Gordon writes in The Great Game: "The news of the bankruptcy of the two companies spread all over Wall Street at breakneck speed, and people came together in droves. After a few hours in his office, the general left as fast as he could with his crutches, the cigar in his mouth long extinguished, and he did not say a word. As he passed the crowd, everyone took off their hats to pay tribute to the general who had heroically saved the federal government in the Civil War, but now couldn't save himself. ”

Former U.S. President Grant returned home and retired to New York, but he suffered from the same troubles of our time, and the Wall Street grandsons made a mess of the U.S. financial industry. Grant was among them, and at his worst he had only $200 in his hands, and began to reluctantly accept social donations, and later had to donate his own medals and sabers. In order to make ends meet, he changed his habits and struck a deal with Mark Twain Publishing to pay him $25,000 in advance to publish his memoirs.

Later, he learned that he had incurable throat cancer, and in order to fear that his family would be destitute, he began to work overtime, and finally wrote this memoir written three days before his death, forced by the tragic experience of Wall Street, in order to support his family. Because of Grant's honesty, conciseness, and frankness, he was loved by readers, and this book became one of the most famous works of military history of the 19th century. Many say that among works of its kind, only Caesar's Gallic Wars can be compared. After the book was published in the United States, it sold 300,000 copies, and Grant fulfilled his last wish, leaving his family more than half a million dollars in manuscript fees.

Wang Yi never denied the greatness of Mr. Grant, but he appeared in Tianjin at an inopportune time, and at the same time did mediation between China and Japan for a less pure purpose, and the results can be imagined. It is indeed difficult for him to be respectful of two countries that he is not familiar with, and for a major issue involving hundreds of thousands of people in the Ryukyus.

After Grant's reply arrived in Tianjin, Li Hongzhang was disappointed with the result, but he saw the threat of war mentioned by Grant and the changes in Japan mentioned in the letter. He suddenly remembered Wang Yi's "Compilation of the Rise of Great Powers".

"Is it really like what Wang Yi said? Is this Japan a big problem for my Qing Dynasty? ”

At this time, Li Hongzhang suddenly wanted to see Wang Yi, and privately found Zhou Fu and Tang Tingshu, so he asked: "What do you think we want to recruit Wang Yi into the court as an official?" ”

Zhou Tang and the others were shocked! After thinking about it, Tang Tingshu shook his head first, and then Zhou Fu shook his head again.

"...... do you mean?"

"Nakado-sama." Tang Tingshu said first: "According to the observation of the lower officials, this Wang Yi is afraid that he is the kind of person who does not want to be an official, I think this person is obsessed with Western learning and is willing to do business, so he should not come." ”

Li Hongzhang nodded slightly, and then said, "What does Wushan mean?" ”

"My lord, my subordinates also feel that it is not appropriate to summon the king into the court at this time!"

"What's the explanation?"

"How can adults forget, Wang Yi has published the "* book" in the "Declaration" before, although he is dedicated to the country, worried about the country and the people, but after all, he is a white ding, and interfering in the affairs of the court is really guilty. Moreover, there are many disrespectful and dissatisfied words with the imperial court, accusing the imperial court of being too weak on the issue of Japan's invasion of Taiwan! Accusing the imperial court of being a cold observer on the issue of Ganghwa Island in North Korea and losing the prestige of the suzerain. I'm afraid that this "* book" doesn't look very good in the court! ”

Li Hongzhang was taken aback after hearing this.

Zhou Fu continued at this time: "My lord, just now it was just one ......"

"Then the second is ......"

"This person is too murderous, and he lynched without permission, although it is not a pity for those Japanese people to die, but he does this and this. Although the whole court is now dissatisfied with Japan, thinking that they despise this dynasty, everyone has not reacted yet. However, once the negotiations with the Japanese do not go well, it is inevitable that some people in the DPRK and China will jump out and talk about it, and it is even very likely that the difficulty in resolving the Ryukyu issue will be blamed on Wang Yi. Suffice it to say that the reason why the Japanese did not return the Ryukyus was because Wang Yi was good at using the blade......"

Li Hongzhang sat in his place and slowly closed his eyes, he knew that what Zhou Fu said was completely possible. If you recruit the king into the court, those political enemies in the court will be able to use any means to bring down you. When the time comes, I will bring down Wang Yi, I am afraid that I will also have to take responsibility, and I can't leave such a handle!

As soon as the king entered the court, it ended without begining.

