After coming out of Neji Okamura's office, Moritake Tanabe asked someone to take Isamu Terauchi to the apartment building in the backyard of the headquarters to rest.
Terauchi Yong had been on the road for two consecutive days. He had been trying hard to keep himself up, but as soon as he sat down on the bed, his body collapsed and he lay down on the bed.
By the time Isamu Teuchi woke up, it was already approaching evening.
Temple Yong opened the door and saw an officer waiting at the door.
"Sir, I am the adjutant of the attendant's room. Your Excellency, the commander, ordered me to wait here!"
"Nani? Go quickly, don't keep the general waiting!"
"Sir, please change into these casual clothes first!" the adjutant handed over a storage box.
When Isamu Terauchi came out of the house again, he had already changed his clothes.
Instead, he was wearing a gray-black robe, a top hat, and cloth shoes with mille-feather soles. The outfit fit perfectly, but it looked very strange on Isamu Terauchi.
Isamu Terauchi had a typical Japanese male figure at this time, top-heavy, short in stature, and slightly bow-legged.
The adjutant took Isamu Terauchi from the backyard to the entrance of the headquarters building in front, where a car was waiting.
"Sir, please get in the car!" The adjutant opened the door.
After Isamu Terauchi sat in the back seat of the car, the adjutant immediately took the passenger seat.
The car drove out of Tieshizhutong and headed west along the street.
Temple Yong saw that there were no guards accompanying him, and he did not see Okamura Neji. He asked doubtfully: "Where are we going? Why aren't you, General?"
"Sir, the commander went to the mansion more than an hour ago. The mansion is in the new urban area on the western outskirts of Beiping City!"
"The new urban area is specially built for our overseas Chinese. All the big shots in Peiping have mansions in the new urban area!"
Temple Yong understood and immediately urged the driver to speed up.
The car left Peiping City and entered the new urban area. Japanese people were everywhere along the way.
From a distance, Temple Yong saw a tall wall that stretched as far as the eye could see, and the car was inspected at a gate.
After entering, there are many villas located inside. There are Japanese soldiers in front of every house, and we also encountered several patrol teams along the way.
A wall separates two worlds, and ordinary Japanese are not qualified to enter them.
The car stopped in front of a villa that combined Chinese and Western styles. The adjutant led Isamu Temple into the gate, around the screen wall, through the corridor, past the flower garden, and back and forth through the seven or eight courtyards.
Terauchi Yong walked around inside, his head was spinning, and he looked like he had never seen the world. It was a pity that Teraui Yong didn't know Grandma Liu, otherwise the two of them could exchange experiences.
The two finally stayed in front of a courtyard with red bricks and green tiles. The adjutant came forward and knocked on the door: "Your Excellency, Commander, Commander Terauchi Isamu has arrived!"
"Let him in quickly!"
Compared with inside the headquarters, Okamura Neji seemed more casual at this moment, and his words were brisk.
Before coming here, Isamu Terauchi had been thinking about who the family member Okamura Neji mentioned was. I am afraid that the only one who could get along with Neji Okamura was that person. Isamu Terauchi vaguely guessed in his heart.
Temple Yong walked into the house with small steps, and saw a wooden table in the center of the room, and two people were already kneeling on the floor.
One of them was Okamura Neiji, and the other was Isamu Terauchi. After a cursory look, he saw that the other was looking at him with a smile.
Terauchi Yong trembled in his heart, took off his hat, clasped his hands in front of him, leaned down, and hit his head heavily on his hands.
"Terauchi Isamu has met my uncle!" The Japanese attach great importance to etiquette between elders and children, so Terauchi Isamu was extremely respectful at this moment.
It stands to reason that Terauchi Isamu should be the clan uncle of Terauchi Juichi. After all, although they are members of the same clan, their relationship has long been estranged.
This was also the name Isamu Terauchi changed to after he achieved great results in Wuyi and they had many contacts during the period.
"Get up and come over here!"
"Okamura-kun, my incompetent nephew has caused you a lot of trouble!"
"Brother, why are you saying this? Terauchi-kun is a warrior of the empire. If there were officers like Terauchi-kun in the army, the security in the rear would have been stable a long time ago!"
