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Volume 4 Leviathan 93 Ito Hirobumi

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    "Okay!" Jiang Qingyue sighed in disappointment.  Lin Wanqing hurriedly comforted: "Girl from the Jiang family, maybe things are not as bad as you think. Maybe Mr. Hu will raise the money back in Shanghai soon." "I hope so!" Jiang Qingyue stood up.  "It's getting late, so I won't disturb my wife's rest. I'm leaving!" Lin Wanqing said loudly: "Come here, bring me my green peacock-woven cloak!" She took the cloak and helped Jiang Qing.  Yue put it on and said with a smile: "Sister, you are weak and the wind is strong at night, so you must worry! Come on, let me put it on for you." "Thank you, my lady!" Tokyo, Japan, Prime Minister's Residence.  In the office, Inoue Kaoru was sitting behind a heavy mahogany desk, looking a little nervous. She glanced at the wall clock on the side wall from time to time, as if she was waiting for something important.  The hour hand had passed the four o'clock mark, but there was no movement outside the door. Inoue Kaoru took out a cigar from the drawer, cut off the end and the end, and took out a match to light it, but for some reason, he struck four or five times in a row.  Every time, there was no rowing.  Inoue Xin cursed angrily and tried again. This time he finally lit it. He was about to put the cigar over when the office door was suddenly pushed open.  Inoue Xin raised his head and was about to scold the rude guy, but when he saw the appearance of the person coming, he was stunned.  His personal secretary, Hitoshi Kuroshima, stood at the door with tears in his eyes and looking very excited.  "Your Excellency, it's successful, we've succeeded!" Inoue Xin couldn't help feeling ecstatic. He forced himself to restrain his ecstasy and asked in a deep voice: "What's successful? Please tell me in detail!" "The negotiation was successful. In Belfort, London  Sir, he has agreed to our request and asked the Empire of Japan to issue 10 million pounds of treasury bonds in the London government bond market with the guarantee of the Bank of England. The proceeds will be used to purchase weapons, ammunition and warships. "At this point, Kuroshima Jin suddenly shouted.  Said: "Your Excellency, be careful with your hands!" "Hands? Oops!" Inoue Xin glanced at the other party blankly. Almost at the same time, he felt a sharp pain in his right hand and hurriedly threw away the match that had burned his fingers.  Kuroshima Jin hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Sir, is your hand okay?" "It's okay! It hurts!" Inoue Xin responded incoherently, and said while shaking his hand: "This is really gratifying! This is great!  Explain that destiny is on our side, on the side of the Empire of Japan! " "Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister, destiny must be on our side, on the side of the Empire of Japan. The national destiny of the empire must be like the rising sun, soaring into the sky.  ! ¡± Yokohama, Fugui Building.  "This month is unusual. It shines through the colorful clouds. When you ask where it comes from, the answer is not easy." A man dressed in white silk casual clothes, a black hat, and holding a black-handled folding fan sang and danced.  Her movements are vigorous and graceful, and she is not familiar with ordinary Japanese dance, but she looks like a king commanding everyone.  Opposite her, Ito Hirobumi lay on his side on the tatami, watching the dance of the female dancer opposite, tapping his thigh with his right hand, and taking a sip of sake from time to time, which was very relaxing.  It turns out that after the Meiji Restoration, Ito Hirobumi often had fun with prostitutes in Shimbashi, Tokyo.  Later, in order to avoid being noticed by others, he asked his favorite Akura to open a teahouse Fukiro in Yokohama. Fukiro became a secret place for the newly rich in the Meiji period to have fun.  After being ousted from the prime ministership by Kaoru Inoue, Ito Hirobumi simply spent most of his time in this wealthy building, living a luxurious and leisurely life.  Although Ito Hirobumi was known for his calmness and stability in politics, in his private life, he maintained the Japanese samurai's style of being indifferent to property, bohemian, and loving the virtuous.  He once asked in a letter to his son that after his death, his son should give 100,000 yen from his inheritance to his wife Umeko. However, when he died, people were surprised to find that his entire inheritance added up to less than 50,000 yen.  Ten thousand yen, but in the end the emperor took out one hundred thousand yen from his own pocket to fulfill his promise.  Compared with the rich estates that other Meiji patriarchs left to their descendants, the legacy that Ito Hirobumi left to his son was very shabby.  At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside. A young man opened the paper door, took two steps on his knees, and whispered: "Your Excellency Ito, there is important news over there in Tokyo!" "It's so boring!" Ito  Bowen sighed: "Is anything so important that you can't even let me listen to a little song here?" "Your Excellency!" The young man said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency Shan County specially sent someone to deliver it.  , The person who came said he must let you see it as soon as possible!" "No wonder, it's that annoying guy!" Ito Hirobumi sat up: "Let him come in, there is no way to do such a rude and boring thing!  That guy is the one who can do it!" The young man didn't dare to answer, nodded and walked out. After all, no one in Japan dared to answer.Apart from His Majesty the Emperor, I am afraid that the only person in front of me who calls Aritomo Yamagata, "the number one person in the military", "that rude and boring guy" is the only one in front of me. For a backward person like me, even a simple interface will cause trouble.  