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Chapter 1,547: Overthrow of the Cabinet (6)

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    The third condition proposed by the Kido Household Government is to invite important ministers to join the cabinet and form a unified cabinet. However, this matter really makes Tojo feel embarrassed, because the cabinet members are fixed. Once you want to invite important ministers to join the cabinet, you need someone.  Withdrew from the cabinet.

    This is easy to understand. There are only so many positions, one carrot and one pit. If you want to share it with others, you have to give up their position.

    "However, this thing is not a divided fruit after all. It doesn't matter if it exists or not.

    Cabinet members often hold certain positions, such as the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Finance, etc. These are all related to power, and who will give them up easily. Therefore, just on the issue of mobilizing cabinet members to resign, Tojo was  resist.

    He first proposed it to Minister of State Aki. However, before that, important ministers had done work to Minister of State Aki, so Minister Aki firmly refused to resign alone.

    Not only that, some people in the cabinet also revealed that reorganization is not as good as resignation.

    The second question is about inviting important ministers to join the cabinet. Yonei, Abe, and Hirota were invited to join the cabinet as prime ministers at large, but except for General Abe, they were all rejected.

    As a result, Prime Minister Tojo's plan to organize a nationally unanimous cabinet has completely reached a deadlock; however, the Prime Minister has not given up hope and continues to work hard.

    At this time, Tojo faced overwhelming opposition and made a desperate decision to ask the emperor directly for his opinion.

    ¡°After all, he, as Prime Minister, was supported by the Emperor, and the Emperor was very satisfied with Tojo¡¯s overall performance in the past few years, and expressed his support for him in public on many occasions.

    But what Tojo never expected was that after he explained the situation to the emperor, the emperor replied lightly, "That's it."

    After hearing these words, he finally understood that the emperor no longer supported him.

    On the evening of July 17, important ministers gathered at Hiranuma¡¯s house to discuss asking the Tojo Cabinet Chief to resign.

    After Tojo received the news, he knew that the matter was irreversible, and immediately decided to resign at dawn on the 18th.

    At 9:30 a.m. on the 18th, Prime Minister Tojo requested an audience with the Emperor, making this determination clear.

    At 10 o'clock before noon, a cabinet meeting was held and the president decided to resign.  Collect resignations and submit to the Emperor.

    At this point, the Tojo Cabinet was finally forced to step down after two years and eight months since its establishment.

    Four years ago, in Showa 15, Lieutenant General Tojo was appointed as the land minister of the second Konoe Cabinet. The day he flew to Beijing overnight happened to be July 18th.

    At the same time that General Tojo resigned, the ministers decided to appoint General Yoshijiro Umezu as chief of staff and made personnel changes at the Army Headquarters.

    At 1 o'clock in the afternoon on the 18th, after the new chief of staff, General Umezu, arrived in Tokyo by plane, he immediately met with the new director of education Sugiyama and Prime Minister Tojo. They held a meeting of the three army chiefs and decided that the army would not be influenced by the coup and implement the following within the army.  policy and strive to achieve war goals.

    Although the Tojo Cabinet announced its resignation in the face of the unfavorable war situation at home and abroad, who will lead the new cabinet is an unresolved matter.

    Starting from 4 p.m. on July 18, senior ministers such as Wakatsuki, Okada, Hirota, Konoe, Hiranuma, Abe, and Yoneuchi, as well as the former prime minister, Kido Naifu, and others were ordered to hold a meeting of senior ministers to discuss the resignation of the Tojo cabinet.  Later, the issue of recommendations for the next head of cabinet will be discussed.

    Regarding the resignation of the Tojo Cabinet, although Tojo no longer serves as Prime Minister and has given up the position of Chief of Staff, he has retained the position of Minister of the Army. Therefore, the attitude of the Army is very important in how to form a new cabinet.

    Therefore, when Tojo entered the palace to submit his resignation, the Kido Household Office asked Tojo for his opinion: "In view of the importance of the army to the domestic situation, and in order to make the change of cabinet proceed smoothly, regarding the issue of the successor prime minister, if I personally have any consideration, I would like to ask  Seeking advice."

