The Republic is so violent

Chapter 13 The Secret Marriage of Cixi and Li Hongzhang (1)
(1) How to make Li Hongzhang a great president
Among the Eight-Power Allied Forces, the Japanese devils came the most, so as soon as the Allied Forces landed, every household in the streets and alleys would unfurl a small flag with the words "Great Japanese Obedient Citizens" written on it.

The first person to see the Japanese was a man named Liu Xuexun.

The date is June 1900, 6.

But Liu Xuexun was not in Tianjin at that time, but in Guangzhou.

In fact, he is not in Guangzhou either, but on a boat between Guangzhou and Hong Kong.

The name of this ship is An Lan, and it is a Qing Dynasty troop carrier.

The An Lan sailed out to sea silently, and sailed towards the dark sea. Two hours later, there were blurred and sporadic lights ahead.

It was a French ship, the Diss.

Liu Xuexun, who was wearing a long gown, raised a lamp to the other party, shaking it to signal.Leaning slightly, I saw a group of lights shaking slightly on the opposite side.

There was the sound of oars shaking on the water, and a small boat slowly approached the An Lan.

Liu Xuexun lifted up his long gown, and leaned over to the boat below: President Sun really is punctual...

From the boat below, a jerky voice came: mine, not Mr. Sun.

Liu Xuexun turned pale with shock: Then who are you?

The following answer: mine, Miyazaki Tozo's work.

Liu Xuexun was so surprised that his eyes popped out: Japanese?

Answer below: Mr. Sun sent me to contact Mr. Li Hongzhang. Where is his?

The man on the boat climbed up along the cable. Although he was wearing a nondescript suit, his compact facial features and thick beard made people recognize him as a Japanese at a glance.

Miyazaki Tozo, a famous Japanese revolutionary social activist in China.

Born in Kumamoto, with four brothers, the eldest brother Miyazaki Hachiro—he is obviously the eldest, but he is called Hachiro for some reason—one of the figures of the Japanese Restoration Movement, who died in the disaster of Saigo Moritaka.The third child is Minzang Miyazaki. His lifelong wish is to go deep into the land of China to find heroes and work together for the revival of Asia. He died of illness not long after.The second brother, Miyazaki Yazo, and the fourth brother, Miyazaki Tozo, inherited the behest of the third child. Since then, they have followed Sun Wen, the head of the Chinese Communist Party, and actively devoted themselves to the cause of China's revolution.

The Japanese are keen on the Chinese revolution, so they are called Japanese Chinese revolutionary activists.

Miyazaki Tozo came here to secretly meet with Li Hongzhang in his capacity as the envoy of Sun Wen, the head of the Xingzhong Association, to discuss important matters.

What they have to discuss is also very simple:
How can Li Hongzhang become the president of China.

(2) Do not write a column to engage in revolution
To elect Li Hongzhang to be the great president is still the masterpiece of that Jianghu figure Bi Yongnian.

At the beginning, Bi Yongnian led Japanese wanderers Hirayama Zhou and Ida Masahiro to Beijing to murder the Empress Dowager Cixi together with Kang Youwei and Tan Sitong. With the help of Zhou and Masaji Ida, he fled to Japan.

After arriving in Japan, Zhou Hirayama introduced Bi Yongnian to a large number of Japanese figures who were interested in making revolution in China, among them was Miyazaki Tozo.

Knowing that Bi Yongnian is a hero of the rivers and lakes, with the ability to call the wind and rain, Mr. Tozo Miyazaki strongly recommended to Bi Yongnian Sun Wen, the head of the Honolulu Xingzhong Association, saying that the reason why Sun Wen founded the Xingzhong Association was to expel the Tartars. , to restore China, but Sun Wen did not have a single soldier, so this great historical task of expelling the Tartars is still in the process of propaganda.

Knowing that Bi Yongnian holds a huge power in the world, Sun Wen immediately rushed to Japan to meet Bi Yongnian.

