Chapter 57 guide

Why did the "Taisho coup" mark the ebb of the emperor's power? Why did coups occur frequently in Japan in the 1920s and 1930s? Why does the Japanese army, which has always been strictly hierarchical, frequently have the strange phenomenon of "down to overcome the top"? Why was the "January 28th" Songhu Anti-Japanese War a "fake war" launched by Japan? Why did Japan's gold power finally lose to the imperial power? There has always been a fierce struggle between imperial power and gold power, and Japan's modern history is no exception.From "Royal Government Restoration" to "Meiji Restoration", from "Taisho Coup" to "February 26" mutiny, all reflect the fierce game between imperial power and financial power.

Ever since Emperor Taisho was forced to compromise in front of Jin Quan and ended up depressed, Japan's imperial power has fallen into a serious crisis.Since Emperor Hirohito came to the throne, he has been planning how to make a comeback of imperial power all the time.And his main opponents are the chaebol forces and their politician agents. Since the Meiji era, the four domains of Choshu, Satsuma, Hizen, and Tosa have gradually formed the core of political power of the "Meiji Oligarchs" through their support, and their representatives are the "Meiji Nine Elders".Behind them is the dual support of warlord forces and chaebol forces.They enshrined the emperor as a god, and then "borrowed" the name of the emperor to exert influence on the country's major policies.The will of the Emperor must and only be carried out through them.

For the emperor to truly dominate Japan's destiny, he must defeat the patriarch-chaebol-warlord alliance.The brilliance of Emperor Hirohito lies in the fact that he adopted the strategy of "mobilizing the grassroots to fight against the top", acquiescing and encouraging the phenomenon of "down to overcome the top" in the army, and gradually regained the imperial power.Finally opened the Pandora's Box of World Wars.