Chapter 41: The Wooing of the Japanese

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Goto Shinpei's arrival surprised both Wu Haoxuan and Wu Xingquan. The Jilin Overseer's Mansion and the Japanese are at odds, which no one in the entire Northeast knows about it! This also made the Japanese who were rampant and domineering in Mukden relatively restrained in Jilin.

After all, the Japanese are evildoers, but Jilin is not afraid of them at all, and in the event of a conflict, the Jilin Army will dare to confront them. Therefore, in the face of the tyrannical Jilin, the Japanese chose forbearance. This is probably the national nature of the Japanese people. When faced with the strong, they have to wag their tails and beg for mercy, pretending to be pugs. But once their owners are weak, they turn into ferocious wolves.

The current Jilin, although it is not yet strong. But with the strength of the Japanese in the northeast, they could not confront Jilin. In particular, they gradually collected information, all of which showed the strength of Jilin. The Japanese, who had not yet recovered from the huge losses of the Russo-Japanese War, were unwilling to break out another war with Jilin at this time. Although, Kodama Gentaro believed that only two divisions would be able to defeat the Jilin Army. But the Katsura Taro cabinet did not support him. Therefore, Kodama Gentaro's plan to solve Jilin by force could only be aborted.

This makes them have to treat Jilin in a different way, that is, to adopt the method of co-opting. If Wu Xingquan's father and son can be turned into their people, it will be very beneficial to them.

In the face of Goto Xinping's visit, Wu Haoxuan and Wu Xingquan were not easy to drive away, after all, the visitors were guests. Even if the Japanese can't see them as human beings, it's not good to have a falling out with so many guests. Besides, it's a big day, and no one wants to be unpleasant. Although Wu Haoxuan is not a superstitious person, how many people in this era are not superstitious?

Therefore, Wu Haoxuan is worth ignoring Goto Shinpei. However, Goto Shinpei always had a smile on his face, as if he didn't realize that he was being left out at all. During the toast, Goto Shinpei also smiled and said a lot of blessings. This made Wu Haoxuan think that Goto Shinpei was a character! Otherwise, he would not have become the first president of Manchurian Railway, who was not yet fifty years old.

Goto Shinpei was born in a samurai family in the Mizusawa Domain (now Mizusawa City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan), and his father was Juemon, who served as the chief of the guard under Admiral Date, the owner of the Mizusawan Pavilion in the Sendai Domain, and returned to work as a farmer after the Meiji Restoration. In 1874 (the seventh year of the Meiji era), he entered the Sukagawa Medical School in Fukushima Prefecture and obtained a doctor's qualification. In 1882, at the age of 25, he became the principal of the Aichi Prefectural Medical School and the director of the Aichi Prefectural Hospital. Efforts are made to improve business management, develop social undertakings, and popularize the idea of hygiene, so they have seen and heard about it in the world.

In 1890, he was sent to Germany to study, and returned to China halfway through his studies, and in November 1892, he became the director of the health bureau of the Ministry of the Interior.

Goto Shinpei did not sink and degenerate because of this setback and blow, and his comeback is closely related to his old profession as a doctor. In 1894, the Sino-Japanese War broke out. In April 1895, he was appointed Chief of Army Quarantine Affairs, and Gentaro Kodama saw that he was very diligent and hardworking, so he took him to heart, and in September of the same year, he was reappointed as the director of the Health Bureau, and served for another two and a half years, and devoted himself to the innovation and improvement of internal affairs and health facilities, and co-founded the Institute for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases with Kitasato Shibazaburo.

In 1898, when Kodama Gentaro became the governor of the Taiwan Governor-General's Office, he invited Goto Shinpei to accompany him to Taiwan to serve as a health adviser to the Taiwan Governor's Office, and in March he was exceptionally promoted to the post of civil affairs chief. Under the favor of Gentaro Kodama, Goto Shinpei's talent was fully displayed. As Taiwan's chief civil administrator, he combined the old Chinese armor protection system with the new police system, and soon restored order in the region, reformed the local land ownership and taxation system, and improved public health measures. He promoted the construction of railways, highways, and ports, helped develop light industry, especially sugar mills, adopted a unified system of currency and measurement, and worked to consolidate the dominance of the Japanese and Japanese in Taiwan. After the outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, he conspired with Kodama to send troops to occupy Fujian, but the government was not prepared to stop him.

After becoming the president of the Manchurian Railway, he advocated the theory of confrontation between the old and the new continents, and asked Japan to unite with Russia to connect the South Manchurian Railway, the Eastern Qing Railway and the Trans-Siberian Railway to form a large Eurasian railway network to counter the entry of American railway capital into East Asia.

