Chapter 212: Assimilation and Integration

If you say from a close distance, since the collapse of the Later Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was weak, the Khitan in the north, except for the one that went west, a large number of Khitan people were sinicized, and then the Jin people were sinicized, and then the Mongols and Manchus were sinicized. Almost without exception. Almost everyone who bullied the descendants of Yan and Huang eventually became a member of Huaxia......

These peoples, who originated from the north, were once more fierce and stronger than the other. But this ferocity has been worn out in just a few decades after entering the Central Plains. What is the reason? What is the initial fusion and initial assimilation of two hostile forces, two hostile people?

I'm afraid it's not war, but the goodwill that comes from the nature of the human heart. Even the kindness of those who don't care about hatred and who commit two crimes. The Japanese veterans and war criminals who confessed their war crimes in later generations -- such as Shigeru Fujita -- and those Japanese who still had a good impression of the Chinese in later generations also originated because of the Chinese after the war, not only did they not kill these people to the end, but also, when the economy was difficult, they cut back on food and clothing, repatriated millions of expatriates, and provided the most standard food for the prisoners serving prison sentences. Even if the Chinese guards cut back on their own food and clothing.

Although, this is really very unpleasant, and it is difficult for later generations to understand those who know about Japan's crimes -- if there is revenge and no revenge, isn't it two?

However, if the historical repatriation of Japanese nationals is canceled, the policy of abandonment will be carried out to the end. So half a century later, these Japanese people, who have completely accepted the sinicization of their lifestyle, language and culture, and psychological construction, are they still Japanese? It is estimated that it has already been assimilated.

At least, Li Xianglan, who thinks she is half Chinese, has basically been assimilated. Li Xianglan, who had no light for the rest of her life, was obviously a little surprised. However, she is also a smart woman, originally, after the theft of antiques from the Japanese military police and the explosion of the Daimyo Maru. Li Xianglan had a vague guess. However, because she herself did not approve of Japan's invasion of China, and it was possible that she was wronged by the darkness, she did not investigate it deeply.

Therefore, without waiting for Ye Wuguang and Yu Sheng to explain the situation to her, Li Xianglan asked Ye Wuguang and said, "Yejun, I know that you are also a last resort." I'll just ask you, the words you said to me, the songs you gave me, but only to complete your own mission? ”

The night is dark, and I sigh. I can't answer that.

With this sigh, Li Xianglan understood. He didn't continue to ask, just glanced at Ye Wuguang. The meaning in this glance made Ye Wuguang's heart move, and he had to avoid it.

Yu Sheng saw that the two of them were embarrassed, so he said to Li Xianglan: "Yu has already heard Miss Li Xianglan's "Night Fragrance", and it is really shocking. Today, in addition to the request of the night without light, I also brought a piece of good news. Zhao's subordinates have contacted Miss Li Xianglan's parents in Beiping. In addition, they were assisted in finding a birth certificate that could prove Miss Li's identity. In the near future, this important evidence will be handed over to Shanghai. So. Miss Li Xianglan is also invited to stay here for a few days, and after arraignment in a few days, she can be released on the basis of this evidence. ”

Zhao next to him also laughed and said: "These days, if Miss Li Xianglan has any requirements for life." You can just say it. Although there is no final trial yet, Miss Li has already determined that she is not a traitor. I'll try to be as satisfying as possible. ”

At this time, Li Xianglan had already made her identity and could not prove it. Prepare to die on this. But unexpectedly, good news fell from the sky. Even though this woman's insight and heart are unusual, she can't suppress the ecstasy of dying and living at this time. The smile on his face bloomed irrepressibly. It is as beautiful as a camellia. looked at the three men in front of him, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Li Xianglan bowed and said again and again: "Thank you!" ”

Yu Sheng said with a smile: "This matter was urged by my brother-in-law to do it, Miss Li Xianglan really wants to thank him, just thank him." ”

Hearing Yu Sheng say this, Li Xianglan also said thank you again. Under the loss of heart, he walked in front of Ye Wuguang and hugged Ye Wuguang is a gentle kiss. These two lonely men and widows have been together day and night for several years, and their good feelings are long enough. It's just that because of the difference in identity, the window paper is too thick to pierce.