    Tojo's answer was very tactful: "I secretly believe that this cabinet change has a heavy responsibility for the important ministers. I am very confident about this and do not dare to express my opinions. However, if I prepare to organize the imperial cabinet, I hope that I will not consider the positions in the army."  Royal family" and so on.

    And this ambiguous attitude of Prime Minister Lu also made the important ministers know that forming a cabinet this time is very difficult and must be carefully considered.

    Imperial Palace. East Hall.

    The atmosphere here was very solemn at this time. The important ministers did not celebrate for bringing down Tojo Hideki. On the contrary, it was difficult for them to decide who would clean up the mess.

    The meeting has been going on for a while, and everyone has also stated some basic situations after the resignation of Tojo Cabinet Secretary-General. When it comes to the real core issues,Baron ?tsuki looked at Kido beside him and asked, "What is the opinion of the inner government?"

    "There is no definite opinion yet. I would like to hear your opinion first. Can we consider the opinions discussed at the gathering at Hiranumao's house?" Kido Uchifu said.

    However, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Prime Minister Yuan ask in a deep voice: "What was going on at that gathering?"

    Wakatsuki immediately replied: "That was because the ministers were worried about the situation. The important ministers held a gathering at Hiranumao's house, but they did not discuss the issue of the succession to the cabinet."

    General Abe also stood up and said: "In order to start the discussion, I am sitting at the bottom of the table and would like to express my views. If there is a gap between the state affairs and the commander-in-chief, it is of great significance and the two must be closely integrated. To put it bluntly, currently, active duty soldiers are in charge  That's good. At present, the navy is the most important, so can it be selected from the navy? How about asking the Mi cabinet to take action now?"

    Mitsumasa Yoneuchi shook his head and said: "Thank you Abe-kun for your support, but I think soldiers should concentrate on fighting and commanding as their duty. Politics is best handled by civilians. This time it will be handled by the army, and the next one will be handled by the navy.  It is not appropriate for the Minamoto and Taira clans to take turns in power."

    Everyone was silent after hearing this. The Minamoto and Taira clans that took turns in power in Yoneuchi's mouth refer to the late Heian period in Japanese history, that is, about a century from the end of the 11th to the end of the 12th century, when the Minamoto clan and the Taira clan alternately seized power.  Compared to the current situation, it is really not suitable.

    General Abe said hurriedly: "I didn't mean that."

    "If there is no suitable candidate among the civil servants, the army should select the suitable one. If I do it, it will not last for a month. Judging from my past experience, it will only cause more trouble." Mitsumasa Yoneuchi said solemnly.

    Wakatsuki thought for a while and said: "Just study the problem and try to come up with a plan. During the war, I think soldiers are more suitable. The first line of national defense can only rely on the navy, so if the navy is asked to be the prime minister, I think there will be more  I refused, so I thought it would be better for the Army to take over."

    "Since being the prime minister, you must have political skills. In this sense, although I don't know much about the recent situation, I think General Ugaki is more suitable. Last time, Mr. Abe seemed to have different opinions on this. What do you think?"

    General Abe asked for it and said: "I don't know the current situation of General Ugaki."

    "I understand that the navy is on the front line. But soldiers should mainly focus on combat. I think the education that soldiers receive is inherently one-sided, and it is precisely because of this that it is strong. Therefore, I think it is inappropriate for soldiers to engage in politics."  Mine said.

    Wakatsuki: "The high opinion of the Japanese cabinet is certainly appropriate, but Japan's habits are different from those of Britain and the United States, and the people have not developed this habit. It is difficult for Japan to reach that point all at once."

    Minai sighed and said: "If we don't correct it now, the country will perish."

    These words of Mitsumasa Yoneuchi directly hurt the hearts of many important ministers. Whether it is the Cairo Declaration or the Tehran Conference, the consensus reached by the allies is like a sharp sword hanging over Japan's head, which may be cut off at any time.

    Think about how high-spirited the Imperial Japanese Army was a few years ago. They were almost invincible wherever the sword pointed. Everywhere the Rising Sun Flag went, it was the territory of the Japanese Empire.

    "But looking at the current situation, the Imperial Japanese Army has been defeated almost across the board, and the Chinese battlefield can still be maintained. If this continues, the future is really worrying, and the country's subjugation is not impossible.

    For a time, all the important officials in the Imperial Palace fell silent!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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