This is the second time in the early years of the Republic of China that students marched with banners and searched the shops along the streets and alleys, and all the goods found were burned to the ground, regardless of whether the shopkeepers agreed or not. In Shanghai, Tianjin, and other treaty ports, atrocities against the individual began to spread, and many merchants were beaten up, and the shops opened by the individual were burned and looted. Many ruffians and hooligans took advantage of the fire to crack down, many merchants selling goods on the streets were robbed and beaten, and public order at all treaty ports deteriorated sharply.

The Beiyang political axe turned a blind eye, and allowed the minister and consul to protest, and the officials of Beiyang turned a blind eye. Despite his serious illness, Yuan Shikai met with newspaper reporters several times a day, burning this flame of nationalism even more vigorously. According to the news from the Tokyo and Osaka branches of the Toei Gazebo, the masses in the country were excited, people in various localities also began to march, and the voices of "punishing tyrannical support" were very loud??? The contradiction between China and China broke out overnight!

Tokyo's Suzaku Street is always crowded at night, with tempura and ramen vendors shouting at all costs, the streets are lit up all night long, and the smell of food can be smelled even from afar.

At the end of Suzaku Street is the official residence of Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma, which is completely different from the lively scene outside, the atmosphere here is dull and almost suffocating, Shigenobu Okuma sits on a Western chair, his crippled left leg hanging limply underneath, he cannot kneel and sit as he usually says, and can only sit on the chair impolitely. Shigenobu Okuma couldn't stand the atmosphere and motioned for the woman to open the window, and he looked out at Suzaku Street. Before the Meiji Restoration, the architecture and street shape here were almost completely copied from the Sui Dynasty's Daxing Castle, and there were no major changes for thousands of years, not even the name.

When Shigenobu Okuma first became prime minister, he set a diplomatic miracle by reclaiming a "foreign settlement" similar to a concession through legal reform and diplomatic negotiations. As a pioneer of party politics and the founder of Waseda University, Shigenobu Okuma has always come across as an enlightened politician, but his crippled left leg reminds others that he is an extremely tough guy. Ito Hirobumi and Yamaguchi Aritomo, these are the two great gods in the political arena, and even the two emperors of Meiji and Taisho have to look at their faces, but Okuma Shigenobu dares to oppose them to the end. Even though Ito Hirobumi instructed the spiritual leader of the Black Dragon Society, Toyama Mitsuru, to assassinate him with a bomb and make him lame, Okuma Shigenobu's surname is still Jiang Gui's surname, old and spicy.

After 16 years, Shigenobu Okuma once again formed a cabinet to become prime minister, and he was beaten at the beginning of his tenure. When he came to power, the elders such as Konobo of Saionji Temple hoped that he would be able to suppress the Political Friendship Association and solve the problem of the unpopular army of two divisions. Before this question entered the agenda, Yuan Shikai threw a huge pie and smashed it on the head of Okuma Shigenobu, and China's political axe actually wanted to take refuge in Yuben!

Take control of China, occupy the land and resources of the mainland, and build Yueben into a world-class power??? This prospect made Shigenobu Okuma's blood rush.

He was dizzy with excitement, and he worked day after night to draw up the manuscript of the secret agreement, and also sent a special envoy to Yanjing, but Yuan Shikai changed his face after getting the manuscript, not only did not admit the account, but also beat a rake, insisting that it was Okuma Shigenshin political axe to coerce China to accept this humiliating treaty. The navy and army leaders of the Satsuma and Choshu domains sneered and sneered, while the people and the Diet were furious, but the great powers were all sympathetic to China??? Okuma Shigenobu was so anxious that his hair had turned from gray to completely white after a few days of work.

Opposite him was a thin, withered old man, his confidant and think-tank, who advocated the "theory of Asian unity" and called on the yellow race to unite against the famous Ou Yangyi in Europe and the United States.

Okuma Shigenobu formed a cabinet this time, but Inuyang Yi did not participate, which made many people feel puzzled. In fact, he had already seen that this time was different, and the power of Youpeng in Yama County was too large, and there was no one to restrain him, and Okuma Shigexin would have achieved nothing if he had not snorted in Yama County.

But the development of the matter is beyond the "ghost fox" known for his cunning, Yama County Youpeng and Yuan Shikai coincidentally made a trick, and Okuma Shigenobu was firmly trapped, if this bureau can not be cracked, the fall of the cabinet is a trivial matter, I am afraid that the politician group in the Taisho period will be uprooted by the army headed by Yama County Aritomo.

"Inu-kun, now is a critical period for the rise and fall of the imperial state, once the army fully controls the capital, the consequences are unimaginable!" Okuma Shigenobu said worriedly.

