Kuroshima is a proud man, and has always been so—"three thousand years of pure-blooded Chinese", of course, the history of the Kuroshima family is not that long, but it has long proclaimed so, and its members have thought so for centuries, so Kuroshima believes that he can be proud; However, it is important that Japan is a country that values social hierarchy, because unfortunately, even if we set aside the long shogunate period and focus only on the post-Restoration period, the status of the Kuroshima family is not high enough: the fourth rank, the third rank, and the earl, which are all the honors and ranks that Kuroshima's father received, representing the class in which the Kuroshima family currently lives - and Kuroshima himself is even lower. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As a result, Kuroshima has an obvious problem: he can be proud, but in front of many people, he must put away his pride and maintain a respectful and humble posture. Then this question leads to a new one: "many people", and the list is a bit long.

The Emperor, the Imperial Family, all the ranks, titles, and titles of the Chinese and the Ministers of the Rank and Rank of the Fourth, the Third Rank, and the Earl, the generals of the Army and the Navy, the senior bureaucrats of the government, and the officers and seniors of the secret services...... Finally, there was also a commoner, businessman, and philanthropist in the eyes of the general public, the third son of the broken Fukuoka samurai Tsutsui Kameze, Mitsuru Toyama.

An ordinary person who could have been proud in front of him--if this person, Touyamaman, was really just an ordinary person.

However, he is not. Certainly not an ordinary person, nor was he an ordinary businessman or philanthropist, he was a radical statist political activist who, together with Kotaro Hiraoka, Rokusuke Hakota, and Kiheita Shinto, founded the right-wing political group Genyosha in the 14th year of the Meiji era, and served as its commander-in-chief; At the same time, Toyama is also a co-leader who is respected by members of the Japanese underworld.

Finally, some inconclusive and uncorroborated evidence in Kuroshima's possession suggests that Toyama is responsible for the assassination of Minister Li Hongzhang, the special envoy for the Qing peace talks, a few years ago, and the assassination of former prime minister, Shigenobu Oho, not long ago.

To put it simply, he is a dangerous man with great power.

Of course, a dangerous person with only great power is not enough to enjoy the respect and humility of Kuroshima Ren, but a dangerous person who maintains a close relationship with both the current Prime Minister and the Imperial Japanese Army and has both great power and influence can; But there is another reason why Kuroshima must be respectful and humble to Toyama Mitsuru: his secret service needs to rely on the power of Genyosha and the Japanese yakuza to carry out large-scale activities in China.

To be more accurate, the Kuroshima authorities had to rely on the power at the disposal of Toyama in order to carry out sabotage activities in China aimed at fighting Qin Lang's United Textile Technology Company.

He had to do it, even though he didn't like asking for help. It's just that he has no choice, Japan has a huge intelligence system, but this system has always been in a comical state of chaos, there is no unified management body, and there is no department responsible for coordinating the work, so the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the army, and the navy's dozen or so secret services can only go their own way, do their own thing, spies only obey the orders of the head of the agency, and the head of the agency only obeys the command of the department to which he belongs, except in rare cases, because of a good personal relationship or the instructions of the superior, two spies or the head of the agency are willing to share information, The rest of the time, spies are concealing the information they have, while secretly spying on the information obtained by their peers, and will dismantle other people's platforms when necessary - because the government's funds for espionage activities are limited, the resources available are also limited, and the honors that can be awarded are still limited.

If we consider the long-standing feuds between samurai who belonged to different regions and were loyal to different daimyo during the Shogunate period, especially during the Warring States period, the disputes between the Restoration faction and the shogunate samurai during the Shogunate War, the impact of the Southwest War after the Restoration, and the conflicts between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Army and the Navy......

It must be said that the situation is really very complicated.

In other words, it is almost impossible for the Japanese secret services to unite to carry out a single mission, but no single agency has the strength to carry out such a difficult mission as the sabotage of the United Textile Technology Company alone, so it is necessary to rely on forces outside the intelligence system, the army, right-wing radicals, the yakuza, ronin, and the local people who have been bribed - but for now, the only partner that Kuroshima can choose to cooperate with is Genyosha.

It's not the best option, basically, no one can control the head of the mountain, but it's the only option. Kuroshima knew very well that it was a serious mistake to involve the army in the operation, which would lead to a direct conflict between Japan and the United States, but now was not the time for conflict; As for the ronin and the bribed Chinese, they participated in two or three operations, and then no one dared to approach Qin Lang's factories and warehouses, let alone enter them.