After a kiss, Li Xianglan looked dull. and fled. She also felt too shy to be embarrassed. It's rude. If it is said that Li Xianglan saw Ye Wuguang for the first time, Ye Wuguang had to avoid it. Then the tenderness and sweetness in this glance made Ye Wuguang almost intoxicated and couldn't extricate himself.

It stands to reason that his brother-in-law, who is a righteous and orderly royal family, is more than enough if it is not for the middle of the family and the daughter of a Japanese commoner. However, the times are different, China is no longer the world of the Manchu Dynasty, and Li Xianglan has also become a star who is popular all over the beach. If it weren't for this woman's despondency at this time, Ye Wuguang would not have had a chance at all.

However, now that he has the rest of his life, it is not impossible for Yucheng to marry this time. The trial of Li Xianglan, at the request of the rest of her life, will soon enter the procedure. And Li Xianglan's song is completely out of line with the standards of war criminals. There are even two songs, "Sad Pacific" and "Dawn Car", which can be judged to have a tendency to oppose the war.

From the surrender of the Japanese in 1945 to May 1947, a total of 2,357 Japanese war criminals were arrested in various parts of China, and military tribunals were set up in Beiping, Nanjing, Shanghai, Hankou, Guangzhou, Taiyuan, Xuzhou, Jinan, Taipei, Shenyang, and other places to try war criminals. The large-scale trial of war criminals will not be held until 15 February 1946, when China formally establishes a military tribunal for the trial of war criminals by the Ministry of National Defense. And the next step of the rest of my life can't wait for this long time. Therefore, it is necessary to judge Li Xianglan in advance and understand this matter.

In addition to Li Xianglan, the other Japanese war criminals in Shanghai did not have such generous treatment at all. Although the Chinese have no leisure to retaliate against them, Shanghai Tang, as an international metropolis, is not only Chinese. After the Japanese occupied the Shanghai Tang Concession, the treatment of expatriates from Britain, France, the United States and other countries was not so favorable.

The Japanese had been planning to attack Pearl Harbor and tear their faces with the Americans for a long time, so they had already planned a series of measures after the attack on Pearl Harbor, including the handling of European and American expatriates in the Shanghai Concession. On November 27, 1941, the Headquarters of the Japanese Dispatch Army drafted the "Essentials for Handling the Rights and Interests of the Enemy Country and Their Enemy Countries in China (Draft)." Of course, this draft was before the successful attack on Pearl Harbor. It is absolutely confidential.

On December 7, 1941, the same day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Japanese Foreign Minister Togo sent an urgent and extremely secret telegram to Acting Ambassador Hidaka in Nanjing, giving instructions on how to deal with the enemy consuls and enemy nationals after the outbreak of war. Among them, the policy measures for enemy nationals include: special requirements for taking an oath not to commit harmful acts to the Japanese side, and the need to obtain the approval of the military department for moving and traveling; Mail is censored, and unencrypted telegrams are licensed; prohibit the raising of the national flag; spying on the enemy in general; Rally speeches are prohibited.

The next day, the impact of the Pearl Harbor attack spread to the world, and the Japanese officially tore their faces with European and American countries. December 8, 1945. The Japanese occupied the Shanghai Concession and then declared the nationals of 16 countries and regions, including Britain, the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Panama, Cuba, and South Africa, to be enemy nationals. After the declaration of hostilities, it sent troops to the British, American, and Dutch consulates in Shanghai, stopped all business of these consulates, closed down and sealed the radio equipment, and took the consulate personnel under control.

Subsequently, the Japanese liquidated and took over the banks and enterprises of these countries in Shanghai. The huge fortunes in these banks and businesses were henceforth considered Japanese. But. After all, the Japanese were a little in awe of their original boss, and although they robbed the money, they did not kill anyone.

On January 20, 1942, the Japanese announced the registration of foreign nationals. After registration. On 20 September, the Japanese authorities decided that from 1 October, all nationals of enemy countries who had reached the age of 13 should wear red armbands. These armbands are according to different countries. Logo with different English letters. to show the difference in nationality. Anyone wearing an armband is not allowed to enter public entertainment places such as cinemas, cinemas, dance halls, nightclubs, pull-back stadiums, and horse racing halls.

