Chapter 1122 You Are a Beautiful Woman, Why Are You a Thief?

The first day of the Lunar New Year is getting closer and closer. This day that the whole world is paying attention to has an unparalleled influence.

For the European and American world, the changes caused by Chen Ming's abdication are still completely immeasurable, because they are not sure about Chen Ding's character and personality. Even if Chen Ming was called "the second Li Shimin", it is impossible to replace Chen Ding with Li Zhi, the first emperor of the earth a thousand years ago, Li Xiaojiu.

Whether it is personal career or life experience, Chen Ding and Li Xiaojiu are completely different. More importantly, Chen Han's terrifyingly powerful national strength, brought into the national situation of the year, is completely incomparable to the Tang Dynasty after the Zhenguan Administration.

For China, this is an event that is absolutely worth commemorating and making a big fuss.

However, the entire Eastern world is not all happy. For example, in Japan, among the Japanese public officials, they are very unhappy. Because of Chen Ming's abdication, this time point not only means the beginning of a new era in China, but also means that a brand new era is coming in Japan.

Tokugawa Iemochi was going to be crowned as a king and establish a new kingdom in Madagascar. In the eyes of some people in the Chrysanthemum family and the court, the sky of Japan was about to fall. This was a heinous crime and unforgivable. Of course, the emperor's promise to remove his own emperor title and accept the kingship granted by Nanjing was also a great shame in their eyes.

However, the Japanese court was weak, not only in strength, but also in spirit. Many people in the court, including Guangge's sons, did not dare to be angry on the surface, but only dared to draw circles in their hearts, let alone take actual actions.

But in such a large bird forest of the Japanese court, there would always be a few beautiful birds flying out.

So these days, two large-scale marches and protests have been launched among the Japanese people. The Chrysanthemum family did have a little influence in Japan. No matter how much they were ravaged by the shogunate overtly and covertly over the years, the shogunate could not completely cut off their influence among the people. And the samurai were not all ironclad, or there were too many people who were jealous of the Tokugawa shogunate. Most people didn't dare to take actual action, but as mentioned before, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest.

The two large-scale marches and protests initiated by Japan can be said to be large-scale, right? The first one had one or two thousand people, and the second one had more, five or six thousand people, which was initiated with the cooperation of two groups of people. Both were in Kyoto.

The shogunate and Chen Han's intelligence agencies in Japan will of course investigate this matter carefully, and the inside story they found is that one mountain is higher than another mountain, which makes people scratch their heads. Some of the samurai supporters who made trouble really had a hard time with the shogunate, some took the opportunity to bargain with the shogunate, and some were jealous and had red eyes. Anyway, after Tokugawa Iemochi left Japan and rushed to Nanjing, the shogunate has been busy.

The voices against the Tokugawa shogunate have risen sharply recently, but this cannot be called a social upsurge throughout Japan. Kyoto was the place where the real storm was set off.

Kyoto is the home of the Chrysanthemum family, where countless court officials linger. Although the armed forces are in the hands of Kyoto Soshidai Okubo Tadamasa, the latter has to consider the opinions of the court officials on some issues.

"Today, Okubo-kun summoned us here, I'm afraid it's to discuss the two popular uprisings?" Kanpaku and Left Minister Tadayoshi Ichijo sighed. He is an honest man. How come he just took over the position of Kanpaku and such a thing happened? How bad is his luck.

Takagi Masayoshi is the former Kanpaku that Ichijo Tadayoshi took over. He doesn't have any specific position now, but his influence in the court officials is still not small. At the same time, Takagi Masayoshi, like Ichijo Tadayoshi, is not a radical among the court officials.

"Although the two popular uprisings are lively, what does it have to do with us?" It is well known that he, Takagi Masayoshi, and Ichijo Tadayoshi are both well-known moderates among the court officials.

"As the saying goes, 'a single move can affect the whole body'. You know the reasons for the two popular upheavals. We are not afraid of popular upheavals, but we are afraid of a riot." Ichijo Tadayoshi was not as confident as Takashi Masayoshi, who was the nephew of Choshu Domain. His mother was Mori Fumiko, the daughter of the former Choshu Domain lord Mori Shigenori, and his wife was Hachisuka Yoshiko, the daughter of the tenth lord of Awadoshima Domain Hachisuka Shigeki.

