Chapter 12 2. The rain is about to come and the wind is full

Due to Japan's small domestic market and lack of resources, the characteristics of imperialism's foreign aggression and expansion are very obvious, and it has formulated the so-called policy of conquering Korea and invading China. In 1876, "Ganghwa Treaty", Japan opened the door to Korea.Don't look at the historical film Ju Neng made in South Korea today, the super bad film "Magic Arrow", more than 100 Koreans defeated 100,000 Ming troops.I remember that in the "Imjin Japanese Invasion", hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers wiped out the Joseon Dynasty. If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty's troops, today's Koreans all speak Japanese.North Korea was a vassal of the Qing Dynasty and was infinitely loyal to the Qing Dynasty.After being controlled by Japan, King Gaozong hid in the Russian embassy for more than a year, fearing that he would be killed by the Japanese.After he came out, the Japanese forced him to break away from the Qing Dynasty. In 1897, North Korea established the Daehan Empire, and established its own reign name Guangmu, which had been using the Chinese reign name before.When we established our reign, we even sent people across the sea to meet Li Hongzhang in Tianjin, asking the Celestial Dynasty to understand our difficulties, because you couldn’t protect us, and we had no other way to be "independent", but we are still of one mind with the Celestial Dynasty.

In the 1895 "Treaty of Shimonoseki", the first article stipulated that North Korea was completely independent and freed from the status of a vassal of the Qing Dynasty. In fact, it was controlled by Japan, which was even worse.When North Korea was a vassal of China, we did not interfere in its internal affairs and foreign affairs, and returned money to it, and it became a colony when it was controlled by Japan.By 1905, North Korea had become a de facto colony of Japan. Japan established the Supervisory Office in North Korea, and former Japanese Prime Minister and Meiji veteran Ito Hirobumi served as the first supervisor in North Korea.The supervisor became the overlord of North Korea, taking care of everything.North Korea's internal affairs, diplomacy, and military were all controlled by the Supervisory Office, and even the soldiers on guard at the palace were replaced by Japanese soldiers. In 1907, when the second peace conference of all nations was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, Gojong of Korea sent three emissaries to The Hague to accuse Japan of aggression.But Western powers will not offend Japan for North Korea, only representatives of the Chinese government speak for North Korea, because it used to be our vassal.The complaint failed, and the North Korean envoy Li Jun felt ashamed to return home, so he committed suicide on the steps of the palace where the meeting was held.When news spread back to Korea, the Japanese government forced Gojong to abdicate and poisoned him to death in 1919.Gaozong's son came to the throne, the last king of the Lee Dynasty in North Korea - Sunjong. When Sunjong came to the throne, he had actually become a Japanese puppet.

On the morning of October 26, 1909, Duke Hirobumi Ito, the chairman of the Privy Council of Japan, arrived at Harbin Railway Station in China, preparing to discuss state affairs secretly with the Minister of Finance of Tsarist Russia.Just five or six steps away from the exit of the platform, a young man (Ahn Jung-geun) in a suit and a peaked cap suddenly rushed into the cordon from the welcome crowd, taking advantage of the fact that many Tsarist Russian guards had no time to react, and greeted him with a smile on his face. Nodding and smiling, Ito Hirobumi fired three shots in a row, one shot in the right wrist, one shot in the rectum, and one shot in the little finger.Then they hit the Japanese Consul General Kawakami, the accompanying poet Mori Huainan, and the director of the "Manchurian Railway" Tanaka.If Ahn Jung-geun wants to run, he has a chance, because in the eyes of the Russians, people of yellow race all look the same, and the Russians can't tell who fired the gun.When you're done, throw the gun away and turn your back, and he won't recognize you when you turn around.Don't we see that white people all look the same?So An Jung-geun is fine to run, but he watched Hirobumi Ito gasp on the ground, this old guy is 68 years old, blood is coming out from every hole in his body, he probably won't survive.

Ahn Jung-geun unfurled a South Korean Taegeuk flag, shouted "Long live Korean independence", was arrested, was extradited to Japan by Russia, and died calmly in Lushun Prison.When the Japanese interrogated him, he asked the Japanese, how is old Ito?Don't finish playing in vain.Seeing that the Japanese were all wrapped in black gauze, they stood up in silence, knowing that Duke Ito was indeed dead.The number one martyr enshrined in the Hyeonchung Pagoda in the South Korean capital today is Ahn Jung-geun. His suicide note has been found in China, and it is all in Chinese characters. At that time, Koreans used Chinese characters.But this kind of assassination cannot solve the problem. The annexation of North Korea is Japan's policy, and it does not mean that killing Ito Hirobumi will change it.You killed Ito Hirobumi but gave Japan an excuse. In 1910, Japan completely annexed North Korea.

