A rainstorm fell in Nanjing, this rainstorm in late spring is rare, in an instant, the whole Nanjing from the late spring dull to refreshing, hot to cold, instantly let the city once again enjoy the last refreshing in late spring, the rain is urgent, after more than ten minutes, the rainstorm turned into a drizzle.

The spring rain outside the window is still falling unhurriedly, in the eyes of many farmers, this is a good rain that God has opened their eyes, after this rain, the ground is transparent, and the growth of crops will be better than in previous years.

"What a rare good year!"

Occasionally, some old people whispered with relief when they stretched out their hands to catch the rain, and it seemed to them that there had not been such a good year in many years.

"The Holy Monarch is in the court, and nectar is falling from the sky!"

For the superstitious ones, they will always attribute some of the wind and rain to the emperor, as if the past year was the victim of the Manchu Tartars who lived in the Central Plains, and this year's good year is caused by the restoration of Chinese orthodoxy.

But for some people, in their eyes, the rain seems to be like God's cry of despair, like God's helpless tears.

For Iteng Bowen in the conference room of the Imperial Hotel, perhaps the spring rain outside the window is the desperate cry of God, the desperate cry for the Empire.

"Dean Eten, please sign it!"

Liang Dunyan looked directly at Iteng Bowen, when he spoke, he felt that his throat was a little astringent, and even his breathing became short, once this "Sino-Chinese Joint Communique" was signed, within 25 days, it was said that all the military and political personnel of this country would be withdrawn from Taiwan, and Taiwan would be officially returned to China.

"Minister Liang, you have to understand something!"

Ito Hirobumi didn't pick up the pen for the first time, he looked directly at Liang Dunyan who was irrepressibly excited in front of him.

"If I sign this so-called joint communique, then China and China will not have the slightest possibility of friendship recovering in the coming decades!"

Until this time, Ito Hirobumi's words were still threatening, and he understood that once this communiqué was announced, what would it mean for him, and the whole of him would be in a volcanic rage, and his anger might be temporarily suppressed due to practical problems, but what about the future?

Yue Ben will definitely regain the shame that the Chinese have imposed on Yue itself today!

"Hmmm......"

While Liang Dunyan was silent, his brows couldn't help jumping, and even the hand on the conference table trembled slightly, but then he chose to answer in His Majesty's former words.

"China says that the future of the two countries, whether it is peace or war, depends on your country's choice, but my country believes that to choose peace, we must be ready for war!"

When he said this, Liang Dunyan glanced at the "Joint Communiqué of the Chinese Empire and the Great Empire", which was the name that His Majesty came up with, as if to avoid the humiliation that various "treaties" in history had inflicted on China.

Face?

Just as Yi Teng said, in the face of the persecution of reality, they will choose to sign and return Taiwan, but that is only temporary, and China and the two countries will no longer have the slightest possibility of reconciliation because of the signing of this "joint communique."

"One day you'll regret your choice today!"

Ito Hirobumi snorted coldly and picked up the pen, but anyone could notice that his hand holding the pen was trembling a little, while the cinematographer on the side pointed the camera at Ito, although the film of this era was only newly invented, but in China there were already hundreds of different models of movie cameras.

In the past year, these cinematographers who served the political axe and the military used film to record the scenes before and after the liberation, which was requested by His Majesty, to record China under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty on film, and also to record the battles of the Liberation Army and all the major events that happened in the past year, and after His Majesty ascended the throne, the enthronement ceremony was recorded through a movie camera, and then thousands of copies of the film were printed and screened in open-air cinemas in cities and counties across the country. At the same time, there were also pictures of the Liberation Army swearing allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor in various places.

At the same time, along with the film copy, there are also records of "March of the Empire" and a record player. For the Chinese people, whether it is the enthronement ceremony or the proofreading and swearing-in of millions of troops of different sizes, the intuitive pictures and majestic music impact the hearts of every Chinese people, whether it is pictures or music, all of which make people's blood boil. It was after that large-scale distribution of movies that the thinking of the Chinese people was affected, and they identified with the country and the emperor of the country in their hearts.

And the reason why the signing of the "Sino-Chinese Joint Communique" is now recorded is also to make a newsreel and then send copies to all parts of the country, so as to increase national pride, after all, this is the first piece of lost territory that China has recovered.

"Hirobumi Ito"

Ten years ago, he signed his own words on the "Shimonoseki Treaty" on the Chunfan Tower, and the signing was so easy and exciting, and now? Ten years have passed, but the last time was gained, and this time it was lost.

After the two signed and sealed, when the contract was renewed, Ito Hirobumi was slow for a while when he handed the communiqué to Liang Dunyan, he stared at Liang Dunyan and said slowly.

