From a distance, a raging flame rises into the air, billowing black smoke, the fire soars into the sky, and when it is closer, the whole building has been in flames, from a distance, the tongue of fire at the window is dancing, and in the smoke and gunpowder, there is a faint burst of frenzied cheers, and the fire burns so fiercely and quickly

When the scorching heat wave hits the face, it always makes people feel that the fire may be the enthusiasm of the people.

Hikiki Yi sitting in the car looked at the flames in surprise, listening to the cheers of the people, he almost couldn't believe his eyes, but at this time, his eyes were more excited, in the eyes of the Japanese ambassador to China, the demonstration in front of him seemed to become ** at this time, facing the monstrous blue flames, looking at the people who cheered feverishly, he found that his heart was even beating sharply.

"If China breaks out......

At this time, what came to mind in Nichi's mind was whether this demonstration could develop into a **, and what kind of benefits Japan could get from this "**".

After signaling the driver to pull over, he held his breath and carefully observed the fanatical populace in order to get first-hand information, and if he could, he would prefer to reach out to them.

"Send Men to Know Them Immediately"

At this time, Nichiki even annoyed why his reaction was so slow, and after the incident, he failed to send intelligence and strategists to grasp the first-hand information of the demonstrators in the first place, so as to make the most beneficial choice for Japan.

Anyone who knows Japan knows that after the defeat of the war eight years ago, although Japan had no choice but to turn to China, it was divided into "Western" and "Asian" factions within the Japanese government, the former advocated getting close to Western countries so as to get rid of China's clamping on Japan, while the latter advocated friendship with China and the establishment of a new Asian order with China. The internal struggle of the Japanese government is actually a struggle between the "Westerners" and the "Asians," and under the deterrence of the pressure of reality, the Asians have always had the upper hand in the past six years.

Deep down, he longs more than anyone for China to withdraw its troops from Japan and for Japan to return to its former "independence", but he understands another fact, as China grows stronger day by day, this may just be a dream.

The relationship between China and Japan is very obvious, China is stronger, Japan is less likely to get rid of China's clamp, for Japan, there is not even the slightest possibility of relying on military force to get out of China's clamp, the peace treaty of that year is stuck in a shackle around Japan's neck, that shackle makes Japan can only have pitiful, or even only to meet the coastal defense of the sea force, and in Japan, there are as many as 300,000 Chinese troops, under the premise that Japan pays 80 military expenses for the garrison every year, It was simply impossible for Japan to build a sufficiently powerful army.

It is precisely under the influence of this realistic environment that the Asianist faction now has the upper hand within the government, and Asianism has begun to become the mainstream ideology in Japan, but when the government and public opinion talk about the friendship between China and Japan for generations and Sino-Japanese cooperation to preserve Asia, there are still many people who are deeply convinced of Asianism and are trying to strive for Japan's true "self-reliance."

As early as five years ago, after coming to China again, Nichichi has been trying to open a hole for Japan from within China, but those he prefers are that China loosens its grip on Japan, and last year, the Japanese government bought 50 shares held by the Sino-Japanese joint shipping company COSCO for 250 million yen, which is a victory in the eyes of Nichiyi. …,

There are a large number of Sino-Japanese joint companies in Japan, and in another aspect, that one Sino-Japanese joint-stock company is China's economic control over Japan. It is precisely for this reason that Rizhiyi will continue to lobby people from all walks of life in China's political circles, and through various concessions and even huge bribes, they have successfully persuaded them to loosen an economic opening, a thousand-mile embankment, and collapse in an anthill, and sometimes, only a starting point is enough.

Nichiki believes that the successful acquisition of joint ventures in the future will mean that Japan will gradually achieve economic self-reliance, so that it will have the opportunity to get rid of China's influence in the future.

And now, the fire in front of him, the fanatical people, made him realize that if he seized this opportunity, he might not need to wait for a long time at all, and even through civil strife, China would decline rapidly.

In the Prime Minister's official residence, Yuan Shikai, who had just learned that his request to "return to his hometown" had been approved, listened to the report with a pale face.

The technology introduction committee and the Central Bidding Bureau were burned down by demonstrators, police officers and public officials were beaten, and although he was in the prime minister's residence, Yuan Shikai could faintly hear the sirens of fire extinguishers in the distance.

