Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Okada Koji raised his head, glanced at the other party with a blurred gaze, sighed a long time, and said, "We have completely failed. I'm afraid we will never have a chance to turn around this time."

"You are a Japanese diplomat, and you have foreign-related legal rights. They dare not do anything to you." Du Yuesheng also came over and said.

Okada smiled wryly, and pointed to his nose: "Diplomat? To tell you the truth, I am nothing now, and the Chinese can put me to death at any time!"

"Oh? What's going on?"

Okada Xiaoji straightened the messy hair on his forehead, and then said listlessly: "Do you know who this so-called special envoy of the emperor is?...So you all know. He is His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire. Alas, our wife You are stupid, the Japanese intelligence agencies are a bunch of idiots. Compared with this shrewd His Majesty the Emperor, all of us are idiots!"

Speaking of this, Okada Xiaoci was a little emotional, his eyes were bloodshot, and he continued: "Yesterday, members of your Qinghong Gang clashed with the government's military and police, and suffered heavy losses. I only found out afterward that you I was ambushed by the government. After I received the news, I immediately sent a telegram to the Japanese naval formation at Xijing Maru according to the plan we had agreed in advance, asking them to go to Wusong Port for a forced landing operation, and to attack Shanghai in one fell swoop. But I did not expect the reply However, in one day, a large number of Chinese warships suddenly appeared and blocked the Yellow Sea. If the Japanese warships break through forcefully, they will be killed. In desperation, I contacted the Japanese military intelligence personnel and underground officers lurking in various places in Shanghai. Armed forces, but almost without exception, I didn’t get any response. Now I know that these people have been secretly arrested by the military personnel of the Chinese Security Bureau. But at that time, I didn’t know the truth, just when I was at a loss At that time, people from the Shanghai General Administration of Public Security and the Department of Foreign Affairs suddenly came to the embassy and issued an arrest warrant from the Shanghai government in front of me. What is strange is that our Minister Matsuno Nagahei was also with him. I said that I It's a Japanese diplomat, and has diplomatic immunity here. I didn't expect that bastard Matsuno to take out a newly printed document from his briefcase. When I saw this document, I was stupid at the time..."

Jin Rong frowned and asked, "What's going on? What kind of document is it?"

Koji Okada lowered his head and said, "It turned out that it was a telegram from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which dismissed me from the position of assistant to the minister in Shanghai. The Japanese government will never hire me."

"what!"

"It was only later that I found out that the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs had lodged a strong protest to the Japanese government about this matter in advance, and demanded that I be dismissed from my post and never hired, otherwise the Chinese government would take all necessary measures depending on the situation. You know, since After Japan was completely defeated by China that time, it has always hated and feared this neighbor. Once this lion shows its power, the small Japanese archipelago will be destroyed. Therefore... the Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreed to all the requirements of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs .”

The room fell silent again.After a while, Huang Jinrong said leisurely: "The emperor is the emperor."

At this time, when the door opened, two guards escorted Okada Xiaoci out, and Guan Xuqing strolled in: "How is it? The old friends met and chatted very speculatively."

Before the three could open their mouths, Zhao Bingjun approached the emperor and said, "I ask the emperor to decide how to deal with Okada Koji and the 310 eight Japanese agents stationed in Shanghai!"

Guan Xuqing's face was suddenly covered with severe frost, and he only said one word: "Kill!!!"

"According to the order."

The three of them all changed their colors, looked at each other, knelt down on the ground, and Huang Jinrong burst into tears, and sighed: "Your Majesty, please be merciful!"

Guan Xuqing walked around the three people twice, sneered twice and said, "I want to ask you a question, is Wang Fada or the Qinghong Gang more disciplined in Shanghai Beach?"

"Of course it's Wang Fada."

"Are you willing to be the citizens of China or the lackeys of Japan?" Guan Xuqing's voice was already stern, and the brows were twitching.

"We are originally Chinese, and of course we wish to be Chinese citizens, and we will always be under the emperor's majesty."

