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The North-South Peace Negotiation Behind the Shady Chapter 707: Peace or War 3

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    In 1911, after the Revolution of 1911 broke out in the Far East, the most populous and vast country, after a brief period of chaos, the Republic of China quickly embarked on the road to recovery.  ¡¾./Text first release,

    Especially after 14 years, since Li Han came to power.  Internally, the government clarified officialdom, reduced and exempted agricultural taxes, encouraged agricultural industry and commerce, and successively adopted a three-year industrial plan and a five-year industrial plan to seize the opportunities brought by the European War and lay a solid foundation for industrial development in the Republic of China.  And from the current point of view, the development of military industry and light industry in the Republic of China has not experienced abnormal development as he feared.  Mainly due to the outbreak of the European War, the continuous orders from the Allied Powers really enriched the light industry of the Republic of China, which relieved Li Han, who concentrated the finances of the Republic of China and used administrative coercion to develop heavy industry.

    The European War lasted from 2014 to 2019 and lasted for more than five years, although it was a disaster for Europeans.  But for the Republic of China, it was undoubtedly a great opportunity.  Conservative estimates show that over the past five years or so, the war dividends that have flowed back to China from Europe through various legal channels have amounted to close to 1.5 billion Chinese dollars, with at least 112 million employed in industrial, mining, manufacturing, and agricultural and sideline industries.  The population has benefited from this, and the fattening of wallets has also made people more willing to buy some goods that they are usually reluctant to buy.

    From the end of 1917, the Li Han authorities successively introduced relevant policies, began macro- and macro-control of foreign trade, encouraged and expanded the domestic demand market, based on the present and focused on the future, and achieved a soft landing of the economy as much as possible to avoid excessive economic growth after the European War.  The manufacturing industry of the Republic of China, which relied on the European market, fell into widespread bankruptcy.  This policy has been implemented for nearly two years and has achieved remarkable results so far.  Work-for-relief, large-scale national procurement, and the initial spread of the supply and marketing cooperative system in 60% of counties and towns have continuously sold surplus commodities on the market to rural areas and remote mountainous areas.  Especially in Sichuan, the government took the lead in purchasing a batch of about 20 large Zeppelin airships to transport supplies to supply and marketing cooperatives in remote mountainous areas. To a certain extent, this also stimulated the manufacturing of civilian aircraft.

    Franklin once said that democracy is based on money.  Someone once misunderstood this sentence, but in fact his meaning is very clear. Only when the people have no worries about life and the people are rich and happy can more desires be born.  For example, only by changing your low social status can you pay attention to national affairs, take the initiative to learn, and actively seek changes.

    The Republic of China is the best example today. Li Han has never given excessive guidance in terms of democracy.  Combining the experience of most countries in the past hundreds of years, he summed up some insights.  Therefore, during his several years in power, he allocated a huge amount of money to develop education, massively built local primary schools, popularized middle schools in key counties, and developed higher education in various provinces.  After several years of hard work, China's current educational environment has been greatly improved compared to the late Qing Dynasty, which also laid a solid foundation for the development of the cultural movement of the Republic of China.

    Against this background, the people of the Republic of China became wiser and paid more and more attention to current affairs.

    So, in April, "Japan shamelessly bombed our military railway, killing five and injuring six!"  "When the news with the title appeared in major newspapers in the Republic of China, the whole country was boiling as soon as the news came out.  In particular, the Commander-in-Chief of the Northeast Military Region, Li Jishen, also quoted the Constitution and solemnly warned the Japanese in the government's throat newspaper "Voice of China" that military trains and military railways are national defense military buildings of the Republic of China. Once they are damaged by foreign hostile forces, it will be equivalent to a declaration of war, etc.  .

    The Japanese concocted a tragedy in Huanggutun, Northeast China. They openly used military weapons to blow up the railway, causing damage to the exclusive military train belonging to the Fourth Artillery Division of the Northeast Military Region. At the same time, the Korean revolutionary Rhee Syngman carried on the train was damaged.  Waiting for death or injury, such blatant disregard for China caused anti-Japanese voices to rise in the country. For a while, the angry young people who were the first to react went on strike to apply for demonstrations. Anti-Japanese voices among Chinese people became louder for the first time.

    The contradiction between China and Japan has been around for a long time. Especially in recent years, anti-Japanese voices among the people have never stopped.

    On the one hand, it is due to the government¡¯s deliberate guidance, and on the other hand, it is due to economic friction.  Japanese manufacturing squeezed the market for local goods, and at the same time, the Japanese navy arbitrarily seized and obstructed China's ocean-going trading merchant ships. For this reason, more than one or two forces suffered losses.  Domestically, the government's demand to terminate the Boxer Indemnity was also a major factor that sparked anti-Japanese resistance among the people. It was only through the government's repeated propaganda that so many people knew that Japan had to plunder hundreds of dollars from the Republic of China every year just to pay the Boxer Indemnity.  Tens of millions.

