The part north of the Suzhou Creek in the Shanghai Public Concession began with the American Concession opened in 1848, but there was no administrative organization of the Reading Power, and in 1854 the Shanghai Concession was established as a unified Ministry of Industry Bureau, and the American Concession was also under its administration. In 1862, the French Concession was published; However, the American Concession continued to unite with the British Concession, and in 1863 the British and American Public Concessions were formally formed.

The northern part of Suzhou Creek in the Shanghai Public Concession was cut off by Suzhou Creek, and the initial economic development lagged far behind that of Suzhou Creek, and land prices were relatively low. As a result, many of the middle- and lower-class expatriates who come to Shanghai choose to live here. In the ninth year of the reign of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the government began to build roads across the border in the Hongkou area, and the Hongkou area was informally included in the jurisdiction of the public concession.

In 1873, the twelfth year of Tongzhi, the original Shanghai Consulate was renamed the Consulate in Shanghai, located at No. 3 Minhang Road, Hongkou. In the 25th year of Guangxu, the former British and American public concessions were renamed the Shanghai International Public Concessions, and Ben and other countries began to participate in the management of the concessions.

The following year, the public concession was divided into four districts: northern, eastern, central, and western, and the expatriates occupied a dominant position in the northern and eastern districts. In the same year, he organized the International Business Group in Hongkou as a self-defense organization. By 4603, the number of expatriates in the Hongkou area was second only to Britain and surpassing other countries.

It is precisely because of this that it is different from the five formal concessions of Tianjin, Hankou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Chongqing, so the five concessions were recovered by local garrisons after the outbreak of the Sino-Chinese conflict.

Thanks to the protection of Britain and the United States and other countries, the people in the Hongkou area of Shanghai have lived a nourishing life, and life here does not seem to have been affected much.

At night, the streets of the Hongkou area are lit up as usual, and the houses and restaurants are open as usual, but the business is obviously not as good as in the past, and it is in a private room of a famous restaurant in Hongkou, "Osaka Ryori".

This is a typical room with papier-mâché sliding doors and partition walls, and two men in suits sitting on tatami mats. In front of them was a table made of black lacquered nanmu with raw fish, vegetables, tofu, fat beef, and chicken slices...... There is also a bottle of rice wine.

"I can't think of wow,"

Yoshiichi Tanaka poured wine for Meienpei.

"As a republican, I actually became an official of the imperial patent regime and joined the ranks of [***] reading the axe of talent."

The reason why he took the initiative to contact Mei Enping was only because he was the most suitable person, and if his other friend Chen Qimei had not died in an accident, he might have been the best choice, but Mei Enping, like him, was both advocates of violent revolution.

"I didn't expect that,"

Mei Enpei also poured Yoshiichi Tanaka wine.

"Tanaka-kun actually came to Shanghai at this time, if my expectations are correct, Tanaka-kun should be busy with wartime at this time!."

The two of them had a very good relationship at the time of the meeting, and even when Tanaka Yoshiichi was in Russia, he had written letters with Meenpei.

"So we've both changed,"

Yoshishi Tanaka raised his glass.

"Here, toast to the change in both of us!"

"No, a toast to our reunion!"

Meenping said, raising his glass.

"Boom!"

The two glasses touched each other, and the two of them drank it all.

"Meijun, can you tell me, why are you doing this?"

Of course, Mei Enping knew what Tanaka Yoshiichi was asking, and what he asked was why he entered the Shanghai Consultative Bureau.

"I think I'm up to the post of local councillor."

Mainping didn't know how to explain it.

"Have you renounced your beliefs and opinions?"

"I can't say I gave up, I can only say that I started to re-examine those things with a more mature eye."

Mai said calmly, but as he spoke, Tanaka sensed that there seemed to be something else between his brows.

"Yes, times have changed, and it's time for us to revisit something we thought was right."

Yoshiichi Tanaka sighed.

"For example?"

Mei Enping really wanted to know what Yoshiichi Tanaka was thinking.

"For example,"

Yoshiichi Tanaka took a piece of chicken with chopsticks, dipped it in the seasoning, and put it in his mouth.

"For example, I once sincerely thought that after the recovery of the Han nation, China and China could get along amicably, help each other, and defend the white people, but now, everything has changed."

"Really?"

Mei Enping had an approving look in his eyes.

"If you don't believe it, you can go and have a look! The recovery of your nation is, and the whole book is cheering for the recovery of China, but now? However, you have used your own actions to tell me that China would rather abandon the friendship between China and China for thousands of years, and sell their brothers of the same culture and clan in exchange for the favor of European and American white animals. ”

Listening to Tanaka Yoshiichi's words, Mei Enping put down the chopsticks in his hand, and then sighed.

