Chapter 10 third game
Tokyo Army Court Martial Court.
It was dark, with what looked like a chrysanthemum emblem looming above.
Prosecutor's voice: (from the top of the stage) The defendants, together with more than 1,400 officers and soldiers of the Guards Division and the First Division, fought with the North First Division at dawn on February 26, Showa 11. Hui, Nishida Shui and other civil extremists echoed, in order to launch the so-called "Showa Restoration", massively mobilized troops, killed veterans, important ministers, warlords, chaebols and other leaders who were in the country's important positions, causing the imperial capital to fall into an unmanageable chaos. Finally, as a last resort, a partial martial law was imposed in the imperial capital... (fading away)
Stage left was lit, and there was a group of young officers.
Endo, Kurita, Isono, Murata.
——Under the light, there seemed to be more like-minded officers behind them.
The defendants spoke one after another.
Endo: According to the indictment, we attempted to resolutely launch an armed coup in order to realize the social democratic revolution in accordance with Kita Ikki's "Outline of Japan's Transformation Act." I cannot admit this.As written in the statement, we started the uprising to show the true face of the national system and realize the Showa Restoration.
Kurita: The Outline of the Japan Reconstruction Act is by no means a social-democratic idea.Prosecutors don't understand the Japan Reform Act.The main purpose of the uprising is to punish the traitors who violated the emperor's military and horse power with justice.
Isono: At a time when the country's survival is at stake, if the current situation is not corrected, the national system will be in danger.Against this backdrop, we have acted beyond national law.Existing criminal law does not sanction those who usurp power.Therefore, in order to get rid of them, there is no other way but to kill them.
Murata: I disagree with the indictment. The content of the "Japan Reconstruction Act" is not based on social democracy, but on the emperor as a pillar; although we regard the "Reform Act" as an ideal and a guide for reform, this action is by no means aimed at realizing it.
Voice of the chief referee: (From above) All the defendants have been carrying out research to show the true face of the country with a boiling passion for the country since they were studying in the Army Military Academy.After graduating from the school, becoming an officer in the army, and welcoming poor young men from farming, mountain and fishing villages as his subordinates, because of his sympathy for them, his thinking became more and more extreme.Afterwards, seeing the violation of command power caused by the "London Treaty" (referring to the "London Naval Treaty" concluded by Britain, the United States, France, Japan, and Italy in 1930) in Showa 5th, he thought that if the important ministers, chaebols, bureaucrats, warlords, and warlords were not corrected, The immoral behavior of the privileged class... Main article: In order to seek the enrichment of national defense and the stability of the people's life, in order to show the national system, the defendant and others are preparing to realize the theory of Kita Ikki and Nishida tax who are incompatible with the national system. Ordering troops not to be mobilized, ignoring the Constitution and laws of the country, such actions are a betrayal of the emperor's imperial edict.Article 25 of the Army Criminal Law, the crime of rebellion. ——According to Article 25, Paragraph 1 of the Army Criminal Law, the above defendants shall be sentenced to death.
The lights on the left were gone, and the officers were no longer in sight.
subtitle:
Showa eleven years July 12th.
The lights illuminate the right side of the stage.
There are two or more shooters (officers or non-commissioned officers) in front of the gun rack for standing fire.Another officer in command.
From the dark place on the left came the chorus of "Kimi no Dai" (Japanese national anthem).
The shooter prepares to shoot in the left direction.
The commander looks at his watch.Commander target, victim.
The shooter takes a shooting stance.Commander takes aim at—
Shouts of "Long Live His Majesty the Emperor!" came out one after another from the inside on the left.Commander shoot!
Launch sound.From near to far, they make noises twice and three times.
turn dark.
The aperture shines on Kita Kazuki and Nishida Shi.
They face the audience.
Bei: Just now, the prosecutor raised many reasons for indictment regarding my thoughts and writings, especially the relationship between the "Outline of the Japanese Reconstruction Act" and the rise of young military officers, etc., but... I solemnly declare: I It did not guide the young military officers to reform the country according to the "Outline of the Japanese Transformation Act".
Nishida: With regard to the reasons for prosecution proposed by the prosecutor, my opinion is as follows: 1. The rise of young military officers was not to realize the "Outline of the Japanese Reconstruction Act"... 2. Not only did I not instigate the rise, but I also stopped... 3 1. The prosecutor thinks that we are the only leaders, which is not in line with the facts... 4. The prosecutor confuses the doctrine of national transformation with direct action.
