Benjamin was indeed a wily politician. He spread some secret information through Fisher's mouth. The key was that he did not admit that he had said it.
And these secret information naturally flowed into the ears of those well-informed people. Fisher passed it to George, and George passed it to his grandfather's family, and then passed it on layer by layer.
Everyone got the gossip, and everyone knew that Benjamin meant these words, but no one had any evidence to accuse Benjamin of leaking it.
Everyone played this game tacitly, and even the Queen in Buckingham Palace heard it. The Duke of Newcastle reported the rumors outside to her, but the Queen said nothing.
Not speaking is an attitude, and letting rumors spread everywhere is an obvious political signal!
Sure enough, three days later, Benjamin's military budget allocation was passed by a slim majority in the House of Commons! The Great White Fleet has increased its military expenditure by an additional 4 million pounds!
Not only that, all Chinese-owned newspapers in London were forcibly closed down, and some editors were even framed and tortured!
The British Foreign Office forced other European countries to close Chinese newspapers. For a while, the voices of the Chinese in Europe were suppressed very low. Except for Germany, Austria-Hungary, and some Chinese newspapers, the rest of the countries could work normally. mouthpieces were affected.
Smart people have already smelled the smell of war, not to mention Fangguan and other high-level officials who have returned from lurking. Encrypted telegrams began to be transmitted to the country, and East Asia began to make large-scale secret preparations for war!
In Naha at the end of May, the temperature was already very high. There had just been a heavy rainstorm at night. Today, after the rain, the city immediately became busy.
The back hill of the Head of State is Xiao Letian's inner residence, which has now become the office of the Provisional Military Control Cabinet. Ordinary people have no idea that the Chinese have established such an organization, but high-level government officials have already obtained this top-secret information. news.
All government functions are moving closer to the temporary military control cabinet, and power has begun to be highly concentrated in a power group with Fu Yin'er as the core, the two wives, and top politicians such as Yi Wang, Fan Yan, and the Four Heavenly Kings as supplements!
At this moment, within the Chinese nation, it doesn’t matter how high your official position is. What matters is whether you can often go in and out of the back mountain. Anyone who can often report to the military control cabinet in the back mountain is the real core of the Chinese nation. Elites are the backbone of the Chinese nation in the future.
Ito Hirobumi stood next to a rockery, using the mountain to look at the endless flow of officials on the main road not far away, with a smile on his lips.
A Chou's figure is hidden behind the rockery, and behind him are several Fusang guards with knives, the bodyguards of the Prince's East Palace!
"Ito-kun...what are you laughing at?" A Chou asked.
Ito turned around and took A Chou's hand and said, "Madam... I'm laughing at the fact that people in this world don't understand the true meaning of power! Look at the high-ranking officials coming and going, some of them are eyeing the titles of minister and deputy minister, and Many have titles..."
"And what about me? I'm just washing horses in the East Palace, without any title... But I can stay in the back mountain and accompany His Highness the Crown Prince for a long time!"
"Haha...right really doesn't depend on the size of the hat on your head, it depends on how close you are to the sun!"
A Chou patted the dust on Ito's shoulder, "The prince is the king of tomorrow! He is the foundation of our status... As long as you do your best, their official positions are just floating clouds!"
"As long as we Chinese people survive this current disaster and support the crown prince to ascend the throne... even if I reward you with the entire Fusang, it's not impossible!"
"Hai... Of course I understand this. To be honest, I have already begun to raise supplies for the prince in Fusang, doing our little bit..."
"Since General Xiang Ying sent warships to shock Jiangnan, the Jiangnan stock market has begun to hit highs. The Naha Composite Index is now approaching 7,000 points, the Shanghai Index has reached 8,000 points, and the Jiangnan Composite Index has also reached 7,500 points. Although it is not the highest level in history, it is still a high level. It’s time to reach the interval!”
"These days, all markets are fluctuating at high levels and violently. We have sold off a lot of stocks... I am currently raising 25 million silver dollars for the prince's military expenditure..."
"I have exchanged all this money for cotton yarn, coal, rice, wood, steel bars, cement... all necessary materials for the war!"
"The military expenses raised by the major banks in Fuso are about 30 million yuan... Before the war breaks out, I will raise 100 million yuan for the prince! I will guarantee it with my life!"
A Chou smiled, "You have never let me down! I saw you right..." Behind the shadow of the rockery, A Chou hugged Ito Hirobumi and the two discussed closely how to draw more blood from the Jiangnan stock market.
At this moment, Hirobumi Ito suddenly pushed A Chou away and pushed her into the shadows, "Don't make a sound...Wait for me here, I'll go out..."
Ito quickly walked out of the path, leaving A Chou with a confused look on his face. At this time, Ito had changed into an extremely enthusiastic smile and walked towards a young official climbing a mountain on the main road.
"Oh... Hello, Mr. Wang, hello... It's been such a long time!"
What came towards him was Wang Junlan, the person in charge of the secret files. He has now been promoted and is responsible for the overall work of the secret files. This time, he did not follow the head of state when he went to the Indian Ocean. Instead, he sent other members of the secret files team to follow him.
The Daily Notes of the Head of State's Secret Files is a very large archive with many managers, and it is not just as simple as recording some quotations.
When Wang Junlan saw that it was Ito who was beside the prince, he quickly raised his hands and said with a smile, "Master Ito... long time no see... your face is beaming. Is there anything happy about you?"
Ito shook his head, "What happy event can I have? It's just helping the prince raise a batch of cotton yarn, steel and other war preparation materials...it's all errand work for the Chinese people. It can't be compared with Mr. Wang, it can't be compared!"
"You're welcome, you're welcome... I'm just a minor official in charge of files. I can't compare to Mr. Ito's future success!"
The two of them exchanged some polite words, and Ito asked, "Do you have any official business this time Mr. Wang comes to the back mountain? Ouch... look at my mouth. Mr. Wang is responsible for confidential work. You shouldn't ask, you shouldn't ask." of……"
Wang Junlan didn't want to warm up to the popular person next to the prince, so he said politely, "I'm not accompanying the head of state, so naturally there are no secrets recently. I just haven't seen your highness for a long time. Go and say hello!"
"Ah! That's it... When I just came here, the prince was in the inner study. You can see him wherever you go!"
"Thank you, thank you so much..."
The two parted ways after being polite. Wang Junlan went straight to the prince's study. Ito turned around and walked into the lower road without anyone paying attention. He called the guard and whispered a few words, "Notify Mrs. Tiger immediately and pay attention to Wang Junlan. He can't go to see the prince without something to do." !”
"None of us can stop him. Only Madam Tiger can find out the root cause! Go quickly..."
This person was a secret ninja from Fuso. After receiving the order, he rushed straight to the prince's mansion along the mountain path like a gust of wind!