At that time, the Japanese Inspector General in North Korea, the traitor in collusion with North Korea, and Prime Minister Lee Wan-yong signed the "Japan-South Korea Merger Treaty", which completely annexed North Korea and Sunjong was abolished.One of his concubines lived in Japan as a guest and lived until 1966 before he died.As a result, the Lee Dynasty, which was founded in 518, perished, and Korea became a Japanese colony.Japanese superstition, in order to suppress the dragon veins of South Korea, smashed steel nails into the famous mountains and rivers of South Korea.The famous King Kong Mountain is considered to be the dragon's head, and a large steel nail more than 1 meter long is smashed into it to hold down your dragon's head.The Japanese Governor's Mansion was also built at the gate of the Korean palace, which is equivalent to tearing down the Duanmen and building a Governor's Mansion between Tiananmen and Meridian Gate in Beijing.After the recovery of South Korea, all these steel nails were pulled out, and the Governor's Mansion was also demolished.

After the second industrial revolution, the capitalist world market was fully established.There are only three independent countries in Asia: Japan, China, and Siam.There are only two in Africa - Abyssinia and Liberia.Abyssinia is today's Ethiopia, because although it was invaded by the invincible Italian army, it won the victory and guaranteed the country's independence.In Liberia, the United States released a group of black slaves, and these black slaves returned to their hometowns to establish this republic.This country is very small, the flag is the Stars and Stripes, with only one star; the capital, Monrovia, commemorates the seventh President of the United States, Monroe, who made them found the country. On the world map in 2000, there were 206 countries and regions. On the world map in 1900, there were only 43 countries. Most of today's countries were colonies at that time.British India, Belgian Congo, and Italian Somalia were all occupied by others. In this way, the entire world was included in this system.

The political characteristics of capitalist countries in this period are multi-party system and representative system, that is, parliamentary democracy.The representative system is like what we are today, electing people's representatives, and these people's representatives exercise our rights for us, which belongs to indirect democracy. International relations in this era can be summarized as three pairs of contradictions, two major groups, and one great war. The three pairs of contradictions are the contradictions between France and Germany, Russia and Austria, and Britain and Germany.The core of the contradiction between France and Germany is the four words - European hegemony, competing for the hegemony of the European continent.The contradiction between Russia and Austria is to compete for the Balkan Peninsula, which is known as the powder depot of Europe.This peninsula has the most complex ethnic groups. The main ethnic group is the Slavs, who use the Cyrillic alphabet and believe in the Orthodox Church. The men’s names are Nov, Ski, and Vichi, and the women’s names are Nova.The contradiction between Britain and Germany was caused by the colonies and the navy, and they competed for colonial hegemony and maritime hegemony, so the contradiction between Britain and Germany became the main contradiction of imperialism.The British Empire has dominated the world for 300 years, and the left and right hands are the colonies and the navy. These two points cannot be touched.Germany offended Britain precisely on these two points.The German foreign minister declared that the era when the British owned the sea, the French owned the land, and the Germans only dreamed of the blue sky is gone forever, and Germany also wants a place under the sun.The British colony is 33.5 million square kilometers, accounting for 1/4 of the earth's land surface area, which is 100 times that of its mainland.You also want land under the sun, who do you want?Obviously you want it from me!The Germans believed that their industry was more developed than that of the United Kingdom, with a steel output of more than 6 million tons, while that of the United Kingdom was less than 5 million tons, so Germany vigorously developed its navy.But Germany has overlooked one point. While developing the navy, you must also maintain the most powerful army in Europe.The United Kingdom does not have this pressure, and the English Channel will block the opponent. It is enough to develop the navy, and there is no need to develop the army.

In addition, the navy has a tradition. It does not mean that if my industrial level has improved and I can build ships, I will be able to develop a navy.Most of us can't be in the navy, unless we are art soldiers who dance on the shore all day, that's another story.The physical fitness required to be able to board a ship is very high. You can’t throw up as soon as you get on the ship. If you can spit out your intestines, you say I don’t vomit.From Hainan Island to Xisha, you can try it again. The wave height is 3 meters.It is very problematic for a country without a naval tradition to develop a navy. You can’t even recruit enough sailors. It doesn’t matter if the ship sinks. It doesn’t matter what the ship is worth. I have a lot of steel production and high shipbuilding technology. If a ship sinks, I will build another.But the captain of a ship can't say it's sinking, so I'll build another one.We must know that it takes more than 20 years to cultivate a qualified captain. After graduating from the military academy, he is a second lieutenant. After 20 years of work, he can become a colonel and become a captain.Therefore, it is very unwise for Germany to develop a navy to challenge the United Kingdom. It stimulates the United Kingdom, and the contradiction between Britain and Germany becomes the main contradiction.

