"As for those who have been educated by the saints since childhood...... the corners of Deng Shichang's mouth unconsciously showed a sarcastic smile, "What they are concerned about is just the word fame!" is the so-called fame, fame and fortune, fame comes first, what is the name, and the so-called four books and five classics are taught by the sages! These people are like the gossip officer, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality to serve the country, but in their bones all the time they are always thinking about how to drill the camp to seek the rank of promotion. ”

"In a word, the reason why my brilliant China has heroes but cannot become the current situation is only one sentence in the final analysis, that is, my Qing Dynasty is now a walking corpse, and there is no trace of life at all. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Therefore, Deng thought that ......" Deng Shichang looked at Pei Jinquan and Ye Fu who were stunned opposite, and a rare trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, but finally he said: "Although this foreign affairs have achieved some small success, this victory over the Japanese is due to the prosperity of foreign affairs, but for the Qing Dynasty, it is just the light of rice grains." Our country's accumulated ills are already terminally ill, and we cannot save them unless we make a big move, and we have a strong army and a strong navy...... At most, it's just pasting and whitewashing! ”

At this time, although Pei Jinquan and Ye Fu were quite calm on the surface, they had already set off a monstrous wave in their hearts!

"Laminating, whitewashing......"

"An unborn young talent like Kunyu, although he is young, has such a meritorious career, and can be described as a hero of the world, but in the final analysis, he is just a small pastemaker......" Deng Shichang sighed, "It's a pity that ......"

"Zhengqing, be cautious." Ye Fu smiled bitterly and said, "If such words reach the mouth of the speaker, you and I will harm Kunyu!" ”

Just as the three of them were talking, they heard a sudden sound of footsteps in their ears.

"My lord! Telegraph! A telegram from Kyoshi! A midshipman hurried into the officer's canteen, holding a telegram in his hand.

Pei Jinquan recognized this midshipman as one of the officers of the British telegraph company he had arranged for him to stay in Hong Kong, and immediately got up to meet him, took the telegram from his hand and began to read it.

“…… The brigade immediately set off and headed for the capital of the Ryukyus Kingdom to expel the Japanese military and police and restore its national power...... If the Japanese soldiers and civilians obey the situation, they will be allowed to live in their own way, and they will not be abused, and if they resist by force, they will be destroyed by arson. …… This time, we might as well create more momentum to deter the Japanese......"

Seeing this murderous telegram sent by Lin Yizhe, Pei Jinquan couldn't help but gasp.

Pei Jinquan handed the telegram to Deng Shichang, and after Deng Shichang read it, he smiled slightly and handed the telegram to Ye Fu.

"As Zhengqing guessed, the place where our army is going this time is not Japan, but Ryukyu." Ye Fu said with admiration on his face.

"How did Masaaki guess that our army was going to Ryukyu instead of Japan?" Pei Jinquan asked in surprise.

"Our five ships and 1,000 ships and navy soldiers, if we fight the Japanese mainland, our military strength is a little too thin, but if we recover the Ryukyus, it is more than enough." Deng Shichang said with a smile, "The war with Japan has ceased, and the General Administration has signed an armistice agreement with the Japanese envoy, but Kunyu did not disarm our naval division, but instead ordered our division's ships to enter Hong Kong for 'repair' to replenish coal, water, grain and straw. ”

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from Zhengqing." Pei Jinquan smiled and nodded.

When the three of them left the officers' cafeteria, Pei Jinquan immediately ordered the letter flag to be hoisted and notified the ship's management to come.

After a while, the people at the pier suddenly noticed a trace of unusual sight. The Chinese sailors in red uniforms and straw hats who had been going ashore were like a surging red tide, gathered their ranks, and under the orders of the officers, they came to the wharf, and one of them boarded the China Merchants steamer "Daya" parked at the wharf, and the small group boarded five Chinese cruisers at the wharf.

At this time, smoke was already rising from the chimneys of five Chinese warships and one steamer, and a series of signal flags had been raised to the top of the mast.

Soon, the Chinese sailors had boarded the ship, and the chimneys of the Chinese cruisers belched smoke, and the whistle sounded loudly throughout the harbor.

"Where are they going?"

On an anti-smuggling ship belonging to the British Customs, the captain looked at the Chinese cruiser that had been raised and anchored, and turned his head as if inadvertently to a British customs officer who had just left the Chinese cruiser and came to the ship in a dinghy.

"They're going to the Ryukyus." The customs officer replied.

"Oh." The captain nodded thoughtfully, "I don't know how the Japanese will react when they learn about this news." ”

The customs officer seemed to be a little gloating and replied with a smile: "I don't think they will be happy." ”

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"Lin Wenzheng's Public Collection: Manuscript":

“…… The submission of the Ryukyus to the Chinese and Korean dynasties was not undeferential, and once they were annexed by strong neighbors and did nothing, they would inevitably show weakness to others, and the reason why they usually showed favor to the Ryukyus was to use this as an eternal reconciliation for overseas vassals, so as to show the spread of the emperor's favor. China received tribute from the Ryukyus, although it did not have great benefits, but it could not protect its country by receiving tribute, and it was certainly despised by other countries; If you are dedicated to writing and theorizing, and today's actions, such as the Japanese envoy Okubo Ito and others who came to Beijing, the so-called scoundrels and dogs are crazy, and if they are not pressed by the force, I am afraid that they may not be within my scope. Although the war is now over, it is still necessary to use power again, not to fight for the tribute of small countries, but to show the meaning of the survival of the **** word. And one day of the enemy, several generations of trouble, Ryukyu for Japan for many years, today the water division is completely wiped out, unable to recover, just take advantage of the time to solve the Ryukyu dilemma, so that it will always be a **** state. …… There were not many soldiers in the Ryukyus, and it was planned to send five patrol clippers and 1,000 naval officers to drive them away. On the day of the sailor's trip, the court and the central government may have a discussion of 'being diligent and far-sighted, not for the sake of immediacy, but also meaningless', but my emperor is aware of it......"