But then again, even if Li Hongzhang really sent a call, Wang Yi would not enter the court. First of all, there is no future for following Li Hongzhang, Wang Yi knows that he is neither from the imperial examination, nor from his family Li Gang and Li Shuangjiang, so he does not have the two major elements of being an official. By then, the money will be gone, the guns will be gone, and I'm afraid it won't be far from moving my head.

It's better to be a promising career in the insurance team, the sky is the king, I am the second king, stretch out five hands to make the boxer die, what a comfortable life!

Since attacking the Japanese, Wu Xiao began to strengthen precautions in various places, and in order to fear accidents, Dashang raised the level of vigilance and security. However, there was still an accident, and an explosion suddenly occurred at the gate of the Fushun Company of Dashang Coal Mine, causing a tragedy of one death and five injuries.

Later, Tu Xiaohua led people to investigate, and found that the incident was committed by an organization called Xiangyang Society in Japan. To be honest, Wang Yi really hadn't heard of it, but there was one thing that caught Wang Yi's attention, that is, the three leaders of this organization, one is called Mitsuru Toyama, one is called Kotaro Hiraoka, and the other is called Rokusuke Hakoda.

Hiraoka Kotaro and Hakoda Rokusuke, Wang Yi didn't say it, but the head mountain is full...... He was later, the co-leader of the so-called Japanese gangsters, maybe another club he formed, everyone should have heard of it, that is the Genyo Society, which is the so-called Black Dragon Society. (The founder of Genyosha is Mitsuru Toyama, and the president is Kotaro Hiraoka, or these two are partners.) ）

"Damn, it's only 1879 and you're not being honest! It seems that if I don't give you a good taste, you don't know that Lord Ma has three eyes! Aren't they ordinary workers who dare to come and kill my big businessmen! Well, let's see who's got the fastest knife in their hand! "The corner of the king's eyes is fierce!

"Hey, I'm Wang Yi!"

"Captain!" Wu Xiao picked up the phone.

"Immediately send an order to launch a retaliatory action against the Japanese people, and inform all Japanese people and Japanese merchants in the three provinces of Fengji and Hei that as long as Japan dares to kill one of our Daqing, I will let ten of them resist. One person was seriously injured, and five people were injured. For those who are slightly injured, even if they have a broken finger or even a hair drop, I want them to die alone! …… Also sue them sù that this is only the price of the first time. If they can't manage their own dogs, I'll make them unable to even be human! After speaking, Wang Yi hung up the phone!

"Yes!"

Wu Xiao is the No. 1 bandit leader under Wang's hand, and Xiang Long looks at Wen Jing, like a big girl, but he is really called a black, and he has already killed people without blinking.

This time, Wu Xiao led people directly into Liaoyang and other places, arrested 35 Japanese, including men, women, and children, and left none of them behind, and confiscated all their family property.

Before the killing, Wu Xiao said to these people and their relatives: "Don't blame us for being ruthless in this matter, if you want to blame yourself, you will be blamed for forming an illegal organization called Xiangyang Society." Just a day ago, members of your organization attacked our Dashang Coal Mine, killing one and seriously injuring five. Someone needs to take this responsibility, and since none of you have come forward to report it before, I have the right to suspect that you are their accomplice. According to the value of human life in our Qing Dynasty, it can basically be judged...... If you want to die, you will pay ten, five for serious injuries, and one for minor injuries. Of course, this is only this compensation, if a similar situation happens again...... You can experiment with it! Let's see if the increase in compensation will become tenfold all at once! (The true casualty of Dashang this time is one dead and two seriously injured.) There were three left, one with a cut on the arm, one with a broken foot, and the other with a slight concussion. ）

By a ravine, Wu Xiao sat on a chair, next to many Japanese expatriates and businessmen who had been coerced into watching the excitement. Wu Xiao said a word, a Japanese translator said a word, and all the Japanese present cried.

Wu Xiao turned a blind eye, still shy, and still smiled: "Now I'll give you another chance to tell where your dog is!" Fight for human life with a dog's life, this is the only one chance, ten seconds! Ten...... Nine...... Eight...... Seven...... Six ......" Wu Xiao observed the expressions of all the Japanese, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly accelerated: "Five-four-three-two-one!" It's time, shoot! ”

There was no pause in the middle of the words, and when the Japanese people reacted, the gunfire had been ringing for a long time, and all 35 people from the age of six to the age of 60 fell under the gun.

Then came the screams and wails of all the Japanese present!

