I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 461
Japan's agricultural harvest this year has been poor and production has been severely reduced.

In early summer, a hurricane hit the Kanto region of Japan, killing nearly 10,000 people and displacing millions.

After the signing of the Treaty of Vladivostok, Japanese fishermen were unable to enter Hokkaido fishing grounds to fish, which had an extremely serious impact on Japan.

As a result of multiple factors, rice grabbing incidents broke out in many places in Japan this spring. The Japanese government sent troops to suppress the incidents, and serious conflicts broke out with hungry people.

In September this year, a national debt in Japan was about to mature. In order to repay the national debt, the Japanese government increased its exploitation of its citizens, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the people. Starting in June, workers in many places in Japan went on strike, farmers rioted, and chaos began to spread across the country.

Since Nagasaki is the largest port in Japan, the situation is not bad.

After entering July, a large number of disaster victims poured into Nagasaki, and the order in Nagasaki was also seriously affected.

On July 7, the police in the British Concession in Nagasaki drove away beggars and beat a beggar to death, triggering strong anger among the people of Nagasaki.

On the 15th, two British concession policemen were attacked by unknown people while patrolling. One was killed and the other injured.

The British Concession police and sailors went out frantically and arrested more than 100 people centered on the location of the incident, claiming that if the murderer was not found, all of them would be shot.

On the 16th, a large number of Nagasaki people gathered in front of the British Concession Police Station, hoping that the innocent people arrested in the British Concession would be released.

After the Treaty of Vladivostok was signed, the entire Nagasaki became a Russian Imperial Concession, and the British Concession became a state within a state within the Russian Concession.

In order to better manage Nagasaki, the Siberian Fleet established the Nagasaki Port Management Office to perform administrative functions on behalf of the Nagasaki City Government.

All bloody Japanese have died in or after the Russo-Japanese War.

"Now the British Concession is the biggest destabilizing factor in Nagasaki. Unless we can cancel the British Concession, similar incidents will continue to happen."

Kassav's current position is director of the Nagasaki Port Management Office.

Peter didn't ask further questions, believing that Kassav knew what he was doing.

"Honestly, does the chaos in the British Concession have anything to do with you?"

After the contents of the "Vladivostok Treaty" were announced, hundreds of people in Japan committed suicide in despair because they could not accept this fact.

Peter could accept that the British Concession fell into chaos, but he would never allow Nagasaki to be attacked by disaster victims.

After the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian Concession in Nagasaki was cancelled.

"Very well, remember no matter who asks you, you'd better say this -"

The British Concession police opened fire brazenly, causing more than 20 casualties and further escalating the conflict.

Peter did not think that the Japanese would dare to attack the British Concession.

When Gray and Mikhail discussed the Nagasaki concession, they did not determine the scope of the concession in detail.

This wall does not require the sailors of the Siberian Fleet to build this wall. Some victims are willing to be hired by the Siberian Fleet.

"Absolutely not!"

Kassaf denied it.

This gave Peter ample room to maneuver, and the entire Nagasaki Peninsula became a concession of the Russian Empire.

Not to mention that all the Japanese who are still alive today are just trying to survive, but there are no more lunatics who dare to assassinate Nikolai.

In order to ensure that the victims would not have an impact on Nagasaki, Peter ordered all traffic arteries leading to Nagasaki to be blocked, and a 15-kilometer-long wall was built 7 kilometers north of Nagasaki to separate Nagasaki from Kyushu.

In terms of its own conditions alone, as a port, Nagasaki has better conditions than Arthur's Fortress.

Arthur's Fortress has only one narrow entrance and exit. Once the exit is blocked, warships cannot enter or exit.

Nagasaki is not only a military port, but also a shipyard. The largest berth can be used for "Yuryev" and "Romanov", so it naturally became the first choice of the Siberian fleet.

The Siberian Fleet's move to build the wall aroused dissatisfaction with the Japanese government.

However, the Japanese government does not dare to oppose the Siberian Fleet's wall construction now, because while the Siberian Fleet is building the wall, it is also beginning to liquidate those responsible for the Russo-Japanese War. Now everyone in the Japanese government is in danger, lest they be regarded as war criminals and be raped by the Siberian Fleet. arrest.

