Back to the Republic of China as a commander

It was already hot summer in Wuhan in July, and I knew that I was screaming outside the window, but in the Standing Committee Building of the Central Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, the temperature was very pleasant. The latest product of this era, electric fans, has been installed in the entire military committee building.

When it comes to electric fans, it cannot but be said that Wang Zhenyu changed history here. Not long after this thing came out, it was imitated, developed and put into production by Shanghai Electric Company of China.However, in this era, including Europe and the United States, there is no perfect awareness of intellectual property rights, so the original can only sigh.

Although it has been put into production, from a practical point of view, the output is limited. After all, it is an imitation product, and there are still many problems in the production process.Since Wang Zhenyu advocates quality, these emerging national enterprises can only do what they can to ensure quality, and there is no such thing as maintaining quantity.After one month, the output of Changjiang brand electric fans of Shanghai Electric Appliance Company is only 40-[-] units.But it was summer, and the supply of this thing immediately became in short supply.Various departments of the Military Commission issued notes one after another asking for goods, and for this reason, some unpleasant things even occurred between the various departments.When Wang Zhenyu saw the situation, with a swipe of a pen, all the inventory was given priority to the Tianyuan local office building of the Military Commission.Now there are no conflicts within the Military Commission, and the Nanjing Nationalist Government's opinions on Wuhan have become stronger.Because the result of the priority supply is that only more than [-] units were finally allocated to Nanjing, and they were out of stock after satisfying the main high-level officials of the government. This move was called by Wang Jingwei, who is known for his anti-king, as new evidence of Wang Zhenyu's dictatorship. Far away. . .

On July 7, the business negotiation between the American business delegation and China Development Corporation officially started after about a week of on-site inspection.Out of dual considerations of safety and confidentiality, the venue for the meeting was set in Conference Room No. 24 of Wang Zhenyu's office building.

Strictly speaking, the US business delegation is not an official organization. In fact, Ye Guoxuan did not have much formal contact with the US government during his three months in the US.At present, there is only one project that China and the United States are negotiating with, which is the US naval cooperation plan, but obviously, with the decision of the United States to enter the war, this negotiation work has come to a semi-standstill.

Among the members of the US business delegation, there is only one heavyweight, the 43-year-old Rockefeller Jr., but he represents the most powerful families in the United States, Rothschild, Morgan, DuPont and Rockefeller himself.The four major families obviously accepted Ye Guoxuan's propaganda, and they were obviously full of interest in exploring China, an ancient oriental country that was booming.

And on July 7th, Wang Zhenyu, the actual controller of the entire South China, finally planned to have a private meeting with Rockefeller Jr. alone. . .

At the same time in Beijing, although the news of the Zhijun's defeat had spread to the Prime Minister's Office in Tie Shi Hutong immediately, there was no sign of celebration in the mansion.Duan Qirui sat on his grand teacher's chair with a livid face and said nothing, while Xu Shuzheng, Duan Zhigui and other confidants stood on one side.Sitting opposite Duan Qirui was Yukichi Koban, the Japanese government's minister in China, and he was drinking the best Biluochun there right now.

Duan Qirui has dealt with the Japanese a lot these years, and he knows their ways very well.If this battle was won by his Anhui faction, then these little Japanese would come to talk to him politely and continue to provide him with military assistance.In turn, either ignore it, or extract the final value and then discard it.In the Japanese dictionary, only winners and losers have no loyalty at all, which is why the phenomenon of three ups and downs is very rare in Japanese history.Since the Japanese are such a habit, the envoy to China is not here to comfort Duan Qirui now, just look at the way Xiao Fanyouji drinks tea.

Duan Qirui naturally knew this well, he deliberately closed his eyes to rest his mind, but didn't open his mouth.

After Xiao Banyouji had a few cups of fragrant tea, he naturally wanted to talk: "Respected Prime Minister, I am here to congratulate you. Congratulations to your army for defeating Cao Kun and Wu Peifu's rebels."

Although he knew that the Japanese had bad intentions, Duan Qirui couldn't help feeling a pain when he heard this.He opened his eyes and looked at Duan Zhigui and Cao Rulin, and couldn't help sighing, what kind of battle was this fighting? He had trained almost 20 soldiers, and they looked decent after several inspections.Originally, they planned to rely on these troops to attack the south and unify the country, but it was revealed when they fought against the direct troops, which was really annoying.In fact, Duan Qirui himself is clear about many things here. It is nothing more than the appointment of officers. Duan Zhigui and others are nepotism. No fighting spirit.Think about it, isn't that the problem with the old army in the former Qing Dynasty?Why, after a long circle, I also came up with this question. Could it be that this is the so-called fate, could it be that I was doomed by the heavens to suffer the shame of today?

Duan Qirui didn't reply, and it was Duan Zhigui who was beside him who answered flatteringly: "This is not because of your country's help, this is finally settling Wu Xiaogui and the others, and now they are fleeing all the way to Henan .”