The light shines on the higher places.The half of the solicitor emerged.
Legal officer: The defendant Nishida complained that the defendant has been preventing direct action this time. However, Nishida knew that the activities of the young military officers and Murata, Isano and others tended to be extreme, and he also knew the specific plan they made, but he did not want to go there personally. Prevent.Once the army is mobilized privately to rise, it will violate the emperor's military power, which will leave a big stain in the history of our country.If you know it and don't stop it, you are acquiescing to that kind of action. Even if you assert that you have pre-directed today's action, you have no room for excuse.
Nishida: Since the May 15 incident, I have tried my best to disapprove of direct action and to prevent it, and have been persuading.This time, no matter how I tried to stop them, the determination of the young officers was helpless. Although they were persuaded several times, they were unable to do what they wanted.The day they acted, I was in a mood of last resort.
The lighting dimmed for a while, and then it was only cast on Bei Yihui.
Legal officer: What is the relationship between the defendant's theory of pure socialism and the so-called "socialism" advocated by Shusui Kotoku and Ei Osugi?
Bei: The theory of superiority and inferiority in Darwin’s theory of evolution and the theory of mutual support advocated by Sakae Osugi had a great influence on the socialists at that time... I think, because their socialist life unit is based on the individual, so It can be regarded as the victory of the superior and the inferior, or it can be regarded as mutual support.None of these theories can talk about taking the national interests and people's well-being of the real state and society as the standard.The socialists at that time put forward the theory of opposing the Russo-Japanese War and regarded it as the main task of the socialist movement.In my opinion, they are internationalists.I think of the state as the life unit of society.For the development of the country, citizens should support each other; moreover, they should repeatedly compete with foreign countries to win and lose.Support each other based on this insight, and decide the winners and losers.I applaud the Russo-Japanese War.In my opinion, in order to determine the country's success, the Russo-Japanese War must be fought. This is Japan's real mission.I clarified that our country's socialism should be based on the history of Japan, and that other socialisms are impure, so I call my theory "pure" socialism.
Legal officer: Has the point of view in "National Constitution and Pure Socialism" not changed?
Bei: I was a twenty-three-year-old youth at the time, and I felt that it was a great discovery to regard the country as the unit of life.In my opinion, major revisions and supplements are now necessary, but the fundamental policy has not changed.Therefore, I call my socialism pure socialism.
The lighting changed, and a strong light shone on Nishida.
Nishida: Realizing national transformation should not be done through illegal means.Just as rewritten in the "Outline of Japan's Transformation Act", the transformation of the country can only be achieved by the power of the emperor.The key to transforming a country is not military, but economic and political changes.In Mr. Bei's "Outline of the Reconstruction Act", the restrictions on private property and private land, public ownership of cities, restrictions on private production enterprises, and unified management of monopoly capital by the state are the most important and appropriate.What this "Act" focuses on is not so much breaking the status quo as it is a construction plan.I am a person who has dedicated my life to the national reform movement according to the "Outline of the Japan Reform Act", but I will never use illegal means.I have not thought of anything but assisting the Emperor's power through a reasonable national movement.
Legal Officer: Tell me about the actions of the defendant on the 27th!
Nishida: When I contacted Murata and Kurita on the phone in the morning, I heard that a minister’s notice was issued that the risen troops were incorporated into the martial law troops, and the dormitories, food, etc. were also provided by the troops. I knew they had become the official army.This is completely different from what I expected, and I think it's weird.
Attorney: At that time, did the defendant instruct the young military officers on how to act and how to clean up the situation, and asked them to entrust everything to General Masaki?
Nishida: I saw the situation within three days after the rise: they were incorporated into the martial law unit, and they also received similar commendations from the ministers. I think the situation is generally good.However, the main purpose of the rise of the young officers is to purge the army. Judging from the meeting with the military senator, it involves political issues.Therefore, it is also possible to feel that the result of internal disputes will be in a disadvantageous state.So I told the young officer that he should evacuate the scene immediately, and hand over all operations and cleaning up the situation to General Masaki.
Counsel: Based on actions following the rise, did the defendant feel that things were going to work out?