It can be said that after Gentaro Kodama returned to Japan as chief of staff of the army, Goto Shinpei has become the head of Japan's colonial rule in Northeast China. Even the command of several railway garrison brigades was handed over to him. However, Goto Shinpei hopes that the problem can be resolved in a peaceful way, rather than resorting to force.

The candle night in the cave room is the happiest moment for every man, and Wu Haoxuan is no exception. Although his daughter-in-law Ma Jiahui is still young, she has to admit that people in this era are very precocious. And Wu Haoxuan, in the end, it is worth following the local customs.

Although Ma Jiahui is young, she has a gentle personality and is completely different from her two elder brothers. This made Wu Haoxuan very satisfied. Moreover, Ma Jiahui is very smart and knows the hidden contradictions between the Wu family and the Ma family. So, on the wedding night, she showed Wu Haoxuan. The so-called marrying a chicken and marrying a dog with a dog, since she has joined the Wu family, she is a member of the Wu family. However, she still hopes that the Wu family and the Ma family can live in peace.

Ma Jiahui's choice made Wu Haoxuan very satisfied. The women of this era are simply too good compared to the fierce women of later generations. Moreover, Ma Jiahui is also beautiful, not like a northern woman at all, but a bit like a little woman in the south of the Yangtze River.

Later, Wu Haoxuan learned that Ma Jiahui was not born to Ma Tengxi's main room, but to a concubine. It's just that the concubine died of postpartum hemorrhage after giving birth to Ma Jiahui. Ma Jiahui grew up with the main room since she was a child, but fortunately, the main room also raised her as her own daughter, so that she did not suffer much.

When he woke up the next morning, Wu Haoxuan was refreshed. He only felt as if he was living in a dream. A little *** silk in his previous life, now he has not only become a young marshal of one of the giants of the Feng family, but also has a wife who is like a flower, which he never thought of.

After the newlywed couple met their parents, the family had a happy breakfast, and Wu Haoxuan planned to go to the military academy. He, the principal of the military academy, also has to go to the military academy every once in a while to teach the cadets. On the one hand, it is to brush one's own sense of storage. On the other hand, they really want to teach these students the advanced tactics they have mastered. After all, these cadets will be the backbone of the army under his command in the future.

Through the efforts of this time, Wu Haoxuan has also successfully won the support of the students. The new tactics he taught were praised even by his teacher Bruce, so much so that when Wu Haoxuan was in class, almost the entire school of students and those instructors came to listen to the class. Later, the place where Wu Haoxuan took classes had to be changed to the school auditorium, so that everyone could sit down.

When Wu Haoxuan was about to go to the military academy, Wu Xingquan's guards came to inform him that Goto Shinpei had come to visit, and Wu Xingquan asked him to go to the study immediately.

"Goto Shinpei, that guy is here again? What exactly does he want to do? Wu Haoxuan frowned. He really didn't want to deal with the Japanese. Having traveled from later generations, he felt disgusted when he saw the Japanese, and had an urge to pull out a gun and kill them. He also knew that as long as the Japanese ambition to invade China did not die, there would be a war between them. Therefore, he has always avoided contact with Japanese people as much as possible.

"Huzi, go and tell the military academy that this morning's class has been changed to the afternoon, and I have something to do in the morning!" After Wu Haoxuan finished his order, he went to the study of the Overseer's Mansion.

In the study, Wu Xingquan and Goto Xinping were talking, and Goto Xinping, an old devil, spoke Chinese with a formal Yanjing accent. In Japan at this time, many people could speak Chinese, especially Goto Shinpei, who had been in Taiwan for a few years.

"Your Excellency, I really don't want to disturb your new marriage." Goto Shinpei looked apologetic.

"Your Excellency the President is too polite." Wu Haoxuan said nonchalantly. Anyway, he didn't plan to give himself a marriage leave. Now that time is running out, where is there time to splurge.

"Dad, what are you talking about?" Wu Haoxuan asked.

"We're talking about last year, oh no, it should have been the war the year before." Wu Xingquan said. Today is January 1, 1906, so the Russo-Japanese War is already the year before last.

Wu Xingquan nodded and didn't say anything more.

"Your Excellency, we are looking back at the time when we fought against the Russians the year before last, our army and the marshal cooperated with each other. It was an unforgettable time. Goto Shinpei sighed.

Wu Haoxuan's face was a little unnatural, in the Russo-Japanese War, several giants of the Feng family were on the side of the Japanese. He knew that very well. Wu Xingquan's change of position only happened after he returned.

"Your Excellency, I think there must be some misunderstanding between Jilin and the Great Japanese Empire. I hope that the misunderstanding between us will be resolved so that we can work together once again closely. Goto Shinpei said with a look of hope.