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A Dream in Jinling Chapter 582 Coping with Conflicts (8)

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    At the end of 1908, the Battle of Kinshasa finally came to an end.  First, 20,000 French troops assisting Kinshasa were surrounded halfway. France quickly sent 8,000 troops to Africa in an effort to open a gap and rescue them.  The French army did not expect that the black army chose to encircle the point for reinforcements. They used a small number of troops to contain the besieged French army, and the main force secretly moved out of the encirclement and besieged the French reinforcements halfway.  After a bloody battle, the eight thousand French reinforcements were wiped out.  The besieged French army realized that something was wrong only after receiving the "request for help telegram" from the reinforcements. They immediately broke through the siege and went to rendezvous.  At this time, the besieged army had been in the African jungle for two months. Lack of food and disease had greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of this army.  The black army suffered heavy losses after annihilating eight thousand French troops, but they showed their courage and perseverance in continuous combat and fought a decisive battle with the besieged French army.  At first, the two sides were evenly matched. After all, the French army was well-trained, and gradually gained the upper hand.  When it was possible to break through the black army's defense line and fight a bloody road, the sugar cane knife black uncles and aunts who came from all over the world joined the battle group.  The first few thousand blacks who arrived failed to turn the tide of the war, but held back the French at a huge cost.  The arrival of 50,000 sugarcane swordsmen and uncles and aunts in the next two days became the straw that broke the camel's back. The French army finally collapsed, and less than 200 lucky people escaped with their lives.  The morale of this black army was greatly boosted. They used the captured French artillery to join the black army surrounding Kinshasa.  The Belgian colonists in Kinshasa had run out of food. Under fierce shelling and the brave attack of black troops, the Kinshasa stronghold was breached. The Belgian colonists were annihilated like the French army.  France and Belgium immediately protested strongly to the Democratic People's Republic of China, accusing the Democratic People's Republic of China of privately ordering the East African security forces composed of black people to participate in the battle.  The People's Republic of China responded: Neither our country nor the East African Administrative Region has issued such an order.  Perhaps a few blacks from East Africa joined as volunteers out of affection for their compatriots.  Those people make personal choices and have nothing to do with the Republic of China.  This incident shocked Europe.  What surprised Europeans was not that France or Belgium lost to the Republic of China, but that blacks could form a black army of 100,000 people.  This black army could not only annihilate the French army of 28,000 people in Africa, but also break through strong fortresses.  If this becomes the norm, the risk of European colonization of Africa will greatly increase, and the cost of colonization will skyrocket.  The Battle of Kinshasa also provided another situation. Even if the combat effectiveness of black people is not as good as that of the elite French army, the black army can still be regarded as a combat-effective army.  Even in Europe, many countries may not be able to win with 100,000 troops besieging 28,000 elite French troops.  There is no way to achieve the result of complete annihilation.  No matter how excited the Europeans are, the Central Committee of the Republic of China has no interest in it.  Recently, there have been cases of nurses hanging themselves in several hospitals in Tianjin, and there are also cases of nurses hanging themselves in front of the hospital.  Because I saw so many people, I couldn¡¯t even block the news.  With the report, there will be follow-up fermentation, and all kinds of rumors are flying in Tianjin for a while.  The horrifying and supernatural stories became so popular that they even spread to Beijing.  As a last resort, the local police publicly stated that these poor nurses who hanged themselves were all Japanese, and they died by hanging themselves, without any other illegal abuse.  Since some people dare to speak, some people dare to continue.  The employment of thousands of Japanese nurses in Tianjin was exposed. Earlier, the students in the riots had shouted the slogan "No foreigners are allowed to steal Chinese jobs." At that time, many onlookers could not understand.  Now that the evidence chain is complete, news is flying everywhere again.  Shen Xin, who had been waiting for a long time, finally mentioned the matter at the Central Committee.  Yao Bang¡¯s son¡¯s request for Tianjin to accept Japanese nurses was not seamless, but it did not spread widely.  The Central Committee members are so busy, how can they have the energy to listen to such nonsense?  When Shen Xin revealed this matter, the Central Committee was shocked.  The Minister of Health and the Secretary of the Party Committee are both members of the Central Committee. Hundreds of people looked over. Although these two people could still sit in their chairs, their faces had become very ugly.  Looking at each other, the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Health stood up and said: "I don't know about this. Since there is such a thing, I will find out carefully. How come there are so many Japanese in our hospital." Health  The Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry made such a statement, and the Central Committee members were naturally unwilling to pursue it pointlessly.  At this moment, the Foreign Minister stood up and spoke, "I personally feel that there is no need to fire these Japanese nurses immediately. If such a matter is made big, it will be of no benefit to China and Japan. Even if they cannot be used in Asia, they can still be sent to  Africa. Africa has said that it needs experienced nurses.¡± The foreign minister intervened and the Central Committee members had no intention of objecting.  Aren't there just thousands of female nurses? In fact, some Japanese female nurses already work as private nurses semi-part-time, and some senior officials hire such nurses for the elderly in their homes.  