Chapter 817 The Flapping Wings of a Butterfly

Heavy snowflakes were falling, which was lighter than last night's blizzard. But the cold wind from the north still blows on people's faces, like a knife cutting them.

A few days ago, a cold wave swept across the northern tip of Japan, and it snowed heavily on half of Honshu Island.

A group of Japanese death row prisoners who were tied up staggered forward along the ice-covered and snow-covered river, shivering as they walked. I don’t know if it’s fear or cold.

The cotton-padded clothes of these rioting Japanese civilians have long been stripped off, and now they are wearing a dirty coarse cloth coat, with an equally dirty strip of cloth tied around their belts, and the cold wind blows into them. It was so cold inside the open collar. Many people's faces were frozen, and there was even a layer of spider webs on their cheeks. If you look closely, you can see that they are all cracks, and it hurts when you touch them.

Behind this group of Japanese rioting civilians, a Japanese New Army officer wearing warm fur clothes walked behind this group of people. The locomotive hat he learned from China is also a standard issue for the Japanese New Army in winter. It was covered with snow. One foot was deep and the other was shallow. He was walking in the snow, cursing: "A group of red deer are really looking for death." . You actually dared to launch a rebellion, and even after receiving relief from the shogunate, you still didn’t repent, and you still gathered to plunder. Every one of you deserved it, and the samurai in our regiment were not safe in the middle of the winter, and they had to run in such weather. Come out to clean up, killing you with one knife is really too cheap for you, you all should enjoy the torture of being cut into pieces with a thousand cuts!"

The officer with a samurai sword hanging on his waist behind him hummed calmly: "Saito-kun, please stop saying a few words. Are you still interested in talking in such a cold weather? I don't even want to open my mouth..."

The officer named Saito also snorted coldly: "I'm cold too, that's why I'm angry. Oda-kun, you are the judge, and we are a regular field force. In order to catch this group of rioters, you know our battalion ate What a pain. These poor thugs deserve to die! It’s just too easy for them to be killed.”

The organization of Japan's new army evolved from that of the Chinese National Defense Force, and all of their soldiers came from the samurai class. Just like the path taken by the Japanese in the history of time and space, the opportunity to serve as a soldier in Japan still belongs to the 'elite' samurai class, rather than to the larger and broader civilian population. The latter are not qualified to serve as soldiers.

This led to internal fighting among the Japanese reformists in the previous life. Because the entire Japanese army was limited, the group headed by Saigo Takamori firmly safeguarded the interests of the samurai class, while the opposition headed by Okubo Toshimichi advocated expanding the scope of military recruitment to include the entire military. All classes in Japan. Furthermore, this difference in philosophy led to different plans for governing the country. The samurai faction turned into the urgent conquest faction for their own interests, which was to attack North Korea and then China as soon as possible; while the opposition took into account Japan's own strength more rationally. Due to his shortcomings, he transformed into the Zheng Zong faction.

For this reason, the Japs invaded Taiwan as early as 1874. In order to appease the samurai group headed by Saigo Takamori, Okubo Toshimichi, who was in charge of the Tokyo regime, asked Saigo Takamori's younger brother Saigo to lead three thousand troops. , attack Taiwan.

Facts have proved that Japan's strength at that time was indeed not very good. Then the conflicts between the two sides became more and more acute, and the last civil war in Japan's rise finally broke out - the Southwest War.

The samurai faction headed by Saigo Takamori paid the price with their lives, but they paved the way for Japan's rise and 'died out' the last stumbling block for Japan's rise.

Today's Japanese new army still belongs to the "samurai faction". The shogunate has 30,000 new troops and 5,000 guard troops under the direct control of the diplomatic general. The number of new-style armies in the hands of daimyo across Japan is also increasing bit by bit, but the total number of armies is declining step by step. The number of new troops in Japan is only 60,000 to 70,000.

Right now is a scene happening outside Sendai Domain Palace City in Northeast Japan. The new shogunate army, which attacked in the wind and snow, with the cooperation of the Sendai domain army, finally defeated a large mob army that had been hiding in the mountains for a long time. They killed more than 200 people and captured 300 people. Multiple people.

