Chapter 146: The Death of Hirobumi Ito
Yang Feng waved his hand to signal Mutsu Munemitsu to shut up first, and then looked at Ito Hirofumi very curiously, from the old guy's face that obviously had a taste of returning to the light, he could already understand why he was so bold?
"Your Excellency, it is true that I admit that I have done all this, I am a businessman, I only pursue profit, I sell goods when I can get profit from selling goods, I study art when I can get profit from studying art, and in the same way, I destroy a country when I can gain profit from destroying a country.
You see, I'm pretty honest.
What can you do, don't you want to think about who gave me a chance? It's not like I can do whatever I want, right? It was you or the government you led that gave me the opportunity, if you hadn't provoked the war of aggression against Korea first, if you hadn't wanted to get what didn't belong to you, would everything have happened in the future?
As a businessman, you put the opportunity to make money in front of me, do you think I will miss it?
Your Excellency, Prime Minister, when you righteously accuse me, why don't you first see if you have the qualifications? Don't you think it's funny that a robber goes to rob someone else's belongings, and accidentally robs his own home by another robber, and actually has the face to accuse the robber?" He said with a sneer.
"Am I making a mistake? I have worked hard for the strength of my country and for the prosperity of my countrymen, but am I wrong? Why do we have to be crammed on a barren island, without enough food and clothing, suffering from earthquakes day after day, looking up to the eyes of others looking down on us year after year? Why can't we expand our territory like everyone else? We have a strong army, a loyal and brave people, and an indomitable courage, so why should we watch a bunch of rotten garbage occupy the most fertile land?" Hirofumi Ito said with a sneer.
"Of course you're not wrong, but then again, am I wrong? I didn't have a mistake either. A businessman who does not seize the opportunity to make money when it is in front of him is a mistake, even your Russians are not wrong, why can't a huge empire with tens of millions of square kilometers of land have an ice-free port? Therefore, none of us is wrong, because this world should not be measured by right and wrong in the first place.
This world needs to be measured by strength.
You pursue what you pursue, I pursue what I pursue, Russians pursue what Russians pursue, and when there is a contradiction between what we are pursuing, then naturally whoever is stronger gets what he wants, and loses. That can only say that he deserves it!" Yang Feng said.
"We have indeed failed, we are willing to admit defeat, we are even willing to give you what you want, but why don't you let us go, don't you have a trace of mercy?" Mutsu Munemitsu couldn't help but say, at this time, the corners of Ito Hirobumi's mouth were already overflowing with blood, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help his prime minister. As a result, when I came here and saw the hellish situation on earth, I was inevitably filled with grief and anger, and all thoughts were lost, and I could have survived for a few days, but now I can't hold on.
"Huh. Pity, are you kidding? Of course I have no pity, I said it very lightly, I am a businessman. All I pursue is profit, what do I want to do with compassion, I can get more benefits, why don't I do it?" Yang Feng looked at him with a very funny expression and said.
"Don't complain there. No one in this world is qualified to complain about the heavens and others, only you are qualified to complain about yourself, just like you can only complain about yourself, complain that your own country is too small, complain that your luck is not good enough, complain that your army is not strong enough, and complain that you should not hope for things that do not belong to you.
Or you should listen to my advice, and you should eat grass honestly, and if a sheep puts a pair of dentures on itself, you will feel that you are entitled to eat meat among the lions? The creature then said mockingly.
At this time, Ito Hirofumi couldn't help it, a mouthful of blood sprayed directly on Yang Feng's chest, and then the whole person collapsed to the ground with a rapid gasp.
"Doctor! Come on!" In the desperate screams of Mutsu Zongguang, Governor Yang rubbed his beloved customized version of the golden dragon stand-up collar with a disgusted expression, fortunately, this multi-million dollar set of high-tech products not only has bulletproof functions, but also anti-fouling functions, so the blood stains were quickly wiped clean under the service of the bodyguards.
And at this time, Ito Hirobumi had closed his eyes forever.
Yang Feng couldn't help but sigh, and asked a bodyguard to go out and pick a white chrysanthemum and put it on his chest, after all, this is also a masterpiece of a generation, if there is no himself, he will really bring Japan into the ranks of the great powers, such a person is still worthy of respect, of course, that's all, and then Governor Yang took a boatload of cultural relics dug up from the tomb of Emperor Nintoku and ran to share the dirt with Waldze and the others.
However, halfway through, he got the news that the Criminal Department had rehabilitated Deshou Zhaoxue, on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient, especially that one of Yang Feng's witnesses had been a prostitute, and the evidence of such a person was not admissible, and as for the testimony of those foreign arms dealers, it was simpler, they were foreigners and had no right to testify against a second-class member of the imperial court.
