the problem, and people closed their voices one after another and looked at the somewhat thin prime minister in front of the stage.

"First of all, the assassination of His Majesty returned to the arms of Amaterasu, but how should we explain it to the people, and how should we tell the outside world about this matter. If people knew that His Majesty the Emperor had been assassinated and died, none of us would be able to escape this responsibility, and I think that it would be a good ending for you to step down and retire smoothly at that time. ”

"Secondly, if the emperor is assassinated, what should we do next, whether we should elect the next emperor as soon as possible, and who will be the next emperor, this is something we need to consider."

"Next, you have to cheer up, because those political elders, major families, and all forces in Japan will all move at this time, and it is impossible to hide the news of the emperor's assassination from these people, so everyone, please try to deal with it."

None of the people present spoke, not that they had no ideas, but that there were too many ideas, and the people sitting here, which one of them was not supported by a force behind them, and which one was a simple role, everyone had their own ideas, and at this moment of imminent great turmoil in Japan, the first thing that everyone thought of was the interests of themselves, their families, and their forces.

No matter how good Koiso Kuniaki said on the stage, it didn't play much role for them, and it was still the big families and big forces in Japan that ultimately decided the fate of the empire.

If you want to decide on such a thing as the emperor's choice, is it something that Koiso Kuniaki can influence, absolutely not, the Japanese imperial forces, military forces, government forces, and big family forces will all be intertwined to push this matter forward, as for who can be effective in the end, and who will fall in this change, it depends on the outcome of the game.

The Japanese imperial family, in Japan is also a very powerful one, here is not referring to the imperial family, but refers to those very well developed imperial branch families, although they were born from the imperial family, but in the long history, has long developed into an alternative, deformed forces, some more than the imperial family of the real power, such as the Higashikure Palace, Katsura Palace, Fushimi Palace, these royal families.

Prince Zairen of Xianyuan Palace, one of the current elders of Xianyuan Palace, army general, imperial marshal, former chief of staff of the army, is an important member of Xianyuan Palace. As a veteran field marshal, his tentacles can be said to have penetrated into all corners of the army, and he naturally learned the news of Emperor Showa's assassination for the first time.

Prince Zaihito of Kanin Palace is 80 years old this year, but his spirits are still strong, and after hearing that Emperor Showa was assassinated and killed, his two snow-white eyebrows were twisted together.

"The cabinet must not be allowed to meddle in this matter, the emperor's affairs are both state and family affairs, and our imperial family must not let it go, otherwise those people in the cabinet are likely to mess around, and the new emperor must be in the hands of our imperial family."

"Fujido, you hurry up and inform the Fushimi Palace, Higashikuremiya, Takamatsumiya, Katsuranomiya, Kita-Shirakawa Palace, and Takeda Palace. Let's meet together and study the many things that Emperor Showa left behind after his death. ”

"Hayi, I'll go now." Fujitang, as the chief steward of the Xianyuan Palace family, hurriedly took the order.

At the Japanese War Department, Sugi Sugimoto was discussing the matter with several army generals.

The Japanese Admiralty, Minister of the Navy Mitsumasa Yonechi, also convened a group of Japanese admirals for a meeting.

In particular, the Japanese army and navy have always been at odds with each other, and they have reached the point where everyone knows about them and even affects the war situation, but because of the power of these soldiers, even the emperor and the cabinet cannot manage them, so they can only let them go.

Even within the army, there are many factions. The Japanese army is clearly divided into the ruling faction and the imperial faction, and the navy is divided into treaty faction and fleet faction, and there are a series of small factions formed due to differences in origin and faction.

Although the news of the emperor's assassination has not been announced to the public, the entire high-level personnel in Japan are basically aware of it, but many people have such and such ideas, and they are all contacting their own faction or close people, either for self-preservation, or to reap the benefits of this change, and everyone is trying to fight for it.

On the surface, Japan is still living so peacefully, but inside, there is already a huge lightning storm brewing, but I don't know when it will erupt, and at the moment of the outbreak, how many people will die because of it.

In the Japanese army staff headquarters, Umezu Mijiro held an emergency meeting to gather all the high-level personnel and revealed the news of the assassination of His Majesty the Emperor, and many people were shocked and changed color on the spot. And what made these people even more disgraced was that the person who assassinated Emperor Showa turned out to be a person from the General Staff Headquarters, that is, the one they looked down on, but he did such an earth-shattering thing.

"Now that Kaichi Asano has been taken over by someone from the Ministry of Justice, saying that he wants to investigate this matter, guys, I don't know why Kaichi Asano assassinated His Majesty the Emperor, but I know one thing, that is, the General Staff Headquarters is in trouble, and you are likely to be in trouble, everyone, do you have any ideas?" Umezu Mijiro asked with a gloomy face as he looked at everyone present.

I went to Sanjiang, and I asked my friends to help me vote in Sanjiang Pavilion, and I was grateful.