On January 24, 1943, the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai formulated the "Guidelines for the Implementation of the Life of the Enemy Chinese Group in Shanghai." It was decided that the British and American nationals in Shanghai who were in belligerent relations with Japan would be accommodated in concentration camps. However, Filipinos, Indians, Malays, Burmese, Anglo-American Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch Indians, all of whom had been occupied by the Japanese, were not eligible to live in concentration camps.

On January 29, 1943, the camp was opened. By April, more than 5,000 Japanese enemy nationals in Shanghai had been accommodated. Most of these people are civilians who can't stay in Europe and the United States and want to come to Shanghai to have a good time and find a chance to make a fortune. However, there are also some people who are businessmen and politicians with extremely deep backgrounds. These people don't even dare to embarrass the Japanese too much. Therefore, these people can only be allowed to leave Shanghai. By September 19, 1943, about 900 foreign nationals had left Shanghai.

The camps were subject to military control, and foreign nationals living in the camps were not only strictly restricted from carrying their luggage, but Japan was also reluctant to keep idlers. After all the foreign nationals were admitted to the camps, they were arranged to wash vegetables, cook, pave roads, and clean up. They are also required to engage in gainful work such as vegetable growing, manual labor, and raising goats and poultry.

Raids were carried out almost daily, and the expatriates were beaten when they clashed with the Japanese soldiers who controlled them. Because of the barbed wire fence in the concentration camp, there were very few people who managed to escape, and if they failed to escape and were caught by the Japanese, the fate would be very miserable.

And, like all concentration camps during World War II, the people in the camps received little additional food rations. A daily food quota can or may not be enough to sustain the body in the calories it needs. As a result, the diaspora in every concentration camp faced a long and prolonged period of hunger. Even the supply of water is limited.

Even so, the expatriates in these camps faced a precarious situation. The main purpose of the Japanese in keeping these expatriates was not to uphold international conventions, but to take them hostage. In 1945, when Japan was retreating in the Pacific Ocean and preparing to implement the scorched earth plan in Shanghai, it transferred the old, weak, sick and disabled expatriates who had been imprisoned in the Third Concentration Camp in western Shanghai to Yangshupu. These expatriates thus became the protection of Japanese military and industrial facilities here. The Americans did not dare to bomb this place.

Naturally, after the war, these expatriates would be furious and demand severe punishment for the Japanese. Therefore, the Japanese war criminals and Japanese prisoners in Shanghai were directly imprisoned in the concentration camps where expatriates from Britain and the United States were imprisoned. It's also an unpleasant retribution.

A few days after Yu Sheng handed over the evidence and antiques, Lao Jiang finally reacted. Ye Wuguang was not only released, but also redressed. More than a dozen newspapers in Shanghai Tang devoted a full page to reporting on the deeds of Ye Wuguang and Chen Tian. Ye Wuguang and Chen Tian appeared in front of everyone for the first time in this capacity.

These newspapers carefully listed the list of antiques rescued by Chen Tianhe and Ye Wuguang, as well as the value of these antiques. At the same time, there was also a detailed explanation of the process of the explosion of the Daimyo Maru, which was transporting arms to Japan.

Originally, it was a miracle that Chen Tian blew up the Daimyo Pill alone. After such publicity in the newspapers, it became a legend. A legend that combines the roles of Huo Yuanjia's descendant grandson, movie star, primary school teacher and anti-Japanese lone ranger. Of course, there are also several tabloids interspersed with some lace scandals between Li Xianglan and Ye Wuguang, Chen Tian and female colleagues. The bizarre twists and turns of the story are so twisted that you can make an anti-Japanese drama.

In these reports, the rest of his life is omitted very tacitly. Although this is Yu Sheng's own request, whether it is Chen Tian, Ye Wuguang, or Lao Jiang, they are very willing to make such a low-key choice for the rest of their lives. Chen Tian and Ye Wuguang didn't want to involve the rest of their lives, after all, an entertainment tycoon and a business elite, and at the same time concurrently conspiracy planning and sabotage command are somewhat inconsistent. And Lao Jiang is afraid that after the truth is shaken out, the prestige of the rest of his life will soar. And there are so many military commanders, since the Japanese occupied the concession, they have stayed in Shanghai for several years, and the achievements they have made add up to the rest of their lives, which is really humiliating. (To be continued.) )