Chapter 804: Arrival
Holding on to the railing with his hand, standing on the deck, looking at the busy harbor and city in the distance, Miyazaki's mood was a little up and down.
It's no wonder he's like this, to be honest, it's not a lot of peace along the way.
Not long after they came out of Tokyo by boat, they encountered a storm, and it was a huge one, and even the captain of the passenger ship came to make him mentally preparedββββββ what to prepare? Preparation for the shipwreck, of course.
From a certain point of view, the one they encountered this time Miyazaki was almost not the slightest difference in scale from the one Yan Shao encountered back then. You can imagine how dangerous it was, and some Japanese on board at the time even thought that it was because they had angered the gods by going to China, so they had caused such a catastrophe.
Even Miyazaki himself, after hearing such remarks, was more or less affected in his heart, thinking that it was really this reasonββββββ of course, it didn't mean that he believed it all, but he was more or less affected.
But who would have thought that just when Miyazaki himself began to pray, the storm suddenly disappeared, as if it had never happened, such a situation is a little...
At least Miyazaki himself definitely can't figure it out...
Either way, it's always good to be able to pick up a life, and...
This escape from death also made the morale of the ship, which had fallen to the limit, more or less recover, at least they survived, which means that they still have a certain degree of correctness...
Some people even think. This can be regarded as the protection of the gods, after all, it is difficult for ordinary people to survive such a big storm, and it is true...
On the verge of arrival at the harbor. Although passenger ships are sailing slower and slower, their distance from the harbor is decreasing. It didn't take long for Miyazaki and others to see the city in front of them with their own eyesββββββ Tianjin...
There are many large cities in China, but Tianjin is definitely one of the largest.
The largest city in the Bohai Bay has a very long history and is also one of the largest cities in China. It has a population of millions of people.
Naturally, in the past, it was once a colony of the Great Powers. However, after the formation of the national government. It took only a few years for it to return to the bosom of China, and the Great Powers had little special power over the land, except for a few concessions.
Even. Now the Nationalist government has begun to negotiate with the foreign powers. Questions about the resumption of concessions.
This is not surprising, because Yan Shao certainly could not have allowed the Great Powers to have such a thing as a concession in China all the time. For him, the embassy must be deposited, anyway, his own country also has an embassy abroad, there is nothing to object, even if the territory of the embassy is actually equivalent to other countries.
However, such a thing as a concession is absolutely not tolerated by Yan Shao, and the current strength of China has also allowed Yan Shao to make such a claim to the foreign powers. So...
Naturally, the negotiation is simple. Because it is absolutely impossible for the great powers to cede these places lightly. However, with the strengthening of China's power and the strengthening of the domestic legal system, this is not impossible, at least for now. And with the exception of the UK, some other countries don't have a big opinion about it...
On the other hand, during the First World War, Tianjin, the largest port city in the north, developed very smoothly, and what is now unfolding in front of Miyazaki is an extremely prosperous scene.
Countless ships were moored in the wharf of Tianjin Port, and from time to time several ships could be seen leaving or entering the harbor, and even when Miyazaki was sailing into the port by boat, a freighter followed them into the port, and finally anchored at a wharf not very far from them...
In addition to the bustling scene in the harbor, Miyazaki was surprised by the modern buildings lining the harbor.
After years of development, Tianjin has become one of the most modern cities in China. High-rise buildings can be seen everywhere, but in Tianjin, there are dozens of buildings with more than 20 floors, even if they are 30 or 40 storey buildings, there are seven or eight buildings, and the highest of them is undoubtedly a building belonging to Yushi Group, about seven or eight floors high, although it is not as good as the Empire State Building in Beijing and Shanghai, but it can also be called a skyscraper...
In addition to these impressive buildings, the neat cityscape, the wide and flat streets, and a range of other modern facilities all surprised Miyazaki.
"Here, is it really China?" Looking at the qiΔ in front of him, a young man who came from Japan with Miyazaki fell in disbelief.
Although China has become quite powerful today, even these Japanese have heard of it when they are at home. But it has to be mentioned that one thing is certain, and that is that when it comes to reporting on China, it is difficult for other countries to say, but many media in Japan like to report on some of the dark sides of China.
It is impossible for a huge country to be bright everywhere, and China is the same, and as a country that has just been established for seven years, there are many dark sides of China, but because China is too dazzling at the moment, these dark sides are covered.
Naturally, even if it is covered, it does not mean that it is invisible...
