Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Port of Yokohama, Japan. The 5000-ton American merchant ship "America" ​​slowly sailed out of the port.On the deck, members of the Japanese mission waved goodbye to those who saw them off and sailed to San Francisco, USA.

This mission included several important members of the new Meiji government.The prime minister is Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi. This is his first visit abroad since his fourth cabinet formation.The deputy envoys were Minister of Finance Watanabe Kunitake, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Hayashi Youzao, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Takaaki Kato.This is a mission group with 48 entourages. In addition, [-] Chinese and gentry children who are going to Western European countries to study abroad are also on board.Among them are [-] women who are studying abroad for the first time.

The tasks of the missions were determined by the Emperor Meiji as early as November. First, due to the overall renewal of our country, the ceremony of appointment and inquiry was revised to show friendship; Government goals and expectations.The third purpose is to let the missions comprehensively examine the most civilized and prosperous state system in Europe and the United States and the handling of practical affairs from the aspects of system and law, financial accounting, and education, and learn whether these rules and regulations are applicable to Japan.Each person in the mission is assigned to be in charge of affairs for study.

Except for Ito Hirobumi, who has visited many times during his tenure as a cabinet member, many others are going abroad for the first time.

Ito Hirobumi is 59 years old. On the deck, facing the choppy Pacific Ocean, it is like facing the political situation in Japan since the Restoration for many years...

The mission crossed the Pacific Ocean and arrived in San Francisco after 6 days of bumpy seas. Later, due to wind and snow blocking the road, it stayed in Salt Lake City for half a month. The Japanese mission hoped to increase the rights of Japanese citizens and enable Japan to re-enter the country of enlightened countries. ranks.It is hoped that the political systems, customs and education, and production and production of European and American countries will all be transferred to Japan, so that the Japanese people can progress rapidly and reach the same level of development.

Twenty days later, the mission arrived in Washington and attended a grand reception hosted by President Franklin of the United States.America's advanced navigation technology, railway technology and novel customs made the envoys deeply moved.

However, the revision of the treaty allowed the mission to see another side of the United States. When Hirobumi Ito proposed to the Secretary of State of the United States to negotiate a revision of the treaty, Fisher cited international practice and asked the mission to issue a power of attorney granted by the emperor. The Japanese delegation was dumbfounded. We had to send the Minister of Finance, Watanabe Kunotake, back to China to obtain the power of attorney.However, some members of the left-behind government emphasized that the purpose of the mission was to study the laws and regulations of foreign countries, and opposed the premature negotiation of treaty revision.

On the day when Watanabe received his credentials and new plenipotentiaries and arrived in Washington again, the negotiations on the renewal of the contract were terminated.

Before ascertaining China's opinion, the United States has no intention of taking the lead in revising the unequal treaty, and the envoy's plan to revise the treaty has run aground. The envoy strongly feels the grim reality of a weak country without diplomacy.

At this time, the mission had lived in the United States for nearly two months, and then transferred to the United Kingdom. The British Foreign Secretary Glanville rejected Japan's request for the restoration of tariff autonomy in a more hawkish manner, and proposed an amendment that was more stringent than the current treaty. The plan requires Japan to grant inland travel rights, coastal trade rights, and land ownership.Other countries are also stepping up* and greedy.This attitude allowed the missions to deepen their understanding of the nature of Western power, and they followed suit with Asian countries in the future.But they know more clearly that there is only one deeper reason behind the agreement of the countries to change the treaty, China.

Every Japanese can still clearly remember that more than ten years ago, during the Sino-Japanese War, Japan disappeared from this world almost instantly.Immediately afterwards, except for China, all major countries in the world extended their greedy hands to Japan. Japan, devastated by the flames of war, had no choice but to sign a series of treaties that forfeited power and humiliated the country.

But the ambition of the Japanese has never stopped, and the hatred for China has never weakened with the passage of time, but has become stronger.Ten years is enough to make a beauty grow old, but it is difficult to shake the hatred in my heart!

The treaty amendment negotiations were frustrated, and the missions conducted a comprehensive inspection of various systems in Europe and the United States.In the following investigations, they successively visited 2 countries including the United States, Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland. [-].They inspected government agencies, parliaments, courts, companies, exchanges, various factories, mines, ports, farms and pastures, barracks, and fortresses.The achievements of Western civilization dazzled them.

Ito Hirobumi said with emotion; "The world war has just passed three years, but the West seems to have recovered to the way it was before the war. Looking at the West, Japan has fallen far behind the world."

When visiting Rome, Watanabe Kunitake said: "Inspecting the situation of various countries, it goes without saying that such powerful countries as Britain, the United States, Germany, and France, even the second-tier European countries like Italy, their economic level is not comparable to that of our country. of."

