Chapter 89 Fury

The rise of Europe is not so much the superiority of white people as a continent with many people with similar abilities. They have established their own countries, imitated each other, influenced each other, mixed blood with each other, and fought with each other. In this way, the result of each other finally made their power surpass that of the world. The nation.

If the French invented the pulley, the Spaniards immediately imitated it. After Spain invented the sailboat suitable for ocean navigation, the British also built the same ship. Britain broke out the industrial revolution and was immediately accepted by other countries in Europe. Those countries on the European continent, after hundreds of years of struggle, they clearly Bai, any step slower is in danger of national subjugation.

When Europeans continue to develop in order to survive, when Europe uses the history of war to expand the strength of countries to compete for colonies, the "human civilization" of Europe has developed.

But China, which is far away in Asia, has lagged behind. Under the rule of the alien race, he not only compladened himself, but even regressed. The final so-called "peace and prosperity" under the rule of the other race brought about a comprehensive regression of the whole country in culture, science and technology, and even personal civilization. It once led the world for thousands of years and created The most developed civilized nation in the world has been reduced to "half a Tatar".

The Far East, which has been influenced by Chinese civilization for thousands of years, has also become a European colony after losing its source of influence. There are only three reading countries in Asia, China, Japan and Siam. After experiencing the black ship incident, in the face of the strength of Europe and the United States, it immediately abandoned the civilization learned from China. Turning to Europe and the United States, after more than 30 years of reform, the "Meiji Japanese" is gradually changing from a poor and weak country to a small and strong country through the change of monkey learning style.

And this small and strong country, a year ago, proved his ability to the world by attacking Russia, a traditional European power. He has completed the evolution of the prey in the mouth of the great powers to the beast that bites the prey. The victory on the battlefield made the poor people of this country shout in ragged clothes. Long live.

The glory of the empire! The glory of the people!

What an intoxicating thing this is!

On May 13, 1905, everything changed.

On this day, tens of thousands of newsboys were shouting on the street with copper bells in their hands. They needed three cents to buy the extras. Today, they became free, flying palm-sized pieces of paper accompanied by the shouts of the newsboys, who were robbed crazily on the streets of every city in Japan.

"Walth the power and humiliate the country! Taiwan returns to China!"

In people's shock and anger, anger shrouded the wasteland of Tokyo Bay, a city known as the "heart of the Japanese Empire". The white column of smoke from the top of the towering chimneys of suburban power stations and factories is faintly visible under the clear sky. At noon, the white paper and red plastered sun flags protruding from many windows of the buildings in the city, and more families hung white funeral flags.

Shame!

At this time, Tokyo, no! Even the whole Japanese is immersed in an unprecedented shame. This shame is by no means the glory of the "black ship attack" that led the founding of the country half a century ago. The angry person can be seen everywhere on the street. They waved the flag in their hands and shouted as hard.

And there are only two words in the shouting... Shame!

Yubigu Park, located in the center of the city, is the first Western-style park in Japan. This park has witnessed the "kaiization" of Japan in my eyes.

At this time, there was a silence in the Biya Park. The spring park was full of people gathered here in Tokyo. The park did not look chaotic because of the gathering of so many citizens. On the contrary, it was extremely quiet. There was a look of humiliation on my face at this time, and there were tears in people's eyes. The National Assembly was spontaneously held here. No one gathered, no one shouted, only anger at the humiliation suffered by the empire.

"... Shame! We beat Lucia! But today I'm going to cede Taiwan to China! Responsibility! Can we be silent in the face of responsibility? In the face of boundless grief and indignation, can the people be silent? Of course, we can't be silent. We spent so much money to defeat Lucia. The despicable Chinese secretly attacked the ministers but chose to cede the land humiliatingly. In order to defeat Lu [***], we killed so many people. Is that all? The despicable and shameless Chinese chose to make a sneak attack. Not only did they steal it, but we killed so many people who took Manchuria from the Lu people. They cut off Taiwan. They are invading! Can it end like this? ...At this moment! Can we continue to be silent?"

With the speech of an old man standing on the fountain pool, the atmosphere of the people in the valley park was excited to the highest point, and the anger that had been suppressed in people's hearts was ignited in an instant.

So, the citizens who refused to be silent immediately shouted a heartfelt slogan.

"Declare war on China! The Manchurian army is always attacking!"

"Stop the war against the country, severely punish the bad!"

"Cut off Ito's head to comfort the people! ......"

"The navy is always attacking, flattening Nanjing from the map!"

Angry people are irrational. They may understand that all this will take a long time to wait. Obviously, it is not suitable for venting their anger.

"Burn the official residences of the ministers together!"

He said that he really didn't dare to burn the minister's official residence. Don't you dare to burn the minister's official residence? Don't you dare to burn foreigners?

Just then, suddenly a sounded.

"Go to the China Embassy! Burn down the China Embassy! Kill the Chinese ambassador!"