"Li Wenzhong's Public Collection: Recovering Shen Youdan's Festival Marshal":

"In the past few days, the General Administration has sent a letter to the General Administration that since Kunyu came to Beijing, the Japanese people have been short of breath, and Kunyu has begun to change the method of debate, first pursuing the responsibility of his government's lax control of the army, and claiming 8 million gold pounds, which is full of true feelings. Eight million gold pounds and pounds are worth about 40 million in Chinese silver, and the Japanese envoys were shocked and inexplicable, and they did not allow it, and the Japanese wanted to help the compensation law for the Nine Years of Tianjin case and the lives of the Russian countries totaling 500,000 yuan. Kunyu was not allowed, and he pleaded again, begging to reduce the number. Kunyu insisted that there was no way to reduce it, and the Japanese envoy Okubo immediately withdrew from the table because he was not allowed to ask, and Yanagihara also resigned, saying that he should go out of Beijing with Okubo. Sixteenth, the British envoy Wittoma was an intermediary and intimidated in many ways. Shen Xiang was afraid that Kunyu would ask for too much, Okubo quickly broke up, and the war resumed, and Shang Song planned to allow a preferential reduction of 2 million pounds, and the Japanese soldiers withdrew from the Ryukyus, and if the Japanese were still unbearable, they would be reduced by another 12 million. Seventeen, the envoy replied that the Japanese people could not bear it, and wanted to give two million taels of silver in order to end it, but the text was not approved. And the number of eight million, Kunyu has already been exported, I don't know how much it will be when it is finalized. The younger brother Chu Shang proposed that the victims of the Ryukyuan were not Japanese, and the murder of the consul and priest in the Matsu case was slightly more serious, and it was difficult to disproportionately. Today, it is a bereavement pension in lieu of compensation, which will inevitably damage the national body a little and fuel Kou Zhi. Or if the army is started, no matter whether it is won or lost, tens of millions of dollars will be spent along the coast and along the river! With this area to recover the land, and then leave it to spare, one after another to prepare for coastal defense, endure small anger and try to go far, or also the intentions of the public concerned! You can't tell you to go, but you can still chase it. I hope that my monarchs and ministers will try their courage and strive for self-improvement from now on, not as the previous book of the General Administration said: if there is something, we will urgently try to remedy it, and if we do something, we will still entertain our ears. ”

"Okubo heard that our troops were going to Ryukyu, and they will return in a few days, please slow down the troops, and the soldiers stationed in Ryukyu can retreat in winter. The younger brother heard that the Ryukyus were vassals in Japan, and China did not want to hear about it, because the Japanese were more arrogant and courageous, and they had already sealed the east and looked westward, and wanted to encompass Korea and sweep it away. As far as the official turned a blind eye to this, he single-mindedly criticized Kunyu for many things and obstructed the peace talks, I really don't know what lungs and livers are! ”

"The platform opened the mountain, raised the fan, increased the officials, and set up troops to deal with the aftermath, and the end was grand, and all the long-term talents were stationed in the painting and management, so that they could be perfected and never coveted. Admire! ”

"Junhou and others are favored, and the monthly salary of the department is dependent on the three levels, sympathetic and thoughtful, and should be grateful. However, the expenses under his command are huge, and the salary is exhausted, so how can he increase this burden! The envoy sent a letter to his country to take care of the purchase of a small iron ship with anti-sea weapons, which seemed to have changed again. Japanese and Italian grid self-imitation, forgive from foreign countries to find a skilled craftsman, are you sure? The mining in the inner mountain is a pioneering act for prosperity, and the deacon is determined to do it, which is admirable. This matter is very costly, and it is rare to prosper without hiring foreigners, buying foreign utensils, and using foreign methods. The younger brother plans to open an iron mine in Cizhou, and the machine and foreign craftsmen will arrive next year, and it is unknown whether it will be successful? The platform is full of elites, ten times the mainland, my father is there, open this atmosphere, good as the foundation, its merit is more than 100,000 to sweep away the Japanese slaves! ……”

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Ryukyu, Naha Port, open sea.

Although it was a cloudless and clear sky, the sea breeze was still quite strong, and white waves appeared in some places, which in the eyes of the old seafarers was only a calm sea situation. At this time, on the calm sea, a Japanese steamer with a white hull and a sun flag was sailing proudly.

Unlike ordinary merchant ships, there are one gun on each of the bow and stern decks of this ship, which is clearly an armed warship, and on the bow floor of this warship, an observer is searching the sea with a telescope.

This warship is the Japanese Navy's gunboat "Hanoi".

Although the Kawachi is an old gunboat in the Japanese Navy that has been in service for many years since the shogunate period, it still has an unimaginable deterrent power in the eyes of the Ryukyuan people.