Inu Yangyi smiled bitterly: "Although you have friends in Shan County who hate it, but he can still control the situation for one day if he lives for a day, what I am really worried about is that if the army controls the country, once a person like Youpeng in Shan County who can control the situation dies, then what kind of country will it become?" Where will Ben be taken by them? ”

Okuma Shigenobu was silent, although Yamaguchi Aritomo and Katsura Taro were political enemies, but after all, they were politicians with strategic concepts, although they would safeguard the interests of the army, but the premise was not to harm the country, and the younger generation of senior generals were either outright spokesmen of interest groups, or they were arrogant people who were brainwashed and fooled.

In the Meiji era, it seems that it was the blessing of Amaterasu, and it was said that there were many talents, not to mention the three Meiji heroes such as Saigo Takamori, and the successors Ito Hirobumi, Yamaguchi Aritomo, and Katsura Taro were all masterpieces of a generation, and it was under the guidance of these wise politicians that the Ben was so weak that even the Qing Kingdom could have the privilege of "residence", and through 30 years of colonization and real estate, it had modern industry, law, and party politics, and successively defeated the old hegemon of Asia, China, and the powerful Russia. It has become the number one power in Asia.

However, since the fight entered the "Taisho era raised by a bitch", the star-studded Yuben fell at a speed like a meteor, Ito Hirobumi was assassinated, and Aritomo and Katsura Taro in Yamaguchi degenerated into spokesmen for interest groups. Now that Katsura Taro is also dead, there is only one old and immortal Yamaprefecture Aritomo left.

The older generation is either dead or degenerate, and the new generation cannot grow up, and the death of top politicians has become the biggest concern in the political arena.

"Inu-kun, what should I do now? Announcing the general resignation of the Cabinet? Okuma Shigenobu frowned.

Inu Yangyi shook his head bitterly and said: "Since the damage has been formed, it will not subside naturally, and even if the Prime Minister resigns, it will not help?" ”

"So what should I do? Just doing nothing? The people of China are boycotting the goods on a large scale, and the imperial country can no longer hold on! Okuma renews the black lines on his head, and his brows are tightly knit.

Ben's trade with China accounts for 30 percent of the total exports, cheap goods are also the first choice of the Chinese, and the quality of German and British goods is of course far superior to that of other goods, but the price of good things is also expensive! The Chinese people still rationally choose to buy this product, even if the quality is poor, as long as it can be used.

However, after the Republic of China, the war was first triggered by the wanton behavior of the Kwantung Army in Mukden, which had triggered a frenzy of Chinese boycotts of goods, which caused a large number of enterprises in Osaka and Yokohama to close down.

In the early years of Taisho, the capital was already overwhelmed by huge debts, and foreign trade was the top priority of the economy, and the economic risks brought about by the boycott of goods were likely to completely collapse the already overwhelmed economy.

"War, only war can solve the problem!"

Okuma Shigenobu was startled, looking at the guy in front of him who was preaching peace in Asia all over the world, he didn't believe his eyes.

"Inu-kun, this is not a joke, the great powers do not support us, and the empire does not have the ability to start a war!"

After the arson of the Higashi Honganji Temple in Xiamen, the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom intervened, and the Yama Aritomo cabinet stepped down??? He was afraid of the European and American powers from the bottom of his heart, although he never refused to be convinced.

Inuyang Yi sneered: "Prime Minister, I really can't think of any other way to solve the current crisis besides war??? You don't have to worry about the problems of the Westerners, the enemy of Britain is Germany, they will not tear up the "British Alliance" for the time being, as long as we assure them that it will not harm their interests in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the British will shut up, the Russian fleet in the Far East has been defeated by us, and their target is in the Balkans, and they will not confront us head-on, the Americans are just barking wild dogs, as long as we do not threaten the Philippines and Hawaii, President Wilson will not fight with us, Germany, The French fleet in Asia was weak??? We will not face the situation of being besieged by foreign powers, and besides, we don't need to fully occupy China, as long as we start a small war and defeat this annoying guy Yuan Shikai! ”

"Dog breeder, how big is the scale? Two divisions or three? How can we guarantee that the scale of the war will not expand? How to deal with the aftermath smoothly after the war? Okuma Shigenshin asked like a cannon.

"Two divisions are enough, the military operation is controlled near North China, and it will never penetrate deep into Manchu and Mongolia and expand to the area south of the Yellow River, as long as we do not infringe on the interests of powerful factions in other places, they will be happy to see Yuan Shikai fall!" Inuyang Yi sneered.

Okuma Shigenobu is still full of doubts: "Defeating Yuan Shikai is naturally not a problem, so how to deal with the relationship with China after the war?" If the Empire sends troops to occupy North China, the diplomatic risk is not too much to estimate! ”

Inu Yangyi smiled: "Of course we don't need to occupy China, we don't even need to hit Yanjing City, as long as we defeat the limited military force directly under Yuan Shikai??? As for the aftermath, the people of China will solve it themselves, I am convinced of this, there are too many people in China who are happy to see the empire defeat Yuan Shikai! ”

(To be continued)