After squeezing out the Kangliang Group with Yang Chao, Zhang Zhidong has been in power for the past two years, and various policies have been continuously introduced, such as a constitution that imitates Japan, such as always respecting parliamentary procedures, whether it is pretentious or sincere, Zhang Zhidong will not suddenly jump out and issue decrees in the name of Zaifeng, all major policies are discussed and adopted in the parliament, and then given to Zaifeng to sign. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Under Zhang Zhidong's operation, the Chinese system has become more and more British-style constitutional monarchy, at least there is no difference in form, and Zaifeng has been completely hollowed out by Zhang Zhidong, and now it is just a signing machine.

Yang Chao believes that after Zhang Zhidong has been doing this for ten or eight years, the constitutional system has become a habit, and the various systems have been gradually improved, and China has turned around steadily in the political field.

So it would be a pity if Zhang Zhidong died at this time.

Before Yang Chao went to the Northeast, he deliberately took a boat to Tianjin and invited Zhang Zhidong to Tianjin for a meeting.

Obviously, Yang Chao should have gone to meet Zhang Zhidong, but Yang Chao invited Zhang Zhidong to talk in Tianjin, and Zhang Zhidong also put down his shelf and went to Tianjin, and got on Yang Chao's boat, a newly built 1,000-ton cruise ship with a diesel engine.

"Zhang Xiang's complexion is not very good, pay attention to your body!"

Admiring Yang Chao's cruise, Zhang Zhidong was dazzled like a turtle, he felt that this was a Westerner's thing, foreigners only played yachts, and the nobles of the Qing Dynasty were playing all drama and husbandry.

"Hahahaha, if you don't cause trouble for the old man, the old man can live a few more years."

Zhang Zhidong said with a smile.

"Zhang Xiang, please use tea!"

On the balcony of the yacht, Yang Chao made tea and let Zhang Zhidong taste it.

Zhang Zhidong picked up the teacup, closed his eyes slightly, smelled the fragrance of tea first, and tasted the taste of tea.

What Zhang Zhidong didn't know was that at this time, just behind him, a regular metal tentacle quietly stretched out of the sea, crawled up along the hull, and the last thin probe slowly approached Zhang Zhidong.

"Ahh

Zhang Zhidong is drinking tea attentively. Suddenly there was a scream.

Yang Chao exclaimed, "What's wrong with Zhang Xiang? ”

Zhang Zhidong touched his neck strangely, he just felt a little pain, but it disappeared quickly, and then he didn't see anything when he looked back.

"Maybe it's bugs, right?"

Zhang Zhidong explained to himself.

Yang Chao smiled: "That's good." ”

What Zhang Zhidong didn't know was. The probe just now had taken enough samples from his neck, some samples of skin, muscles, and blood, and also scanned his whole body, and a health checklist had been made.

chatted with Zhang Zhidong again. After exchanging opinions on the situation in the Northeast, Yang Chao sent Zhang Zhidong away, this time inviting Zhang Zhidong to meet, nominally inviting him to see his new yacht, Zhang Zhidong thought that he was here to talk about the Northeast issue, in fact, Yang Chao purely wanted to give Zhang Zhidong a physical examination.

The situation is far from rosy.

The physical examination report shows that Zhang Zhidong's body is not working, his body organs are decaying, and if it is normal, he can live for three years at most. However, if something happens, you can die at any time.

This makes Yang Chao feel tricky, everyone dies sometimes, but the problem is that many people die at really not the right time.

In fact, in the original history, if Zhang Zhidong had not died before the First World War, Yang Chao felt that the situation in China was much better, and even with Zhang Zhidong, the Xinhai Revolution would not have happened. The scuffle that followed will not happen.

However, history did not give China such a chance, and in the 19th and early 20th centuries, China's luck was simply too bad, unlike the Japanese. Before attacking the United States, it seemed that the heavens were helping them.

"Three years!"

Yang Chao secretly calculated that this year is 1909, and three years later it will be 1912, and he can't resist the First World War.

How to deal with the situation after Zhang Zhidong's death, Yang Chao felt that he should have made a plan early.

The spaceship serves as an interstellar exploration ship. The medical function is naturally there, and a complete data model has long been established for the structure and physiological activities of the human body, but the living body is always the most complex structure in the world, and the general disease, even if the cancer cells have spread, the spacecraft has the ability to eliminate it, but the spacecraft cannot prevent the decay of the human body.