With this shout, the angry crowd seemed to have found the target. People walked out of the park one after another. Some ronin dressed up said that they were in the front. The angry crowd walked and gathered in the street, and their shouts resounded throughout the streets of Tokyo.

"Burn a China embassy!"

It seems that this is the only way for them to vent their anger! At least until Hirofumi Ito returned to China, this seemed to be their only choice.

But when they arrived at the Chinese Embassy in Japan, they saw that there was a team of "Imperial Army" with at least one squadron of live ammunition outside the embassy. There was a bayonet on the head of the Type 30 rifle in their hands, and the bayonet flashed in the sun.

"It's Lord Zhentai!"

Almost as soon as I saw the soldiers sent by the Guards Division outside the Chinese Embassy, the angry crowd suddenly calmed down, and the turbulent people seemed to have slowly calmed down. For me, their bones were subordinate to authority, and even these ordinary soldiers were enough to make them afraid.

And these soldiers are the soldiers of the emperor's guard division sent by Katsura Taro before Ito signed the Joint Communique. They are the emperor's guard. Even if the people are angry, they dare not attack them. At this time, neither Katsura Taro nor the army wants to In case of an angry citizen who really rushes into the Chinese embassy, the joint communiqué may become a piece of waste paper.

"What should I do? Is there a Lord Zhentai?

The soldiers outside the embassy made these officials who did not dare to burn the minister's residence, so the person who came to burn the Chinese embassy became hesitant. Except for throwing stones and bricks at the embassy, it seemed that there was no other way, and the Chinese embassy seemed to be ready for a long time, and there were wooden boards outside their windows. .

"Cunning China!"

The stone thrower said that after watching the stones that crossed the Lord Zhentai were bounced off by the board, I began to curse loudly. If it hadn't been for the Lord Zhentai there, maybe they would have rushed in, but the problem is that now the Lord Zhentai is standing outside the gate, holding a gun and a bayonet. Who dares it?

"The foresight!"

Listening to the thud from the window, Cai Jun secretly shouted a fluke in his heart. In the past, he was a minister in the Qing Dynasty, but now he is the ambassador of the empire in the government. Cai Jun, who is now the ambassador of the empire, knows him very well. Almost after the outbreak of the northeast conflict, he ordered to close the doors and windows with wooden boards, and even in the yard of the embassy. Two fire pools were dug, just in case.

"Qingping, is there enough grain and noodles in the restaurant?"

"Ambassador, it's enough to eat for half a month!"

"That's good, that's good. It's half a month. It is estimated that the wind will subside. In this half month, people in the museum are not allowed to go out."

Cai Jun told him, and then he looked through the wooden board at the six rows of soldiers outside the embassy door, jumping and jumping, and couldn't help but be happy.

"The dog's little nose, you also have today!"

With such a beautiful heart, Cai Jun couldn't help humming the Beijing opera. From now on, he can be able to raise his neck in front of the book.

"It's the threat of the Americans. If we don't stop fighting, we won't give us a loan!"

In the crowd, you don't know who is shouting there. What they are shouting is indeed the truth. President Roosevelt was first a middleman for Lucy Adam, and now he is a middleman for China. He often threatens with loans. This is not news.

"Go! Go to the U.S. Embassy!"

With a roar, the originally surging crowd rushed to the U.S. Embassy, where there should be no protection from Lord Zhentai! Just ten minutes later, countless angry people surrounded the U.S. Embassy. Except for a few policemen, there was no Lord Zhentai outside the U.S. Embassy.

Ask it to cover up the Chinese secretly, and everyone throws stones at them.

With people's shouts and curses, the paving stones like raindrops were thrown at the embassy in an instant. The original beautiful doors and windows of the U.S. Embassy suddenly changed, and even the U.S. ambassador who went out to persuaded them was knocked to the ground by a flying brick. Thanks to the desperate rescue of several American soldiers, He dragged him back to the embassy.

The unprecedented victory made these "patriotic" citizens excited. After shooting the U.S. ambassador, the task was over. What should we do next?

When the citizens shrouded in victory were thinking about whether to go back and continue throwing stones at the Chinese embassy, a majestic European church appeared in their sight.

"The Church of the Westerners!"

"The Red Cross of Westerners donates to China!"

In anger, it is difficult for people to maintain their sanity. "The church is full of Western ghosts and animals!" In anger, I said that I directly burned the church. It was all fucking "Western ghosts and beasts". He hit his head and didn't listen. He didn't dare to burn the minister's official residence just now. Now he dares, so the official residence of the Minister of the Interior was burned down. Even the National News Agency, which thought that "returning Taiwan to China is beneficial to the future of China and the two countries", was also burned.

When the police were sent to maintain order, as soon as the angry people saw the police to stop them, their anger was full of their hearts, and their anger burned even more!

Damn it, why are there so many traitors in Japan? Do the police dare to protect the traitors? Do you dare to suppress everyone's patriotic behavior?

Even the police station burned together!

"Oh, I really don't know how long the anger of the people will last!"

