Expedition to Europe

Yasukuni Shrine was founded in 1869. It was originally called "Tokyo Soul Resurrection Shrine" and was renamed Yasukuni Shrine in 1879.

Initially, the Tokyo Spiritual Society enshrined the soldiers who died in the emperor's struggle to restore his rights. After that, any Japanese who sacrificed their lives for the country were eligible to enter the Yasukuni Shrine to enjoy worship.

Therefore, the Yasukuni Shrine is in a special position. In terms of status, it is second only to the shrines dedicated to the royal family. In addition, the emperor personally visits the shrine, so the status of the Yasukuni Shrine becomes more and more noble among ordinary Japanese.

After all, the "Guanbisha" that worships the royal family has little to do with ordinary people. Many of the soldiers enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine are civilians. To use a 21-hour saying, compared with the "Guanbisha", the Yasukuni Shrine is more down-to-earth.

The Yasukuni Shrine is located in Chiyoda District, Tokyo, not far from the Emperor's residence, the Imperial Palace. Therefore, during Xie Rundong's bombing of Tokyo, the Yasukuni Shrine escaped the napalm and oil bombs, but it did not escape the North The bombing of the Xinjiang Military Region.

After Qin Haoge arrived in Tokyo, the first thing he did was to go to the Yasukuni Shrine.

Of course, Qin Haoge went to the Yasukuni Shrine not to offer sacrifices, so he did not bring incense, melons or fruits. On the contrary, Qin Haoge brought a team of engineers with pickaxes and engineer shovels.

When the motorcade arrived in front of the Yasukuni Shrine, Qin Haoge, dressed in military uniform, got off the bulldog and looked at the simple and tall first door in silence.

This first gate is actually under construction. Although the scaffolding has not been removed yet, the outline of the first gate can already be seen. The shape of this gate is very similar to the Chinese character "door". The gate is 23 meters high. All the wood is taken from In Yingzhou, Qin Haoge's height of 1.8 meters is considered tall among Japanese people, but he still looks extremely small under this "torii", which makes him feel awe-inspiring.

"Tsk, tsk, the Japanese are so small, why do they build a gate so high?" Yang Kai, deputy commander of Lanfang's troops stationed in Japan and Qin Haoge's chief of staff, marveled.

"It is precisely because they are small that they are afraid that others will look down on them." Qin Haoge walked in expressionlessly, and after taking only two steps, he turned back: "Tear down this gate for me... No, there is no need to tear it down. Okay, our headquarters in Japan is located here. Call some people over and drive away all the monks here. "

Before Qin Haoge came to Japan, Qin Zhiyuan had been given a briefing. Qin Haoge's mission during this trip was to humiliate the Japanese as much as possible and make the Japanese doubt Japan's values, the country, the emperor, and then himself. doubts about his life.

So the Yasukuni Shrine, one of Japan's spiritual pillars, is obviously an excellent target.

In fact, it is impossible for such a large convoy to arrive without attracting attention. Just when Qin Haoge was about to walk inside, a group of monks rushed out from the Yasukuni Shrine. The leader of the group saluted Qin Haoge from afar: "Welcome everyone. Come and visit Yasukuni Shrine..."

"Wait a minute? What did you say? Worship? Which kind of worship? Do you want me to worship you little devils? Are you crazy?" Yang Kai immediately cursed.

For the Chinese, the word "worship" must be used with caution. The so-called "worship to heaven and earth to worship parents" is a matter of course. If it were someone else, why don't you give it a try? Believe it or not, the copycat slapped you, and even a few curse words were considered frivolous.

"No, no, no... It's not a visit to the shrine. What I mean is that you are all welcome to visit the Yasukuni Shrine..." The great monk immediately changed his words without any resistance.

"We're not here for a visit. To tell you the truth, we're here to acquire land. This place has attracted your attention. From now on, this will be our Lanfang headquarters in Japan. Do you understand?" Yang Kai was not polite and directly stated his intention. , there is no intention to hide it at all.

"This, this, this... how can this be done? This is the Yasukuni Shrine, a place where the souls of the dead are enshrined. If you use this place as a headquarters, it would be very disrespectful to you. General, please take back your order." The great monk's words were indeed not very respectful. .

"Hosting to the dead? You are so brave. Do you believe that I will set you on fire?" Yang Kai was furious.

This is also one of the scheduled plans.

Since the Yasukuni Shrine is a place where the souls of the dead are enshrined, those so-called "heroic spirits" must have spiritual tablets. As for those spiritual tablets, Qin Haoge really planned to burn them all in one go.

"You... in the holy land of Buddhism, don't speak lies." The great monk offered his magic weapon.

"Buddhist? Do you really know that you are a monk? Do you eat meat? Do you drink alcohol? Do you get married? Do you have children? Rules and regulations are of no use to you. You are so holy!" Yang Kai disdained Take a look.

There is indeed something about drinking, eating meat, marrying a wife and having children. Although Japanese temples also consider themselves Buddhism, Japanese monks do not have the so-called "monasticism" at all. Probably since the Meiji Restoration, Japanese monks have been You can get married and have children, and Japanese monks are more like a family business. The director can be hereditary. I am a monk, and my son is also a monk...

The Yasukuni Shrine is actually not a temple, but a Shinto shrine. Shinto is a religion native to Japan. Yang Kai, a Chinese, does not know it. Even if he knew, Yang Kai would deliberately say something wrong.

