"We really want to use force against Japan? But if we calculate it, even if we defeat it and occupy it, it doesn't seem to be much profit!"

Li Jingfang and Yang Hao sat opposite each other to have tea and talked, and they couldn't help but ask questions.

I heard that the old father was assassinated and the children should not be ignored. Li Jingfang immediately rushed from the capital to Tianjin. One was to find out the news nearby, and the other was to welcome the visit when the old father came back.

However, after arriving, I realized that Li Hongzhang did not take the opportunity to return, but resolutely continued his journey with his injuries and headed towards the United States with the fleet.

After a little thought, he understood the reason. First, he could continue to seize the dominance of the overall situation, making it impossible for the great powers and Japan to find a breakthrough; second, he could get rid of the complicated domestic affairs. If he didn't come back for a day, the possibility of many people taking the opportunity to cause trouble was greatly reduced. No matter how much benefit he planned to gain from him, he could only wait for him to complete his mission and come back.

It was not that easy to go abroad at the end of the 19th century. At least three to five months of long sailing on the sea, coupled with the redundant travels in other countries, it was fast to come back in half a year.

In half a year, everything was enough to change the world and the dust was settled.

Li Jingfang was mixed with feelings. He really didn't want his father to be in his 70s and to drag his old body to travel overseas. This is unfilial in traditional culture.

But he had no other choice. Li Hongzhang himself was making the decision in the whole matter, so he could not decide. Furthermore, if the matter was completed successfully, it would wash away all kinds of stains in the first half of his life and leave a reputation in later generations. He knew that his father had pursued fame throughout his life. Li Jingfang had no reason to stop him.

He let go of his worries. He simply talked to Yang Hao about state affairs. He was shocked when he heard that he had plans to attack Japan.

Yang Hao held a young porcelain cup like white jade with mutton fat, looked into the east through the clean window, and said leisurely: "We do not intend to occupy Japan. It is a waste of money and no benefit. Defeating Japan is only the first step, and our ultimate goal is to turn everyone in this country into a vicious wolf who controls me!"

Li Jingfang shook his head disapprovingly: "It's hard. The Japanese are wild and difficult to tame. Since ancient times, they have been influenced and educated by Chinese civilization, but they have never washed away their despicable and cruel nature. Now they have learned the laws of the Westerners' jungle, and their animal nature is better. Keeping these Zhongshan wolves can only be a disaster! To master them, you must be careful to be retaliated by them."

He said this in a tactful way. If you want to let it go, Japan is simply an unfamiliar dog. No matter how good you treat him, you will eventually betray your master. And you will also use this as your goal, and you will be even more complacent and have no shame after success.

No matter how many problems traditional Chinese literati have, they finally understand the principle of preciousness of life. Even though they have never truly shared honor with the people of the lower class, they always have an ambition to show kindness to the people of all ethnic groups in the world.

In contrast, the culture of the Western world today advocates the domineering of the winner as the king. It not only kills bloody other races that are both humans, but also plunder and consumes all life in nature without respect and care. This runs contrary to the concept of unity between man and nature and equality in Chinese civilization.

Specifically in the invasion and expansion of the countries, they can see their unreasonable bloody killing of backward nations with weak force everywhere. They call nations that do not conform to their doctrine "pagans", and they frantically destroy all civilizations that have been passed down for thousands of years. They have no bottom line for natural resources, but they have never taken into account the ecological imbalance and environmental damage caused by this!

Robbery, occupation, plunder, killing, run through the entire expansion, but never thought of truly bringing civilization to backward nations, but only thought of enslavement and persecution.

This style of being unrespected and precious life and still saying civilization is ridiculous.

Civilization is not created by knife killing. The level of civilization of a country and a nation is proportional to their respect for life.

Chinese civilization understood this truth long ago, and what it lacked was to be thoroughly implemented; while Western civilization had long turned against their purpose of Jesus Christ, and wanted to misinterpret its original intention, and used it as a guise of expansion and killing, and trampled on it unscrupulously.

The Japanese were caught between Eastern and Western civilizations. The people in the east learned for more than a thousand years but had not learned well. The people in the west got a half-baked man in, but they only regarded themselves as a disguised coat that turned to the West. In their bones, they were still the things that were difficult for ever.

