At 11:58 am on September 1, 1923, an 8.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake began to spread north and south, eventually leading to the most famous Kanto earthquake in Japan.

Before the earthquake, martial law was implemented across Japan, and based on China's experience in fighting the virus and influenza, the Japanese emperor ordered the issuance of the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments completely copied the ten requirements for fighting the Japanese plague issued by the Ministry of Health of China. Of course, the Chinese government did not require copyright from Japan. The Japanese government actively fought against this super virus flu, and has gradually achieved results. The death toll is on the decline, and the Japanese people are excited.

However, the Kanto earthquake once again put Japan in a grief.

It was noon when the earthquake occurred. Citizens in Tokyo and other places were busy making lunch, and many people were in full swing. When the earthquake hit, the stove was overturned, flames were splashing, and Mars were flying. Tokyo, located in Kanto region, not only were the population dense, but the houses were mostly wooden structures. The earthquake destroyed the gas pipelines, and the gas overflowed and burned when it encountered fire. The residents' stoves provided a source of fire, gas, and wooden structures were the best "fuel". The combination of several factors turned Tokyo and other places into a sea of ​​fire, explosions, and people's cry for help during the fire.

Although the fire in Yokohama began to be small at Tokyo, the firefighting facilities were also destroyed due to the damage to the underground water supply pipeline. Many streets were crowded and narrow, and firefighters could not put out the fire at all. Firefighters tried every means to pump water from the ditches and wells, but to no avail. When the fire approached, people competed to carry their household supplies and pulled rickshaws to escape, which resulted in traffic blocking. The fire was delayed and the fire was carried across the road, causing the fire to continue to spread. The fire grew wind, the wind increased the power of the fire, and the raging fire brought whirlwinds to expand the fire area.

What is particularly tragic is that in Shimocho District, Tokyo (Sushida District), about 40,000 people fled to the Clothing Factory Square for refuge. Because of the downwind, the square was surrounded by violent fires. There was no way to escape. Many splashing sparks came with the wind, and clothing and households began to burn. The entire shelter square was filled with fire. Some people who could not bear to barbecue jumped into the river, either drowned or were scalded to death by the high-temperature river water, and 38,000 people were burned to death here.

The fire burned for 3 days until it could be burned.

The disaster caused 250,000 casualties in Kanto, Japan. The direct death was about 143,000. Property losses can be regarded as astronomical. Almost all heavy industrial factories, shipyards, machinery factories, including Mitsubishi Industrial, and other factories were destroyed.

On September 1, almost all countries in East Asia felt a slight tremor, but Beijing's tremor was very weak. Wang Maoru thought that Japan would not have an earthquake because of his butterfly.

On September 1, the Chinese government representatives, led by Senate Speaker Shi Shaoyang, Senate Deputy Director Wu Zhaolin, House Speaker Liu Enge and House Deputy Director Liang Qichao, officially took over the Italian concession in China in Tianjin. They took over and recovered foreign concessions one after another, giving the Chinese people a huge surprise and also gave the Chinese people confidence in the war and epidemic.

However, the headlines of major Chinese newspapers on September 2 were not China's recapture of the Italian concession in Tianjin. It was Japan's earthquake yesterday. Although the earthquake was unknown and even Japan's communication was interrupted, Chinese journalists fully utilized their imagination and described the earthquake in Japan as if they had seen it with their own eyes. "The most serious earthquake in history in Japan" - Yanjing Daily

"Add to the worse, the Japanese government has lost control" - Tianjin Daily

"There is JVIS in front and the earthquake in the back, where will Japan go?" - Report

"When suffering national disaster, why not give up Kanto to seek help from China?" - Wuhan Daily

"The estimated death toll of 600,000 in Japan's earthquake" - Yangcheng Daily

"Extreme News, Japan's earthquake, countless casualties!" - Tianfu News

Of course, what is the case with the earthquake in Japan? In just one day, in this era of underdeveloped communication, Chinese journalists could only rely on imagination. Some journalists even wrote about the news of Japan's sinking, which made everyone smile.

However, due to this earthquake, the Tokyo area still became a ruin. The Japanese emperor's official residence even lost contact with the outside world and had to use the ancient form of a carrier pigeon to convey information to the outside world. All power facilities near Tokyo were destroyed, and the Yokohama National Shipyard located in Yokohama actually sank to the bottom of the sea.

At this time, it has been more than half a month since customs transactions were closed, and the Chinese government is still in a state of "close-off" at this time.