"Yes. These poor devils have indeed caused you a lot of trouble." A look of regret flashed across Xiaotian's face. These people are indeed hated by the army. If these people were not hated by the army, they would definitely kill them. There are more than 300 people there. You can get a lot of money by selling them to the Chinese.

Xiaotian was even more heartbroken, he had lost a fortune.

Yes.

In recent years, Japan has experienced riots and disturbances caused by famine and unfavorable disaster relief. Few of the rioters who were caught were pardoned. Because after Tanuma Yiji stepped down, the Tokugawa shogunate had issued a decree. Although it was not an amnesty order, it was almost the same. What the above means is that if those who participated in riots and riots because the shogunate's disaster relief work was not in place before have become good citizens again, the shogunate can forget about it. And if you are stubborn, then just wait for the shogunate's iron fist of justice. When you die, don't say that the shogunate didn't give them a chance.

The fact is that among the captured rebels, except for some of the leaders and key members who were beheaded, seven out of ten others were resold to the Chinese. Then we can share the money together. But the current group of people has completely annoyed the troops, so not only the leaders will be stabbed, but even the little minions will die.

Following this group of people was an instructor from China. The total number of new troops in the shogunate was only 30,000. The instructors initially selected were people from the Jinjin Corps. Many Japanese feudal lords hired instructors from the Jinjin Corps. Train a new type of army yourself. However, Tokugawa Ieharu could not afford to lose this person and insisted on hiring active-duty officers from China's regular army.

There was a Chinese instructor in this team of New Army soldiers who executed prisoners. He had been in Japan for almost four years, but when he saw the blood splattering on the white snow, he still sighed and shook his head. This is not because I am disappointed that I have lost an income. The Japanese military and government want to do business with Chinese labor companies. These instructors from China are the 'intermediaries' among them, and the income after each transaction is high. .

But right now, the instructor is really not sad because of the money, he really feels... sorry for these dead Japanese.

Yes, sorry.

What happened in Japan was a standard government-forced mass rebellion, all for the sake of a bite to eat. This is not the Warring States period. Not to mention the support of Chen Han behind the Tokugawa shogunate. Even with the strength of the Tokugawa shogunate alone, it is only a matter of time to wipe out all the rebels and rebels.

But the Japanese way of dealing with the problem is too ruthless.

Just like the scene in front of me, it was just a new legion who was unhappy and unhappy. More than 300 Japanese who should have survived 70% to 80% were all dead, and more than 200 lives were lost.

After going out and seeing blood everywhere, the instructor followed the troops back to Miyagi City. He saw his companion lying on the bed, reading a newspaper. "Look at that Global Times."

The companion spoke in a rather depressed tone. The instructor walked to the table, picked up the newspaper, and asked, "What's wrong? Is there any bad news?" In the instructor's mind, it was impossible for the National Defense Forces to defeat the war.

"The Ottomans fought a defeated battle. In the field battle on the banks of the Lemnik River, the 100,000-strong army of Ottoman Grand Vizier Yusuf was defeated by the 40,000 Russian-Austrian troops led by Suvorov. The Ottoman army suffered a loss of 30,000 soldiers. Fortunately, behind the battlefield were the fortresses such as Ochakov, Binjeli, Hajibey, and Ackerman. Potemkin did not dare to command the Russian army to take advantage of the victory to launch an attack on the other side of the Danube, but only attacked by force. Captured the Hajibeyi Fortress."

The instructor's mood suddenly disappeared as his companion told him. He shook the newspaper in his hand and lost the interest to read the report carefully.

"The Ottomans are too disappointed."

It is simply a fantasy that 100,000 people cannot defeat 40,000 coalition forces. This matter is so incredible in the eyes of the instructor.

"The rockets made by the Ottomans themselves were filled with nothing but sand. Their own rockets couldn't explode. The rockets from the Russians and Austrians hit them one by one. Of course they exploded."

The words of the fellow instructor were full of contempt for the Ottomans. This is really a rotten country and a rotten government. It is really audacious for someone to dare to replace the gunpowder in a rocket, which is an important weapon of the country, with sand. Moreover, the gunpowder that was replaced may be saltpeter, sulfur, etc. for making gunpowder. What did those people do with it?

This Osman is the leftover bun in the sour bucket. It's rotten to the core.

