On April 8, 1882, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Imperial Council of the Meiji Emperor, Foreign Secretary Inoue Shinmasa made a generous statement: "This time the DPRK and the United States signed a contract, and China was sideways, left and right, and completely regarded our empire as nothing. In the long run, how will Japan-North Korea relations develop? The Empire must take resolute measures to reverse its decline, and must not allow it to go unchecked. ＂

At this time, Japan's contempt and hatred of China were increasing day by day, and it was no longer referred to as "China" but was renamed "Shina."

Senator Kiyotaka Kuroda even declared: "The empire should immediately protest to China, declare Korea an independent state, and demand that interference in the internal affairs of Korea be stopped immediately." ＂

Interior Secretary Hirobumi Ito disagreed: "China has just defeated France, although France has come from across the ocean, but China's strength should not be underestimated, the empire's strength is insufficient, and the armaments are not sufficient enough, so it is really not a wise move to fall out with China at this moment." ＂

He was the only minister who did not call China a Chinese minister, not out of respect, but because he did not see the need to insult the enemy with a scornful name.

Senator and Secretary of State for Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture, Saigo Yumichi could not agree: "What Ito-ki said is not accurate. The French navy blockaded the entire territory of China, but the army suffered a setback only when it ventured. France was unwilling to delay because it had to deal with Germany, so it was in a hurry. Cochinchina is still in French hands, and we don't have to be ambitious. ＂

The right minister, Iwakura Gushi, was also a moderate faction: "The minister's telegram clearly stated that the fleet of Shina was anchored at Incheon and the military was at its peak, which was really a great disaster for the empire." In the event of an incident, can the Imperial Navy be sure of victory? ＂

Before the words fell, Junyoshi Kawamura, senator and secretary of the navy, picked up: "There are seven main ships in the Shina fleet, all of which are second-hand British and French warships, none of which are newly built, Jishu is backward, and the speed is slow, so there is no need to worry too much." And the empire still has several new ships under construction, as long as the delivery is completed, it will be able to defeat China. ＂

Judicial Secretary Yamada Xianyi also said: "The judicial reform of Shina is quite strange, especially the household registration management system, which strictly prohibits the free circulation of personnel, which seems to be aimed at our empire, which is extremely unfavorable for our spies to disguise themselves into their hinterland, and it must be more difficult for intelligence sources." ＂

Secretary of the Treasury Okuma Shigenobu is full of confidence: "Don't worry too much, the spies of the empire have successfully monitored the military aircraft department, the highest authority of the other party, and if there is any new movement in the future, the empire can grasp it at any time, which is also beneficial to me." ＂

Minister Minoru Sanjo was worried: "China is building railways from Beijing to Mukden and from Mukden to Andong, and once it is completed, I am afraid that North Korea will no longer be owned by me." ＂

At this time, in the Meiji government, he was mainly responsible for the reform and training of the military system, and in Japan, where the "Imperial Army" was the foundation of the country, his weight became more and more heavy, as if he was better than the head of the nominal minister, Minoru Sanjo: "The stronger the military readiness of the neighboring country, the more invulnerable the military readiness of the own state." At present, our army and navy have begun to take shape, but they do not dare to say that they will win. Korea is of vital importance to our empire, and it is in the vital interests of the empire's survival. Now that Shijie is in general trend, the law of the jungle eats the strong, China has obviously begun to deliberately run Korea, if the empire does not work hard to cheer up, in a few years, Korea will be just one of the provinces of China. At that time, with whom will our empire maintain its independence, and with whom will it share its prosperity? ＂

The alarmist words of Yama Prefecture made the venue silent, and after a while, Emperor Muhito, who had been silent for a while, spoke: "At the beginning of my ascension to the throne, I made a vow to open up the waves of thousands of miles and spread the power of the country in all directions. Now that the situation in North Korea is getting more and more intense, I am afraid that there will be a war after all, and the matter of national defense will become more and more urgent. In order to ensure the victory of China, even if we cut down on food and clothing, and eat one meal a day, we must make every effort to expand the navy and army. From now on, I will save money on the Inner Court and allocate 300,000 yen a year from the Inner Treasury to show the determination of my subjects in the Empire. ＂

For a while, the crowd was excited, and the mountains shouted long live.

Subsequently, the Japanese government set up a series of jihua, vigorously expanded the army, and increased the number of land and sea personnel.

The new budget was formally adopted , and 40 percent of the fiscal revenue for the current year will be used as military spending.

The army should begin as soon as possible the reform from the town-platform system to the divisional and regimental system, and vigorously expand the army. The goal is to "get tens of thousands of troops out as soon as something happens, and have a steady stream of reserves." To this end, Japan enacted a law that retired veterans should still receive regular military training as a reserve for war.

The navy has added new warships to its original warship order, and it is imperative that within three or four years, the navy will be able to surpass China in both quantity and quality.

Foreign Secretary Inoue Shin suggested that since China was building a railway from Mukden to Andong, it was necessary to immediately get Korea to agree to the construction of the Gyeongbu Railway from Seoul to Busan, so that in the event of war, the imperial army would be able to control the situation by heading north along the Gyeongbu Railway from Hiroshima to the north.

Ito Hirobumi also proposed that the Chinese fleet could be invited to visit Nagasaki to explore its reality and promote friendship at the same time, so as to paralyze China's fighting spirit.

These two proposals were swiftly implemented, and the Japanese government simultaneously resorted to two moves, ordering Hanafu Yoshiko, and instructing the Kaihua Party to instigate the Min clan to agree to the construction of the Gyeongbu Railway. At the same time, he sent a telegram to Taichi Tanabe, the temporary acting minister in China, and officially issued a document inviting the Chinese naval fleet to visit Japan.

