Chapter 548 Zhennanpu Landing (8)
After receiving the task assigned by the working group, Luo Yue immediately started to arrange it. The task of transporting prisoners to Qingdao is of course the easiest. It only takes arranging ships and organizing the organization. The distribution of materials was handled by the Korean surrender personnel led by Cui Haozhi, and the People's Army only needs to send people to supervise it.
This move is indeed very popular, because in order to raise materials, the Japanese army conducted a plundering solicitation from the Korean people. Pyongyang is one of the two megacities in South Korea. It is densely populated and has a relatively wealthy residents. Therefore, it is also the place where the Japanese army focuses on collecting materials. Almost all the food and food supplies in the homes of many residents were looted by the Japanese army, and they make a living by digging wild vegetables. The food and food supplies distributed by the People's Army are indeed delivered to carbon in the snow.
In addition, although the People's Army has not been in Pyongyang for a long time, the military discipline has been strict, and it has no harm to the residents of Pyongyang. The transactions are fair, which is in a very sharp contrast with the Japanese army. Moreover, the Koreans have been influenced by Chinese civilization for more than 500 years and have always regarded themselves as small China. At this time, they still have a great sense of cultural identity with China. Therefore, in just 10 days, their favorability for the People's Army has increased greatly. Now they have been given food and food. Everyone praises the People's Army as a benevolent and righteous army from the Celestial Empire. Many people hope that the People's Army can stay in Pyongyang for a long time without leaving.
The first two tasks can be said to have been well completed, but the task of finding anti-diary patriots will be unsatisfactory. Of course, this is also the most difficult of these three tasks. After all, the People's Army is not familiar with the local area, does not understand the language, and the time is short. Go there to find anti-diary patriots! Therefore, Luo Yue could only hand over this work to Cui Haozhi. After all, he is a local and he will always have some solutions.
In the past few days, Cui Hao has found several people, all of whom are from the Korean official family. Because he is dissatisfied with Japan's rule on the Korean Peninsula, he hopes to use the power of the People's Army to drive away the Japanese army. However, after Luo Yue talks with them, he finds that these people will all put their hopes of driving away the Japanese army completely on the East China government, but he doesn't want to work hard at all, and he doesn't even want to stand out. Some people even shamelessly believe that South Korea has always regarded China as the truth, so the East China government has an obligation to help South Korea expel Japan and restore its autonomy and independence. Moreover, Luo Yue invites them to Qingdao to negotiate the anti-Japanese plan, and finds various reasons to refuse, and does not want to leave South Korea at all.
Luo Yue was also very disappointed with these people, because such people were obviously not what the East China government needed. Although the East China government really wanted to train its agents on the Korean Peninsula, it must be a capable and responsible person, not a teammate of pigs. Now Cui Haozhi has found another person, hoping that this person can have some merits.
It didn't take long, and Cui Haozhi led a young man. He looked about 30 years old, wearing a suit and a pair of glasses, and looked a bit scholarly.
Cui Hao said straight: "Commander Luo, this is Mr. Kim Chang-soo, and he is still a well-known anti-diary patriot in our country. 10 years ago, he assassinated Japanese Army Lieutenant Jeon-ryung Toda and was imprisoned. He escaped from the prison six years ago, and now schools are set up in various parts of Hwanghaide. He has been engaged in the anti-Japanese movement. This time he came here to see the People's Army."
Luo Yue nodded when he heard this. The young man dared to assassinate a Japanese officer. He was much stronger than the previous ones, so he said, "Okay, Mr. Jin, please sit down."
After Kim Chang-soo thanked him, he sat down opposite Luo Yue. Cui Haozhi knew that Luo Yue would talk to each other alone when he saw many anti-Japanese patriots, so he said to Luo Yue: "Commander Luo, I will take my leave first." He said and withdrew from Luo Yue's office. When he went out, he looked back at Kim Chang-soo, with a somewhat complicated expression.
In fact, Choi Haozhi felt a little unwilling to introduce Kim Changshu to Luo Yue, because Kim Changshu was different from the people introduced before. He joined the emerging religious organization Dongxuedao in North Korea when he was young, and participated in the Dongxue peasant movement in 1894, which triggered the Sino-Japanese War of 1895.
In Chinese history books, this incident is generally called the Dongxue Party Uprising. This incident actually has certain similarities with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement in China. It is all peasant uprisings launched under the banner of religion under the oppression of domestic governments and foreign invaders. The difference is that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement lasted for 14 years and established its own regime, which influenced most of China, and once threatened the rule of the Qing court, and finally failed under the joint suppression of domestic governments and foreign invaders.