Although the daughters of these Japanese daimyo lords are not valuable, they are more or less related. The Choshu Domain has now surrendered to the shogunate, and its strength is one of the best among the outer daimyo. No matter what, they have a place in Japan. The shogunate will definitely take into account Takashi Masayoshi's relationship.

Ichijo Tadayoshi lit a cigarette, puffing smoke and slowly saying: "Haven't you heard about it, Takashi-kun? Some shops, schools and factories in Kyoto will go on strike today. Teachers and students, employees and workers will march in the streets, give speeches, condemn the emperor's surrender, and submit petitions to the emperor and the shogunate, demanding a boycott of China and maintaining Japan's dignity." These are all things.

Although Ichijo Tadayoshi thinks these people are fools, they are all fools who are instigated and provoked.

Boycott China and maintain Japan's dignity.

The latter sentence will not be objected to by the Japanese, but if the price of achieving the latter is the former sentence, how many Japanese will continue to shout? Not to mention that this so-called "Japanese dignity" is about the Chrysanthemum family...

Kyoto is one of the three major cities in Japan, and its political and economic status is there. Once there is a commotion here, it is very likely to cause a chain reaction, and if other places also start to commotion, things will be troublesome.

Okubo Tadamasa cannot bear this responsibility. As the governor of Kyoto, his responsibility is not only to control the military power of Kyoto, but also to monitor the imperial family and the Chrysanthemum family. If there is chaos here, he is the first person in charge and will be the first to be held accountable by the general.

Therefore, Okubo Tadamasa urgently called them to a meeting to discuss countermeasures. Obviously, Okubo Tadamasa wants to discuss with them how to calm down this matter.

The voice of the guard sounded outside the door, and Okubo Tadamasa walked in quickly, followed by a group of leading figures in Kyoto City. Takagi Masahiro and Ichijo Tadayoshi hurriedly greeted him. At this point, all the political, business, military and police in the city were present.

Anzai Mishima is one of the leaders of the Kyoto business circle, and he does not care about Okubo Tadamasa's concerns. He shook his head and said, "Mr. Okubo, you are too serious. Those people are just a bunch of unarmed civilians who just walked on the street and shouted a few slogans. At most, they handed out some posters. What's there to be afraid of? At worst, the military and police will suppress them."

"Everyone knows who they are and why they can walk on the street. I don't believe that a bunch of rabble can achieve anything big."

Anzai Mishima has intensive business exchanges with China. The opposition clamors to boycott China, which is simply cutting off his financial resources. This is an irreconcilable hatred. Anzai Mishima will not take the other party seriously. In his heart, he even laughed at the radicals in the government. I really don't know what the other party is thinking. Stir up public opinion? Can public opinion be eaten?

"Of course, public opinion cannot be eaten, but it is a lit firecracker. If it explodes in the yard, it can't blow up anyone or scare anyone, but what about the chickens, ducks and geese in the yard? Mr. Anzai is familiar with the business of business, but he doesn't know much about civil affairs. Don't underestimate those people. They don't have great abilities, but they still have some ability to instigate the people and reverse right and wrong. This time, the public uproar should be treated with caution."

Okubo Tadama ignored Anzai Mishima's shouting. If something really happened, the shogunate would hit him first, but Anzai Mishima would not be hit. Okubo Tadama looked at Anzai Mishima's face and still didn't care, and said in his heart: "It would be best if your dog-day store was smashed by the demonstrators." At that time, he really wanted to see what Anzai Mishima would say.

Ichijo Tadayoshi also said a few words, and then he was silent again, looking at the cigarette box at hand with concentration like a country farmer.

The Japanese are now leaning towards China in everything. The people in this conference room are not wearing clappers and kneeling on the ground to hold a meeting. There are tables and chairs.

Ichijo Tadayoshi is unwilling to get involved in this matter. He can't afford to offend the Tokugawa shogunate, and he doesn't want to offend the radicals in the public family. Anyway, the Ichijo family is like this, so he is like this. But at this moment, a commotion was heard outside the house.

"Heaven punishes the traitors!"

"Beat the traitors."

"Beat the Japanese!"

"Down with the pro-China elements!"

"Beat the Chinese imperialism!"