Nishida: I was surprised, it was very difficult to understand.I am convinced that in the process of this rise, the authorities initially issued ministerial proclamations to them and clearly incorporated them into the martial law troops according to the martial law order, but later they were attacked as rebels. This is absolutely inappropriate.
Legal officer: In this incident, it can be said that the defendant directed and led the young military officers by making phone calls and so on.Is that so?
Nishida: That's just a superficial phenomenon, it doesn't match the facts!
Lighting changes.The light shone on Bei Yihui.
Legal officer: It is said that the defendant once conveyed the spiritual revelation his wife had received to the young military officers by phone.Talk about it in detail!
Bei: As soon as I heard about the minister's announcement, I immediately chanted scriptures and prayed.At this time, God gave me enlightenment on the issue of talents to clean up the situation that I often worry about.Therefore, I called them and told them this spiritual notice, saying: "There is no one in the country, but the brave general Masaki is here, and I will issue orders for the National Justice Army, and the Justice Army will entrust everything to him." I thought that the main purpose of the rise of the action force was recognized by the Emperor , They became the official army, that is, they became the righteous army.I have repeatedly said: the issue of cleaning up the future situation should be completely entrusted to the cabinet headed by General Masaki, we must believe that he can handle the aftermath well, and we must entrust everything to General Masaki.
Legal Officer: It is said that after the young officers received the phone call about the revelation from the gods, they had a discussion and a question arose: the so-called "entrusting everything to General Masaki" refers to this action and clearing up the situation. Or clean up the situation with one finger?They asked the defendant by phone, what happened?
Kita: ...I feel that it is most appropriate to entrust the Masaki Cabinet with all unconditional support and to obtain the assistance of the military councilors.That's how I answered it.
Attorney: The defendant wants to entrust everything to General Masaki. Is he planning to realize the book of the defendant, which the young military officers believed in—the "Japan Reconstruction Act"?
Kita: ...I don't think there is anyone in the Army Headquarters who believes in my book "The Japan Reconstruction Act" - although some refer to it.Nor did I entrust everything to General Masaki in order to realize the "Japan Reconstruction Act"! ...I just feel that it is appropriate for Masaki Masaki, who enjoys a high degree of trust among ordinary people and young officers, to clean up the situation.
The light focused on Kita Ikki's facial expression.
The whole stage gradually turned sunny——
The stage is getting brighter.
The light shines on the Arbitrator and North.
Legal officer: As far as the defendant's current thinking is concerned, has the view of the emperor in "Kokyotairon" changed?
Kita: "National System and Pure Socialism" was written in my hometown of Sado Island when I was 23 years old.That was the second year of the Russo-Japanese War, the thirty-eighth year of the Meiji era (1905).Except for the social situation after the Russo-Japanese War and the fact that I was a young man, I was a little too aggressive in my articles, even today, I still retain roughly the same views on the basic outline.
Legal officer: What do you mean by "slightly extreme performance in the article"?
Bei: For example, whether it is Dr. Hozumi Yasuke who is engaged in constitutional law, Dr. Inoue Tetsujiro who is engaged in ethics, or Dr. Ariga Nagao who is engaged in national law, my criticism of their theories is too hasty in the way of expression. Means to attack.I was an unknown youth at the time, and it seemed to me that this was a necessary means of bringing attention to my work, and hence the use of sarcasm.But even with this change of expression, my criticism of the doctrines of the three Doctors has remained unchanged to this day.
Legal officer: The defendant briefly talks about the view of the emperor written in "Kokyotairon".
Bei: It is difficult to put it simply and concisely, but from the basic point of view, I use the evolutionary view of history to look at the Emperor.Starting from this view of history, I believe that the evolution process of the emperor from the present to the present has roughly experienced the qualitative changes in three historical stages: ancient times, middle ages to modern times, and modern times.That is to say, in ancient times, the emperor was a patriarch established on a small land and a small number of people based on primitive beliefs, and constantly fought against other small family groups; The land and people of Japan belonged to the most powerful person; in the era of aristocratic countries after Kamakura, the Emperor not only served as a patriarchal monarch like other patriarchal monarchs, but also served as the Pope in Shinto, Constantly confronting the holy emperor of Kamakura; in modern times, the emperor was forced to a corner of Kyoto by the traitor Tokugawa, in exile, and suffered all kinds of oppression, only as the Pope in the declining Shinto, continuing the emperor The lifeblood of the system; and then the emperor after the Restoration Revolution.
