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Volume D, Chapter 32, Condemnation

After sending Li Huirong, on the way back, Yang Rui asked Liu Boyuan: "Where did you find these nerds?"

Liu Boyuan just saw that the Koreans were not on the road, and he felt a little sweaty. When he saw Yang Rui asking, he had to tell the story of the Koreans, "It was at the beginning in Hailong, and he took a few people around and gathered among the Koreans to run a private school. Later, we found that their nest was at the Ruidian School in Longjing, Yanji. The host was named Li Tang, who came from North Korea around last autumn. While running the school, they went to the patrol battalion to buy guns, and they got on the line."

"Who is this Li Tang? Is it the pseudonym of An Changhao from the Xinmin Society?" Yang Rui only wanted to know who the leader of the Xinmin Society was. If he was like Sun Wen, he would forget it. If he could do practical things, he could also help him make trouble for the Japanese before the success of the revolution, and after the success of the revolution, he would be a leader when the Sino-Japanese war started. Anyway, the purpose was all-round, and all he had to provide was explosives and some training.

"I sent someone to secretly go into his residence and checked. Li Tang is called Li Xiangchen. He is famous in North Korea. He was previously a counselor of the Councillor. He was a second-rank official. He attempted suicide after the Treaty of Yisi. Later, he resigned and took a group of people to run schools and farm in Longjing. He probably wanted to accumulate strength and plan anti-Japanese matters." The people sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau to search were not professional. He only knew Li Tang's identity. He did not know that this Korean official with the pseudonym Li Tang was actually the official envoy sent by North Korea Gaozong to the International Conference of The Hague. The Hague Conference made Japan furious. He threatened to declare war as a threat to force Gaozong to abdicate. At the same time, the army of all North Korea was disbanded. At this point, North Korea had been essentially annexed by Japan.

When Yang Rui heard that this Goryeo Kanzi was a second-tier player and had suicide experience, he felt that this person had enough reputation, so he didn't know if he was a hero. "Since that's the case, then you will ask someone to talk to this person named Li Xiangren in person to see what he wants, if it was explosives or something. Then you can pay the price according to the cost... Which set of terrorist attacks can be instilled in the past and let the Japanese taste the taste of explosives."

After hearing Yang Rui's instructions to ask the Koreans to carry out terrorist attacks, Liu Boyuan's whole body suddenly shook. This was not black gunpowder. A real explosive was explosive. A few kilograms of explosives exploded. People in that aspect were going to die. Seeing his appearance, Yang Rui said, "What are you afraid of? I don't plan to merge North Korea. At most, Jeju Island is brought to travel, and their explosives can only be used on the heads of the Japanese. Also, we gave him discounts and he also wanted to give us some things... In the North Korean palace, a few eunuchs and palace maids who could speak Chinese were still the same rules in the palace. The weaving of imperial edicts, dragon robes, ink, anyway, they copied all the things related to the emperor."

Liu Boyuan was one of the few people who knew that card. Although Yang Rui had a very fast thinking, he could still keep up. In the Ming Dynasty, genealogy and seal were true. The edict was barely true, but this could only be seen but not people. Now, this card was used. One is the inclusion of the Jianghu Society, and the other is to deceive the miners in South Africa. Gratitude will not make people surrender. Only by paying equal attention to kindness and power will it be useful to the people. According to this idea, the miners in South Africa beat up as a traitor as soon as they were rescued, and then hung up a statue of Zhu Yuanzhang, kowtowed and kowtowed and shouted long live, and cut their braids before giving them food. Those who had the "backbone" did not follow Zhu Baba were thrown into the sea to feed the fish. Of course, feeding the fish was just a test, and those who shouted for obedience were caught, and those who did not surrender were really going to feed the fish.

