Republic of China game

"Thank you." Kenji Doihara greeted Wu Ziliang very politely in Chinese, and then followed him by car to the Second Guest House of the Military Commission in Beiguan, Guangzhou, which is a place specially used to receive distinguished guests from allies. .The entire design was made by Luo Yaoguo after consulting Natalie himself. He also specially imported a lot of high-tech equipment, and all the receptionists have also undergone special training.

"Does the market in Guangzhou seem to be very prosperous?" Doihara sat in the car and asked as if unintentionally.

Wu Ziliang smiled and replied: "It's all thanks to the Prime Minister. Since the political training, the market has stabilized a lot, and taxes will not be collected indiscriminately. The market is naturally prosperous."

"Oh, really? I heard that Guangdong's industry is developing very rapidly now, and steel plants are still being built. I wonder if you can arrange for us to visit?" Kenji Doihara changed the topic to the steel plant.

"No." Wu Ziliang rejected Kenji Doihara's suggestion with a smile on his face.Now Dabao Mountain in Shaoguan and Shilu in Hainan Island have been designated as military restricted areas, and visits are not allowed.This is an order that Luo Yaoguo suggested to the Ministry of Armaments to issue.

"That would be a pity." Kenji Doihara shook his head calmly.

"I don't know if your Excellency Lieutenant Commander has any special mission in Guangzhou?" Wu Ziliang asked the other party's special mission very directly with a simple and honest smile.

Kenji Doihara thought for a while and replied: "There are some missions. I hope to meet with higher-level military officers of your party. I want to confirm some questions to avoid misunderstanding." Although Kenji Doihara is a spy, but this This time, his mission was to be a secret envoy, so it is better to clarify some things, so as to save everyone from guessing and wasting time.

"I understand." Wu Ziliang smiled and stopped talking to Kenji Doihara.He could tell at a glance that his opponent was a cunning and cunning spy, and his knowledge and skills were no match for him, so he simply kept his words to avoid being told the truth.

On the second day after Kenji Doihara's arrival, a more senior officer came to meet him in the meeting room of Beiguan Guest House.

"You are the famous general of the Kuomintang, General Luo Fuwen, right?" Such a young lieutenant general, Kenji Doihara, naturally guessed that he was Luo Yaoguo.

"Exactly." Luo Yaoguo didn't say much and got straight to the point, he said, "Your Excellency Doihara has some special mission in Guangzhou, right? Can we talk about it now?"

Kenji Doihara was a little depressed, why were the people he met in Guangzhou so wary?If everyone here in the Kuomintang is like this, how can this spy work be carried out?But depressed, Doihara still had a charming smile on his face. He said: "On behalf of the Japanese government, I send a message to you. The Japanese government is willing to support the Kuomintang to become the leader of China." Looking at the other party, it seemed that they were waiting for Luo Yaoguo to pounce on him and kiss his boots.

"Understood." Luo Yaoguo still cherished words like gold: "I will tell the Military Commission. If there is nothing else, I will leave first." After speaking, Luo Yaoguo left the stunned Kenji Doihara and walked away. up.

It's clear that China's leader, the KMT, doesn't care.This result greatly exceeded the expectations of Kenji Doihara and all the powers. It turned out that they planned to use China's ruling power as a bait to attract the Kuomintang's forces to intervene in the northern disputes, and then supported the Kuomintang to organize a weak government as their spokesperson. .At that time, the consistent thinking of the great powers in China was to strengthen the local government and weaken the central government, and to support the warlords to weaken the centralization of power, so as to prevent China from truly realizing unification.Therefore, the great powers that the Kuomintang put up the signboard of the central government did not object to it, but the Kuomintang would oppose it if it wanted to truly unify the great powers of China. Among them, the most violent opposition was probably Japan.In Japan's view, the Kuomintang is now a bit too strong in the south.

The day after Kenji Doihara hit a snag, Hong Kong Governor Situ Ba also hit a snag with Hu Hanmin.

"What? The Kuomintang doesn't want the leadership of the central government? Am I right?" Governor Situ Ba's expression seemed to have seen aliens. Now the Kuomintang doesn't even want the central government?What do they want?The governor's head suddenly became dizzy: "Then who do you plan to support as the leader of China?"

"Whoever can announce the abolition of all unequal treaties, our party will support whoever is the leader." These words were ordered by Sun Yat-sen to Hu Hanmin, and Hu Hanmin did not approve of them at all.

