allonlinenovel Chapter 239: Near the end?
Chapter 239: Near the end?
After expressing his gratitude to Chikao Fumi, Tojo Hideki bowed to Prince Jingren and explained, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, what Mr. Shino just said is correct. I received news that the military police are still fighting fiercely with the Togo troops.
So I did not inform Captain Takazaki of your arrival, please forgive me."
“I’ve been listening to you all the way.
Humph, that guy called Ishii Shiro is so bold, he has no idea of respect and inferiority. He really deserves a lesson!
Let’s go directly to the Dongxiang troop base.
Go quickly, maybe you can help! "Prince Jingren waved his hand and told his entourage to leave.
Tojo Hideki couldn't help but throb twice in his temples, thinking to himself: "Why are all the young people in the empire like this! Is His Royal Highness going to be another trouble like the one from the Takazaki family?"
"Lord Chikao, Lord Makuto, should we stop Prince Jingren? It is very dangerous to rush to the battlefield at this time. Bullets don't have eyes. If His Highness gets hurt, we won't be able to explain to His Majesty the Emperor."
“Tojo-kun, it may not be a bad thing to let His Royal Highness experience the cruelty of the battlefield.
His Royal Highness the Prince has just graduated and was originally going to serve in the army for two years before going to the Army University to study. If he is allowed to see the world this time, maybe he will not make a fuss about joining the front-line troops.
And there are so many of us here, if we just go to the periphery to take a look, I think there shouldn’t be any danger.”
Jinwei Wen, who is over 1.8 meters tall, gives people a very oppressive feeling.
Having served as Speaker of the House of Peers for a long time, he developed a sense of authority without even getting angry, but he seemed to be very interested in Tojo Hideki and spoke rather politely.
Makito Yukiichi didn't say anything, but nodded in agreement.
“But you two have been in China for many years and don’t know much about Manchukuo. Although Harbin is our territory, there are many people who resist us, so you should be careful.
"Tojo Hideki didn't dare to put on the airs of a lieutenant general in front of the two men.
"What! Is this how you, the Kwantung Army, manage Manchukuo! Has it become so chaotic? There are so many of us, how can anyone dare to cause trouble?" Makito Yukiichi scolded again in a questioning tone.
Before Tojo Hideki could answer, Prince Jingren, who had already walked some distance, suddenly exclaimed.
Hideki Tojo was so frightened that he swallowed back the words he wanted to explain and quickly turned his head to look at Prince Jingren.
Then I saw Prince Jingren holding a telegram, cursing and exclaiming from time to time!
On this side, Kinuo Fumi and Makido Yukiichi looked at each other and then quickly walked over there.
"Your Highness, what happened?" Makito Yukichi asked before he got close.
"Assassinated!" Prince Jingren raised the telegram in his hand and shouted loudly.
Tojo Hideki, who was chasing after him, was confused. Was he assassinated? Who was assassinated? What made the prince lose his composure?
"Your Highness, who was assassinated?" Mahuto Yukichi bowed and carefully asked the doubts in the minds of several people present.
"Look at this telegram. It was sent to him by the Kwantung Army Headquarters." Prince Jingren said, pointing his finger at Hideki Tojo.
For me?
Hideki Tojo turned his head to look at the communications soldier standing aside and found that the other party was looking at him with an innocent expression.
Understanding what was going on, Hideki Tojo glared at the other person fiercely, and then he and Chikao Fumio went to Makido Yukiichi's side to see what was written on the telegram that made the prince lose his composure like this.
However, when Hideki Tojo saw the contents of the telegram clearly, he suddenly felt dizzy and almost fainted.
At the same time, a furious roar was heard in his ears, which made Hideki Tojo's eardrums numb.
"idiot!"
Then a tall and strong man grabbed the signalman by the collar and said, "When did you receive the telegram? Tell me!"
"The report was just received! I delivered it immediately without any delay!" The signalman was almost scared to death. Jinwei Wen? Who is he? A top noble boss. Although he knew that the anger was not directed at him, he was still scared to the point of peeing his pants.
"Waste!" He pushed the signalman to the ground, his eyes red.
There is a reason why he is like this.
His father, because of his offense against the newly rising military forces on the issue of Russia, and his premature death,
This made the Chikao family's position delicate, and the family's power was weakened to the extreme.
At that time, Kinuo Fumio, who was only 12 years old, inherited the position of head of the family. The Kinuo family, which was once bustling with people, suddenly became deserted.
Those who had been taken care of by his father in the past all changed their faces, thinking that the Chikao family was going to decline, and there were bound to be people who came up to take a bite of the fat meat of the Chikao family.
It was at this time that the Takazaki family, also a top noble family, lent a helping hand and ruthlessly cut off the evil hands that were reaching out to the Chikao family with bad intentions.
Chikao Fumi?With the care of the Takazaki family, he grew up smoothly.
Because of their help to the Chikao family, the Takazaki family was supported by many nobles and their status gradually rose.
This is different from the Chikao family, whose power declined due to their involvement in politics.
The Takazaki family has not been involved in politics or national decision-making since a long time ago. Instead, they have been constantly expanding the family's network of relationships in all aspects, making the family's influence increasingly powerful.
If it weren't for the turbulent domestic situation in Japan in recent years, the Takazaki family would probably not have let Takazaki Takumi, who had been chosen long ago as the next head of the family, break the decades-long tradition of not participating in politics and choose to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
However, even if Takumi Takazaki was allowed to participate in politics, the Takazaki family had no intention of letting Takumi Takazaki enter the center of power.
Instead, political resources are tilted towards Jinwei Wen?.
After learning that Kinuo Fumio intends to participate in politics like his father.
The Takazaki family also specially helped him find a political teacher, who was known as the representative of the nobility in the political arena and was also of aristocratic origin, Nishien Shikō.
With this senior, one of the "Nine Elders of the Meiji Era", as his teacher, Chikao Fumio was able to stand out in today's chaotic Japanese political arena.
Because of the bloody incident between the Imperial Way Faction and the Control Faction last year, the Prime Minister was killed, causing turmoil in the political arena. The new Prime Minister who took office in an emergency has no ability to quell the grievances of all parties and is on the verge of falling.
With the strong support of the Four Respects of Saien and the aristocracy, Chikao Fumio has great hope of forming a cabinet and becoming prime minister in the near future.
Although the middle-aged Kinuo Fumi knew that the Takazaki family had more or less selfish motives when they helped his family, he did not create a rift between them and still maintained a close relationship with them.
Because of this gratitude, he has a very good relationship with Takazaki Motoku, who is of the same generation as the Takazaki family and is an outlier in the aristocratic circle.
And he treated Takuto Takazaki as his own son or nephew.
That's why he lost his composure when he saw the telegram about Zhou Zhengqing's assassination.