Beginning on August 7, China's provisional government (which became a provisional government due to the resignation of the president and the current government until the next president is elected) declared a state of emergency in China to prevent China from becoming a "plague zone" like Japan. Subsequently, it was announced that the leader of the anti-epidemic battle, that is, the generalissimo Wang Maoru, temporarily unified power to fight the epidemic. Hearing that the leader of the fight against the epidemic was the generalissimo Wang Maoru, the people's hanging hearts finally fell, and this appointment was immediately supported by the people of the whole country.

Subsequently, the Chinese government distributed a free white cotton mask to each person to isolate the infectious virus, I have to say that although this little thing is not very much, it is indeed very useful, and many people even take the initiative to buy a few more masks to put at home. Everyone has an extra habit on the street, you must wear a mask, and it is very interesting to see Chinese people wearing black or gray or dark blue clothes wearing white masks one by one, walking on the street and talking to acquaintances.

In fact, this quarantine was strictly enforced in the coastal provinces, but in some western provinces, the people in Qinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang, Taixi, Anxi, Shaanxi, Tibet, Sichuan, and Xikang provinces continued to live as usual. At most, the central provinces have distributed masks to everyone, and there is no strict requirement for people not to go out, and everyone is still a fun thing to wear masks and smile. As the flu virus came from Japan, in the eastern coastal provinces. Strict quarantine measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of citizens.

At this time, the Japanese government lodged a stern protest because the Chinese government had arbitrarily named the influenza virus that occurred in Japan "Japanese Plague". Moreover, the name of the Japanese plague was gradually accepted by the whole world, which caused great damage to the face of the Japanese government. The Japanese government immediately refuted the rumors to the outside world, saying: "The death of some Japanese citizens in this small-scale cold incident was purely accidental, and it was found that the vast majority of the dead were ** ten-year-olds, and it was difficult for these elderly people to resist if they encountered a little bit of a cold from Yan zhòng." It turns out that not a single young Japanese person died from this flu. It is extremely irresponsible for the Chinese government to exaggerate the flu as the plague in Japan. We warn this dishonest and unclean neighbor not to slander the Great Japanese Empire. ”

Foreign journalists in Japan, however, are reporting what they have seen in Japan. The severity of the situation in Japan is far from being as easy as the Japanese government suggests. A large number of expatriates from various countries have fled Japan, a small number have returned home, and most of them have fled to China, a neighboring country that does not have a virus cold.

Concession. It immediately became a typhoon shelter from the virus flu.

At this time, China's major newspapers carried out propaganda against Wang Maoru with headlines such as "Generalissimo Shangwu Leads Us to Defeat the Plague God", "The Hope of the Whole People", "The War Against the Epidemic is Difficult to Resist the War of Aggression, but We Have Wang Maoru", and "Unite to Fight the "Japanese Plague"". The 10 anti-epidemic management measures announced by Wang Maoru on behalf of the Chinese government have also been recognized by the Chinese people. As for foreigners, they, of course, recognize the rest, only the sixth does not, the construction of a wall and a separation belt. It's as if foreigners are germs.

When the Chinese government announced the closure of all major communication routes between China and foreign countries. By refusing to allow any foreigners to enter China, refusing to allow any overseas Chinese to return to China, and refusing to go abroad in any form, China immediately entered a state of "closing the country to the outside world". Many foreigners protested, and some foreign journalists even went to the State Council to ask the Chinese provisional government to explain why foreigners were listed as dangerous targets, because it was the Japanese, not the noble whites, who were dangerous.

Wang Maoru explained: "We have adopted 100 percent quarantine measures for Japan. But you didn't do that, if the virus from Japan spread to your country. And your country can't make effective defensive measures like China, and I think your country will also affect China. Also, did you get an order from the headquarters of the newspapers of various countries asking you to go to Japan to cover the epidemic in Japan? The reporters nodded one after another, and Wang Maoru sighed: "Everyone, I hope you don't die in this 'Japanese plague', my friends, according to our intelligence, the situation in Japan is unimaginable, and it is not as simple as the Japanese government refutes the rumors." ”

Subsequently, Chinese Premier Tang Shaoyi ordered that China's supreme leader at this time completely sever all relations with the concessions and isolate the concessions of various countries. National Defense Minister Wang Maoru once again publicly announced that he would immediately build a six-meter-high wall around the concessions of various countries, and erect barbed wire at the top of the high wall to prevent the influenza virus from escaping. Although Wang Maoru is not the president now, his words are better than the president, and there is almost no opposition to his bill. In the face of a catastrophe that is rare in a century, China can only overcome the difficulties with one heart.

