Respectfully

As the saying goes, good spirits do not have bad spirits, and the Japanese premonition was quickly fulfilled.

The day after Britain and France formally notified the Chinese coalition government to return all the concessions in China, the Chinese police and patrols in the Shanghai public concession began to count the number of Japanese expatriates in the concession.Of course, these Japanese will not really be driven into the sea, but the vast majority of them will be sent back to their country.

"Amaterasu God!"

When Madoka Jiro heard that his family would be sent back to Japan in the first batch, he hugged his wife and children and cried badly.He began to regret it. If he knew earlier, he should try to please the Chinese like Shan Ping!

The situation in Japan is worse than ever, and Madoka receives a telegram from her brother that even though there is some land, the youngest child of her brother's family is starving to death.Kodo Ichiro didn't mention what his parents' and younger siblings' homes were like in his letter, but it definitely wasn't much better.

Workers and citizens in many cities took to the streets to demonstrate, and some peasants boldly robbed the landlords.

A rice shop in Kyoto was robbed not long ago, and the perpetrators turned out to be a group of women. Even the police who went to suppress it were beaten helplessly, and a squadron of the army was dispatched to quell the riot.

Not long after the formation of the cabinet in the temple, it encountered a crisis.

The crowd in the parade shouted the slogan "We want to eat, we want to work!" Some fanatical young soldiers even proposed to launch another "Nissing War".

"The empire has a powerful navy!" said a lieutenant of the navy: "China is rich, but we are starving!"

The road to Japan's rise through World War I was blocked by China. The nature of robbers and gambling made these scumbags gradually lose their minds and become crazy.Especially for those army divisions and naval fleets that have stayed in the mainland and never fought against the Chinese army, the upper-level officers still retain some sense, and it is the lower-level officers and sergeants who clamor the most.The Japanese army has a bad tradition of defeating the top. Once the lower-level officers are completely frenzied, the "February [-]" incident in history is likely to be staged in Japan in advance.

"Attack Huaxia?"

If Huaxia hadn't declared war on Germany, this possibility might still be there. Now, the idea of ​​fighting Huaxia is definitely not what a smart person should do.

"The British won't lend us any more money."

In the temple, Zhengyi sat cross-legged on the tatami, and several cabinet ministers sat on both sides, all frowning.

The former Prime Minister Okuma left behind a mess. In order to get rid of North Korea's troubles, Terauchi gritted his teeth and took over, but found that this mess was not much clearer than the muddy water in North Korea.

"Attacking Huaxia is absolutely impossible."

It is rare for the Minister of War and the Minister of the Navy to agree. Instead of Sakhalin Island, the Japanese Navy can still try. If you are lucky, you may be able to occupy a corner of the island. If you are not lucky, you can only ask for more blessings.Switching to the mainland of China, the Minister of the Navy was in a panic.

Today's Huaxia is not the corrupt Qing government, but a hedgehog with steel needles all over its body. If you bite it easily, you will definitely not get any benefits.

"North Korea must be stabilized, and there is also the Chiba Islands," Terauchi Masaki spread out the map, "We have a huge fleet. As long as the domestic economy can improve and we can get enough energy, Japan will have the hope of revival!"

Hope for revival?

"Japan used to be weak and backward, but we drove away those western ghosts and animals, and also defeated the Qing Dynasty!" Terauchi Masaki said, "We are not China's opponents now, but in ten or twenty years, the soldiers of the empire will surely be defeated." Set foot on that land again! We shall find food, wealth, and women there!"

"However, Your Excellency, the problem we are facing now is how to feed the people."

A few words extinguished the "fire" that had just surged in the chests of others.

Yes, the Prime Minister's words are just an "imagination" of the future. The first thing they need to do is to overcome the immediate crisis.

A vicious light flashed in Si Nei's eyes, "North Korea, North Korea can provide more food and minerals."

How should the North Koreans who have been emptied of all their granaries survive, Si Nei Zhengyi would not even think about it.Even if there is another riot in North Korea, it is Hasegawa's business.