Bi Yongnian told Sun Wen that he and Wang Xiufang, the eldest brother of the Hunan Gelaohui, had a life-to-death relationship. The Gelaohui has 12 brothers, and the organization is strict.

Sun Wen was overjoyed, and immediately decided that his Xingzhonghui would fund and order the Jianghu brothers to rise up simultaneously in Guangdong, Hunan, and Hubei in the next few days, from south to north, and overthrow the decadent Manchu rule in one fell swoop.Then Sun Wen rushed to Honolulu to raise funds, and Bi Yongnian sneaked back to China and secretly contacted various underworld heroes in order to make a big fortune.

After Bi Yongnian came back, his mind calmed down. Heroes from all walks of life in the underworld should be promoted at the same time. To make a living, he soon became a columnist in the "Han Bao" newspaper of the Japanese Munekata Kotaro, and began to sell his writing for a living.

But I don’t think this Japanese newspaper is very unfriendly to Chinese people and often abuses Chinese servants. Bi Yongnian is a character in the world, how can he stand it?It is said that he resigned after beating up the Japanese editor who abused the Chinese.

Quit working as a columnist, so what else is there to do?
Or revolution!

Bi Yongnian thought.

So Bi Yongnian went to Hunan, paid a visit to the leaders of the three rivers and five lakes, and introduced Mr. Sun Wen of the Xingzhong Society, Wang Xiufang, the chief rudder of the Gelaohui, and the eight mountain masters of Jinlong Mountain and Tenglong Mountain to all gangs. Heart, I very much hope to meet with Sun Huishou.

At this time, Shi Jianru, a general under Sun Wen of the Xingzhong Society, came and invited all the brothers to Hong Kong to gather for righteousness - the travel expenses are at their own expense.

Pitiful to these mafia heroes who stomp their feet on the rivers and lakes for a long time, but they don’t know how to live. They are all poor ghosts. Bi Yongnian and Shi Jianru brought six bosses of the rivers and lakes to Shanghai. Not a single penny was spent.

As the saying goes, a penny suffocates a hero, and the six bosses are down and out on the beach. Bi Yongnian borrowed money from here and there, and finally made up some money. Let the six bosses go to Hong Kong first, and he waits here to see if he can And get his travel expenses...

A week later, Chen Shaobai, Sun Wen's childhood friend of the Xingzhong Association, sent a sum of money, and then Bi Yongnian hurried to Hong Kong to conspire with charity.

In fact, as early as the year after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, Sun Wen and the Hongmen brothers made a vote in Guangzhou. On that day, 600 guns were transported from Hong Kong to Guangzhou, and the Hongmen brothers [-] The rest of the people went to greet them, but they never thought that nearly a thousand Qing soldiers had gathered at the pier, chasing the Hongmen brothers flying like dogs and running around... This is Sun Wen's first riot, so sloppy it's over.

Five full years have passed, and Sun Wen finally waited for his second chance.

(3) Don Quixote in China
Regarding Sun Yat-sen, he was a person who single-handedly challenged the thousand-year-old imperial system, just like Don Quixote who bravely charged towards the windmill. The windmill is more powerful, Don Quixote will be overturned by the windmill, and Sun Yat-sen will be no exception.

Sun Yat-sen is a person who keeps challenging failures.

Don Quixote, who was overturned by the windmill, is always the laughingstock.

Imagine a hero who keeps failing, and we will know the heavy meaning of the title hero.

A hero is the evaluation of later generations, but in the process of history, Sun Yat-sen is just a loser, a person who keeps failing.

Although every failure of Sun Yat-sen has pushed China from the imperial system to the Republic of China, but failure is failure. You can't expect that the head of Don Quixote, who was overturned by the windmill, will have a sacred halo, and neither will Sun Yat-sen. There is an aura.

The halo is in the hearts of future generations.

Now, the gangster Bi Yongnian is rushing to Hong Kong, to the Japanese ship Sado Maru moored on the sea, and to conspire with the heroes for a great cause.

