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    Li Changgeng saw that Hirohito had been fooled into the idea, and continued: "The so-called power technique, I refer to the imperial technique, or the imperial mind technique. What you Japan learned from China is the imperial technique of the Tang Dynasty. This imperial technique was used in the Song Dynasty.  From now on, no one will use it in China. {{23][wx} The imperial art of the Tang Dynasty was actually derived from the inaction power of Chinese Taoism. In summary, the emperor did very little and received the greatest credit, while the ministers did a lot.  To put it simply, the emperor should not do anything and let the ministers do the work. If it is right, it is the emperor¡¯s credit, if it is wrong, it is the ministers¡¯ mistake. " Hirohito thought for a while and asked:  "Isn't it wrong to do this?" "Yes, this is how the Tang Dynasty prospered, but it has a huge disadvantage, that is, it is easy to create clans and power. The Tang Dynasty also died in this way! Although Japan has only one emperor  However, for more than a thousand years, it was only from the time of Emperor Meiji that the emperor returned to power. At that time, the daimyo who supported Emperor Meiji also grew up. They hoped that the emperor would return to his former throne. I think.  You can understand what I mean." Hirohito was silent for a long time before saying, "I have always been filled with the same feelings for you as a teacher, and I also regard you as my most trusted friend. I very much hope that you will not let you down.  I trust you, and I will keep everything you say in mind." "Well, this is the mentality that an emperor should have. That is, don't trust anyone, even yourself when you are at your best.  After the Song Dynasty, Song Taizu reformed the imperial art of the Tang Dynasty and solved the problem of ministers plotting to rebel against the country in one fell swoop. During the Qing Dynasty, this imperial art was brought to its extreme. Let me tell you something simple first. The so-called emperor.  The most important aspect of art in both the Tang and Song dynasties is rewards and punishments. As the saying goes, kindness comes from the emperor. For ministers, what they care about most is the emperor's reward. This reward is given by the emperor.  Yes, everyone will remember the kindness of the emperor, and everyone will remember the kindness of the prime minister. It is said that the emperor's favor rewards the nobles, the emperor's favor rewards thousands of fields, and the emperor's favor rewards gold and jade halls.  There must be punishment. The so-called punishment cannot be life or death. If the emperor wants his ministers to die, they must die. If the emperor loses the right to judge his ministers' life and death, then the emperor's majesty will be gone. Of course, this is the simplest, but also the most difficult.  Even ordinary people can understand the practical emperor's art, but it is not easy to do this, because it involves another power, that is, the power of the prime minister, which is an official position that is lower than that of ten thousand people.  . As the head of a hundred officials, once the monarchy and the prime minister compete, if there is no good system to safeguard the monarchy, the monarchy is likely to fall behind the prime minister. Now you are faced with such a thing.  "But what should I do?" "Reward?" "Yes, a prime minister is too busy."  Two or three deputy prime ministers are enough." "Yes. The prime minister is too busy!  ¡± Rewards are not enough, there must also be punishments! Those who can be the prime minister must be humble and honest. Improper employment is also a mistake. The emperor can ignore specific matters, but he must control the ministers, at least the prime minister.  Come on, the Prime Minister is not doing a good job, but if you change the Deputy Prime Minister, there will always be two or three Deputy Prime Ministers, and one of them will do a good job.  After all, there are more ministers who want to be prime minister than those who don¡¯t.¡± ¡°Well, there are still many ministers who work loyally. I can think of several of them right now!¡± ¡°That¡¯s right, you are the emperor, what do you think?  Anyone who can do it can do it, and he can do it. If you think he can¡¯t do it, then he can¡¯t do it!¡± ¡°You understand, is there anything profound about this imperial art?¡± ¡°Of course it is, this was the thought of the Chinese Legalists.  In Han Feizi's book, he put forward the concepts of law, technique, and power, and also specifically put forward the key points of the seven techniques and six subtleties" Li Changgeng and Hirohito were in disagreement.  Over the course of the day, Hirohito was itching to listen to the lectures on imperial art, how to deal with Japan's domestic political situation, how to win over, and how to suppress. The core idea was that the emperor cannot trust his ministers because the interests of the emperor and his ministers are not unified.  Hirohito believed this deeply, and also attracted many of the emperor's ministers to discuss with Li Changgeng.  