Dominate the Country

The surging heat wave has bent the middle-aged native's beard and hair, and the flames rising from the tall pile of wood have burned his face and made it sting and burn. The flames almost touched his face, but the middle-aged native did not move his feet, and there was no trace of timidity on his face. He stared at the place in front of him with wide eyes, swallowing up all his hopes.

Because of the high wages, he ran from an honest farmer to work in a logging camp. In two years, although the work was very tiring, he did earn more money than growing rice at home.

During this period, he had seen his co-workers get into accidents and have tragic endings, but he always thought that scene was far away from him. His heart was always full of hope, but misfortune came one day and he encountered the accident that changed his entire destiny.

All hopes were shattered.

The middle-aged man originally wanted to work for ten or eight years, and then change to other ways after making money, because the logging camp was really dangerous. He even had a beautiful dream more than once at night, dreaming of a happy life with his family living together, not worrying about food and drink, having surplus money at home, and having children and grandchildren around him when his hair turned white.

But with that accident, all this beauty was like a bubble, easily shattered.

His right leg was broken by a tilted tree, and his fingers were hit by branches. With two fingers and a leg missing, it was impossible to continue working. If it weren't for that mysterious person, he knew very well what the fate of his family would be.

The family was broken up, and it could only be the family. His eldest son was only fourteen years old, and it was difficult for him to support the life of a family of six at this age.

Although the middle-aged man looked haggard as if he was in his forties, he was actually only in his early thirties.

So when the mysterious person found him, when a huge sum of money totaling up to 10,000 yuan was placed in front of him, the middle-aged native obeyed without hesitation.

When he was in the lumberyard, he worked very hard every day, but only earned 20 yuan a month. He also had to deduct board and lodging expenses. The money he could get in a year was only about 200 yuan.

He could never earn this huge sum of money in his lifetime.

It was worth it even if he had to sacrifice his life.

The middle-aged native died with a smile. Burn it, burn it, it's all worth it! Burn everything here to ashes and bury yourself with it!

………

What kind of organization is the Military Intelligence Bureau?

It is a super intelligence department that aims at the world. How could the Military Intelligence Bureau start a fire in a small Hanoi, a tiny place, and only start it in one place?

Although a spark can start a prairie fire, it is always a minority, and it requires great wisdom to stand up and lead the command. More often, a single flame can be extinguished in the blink of an eye, and it is nothing.

Therefore, in addition to the middle-aged native in the lumberyard, there are other people in the Military Intelligence Bureau. These people together constituted the complete "spark" this time.

"Burn! Burn!"

A young man in his early twenties was holding an empty oil drum in his left hand, and with his right hand he had just smashed a gas lantern to the ground. The crisp sound of cracking and breaking was accompanied by a blazing flame.

The young man's face was ferocious, and the swaying figure not far away made him nervous and scared. But people are just like beasts. When they are desperate and can't turn back, the courage they burst out is unimaginable.

Dare to pull the emperor down at the cost of one's life!

When a person has no scruples, he is the most powerful.

The dim grain warehouse became extremely bright, the fire roared, and bags of rice were piled up two people high. The fire quickly spread in the warehouse along the traces of oil splashing, and the raging flames sprayed out through the gaps in the door and windows. The young man was engulfed by the fire. He struggled in the fire, but like the middle-aged native, he laughed until his death! Crazy laughter!

In just half a year, he lost his father and his family property. His once wealthy family fell into ruin, and he could only rely on odd jobs to make a living.

The young man thought of his father who died of exhaustion in the mine, his mother who died of illness helplessly, his poor and separated brothers and sisters, and his future without a future, and the fire in his heart began to burn fiercely.

Burn, burn everything in this damn world!

Burn this damn "monopoly", burn, burn.

He had wanted to do this for a long time. When he found that doing so could make his brothers and sisters' lives better again, he couldn't wait.

A raging fire! This was the only revenge he could take on Hanoi.

...

Outside a big fire.

"Burn! Burn it all!" A middle-aged man looked at the factory in the distance with a smile on his face, holding a telescope.

Burn well! Burn well!

Hanoi was originally a powder keg, and this fire could make Hanoi explode. Chen Jie and his men had painstakingly planned to promote reforms and play the game of "Confucian Great Harmony". Now these fires were like slaps in the face, hitting them hard.

Just a "cruel person" and an "unkind person" are contrary to Confucianism.

