Kyoto is a very elegant city, and Kyoto is also the most Chinese-speaking city in the whole of Japan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe sun is shining brightly in June, making the city look more Japanese. However, it won't be long before the rainy season begins, so the people of Kyoto are busy walking through the streets full of kanji signs to prepare for the rainy season.

"His Majesty the Emperor of China emphasized that the policy of public ownership of land ownership must not be shaken......"

In his mansion in Kyoto, Hirobumi Ito was writing while his secretary read him a newspaper. Hearing the news, Ito Hirobumi stopped the pen in his hand and said quite unhappily: "Hmph! The Edo Daily knew all day long about touting China. ”

Although Hokkaido was the place where the remnants of the shogunate restarted, after regaining Edo and settling in Edo, the Hokkaido government was officially renamed the "Edo Government of Japan".

As the official newspaper of the Edo government, the headlines on the front page of the Edo Ilbo were naturally the policy direction of the Edo government. The Meiji government, which was an enemy of the Edo government, also had to pay attention to the news of the Edo Daily, for example, Hirobumi Ito, who is now a member of the cabinet, had his secretary read the Edo Daily every day.

After scolding the contents of the Edo Daily, Ito Hirobumi still felt a little unpleasant, and he picked up his pen and wrote on paper: Edo Daily, nonsense!

The remark was plagiarized by Hirobumi Ito, and a Chinese newspaper called the Global Times was the first to use it when it scolded The Times. Later, when other newspapers scolded the "Global Times" for being a capitalist and lacking lackey qualifications, they changed their faces, and it became 'Global Times, nonsense'. Because the pronunciation rhymes, the tone is subdued and frustrated. Soon it was used heavily in newspaper scolding. Swearing is probably the most common human language, and Ito Hirofumi also knows Chinese, so he immediately felt good about it and began to use it regularly.

The reason why Ito Hirobumi was so excited was that the Meiji government hated the state ownership of land. Those remnants of the shogunate were able to turn over, although they relied on the support of the Chinese, but the remnants of the shogunate jumped over the wall and chose the state ownership of land, which solved the fundamental problems plaguing Japan from the system.

Because of this news, Ito Hirobumi completely lost interest in listening to the newspaper. He waved to the secretary, "Put the newspaper down." ”

The secretary hurriedly put down the newspaper and helped Ito Hirofumi clean up his writing. He said as he cleaned up: "Your Excellency, there is an army composed of the best samurai in Kansai, and the traitors in Kanto can't stop it by relying on crooked ways. ”

Ito Hirobumi did not make any comment on this, China has been engaged in land state ownership for decades, and the remnants of the shogunate have been engaged in land state ownership for 20 years. The theory of the state ownership of land has long been a peerless secret. Anyone who is willing to use land as a means of production can understand that state ownership of land means that the state can directly collect grain and soldiers from agricultural laborers. Although the state ownership of land had to give the people an equal status, these equal people also gave great feedback to the regime.

As soon as I finished packing up the things for practicing calligraphy, Ito Hirobumi's house came to have guests. The guest was European, or rather British. There were quite a few British in Kansai, and Kanto had previously arrested a group of Britons who had instigated Japan to send people to assassinate Weizer, so there was obviously a more vigilant look on the face of this British officer. He carefully ordered the guards who remained outside the door to be vigilant and not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

When he and Ito sat down in the living room, the British representative asked cheerfully: "Your Excellency, do you know how much money the Hokkaido government earns from China by exporting labor?" ”

Hirobumi Ito knew that China was fully committed to developing North America, and the nearest shipping route to the port of Vancouver in North America would pass through Hakodate. The replenishment of water and supplies in Hakodate made the port of Hakodate almost a money printing machine for the remnants of the shogunate. So Hirobumi Ito asked, "Are you referring to the port service?" ”

The representative of Britain shook his head, "Your Excellency, I am referring to the export of labour. Just like the Japanese who are now hired by the Chinese to work in North America. ”

Ito Hirobumi didn't know what to say for the time being, as Japan's population was around 40 million, and the civil war was about half on both sides. The Edo government, with a population of 20 million, provided about 900,000 laborers to China, which meant that one-tenth of the Edo government's citizens and one-third of the adults were sent to North America.

After receiving this information, the Meiji government did consider launching an attack on the under-armed Edo government in the form of a surprise attack. However, just before the outbreak of war, the Chinese Grand Fleet made a stroll around the coastal areas of Japan. In addition to such threats, the Chinese government also sent personnel to the door to warn the Japanese Meiji government to "not destroy the peace."

