Crimson Dawn

Full of joy and disappointment.This is a bit close to Neiji Okamura's current mentality. Kita Ikki obviously does not support the position and methods of the People's Party, but Kita Ikki is even more opposed to Japan's current political model.Originally Okamura Neiji still had the task of persuading the Japanese revolutionaries in China to serve as the internal support of the Japanese high-level. As a result, Okamura Neiji found that Kita Ikki was not moved, and even tried to persuade Okamura Neiji, who was the Japanese envoy, defected to the revolution.This is a bit "too much", although Kita Ikki's "Japan's National Reconstruction Outline" is indeed quite interesting.

After finally coping with Bei Yihui's enthusiastic explanation for the time being, Okamura Ningji asked: "Bei-kun, are all the Japanese members of the People's Party like Sagara Chi now?"

"These people are now divided into two types, one is like Sagara Chi, and the other is not willing to consider Japan at all, trying to become a Chinese citizen, and become a Chinese from then on." Kita Kazuki gave Okamura Neji A fairly exact answer.

Since Bei Yihui was very interested in Cai Yuanpei, Neiji Okamura also adopted the model of going downhill. He asked, "What is the attitude of these people towards the execution of Mr. Cai Yuanpei?"

"Either you think this is something that happened during the revolution. Or you just don't care about it." Bei Yihui was quite disappointed in this in his tone. "Revolution must focus on ideals, and the People's Party has established its own national power. In the end, I did not talk about ideals, but only about systems and implementation. I originally thought that Chen Ke would not support the so-called separation of powers, but aimed at the idea of ​​unifying the country. But in the recent implementation, the People’s Party is only unifying its own For the revolution at the national level, they actually put forward the idea of ​​acknowledging the simultaneous existence of various ideas and even multiple ownership systems.”

What Bei Yihui said was very passionate, and what Okamura Neji heard was also very interesting.This is not pretended by Ningji Okamura. As a very knowledgeable person in the Japanese army, he has never opposed learning.Especially after experiencing the terrible Northeast winter retreat, Neji Okamura became more interested in the people's party's propositions, especially Chen Ke's military thinking.

Only the advanced and correct can win, Okamura Neiji firmly believes in this.The BJP's equipment was not much ahead of Japan's, Okamura learned this through the war.Since the failure of the Japanese army was not caused by the possession of inferior weapons, the rest is the gap in military command.There is nothing particularly exciting about the implementation of the specific campaigns of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army. This is Neiji Okamura’s reflection on the war.The ingenious combination of techniques and tactics comes entirely from daily training. The Japanese army did not come back alive after the war. Only after analysis can you learn the tactics of the People's Party.In fact, Japan is also learning this.

What Neiji Okamura really found difficult to learn was the strategy of the People's Party. The Japanese army was already in a desperate situation before the war progressed to the actual exchange of fire.Unless the Japanese army can accumulate tactical victories to finally achieve the point of reversing the strategic victory, or the People's Party has made great mistakes in the process of implementing tactics, otherwise there will be no other ending in the Northeast War.This is Neiji Okamura's true feelings after the resumption of the Sino-Japanese Northeast War.But he couldn't put it into words.

The head of the [-]th Division committed suicide after returning to China, but before he died, he still tried his best to protect Neiji Okamura.After an investigation by the Ministry of the Army, it was believed that Neiji Okamura performed quite well during the battle.If he hadn't urged the retreat, the [-]th Division would have been unable to return to North Korea.Therefore, the Ministry of the Army included Neiji Okamura in the reprimand list, but did not demote him.Even if Okamura Ningji was transferred back to China as a liaison officer, he was promoted to the rank after seeing the opportunity.

Neiji Okamura was not disheartened by the defeat. The liaison officer's job was very leisurely, so he devoted more time to his studies.Before being appointed as the envoy this time, Neiji Okamura also carefully studied the full text of Kita Ikki's "Outline for National Reform of Japan".

Essentially, Neiji Okamura agrees with Kita Ikki's point of view that Japan must be included in a strong system, and the idea of ​​coexistence of multiple ideas is extremely harmful to Japan.The reason why the Ministry of War opposes party politics is not all because its own interests cannot be expanded indefinitely. Most of the people who have this kind of thinking are at the top.For the middle and lower army young men, especially the lower officers.They hate the oppression and exploitation of the country by the big capitalists.No matter how many slogans are put forward by political parties and how many resolutions are voted on, Japan's national interests are basically seized by big capitalists, and the Japanese people have not benefited.

Japan's upper echelons are of course aware of the discontent and opposition that has accumulated among the people, and even before the rise of the People's Party, Japan has put all its strength into combating the idea of ​​socialism.After the rise of the People's Party, the upper echelons of Japan strictly blocked the spread of People's Party ideas to Japan, especially the people's revolution, agrarian revolution, and socialism.Even if it doesn't reach the level of "Idiot Whisperers' Clan Punishment", at least it's a threat.As far as Neiji Okamura has heard, anything with the word "society" is banned in Japan; even a book "Insect Society" written by a biologist is also banned because of the use of "society". One day, a police officer in Nagano County saw a signboard of a certain club (the company is called a club in Japanese) hanging on the door of someone's house. He reversed the club and read it as "society" and pulled out his sword. Come and break into the office, to do his job!This situation intensified after Japan's defeat in Northeast China.

The upper class forcefully suppressed "non-national ideas", but the Japanese people were oppressed by cruel exploitation and oppression.Since no other ideas were available, existing Japanese ideas began to be recombined and reinterpreted.All parties are trying to find a way forward.Expansionism was naturally supported in the Army Corps.Even if the People's Party could not be defeated, the Japanese military worked hard to cultivate a sentiment of revenge.The rise of the People's Party and the construction of the People's Party have made the Japanese Army Ministry deeply feel that if it can annex China, Japan can also have the same glorious future.