In this operation, many bigwigs from the rivers and lakes participated in the charitable act.

Wang Xiufang, the chief rudder of the eldest brother of the Brothers and Laohui of Lianghu, is known by people in the Jianghu as the Lord of the Four Kings, also known as the Four-legged Pig.

Yang Hongjun, the owner of Jinlong Mountain.

There are seven mountain masters in Tenglong Mountain, and four came here, namely: Mountain Master Li Yunbiao, Mountain Master Gu Tianyou, Mountain Master Li Fang and Mountain Master Zhang Yaoqing.

The triad leader Huang Fu led two brothers to arrive.

Chen Shaobai and Zheng Shiliang, the leaders of the Rejuvenation Society.

Kumamoto local hero Miyazaki Tozo.

Japanese friend Yamada Yoshimasa.

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Yaroku Nakamura, a member of the Japanese House of Representatives, is responsible for the purchase of the arms needed for this military operation, and Mitsui Corporation of Japan is responsible for the delivery. The Japanese Governor-General in Taiwan, Mr. Yugen Taro, is in charge of the arms...

In short, the characteristic of this uprising is that there are more Japanese than Chinese, and there are more kings of the mountain than ordinary people.

Except for Mr. Sun Wen, who should have been there the most, everyone else came.

Although Sun Wen was not present, Bi Yongnian already knew all about his request, so he relayed it to everyone.

Sun Wen demanded that all the gangs be disbanded and a unified gang be established, with Sun Wen as the leader, and the rest of the mountain masters, chiefs, ladle masters, rudder masters... all not counted, and all counted in units of comrades...

The helmsmen, leaders, bosses and the mountain masters of the families were stunned, considering that they were still counting on Sun Wen for the travel expenses home... so they bit the bullet and agreed.

So Gelaohui, Sanhehui, Jinlongshan, and Tenglongshan's rivers and lakes were removed from the rivers and lakes overnight, and they all became the local sub-rudders of Zhonghetang Xinghanhui, and formulated three guidelines. Even if the organization is found.

Then Sun Wen instructed Bi Yongnian not to let all the brothers go back to the cottage, who would recognize the Xinghan Society after they go back?Come to Japan to see cherry blossoms together...

Therefore, the new combination of rivers and lakes, Xinghanhui, divided its troops into three groups. General Shi Jianru went to Guangzhou to establish a secret liaison agency. Bi Yongnian led his brothers to Japan. The contact is to persuade Li Hongzhang to break with the Manchu Qing and take up the post of President.

(4) Saving the Qing Emperor Company

When Tozo Miyamoto rushed to Guangzhou to persuade Li Hongzhang to become president, Li Hongzhang was in trouble.

Li Hongzhang's difficulty lies in that the leader of the Eight-Power Allied Forces, Vadsi, also made an inexplicable suggestion to him.

Vardesi suggested: kill the war criminals Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu, and let Li Hongzhang be the emperor of China.

Just as the so-called sudden change of circumstances, Li Hongzhang suddenly became the most sought-after Xiangbobo from a sure-fire traitor. The current situation is that Sun Wen wants him to be the president, and the Japanese and British are also contributing to the flames, booing on the sidelines, and Wadsey But instead of taking a different approach, he simply persuaded him to be emperor.

With a gray beard, Li Hongzhang shook his head again and again: "Say, I'm old, I'm old, let's talk about it in a few days."

Miyamoto Tozou was very disappointed, so he left Guangzhou and went to a company in Hong Kong to do business.

This company is unique here, there is no other in the world, and the signboard reads:

Save the Qing Emperor Company...

The big boss of the company is Kang Youwei.

Kang Youwei founded such a strange company with a very clear purpose, which is to make money, a lot of money, and make money to rescue Emperor Guangxu and depose Empress Dowager Cixi.

Hearing that a salesman came to run orders, Kang Youwei pulled himself together and went out to receive them, and asked Miyazaki Tozo what business he wanted to do. Miyazaki Tozo persuaded Kang Youwei not to run orders. Forget about Wen’s Jianghu gang merging Kang Youwei’s company... If this business is concluded, it must be the first company merger in Chinese history...

