Chapter 498: The Convergence of Coup Plans
Kameda Masao's behavior startled Chen Jianqiu.
He had thought that the old turtle had broken up Yamamoto Haruma to let him go out and call for support or to cure the burns on his hands.
It turned out that he didn't want his subordinates to see what he did next.
Co-author Kameda is such a thick-skinned person who feels that this behavior is very humiliating.
Chen Jianqiu didn't speak, just cocked Erlang's legs and gently tapped the edge of the table with his fingers.
Kameda quickly straightened up and sat back in his chair, his face not red and his heart beating.
Chen Jianqiu poured another cup of tea for him.
"Chen Sang, in fact, it was not my intention to attack Chinatown, and the target of the Xuanyang Society is the entire Honolulu and even Hawaii." Kameda said openly and honestly.
"The attack on Chinatown was to divert the attention of the Hawaiian authorities and the white farmers! Second, it is to be able to integrate the power of the East. ”
Chen Jianqiu laughed inwardly when he heard this.
The reason Kameda Masao found was too far-fetched, half true and half false.
He really wanted to see what kind of swan meat this toad was thinking about.
"Chen Sang! As you know, the Hawaiian People's League, led by Thurston, has been preparing a coup d'état since Queen Liliuocanila ascended the throne and demanded a change in the constitution, which has become almost the most open secret in this island nation! ”
"If they succeed, Hawaii will soon establish a white regime and annex it to the Union, just like Texas did back then!"
"At that time, whether it is Japanese or Chinese, there will be no place in Hawaii!"
Kameda Masao used a lethargic tone to make a penetrating analysis.
He looked at Chen Jianqiu:
"Chen Sang, we are all from Greater East Asia, we have the same skin color, we have similar cultures, this is different from those Christians, we should form an alliance."
"The Japanese and the Chinese together make up 60% of Hawaii's entire population, and together we can end the rule of those whites here!"
His tone began to rise and fall slightly, which was rare, indicating that he was already quite emotional.
"For the damage caused in the battle in Chinatown, I will compensate you twice as much as you wish; As long as our coup d'état is successful, whether we form a coalition government or divide each other, I can make concessions! ”
"Together, you and I will succeed!"
After saying that, Kameda Masao stood up again and bowed ninety degrees again:
"Chen Sang! Please! ”
Chen Jianqiu raised his eyebrows:
"How are you going to seize power?"
"Storm the palace in Honolulu, kidnap the Empress, take control of the cabinet, force her to dismiss the cabinet, and abdicate!" Kameda Masao's eyes flashed fiercely, "The only armed force in her hands, the Honolulu Spear Society, is no match for your soldiers and my samurai. ”
"What if the United States or Britain and France choose to intervene?" Chen Jianqiu squinted his eyes and asked.
"The Emperor and the Imperial Cabinet may have misgivings about an uncertain place, but they will never allow a piece of land that has become the Great Japanese Empire to be taken away again!" Kameda Masao said word by word, his expression determined and resolute.
"You want, take a gamble?" Chen Jianqiu asked.
Kameda Masao nodded: "Not bad, bet!" ”
Chen Jianqiu listened to Kameda Masao and Pan's ideas, and was quite shocked.
This grandson's heart is too big!
The way he does things with his juniors is simply the same.
The following offenses are committed and the superiors are tied to themselves with adventurist military actions.
Chen Jianqiu looked through the window at Pearl Harbor, which was still under construction in the distance.
A few decades later, there are still a bunch of Japanese people who have done something similar in the same place.
Fancy gambling on national fortune, success or failure is a hammer deal anyway.
He can't even win Chinatown, but now he wants to use his own strength to gamble bigger to turn the tables.
Want to eat fart?
However, Chen Jianqiu did not refuse on the spot.
His face was still as calm as water, and he couldn't see any actual thoughts in his heart:
"You're right, you can give it a try, and then discuss the details of the cooperation."
Since Hawaii is going to be chaotic, let's just make it a little more chaotic.
Muddy waters, you can touch the fish.
Meanwhile, on the other side of Honolulu, in the offices of the Hawaii People's League.
Another unstable factor in Hawaii, Mr. Thurston, is in an emergency meeting with his right-hand men.
The Hawaiian People's League was founded in 1887 as a secret organization.
It was founded with the aim of overthrowing the Kingdom of Hawaii.
And now, many of them are already members of the kingdom's cabinet.
"Thurston! We've got to do it! If we delay like this, that bitch will clean us up one by one. An old man with a white beard banged his pipe on the table with a loud bang.
He was one of the oldest members of the Hawaiian People's League and a sugar cane plantation owner.
And the "bitch" in his mouth naturally refers to the new queen, Queen Liliu Canilla.
Unlike her cowardly and incompetent brother, she has a group of indigenous supporters, which is why the queen dares to move the constitution.
"And what do you think?" Thurston was not in a hurry to get angry, and sat down on the table, crossed his hands over his chest, and looked at the white-bearded old man.
"We organize our own armament, then storm the palace, seize the queen, and force her to abdicate!"
The plan of the white-bearded old man and Kameda Masao can really be called "the 'hero' sees something in the same way", I really don't know if the two people will have a sense of sympathy if they face each other.
"If it had been a few years ago, maybe it would, when we had a lot of our men on the Honolulu Lancers." Thurston rested his chin in his hand.
"So, that was our best chance! As for Kalakauba's sick seedling, even if he secretly shoots him, it is estimated that no one will be surprised! Another white man in bib pants added.
"Don't talk about this, let's think about it now!" Someone turned the conversation back on track.
There was silence in the alliance for a moment.
The armed forces they can organize now are only a few hundred untrained white militiamen, and at most some Chinese and Japanese will be hired to fill in temporarily.
With all that, how can you compete with those more than 1,000 Hawaiian pikemen?!
Isn't that a gamble? Gambling on your life?
"If I want to say, I'm going to have to trouble you, Mr. Stevenson, and ask him to ask Washington for help." The white-bearded old man smoked his pipe again, and said with the corners of his mouth crooked.
"Okay, I'll contact Stevenson." Thurston was decisive and made a very simple decision.
If there is an American warship parked in the harbor of Honolulu, how dare those people from the Hawaiian pikes fart?!
Moreover, Ambassador Stevenson has been very supportive of him.
The previous cabinet also signed many unequal treaties with the United States under its own control, which exported benefits.
I've done my best for America! It is also in the consistent interests of the United States! Why don't they help themselves?!
However, when he visited the ambassador's home, met with the ambassador, and said what he wanted.
Stevenson was unusually distracted, and he was left and right.
Thurston wasn't that easy to fool around, though.
He repeated the cliché to ask what was going on.
In the end, the ambassador told the truth:
President Cleveland was not very supportive of overthrowing the Kingdom of Hawaii.
(End of chapter)