Regarding Li Changgeng's excessive enthusiasm, some of Hirohito's close officials told him that Li Changgeng was using a divorce tactic, but Hirohito shook his head and said: "Even if it is a divorce tactic, I can't help but use it, because all the things he has done are  All ideas are beneficial to me. "At this time, Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Yoshihito presented a memorial to Hirohito, which was later known as the Tanaka Memorial. Of course, China's changes at this time were completely different from those in history, but it mentioned a lot of China's crisis.  Threat, Japan mustMake a positive response.  For example, sending more troops to North Korea and increasing the construction of military facilities in Taiwan.  etc!  Emperor Hirohito glanced at the memorial and threw it aside.  Because through Li Changgeng's teachings these days, he became more and more dissatisfied with the Prime Minister who was born in Changzhou Domain.  And just now, Li Changgeng was negotiating enthusiastically with the daimyo of the Satsuma Domain. Li Changgeng was promoting his pan-East Asian civilization circle and Western Pacific concept to these Japanese naval daimyo.  Li Changgeng pointed to a world map and said to Hirohito and his naval admirals: "Look at China's maritime territory is large enough, not to mention the current Pacific Fleet, even if it doubles, it is still too small, so  China's territorial ambitions are very small. What China needs now is maritime security. We now want to build an Asia-Europe railway and a safe shipping channel from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean and finally to the Atlantic. As an island country, you.  The strategic significance of China is not a continent, but a maritime territory related to the ocean. Therefore, from the perspective of the national strategies of the two countries, the national strategies of China and Japan do not overlap, and we in China also particularly hope to have a reliable territory in the South Asian continent.  Allies come to rule here. Japan's strategy of leaving Asia and joining Europe is unwise and temporary. There is a curse word in China, which is that mutton cannot be put on a dog. Japan is a country in Asia, and the skin color of the Japanese is yellow.  How is it possible to enter Europe and enter the white world? You can say that, but you can't do that. You Japanese are still too real. Now many Japanese scholars are still promoting this concept among the people. This is a very stupid behavior and is beneficial.  It¡¯s just words at the time, how can we take it seriously? " If Li Changgeng said this to those in the Changsu clan, it would probably have the opposite effect, but for the Satsuma clan, who mostly studied in Europe, it was the right thing to say.  It's appropriate. At this time, it's not only the Chinese who are discriminated against in Europe, but also the Japanese, especially the aristocratic societies in Europe.  A navy rear admiral asked Li Changgeng: "President Li, although you promised that the Chinese navy will not invade Japan, can you always be the president of China? Once you step down, will the next Chinese president change your attitude?"  "What about strategy?" "Well, what you said makes sense. I am making active efforts. I believe you will see the answer soon. I won't say more here. Japan has poor resources and has no war value for China.  , you may not be happy when I say this, but it is also true." Li Changgeng suddenly moved the pointer pointed at the map downwards.  He said loudly: "The way out for Japan is here. In Southeast Asia, you have to pick the soft persimmons. You might as well see which persimmon is the softest. I think it is the softest here. This is the Dutch East Indies. What kind of country is the Netherlands?"  , I think everyone knows that it is completely a soft persimmon protected by the United Kingdom. The East Indies is the largest archipelago colony in the world, and its territory spans Asia and Oceania. It is also known as the "Country of a Thousand Islands".  , it is summer all year round. People call it the "Emerald on the Equator." Li Changgeng's voice became very deep and more attractive. "East India is really very complementary to Japan.  There are abundant mineral resources here. The main minerals are: oil, natural gas, coal, nickel, tin, lead, copper, gold, silver, chromium, bauxite, sulfur and kaolin.  In addition, there are manganese, uranium, feldspar, marble, granite, quartz sand, clay, dolomite, etc.  Moreover, forest resources and food resources are also extremely rich.  If Japan can take over this land, China will absolutely support it.  Because China imports rubber from here worth hundreds of millions of dollars every year, not counting timber, grain, and minerals.  Calculate how much money the Dutch have made from this.  To be honest, if China's land was not too big and there was no sea springboard, China would have taken over this place long ago.  " A Japanese navy said: "You are not afraid of the opposition of the British.  " "If the opposition in this world is effective, there will be no distinction between strong and weak countries. Do you think it is necessary for the British to go to Asia and have a naval battle with Japan for the sake of the Netherlands?  