    The issue of land loss is also a main reason for the rise in anti-Japanese sentiment among the people this year.

    Especially in Taiwan, the Spanish flu was also introduced to Taiwan last year. The people of Taiwan, under the control of Japanese colonialists, lived in dire straits.  The Japanese only regard Taiwan as a colonial colony that can be plundered, and they have never regarded the Chinese residents on the island as human beings.  Great flowWhen the epidemic strikes, who cares about the life and death of the Chinese on the island?

    As a result, the long-term plundering by the Japanese resulted in long-term malnutrition among the island residents, resulting in the deaths of approximately 50,000 people when the pandemic struck.

    Taiwan¡¯s first wave of influenza began in Keelung in early June 1918, then spread throughout the island and disappeared by late September, with no particularly significant mortality.  In late October, the second wave of influenza began to emerge from Keelung, and spread southward along the railway to Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, Dagou, Agou and other places, and was introduced to Hualien Port and Penghu by sea.  By the end of mid-December, about 770,000 people had been infected and about 30,000 had died.  In February 1919, the third wave of influenza began in Keelung. In just over two months, more than 140,000 people were infected and more than 17,000 people died.

    The epidemic first broke out in Japanese residential areas and then spread to Taiwanese; it first occurred in cities and towns and then spread to rural areas.  Under Japanese rule, Taiwan lacked medical resources. Among the approximately four million compatriots in Taiwan, there were only more than 700 Western doctors with four years of medical education. They were basically transferred by the Japanese colonialists to treat immigrants and garrison troops. As a result,  Japanese patients receive better medical care, so the mortality rate is lower, with a mortality rate of 1.1%; that of Taiwanese Han people is 3.3%, and that of Taiwanese aborigines is 3.5%.

    Since the mainland revolution of 1911, the mainland has rapidly become prosperous and powerful. The Taiwanese people have never given up on returning. Not only have they launched hundreds of major uprisings against Japanese rule in Taiwan over the years, they have also not given up contact with the mainland.

    Li Han also considered the issue of recovering Taiwan, but firstly, recovering Taiwan required a strong navy. Secondly, the Republic of China lacked national power at the time. If the conflict with Japan triggered a full-scale war, the Republic of China would undoubtedly suffer disaster.

    Since then, he has stared at the scolding and accusations, and has done almost no other actions except occasionally sending Navy submarines to secretly approach Taiwan Island to deliver a batch of arms and ammunition to the resistance forces on the island.

    Although the Japanese tried to block the outbreak of the influenza pandemic in Taiwan, news of the deaths of many compatriots spread to the mainland through foreigners and various channels, causing rising anti-Japanese sentiment among the people that lasted for nearly a year.  This is a good thing because public opinion is rising and people are spontaneously resisting.  .  .  The production of Japanese goods caused Japan to lose at least four to five million in huge profits in China last year.

    And now, it is Japan, once again trampling on the dignity and sovereignty of the Republic of China. With the growth of the country's military strength and economy, the people's long-dormant consciousness of a great power has once again begun to awaken.  They were roaring and angry, no longer treating state affairs with timid indifference, no longer trembling in fear and not daring to look directly at the Japanese.

    At the critical choice of peace or war, public opinion, which has begun to awaken, has made its own choice. The angry roars are clearly the roar of their reawakened dignity.

    Hankou, the former German concession area.

    A rickshaw passed by Shangyuan Road. The driver glanced at the gun-wielding soldiers standing straight outside the German concession garrison camp, then accelerated and continued running eastward. At the same time, the man in the car  The passenger also lowered his hat, and under the cover of the hat, he glanced towards the heavily guarded military camp. When he saw a group of patrolling soldiers marching neatly and shouting, he quickly retracted his head.

    Now, it is Japan again, once again trampling on the dignity and sovereignty of the Republic of China. With the growth of the country's military strength and economy, the people's long-dormant consciousness of a great power has once again begun to awaken.  They were roaring and angry, no longer treating state affairs with timid indifference, no longer trembling in fear and not daring to look directly at the Japanese.

    At the critical choice of peace or war, public opinion, which has begun to awaken, has made its own choice. The angry roars are clearly the roar of their reawakened dignity.

    Hankou, the former German concession area.

    A rickshaw passed by Shangyuan Road. The driver glanced at the gun-wielding soldiers standing straight outside the German concession garrison camp, then accelerated and continued running eastward. At the same time, the man in the car  The passenger also lowered his hat, and under the cover of the hat, he glanced towards the heavily guarded military camp. When he saw a group of patrolling soldiers marching neatly and shouting, he quickly retracted his head.

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