Rebirth of the Northern Giants

After Zhang Zhidong came to the door in person, the shopkeeper didn't dare to hold him back, so he quickly brought people out to welcome him.

"Zhang Xiangshuai, you're being polite here!" said the shopkeeper, clasping his fists.

Zhang Zhidong snorted coldly, and said, "The identity of shopkeeper Li is really changeable."

"Xiang Shuai laughed, how about going inside and talking?"

After Zhang Zhidong arrived, the onlookers dispersed in a rush.

However, he was unwilling to stand at the door and talk, so he walked in with Shopkeeper Li.

After several people took their seats, Zhang Zhidong looked at the layout of the room, and said, "He, Ye Zhikui, is willing to do so. It would look like a pharmacy for a spying place."

Shopkeeper Li said with a smile: "Xiang Shuai was joking, but I am actually a doctor myself, and the spy is just my deputy."

Zhang Zhidong asked: "Ye Zhikui sent people to monitor my Zhang's house day and night, and treat me as a soft persimmon?"

Shopkeeper Li took it easy, and said in a confrontational manner: "You can't blame Ye Shuai, who is called Xiangshuai, who has been in constant contact with the British. In order to prevent some people from betraying their country and seeking glory, Ye Shuai had to resort to this trick."

Seeing Zhang Zhidong's angry face, Zhao Fengchang couldn't help but said: "Why did shopkeeper Li say that, Xiang Shuai is dedicated to serving the country, and has never betrayed the country for glory."

Shopkeeper Li took the opportunity to smile and said, "That's all I said. After all, Xiangshuai didn't agree to lease the New Territories of Hong Kong to the UK."

Zhang Zhidong and Zhao Fengchang were secretly startled. They didn't know how many spies the military government had planted on their side. Fortunately, they didn't go the wrong way, otherwise the matter would be exposed immediately, and there might be a risk of their lives. worry.

The more Shopkeeper Li talked, the paler the faces of the two of them became. The military government actually knew about many things they thought were confidential.

Zhang Zhidong then flung his sleeves and left, creating an anticlimactic situation. Not only was it useless to get any advantage, but even Chunmei, who had just been caught, had to be released.

Volume Two, The Wind and Cloud in the Capital, Chapter [-], The Great Chaos in Japan

Since Ye Zhikui deciphered Ito Hirobumi's telegram to Japan, he has been very concerned about Taiwan's defense. As soon as the military government was established, Ye Zhikui issued his first personnel transfer order, summoning the current governor of Taiwan, Tang Jingsong, to return to Beijing to join the central government. Former Taiwan Governor Liu Mingchuan, who was at home "sick" was reinstated.

In his previous life, Liu Mingchuan was attacked and slandered in 1891, and had to report his illness to the Qing government and resigned. After Taiwan was occupied by Japan, he also died of illness in 1896. Today, perhaps because Taiwan is still in the hands of China, Liu Mingchuan His hard work is still there, anyway, he is now unemployed in Hefei, and his health is also good.

During the Sino-Japanese War, the Qing government originally planned to reuse Liu Mingchuan. He was still angry with the Qing government, and the power he gave was too small, so it dragged on for a while. Who would have thought that when he wanted to leave the mountain, Ye Zhikui would let him And so the war ended.

Now that the military government has revived Liu Mingchuan, Tang Jingsong has no problem, and he wants to run back to Beijing to become a Beijing official, but for Liu Mingchuan, Ye Zhikui has to give up all his energy.

Fortunately, Liu Mingchuan is from Hefei, and Li Hongzhang's old subordinates. Nie Shicheng and Ye Zhichao are his old acquaintances. After many persuasion and Ye Zhikui's righteousness, Liu Mingchuan finally recovered from his illness and went to Taiwan in good spirits.

Ye Zhikui originally wanted to transfer the Liangjiang Self-Strengthening Army to Taiwan, but Liu Kun immediately called back after receiving the order saying that the situation in Liangjiang was tense.

Ye Zhikui did not push too hard, after all, Japan has not sent troops to Taiwan yet, and he will not tell Liu Kunyi about deciphering the Japanese telegram, and he still wants to eavesdrop on the telegrams of various governors, so his words inevitably lack convincing force. , Liu Kunyi must have thought that the military government wanted to seize his military power.

However, after the Langweili fleet returns to China, Ye Zhikui will transfer it to Taiwan for garrison. In this way, any Japanese aggression can be lowered for a period of time, and it will be enough to deploy troops at that time.

On the 26th, the Imperial Palace of Japan.

The ministers were discussing the matter of using troops against China. After Hirobumi Ito stepped down, Kiyotaka Kuroda took the opportunity to come to power. However, due to the rush to form a cabinet, the cabinet members did not change much.

Youpeng Shanxian, the Minister of Justice, may have been humiliated by Ye Zhikui last time, and he had been thinking about how to get revenge, so he was the first to raise his hands in favor of using troops against China, clamoring to carve up China with Russia.

Shanxian Youpeng said arrogantly: "Your Majesty, China is in civil strife. Ye Zhikui's younger generation can't command the whole of China. This is the best time to capture China. Russia has already taken the lead, and our country should not delay. Join forces with Russia , I am confident that China will be destroyed within three months, and I am afraid that the Western powers will stop it."

