Nanking.

The Republic of China, which is in the Western New Year, enjoys the test of ice and fire. The heavy snow and white disaster in the northwest was severe, the gunfire in North Korea and Taiwan continued to die, and the Shanghai Communiqué brought about a sudden increase in the area of the land regained (for the calculation of the land area, please refer to Note 1 at the bottom). The early years of 1920 were a love-hate period of love and hate, and it was worrying to see that the Belle Époque was about to begin, but it was never possible to break through this last layer. Although there were many troubles, the personnel arrangements of the newly added provinces after the Shanghai Communiqué, the resettlement of Russian refugees from the north, and the ongoing battlefields in Taiwan and Korea all made Yang Qiu dare not stop, because whether the closing stage is perfect or not will be related to the direction of the national policy in the next ten years, but the sudden arrival of good news still made him decide to take a day off.

Rui Yao is pregnant.

The former beauty gang leader was leaning on the embroidery bed, covered with a thin blanket, holding Yang Qiu's arm with one hand, and her beautiful eyes stared at the doctor who was taking his pulse a little nervously. Yang Qiu, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, was also a little cramped, Rui Yao was 31 years old, and she had always wanted a child all these years, and the older she was, the more anxious she became, but in the past few years, it has been an important moment related to the trend of the next twenty years, and he has been at home for less than half a year in the past two years, so she is very obsessed every time she comes back, and she is grateful to God for finally waiting for today.

Last time, when Miao Luo was pregnant, she almost missed the birth of her first child because of a visit, so Yang Qiu simply stopped all work this time and asked a doctor to diagnose it. When both were anxious, the doctor smiled and let go of his wrist. I want to congratulate Yang Qiu: "Congratulations to the vice president, congratulations to the second lady." It's really pregnant. ”

"Really? That's great. Although he has been a father for many years, Yang Qiu is still so happy that he almost wants to pick up Rui Yao and keep her warm. Seeing this, the doctor was afraid that the two would be overexcited. hurriedly took care of a few words and said that Rui Yao was too old and belonged to an elderly mother, so she should be careful about the fetus and other matters. After all, the medical level is really not good in this year, and the birth rate and mortality rate of newborns since the founding of the Republic of China are extremely high, so the risk of elderly mothers is very great.

This made Yang Qiu also nervous, and when he personally sent the doctor away, he was still thinking about whether he should find a doctor with good skills. After seeing off the doctor. He had just returned to the bedroom to prepare a few words of advice, but Kuang Xukun led Yang Du to run to the door in a hurry. The two had already learned about Rui Yao's pregnancy, and when they arrived at the door, they went straight inside, looking like they wanted to say something. Seeing the two of them. Yang Qiu guessed that something was happening, but he was afraid that leaving at this time would make Rui Yao unhappy. But Miao Luo saw through his thoughts, pushed it and said softly: "Go quickly, the big thing is important, senior sister has me to take care of it." Rui Yao was immersed in the longing of being a mother, and she couldn't wait for Yang Qiutian to be by her side, but she also knew that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, so she smiled and said, "I'm fine, come back early." ”

"Alright, I'll be back when I'm done. Remember the doctor's words. Get some rest. After Yang Qiu kissed Rui Yao's cheek, he walked outside and closed the door casually and asked the two: "What's wrong?" ”

"Congratulations to the Vice President." Yang Du changed his previous free and easy appearance, and after congratulating him, his tone was a little hurried, and his cheeks flushed: "Something big has happened in Japan!" ”

"What's the big deal?" Yang Qiu was still immersed in Tian Ding's joy, and he didn't react for a while. Kuang Xukun smiled and hurriedly reminded: "Vice President." I just got the news that two days ago, there was a rice riot in the Himeji area of Japan! At present, the riot has swept the whole of Hyogo Prefecture! Kobe, Okayama, and Osaka have all rioted and shown signs of revolution! Further afield, Hiroshima, Bagoya, Kagoshima and other places have also rioted to varying degrees, and even Aomori and Hokkaido have reported that people are grabbing rice, and the government of Yoshiichi Tanaka also announced the resignation of the cabinet 3 hours ago! ”

"So fast?!"

One shocking news after another made Yang Qiu dumbfounded. He knew about the 1918 Rice riots in history, but because of his influence, Japan's intervention in Russia was not deep. Less than 10,000 people were dispatched to loot a piece of wasteland, so the price of rice did not fluctuate to the point of inducing a riot. But after the crisis in the Yellow Sea, it was different, Japan had not yet recovered from the last defeat and was facing a big war on a scale that no one could predict, so the price of rice soared very obviously, so he came up with the idea of provoking a riot in rice. But even if this incident was instigated by him and the Ministry of Intelligence, he really did not expect such a rapid spread speed, which shows that the situation of class antagonism in Japan is more serious than originally thought!