The men were frightened by the armed security guards of United Textile Technologies. Of course, it is not surprising at all, when he first heard about the methods of those security guards, Kuroshima himself was quite surprised, and a little afraid: whether it was Umbrella mercenaries or genuine security guards who had been temporarily recruited in China, if they found someone breaking into a factory or warehouse, they would only give a warning, and then, indiscriminately, regardless of who the intruder was, beggars, thieves or saboteurs, they would only deal with it in the same way.

A simple way of "shoot first, kill one bad guy, kill one bad guy, kill all the bad guys and then ask them questions" is how they deal with it, downright American cowboy style, but quite effective. Ronin and the bribed Chinese, who basically do not use firearms, have no firearms, and have never had an advantage in numbers, are not at all opponents of security guards, and once discovered, they are simply sent to death in vain - but these people are not fools, so they choose to stay away from the factories and warehouses of United Textile Technology and never touch the tasks related to them again.

Therefore, only Genyosha can carry out this mission: the followers of Toyama are quite fanatical, love Japan, willing to give their lives to building a strong Japan, and never ask "why", unlike ordinary ronins and bribed Chinese, who just take money to do things and cherish their own lives - they will not be intimidated by Qin Lang's armed security guards, on the contrary, the sacrifice of comrades can stimulate these people's fighting enthusiasm and prompt them to constantly launch new attacks.

They are the ideal cannon fodder, the cannon fodder he needs.

Kuroshima Ren needs the power of Toyama Man, but to use these powers, he must remain respectful and humble in front of Toyama Man, compliment him, praise him, praise him, and tell him that only Genyosha can save Japan from the crisis, and only he can play the role of the savior of the new era......

Until the last time they met...... Almost six months ago, this method worked, and Toyama accepted the compliment to him, happily announcing to the backbone of the Genyosha that the cooperation between the Genyosha and the Kuroshima agency would continue forever - but now, today, it seems to be ineffective.

Today, Hitoshi Kuroshima once again visits Toyama Man, ready to borrow his power for a new project; In order to do this, he carefully prepared a whole set of rhetoric, thinking that as before, the matter would soon be over......

But Touyamaman didn't give him a chance to speak at all.

Of course, he didn't refuse to meet with Hitoshi Kuroshima, nor did he kick him out as soon as they met, but just ignored him completely, didn't even look at him, and treated the proud head of the secret service as air or a furnishing in the room.

For two hours, Tou Shanman's eyes stayed in one place: the book he was reading.

A piece of nonsense written by a writer of the United States -- Hitoshi Kuroshima knew about it, because he had read it himself, had recommended it to Katsura Taro, heard Aritomo Yama mention it, heard that His Majesty the Emperor liked it very much, knew that the Ministry of War intended to distribute a copy to each squadron, and asked junior officers and soldiers to read it repeatedly until they could recite it, and he also knew that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture intended to do the same -- it was rubbish, but not ordinary rubbish.

Because the title of the book is "Japan's God of War: Nogi Noshinori", and it is informally called "Yamato Army Spirit Nogi Noshinori", or "Saint. The Biography of General Nogi.

It is a biography of the elm-headed army general who was forced to commit suicide.

Hitoshi Kuroshima never understood how a writer from the United States could have thought of writing a private biography of a Japanese general who had lost a war, using hundreds of thousands of words to preach Nogi Noshinori's loyalty, bravery, fearlessness, and selflessness, and either turning a blind eye to his indiscriminate commands or brushing him aside, and doing his best to portray him as the god of the Japanese army. For a while, Kuroshima Ren thought that this was another trick that Qin Lang came up with, but it didn't look like Qin Lang would not advocate some good qualities that the Japanese government needed; Later, he felt that this was something made up by Nogi Noshinori's wife, but the possibility that Mrs. Shizuko might do this kind of thing was obviously lower than Qin Lang.

And, even if she really plans to find a writer to write a biography, she will find a Japanese writer, not a Mi countryman.

So in the end, Kuroshima can only think that the American writer, Mr. Cox, wrote the biography of Nogi Noshinori purely out of his own personal will - he himself had explained, "I am a five-yen party who brought my own dry food", but no one understood this self-deprecation full of American humor - so what was his motive? Unable to find an answer, Hitoshi Kuroshima wants to arrest Cox and experiment with some new punishment on him to force him to tell the truth.

However, this kind of thinking can only be a pipe dream, arresting Cox, and Kuroshima feels that if he does this, the Kuroshima agency may be uprooted by the angry army and civilians......