Hanoi, the three heroes -

Don't think that you can be alone in Hanoi forever, and everything will be stable and peaceful. They think too well.

The ordinary-looking middle-aged Chinese looked at his subordinates with satisfaction.

The job was done beautifully. It would be best if people died in there, otherwise they would have to spend their own hands and feet. Now the instructions issued by the Nanjing headquarters have been successfully completed!

In front of the big shots in the bureau, his name should be in the eyes of those big shots.

…

Several urgent reports were quickly sent to Hanoi from the local area. Chen Jie and the other two looked very bitter after reading them.

Twenty-seven people died, twenty-five were missing, and two hundred were burned.

Five fires in three days and two nights, twelve warehouses, three factories, and one staff dormitory were destroyed - otherwise there wouldn't be so many casualties, and the total loss of wood, food, cloth, and machinery was more than four million!

These two lines of figures are shocking, and the loss is so great that it almost makes people feel cold.

Hanoi is not Chen Han in the north, and four million is already a very large number.

But Chen Jie and the other two are not fools who only care about money. They are more worried about the adverse effects caused by this series of fires.

The five places where arson accidents occurred are relatively close, but looking at the time when these fire accidents occurred, it gives people the most intuitive feeling that the last four were affected by the initiator. Because there was a time difference between the five fires, this time difference seemed to be enough for the news to spread from the initial location to the back.

But it was too intuitive, and it felt "deliberate".

Chen Jie consciously felt a sinister malice, and he felt that this matter was deliberately provoked by someone.

"Who else could it be except the people in Beitou?" Wu Xiongguang directly pointed the finger at Chen Han.

"But we have no evidence." Yang Zhengjie was more concerned about how to deal with the next crisis.

The three of them knew very well that under the "stable" situation in Hanoi in recent years, there were turbulent waves hidden. It was not a powder keg, nor a volcanic crater, but it was always a strong fountain.

For small families in Hanoi, if they did not handle it well, they might not be overturned by the fountain, but they would definitely suffer heavy losses. By then, it would not be just four million.

It is known that Hanoi is now a "peaceful time". In the official newspapers controlled by the three heroes, some shameless people have compared Hanoi to a "greatly governed era".

Creating idols seems to be an instinct of propaganda agencies. In Chen Han, it is the unlimited flattery of Chen Ming, and in Hanoi, it is the unlimited flattery of the three heroes. Even the three heroes themselves feel that they cannot afford the flattery.

The result is that in such a "peaceful and prosperous" environment, there is no disaster, but suddenly such a big thing happened, and it was not an accident, but someone deliberately set fire when they were desperate. The influence is enough to shake the whole "world".

As for the loss of four million, it is a small matter.

The three heroes and several government officials under their command gathered together, and everyone had a sad face. Such a big thing happened, and it was gloomy just by tasting it. Does this mean that Nanjing is going to take action against them?

If Nanjing really wants to attack Hanoi, under the current public opinion, the confrontation between the Chinese and the local indigenous people is a bit serious. Then even if they want to fight guerrilla warfare like Tong Luan in Siam, they will not have a foundation among the people.

"Unless we also learn from Nanjing and first promulgate the Labor Protection Law to increase the income of the indigenous people and ensure the intensity of pensions after work-related injuries."

This can calm the anger of the people.

"Then promulgate the Government Officials Accountability System, which should be like a golden hoop, tightly wrapped around the heads of officials at all levels. Add another yoke to all officials." Let them be responsible for the things under their jurisdiction.

"All government-owned enterprises and mines also need to recruit a group of indigenous people." This is a symbol, symbolizing that some jobs that used to belong to the Chinese private land will gradually be opened to the indigenous people, and indigenous people will be introduced little by little. This can ease the tension between the Hanoi Governor's Office and the natives of Annan.

Chen Jie pursed his lips. To be honest, he didn't want to see such a situation. To resolve the tension, at least to ease the conflicts that have been triggered, he really needs to follow Chen Han's footsteps. But at the same time, in Chen Jie's view, this was also a compromise with the natives of Annan. This made Chen Han very angry.

It would be fine if he bowed to Nanjing, but he had to bow to these natives with low moral standards, which made him feel a strong sense of shame in his heart.

"The key is Nanjing's attitude." No one among the senior officials in Hanoi believed that things would be so coincidental. A little spark caused several fires, and then a pile of raging fires ignited. They all believed that someone was secretly instigating this matter. Although there was no evidence, one imaginary target after another pointed to Nanjing.