At least for many people, and even more so for Chinese people in China, because these things happen all around them. It's just that compared with a few years ago, China's situation is much better now, and there is a better momentum, so the Chinese people are willing to ignore these dark sides and continue to look forward...
But they ignore it, but it doesn't mean that people in other countries ignore it.
At least the Japanese like to add some of the news when they have to report something related to China. And because infinite fax technology has not yet developed. The Japanese also like to get pictures of China's past, or photos of areas that have not yet been developed, and put them on the front pages of newspapers, making people think that China is still in a very backward state. This is not unusual, at least in later generations, but simply put, it means reporting on the dark side, and never reporting anything slightly more positive...
And this is also easy for people abroad to cause certain misunderstandings about China. Even complete incomprehension, no other, just because they don't understand each other at all...
For example, Yan Shao has not yet traveled to this era. I used to play the game for a while on a server in Taiwan, of course, it was definitely not Yamaguchiyama, because of the Yamaguchiyama of the Taiwanese server. The number of people who passed past the continent that year. It's almost more than the local ones in Taiwan. At least when he was playing the Taiwanese service Yamaguchiyama, he said, 'I'm from the mainland', and the response he got was 'We are all from the mainland'.
If you say to someone, 'I'm from the mainland,' the response is, 'I'm from the mainland, too.'...
In fact, the game that Yan Shao played at that time was another one, although there were many in the past in China, but there were not many of them, and for this reason, many Taiwanese people at that time did not know much about the mainland.
One of them. Someone even once asked Yan Shao when he went out to the toilet in winter. Isn't it cold? Yan Shao felt a little inexplicable, and finally Yan Shao learned that in the impression of the Taiwanese, when people on the mainland go to the toilet, they basically have to run outside the house, which is the so-called open-air toilet...
This kind of remark naturally made Yan Shao cry and laugh, and Yan Shao later had a fierce conflict with the Taiwanese because of some other things, and finally broke up ββββββ some issues related to positions and principles...
After considering the later period, Taiwan's entertainment programs that made the Chinese people almost cry and laugh.
Even in the era when the Internet was extremely developed, Taiwan, which spoke the same language, would cause such a big misunderstanding in the mainland, not to mention Japan in this era. Leaving aside the fact that the languages and scripts of the two sides are basically different, there is no Internet in this era, and there is no technology for infinite faxes, and communication between them is almost none.
The only way to see what the other country is like is to take a ship to China in person.
It was once said that because Miyazaki often supported the Chinese revolution, he was regarded as a dangerous element by the Japanese government and was monitored for it. It is precisely because of this that Miyazaki was unable to leave Japan and go to China.
On the other hand, for many reasons, some Japanese newspapers are willing to carry out some rather distorted reports on China, and even if some newspapers send reporters to China, they bring back reports that are by no means true...
Coupled with the fact that it is only seven years before the establishment of the national government, Miyazaki naturally cannot imagine what China is like today.
It is precisely because of this that after seeing the current appearance of Tianjin, Miyazaki was so surprised, because he couldn't imagine that the country in front of him was actually the one he had been to a few years ago...
This was especially evident after he got off the passenger liner.
In his vision, those Chinese who were once hungry and poor have now become different. Although there seems to be a slight gap compared with people in Europe and the United States, the Chinese on the dock have become very neatly dressed, and can even be called decent and sophisticated. Many Chinese even had suits and leather shoes on board. There is no longer any hunger and thinness on the face caused by malnutrition, and some people can even feel the strong muscles in their bodies just passing by...
All of this obviously makes Miyazaki a little incomprehensible, after all, it has only been a long time, and the changes in China today are too great compared to those years.
It is precisely for this reason that even the officials who were specially responsible for greeting him had already arrived at Miyazaki and did not react, until those officials walked up to Miyazaki and called out repeatedly, Miyazaki came back to his senses and looked emotional.
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"It's changed too much, it's really too big..."Sitting in the car specially photographed by the Tianjin Municipal Government. Looking at the scenery on the surrounding streets, Miyazaki muttered incessantly.
Spacious and flat roads are the same, those brand new street lights. The trams that often pass by, full of passengers, and the beautiful shops that line the surrounding roads make Miyazaki feel a little incomprehensible. He really couldn't understand how Tianjin could have changed so much in just a few yearsββββββ you know, he didn't come to China back then...
Meanwhile. Hearing Miyazaki's monstrous words, the official in charge of greeting him said with a smile. "Why, has Mr. Miyazaki ever been to Tianjin?"