"It's ridiculous, I've never seen such a ridiculous thing, so much evidence can prove my verdict, but when I got to the criminal department, it became a lack of evidence? It is obvious that Shang Shu of the Criminal Department has taken bribes. As soon as Yang Feng got this telegram, he immediately said categorically.
"Yang, how do you want to uphold your verdict? If you want something special, both I and the German army in the Far East will be more than happy to help you. Waldzer said with a smile on his face, he wished there was such a good thing.
"Not yet, besides, I'm not prepared to make it too big." Yang Feng waved his hand and said, he didn't want to wear a traitor's hat on his head, and he really didn't pay attention to Cixi's army.
In fact, during this time, Cixi's military strength has been greatly enhanced, and in the navy, she actually purchased the Blanco Encalada and Esmeralda protective cruisers from the Chilean Navy, and then renamed Kaiyuan and Zhuyuan, and now has joined the downsized Beiyang Naval Division, because of the lack of crew and distrust of Liu Buchan, so these two ships, including the captain, are Chileans who came with the ship.
After Ding Ruchang went south, Liu Buyun was appointed as the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, and took Dingzhen to Pingsiyuan and a large number of gunboats and torpedo boats to defend Bohai Bay, but Cixi did not trust these people at all, so he selected more than 200 people among the Manchurian nobles to be sent to Britain to study navy, and they were ready to kick these people away after they came back, so that Liu Buyun and others would not be loyal to her.
Cixi knew this very well, so she was so tolerant of Yang Feng, she knew that if Yang Feng played in Beijing again, at least at sea, she still didn't expect to stop him.
As for the land, by now her new army in the six towns has been half organized, because there are not many people recruited from the Northeast Manchurians, so she has to open up recruiting from the original flag army stationed in Beijing, and this is also to appease those flag people stationed in Beijing, otherwise those hardcore crops should make trouble. After Li Hongzhang left, Rong Lu concurrently became the governor of Zhili, and reorganized the Northeast training army in the hands of Changshun and others under the command of Yiketang'a's subordinates, and then Changshun and others into the first town to garrison Tianjin, but Yiketanga did not come, but continued to stay in the Northeast as the general of Shengjing, and at the same time concurrently served as the minister of Qincha to control the two generals of Heilongjiang and Jilin, which was regarded as a disguised governor of the three eastern provinces.
The first town is a Han army banner man, Yuan Shoushan, the number one general under Yike Tang'a, speaking of Cixi, she really can't find anyone, but Shoushan has been tested in actual combat, Tianjin is not another place, it is absolutely impossible not to find someone who really has the ability, the old Yuan family or the descendants of Yuan Jia's family are still loyal. The second town system is the son of Prince Qing Zaizhen, and the third town system is the grandson of the monk Gelinqin, Bo Disu, the former one is his Laozi to plan, and the latter one is hand-picked by Cixi, it is estimated that he is still reluctant to give up on the monk king, after all, the Qing Dynasty has such a wonderful flower in the second half century.
In addition, a patrol police department was set up in imitation of foreigners, and then the remaining elite soldiers of the Eight Banners were stuffed into this patrol police department, not only in Beijing, but also sent a large number of expatriates to various places in Zhili, and three thousand patrol policemen were released in Tianjin alone, these people were supported by local taxes, and according to the standard of their eating imperial grain, they made all parts of the country complain, but her actions attracted a lot of green insects to sing praises.
In addition, in order to cultivate talents, the Army Academy was also opened in Beijing, and the Tianjin Sailor School was expanded, and a large number of flag men were trained to serve her as a reserve force.
As for other aspects, it hasn't changed much, Dagukou Fort is still Luo Rongguang, it's not that he doesn't want to change, but he can't find someone to replace him, so he can only be equipped with a banner man to supervise the army, it is said that the first time he tried to play the cannon was scared to pee his pants, it is really not easy to say that Cixi is not easy, those who have the ability are not at ease, and those who are relieved have no ability, it can be said that it is really difficult for her.
Of course, in Yang Feng's opinion, her strength is not worth mentioning, if she just puts together those veterans of Yiketanga, maybe Yang Feng can still be a little jealous, after all, they firmly blocked the Japanese army in Motianling, and there are still some means to play positional defense, but she actually mixed those eight banners stationed in Beijing, then it can only be said to be a tragedy, it is estimated that those veterans have grown three heads and six arms, and they have no ability to serve so many living ancestors. (To be continued......)