Although Tokyo Bay did not become a concession of the Russian Empire, as the victor, the Russian Empire had the right to station troops in Tokyo Bay to supervise Japan's peaceful transformation.

During the Russo-Japanese War, Takahashi Korekiyo, who had made great contributions to raising funds for Japan in Europe, became the first arrest target of the Siberian Fleet.

After the Russo-Japanese War, Takahashi Korekiyo was granted the title of baron and became a member of the House of Peers. After the conflict in the Far East broke out, Takahashi Korekiyo once again traveled to Europe to raise funds for Japan.

This time the fundraising was not smooth. Takahashi Korekiyo only raised 6000 yen.

The combined fleet was subsequently annihilated, and Takahashi Korekiyo never borrowed a penny again.

"Everything I do is based on orders. As a Japanese, I cannot refuse orders from home."

Takahashi denied it in every possible way, believing that he had done nothing wrong.

“Where are the assets hidden by the Japanese government?”

Chernov, the intelligence chief from Asbo, was personally responsible for the interrogation of Korekiyo Takahashi.

The "Treaty of Vladivostok" stipulates that Japan must compensate the enterprises of the Amur Governorate and George's private company 10 billion rubles.

Japan can't get a penny out now.

In order to recover its investment, the British organized hundreds of thousands of Japanese women to go south to work.

The Russians couldn't do such a thing, so they focused their attention on Japan.

The Japanese government really has no money.

But it doesn’t mean that Japanese people don’t have money.

Although Japan did not receive as much compensation as the Russian Empire in the Xinchou War, among all the countries participating in the war, Japan gained the most.

Europeans don't understand Eastern culture, and they don't really know what kind of things are valuable.

Japan had conducted decades-long intelligence work against the Qing Empire before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, and had a better understanding of the Qing Empire than the Qing government.

Therefore, after occupying the capital of the Qing Empire, soldiers from other countries were busy grabbing gold and silver treasures. Only the Japanese went straight to the Ministry of Household Affairs as soon as they entered the city and emptied the Ministry of Household Affairs directly.

After the Xinchou War, millions of Qing crafts were shipped to Japan, and their value is incalculable.

Chernov actually didn’t understand the value of these artifacts.

But who allowed Amur to have a Grand Duchess Yuriev who loved Far Eastern culture, so Chernov personally took charge of this work.

"I don't know. I worked in Europe most of the time, and I returned to Japan only after the war. Within a few months, the war broke out again, and I went to Europe to raise funds, so I really don't know-"

Takahashi Korekiyo did not lie. He was only appointed as the vice president of the Bank of Japan in 1899, and then served as the financial officer in the UK. He did not know much about the situation in Japan.

"Unless you tell me who knows, you're going to die—"

Chernov lied. Regardless of whether Takahashi Korekiyo cooperates or not, Chernov will not let Takahashi Korekiyo go.

"If anyone knows, it's the Prime Minister."

Takahashi Korekiyo sold Katsura Taro directly.

In January of this year, Katsura Taro was forced to resign as prime minister due to the annihilation of the combined fleet. Before Katsura Taro, Saionji Komochi, who had served as interim prime minister, became prime minister.

After the signing of the "Treaty of Vladivostok", Saionji Temple resigned, and Katsura Taro came to power again.

Before Chernov could send someone to arrest Katsura Taro, Katsura Taro was assassinated and hospitalized.

The Russo-Japanese War was won first and then defeated. The mood of the Japanese was like riding a roller coaster. The ups and downs were really exciting.

Like the Russian Empire, after Japan signed the Treaty of Vladivostok, some people asked the cabinet headed by Katsura Taro to commit mass suicide to apologize.

Katsura Taro did not want to commit suicide, but the Japanese would not let him go.

On the morning of the 26th, a retired Lieutenant Colonel named Fukuyama Saburo broke into the Prime Minister's Office and fired three shots at Katsura Taro. Katsura Taro was shot in the left chest and was seriously injured. He was sent to the hospital for treatment.

Chernov went to the hospital to visit Katsura Taro, only to learn that Katsura Taro had been in a coma and was dying after being sent to the hospital.

Chernov was not in a hurry. He still had a long list in his hand. He would call them one by one and ask them slowly, which would always satisfy Grand Duchess Yuriev.

(End of this chapter)