1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Captain Fujii, how should we react to this?" Ono Sawada, the commander of the 4th Division's baggage regiment, stared blankly at the boiling Kyoto.

Early in the morning of the 8th, the streets of Kyoto were filled with angry civilians, who surrounded many important places such as the barracks, the government, and the Imperial Palace, demanding to see the emperor.

This was extremely rude, but people still did it.

"What should we do? Have you received an order?" Fujii Nan asked in surprise.

He is the commander of the infantry regiment, and Ono Sawada is the commander of the baggage regiment. One is the commander of the combat unit and the other is the commander of the logistics unit. There is an action mission, so shouldn't the order be given to him?

"Uh... No, but now..." Sawada thought about it and really didn't receive an order.

"Don't do it now. Since there is no order, don't act recklessly, otherwise the situation will develop in an uncontrollable direction!" Captain Fujii shook his head, not wanting to pay attention to him, and turned his head to continue watching the excitement.

"Captain of the Regiment, the officers of the First Division are making a fuss after hearing the news of the Emperor's abdication, and they are demanding to go out..." The captain in charge of guarding the soldiers of the First Division ran over quickly, sweating profusely.

"Captain Sasaki, do you know the identities of those who are making a fuss about going out?!" Fujii frowned, suppressed his anger and looked at the captain who ran over, and shouted sternly.

"Ah?" Sasaki's mind was full of the colonels and major generals of the First Division. Before he came to his senses, he was stunned when he heard the question from his immediate superior.

"Baga! Idiot!"

Pa! Pa!

Fujii glanced at Sawada Ono and found that Sawada was watching the fun. He was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped him twice.

"Hai!" Sasaki didn't know where he was wrong, but he knew that admitting his mistake was definitely right.

"You have made our regiment lose face!"

"Your battalion's mission is to guard the First Division until the investigation is completed. The soldiers of the First Division have launched a rebellion against the Emperor. The investigation is not over yet, and you are saying you want to release them now?"

"Use your nori-sized brain to think carefully. If there are still bad guys who betray the Emperor lurking in the First Division, what should we do after releasing them?!"

"Believe the Prime Minister, before receiving orders, restrain the soldiers. No soldiers in Fujii's regiment may leave the station."

"From now on, the entire regiment will be under martial law to prevent the traitors who betrayed the Emperor from taking risks and rescue their accomplices in the First Division."

Fujii's saliva was spit directly on Sasaki's face. Sasaki didn't dare to be unhappy at all. Even if he could feel the wetness on his face, he couldn't move.

Only after Fujii finished speaking could Sasaki bow and apologize, saying that he knew he was wrong.

"Go." Fujii finally got some relief.

"Captain Fujii, if we don't do anything, what should we say when the division commander asks about it?" Sawada Ono heaved a sigh of relief after hearing what Fujii said.

Of course, he didn't simply think that Fujii's words were only for Sasaki. It was obvious that he was still reminding him, but the tone was a bit excessive.

But he was originally the commander of the combat unit, and he was only the commander of the logistics unit. Although they were both commanders, their power and status were still different.

Due to geographical and historical reasons, Japan loves to gamble on the national destiny, and Japan is poor, so there are not many soldiers assigned.

The logistics unit has more money, but its status cannot be compared with that of the combat unit. This time, Sawada Ono was just a routine inquiry.

According to the principle of Japan's territorial conscription system, the Fourth Division's soldiers all come from the Osaka area. In addition, the Fourth Division is not well received. At this time, most of the middle and low-level officers of the Fourth Division are also from Osaka.

Including Fujii and Sawada, the commander of their brigade, a native of Sendai, did not come to Kyoto, but stayed in Osaka with another regiment to protect the fort and the port.

In addition, the rebellion was resolved. Except for a few squadrons that brought supplies to do business and pretended not to know that they came to Kyoto, all the others went back halfway. Fujii was the highest commander of the Kyoto part of the 4th Division.

"How to explain? We have not received any combat orders. The situation outside is chaotic and we cannot know the real situation."

"Before we determine the truth, we act rashly. What if it ruins the empire's major events?"

Fujii was also helpless. He could order to take the initiative to investigate, but he did not.

The reason is very simple. Fujii did not want to cause trouble. He did not even give a good meal, and the soldiers were still eating the dry food they brought. The soldiers were already dissatisfied.

The Japanese army was not having a good time at this time, or it was very sad. It was a wishful thinking for a lower-level officer to support his family with his salary.

The monthly salary of a sergeant was 16 yen, equivalent to about 20 silver dollars. Although it was not as good as the Qing Empire New Army or the Huaxia Empire Army of the same period, it was still acceptable at that time. In East Asia, it was not a low income.