In Birmingham and Manchester, the envoys saw smoky skies, factories everywhere, and the national spirit pouring out on world trade.This island country, which is the same as Japan, has nothing produced by the land, but coal and iron, which mainly rely on the combination of industry and trade.Watanabe Kunitake fully realized that if he wanted to build an independent country in this world, it goes without saying that the country should be rich and the army should be strong, but to make the country rich and the army must start with the development of industries.

At dawn that day, Hirobumi Ito tossed and turned on the train from Paris to Berlin. The popularization of education in European and American countries left a profound impact on the diplomatic mission.There is no difference between the Japanese and the Europeans and Americans, the only thing is to learn or not to learn.The level of education popularization in the United States is much higher than that in Japan. For the cause of Japan's modernization, it is necessary to continuously cultivate a large number of talents.Ito Hirobumi also noticed that due to the difference in traditional thinking between the East and the West, there are fundamental differences in educational content. European and American countries generally attach importance to modern scientific knowledge and practical learning.

After arriving in Berlin, the German Prime Minister Bismarck, who is known as the "iron and blood prime minister", met with the envoys. Bismarck said bluntly to the envoys: "Looking at the world today, all countries communicate with each other in harmony and etiquette, but these are all superficial phenomena. In fact, the law of the jungle is preying on the strong. The so-called public law is said by them to be the criterion for protecting the rights of all nations. However, when major powers compete for interests, if it is beneficial to them, they will follow the public law without changing it; There is no such thing as upholding public law.”

He introduced to the envoys the experience of Prussia's prosperity back then, and told the Japanese envoys that if a small and weak country wants to be independent, it must depend on its own military strength. In terms of internal governance and diplomacy, internal governance should be given priority. say.These enlightening words made Ito Hirobumi and others feel admiration, and also eased the depression of failing to amend the treaty.

In 1900, Ito Hirobumi became the Prime Minister of Japan for the fourth time. In the 16 years he presided over the mid-Meiji finances, this time he faced a more difficult time than the "Black Ship Incident" that year.

Prior to this, Japan’s industrialization and industrialization went to another stage, selling the former government-run enterprises to the private sector, and vigorously supporting and protecting the development of private capitalism.

The government originally set up government-run enterprises, which were temporary, and their purpose was to "show real benefits and lure the people." After introducing advanced technology and training skilled workers, the government returned them to private enterprises.In addition, there are many problems in the management of these enterprises because they are government-run. The salaries of the management are very high, and the expenses of the enterprises are huge.By the end of the 19th century, most enterprises except railways and mines suffered losses year after year.Due to the sharp drop in government revenue, the government decided to sell official property. On the one hand, it can recover the funds established by the state, and on the other hand, it can also avoid the huge burden of subsidies.

In the beginning, the government dealt with loss-making businesses that were ignored because the prices were set too high.Later, the government succeeded in following the method of extremely low prices and interest-free long-term installment payments.

The handling of official property this time also laid the foundation for the formation of Japan's "chaebol".The government first sold these official properties to some big capitalists and emerging capitalists who were closely related to them.The famous Mitsui purchased the Miike Coal Mine, Tomioka Silk Mill.Mitsubishi purchased the Nagasaki Shipyard, the Sado Gold Mine and the Ikuno Silver Mine from the government.When buying these businesses, the purchase price is well below the property appraisal.Some enterprises are transferred almost free of charge.In order to protect the development of these private enterprises, the government also gave them operating subsidies.Xiang Mitsubishi was supported by the government alone, and its purpose was to enable him to compete with foreign steamship companies.By 1897, Mitsubishi had 37 ships with a tonnage of 23000 tons, occupying all the large ships in Japan at that time, and opened the Shanghai route.In the competition, he defeated the Pacific Mail Line of the United States and the Peninsula and Eastern Navigation Company of the United Kingdom.Later, Mitsubishi and Common Transport merged to form Nippon Yusen, with a total of 58 ships.By 18900, Mitsubishi had reached a ship tonnage of 11 tons.

There are Shibusawa Eiichi, the "father of Japanese capitalism", who founded more than 500 companies in his lifetime, Okura Kihachiro, Masuda Takashi and other celebrities in the financial circle, as well as 21 former daimyos who jointly founded the "Osaka Textile Company".Affected by this trend, many businessmen in Japan invested in the construction of modern textile factories in the mid-80s.Japan's early wave of industrial revolution occurred in many industrial sectors.Among them, the most rapid progress is the light industry sector centered on prevention and control. In just ten years, the modern chemical industry has established a dominant position in the textile industry.By 1900, imported foreign yarns were expelled from the domestic market and began to be exported abroad.

