Part 6 Chapter 12 Anti-Chinese Trend

"Chinese officers in Paris hooked up with a married woman, and her husband came to capture the traitor and was beaten up!"

This news appears a bit abruptly in the newspaper. A few days ago, major French newspapers were still promoting China-France friendship. Why did this happen today?

From the perspective of the corruption habits of the upper class in Paris, this matter is at most a gossip. What if this matter was done on purpose by someone who was interested? That would be a completely different matter.

The general story of the matter is like this: Yang Zhi and Shen Yiyang, a member of the Chinese officers' inspection team, hooked up two French women to sleep at a reception party held by the French military. At that time, Yang Zhi repeatedly verified that the two women also called themselves Miss xx, not Madam xx. Since they were ladies, they were naturally unmarried ladies, and there was no suspicion of destroying other people's marriages. Besides, French women are famously slutty and erratic, so they called out very happily when they were in bed? Why did two men come to catch the gangster early in the morning and threaten that Yang Zhi and Shen Yiyang slept with their wives?

Chen Yiyang's personality is a little better, and he explained to the other party patiently. Yang Zhi's personality is very popular, so he didn't pay much attention to it. He took out a handful of money from his pocket and threw it over to the woman who was still shaking on the bed. He sneered angrily and said, "I took it, this is the overnight money for you."

It is obvious that Yang Zhi treated these two women as prostitutes, without any awareness of being a lewd wife and daughter. Seeing that Yang Zhi regarded their wives as prostitutes, the two men naturally refused and proposed to compensate them for their reputational losses. Yang Zhi and Shen Yiyang insisted on asking clearly at the time that the two women were unmarried, and there were also French officers accompanying him to testify.

The two sides argued, and the two French men started to fight. They didn't know that Yang Zhi and Shen Yiyang were suffering from losses, but they were polished in the military academy. The blood-stained on the battlefield did not care about this. The result of pk was obvious. The two French men were beaten to a bruised face, which disturbed the police in charge of hotel security. It was said that this matter was not big, and Yang Zhi and Shen Yiyang had special identities, so the police would definitely deal with it as appropriate and strive for reconciliation. Who would have thought that the police would not say anything and arrest people directly.

So, Yang Zhi and Shen Yiyang were taken to the police station, calling it "cooperating with the investigation". After entering the police station, Yang Zhi and Shen Yiyang already felt something was wrong, so they immediately chose to remain silent, refused to answer the police's questions, and asked the French military's reception representative to intervene before accepting the investigation.

What happened next is intriguing. The French police not only did not meet Yang Zhi and the others' requirements, but directly listened to the other party's confession and concluded the case as Yang Zhi and Shen Yiyang seduced another person's wife, and then violently injured them, and reported to the court for handling according to law.

Of course, the Chinese military officers could not agree to such a thing, and immediately found a way to protest and asked to intervene in the investigation of the incident. The French military pretended to send someone to the police station to learn about the situation. After returning, he said that the police evidence was conclusive. If nothing unexpected happened, the court would fine Yang Zhi and Shen Yiyang and then expel it.

The French police handled the problem so hastyly completely angered the Chinese representative. The head of the delegation Duan Qirui came to the Paris Police Office accompanied by the consul in France and solemnly stated that the incident had risen to a political incident. The Chinese delegation protested against the unfair treatment of the police. The Chinese government will file a severe protest to the French government.

This matter was quickly revealed by the newspapers. For a time, almost all large and small newspapers in Paris reported on this matter. Some criticized the poor quality of Chinese soldiers and their moral corruption and should be severely punished. Some newspapers used a tone of teasing the government that the police in Paris were really idle and had nothing to do, and turned a small thing into a political incident. This is inconsistent with the Paris police's usual style of making big things small and good at making a mixed style.

Germany, the old French enemy, naturally would not miss this opportunity to mock the French. Some newspapers jokingly claimed in comments that the French lost face at the negotiating table seemed to want to get it back from the bed.

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"What's the good thing about these two little bastards Yang Zhi and Shen Yiyang, the smell of French women? You have to play Japanese girls even if you want to play them!" Chen Congyun muttered in a low voice with the report. Li Wei, who was sitting opposite, didn't hear clearly, but just heard the word "slutty".

"Yes, it's not worth it for this matter. When they come back, the wife at home will not be in trouble." Li Wei smiled bitterly. Chen Congyun looked at the guy in surprise and said, "You care a lot! You'd better focus on this matter."

"Please give me advice!" Li Wei quickly straightened his back.

"First, let Zhao Xinglong's people cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to search for evidence. This matter is probably caused by some people in France. The so-called upper-class gatherings in Paris should not be too lewd. Secondly, let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issue a statement that if the French government cannot properly handle this matter, it will cause undue losses to the reputation of our military. Our government is worried that it will cause dissatisfaction among the people in the country and undermine the good diplomatic relations that the two countries have worked hard to establish recently. Finally, Duan Qirui asked the two bastards to send a message, saying that I was very angry. It was not that they had bothered French women, but that they did not make the French Prime Minister's wife. There was no pursuit at all."

Levi: “……………………….”

"By the way, there is another thing, let the Bank of China hold a press conference to provide a package of 100 million yuan in loan support to German companies investing in China."

Didn’t the German government want a loan? How did it become a loan from German companies in China? This is politics. To put it bluntly, it is very simple, that is, you have to be a bitch and have to establish a archway.

