Crimson Dawn

I heard that Kita Ikki sent things to so many people in the Japanese cabinet, but Takahashi Shikiyo never received such things.On the one hand, he felt relieved, but on the other hand, he couldn't help feeling a little jealous in his heart.He asked, "What did Bei Yihui say?"

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang smiled and said: "It doesn't matter what you say, the important thing is that I have sent people to openly contact those Japanese in China."

From a tactical point of view, this approach is actually good.The problem is that only high-ranking Japanese like Xiyuanji Gongwang dare to make such a decision. If it were someone else, I would have been accused of colluding with China long ago.

Even so, Takahashi Shiqing couldn't help but said in a contemptuous tone: "Do those non-citizens still have the idea of ​​an imperial country? Now they have long considered themselves Chinese?"

This cannot be blamed on Takahashi being Qing. Among the people who defected to the People’s Party, except for Kuroshima Jinichiro, who has now changed his name to Kuroshima Jin, he also claims and is said to have the blood of the Japanese Southern Dynasty imperial family, and even proclaims himself "the only Chinese in 3000 years."The background of the others is basically similar to that of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.However, the current identities of these guys are very different. The political commissar of the group army, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, the deputy governor, deputy mayor, deputy county head, secretary of the party committee, director, director, and division chief. There are many people with a population of tens of thousands or even millions.

According to investigations, among the relatives who followed them to China to seek a living, even gave birth to a child who became a Chinese citizen and could not even speak Japanese.When these people are in Japan, they must nod and bow after meeting officials.Now middle-ranking officials in Japan have to nod and bow after seeing them.The Japanese upper class hated these Japanese traitors who defected to the People's Party.

Xiyuanji Gongwang didn't care about the changes in the status of the Japanese members of the People's Party. He said: "We can always provide some channels of communication through these people. We are looking for them so openly, and it is very embarrassing to come to these people. of."

Takahashi Shiqing agrees with Xiyuanji Gongwang's ideas. As a Japanese, he follows the People's Party and is hostile to Japan. If the Japanese side officially sends people to contact them, these people will definitely feel uncomfortable.Seriously for the Japanese and Chinese, no matter what they do, they can't change the blood of these people.

"Then get rid of Xiyuanji-kun." Takahashi pushed all the troubles in his hands to others neatly.

But Gongwang Xiyuanji and Takahashi Shiqing were obviously wrong.The members of the Japanese People's Party did not have any embarrassments, and even Kita Ikki, who had not joined the People's Party, did not have the slightest embarrassment when facing the envoys sent by Japan. On August 1917, 8, when Bei Yihui saw the Japanese envoy, he didn't even avoid suspicion. He simply said, "I'm going to the court. If you want to go, you can go together. If you don't want to, you can come back another day."

It is one of the tasks of the Japanese envoy to demonstrate the relationship between the Japanese members of the People's Party and Japan.With this rare opportunity to show his face, the Japanese envoy certainly refused to let it go.When the two walked out, the Japanese envoy couldn't help asking first, "Are there so many houses in Zhejiang and Hangzhou that need to be repaired?"

"It's like this everywhere in China now." Bei Yihui said simply and neatly.Since the People's Party did not intend to adopt any means of solving slums in the stage of industrial development, and Chen Ke made arrangements in the form of a "hundred-year plan", the construction of residential quarters and industrial areas has become the norm in major cities recently.Hangzhou has many water systems. Compared with the major cities in Hebei and Henan that Bei Yihui has visited, the civil engineering works of the People's Party in Hangzhou are simply drizzle.

"What did Mr. Bei go to the court? Report me?" the Japanese envoy asked with a smile.

"Mr. Cai Yuanpei will be executed in a few days. I want to go to the court to make a final effort." Bei Yihui replied.

"You want to save Mr. Cai Yuanpei?" The Japanese envoy was very surprised.He thought that Bei Yihui would firmly support the People's Party's policies anyway.

"How is it possible? I don't think Mr. Cai Yuanpei should be sentenced to death for murder. Instead, he should be sentenced to death for counter-revolutionary crimes. But the People's Party's attitude is too firm, so I will go to the court to make a final effort this time." Bei Yihui replied , "If the court fails, I will go to the National People's Congress to file a motion."

