Even if he could only get a million-ton United Steel Plant in the end, it would be very satisfying, not to mention that Bernard seemed to be less resistant to opening up two prospecting rights in Najd in exchange for a new Sino-British era.

Yang Qiu did not leave Shanghai immediately, but enjoyed a good life, studying the plan to recruit laborers with Lu Bicheng during the day, and enjoying the beautiful world of two people at night.

While the plan to dispatch workers to Europe was in full swing, the domestic political situation in Japan was also at a critical juncture.

The cherry blossom huā, which symbolizes the fortune of the country at the entrance of the palace, is in full bloom as scheduled, but the people under the tree are not in the mood for the joy of the previous year. The ronin, with all sorts of white cloth tied to their heads, gathered and directed the instigated people to desperately wave signs calling for the explosion of the platform in the temple of the West Chapter 372 (1), and some radicals simply erected the national flag dyed red with blood. This anger also implicated Yang Qiu, and his large portrait was also brought out, which was scribbled in a mess, and a big red cross was painted on his face, with slogans such as "Asian Destroyer", "The Number One Enemy of the Day", "Kill Him" and so on. Even the red, yellow and blue national flag, which had just been determined by the Republic of China to symbolize peace, peace, and tranquility, was taken out and burned in public.

Following the Confucian tradition of the Tang and Song dynasties, there were few incidents of insulting the leaders and national flags of China, and when the Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1894, Japan declared war on the Manchus with awe, and even during the great turmoil in the Xinhai years, this worry and fear still did not completely dissipate, so it suddenly changed and no longer supported Sun Yat-sen and his Kuomintang. This situation is now the most fierce form of protest, and under this fierce wave of protest, countless so-called young aspirants armed with knives and earthen guns roamed the area infested by the members of the Saionji Gongwang Cabinet, waiting for the most fierce way to realize the so-called protest.

The police officers held batons and stared wide-eyed, but they were pulled out one by one to ask if it was the day itself, and newspapers and leaflets printed with Chapter 372 of the Explosion (1) The Ryukyu Incident were plastered all over the streets. All the signals are telling people that even the Ryukyus are unruly! The Great Japanese Empire has reached a critical moment when the country is not going to be a country, and everyone needs to stand up and contribute.

In the burning anger, even the most sober minds began to change, and the current situation of lack of food and clothing and the withering industry made more people join in the dissatisfaction with the government, and even finally forced the British Embassy to sign the "Eight Articles" agreement in front of the front of the people's slogans with the words "ghost animal" and "accomplice of China" held high.

Everyone believes that with just a little more Mars, the city and the country will become the most terrible dynamite keg in the world!

The Prime Minister's Office was already surrounded by the Gendarmerie Corps, and the Saionji Gongwang in his office looked uneasy, and he tried to calm himself down, but the more he did this, the more he felt that the magma under his ass was getting closer and closer.

Sitting across from him, the new foreign minister, Hara Kei, who had a beautiful silver hair, shook his head secretly After Takahashi was assassinated one after another, Kato Takaaki and Kato Takaaki were assassinated one after another, he has become one of the few remaining bigwigs of the Constitutional Council, and he is also the first civilian politician in the true sense of the word in the political arena of Japan, with high prestige and command. The fact that he was able to go from a commoner to the present day and obtain a knighthood in the Meiji era was enough to prove his personal ability, so he was immediately appointed as foreign minister after Saionji Gongwang formed a cabinet. However, he is also powerless in the face of this turbulent trend, and he is even more worried that the Saionji Gongwang has not come up with any means so far, and if the situation is allowed to deteriorate, then the idea of their generation to achieve a party cabinet will be completely shattered.