With Chen Congyun's explanation, the reports on this matter in Chinese newspapers were almost unified in the same direction. People condemned some people with ulterior motives, used such a small matter to make a big deal, ignored the joint efforts of the Chinese and French governments, and undermined the good atmosphere of China-France diplomacy.

With Li Wei's inspection, the Chinese newspaper did not name it, which also reduced a lot of trouble for Yang Zhihe Shenchen Yiyang.

The Chinese government's tough attitude and the draft loan to German companies in China attracted high attention from the French government. Soon the government and the military intervened in the investigation of the incident. This move caused dissatisfaction among some French politicians, who threatened in newspapers that the French government was too cowardly and repeatedly compromised with China.

Although many French politicians clamored to severely punish Chinese soldiers who made trouble, the military and government intervened, and then took a mixed approach to dealing with this matter. After pretending to conduct some investigation, they came to the conclusion that a Chinese soldier had an adultery with a married woman, which made Yang Zhi and Shen Yiyang pay some medical expenses.

This small episode in Sino-French relations that appeared in 1913 reflects from another level how nervous the situation in Europe has reached. It also makes the whole world roughly see clearly that Chen Congyun, a dictator in fact, is a tough figure with extreme short-term protection and extreme iron fist.

The German media, who has always been inclined toward China in public opinion, praised Chen Congyun as "Bismar of the East". Chen Congyun privately believed that this statement was a bit too far-fetched. After all, Chen Congyun relied on his advanced understanding of history. How could he compare to Bismarck, a great man who created a powerful and unified Germany.

Some visionary French politicians were relatively calm at this time. They expressed more concerns about the current tension in Europe than were entangled in the so-called seduction of good women by Chinese soldiers.

After a farce, it was over. What happened next made the Allies and the Allies breathe a sigh of relief, and China will not turn to either side in the short term.

What happened?

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Indonesia, Surabaya!

Early in the morning, the Dutch police station received a report that a murder occurred on a road leading to the Chinese residential area. When they learned that a Chinese couple was killed, the Dutch police station did not take it seriously. They simply sent a police officer and took three local indigenous patrol officers to see the scene.

Dutch policeman Landry was a little unwilling to accept the task of the director. He had not eaten breakfast early this morning and was about to be dispatched. Anyway, the Chinese died, and the conflict between the indigenous people in this place was not a day or two. Landry took three indigenous patrol officers and found a place to have breakfast. Then he slowly appeared at the scene.

When he arrived at the scene, he found a bunch of people watching. After several patrolmen drove the onlookers away, Landry wandered in. When he saw two corpses lying on the ground, Landry regretted that he had breakfast first. He turned his head and rushed out to find a place to lie down and vomited wildly.

A young overseas Chinese man was stabbed 17 or 8 times, his intestines flowed all over the floor, and a large amount of blood had already solidified. Just three or five meters away, a young overseas Chinese man died even more terrible. The youngest woman's clothes had been stripped naked, her limbs were cut off by a knife, her breasts were cut off, and a sharp knife for slaughtering pigs was stabbed in the lower vagina. A few Chinese characters were written in blood on her belly, "Go back to China."

After vomiting, Landry quickly noticed an angry gaze all around him. When he looked around, the Chinese watching, regardless of men, women, age and age, were full of burning anger.

Because of the words on the corpse, the Indonesian overseas Chinese were collectively angry and organized a team of thousands of people to protest in front of the Dutch Governor's Office, demanding that the case be solved as soon as possible and the murderer be severely punished.

The Dutch Governor took the first step to deal with this matter, intending to delay it for ten days and half a month. The anger of the Chinese overseas was calmed down, and the matter could be fooled. Similar cases occurred in the past, and the Netherlands also handled it in this way. Who would have thought that the mentality of the Chinese overseas was different now. There was a strong motherland behind him, and the scale of the march and demonstration became larger and larger. Three days later, from a thousand people to ten thousand people, blocking the gate of the Governor's Mansion all day long.

Things are going to be big. As rulers, the Dutch have become accustomed to the practice of being patient in everything. They are also used to the feeling of being arrogant. They can't control themselves when encountering such a thing all at once.

A policeman's gun went off fire on that day, and the highly nervous Dutch soldiers also fired. The Dutch soldiers' bullets were shot at the demonstration overseas Chinese, immediately giving the indigenous people who were about to move around.

The Indonesian natives have always been lazy and have been peeping at the wealth condensed by overseas Chinese with their sweat from their labor. When Dutch soldiers fired, the situation immediately broke out of control.

Thousands of Indonesian natives rushed towards the overseas Chinese with machetes, and a bloody plunder began.

Beijing, inside Chen Congyun’s official residence.

"Bang!" A sound of slapping the table hard sounded. A middle-aged man knelt in front of Shen Congyun and begged in tears: "President, please save everyone."

The man kneeling on the ground is the representative of the Indonesian Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Beijing. In the past half an hour, he cried and described the crazy incident in Sishui.

At this time, 36 hours have passed since the "riot" mentioned by the Dutch government. In the past 36 hours, countless overseas Chinese were killed, their homes were looted and burned down. The whole of Indonesia has set off a wave of anti-Chinese abuse, and the local indigenous people committed heinous crimes under the moderate indulgence of the Dutch government.

Chen Congyun's face turned pale, his hands were trembling, and the cigarette in his hand burned his fingers, which made him realize.

In the afternoon of the same day, Chen Congyun personally attended a press conference held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Chapter completed!