After a set of procedures, all the miners were obedient and planted cashews and cattle and sheep on the farm. The work was very easy, but the daily training was hard, but the food was not only good but also full, so there was basically no complaints. As for the salary, it was twenty-five shillings a month in the mine, which was less than eight taels of silver. However, the mine owner not only counted pieces, but was also afraid that the miners would escape, so he only sent iron sheets. These iron sheets promised to exchange wages after the contract expired, which looked like

It's fair, but miners are never allowed to go out. The food is extremely poor, and the things sold in the residence are several times or ten times that of outside. After spending money, the iron sheets are less than a few yuan left. Nowadays, the absentees are following Zhu Baba. The monthly salary is usually one or two or five yuan, and the higher the position is more. Although the money is not much, it is better than iron sheets, and it is solid. Don't buy anything. I even think that I will be appointed as a marquis and prime minister in the future, and everyone will work with Zhu Baba wholeheartedly.

However, because this is all based on Qian Bocong and Xie Zhangye's remote operation, only the imperial edicts of the previous Ming Dynasty were presented. Over time, these people may not be able to maintain their enthusiasm. Therefore, at the appropriate time, the child named Zhu Kuan-yan had to show up. Since he had to show up, the style of the former Ming royal family had to be fully pretended. The former Ming Dynasty's set of things had long been gone, but North Korea still had them, so if you copy them, it would be real.

Liu Boyuan remembered Yang Rui's explanations and only took out the specific content of the notebook and wrote it on it. After he finished recording, he said, "How do you explain it from the North Koreans?"

"Don't make any explanation. Just tell them that we want these things anyway. Also, tell them that if they leak the news, then don't want any guns and explosives in the future. You can show off the name of the Revival Society at an appropriate time. Without strength, they will not pay attention to us." Yang Rui explained.

"Yes, sir." Liu Boyuan said. "How should the Yi soldiers coordinate with them? Should they be united as one group or separate each other?"

"Are there several leaders of the Yi soldiers? Are they anti-corruption officials or anti-Japanese?" Yang Rui asked.

"Most of them are anti-Japanese, and some are anti-corruption officials. However, they are basically farmers, miners, or gunners in the mountains. They are not very good at fighting, but they are still brave in fighting. At present, they have contacted five teams, Lee Ha-hyun from Zhenbao, Kim Sang-tae from Xiaobai Mountain, Kim Chun-hyun from Yingyang, and Kim Jung-hwan from Huangzhou and other places. The last one is Shen Shi in the Gyeongbek region. He has the largest number of people, with more than 1,000 people. To them, we have helped a batch of Japanese Murata guns and Japanese military tickets before, so the friendship is pretty good." Liu Boyuan introduced the situation of the Yi soldiers. In fact, these were secretly protected by Yang Rui earlier, but he had no intention of seeing them.

"You just focus on introducing the last one." Yang Rui just finished speaking. A communication soldier behind the team shouted a command and ran over to report: "Report, the Korean just now said that someone from the Japanese army had come to Longjing in two months. After inquiring, they said that the Japanese wanted to send people to Yanji to protect the Koreans from being bullied by the Qing Dynasty. This time, we came to investigate first, and he told us to be careful."

There are nearly 100,000 Koreans in Yanji. The Agricultural Reclamation Company took a fancy to this place a few years ago and immigrated nearly 200,000 to prevent the Japanese from taking the opportunity to cause trouble. Yang Rui thought about the island issue in history. He couldn't help but laugh. The division point of Japan and Russia's power in history was in Changchun, and now he is blocked between the four-ping of Changtu. According to the current actual situation, the dividing line between Japan and Russia in Liaodong is in Changtu-Xifeng-Hailong Hall (in Meihekou Town)-Bengjiang (now Jingyu County)-Fusong-Changbai Mountain Tianchi Line. Yanji is completely on the Russian side. The Japanese can investigate. If they really dare to grab territory on the Russians, they are afraid that the Second Japan-Russia Battle will come again.

Liu Boyuan didn't understand history and didn't know what conspiracy the Japanese were going to do. However, he saw Yang Rui relaxed and calmed down immediately. Yang Rui said, "Go and tell him, thank him! Let me tell him again. Foreigners are reliable, sows will climb trees." Or when he saw a revolutionary who was worse than himself, Yang Rui was in a good mood and sent a famous saying from later generations, just waiting for the communication soldier to leave. He said, "What is the Shenshi I just said, you can tell me in detail."

"This man was born a civilian. He was less than 30 years old and was brave in combat. He was nicknamed the Tiger of Taibai Mountain. He was active in the Qingbei region. We had asked him to go to the Sino-Korean border, but he refused." This was the only Yi soldier who was not active on the border, but because of his large number of troops, some business and military intelligence agencies still did it.