Governments are very indignant at the Chinese government's arbitrary decision to isolate the concessions, build a separation wall, and artificially cut off water and food to the concessions. Just as governments collectively decided to protest, on August 8, following Japan, the United States, Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Soviet Russia, China...... The super flu virus, named "Japanese Plague" by the Chinese, began to spread around the world, and its scale and speed of infection are rare in the world.

At the same time, due to the spread of the Great Plague around the world, the Chinese government also announced that the Chinese customs would temporarily suspend its work, and impose a strict inspection system on every cargo. Wang Mao ordered the Chinese Coast Guard to go all out to investigate and work 24 hours a day, and police officers from all over the country also joined in the investigation to strictly prevent smuggling and to prevent foreign goods, especially Japanese goods, from carrying germs into China.

At this time, China was not a country with tariff autonomy, and Chinese customs were still in the hands of the banks of the four countries to repay the Gengzi indemnity. However, after the end of the European War, except for Russia, Austria-Hungary and Germany, the rest of the countries did not give up. Even the United States said that the Gengzi indemnity would be used to train Chinese students studying in the United States, and it did not say that it would give up the Gengzi indemnity. So Chinese customs are still in the hands of foreigners. The Chinese government does not have the right to arbitrarily make a decision to suspend the shutdown, which is neither in the interests of other countries nor in common practice.

However, the Chinese government has found an excuse, that is, the "Japanese plague" virus has been detected in foreign imports, not only in Japanese goods entering China, but also in goods from other countries, Britain, France, and the United States, and even Germany, which has good relations with China. The Germans who went to China to pan for gold were then sent to concentration camps by the Chinese government's Ministry of Health, where they were quarantined and examined, and if the Germans felt unfair, the Chinese government would buy tickets to send them back to Germany. This method is not only applicable to Germans who have just arrived in China, but also to people from all over the world and even to returned overseas Chinese.

As soon as the newspaper reported that foreign goods had the virus, the Chinese people immediately panicked. China's health minister, Wang Maoru, announced that all workers, employees, and company managers who came into contact with foreign goods must be put in a concentration camp for safe quarantine and released only if they do not recur within a month. This article is dying, Chinese companies have unsubscribed goods, and a large number of goods shipped to China by foreign companies have been backlogged.

The customs agents of the Bank of Four Nations immediately lodged a stern protest with the Chinese government, demanding that the Chinese government open the customs and not interfere with the customs. However, Wang Mao replied resolutely at this time: "Open customs? What if there are plague germs in or substance? Customs officers are asked to sign an agreement that if a Chinese citizen dies because of a foreign consignment, the customs officer will be sentenced for murder. And if someone knows that the goods carry germs, but still send them to China, then China will export the corpse of the lentivirus in retaliation for the country's biological and chemical weapons attack on China. You want to destroy China, don't use customs and trade as an excuse! ”

Wang Maoru talked about the opening of customs and deliberate poisoning, which also made the customs controlled by the Bank of the Four Nations quite helpless, and the whole world was in a panic at this time, and naturally the nervous way of dealing with the Chinese government was a headache and could not be controlled. In the end, the Bank of the Four Nations decided that the Chinese customs would accept the Chinese government's offer and stop the trade between China and foreign countries. However, the head of the customs admonished the Chinese government: "The closure of customs is far more dangerous to China than to the world." ”

Wang Maoru said with a sneer: "Sooner or later, the Chinese customs will be restored to the hands of our Chinese, so don't worry about it." ”

"Today, China's restoration of tariff autonomy is extremely harmful to China and to the world."

Wang Maoru rebuked: "What nonsense! On the occasion of the national anti-epidemic martial law, no one is allowed to switch it on and off without permission! ”

The Chinese customs were then officially closed, declaring the closure of the customs until the pandemic stopped and China won the war against the epidemic. The complete suspension of Sino-foreign trade, especially trade with Japan, and the immediate closure of all companies related to Japan, caused the impact that many Chinese companies that needed Japanese materials came to a standstill.

Chinese newspapers immediately announced the death toll and the scale of the plague in all countries of the world every day, which had an extremely severe impact throughout China, and many people obeyed the government's dictates for the first time in their hearts. Thanks to the Chinese government's centralized and forceful implementation of the "epidemic prevention" policy, the Chinese people enthusiastically supported it, and it is rare for the world's most populous country to control the virus.

On August 8, 1923, the twelfth year of the Republic of China, China found that 33 people died of the "Japanese plague", and at the same time, more than 1,400 people died of influenza in Japan, and the Japanese government even had to cremate the bodies collectively to prevent the virus from spreading. (To be continued......)