He did not want to see such a discouraging situation: "The prime minister has to come up with a way anyway, either to go to China for another negotiation, or to use some force to disperse the protesters, otherwise the situation will get worse." ”

His words made the cabinet members present nod their heads, and the best way to do it in the event of an inability to wage war is to negotiate the eight articles of the People's Republic of China again, but what leverage does Japan have at present? Yuan Jing faced the gazes of everyone, and his tone was low and slow: "Insisting that Takahashi is the ideal of the Qing Dynasty is the only way out, and we can relieve external pressure by sending troops and labor to Europe, so that the allies can continue to stand on our side and put pressure on the Yang Qiu government in China!" On the other hand, I think it is appropriate to compensate the War Department and give priority to the funds received by the expatriate troops to the Army for reconstruction in exchange for their support for the reforms, Prime Minister. ”

"And what about the Navy? The solution to the fundamental problem of Taiwan is not the army, but the navy! Yang Qiu is desperately trying to expand the navy, and if the funds are allocated to the army in this case, the navy will not be supporting us. ”

"What if the Navy doesn't support it? Do you think that the destruction of the Navy will be greater than that of the Army? Getting through the crisis ahead is key. Yuan Jing continued: "Prime Minister, you must go and meet the patriarch of Shanxian County, and the key is on him!" ”

The public of Xiyuan Temple didn't want to see friends in Shan County, but every time he went to visit, he was blocked out of the ward by the guards, and what should he do in the face of the army gathered by a smaller group than a radical group? He thought about it, picked it up and put it down, and finally dialed a number.

None of the people present could have imagined what a huge and terrible earthquake this number and this call would eventually cause.

While he was making a decisive move on the phone to complain about his grievances, there were also people in the Tokyo National Hospital quietly watching the situation change. Kiyoura Keigo stood on the edge of the bed and lowered his head, although the old man in front of him had a bad complexion, he was not yet out of breath, why did he refuse all visits when he could manage the government?

"Isn't it messy out there?" Yama Prefecture Youpeng leaned on the soft mattress, staring through the window at a beautiful cherry tree in full bloom outside, but his face was gloomy and a little frightened. can become his confidant, and is praised as the head of the four King Kongs of the Shan County faction by the political arena of Japan, Kiyora Keigo is not a poor nodding worm, but he can't guess what this old man is thinking this time with. He asked, "Elder Ge, why don't you stand up and say something?" Youpeng picked up a silk scarf from the bedside table, covered his mouth and coughed a few times: "Qing Kama-kun, the defeat of the war is not terrible, the terrible thing is that the power is leaving us!" His voice was low, but with a majesty that seemed to penetrate people's hearts, Kiyoura Keigo did not dare to move: "After the defeat of this war, I knew that the Constitution Council and the chaebols would attack us en masse, and with the people of the Satsuma Domain who feared that the world would not be chaotic, we would be in a very disadvantageous position. ”

Kiyora Keigo nodded, this old man saw it too accurately! At present, the Constitution will collude with the chaebols and the navy to suppress the army, and it is also preparing to send the army to Europe to be used as cannon fodder, without exception, all of which are taking the opportunity to suppress the basis of the army's attempt to overthrow the rule of the feudal lords. As his mind turned, Shan Youpeng continued with a straight face: "There is a cliff behind us. A political defeat would be even more terrible than a defeat in the war. ”

"Then why didn't you come forward to get rid of those thieves?"

"Chase away?" Youpeng of Shan County squinted at him, and sighed secretly in his heart. Although this person is his confidant, he is much worse in politics after all, not to mention genius politicians such as Ito Hirobumi during the Shoji period. Even if it is compared with the Constitutional Council, it is far inferior. If it weren't for Katsura Taro's sick body, if it weren't for the fact that there was no suitable person with enough prestige to stand up against the opponent, why would he need to squeeze out the last bit of energy in his body like this? He has to wait, wait for a figure in the army to stand up and succeed him! But this kind of inheritance cannot be achieved by promotion alone, there must be someone who can come out of the complex political struggle and take decisive action! So he sighed unnoticed and pointed to the cherry blossoms that were blooming outside: "No matter how beautiful it is. Prosperity must be followed by rapid decay! All we have to do now is wait, wait for them to make a mistake when they think they have won. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the door that was not allowed to be pushed open suddenly opened: "Your Excellency, the Prime Minister of Xiyuan Temple has just issued a state of emergency bill, requiring all participants in the assembly to go home!" Also let one, the navy went ashore to announce the curfew in Tokyo! ”

