Chapter 100 The Choice of the Revolutionaries

"The tycoon is upright, and the way of heaven"

The Book of Changes

In modern times, it is undoubtedly a very special existence in Asia. Once upon a time, this country symbolized the enlightenment of Asia and the power of Asian yellow people. He was the only Asian country in Asia that defeated traditional European countries on the battlefield. He was the first country in Asia to learn from the West comprehensively. Similarly, this The country was once the most powerful country in Asia.

Once, yes, but once upon a time, the Meiji 30th New Era made the country strong. Although its strength was based on the "poverty of the people" and the premise of building a strong army in a poor and weak country, no one can deny that after the Meiji 30 years of restoration Since then, this country has become a powerful country in a sense and is valued by the West.

But in the end, after the end of the naval battle in the South China Sea, with the fleet sinking into the South China Sea, the leader of Asia ended like a dream. After that naval battle, the world saw another powerful military force at all costs to ensure the dignity of the country. The lost country has seen the revival of another traditional leader of the East. After the end of the war that changed the fate of the two countries, Asia seems to have returned to the tradition of the past thousands of years. The Westernized and Europeanized Japanese once again turned to China and became China's "ally", at least in a sense, of course. Everyone understands that this kind of "ally" is an "alliance" based on the military deterrence of hundreds of thousands of troops.

In 1912, the 122nd emperor of Japan, the Meiji Emperor who led Japan to become powerful, died with a strong unwillingness and personal humiliation, and the Meiji Emperor had only one son to survive. After the death of Meiji, Jiaren succeeded to the throne as the crown prince, and changed the sentence of "The tycoon is upright, and the way of heaven" was changed to Dazheng, so he entered the "Dazheng era". In the early days of Taisho's succession to the throne, after the Meiji era, the country developed generally steadily. In addition, at the time of the First World War in Europe, many foreign businessmen who were willing to take risks came to Japan to invest, resulting in a prosperous scene of Japan, which made the early stage of Taisho unprecedented prosperity since the Meiji Restoration. The world.

Especially after Japan sent an expeditionary force to Russia, Japan also attracted a large amount of capital investment from Britain and France, as well as huge overseas loans. However, when Japan entered the "prosperity of the past and the future", Taisho, as the emperor, was in a very bad neurological state of encephalopathy. He once rolled up the imperial edict as a telescope in the National Assembly Hall, which was famous for the "telescope event".

In some people's opinion, the "telescope incident" is just a joke of the emperor, but for the intelligence departments of some countries, this is expected. Emperor Taisho did suffer from meningitis in his infancy, but his mental state in his youth was completely sound and he had already recovered. But after ascending the throne, the political axe, especially those elders, expected him to learn the majesty of the Meiji emperor, so that his unrestrained surname was suppressed and his health was also affected. The weak emperor did not conform to the image of a powerful empire, and his childhood encephalopathy caused brain decline. For the emperor, this was not prosperous after all. The world. At the beginning of the Taisho era, the political problems were how to reconcile relations with China, how to promote the expansion of armaments to satisfy the military under the restrictions of security regulations, and more importantly, to take into account its serious financial difficulties. At the same time, it also needed to consider reconciling the contradictions between the pro-China faction and the [***] faction in China.

Like "God's Blessing", just as these contradictions accumulated more and more, the European war broke out, and everything changed accordingly. I have been hoping to break through the Chinese Security Treaty, and finally saw the hope of breaking through the treaty, and with the support of China, it was the mainland. The army began to recruit a large number of young people, and the army expanded at an unprecedented speed. For politicians, what they saw was that despite the rapid expansion of the army, it did not cost much money, because their weapons were provided by China, and the maintenance funds were provided by the Allies, so they The establishment of new divisions has been happily approved one by one. At the same time, it has been plagued the economic and financial difficulties of Japan. Because of the outbreak of the war, the empty prospects of the industrial economy have alleviated the financial crisis, and the industrial economy has also developed rapidly at an unprecedented rate.

The war broke out for only a year and a half, and the Taisho era became "the best period since the Meiji era". The economy is developing rapidly, the military is expanding rapidly, and the finances are unprecedented. It can be said that the Japanese era is full of unprecedented optimism from top to bottom.

Of course, if we put aside the [***] team stationed in Japan, this is undoubtedly an unprecedented good era, but for many people, they can't ignore this factor, but in the state of war, in the environment of great economic development, this contradiction is well covered up, and only a few Some people are thinking about how to get rid of China's "slavery".

"... If you don't have a revolutionary situation today, and you don't have the conditions to inspire the masses and improve their positive surnames. If you give your votes today, you can take them over and organize them well and use them to fight against your enemies, instead of sending those who are afraid of going to prison and grab the easy chair to the parliament to enjoy. Lack of fat. If you deprive you of your votes tomorrow and give you guns and the latest rapid-fire guns, then take over these weapons of slaughter and destruction, and don't listen to the sentimental and depressed people who are afraid of war; for the liberation of the working class, there are many things in the world that have to be destroyed with artillery and knives; if the group The hatred and despair of the masses are increasing. If there is a revolutionary situation, let's start to establish a new organization and use these very favorable weapons of slaughter and destruction against the national political axe and the national bourgeoisie..."