"Ah!" Situ Ba knew it was broken as soon as he heard it!Doesn’t this mean to support the Communist Party’s entry into Beijing to organize a Soviet?Did Prime Minister Macdonald have clear instructions to prevent the Communist Party from controlling China's central government at all costs.Uh, of course, all the costs do not include the lives of the British people, only a few thousand redheads can afford it.Situ Ba shook his head regretfully and said, "If you are so irresponsible, the Communist Party will eventually destroy this country."

Although Hu Hanmin very much agreed with what Situba said, he had to say: "If the unequal treaties are not abolished, our national subjugation is only a matter of time. Instead of waiting for our demise, it is better to give it a go." It was said by a responsible politician. In fact, Sun Yat-sen was a revolutionist, not a politician. Revolutionaries just want to give it a go.

Soon, Inuyang Takeshi, an old friend of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, the veteran of Japanese politics, also talked about this matter with Mr. Sun Yat-sen in Qingluli, Baiyun Mountain.

Inuyang Yi sat in the spacious and bright living room of Qinglu, drinking green tea while chatting with Mr. Zhongshan, and occasionally talked about state affairs: "The imperial government is very worried about the situation in Beijing, and I hope that Mr. Zhongshan can come out to preside over the situation. China's interests have been unnecessarily lost."

Sun Yat-sen shook his head and replied sadly: "Does China have anything to lose?"

"The Italian minister proposed to take full custody of China's military, railways, transportation and government agencies." Inukai Takeshi's tone seemed full of worry.

"Then ask Mussolini to take care of it!" Sun Yat-sen didn't seem to care about Italy as a great power.

"But there are also people in the imperial army who want to do this." Inu Yangyi shook his head and said, "If the Communist Party comes to power in Beijing, the empire will inevitably send troops to interfere."

"Didn't you interfere once in the past two years?" Mr. Zhongshan was also unmoved.Anyway, it is still in the stage of diplomatic blackmail. The Soviets have announced that they will send the Red Army to help, but Japan has not announced an increase in troops so far, and it is obviously retreating.

"Can your country compare with the Soviet Union?" Inuyang Yi was obviously dissatisfied with Sun Yat-sen's attitude.He did not expect that Sun Yat-sen had become so irresponsible now, taking the fate of the country as a gamble, and his appearance looked more and more like those young officers of the Japanese military.

"Your country can't compare to the agreement country." Sun Yat-sen has no way out now.Now if he can't win some real benefits for the Kuomintang from the big powers, the Kuomintang may be in danger when he closes his eyes.

Chapter 0110 with barbarian control barbarian (four)

The U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou now has an important guest—American Minister Schulman, who is also a representative of the diplomatic corps of the great powers, coming to Guangzhou to negotiate with the Kuomintang.But today, Minister Shulman can't put on the airs of being too strong, because the guest he is going to meet is an American citizen.The official authority of American officials is not very useful in front of their own citizens.

"Mr. Minister, it's an honor to meet you." Luo Yaoguo is now wearing a white suit and tie, sitting in the reception room of the American Consulate and "chatting" with Minister Shulman who just arrived in Guangzhou.

"Me too, General." Schulman smiled, as if he was meeting an ordinary American citizen, and said, "Do you need any help from the US government?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled and shook his head: "We don't need the help of the United States, we just need to get back what belongs to us."

"My own stuff?" Shulman frowned slightly.He knew that the Kuomintang was going to make a formal bid.

"Customs, tariffs, concessions, the Yangtze River, these all belong to China, and we are going to take them back now."

Schulman shook his head: "No, no, no, the big powers will not agree to your request. But we can support the Kuomintang to become the leader of China."

"Then what? You support the powerful factions from all over the country to contain our weak center? Then use our flesh and blood to feed Japan? Turn them into a war machine to deal with the Soviet Union? Haha, maybe you will be ahead of the Soviet Union I have learned the taste of Japanese gunpowder." Luo Yaoguo has already received information that representatives from Britain and Japan are now secretly meeting with Chairman Xia Chao of Zhejiang Province, Chairman Chen Tiaoyuan of Anhui Province, and Chairman Xiong Kewu of Sichuan Province.Britain and Japan are ready to support them in rebelling against the Kuomintang and the National Government.This kind of thing was commonplace throughout the Republic of China era, but now someone must pay the price for it.Through the Military Intelligence Bureau and another investigation bureau directly under Sun Yat-sen, Mr. Sun Yat-sen has basically grasped some situations. The political lives of Xia Chao in Zhejiang Province and Chen Tiaoyuan in Anhui are coming to an end. Xiong Kewu in Sichuan rationally refused. aid from Japan.

Schulman still pointed out with a smile on his face: "The great powers and the US government will not allow any country to monopolize China, including Japan and the Soviet Union."