Neiji Okamura may not fully support the views of the Japanese military. He just blindly clamored to "serve the country with seven lives" and "serve allegiance to the emperor". It is absolutely impossible to win.Okamura Ningji fully understood how terrible the rigid thinking was before implementing the retreat.The People's Party never shouts the slogans of "revolution" and "socialism" to the people. They just talk about "agrarian revolution," "people's liberation," and "class struggle." Just these three points and various implementation policies make the People's Party invincible. Invincible.

In Kita Ikki's "National Reconstruction Outline of Japan", Okamura Ningji didn't care much about Kita Ikki's understanding of the socialist system, but Okamura Ningji cared about the set of practical methods proposed by Kita Ikki.After all, he has been in China for a long time. Kita Ikki combined the practice of the People's Party with the situation in Japan in his mind, and proposed a set of practical measures.If the content of combating and suppressing big capital and landlords is canceled, Okamura Neiji believes that Kita Ikki's point of view is very reliable in terms of the Japanese social reorganization model.

Okamura Neiji believes that the current problem in Japan is that capital owners have seized all the benefits. Kita Ikki believes that a strong government implements the bill system to provide the Japanese people with the minimum guarantee, and at the same time rewards hard work and punishes laziness, in line with nationalism Education can purify the minds of the Japanese people, let the Japanese people recognize who the enemy is, and unite to defeat all internal and external enemies.

Combining the practice and theory of the People's Party, Neiji Okamura believes that the biggest problem with the Ministry of War is that they ignore the people.These people are too used to ordering and even oppressing the people, but they never thought of bringing the entire Japanese people into one idea.Neiji Okamura has learned Chinese since he was a child and has a high level of Chinese attainment.When he read the People’s Party’s recent criticism of Cai Yuanpei, there was an interesting saying, “All people are equal, but some people are more equal than others.” After reading it, he suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment about politics.

Needless to say, the War Department has achieved the subtle "some people are more equal than others" point, and even the first step, the slogan "all people are equal" cannot be uttered.In this regard, Kitaichi's "National Transformation Outline of Japan" systematically proposed how to shout the slogan "all people are equal" in Japan, and systematically explained how to explain "all people are equal" under "one idea". Equality" slogan.

This method of execution is what Neiji Okamura thinks the Ministry of the Army really needs.

So after carefully listening to Bei Yihui's criticism of the People's Party for "gradual revolution, but continuous revolution", Okamura Ningji took the time to ask: "Bei Jun, don't you plan to see Cai Yuanpei off? After all In three days he will be shot."

"I don't have any affection for Cai Yuanpei himself, why should I send him off?" Bei Yihui asked in great surprise.

"If you are not interested in him, then I'd like to talk to you about your book." Okamura Neiji said.

Bei Yihui didn't expect Okamura Ningji to be very interested in his book. After hesitating for a moment, his eyes became enthusiastic.

While Neiji Okamura and Ikki Kita were having an in-depth discussion on the "Outline of Japan's National Reconstruction", a farewell party was taking place in the Hangzhou Prison where Cai Yuanpei was imprisoned.

Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren sat opposite Cai Yuanpei, their expressions were complicated and their emotions were quite agitated.Even though Cai Yuanpei, who was opposite them, was wearing handcuffs and anklets, and the handcuffs and anklets were tied by an iron chain, Cai Yuanpei was still quite calm.He could even say to the two with a miserable smile: "Seeing that the two of you are still well, a big stone in my heart has dropped. The two of you once supported Cai, and Cai is very grateful."

Huang Xing was straightforward, his mustache trembling slightly, "Mr. Cai, I'm here to ask one thing this time. Is it really Jiang Zhiqing who assassinated Mr. Tao?"

After hearing this, Song Jiaoren's breathing became slightly heavier, and at the same time his sharp eyes fell on Cai Yuanpei's face.The assassination of Tao Chengzhang was the prelude to the 412 Qing Dynasty in western Zhejiang.If Tao Chengzhang did not die, Cai Yuanpei would not dare to carry out the purge of the party so wantonly.After all, Tao Chengzhang's reputation is there. If Tao Chengzhang is determined to oppose it, a large number of people in the Restoration Society may not dare to really jump out under Tao Chengzhang's accumulated power.

After hearing this question, Cai Yuanpei's expression darkened, "Huanqing's death really has nothing to do with me. According to the testimony obtained in this trial, it seems that Chen Qimei has a great relationship with Huanqing's death. I don't know anything else. .”

After a moment of silence, Cai Yuanpei continued, "If you two don't believe me, Mr. Cai, then you don't have to believe me. Now that I think about it, I, Mr. Cai, was indeed responsible for Huanqing's death."

In fact, Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren did not really fully believe that Cai Yuanpei would attack Tao Chengzhang, but since they publicly declared that they were willing to die with Cai Yuanpei, many people who came to visit the prison talked about it.Even if they can't reach the point where everyone speaks for themselves, doubts can't help but arise in the hearts of the two of them.

After hesitating for a moment, Song Jiaoren finally couldn't help but asked: "Mr. Cai, I want to ask you a question. If Huanqing hadn't been assassinated by Jiang Zhiqing, would he be on your Qing party list?"

After Huang Xing finished listening, his body shook slightly, and he also stared at Cai Yuanpei with burning eyes.However, Cai Yuanpei's performance couldn't help but make Huang Xing feel uneasy, because Cai Yuanpei lowered his gaze and remained silent for a while.