Before he finished reading the article of Comrade Ulyanov, a Lucia revolutionary sent by his comrades in Lucia, there was a knock outside the door. Bei Yihui quickly stood up and opened the door, and then Dachuan Zhou Ming came in.

"Yihuijun, you see, this is the message I just received from Tokyo!"

As soon as Zhou Ming entered the room, he raised an excited voice and shouted.

"What's the matter? "Dachuan!"

Kita Yihui looked at Okawa, who was a little excited. He met Okawa in a "youcun meeting". Okawa graduated from Tokyo Imperial University five years ago. Like many college students in that period, they experienced the fanaticism of winning the Battle of Mahai in middle school, and the subsequent failure of the Battle of the South China Sea. The reality of the capture of the mainland by the Hezhong [***] team deeply hurts their self-esteem. In this case, some of them believe that "no matter how powerful Japan is, as long as China or Chinese orthodoxy, it is impossible for them to challenge China!" As a firm pro-China faction, they advocate "Greater Asianism" and believe that Japan should have contributed their own strength to the liberation and autonomy of Asia under the leadership of China. Of course, Japan will eventually get some rewards.

But there are still some people whose self-esteem is deeply hurt by the cruelty of reality and the humiliation of the country, but their self-confidence has not collapsed. Instead, they have become more determined. They believe that their mission is to win freedom again. And Zhou Ming of Dachuan is such a person.

Inspired by patriotism, they actively contacted Zhishi from all over the country and founded groups such as Youcun Society, Tongying Association, Xingdi Society, Shenwu Society, and Kamifu Association. They praised the fundamentalism, advocated nationalism, advocated revolution, made friends with soldiers, especially lower-level officers, and made friends with politicians, so as to promote the great change of Japan. .

However, after participating in the war, both Dachuan Zhouming and others realized that because of economic development, many of them forgot the "shame of stationing in other countries" for the first time and sang praises for the "prosperity of Dazheng", and even some upper-class people began to advocate the prosperity of today. It's all because I have a solid and powerful friend - China!

This situation only made Dachuan and others frustrated for a while. At this time, Bei Yihui, who advocated "end the humiliation of Japan through a revolution", was unexpectedly sought after by these people. In the past, these people, like others, tried to end everything through political activities, but Bei Yihui kept telling them.

"If you want to be self-reliant, you must eradicate the national thieves internally and strive for national power externally! And revolution is the only way!"

"What a great shame! Yihuijun!"

Zhou Mingyang, who was a little excited, shouted the letter in his hand, and then stuffed the letter to Bei Yihui, a Japanese revolutionary who gradually became a spiritual leader.

"The ambassador to China was dismissed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for supporting Chinese terrorists and revoked his diplomatic passport. Yesterday, he was arrested by the Chinese police at the dock!"

"Oh..."

Bei Yihui, who had not read the letter, just answered softly, and then looked at Dachuan curiously and said.

"Oh, it's Mr. Zhiyi, and it's still my own!"

Close your eyes, Bei Yihui seems to be praying for the good fate.

"If every official, like Mr. Zhiyi, can cherish the motherland, how can he fall into the current situation! There are too few such patriots!"

In addition to sighing, Bei Yihui has taken out the urgent letter from Tokyo from the envelope. This letter must have been sent by the comrades of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In all departments of the cabinet, there are always some of their comrades, which may respond to the sentence: "There is oppression there, and there is resistance there."

However, Bei Yihui did not trust those comrades very much, or he was very disappointed with his revolutionary comrades. The reason was very simple. They really lacked blood. Although there was never a shortage of hot-blooded people, compared with those revolutionary comrades in China, they were stabbed with a knife at most. A pro-China official died. He did not die as generously as Chinese comrades.

Thinking so, Bei Yihui has turned his eyes to the letter.

"That's great!"

Suddenly, Bei Yihui, who was looking at the letter, shouted. At this time, his face was slightly red, and he was obviously extremely excited.

"Great, Yihui, are you confused?"

Okawa Zhou Ming shouted with some dissatisfaction.

"Dachuan, look here, the Chinese asked the emperor to go to China to apologize. Is there anything better than this?"

When mentioning this matter, Bei Yihui looked very excited.

"What, is this a good thing?"

Dachuan Zhou Ming's eyes suddenly opened and looked at Bei Yihui in surprise. Was he confused?

"The emperor is a symbol of the Japanese book. Let the emperor apologize to China and lay a wreath for the dead. How can such a great shame be a good thing!"

"Look..."