After hearing Bei Yihui's answer, the Japanese envoy almost staggered.Bei Yihui didn't care whether to kill Cai Yuanpei, but cared about killing Cai Yuanpei in what name. This kind of behavior made the Japanese envoy have a feeling that can only be described as funny.Is the cat playing with the mouse just like that?The messenger is Japanese, and he is particularly puzzled by the meaning contained in this.And since the envoy was sent by Xiyuanji Gongwang, he can understand that the National People's Congress is equivalent to Japan's parliament, but the political organization of the People's Party is obviously superior to the National People's Congress in terms of status.From my point of view, exercising this dictatorship as a political party is quite similar to the combination of the characteristics of the Japanese army and navy.Kita Ikki, who has always been a supporter of the socialist system, doesn't seem to care about it at all. This is also what the messenger doesn't understand.

Bei Yihui's actions obviously ended in no end. The court staff seemed to be extremely bored with Bei Yihui's actions, and their tone was quite rude.Seeing whether to persuade Bei Yihui to leave, the young court staff simply told Bei Yihui, "If you think the law is unfair, then you can go to the National People's Congress. Our court only enforces the law, not enacts the law."

Even though they saw a lot of strange things here in the People's Party, the Japanese envoy was stunned by this very constitutional answer.One of the biggest characteristics of the bureaucracy is that it pushes people from one place to another when encountering unsolvable problems.But it is amazing to be able to find a reasonable and reasonable basis from the constitution.Taking a closer look at the age of the court clerk, at most she was a young woman in her early twenties.The Japanese envoy was really confused. Could it be that the people's party has so many talents that it can't do it?

Bei Yihui didn't continue to talk nonsense, he left the court with the messenger and went to the National People's Congress near the court.The place of the National People's Congress is where the former Jiangsu Parliament was.Bei Yihui asked to see the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, but it took a long time for the receptionist to show up.A soldier came out, and Bei Yihui was annoyed when he saw it, "Xiangle Chi! What are you doing at the National People's Congress?"

Because Bei Yihui used the Japanese pronunciation, the Japanese envoy was stunned. Sagara Chi was a relative of Sagara Zongsan of the Chiho Team. His original name was Kojima Horigoro. After he joined the revolution in China, he changed his name to Sagara Chi. A division-level cadre of the party, this Sagara Chi was also on the Japanese envoy's visit list.

"I'm a member of the National People's Congress Preparatory Committee, why can't I come to the National People's Congress?" Sagara Chi smiled and answered Kita Ikki's words, while looking at the Japanese envoy, "I think this is one of the envoys sent by Japan, Okamura Ning Mister Ci?"

Neiji Okamura heard Saigakuchi call out his name directly, and bowed politely, "Mr. Sagara, this is Neiji Okamura."

Unlike Neiji Okamura's Japanese etiquette, Sagara Akasaka came forward to shake hands with Neiji Okamura.In the whole demeanor, there are not many traces of the Japanese, but it is completely consistent with the style of the People's Party.

After the handshake, Xiang Lechi smiled and said in Chinese: "Talk inside."

The site of the former Zhejiang Parliament is very simple from the inside to the outside, except for the necessary tables and chairs, there are no other superfluous things.Even the walls that were bombarded by artillery fire were not repaired, but the broken bricks and stones were cleaned up.Neiji Okamura did not avoid suspicion at all, he smiled and said, "Is the People's Party so thrifty?"

"No, this place is about to be demolished." Xiang Lechi replied while pouring tea for the two.The place where the conversation took place was a small, empty conference room with nothing but a dozen tables and chairs.On the contrary, the staff who came in with teacups and teapots did not leave after entering.

