Spy Wars: I signed in at the Military Police at the beginning

In Tokyo, inside the Matsudaira family residence, Matsudaira Tsuneo, wearing traditional clothes and wooden clogs, came to the yard where the White Tigers had previously held a sacrificial ceremony.

"Sixth brother, are everything arranged?" Matsudaira Tadahiro asked, looking at the somewhat gloomy sky.

"Everything has been arranged, but this time the Shimazu family will have to pay! I never thought that there would be a day when our family would be able to work closely with the Shimazu family again!" Matsudaira Tsuneo exclaimed.

"Hmph, it's just a matter of each taking what they need! Of course, it is also thanks to the help of the Shimazu family that Jinpei has been able to develop so fast." Matsudaira Tadahiro said with a cold snort.

"Brother, what is the attitude of those people in the shrine now?" Matsudaira Tsuneo continued to ask.

"Those people are more stubborn than me, but after cooperating with the Shimazu family, they have become dispensable!" Now Matsudaira Tadahiro seems to be very disdainful of the help he had long been looking forward to in the shrine.

Instead of begging for support from the people at the shrine, it would be better to put aside the moral bottom line and join forces with the opponent to make it bigger and stronger! This wave of cooperation between the Matsudaira family and the Shimazu family has saved at least ten years or even more time for the Matsudaira family's plan.

"That's true. Those people can't provide the help that the Shimazu family can! But I still feel it's a pity. If they were here, it would be easy to get the support of the Council of Nobles!" Matsudaira Tsuneo seemed a little regretful.

"There is nothing to regret. The arrow is already on the string and has to be shot. Once my dear grandson's army arrives, it will be fine if those people in the noble council cooperate."

"Otherwise, we don't need to do anything. The Shimazu family will make those nobles who don't cooperate become 'kneeling people' directly!" Matsudaira Tadahiro said indifferently.

"Hehe, that's right! I'm really looking forward to the day when Zhen Ping leads his troops to the Imperial Palace. I heard that Zhen Ping has researched a lot of good things in Yingzhou!"

"Wait, I also want to see what the 'iron torrent' that my dear grandson mentioned is like. Now, just hearing this phrase makes me feel very domineering!"

As Matsudaira Tadashi finished his words, the haze in the sky seemed to dissipate a lot, and rays of sunlight shone through the gaps in the clouds onto the cleansed Tokyo.

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On the other side of Tokyo, in Chiyoda Ward, the atmosphere in the Kikuma Hall of the Imperial Palace was somewhat depressing. The frowning Emperor Showa listened to the reports of the Minister of the Interior, Koichi Kido, and the current Prime Minister, Prince Toshihiko Higashikuni, and fell into deep thought.

Since General Jun of the Southern China Front Army and Commander Ando Rikichi of the Yingzhou Army met with accidents, the rift between the imperial family, which controlled the army, and the Shimazu family became deeper and deeper. The two sides were no longer simply accusing each other, but had almost escalated to the point of ceding territory and self-government.

In the past, on the island, the navy and the army would at best be unwelcome when entering and leaving each other’s sphere of influence, but now the situation has become so serious that they are not allowed to move around unless necessary.

"My dear minister, have you got any results on the matter I asked you to investigate before?" Emperor Showa turned his gaze to the Minister of the Interior Yukichi Kido and asked.

"Your Majesty, the matter couldn't be clearer. The deaths of General Harumiya Jun and Commander Ando Rikichi have nothing to do with the Shimazu family." Kido Yukichi replied helplessly.

Emperor Showa had just had a big fight with the Shimazu family, and then two important officials of the Army Ministry were eaten by fish. This made Emperor Showa feel resentful and he thought that the Shimazu family was taking revenge.

However, after several months of investigation involving multiple batches and different people, no suspicion was found from the Shimazu family.

Yukikazu Kido felt that these two accidents in similar sea areas must have been caused by the Americans. After all, no matter how stupid the Shimazu family were, they couldn't turn against their own people and do such a stupid thing.

"Forget it, since there is no new situation after all these repeated discussions, let's just leave it at that! Uncle, what is the current situation of the Tiger Guards in Yingzhou?" Emperor Showa sighed and asked Prince Toshihiko Higashikuni who was standing aside.

"Your Majesty, according to the report from the Yingzhou Army, the recent performance of the Tiger Guard Army is still very good. Your experiment of merging the sea and the land has been quite effective, and Shimazu Jinpei has also been very cooperative." Prince Toshihiko Higashikuni replied with a relaxed look on his face.

"Finally, it's no longer a worrying thing. Shimazu Jinpei is probably the only person in the Shimazu family whom I don't hate. If everyone in the Shimazu family can be like him, the country wouldn't be so unstable!" Emperor Showa sighed.

When his two trusted subordinates were killed, he had many suspects, but the only one he did not suspect was the Huben Army who were closer to the crime scene.

The reason why Ando Rikichi was transferred away from Yingzhou was because he had a very good relationship with Zhou Ke, while General Harem Jun and Zhou Ke did not know each other at all.

Later, when Emperor Showa ordered the Yingzhou Army to train the new recruits of the Tiger Army, it was Zhou Ke who took the lead in calming the dissatisfaction of his soldiers, which made the training go very smoothly.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, after all, Shimazu Jinpei also has the last name Matsudaira!" Seeing that Emperor Showa seemed to be in a much better mood than before, Prince Higashikuni Toshihiko also felt a lot more relaxed.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, when Shimazu Chinobu arrives, we can use Shimazu Jinpei to make some fuss..."

Before Kido Yukiichi could finish his words, a eunuch hurried into the room with a handwritten letter and handed it to Emperor Showa. After reading the contents of the letter, the emperor's brows, which had just relaxed, furrowed again.

Just half an hour ago, Shimazu Chinobu, the most prestigious leader of the Shimazu Navy, was ambushed on his way to Kyoto. Countless people accompanying him were killed or injured, and even Shimazu Chinobu himself was seriously injured. His life or death is currently unknown!

"Who did this! Committing this crime openly under my nose is simply lawless!" Emperor Showa slammed the letter on the table and asked the eunuch who came to report to him angrily.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, this incident just happened and is still under investigation!" The eunuch with sweat on his forehead answered in panic.

"Go away!" Emperor Showa waved his hand and sent the eunuch away.

"Your Majesty, what happened?" At this time, Yukichi Kido ignored etiquette and looked at Emperor Showa and asked.

"Shimazu Chinobu was assassinated. The situation is not good! There is no need to consider negotiations with the Shimazu family in the short term!" Emperor Showa's face was so gloomy at this time, as if water was about to drip out.

"Your Majesty, from the beginning I felt that there seemed to be an invisible force causing trouble between you and the Shimazu family. I believe the Shimazu family must have felt the same way!"

"I think as long as we can talk it out with the Shimazu family, they will probably not choose to make a big fuss at this time!" Kido Yukiichi analyzed.

"I'm afraid it's difficult! The Shimazu family won't give up so easily unless they give up a large piece of the profits they have obtained!" Prince Tokugawa Naruhiko felt that Kido Yukikazu was somewhat too idealistic.

"Forget it, let's just deal with it!"

Emperor Showa, feeling that his plan was disrupted, stood up and walked out of the Chrysanthemum Room in a somewhat irritable mood. But what he didn't know was that some moves, once used by the opponent, would be a sure kill that could not be broken!