To be honest, Japan's demand for the East Indies has reached an urgent level. Japan's industry is completely export-oriented because of its lack of resources.  In the past, China could provide Japan with certain raw materials, but now the prices of raw materials in China are also rising.  Moreover, the industry is increasingly dependent on rubber and oil, and China is also facing a shortage of major industrial raw materials. The fastest way at this time is to have a supply base that can directly provide raw materials to China and Japan.  If the Japanese Navy really has this ambition, the Chinese government will provide the Japanese Navy with a low-interest loan of US$200 million, and Japan can repay it with the resources of East India!  " Li Changgeng's words dispelled the Japanese Navy's concerns. It seems that China is indeed driven crazy by resources. With the boom of China's automobile manufacturing industry, the prices of oil and rubber have increased three to five times in the past three years.  And all this money is owned by South Asia.Countries such as Britain, France, the Netherlands, and the United States in the private areas have made a lot of money.  It is indeed understandable that China wants Japan to attack East Indies. After all, China does not have such urgent resource needs for East Indies as Japan does.  Li Changgeng realized that he had laid enough bait for the Japanese Navy, so he left the venue, leaving the Japanese elites to figure out the rest.  It can be said that Li Changgeng has the best strategic layout for the Japanese, but will the Japanese, who have tasted the sweetness in the future, be willing to do so?  Li Changgeng had already planted the idea of ??a military coup in Hirohito. As long as he accepted this idea, he would definitely go ahead.  Sure enough, on the third day of the meeting between Li Changgeng and the Satsuma Domain of the Japanese Navy, senior Japanese navy officials came to discuss the naval loan issue with Li Changgeng.  The Japanese Navy's general intention is to use China's loan to the Japanese Navy to directly bypass Congress and use it for the navy's preparation period in the next three to four years.  Li Changgeng calculated the time and found that this was the right time for Japan to launch a war.  He readily agreed that the loan would be loaned to Japan from China Poly Credit Company with an interest rate of 4.5%.  What Li Changgeng didn't expect was that this loan saved his life. The soldiers of the Changsu Domain, who were deeply poisoned by the nationalism of the Japanese military, had various cliques. These cliques were born out of Japan's early samurai families. These people had strong feelings for the emperor.  The idea of ??allegiance is not strong.  Their actual allegiance is still to the daimyo of the Zhou vassal, which is why the incident in history about the Eastern Army walking alone occurred. Due to the rapid rise of China, the interests of the Changsu vassal class were severely hit.  In particular, China took the opportunity of World War I to expel the Kwantung Army stationed in Lushun, seriously harming the actual interests of the Japanese Army.  These reasons are all attributed to Li Changgeng's personal ability. Although this is not just a matter of Li Changgeng's personal ability, who makes Li Changgeng so good at showing off?  So a group of young men in the Japanese Army planned an assassination operation against Li Changgeng.  Of course, these young men are not all fools. After all, the responsibility of assassinating the president of a country is too great for them to bear.  So this young young organization in the Japanese Army found a political figure who was from the Chosu Domain. After learning the news, the political figure did not dare to leave alone, so he roped in several other political figures similar to him.  Once these people discussed it, they found it was worth the gamble.  However, once such a thing expands, it will inevitably become known.  So this matter spread to the ears of the Japanese navy lords who had just received Li Changgeng's loan promise.  This kind of thing will definitely not be allowed to happen if the Japanese Navy has already benefited from it.  It is said that the Chinese fleet is at the port of Tokyo. Once the Chinese navy is forced into a panic, Tokyo will not be able to survive!  So this news came to Hirohito.  After Hirohito learned of this, he was completely disappointed with the Army Faction. This was a group of guys who failed to achieve anything but failed. In addition, Li Changgeng had been under various dark inducements to him these days.  And those close to him in the Navy turned a deaf ear.  Isn¡¯t every success of Japan due to the establishment of the navy? If the navy had not won the Yellow Sea naval battle with the weak defeating the strong in the Sino-Japanese War of 1891, how could North Korea and Taiwan have joined the rule of the emperor?  If it were not for the Russo-Japanese naval battle, the Japanese navy would be defeated by the weak.  Completely defeating the Russian Navy, how could Japan have the status of a great power today.  