"Mr. Minister, please don't forget that I am also a U.S. citizen, and I know as much about the U.S., especially U.S. military power, as you do. Huh, big powers? I don't know where the U.S. is strong? I can't imagine why the U.S. doesn't Allow this and not allow that? Just relying on the tens of thousands of sloppy Army in the United States? If the old men in Congress are not crazy, those boys who are thinking about retiring and going home all day long will not leave the United States for half a step. And Portugal , Spain, Italy, Belgium, are they also considered great powers? Don’t be kidding. Can Britain and France pose any real threat to today’s China? Now that the Communist Party and the Red Army have entered Beijing, maybe a Soviet will be formed tomorrow The government is gone. Where are you Western powers? You will bully those responsible governments that respect your interests in China! You can’t do anything about the Communist Party that really wants to break with you! And those Communist Parties are actually yours I support it, am I right?" Luo Yaoguo is very aware of the details of these Western powers. Before the 50s, anyone who became friends with them would definitely have bad luck. There is no danger either.There are only two real powers in China, one is Japan and the other is the Soviet Union.

"We support the Communist Party? Mr. Luo, don't you have a fever?" Shulman was very disdainful of Luo Yaoguo's theory. How could the United States support the Communist Party?

Luo Yaoguo sneered and said, "You can be regarded as a China hand. You should know how many people in this country are living in abject poverty and despair. You should also know that the central government of this country has neither money nor power to help under your oppression. Their own people cannot even bring peace and stability to the country. These desperate and impoverished people are the strength of the Communist Party! There are tens of millions of them! If there is no government that can truly bring hope to the people, the red flag of the Communist Party will sooner or later will be flying over this country. And now, you are killing all non-communist governments that can bring hope to China. I would like to ask Mr. Minister, if tomorrow, the Kuomintang announced that it would join the Third International to carry out the communist revolution, would the United States still Will China not be allowed to take back customs and concessions?"

"This kind of thing can't happen!" Impossible?Shulman said so, but also murmured in his heart.

"After becoming a communist party, what do you think I will lose? Houses? Cars? Power? Or beautiful women? Do you think Stalin and Trotsky enjoy less than me, a bourgeois general? Those bureaucrats in the Soviet Union How can our enjoyment be inferior to that of our Kuomintang officials?" Luo Yaoguo's words are also reasonable, except that those bungalows and cars are recorded in the state's account, the Soviet bureaucrats are indeed better than any officials in any bourgeois country. happiness.Moreover, there are many advantages to putting bungalows and cars on the state's account. For example, you don't have to pay property taxes, you don't need to spend money on repairs, you don't even need to clean the room yourself, and even the servants are sent by the state.

Schulman's face was a little ugly. He never expected to meet such a shameless guy. This person has no ideals, no soul, and only knows about material enjoyment.Indeed, compared with the bureaucrats of the Soviet Union, those officials in the United States have nothing to boast about.In the "monopoly bourgeoisie" that is really in power in the United States, officials are nothing but "managers", while the bureaucrats in the Soviet Union are the masters of the country!This is incomparable.

"You will destroy this country by doing this!" Shulman really couldn't think of any words to refute.

"I'm afraid this country will be destroyed in the end. Instead of letting you and Japan destroy her, it's better to let our Kuomintang destroy her." Speaking of destroying his own country, Luo Yaoguo still had a nonchalant expression on his face, because he knew The end of the Republic of China.

Schulman now finally understands that he has met a terrorist, and he is carrying a bomb to pull him to death.The imperialist countries at that time couldn't figure out the details of communism for a while, thinking that it might really happen that red flags were planted all over the world.So it's very sensitive to red things, and now the most populous country in the world seems to be preparing to paint its map red.With the Soviet Union and China, almost half of the world has turned red in just a few years, so how long can the other half last?

Seeing Minister Shulman's face looked a bit ugly, Luo Yaoguo tried to trick his American friend with sweet words again, and said with a smile: "Mr. Minister, a prosperous and developing China can not only prevent the expansion of communism, but also Bring a lot of money to American companies. You should know the skills of those capitalists. They have a lot of ways to get money out of the Chinese pockets. Of course, the premise is that the Chinese pockets have money. And now you adopt the policy is making the Chinese poorer and poorer, and finally there is no other hope but to join communism. If we create a separate customs area in the south, and impose tariffs that can protect the development of industry and commerce, it may lose some of the American goods. market, but the United States can provide a lot of goods, some of which will lose their market, while others will gain more markets due to the development of South China’s industry and commerce, such as industrial equipment, such as some high value-added consumer goods. Now we are in The steel factories built in Shaoguan and Hainan Island used industrial equipment from the Soviet Union and Germany, as well as the power stations and power grids we built in Guangdong, and the railways and factories invested by businessmen. These have tens of millions of dollars in orders. Don’t the United States need them? Is it? If we implement reasonable tariffs that can protect the development of industry and commerce, more industrial enterprises will be built and invested, and they will bring hundreds of millions of dollars or even more orders to the United States. Mr. Minister, please consider carefully For a moment, do you want a peaceful and prosperous China, or a communist China?"

