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

Chapter 262 Changes in the Imperial Palace

"Your Majesty, there are now 30,000 guards gathered around Tokyo, and 70,000 reserve troops have been recruited and equipped. The Tiger Guards must have consumed a lot of battles and territory control along the way!"

"I estimate that they will be lucky to have 50,000 men at Mount Fuji. Now we have 100,000 to 50,000. The advantage is on your side!"

Kido Koichi couldn't bear to see Emperor Showa so depressed, so he spoke to comfort him. But it would have been better if he hadn't said this, because after he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room became even more heavy.

Putting aside the quality of the 70,000 old, weak, sick and disabled troops that were temporarily pulled out of the reserve, it was obvious that when Kido Yukio said this he did not take into account the navy at the surrounding naval bases.

You know, as long as the Shimazu family wanted to do it, they would have taken down the Imperial Palace long ago with just the planes and the Marines in the base without having to wait for the Tiger Guards to come!

So what we are going to discuss today is not about how to defend at all, but how to surrender gracefully and allow the emperor to retain as many rights as possible.

"Mr. Kido, when you have time, go to the seaside to get some fresh air and clear your brain. Do you think those rows of giant steel ships near Tokyo Bay are just decorations?" Prince Toshihiko Higashikuni looked at Yukikazu Kido as if he were a fool and said.

He really wanted to pry open the head of this colleague who had something stuck between his ears to see if it was empty. It was he who had instigated the Emperor's nephew to divide the power of the Shimazu family. Now, not only can he not solve any problems, but he is still blindly confident!

"this....."

Before the red-faced Koichi Kido could say anything, a group of eunuchs opened the door and rushed into the room with the sound of hurried footsteps.

"How dare you! What are you going to do?" Prince Higashikuni Minoruhiko was shocked and shouted.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Prince Chichibu Yoshihito has surrounded the Imperial Palace with a group of armed guards. Please move quickly!" the head eunuch explained anxiously.

"Haha, my good brother who has tuberculosis! He has never left the house, how could he suddenly lead people to attack the Imperial Palace!" Emperor Showa said with a miserable smile.

"Your Majesty, please move quickly. This traitor has been coveting the throne for a long time. The 226 soldiers who advised the emperor at the beginning judged that he was the one who instigated the rebellion!" Kido Yukikazu urged angrily.

"Bang! Bang!" Before Emperor Showa could move, followed by a few gunshots and screams, dense footsteps were heard all around Kikuno-ken.

"It looks like I can't leave. In that case, I won't leave! My dear ministers, please follow me to meet my younger brother!" Emperor Showa seemed to have made up his mind. He stood up and led the way out despite the guards' dissuasion.

A moment later, in the open space outside the Kikuno-no-Ma, there were two or three kittens on one side and the neatly arranged Imperial Guards on the other. The ruddy-faced Prince Chichibu, accompanied by his father-in-law with a bandage on his right arm, stood face to face with Emperor Showa and others.

"Matsudaira Tsuneo you traitor! Weren't you lying in bed just now?"

Koichi Kido looked at Tsuneo Matsudaira, whose right arm was bandaged, and angrily accused him, but Tsuneo Matsudaira on the opposite side looked very calm and ignored him.

After seeing Matsudaira Tsuneo and Prince Chichibu Yoshihito standing together, Emperor Showa seemed to have figured things out and his frown relaxed.

Then, he stared coldly at Prince Chichibu Yoshihito and asked without a trace of emotion: "My dear brother, are you cured of tuberculosis? Why are you here today instead of staying at home to write a book?"

"Brother Emperor, I had no choice but to get tuberculosis, otherwise I would not be alive today! Now that the situation has changed, my illness will naturally heal!" Prince Chichibu Yoshihito responded bluntly.

"That's very good. When you met me, you didn't even call me Your Majesty! It turned out that you were the one who led the 226 incident back then!" Emperor Showa said in a cold voice.

"Royal brother, please don't wrongly accuse a good person. Although I have always criticized the policy of expanding the war, it was entirely your own fault that time! As for today, it is really the general trend, otherwise I would not have disobeyed you, Royal brother..."

"That's enough! You are a liar, a scum of the royal family. You have so many excuses. Even if I die here today, you can never let me pass on the throne to you!"

Looking at Prince Chichibu Yoshihito's face full of disdain, an unknown anger instantly ignited Emperor Showa's emotions again.

"Please call me Your Majesty, brother! Also, no matter what choice you make, history will only record that it was you who passed the throne to me!" Prince Chichibu Yoshihito said confidently.

"Fujiwara-kun, tell this traitor in front of you how you will record this history!" Emperor Showa snorted coldly and said to his confidant beside him.

"Brother, this is Tokyo, not the Qi Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period! Moreover, I am not a loser like Cui Zhu. If killing three generations of historians still can't solve the problem, I don't mind exterminating the entire family of historians and then supporting an obedient one!"

"Mr. Fujiwara, don't you think this is the truth?" Prince Yoshihito, his father, stared at Fujiwara Saburo, who was responsible for compiling history, and spoke word by word.

"Your Majesty is right. I will remember what Your Majesty says! Besides, this is Your Majesty's family affair. I have no right to interfere!"

Fujiwara Saburo, who had been sweating profusely after listening to what Emperor Showa said just now, saw his father Prince Yoshihito looking at him. His knees suddenly went weak and he fell to the ground with a thump.

"Haha, that's right. There is an old Chinese saying: He who knows the times is a hero! Royal brother, it's such a simple truth, all the ministers understand it, why don't you understand it yet?" Seeing that Fujiwara Saburo was so cooperative, Prince Chichibu Yoshihito turned his attention back to his brother.

"You...you...are so brave! You all are misleading me! Where is my confidant..."

Looking at his brother who had a smug look on his face and his subordinates who were silent and lowered their heads beside him, Emperor Showa felt his blood rushing up. Without saying a word, he suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground in a state of dejection!

"Your Majesty! Imperial physician! Where is the imperial physician!" Yukio Kido, who didn't know how to address Emperor Showa, shouted.

"Mr. Kido, stop crying. Someone, help him see the imperial physician!" Matsudaira Tsuneo waved his hand, and several guards came out from behind him, pulled Kido Yukiichi away, and carried Emperor Showa onto the stretcher.

"Father-in-law, it seems that my brother didn't call himself 'I' just now!" Prince Chichibu Yoshihito said with some surprise.

He had been on the verge of death countless times because of his brother's schemes, but he never expected that after enduring so many years of trembling in fear, he would actually have the opportunity to ascend the throne and become emperor!

However, before Matsudaira Tsuneo could say anything, the guards around him shouted "Long live the Emperor" as if they had been prepared for it. Emperor Showa was forced to leave the stage early amid cheers that did not belong to him!

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