"You, you actually insulted Buddhism..." The great monk began to blame Yang Kai, trying to use the power of religion to put pressure on Yang Kai.

"Buddhist, you are damn worthy..." Yang Kai was ready to continue scolding.

"What's going on?" Qin Haoge suddenly interrupted.

There is a monument next to the gate of the Yasukuni Shrine. There is a relief on the monument. The carving seems to be a naval battle scene. Yang Kai took two steps to the front to take a closer look. Suddenly he turned around and cursed: "You are still talking about the holy land of Buddhism. How can there be a relief of the Sino-Japanese naval battle in the holy land?"

It is really a relief of the Sino-Japanese naval battle of 1894-1895. It is next to the gate of the Yasukuni Shrine. Anyone who passes by here will see this monument and relief.

For the Japanese, the feelings towards the Chinese dynasty are extremely complicated. For thousands of years, Japan has been a vassal state of the Chinese dynasty. Although there were several times when Japan wanted to get rid of this vassal status, the ambitions of the Japanese were crushed by the Chinese dynasty without exception. When the time came to the end of the 19th century, Japan finally defeated the Central Plains Dynasty. Although it was not a Chinese dynasty, it was enough to make the Japanese proud. In order to let everyone remember all this and to improve the self-confidence of all Japanese allergies, the Japanese wanted to carve all this and use carving to show Japan's martial arts.

For the Japanese, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 was indeed a source of pride, but for the Chinese, those memories were not so wonderful, especially since the father of the current Lan Fang King Qin Zhiyuan died in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and these memories were even less wonderful for Lan Fang.

"Smash it for me!" Qin Haoge said decisively.

"Yes!" A dozen soldiers rushed forward with mattocks.

"No, you can't smash it..." The big monk and the monks behind him opened their hands to stop them, but were controlled by more soldiers.

The clanging and banging sounds of smashing and smashing were like hitting the hearts of these monks. Almost all of the monks cried out in pain, and several even screamed in Japanese.

Without even looking for a translator, Qin Haoge could guess that it was not a good thing.

So another group of soldiers rushed forward, knocked it down first, then tied it up with its four hooves, blocked its mouth with rags, and tied a rope outside the cloth, so everything was quiet.

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"Smash it clean, not even the base is allowed to remain." Since the smashing has already begun, Yang Kai will not leave any room for it.

"Yes!" The voices that responded to Yang Kai were very uniform.

Just as Yang Kai gave the order, Qin Haoge had already stepped into the Yasukuni Shrine. Not to mention Japanese monks, even if it was a monk from the Republic of China, Qin Haoge would be cold. Influenced by Qin Zhiyuan, Qin Haoge is now a Catholic. Although he only goes to confess when his conscience is uneasy, he is still under the banner of Catholicism.

Yeah, recently, there are still many Lan Fang officers and soldiers who go to the church to confess.

Fighting against Japan, strictly speaking, should be a massacre against Japan. Of course, the soldiers can do it on the battlefield, but when they leave the battlefield, when they think of the battlefield full of corpses in the dead of night, they will inevitably toss and turn, so the role of religion is revealed.

Catholic confession is a very interesting form. As long as the officers and soldiers who think they have committed serious sins on the battlefield analyze themselves in the confessional room of the church and tell the facts that make them feel uneasy, the Lord will forgive everything of this person, so this person can turn over a new leaf and continue to return to the battlefield to kill the enemy. This is simply the best way to exonerate oneself.

Many Lan Fang officers and soldiers did not know that Catholicism had this function before. When the term "confession" spread throughout Lan Fang, the churches of Lan Fang, big and small, were simply crowded with people.

Qin Haoge joined Catholicism at that time.

From the Catholic standpoint, Qin Haoge had enough reasons to deal with the Yasukuni Shrine without leaving any uneasiness in his heart.

Even if there was any great uneasiness, at most he would build a church in the current Yasukuni Shrine - the future Lan Fang headquarters in Japan to confess.

The Yasukuni Shrine covers a huge area. It took a long time for Qin Haoge and Yang Kai to see various buildings after entering from the gate.

"The main hall is a place for worshipping gods. It was designed and built by Owari Tokuito Heizaemon in 1872... The worship hall is a place for ordinary people to worship. It was built in 1901... The Yushukan was built in 1881. It was the largest national military museum before the war and played an important role in popularizing militarism..." Yang Kai's previous work was very solid and he could serve as a tour guide for Qin Haoge.

"Take out all the spirit tablets and burn them. Find someone to come and see this Yushukan. If there are any valuable ones, send them back to Lan Fang. If there are no valuable ones, burn them all. If they can't be burned, throw them into the sea. If the Japanese want to worship, let them worship in the sea." Qin Haoge didn't even want to enter the doors of these main halls and worship halls.

In the Yushukan, there are tens of thousands of relics of Japanese soldiers, various materials of the Japanese army, weapons used by Japan in modern wars, etc. Many of them are still valuable.

These things are placed here for people to visit and admire, but if they are sent back to Lan Fang, they will certainly be open for people to visit, but people will probably not be able to admire them, and they will probably be despised.

Corresponding to the relics are the materials, many of which are written materials, from which we can sort out a lot of things that Lan Fang needs.

For example, in the current Republic of China, who are the people who have relations with the Japanese?

Maybe we can find them out!