Chapter 132 Rebels
After the Japanese army captured Dalinfu, they also felt the strong hatred of the local residents against the Japanese army. No one was willing to cooperate with the Japanese army. Dalinfu claimed to be the richest man in Taichung. However, the Japanese army could not collect food, and the people would rather turn grain into ashes than give it to the Japanese!
Therefore, the Japanese army implemented a barbaric plunder policy against Da Linfu. They broke into private houses, raided arbitrarily, and even ** women, and burned private houses. The people were stabbed through the chest with bayonets. The atrocities of the Japanese army aroused the hatred of the residents of Dalinfu. The Japanese grain collection team was often robbed and killed by the local residents. In turn, they retaliated more cruelly against the local residents. Less than ten days after the Japanese army occupied Dalinfu, hundreds of the people of Dalinfu were killed by the Japanese army. Da Linfu became a fire of hatred!
Zilian, Guard Division Department.
Prince Beibaichuan Palace, the head of the division, sat cross-legged on the futon, facing a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva with Hanbai jade, closing his eyes and saying words in his mouth.
Zilian Temple is a small temple that honors Guanyin Bodhisattva. In Fujian, Taiwan, there are many temples that honor Mazu, while there are relatively few temples that honor Guanyin. Prince Nengjiu is a Buddhist. When he saw a Buddhist temple that respects Guanyin, he naturally chose this place as his headquarters.
Zilian'an is actually not suitable for the headquarters of an elite division. The terrain here is flat and there is no dependence around it. The only fortification is just a low wall around Zilian'an. However, Beibaichuan Palace still insists on setting up the division headquarters here. In his opinion, Guanyin Bodhisattva is his best dependence!
He is a devout Buddhist!
As the son of Emperor Renxiao, the younger brother of Emperor Xiaomei, the uncle of Emperor Meiji, Kita Shirakawa Palace enjoys high prestige in the Guard Division and even all of Japan!
However, only he knows that under the apparent prestige, it is bitterness that the world can't experience!
Because he was once a victim of the Meiji Restoration in Japan!
The primary task of the Meiji Restoration is to eliminate local secession and complete centralization. Japan's long-term shogunate rule has formed a traditional sphere of influence of vassals. These vassal towns are separate and do not accept the jurisdiction of the imperial court, which has become a major obstacle to Japan's modernization process.
The first task of the Meiji Restoration was to reduce the vassals by force, so the tragic Wuchen War broke out!
Of course, the shogunate group that has enjoyed the privileges of the vassal town for a long time cannot sit back and wait for death. They do not recognize the central government and the Meiji Emperor. Kita-Shirakawa Palace was elected as the emperor of Tobu by the shogunate Okudae, and openly competed with the central government. The Wuchen War was a tragic civil war, with 100,000 deaths. After a war, the Oyuyue vassals were defeated by the allied forces of the Changzhou vassals of the Satsuma. Kita-Shirakawa Palace was arrested and accused by the court of being an "enemy of the North Korea". Later, he was placed under house arrest in Kyoto and ordered to be sent home.
The Wuchen War laid the centralized position of Emperor Meiji of Japan, unified Japan, and paved the way for Japan to modernize into the city. Since then, the central government led by Emperor Meiji has been able to free up its hands and make a drastic and comprehensive reform. In just 20 years, Japan finally came out of the darkness of the Middle Ages and strode proudly into the tide of world modernization.
The great achievements of the Meiji Restoration are not only reflected in the rapid development of Japan's economy and military, but also in domestic political reconciliation. Those local forces that were once enemies of the central government saw that the general trend had gone and gave up their original political ideas and devoted themselves to China. In the central government, the whole country was united and formed a joint force for national development.
It was under this*, in the third year of Meiji, the former "Emperor Tobu" North White House was pardoned and went to the Prussian Military Academy for further study. After returning to China, he served as the head of the Guards Division and controlled Japan's most elite troops.
Prince Kitashirakawa Palace gained the trust of Emperor Meiji and became the commander of the Guards Division, which is a symbol of the sincere unity of the Japanese Empire. Emperor Meiji's appointment completely dispelled the idea of those separatists!
Prince Kitashirakawa Palace has once again won the respect of the military and civilians of the country.
However, he knew that Emperor Meiji would never forget that he was once the head of rebels and the illegal "Emperor Tobu".
National reconciliation does not represent family reconciliation!
If he won the Wuchen War that year, what would happen to the current Meiji Emperor?
Prince Kitashirakawa forced himself to forget the war, but he could not force the Meiji Emperor to forget the war!
In the Wuchen War, Kita-Shirakawa Palace was involuntarily. At that time, the shogunate vassals were really strong, and the emperor was just a doll in their hands! When he was pushed to the throne of "Emperor Tobu", he did not enjoy the honor of the emperor, but brought him the shame of being a prisoner! More than 20 years later, the sequelae of that war can no longer be seen in Japan, but they are deeply hidden in the heart of Kitashirakawa Palace and the heart of Emperor Meiji!