Since it is specifically responsible for receiving Miyazaki monstrous. There must be a few words of Japanese, so the communication between that person and Miyazaki is relatively smooth.
Hearing the official's words, Miyazaki came back to his senses and nodded.
"Hmm. When I followed Dr. Sun Yat-sen in the revolution. I've been to Tianjin..."
Saying this, Miyazaki's monstrous face once again showed a trace of emotion and regret. Because of his insistence on cooperating with the Kuomintang, Sun Yat-sen had already severed diplomatic relations with him. As a friend for many years, Miyazaki naturally felt very regretful, but on the other hand, he did not regret it at all.
The reason is simple: his purpose was to revive East Asia.
If there is still a glimmer of hope for Sun Yat-sen, he will not be able to leave Sun Yat-sen, but it is obvious. Sun Yat-sen is no longer good, and neither is the organization he founded. At this time, if you want to achieve your wish, the only choice is Yan Shao.
And compared with his long-cherished wish, his personal friendship with Sun Yat-sen is obviously a little insignificant.
On the other hand, when Miyazaki heard Sun Yat-sen's name, the originally enthusiastic smile on the face of the official who was originally in charge of the reception cooled down slightly.
"Oh, is that so..."
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History books are written by victors, and there is no more such thing throughout the ages.
Of course, the same is true of today's national government. At least after its establishment, the Nationalist government did not disparage the previous dynasty. And this former dynasty included not only the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also the Beiyang government and the earlier provisional government...
Naturally, this kind of belittlement is definitely not unreasonable, not to mention the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is simply a shame in Chinese history, and the later Provisional Government and the Beiyang Government also have a lot of places that can be 'hacked'.
After all, during these two administrations, China could be described as a poor livelihood.
And the Chinese people who have experienced this period obviously agree with the statement of the national government. There is no way, compared to today, those two governments dare not say that it is compared to hell. But it is definitely not a suitable era for human existence...
And among these two governments, if you talk about which one has been hacked the most, it is definitely the provisional government established by Sun Yat-sen.
The Beiyang government is better, after all, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Xu Shichang and others are basically old people who used to be in the Beiyang government. Today, almost all of these people, along with generals like Wu Peifu, have joined the Kuomintang.
From a certain point of view, the Beiyang government was not so much defeated by the Guoshe government as it was annexed by the Guoshe government.
The two are about to become one, and it is naturally not good to be too happy at this time.
However, the Provisional Government was different, the Provisional Government came back because of the split relationship after the establishment of the Nationalist Government for a period of time, and only the people who came back were Song Jiaoren and Huang Xing.
What's more, Song Jiaoren and Huang Xing are back, but Sun Yat-sen hasn't come back yet, has he?
And the contradiction between Yan Shao and Sun Yat-sen is undoubtedly very complicated.
Sun Yat-sen resented Yan Shao for robbing his wife, how could Yan Shao ever like Sun Yat-sen...
It is precisely for this reason that although Sun Yat-sen today in China cannot be said to be shouted and beaten by everyone, after all, there were many people who admired this benevolent brother back then, but not many people were willing to talk about this benevolent brother.
Let alone...
Although it is black, but when it is black, the national government does not have some real materials.
For example, Tao Chengzhang's death, and a series of other things, Sun Yat-sen will never be able to wash them away.
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Not only that official, but even other people, when they heard Miyazaki mention Sun Yat-sen, the smile on their faces became much colder, and their expressions became a little embarrassed.
Although Miyazaki is a little rough, he is also a relatively delicate person, so he can naturally feel this, but he doesn't want to say much, so he has to keep silent.
Later, under the hospitality of the Tianjin municipal government, Miyazaki first stayed in Tianjin for a day, and only took his men to Beijing by train the next day.
When riding the train, Miyazaki's monstrous entourage was naturally amazed again. Especially in the face of the eight-line railway from Tianjin to Beijing, such a railway, even in the world, I am afraid that there is only one, and the reason why such a railway will come out is also to meet the freight demand between Beijing and Tianjin...
But when they arrived in Beijing, they were really shocked...
Because what appeared in front of Miyazaki was a much more prosperous city than Tianjin, especially the high-rise building that surpassed almost all the buildings, which made Miyazaki monstrous and they were also shocked...
Similarly, although the Japanese media often make some reports from time to time, they have also seen this building, that is, the headquarters building of the Yushi Group, the Empire State Building... (To be continued......)