A strong China is not in the interests of the United States and Western powers, but a strong communist China is even less in their interest.Now Schulman has to choose a result that is more in line with the interests of the United States among the two results that are not in their interests.

Schulman first made a concession on behalf of the U.S. government after weighing the balance. He said: "The U.S. government can support the Nationalist Government of China to establish an independent customs area in South China, and the Nationalist Government will manage the customs of this customs area. And set the tax rate. But the customs in northern China are not included, unless you can rule there. The US government can also support the Chinese Nationalist government's claim to the sovereignty of the Yangtze River, provided that you must ensure the safety of shipping on the Yangtze River. In addition, the rights and interests of the Shanghai International Settlement The U.S. government is also willing to hand it over to the Chinese Nationalist government. Finally, the U.S. government is willing to support the Chinese Nationalist Party’s rule in the south. However, we don’t want to see communists rule in Beijing.”

As Luo Yaoguo said in his sweet words at the end, the United States does have ways to sell industrial products to China, and they don’t even need to sell things, and they can earn huge profits from China by exporting capital. Of course, the premise is that China is an open market Economic state, not another red USSR.

Chapter 0111 New Article 21

The first half of the Republic of China seemed to be a gamble in which the great powers were responsible for formulating rules, supervising order, and determining winners and losers.All forces in China must make big bets under the rules set by the great powers and under their supervision. The final victory or defeat often depends on the support of the backstage bosses rather than their own strength.

The Kuomintang and Sun Yat-sen have always been among the players.According to the rules of the game in the past, it is time for the KMT to enter the central government to play the role of a doormat and be forced by various powers to make various concessions.At the same time, the great powers will also restrict the power of the Kuomintang by supporting the warlord forces under the Kuomintang, so that they will never be able to do without the baton of the great powers, until Japan feels that this kind of game is too slow to get money and directly ends up robbing.But the current situation is obviously that the Kuomintang is going to play tricks.

After succumbing to Luo Yaoguo's blackmail, U.S. Minister Shulman immediately arranged for Hong Kong Governor Stuart and French Consul Hugo to meet at the U.S. Embassy to discuss the issue of revising the rules of the Chinese gambling game.

Schulman first explained the attitude of the US government to his British and French friends. He said: "The US government believes that the containment of communism in China is a top priority. In order to achieve this goal, we need a truly powerful Chinese government. Obviously China The Nationalist Government was such a government. Therefore, the U.S. government decided to support some of the demands of the Chinese Nationalist Government, including the establishment of an independent customs territory in southern China under the full control of the Nationalist Government, the return of sovereignty over the Yangtze River to the Nationalist Government, and the The rights and interests in the Shanghai International Settlement were transferred to the national government. In addition, the US government hopes that the United States, Britain, and France can reach an agreement on this issue and take unified actions.”

The United States in this era is like this. It will neither beat people all over the world nor show its real strength to support a certain reactionary. However, it is not particularly nostalgic for things that do not belong to them, and it will not use the lives of American youths to exchange.So after being intimidated by the irresponsible remarks of Luo Yaoguo and the Kuomintang, the United States gave in casually.

"Well, France can also accept some of the conditions. But we still need to keep the French Concession in Shanghai, and we can return the other concessions to China." In the 20s, France was also an imperialist power with little motivation. Now in power in France is the left-wing coalition, the prime minister is the chairman of the Radical Socialist Party Herriot.Listening to these titles, one knows that France will not send a real French soldier to China now.

What about the UK?The Minister of the British Empire, Marklei, strongly demanded military intervention in the Lincheng train robbery last year, and specially summoned thousands of redheads from India to prepare to take over the Chinese railway and army with arms. It seems to be a scare Children's.But now facing the half-raised red flag, the British Empire wisely chose to back down.Due to the irresponsible behavior of the Kuomintang, the revolutionaries in India are now obviously encouraged. People like Gandhi and Nehru are jumping up and down all day long to fight for independence. By the way, there is also the Communist Party. The Indian Communist Party is also very active now. Followed up immediately after the victory of the Chinese revolution.