In 1939, Wang Jingwei’s confidant, Gao Zongwu, director of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and his staff, Peking University professor and director of the law department, Tao Xisheng, were ordered to participate in the negotiations with the Japanese. The "Outline for the Adjustment of the New Japan-China Relations" and the "Basic Principles for the Adjustment of the New Japan-China Relations", "The Specific Principles for the Adjustment of the New Japan-China Relations", and "Secret Understanding Matters" and other eight secret agreements. Demonstrates Japan's wolfish ambition to annex China, including: the area Japan wants to occupy from the north to the south of Heilongjiang to Hainan Island; all China's rights and interests in this area, including sovereignty, territory, ports, rivers, minerals, banks, transportation, military Police, weapons, etc., must be possessed or controlled by Japan without omission.

Gao and Tao clearly realized that once such a treaty was signed, they would undoubtedly become eternal sinners of the Chinese nation. They immediately withdrew from the negotiation and urged Wang Jingwei to refuse to sign.

But Wang Jingwei was firmly controlled by the Japanese at this time, and he was single-mindedly accommodating the Japanese, fantasizing about getting the full support of the Japanese and gaining the position of the supreme leader of China, just as Tao Xisheng later described—“It’s like drinking poisoned wine.” , I took a sip, half died, and realized it was poisonous wine, so I stopped drinking it. Wang took a sip, realized it was poisonous wine, and simply drank it.”

Gao and Tao tried to persuade them to no avail, so they refused to participate in the signing ceremony with the Japanese under the pretext of illness. Their attitude aroused the suspicion and dissatisfaction of Wang Jingwei and his loyal traitors Li Shiqun and Ding Mocun, so they planned to assassinate them.

After Gao and Tao learned about it, they quickly stole the relevant secret contract documents and sought help from the Chongqing Nationalist Government through secret channels.At this time, the Military Command Shanghai Station was overwhelmed by the joint clearance of the Japanese secret service and No. 76, so the Chongqing side had to entrust Du Yuesheng to arrange the escape of Gao and Tao. On January 1940, 1, Gao and Tao sneaked into Shanghai secretly, and with the help of Du Yuesheng's subordinate Wan Molin, they boarded the American passenger ship "Hoover" on the evening of January 2, and arrived in Hong Kong on January 1.

On January 1940, 1, Hong Kong's "Ta Kung Pao" published the open letter of the two men, and announced the relevant secret agreement and all the contents of the attachments.

Due to the needs of the plot, this book advances the occurrence of Gao Tao's time to 1938. This book is a fictional work, so please don't mind it.

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