For Dachuan Zhou Ming's anger and dissatisfaction in his words, Bei Yihui seemed not to see it. He pointed to Dachuan with a smile and said.

"Look, you're angry now, aren't you!"

"Hmm..."

With a sound of Chen Ying, Dachuan Zhou Ming's own Chen Ying expressed his dissatisfaction.

"It's annoying, isn't it!"

In the confusion of Dachuan Zhouming, Bei Yihui continued to say.

"Now you, after getting this news, your whole body is shrouded in unprecedented anger. In your opinion, you have suffered an unprecedented national shame. The god-like emperor actually wants to apologize to the Chinese people, and also has to lay wreaths and bow to those Chinese people, but I'm afraid he still has patriotism. I can accept this, my comrade..."

Lengthen the voice, but Bei Yihui said with a happy face.

"For Japanese, this may be an extremely tragic thing. For Japanese, it may be a shame, but for us, this is a good thing. We even have to thank the Chinese!"

At this time, there seemed to be no organized surname in Bei Yihui's words, but looking at Bei Yihui's appearance, Dachuan Zhouming's expression became solemn. He knew that Bei Yihui would never speak wildly. Maybe he really made sense for him to say so.

"Haha, I really want to thank the Chinese people! The behavior of the Chinese people brought great benefits to Japan, making it possible for the Japanese people to seize power for the first time. Without their persecution, it is impossible for us to seize power or gain the broad support of the people. You know this!"

"My comrade, can you imagine what kind of change will happen tomorrow when the news spreads out?"

Looking at Dachuan Zhouming excitedly, Bei Yihui took a deep breath of smoke. His eyes were shining, but the light was a kind of joy, a kind of spiritual excitement from his heart.

"Tomorrow, the whole person will fall into an unprecedented sadness and indignation. Every person will feel that he has been humiliated. Maybe some people will commit suicide by caesarean section, because they can't stop the emperor from being humiliated. No matter what they die like that, why do they care about them? The land of Japan is so small that it won't be anything without these people, but we should take advantage of their emotions, their... um, patriotism!"

Taking a deep cigarette again, until it was about to burn, Bei Yihui pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, and then explained excitedly.

"Yes, it's patriotism. In this matter, we should make full use of everyone's patriotism. Those who are extremely loyal to the emperor will have a Caesarean section. Well, they are to protest against China's humiliation, and they have to go to universities and high schools to incite those students and encourage them to leave. Petition to the streets and political axes. Yes, we should also attack those pro-China officials, which can beat them and even kill them. Of course, we can also set fire to their homes. Yes, we should also smash Chinese enterprises in Japan. I believe that if we do this, there will be a lot of gang members mixed in it, and they will do it. What's more, of course, we should encourage these gangsters. In short, the patriots are innocent. But once they fall into this patriotic carnival, in the face of such disorder, the political axe is likely to send the police,"

For a moment of meditation, Bei Yihui's eyes lit up.

"We should provoke the police or soldiers to shoot at us. If they shoot the people, everything will change. We can reveal in the leaflet that this political axe is the colonial political axe of the Chinese people. They are the spokespersons of the Chinese colonial rule in Japan. Moreover, we can call for the overthrow of this. "Political axe!"

At this time, Dachuan Zhouming was completely stunned by Bei Yihui's words. To be precise, he was surprised. It was hard for him to believe that a thing that it was obviously a great shame for the Japanese, but here in Bei Yihui, it became the "revolutionary fuse" and even "extremely beneficial" to the Japanese.

"Yes, we are going to inform the press of this news. At the same time, we need our members to take action in various middle schools and universities. We are going to organize a large-scale protest march. We are going to organize 10,000 people to Tokyo and submit a petition to the Congress, asking the Congress to refuse the request of the Chinese people. Well, on the first day, The next day we arrived in Tokyo, we held a demonstration on the street. The next day, we were going to destroy the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the second was to destroy the parliament. The parliament will definitely not approve our petition, so we should be able to beat them. Finally, if the situation is possible at that time, we will temporarily decide whether to destroy the Prime Minister's official residence!"

"Yihui, should we organize people to protest against the Chinese garrison?"

Dachuan's words were only exchanged for Bei Yihui's white eyes, "My comrade, do you want the [***] team to interfere in the march and then strangle the revolution in the bud? Why protest to China? We are just protesting against the incompetent political axe!"

In Dachuan's surprise, Bei Yihui still didn't say enough.

"Now, don't talk about the patriotic theory in the past, and don't talk about great shame. The Chinese asked the emperor to apologize and make amends, which can also be said to be a good thing and helped us a lot. They did this, but it also helped us. Under the pressure of the Chinese people, I feel that I have suffered great humiliation and wake up to millions and tens of millions of people. They will eventually become our supporters, our comrades, and even many of the workers and brothers of the expeditionary force, will also become our support.

(to be continued)