Wind spy

"Your Excellency General, how do I feel that the atmosphere at this reception is a bit dull? Don't your Excellency the Prime Minister like the crowds, and his style is more conservative?" Chen Mingxiang walked to Kinoshita Sakae with a glass of red wine and asked quietly.

This was in the lobby of the Consulate General in Shanghai. There were quite a few people who came to the reception, but whether they were military generals or Japanese businessmen, the scenes of talking and laughing were hardly seen, and all of them looked rather dull.

Is it really good for the Prime Minister of your own country to greet him with this attitude?Those who know this is a welcome reception, those who do not know thought it was a memorial service!

"In terms of dispatching the army, we have been skeptical and opposed to the decision of the military and cabinet to hand over the control of materials to the Jinling government. As you know, the work efficiency and corruption of the various departments of the Jinling government from top to bottom. Atmosphere, this will pose a great threat to the supply and demand of the army. At that time, I am afraid that it will not become the helper of the empire, but will drag the empire back."

"Previous negotiations have not made progress, and the material control power has not been handed over. The dispatch army wants to transfer this power to a joint commercial organization formed by Chinese businessmen and Japanese businessmen. This is convenient for management and efficiency. But the Jinling government relies on the empire The government’s support just doesn’t agree."

"Before the visit of the Tojo cabinet, the two sides reluctantly reached an agreement under the mediation of Shidu Shoutaro. Yesterday afternoon in Jinling, the prime minister went to the dispatched army headquarters to listen to the report. The commanders of the garrison in Central China, North China and South China, once again Raising this issue, I hoped that the Cabinet and the Military Department could postpone the execution, but it was flatly rejected by Prime Minister Tojo."

"What's the situation? The army has lost the power to control materials and needs to rely on the Jinling government to provide most of the materials. The imperial merchants have lost their privileges. The purchase of raw materials will be greatly restricted, such as the salt you are operating. The most obvious example."

"However, the will of the imperial government and the military department cannot be disobeyed. Both soldiers and merchants must obey the strategic planning of the empire!" Kinoshita Eishi seemed to have emotion, and he rarely said so much before.

It can be seen that Hideki Tojo played an unpopular role in his visit to Jinling this time. In fact, this new policy is not his own intention, but the leaders of the military, cabinet, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. , The product of fierce quarrel and compromise.

The meaning of dispatching troops is very simple, continue to manipulate material control power, to maximize the use of China's resources to serve the army, the merchant's meaning is very simple, it is also to capture China's rich resources to serve the army, but also to bring huge wealth to itself.

As for Shidu Shoutaro, he is a member of the cabinet and has worked in the Ministry of Finance for a long time. He is currently the top economic adviser of the Jinling government.

"I heard that because of Wang Jitang's forced resignation, the North China Front Army Command was extremely dissatisfied and even protested to Chairman Wang of the Jinling government." Chen Mingxiang said.

"You are right. This is also one of the purposes of Prime Minister Tojo's visit to Jinling, to establish the absolute authority of the Jinling government within the pass. For this strategy, the North China Front Army must cooperate. The focus is not only on the replacement of the chairman of the North China Political Affairs Committee, but also involves The jurisdiction of Pengcheng and other places also has currency issues."

"Yesterday afternoon, the commander of the North China Front Army, Ningji Okamura, received a severe warning from Prime Minister Tojo. If he refuses to implement the imperial strategy, he will be prepared to switch to reserve service, and the military will change to obey orders. Commander."

"I heard Matsui Takuro say that Okamura Neji was embarrassed and embarrassed on the spot, and he had to express his support for the work of the Jinling government. Therefore, everyone knows that this is the current trend and no one can change it. It is strange to be happy. !" Kinoshita Sakae said.

Okamura Neji was appointed commander of the North China Front Army and was appointed by the emperor. Speaking of which, this mortal enemy of the Chinese people had a deep relationship with the emperor in the first place. One of the Showa warlords Miwa Oku, and the other two were Nagata Tieshan. With Toshiro Obata, they met in Baden-Baden, Germany, which also kicked off the prelude to the Showa warlords. At that time, Hideki Tojo could only be a gatekeeper.

Okamura Neji's identity is not trivial, it is a symbol of the young and strong sect, even if the six generals of Hata Toshi as the commander-in-chief, he dare not teach him in person, but Hideki Tojo dare.

Speaking of this, the *** leader is the most powerful among Japanese prime ministers so far. It is not only the cabinet prime minister, but also the army minister, and his position is much stronger than that of the previous prime ministers.

Even so, the respect that Okamura should have for an army general is not so. This shows that in order to implement the new policy, the military and the cabinet are determined this time. Whoever dares to become a stumbling block will be kicked. Aside.

"The matter of the North China Political Affairs Committee involves the interests of the North China Front Army. It can not be resolved by replacing a leader and implementing two new strategies. I dare to assert that these things operated by the Jinling government are just superficial things. It is a pot of raw rice, which is essentially the same as before."

"If it's me, it's better to take this precious opportunity to get some tangible benefits from North China. The shareholder Feng Jinling government borrowed it, but the wind direction is crooked, which is really meaningless." Chen Mingxiang shook. Shook his head and said.

After all, the North China region is the territory of the North China Front Army. The Japanese army’s habit is to go under the control, and often does not listen to the command of the military and cabinet. On the surface, it may not dare to sing the opposite in public, but in private, everything will be dragged and dragged. Nothing more.

"Chen Jun, you look at this matter with the eyes of a businessman, and Chairman Wang looks at this matter with the eyes of a politician. The angle is different, and the operation method will naturally be different. The Jinling government is not stable inside. He is using this method to increase deterrence and cohesion." Kinoshita Eiichi said with a smile.

Hideki Tojo appeared for a short period of time, only half an hour. The people who were able to talk to him were of course the senior officials of the Jinling government and the Japanese army. Chen Mingxiang hid away and chatted with Li Shiqun.

Even if he can take advantage of the help of the high-level Japanese army to talk to Hideki Tojo and drink a glass of wine, it will not help the future. Why bother to waste favors to do such meaningless things?

"Minister, it's not easy for you to come back to the Shanghai stock market once. How about we go to Paramount for a drink? It's only nine o'clock and there is nothing to do when we go home." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

"I'm also interested. I don't have time to come back this Chinese New Year. How can it be compared to the Shanghai stock market in a small place like Suzhou?" Li Shiqun agreed immediately.

Suzhou is actually not a small city, and it was also quite a wealthy and prosperous big city during the Republic of China. Its industrial and commercial development was among the best. But unfortunately, if compared with the international metropolis, Shanghai Stock Exchange, it is indeed inferior. The key is the public concession and the The drunken gold fans in the French Concession are not available in any city.

He himself is a hungry ghost, but after arriving in Suzhou, the Qingxiang Committee, the provincial government and the secret agent headquarters have too many heavy tasks, and Ye Jiqing is staring at him every day, it is difficult to play once.

(Two chapters today)