The Dongxue Peasant Movement is much smaller in terms of time and scope. Of course, the Korean Peninsula is just a palm-sized place, so the Dongxue Peasant Movement can have a great impact on the Dongxue Peasant Movement. The time lasted only 10 months, mainly because the North Korean government and Dongxuedao were afraid of making a big deal and attracting interference from foreign enemies. So the two sides made peace. Dongxuedao no longer caused trouble, and the North Korean government no longer pursued it. However, Japan still used this incident as an excuse to send troops to the Korean Peninsula, which triggered the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. In the end, Japan defeated the Qing court and completely controlled the Korean Peninsula. Although South Korea and Xian later changed its name to the Korean Empire, it actually became a colony of Japan.
For a wealthy family like Cui Haozhi, Dongxue Dao is of course an evil way, while the Dongxue Peasant Movement was an absolute rebellion. Moreover, if it weren’t for the Dongxue Dao Uprising, it would not have attracted Japanese interference and would have triggered the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. Therefore, South Korea fell to this point and Dongxue Dao was responsible for all the responsibility. In fact, Japan had long wanted to invade North Korea and use the peninsula as a springboard to invade China. The Dongxue Peasant Movement was just an excuse. Even if there was no such incident, Japan would have found other excuses to invade.
However, with Choi Ho-zhi's knowledge, experience can only see the surface, but not that far-reaching. Therefore, although Kim Chang-soo was later arrested for assassinating the Japanese Army Lieutenant Jeon Toda and was secretly engaged in the anti-Japanese movement after escaped from prison and was also somewhat famous in South Korea, Choi Ho-zhi still had no good impression of him. In fact, Kim Chang-soo came to Pyongyang three days ago and wanted to see the People's Army, but Choi Ho-zhi never wanted to introduce him to Luo Yue.
However, Cui Haozhi introduced several people to Luo Yue, and Luo Yue felt dissatisfied. Although Luo Yue did not blame Cui Haozhi, Cui Haozhi felt a little nervous. If he didn't find someone who satisfies Luo Yue, he would probably leave a bad impression on Luo Yue. So Cui Haozhi thought about it and decided to introduce Jin Changshu to Luo Yue. After all, Kim Changshu had assassinated Japanese soldiers, which might meet Luo Yue's requirements.
Sure enough, after Luo Yue and Kim Changsoo talked, they were very satisfied with him. Although Kim Changsoo was not very old and several years younger than Choi Ho-jhi, he had experienced great storms and had a far greater experience and vision than Choi Ho-jhi, and he had a certain understanding of the general trend of the world and had a considerable understanding of the East China government.
It turned out that while Kim Changsoo was in prison, he read new books such as "New History of Taixi" and "World Geography", absorbed new knowledge from it, opened up new horizons, and then had new thoughts on the road to national independence.
After escape from prison, Kim Changsoo first became a monk at Magao Temple in Gongju to cover up his eyes and set up schools in various parts of Hwanghae Road to promote anti-Japanese and new learning knowledge. In 1903, Kim Changsoo believed in Christianity and hid himself by his priesthood. He also came into contact with a lot of Western culture, economy, and politics in the church, and had a deeper understanding of the overall world situation. Now, although Kim Changsoo has not yet formed a complete and mature worldview and political concept in his thoughts, it is much more mature than before when he was just relying on the teenager's passion and impulse.
After learning about the East China government, Kim Changsoo was quite interested because Kim Changsoo also recognized Chinese culture and naturally had a natural favor for the East China government. After collecting information from the East China government from many parties, Kim Changsoo was actively protecting China's interests, competing with the Western powers, and not at all. These behaviors made Kim Changsoo admire him very much. Moreover, after several years of experience, Kim Changsoo believed that he could not expect the Korean royal family to work hard to rescue South Korea, but to expel Japan, strong external support must be provided. Now it seems that only the East China government can help South Korea, so Kim Changsoo also planned to go to Qingdao to see the appearance of the East China government with his own eyes. But at this time, the Russo-Japanese War broke out and Japan strengthened its supervision of South Korea, so Kim Changsoo had to temporarily stagnate his plan to go to Qingdao.
After learning that the People's Army landed in Zhennanpu and captured Pyongyang, Kim Chang-soo was also very happy. He took advantage of the chaos in the Japanese army's management during this period and rushed to Pyongyang immediately, hoping to see the People's Army and get help from the East China government.
After hearing Luo Yue's explanation, Kim Changshu could understand that the People's Army could not expel the Japanese army on the Korean Peninsula this time. After all, the East China government is not strong now, and can only ensure its own interests and take into account the Korean Peninsula without any flaws. However, Kim Changshu can see more far-reachingly. The People's Army's victory in this Far East War will inevitably increase its strength, and Japan's strength will be weakened. With one decline and the other increase, it will naturally be beneficial to South Korea. If he can get the support of the East China government, recruiting South Korea's aspiring people, expel Japan in the future, and restore South Korea's independence, it will no longer be a dream.
Chapter completed!