Okamura Neji's words obviously greatly benefited Terauchi Juichi, and he subconsciously touched the beard at the corner of his mouth.
At this time, Isamu Temple maintained his kneeling posture and moved step by step towards the table.
Isamu Terauchi was shocked by the relationship between the two when Neji Okamura called his uncle his brother, as he had never heard of it before.
Juichi Terauchi is 61 years old this year. He was born into a very prestigious and powerful hereditary aristocratic family in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. His father, Count Masaki Terauchi, was a Meiji hero and served as Director of Education, Prime Minister, Governor-General in Korea, and Prime Minister.
Okamura Neiji is fifty-six years old this year. He was born into a declining samurai family in the Shishisakacho neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan.
Logically speaking, it is normal to call Shouichi Terauchi his brother, but Isamu Terauchi knew that this involved a public case.
There are two mutually exclusive factions within the Japanese Army: One faction advocates continuing to use military coups to overthrow the current cabinet, and for the emperor to rule directly by relying on the army.
Because they speak and speak without departing from the "Imperial Way" and "Imperial Power", they are called the "Imperial Way Sect".
Its representatives are General Araki Sadao, who once served as land minister, and Army Education Director General Jinzaburo Masaki. Most of its members are young middle- and lower-level officers who have no status in the current regime, come from rural areas, and are dissatisfied with reality.
The other faction was mostly composed of members of a small group of Emperor Hirohito's cronies.
After they purged the forces of the Choshu clan (which had long controlled the army), they gradually occupied important positions in the middle and upper levels of the army.
Its representatives are Major General Nagata Tetsuzan and Major General Tojo Hideki, the number one figures who enjoy the reputation of the "Three Heroes" in the army. In addition, there is Hayashi Senjuro who later succeeded Araki Sadao as land minister.
This faction advocates maintaining the control of the central military department and believes that a bloody military coup is not conducive to the stability of the military and political situation. It advocates using the current status of the military to gradually expand its power in foreign aggressive wars and use top-down legal means.
Those who transform the country are called "the ruling faction".
This faction was supported by Emperor Hirohito. In fact, the two factions of Japanese warlords agreed on the fundamental issue of "transforming the country" and establishing the French regime, but they had differences and contradictions in specific methods and steps.
On February 26, 1936, young soldiers in Japan created the "226 Incident" in an attempt to overthrow some important officials of the "ruling faction" through a coup.
Due to the Emperor's anger, the coup failed, and the Army made the decision to improve military discipline.
At this time, Juichi Templeuchi was already a general. Because he was from a famous family, he was above the factional struggles. He had a complete service history, and he had a cheerful and open-minded personality, and he had the courage to take responsibility for his subordinates.
Not only in the military circles, but also in the political circles and the financial circles, he is very popular, and he has become the best choice for the Minister of War to take on the important task of "suppressing the army." Therefore, a meeting of the three officers jointly held by the Chief of Army Staff, the Director of Education, and the Minister of the Army determined that
Shouichi from the temple was appointed as the new prime minister of the land.
After Juichi Terauchi became Prime Minister of the Land, he immediately used his "iron fist" action to purge the Army. On March 23, 1936, in order to crush the "Imperial Road Sect" camp, Juichi Terauchi replaced a large number of key elements of the "226" Incident, forming a
The personnel arrangements for the new Army Ministry and General Staff Headquarters. In addition, in order to strengthen control, Juichi Terauchi tried every means to gain control of personnel power.
After cleaning up the Imperial Road faction, the backbone of the ruling faction, Sugiyama Gen, Nishio Hisao and Umezu Yoshijiro, were transferred to control the Army Center. The ruling faction took control of the army, which meant that Japan was about to embark on the path of expansion towards China.
When Isamu Terauchi saw Juichi Terauchi and Neji Okamura talking happily, he even had an idea in his mind.
Could it be that the 226 Incident caused by the Imperial Faction was secretly planned by my uncle and the Regulatory Faction in order to attack the Imperial Faction?
My uncle is one of the representatives of the nobility and cannot be a ruling faction. Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor gave a secret order?