I see an opportunity, but I can't make any use of it. When Hirofumi Ito thought of this question, he just wanted to scold: "Niang Xipi, imperialism!" ”

"As far as I know, Chinese pay these Japanese 4,000 to 6,000 yuan a year......," the British envoy began, saying what he wanted to say.

Ito Hirobumi sneered in his heart, there were 900,000 Japanese sent to North America, and the Meiji government certainly wouldn't have no intelligence officers in it. According to the information introduced by the intelligence officers, the salary given by the Chinese is 10,000 yuan per person. The Edo government deducted half of it, and every Japanese who went to North America could get 5,000 yuan. This money was distributed to the Edo people by the Chinese bank in the Edo government, so under the Edo government, almost all the Japanese people were willing to go to North America to serve the Chinese.

The Japanese who went out to work no longer ate and drank from their homes, and they were able to provide their families with enough hard currency to buy two kilograms of silver every year. This is already a terrifying income for the poor Japanese. The few 'migrants' who had to leave North America and return to Japan due to an accident brought back not only a year's income, but also the booty they had received in North America. Although it is not a small amount, it is a lot of income for Japanese people. This money is enough for the previous singles to marry wives, and even for the singles to take their wives to live in the city.

“…… Your Excellency, we are willing to pay 3,000 RMB per year to hire Japanese to work in Africa. I don't know if you want to? The British representative was direct about the purpose of the trip.

"I need to discuss this with someone." Hirofumi Ito replied immediately.

"If you have any concerns, please bring them all up and I will answer them." This was stated by the representative of the United Kingdom.

Looking at the anxious look on the face of the British representative, Ito Hirobumi was even more unhappy in his heart. The Kansai samurai have been playing the role of scavengers in the South China Sea for the past two hundred years, first creating uninhabited islands for the spice-growing Portuguese, and later helping the whites kill the whites. After the rise of China, the scale of the work has increased. If you solve a native in the mode of killing and burying, you can get a reward of one tael of silver, and the Satsuma samurai earned more than seven million taels of silver in ten years. Even now, almost a decade later, the Satsuma samurai are full of praise for the commercial credit of the Chinese.

"I don't know much about Africa, so I don't have any doubts, but I don't know anything about the whole proposal." Hirobumi Ito explained.

Seeing off the disappointed British delegates, Ito asked the secretary to prepare the carriage. Sure enough, when he arrived at the cabinet, he heard a kind of cabinet members discussing this issue. The British did not send only one emissary, let alone Ito Hirobumi alone.

"3,000 RMB, are they going to play Huazi?" There are friends in Shanxian County, whose voices are gloomy and compassionate, and they are all dissatisfied in the middle.

"The traitor government got 5,000 dollars, and these Britons underestimated us too much." People who support friends in the county have expressed their positions.

"I can't trust the British." Masaki Terauchi expressed his attitude even more bluntly.

No one responded this time, but many people were nodding slightly. It can be seen that this statement has been universally agreed.

At this time, Ito Hirofumi also felt relieved, he also couldn't trust the British, and the purpose of coming to the cabinet meeting this time was to express exactly the same views as Terauchi Masatsu. Now that Masaki Terauchi has spoken out and has not seen anyone to oppose, Ito Hirobumi feels that there are probably no supporters.

Just as he was thinking this, Nogi Noshinori spoke, "If the British are willing to count by the number of heads, we can send some troops." ”

These words were immediately criticized by Terauchi Masatsu, "Nogi, do you think this is piecework?" ”

Because the words borrowed the model of enterprise management, it caused a lot of laughter. Ito Hirofumi couldn't help but laugh a few times.

And Terauchi Masatsuki was not polite, he continued: "It doesn't matter what the payment model is, the key at the moment is that the British are not credible. Those foreign devils have never looked down on us Japanese, and 3,000 yuan a year is indeed a lot, but if you harm our people behind your back, you can save more for the British. In this matter, I would rather believe the Chinese than the British. ”

Almost everyone agreed with Terauchi Masayoshi's words, but Nogi did not back down because he was in a minority position, and he said with some anger: "If the British are defeated in southern Africa, they will be driven out of the Indian Ocean forever." If you feel that the British are unreliable, then we should simply abandon Britain altogether and go to China now. If everyone thinks the Chinese are unreliable, then why should we abandon relations with the UK? ”

No one spoke now, and Ito Hirobumi looked at Nogi Noshinori with a surprised gaze. In his impression, Nogi Noshinori was not a man who won with words. So when Nogi Noshinori expressed such a clear attitude, Ito Hirobumi was hit a lot. Because Nogi Noshinori is right, Japan's world pattern has always been to hope to win over Britain and confront China. So what Nogi Noshinori said actually pointed to the problem, if Japan did not trust Britain so much, why did it continue such a policy?