Fortunately, this fellow instructor is quite optimistic about Osman. How could he expect to get the No. 1 in this world, but it turns out that the quilt is only rotten on the inside - it looks good on the outside!

In fact, it was not just the two instructors sent by China to Japan who were disappointed with the Ottoman Empire. Before they knew the news, thousands of people on the mainland had already known the news.

Just like the reactions of these two instructors, they were disbelieving at first, and then disappointed.

The reason for the disastrous defeat of one hundred thousand Ottoman troops is also incredible. This is really not as good as encountering an idiot commander on the battlefield and being defeated.

China's military-industrial system has been able to keep the big secret of "rockets" for so many years, but the Ottoman military-industrial system has such bold and corrupt officials. Isn't the gap a little big?

It’s really hard to have any confidence in a country like this.

This is just like when the Internet age came in later generations, thousands of netizens suddenly saw a "historical note". During the Battle of Sarhu, when Yang Hao was playing a swearing-in ceremony in Shenyang, the officer drew his sword and killed an ox to sacrifice the flag. No matter how many times he was killed, he could not die. In the end, he had to use Shang Fang's sword to kill the cow. The fierce general Liu recruited Sun to practice martial arts, but the head of his spear fell off. General Du Song was shot through his helmet with an arrow and died in the Jiefan Village...

As soon as these "dirty information" was posted, thousands of netizens immediately believed it to be true. As a result, it became an ironclad fact as it spread.

People completely lose confidence in Zhu Ming at first sight.

But I don’t know whether the brains of countless netizens are human brains or pig brains.

Could it be that Shang Fang’s sword can kill an ox? Not to mention whether you have this Shangfang sword, even if you do, it is disrespectful and easy to strike?

Are all people in the Ming Dynasty stupid? Don’t you know to look at the weapons before killing a cow and performing martial arts? For a general like Jun Song, his weapons were extremely poor, and his iron helmet was completely rusted. The Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty painted the outside with a layer of paint and gave it to Liaodong Town as genuine, but a stray arrow actually penetrated it on the battlefield. The iron helmet of a general like Jun Song shot him to death on the spot.

It is so strange that some people still believe in such "notes" and take them for granted. [The author believed it at first, and his impression of the Ming Dynasty plummeted, but then he thought about it, how could it be true? When the Japanese officer encountered a turtle box that didn't work, he knew to save money to buy a foreign pistol from the military service center. Du Song has money to support his family but no money to buy a good helmet. What's the reason? Or the Ming court allowed generals to raise private soldiers, but was able to strictly prohibit them from obtaining cutting-edge weapons. This is really a miracle of administrative ability. 】

This is just like the legend that Wild Boar Skin started with the Three Kingdoms, and the Tartars regarded it as a treasure. If Luo Guanzhong knew about it, he would definitely feel lucky. This new person's IQ is also 250.

But to be honest, the disgusting death of the Ottoman Empire, after it reached Chen Ming's ears, made the Emperor Chen sigh and sigh. This is a good thing that my Qing Dynasty did in the original time and space.

Unexpectedly, in this time and space, the pseudo-Qing Dynasty has been destroyed, but this kind of weird thing still happened to the Ottoman Empire.

For Chen Ming, a time traveler, the feeling is particularly complicated.

But this feeling did not cover Chen Ming's foresight as a time traveler emperor. He felt that in this war, the Ottomans might kneel again. Because it is now the winter of 1789 in the Western calendar.

According to history, the French Revolution has already begun.

I don't know whether the 50 million yuan of funds have been sent to Paris. For Louis XVI and the Bourbon dynasty, this money may really change his fate.

Chen Ming had expected this when he took out the money. But he still decided to take it out!

Because he believed that France's terrible financial troubles and the sharp contradictions between the king and the three-level parliament could not be solved by a mere 50 million yuan.

50 million yuan, it sounds really big at first. But in fact, it is only 1.1 million pounds.

Louis XVI's troubles could not be solved by 1.1 million pounds, let alone 1.1 million pounds.

Although a butterfly flapping its wings could create a storm, it was only a possibility.

Archimedes said, give me a fulcrum, and I can move the earth. But those 50 million yuan were definitely not a fulcrum!

It could not change the fate of France!