Attorney: Why apply Darwin's theory of evolution to the Emperor's view of history?
Bei: The theory of evolution may not be perfect, but it must be sure that it has brought scientificity to the research methods of biology, anthropology, and history in Europe.Objectivity is crucial to history.
Legal Officer: Dr. Hiroyuki Kato initially advocated the theory of natural human rights and the theory of constitutional government, but he believed that the timing of the petition for the establishment of an elected parliament was not yet ripe.After the introduction of the theory of evolution in the fifteenth year of Meiji (1882), he no longer published his previous works. Since then, he has always stood on the standpoint of the theory of evolution and advocated the theory that the emperor evolved into a superman.How does the defendant feel about this issue?The defendant should also talk about his views from the standpoint of evolution theory.
Bei: This is the theory of evolution fabricated by Dr. Hiroyuki Kato, the patriarch of government schools, and it has nothing to do with Darwin's theory of evolution.Generally speaking, the theory of evolution is about the law of the evolution of all creatures; as far as humans are concerned, there is no reason to say that only the emperor in the world can evolve into a superhuman.This kind of people who learn from Ashi are traitors and thieves, because they make the world have a wrong view of the emperor.
Legal officer: The defendant said in "National Constitution" that all Japanese citizens before the Restoration were traitors and traitors. What is the reason for this?
Bei: As I said just now, in ancient times, the emperor was the head of a small land and a small number of people.The emperor served the primitive religious beliefs, constantly confronted other small family groups, and gradually became a strong one.For example, the powerful head of a small family group like the Soga family, once Emperor Tenchi made up his mind, he could kill him, and the emperor has become the strongest.Therefore, "Ancient Matters" said that the two emperors, Xionglue and Wulie, used to kill their subjects and people as a pastime. Under the patriarchal patriarchal rule at that time, this was a matter of course.why?From the perspective of the emperor at that time, the people can be said to be the property of the emperor and belong to the emperor.However, the current emperor is not allowed to behave like Xionglue and Wulie.This is the difference in nature between the ancient emperor and the current emperor.
Legal officer: What about the emperor in the middle ages?
Kita: From ancient times to the rise of samurai politics in the Middle Ages, the Emperor was the most powerful force in Japan with its vast land and people.However, later, the nobles listed everything under their own direct names, and the peasants of the manor were in a state of knowing only the owner, but not the emperor.Once samurai politics emerged, a contractual relationship was formed between generals and retainers: one party gave land and food and salary, and the other party gave corresponding rewards for it——to exercise loyalty and righteousness.Therefore, the so-called loyalty at that time was that the hired people faithfully fulfilled the contract with the master, and they were indifferent to the emperor.Therefore, according to morality, Ping Qingsheng's subjects should be loyal to Qingsheng, leaving Qingsheng to serve under Hou Baihe Fahuang's family, on the contrary, violated morality.From this point of view, Minamoto Yoritomo's retainers who caused Emperor Antoku to drown in the West Sea and took the eastern half of Japan from the Emperor in Kyoto, because they were loyal to Yoritomo, acted as traitors to the Emperor; The retainers of Yoshitoki Hojo, who exiled Emperor Toba to Oki and exiled Emperor Shuntoku to Sado Island, also became traitors to the emperor because of their loyalty to Yoshitoki.My hometown is Sado. The imperial residence of Emperor Shunde in Sado was a small house built on the edge of a cliff.He lived here for 21 years while begging, and he is still not called Emperor Shunde in the whole Sado Island, but according to the tradition, he is called Monk Shunde.However, Hojo's retainers were ignorant of such a tragic fact.From this point of view, whether it is Ashikaga Takaji or Nitta Yoshisada, they are all the same.At the same time, there are Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, and during the 300-year rule of the Tokugawa shogunate after Ieyasu, not to mention their direct retainers, even those Japanese people who surrendered to the shogunate followed the generals, princes and other rebellious officials and thieves. Running.
