Chapter 66: The Hawaii Plan

Since February 1, when he received a telegram from Li Enfu: "The matter has been completed, please allocate funds", there has been no news of Li Enfu. Even Tang Shaoyi and Lin Qizhao strongly opposed giving Li Enfu all 10 million US dollars at a time. Guangxu did not doubt just because of one sentence, and 10 million was disbursed on time without delay. It wasn't until the third day of the new year that the team members who returned from Honolulu brought three handwritten letters written by Lee Eun-bok. Guangxu only understood what Li Enfu had done in the past six months.

First of all, Li Enfu mercilessly pointed out that the island should be called Hawaii. It means "original home." "And Honolulu is just its capital, also called Honolulu. Guangxu was messed up by the information of later generations.

On October 10 last year, Li Enfu arrived in Hawaii. After a week of visiting, I went to see the queen and bought land on the east side of Pearl Harbor for planting. At the same time, a large number of Chinese and local soil were recruited to serve as laborers. Because of Li Enfu's equal pay policy for equal work, it quickly attracted the popularity of local clay workers.

On November 15, the Queen of Hawaii summoned Li Enfu, and when Li Enfu talked about what he saw and heard when he was campaigning for the Chinese in the United States, and talked about the unfair treatment of Chinese in the United States by white oppression in the United States. Let Queen Liliukalani, who was sitting on the sidelines, empathize. At this time, Li Enfu took advantage of the unfair treatment of overseas Chinese to talk about ethnic equality. The equal pay for equal work implemented by Li Enfu on his farm is precisely because he also feels that the local aborigines are oppressed by foreign peoples such as the United States, and can only do what he can within his ability. Queen Liliu Karani was so moved that she not only stayed with Lee for dinner, but also granted Lee Enfu Hawaiian citizenship on the spot.

On November 22, Li Enfu went to the palace again to meet the queen, hoping to buy a piece of land again. On the one hand, it was used to house the families from the Qing Dynasty, and on the other hand, the scale of the farm was expanded. It was also promised that the new farm would give priority to the employment of local Aboriginal people. The result was that the queen agreed.

From November 25th to 27th, in three days, Li Enfu visited the envoys of various countries in Hawaii one after another, proposing to establish a sugar processing plant on Oahu, and asking the ministers of various countries to cooperate in helping to purchase equipment and hire relevant skilled workers.

On December 8, 120 military personnel secretly sent by the Qing State arrived and stayed at Li Enfu's farm. At the same time, Guangxu's secret decree and gold medal were shown. Without waiting for the personnel to trim, they immediately scattered all the personnel to familiarize themselves with the terrain.

On December 19, a cargo ship from the newly established Pacific Cargo Company arrived in Hawaii loaded with farm machinery ordered by Li Enfu. At the same time, various firearms and ammunition were secretly delivered.

On December 20, Li Enfu entered the palace again to meet the queen. In the eyes of outsiders, after the queen read what Li Enfu wrote, the two immediately entered the study. Since this time it was the two of them who discussed alone. Outsiders didn't know what the two were discussing. In fact, what the queen saw was the plot of the American sugar merchants to subvert the Hawaiian Kingdom. It's not as hard as you think. The American sugar merchants, led by David, did not know that someone was already eyeing them. Although Roosevelt provided them with guns, David must have been just merchants, overthrowing the Hawaiian kingdom in order to make a greater profit. On the other hand, on Li Enfu's side, Li Enfu and his entourage have a clear purpose, and the participants are all professionally trained in military affairs, and there are professionals who are good at intelligence gathering. With professionalism versus amateurism, with heart to heartlessness, it is natural to catch it. What frightened the queen even more was that the American political axe had already sent a Pacific squadron with three cruisers as the main force on its way to Hawaii. Li Enfu said: "The Chinese nation has always been peace-loving since ancient times, although there will be a few scum, such as the Chen family, the second largest Chinese in Hawaii, who participated in the coup. But the vast majority of Chinese are still hospitable. I thank Her Majesty for granting me Hawaiian citizenship, and as a Hawaiian citizen, I have a responsibility to protect Hawaii. As a Hawaiian citizen, I overheard the news during an inadvertent outing, and as a citizen of Hawaii, I paid attention to it. I found out all about it. So the two discussed for an afternoon.

On the morning of December 27, the queen personally visited Li Enfu's farm, accompanied by the officials of the kingdom. The trip was to learn about Lee Eun-bok's policy of equal pay for equal work, which the queen intended to fully implement in the kingdom. The move was welcomed by the indigenous people. After the visit, the queen and Li Enfu met separately again, saying that they were the enforceable surnames to negotiate equal pay for equal work. And in fact, the queen came to ask Li Enfu for help.

