Years of the Republic of China 1913

> Back at the residence, Fang Zida was about to call Zhou Yuanliang in Beijing, asking him to mobilize reliable manpower to Shanghai as soon as possible to carry out the military secrecy work of the ordnance factory. ( .) (1_1) But before he finished writing the telegram, Zhang Huchen hurried in because Zhou Yuanliang had just sent a telegram.

The content of the telegram was about Fang Zida asking him to closely monitor Ningji Okamura. The investigation of the matter had some preliminary results. According to the follow-up and investigation for several days, Ningji Okamura entered Japan as soon as he arrived in Beijing. The embassy, ​​as for who he met in the embassy and what he said is still unknown.However, in the next few days, Okamura Ningji had frequent meetings with several Japanese people in the collapsed Liuguo Hotel. Among them, Okamura Ningji often appeared together with a military officer of the embassy. The lieutenant assistant named Jun Xiaolin should be the one Okamura Ningji mentioned to Fang Zida.

Because the meetings were all held in the room, Zhou Yuanliang's people couldn't get close.However, after the meeting, his people quietly tracked down the Japanese people whom Okamura Ningji came into contact with and conducted a series of investigations. They were surprised to find that most of these people were Japanese private consultants of various government officials, including national defense Minister Duan Qirui's Japanese adviser Nishihara Kamezo, Presidential Office Secretary Liang Shiyi's Japanese adviser Ishida Yukihiro, former Minister of Industry and Commerce Liu Kuiichi's Japanese adviser Kazuto Iizuka, etc., and Yuan Shikai's is even more surprising Japanese consultant Nagao Nagao....

It seems that the matter is more serious than I imagined. Neiji Okamura's mission in China is definitely not as simple as taking over Ichiro Fujita. He has had so many contacts with so many people since he arrived in Beijing.What's even more alarming is that the people who contact and negotiate are all important figures. Don't underestimate the Japanese consultants around these officials, they can often influence the decisions of these important officials to a large extent. .and plays an important role.Even, including He Changxiong, Yuan Shikai's Japanese adviser, what exactly does Neiji Okamura want to do?In other words, the head behind him is full of mountains, what do the Japanese government want to do?Fang Zida couldn't help thinking deeply.

Japan is well aware of Fang Zida's greed for China's land, and he has always been extremely vigilant and vigilant against Japan.Taking advantage of the opportunity of the European War to snatch Qingdao from Ri himself, Fang Zida didn't forget Ri himself's possible reaction despite his complacency.That's why he chose to work with Ichiro Fujita. {.. Friends upload update} Give Japan a certain amount of commercial interests in China with restrictions, in exchange for Japan government's relaxation of China's policy, and gain time for the development of the Republic of China.Some time ago, the negotiation meeting in Shanghai was for this reason.In Fang Zida's mind, with the bait he threw out and the commercial interests of several major consortiums in Japan, the Japanese government and some war madmen who are eyeing China with covetous eyes can restrain themselves a little.But he never imagined that just after the agreement was signed, Ri himself would go to the capital of China and make trouble in private.Although he still doesn't know what Ri himself wants to do for the time being, his feeling tells him that Ri himself must be plotting something big.

After smoking a cigarette, Fang Zida wrote a new telegram.Let Zhang Huchen send it out immediately.In the telegram, he not only asked Zhou Yuanliang to send competent personnel to Shanghai to assist the ordnance factory in establishing secrecy, but also told Zhou Yuanliang to continue to secretly monitor all those who had contact with Neiji Okamura.At the same time, the Japanese consultants of those political leaders also joined in the monitoring work, and it was necessary to figure out what the Japanese wanted to do.

After the telegram was sent out.Fang Zida was still a little worried, he walked around the room a few times, and suddenly remembered something, so he hurriedly found Zhang Huchen and whispered a few words.

Three days later, Fang Zida was in the office of the Manufacturing Bureau listening to Chen Yu's report on the newly established Ordnance Secret Research Institute. When they were talking about the same, Zhang Huchen knocked on the door and came in.

"Huchen, is there something urgent?" Chen Yu and Zhang Huchen are also old acquaintances. They know that Fang Zida's captain of the guard is usually quiet and a very stable and reliable person. It stands to reason that he usually would not show up when Fang Zida was talking about business. Nine times out of ten, it is urgent to find Fang Zida.

Nodding his head slightly, Zhang Huchen didn't say anything, and Chen Wei got up and left quickly knowingly.After Fang Zida sent Chen Wei out and closed the door, Zhang Huchen stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Sir, Sun Wen has returned to Tokyo."

Pupils shrank, Fang Zida quickly asked: "What! Is the news true?"

"It has been confirmed that Sun Wen quietly returned to Tokyo last month, but the secret of his whereabouts has not been leaked."

"So that's how it is..." Fang Zida suddenly realized, the guess in his heart was confirmed, and his brows were furrowed.