But the business failed to close as expected.

Seeing that this person came strangely, Kang Youwei made indirect remarks, and found out that Miyamoto Zakizang actually came from Guangzhou, and he also found that Miyazaki was carrying a sword. Kang Youwei was shocked, thinking that Miyazaki Torazo must be an assassin sent by Li Hongzhang, and immediately shot him. Call the police.

The police from the patrol room arrived immediately and captured Miyazaki Tozou on the spot. After a search, they found a huge sum of 3 yuan.

Judge: Are you a kid from a rich family?
Miyazaki Tozo: No, my family is very poor.

Judge: Then why do you have a huge sum of more than 3 yuan?

Miyazaki Tozo: I am poor, but my friends are not. The 3 yuan was a gift from a friend.

Judge: What is the purpose of your friend sending you so much money?

Miyazaki Tozo: The exchange of interests is a businessman's business.We only talk about the morality of the rivers and lakes.

Judge: And how do you explain the sword you secretly carry?
Miyazaki Tozo: Knife and sword are the spirit of Yamato.

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After the interrogation, Miyazaki Tozo was imprisoned, and Sun Wen was so anxious that he rushed to the rescue.

At this time, Kang Youwei had completed his company's first fund-raising operation in Singapore, and he rushed to Japan with his disciple Liang Tiejun, who was proficient in martial arts, to continue raising funds.

After arriving in Japan, Kang Youwei unfolded the imperial edict given to him by Emperor Guangxu, and wept bitterly. The Japanese were shocked when they saw this situation. The profit on the account is increasing, and Kang Youwei is smiling, but at this time, a person suddenly jumped out and shouted:
This clothes belt edict is fake!
Who is this person?

This man's surname is Wang, and his single name is a Chinese character. He was originally Kang Youwei's colleague in the court of the Qing Dynasty. He became famous all over the world because he persuaded Emperor Guangxu to go abroad for inspection.After the reform failed, the Empress Dowager Cixi set off a round of vigorous "foot-cutting movement", focusing on cleaning up the little people who had trouble with the old lady Cixi.

When Wang Zhao was in dire straits, he suddenly met a female knight—Ms. Qiu Jin. Qiu Jin generously gave Wang Zhao a sum of money to buy a one-way ferry ticket to Japan, so his brother fled to Japan. Japan.

Wang Zhao knew most clearly that the Kang Party tried to plot against the Empress Dowager Cixi, but of course he knew that the clothes belt edict was just a prop that Kang Youwei made himself to raise funds.So Wang told the truth and revealed that the Yidai Zhao was forged by Kang Youwei.

Kang Youwei was furious when Wang Zhao caused such a disturbance in such a good business, and immediately ordered Liang Tiejun, a disciple skilled in martial arts, to take Wang Zhao down and lock him up.

This is illegal imprisonment.

So some people couldn't see it anymore and wanted to come out to fight the injustice.

The Xingzhong Club... No, no, no, the Xingzhong Club has been cancelled, it should be someone at the Xinghan Club's boss level:
Chen Shaobai.

(5) Take money to kill you
Chen Shaobai was Sun Wen's boyhood partner. This person is a ghost-like character with the fastest brain and the most tricks.He won't let you see him gaping and stunned, he won't give up.

Discovering that Wang Zhao was illegally imprisoned by Kang Youwei, Chen Shaobai concluded that there was something to be said for it, so he found his Japanese friend Hirayama Zhou and entrusted him to "steal" Wang Zhao from Kang Youwei.

Ping Shanzhou was also very skilled. Ever since he was entrusted by Chen Shaobai, he had been watching near Kang Youwei's residence every day. Finally, when the master of martial arts Liang Tiejun was going out, Ping Shanzhou took the opportunity to rush up and stole Wang Zhao out.