On December 28 and 29, Li Enfu entered the palace for the second time to discuss with the queen, but this time it was no longer Li Enfu alone, and he brought people into the palace every time.

On the afternoon of December 31, the son of the Chen family was kidnapped for a brawl. In the evening, Hawaii said that the sister of Yamashita Lang, the largest family in Hawaii, disappeared.

On the morning of January 1, Yamashita Lang's sister returned home and cried to her brother Yamashita Lang about her experience last night. She was forcibly annihilated by the American David after being given an aphrodisiac. Yamashita was furious and immediately led people to David's theory, but he didn't expect David and many American sugar merchants to be partying. This time clashes broke out, and people were injured on both sides. In the end, the Americans used guns and shot and killed a man before the conflict stopped. And what made Yue himself even more angry was that David publicly scolded: "Damn this monkey, you actually provoked us Americans for a bitch." Have you forgotten who opened the door to the book back then? However, the small island of the projectile also dares to call it a big empire. As soon as this sentence came out, it can be regarded as completely angering the extreme imperialist plot of the person himself.

The next day, January 2. In view of the conflict between the American merchants, the Queen of Hawaii sent someone to mediate, and when she learned the truth of the matter, she expressed her anger at what the Americans had done. At the same time, he also stated that it is only a personal feud at present, and the queen and the Hawaiian political axe will not intervene in this conflict.

On the same day, Li Enfu visited the three major local Chinese families in Hawaii - the Lin family, the Chen family and the Huang family. Because the Li family has only just arrived in Hawaii, they are a little worried about the current situation, and hope that the four Chinese families can work together to deal with possible conflicts in the future. The eldest son of the Lin family, because he served in Hawaii, was somewhat relied on, and his tone was vague, expressing his reluctance to intervene in the conflict and neutrality. The second-largest Chen family always wants to be the largest Chinese family in the local area, so there are always conflicts with the Lin family. And this time the Americans wanted to launch a coup d'état, and the promise given to the Chen family was to disintegrate the Lin family, so the Chen family agreed to join the side of the United States. Li Enfu shook his head secretly, at this time the ambitions of the Americans were clearly exposed, and they had launched a coup d'état for profit. Once successful, how could it be possible to give up the Lin family's business to the Chen family. The Chen family's move is nothing more than a plot with the tiger. On the contrary, the youngest Huang family agreed to Li Enfu's proposal, but the strength of the two families was too weak, and the Huang family also proposed that once the situation changed, they hoped that the two families could help each other.

On 4 January, the Americans clashed with Yue himself again over walking on the street, and one person was killed on the spot. What no one noticed was that the man who had collided with the American had long since disappeared.

On January 5, when the angry man said that he had been buying guns everywhere to no avail, and that it would take some time to ship them from China, there was a small piece of news: the Li family, who had just arrived in Hawaii, was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the Americans, and the Li family had a lot of guns. So, the vengeful said that he quietly came to the Li family farm that night. Lee En-fu personally received the visitors, and Lee En-fu first made a stern criticism of the despicable behavior of the Americans, and expressed sympathy for the unequal treatment he had received. When Ben proposed to buy the Li family's guns, Li Enfu said that he was very embarrassed, because the Li family itself did not have many guns, and they needed to stay for self-defense. He said that they have asked the country to transport guns, and when the guns arrive, they will be replenished to the Li family as soon as they arrive, and they are willing to buy them at a high price this time. In view of his firm attitude, Li Enfu could only "reluctantly" agree to sell all 50 guns and supporting ammunition. At the same time, he said that the Li family would not intervene in any conflict when they first arrived. When he was still thinking that there were too few guns, Li Enfu provided important news: there was a Hawaiian arsenal not far from the Li family's farm, and the officers guarding it could be bribed. That night, he couldn't wait to transport the guns and ammunition.

On January 10, the ready Yue himself came to the estate of the American David again and demanded that David apologize for his crimes. David, of course, was unwilling, and the conflict broke out again. Just as the two sides were fighting each other, the shots rang out. An American and a man himself collapsed in a pool of blood at the same time. shocked the audience together, and there was silence. Angry, he himself opened fire, and gunfire rang out on both sides, and countless people fell to the ground and died. Since he said that he came prepared, he quickly took the initiative. Just as he was gaining the upper hand, he had already stormed David's manor, when the Hawaiian Guard arrived, and he fled frantically. Only a small number of wounded people were caught, and the Hawaiian Guards entered David's estate and forcibly disarmed him.

