Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and it is difficult to escape if you fly far away. - Folk proverb
At 3.52 p.m. on December 12, 1948, the President of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, William W. Bush, was elected President of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Weber (an Australian) made a historic decision on The Class A war criminal Hideki Tojo, who was sentenced to death by hanging.
At 23:30 midnight on December 22, 1948, Hideki Tojo, who was sleeping, was awakened, and Hideki Tojo understood something in his heart, and his face turned white. He was taken to the room next to the gallows, where the instructor, Hanayama Nobukatsu, was already waiting, and when Hideki Tojo was seated, Hanayama Nobunaga began to chant. As the end of the chant approached, Hideki Tojo's face became more and more miserable, and his cheek muscles trembled uncontrollably, like a white paper spasming in the cold wind.
After the chanting, Hideki Tojo ate the last Japanese meal of his life and was silent for a while, no one knew what he was thinking. After that, he began to write a suicide note, which had sincere teachings for children and exhortations to his family, and in the letter he also left four words: "not to speak everything", but I don't know whether the meaning of these four words is not to speak of their own crimes, or to wish the family to do things in a low-key manner in the future. Hideki Tojo's seven children, three men and four women, strictly obeyed their father's requirements.
Even when some people later proposed to "divide" the tojo Hideki's spiritual position in the Yasukuni Shrine, and the "contribution" of Hideki Tojo in Yizhang Prefecture was special, he was immediately rejected by hideki Tojo's second son and general manager of Mitsubishi Motors, Keio Tojo. The words of the father's generation are always very obedient to the children, but with the passage of time, all this has also changed, and by the time of Tojo Hideki's grandchildren, it has completely broken to The four-word last words of Hideki Tojo.
Tojo Yubuko, the eldest daughter of Hidetaka Tojo, the eldest daughter of Hidetaka Tojo, is clearly such a character, and she frantically "exonerates" her grandfather and "proves her innocence". Tojo Yufuko was very belligerent, never cared about the four-character last words left by Hideki Tojo, often glorified the invasion of China in public, and vigorously defended militarism.
What is even more shameless is that when someone asked about the Nanjing Massacre, Tojo Yubuko once said: "I am afraid it cannot be ruled out that these people were killed by Chinese themselves, just to slander us." In addition, she even glorified the Japanese invasion of China in order to assist China in order to achieve common prosperity in Greater East Asia and save China from the hands of European and American colonists. Obviously bottomless, completely dehumanizing, perhaps Hideki Tojo himself will be stunned when he hears about it.
Because of the war of aggression against China, China and Japan can be said to have accumulated deep grievances. During World War II, the whole of Asia was persecuted from Japan, and behind all these despicable acts, there was a person who manipulated the entire war situation and committed countless crimes, so that for a long time after that, and even in the future, they were pointed out by thousands of people and scolded by thousands of people. He was Hideki Tojo, one of the three giants of fascism in World War II, who was then the supreme commander of Japan.
Hideki Tojo was one of the three leaders with the same name as Hitler and Mussolini, and one of the top war criminals during the Japanese nationalist invasion of China and other countries in Asia.
Tojo Hideki was born on December 30, 1884, the third in the family, the father of the Japanese Army Lieutenant Tojo Hideyoshi, due to the death of two older brothers, Tojo Hideki became the only descendant of the Tojo family, deeply valued by the family. Hideki Tojo has been stubborn since childhood, and has worked with his parents in a small number of ways, and has been invited to parents many times since the beginning of school, so when he returns home, he will be scolded by his parents and even beaten by his parents.
Hideki Tojo, who has been severely punished for a long time, has received a certain degree of perverted distortion in his psychology. In his youth, Tojo said, "I'm not smart, and I won't be a great man unless I work extra hard." After becoming a senior soldier, he still did not change his essence: "Hard work and diligence are my lifelong friends, because I am just an ordinary person and do not have outstanding talents." ”
His nickname " Razor" refers to his sword-sharp mind and personality, in fact, he is also a very pragmatic person, who is unambiguous in his work, straight-forward, and difficult to understand his twisted behavior.
For his part, he was decisive, clear, blunt, loyal and simple, a good executive but not a qualified politician. His critics saw him as hypocritical, impatient, intolerant, short-sighted, ill-tempered, shallow in seniority, vain, hasty and agitated, and even increasingly domineering and conceited. Even so, there was unanimous agreement that he was a man of keeping his promises.
However, people change. In his later years, he was no longer as straightforward and simple as he had been, more arrogant, obedient, and arrogant, and although his ability was beyond doubt, he was never the kind of dictator that Western countries thought, and the same was true in wartime, he was more like a commissioner.
Hideki Tojo's life was full of adventures, and the old saying goes, "The times make heroes", and his ability to become the 40th prime minister in Japanese history is inextricably linked to this saying. Hideki Tojo first came to prominence in Japanese politics at the time of the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo, and on this basis, coupled with his own keen mind, the idea of "take-ism", which made him quickly stand out.
In 1928, Zhang Zuolin was assassinated, and the then Prime Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka mishandled, and after receiving a severe rebuke from the emperor, he resigned, which also provided an opportunity for Hideki Tojo to use the "emperor supremacy" to be highly valued and trusted by the emperor, and has since gained great power. The Pearl Harbor incident recorded in history was also the idea of Hideki Tojo, and the "918 Incident" that followed was also manipulated by him behind his back, so Hideki Tojo was an unforgivable person with deep sins in the history of China, and even in the anti-fascist countries around the world.
August 15, 1945 is known as "Japan's Longest Day". In order to prevent the release of the recording of the Emperor's "Edict of the End of the War", a small group of war maniacs led by Hidemasa Koga (Hideki Tojo's son-in-law and staff officer of the Army Guards Division) staged a mutiny the day before. Unsupported Koga committed suicide by drinking a bullet in despair, followed by the Emperor's acceptance of the recording of the Potsdam Proclamation, and the end of World War II.
Several of Hideki Tojo's children have been strictly observing the four-word last words he left behind, and even listed them as family rules, which is very secretive. But his granddaughter, as a descendant of war criminals, was often accused and looked at differently by others, and over time, Tojo Yufuko's psychology gradually twisted and began to excuse all of Tojo Hideki's crimes.
After marrying, Tojo was strongly refused by Fushiko to change her husband's family name, which was considered a disgrace in Japan, so her husband drew a line with him and forbade her to use the man's surname. Yufuko Tojo, who had left her husband's family, did not think there was anything to be ashamed of, and acted more recklessly. However, history is a foregone conclusion, and the years have never spared anyone, and in 2013, Yufuko Tojo died of pneumonia at the age of 74.
Evil fascism is the enemy of peace-loving people all over the world, and the crimes committed by Hideki Tojo have long been engraved on the pillar of shame, and no one can erase the facts that have already happened. Hideki Tojo also understood his sins, even deeply imprinted in his heart, so he also taught his children not to mention them afterwards.
The distinction between good and evil does not have a very clear line between ancient and modern China and foreign countries, and everyone's standard for judging good and evil comes from the measurement of the heart. The debt that Hideyoshi Tojo carries on his body makes him doomed to be unforgivable, but at the same time, we cannot deny the existence of things in him that can be called "good". No one is perfect, and the commentary on history remains in everyone's heart.