"Okay, since that's the case, I have three conditions. If you agree, you can avoid death. First, the Qinghong Gang will be renamed the Shanghai Rescue Society from today. It is a non-governmental organization registered by the Shanghai government. It is mainly responsible for emergency rescue and disaster relief. It will help the General Public Security Administration to jointly maintain the social stability of Shanghai, which is under the management of the General Public Security Administration, and Bai Xianming will be the chairman."

As soon as Huang Jinrong heard this, he immediately understood that this meant that he would completely disassociate himself from the Qinghong Gang, so he didn't dare to refute at the moment, so he nodded in agreement.

ps: Friends, this volume of "World War I" is coming to an end, and of course "World War II" will follow. At the end of this volume, at the request of my friends, I plan to change the cover. What kind of cover can be proposed.By the way, ask the brothers for flowers!

Soaring Front: The Memorial of Li Hongzhang in Chapter 363 of the First World War

"Secondly, the three of you can continue to serve as the directors of Sanxin Company. This company can continue to operate the arms business, and I want you to list and operate it, but the Far East Joint Stock Company must hold more than 75% of the shares in this company, and The three of you have no right to decide all the arms sales of Sanxin Company, and the final decision is in the hands of the Imperial War Department."

"Yes, we will do our best to serve the emperor and the country."

"Thirdly, you are responsible for all the troubles in Shanghai these days. I know you are all rich, so I want you to spend some money to make up for the losses of Shanghai citizens. Otherwise, once the truth of the Shanghai incident is announced one day , even if I don’t kill you Shanghai citizens, can I spare you?”

The three of them were terrified and nodded hurriedly.

Guan Xuqing smiled and said: "I asked Nie Jimu to do the calculation for you, and each person will pay... 1000 million yuan, and hand it over to the Municipal Finance Department."

"Ah! 1000 million yuan!" The three of them grinned, and the three of them added up to 3000 million yuan. This amount of money was almost equivalent to the fiscal revenue of Shanghai for a year. They knew that the emperor intended to take them out of their pockets. Kong, but in order to save his life and dare not say anything else, he had no choice but to agree.

Guan Xuqing continued: "Verbal promises are useless. Later, the government will give you an agreement. As long as you sign on it, what you just said will come into effect. Before that, you should reflect on it here. If you have time in the future , I will call you again."

"Thank you Lord Ron!"

After leaving the reception room, Zhao Bingjun asked, "Your Majesty, are you really going to kill all the Japanese?"

Guan Xuqing thought about it for a while, and said: "Just now, I acted in a hurry, mainly to show Huang Jinrong and the others. Uh... those Japanese military intelligence personnel are Shanghai's nails, they must be pulled out, and all of them will be killed! As for the gang Tian Xiaoci, just a dismissed diplomat, I believe he will not pose a threat in the future, so he will be released after a few days of detention."

"twitter."

Beijing, Cabinet Office meeting room.

The conference room was lifeless, and all the people present were high-level officials of the empire, but at this moment, everyone's faces were tired and sad.

"Where is the person? Pour water, pour water! His throat is dry." Liu Buchan, who was always calm, was also anxious to curse at this time, knocking on the table loudly.The staff rushed over to pour tea for the adults.

Then there was the sound of drinking water one after another in the room.

Suddenly, the door of the conference room opened with a bang, and Dai Hongci, the director of the Telegraph Bureau, jumped in as if pushed by someone.Before he could speak, he picked up the tea that Liu Buchan had just chilled, and drank it all in one gulp.

"What's the matter? Is the emperor's whereabouts?" Li Zhen asked eagerly.

"Hey, you are talking, you can really make people die." Even Feng Xianghua stood up anxiously.

Dai Hongci obviously ran all the way here. After drinking the water and panting for a long time, he said: "Oh my god...the sky is great...good news..."

"What good news?" Everyone stood up unanimously.

"Crack", Dai Hongci slapped a newspaper on the table, and everyone gathered around to watch it carefully.