While speaking, Terauchi Masaki never took his eyes off the map. After careful observation, it can be found that he was looking at the Philippine Islands in the Western Pacific.

The greed and madness of the Japanese doomed North Korea to fall into more dire straits.It has never been a secret that Japan's ambitions for China are still alive, but no one would have thought that Terauchi Masaki would have the idea of ​​targeting the Philippines.

The Philippines has been under the "protection" of the United States for nearly 20 years. Japan's attack on the Philippines is undoubtedly against the United States.

But few people can fully guess what is going on in the head of the Japanese scorpion.

Perhaps Terauchi believed that the U.S. Navy was not as powerful as the Japanese Navy, or perhaps he was forced to do nothing.If you want to divert domestic conflicts and make yourself a more stable prime minister, the easiest and most effective way is to launch a foreign war to benefit the Japanese.Going to China at this time is purely looking for death, and going to Southeast Asia to encounter the bad luck of Britain and France is no different from living enough.Siberia... is even more impossible, it will soon become the territory of China.

The reason why Terauchi Masaki came up with this idea is that Situ Mao, who successfully penetrated into the "inside" of Japan, has contributed a lot.As a "lawyer", he defended the Japanese several times, and then forged a "deep" friendship with the Japanese. The Japanese got a lot of news about the United States, the Philippines and Nanyang from this lawyer who only recognized money .

Overseas Chinese living in the United States, their ancestral home is in China, and they were born in Nanyang, so what Situ Mao inadvertently said has considerable credibility.

Zhengyi in the temple suddenly opened up.It is too "narrow" to only focus on the mainland. Japan is an island country, and its sea power is also very strong. It is absolutely possible to attack other island countries!The closest and easiest target is the Philippine Islands.

There's grain, there's timber, and not so long ago minerals were discovered!

Even under the protection of the United States, there are not many troops stationed. Japan does not need to make a big show of it. As long as it enters the island secretly, grabs it once and runs away, it will definitely benefit a lot.If it is discovered, if it is killed and refused to admit it, the United States will have nothing to do with Japan.

After all, the temple didn't have the brains to go to fight the United States with real knives and real guns. He just wanted to get some benefits, just like what his ancestors did on the coast of Huaxia. At that time, they were called Japanese pirates.

The idea is "very good", but unfortunately, the reason why reality is called reality is because it is always "cruel" than ideal.

When the Japanese warships met the United Kingdom and the United States fleet at sea more than 20 years ahead of schedule, when the "Japanese submarine" sank two British merchant ships and an American merchant ship inexplicably, and when the survivors on board proved convincingly that they were attacked by the Japanese, Japan was labeled as an "accomplice of the Allies", and then changed from a victorious country to a defeated country at the Paris Peace Conference, from occupying China's Shandong rights and interests in history, to being divided up by various countries, and carrying a debt that will not be paid off for several lifetimes , There is no room for change in the change of the two roles. No matter how "wronged" or "helpless" the Japanese are, they can only accept it.

Just because the Paris Peace Conference is no longer just the Big Three, on the fourth chair side by side, there is a bald president with a smile on his face but a murderous look.

In the final analysis, by sinking a merchant ship to label the Japanese, we still borrowed from the "practice" and "experience" of the British.

Guanbei

The day after sending Lou Ershao to Guanbei, Mrs. Lou set off for Beijing.

"Mother, can't we stay for two more days?" Even though he had already prepared, Li Sanshao still had no idea.

"No." Mrs. Lou smiled and shook her head, "Xiao'er also came to father's side at this age, so I don't have any worries about entrusting Rui'er to you."

But he is worried...

Li Jinyan held Lou Er Shao's soft little hand, looked down at the little leopard who was about to be "abandoned" by his mother, and the little leopard also looked up at him, with big eyes like black pearls, lashes slapping, and eyebrows as thick as ink , vaguely seemed to see the miniature version of Lou Shaoshuai, looking at him with an expression that absolutely could not appear on his face.

Quickly twisting his thigh, Li Sanshao gritted his teeth in pain, but regained his senses in an instant.

