Chapter 236: Fame and fortune

At the same time, Japan opened the domestic market to Taiwan and North Korea. Under the escort of Zhang Jun's warship, agricultural products, fisheries and forestry products in the two places can enter the Japanese market. The two places have obtained a large amount of export revenue from Japan, and the living standards of the people in the two places have begun to improve significantly.

Of course, Japanese geisha have also entered Taiwan and North Korea. These Japanese geisha have made the people of the two places full of novelty. Of course, they also sent them a lot of money. These geisha have a lot of income and have also brought a large amount of overseas income to Japan. This money has slightly improved the Japanese economy on the verge of collapse and improved people's lives.

After New Year's Day, the Lunar New Year is approaching,

Hirofumi Ito and Mitsuomi Kamio and his entourage are about to return home, and Zhou Charter held a grand farewell dinner for the Japanese delegation at the Governor-General's Office. At the dinner, Zhou Charter prepared a thick New Year gift for each of the Japanese negotiation delegation, mainly Taiwan's local specialties, including Hualian jade, which Taiwanese are proud of.

The crystal mellow Hualian jade made the Japanese love it. Since then, Hualian jade has been introduced to Japan and become an important export revenue for Taiwan.

Hirofumi Ito and Zhou Charter have been together for more than 20 days. His impression of Zhou Charter gradually transitioned from a martial man to a Confucian. Zhou Charter is 40 years younger than Hirofumi Ito. However, Hirofumi Ito was surprised to find that the political literacy and vision of this young man are no less than his 60-year-old veteran politician, and Zhou Charter's open-mindedness and vision are far from his comparison. In the eyes of the world, Zhou Charter is a true warlord, but the height of the warlord even exceeds that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which represents the central government of China. He is not a biased person, but a defender of national unity. In safeguarding China's rights and unity, this separatist has even done better than the central government!

Ito Hirofumi is full of respect for Zhou Charter. Previously, in the mind of Hirofumi Ito, there was only one Li Hongzhang in the Qing Dynasty who could be called a politician, but now, Zhou Charter, a young man who was not yet standing, has surpassed Li Hongzhang. This is the victory of the Zhou Charter, and in turn, this is also China's luck. Hirofumi Ito believes that a country that can produce great politicians is by no means a country that can be despised! During the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan's contempt for the Qing Dynasty was a kind of ignorance, which led to Japan's fiasco!

Ito Hirofumi and Zhou Charter became a pair of forgetful friends.

Two days later, Hirofumi Ito led a delegation back to China.

Under the advocacy of Hirofumi Ito and under the great pressure of Zhang Jun, Emperor Meiji authorized the cabinet to completely transform the Japanese government. All the screamers of the war were removed from the Japanese government, and the literati cabinet was given greater powers, including the final accounts of the war, and the emperor's power was further weakened.

represents the military headquarters of the highest command organization of the Japanese army. Its chief officer, that is, the military command minister, is appointed by Mitsutomi Kamio. Kamio Mitsuomi originally planned to completely withdraw from politics and military circles and return to the mountains and forests. However, at the request of Hirofumi Ito and the encouragement of Zhou Charter, Kamio Mitsuomi was no longer embarrassed to stay out of the matter.

Shenwei Guangchen is a defeated general of Zhou Charter, but he is also a friend of Zhou Charter. The two were once enemies on the battlefield and old friends who forgot each other in the world. This kind of friendship is unclear, but it is often more profound than the feelings of comrades-in-arms!

Promoted by Hirofumi Ito and Mitsuomi Kamio, Japan adopted a peace policy, and the military department became a subordinate body of the cabinet, rather than a parallel institution with the cabinet before the war.

At the same time, Japan's standing army has been reduced from seven divisions to three divisions. The Japanese navy has been completely destroyed. As a maritime country, it is impossible without a navy. However, the existence of Zhang Jun in Ryukyu provides Japan with maritime defense. At least in the next 30 years, Japan will not have to worry about coming from the sea. On the attack. Therefore, in the future Japanese defense outline, for the navy, it only lists an offshore defense plan, in which the total tonnage of Japanese naval ships is controlled at 30,000 tons, which means that it is impossible for Japan to build or buy large ocean warships.

A large number of disarmament and the military budget have been greatly cut, which greatly reduces the financial burden of the Japanese government. Hirofumi Ito was freed to concentrate on the development of the domestic economy. Two years later, Japan's people's living standards gradually returned to the pre-war level. The rapid economic growth and the improvement of people's living standards made Japanese citizens recognize Ito Hirofumi's peaceful construction policy. More importantly, they recognized Zhang Jun's existence in Ryukyu. Japanese citizens realized that a strong Zhang Jun is It is in line with Japan's interests. Those nationalists who were originally resistant to Zhang's occupation of Ryukyu also gradually changed their positions and supported the Ito Hirofumi government. The remaining few extremists also lost the support of the people and could only hide in empty places and feel sorry for themselves.

Press Hirofumi Ito.

After returning to China, Zhang Menghuan and Sheng Xuanhuai are also preparing to return to Beijing. The two people's trip to Taiwan can be said to be both fame and fortune.

