Expedition to Europe

It is not easy to isolate the Japanese, but it is not difficult either.

As I said before, the relationship between countries is a struggle for interests.

The reason why the British were able to form an alliance with Japan was that they were worried about the spread of Russian power in the Qing Empire at the end of the last century, so the British chose to form an alliance with the Japanese and tried to use the power of the Japanese to contain the Russians.

Now the situation has changed. The Russian Empire no longer exists, and the Qing Empire no longer exists. The basis for the alliance between the British and the Japanese no longer exists.

In addition, during the World War, the Japanese took advantage of the opportunity when the powers had no time to look east to seize most of their interests in China and almost occupied all the markets of the Republic of China. Therefore, the British were actually very dissatisfied with the Japanese, so the alliance between Britain and Japan was on the verge of breaking up. Perhaps it only takes one opportunity for the Anglo-Japanese alliance to cease to exist.

And just when the British were dissatisfied with the Japanese, the mentality of the Japanese also changed.

The impact of the First World War was far more than the superficial economic recession and social chaos. It also made the Japanese see the essence of the weakness of the European powers, especially the British and the French.

Simply put, the Japanese now look down on the European powers. Japan does not think that the European powers are so powerful, at least not as powerful as they seem.

The Japanese believe that their wings are about to be full, and it is time to soar into the sky.

Think about it, just Germany alone made Britain and France so embarrassed. If the Germans also had a powerful ally...

So it is not difficult to understand why the Japanese formed the Axis Alliance with the Germans 20 years later.

In this time and space, Qin Zhiyuan and Lan Fang suddenly appeared, posing a great threat to Japan, which made the Japanese dissatisfaction with Britain and France to the extreme.

The country of Lan Fang has a strong British and French imprint, especially France.

Lan Fang is equivalent to a country built up by France, and looking at Lan Fang's position, it is difficult for the Japanese who are good at divergent thinking not to think of something.

As the saying goes, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. If you look at the world straight, then everything in this world is destined in the dark. If you look at the world sideways, then the world is full of conspiracies.

The Japanese now suspect that there are conspiracies everywhere in the world, conspiracies against Japan.

Well, this is persecution delusion.

It is not a delusion, because Qin Zhiyuan is now adding fuel to the fire.

There are also skills to adding fuel to the fire, at least you can't get yourself involved, so the storm started in London, England.

I still remember that during the World War, the London media had a period of time when they collectively dug up various black histories of the Japanese. At that time, the citizens of London were excited and demanded that the British government sever relations with the despicable country of Japan and contact the alliance contract with the Japanese.

It was during the war, and the British government used administrative orders to forcibly suppress the storm.

Things did not end there. In August, the London media was like chicken blood, digging up the black history of the Japanese again, and this time it was more thorough and more powerful.

In fact, every country in this world is not clean. If you really want to talk about it carefully, there are one or two black histories. Even the newly established Lan Fang was not glorious in some of its actions against the indigenous people at the beginning of its establishment.

But no one paid attention to this, everyone's attention was focused on the island country of Japan.

London is still the world's economic center at present, and the media industry is therefore very developed, from the politically biased "Times" to the gossip-focused "Sun", so the exposure of Japan's dark history is comprehensive.

Of course, there must be some evidence to expose dark history, so all stories start with a photo, which is the famous "Floberge Photo".

In this photo, there are more than 40 people, including nobles, businessmen, teachers, samurai, shogunate officials and other professions, and all of these people are great contributors who overthrew the shogunate and made great contributions to the Meiji Restoration.

Look at these names, Ito Hirobumi, Mutsu Munemitsu, Saigo Takamori, Okubo Toshimichi, Omuro Toranosuke...

They are all well-known Japanese ministers, and the only unfamiliar one may be Omuro Toranosuke.

But Omuro Toranosuke played a very important role here, because the front-page headline of The Sun published their conclusion: the former Emperor Meiji was not the original Emperor Meiji at all, and the emperor had long been impersonated by someone, and the impersonator was Omuro Toranosuke.

Once this news was published, it immediately caused an uproar.

If the Emperor Meiji was replaced, it means that the bloodline of the current Japanese emperor has been confused, and the current Emperor Taisho is not qualified to ascend the throne at all.

This is a big event!

The Japanese ambassador to the UK immediately contacted the British government and asked the British government to intervene administratively and order The Sun to immediately stop slandering Japan.

But it is not important whether it is slander or not, what is important is that this news has spread rapidly.

