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Chapter 1,543: Movement to overthrow the cabinet (2)

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    In fact, the foundation of Tojo's cabinet has always been unstable. On the one hand, it is because Tojo himself is not qualified enough and his prestige is insufficient. In addition, some of the emperor's special treatment for him broke the traditions and rules, so that it exceeded many standards.  The tolerance of senior officials and ministers.

    For example, Tojo was already the Minister of War and one of the three giants in the military. However, with the support of the emperor, he became the Prime Minister of the government, combining military power and political power. This has never been seen in Japanese history.

    At present, Tojo not only serves as Prime Minister, but also serves as Minister of War and Chief of Staff. Tojo, who holds these three positions, has created a "dictatorship" situation in Japan and is known as the "Tojo Shogunate".

    Secondly, Tojo was promoted to general after becoming prime minister, but at that time he only stayed in the position of lieutenant general for more than 4 years.  According to the regulations of the Japanese army, one must serve at least five years as a lieutenant general before he is eligible for promotion.  His promotion is undoubtedly an exception.

    Trees naturally attract wind. This challenge to the emperor's supreme rule almost made Tojo's cabinet shaken. Even the right-wing forces in Japan that advocated war most fiercely became hostile to Tojo.

    At this time, the "former Prime Minister's Opposition to Tojo Group" has been formed, and four former Prime Ministers including Okada Keisuke, Wakatsuki Reijiro, Konoe Fumimaro, and Hiranuma Kiichiro began to join hands to "Oppose Tojo".

    ??Also, Tojo himself was unable to control the domestic political situation and the foreign war situation, which led to a series of defeats in the later period and became one of the reasons why the Tojo cabinet was under attack.

    ¡°Compared to Masato Nakano¡¯s overthrow movement, the current overthrowing forces are more powerful, and have even made Tojo Hideki feel a strong crisis.

    Tokyo. Prime Minister¡¯s Official Residence.

    Prime Minister Tojo was in a very bad mood at this time. Just today he was once again attacked by the Showa ministers. Today when a joint meeting of the base camp and the government was held, he suddenly returned to Tokyo under the Chichibu Palace where he was resting in Gotemba and participated in this meeting.  meeting.

    The Chichibu Palace himself was very dissatisfied with Tojo's behavior of integrating military and political power. As a member of the royal family, like other members of the royal family, the Chichibu Palace was very worried that Tojo would become a new shogunate.

    "The shogunate itself is an absolute disgrace to the royal family, and it is even more unacceptable. After all, no one wants to be a puppet in name only.

    Therefore, he has repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction with the issue of Tojo serving as both Prime Minister, Minister of War, and Chief of Staff, and even raised questions three times through his attendant military attache.

    In this regard, the emperor¡¯s reply every time was to the general effect: ¡°Assuming the post of commander-in-chief this time is a special measure taken to complete the war mission, and the results of this measure are good.¡±

    The emperor's answer cannot be said to be wrong. Although it is unreasonable for Tojo to serve as Prime Minister and Prime Minister and Chief of Staff in another capacity, his purpose is to make up for the shortcomings of national institutions in war guidance through personnel arrangements.  , forming a situation where state affairs and commander-in-chief are juxtaposed.

    However, contrary to expectations, if the war can proceed smoothly, there may not be too many people's objections to this matter.

    But on the contrary, as the war continued to worsen, this situation also encountered a lot of opposition both inside and outside the Japanese army.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? A certain goal is only achieved with respect to the army, but not at all regarding the navy commander?

    Therefore, because General Tojo continues to serve as Chief of Staff, the disadvantages of concentrating too much power and position on one person - suspicion and dissatisfaction, jealousy and a sense of being suppressed, and confusion and incompleteness of policy - outweigh the advantages.  big.

    During the stability of the war situation, these disadvantages were able to get nothing to each other, and as the situation was tension, it gradually became superficial.  In particular, the loss of Saipan further encouraged this tendency.

    Since he couldn't get the answer he wanted, Prince Chichibu had no choice but to return to Tokyo in person and question Tojo at the joint meeting. The content was also very concise: "In the form of the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister serving as Chief of Staff, in war guidance  Is it the most appropriate thing to do? Furthermore, when there are disagreements between the high command and government ministers on the issue of war guidance, how will General Tojo deal with it?"

    This questioning caused a great sensation in the base camp and the government. Although the content of Prince Chichibu Palace's questioning contained hypothetical conditions, it was different from the previous two times in meaning, especially because it was related to the political situation at the time.  Meaningful.

    Faced with such a question, Tojo responded tactfully: "The actions of the state affairs and commander-in-chief are all under the orders of Imago. Tojo abides by this order and fully remembers the original story of Tojo serving as the Minister of Army concurrently as the Chief of Staff. The former  Already answered. Since this move is an exception, of course there must be objections and arguments of right and wrong. I hope to leave it to future historians  The current commander-in-chief is very coordinated with state affairs and there are no obstacles.  "

    "Furthermore, anything that violates the fundamental law of the country is really not allowed by Tojo. If you still have questions about this point, you should go to see him directly for answers. This is the time for western New Guinea and the Mariana in the central Pacific.  The enemy's activities are frequent and a formal counterattack is imminent"

    Although at this meeting, Tojo used his outstanding eloquence and sensational speech to fool Prince Chichibu Palace's questioning, this made Tojo full of uneasiness.

    This kind of uneasiness actually existed half a year ago, but it was not very obvious at the time.

    In February of this year, the emperor suddenly summoned former Prime Minister Gen Gen Sugiyama, which made Tojo very concerned about this, and then made a suggestion to the emperor to deny Sugiyama.

    Later, when Tojo was asked to concurrently serve as the chief of staff, Sugiyama Gen said: "It is inappropriate for one person to serve as the minister of war representing the government and the chief of staff representing the headquarters. The integration of military and political affairs will leave a bad impact in the future." He expressed doubts.

    Tojo's response at the time was: "It's really not possible for Hitler who was born as a soldier. I am a general, so it doesn't matter."

    It¡¯s a pity that Tojo, who was so confident, was dazzled by infinite desires and ignored the existence of the crisis. He did not realize that he and his cabinet were actually in a precarious situation.

    The current situation at home and abroad has made Japan difficult, and Tojo's cabinet is already shaky. However, what Tojo did not expect was that even Nobusuke Kishi, whom he considered the most reliable ally and closest brother, betrayed him. This made Tojo  The article hit hard.

    It turns out that during the Manchu era, Nobusuke Kishi and Hideki Tojo were allies, and they often watched dramas and drank wine together.

    However, after the Japanese army failed in Mariana, Nobusuke Kishi had already seen that Japan was bound to fail, and he suggested Tojo to negotiate peace.

    But at this time, how could Tojo, who was accustomed to monopolizing power, listen to these unfavorable "loyal words"? He even resented Kishi Nobusuke because of this, and the two of them separated and turned against each other.

    "Now that the matter has come to this, there is nothing left to miss. Regarding Tojo's distrust, Nobusuke Kishi also behaved like a politician!"

    ¡° Subsequently, Nobusuke Kishi quickly changed from an important member of the Tojo Group to a member of the anti-Tojo Group, and secretly maintained close contact with Konoe Fumima and others.

    ¡°Even when Tojo asked him to resign as Minister of State, he directly refused, and even took the opportunity to demand the resignation of Tojo¡¯s cabinet chief.

    Being attacked from both sides, Tojo felt that the current situation was difficult, which made him very uneasy about the future. He had to use the military police and other military organizations many times to deal with those who opposed him.

    For the sake of power, Tojo is already a bit unscrupulous at this time.

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