Tokyo. Prime Minister of the Japanese Republic Ishiwara Kanji walked into the office of President of the Japanese Republic Taira Toyomori. Seeing Ishiwara wearing a military uniform without any rank insignia, President Taira Toyomori sighed, "Does Ishiwara-kun really dislike Western suits?"

Ishiwara Kanji lowered his head slightly. "Sir, this subordinate has tried many clothes; only this military uniform can make this subordinate look not like a person with no presence. I apologize for not being able to follow Sir's order."

Taira Toyomori said no more about this. Just as Taira Toyomori in a suit looked elegant and magnanimous, full of scholarly demeanor, perhaps Ishiwara really wasn't suitable for clothes other than military uniforms. After Ishiwara took his seat, Taira Toyomori asked, "Prime Minister, how is the land reform going recently?"

"The Navy and Army junior officers and soldiers support land reform very much. Although they all hope to obtain land ownership, after education by the Future Society, everyone can accept land use rights. Land reform is not a problem for the time being. However, officers, some scholars, and those retained officials, although admitting that land reform indeed has huge benefits for Japan, have great worries about Japan's diplomacy and geopolitical situation. This subordinate would like to ask the President to address the cabinet."

Hearing Ishiwara speak of this, Taira Toyomori asked, "Prime Minister, have those people seen the latest interaction between China and Britain?"

"Excellency, the cabinet's views are quite divided. We need a geopolitics master like Your Excellency to analyze it for the cabinet members. That is why this subordinate invited Your Excellency to give a lecture."

"When do the people the Prime Minister mentioned have time?"

Ishiwara answered immediately, "If Your Excellency has time now, they can gather within an hour."

The Presidential Palace of the Japanese Republic was located in the former Imperial Palace. The Prime Minister's Office had not been built yet, so a part of the Army Ministry building was borrowed as the Prime Minister's office. With Ishiwara's prestige in the Army, the Army Ministry was indeed a very safe place.

Taira Toyomori stood up. "Let's go to the Prime Minister's Office."

Thirty minutes later, President of the Japanese Republic Taira Toyomori, accompanied by Ishiwara, walked into the Army Ministry building. He saw young officers coming and going on the other side of the building; the office was filled with various young manpower. The telephone rings rose one after another, and young staff officers were constantly answering calls, "A rebellion appeared in Hokuriku? Has the land redemption money been sent? What? Not yet! Order the troops to stop the suppression immediately and send someone to contact those so-called rebels; the land redemption money will be sent as soon as possible..."

"Set up broadcasting and shout to those coerced farmers that the money will be distributed immediately, and they will also get land use certificates immediately. Land obtained from the state for cultivation does not require paying rent. Correct! Immediately, even if it is a handwritten land certificate, write one for them first! Correct, must explain clearly first. Absolutely do not take action before these are done..."

"Don't transfer troops randomly! In areas where land reform has been completed, the local civilian guards should not leave the local area. The task of these land reform guards is to prevent roving bandits from entering; the work of pursuing bandits is the work of the National Defense Force..."

Hearing such urgent orders, Taira Toyomori felt much more settled. To promote revolution in Japan, a large number of deaths would inevitably occur. But this did not mean brutal actions; if possible, shed as little blood as possible. The smaller the casualties, the faster the healing speed of Japanese society.

Pushing open the door of the conference room, the room was already full of people. One-third wore military uniforms; the others were scholars and high-ranking officials. Seeing Ishiwara walk in, everyone stood up with a crash and bowed to Ishiwara, "Hello, Prime Minister."

Ishiwara walked onto the podium. "Japan's current internal situation is stabilizing rapidly. Although the external situation looks turbulent, it is actually developing in a stable direction. Now, please invite President Taira to give a lecture on the current Japanese situation!"

After speaking, Ishiwara walked back to the first row and stood by the empty seat. President Taira Toyomori walked onto the podium and ordered, "Attention all, sit down!"

Crash, a group of Japanese Republic upper-class members all sat down. Taira Toyomori scanned these guys like giving a lecture to students at the university. Seeing everyone taking out notebooks, Taira Toyomori began to speak, "In the past two weeks, first, a reader's letter was published in China's 'National Defense Daily', believing that unstable changes have occurred in the current situation between China and the US. If Britain can intervene in the situation to stabilize it, it is possible to make the situation between China and the US stable.

Immediately, Chinese newspapers such as 'Shen Bao' reprinted this reader's letter and asked about it at the regular press conference of the Chinese government. The Chinese government stated that such a suggestion might not be a way to solve the problem. And relevant articles were published in China's 'National Daily'.

Three days later, the British 'The Times' reprinted this reader's letter and the Chinese spokesperson's answer to reporters, and asked the British cabinet if they had noticed this matter. The British government stated that they had seen such reports, and the British government had not asked the Chinese Ambassador to Britain about this matter. But the British government has noticed the changes in the situation between China and the US.

Gentlemen, from the perspective of international politics and geopolitics, this is undoubtedly a diplomatic operation by He-kun."