"Oh. This is nothing. If you can fight, you are disobedient. If you can fight, you cannot fight. This has been the case since ancient times. Let him suffer some losses first. If you can turn around in the future, you will naturally be obedient." Yang Rui was a little disappointed, but this is the case, so he had to give up. "I have no instructions for North Korea, so you should do it according to the inherent rhythm."

It was already eleven o'clock after Yang Rui saw that the North Koreans returned to his residence. There was no particularly important telegram for the past few hours he left. Only Gong Baoquan, who was in the capital, sent a telegram as usual because of the railway matter. Some time ago, Sheng Xuanhuai spoke out loudly and wanted to Kanto Bank. Yu Huizu reported it to him and was rejected by Yang Rui. After all, Kanto Bank involved the money operation of the entire Revival Association, and it was impossible to merge with anyone. Of course, the excuse for Sheng Xuanhuai was that Kanto Bank did not belong to the word "Tianzi".

The number of the Tianziha is just an ordinary shareholder. Perhaps he didn't know much about the specific situation of Kanto Bank, so Sheng Xuanhuai accepted the statement. The condition he gave was to deposit the Tianziha and Tonghua Railway's money to Tongshang Bank. This line was not fully agreed, but promised to deposit part of the money to Tongshang Bank. Of course, the matter was not over yet. After several discussions, Yu Huizu finally gave five more 100,000 taels of silver notes, and the matter was over.

Sheng Xuanhuai nodded, and Zhirui, the governor of the three eastern provinces, had already been renamed the Tonghua Railway Company, and together with the gentry from Jilin, they reported the railway construction report. Fengtian is the old nest of Tonghua Railway, and the gentry has made a lot of money because of Tonghua's industry. In Jilin, with the Kanto Bank as a link, those gentry who had long wanted to set up oil presses and flour mills were all recruited by the railway company. They couldn't wait to pay the money and pressed their fingers to join the gang. Even the new Jilin governor Zhu Jiabao also welcomed this matter. He even hoped that if the railway company had money, he would build it to Songyuan Baicheng. Yang Rui also said that he wanted to do it, but this was because there was no money. Second, the Russians must object, and if they wanted to build it, they would have to wait a few years.

The letter was handed over to Zhirui, the governor of the three eastern provinces in mid-May. The railway company had asked him what he meant before. Zhirui could stand out from the imperial party, so he naturally had some insight. In addition, he was very angry with the Japanese on weekdays and was very supportive of this matter. The gentry and government officials in the Northeast nodded, and the letter soon arrived at the Ministry of Posts and Communications. Sheng Xuanhuai, who had gained a lot of benefits, read the letter but was not in a hurry. He only pressed the letter to the Ministry of Posts and Communications and did not report it, which made everyone in the Northeast feel anxious. By the time he submitted the letter to the cabinet, Yang Rui had been in Dunhua for almost a month.

As long as there is a yamen, there is nothing to keep insecret. Besides, the mobilization of Jilin gentry to invest is quite a big impact. The Japanese had heard it a long time ago. Lin Quanzhu, the Japanese ambassador to the Qing Dynasty, immediately notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He believed that this railway was parallel to the South Manchuria Railway, which would harm Japan's rights and interests in the Northeast and should be stopped. Na Tong, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, did not know this matter, so he had to take the note in advance and then see what happened. Lin Quanzhu was actually the No. 1 person in the Qing Dynasty. He was a supporter of the reform during the Reform period. Kang Liang made great efforts to escape from Japan. After the note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he privately met Liang Qichao. He asked him to do his best to prevent the railway from being approved. Liang Qichao fled to Japan because of his help, and he promised not to pass the railway.

The Japanese were anxious, and the American minister and the Russian minister who knew about the matter in advance also responded that the meat in the Northeast was currently divided equally by Japan and Russia, but the Americans were able to get their kung fu and inserted a line across the Tonghua side of Anton. Now the railway was extended to Changchun, which is extremely beneficial to the United States. Although oil cannot be bought, cotton can be transported to North Manchuria through this railway, thus avoiding the different freight and "tensive" car wands of the Japanese. The US ambassador to Qing, who seeks benefits for their own enterprises, condemned the Japanese for violating the opening-of-door policy after the Japanese notes. Differentiated freight and other measures were formulated to suppress other countries' goods.

