Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 110 Summons from all sides

Raising this question is actually a little trick of Chen Jiehua. He uses Kato Kanji's mouth to express the possible purpose. Even if he doesn't get what he wants, there is no loss.

Now that Kato Kanji has cooperated and given an answer, Chen Jiehua also has a reason to politely refuse Prince Bo Gong.

"Your Excellency, Qingxuan believes that it is more appropriate for you to remain in the Army for now. First of all, the Army has not harmed me. If I rashly give up my Army rank, it will cause other soldiers to wonder why I joined the Navy after being humiliated by the Navy."

"Secondly, Qingxuan can continue his grandfather's wish and stay in the army to serve our navy. Although there are no major conflicts between our navy and army now, there is no guarantee of future conflicts, right?"

In Chen Jiehua's words, "our navy" was a hint to Prince Bo Gong, you see, I have already recognized that I am a navy member!

Kato Kanji thought about it and felt that Aoki's words made sense, so he agreed with Chen Jiehua's idea. Prince Bo Gong was very willing to listen to Kato's opinion, so in the end the status quo was maintained and you continued to stay in the army and would only be used in the future.

As for the current difficulties faced by Aoki Takashi, with the support of Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, it is no longer a problem. Emperor Showa respects this uncle very much, and Aoki Takashi's behavior is patriotic and there is nothing wrong with it. In fact, the royal family prefers subordinates with such character.

The next day, Togo Heihachiro did not forget the incident involving Aoki Takashi. He dismissed the two guys who caused the clear-code telegraph incident and replaced them with his own nephew, Colonel Masao Shibayama. He also reserved the other position for Aoki Takashi as a favor, killing two birds with one stone.

Shibayama Masao was also from the Kagoshima domain. Togo Heihachiro's only request to him was not to conflict with Aoki, the young and inexperienced man. If he dared to confront the Prime Minister, you are no match for him.

After completing this step, Heihachiro Togo asked his men in the Navy Department to inform Aoki Takashi that the Navy Marshal had summoned him!

On the same day, the father-in-law of the popular star Aoki Takashi called the Army General Staff Headquarters, but unfortunately he couldn't find anyone.

The Shimazu family is looking for him everywhere. All the children in the family have been sent back, and the one who caused the trouble is still in solitary confinement in the Navy Department. This conflict must be resolved. "Shimazu God of War" cannot let his own family be hurt!

The Minister of the Army also wanted to summon him, and the notice was sent to the General Staff Headquarters. They would drag him over as soon as they saw him!
Now this person is the treasure of the Army and must be comforted and protected. Before, the Minister of the Army didn’t care about this person at all, and the entire Army Department was a fence-sitter in a wait-and-see attitude. Now they must take sides, otherwise the person may be snatched away by the Navy Fleet!
However, no one could find Kato Kanji, and naturally they could not find the "Shimazu God of War".

The document that Kato Kanji finally submitted to Zaibu Takeshi was called "Memorial of Impeachment of the Hamaguchi Cabinet". Kato Kanji was very smart and wanted to adopt a roundabout tactic. The main content was to make Hamaguchi Takeyuki and Zaibu Takeshi responsible for the "violation of the supreme command authority" in order to achieve the goal of abolishing the "London Disarmament Treaty" from the side.

Throughout Tokyo, the public and military groups have different reactions to the entire "treaty incident" and yesterday's "one versus three bloody incident." The public is more supportive of the signing of the treaty. They do not want the country to continue expanding its military. After all, the finances cannot afford it. Continuing to expand the military will ultimately mean increasing taxes, and they will be the ones who suffer.

However, the majority of the military community supported the "Shimazu God of War" and the fleet faction, and many rallies and riots of junior officers broke out throughout Tokyo.

Where are Chen Jiehua and Kato Kanji, who "disappeared" after the riot? They were both drunk and stayed at Fushimi Palace! Chen Jiehua drank with Prince Hiroyuki and his "grandfather" Kato Kanji at Fushimi Palace last night. It was a one-on-two match, and this time it wasn't sake, so they all drank too much.

When Chen Jiehua woke up, Prince Bogong's attendants reported the situation outside to him one by one, and asked him to choose which to go first and which to go later. I was confused. Which one to go first? I didn't know!
The reason for coming back this time was just a personal dispute with some people in the Marine Corps. He had hoped to gain the support of the Emperor, but before he even met the Emperor, he had already opposed the Emperor's will!
Chen Jiehua felt that having Prince Bogong's support was not enough, so he went to the Fujiwara family first to listen to his father-in-law's opinions and try to get his father-in-law's support!
Aoki Kyo's father-in-law, Duke Fujiwara, also belonged to the civil service system. Naturally, he followed the will of the emperor and supported the signing of the treaty. He was anxious to call Aoki back for this reason. He hoped to persuade Aoki to either keep a low profile in the near future and not cause trouble, or to quickly return to China and continue to run the pharmacy to make money, and stop messing around in Tokyo.

Even the emperor felt a little regretful about calling this brat back, so he didn't want to see him for the time being.

Aoki Takashi and Duke Fujiwara communicated for a long time and reached an agreement not to appear in public, not to be sent to the cabinet with the naval fleet, and not to publicly express clear opposition to the signing of the contract.

Correspondingly, in order to compensate Aoki Takashi, first, the Emperor and the House of Peers urged the Navy Ministry to verify the truth of the humiliation incident, apologize privately and come up with a suitable compensation plan as soon as possible.

Why a private apology? Wouldn't a public apology be a second public execution? As if that wasn't humiliating enough? Shimazu the God of War is already a celebrity in the Empire now!

The second compensation is to be promoted to the rank of Army Major General at a later date, which is actually to restore the rank that should have been given last time.

This is also what the Emperor meant. Just give me the rank of Major General and I'll have less worries. In fact, last night, Hamaguchi Oyuki secretly met with Duke Fujiwara. Suspecting that someone had informed him, he told Aoki Takashi about his suggestion to reduce the rank of Major General to Colonel, which aroused Aoki Takashi's resentment!

So, it’s better to mend the fence after the sheep have been stolen and give him what is his right now. We can’t afford to mess with this young man.

However, Chen Jiehua thought that a promotion to major general at this time would be a bit conspicuous, so he asked his father-in-law to discuss with the Emperor, "Instead of giving me the rank of major general in the army, can you give me the rank of naval commander?"

"Although there has never been such a precedent in the Empire, there are always exceptions to the rules. Moreover, Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi is willing to grant me a naval rank."

Duke Fujiwara agreed to discuss this with the Emperor.

As soon as Chen Jiehua walked out of the Fujiwara family's gate, he was blocked by the Navy Department and summoned by the Navy Marshal.

Currently, the Navy has only one living Grand Admiral, Togo Heihachirō. Why did he summon him? Previously at Fushimi Palace, the Prince had already stated that Grand Admiral Togo was also opposed to the treaty. Logically, then, there was no need for the Grand Admiral to summon him, unless it was related to that ronin, Togo Naotada!?

Whether it is a blessing or a curse, I will only know after I die. Now I believe the old man will not kill me.

Chen Jiehua was taken directly to the destination by the Navy Department’s special car. After the two sides exchanged greetings, Marshal Togo went straight to the point and expressed his hope that the God of War Shimazu could return to Shanghai to continue to preside over the investigation into the cause of Togo Naotada’s death!
(End of this chapter)