Chapter 69 Little Emperor, Big Business Three

With a clatter of water, I saw Aoki Ryutsu's big and fat head drilling up from the bottom of the water. I wiped the water from my face with both hands, and leaned comfortably against the pool.

The pool was covered with white steam, and the clouds were simmering. It was built in the back garden of Sakashi Mansion in Dongjiaominxiang. It smelled like a natural hot spring, but unfortunately it didn't have the faint smell of sulfur. Next to the pool, there was a man with a white towel on his head and a wine glass filled with sake in his hand, siping it in his mouth. This person was the owner of Sakashiri Hachiro.

Seeing his "teacher" Aoki Ryutsu come out from the bottom of the water, Sakashi smiled slightly and waved to the two young girls kneeling behind him. The girl immediately took off her short and small kimono, jumped into the pool and surrounded Aoki, and gently pinched his shoulder.

Aoki Ryuzu's expression was a little depressed, and she waved her hand to let the two girls leave. Sakasai Rihachiro smiled and said, "Your Excellency, what's wrong? Are you worried about Emperor Xuantong's affairs? Prince Chun just said that they have a way to raise the matter of Jinzi, as long as we send troops to escort it... As for the proposal to escort Xuantong to the Tianjin Concession, Prince Chun did not refuse. After all, if such a thing happened, everyone knew that Beijing was not safe."

Aoki seemed to be worried about why. When he heard Sakashi's words, he shook his head slightly and said coldly: "Sakashi, what I am worried about is not Xuan Tong, but the red brigade of Emperor Xuan Tong! What does red mean? You should know? Such an organization is in China, and suddenly appears under our noses! Don't you think our work is very dereliction of duty?"

"Isn't it just a red terrorist organization?" Sakasai Hachiro looked disdainful: "It's all guys who have failed to succeed and have more than failure. I think the Russian Socialists were similar organizations at the time? Without their help, the Empire would probably be difficult for the Russo-Japanese War! Now that there is such an organization in China, it will only benefit the Empire and not harm it!"

Aoki's eyes shot towards Sakahisa like lightning: "Is it good for the empire? How do you really see it?"

Sakanishi smiled and putting China in a long-term turmoil was Japan's consistent national policy after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Any organizations and forces that were in a dilemma with China's central government would provide support openly and secretly. In his opinion, this Red Brigade must be an enemy of the Beiyang government, so Japan naturally needs to try to support it.

He smiled and said, "All the forces in China, whether they are conservative Beiyang or the self-revolutionary Kuomintang or the revolutionary party, dare not make things difficult for foreign countries. Fighting over and over again, they are all damaging China's own vitality. Is there any exception to this Red Brigade? Do they still dare to be enemies of the Great Japanese Empire?"

Aoki Ryutsu leaned against the edge of the pond, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment before slowly saying: "After that being said, we have no information about the Red Brigade now! Who are their leaders? What are their propositions? How many members are there? What is the power they have mastered... None of them! I only know that they kidnapped Xuantong and blackmailed 250,000 taels of gold... With such a large amount of money, they are likely to become a force that cannot be ignored in the Chinese politics in the future!"

Sakashiri Hachiro still just smiled faintly: "Your Excellency, we can find a way to investigate what we don't know. The Red Brigade has just risen now and should not have much power... This time I have received so much funding, so I will definitely recruit soldiers in the future. We can take the opportunity to send people to invade them."

Aoki nodded and sneered: "That's of course! The empire must master the every move of all political forces in China!"

Sakanishi's expression gradually became serious. His eyes turned, as if he remembered something: "Your Excellency, in this restoration storm, in addition to the Red Brigade, there seems to be another force that is about to rise rapidly."

"You mean Chang Ruiqing, are you?" A smug smile appeared on the corner of Aoki's mouth: "This person is almost going to be controlled by us... Okamura Niji has brought his parents from Xuzhou City to Shanghai. Chinese people are the most filial piety. With this relationship, Okamura has the chance to approach him. Moreover, he is Duan Qirui's person, and Duan Qirui is a pro-Japanese faction, so this person should not refuse the empire's kindness, and it is natural to become a pro-Japanese faction."

Sakanihachiro smiled: "Your Excellency has a profound vision. This rising star in Beiyang has not yet truly risen and can no longer escape the control of the empire. I wonder... How do you want to use this piece? After this restoration storm has passed, this person will probably be promoted to become a mixed brigade commander, right?"

"It is certain that the brigade commander is a mixed brigade commander, but how the empire should use or support him depends on his performance... He is Xu Shuzheng's confidant, and Xu Shuzheng is Duan Qirui's confidant. After Duan and Xu regained their control over Beijing, they must provoke a war between the north and the south and try to unify China by force. Although they are pro-Japanese factions, a unified China is still not in line with the interests of the empire, even if it is pro-Japanese factions."

Ryuchun Aoki's tone was faint, without any ups and downs, and kept saying: "When the war between the north and the south comes, it will be up to him to become a prince, and he will work wholeheartedly for Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng... In short, the Japanese Empire is very happy to support local forces in support, it depends on how he seizes the opportunity."

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Huang Baopei walked along the alleys of the Tianjin Huajie in a hurry, looking around from time to time, for fear of being able to follow something, but he seemed to be the only one in the whole alley. In the past two days, the Tianjin Huajie in a world of chaos was also unpredictable. On the day of Zhang Xun's restoration, someone once hung a dragon flag in the yamen, but Duan Qirui's people were beaten away before the afternoon. However, after such a fuss, the streets and alleys suddenly became deserted, and the rich and powerful people also hid in the concession. Those who had no money and power also tried to hide at home and not go out.

Seeing that no one was following, Huang Baopei let out a sigh of relief. He turned around at the entrance of the alley in front and boarded the main road. After walking less than five minutes, he turned into the Tianjin Public Concession. Compared with the deserted and bleak Chinese world, the Tianjin Concession was extremely prosperous and lively. The main road was full of cars, and there were tall buildings on the side of the road, with various national flags flying on it, but there were no five-color flags of the Republic of China.

He looked up at the dark clouds and saw that it was going to snow, so he hurriedly accelerated his pace. Today he was going to the Beiyang University dormitory in Taipei City, Tianjin, where Chen Duxiu and Mr. Li Dazhao met. However, to be on the safe side, he first went around Nanshi and then crossed the Tianjin Concession to Beishi. Therefore, it is inevitable that he would have been a bit of a waste of time, which made the two professors with great tempers wait for a hurry and it was difficult to deal with it!

At this time, the two university professors had just woken up and had just finished washing up. They brewed a pot of tea in the house where Chen Duxiu lived temporarily to continue discussing the socialist theory. Over the past few days, they have been studying various socialist theories and theories. In this era, the October Revolution in Russia had not yet occurred, and Marx's scientific GCism naturally did not become the "authentic" of socialist theory. Therefore, the socialist theories obtained by these two university professors were also diverse. After studying for a long time, they did not understand the difference between various schools, and they did not know which school that the Red Brigade, which was already famous in China, belonged to?

However, there is one thing they have already understood a little. Socialism seems to be an economic theory! And China's current national conditions certainly cannot implement such a theory... After all, it must be based on the entire material and spiritual civilization of capitalism. And a weak semi-feudal and semi-colonial country like China has no soil for building socialism at all. China's primary problem is anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism!

But can the purpose of anti-feudalism such as Red Travel and robbing the palace and extorting money be achieved?
Chapter completed!