Sugiyama Gen felt a sense of danger approaching him, but his many years of military experience allowed him to calm down and narrow his eyes as he looked at Kojima Kunishou, asking in a low voice, "I wonder what the Prime Minister wants to say?"

  "Asano Kaichi has turned against you, and many generals of the Army Ministry and General Staff led by you have participated in the assassination of the Emperor. You conspired to seize imperial power and turn Japan into a military government ruled by you soldiers. Sugiyama Moto, your plot has been exposed."

  "Sugiyama Moto, you are suspected of conspiring to assassinate His Majesty the Emperor. Take Sugiyama Moto away for questioning."

  As soon as Muyang gave the order, the conference room door was pushed open and a team of Japanese soldiers with guns walked in. The leader of the team was none other than Nakamura Masao, Lieutenant General of the Imperial Guard Division.

  Sugiyama Motoo was furious and scolded: "Kojima Kikuo, do you want to use the Emperor's assassination attempt to purge the Army Ministry and General Staff? Are you not afraid of dying without a place to be buried?"

  Nakamura Masao didn't give Sugiyama Motoo much chance, with a wave of his hand, two soldiers came up and twisted Sugiyama's arms behind him, taking him away. Sugiyama was still shouting nonstop, "Kojima Kikuo, your conspiracy will not succeed, your downfall will be miserable, the Imperial Army will not accept such unreasonable accusations."

  The situation developed too suddenly, and the cabinet ministers present had not yet reacted when Sugiyama was taken away. The atmosphere in the meeting room became extremely oppressive, with people staring at Kuniaki Koiso sitting in the center, many of whom were unclear where this prime minister got the courage and strength to confront the entire Japanese army head-on.

  The Minister of Military Affairs, Fujiwara Kōjirō and the Minister of State, Kodama Hide'o stood up in anger. Both were army faction personnel, and seeing the old leader of the army faction being taken away without reason, how could they tolerate it? This was a moment of life and death, and the two had to stand up and express their opinions.

  Minister of War, Fujiwara no Kichijirō said: "Now that the Empire is in crisis, you, Ojika, are not thinking of solving it, but instead attacking your colleagues. Do you want to monopolize government power? The Imperial Army will never allow you to be so reckless."

  "Kojima Kuniaki, you're being utterly unreasonable! Are you going to arrest an Imperial Minister based solely on a single accusation by Asano Gaiichi? None of us have seen any evidence presented by you. Your groundless speculation and malicious attack on an Imperial Minister and Cabinet member is unacceptable. We will move for a no-confidence vote in the Diet against you!" Minister Kodama Kiyoomi thundered.

  Moyou also stood up and said seriously, "Of course there is evidence. Many cabinet members have seen the evidence with their own eyes. Am I right, Minister Mii?" Moyou glanced at Navy Minister Mii Mitsuhiro.

  Minamoto no Mitsunaka looked gloomy and nodded after a while.

  Although Minamoto no Yoshitsune had previously learned of ōishi Kuranosuke's plan, when the Imperial Guard approached Tokyo, he also realized that Mōri would definitely take action. However, this guy didn't even ask for his opinion and took direct action, which made him somewhat stunned. It was clear that he hadn't taken himself and the Navy into consideration, so he was a bit unhappy.

  "It is your right to propose a vote of no confidence, but now I will exercise my right, which is to quell the rebellion. Bring in those men and take away Fujiwara Kōjirō and Kodama Hideo for interrogation."

  Kojima Kuniaki, okay, was still calm at first, but suddenly burst out, loudly ordering the soldiers to forcibly drag away Fujiwara Kōjirō and Kodama Hideo.

  Nakamura Masao is still in the venue, this was originally a pre-arranged plan. Muyang believes that Sugiyama Gen's dead party members will definitely jump out to oppose him, but what can they do? Violence suppression is now the means adopted by Muyang.

  Playing political intrigue, Mu Yang felt that he was definitely not inferior to these old guys who were not present. Moreover, he didn't have the time and energy to grind with them here, so Mu Yang directly chose this simple, rough, and almost unreasonable method - direct violent suppression. Whoever disobeyed would be taken down, whoever dared to resist would be eliminated.

  In history, those politicians adopted various conspiracy tactics, which were nothing but fear of the consequences that they could not control. However, many examples have told us that sometimes rough means can achieve direct results.

  Many in the current cabinet are now aware of a problem, that Kojima Kuniyuki has taken control of the Imperial Guard Division and seems to have reached an understanding with certain important figures. It appears that this internal turmoil within the Empire is unavoidable.

  The people present began to think about their own stance, whether to support the Imperial Army in power or to support Kojima Oto no Miko who had taken control of Tokyo. The meeting fell into an eerie silence, and it might be a bit exaggerated to say that everyone was on edge, but many people realized that now was not a good time to confront Kojima Oto no Miko head-on.

  "Gentlemen, let us now discuss the matter of announcing to the outside world the passing away of His Majesty the Emperor Showa. Three days have already passed and it can no longer be delayed."

  The people present were all stunned, and Mu Yang once again brought up the topic of today's meeting.

  Controlling the situation is not easy to say, but sometimes it's just that simple. It starts by making a pre-emptive move, catching the opponent off guard, striking at their weak point. Most importantly, Muyang doesn't need to consider the consequences, so he directly made a fatal move here.

  Anyway, Moyou's goal is to make Japan chaotic and disorderly, if possible, get rid of a few, if everything goes smoothly, it would be best to develop as expected by Moyou before, even if not, make the Japanese political situation completely messy, thoroughly striking the stability of Japan's politics.

  The meeting had been going on for over an hour, and finally, Muyang set the tone. Tomorrow afternoon, Muyang would go to the radio station and directly announce the death of the Emperor to the outside world.

  After the meeting ended, the cabinet ministers left the conference room with a heavy heart. Mu Yang returned to his own office and directly notified someone to call Nakamura Masao.

  "Mr. Nakamura, let's get started, we can't wait any longer." said Mu Yang.

  Nakamura Masao said hesitantly: "Prime Minister, must we really do that? If so, we may become enemies of the entire Japanese Army."

  "What's wrong, Nakamura-kun? Have you lost your nerve? I'll tell you this: since you arrested Sugiyama Gen today, there's no turning back for you. We must charge forward and break through all obstacles to reach our goal. Nakamura-kun, I can promise you that if we succeed, you will be the next Minister of the Army, and after I retire, I will do my best to help you become Prime Minister."

  Every means of coercion and temptation has been used, Nakamura Masao has no room for choice now. He has boarded the ship of Mu Yang, and can only follow it forward with a hard scalp, either bleeding or vast ocean and sky.

  "Alright, Prime Minister. I'll go make the arrangements and we'll start tonight." Nakamura Masao made up his mind, nodded, and left the Prime Minister's office.

  As he watched Nakamura Masao's back, Muyang revealed an inscrutable smile.