After decades of gender equality and industrialization, Chinese sistersMom's job is just ordinary, so let them serve others let's forget about it.  Japanese nurses know the rules, are polite, and work hard without complaint. The officials who hired Japanese nurses were very satisfied.  Shen Xin waited for everyone to express their opinions before he continued: "These nurses all rely on labor for a living. I have no objection to them. The little girl worked in our Republic of China and ended up hanging herself. I sympathize with them. Since I sympathize with them  I also did some research on them, so I got this data. I wanted to ask everyone to take a look.¡± Some printed flyers were given to everyone, and everyone was stunned after taking a look.  Printed on the flyer was how the Japanese labor exporter and Yao Bang's son divided the money.  The girls earn 2,400 yuan a month, which is 4,000 yuan including overtime pay.  This money is not sent to Japanese nurses, but to Japanese accounts.  Japan's "labor export" took away two thousand, Yao Bang took away one thousand, and in the end the little girl only got one thousand.  The hospital provides very cheap canteens and dormitories.  Even so, an income of one thousand yuan is too little in Tianjin.  In Tianjin, you can earn more than 1,500 from any job.  "I haven't seen such exploitation in fifty years since I followed the governor in the revolution." Shen Xin's voice was cold and ruthless, "Even in the North American War, when we hired Japanese servants, Japan also asked for half of the so-called labor fees, but  We gave every cent of what was left to the Japanese servants. Not only that, the nurses were given a stipend, and those who went to the battlefield were allowed to collect trophies.  There is no conscience at all. What do you think? "There is no fool among the Central Committee members. Everyone completely agrees with what Shen Xin said. What Yao Bang's son did is beyond the bottom line of everyone's acceptance.  However, the dissatisfaction with Yao Bang's son has nothing to do with the unconditional support of Shen Xin. Those who speak at this venue are all trying to achieve their own goals.  No one thought that Shen Xin's purpose was just to bring down Yao Bang's son.  Some people were waiting to hear what Shen Xin would say next, and those who didn't want to cause trouble couldn't help but want to find Governor Wei Ze.  But Weiser's seat was empty.  Only then did everyone remember that the second wife, Li Yifang, was seriously ill, and Governor Wei Ze had just returned to Nanjing recently.  In recent years, it has been rare to see a governor in this position, and some comrades suddenly found that they were getting used to this situation.  There are also some comrades who wonder if Governor Wei Ze is planning something.  Wei Ze was not planning anything at this time. The beds in the high-end ward were well designed.  Wei Ze let Li Yifang lie down and washed her hair.  After drying her hair with a hair dryer, Weiser took an apple and started peeling it.  There were only two people in the room. Wei Ze said while peeling: "I'm not busy recently, so don't think so much. Why don't I feel at ease if I'm with you? I don't feel at ease if I'm not with you." Li Yifang knew that Wei Ze was right.  Ten minutes ago, Li Yifang's words still made her a bit unhappy.  She smiled laboriously, "Wei Ze, after all these years, you still have the temperament that you can't help but argue a few words when you feel you have been wronged." Wei Ze did not refute. In fact, he understood the paradox as soon as the truth was spoken.  .  If Wei Ze really had to stay with Li Yifang to feel at ease, the two would not have been separated in two places for so many years.  "Wei Ze, please call Wei Kun back. I want to see him." Li Yifang continued to say laboriously.  "What nonsense. You will get better. When you get better, we will call Wei Kun back." Wei Ze said gently.  "You are seventy-five, and I am over seventy. At this age, I have nothing to be afraid of. Wei Kun was in such a hurry when he went to Africa, and I still have some things in my heart that I want to tell him. You went from Beijing to Nanjing  It will take a day or several days for him to return from Africa. If you don't want to, I will send him a telegram now." After saying this, Li Yifang was a little out of breath.  Wei Ze quickly called his secretary in, "Send a telegram to Wei Kun and tell him that his mother is sick and ask him to come back immediately." When the secretary went out, Wei Ze couldn't help but gently pressed Li Yifang's hand. After hesitating for a long time, he said: "Yi  Fang, I know that I am not a good person. I have killed many people with my own hands, I have had to kill many people, and I have ordered the killing of many people with clear goals, so I feel that I have seen through life and death, because I know that I cannot control my own life and death.  Lord, I have no feeling about life and death at all. But now from the bottom of my heart, I just want you to live a long life. Just thinking about the possibility that you are no longer here makes me feel so uncomfortable that I don¡¯t even dare to think about that.  I owe you too much, and I feel like I¡¯m not living up to it¡­¡± ¡°Don¡¯t think so!¡± Li Yifang interrupted Wei Ze.  After resting for a while, Li Yifang continued: "I was lonely when I was with you. At that time, I had no idea where to go in the future. Looking back now, at that time, I still wanted to have a good place to go, but I really thought too much.  After I followed you, my life was actually much better than I thought. You are not a person who only cares about yourself. Even if you don¡¯t have much of me, you still take care of me. I know that you are not in harmony with me.?Together, in fact, we both know that it is because you don't want to make things difficult for me.  " Having said this, Li Yifang gently touched the back of Wei Ze's hand. "Wei Ze, you are right, death is God's will.  It's useless for us to worry about it.  At this time, you don¡¯t dare to think about my death, it will make you feel uncomfortable.  This is the truth.  Just stay with me and wait for Wei Kun to come back.  I can see you two sitting in front of me with two other children.  After listening to what I said in my heart, I had a clear conscience and could die anytime.  " Wei Ze listened quietly, without interrupting or moving. Tears suddenly welled up. Wei Ze was surprised and a little happy that the sadness made him cry. In any case, Wei Ze believed that the tears at this time proved that  He is still a normal human being.
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