At the end of the 19th century, Japan's coal production reached 300 million tons, a 1874-fold increase from 15.Japan's Pusan ​​Iron Works has become a large enterprise with an annual output of 7000 tons of pig iron. In 1883, Japan had only 182 miles of railways, but by 1898, it had reached more than 1900 miles, with 351 locomotives, 204 million tons of freight, and 3253 million passengers.By 1895, the number of Japanese enterprises had reached 5444, and the number of workers had reached 38.Japan's foreign trade reached 19 million yen in exports and 9111 million in imports at the end of the 7132th century.After nearly a decade of industrial revolution, Japan initially realized capitalist industrialization in the late 90s.

In terms of culture and education, when Inoue Takeshi served as Minister of Education, in view of the development of Japanese industry and the demand for vocational education, he successively formulated the "Regulations for Industrial Cram Schools", "Regulations for Apprentice Schools", "The National Treasury Subsidy Law for Industrial Education", " Simple School Procedures.These bills have laid a legal foundation for the creation of junior technical personnel and workers who cultivate basic knowledge and skills of modern industrial technology in Japan.He once said: "Although there is no competition in artillery, there is competition in industrial technology. Countries on the earth are competing in technology, manufacturing, trade, etc. Therefore, if our country neglects for a day, it is related to the prosperity and destiny of the country." Driven by these laws, a system of vocational education was formed in the middle and late Meiji period, which laid a solid foundation for the development of Japan's manufacturing industry. In 1900, Japan abolished the primary school tuition system and implemented a four-year compulsory education system.

Resurrection: The Second World War Chapter 385

It was a calm morning. A Chinese fishing fleet of five fishing boats set off from Keelung Fishing Port, Taiwan Province. Their destination was Niaogang, an island in the northeast of Taiwan.

Niaogang is located in Huangwei Islet in the northeast of Diaoyu Island. It has steep rocks and cliffs, standing in the sea. Thousands of seabirds live here. From April to May every year, flocks of seabirds almost cover Huangkun Islet. Sky.The number of seabirds laying eggs in Huangwei Islet is astonishing, and those who go ashore to pick up the eggs can find them easily.Because seabirds seldom get close to people, and people seldom hunt here, they are not afraid of people, so they are very easy to catch.This island is also known as "Bird Island" because of its many birds.

In addition to many birds, Bird Harbor is also rich in seafood.The lobsters here are particularly fat, and the largest ones are even as big as ducks.Another famous creature on the island is the centipede. They are about 20-30 centimeters long and come in two types, red and black.

The captain of this fleet is named Yang Jianzhong. He was a water thief who ran boats and slaughtered customers. He specialized in this free business. He had a long scar, so others later called him "Scarface". This name is also a well-known character in the Taiwan waters.Later, since Taiwan's first governor, Liu Mingchuan, took office, he vigorously improved the local law and order. The local water thieves died and fled, and the rest surrendered to the imperial court. Seeing the bad luck on his scarred face, he gave up the idea of ​​becoming a thief. He took more than 100 brothers under his command and surrendered to the government.

At that time, Emperor Guangxu took the new government and defeated the French and Japanese powers with all the power of the whole country. The Taiwan government has been stable since then. Coupled with Liu Mingchuan's series of measures that have won the hearts of the people, the local area has become increasingly prosperous and the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

After Scarface returned to the government, he started as an ordinary dock worker, and in less than ten years, he accumulated a sum of money and bought a fishing boat to specialize in fishing.At that time, the government issued a series of policies to encourage fishing. Scarface seized this opportunity, signed an agreement with the government, and contracted the fishing rights in the Bird Harbor area. His business was booming, and he even supported a fleet of ships. His brothers who followed him on the road all came to join him.Now in the Keelung area, as long as the scar-faced "Longchang Boat Company" is mentioned, people will give a thumbs up and praise it for its good work.

At this time, Scarface was standing on the bow of the boat, looking at the direction of the sea, glanced at the flag on the mast, and nodded with satisfaction. Relying on his years of fishing experience, he knew that in this season, the area around Bird Harbor A large school of fish is gathering, and this fishing trip will definitely be rewarding.He planned to negotiate with the local government after earning a fortune this time to see if he could rent another island. He had already set his sights on the reef in the south of Bird Harbor. Explore, there are no fewer fish schools than Bird Harbor.

"Lao Liu, how far is it?" Scarface asked Lao Liu who was steering the wheel.

"It's not far away. There are still about 20 nautical miles before we can catch up with the first wave of fish."

"Okay, guys, get the guys ready." Having spent many years as a water bandit, Scarface still looks like he's about to rob. Judging by his intuition, he thinks that today's water bandit area Not only are there large schools of fish, but you may even catch a big fish. The bigger the fish, the more valuable it is. This has basically become a customary rule in the industry.