The next day, the French Le Figaro, the American New York Daily, the Lanfang Daily News, and other newspapers with a certain influence reprinted the incident.

In particular, the Daily News, the European and Asian branches of the Daily News reprinted the news at the same time, and promoted the newspapers of the day for free.

At the same time, the "Port Arthur Massacre" created by Japan during the Russo-Japanese War, and the fact that at the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese government organized Japanese women to go to Southeast Asia to solve the physiological needs of those bachelors in order to increase income, etc.

So almost in an instant, Japan became synonymous with "counterfeiters" in the international community.

Think about it, even their emperor is fake, what else is real?

The London government seemed to be a step behind in its response. It took a full week before the London government began administrative intervention. At this time, after a week of fermentation, the rumors have intensified and have spawned several versions.

The Japanese government was so angry that it openly announced that it was ready to withdraw its ambassador to the UK to put pressure on the British government.

The British reacted quickly this time, and the UK immediately announced that it would review its alliance with Japan in Congress.

Review?

Although the proposal on this issue has not yet been released, everyone can predict the result.

Japan only realized that something was wrong at this time.

However, the Japanese had no time to care about their relationship with the UK, because it also caused serious social unrest in Japan.

Japan is a monarchy country. In the early 20th century, the emperor was not only the spiritual leader of Japan, but also the de facto head of state of Japan.

The original text can be read in Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

Therefore, when the emperor's bloodline was questioned, the turmoil in Japan can be imagined.

In fact, as early as when the Sun broke the news, Japan had implemented strict news control, prohibiting all newspapers from publishing the matter and prohibiting everyone from discussing the matter.

Unfortunately, the Japanese government did not understand the principle of "it is better to open up than to block".

The people are like this, and the rebellious psychology is very serious. The more they are not allowed to do something, the more some people will want to do it. And people are always interested in gossip about those with higher status, even the Japanese emperor.

Just look at the sales of The Sun to see this.

What's more, there are people who deliberately go against the Japanese government and are trying to spread the news to the whole of Japan, which makes the Japanese government even more defenseless.

The speed at which the news spread was astonishing. Almost every Japanese who knew the news tried to get confirmation from others. Many people even went to the government to ask the government about the authenticity of the news.

In fact, from the beginning, the Japanese government made a series of stupid moves in dealing with this matter. Seeing that the situation was getting worse, the Japanese government actually sent police to arrest those Japanese who spread the news and sent troops to disperse those illegal gatherings.

So when it came to mid-August, the situation finally got out of control.

You know, the status of the emperor in the hearts of the Japanese is similar to that of the tsar in Russia before the collapse of the Russian Empire. At that time, Russians referred to the tsar as "Tsar Dad".

So it is conceivable that when those who regarded the emperor as a spiritual pillar knew this news, how lost and desperate they would be.

And at this time when Emperor Taisho needed to speak out the most, Emperor Taisho himself did not express anything.

So Kyoto was the first to bear the brunt. Many Kyoto citizens gathered in front of the emperor's palace. They asked the emperor to refute the rumors and asked the government to give them a reasonable explanation.

This time, Emperor Taisho himself still did not give any explanation.

So the citizens who were desperate to find the truth lost control of their emotions, and some citizens with more extreme ideas even committed suicide by disembowelment at the gate of the palace.

This time Emperor Taisho finally appeared, but unfortunately, Emperor Taisho did not appear in a friendly manner, but rode a tall horse with an arrogant look.

When seeing the blood donation in the square in front of the palace, Emperor Taisho suddenly lost control of his emotions and rode his horse straight into the crowd...

It was really jaw-dropping.

There is actually a reason for this.

Emperor Taisho has been weak and sick since childhood. He suffered from meningitis and left sequelae. Not long ago, Emperor Taisho's cerebral thrombosis turned into mental illness. When the disease broke out, Emperor Taisho often made some ridiculous behaviors in front of the public.

For example, when watching military exercises, Emperor Taisho would suddenly run down the reviewing stand and open the soldiers' backpacks to rummage through them.

There was another time when Emperor Taisho attended the opening ceremony of the National Assembly. He suddenly had a whim and rolled up his speech into a cylinder while smiling foolishly, put it on his eyes, and took random photos of foreign envoys.

This...

should be considered an insult to the national dignity!

It was precisely because of Emperor Taisho's abnormality that the Japanese government did not dare to let Emperor Taisho appear in front of the public, for fear that Emperor Taisho would suddenly lose control.

Unfortunately, after all the tricks, it still couldn't avoid this.