After Wang Zhao came out, he cried and complained:
Wang Jun told Yu again: "The reason is that Kang and Liang were recommended, so this disaster of displacement, family ruin and death, passers-by are all sighing."Since Naikang, Liang and others fled and lived together, they have been oppressed by the mausoleum, and it is difficult for them to survive.Every friend who has a letter must first pass through Kang and Liangmu before he is ordered to read it. Just like sending a letter from home, he must first pass through Kang and Liangmu before it can be sealed.And not daring to say a word, not daring to do anything, it is almost like a prison.Seeing that Wang Jun burst into tears, I couldn't help being angry.Kang, Liang and other real villains, especially the gods and men, wished that the king would kill them.

——July 1936, 7 "Ta Kung Pao" Wang Zhao and Mu Tang Weng talked in writing.

Then Wang Zhao told Chen Shaobai in detail about the forgery of the clothes and belts.

Chen Shaobai was overjoyed and immediately "reported" Kang Youwei to the Japanese government.

The Japanese government can't say it is awkward, let's take care of this matter, it seems that it shouldn't.Regardless of this matter, it doesn't seem right. After a few quarrels among the cabinet members, they finally found a compromise:

Please Kang Youwei leave Japan and develop in other countries.

Kang Youwei flatly refused.

Kang Youwei also got angry, I just made a fake clothes belt edict, but I did it for the Qing emperor, did this trick you, Chen Shaobai, or did you offend Chen Shaobai?Why do you want to drive me away?
don't go?The Japanese government is on fire: Can you leave?If you don't go, take money and smash you to death!
Nine thousand yen, do you want to go?

Kang Youwei saw the money, and left Japan with [-] yen, transferred to Canada, made a detour and returned to Singapore, and continued to raise capital for his rescue of the Qing Emperor Company.

Expelling Kang Youwei, Xinghan Club has two purposes. One is to prevent Kang Youwei from competing with itself in the financing market. Everyone raises money in Japan, and the money that the Japanese spend is limited. What to eat here?So competition in this market is inevitable.

The second purpose is to take down Liang Qichao, a general in the Kang Party.

You must know that Liang Qichao was one of the three important figures in the early years of the Republic of China, and the other two were Yuan Shikai and Sun Wen.If Sun Wen can take Liang Qichao down and bring him into his camp, the strength of Xinghanhui will increase greatly.

But this Liang Qichao was extremely difficult to deal with. While calling Sun Wen brothers, he ran to Honolulu and copied Sun Wen's lair.

The Xingzhong Society brothers who stayed behind in Honolulu were shocked when they saw Liang Qichao, and they immediately admired them. Therefore, Liang Qichao "restructured" the Honolulu Xingzhong Society. In the blink of an eye, Liang Qichao stole a huge sum of 20 silver dollars from Sun Wen's lair, and then registered a series of chain leather bag companies in the name of Shanghai Guangzhi Book Company's IPO, and moved away five more. Ten thousand silver dollars.

In Singapore, Kang Youwei was even richer. The sum of the money Kang and Liang earned was a frightening figure.

Zhang Zhidong, governor of the two lakes, made a report: Kang Youwei saved the Daqing Company and had a cash flow of at least 60 foreign silver...

Another person wrote a book pointing out that the money earned by the two of them, Kang and Liang, exceeded 100 million silver dollars...

Kang Liang raised a lot of money, but the cost of raising was also frighteningly high. "Only the telegram cost more than 10 yuan."

In any case, since Kang Youwei has money, he will take revenge on Chen Shaobai for reporting him and driving him out of the country.

At this time, Bi Yongnian led all the bosses of the Jianghu Gang to return to Japan, but was ambushed by Kang Weiyou in Hong Kong. He suddenly killed the general and gave hundreds of dollars to each of the five mountain masters, Wang Xiufang, Jinlongshan and Tenglongshan. Yuan Qian, all the bosses were overjoyed when they saw Qian, and immediately left the village, and the partnership left with Kang Youwei.

(End of this chapter)