Back to the Republic of China as a commander

After getting off the ship, Wang Zhenyu couldn't calm down for a long time. In his arms, there were secret letters written by Cai E to Gu Pinzhen, Luo Peijin, and Liu Xianshi respectively.Wang Zhenyu thought for a while, but he still asked He Jian to come over. Naturally, it would be better for the secret letter to be handled by the spy chief.

Recently, in order to integrate intelligence resources, the Military Intelligence Bureau established the Navy Military Intelligence Division, and Liu Junqiang served as the colonel's director.At the same time, a semi-open southwestern terminus was set up in Chengdu, and Gong Peng served as the chief of the major general.The intelligence work against the Southwest actually started in May last year, which is the benefit of knowing the direction of history.

Wang Zhenyu looked back at the ship again, Cai E probably won't be able to come back after going.I'd better work harder and fulfill the last wish of this peerless talent!

After returning to his official residence, Secretary Chen Bulei came to report: "Chairman, the Japanese side proposed to meet you in Wuhan through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government. Do you think so?"

Japanese?Hehe, these conceited orientals finally realized their own existence.Wang Zhenyu secretly laughed for a while and said: "I remember that the Japanese seem to have never recognized the independent tariff agreement of the nine southern provinces, as well as our national government. Why do you want to talk to us now. Hehe, make arrangements, not only If you want to see them, you need to make people feel at ease, for example, let them visit the training of our expeditionary force!"

In fact, the Japanese government’s debate on the China issue this time is quite large, which is mainly due to the current intensification of political factional struggles in Japan.

When it comes to Japanese politics in this era, we have to mention the famous Taisho era.

In 1912, Emperor Meiji, who had been repeatedly mythical by the Japanese, finally lost his head.Then his son who suffered from encephalopathy ascended the throne and became Emperor Taisho. It is said that Emperor Taisho once suffered from meningitis and left sequelae. At the age of 40, he suffered from cerebral thrombosis and became mentally ill.When the illness broke out, the emperor often made some ridiculous behaviors in front of the public.For example, when watching a military exercise, he would suddenly run down the reviewing stand, open the soldiers' backpacks and rummage through them.Once, when he was attending the opening ceremony of the Congress, on a whim, while giggling, he rolled up his speech into a cylinder, put it on his eyes, and took careless photos of foreign envoys.

In fact, for the dictatorship system, it is not necessarily a bad thing for the dictator to have a brain problem. Just look at the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. You can tell that some were in business, some were carpenters, and some wanted to be generals, but they were unwilling to be emperors.Therefore, a strange phenomenon appeared in the Ming Dynasty. Even if the emperor did not show his face for decades, the whole country could still operate as usual. It was not until the gang of Donglin Party came out to engage in party struggles to fight for the priority of political power that the country was completely tossed. .

The Japanese are facing this problem now. Although the former Emperor Meiji was great, the common people did not get half a dime from his great achievements. The poor are still poor, and the rich are getting richer.And now the biggest advantage of the Emperor, who is said to be not very good at thinking, is that the dictator has no business, and the political atmosphere has become democratic overnight.This is the Taisho democracy repeatedly praised by historians of later generations, and it is also called the "Taisho era" (meaning very beautiful and on time) by the Japanese people.

As far as politics alone is concerned, the "Kaiyuan Era" finally faced disintegration in the early days of Taisho. First, Gongwang Xiyuanji was forced to step down by the feudal lord and became the last elder. Movement) and stepped down, died soon after.

In the Taisho Era, it was a golden age when political parties were active. In the mid-term, there was Hara Keiji who formed the cabinet of civilian political parties. In the later period, there were political parties who formed the cabinet of the three factions to protect the constitution. It is related to the regency. Because the Meiji era began, the elders could nominate the prime minister. However, Emperor Taisho was seriously ill, and Hirohito was immature and under the respect of the elders. The elders nominated the prime minister, and they were almost sure to win. In the political party politics of the Taisho period, the democratic movement and ideological trend aroused, However, the term "Taisho Demolasi (democracy)" was changed. What's more worth mentioning is that the power of Changzhou faction vassals gradually declined, and the tyranny of the mountain county was related to the Satsuma faction when the crown prince Prince Hirohito married Queen Hisamiya Yoshiko (that is, a major event in the palace) has since declined.

But now the two old guys, Xiyuanji Gongwang and Shanxian Youpeng, are still alive and healthy, and under their influence, in recent years, the Japanese cabinet has also taken turns to sit in the cabinet, and the soldiers and the members of the Constitutional Political Friendship Association have taken turns on stage.The incumbent is first of all Shigenobu Okuma from the Constitutional Seiyukai. This is his second time as the prime minister or the prime minister.However, the countdown to his term of office can start, because the biggest characteristic of the Japanese is that they are always full of endless desires, and the endless desires of the chaebols and the people cannot be satisfied no matter who becomes the prime minister.