The news made Kiyoura Keigo's eyes widen! I didn't expect the soft politicians in the cabinet of Xiyuan Temple to have such a bold announcement to ban the assembly and impose a curfew! So for a while, the brain went blank. But Shan County Youpeng, who was lying on the bed, suddenly sat up straight. At that moment, the temperament was calm, cautious and decisive, no matter what. Once he made up his mind, the elders of the mountain county who did everything to the end seem to be back!

"Send someone immediately to see Prince Zaihito of the Idle Palace in my name, and please tell him that the Imperial Army for which he is fighting has reached the point of life and death. Someone's going to kill us completely! His pupils quickly contracted into a cold star, flashing with a fierce light, and after finishing speaking, he waved his hand to Kiyora Keigo: "Kiyopu-kun, you immediately go outside to monitor, if there are any of our people who stand up and are worthy of help, then do your best!" The future is here! ”

Just as he issued a series of orders to restore his former decisive and ruthless temperament, the mansion of Mr. Yoshiichi Tanaka, the most active general of the War Department during this period, seemed to explode.

"Tanaka-kun! Can't wait any longer. ”

"yes, we're going to have to do it anyway! Only by eradicating those damned national thieves can the dignity of our army be restored. ”

"Look, it's those damn Satsuma Domain navy lackeys!"

"Amaterasu is above. They actually sent out the Marines to blockade, do they want to fight a civil war?! By the window of the study, a pair of flickering eyes shouted and scolded, and several officers of the Tanaka faction, such as Minamijiro and Kazuo Kuroshima, shouted angrily.

But Tanaka Yoshiichi didn't seem to hear it, and his eyes turned to the two people next to him.

Ryohei Uchida, who wears a kimono embroidered with the black dragon logo, and Nagata Tetsuyama, who is known as a genius staff officer who is rare to see in the army in a hundred years. The former's Black Dragon Society was almost completely uprooted in the Sino-Japanese War and had to retreat to Korea to wait for a comeback. Almost all of the ronins in this struggle were summoned by him. The latter missed the Sino-Japanese War because of his study in Germany, and after careful study after returning home, he felt that the army still had a high hope of turning the tables at that time, but in the end he fell under the pressure of Britain and France to sign the disgraceful Minbajo. So he was also very angry, originally Aoki Xuanchun came to woo him, but he didn't like Kita Yihui's idea of wanting to completely overthrow all the old forces, so he categorically refused to switch to the more secure Tanaka faction.

The ups and downs of this period of time made the two quickly become Tanaka Yoshiichi's right-hand men. In the face of his gaze, Ryohei Uchida spoke in the same tyrannical tone as the Black Dragon Society he led: "Tanaka-kun, as a samurai of the Great Japanese Empire, we don't like to interfere in politics, but if you make a decision, I will support you." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Nagata Tetsuyama was a little worried: "General Tanaka, I don't think we should take action personally, Kita Ichigki and Aoki Daisa have already returned a few days ago, and they are planning an operation." ”

"Nagata-kun, do you mean to use them?" Ryohei Uchida asked.

Nagata Tieshan nodded: "Unless we can get the instructions of the Elder of the Shan Shan Pavilion, none of our actions will be able to achieve ultimate success, so I think we should continue to wait now and wait for the opportunity to appear!" ”

Yoshiichi Tanaka was silent, and Nagata Tetsuyama said the biggest worry in his heart! If Youpeng died in Shanxian County, then he would not hesitate to mobilize all his strength to fight to the end, but now he is still here! Although he is sick, his influence is enough to suppress any changes, so if he doesn't get his recognition in the end, then even if he succeeds, he will eventually be replaced by other factions and become vassals.

If you want to do it, you must not fail!

But will Kita Ichig, the traitor and the simple-brained Nobuken Aoki who lacks political cells, give himself a chance?。!!!