Taro Katsura, who was sitting on the tatami in a kimono, took a sip of sake and said to Shoutaro Komura in front of him. Although the burning incident in Biya is really annoying, what can I do? Although martial law has been made, it is always understandable for the people to vent their indignation.

Now what he is most worried about is how long the anger of the people will last. Any slightly rational minister knows what the consequences of returning Taiwan to China will bring, but now they can't accept this harsh condition put forward by the Chinese.

"In a few days, you will calm down. Your Excellency, you know me. They are just a moment of anger, and..."

Shoutaro Komura continued with a worried face.

"Their anger will only last for a few days! What's more, rational people all know that the problem now is that if we don't return to Taiwan, the Chinese can starve the Manchurian army to death. Only those fools will believe that we can defeat the Chinese when we defeat Lucia!"

Nodded, but Katsura Taro didn't say anything. How could he not be clear about the small village's words? But it's one thing to be clear, and the truth is another. The anger of the people is something he can't help but consider.

"Now I'm really worried about Ito's safety! I'm thinking, if Ito returns to China, will he..."

Kura Taro's voice is not loud, but anyone can hear a trace of uncertainty in his tone.

"His Excellency Prime Minister, the era of President Ito is over!"

Shoutaro Komura's voice was not loud, but with a trace of coldness, he continued with a glass.

"I believe that when President Ito signed the joint communiqué, he had already predicted what was waiting for him. Perhaps this is the greatness of President Ito. He knew that his era and mission were over, so he took this responsibility and signed the joint communiqué. In the end, if the people were angry By the way, it is better to attribute all the anger to one person than to the whole political axe! What do you think? Your Excellency the Prime Minister!"

Politics has always been the dirtiest thing in the world. In this industry, any kind-heartedness can never be tolerated, and the village just says something more bluntly.

"Maybe there will be a second Otsu incident!"

Kei Taro inadvertently put forward the old story more than a decade ago, which was on May 11, 1891. At that time, the Russian crown prince Nicholas was visiting Japan, and the police patrol Tsuda Sanzo in Otsu City, Shiga County suddenly appeared to assassinate the attempted murder of the crown prince. And this incident can be said to have laid the best foundation for this war. Nicholas, who vowed to break the neck of the "barbaric macaque", said that Russian relations had turned sharply since he succeeded the tsar.

A small incident affected the fate of the two empires. When Katsura Taro said this, the most fundamental reason was to worry about whether the so-called "patriots" he might do to Hirofumi Ito would affect the fate of Japan.

As for Ito's fate, he can't care about it. This may be Ito's last "contribution" to Japan.

"Your Excellency, do you think it is possible for us to avoid his war with the Chinese people?"

Komura Shoutaro asked back. He didn't wait for Taro Katsura to speak, and he continued to talk.

"Since we are forced by reality and choose to compromise with the Chinese and return them to Taiwan, the war between Japan and China cannot be avoided. Although this war, Luguo is our number one enemy, but after defeating Luguo, after the signing of the peace treaty, if the navy and army still have the strength of the war, then, under the pressure of the people Next, we are bound to find a way to go to war with China! This may be the reason why President Ito did not insist that China redeemed Taiwan's assets. The conflict of assets in Taiwan will be the reason for us to declare war on China. At that time, I'm afraid that Britain and the United States will not be able to stop our revenge!"

Taro Katsura nodded, but did not deny that he ceded Taiwan to China. The political axe was not satisfied, the army was not satisfied, and the people were even more dissatisfied. In short, no one was satisfied. Even the staff headquarters had begun to formulate a plan to attack Taiwan after the truce with Lu Guo, so that the team in China [***] was not stable in Taiwan. At that time, Taiwan was re-occupied.

At that time, the fleet can be completely defeated [***], and the army can easily defeat the Chinese army on the island of Taiwan without any backup. Peace? Perhaps only after China has to pay another 200 million taels of compensation and cede another piece of land can there be peace between the two countries.

"Sir, I very much agree with the plan of the military department. China's fiscal revenue is several times that of Japan. First, if they have a navy that is not inferior to Japan, it will undoubtedly increase the risk of future operations against China, so the best time is to completely defeat them at all costs when their navy is weak..." < /P>

"But..."

After interrupting Shoutaro Komura's words, Taro Katsura put forward his own burden. The army became a tired division in this war, allowing the Chinese to pick up a bargain, but the navy is different from that the navy is far from comparable to the Chinese navy.

"If there is a war, you need money. Now you have no money!"

Money is the foundation to support the progress of the war. Without money, the war cannot continue, but there is no money.

"Then look forward to the navy's beating [***] badly. In that case, if Britain and the United States want Japan to make a truce, they must give us a payment. At that time, we will use this loan to carry out this war. If we gain an advantage, the loan will naturally come, so the money is not It's worth worrying!"

"Oh, I'm afraid that's the only way. By the way, I heard that the Chinese ordered their fleet to return home?"

"Yes, sir, the three ships Zhenhai and Hairong returned to China. It is said that they will return to Suras after the renovation is completed, but you understand that they came back to escort the landing fleet."

(to be continued)