Xiao Banyouji ignored Duan Zhigui, but took Duan Qirui's expression into his eyes, and then sneered: "With my invincible Japanese Imperial Army, I will not lose this battle. Marshal Cao Kun Cao from Tianjin I have just been electrified and left the field. As Premier Duan's long-standing friend, I really want to know how Premier Duan plans to deal with the aftermath?"

Duan Qirui didn't know what was going on today, it seemed that he had made up his mind not to speak, and he just didn't respond anyway.

Cao Rulin, the director of transportation, was very embarrassed. Today, Minister Xiaobanyouji was actually accompanied by him. The real situation of the Zhiwan War has already spread throughout Beijing.Even the candied haws sellers under the overpass know that Prime Minister Duan Qirui's days of overshadowing the sky with one hand are coming to an end. Not to mention Wang Zhenyu, who is far away in the south, just the Marshal Zhang of the Feng family who has already arrived in the Forty-Nine City is a role that will be replaced at any time .Now people from all walks of life in the capital are observing the direction of the wind, to see which way the wind will blow, so that they can fall accordingly. Cao Rulin, who is in front of Duan Qirui's eyes, is a character who is watching the direction of the wind.

In fact, Cao Rulin didn’t need to come out in such a hurry to find out the direction of the wind, because his former friend Yang Yongtai wrote him several secret letters, urging him to join him as soon as possible, because Wang Zhenyu once asked him about himself during a dinner with Yang Yongtai, And showed appreciation.Thinking of Xiong Xiling and Liang Qichao who had already served in the past, it is said that these two are now highly valued, Cao Rulin couldn't help but move his mind.However, Cao Rulin also knew that he had done some things that he shouldn't have done, so he was still somewhat upset. He was different from Yang Du. something.If something happens, can Wang Zhenyu tolerate himself?Therefore, Cao Rulin's cleverness naturally wouldn't put eggs in one bowl, and he had been operating in Beijing for some years, so it was really heartbreaking for him to suddenly give up his huge business and go south.So this time he volunteered to come to the Prime Minister's Office with Xiao Banyouji, and now he had to bite the bullet and come out to answer the conversation in order to ease the atmosphere.

"Then, Mr. Minister, how does your government hope to deal with the aftermath?"

"As a friend of Prime Minister Duan, we, the Empire of Japan, hope to further strengthen cooperation with your government, especially hope to achieve greater breakthroughs on the Shandong issue."

The question raised by Youji Kobata is actually the Qingdao question, which was also the most important of the 21 items of Japan’s demise of China that year, and it was also something that Lao Yuan put in so much effort and shamelessly refused to agree to.Originally, Tokyo was not too worried about this, but with the performance of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force in Europe, now all fools know that after the war, China will definitely raise the Shandong issue at the post-war peace conference, and Britain and France based on the performance of the Chinese army Definitely will take care of this issue.Now, if the Japanese government wants to avoid direct conflict with Britain and France on the Qingdao and even Shandong issues, there is only one most effective way, which is to allow the Duan Qirui government, which still has the name of the central government, to legally give Japan the occupation of Qingdao to control Shandong. Admit it, then no matter how noisy the future Chinese government is, it will probably be useless.

Duan Qirui still closed his eyes and leaned on the grand teacher's chair without speaking, but Xiao Banyouji was a little impatient: "Prime Minister Duan, the imperial government still hopes that you will be in charge of the central government in Beijing, and we also hope that you will be in charge of the central government in Qingdao and Shandong. If it is recognized by you and your government on the issue, then a secret treaty is also acceptable."

Duan Qirui is like a bright mirror in his heart, these Japanese are not holding back any good farts at all!He opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling and said: "Mr. Minister, I can give you a clear answer here. There is no need to talk about the issue of sovereignty. I am very tired now, please go back!"

Duan Qirui's words made Xiao Banyouji stand up very dissatisfied and said: "Prime Minister Duan, you should rest well, but I still want to remind you that there are still many people who are interested in the central government in Beijing. Support for friends also needs to be rewarded, so I will leave..."

After Xiao Banyouji left, Duan Zhigui, who could no longer bear it, said in a low voice: "Prime Minister, isn't it Qingdao? It has already been occupied by Little Japan. If you promise them, it will be over. As long as we still have the government and form a new army, we will have a new army in the future. Isn’t this world still ours?”

Duan Qirui said angrily: "What do you know, what do you know, isn't it you and we are so threatened today? What is this, you think it's a mortgage loan, this is a serious traitor, you Duan Zhigui is a horse piss If you drink too much or get your head kicked by a donkey, what can we do about traitorous things?"

Duan Zhigui was still unconvinced after being scolded like this: "Then what should we do, let's go out and let someone else take the stage. I heard that Fengtian bandit aimed at the chair under your butt."

Duan Qirui glanced at Duan Zhigui and said to the crowd: "We've lost, and there's nothing for us in this world. We still have to abide by the rules of betting and admitting defeat. It's not terrible to have no power. It's terrible to be spurned by your children and grandchildren, and to be ashamed of your ancestors." ..."