"I didn't just sign my death notice,"

Ito Hirobumi had a hint of sadness in his eyes, he knew that as soon as this joint communiqué was announced, as soon as he returned to the book, he might be killed by the angry people as a national thief, but Ito Hirobumi hoped for this kind of ending, perhaps only death could wash away the shame he had suffered.

"But...... The same is also the Chinese death notice signed......"

"Your Excellency, the fate of China is still considered by the Chinese themselves! As for Your Excellency...... You won't bother! ”

The reluctant treaty, the war without any victors and losers, carries the risk of rekindling the war, and future retaliation is inevitable, so although Ito Hirobumi warned, Liang Dunyan still took the joint communiqué with a smile, and at the same time shook hands across the table, and the photographer took a photo, Liang Dunyan's smile and Ito Hirobumi's face were in stark contrast.

At this moment, Sato Sukuichi is standing quietly in the classroom of the National Junior High School in Qingye District, Nanjing, when the students chant English poetry in standard Cambridge, they did not bring him any relief as before, although others may think that the air is refreshing and pleasant, but for Zo Teng, he feels a stream of cold air, a stream of yin qi, penetrating his heart and lungs, piercing his bone marrow, so that he does not feel the slightest warmth and hope.

"Why? Why is this so? ”

For Zo Teng, when he saw that this China actually joined forces with European and Russian white animals to "bully" Yu Ben, it was like this cold rain, and instantly pushed his heart, which was determined to dedicate himself to the restoration of China's civilization, into the abyss of despair, into the boundless coldness, and into the stiff desolation.

"China says to work together, common strength and common prosperity, China says strong East Asia is strong, and strong East Asia is the ...... Asian civilization is protected"

Recalling the words of Lord Zhang Zhidong at the Spring Festival reception held by the "East Asia Co-prosperity Association" in Nanjing a few months ago, the compassion in his heart is beyond the comprehension of others.

In the past two months, although he has been teaching these students every day and doing his best to teach these Chinese students English, on the other hand, he has been drowning in great panic, drowning in great anger, drowning in great despair.

And he has always had a feeling that the current China will be far from showing the open-mindedness and tolerance of the Chinese in history, and that this country will become as greedy and brutal as the white animals of Europe and the United States, and it will be like a huge mountain, which will overwhelm the whole of Asia and even the whole of Asia, and may not have the strength and confidence to continue in the future.

"Is it possible for China to say that the two countries will prosper and strengthen together?"

Every time I ask myself this sentence in my heart, in the end, I will be exchanged for a sigh, a blurred eyes, and a sad feeling of choking secretly.

When the bell rang for the end of class, Satensuke, who was a little distracted, left the classroom with his textbooks in his hands, and he looked at the students who ran out happily and walked straight out of the campus.

A teacher looked at Zo Teng, who was a little depressed, and quickly followed him.

"Zo Teng-kun, what's wrong?"

"Li Jun."

Zuo Teng's face when he turned back was still full of grief and indignation.

"You won, but you lost a lot of things!"

After that, Zuo Teng left the school directly, walked on the road, looking at this city that has become more and more oriental Yanjing after a year of transformation, Zuo Teng sighed heavily in his heart, this country may soon become like European and American countries, greedily and uncontrollably expand its own power, this country will completely shatter the dream of Yuben.

Unless the country disappears from this world. But China has nearly 100 million households, hundreds of millions of people, and it is much more powerful now than it was in the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the past. How can it disappear?

Walking on the road, when occasionally meeting the parents of students and greeting him, Zo Teng would smile politely at them and bow lightly, but his smile revealed great despair and sadness, and revealed the sadness and misery of the past.

Quietly walked into the rented small building, this is just an ordinary house, to be precise, it is the kind of ordinary rental small building, this kind of small building is very common in Nanjing, and the main people who rent here are single political officials, company employees, and teachers like him.

The country does not give special care because they are "foreign friends", Zoten has the same salary as other teachers, rents the same house, and Zoten understands that any foreign friend is a "noun on the lips" to them, and they cannot give even more care, nor do they have any reason to take care of them.

"Take care of those foreigners? So who will take care of the Chinese? I am the emperor of the Chinese, you are an official of China, it is your duty to serve the people, as for foreigners? Wait until you get the salary of this political axe! ”

Once upon a time, when they came to China, although the emperor welcomed them, when an official of the Ministry of Education asked if he could provide them with proper care, such as the help provided by the political axe for housing, the emperor flatly refused, and even said such special things that the official of the Ministry of Education had to resign.

In this regard, Zuo Teng can understand that for any responsible political axe, they will never devote extra energy and financial resources to take care of "foreign friends" when they cannot take care of their own nationals, and I am afraid that only the Manchu Qing Dynasty will take care of those foreign adults.

"Chinese first, China's first ......"