I have to say that this is a kind of sorrow.

In the past, Chinese people did not take them seriously or regarded them as barbarians. Now, after Yang Hao's inspiration, some people have finally begun to recognize their essence, and they can't help but hate rejection and refuse to transform them into China.

Moreover, those at the center of Li Jingfang and others also understand that if they really use military forces against Japan, it is easy to win, but it is difficult to rule the tens of millions of people! The deep-rooted concepts formed over thousands of years cannot be improved by changing one's master.

Yang Hao had already made a decision and smiled and said, "Of course we would not occupy the broken island where disasters occur frequently. Even if all the Japanese were killed, I believe that the people would not be willing to live there at the risk of earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis and hurricanes. What I call controlling Japan is to learn from the colonial strategies of the Westerners and use it as a dumping place for industrial products and a cheap labor export. In the final analysis, it is to limit it to become a military power that can provoke our country's security."

Li Jingfang thought about it and nodded deeply: "This is acceptable, but it may not be easy to do it. After all, the Japanese have seen the outside world. If they want to close them, they will cause fierce resistance."

Yang Hao's eyes turned cold and a hint of cruelty hung on the corner of his mouth: "That's exactly what we need. We must leave room for the Japanese to resist so that we can continue to punish them legitimately. By the way, we provide enough practical training opportunities for our grassroots soldiers, why not?"

Li Jingfang couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. This was so loud that it sounded so cold that it made people get goosebumps all over!

Between countries and between nations, there are always constant competition for living space and resources.

The difference between the Chinese and other nations is that they truly have highly advanced and developed civilizations that can bring improvements to others' level of civilization. Moreover, they have never bullyed the weak and imposed on others. On the contrary, they have repeatedly caused their overall combat effectiveness to be low due to their own natural disasters, and were invaded many times by the ignorant and barbaric nomadic peoples to almost destroy their country and the country was destroyed.

Although the Yuan and Qing dynasties were nominally unified, they were not actually considered the true meaning of China. Their standard was "if you enter China, you will be the Chinese. If you enter barbarians, you will be the barbarians." Obviously, the Yuan and Meng turned the Central Plains into a ranch, which equated the Han people with the price of a donkey; after entering the pass, the Qing Dynasty shaved their hair and changed their clothes, and promoted literary inquisitions, deleted, tampered with and destroyed classics, and randomly fabricated Chinese characters to fill in numbers, which was simply turning China into barbarians!

In this great festival, contemporary literati and Confucian scholars who have been a slave official in the Qing Dynasty for many years were embarrassed to slap themselves, but Yang Hao had no psychological burden at all, so he dared to say and do it.

But even though the national hatred that had accumulated for hundreds of years has always maintained a tolerant and generous mind. I have not said anything about extermination of the Manchus. From the beginning, I have formulated to regard all ethnic groups as the Chinese seedlings, jointly create a big family of the Chinese nation and jointly uphold the orthodox Chinese civilization. This pattern is deeply supported by people. Facts have proved that Yang Hao did nothing wrong.

Of course, the Chinese nation he wanted to create must be centered on Han culture, speak Chinese and use Chinese characters, change the bad habits of all ethnic groups, and ban ignorant and backward barbaric traditions, which are also promoted simultaneously.

On the land of China, separatism cannot be tolerated. Anyone attempts to raise the so-called national flag to build a mountain, and what awaits them is merciless suppression!

Foreign, the Chinese nation has always maintained a leading and influential style. Even the Japanese who make big mistakes can be "forgived". However, it is better to join the Chinese family and behave as a bunch of screws and incorporate it into the pan-Asian economic and cultural circulation system.

The Japanese are definitely not happy and must carry the flag of the "Yamato Nation" to resist. However, Yang Hao had already sharpened his sword and was waiting for them to hit the knife!

Li Jingfang was extremely suspicious. Yang Hao had even arranged for others to secretly instigate the Japanese to set up secret organizations and constantly engage in violent protests, so that he could get the excuse of suppressing them. With righteousness in his hands, no matter how fierce the slashing and killing at that time, he would not leave any opportunity for questioning the outside world.