The joint statement reached by Zhou Charter and Hirofumi Ito made the Chinese people raise their eyebrows. Zhang Menghuan and Sheng Xuanhuai, as deputy envoys to the negotiation, are two sauces. However, in the eyes of ordinary people, they are also the heroes of negotiation. Originally, in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, the reputation of these two people was actually not very good. Zhang Menghuan was mean and an old fox in officialdom. He met the left and right between the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu, and people on both sides complained about him. Sheng Xuanhuai's reputation is even worse. This man is a good businessman and a leading industrialist in the Qing Dynasty, but his hands and feet are not clean. Whether it is a steel factory, a railway, a postal service or a shipping, he has come to pluck his hair. Sheng Xuanhuai has indeed done a lot of practical things for the Qing Dynasty, but he has also been pocketed himself. Make a lot of money.

Now, the two assisted Zhou Charter and won a great victory in the negotiations. The two suddenly became national heroes, and those who complained about the two people had to shut up.

The two have gained a good reputation, and Zhou Charter has also given these two practical benefits. Of course, all the expenses of the two in Taiwan, including the money for drinking wine, were paid by Zhou Charter. In addition, each person got 50,000 taels of cash and countless precious specialties. In fact, these two did nothing, but they got great benefits. Therefore, they were extremely grateful to Zhou Charter and regarded Zhou Charter as saints.

After the negotiations, the two planned to return to Beijing immediately. Zhou Charter tried their best to retain them, and the two were also happy to enjoy life in Taiwan. In this way, they were in Taipei for more than ten days and night singing all day and night. It was almost the end of the year. It was not until the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month that they were ready to get up.

Zhou Charter held another banquet at the governor's mansion and served the two imperial ministers. Taiwan's military and political officials were all present. Zhang Menghuan and Sheng Xuanhuai had long been familiar with Liu Yongfu, Luo Mingfang, Wu Peifu and Naha. Everyone was not restrained and drank bitterly. After the banquet, Wu Peifu and Naha five pulled two more. The imperial envoy ran to Taipei's most prestigious flower tasting house to drink flower wine. Many of the girls there were from Tokyo, Japan, with a unique flavor.

Nahawu and Wu Peifu, after accompanying the two imperial envoys in the Pinhualou, it was already late at night. The two imperial envoys were relaxed and happy. They laughed all the way back to the residence of the governor's government.

Zhang Menghuan returned to her room and fell asleep. Sheng Xuanhuai also felt tired and hurried back to his room. There were servants waiting in front of the door. Seeing Sheng Xuanhuai, he bowed and pushed open the door: "Grand man is back, please."

Sheng Xuanhuai waved his hand, took out a few taels of silver from his waist bag, threw it to his subordinates, stepped in, stretched out, stretched out halfway, and suddenly stopped.

I saw Zhou Charter sitting at the Eight Immortals table, holding tea in one hand and a booklet in the other, tasting tea and reading. Shannian stood respectfully behind Zhou Charter and saw Sheng Xuanhuai and bowed to Sheng Xuanhuai. However, he waved his hand and motioned Sheng Xuanhuai to whisper and not to disturb Zhou Charter's reading.

Sheng Xuanhuai's current official title is the Minister of Posts. Although his grade is slightly lower than Zhou's charter, he is an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court. According to reason, Zhou's imperial envoy should get up to salute Sheng Xuanhuai first. However, these days, Sheng Xuanhuai has been very clever. He has long recognized Zhou Charter's position as the supreme in Taiwan. He dares not make a big deal in front of Zhou Charter at all. Every time, he salutes first.

Therefore, when he saw Zhou Charter holding this book, he was fascinated and dared not disturb him, so he had to stand up.

Zhou Charter stared at the brochure in his hand, frowned and his face was very cold. Suddenly, he threw the teacup in his hand fiercely and shouted: "What nonsense is this! It's just a trap! That's too much! I don't believe how my officials in the Qing Dynasty can do such corrupt things! Grand Year, where did you come from?"

Grand Year hurriedly knelt down in front of Zhou Charter: "Your Excellency, the humble position is also heard from others..."

"Nonsense!" Zhou Charter said angrily, "The hearsay is going to kill people, your uncle..." Zhou Charter raised his head and saw Sheng Xuanhuai. He hurriedly put down the book in his hand and got up to bow to Sheng Xuanhuai: "When did Shanshan people come back? I didn't pay attention to it at the next moment. It's rude."

Sheng Xuanhuai hurriedly returned the salute: "Where, where, Governor Zhou visited, and the subordinate officials missed the welcome, which is the salute. Governor Zhou, I don't know why he is so angry?"

Zhou Charter hurriedly put the brochure in his hand into his sleeve and said with a smile, "It's not a big deal. It's all gossip. Oh, Shannian, get up quickly. Your uncle is here, and you won't pour tea for your cousin."

Shannian stood up and made tea for Sheng Xuanhuai.

Zhou Charter pointed to the chair next to the Eight Immortals Table: "Please sit down. Tonight, it's very abrupt. However, there is one thing that has been holding back for more than 20 days and has been embarrassed to speak. Tomorrow, Shanda people will leave for Beijing. If you don't talk about it again, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future. Therefore, please take the liberty to come here and ask for your forgiveness.