On April 11, in Beijing, Ding Yuntong was holding a telegram and was silent.

It turned out that at the beginning of this year, Ding Yuntong ordered a complete cessation of the imperial examination. In the past few years, Ding Yuntong has promoted a large number of top students from new-style schools to become state civil servants, so that the channels for young people at the bottom of the society to become officials have gradually shifted from the imperial examination to the new-style schools. In this way, the time is ripe for the complete abolition of the imperial examination. Finally, two months ago, Ding Yuntong officially issued an order to stop the imperial examination system.

The imperial examination system was implemented from 607 A.D., the third year of the great cause of the Sui Dynasty, to 1882 A.D., and has experienced a history of about 1,300 years. There has long been a consensus that the imperial examination is useless, but the imperial examination system provides a glimmer of opportunity for those low-class young people to become officials, and is an important means used by dictators to ease social contradictions.

But now that times have changed, the enemy is no longer only domestic, but also from outside, and the imperial examination system can no longer provide the dictator with enough talent to resist foreign aggression. History has taught Ding Yuntong a more haode method to rule the people.

But there are always some die-hard Confucian believers who believe that if the imperial examination is abolished, no one will read Confucius and Mencius anymore, and Confucianism will perish. Since March, Confucian scholars have been gathering to protest across the country, but the climate has never been formed due to the strict ban on the movement of people.

However, in Changsha, Hunan, the protests intensified, and Confucian scholars carried the statue of Confucius to make trouble in the streets, while Cao Hongxun, the Hunan academic administrator, Bian Baodi, the governor of Hunan, and Zhuang Gengliang, the political envoy of Hunan, sympathized with these Confucian scholars and refused to suppress them. By early April, thousands of people had begun a hunger strike in the square in front of Changsha's city hall.

Ding Yuntong thought to himself: If I reason with you well, I will only have to make inches and kick my nose in the face, so I will simply do it. He ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to form a working group to go to Changsha to arrest Cao Hongxun, Bian Baodi, Zhuang Gengliang and others, and at the same time the Guards sent a regiment to accompany them to assist in suppression.

On April 15, martial law was imposed in Changsha and the Municipal Square was cleared, and resolute action was taken against the die-hard elements who resisted. That night, 11 officials with leadership responsibilities, including Cao Hongxun, Bian Baodi, and Zhuang Gengliang, were secretly executed.

On April 16, the published a lengthy editorial on the front page of the headline known as "Four. 16 Editorials". The editorial said that "a very small number of people with ulterior motives" used Confucianism to create chaos, and that "the government and the people of the whole country must fully understand the seriousness of this struggle, unite and take a clear-cut stand against turmoil."

The editorial does not mention how many Confucian scholars and the masses were suppressed, but repeatedly emphasizes how the rebels besieged the martial law troops, and there are even a few blurry photographs with the annotation that the martial law fighters who could not fight back and scolded and scolded were burned alive by the rebels.

After the publication of the editorial, various localities organized a variety of rich and colorful activities to study, study, discuss, and comprehend the spirit of the editorial. Various study classes and research seminars were held one after another. Newspapers have continuously published interviews with people from all walks of life, and the masses of the people have expressed their strong support for the government to maintain social order, and these turbulent conspirators are all dregs of the world who are not as good as dogs, and they are eager to throw them into the stove, and so on.

At the same time as the public opinion vigorously propagated the propaganda, the troublemakers in various localities were also resolutely cracked down, and the social order was quickly stabilized.

Ding Yuntong is sending telegrams to the envoys to the four countries, namely Rong Hong, the new minister to the United States, Hong Jun, the minister to France, Wu Tingfang, the minister to Britain, and Li Fengbao, the minister to Germany, urging them to speed up contact with the consortia and enterprises in the countries where they are located, and not to let go of all powerful monopoly organizations, no matter what Kang Caien, trusts, cartels, syndicates, and so on, all of them should not be let go, because these monopoly groups are the real masters of the capitalist countries.

But this is not enough, Ding Yuntong believes that it is necessary to contact another Shili, the real owner of Shijie, the core of the European Jewish consortium, a financial family that controls Shijie hidden in the shadows, the Rothschilds.

From the beginning of the 19th century, Meyer 61 Rothschild and his five sons opened banks in Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples and other major European cities, establishing a huge financial empire, in fact, controlling the financial markets of Europe and even Shijie.

They provided military loans to governments and, after the war, reparations to defeated countries. Engaged in securities, stock trading and insurance business to invest in various industries such as industry and commerce, railways, communications, steel, coal, oil, etc., its influence has penetrated to all corners of Europe.

After the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833, the Rothschilds spent £20 million to compensate slave owners for their losses; In 1854, Britain borrowed £16 million from them to cover the war with Russia in the Crimea; In 1871, France borrowed £100 million from them to pay reparations for the Franco-Prussian War; They also controlled the railways throughout Europe, and all French loans to Russia were provided by the family; During the American Civil War, the U.S. federal government borrowed money from them; The British government bought the Suez Canal, borrowed money from them; Russia persecuted the Jews, and during the Russo-Japanese War, they lent money to Japan and did not give it to Russia, so that Russia's financial resources dried up and the war was defeated; They were also the main funders of the Zionist movement in the future, and there are many streets in Israel named after "Rothschild"; Even the Vatican Pope borrowed money from them.

Even God has to borrow money from them!

Their motto is: when money rings, bad things come to an abrupt end.

It's a shadow empire in the truest sense of the word. It is an empire that is ignored by orthodox textbooks.

But the history of the future has revealed everything, and until the 21st century in the previous life, the family still controlled the whole shijie.

Ding Yuntong felt that since he had insight into history, it was necessary to use this shili, because he had a trump card in his hand that could make this financial empire cooperate with him, that is: Zionism!