This is not a very clever political method, but it is extremely effective. What is particularly terrible is that he has planned everything before the final plan.

"So, will the old father be arranged by him assassination?"

A dangerous thought flashed in Li Jingfang's head inexplicably, and he forced it to extinguish it. This was obviously unlikely. Yang Hao was not so crazy yet. Besides, there was no need.

Putting aside his worries and gently tapping the cover bowl, Li Jingfang thought for a moment, and then said: "You will naturally make more appropriate decisions on military and diplomatic matters, so we won't say much. However, recently, many organizations with the banner of revolutionaries have emerged in some southern provinces. They have complained about the land reform policies implemented by the new government at present, and some people have adopted extreme violence to assassinate old bureaucrats who still support the Qing government. The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Tan Zhonglin was thrown twice by someone, and I heard that they were very scared."

Yang Hao raised his eyebrows slightly: "Oh? I thought that with our successful precedent, they would change in time. It seems that I thought it was too simple!"

Li Jingfang sighed: "Yes, people's hearts are unpredictable. Although our military government has implemented various strategies in the north and is very popular and loved by the general public, in the hearts of the traditional aristocrats and powerful families in the south, they are destroying the solid system they rely on for thousands of years. Once we succeed completely, they are likely to fall from being a master of the people today to being the same as the common people, and they cannot stand it."

Yang Hao felt cold in his heart, and he found out why the revolutionary pioneers in this world struggled so hard. After all, isn’t the idea of ​​a domineering king who always thinks of riding others’ necks as a mighty person?

For thousands of years, the rulers of China only saw the interests of the powerful and powerful people of the gentry. Later, for thousands of years, the "people" that Confucian scholars always talked about, and never included the vast majority of the general public at the grassroots level.

In the seven or eight hundred years after the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the government, the literati, the powerful, and the powerful, deliberately fabricated an airtight system, trapping the civilians firmly in the narrow countryside. They were greedy and short-sighted, forcing all civilians into labor slaves and farming for them. In this way, they could not have to work hard, but they could get endless rewards.

They will not think about improving agricultural technology, nor do they care about the life and death of the tenants. As long as they firmly grasp the land deed, they will never be afraid of those muddy legs.

From emperors to ministers, from officials to gentry, everyone is working hard to form the borer that lies on the people and sucks bones and marrow. I hope that this system will last forever and will last forever.

Under the Song Dynasty system, the farmers were finally liberated from the land and the wisdom of the working people was able to be exerted, but they regressed significantly after the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and were completely left behind by Western civilization.

Today, the west wind has spread eastward and the impact of the great powers has passed half a century, but most of China is still stagnant. It is because this rigid system has been broken to the point of being broken, and the rule of the foolish people has reached an unprecedented level. It is so difficult to change it!

Yang Hao believed that if the revolutionary forces led by him suddenly failed, then the old forces would have to counterattack quickly, and perhaps in less than a year, they could restore the whole country to the old view. At that time, whether it was the restoration of the Qing government or the so-called rise of the Republic of China regime, the landlords and tenants were still in their core. The entire country would continue to sink until there was no trace of oil and water left to be squeezed by the great powers.

By then, most of the gentry, gentry, landlords and tyrants will inevitably become fat sheep slaughtered by foreigners, and will never know until they die. Their fate is that they have already dug!

This truth was fully demonstrated in the long and century of humiliation in this world, so that after Jiang Baldy retreated from Taiwan, he had to learn from his opponent's policies, waved his butcher's knife and killed more than 10,000 landlords to carry out land reform, and then he was able to take root. Otherwise, if their party that was the party that served as the spokesperson for landlords and gentry, it would probably be possible to sell the entire country in less than a few years!

Today, Yang Hao's revolutionary military government has set an example, but it has also aroused the fear and counterattack of the southern landlords and gentry. Those revolutionary parties under various guises may be puppets they have supported.