Yang Chao's yacht set off again, and soon arrived at Yingkou, Yingkou as the earliest treaty port, together with Tianjin and Yantai, with the three ports in the north, is also the largest port in the northeast, and the business here, led by Britain and France in the past, is now replaced by the Japanese, and other countries have been squeezed out of the northeast.

Of course, the method used by the Japanese is not illegal, but it is very simple and rude, that is, the two words 'dumping', Northeast as an undeveloped land with a small population, the agricultural products here are very rich, but the industrial products are very poor, it is the best industrial market, but the greatest demand is textiles and other daily necessities, which is the strength of the Japanese.

British textiles have been squeezed out, not to mention the expensive textiles in the United States, they have no ability to compete with the Japanese companies that are trying their best to squeeze female workers, not to mention that Japan is close at hand, and it takes three months for British products to be sent to China, and it takes a month for the United States to send them.

The Japanese are not only closer, the Japanese also insist on subsidizing the shipping industry all year round, and virtually subsidize textile exports, under such dumping, British and American textiles have no ability to compete at all, and can only reluctantly withdraw from the Northeast market, but the dissatisfaction with Japan is increasing.

Monopolizing the North Korean market and forcibly occupying the Northeast market, this has allowed the Japanese to slowly ease up in the economic crisis in the past two years, of course, the economic crisis caused by Yang Chao and HSBC last year has once again hit Japan, but after the end of the year, the British market has slowly stabilized, and the Japanese economy has begun to recover this year, and the loss of economic strength is not as big as that of the UK.

When Yang Chao arrived at Yingkou, the British and Japanese had been waiting for a long time.

"Marquis Ito has been waiting for a long time."

After exchanging views with the British consul and the Japanese consul, the Japanese finally stayed and quietly told Yang Chao that Ito Hirobumi was here.

"Oops, Duke Ito has arrived, why didn't you say it earlier. Where, the official wants to meet Itoko! ”

Yang Chao immediately stood up, showing great respect for Ito, an old devil.

The Japanese were very satisfied, and immediately told Yang Chao that Marquis Ito was waiting in the teahouse outside.

Yamen is the Yingkou Customs Supervision Office.

"Then take the official to Ito-kun. When I said goodbye to Ito-kun, seven or eight years passed inadvertently. ”

Yang Chao sighed, with an urgent expression, giving the Japanese the feeling that it is. Yang Chao had a very strong desire to make contact with the Japanese, which was what the Japanese consul wanted to see the most, and they also needed China at this time. To be precise, both the Japanese and the Russians are fighting for China, and now it is the one who determines China's attitude in the Northeast. This is Yang Chao.

But the consul did not take Yang Chao to see Ito Hirobumi, but said: "Marquis Ito really wants to visit Lord Yang's yacht, I don't know if Lord Yang is willing to appreciate his face." ”

Yang Chao smiled: "That's naturally good, this official is happy to be the host." ”

Soon Yang Chao and Ito Hirobumi met on the yacht.

"Yang Jun's yacht is really magnificent."

Hirobumi Ito praised Yang Chao's yacht.

A 1,000-ton ship may only be a small boat for an ocean-going freighter, but it is definitely atmospheric enough for a private yacht.

Marquis Ito complimented. It's just supporting domestic products. ”

Yang Chao sighed. This ship is a domestic product, and it is indeed a domestic product. It was built by the Fujian Chamber of Commerce.

Gong Zhaoqing saw that the Americans and Germans had invested heavily in building shipyards, and he didn't know why he was interested, and after talking to Yang Chao, Yang Chao naturally supported it strongly.

Gong Zhaoqing then poached a large number of technicians from the Fuzhou Steamship China Merchants Bureau. A lot of equipment was purchased, and a small shipyard capable of producing 1,000 steamers was opened.

Yang Chao strongly supported this, and even did not hesitate to let Diesel's technicians and Gong Zhaoqing's shipyard jointly study diesel engine cargo ships, knowing that it is definitely more advantageous to cooperate with the Germans and Americans, because they have stronger technical strength.

It's just that there are also discordant things, Gong Zhaoqing's methods are too ruthless, and after poaching a large number of technicians from the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, the Shipmaster Bureau is very angry. The superintendent did not hesitate to impeach Yang Chao and demanded that the governor of Shandong, Yamen, intervene to restrain Gong Zhaoqing's behavior.