No, there was not even a chance to "really do it".

"Captain Kuroshima." Without warning, Toyamamitsu's voice reached his ears, causing Hitoshi Kuroshima's body to tremble.

"Mr. Toyama." He hastened to answer, with respect.

"What do you think of this book, Captain Kuroshima?" Tou Shanman continued, not in a hurry, put a bookmark on the page he opened, and then slowly closed the book and put it between the two of them.

"It's a good book." Kuroshima praised that this could only be the case - although the big names knew very well that Nogi Noshinori was in fact a mediocre commander and had an unenlightened elm head, they did hope that the lower ranks, soldiers, and ordinary people of the army would learn from Nogi Noshinori's bravery and dedication and become qualified cannon fodder - so the public statement was that "Japan's God of War: Nogi Noshinori" was a good book.

If anyone accused the book of being a book of nonsense, he was a non-national, and the police would have invited him to the police station for tea at the first place - or perhaps the gendarmerie had invited him to the gendarmerie headquarters.

Hitoshi Kuroshima hasn't been stupid enough to make such a low-level mistake.

But he made another mistake.

"Good book!" Toushan snorted, "We all know what this book is all about. Captain Kuroshima, when you asked me to use the power of the Genyosha to help you deal with that rice company, you had the same idea as the current Ministry of War and the Ministry of Culture and Education, and hoped that the members of the Genyosha would imitate General Nogi and die bravely, didn't you? And you don't want the Black Island agents to make that kind of sacrifice. ”

"Mr. Toyama......" Kuroshima opened his mouth, but didn't know how to explain it - Toyama's anger made him a little nervous.

"I don't want to hear your explanation." The voice came out of the nostrils again, "Now, I officially inform you that the cooperation between the Genyosha and the Black Island Agency has been suspended indefinitely. ”

"Mr. Toyama......"

"Don't explain, Captain Kuroshima, it's not because you caused the Genyosha to suffer a huge loss, but because you don't know your opponent at all." After a pause for a few seconds, the accusation continued, "You thought that Qin Lang's subordinates would only deal with you with pistols, you were wrong. Not only do they use pistols, but they also use machine guns, and they have a dozen guys with machine guns stand guard at the door of the enemy's house and shoot at everyone who comes out......"

Touyamaman's expression became a little distorted: that kind of thing was far beyond his expectations, and it was also intolerable to him. The Genyosha had never suffered such a blow, being slaughtered by a group of Mi-backed Shina people with the most advanced weapons in the world. This is a shame and a warning, and it is a pity that he and the other leaders of the Genyosha did not come to their senses immediately, and they all lost their minds due to anger and planned a counterattack.

Then, the counterattack was successful, and the thirteen Shina security guards were beheaded and executed, so an even bigger blow came over like ghosts.

“…… Your opponent is a complete lunatic who does things without a hint of scruples. He sighed, "He didn't even hesitate to use explosives against his enemies." It was two months ago that Qin Lang's men sent a box of explosives to our Shanghai dojo, killing forty-seven people at one time and injuring more than 200 others......"

"I don't know that, Mr. Toyama." Kuroshima said, with a dumbfounded expression: for the past six months, his energy had been spent on other things, mainly investigating Qin Lang's history - but still to no avail; And no one told him about it.

"Of course you don't know, Captain Kuroshima." "In view of the seriousness of the situation, General Yamayama was worried that it might lead to a direct conflict between Japan and the United States, so what happened was asked to be kept strictly confidential and not to be leaked to anyone." ”

"The general didn't tell me—"

"You're also in the 'no disclosure' range."

Kuroshima Ren began to get angry: no matter what, the Kuroshima agency has always been the department directly responsible for various activities against Qin Lang, and as the head of the agency, he has the right to know anything related to this guy - his every move; However, Yamayama Youtomo went so far as to exclude him and demanded that he be kept strictly secret--perhaps the Marshal General was planning to set aside the forces of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and let the Army's secret services take over.

It was a disgrace for Kuroshima to refuse to accept such an arrangement.

Unfortunately, no one actually intended to consider his feelings, and even Touyama Man was happy to see this change: Qin Lang had an endless supply of weapons and ammunition, from pistols and rifles to machine guns and artillery, and could easily recruit thousands of armed men, form an army, and get the aid of the Rice Navy, but Kuroshima Ren asked him to deal with this enemy and drag the Genyosha into an impossible war......