Legal officer: If the situation is as the defendant said, why can the emperors of our country be passed down from generation to generation?Whether it was the Fujiwara clan, Hira Kiyomori, Minamoto Yoritomo, or Tokugawa Ieyasu, why didn't they overthrow the emperor and take his place instead?Although Bei's question is reasonable, it is caused by the concept of lineage and Shinto belief.For example, the Soga family, a wealthy family in ancient times, called their residence a palace and the tombs of their father and son mausoleums. In their conception, the clan and the emperor's family had the same status.In the Ashikaga and Hojo eras, the emperor and the emperor were exiled to the islands because they realized that they had more power than the emperor, and on the other hand, they regarded the concept of lineage as the supreme honor.When Hideyoshi saw a letter from the King of Korea saying: "I made you the King of Japan," he was furious, and said to the envoy unscrupulously: "If I have the heart, I can be the Emperor at any time. Why do I need orders from other kings!" These words are from his heart.He is proud that he was born in the Fujiwara lineage who served as Kanbai (an ancient official name in Japan, a minister who assisted the Emperor of Japan, and was above the Minister of Taizheng).Tokugawa Ieyasu, as a descendant of Qinghe Genji, satisfied his vanity; on the other hand, his grandson Iemitsu once led an army into Kyoto to intimidate Emperor Mizuo; Arai Shiraishi also planned to ask the emperor to abdicate to General Tokugawa; As long as powerful nobles and generals want to obtain the position of emperor, they can do it at any time.The reason they did not do so was due to the sense of honor of the lineage concept.In this way, the emperor existed as the Pope in the declining Shinto. For the powerful at that time, there was no need to take strong measures to replace the Pope in the Shinto. Just as the German emperor could not be the Pope in Christianity, And there's no need to do so.The reason why the line of ten thousand generations can continue to exist is because the people belonging to the powerful people regard their masters as kings and fathers and do their utmost loyalty and filial piety; it is because of the strong people's concept of family lineage; the status of the Pope.
Legal Officer: Then, in "Kokyotai", how do you see Japan after the Restoration?
Bei: I wrote in "National Constitution": It is a huge mistake to say that the reform revolution is the restoration of the king's government.According to the laws of evolution of society, going retro is impossible.The Restoration Revolution was the evolution of economic history, as well as the evolution of political history and ethical history. It liberated the lower classes such as warriors and commoners from the rule of the aristocracy; that is, it extended the freedom based on economic independence to all people in the country. In the middle, it developed into a movement of the Civil Rights Party, which developed into a higher demand for social democracy.In this regard, the Restoration Revolution itself was a social democratic revolution.
Attorney: Is not Social Democracy incompatible with our state system?
Bei: The so-called social democracy does not make the country controlled by individual interests like the revolution in the past era of individualism, but puts the independence of the individual under the economic subordination of the supreme ownership of the state.The belief that there is nothing but sacrifice for national ends has become popular after the Restoration.This is democracy.Never, like a social democrat, understands social democracy as realizing it by overthrowing the state system and the regime.I can give an example.Katsu Kaishu, for example, put himself outside his duty of loyalty to the emperor and generals, but he never strayed from state-centered actions.
Legal officer: How does the defendant view the emperor system after the Meiji Restoration?
Kita: The reason why the emperor is the emperor is because it is a system maintained by the country for its own benefit.This is different from the autocratic monarchy in the patriarchal era, which is based on the monarch's personal self-interest, and the autocratic monarchy in a constitutional monarchy.In "National Constitution", I once said: In the name of national sovereignty, the state organs that reorganize state organs can only be the highest power organs organized by the Emperor and the Imperial Diet.
Lawyer: The Imperial Diet is made up of representatives of the people.If national sovereignty rested on the basis of reciprocity between the emperor and the Diet, what should be done when the interests of the two conflicted?
Bei: Most citizens take the interests of the country as their foundation, and the monarch does not regard the country as his own property, but focuses on the interests of the country. This is the inevitability of the evolution process.Moreover, the emperor is endowed with great power, so it is impossible for the two to conflict.In the King's Constitution, there is no provision for this situation, and it is a matter of course.
Legal Officer: If the Imperial Constitution is based on the emperor's human rights, then doesn't the emperor have absolute freedom to amend and abolish the constitution?
Kita: This is a completely absurd claim by Dr. Hozumi and others.Such a claim should be classified as a crime of constitutional disorder in an attempt to change the political system by restoring the ancient monarchy.
Legal officer: The defendant said in his book "Kokutailun" that the emperor is the idol of a barbarian tribe, not the emperor of modern Japan.Doesn't that change the point of view now?