Wu Xiao stared at the Japanese present, snorted coldly, and said, "It's all fucking shameless!" After saying that, let the insurance team members kick the corpse down the ravine, and if you like to collect the corpse, go down and pick it up yourself.

As soon as this incident came out, not to mention the shock in Japan, even the entire Qing Dynasty was shocked.

Wang Yi just smiled, was he ruthless? Is Wu Xiao ruthless? In 911, how many people did the United States kill in Afghanistan in order to avenge the Chinese people? Iraq, which is not even a hate, how many people has the United States killed? Has the United States ever stopped since the end of World War II?

There is also a group of foreigners who accuse us Chinese of eating dog meat like aphrodisiacs, saying how can we barbarians be so cruel!

Your grandfather's, I want to see the cruel you go to Afghanistan, go to Iraq! Wang Yi once watched a video of a group of American soldiers sitting in an armored car outside a village, and then someone went to the entrance of the village to plant mines or explosives, and later got a big yellow dog and threw the food into the open space! You'll probably wonder what happened to this dog. Listening to the roaring laughter of the American soldiers in the armored vehicles, Wang Yi could imagine what their ancestors had done all over the world.

A country of murderers, which has never been at war constantly, with the help of television, the Internet and various media channels, and even the narration of neighbors and family members! Wang Yi can imagine what it would be like to live in such a country and receive external stimuli for ordinary people every day. Whereas, external stimuli can change the structure of the brain and indirectly change a person's personality. And when the people of the whole country accept such a change, Wang Yi does not want to imagine it.

And as Chinese, our country adopts a policy of non-interference. We have not been at war for decades, and although our people can see the war on television, we are not the parties to it, and we cannot empathize. We are neither murderers nor victims. When we see dead people, we either feel miserable for a moment, or in the daily chaos of information, we do not leave the slightest impression. But the murderer is different from the victim, the murderer will have pleasure, and the deceased will have hatred, which we can't feel.

Unlike the Americans and Europeans, Wang Yi is very pleased, even if he is called a barbarian.

In this life, since Wang Yi can't stay out of the matter, and the entire Chinese nation can't stay out of the matter, there seems to be only one answer between the murderer and the victim.

Shishido Ji rushed to the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen again in a rage, and it was Jing Lian and Wang Wenshao who saw him, and the two sides were still arguing, talking about the same theme. Shishido Ji demanded that Wang Yi of the big business group be severely punished, dissolve the insurance team, and compensate the Japanese side for losses! However, Jing Lian and Wang Wenshao still demanded the return of Ryukyu sovereignty, and Japan withdrew its troops from Ryukyu to compensate the Ryukyu royal family for its losses.

Two hours later, Shishido came out of the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen and began to return to the Japanese Embassy in China in a horse-drawn carriage.

"These damn Qing people!" Shishido cursed in his heart, and at the same time pondered, "Maybe I should really call a few warships to come around." ”

Halfway along the way, all of a sudden, gunshots rang out and bullets flew in a flurry of bullets, and in a short time, Shishido and his entourage died on the spot, and the people in the vicinity scattered and fled. At this time, a group of soldiers was passing by, and when they saw this, they immediately launched a pursuit. Coincidentally, the British Counsellor in China, Friedrich Fried, passed by, and immediately expressed concern when he saw this situation.

Just as Fu Leisi was communicating with the Qing soldiers, he saw three people with black cloth hoods running away, and just shouted: "Keep your mouth alive!" Several Qing soldiers had already opened fire, killing the fleeing man in an instant. Fu Leisi was also regretting it at this time, just now because he was in a hurry to speak English, and the Qing soldiers couldn't understand it, but now he didn't even have a living mouth.

Because he knew that the person killed on the street was none other than the Japanese Minister to China, Shishido Ji, he also knew that this matter was not simple.

When he ran forward to see the true face of the deceased, the Qing soldiers stopped him. At this point, Fu Leisi finally remembered that he could speak a few words of Chinese, which he was not very fluent in.

"I am Fried, Counsellor of the British Empire in China, and I ask to see the true face of the deceased!"

Qing soldiers knew that the British were not easy to mess with, but no one here had the final say, at this time, an assistant leader rushed over, and after hearing the soldier's report, he immediately slapped the soldier in the mouth, and then said with a smile on his face: "Lord Yang, please here." ”

Fu Leisi was excited, instinctively feeling that things were not simple, but when he really untied the masks of the three deceased, he was still stunned in place.

"Russians...... It turned out to be ...... Russian? ”