The casualties of the Battle of Lüshun came out the next day, the Chinese army only had less than a thousand casualties, and the Fusang army was almost completely wiped out, even if it was captured, it was estimated that they would not want to come out for the rest of their lives. The number of dead people is a bit large, more than 20,000, and nearly 3,000 injured, these injured people's empires don't know what to do yet, and Li Chun is also waiting for news.

Qin Yu also had a headache about this matter, but he couldn't kill them all, he could only want the military doctor to do his best to treat these people, isolate them, and prevent them from coming into contact with their families, just make them disappear for the reason.

The Imperial Daily also published the news of the recovery of Lü Shun, under the government's army of river crabs, there was no mention of the news that Fusang took hostages to threaten the imperial army and the imperial army still attacked, but only slightly expressed that a large number of people were affected in the war, and there were casualties among the people, and there was the final crazy massacre of the Fusang army, which can be regarded as a massacre.

Dongjing Prime Minister's Office, Yamamoto Gonbei looked at the news sent from Huaxia very angry, he received the last telegram from the Lüshun garrison saying that Shina used a new type of weapon, a weapon made of gasoline barrels that can fire explosive packs, the destructive power and lethality are more powerful than artillery, they suffered a great loss, but Governor Fukushima Yasumasa said that he already has a way to deal with these new weapons, and can hold Lüshun City.

As a result, it didn't take long for Lü Shun to be captured by the Huaxia army, and there was not a single telegram after that, not even a telegram from the jade shatter, which made Yamamoto Gonbei extremely angry. He didn't think that Lu Shun's garrison would surrender, and then deliberately didn't send a telegram back, either the speed of the Chinese army was too fast or something was wrong, which made him puzzled.

Lü Shun was very important to Fusang, it was a strategic location, and it was able to keep an eye on the imperial capital of China and the Chinese navy, and the transportation of materials from the three eastern provinces generally passed through the Manchurian Railway, and then transported back to Fusang by sea through Guò.

Yamamoto Gonbei felt a little frustrated at the same time as he was angry, his side had just reached an agreement with the United States, and Lu Shun was captured by China in a blink of an eye, regretting that he had agreed to transfer Lu Shun's army to North Korea to support, if Lu Shun's troops were sufficient, maybe there was still a possibility to hold it.

Because of the fall of the important land of Lü Shun, Fusang's efforts to build up his power in the three eastern provinces for so many years were burned, and even the materials could not be obtained from the three eastern provinces, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to those merchants.

Yamamoto Gonbei regretted being the prime minister at this time, since he became the prime minister, there has been nothing good, first the failure of the navy, then the blockade of the China Navy, and then the stay of the bay and Lu Shun were taken back by the China, which is simply a bad year.

At this time, the people had great dissatisfaction with Yamamoto Gonbei, and all kinds of failures, and the arrogant Fuso national self-esteem was hit, and it was unforgivable to lose to the backward Shina. In the beginning, because of the foreign war, even if they failed, those political parties did not provoke the thorns, but now these parties have jumped out and participated in the activities of the people, demanding that the prime minister step down.

After Gonbei Yamamoto became prime minister, the navy climbed from the second oldest to almost equal status with the big brother of the army, and the army had nothing better than the navy except for the chief of staff who was nominally the "chief of staff of the emperor". Since the end of the war between Fuso and Tsarist Russia, a naval fever has arisen in Fuso, and the naval academy has become the most difficult school to get into, compared with the army non-commissioned officer school.

However, after Yamamoto came to power, he took several reform measures that violated the interests of the military and political elites, which made the army even more dissatisfied with the navy, especially the abolition of the "active military attache system" for the minister of the army and the minister of the navy in the cabinet.

In addition, the navy has always asked for money, and most of the military spending is inclined to the navy, but the navy has not made any progress, even if the new warships are dispatched, they are almost wiped out by the Huaxia Navy. In the past, because of the failure of the army's operations in the three eastern provinces, the army did not embarrass the navy, but now it is different, because of the relationship between the navy, Duwan and Lüshun were captured, which has become the reason for the army to attack the navy.

In addition, since the blockade of Fuso, Fuso's domestic economy has been in trouble, and in addition to the problems that have existed in the past, the small and medium-sized capitalists in Fuso believe that the government can carry out administrative and fiscal reforms, and launch a campaign to demand the abolition of business tax and toll tax.

Victor Hermann, head of the Tokyo branch of Siemens AG at the German embassy in Fuso, came here to ask the ambassador for help, and they were threatened by the Fuso. When the Pavilion sent someone to take it to the navy of Fuso to reason.