Although the prices in Japan were higher, beef cost more than 2 yen per pound and a chicken cost more than 3 yen, but this money could buy a lot of rice and eat rice.

This kind of life continued until Japan went to war with Huaxia and Nanhua, the import channels were completely cut off, and prices began to soar.

The 70 million people mentioned by the Japanese emperor included 73 million people in Korea, and 54 million people in Japan.

We all know that Japan is a long and narrow island country with many mountains and hills. The Hokkaido region in the north has not been fully developed at this time. In addition, without fertilizers, pesticides and excellent seeds, it is impossible to achieve self-sufficiency in food.

Since the Meiji era, Japan has stabilized and started to develop, the population has begun to soar, and Japan has begun to import food on a large scale.

In order to reduce the outflow of foreign exchange, Japan usually chooses to export refined rice in exchange for brown rice imports. Later, it took over North Korea and collected large amounts of grain from North Korea every year, so as to maintain consumption.

However, the war began, and Japan not only lost its import channels, but also increased its food expenditure.

In recent days, the Chinese airships have been setting fires everywhere from time to time, which has also brought some losses and great panic.

In order to maintain the war, the Japanese government over-issued some currency. There was no problem. Many Japanese kept the money, but this panic intensified the conflict.

The Japanese began to scramble to buy all the materials they could use on the market. At first, it was only one or two blocks, and gradually spread to a city, a region, and even the whole of Japan.

Because the excessive amount of money was suddenly put into the market, a short-term capital flow won and inflation was formed.

The capitalists suddenly found that they only needed to do nothing and they could make more money with the same cost. Now that they found it, would they give up?

So, artificial marketing appeared, and prices began to soar unreasonably.

Until now, the circulation of Japanese yen has tripled, and hyperinflation is inevitable.

And ordinary soldiers, with a salary of only a few yuan a month, can't afford to buy chickens, and can't even buy much rice.

Fortunately, the Fourth Division was born as a merchant, and they have a way to make money and won't starve themselves.

But merchants are merchants, and everything starts from profit.

They came all the way from Osaka to help the emperor defeat the rebels, but the emperor didn't even add a bowl of rice. Is there any need for such an emperor?

In this mentality, the soldiers of the Fourth Division have lost their ambition to enter Kyoto and began to act casually.

As for working for His Majesty the Emperor again, good! Take out real money and silver, not Japanese yen!

…

“Sir, as long as the division commander and the brigade commander agree, the 4th Division will remain neutral in this incident.” Fujii said quietly.

“How can I trust you? Sign it. After signing, we are grasshoppers in the same boat.” Jiro subconsciously went through the process, obviously not the first time.

…

“Sir, the 4th Division claims to remain neutral, but the Sendai Division does not care about his affairs and is ready to act.” Jiro poured a cup of tea for Terauchi and reported the work gently.

“The storm is coming!” Terauchi took a sip of tea. It’s just a sip, but it’s just a cup of tea, and it was finished in one sip.

“Sir, Ichiro’s “soldiers” who have not been trained much and don’t have guns may not be able to stop the excited civilians.”

Jiro said worriedly.

He didn’t understand why Terauchi ordered the soldiers not to shoot to suppress civilians unless they tried to attack important areas such as barracks, arsenals, the Imperial Palace, or the government.

Otherwise, according to Ichiro's idea, he would have arranged for martial law in Kyoto, implemented military control, and dealt a heavy hand to these unruly people to serve as a warning to the rest.

"It doesn't matter. We have won over the Fourth Division, and the trains entering Kyoto are also under our control. Some civilians will be fine." Terauchi shook his head without explanation.

Although he has decided to be a traitor, he still has not given up the Great Japan Plan, and still fantasizes that Japan will lead the world, at least East Asia.

If the nobles control power and no one checks and balances them, they will definitely fall into internal strife instead of external expansion. Only when the emperor and the lower-class civilians control power will they expand outward wholeheartedly.

Because the first goal of the nobles is to protect their vested interests, and the first goal of the emperor is to maintain rule. Only the civilians think about dedicating the last bit of value to the so-called Great Japanese Empire.

If the emperor abdicates, the nobles will change a new name and make a comeback. Then, only the civilians can fulfill Terauchi's idea.

Under the propaganda of the Japanese since the Meiji era, the lower classes of Japan are fanatical, fanatical about war.

"The imperial edict has been issued. There is no point in keeping the Emperor and his family. For safety reasons, find a place to lock them up first."

"Sir, the British ambassador is here and says there are new developments."

"Please invite him in... cough cough cough!"

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