"Rui'er, be obedient. After mother returns to Beijing, grandfather will come next month. If you are not obedient, grandfather will punish you for writing by heart."

Lou Er Shao nodded cautiously, "Mother, Rui'er is obedient."

"Good boy."

Mrs. Lou got up and told Li Jinyan a few words, "I'll take Rui'er's nanny away, leave the vanilla, and arrange for the others. Father will be back in early August. If Rui'er is naughty, don't be soft."

"mother……"

"Okay, I know you won't do anything to this kid, let's talk about it when father comes."

Mrs. Lou didn't say any more. After getting on the train, she waved her hand from the window. When the train pulled out of the platform, Li Jinyan bent down and hugged Lou Er Shao, pretending not to see the big wet eyes of the little leopard, "Long Ruier When it grows up, Brother Yan won't be able to hold her in a short time."

The Second Young Master Lou didn't speak, stretched out his arms to wrap around Li Jinyan's neck, and snuggled into Li Jinyan's arms, no matter how smart and sensible he was, he was only a six-year-old child.

"Brother Yan, my grandfather said that you can't be hugged when you're six years old."

"Really? Brother Yan doesn't know." Li Jinyan turned his head and winked at Lou Ershao, "If you make a mistake, grandpa will punish you for writing big characters. Ruier will help Brother Yan keep it a secret, okay?"

Lou Er Shao tilted his head, "Okay, Rui'er will keep it secret."

"Good baby!"

"Brother Yan," Second Young Master Lou covered his chubby face, "Grandfather said, you can't kiss..."

Looking at the Second Young Master Lou like this, Third Young Master Li wanted to laugh unkindly. No matter what else, he was just "bullying" the miniature version of Young Master Lou. This feeling is really extraordinary...

"Brother Yan!"

"Okay, brother Yan knows, no more kisses, let's go home."

Putting Lou Er Shao on the ground, one big and one small walked out of the station hand in hand, the young man in the long gown had a gentle smile on his face, but the child he was leading frowned.

"Brother Yan..."

"Why, isn't my grandfather even allowed to hold hands?"

"No."

"Oh, let's go then, remember the game room we played with Little Fatty last time? There are a lot of fun things in it..."

The interior of the presidential train was very comfortable. With the shaking of the train, the scenery outside the window kept passing by. Mrs. Lou seemed to be engrossed in watching it, and she didn't make a sound for a long time.

Second Young Master Lou's nanny stood aside, feeling apprehensive and uneasy.

After a long time, Mrs. Lou finally said, "Do you know why you were taken away from Second Young Master?"

"Mrs., I, I don't know."

"I really don't know?" Mrs. Lou leaned back in her chair and gathered her fluffy shawl. "Or are you pretending to be a fool with me? Xilan, could it be that I treated you too generously and made you forget my temper?"

"lady?"

"Did you say it yourself, or after returning to Beijing, I will hand you over to the President?"

"Madam, please forgive me! I, no, this servant really did not do anything wrong to you!"

"No?" Mrs. Lou chuckled, "Then tell me, what you said to Ruier about the property of the Lou family, how little you can get close to Yaner, and what you said about Yaner's bad intentions, didn't these come from you?"

"Ma'am... this servant is only dedicated to the Second Young Master..."

"For Rui'er, is it to instigate their brothers to fight against the wall? To instigate the relationship between him and his family?" Mrs. Lou's voice was still calm, as if she was chatting about family affairs, "Besides, what happened to your niece? Eight-year-old girl, can you What do you want to bring to Rui'er, childhood sweetheart, close to the water? What's the idea, to treat me as dead?"

"Ma'am, this servant is wrong!" The nurse knelt down with a plop, and kowtowed heavily. She thought she kept it secret, but she didn't know that Mrs. Lou saw everything. She was really confused and was pushed by her younger sister. After a few words, thoughts that should not have arisen, "Ma'am, spare the life of this servant, I know I was wrong!"

The nanny's begging for mercy spread outside the carriage door, until her forehead was bruised and purple, and Mrs. Lou did not make a sound.