President of the Japanese Republic Taira Toyomori was Japan's premier geopolitics master more than ten years ago. Although he was like teaching a class at this time, the generals, scholars, and officials of the Japanese National Defense Force didn't feel anything inappropriate at all. Instead, they felt reassured by Taira Toyomori's lecture.

The upper echelons of the Japanese Republic had all seen the content described by President Taira Toyomori, but their attention was attracted by more news, forming various views. Listening to President Taira Toyomori list the main line at this time, they felt their thinking seemed to clear up, but they still couldn't find a complete thread from such a simple main line.

However, no one stood up to ask questions immediately, but continued to listen to Professor Taira Toyomori's lecture like students. The head of state of the Japanese Republic is the President, a status equivalent to the previous Emperor. A great scholar with Emperor's bloodline serving as President actually made the Japanese upper class feel at ease.

At this time, not only Japan was analyzing recent changes. Great Powers around the world were also analyzing, especially the British Cabinet, as a party involved, held a cabinet meeting early in the morning.

"Gentlemen, the Foreign Office believes that the country posing the greatest challenge to the Empire and the world order currently is the United States. Compared with the United States, although the Western Pacific situation is no longer controlled by the Empire, the Empire's Force Z in Southeast Asia still has the ability to influence the situation in East Asia and Northeast Asia. Now the Empire may face an opportunity to restore arbitration power in the Western Pacific and even the Pacific. According to the analysis of the Foreign Office, we believe the message conveyed by He Rui is to invite the Empire to play an arbitration role between China and the United States."

Cabinet members might not understand diplomacy, but they understood what the international order led by the British Empire was. 'Control, influence, arbitration', these words touched the hearts of the British Prime Minister and cabinet members.

If the British Empire wanted to play an 'arbitration role' in a certain region, it often needed to be achieved through a war. Just as Britain had not an inch of land in the Black Sea region, but relied on a series of wars Britain fought in the Black Sea region, especially the Crimean War that led to the suicide of Russian Tsar Nicholas I, to obtain 'arbitration power' in the Black Sea region.

Although Britain still didn't have an inch of territory in the Black Sea region, any changes in the Black Sea region had to be approved by Britain. This offshore influence of 'arbitration role' was by no means easily obtained, and once obtained, it would not be easily lost.

British Prime Minister Baldwin was already tempted. His failure in the Sino-British War had basically confirmed that the Conservative Party would lose the next election. But once Britain could regain arbitration role in the Far East, it would undoubtedly be a major diplomatic victory. The Baldwin Cabinet could at least prove to British voters through such diplomatic achievements that the Conservative Cabinet was not useless in diplomacy.

But no one spoke first. Because such a huge diplomatic victory was not won by the British government relying on strength, but presented by He Rui with both hands. He Rui's evaluation in Britain at this time was by no means a positive image. The British Cabinet dared not be sure for a moment how much poison was contained in the cake presented by He Rui personally.

If the poison content was too high, the British government could refuse this gift. But every cabinet member was attracted by this heavy interest.

After a silence, the Foreign Secretary said, "The Admiralty has sent people to contact the Chinese government. Please let the First Lord of the Admiralty describe the recent progress."

Facing the gaze of cabinet members, Admiral of the Fleet Beatty looked very calm, "Now the Chinese Navy has a very weak navy. The largest tonnage warship is a cruiser; others are destroyers of about 1000 tons. In the contact between the Admiralty and the Chinese Navy, the Chinese Navy stated that their priority in the next few years is the coastal fleet. This means China has no intention of challenging the British Imperial Navy in the short term. At the same time, this also means the Chinese Navy cannot threaten the United States at all in the short term."

Because of the previous Sino-British War, British Cabinet members were certain that China's current naval power did not match China's size and its army power at all. Let alone being far from Britain and the United States, it couldn't even compare with China's neighbor Japan. Even if China's suicide attack aircraft were indeed very brutal, the range of suicide attack aircraft could at most cover 200 kilometers offshore China. Moreover, before a real war broke out, this one-time attack force could not be put into combat.

That is to say, China indeed needed a naval power to intervene in the dispute between China and the US now, to deter the US from attempting to use its fleet to intercept China's shipping lanes. From this perspective, the arbitration role 'hinted' by Chinese officials was indeed what China needed now.

Colonial Secretary Churchill broke the silence, "What about Japan? Why hasn't China used Japan's navy now?"

This question silenced the cabinet members again. This was a good question, and also a tricky one. If China and Japan built a military alliance against the United States, the Japanese Navy would become valuable. Similarly, this involved Britain's attitude towards Japan. Especially when the British government had not recognized the government of the Japanese Republic.

He Rui's means of forcing Britain to recognize the Chinese government were cruel and insidious; the lesson was not far behind. The British Cabinet was unwilling to make a decision on the China issue simply. They all believed that He Rui, as the mastermind behind the Japanese revolution, would never leave Japan alone at this time. Regardless of military, political, or economic perspectives, the Sino-US contradiction was far from the point where China must abandon Japan.