Shame on the Concession: Japanese spies have come to Hankou.

Using such a topic does not mean that I personally have a deep dislike for the Japanese, nor does it mean that Hankou was once occupied by the Japanese. I don't mean to belittle the Japanese concession here. But in all the information I have seen, in the memory of the old people, the Japanese concession gives people the feeling that even the word "low grade" has been raised. In fact, the Japanese concession is more suitable to be described by the word "shelter evil people from evil practices".

1886, a Leshan Hall suddenly appeared on the river street in Hankou. The person who runs this Leshan club is called Kenji, a Japanese. Paul Arao is a Japanese Asian promotion theorist. The theory of "developing Asia" advocates taking Japan as an ally, uniting China and North Korea, and making East Asia a force to compete with Europe and America under the guidance of Japan. 1886 After being sent to China, Huang Weijing came to Hankou. He believes that Hankou is located in the transportation hub, in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, enough to command China to control Hubei, Hunan and Shaanxi. Therefore, he chose Hankou as his activity place. Huang Weijing is the head of Leshantang, who runs a small shop in the name of marketing eye drops, medicinal materials, books and groceries. But in fact, he is collecting all kinds of information as much as possible, and providing funds to carry out a pilot survey called "China Survey". Its investigators have done everything, including mountains and rivers, population, products, transportation, military system, granaries, customs and costumes, and so on. Even some nameless rivers, where there are ferries and where there are no ferries, have detailed records. 1889 Spring, Arao returned to Japan. He submitted a "commemorative letter" to the Army Chiefs of Staff, in which he put forward Japan's China policy. Yewei Jing thinks that it has little influence on China and his relatives, and it is not appropriate to conquer by force, because after the Opium War, China has attached importance to national defense and has a navy. The best way is to use commodity expansion to control the economy and plunder China. 1890, Japan established Nissin Trade Research Institute in Shanghai.

1892, the most important backbone member of Hankou Huang Weijing Leshan Hall, Gen Jinyi, wrote a book "Trade Investigation between Qing and China, Trade Must be Carried in One Day" based on the investigation reports collected by Hankou Leshan Hall over the years, which consists of two parts, three volumes and more than 2,300 pages. Divided into geography, transportation, transportation, finance, industry, habits and so on. This is the earliest research achievement of Japanese intelligence agencies in China, and it is also an important document for studying China's social economy, which became an encyclopedia of Japanese activities in China at that time.

1897, Huang Ji died of plague in Taiwan Province province. The following year, 1898, Japan opened a concession in Hankou-Hankou concession.