After a while, a girl came in with two nimble women, "Take them down, and ask all the necessary questions."

"Yes."

When the door of the carriage was closed, the girl walked behind Mrs. Lou, and gently pressed her forehead, "Madam, don't be too angry, she just lost her mind for a while, she was fine before."

"I know." Mrs. Lou said, "Otherwise..."

The girl stopped talking, Mrs. Lou closed her eyes, this day is getting better, there will always be people who are uneasy.

All dragons have reverse scales, and so do humans.

Mrs. Lou's Nilin are her two sons. From Lou Xiao when she was a child to Lou Rui now, don't blame her for being cruel if they dare to play tricks under her nose!

Siberia

When Marshal Lou received Li Jinyan's telegram, the army was moving towards Kiliansk.

After China declared war on Germany, it did not immediately send troops or labor to Europe as Britain, France and other countries expected. It just followed the example of the United States and provided a batch of supplies to the Allies.The Chinese army entering Siberia also symbolically slowed down the pace of the "march".

The Russian Provisional Government took the risk of launching an attack on the Allies in early July. First, it wanted to show its attitude and win the support of the Allies. Second, it wanted to eliminate the domestic revolution. Third, it also hoped that the Allies would "dissuade" China's military operations in Siberia.

From April to June, the Bolsheviks have been agitating among the lower ranks of Russian soldiers and the masses, insisting on an uprising to overthrow the Provisional Government. There were demonstrations in April, demonstrations in June, and successive demonstrations in July.

On July 600th, news of the fiasco at the front came back to St. Petersburg. Workers, soldiers and masses once again took to the streets, demonstrating and chanting slogans demanding that all power belong to the Soviets.The interim government's response was straightforward, repressive, killing and injuring more than [-] workers, leading to bloodshed in July.

On July 26, after Kerensky became prime minister, he adopted more "thorough" and "brutal" suppression methods. The coexistence of the two regimes came to an end, but it was not the "end" that Vladimir expected. ".The Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries fell to the newly formed coalition government, supporting Kerensky, and the Bolsheviks ceased to be openly active.He was forced to disguise himself as a Finnish worker and fled again.Trotsky and others also went underground, and Kirov's resistance organization also entered a tense alert.

The tsar's family was also affected by the chaos, and Kerensky planned to send them to a mountainous area in western Siberia.Before the Tsar's family left, the news spread through Irina and her "aunt" Josephine.

Grand Duchess Takyana convinced the Tsar and Queen that the Tsar was willing to pay a "quite" price in exchange for the help of the Chinese.

Young Marshal Lou didn't intend to let Nicholas II get what he wanted right away. The situation in Russia was becoming more and more chaotic. It would not be wise to get involved at this time.

The Tsar's family is a good bargaining chip, but it is also a problem.In order to escape, the chips they pay will only get higher and higher.As long as they are still alive, there is no need to rush to rescue them.

On July 27, the Tsar's family boarded a train and left St. Petersburg.

On the same day, a store specializing in Chinese products in the city also closed its doors. In today's St. Petersburg, this is so common that no one will take it too seriously.

On July [-], the Tsar's family was transferred to a carriage and sent to the Tobolsk Mountains.During this period, the loyal Elena has been following the Grand Duchess Takyana and gained the trust of the Tsar's family.

On August [-], the Tsar’s family settled down in their new residence. The guards around the house, except for the two who were in charge of liaising with government departments, all had new faces, including two Orientals.

The Tsar's family noticed these changes, but what they felt was not fear, but excitement and excitement.

At the same time, Li Jinyan sent another telegram to Young Marshal Lou in Siberia. In the telegram, it stated that the German instructors from three military schools in the six northern provinces were about to leave and return to China, and that Second Young Master Lou had arrived in Guanbei. news.

After reading it, Young Marshal Lou folded the telegram and put it away, with a very calm expression, he picked up his horsewhip and walked out of the camp. Wherever he passed, the soldiers could feel the temperature drop by five degrees.