The two big blocs are the Allies and the Entente. In 1882, Germany, Austria and Italy formed the Triple Alliance, with Germany at its core.This Germany, it provoked the two world wars.It feels bored to do it alone, so it pulls two friends to do it together.The two friends I found are really not very good. Forming an alliance is an art. Why do you form an alliance with Italy? Italy is invincible.If you form an alliance with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, you will die.There is a famous saying in the Habsburg Dynasty: "Let others go to war, let's get married." Gradually expand the territory, and there will be no war at all.So when the First World War broke out, the German officers stationed at the Austrian General Staff sent a telegram to the German emperor, my dear majesty, we are in alliance with the zombies, and their level of warfare remains at the Napoleonic era.What's the point of forming an alliance with such a country? After World War I, Germany did not learn its lesson, and in World War II, it formed an alliance with Italy, which surrendered as soon as the war broke out; it also formed an alliance with Japan, but Japan did not surrender, so what’s the point? Ah, what is Lao Huo doing by himself?If the combat power of the German army is 100, Japan is at most 1, and Italy is negative 100, you say that forming an alliance with such a country can do nothing but help and drag you down.

Unfortunately, Germany has offended the powerful countries by forming an alliance with these two countries.Originally, when Prime Minister Bismarck was in power, he deliberately promoted the alliance of Russia, Austria, and Germany. The three of us are the most reactionary countries in Europe, and we should unite.Later, Germany, Austria, and Italy formed an alliance with the goal of France, and France wanted to recruit children and established the Allied Powers. In 1892, France and Russia made the first agreement. The most democratic country in Europe and the most authoritarian country in Europe, two countries with opposite ideologies, formed an alliance instead.In Russia, the French national anthem "Marseillaise" is banned because it encourages rebellion against the monarchy, and the two countries have instead formed an alliance, provided France pays of course.At that time, except for France and Switzerland, the rest of Europe was a monarchy. France was a completely different kind of republic.

France and Russia formed an alliance, and two major military blocs in Europe gradually formed.Germany, Austria and Italy are the Allies, and the Allies are only France and Russia at this time, because there is a big country that has not yet joined. The Anglo-French Entente in 1904 and the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907 marked the official establishment of the Entente.The establishment of the Allied Powers was 25 years later than the Allied Powers, a full quarter of a century, because Britain was adjusting its foreign policy.The United Kingdom pursues a continental balance of power policy, and countries on the European continent had better maintain a balance of power so as not to pose a threat to the United Kingdom.British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston, who was foreign minister during the Opium War, strongly advocated declaring war on China.He has a famous saying: "The British Empire has no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only eternal interests." Our friends and enemies can change, but our interests remain the same.In fact, this sentence is a wise saying in the diplomatic circles. Any country engaging in diplomacy should pursue the maximization of its own interests! Britain's foreign policy is that whoever wants to be the boss of the European continent poses a threat to me, and I will join forces with my second brother to kill it.Britain and France are feuds, and the Hundred Years War alone was fought twice, from 1337 to 1453 for the first time.From the era of Louis XIV to the era of Napoleon, this is the second time.Not only in Europe, but also in India and North America.The Napoleonic Wars finally took down France, a confidant of the people. Unexpectedly, after France went down, Russia came up again, calling itself the European Gendarmerie, organizing the Holy Alliance, and posing a threat to Britain. In the Crimean War in 1853, Britain united with its former enemy France and took down its former friend Russia.As soon as Russia was photographed, I immediately realized that Europe was not my place to play, so I turned to the East and signed a series of unequal treaties with China—"Aigun Treaty", "Beijing Treaty", "Yili Treaty", Treaty", etc., occupied Xinjiang and Tibet in China, and collided head-on with Britain.The enmity between the two countries is even greater. If you want to occupy Xinjiang, Britain also wants to occupy it. If you want to occupy Tibet, the United Kingdom wants to even more. After the Crimean War, Russia was photographed, and France became the leader of Europe again.At that time, there were only a few big countries, one went down, another came up;The French emperor Napoleon III wanted to restore the glory of his uncle Napoleon, but he was not as smart as his uncle, and he sought external expansion all day long, posing a threat to Britain.But before Britain could do anything, Germany jumped out annoyed and wiped out the Second French Empire.The unification of Germany changed the structure of Europe, and the four major powers of France, Russia, Germany and Austria were balanced on the mainland. The Brits are happy to see it all, and Germany is so cute, France is done for me.German Emperor Wilhelm II is the grandson of Queen Victoria of England, and so is Czar Nicholas II of Russia. Queen Victoria is known as the old grandmother of Europe. Her princesses marry into the courts of various countries, and the kings of various countries are her grandsons.Originally, Yingde was very likely to be a good relative, good friend, and good neighbor. As a result, Germany was very ignorant and offended Britain on key issues, first offending his uncle, and later offending his cousin.After the death of Queen Victoria, Edward VII, who ascended the throne, was the uncle of William II. When William II mentioned his uncle in the palace, he scolded the old man.When Edward VII died, he was succeeded by George V, his cousin.After the conflict between Britain and Germany intensified, Britain adjusted its foreign policy. France and Russia just wanted some money from me. Germany wanted my life and my uncle’s life, so his uncle had to adjust his foreign policy.