Chapter 43 Chapter 23 The Spy is Forced to Translate

As early as the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1895, the Japanese invaded Northeast China, and the Qing government was powerless to resist, so they brought in the Russians to fight the Japanese. As a result, the Japanese were in great trouble.In order to solve this problem, the Japanese non-governmental organizations Xuanyangsha and Black Dragon Society started from the grassroots level to urge the Chinese people to oppose Russian interference and to establish a Great Eastern Union with China, merging the two countries into one country... However, the Japanese military knew that the so-called Great Eastern Alliance was pure nonsense and unreliable, so the Japanese army headquarters sent Aoki Osamu, assistants Sato Yasunosuke, Hannishi Shaozuo and Xianba Major General to set up an intelligence center to fight against the Russians.

The Russians also have an intelligence center stationed in Shanghai. The person in charge is Caseroni. This old card has a strong relationship with the imperial court—according to the provisions of the Sino-Russian secret treaty, the Qing court is obliged to fully support Caseroni’s espionage work , This led to the poor development of Japanese espionage work. So the Japanese thought that they must find a supporter in China. The reformer Kang Youwei was the initiator of the "Dadong Hebang", and Yuan Shikai called Kang Youwei the eldest brother. Considering this, Yuan Shikai should support the coexistence and co-prosperity of China and Japan and the Dadong Hebang.

So Aoki tried to explore the relationship with Yuan Shikai, and as expected, he received an invitation letter from Yuan Shikai, inviting Aoki Dazuo to participate in a small party of the Beiyang Army. After Aoki arrived, he found that the people who attended the party included Duan Qirui, Duan Zhigui, Wang Shizhen and Cao Kun from Beiyang. Most of these Beiyang military officers fought against the Japanese in the Sino-Japanese War. A few pairs of angry eyes fixed on Aoki, which made Aoki uneasy. When he was in embarrassment, he heard the sound of footsteps, and saw Yuan Shikai striding in.

As soon as Yuan Shikai came in, he immediately held Aoki's hand and said in a loud voice: I have heard of your name for a long time, but today I saw you for the first time. Aoki was at a loss, wondering when Yuan Shikai had heard of him.But Duan Qirui and the others were stunned and couldn't believe it. Just listen to Yuan Shikai continue to say loudly: I remember that three years ago, as an envoy of the Japanese army, you attempted to advance north from Anshan Station.At that time, I was in charge of transporting military supplies in Goubangzi.Suddenly I received an urgent telegram from Beiyang, asking me to go to Liaoyang to meet the Japanese special envoy and treat them generously.Therefore, I hurriedly prepared delicious receptions such as foreign wine and canned food, took a Chinese-style carriage, and after two days and nights of hard work, I hurried to Liaoyang.I will write to you at once, urging you to come to me.You did not respond.Therefore, we postponed our meeting until today. The soldiers of the newly-built army attending the gathering here include Duan Qirui, Duan Zhigui, Wang Shizhen, and Cao Kun. Let's have a drink together.

Hearing what Yuan Shikai said, Aoki remembered that what Yuan Shikai said happened in 1895. During the Russo-Japanese War, Aoki was ordered to wave the white flag and play the horn to negotiate peace with the Qing soldiers. The Qing soldiers shot and killed the interpreter, and Aoki had no choice but to go back.But he didn't know that Yuan Shikai had come to greet him, which made Aoki overjoyed. In this way, isn't this Yuan Shikai a pro-Japanese faction? Aoki thought. Sure enough, Yuan Shikai asked Aoki twice in a row to go to Beiyang as a military advisor. Aoki was putting on airs at first, but later he accidentally fell into Yuan Shikai's plan and went to Beiyang as a military advisor, intending to influence Yuan Shikai and urge Yuan Shikai to turn pro-Japanese.

But Aoki never expected that as soon as he arrived in Beiyang, Yuan Shikai locked him in a small dark room and forced him to translate a large number of Western military books every day. At the end of the translation, Aoki couldn't take it anymore, so he ran away. How could such a good translator let him escape? Yuan Shikai was very unhappy, so he negotiated with Japan, strongly urging Aoki to return to Beiyang to continue his translation work.The Japanese military was also very angry, and ordered Aoki Dazuo to go back and do a good job. He must influence Yuan Shikai and make him have a friendly attitude towards Japan, but Aoki knew that this old Yuan was too difficult to deal with, so he would not let a Japanese influence him. Seeing him, he was just exploiting the poor Japanese, oppressing the Japanese... But it was impossible not to go, so Aoki used a trick to get out of his shell, and deceived a major Ogawa who had just returned from Europe.

Wei Chuan didn't know what to do, and rushed to Beiyang aggressively, and was imprisoned in a small black room immediately, and asked him to translate all European military books to the Chinese.Ogawa was so surprised that he had no choice but to bite the bullet and pick up a pen and work for the Chinese. In the end, Ogawa was in a trance and lost his mind. He couldn't understand why all the Japanese were bullying the Chinese. People bully.Depressed, Ogawa angrily committed suicide. In short, this spy center of the Japanese was imprisoned by Yuan Shikai in a small black room for translation, not to mention how miserable it was.

Would the Boxers be his opponent for Yuan Shikai like this?