Bei: What I meant by writing this at the time was because retro-revolutionaryism spread throughout the country after the Restoration, and instead rejected the monarch of a constitutional monarchy and used the image of the emperor to intimidate the people.I use this as an analogy to say that it seems to be making an idol of a savage tribe—as if the savage covered this idol with all kinds of false, false, and confused rags, and kept crying: "Four Fifteen million uncivilized compatriots, let's worship before this god!" In front of the barbaric god, scholars, politicians and even journalists, everyone has to lower their tails and be subdued, while in the Oriental tribe, "the disrespectful elements "This word is actually a death sentence pronounced by the whole society.We want to say: "The edict of education says: 'Your subjects must be loyal,' you are a disrespectful person who violated this order!"
Legal officer: "National System and Pure Socialism" describes the emperor as an idol and a barbaric god of a barbaric tribe. Then, does the defendant think that the current important ministers, court officials, politicians, and plutocrats are the so-called "barbaric tribes"?
Bei: Although the wording at that time was not exact, but now I admit that it at least contains such a meaning.Academically, it is similar to Dr. Hozumi's Loyal Consistency Theory.In other words, "for the country".The so-called "for the country" is for the people who own the country, or for a part of the upper class. This creates the difference between an aristocratic autocratic country and a democratic country.The slogan of "for the country" from the upper echelon to the people is mainly for the benefit of the upper echelon, but at the same time it is the same as accusing the people of being impious to barbaric gods, in order to force the people to submit... However, many of the problems mentioned above, They are all the basic points in the "National Constitution and Pure Socialism" written by me more than 30 years ago. I think it is necessary to reconsider and make some amendments now.
Attorney: Then, after seeing the corrupt upper class, the defendant wrote the "Japan Reconstruction Act" with the purpose of directly linking the emperor and the soldiers in order to get rid of it?Talk about your feelings and opinions at the time.
Bei: The "Reform Act" provides for the suspension of the Constitution. This is not an abolition of the Constitution, but a means to restore the true appearance of the Constitution.
Lawyer: Why did the defendant not use the National Assembly, but the Legion of Veterans or the Legion of Veterans as the main body for electing the cabinet for national reform?
Bei: The national class is very broad and loose.If they were organized in one go, its system would not be much different from the current Imperial Parliament.Such reforms will not be thorough and will be anticlimactic.Veterans, by contrast, have no self-interest and allegiance to interests that are fully consistent with national sovereignty.That is, at first I explicitly determined the focus of the object.
Legal officer: What specific means did the defendant intend to use to realize the "Japan Reconstruction Act"?
Bei: This idea of reform can only be implemented in Japan.If the emperor is determined to carry out reform, it can be realized immediately.Conversely, if the emperor thinks that there is no need for reform, even if he waits for a hundred years, this ideal cannot be realized.This point is completely different from other countries that carry out revolutions as revolutions; therefore, this is also the point that I attach the most importance to.Moreover, this is also a point I want to revise and revise the theory about the emperor as the monarch of a constitutional monarchy in "National System and Pure Socialism" and even "Japan Reform Act".
Legal Officer: Who will report to His Majesty the Emperor on the necessity of reformation?
Kita: If the majority of the people agree, the Diet will make a resolution, and based on this resolution, either the Prime Minister or important ministers will make a petition to His Majesty the Emperor.
Legal officer: In the "Reform Act", the defendant opposed the past prime minister system, advocated the suspension of the constitution for three years, and the dissolution of the parliament. Aren't these contradictory to the current practice?
Bei: I think that even important state ministers who are in collusion with gold and power politics cannot ignore the voice of the people, and have to convey their intentions of reform to the Holy Son of Heaven.Then all political establishments resign and a new reformed cabinet is installed.
Legal Officer: Don’t you think that the important ministers of the country, the government, and the parliament don’t want to easily reflect the demands of the people, so they advocated the imposition of martial law in the “Reform Act” and resolutely carried out national reform in one fell swoop?Didn't you try to create such a dangerous situation in order to enforce the declaration of martial law?
Bei: I don't think so.As I said just now, if the Holy Will sees no need for transformation, this ideal cannot be realized.
Legal officer: This is the defendant's excuse.In Article 5 of the Martial Law Law, regarding the declaration of martial law during non-war periods, it is written as follows: "When temporary martial law is required to suppress bandits in normal times, the commander of the local area must quickly petition for orders." This refers to rebellion in the country and riots and so on.The reason why the defendant regards the declaration of martial law as the primary condition for realizing the "Reform Act" is not precisely the premise of sabotage activities such as rebellion?