The US-Japan dispute, and the Russian minister Pukedi remained silent. However, when Sheng Xuanhuai handed over the note, he also told the Ministry of Foreign Affairs once. Only Na Tong and Qu Hongji knew what they said specifically. However, with everyone's understanding of him, this Far East spy must have said something that should not be said, and the cabinet's voice fell silent the next day. Everyone avoided this matter like a tiger and dared not say anything in the court again. Liang Qichao, who had made up his mind to persuade Emperor Guangxu not to approve it, had no words for a while. Everyone was frightened by the Second Russo-Japanese War. If another battle between Japan and Russia was fought, would the Northeast withdraw troops like now under the clear situation? This is something that all ministers dared not to discuss.

Yang Rui gave Russia all the information on the increase of the Japanese troops by one million and the Japanese troops entering Yanji and other places to reconnaissance. Russian hardliners took these things to put pressure on the peace factions such as Vitt. Pukedi, the ambassador to the Qing Dynasty, was born in the Ministry of Finance and was a confidant of Vitt. He was called a cunning international spy. Under the urging of Russia, he had to use the Second Russo-Japanese War to intimidate the Qing Dynasty. His statement was: Japan has been planning the Second Russo-Japanese War. If the Qing Dynasty did not stand on Russia's side to curb Japan, the war would come soon. After he said that, he took photos provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Revival Society and the documents.

All kinds of things were thrown to Na Tong, and Na Tong brought these things to the cabinet meeting. Guangxu was frowning with the information translated into Chinese. The Japanese were unwilling to let go of the results. Everyone in the world knew about the situation. Now Japan has become Russia before, and Russia has become Japan before. As an emperor who wants to become a chasing Kangxi and Qianlong, what should he do if Japan and Russia fight in the Northeast again? The previous time could be pushed to Cixi, who should he push this time? It is really hard to take a home! Guangxu put down those majestic photos of the Japanese army and thought powerlessly.

The day after the cabinet meeting, Liang Qichao went to find Lin Quanzhu to test Japan's experience of the Second Russo-Japanese War. Lin Quanzhu laughed at the Japanese attack on Russia again when Liang Qichao asked about Japan, and then said that this was completely impossible. However, when Liang Qichao came up with a statement of Japanese military expansion, he was stunned. However, the diplomats' skills were intact. He immediately asserted that this must be the Lucians spread rumors. Japan now has no way to engage in the Second War. Not to mention whether the information is true or not, even if it is true, it is to beware of the Lucians.

Lin Quanzhu spoke sincerely. If Liang Qichao had not been to Japan, he would definitely believe what he said. However, after the Russo-Japanese War, Liang Qichao, who had seen the Japanese people's fanaticism, was not as true as Lin Quanzhuo said. However, he remained calm on the surface and spoke for a long time before going back.

In the imperial study room, Liang Qichao was given a seat. When others walked away, Guangxu looked at him anxiously and said, "What did the Japanese say?"

"Return to the emperor, the Japanese envoy said that this incident was spread by Russians." Liang Qichao sighed at Guangxu in front of him, thinking about the reform of 1898 for a few years ago. Can such an eager emperor be able to cure the country? "However, Beizhi believes that the Japanese do have the possibility of launching a second war. The Portsmouth Treaty was signed in the past. The people of Japan oppose this treaty. At that time, many foreigners were attacked. The church was burned. At that time, all the Japanese said that this time, the Russians would pay more than 100,000 yuan in compensation..."

"Hmph!" Guangxu stood up and was very angry. The compensation that Liang Qichao said made him think of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. If those servants had not worked hard, how could I, the Qing Dynasty, have lost 20 million taels! "The Japanese country is so barbaric. If there is a bargain. If there is a advantage, it is to take the end. I am not the Lord of Buddha, and I will never do neutral moves again!"