In fact, from the data collected by Fang Rui and others, it can be seen that Japan's shortage of rice has not reached such a serious level, and the world grain market has stabilized after the end of the European war, and American grain merchants even feed pigs with corn and oats, so the price of imported grain is not high. However, the Japanese government has always been reluctant to open the grain market, because grain prices are the best way to loot and squeeze private wealth, and the Ministry of Intelligence is just pushing it off. Historically, the rice riots caused the poor party to take root in Japan, so can the national society stand up this time? However, regardless of whether the goal can be achieved in the end, the Ministry of Intelligence has successively exported more than 10,000 guns of all kinds to Japan, and the workers and peasants who rioted no longer need to rely on their bare hands to fight the police, and the Japanese government will dispatch troops to suppress it much more time and intensity! So that alone is enough to create a whirlpool that is bigger and more terrible than history.

Thinking of this, Yang Qiu couldn't sit still for a moment, and hurried to the presidential palace. When I arrived, I found that the president's office was almost filled with the crowd who had rushed to hear the news. Li Yuanhong had just finished talking, and when he saw him come in, he immediately waved the phone in his hand and said with a smile: "It was the US ambassador who called, asking us about this year's government project, hoping to deepen business and trade cooperation." Hehe, at the end, he also mentioned the situation of the war. The last sentence made everyone laugh heartily, and Tang Shaoyi, who knew the internal causes of the Japanese riots best, also smiled: "Where is the concern about our construction, it is clear that the drunkard's intention is not to drink!" Tanaka has now resigned, the new prime minister does not know when he will come out, and in the face of such a big riot, the Japanese government must have been anxious to end the war, so the minds of these British and American guys have changed again. ”

Cai Yi nodded, the Shanghai Communiqué could be reached before the New Year, and he and Yang Du contributed the most. The nearly two months of negotiations also made him clear about the minds of Europe and the United States. said: "The previous Shanghai communiqué was our success, but there was also a wrestling side of Britain and the United States. Now that the Japanese riot is no longer able to continue the war. Britain and the United States will have to think about the consequences if Japan loses completely! If, in the end, they completely withdraw from North Korea, Taiwan, and Sakhalin, it will be up to Britain and the United States to go into battle shirtless if they want to contain us again in the future. So there's nothing special about the change of mind. For them, a wolf that starves to death all year round but can't eat enough is the best thing to use to guard the door.

If Japan cannot fight, then it will definitely lead to peace talks between us. Although there were many mineral deposits in the north of Korea, Japan's immediate priority was to keep the grain production land in the southern plains, because this mineral deposit could be replenished from Okhotsk and Sakhalin, and perhaps Britain would be appropriately inclined to export. I think. The Shanghai Communiqué has already given Japan the full advantage, but there is a danger of becoming a target, so it is acceptable to compromise appropriately, as long as the North Korean buffer zone is secured. As for Sakhalin, it can be collected. If you can't take it back, you can put it away for the time being, but diplomatically you must bite it firmly! This will appropriately alleviate the worries of Britain and the United States about our country. After the loss of North Korea, Japan's dream of going north was completely shattered, and it was impossible to challenge us again until they fully recovered, and Japan's national policy was bound to change dramatically! The importance of the Navy will also be strengthened again! For a short period of time, expansion to the south was the only option for the Japanese government. Although they controlled a large number of German Pacific islands, in order to secure the sea route to the south, it was necessary to take the islands of Micronesia, Bismarck, and German Guinea, which were several times the size of Taiwan! The resources are abundant, suitable for rice and rubber, and the resource and mineral deposits should be relatively rich. As long as Japan develops to the south. With the inevitable resumption of conflict with the United States over control of the Pacific, the collapse of the Anglo-Japanese alliance was already a matter of time, and in order to make amends and retaliate against the United States, Britain was likely to adopt a policy of appeasement for Japan's continued control of German New Guinea, giving Japan a longer timetable for withdrawal. In this way, China can not only find opportunities to make profits, but also ensure that if the United States does not want to directly start a war with Japan, it will take the initiative to act as a pawn to contain Japan, in exchange for the United States to support China in containing the north. ”