This closed-door country has indeed brought great benefits to the Chinese government, especially in the diplomatic field. Due to the Japanese virus and influenza, China refuses to trade with European countries. For China, the economic situation of self-sufficient for thousands of years is enough to create wealth by itself in the "closed-door country". China does not need foreign countries to produce, live and work as usual. Without foreign canned food, we ordinary people eat radishes by themselves. For foreign powers, without China's huge market, they are very anxious. Chinese porcelain, tea, soybeans, wheat, sorghum, rice, peanuts, cotton, sesame, cane sugar, silk, embroidery, tobacco, tungsten ore, machines, etc. are all the materials they need, especially for European and American countries that pursue high-quality life, Chinese porcelain, silk and even embroidery - especially Guangxi embroidery, are already an indispensable daily necessity for wealthy families in Europe.

Historically, Europe was extremely fascinated by Chinese goods, and even discovered the new continent of America in order to be able to connect with China's trading paths. This shows the importance of Chinese goods to Europe. In fact, European goods have no other functions for the Chinese people except for the foreign oil lamps.

Therefore, the certain benefits brought to China by China's closing the country have also prompted countries to redefine the status of the Chinese government. This is a highly centralized country and is no longer a mess.

This kind of closed-mindedness will actually cause great harm to China. China's scientific and technological level has lagged behind foreign countries for more than ten years. If we do not pursue it bravely and act as a long-term turtle to close the country, it will definitely cause China to lose its development opportunity again. But it is also officially because of the "close-mindedness" in more than half a month. Wang Maoru took over China from national conditions to military to people's livelihood. Wang Maoru knew that this kind of temptation is very great, but the danger is even more serious.

On September 2, when Lu Zhengxiang and Gu Weijun came to find Wang Maoru in the morning and asked him whether he should end the "closed state" state. Wang Maoru was silent for a long time before saying: "Did you not stand it for only more than half a month? Is China's economy collapsed? No! We can still persist, why bother to turn on and off?"

"Xiusheng, the great powers can no longer bear it. If this continues, a war may occur." Gu Weijun said worriedly.

Wang Maoru nodded and said, "I also know the seriousness of the matter, but the more serious one is Japan."

"What's wrong with Japan?"

"The earthquake occurred in Japan, and the number of casualties and injuries was as high as 500,000 (due to inaccurate data, the number of casualties sent back from Japan is twice the actual)." Wang Maoru frowned, "And Japan is at this time when the virus flu is outbreak. What I am worried about is that the casualties and injuries plus the flu will cause a new round of great plague in Japan."

"What's this?" Gu Weijun smiled. "Didn't we survive the previous Japanese virus flu? We can perfectly control this flu, Xiusheng, you have made great contributions, are you still afraid of the next round?"

Wang Maoru smiled bitterly, and some words could not be said. The previous viral flu was deliberately transmitted in Japan by our agents. We have medicine, and with preventive measures, we can naturally create myths. But once the virus flu and plague bacteria are mixed together, it will cause a real "Japanese plague". This will be difficult to control. He said: "So we have to wait and wait for all news from Japan. Let's do this. The country is closed to the country and the country will first lift the ban, and all China's export industry will resume, and the import industry will temporarily stop. The time is still one month, and the recovery of the import industry will be considered in a month. As for citizens traveling, they still have to wear gloves and masks, students will resume classes, and factories will resume work, but they must not gather in many places."

"If imports are suspended, our cars will be out of gasoline." Lu Zhengxiang said with a wry smile.

Wang Maoru thought for a while and said, "Foreign Minister Lu, Chief Gu, I think you are right. China has been in a state of isolation for twenty days, and it has caused great harm to China. In this way, in addition to Japanese goods, appropriately restore part of the import list, and give you the quota and scale."

"But Japan..." Lu Zhengxiang asked worriedly, "Will you take the opportunity to attack?"

Wang Maoru said: "Don't worry, Japan is a pathogenic country, and China is not the only one that embargoes on Japan. If Japan asks, it will say that China follows the attitude of Britain, the United States and France. If the three countries turn on and off the goods of Japan, we will lift the ban."

"Yes." Lu Gu and the others said with a smile. This is obviously a fight against Japan's allies.

After China's policy of closing the country was properly relaxed, the hearts of various countries were finally relieved. This was really an efficient and centralized country. At the order from above, the people could not even leave their houses, could not work, refused to buy all foreign goods, and refused to have any interaction with all foreigners.

The national system like an arm has allowed foreign countries, who have always been known for their freedom and democracy to see the power of the traditional Chinese class. China is a great country that can quickly concentrate its national capabilities to do something. For example, in this battle against the flu, China won a great victory.

What made the Japanese people most afraid of and Wang Maoru the most worried thing happened. After the Kanto earthquake in Japan, the difficult-to-erase jvis flu and the plague caused by the failure to clean up a large number of corpses in time appeared, resulting in a mutated plague virus. This plague even spread to the Japanese army participating in the rescue. One fifth of the soldiers stationed in Kanto, Japan, died due to this plague, which Wang Maoru had never expected.
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