Yang Hao shook the tea bowl without hesitation and said happily: "The purpose of our new government is to open up the road of communication and make the world public. No matter which political party it is, as long as it is not anti-China or the people, it is qualified to participate in politics and make decisions. We welcome them to promote political innovation in the south. However, I will never allow anyone to engage in assassination politics. No matter which side, you cannot use such means to do whatever you commit. Whoever commits it will be severely punished by the law!"

Li Jingfang nodded deeply: "We established the country with the rule of law, and of course we do not allow such atrocities. But will indulge those puppet parties to come to power hinder our career progress?"

Yang Hao waved his hand calmly: "Only with comparison can we distinguish between noble and noble. Now is not an era of information blockage. It will not take long for our radio and newspapers to reach most areas of the country. At least 400 million people will see with their own eyes and hear every move of our parties. At that time, people will naturally tell which aspect they support is more in line with their own interests."

By learning from history, you can know the rise and fall.

Yang Hao had long known from the revolutionary process of this world that incomplete revolutions like Sun Dapao would not work at all. The bourgeois interest class they represented was insatiable and ununity. After the necessary land and population model was broken, the possibility of relying on land harvest and enjoying prosperity and wealth no longer exists. The vast majority of farmers were liberated from the land and devoted themselves to industry and commerce with higher incomes, and the landlords and tycoons would first go bankrupt.

The industrial and commercial forces that emerged later needed the market's accommodation and support. The places where they are located could not cultivate a high-quality market, and it was basically impossible to enter Yang Hao's territory.

Without technological advantages, no exclusive market, no management system, or financial support, no matter how strong they are at the beginning of their business, they will sooner or later be tortured and collapsed.

Yang Hao is waiting for them to jump out and make trouble. At that time, the people will naturally make wise choices.

Seeing that he had a clear opinion, Li Jingfang felt relieved. After communicating some matters, he hurried back to the capital to deploy and prepare. He had a premonition that it would not take long for a turbulent tide that would have a huge impact from the south.

Besides, Japan failed to keep Li Hongzhang after all. He watched him and the navy leave with a long eye. Muro Osun Kwang and his group ran back to Tokyo, knelt in front of the Japanese emperor and cried and took the blame on him.

The Japanese emperor Mu Ren had no expression on his face, and listened to them clearly like a puppet, and finally said dryly: "Everyone has done his best, I will not blame anyone. Now that China is angry with the empire, what good strategies can solve the crisis?"

The ministers remained silent. This matter was too important and no one could make a decision.

Mu Ao Zongguang gritted his teeth and shouted: "We must not agree to China's shameless blackmail! At worst, we must fight for 50 million yuan, and we must resist to the end! I don't believe that they have the power to invade the territory of Japan! Our subjects must obey Your Majesty's call and repay Your Majesty with no hesitation!"

When the people around him heard this, their hearts were thunderous. It seemed that this sounded... something interesting!

To put it bluntly, Mu Ao Zongguang’s approach is to be fooled!

Anyway, according to China's requirements, Japan will not only lose its power and humiliate its country, but also cede its territory and then completely open its market, which clearly means that it will be a colony for people. This will lead to Japan's chance to cheer up forever, and of course it cannot agree.

There was still a chance to negotiate conditions, but with Li Hongzhang's assassination, Yang Hao made a tough statement. It was probably impossible to recover it, so it would be better to have a shameless fight.

After all, Japan is alone overseas. China wants to use troops. It is amazing to send warships to bombard the coast. It will not get any benefits. After a long time, I am afraid they can't withstand the consumption themselves? It's not a joke if the cannon fires a thousand taels of gold.

The King of Xiyuan Temple heard the eyelids twitched and hurriedly reminded: "Don't forget that our main cities are all along the coast! Should we let China attack at will? The empire's economy will completely collapse, and the people will suffer huge casualties!"

Muro Osun Gwang said viciously: "There are always sacrifices in war! Besides, we are not blindly tolerant. As long as we keep Tokyo, we have the opportunity to accumulate strength to seek a counterattack! I believe that the great powers will definitely support our decision! After all, once we succumb to China's conditions, they will greatly enhance their strength to challenge the Western world, and they will definitely not be happy to see it."

The Japanese emperor Muren said quietly: "What are the meaning of the ministers? Do you want to lock the country again?" (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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