He smiled and touched a scar on his chest, feeling suddenly moved in his heart. In 30 years, twelve scars have achieved today's wealth and status. He wants to thank the sea, so at this moment, he decided to return to Keelung after this fishing trip and build a Neptune Temple there.

Suddenly, I heard Lao Liu's broken gong shout hoarsely: "Boss, there seems to be a boat ahead!"

Have a boat?Scarface immediately became vigilant. According to the agreement, this sea area was clearly entrusted to him by the government. For this reason, his boat company had to pay at least 50 yuan in taxes to the government every day. How could there be ships here?Could it be a civilian boat that came to grab fish?

He picked up the binoculars, took a closer look, and was stunned immediately!The ones entrenched in front are not civilian boats robbing fishers at all, but warships!

Scarface gasped, how could there be warships here? If it was a Chinese warship performing a mission, it would have received a government announcement prohibiting fishing... He picked up the binoculars again, and this time he understood everything. The flags of several warships are all Japanese plaster flags, they are Japanese!

This is China's waters, how could Japanese warships appear for no reason, what is going on!

In addition to plaster flags, those warships also displayed a few conspicuous banners, and the five bright red characters "Chinese people stay away" came into Scarface's eyes.He immediately guessed that the Japanese must have come to provoke.What should I do?Do you turn around or keep driving?

"Boss, what should we do?" The voice of the sixth child seemed very nervous, because he saw that the two leading Japanese warships had already approached.

The scarred face gritted his teeth and spat, and the bloodiness of the year was revealed again at this time, thinking that this is Laozi's territory, what am I afraid of, a few Japanese warships can scare Laozi, then Laozi was not in vain in the Jianghu mixed up.He took a deep breath and shouted to Lao Liu: "No matter what else, just drive over!"

The five fishing boats continued to move forward at the same speed as before, but everyone's heart was hanging in their throats. Only Scarface touched the iron cock on his waist, still calm as usual.

When the distance between the two parties reached about 10 nautical miles, the two Japanese warships suddenly slowed down and at the same time issued a semaphore to the opposite Chinese fishing boat: "You stop advancing immediately and accept inquiries and inspections at the same place. Otherwise, open fire immediately!"

"The Japanese are going to open fire, let's... let's go back." The expression on the sixth man's face changed, he knew that the Japanese's warning was definitely not a joke.

"Stop talking nonsense, drive over there. Give them a semaphore, saying that this is China's territorial waters, please get out quickly." Scarface's voice was calm, but his fists were already clenched tightly.

At this time, the Japanese warship had already begun to turn around, and the muzzle of the five black holes on the right had also been aimed at the Chinese fishing boat. The Japanese once again raised the flag: "Warning you to stop advancing immediately, or open fire immediately!"

"Boss, don't pass by, people will die!" After hearing the news, some sailors on the ship ran to the deck one after another. Seeing the situation in front of them, several of them were so scared that they wet their pants.

"Go back all of them. I'm the boss. You have to listen to me. This time it's not for fishing, but after you go back, I'll double your salary." Scar's face was red with eyes, and he pressed his hands on the iron cock.Seeing that the boss was really in a hurry, the sailors didn't dare to say anything, so they went back to the cabin one after another.

boom!The Japanese warship finally opened fire. After a 5-inch rapid-fire artillery shell drew a white trajectory on the sea surface, it landed in the sea water about 20 meters to the right of the fishing boat. The huge explosion power lifted the sea water tens of meters high. A column of water, a burst of waves rolling on the sea surface, the fishing boat bumped violently, Scarface lost his footing, and fell heavily on the deck.Several sailors rushed out and dragged Scarface into the cabin.

Scarface scolded: "Son of a bitch, the Japanese are really firing. Sixth, break down! Tell them to stop all the ships." He knew that if he insisted on going his own way, he would probably be destroyed by the Japanese. It's fine to pay back the blow yourself, but the lives of the hundreds of brothers on board must not be thrown here.

The five fishing boats dropped anchor and stopped, and the other side stopped attacking. With little effort, the two warships came to the side of the fishing boat, and dozens of Japanese sailors with live ammunition came to the scarred fishing boat through the suspension bridge. A man who looked like a military officer shouted in blunt Chinese: "You, Chinese, all, come out, come here!"

None of the people on board came out, and the officer panicked. He took out his gun and fired three shots at the cabin. Fortunately, none of the three bullets penetrated the deck, otherwise the sailor hiding inside would be seriously injured.After three shots, the sailors came to the deck one after another, and knelt down under the oppression of the Japanese sailors.

"Who is, yours, captain?" The Japanese officer's vicious eyes searched back and forth among the sailors.