Yang Chaocai didn't bother to care about it, but instead fought a big lawsuit with the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau.

The Fuzhou Shipyard Bureau lost in the end, and they couldn't help but lose. The Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, which was built by Zuo Zongtang and vigorously developed by Shen Baozhen, still had some achievements, and it was the largest shipyard in the Far East back then, but after Shen Baozhen's death, the successors played it badly. In 1866~1907, the shipyard built a total of 40 ships of various kinds, and after the First Sino-Japanese War, only 7 ships were built, but they had to swallow a lot of funds every year, and until the Republic of China period, more than 200,000 taels of silver were allocated every year.

As an enterprise, it has been established for half a century, and it still keeps managing the court to ask for money, which is unreasonable.

Therefore, Zhang Zhidong chose to support Yang Chao, but he just advised Yang Chao not to do too much, and he couldn't really let the shipyard collapse.

"Ito-kun, please!"

Yang Chao took out British black tea again, and he has been feeling more and more delicious about British tea recently, especially after looting hundreds of millions of taels of silver from the British.

Count Ito and Yang Chao drank tea on the deck, chatting and laughing, looking back on the sobriety of the last meeting, and feeling that time flies, and it is seven years to say goodbye.

"Of course, any expansion of the Russians in the Northeast is firmly opposed by our country."

The two seemed to inadvertently talk about the recent movements of the Russians, and Yang Chao's attitude was very clear.

Hirobumi Ito smiled: "Don't hesitate to fight? ”

Yang Chao said decisively: "Don't hesitate to fight!" ”

Hirobumi Ito said with a smile: "In this way, our two countries have the same interests and the same attitude!" ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "That's not necessarily, your country has stationed more than 50,000 troops in Dalian, which is also what my country resolutely opposes." ”

Ito Hirobumi waved his hand: "That's just to guard against the Russians, I believe Lord Yang knows very well that once the threat of the Russians is lifted, my country will naturally not station troops in the northeast, my country fully respects China's sovereignty and has no intention of infringing on China's interests." ”

Yang Chao smiled: "If the Russians withdraw their troops from Lushun, will Japan also withdraw their troops from Dalian?" ”

Hirobumi Ito said, "That's nature. ”

Ito's attitude shows that Japan's appetite is now limited to North Korea, and unlike the Russians, they have no intention of the territory of the Northeast, and the border between Korea and the Northeast is the margin of Japan's interests.

"Then congratulations on our consensus, I hope that your two countries will jointly issue an announcement to the outside world to coerce the Russians to withdraw their troops!"

Yang Chao stretched out his hand and shook it with Hirobumi Ito.

Hirobumi Ito smiled: "As you wish! ”

Yang Chao and Ito Hirobumi soon issued an announcement and held a press conference in Yingkou, at which they expressed their common views on the Northeast issue and made two demands to Russia:

The first demanded that the Russians immediately withdraw the fleet illegally stationed in Arthur. This demand is obviously a consistent demand of the Qing government.

Second, the Russians were required to abide by a number of treaties since the Russo-Japanese War and to withdraw their surplus troops from Arthur. This request must be the meaning of the Japanese.

When asked by a reporter what to do if the Russians did not agree, Yang Chao and Ito Hirobumi jointly said that the two countries would protect their respective rights and interests in the northeast and North Korea at all costs, and would not rule out the use of military means.

In an instant, public opinion was in an uproar, and the whole world could not have imagined that the situation in Northeast China would take such a complicated and drastic turn, and that it was Japan that was provocative at the beginning and rashly stationed troops in Dalian.

But then the actions of the Russians against Japan took the opportunity to restore the fleet in Lushun, but it caused great dissatisfaction among the Qing government, and the Russians did not seriously consider the attitude of the Chinese, and finally let the Japanese win over China.

"Another diplomatic failure!"

That's what the whole world says about the Russians.

"Is it just a diplomatic failure?"

Yang Chao couldn't help but laugh when he looked at the comments in several foreigners' newspapers.

No one saw that the reason why the situation was developing like this was just because Yang Chao wanted to fight.

Fight a war to train the army, fight a war to improve its international status, fight a war to provide a market for industry, that's all! (To be continued.) )