Speaking of which, those in the Japanese Army are still thinking about invading China every day, just as China¡¯s President Li said.  Even if China does not have a navy, how much victory can Japan achieve with hundreds of thousands of land troops? Moreover, China has attached great importance to naval construction in recent years. Japan is thinking of fighting a national war with China. Even if it wins, as long as the Republic of China government does not surrender, they can get  How many benefits.  China's huge territory is deep. Counting the current hundreds of thousands of troops, plus the one million troops that can be mobilized, how many places can Japan occupy? These places may face counterattacks by the Republic of China's Chi troops at any time.  Is such an uneconomical war really necessary?  Although President Li of China led the Japanese navy to the East Indies in the South Pacific, which was suspected of blaming others, the benefits were clearly there. Hirohito heard the words of the Satsuma clan of the navy and took them to heart!  Of course, Hirohito would not tell Li Changgeng about such a humiliating thing for the Japanese, so Li Changgeng's bodyguards were all replaced by navy personnel. This reason is not difficult to find. Most of Li Changgeng's entourage are high-level navy officials, one or two  The banner of naval exchanges between the two countries is enough to deal with the army's mouth.  Moreover, Hirohito often attended some foreign affairs occasions with Li Changgeng, so that these young men who wanted to assassinate Li Changgeng never dared to take action!  The shrewd Li Changgeng quickly discovered the changes around him, and it was not difficult to guess the general situation with a little effort of brain cells, so he suddenly shortened his visit to Japan!  The decision to return to the country early made Hirohito relax a lot. In fact, no one with a little political mind would dare to do this. Assassinating the leader of another country on the soil of his own country is not something that a mentally retarded person can think of.  of.  There is no precedent for this kind of situation. No politician in the world has dared to forget the Sarajevo incident, the cause of World War I.  It seems that this student of mine still needs some guidance.Guide!  Li Changgeng once again launched a sinister teaching to Hirohito.  If the previous teachings were strategies, then this teachings are concrete implementations.  "Hirohito, you need to know what is most important as a qualified emperor You are right or wrong. I would say that military power is the most important. Your Imperial family has been suppressed by the shogunate for more than a thousand years. Have you not reflected on this?  Is there a problem, military power Yes, I don't deny that you realize this. If Emperor Meiji had not taken back military power, there would be no reform, but your approach is still too simple, although the balance of navy and army is indeed effective.  But this is far from the wisest approach. You must learn to cultivate subordinates who are loyal to you in the army, rather than paying lip service to the samurai of the Nagasu Daimyo. You must constantly win over those who are ambitious, capable and loyal.  Your young people, especially those who have studied abroad, have similar concepts to the navy, and are prone to conflict with those traditional army officers." Hirohito was very happy after hearing what Li Changgeng said, because he had already been doing this.  He did it. Before he ascended the throne, he personally went to Europe to accept the declaration of allegiance from these young soldiers. This was what his closest advisers had come up with for him to deal with the Cheung Chau Army. Unexpectedly, he could not agree with what the Chinese president said.  Offer a discount.  When Li Changgeng saw Hirohito's expression, he knew that his words had moved the dark-minded emperor. What he said were the means by which Hirohito later seized power from the Chosu Domain. Of course, this was different from history. In history, Hirohito's seizure of power was not  Perfect, because at that time the Japanese Army suddenly swallowed up the three northeastern provinces, and the young Army faction he had carefully cultivated returned to the side of the Army Ministry.  Coupled with the later maturity of Hirohito's governance methods, he was also able to balance the power of Japan's army and navy.  But it is different now. The three northeastern provinces are still in the hands of China, and the Japanese Army does not have the courage or ambition to go to war with China, so naturally it cannot claim much credit.  Moreover, Hirohito's imperial power is constantly being challenged by the army. Since Aritomo Yamagata came to power, several consecutive capitals were from the Chosu clan.  I have almost poured oil on this fire, and it is only a matter of time before it becomes as effective as possible.  Having taught Hirohito about his insidious methods, Li Changgeng left Japan with great success. Hirohito personally sent Li Changgeng to the warship No. 1, the First Emperor, and ended the assassination organization's plan!  (To be continued)
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