The big headline in the newspaper read: The Emperor of the Chinese Empire drove Shanghai, turned the tide, and shocked the beach!A large photo of Guan Xuqing is also published below.

"That's right! It's the emperor, really the emperor." Holding the newspaper, several ministers were so excited that they didn't know what to say.

The news of Guan Xuqing's arrival in Shanghai caused a great sensation in Shanghai. Thousands of people gathered in front of the city hall every day, demanding to see the emperor, but Zhao Bingjun and Luo Ming were concerned about the emperor's safety. In any case, they did not agree, so in the end, Nie Jikuo had to come forward many times and explain to the people repeatedly, and the people dispersed one after another.As soon as the common people left, a large number of Chinese and foreign reporters came, and they gambled in front of the city hall for three full days. The head of the Foreign Affairs Department was so busy that he had to answer so many reporters' questions every day, and finally his voice became hoarse. I'm speechless.

Guan Xuqing stayed in Shanghai for a few more days, and told Nie Jiju about all the affairs here, planning to return to Luan soon.

On this day, Zhao Bingjun came to look for the emperor anxiously. Guan Xuqing could tell from the other party's expression that something must have happened, so he asked, "What's the matter? Tell me."

Zhao Bingjun said worriedly: "Do you still remember that a few years ago, Mr. Li wrote a report about the abolition of mulberry and agriculture in Southern Province?"

Guan Xuqing nodded. He knew that the Li Gong Zhao Bingjun was talking about was the deceased Li Hongzhang.

Zhao Bingjun continued: "At the beginning, this paper was approved by your majesty. At that time, due to the complicated state affairs, this matter was not fully pushed away..."

Guan Xuqing said leisurely: "Yes, the man has gone, and his book is still on my desk, how can people not miss it."

"After the Sino-Russian War, the abolition of mulberry and agriculture was officially promoted in the southern province, but now something has gone wrong."

"Oh? Let's talk about it, what's wrong?" Zhao Bingjun said in a nutshell.

Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan has been the center of the textile industry in the country. The so-called "thousands of silk at sunrise, the clothes covered the world" describes the prosperity of the textile industry in the south of the Yangtze River.However, with the outbreak of the Western Industrial Revolution in modern times, since the Opium War, the handicraft textile industry in the south of the Yangtze River has ceased to be prosperous and began to face a major crisis.The technological innovation of the western industrial revolution started from the textile industry. Its production efficiency and quality were far beyond the competition of traditional Chinese handmade textiles. Under the impact of Western machine textiles, the textile industry in Jiangnan gradually fell into the brink of collapse.

Among them, the situation of the silk reeling industry is particularly severe and special.On the one hand, after 1860, the British and American countries set up machine-made silk reeling factories in Shanghai one after another, and the silk reeling industry flourished day by day, while the original hand-made silk reeling industry in the south of the Yangtze River declined rapidly.On the other hand, the price of raw silk fell again and again, from 1868 taels of silver per load in 517 to less than 200 taels per load.The reason is that foreign merchants kept suppressing the price of raw silk and raising the price of factory silk, while the merchants in Jiangnan fought on their own, like scattered sand, and the price was controlled by foreign merchants.

Before Guan Xuqing came to power, there was an extremely tragic raw silk war.Hu Xueyan, a red-top businessman, has invested 1500 million taels of capital on his own, and contacted his silk industry counterparts to collect all the raw silk from all over the world, forcing foreign merchants to buy at high prices.

However, after all, Hu Xueyan was single and weak, coupled with bad luck, just happened to meet the outbreak of the Sino-French war.The French ship arrived at Wusongkou in Shanghai, and the situation was tense. Foreign banks and Shanxi Banks withdrew their short-term loans one after another.On the other hand, because he belonged to Zuo Zongtang's family, he was suppressed by Li Hongzhang, Sheng Xuanhuai and others. At the critical moment, he took the opportunity to urge Hu Xueyan to pay the official salary of his bank agent.Hu Xueyan's funds were unsustainable, so he was forced to sell the raw silk, and the raw silk war ended in failure.