Things developed into a shootout, with numerous casualties and completely enraged on both sides. It was supposed to add another fire to make the anger of both sides rise again, why did the Hawaiian Kingdom Guard appear so timely? That night, Xu Shichang raised this question, which also Guangxu did not understand. And Li Enfu's answer was: At that time, he said that he had the upper hand in an all-round way, and if he didn't stop it in time, he would definitely be able to catch David with his own strength. Once he killed David, his anger would be extinguished, and the other sugar merchants in the United States would only divide David's estate, but would not desperately avenge David. In this way, it will be difficult to find an excuse to provoke before the arrival of the American warship. The force was forced to suppress it, so that the anger of both sides was stronger again. At this time, if you ignite it again, it will be like a volcanic eruption, and no one can stand it anymore. And this Hawaiian Kingdom Guard is the one stationed next to the Li family's farm. This guard is the Queen's most loyal guard, and the Queen has authorized Lee Eun-bok to command it secretly. That's why they arrived so timely. Then it turned out that Li Enfu was prescient.

That night, David was shot and wounded in the left arm. Annoyed and angry, David also sent someone to assassinate him. For two days from now until the morning of January 12, gunshots rang out every night, and people from both sides of the United States and Israel died under black guns.

Beginning on the night of January 13, gunfire spread from Oahu to Kauai.

Just after nightfall on the evening of January 15, a housekeeper of the Chinese Lin family was shot and killed, and the murderer pointed directly at the Americans. Because only Americans may not be able to distinguish between the Chinese and the person himself, and the housekeeper of the Lin family died in the direction of the place where he lived.

Early the next day, January 16, the Lin family led a team to the manor of the American David, demanding that the murderer be handed over. was discussing with many American sugar merchants whether to wait for the arrival of the American [***] ship before acting, or to launch in advance, David, who was on the windowsill, watched the crowd in front of the manor, and not only the Lin family, but also the Huang family and the Li family came to support. That's nearly a thousand people, and David, who was already anxious about his revenge, after consulting with other American sugar merchants, admitted to the Lin family that they didn't do it, and threw out that the Chen family was also involved in the matter. The Lin and Chen families are constantly filthy, instigated by the Americans and shouted loudly by Li Enfu's people in the crowd, and the angry Lin family came to the Chen family in a big way, and the head of the Chen family is worried that his eldest son has been kidnapped and has not been heard from so far, how can he admit that he has not done such a thing? As a result, the gunshots remembered again, and while the Lin and Chen families both accused each other of shooting and killing people first, the gunfight between the two families officially began.

During the day on January 17, through the battle between the Lin and Chen families, the gunfight between the two sides of the United States and China changed from night to daytime. In the afternoon, several Royal Hawaiian Guards were shot at by unknown when they intervened to stop them, and the Royal Guard of Hawaii was also involved.

On January 18, the fighting spread to Kauai. Both Li and Huang were injured.

On January 19, Hawaii was burning. The first casualties occurred among the personnel sent by the Qing state. Li Enfu visited the envoys of various countries in Hawaii, but got only one result, none of which he attended.

The war lasted until January 20, and both the Lin family and the person were at the end of their crossbows. The Americans and the Chen family, who had gained the upper hand, decided to take advantage of the big victory and launch a coup d'état ahead of schedule. At noon on the same day, under the pretext that the queen failed to protect the legitimate interests of merchants from various countries, a head-on shootout with the Hawaiian Kingdom Guard broke out. Fierce fighting continued into the evening, and the Americans fully occupied the palace, cheering everywhere. It wasn't until David entered the palace that he found that the queen was gone.

As soon as the sun set over the sea, the long-missing Chen family returned to the Chen family with a face full of fear, and kept saying only one sentence: Give up, the Americans will not succeed. How could the head of the Chen family, who was in the midst of a big victory, listen to it.

After nightfall, with the advantage of intelligence and familiarity with the terrain, the queen and Li Enfu made full efforts. David in the palace was still thinking about the time when these damned natives would still want to rebel. The Hawaiian Kingdom Guard stormed the palace and took down all the American merchants. The coup ended with a resounding victory for the Queen and Lee Eun-bok.

On January 25, the U.S. Navy led by Roosevelt arrived, and saw calm Hawaii and American businessmen waiting to be expelled. Roosevelt understood, and he took the trouble to talk about the result of the U.S. Navy sailing around South America for more than half a year. It was in vain because of these ignorant businessmen. Roosevelt did not think of relying only on the Navy for a coup d'état, the point was that he did not have an excuse to launch it. And he found out that there were people transporting mines at Pearl Harbor.

Three days later, on 28 January, the US[***] ship, which had concluded its "goodwill" visit, left Hawaii. The expelled American businessmen left Hawaii with the U.S. [***] ship, and the "Hawaii Turmoil" officially ended.

At this point, the "Hawaii Plan" drafted by Guangxu and implemented by Li Enfu was completed.

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