Since you can’t be satisfied, let’s take turns to sit in the village, keep throwing hope to the people, and try to make the chaebols richer, so that the balance will be balanced. The Japanese are really geniuses in politics.

However, the result of such a fierce struggle is that when they suddenly stopped to take a breather, they realized that China, which they regarded as their lifeline, had changed in just a few months.This fat pig was actually split in two, and the southern half looked pretty good, and it actually came up with a tariff autonomy without making a sound.

In addition to taking the time to punish those spies who are not good at espionage, the most important thing is to come up with new countermeasures, so a new round of quarrels began again, and many veterans began to miss Emperor Meiji.If His Majesty the old emperor is still there, it will not be everyone's turn to quarrel. He will directly rule, and everyone will carry it out. Anyway, it is God's will that can't be wrong. If it is wrong, the person who executes it is incompetent and blasphemy. The great God Amaterasu.

But now, that person in the palace doesn't seem to worry about these things at all, my god!

The Nationalist Government was a local government anyway, and strictly speaking, the Empire of Japan did not recognize this local government, so there was no consulate in Nanjing.However, this does not prevent them from communicating with the National Government. At least from a non-government level, the nominal leaders of the National Government, Huang Xing, Sun Yat-sen and others are good friends with the Japanese side.Especially Sun Yat-sen, who also has a Japanese wife.

But the Japanese are not fools. They can figure out who is the real power holder of the Nationalist Government after a little experimentation, so they must come to Wuhan.Because the information that Japan has deployed in the south for more than ten years has been completely destroyed due to various reasons, so now the Japanese side urgently needs to clarify a few things:

The first thing is about the intelligence within the youth army, especially key data related to the army's combat effectiveness, equipment, and major military generals. This is what the military department has repeatedly emphasized.

The second thing is about Wang Zhenyu's personal information, the more detailed the better, because the Japanese suddenly found that they did not have any useful information about this powerful person in South China.

The third thing is to find out the scale and purpose of the participating army that the national government is currently training. Whether it is really going to Europe to die, or is it just like Duan Qirui in Beiyang who is dreaming of unification by force under the guise of participating in the war? This will directly determine The strength of the Empire of Japan's support for Beiyang and the action plan in Northern China.

The last one is a subsidiary additional target. Due to the establishment of the customs zone, Japan’s commercial investment and commodity exports in southern China have suffered a heavy blow. Fortunately, this share is not high in terms of the interests of the entire empire in China.But no matter how small a fly is, it is still meat. No matter from which point of view, this is a huge harm to the empire. Therefore, the diplomats sent to South China this time also shoulder the mission of communicating with the national government on this issue. Access to data on South China's economic construction.

As a minister, Koban Youkichi is naturally not suitable for this diplomatic activity. After all, the national government is only a local government, so the Japanese side finally chose a strange combination of four people. First-class counselor Mamoru Shigemitsu It is said that Yosuke Matsuoka, the head of the Foreign Affairs Division of the Japanese Consulate General in Kanto, is a China hand. The deputy military attache of the Japanese Embassy in China, Rensuke Isoya, is also said to be a China hand, and has just been directly appointed by the Japanese military as a The head of the Shanghai Secret Service (known as the Mei Agency in history, 23 years earlier than in history, because the agency was located in a small building called "Plum Blossom Hall" in the Japanese expatriate gathering area in Hongkou, Shanghai, so it was called "Meihuatang" in Japan. "Mei Agency".) Kenji Doihara, this is still a China hand (it seems that Japan's China hands are a bit overflowing), and his public identity is the military attache of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai.

Their trip to Nanjing obviously didn't yield much. The Nationalist Government seems to be very large, with many institutions and personnel, and it does have money to handle affairs. However, when it comes to the economic construction data of South China, even the ministers of the Executive Yuan have to His face showed embarrassment.After some in-depth exchanges, everyone realized that the economic construction of South Chinana was not entirely managed by the national government. In fact, the Armament Department of the Military Commission and an enterprise named Nakato Development Corporation were in charge. The relevant data are here. In the hands of the two departments, what the national government can manage is only some investment.

Matsuoka Yosuke was very surprised to hear the news and asked back: "Economic construction has been assigned to the Military Commission and the Development Corporation, so what is your national government mainly responsible for?"

Wang Zhengting, who was in charge of the reception, said with a wry smile: "The current job of the government is to carry out patriotic health campaigns, build a new life, take out education, carry out medical treatment, carry out urban construction and transportation construction (only roads, railways have also been developed) The head office took it away)."

Mamoru Shigemitsu, who was sitting on the side, immediately became dumbfounded when he heard this. Isn't this the service-oriented government in the United States?No, the U.S. government at least has the power to fight foreign wars, while the national government is completely in service, and it simply doesn't have any key powers.