Bei: (Painful expression) Article 14 of the Constitution says: "The emperor declares martial law." Even if there is no abnormal situation such as riots in the country, martial law can be declared according to the holy will... However, I am sure that Japan will eventually realize the "Reformation" The fundamental principles of the Act, and I have lived with that belief to this day, however despondent I may have been.That is to say, more and more people who agree with me will become a great force.The power to stop it, oppose it, and block the road of transformation.When it has to, the new reformed force will defeat the forces that hinder it and complete its own mission.This situation, of course, is my hope and what I look forward to.
Lawyer: To defeat the forces that hinder it, isn't it the use of force to confront it, isn't it the expectation of declaring martial law?The defendant cited Article 14 of the Constitution, but this article says that the suppression will be carried out by troops mobilized according to the Martial Law Law, so the defendant's claim is logically unreasonable.Since the defendant wrote the "Reform Act" eighteen years ago, he has not published any explanatory works on this aspect, because the implementation method of the "Reform Act" will inevitably involve the issue of the declaration of martial law, so he avoided it.Therefore, the defendant burrowed into religious beliefs and lived a reclusive life. The "Reform Act" is mainly for young military officers to read and wait for the so-called "reform new forces" to grow.All this has been clearly stated in the statement just now.At the stage when the new forces of transformation defeated the forces that hindered it, the defendant had expected that the current situation would inevitably emerge.
Bei: (embarrassed) The course of real life cannot be predicted in advance based on people's knowledge.Therefore, according to unexpected circumstances, either we sacrifice ourselves, or the opponent sacrifices.I myself think it's all down to fate, and I don't have any concrete plans other than that... So when I heard about this young officer rise, I thought it was over.At the same time, through Nishida, he said to the young officer: "Except for the people you have identified, the policy should be to not kill many people."
Legal Officer: (Furiously angry) Around February 20, when the defendant learned from Nishida that the young officers were about to launch a rebellion, he agreed with Nishida’s report. This has already been confessed in the interrogation records of the Tokyo Gendarmerie up.Isn't this the position of the leader to say "agree to the rebellion plan"?
Bei: As far as I am concerned, what I mean by that is: after the May 15th incident, young military officers wanted to riot several times. On such occasions, I often dissuaded them from doing so.But this time they still want to raise an incident, which is beyond human power, so I agreed.
Solicitor: Does the defendant feel a great deal of responsibility for this incident?
Bei: (Desperately) I feel responsible—but not as a leader, but because of my inability.
The lighting changes and casts on Bei and Xi Tian.
Legal officer: (in a slightly quicker tone) Does the defendant admit that the "Japan Reconstruction Act" was accepted as a golden rule among young military officers?
Nishida: In present-day Japan, I admit the fact that young officers have read it to a certain extent because there are other books on reforming the country for reference.
Bei: Although I don't know how far the "Reform Act" has been read, I admit that to a certain extent young military officers have read it.
The lighting disappeared for a moment, then fell on the Arbitrator, Kita, and Nishida.
Legal officer: The defendants Kita Terujiro and Nishida Tax, in the name of safeguarding the national system and carrying forward the national prestige, used social democratic ideas, that is, the radical and illegal ideas expressed in the "Japan Reconstruction Act" that are absolutely incompatible with our country. Thoughts, bewitching innocent young military officers, making them embrace a belief: In order to realize the "Japan Reconstruction Act", ignore the national constitution and national laws, violate the power of command, and take direct actions, thus constituting a serious crime of tarnishing national history. The circumstances are beyond discretion room. ——I suggest that the court sentence Kita Terujiro and Nishida Isa to death.