Sighing at the emperor's thoughts, Zoten walked to the end of the stairs, opened the door, and neatly entered the room. When I saw the national flags of China and the book hanging diagonally on both sides of the room, and then looked at the banner of the words "China says to work together, strengthen and prosper together", suddenly a burst of indignation arose from the past.

"Zoteng-kun, Zoten-kun......"

At this moment, the door was pushed open suddenly, and it was Tsuda Shimono of the Chuyu Friendship Association who broke into the room panting, his face full of grief and indignation.

"Zo Tengjun, sign ...... Sign it, and it's ...... Just half an hour ago, Hirobumi Ito, that traitor, really signed! ”

"What?"

Signed? What treaties have been signed?

"What did he sell?"

"Taiwan, Taiwan is back to the Chinese!"

What the...... Hearing Tsuda's words, Zoten was stunned for a while. He never thought that after making so many concessions, Chinese would ...... Even cut off Taiwan!

He suddenly felt that the sky was dark as if he was in the abyss, and suddenly felt that the world was bleak, as if the end of the world was coming. Originally, how much he wanted to do something in China and contribute his modest efforts to the preservation of Asian civilization and the common prosperity and strength of the two countries, why didn't China let go of the same origin and ancestry?

If this continues, China will eventually devour it mercilessly...... In the midst of his astonishment, Zo Teng suddenly thought of a friend who was in prison had proposed that the greedy, hateful, and ugly side of the Chen Emperor, who was Chinese and was actually a white animal, be announced to the world, and also tell the Chinese that the Chinese were of the same origin and ancestry, and should have helped each other to protect against the white animals of Europe.

Thinking of this, Zuo Teng, who was full of grief and indignation, walked directly to the desk and picked up the pen.

"Zuo Tengjun, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to tell the Chinese that they're doing it wrong!"

roaring on his lips, he picked up the pen and drank it in one go, and poured all his inner thoughts and thoughts into the paper with his pen and turned them into words.

That night, unlike other newspapers that came out to celebrate the repossession of Taiwan, the front page of the "Great China Free Press," which has always been republican and friendly to China, was the tearful "Letter to the Chinese Brothers" written by Satensukichi.

"Forty thousand men and women of Chinese compatriots and brothers and sisters:

What is the so-called China today? Compared with the era of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the national self-reliance and the country's efforts to become strong are really a gratifying thing for China and a thing to celebrate in Asia...... Beginning the year before last, China was restored and there was an uproar...... In the midst of the recovery, there are those who focus on nationalists, those who focus on political issues, and even those who are opportunistic. But in the end, the speculators will steal the authority of the country......"

"Joke!"

casually threw the "Great China Free News" in his hand into the trash, and Chen Moran showed a sarcastic smile on his face.

"This Liberty Newspaper is really not afraid of the court's seizure!"

"Your Majesty, even in the Shanghai rebellion, the Minbao was only temporarily sealed, and the Shanghai District Court also rejected the prosecutor's request to ban the Minbao, so the Liberty Daily has no fear!"

Zhang Zhidong said nondemittally that sometimes it is easier to arrest some people than to close down newspaper offices, especially in the local area, where local judges and circuit judges always use some sensitive events to emphasize "court reading".

"It's just a crazy remark about himself, what is [***] Rong, why doesn't he say the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Circle"

Thinking of that word, Chen Moran felt a burst of nausea, are these people really so-called "friends"? The so-called foreign friends, this word may be effective to fool some people, but in my own case, foreign friends ...... The word is still exempt.

"Your Majesty, however, I believe that the establishment of a new order of coexistence and co-prosperity in Asia proposed by him is in line with the aspirations of our country, and that the goal of liberating Asia from the domination of the European and American powers will also make a difference......

When he came, Zhang Zhidong did his homework, and even asked his secretary to explain the so-called "Western politics" to him, so he said this.

Nodding his head, Chen Moran did not deny his point of view.

"Old Minister, if you say that the establishment of an Asian co-prosperity circle led by China can be considered, but this is not what we need to consider now, a country's goal must be based on its strength, otherwise the country will be overly inflated ambition to death, as for what to reconcile with the ...... of this"

Sneering, Chen Moran stood up.

"I have never longed for reconciliation with the Confession, and even if I don't have the desire to do so, why should I pursue so-called reconciliation?"

Reconcile with me? There is no possibility of reconciliation between China and China, and the future of Asia is dominated by China and China, but these two countries are really ...... Too close!

"To be honest, I'm very eager to see what I've heard about this communiqué, and I think...... I really hope to see what the patriots of this book will do! ”

When he said this, Chen Moran only thought of one person in his heart, Ito Hirofumi, I am afraid that only Ito can swallow this poison, and one of the few people who has strategic vision and can influence decision-making, Kodama will soon be exhausted, what about Ito? Will he still die from Ahn Chong-geun's assassination? If this man doesn't die for a day, he will be troubled for a day!

(To be continued)