"What does the police station do for food?"

Although he had resigned and the news had been released to the outside world an hour ago, Yuan Shikai, who had just returned to the prime minister's official residence, was still furious.

"Immediately invite the Minister of Justice to come over, as well as the director of the Nanjing Police Department"

Now, at least until His Majesty appoints a new prime minister, Yuan Shikai still needs to perform the duties of guarding the prime minister, and ten minutes later, the Minister of Justice Zhang Feng first came to the prime minister's residence, and a little later, Zhao Zhicheng, director of the Nanjing Police Department, also arrived.

"Is this the current situation in Nanjing, where government institutions have been burned by mobs and police officers and public officials have been beaten?"

"Now Nanjing is falling into anarchy"

Zhang Feng still said lukewarmly, and then said something that made people scratch their heads.

"Therefore, the anarchy in Nanking must be ended immediately"

From any point of view, everything has changed with the burning of the Imperial Technology Import Commission, and now he is no longer allowed to remain silent as the Minister of Justice, who used to be able to march, demonstrate, and protest as long as they did not violate the law, but as there is a move towards violence, the Ministry of Justice must stand up and uphold the dignity of the law.

Zhang Feng's answer made Yuan Shikai quite satisfied, at least this showed an attitude of the Ministry of Justice, but when he turned to Zhao Shancheng, his face was cold.

"What do the more than 10,000 police officers in your police department do to eat? You can't even maintain law and order in Nanjing, you don't know how to shoot or arrest people......"

After venting his anger, when Zhao Shancheng was about to explain, Yuan Shikai glanced at Zhang Feng and said.

"Okay, now, I have only one question, and what is the Ministry of Justice going to do about the government offices that were burned by the mob?"

"Solve all problems within the law"

When a sentence that was neither humble nor arrogant spit out from Zhang Feng's mouth, Yuan Shikai was obviously a little dissatisfied, and he said bluntly.

"Now, not to solve all problems within the scope of the law, as a caretaker prime minister, at least until the new prime minister takes office, I am still the prime minister, I demand the immediate arrest of all those involved, etc., all personnel must be strictly interrogated and sentenced, if there are young university students involved, they are all members of the reserve officer corps, and they must be transferred to the military court for strict trial."

Yuan Shikai's words only surprised Zhang Feng, he looked at Yuan Shikai in front of him in surprise, what is he going to do? Now that he is no longer the prime minister, this stall can be completely thrown to the next office, and Yuan Shikai not only took it over, but also had to strictly try the matter and transfer it to the military court, what does this mean? …,

In China, an integrated military and national education is implemented, with primary and secondary schools joining the Scouts, high schools joining the reserves, and being admitted to the reserve officer corps after being admitted to universities.

And now is the time of war, the reserve officer of the reserve officer corps set fire to the government institutions in the country, which is tantamount to a rebellion, which is undoubtedly equivalent to the death sentence before they go to court, the military jury will never care about any public pressure pressure, let alone succumb to the pressure of the outside world, in the eyes of those soldiers, the "rebellion" of those college student officers is undoubtedly discrediting the entire guard, it can be said that they will only want to kill them and then quickly, there will be other political factors to consider.

And why did Yuan Shikai do this?

"Why, isn't there anything wrong with that?".

asked rhetorically, but Yuan Shikai stood up and said.

"Order in Nanking must be restored, the dignity of the law must be maintained, and if the government tolerates this matter, it will undoubtedly create a precedent for the empire to "judge right and wrong by violence", and the tradition of "judging right and wrong by speech" established by Your Majesty for nearly ten years will surely be destroyed, and we as ministers must maintain the dignity of the law at all costs, not only to punish all those involved, but also to punish those who are in charge of it, so as to set an example. Could it be that they are all decorations? ”

A few minutes later, after Zhang Feng left the Prime Minister's residence, Yuan Shikai, who was sitting on the chair, was silent for a long time, a pair of tired eyes looked a little blank, his hands held the armrests of the chair, and after a long time, he sighed, showing a trace of pity on his face, but in addition to pity, there was a trace of determination in his eyes, outsiders may never be able to understand his intentions, but the pain of making that decision may only be understood by him alone.

"Hey, that's all there is to it"

With a long sigh, Yuan Shikai grabbed the phone on the table, which was a telephone ...... connected to the War Department,