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Isono's voice: Kita and Nishida have absolutely nothing to do with this incident.This fact was recognized by the vast majority of legal officers due to our unanimous defense in the pre-trial and public trial.Some legal officers even said that their position was very sympathetic.However, because of the arbitrariness of the aides of the military department who advocated killing them while the army was in chaos, the court proposed to sentence the two of them to death.A legal officer revealed to me: Bei and Xitian obviously had no direct relationship with the incident, but they must be killed according to the established policy of the military department... How unreasonable it is!The army has usurped your majesty's sacred jurisprudence, acted arbitrarily, and killed your majesty's subjects.This kind of perversion is carried out in the name of His Majesty... Your Majesty the Emperor, can't Your Majesty recognize that Kita and Nishida are loyal people with lofty ideals? ...Your Majesty, what a disgrace, what a disgrace!Please apologize to Huangzu Huangzong! ... Your Majesty, Your Majesty! ... (voice fades away)
Bei: Your Excellency, Chief Judge, since twenty-five young military officers and civilian comrades have already been executed, it is of course impossible for me to endure the present pain for another three to five years.I feel that everything is as it should be.Please follow the judge's proposal and sentence me and Nishida to death.但有两点，希望在判决书里加以订正：其一，《日本改造法案》主张的不是过激不法的思想；其二，我们没有为发动这次事件制定计划，没有领导青年军官……
西田激动得要说什么，想到前边去。北制止西田，冷静地仰视着裁判长。
灯光慢慢转暗。
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在昏暗中响起北诵经（“自我偈”）的声音：“我此土安稳，天人常充满，园林诸堂阁，种种宝庄严，宝球多花果，众生所游乐，诸天击天鼓，常怍众伎乐，雨蔓陀罗华……”
北的声音逐渐远去。
照明。
捧着《法华经》坐着的北的身影好象是在昏暗的单人牢房里。
北：吾儿，英生一一大辉！如汝之所知晓，此乃汝父直至临刑之时尚在诵读之经。恰值汝诞生之际，父突见灵魂显现，并见神佛，是为诵读《法华经》之始。此经者，亦即自汝降生始，至父临终之时止，所诵持之至重至尊之经典也。父遗留于汝者，仅此《法华经》耳。汝思念父时，依恋父时，汝在人生途中生悲时，迷惑不解时，汝在怨恨、愤怒，懊恼时，汝在欢快、嬉戏时，将此经置于面前，诵《南无妙法莲花经》可矣！化为神灵之父，当立即为汝而向众神佛祈祷，使汝如愿以偿。汝一旦领悟、阐释经典时，宜如父二十余年之所为，以诵住三昧，为生命根本之义。此亦即不拘生涯何如，汝亦可常见乃父，与父共生，并可得众神佛之加护引导。父无何物遗赠，仅留此无比至尊之珍宝……灯光映照出北的神情，他好像还要说什么。可是已经说不出话来了……
转暗
字幕：
昭和十二年（1937年）八月十九日
代代木练兵场内的刑场。
拂晓。
微明。
后台一阵枪声（放空枪），接着是冲锋的呐喊声。
只有舞台中央朦朦胧胧地亮了。两个十字架形的刑架。
舞台前边出现人影。光圈射着他们，
蒙着眼睛的北和西田，身后似有看守……
西田：日本大概要和中国进行全面战争了……
北：是啊……我昨晚给大川周明这个好战的家伙写了一封信。没什么可说的：只是署名“大魔王”，就寄给了他。 (laugh)
西田：说起来《日本改造法案》的前途将会如何呢？ ...
北：我一心只念《法华经》，多年来连看都没看《改造法案》一眼，可是……到头来还是由于它的缘故而遭了秧。《改造法案》也罢，日本也罢，将来又会如何呢？
西田：（感动地）先生！直到最后咱们都在一起……
北：是在一起啊！此生有缘，来世也会如此……西田，现在我正在想一件滑稽的事呢！西田哦？北幸德秋水……大杉荣……接着就是我和你呀！这种搭配，妙极啦……真是妙极啦！ (laugh)
光圈消失
两人和看守一起在舞台上行走，来到刑架前。
看守让两人端坐在席子上，把他们的身体、双手、头部绑在刑架上：
看守用木柄勺子舀水给两人喝，然后离去。
舞台侧面发出喊声：“准备完毕！”
静场
西田：我们也喊“天皇陛下万岁”吧。
北沉默着。
西田：先生，喊“陛下万岁”……
北：（慢吞吞地）不，我不。
西田：（露出踌躇的神情）……
不知从何处传来诵经声：
“我此土安稳，天人常充满，园林诸世阁，种种宝庄严，宝珠多花果……
舞台侧面发出号令：“目标——受刑者。”
“瞄准！”
枪声一响，整个舞台顿时转暗。
枪声变成了机枪声，又变成炮声，接着管乐团加了进来，其中还夹杂着“万岁！”的呼声。
——一片急遽变化的声音，好象在预告着未来的历史……
- the curtain falls
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