Yang Qiu secretly admired when he heard it. After several years of training in European competitions, Cai Ye gradually exuded the demeanor of a world-famous general. His vision and strategic thinking have extended to the entire Pacific Ocean, and he can even be said to be the first military strategist with global strategic thinking, and he has almost said all the deepest strategic considerations in his creation of the Yellow Sea conflict! If it weren't for his "advanced" vision, he wouldn't be able to guarantee that he would be able to suppress such a person, but Cai Ye's body has always been a big hidden danger, and no one knows how many years it can last. But this is not the time to think about these things at this moment, Yang Qiu thought about it and asked first: "Is there a new battle report?" ”

Song Ziqing handed over the battle report: "The submarine reported that the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet had left the Taiwan Strait to the east last night, leaving only three old battleships cruising off the coast of Keelung. After they left, the Japanese army in Taiwan also entered a strategic contraction, concentrating on Taoyuan, Keelung, and Taipei. Our army has also stabilized the Hsinchu and Yilan defense lines, and most of the Japanese troops in the rest of the area have withdrawn into the above-mentioned areas, and only some small units have mixed into the mountains and forests south of Hsinchu to try to continue the stubborn resistance. Previously, due to the suspension of the Japanese fleet's supply, Shi Xiaolou has been steadily clearing the control area first, and this morning he called to say that he would find an opportunity to attack Keelung and Taipei as soon as possible

The situation in the Korean War has changed considerably. The Japanese Eighth Division had abandoned Anzhou and was retreating along the coastline to Nanpu in an attempt to join the First Division. Because the activities of the Japanese navy along the coast of Korea are gradually increasing, it is difficult to truly cut off the activities of the Japanese navy without transferring the navy, and on the contrary, it will put itself under the superior firepower of the enemy navy. Therefore, they were ready to adopt Liu Mingzhao's suggestion, abandon the cutting off of the 8th Division, take advantage of the weather and the stability of the battle situation, move to Gangwon Province east of Pyongyang, strike at the Japanese 4th Division, and attract the enemy's support divisions in this direction, extend the actual control area to the south as much as possible, and gradually reduce the pressure on Pyongyang's follow-up campaign, and quickly strike at the south bank of the Taedong River if necessary! ”

The lines made Yang Qiu sigh secretly. What an opportunity! Taking advantage of the turmoil in Japan, gritting one's teeth may not be able to take all of North Korea, but as Cai Yi said, he is too dazzling during this time, so it is undoubtedly the best policy to borrow Japan to realize the mutual needs of China and the United States for a long time. More importantly, with the thawing of the northwest after the beginning of spring, the Russian issue will appear again, and at present it is not strong to open two fronts at the same time, and a long war will also lead to a halt in the country's development, and the best 10 years after the European war will be delayed in vain. Therefore, he could only give up the temptation for the time being, saying: "Taiwan will let go first." The main forces of the Japanese Navy are gone. But leaving three battleships behind means that they still have the power to control the strait. Now our lead ships are in the north, and the two combined Austro-Hungarian forces will not be delivered until the end of the month. If nothing else, the two ships leased by the United States will not be able to arrive before the peace talks are completed. Therefore, you let him continue to stabilize the front, mainly to gradually compress the space of the Japanese army, find out those Japanese immigrants and detain them, and deport them together in the future.

The DPRK side followed Liu Mingzhao's suggestion. You tell Qin Zhangshu and find a way to boost morale. Let the troops grit their teeth for a few more days. Don't worry about the weather and supplies, the current victory is mine, and if we don't want a big victory, we just need to push as deep as possible to the south and extend the Line of Actual Control to the south before the ceasefire negotiations are over. ”

After hearing these words, Tang Shaoyi and the others breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that Yang Qiu would stubbornly continue to fight. He said with a smile: "It's not a big deal to take two steps back, and with North Korea as a barrier, Japan's road to the north will be completely cut off." This time, more than 20,000 Japanese troops have been killed and wounded on the front line, almost a division and regiment have been wiped out, and it is a domestic riot, and half of Korea has been lost. ”

Li Yuanhong also smiled and said: "Since everyone has decided, then trouble Huizi to go to Shanghai again." Conveyed to the British and American ambassadors. Let's just say that we are willing to cease fire and negotiate peace with Japan. However, for the sake of the peaceful coexistence of our two countries and not to meet each other, the North Korean isolation zone is still necessary, and the boundary of the isolation zone is discussed and decided, but the 50 kilometers of the border must not be garrisoned. ”

Yang Du nodded and turned to leave, but Yang Qiu suddenly called him: "Wait." ”

This and so on made all eyes focus on him, Yang Qiu took a deep breath and said, "Remember, we want to give our national society a chance to gain a foothold in Japan!" ”

By the time the city of Nanjing racked its brains to begin calculating the upcoming negotiations, Tokyo was completely chaotic!