Kiyotaka Kuroda has not fully controlled the cabinet yet, so he seldom spoke at this meeting. He only reminded a little: "China is regarded as a forbidden territory by the big powers, and it is impossible for me, Japan, to swallow it in one go. We should occupy Taiwan first and then talk about other things."

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mutsu Munemitsu said with some displeasure: "If the empire wants to conquer China, it must first conquer North Korea. It's just that Russia is one step ahead. If we attack from North Korea, it will definitely cause conflict with Russia. Your Majesty, I believe that this dispatch of troops is It is better to attack from Taiwan. In addition, we cannot give up on North Korea."

Muren yawned noncommittally. Since everyone agreed to attack Taiwan, he had no objection, and asked Da Shanyan, Minister of War, "Dashanjun, are the soldiers ready to go to war?"

Da Shanyan nodded quickly and said: "Your Majesty, this expedition is due to the fact that the Chinese Beiyang Navy is going north to confront the Russian Far East Fleet. Our Empire of Japan will be dominated by the army and supplemented by the navy. The military department has issued a mobilization order long ago. The soldiers are ready and waiting for the navy to transport."

"Since this is the case, start to set up a wartime base camp and prepare to send troops to Taiwan to open up territories for the empire."

All the ministers nodded in unison in return, and shouted: "Hai!"

After the meeting, Muren yawned again, lacking energy, stopped Dashanyan and said, "Dashanjun, another batch of 'God's gift' will be transferred from the military department to the royal family. Shortage?"

The gift of God was used by some high-ranking people in Japan as 'Viagra'. I don't know who first paid tribute to Muren for this medicine, and then Muren fell in love with this medicine. After the medicine was changed to injection, he couldn't do without it. open it.

Da Shanyan was a little strange, for some reason the medicine had been consumed a lot recently, but he didn't think about other aspects, so he agreed without hesitation.

While the Japanese military was in full swing preparing for war, incidents of robbing God's gift appeared in some places in Japan. Since it was an isolated case, and after the closing of Chinese and Western pharmacies, the price of this drug was getting higher and higher, and it was worth robbery. did not attract enough attention.

Only in the next few days, the hospital began to see a large number of 'healthy' patients, and they unanimously asked the doctor to prescribe God's gift to them, and then similar things happened in the army.

On the morning of the 28th, in a hospital in Tokyo, a doctor refused to prescribe the drug for a mild patient because of the shortage of God’s gift. A gift from God, and then fled in a panic.

This incident had a great impact, and Japan dispatched a large number of police to hunt down the fugitives.

Before the case was closed, a large number of profiteering and wounding incidents occurred all over Japan, all of which were related to God's gift.This time, it finally attracted the attention of the Japanese government.

However, it was too late. Dozens or millions of people, who stopped taking the injection of God’s gift for various reasons, developed emotional disorders such as irritability and tantrums. According to the doctor’s judgment, this is a symptom of drug addiction. Compared with Opium is stronger.

There were turmoil in various parts of Japan, the police were busy and exhausted, and the Japanese government dispatched the army to maintain order. Hospitals and pharmacies in various places were robbed one after another, causing heavy losses and a large number of casualties.

The army is even more serious. Because God's gift is a panacea, military doctors used to prescribe this medicine desperately because of its cheap purchase price.As a result, at least [-] people in the army have become addicted to drugs. At this time, there is a shortage of drugs. What do you tell these addicted soldiers to do?

On the evening of the 28th, while military officers at all levels were still discussing how to deal with it, more than 100 drug addicts from the Third Division were discussing the matter of robbing the military hospital.

"Mr. Gui, are you sure there is a lot of medicine in it?" Panasonic asked in pain as he pulled his hair through his trousers.

Most of the more than 100 people around were also trembling with their hands and feet, resisting the urge to tear themselves apart, and looking eagerly at Ichiro Kome.

"Don't worry, that batch of drugs is reserved for some addicted officers. There are not many guards inside. They are all doctors, and they are easy to grab."

"Let's go, I can't help it anymore." Panasonic's pants were streaming with tears and snot.

Addiction is no laughing matter, especially with a gang of people with guns in their hands.

Ichiro Kome and Matsushita didn't care about any form of attack, and led more than 100 drug addicts into the military hospital.

"What are you doing?" The two guards at the door were the first to discover them.

Panasonic said grimly, "Quick, give us the gift of God."

The guards raised the alarm.

Xiaogui Ichiro suddenly went berserk, fired twice, shot the guard dead and said, "Baga, gentlemen, since they won't give it to me, we don't have to be polite, go in and grab it."

More than 100 fully armed soldiers lost their minds and rushed into the hospital, killing everyone they met. The hospital was in chaos. Some soldiers couldn't stand it. When they saw God's gift, they were like crazy wolf dogs and slammed into their bodies for several injections. , overdose and died.

Hearing the sound, the hospital was surrounded by groups of addicts. The group of addicts had just finished their injections, and they were about to become immortals. They would hear those words of persuasion there, and they would pick up their rifles and shoot wildly outside.

Yelling, venting the pleasure in my head.

Seeing this, the soldiers outside had no choice but to fight back. There was a burst of gunfire, and more than 100 drug addicts all confessed. The hospital and the people who were suppressed also lost more than 100 people.