Fuso Navy Province, Herman and embassy clerk Hill found the officials of the Navy Province and said: "I am the store manager of the Siemens branch in Dongjing, someone in the company stole the company's important documents and fled to Britain, and now they are extorting 500,000 marks from the headquarters, otherwise if these documents are made public, the headquarters will probably not agree, after all, it is 500,000 marks!" ”

The official who received it was stunned, "Mr. Store Manager, your German company Wen Jiàn was stolen, what does it have to do with us?" Can't your people find out and want our Fuso detectives to help, you should also go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not us! ”

Seeing that the official did not understand, Herman said bluntly: "The headquarters may not agree to the traitor's request, and if this matter is made public, the names of several high-ranking officers of your navy will appear in European newspapers, so I am here to remind you to be prepared." ”

"Mr. Manager, what the hell is going on?" As soon as the officer heard that the newspaper of the senior naval officer meeting, he felt that something was going to happen, and hurriedly asked.

"The senior officers of your country eat the kickbacks of my company, that article is about these, when the time comes, not only will something happen to your country, but even the officers of the Chinese Empire will be exposed to eating kickbacks, I have finished speaking, I wish you luck!"

The official was stunned, but at the same time realized that the big thing was not good, and immediately reported it to the Minister of the Navy, Admiral Minoru Saito. Minoru Saito immediately set up an inquiry committee chaired by Admiral Idewa Shigehiro to investigate the matter, but now that the navy is facing suppression by the army, and the next naval plan will require large-scale financial investment, this kind of thing happened.

The inquiry committee first learned from Herman that among the stolen documents was a telegram from Siemens agreeing to give a 25 percent kickback to Rear Admiral Tatsuto Iwasaki, former head of the First Department of the Naval Administration Headquarters, who was in charge of weapons procurement at the Ministry of the Navy.

The inquiry committee, which learned of this specific information, quickly found out that the whole thing was indeed that someone had taken kickbacks in Germany, and Siemens had only done the work of matching the interior of the cruiser "Kongo" that they had ordered in Britain, and the Britons who were doing the work also gave kickbacks, and even more, and Matsumoto and Lieutenant General, the original head of the Ship Administration Headquarters, took 400,000 yen from the Britons alone.

At this time, the yen was still very valuable, more than 1,000 yen was able to build a house in Dongjing, and Yawata Steel, the predecessor of Nippon Steel, was built at the beginning with only 570,000 yen, and the figure of 400,000 was still a kickback given by the British, not to mention the rest.

Matsumoto and Lieutenant General were the commanders of the Wu Zhen Shoufu at this time, and they were already candidates for the next sea minister, and Matsumoto made this money to prepare the funds for political activities in order to be the sea minister, so the money was still in the zài bank and was not touched, and the inquiry committee found out after a check.

Minoru Saito, who found out what he really wanted to do, went to Gonbei Yamamoto, hoping to solve the matter as much as possible, otherwise it would bring a huge disaster to the navy.

When Yamamoto Gonbei saw the results of these investigations, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time, how could this kind of thing break out at this time, it really cost him his life.

"The newspapers in Britain have not yet published this matter, so immediately contact the German Siemens company, and be sure to find the person who stole the text, and if not, directly give the rebate money collected back to Siemens, and ask them to pay the person 500,000 marks. In addition, the news is blocked, the matter is not allowed to be spread, and the matter must not be exposed. "Yamamoto's first thought was to block the news.

Minoru Saito said with a little curiosity: "Why did Germany have such a thing at this time, is this a conspiracy that has been designed a long time ago?" Why did you mention that China also took a kickback?"

The core high-level of the Fuso Navy is very suspicious of the sudden kickbacks, and it is too coincidental to break out sooner rather than later, but it broke out at such a critical moment! Although they were suspicious, it was true, and they could only knock out their teeth and swallow down, and they could only scold Matsumoto and the others.

"I can't rule out the possibility of a conspiracy, there is no doubt that the purpose of this is to cause trouble, and I can't cover it up once the incident happens, and then we will not only be suppressed by the army, but will even cause a civil riot, and the consequences will be too severe."

Yamamoto Gonbei suddenly thought of something again, and said: "Matsumoto is your henchman, don't you know that he receives kickbacks?" Without your acquiescence he would retract the buckle? Matsumoto is simply a fool, and he still has a handle for others to do this kind of thing, killing a group of people! Hurry up and clear yourself when you go back, or no one will be able to save you! ”

Minoru Saito, who has been a Minister of the Navy for so long, could not be in a hurry, he had already warned Matsumoto when he found out that the matter was about to be exposed, and he also transferred all his property and other things safely.

"I really don't know about Matsumoto's affairs, according to the testimony he provided, he raised funds for his campaign for the prime minister, and he hid it from me!" Minoru Saito didn't admit that he had a share.

Yamamoto didn't continue to look at him, but was thinking about what he would do if he was exposed, the opposition parties had always been dissatisfied with him and would definitely attack him, as well as those ambitious people who were ready to move, and the angry people, he really couldn't think of how to deal with it, so he could only try his best to block the news.