More than one person in the conference room looked strange. Okubo Tadamasa's face became more embarrassed, but he still raised his hand, pointed outside the window, and said to everyone: "Look, what did I say just now? Can this commotion be ignored? If Nanjing knows about this, how will the upper country view me, Japan?"

The 500 million military expenditure was issued by the upper country just a few days ago, and there was a series of help from the upper country to Japan in the Tsushima War...

The people outside are all a bunch of fools.

Okubo Tadama cursed in his heart.

"A bunch of common people, a bunch of idiots. Lord Okubo, please rest assured that they can't turn the world upside down!" Police Chief Ishii Mori's eyes flashed coldly. As a loyal supporter of the Tokugawa shogunate, Ishii Mori had no good impression of those people outside.

Okubo Tadama's eyes swept across the faces of the people present again, but he didn't hear what he wanted to hear. Those old guys who were doing nothing pulled their faces and acted like statues.

Okubo Tadama stood up and made up his mind that after he solved the current trouble, he would settle the score with these old guys.

When I walked to the main gate of the government office, I saw a crowd of people in front of me. The Kyoto government office had been surrounded by the people. There were probably no less than 10,000 people gathered on the street. There were businessmen, teachers, staff, workers, some students, and quite a few farmers. All kinds of people crowded the street in front of the gate. Many people held banners and shouted slogans. There were also people dressed as reporters next to them.

Okubo Tadamasa was right before. Such a small number of people could not cause any big trouble. Although a large part of the Kyoto garrison was outside the city, there was a full-strength regiment in the city alone. Although there were as many as 10,000 people marching in front of me, let alone compared with a full-strength regiment, even compared with a battalion, they were all garbage.

At this time, several people came out of the crowd, surrounded by a man who looked like a teacher and walked to Okubo Tadamasa. After bowing, they presented a petition and made a request.

"Please present the petition to His Majesty the Emperor and the Shogun!"

"The Imperial Country is in danger. If we don't get back on our feet, we will not be able to survive."

"The 30 million people of the Imperial Country are all outraged by China's sinister intentions and are willing to defend Japan's dignity with their lives."

"We ask you to expel Chinese merchants and Chinese people in and outside Kyoto immediately, severely punish the treacherous merchants and villains among them, redress the grievances of the people, and protect the interests of Japan. We are willing to commit seppuku to show our determination to show our sincerity." The teacher, who seemed to be less than 30 years old, said it very firmly.

Okubo Tadamasa changed color. This was not because he was scared, nor because he was moved, but because he felt that the impact of this matter was greater and deeper, and more difficult to eliminate.

"If the government does not agree, we will never leave!"

"Expel Chinese merchants, expel Chinese, long live Japan."

As soon as the teacher-like man finished speaking, several people behind him immediately shouted loudly, and then the entire marching crowd followed suit. These people who stood up were all dead men, but the reason they stood up was not just to play seppuku. Besides, even if they did seppuku, they had to have the value of seppuku. They had to make things happen first and shout slogans. Only in this way can they have an influence among the people.

Okubo Tadama drooped his face, sneered at the people in front of him and said: "Do you know that this is blackmailing the government!"

"No! This is public opinion! Public opinion."

"This is not only the public opinion of millions of people in Kyoto, but also the public opinion of all Japanese people!" The teacher's words were firm and decisive, without any room for compromise, and as soon as the voice fell, the people gathered on the street shouted slogans again.

"Hehehe..."

Okubo Tadama was not panicked at all. He never took the situation in front of him seriously. Now he is interested in this teacher. He is good at talking and has a good psychological quality. He is a talent.

In Japan, there are thousands of people who are not afraid of death, but there are not many people like the teacher in front of him.

"You are a beautiful woman, why are you a thief?"

It's a pity that Okubo Tadama arrived.

"What's your name? Judging from your attire, you look like a teacher? Where do you teach?"

"I am Akifumi Tomita. I once studied at Imperial College University in China. I am now the editor of the Kyoto New Sprout newspaper!" It turns out that he is not a teacher, but a newspaper editor.

But Okubo Tadama's face changed in an instant. New Sprout? That is an underground newspaper, a banned newspaper.

"What a pity, what a pity." Okubo Tadama repeatedly said what a pity. Looking at Akifumi Tomita who was neither humble nor arrogant in front of him, he really felt it was a pity.

At this time, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from the street.

"Bang-bang--"

After the gunfire, there was another burst of dense gunfire.