"Huaxia Zhengshu is Kuang Fu, but we have elected an emperor, and there is no law to limit his power! Although it is elected by the people, it is actually the honor of the Ninety-Five! ”

"Yes, your emperor, who grew up overseas, is far from being able to understand the feelings of the same origin and the same ancestry between China and the two countries, nor can he understand the significance of China and the two countries working together to maintain the immortality of Asian civilization!"

When Mei Enping listened to himself, he nodded frequently, and Tanaka Yoshiichi spoke.

Although there are some old grudges in the history of China, but that is between the two countries, those unpleasantness has long been over, and the book has been committed to the restoration of the Chinese Zhengzhen, but now because of the role of one person, the old friendship between the two countries has not existed, and the establishment of the country is incompatible. In my opinion, I am afraid that from now on, I will no longer be at peace. ”

Yoshiichi Tanaka put down his chopsticks and looked at Mei Enping and said.

"Mei Jun, in your judgment, is China really willing to be the slave of the white animals of Europe and the United States?"

Mei Enping took a sip of wine and stopped to eat.

"We killed the emperor of Manchuria, but we have another emperor of the Han people! This country is still the same country as it used to be, it's just that the emperor has changed."

"Then why would such a staunch republican as Mei Jun serve such a [***] king?"

"If you don't be in it, how can you know the nature of the Consultative Council, the consultative council and the indecisiveness? Republic, republic is the general trend of world development, and it is also the only choice for China to become rich and strong, as long as we are alive, we will see that day! ”

"How many years does it take to see that day? Could it be that Mei Jun believes that the king of [***] will be willing to give up the power of [***]? ”

Mei Enping shook his head, how can there be a person in the world who is not greedy for power, let alone a king with supreme power.

"In that case, why is Mei Jun not like in the past, with courage beyond the reach of ordinary people, and resolutely pushes the specialty!"

"Tanaka-kun!"

Looking up at Yoshiichi Tanaka in front of him, Mei Enping was startled at first, and then hurriedly waved his hand.

"Are you trying to persuade me to rebel? I will not betray the country! I also ask Tanaka Junti to waste his tongue again. ”

Mei Siping's refusal was within Tanaka's expectations, but he would not give up his lobbying because of Mei Enping's refusal.

"Mei Jun, that is, only the republican revolution can achieve China's prosperity and strength, then the purpose of the republican revolution is to overthrow the imperial [***] regime, realize the complete boiling of China, and enable hundreds of millions of Chinese to enjoy the glory of the republic and gain the dignity of personality. However, Mei Jun still resolutely advocates a republican revolution, but insists that he is unwilling to betray the motherland, how contradictory. Besides, Mei Jun himself entered the Advisory Bureau, and you have long known that the so-called consultation is nothing more than a blind trick of the Chen [***], for thousands of years, the Chinese have been oppressive and dominated to this day, and the defeat of the [***] empire is not only the liberation of the Chinese, but also the liberation of China, isn't this exactly the duty of revolutionaries? ”

"A revolutionary's duty!"

Mayne sighed heavily, then closed his eyes and said.

"Tanaka-kun, it can be known that the imperial system today is elected by all the people of China, and it will be cooked with the greatest clarity and decided to come out of the national body of the country!"

His words were met with nothing but a burst of ridicule from Yoshiichi Tanaka.

"Then Mei Jun forgot that the promoters of social progress are always a very small number of pioneers, such as when it was said that the Restoration was carried out, it was necessary for all the people to referendum, whether to implement the rule of the Restoration, I am afraid that now the Restoration is still a semi-colony of the great powers, how can it be as strong as it is today......"

"It's also an imperial system!"

Hearing such a question from Mei Enping, Tanaka Yoshiichi hurriedly said that this is different from China, that he is the emperor of eternity, but the emperor of China is the emperor who usurped the merits of the revolutionary aspirants and became the emperor.

“…… All in all, China has the destiny of China, and the destiny of China lies in the republic, and now the achievements of the revolutionary aspirants are usurped by the king of [***], if Mei Jun and others are silent, how can he face the people who throw their heads and drink blood! ”

"This ......"

"In the past, he supported China's revolutionary comrades, but now, although there are many unpleasant facts between China and China, this is the result of the king of [***] alone, and it will never affect his feelings towards China's revolutionary comrades, and we will now support you as we did in the past and support China in becoming the first republic in Asia!"

With that, Yoshiichi Tanaka had already taken a check out of his pocket and pushed it forward.

"This is 50,000 yuan, which shows my country's support for your country's revolutionary cause!"

The check in front of him made Mei Enping stunned, looking at this check, he hesitated whether he should accept it, what is it to accept the enemy's funding in wartime?

"Revolution needs money, it needs weapons! Mei Jun, I wish your country's republican revolution a success as soon as possible! ”

(To be continued)