Xiang Lechi said to Bei Yihui: "Brother Bei, don't say that the Zhejiang People's Congress has not yet been elected. Even if the Zhejiang People's Congress is elected, it will be useless. The Zhejiang People's Congress cannot violate the Constitution. The Constitution stipulates that there are no political prisoners, and there are no political prisoners." Counter-revolutionary crime. The crime related to political prisoners is the crime of subverting the state. There is a special law for this. But Cai Yuanpei does not apply this law at all. It is impossible for the National People's Congress to discuss Cai Yuanpei's affairs in a meeting, so the National People's Congress must first amend the constitution, and then convict Cai Yuanpei of counter-revolutionary crimes. You can understand when I say this."

Hearing this, Neiji Okamura couldn't bear it any longer. He said in a slightly excited voice: "Mr. Sagara, please forgive me for interrupting you. Did you come up with what you said?"

Xiangle Chi was honest, "No, I didn't come up with this. This is what we learned during the meeting."

"I see." Neiji Okamura nodded again and again. He was getting more and more confused about what the People's Party wanted to do. In fact, it didn't matter whether it was the Japanese army, navy, or parliament.All political forces have only one purpose, to achieve their own interests.The specific methods to be used are entirely based on the power of each force, and they will choose the political structure and means that are most suitable for them to exert their power.

As Japan's current "expert on China" or, more precisely, "expert on the People's Party", Neiji Okamura himself has studied all the materials and documents of the People's Party that can be collected, but he also knows the term "procedural justice".However, being able to strengthen "procedural justice" to such an extent through meetings, Okamura really can't stop Ningji from nodding and sighing.

Bei Yihui didn't give a shit about Xiangle's rhetoric at all. He said unrelentingly, "Counter-revolutionaries are bound to exist. Cai Yuanpei is a counter-revolutionary! We can't lie to ourselves."

Xiangle Chi smiled and said: "We said at the meeting that counter-revolution and revolution are a pair of contradictions. This involves a question, what is counter-revolution? For the revolutionary People's Party, even if its attitude has always been firm, the counter-revolution in the eyes of the People's Party is constantly changing at various stages. The counter-revolutionaries who supported the continued existence of the Manchu Qing government more than ten years ago were counter-revolutionaries. So Yuan Shikai could choose to overthrow Manchu Qing, he is not a counter-revolutionary. Next, whoever armed against the land reform is a counter-revolutionary. But with the end of the land revolution in most areas, counter-revolutionaries have been eliminated. Now the definition of counter-revolution is different. Even if it is Cai Yuanpei, he was once a staunch revolutionary. There is no way to be a law for such a difficult thing to define."

Bei Yihui was very impatient with such words, he said: "Then, wouldn't it be good to formulate counter-revolutionaries for each stage at each stage?"

Hearing this, Saigakuchi shook his head, "Counter-revolution is a meaningful term for the past and the present, but the world is constantly changing, and through our current efforts, the future social situation is constantly changing. We cannot let everyone You will always live under the shadow of the past. If you force the crime of counter-revolution, you will find that most of the people are counter-revolutionaries at every stage. If you put the outline on the line, you can definitely come to such a judgment.”

After hearing this, Bei Yihui snorted coldly.Obviously disagree with Sagarachi's point of view.

And Xiang Lechi also disagreed with Bei Yihui's point of view. He put away his smile and said seriously: "Brother Bei, our People's Party is the vanguard of the working people. What we want to create is a bright future for the working people, not a bright future for the working people." Turning working people into various counter-revolutionaries is our most basic political stance. I have always felt that your problem is that you always want to build a once-for-all, eternal kingly paradise. You think that things that don’t change can really become Is it a royal paradise? This kind of thinking is not realistic."

Kita Ikki still didn't agree with Sagara Chi's idea, but Okamura Neji who was next to him quite agreed with Sagara Chi's point of view.As a soldier, if you think that war has such an eternal and unchanging pattern, and military technology is so fixed in the present, this can only prove that this soldier is unqualified.

Of course, as an envoy, Okamura Neiji's mission was originally to cause trouble and discord among the Japanese members of the People's Party, but Okamura Neiji now feels that this idea is too naive.If the feasibility of implementation is not considered, the best way at the moment is to send people to kill all the Japanese members of the People's Party. This is in the best interest of Japan, or in the best sense of the interests of the Japanese upper class.