Now they have to appease the situation in the territory, and they have to face the possible attack from Nanjing.

Chen Jie knocked on the table and said, "Why did Nanjing take action against us?" Did Chen Ming defeat the foreigners? His power is already established. Is he going to turn around and sweep the inside?

"If that's the case, this disaster will not only affect Hanoi, but also the other three countries in Annan, Phnom Penh, Vientiane and Ryukyu, Japan, and even Siam, which is still in the midst of war. I don't believe they won't be worried." Wu Xiongguang sneered.

And there's also Sumatra Island across from Malacca and Malacca...

Even if it's an egg hitting a stone, he's not willing to sit there and wait for death.

"We must not sit still and wait for death." Chen Jie had already admitted defeat to Chen Ming in his heart. The Confucian way he insisted on was absolutely impossible to bring China to where it is today. If he were in Chen Ming's position, after sitting on the dragon throne, he would immediately copy the Qing Dynasty's decision-making completely. Not to mention seclusion, at least he would not have such close contacts with foreigners, let alone allow foreigners to be so Walk around China freely.

But this will inevitably make China only focus on the one-third of an acre of land under its feet. Thousands of Chinese people will probably die without knowing that the earth under their feet is a ball, or how vast the outside world is. I don’t know what Europe is, what Africa is, what America is, what the colonies are, and what the New World is.

Everyone has a ‘heart’. Chen Jie no longer wanted to admit it, but he was not allowed to deny it when faced with the facts. This is also the original intention of the three heroes to start the reform together.

"There's nothing to say. Nanjing wants to eat us in one bite. We can't resist, but we can't let them get their wish in vain."

Wu Xiongguang gritted his teeth, and the sneer on the corner of his mouth became deeper.

As the person with the greatest and toughest resistance to Nanjing among the Hanoi trio, Wu Xiongguang has always made his attitude very clear.

"Let's expose this matter." They just said that there was someone behind the scenes, but when they found someone to plot against them, it was already too late when they discovered something was wrong. The hidden hand has wiped away all traces.

It doesn’t matter whether the people believe it or not. They in Nan Nguyen, Bei Zheng, Siam, Phnom Penh and Vientiane will not be suspicious at all.

Ordinary people don’t know who this ‘hidden hand’ refers to, but some people are very sensitive to this matter.

"This is thankless." Yang Zhengjie glanced at Wu Xiongguang helplessly. Among the three people, Wu Xiongguang had the toughest attitude towards Chen Han. Time is really the best medicine in the world. Back then, Yang Zhengjie hated Chen Han to the core, but now, he has taken it.

Although Chen Jie never expressed his attitude, he thought it was similar. Only Wu Xiongguang was so tough that even Yang Zhengjie admired him.

But when it comes to Nanjing, we can’t just be tough. As a weak person, I have to bear the sorrow of the weak and the grievances of the weak. Is it okay to just resolve the matter soon? There is really no need to risk everything at every turn.

As expected, the incident in Hanoi quickly spread to China. Chen Guang, who had retired from the position of Minister of the Interior, smiled slightly when he read the comments in the newspaper.

At first glance, this matter was the work of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and it was learned from the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

What is happening in Hanoi now has not happened before in China. Therefore, under the emperor's instructions, the cabinet successively introduced a series of laws and regulations.

In the incident where the fuse was lit, Chen Guang also smelled a strong smell of conspiracy.

But just like Hanoi today, Guoan did not find any clues left by the other party. It was too easy to do this neatly. Because there were too many people who were injured or even died due to work-related injuries.

Before things break out, it is impossible for Guoan to keep an eye on everyone.

After the incident broke out, Chen Guang's only thought was to pray that the incident would be 'simple and clean', and that he would deliberately set the fire out of anger and hatred. But just like Hanoi, although Guoan can't catch any clues, it can always find a strong atmosphere of conspiracy. Therefore, Chen Guang was severely punished by the emperor and fined for one year, so he could only admit that he was unlucky.

In just three days and two nights, many warehouses and factories in different places were burned. The three heroes should feel lucky that the warehouses and factories were burned, and the fire only affected the dormitories. This fire was not specifically aimed at the dormitory, otherwise it would really be a big disaster.

No matter how much money is lost, lives will still be lost.

If several fires killed hundreds of people, chaos would break out in the entire area controlled by the Hanoi Governor's Palace.