The rice riots that broke out in Himeji tore apart the ugliest side of Japan. The evils of the chaebols, who relied on exploitation, squeezed the wealth of the people with the price of grain, and expanded the army for their own pleasure, swept through Japan in less than a few days, propagated by those with good intentions. From Kagoshima to Hokkaido, countless people who could no longer stand it rushed out of their homes, shouting slogans such as "lower food prices," "lower land rents," and "enactment of the Chengcheng Act in Japan," and joined the nationwide movement.

From Himeji on January 9 to the 15th, the riots have swept through most of Japan,, Sanyo, Shikoku, Kyushu, Hokuriku, Tokai, Kanto and Hokkaido, and almost all cities large and small from south to north have riots of rice, and the number of demonstrators ranged from thousands to hundreds of thousands! Granaries and rice rows were smashed, rice was snatched, warehouses were burned, factories were destroyed! More than ninety percent of Japanese factories were closed, all schools were closed, and forty percent of farmers learned from the Jiangsu Peasant Association's announcement of a strike on farming.

The fiercest resistance was in the cities of Himeji, Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture. On the night of January 14, a total of 110,000 rioters and peasants in Hyogo Prefecture staged a rally and shouted for the first time the slogan of overthrowing the city government. On the 15th, when the crowd rushed to the city hall, the sudden appearance of the army launched a merciless attack, and the bullet penetrated the chest of its own people, and the situation suddenly became uncontrollable. After a large number of guns were dispersed, peasants and workers who had guns joined the resistance, and fierce gun battles began between the two sides around Osaka, Kobe, and other cities, and more than 1,000 soldiers and nearly 4,000 rioters were killed and wounded in just two days, and the entire region was covered in blood.

The armed conflict was horrific, but the bloody crackdown, instead of frightening the already disillusioned people, led to the official birth of the National Socialist Party in Kobe, where the riots were at its most intense.

Waving the National Socialist flag, the young Tokuda stood high on the podium, below which tens of thousands of agitated and angry rioters were present. This young man, who is only 26 years old, is a native of the Ryukyus, and his bones are full of determination to rebel and fight against Japan! In 1917, he was recruited to study at the Hankou National Society Party School, and only returned to Tokyo last summer to study law. After seeing the implementation of the Chengcheng Act with my own eyes, seeing the prosperity of immigrants from Northeast China, and seeing the heartfelt smiling faces of Chinese farmers after the bill, the idea of returning to Great China in the Ryukyus, which was hidden in my heart, was finally stimulated.

This time he was at the forefront of the riot.

"See the blood on the walls? They shot at us! The soldiers who we thought were protecting us shot at their loved ones! What are we doing wrong? We fed the army with our hands, and we helped build warships with our sweat! Is it wrong that we are only asking for lower rice prices, just to have enough food, just to be fairer? We need justice, but those executioners don't give us a chance, so isn't there justice in the country? Are we going to be exploited for the rest of our lives? No! It must not be like this, it is not for us, it is for our children, it is for our future generations! We're going to Tokyo, follow me, go to Tokyo, and let His Majesty the Emperor preside over justice for us! ”

"Go to Tokyo, we want to see Your Majesty!"

"For our children."

In Tokuda Ball's sly smile, countless pairs of arms were waving with all kinds of weapons, and his chest was full of anger aroused by him, and the riot caused by the rice snatching was finally pushed to the most ** by a group of young people who returned from studying at the national society!

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Note 1: Regarding the land area, the hippopotamus is calculated in this way (these words do not cost money).

First of all, it's fictional and unscientific (Nima, this quote strikes me as shameful). Maps of China were published with reference to maps of the USSR and Taiwan in 47. Republic of China Succession 1141 + Almaty Oblast 23 + East Kazakh Oblast 10 + Zhambyl Oblast 1 half 4 + Kyrgyz 27 + Tajikistan 10 + Andijan 3 + Altai Republic 9 + Khakassia Republic 6 + Irkutsk Oblast 76 + Bureste Republic 35 + Chita Oblast 43 + Amur Oblast 30 + Khabarovsk Territory (Sakhalin Island's northernmost large Chantar Island cross-cut about 3/5) 400,000 + Littoral Krai 160,000 + Sakhalin Island including the four northern islands 8, There are other bits and pieces, and there are certainly a lot of double calculations, but there are also gross estimates similar to Khabarovsk, and there are some that are sandwiched into the bowl and then talked about slowly.

So 1453 is derived. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )