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Minister Matsuoka proposed the Emperor
move the troops all the way to Irkutsk.
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But I was against this idea,
even though perhaps it is a good one.
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The prime minister didn't understand
finances at all,
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and as a result I was forced to listen
only to the opinions of the military.
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When he delivered a report, I always
wanted to remind him of the aphorism:
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If you don't return debts
little by little,
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you will risk losing everything later.