He deserves some lessons.

"In my opinion," Toushan looked at the Secret Service Chief with satisfaction, "you should focus your work in other directions for the time being, Director Kuroshima." Qin Lang is no longer Japan's main enemy. ”

"That's right, his bank still has to lend to the Empire." Kuroshima was tempted to say this, and mocked him fiercely—but he didn't do it in the end, and, because he had been reminded a little, he suddenly remembered the purpose of his visit to Toyama today.

"Speaking of Qin Lang, Mr. Toushan, you should know that Mr. Saionji has recently represented Japan in negotiations with the Morgan family for the second round of loans......"

"I know, the Black Island Governor, and I know that the negotiations are over, and that the government has reached an agreement with the Millen Bank, which Morgan represents." There was another brief pause, because the agreement made Toyamaman uncomfortable, "due to the strong demands of the Kuhn-Lob chaebol and the British Rothschild chaebol, according to the agreement, Japan must declare war on the Lu country within one year of receiving the loan, in exchange for the most preferential treatment of waiving all interest, otherwise the Miying Bank will charge 20 percent of the annual interest - this is blackmail." ”

"Mr. Toyama, do you think that I shouldn't have come to visit you for this?" - Toyamaman's eyebrows furrowed, and Hitoshi Kuroshima's speech looked a little provocative, but what followed was something that he didn't expect. ”

"Activities in North China?" Tou Shan looked at him, "Chief, you mean gathering intelligence?" ”

"It's not gathering information, Mr. Toyama." "There are two things that need to be resolved as a priority now, on the one hand, the empire needs a reasonable excuse to declare war on Lucia, which is best used to inspire our military and civilians to fight bravely and sacrifice their lives for the country, and on the other hand, I believe that the war between the empire and Lucia requires the active participation of the people of Manchuria and our country in fighting the ...... of the Lucia army."

"Are you worried that Japan is no match for Lucia?"

"I personally believe that the power gap between Japan and Lucia should exceed the power gap between Genyosha and Qin Lang."

There was a thorn, but Toushan Manman didn't hear it. "There's some truth to your fears, Captain Kuroshima. So, how do you think we can get the Manchurians to actively participate in the war? ”

"Mr. Toyama, I know that the Xuanyang Society has been active in Korea and Manchuria for a long time, and has a very close relationship with the local Chinese bandits, and at the same time maintains close ties with the anti-government elements in China......

"I think I know what you mean, Captain Kuroshima." Toushanman said, "So, how to inspire the determination of our military and people to fight bravely and sacrifice their lives for the country?" ”

"I think the Imperial Government is already working on it." Hitoshi Kuroshima looked at the book between the two, it was it, but it was not enough, "I have a supplementary idea if a politician who was respected by the imperial military and civilians was assassinated by assassins instigated by Lu Guo during his visit to Korea......"

A bold suggestion. Toyama sneered to himself, and Hitoshi Kuroshima's suggestion was like a hint that he believed that the two assassinations that had occurred in the past had something to do with the Genyosha.

He shouldn't have said that.

Toyama continued to look at Hitoshi Kuroshima with contented eyes, and then for a while, maybe a few minutes, without saying a word, and finally he began to laugh, laughing happily. "Captain Kuroshima, your suggestion is very interesting, I will seriously consider it."

"Then, please leave this matter to Mr. Toushan." Kuroshima Ren bowed to him, and then asked, "Is this another collaboration between the Kuroshima Agency and the Genyosha?" ”

After a moment of silence, Toushan Man nodded. "You can think so, Captain Kuroshima."

"Thank you very much." Hitoshi Kuroshima stood up and was about to take his leave, but Tachiyama stopped him.

"There's one thing I think you might be interested in, Director." The commander of the Genyosha said slowly, "I have received news that the resistance elements in Formosa have purchased a shipment of arms that will be sent to a certain area in the south. ”

"Formosa Resistors?" Hitoshi Kuroshima seemed taken aback, "I thought they were all wiped out...... Is this news reliable, Mr. Toyama? ”

"Confirmation is still needed. You know, news from ronin, it's usually a little unreliable. ”

"I see." Kuroshima thought for a moment, "I'll let someone confirm it." ”

It's better to be like that. Toushan said in his heart. The Xuanyang Society suffered a lot of losses from Qin Lang's place, and now it is the turn of the Black Island Organ - it is very fair, and no one owes anything.

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Note: Toushan is the surname of Toushanman's mother's family (to be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )