Yokohama.

It's a city that's very close to Tokyo.

The steam train passes through tunnels and bridges and takes three hours to arrive.

Because of this, the construction of Yokohama is relatively prosperous.

In the newspaper building of "Xinmin Cong Bao",

Liang Qichao stood by the window, looking at the street scene outside.

It's past dusk, and the night of Yokohama is gradually falling,

The sea breeze blew into the house through the cracks in the windows, brushing the cheeks and bringing a hint of coolness.

said it was a newspaper, but in fact it was just an office,

Not long after the "Xinmin Cong Bao" was launched, the printing had to be entrusted to other newspapers.

At this time, the door was pushed open,

Jiang Guoliang walked in and said in a low voice: "Ren Gong, our newspaper is selling very well, and Heqing sent a telegram and said that it was extremely popular~"

Liang Qichao was not surprised,

"Of course it will sell well. Don't forget, who is the main writer. ”

It sounds crazy,

But Liang Qichao does have this status in today's China.

Moreover, because of his moderate thinking and his advocacy of retaining the power of the emperor, he was welcomed by the constitutionalists in the Qing court, so the publication of newspapers and periodicals was not hindered much.

What's more, the location of the newspaper is in Yokohama, Japan, which can be regarded as an export to domestic sales.

What Liang Qichao is really worried about is that

"How's the voice of Lord of the Flies?"

Jiang Guoliang shook his head,

"Not yet...... Alas...... I'll get it straight. "Lord of the Flies" is a vernacular article, and it has only been serialized in two chapters so far, and the plot has not yet unfolded, plus it is set in Japan, so it will naturally be considered verbose. ”

Liang Qichao frowned,

I wanted to say, "Stupid! But I don't think I said that.

Because he has read the full text and knows that "Lord of the Flies" is a shocking work,

Don't be too those who don't know the whole picture.

Jiang Guoliang sighed,

"Lord of the Flies is undoubtedly excellent. It's just that the public can understand it? ”

Liang Qichao couldn't help laughing,

"You say, are the people who read the books a lot?"

"This ......"

Jiang Guoliang was a little confused.

Liang Qichao continued: "Lord of the Flies is written for readers. I can predict that this book will be more effective than expected in popularizing the ideas of the Enlightenment. It will be repeatedly mentioned in the future as 'China's first vernacular text'. ”

Jiang Guoliang was silent,

After a while, he still couldn't hold back and said, "There was obviously a vernacular text before. ”

Liang Qichao smiled and waved his hand,

"There is something called 'vernacular Chinese' sandwiched between classical Chinese and vernacular Chinese."

He thought about it for a moment and gave an example:

"Let's talk about "Water Margin" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The former is biased towards the vernacular, as can be seen from the slang in it; The latter is semi-literate, not very deep, not very vulgar, from the name of the characters can be glimpsed one or two, such as 'Cao' refers to Cao Cao, 'Shao' refers to Yuan Shao. And what about Lord of the Flies? Is this the case? ”

Jiang Guoliang groaned,

As the other party said, "Lord of the Flies" is a thoroughly vernacular writing, which is subversive.

He already admired Lu Shi, and his admiration for Lu Shi in his heart at this time was like a surging river, endless, and like the Yellow River flooding out of control.

The two were chatting, and suddenly there was a knock on the door outside,

"Open the door!"

Japanese is spoken.

Liang Qichao couldn't help but be surprised, and looked at Jiang Guoliang with an inquiring gaze,

"You have a guest?"

Jiang Guoliang was also very confused,

"Nope...... I'm going to open the door? ”

Liang Qichao shook his head,

"Wait."

The days when he was on the run from him developed a beastly acumen, instinctively sensing that the compiler was not good.

Sure enough, as expected,

Hearing that no one in the house responded, the people outside were annoyed,

"Yaga! Open the door! ”

Bang –

The door was kicked.

Liang Qichao hasn't learned anything else in the past few years, but running away is the first rate.

I saw him tear the curtains with agility, and the cloth made a cracking "zilazila" sound.

Jiang Guoliang: ???

"Ren Gong, you are ......"

Liang Qichao was annoyed,

"Don't be there in a daze! Still not helping? ”

Jiang Guoliang: "Huh? With a sigh, although he didn't know what was going on, he still stepped forward to take a hand, and asked at the same time, "Are we in trouble?" ”

Liang Qichao was very helpless,

"How are you like a naughty boy who hasn't done anything? The more we don't know what we've caused, the more it means that we're causing a big problem! Tell me about you...... Alas...... Really, why don't you understand such a simple truth?! ”

Jiang Guoliang: "......"

I seem to understand, but I don't seem to fully understand,

If you understand.

The two are in a hurry,

outcome

Bang –

There was another muffled sound behind him.

Several Japanese ronins rushed into the room in an instant.

The kimono worn by the man at the head,

He moved quickly, rushed to Liang Qichao's side in the blink of an eye, grabbed Liang Qichao's arms with both hands like lightning, and then twisted slightly.

"Hiss......"

Liang Qichao gasped, and his whole body was firmly controlled.

He felt the other man press his knee against his waist,

In this situation, you don't dare to open your mouth.

He asked, "Who are you?" ”

The other party smiled lightly and said, "The surname is Pinggang." This time, I came to hope that your newspaper would suspend the serialization of "Lord of the Flies", which will not be long, but one year. ”

Hiraoka's tone seemed to be negotiating.

Liang Qichao was stunned,

I thought I had caused some trouble to break the sky,

Unexpectedly,

That's it!?

He couldn't help but be curious,

"Mr. Hiraoka, can you tell ...... Not...... Let me go first, okay? ”

Hiraoka was stunned,

"I'm sorry."

He really turned his head and let go of Liang Qichao's arm, and then said, "If Mr. Jiang wants to ask, just say it." ”

Liang Qichao was speechless for a while, pointing at Jiang Guoliang,

"His surname is Jiang."

Hiraoka is full of black lines,

￣□￣｜｜

"Then you are Mr. Liang."

Liang Qichao nodded, very puzzled: "Mr. Hiraoka, why don't you want "Xinmin Cong Daily" to serialize "Lord of the Flies". It really doesn't make sense. ”

Hiraoka waved his hand,

"You don't understand."

As he spoke, he dropped a copy of the Yomiuri Shimbun and said, "Look at the headlines on the front page. ”

Liang Qichao's Japanese reading and writing level is quite passable,

It didn't take long for him to smile disdainfully,

"This review isn't worth refuting."

Hiraoka instantly became popular,

"What did you say!?"

Liang Qichao was taken aback, and he didn't know what he said wrong, so he could only find clues on the book review.

Soon, he noticed the author's name-

Listen to the world to the south.

!

In my heart, 10,000 grass and mud horses galloped by.

This special meow turned out to be written by Meiji.

Hiraoka said, "Mr. Liang, His Majesty the Emperor has great importance for Lord of the Flies. Therefore, we hope that it will become a national beauty for Japan for the time being. ”

Liang Qichao understood,

The group of Japanese in front of us is obviously right-wing and royalist.

It's that their brain circuits are very weird.

The emperor wrote a book review, and then the Chinese version of Lord of the Flies could not be serialized?

Is there a connection between the two?

"Lord of the Flies" is not Meiji's concubine, and if you are pampered, you can't let other people enjoy it.

Books and knowledge are shared by all!

Liang Qichao glanced at Jiang Guoliang next to him,

The latter was also frowning and pondering at this time, as if he didn't understand what Hiraoka's logic was.

Having lived in Japan for a long time, they all think that the Japanese have strange ideas.

But today's events are too out of line,

Belongs to the knife to pull the butt -

I opened my eyes.

Liang Qichao coughed lightly and said, "Mr. Hiraoka, I think this matter is still negotiable. You see if it's ......"

Hiraoka interrupted directly: "I don't watch!" ”

Liang Qichao: "......"

Greet each other's eight generations of ancestors directly in their hearts.

Jiang Guoliang said: "Mr. Hiraoka, although Xinmin Cong Bao is published and printed in Japan, as a Chinese-language newspaper, its sales are mainly in China. Does this have any effect? ”

Hiraoka "forehead ......",

It seems to have been asked.

But soon, he shook his head,

"No, it's just no."

Jiang Guoliang: "......"

In my heart, I greet each other's ancestors for eighteen generations.

Hiraoka said, "You two, it's just such a small request, don't insist on it like this......"

Halfway through the words,

Whoa—

A bunch of people rushed in from outside.

They were all dressed in uniforms, with military raincoats with hoods on the outside, embroidered with the Rising Sun badge on their collars, and armbands with red letters on a white background wrapped around their arms.

This is the dress of the Japanese army gendarmerie.

For a moment, several Japanese ronins led by Hiraoka were clinging to the wall and standing straight,

They bowed at the same time and shouted with a sense of emotion: "Hey! ”

The captain of the gendarmerie was taken aback,

"Who are you? Did I talk to you guys? 'Hey! 'What' Hi! ’？ ”

There was silence in the room,

“……”

“……”

“……”

Liang Qichao has a headache,

As soon as the jackal left, the tiger and leopard came.

These gendarmes are not going to seize the Xinmin Cong Bao, right?

I saw the captain of the gendarmerie look around,

"Which one is Mr. Liang?"

Liang Qichao stepped forward and said, "It's me." ”

Unexpectedly, the captain of the gendarmerie saluted him and said, "Mr. Liang, your newspaper is education-oriented, and its arguments are extremely fair, and there are also excellent serials, and I hope to continue to insist on it." ”

As he spoke, he looked around,

"Don't you have a printing house?"

Liang Qichao was stunned,

"I didn't ...... No. ”

He has seen the world, and he should not have stumbled when he spoke.

But today's events were so unexpected.

The gendarme nodded and said, "The printing press is still necessary......

Hiraoka next to him couldn't listen anymore,

"That's not right! That's not right! His Majesty has already published a book review, how can he let Lord of the Flies be published in another language? ”

The captain of the gendarmerie snorted coldly,

"It's noisy! Who told you that "In the Face of Survival, Everything is a Small Thing" is His Majesty's book review? If you want to say yes, please come up with conclusive evidence, otherwise you will be ashamed to speak and run into the royal family! ”

Hiraoka was sprayed speechless.

On the contrary, it was Jiang Guoliang who whispered: "Did Mr. Hiraoka just mention "In the Face of Survival, Everything is a Small Thing"? ”

Captain of the Gendarmerie: ???

Hiraoka: ???

The atmosphere became very eerie.

Liang Qichao glared at Jiang Guoliang and whispered: "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute." ”

Jiang Guoliang honestly shut up.

The captain of the gendarmerie looked at the trembling Hiraoka again and said, "Who are you?" What are you doing here? ”

Hiraoka said respectfully: "I just admired the "Xinmin Cong Bao", so I came to visit. ”

The captain of the gendarmerie put his face on the board,

"Do you know Chinese?"

"Ah......h

Hiraoka language stop.

The captain of the gendarmerie was like a mirror in his heart, and he could probably guess that the other party was a right-winger.

When you come to the "Xinmin Cong Daily" newspaper, what you do must be "Lord of the Flies".

He leaned over and lowered his voice,

"There is a word in China called 'don't recruit yourself', do you understand?"

Hiraoka looked puzzled,

"What do you mean......"

The gendarmerie captain frowned and said, "Now, any action towards Lord of the Flies may be reminiscent of His Majesty...... That article "In the face of survival, everything is a small thing", do you understand? ”

Hiraoka is clear,

"I understand~I understand~"

He thought about the ban on the collection of "Chaowen Dao".

It turned out that Emperor Meiji = Nicholas II,

Tsarist Russia is Japan,

Japan is Tsarist Russia!

……

Tokyo.

Tokyo Imperial University.

Many emperor students gathered together to discuss "Lord of the Flies", as well as those two book reviews,

"Well written! That's so well written! ”

"Look at this paragraph, 'What is the original sin of the Fauvists?' Their brutality is the original sin, and their bestiality dooms it to be unworthy of being called a civilization.'" ”

"Yes, deafening!"

……

The atmosphere was very warm.

Not far away, several Japanese from the Black Dragon Society were watching this scene.

The head of nature is the head of the mountain,

To his right, is Ryohei Uchida.

At this time, Ryohei Uchida was only the second leader of the Black Dragon Society, and he still had to look forward to the old man who was full of heads.

Tou Shan Man frowned, and his forehead seemed to be twisted into the word "Chuan",

"It's not good," he said...... That's not good......"

A worried look.

The people around didn't talk to each other.

Toushan Man saw that his words fell to the ground, and his heart was slightly dissatisfied,

But he didn't have a seizure and continued, "How is Kotaro doing over there?" ”

Kotaro Hiraoka, the quintessential right-wing radical,

Interestingly, Ryohei Uchida is his nephew.

Kotaro Hiraoka is a very Japanese man who likes to walk alone.

In April 1905, after the Russo-Japanese War ended with Japan's victory, he took advantage of the victory to meet with the people in power.

Chief Minister of Military Aircraft, Prince Qing Yixuan.

He knew that Yixuan was friendly to Russia, so he said: "I know that there are people in the Qing court who are hindering Sino-Japanese relations, so I don't have to worry too much about treating these guys, I don't need to do anything, I can send someone to kill him immediately." ”

This remark made Yi Xuan's face sweat with fright.

It stands to reason that this kind of direct personal threat does not deserve to be regarded as diplomacy at all, but the Japanese intelligence community regards it as the bold rhetoric of the non-governmental ambassador.

This shows how magical Japan was at that time.

Ryohei Uchida said, "Uncle hasn't sent a message yet. I can't think of a reason to ...... though."

The voice did not fall,

"Yaga!"

Tou Shanman interrupted with a scolding, and then said, "Don't you still understand? Lord of the Flies is a poisonous weed! ”

His gaze swept to those emperors,

"Look at the excitement they face...... If this continues, where is the majesty of Your Majesty? ”

Ryohei Uchida looked at Toyamaman's eyes with a hint of resentment,

Thought

The book review written by His Majesty the Emperor was beaten to the point of being beaten to the fullest, which is the fact of Chi Guoguo,

Can you cover it up?!

He said, "President, I understand your concerns. But you should know that "In the Face of Survival, Everything is a Small Thing" was not written by His Majesty. ”

Tou Shanman's face was as black as ink when he heard this,

Who can be fooled by such words?

It's just fooling those people who have just become literate!

For example, these students at the University of Tokyo,

Although I don't say it on my lips, I have a plan in my heart about which is better and which is worse, and which is right and which is wrong.

His Majesty's prestige will gradually be eroded!

Toushan sneered,

"Hmph."

Don't even bother to refute each other.

Ryohei Uchida continued, "And, wouldn't it be counterproductive to do that kind of thing? I've heard that Tsar Nicholas II of Russia once banned Lu, but the end result was really not satisfactory. ”

Toushan Man replied: "Japan can be compared to the poor and weak Tsarist Russia? ”

One sentence made the other party speechless.

He added: "There are some mistakes in decision-making, and we need to help Your Majesty...... Help make corrections. Like this time. I have already planned, the Chinese newspaper is only the first step, and next, there is the "cuckoo". ”

Ryohei Uchida listened to it next to him, and he thought it was ridiculous.

He was just about to say something,

Not far away, another burst of cheers erupted in the crowd of students,

""Cuckoo" has been added! And, it's all Lord of the Flies book reviews! ”

Toushan's face is full of iron,

It's only been two days, and "Cuckoo" has unexpectedly released a new issue.

A few people listened attentively to the conversation of those students,

"This one is well written!" Keiichi Amano is clearly unqualified as a leader, he does not have the skills necessary to survive and has no idea in case of trouble, he only cares about the fire and the conch. And to survive on a desert island, survival comes first. ’”

"With Your Majesty...... Ahem...... It's the same point as the Yomiuri Shimbun article. ”

"It's not. This book review also critiques Goto. ”

……

Ryohei Uchida muttered, "Isn't that good?" Those book reviews also supported the idea of 'facing south and listening to the world'. ”

Toushan sneered,

"It's just superficial support. This kind of article that hides its true intentions is all the more alarming. ”

Ryohei Uchida: "......"

The other party is already like this, why not obey him?

Toyama continued: "We have to find a way to minimize the influence of Lord of the Flies. ”

Uchida Ryohei's eyes rolled, and he thought about it,

"It's hard," he said. ”

The head mountain is full of unhappiness,

"Difficult? No matter how hard it is, we will do it! ”

Ryohei Uchida sighed,

"Don't forget, President, Lu Shi is the knight of Great Britain. He has made it clear that this "Lord of the Flies" is available in other languages in addition to Chinese and Japanese, can we prevent "Lord of the Flies" from being released in Europe? ”

Tou Shanman was awakened by this sentence.

Because His Majesty the Emperor is confused, it is difficult to stop "Lord of the Flies" at home, let alone Europe?

He was very depressed,

He is dedicated to the country, Meiji is good, he turned his head and demolished the stage, pretending to be an ostrich and saying that "the south and listen to the world" is not him,

What about tricking fools?

Head Shan Man fell into deep thought,

Naturally, an idea sprung up in my mind -

Threatening land time.

Even Lord Li dared to assassinate, let alone a little Sir Lu.

Of course, it is impossible for Toushan Man to really want to assassinate,

The foreign KBE who killed the British really the British, and war is unlikely to happen, but there is a high probability that the black dragon will be uprooted.

If you don't die, you won't die,

Don't do it.

Touyama thought about it carefully and asked Ryohei Uchida: "When will Sir Lu leave Tokyo?" ”

Hearing this, Ryohei Uchida vaguely guessed the other party's thoughts.

But he pretended to be surprised,

"President, are you preparing...... Isn't that okay? After all, Mr. Zhang has just been persuaded by Sir Lu and is willing to publish an article in our journal "Black Dragon", and we can't cross the river and tear down the bridge. ”

The head mountain is full of white glances at each other,

"You know what!?"

Then, he showed a suddenly realized expression and muttered, "By the way, and Mr. Zhang, I can consult him." ”

Hearing this, the corners of Uchida's mouth hooked an arc,

His own guidance really worked.

He looked at Toushanman's eyes like a moth putting out a fire.

Now, as long as the news is leaked to the British ambassador to Japan, Alexander Buchanan, as planned, the old man of Toushan is not far from abdicating.

Tou Shan is full but he doesn't know that he has fallen into a trap,

He sighed,

"It really shouldn't be that. Otherwise, wouldn't Japan become Tsarist Russia?"

(End of chapter)