Because of this, Kitashirakawa Palace is cautious and dares not be too swaggering, so as not to arouse the emperor's suspicion. During his imprisonment, he fell in love with Buddhism and became a devout Buddhist. Perhaps, only meditation can keep him away from the troubles of the world and those unpredictable political whirlpools.
A messy gunshot interrupted the prayer of Prince Kitashirakawa's Nohhisa: "What's going on?" His eyes did not open.
Bear, a guard stood upright and said, "The gendarmerie executed a group of rebels."
"Rebels?"
"Yes! They refused to obey our army's order to collect military food and refused to hand over military food.
According to the training of the base camp, the Japanese army called all Taiwanese resisters rebels. This is the name of the central government for the local vassals who did not obey the central government during the Wuchen War! Japan has regarded Taiwan as a part of it.
Prince Kitashirakawa Palace sighed that once upon a time, he was also a "rebel"!
Prince Nengjiu of Kita-Shirakawa Palace opened his eyes and looked outside the hall. In the dark sky, there was a fire.
"Where did the fire go?"
"According to the order of Nomu Hidian, the commander of the Southern Army, the gendarmerie is cleaning up the rebels!"
The hall of Guanyin Bodhisattva was filled with a burning smell of flesh and meat, and Prince Nengjiu of Kitashirakawa Palace couldn't help shivering.
The so-called purge is to eradicate the grass. The Southern Army Command ordered all the families of the rebels to be executed, their property confised and their houses burned to deter the local residents. The firelight in the sky is a burning house. The families of the rebels, men and women, old and young, were locked in the house and turned into ashes with the house!
In the Wuchen War, the government forces took such extremely cruel measures against the rebels.
Japanese citizens have always been afraid of the strong, and this deterrent method can often achieve obvious results.
However, in Taiwan, Prince Kitashirakawa's palace is seriously doubtful of the effectiveness of this method!
The war lasted for three months. Whether it is a Taiwanese native or a Hakka, it seems that this cruel method of age is completely numb! The resistance has not weakened, but has become stronger and stronger!
Chinese people deeply influenced by traditional Confucian culture have extremely strong resilience and psychological endurance! Killing is not enough to make them give in! When the man was killed by the Japanese army, those living women and children regarded them as if they were dead! They seem to believe that death is not a pain, but a reunion in another world! The Chinese have extended the concept of home to the underworld, which is the true meaning of death!
It's ridiculous that Nogiori actually thinks that killing can deter the rebels!
After Nogisaki led the second division and the special mixed brigade to land in Taiwan, he became the commander of the Japanese Southern Army in accordance with the order of the base camp. Admiral Yidong Youheng is the full-time governor of Taiwan.
Nomu Xidian was a defeated general in the Qing-Japanese War. When his first brigade left Lushun, it was actually disarmed and did not bring back a single gun!
However, this defeated general was promoted to*, was promoted to the division commander of the Second Division, and then became the commander of the Japanese Southern Army! The reason why the base camp turned black and white so upside down is that he was not responsible for the defeat of Naoki's defeat in Liaodong, but because he had died in the mountain and local governance of Lushun. It was the mountain and local governance that lost Lushun that put the first brigade into a desperate situation. However, the attack of the first brigade in Liaodong was outstanding. One of their brigades defeated the interception of 100,000 troops of the Qing army, which proved that Naimu Xidian had a unique talent!
However, Prince Kitashirakawa's Nohisa knew that the base camp made Nogi Yoshinori the commander of the Southern Army, which was the intention of Emperor Meiji. He intended to suppress Prince Kita Shirakawa's Palace Nohisa!
Nogi is a fanatical advocate of nationalism. He believes that the central government is the only legitimate defender of national interests! Emperor Meiji is his only loyal leader!
At the same time, Nomu Himian is also a believer in the theory of national superiority. He looks down on Chinese people and even Westerners from his bones!
The fiasco in Liaodong has not changed Nai Mu Xidian's view of the Chinese people. In his eyes, Lushun was just an accident, and the Chinese people had good luck.
He is going to restore his reputation in Taiwan!
After Nomu took over the Southern Army, he adopted an iron-blooded policy against the resisters, and the killing of the Japanese army reached the peak! Countless unarmed innocent people have been brutally killed, and this bloody policy is spreading from Taipei to Tainan. His policy seems to have achieved some results, and resistance has been gradually eliminated in northern Taiwan. I haven't heard the gunfire of the resisters for a long time.
However, Prince Kitashirakawa knows that the Taiwanese have buried the seeds of hatred in their hearts! Once the time is ripe, it will rush out like magma!