of.  "Akura, rub your shoulders for me! Even if you leave Tokyo, you still can't escape these things. Is this the fate of men?" Ito Hirobumi sighed and took the letter from the young man's hand.  Akura carefully knelt down next to Ito Hirobumi, and while rubbing Ito Hirobumi's shoulders, he smiled and said: "Haha, that's because Ito-dono is a big shot that even the Lord of Yama Prefecture can't live without!"  Can't live without the county? Let's forget it!" Ito Hirobumi sneered as he opened the letter: "I would rather go to the hut with that adult without bringing toilet paper and wipe my butt with my hands.  The sword is tied around his waist (to prevent others from sneaking up on him when he goes to the toilet). "Hearing what Ito Hirobumi said, Akura couldn't help but smile and said, "Haha, Mr. Yamagata is so pitiful when Mr. Ito said that.  Let's go!" At this time, Ito Hirobumi had already opened the letter and started reading. After a while, a wry smile appeared on his face: "It seems that I was right about this Yamagata this time. His behavior is still as ugly as ever!  "What's wrong?" A Cang asked doubtfully.  "With the encouragement of Lord Inoue, the Bank of England is finally willing to guarantee the issuance of national debt by the Empire in London." Ito Hirobumi replied coldly: "At this juncture, Yamagata told me the news. Isn't he just shouting:'  There is a patch on the buttocks of Inoue-kun's pants, Ito-kun, please come over and do something about it. '" Hearing Ito Hirobumi's condescending words, Akura couldn't help but cover his mouth and laughed again, and the young man on the side asked in confusion: "  Your Excellency, if what is said in the letter is true, the Bank of England will not only obtain a large amount of funds by issuing national debt to guarantee the empire, but in order to ensure that the national debt is repaid, the British will also fully support the empire in the struggle between the empire and the Chinese.  It¡¯s a great thing!¡± ¡°You are still young!¡± Ito Hirobumi sighed: ¡°It is true that the empire can get a lot of money by issuing national bonds in London, and the British will support the empire in our disputes with the Chinese.  It's not that the Empire gets a lot of money from London so the British support us, it's that the British support us that makes us borrow money in London. " "What difference does it make?  There is a difference. From the beginning, the British supported the empire in order to check, balance, attack, and weaken the Chinese. That is why everything happened next. In other words, the empire was just a dog of the British in East Asia, used to deal with China.  A human dog. Think about how you would treat your dog. "Dog?" The young man turned pale at Ito Hirobumi's harsh metaphor. He thought for a while and asked in a low voice: "Damn it."  , Stork cooking?" "That will happen in the future." Ito Hirobumi sneered: "With China's land area and national power, the empire does not have to worry about this for a while, but even if the hunting dog catches the prey, it can only eat a little internal organs.  Good meat and skin will be taken away by the owner, and once he is seriously injured in the fight with the prey, the owner will not hesitate to kill the hunting dog and take its meat and skin to compensate for the feed he paid earlier! "  "Your Excellency, you must quickly warn the Prime Minister!" The young man stood up suddenly.  "Do you think that Yamagata and I have figured it out, and Inoue-kun will be kept in the dark?" Ito Hirobumi said with a smile: "You are too underestimated us old people, Inoue-kun is gambling on the fate of the country!  "Having said this, Ito Hirobumi stood up with a wry smile on his face: "But for a small island country like Japan, gambling is the only way to survive at this time! Even if the meat and skin are taken away by the owner,  But there are always bones that can be chewed, broken into pieces, sucking the marrow inside, gnawing away the residue in the gaps between the bones, making oneself stronger bit by bit, waiting for the opportunity-" His voice became smaller and smaller, and in the end it was almost no more than a whisper.  .  "Is that the only way?" The young man lowered his head.  "That's the only way?" Ito Hirobumi turned around, his eyes flashing with fanaticism: "Isn't this enough? When have we been qualified to stand on the same stage as that neighbor in thousands of years? Now we can stand in Dashun  The opponent's position is already successful. This is the fate of the empire. Either defeat Dashun and suck the nutrients from his corpse to become the master of East Asia, or just like the cherry blossoms, die after blooming in the most gorgeous way!  That's right! Your Excellency, we have no choice, and the empire has no choice!" The young man nodded fiercely, then scratched his head in confusion and asked, "Why did Mr. Shanxian tell you all this?  Does he want to join forces with you to block the agreement???  " "Haha, this is not something you should consider, Akiyama-kun!  "Ito Hirobumi stood up and patted the other party's shoulder: "These are matters for us old men, and your brain should be used in more necessary places.  " "Yes, Mr. Ito!  " A few minutes later, the young man left the room. Ito Hirobumi walked to the window, quietly looked at the moon in the sky, and said to himself: "Yamagata-kun, you have already begun to prepare for possible defeat, but  Why should I be your puppet?  Am I so anxious to board that leaky ship with its torn sail?  You underestimate me too much!  ¡± ¡°Please recommend, please collect, my position on the ranking list is in jeopardy!
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