When he heard this emperor, he became angry again. Liang Qichao immediately knelt down and said, "Emperor, if you want to stop fighting in the Northeast, it is a perfect solution to introduce American talents in time. By then, the three countries will have interests in the Northeast so that they can get along without any trouble and cannot fight."

"Okay! OK! Then we will immediately obtain this railway and let the Americans and Japan compete with each other." The battle was something that Guangxu didn't want. If he lost again, it would be another Sino-Japanese War of 1894.

"No, Master!" Liang Qichao decided to do it so hastyly, and he was worried again, and hurriedly said: "You have to ask the British minister first to finally decide on this matter. If Japan protests and Britain will help you speak, then that will be safe."

"What if the British did not support road construction? What should I do?" Guangxu finally walked around the bend. Although the Japanese were fierce, they still had to listen to the British.

"Let's go back to the emperor, then let's drag it. Now the emperor works hard to govern. If Japan really wants to fight, it's necessary to worry more." After a long circle, it still detours the British and Russian side. Liang Qichao only felt that the road before had gone in vain.

British Minister Juerdian is a sinologist. Although he had served in China for a short time, he was quickly transferred to North Korea. As Japan gradually annexed North Korea, Juerdian replaced Sa Daoyi as the Minister of the Full Power to Qing Dynasty last fall. He saw the Tonghua Railway as early as North Korea. When he first took over as the position of Minister to Qing Dynasty last year, he was very interested in watching the Chinese make trouble again. Unlike the last time when he was talking to Americans and British suppressed Russia, this time he was talking to the United States and Russia to suppress Japan. He was really a cunning Qing Dynasty.

When he received a report from the attendant that the emperor's secretary was visiting in person, Zhu Erdian went to the living room while thinking about Liang Qichao's purpose. He believed that he must have come for the railway in the northeast.

"Mr. Minister." Liang Qichao knew that he knew Chinese, so he greeted him directly, but he did not use Chinese etiquette, but shook hands as enthusiastically as Westerners.

"Oh, Mr. Liang." Zhu Erdian fluently in Chinese, holding Liang Qichao's hand and said politely. "Please sit, please sit."

Liang Qichao sat down with a smile. He was familiar with Xili and quickly talked about the purpose of the trip: "Mr. Minister, Japan and Russia have withdrawn troops in the Northeast, but we have always been worried that the situation will worsen again. There are news that the Japanese will prepare for the Second Russo-Japanese War. I really hope to hear what the Minister thinks about this."

"Sorry, Mr. Liang, I have not received any information on this. As far as I am concerned, peace in the Far East is my greatest expectation." Zhu Erdian may not have received any information about the Japanese military expansion, and perhaps it does not seem to express his attitude towards the Japan-Russia dispute in the Far East, and said such nonsense.

Liang Qichao did not give up and did not like to indirectly attack like before. Instead, he asked directly: "Mr. Minister, if Japan and Russia fight again in the Northeast, what will your country be like?"

"My country will express serious concern about the situation." Zhu Erdian said without hesitation, and then asked back: "Mr. Liang, are you asking about this this time?"

"Yes. Mr. Minister, there is news that the Japanese will launch the Second Japan-Russia War. We are worried that the last tragedy will happen again. Now Tonghua Railway Company is preparing to build a railway. I want to understand Mr. Minister's view on this matter." Liang Qichao simply explained the purpose of the visit. He wanted to hear what the British would say.

"Mr. Liang, we think this will be..." When Juerdian said this, the servant just brought the tea. Taking advantage of this moment of delay, Juerdian thought of the British-Russian Agreement negotiating in London, and he hurriedly swallowed up what he had to say. After all, with the degree of leakage in the Qing officialdom, his statement would soon be spread to the Russians. Once his opposition attitude was spread to Russia, it would inevitably affect the upcoming British-Russian Treaty. This treaty that was finally signed after nearly two years was crucial to Britain.

After the tea was already on, he served the tea and savored it carefully, Juerdian said slowly: "Mr. Liang, we will pay close attention to the changes in the Northeast. We will condemn anyone who destroys the friendship and stability of this region."

"We will condemn anyone who destroys the friendship and stability of this region." Liang Qichao recalled Juerdian's words in his heart, and he was suddenly relieved. This is the attitude of the British, so that he can go back and report his life.
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