The assassination on Qingdao Island, Cao Kun's banquet, the return of Ichiro Fujita, the arrival of Neiji Okamura, the whereabouts of Sun Wen, the current secret contact of Beijing...these seem to be behind all the incidents that seem to be du li. There are a pair of invisible hands, connecting them together one by one.Fang Zida vaguely understood what Ri himself wanted to do and what he was planning.

Japan and the United Kingdom are allies, and in some respects, Japan itself is also a student of the British.The history of Europe from the Middle Ages to the present is actually a history of the struggle between Britain and the countries of the European continent.As a British island country separated from the European continent, the United Kingdom is afraid that Europe will produce a powerful unified country, which will pose a threat to the United Kingdom.All kinds of methods, such as long-distance and short-term attack, or bribery and division, are all used. The purpose is to make the European continent fall apart, and the countries will fight endlessly, so that they cannot threaten the interests and status of the United Kingdom.Looking at European history, the Hundred Years' War, the French Revolution, the demise of Napoleon's French Empire, the Franco-Prussian War and even the world war that broke out today, all have more or less the shadow of Britain behind them.The British have been playing this trick for hundreds of years, and they have been proficient in it for a long time. Unexpectedly, the Japanese themselves have learned this trick and plan to use it in China.

Japan in Asia and Britain in Europe are very similar in terms of geographical location and national situation. The difference is that Britain is facing a European continent full of countries, while Japan is facing a huge but Weak central yang empire.But no matter how you look at it, Britain and Japan do not want their opponents to become strong, and it will be in their best interest to remain weak or split.

"Unpredictable intentions!" Fang Zida gritted his teeth and cursed, Zhang Huchen stood away quietly as if he hadn't heard anything.

Things are not good. As the European war becomes more and more intense, the power of the world powers is concentrated in Europe, and they can no longer take care of the distant Far East as before.At this time, China took advantage of the opportunity of the European War to not only take back Qingdao, but also continued to carry out measures such as central yang constitutional government, the formulation and improvement of the constitution and civil law, the restructuring of the National Defense Forces, the separation of local military and civil administration, and the development of industry and commerce. In terms of China's huge potential , once you're on the right track, getting back on your feet is obvious.Moreover, today's China is on this road. If there are no accidents, perhaps in ten or twenty years, China will develop to a point where a small Japan can't match it.

Of course, this situation is something that Japan itself is frightened and unwilling to see. Once China becomes stronger, where will Japan go?Don't talk about a small Japan in fighting for national strength, even if you add another Japan, it can't compete with China, which has a vast territory and a large population, so curbing China's rise is their primary goal.

Just like Britain's dealing with the European continent, the method Japan uses now is not unusual, just thinking that there will be civil strife in China. Once civil strife breaks out in China and Zhong Yang loses its prestige, this fledgling huge empire will fall into the quagmire again and cannot extricate itself. Step by step, the military will encroach on the mainland and eventually destroy China.

If history is no exception, Ri himself did this.Although the Anti-Japanese War in history was only eight years, in fact, from the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War to the end of the Anti-Japanese War, there were more than eight years in between?After several generations of ri himself, they all aimed to swallow and destroy China, but in the end they had too much appetite, too impatient, bad luck and lack of long-term vision led to failure. If history is carried out in another way, the result will be very Subject to change.

As for domestic affairs, Fang Zida can temporarily grasp them. Even if the Japanese consultants of Duan Qirui, Liang Shiyi and others do anything, he can solve the problem immediately.As for Yuan Shikai, Fang Zida is even less worried. With his current status, he can know what Lao Yuan wants to do immediately, not to mention that since the Cao Kun incident, he has placed a few nails around Lao Yuan. If there is a change, he will take action immediately.

The headache is not at home, but abroad.The news of Sun Wen's return to Tokyo made Fang Zida feel anxious. Sun Wen, Sun Dapao, a famous shit-stirring stick, was released again. With his ability to fool around, who can guarantee that nothing will happen in the future?For a while, Fang Zida even came up with the idea of ​​sending killers to Japan, which was a one-and-done idea, but after careful consideration, he dismissed the idea and began to think hard about countermeasures.

"If Dunchu knew about this, I don't know what he would think..." Fang Zida didn't come up with a good idea after pondering for a long time. Come on, pat your head and scold yourself for being an idiot.

When Sun Wen returned to Tokyo, Fang Zida had just learned about it, but it suddenly occurred to him that Song Jiaoren might have already known or guessed it.Because shortly after the Qingdao incident, Liao Zhongkai resigned from the government position and was ordered by Song Jiaoren to leave Beijing and go south.As for where he went and what he did, no one knows except Song Jiaoren himself who sent him. Fang Zida always thought that Song Jiaoren sent Liao Zhongkai to Guangdong and Guangxi to contact the former comrades of the Tongmenghui and persuade them to support Zhong Yang's constitutional program.But thinking about it now, Liao Zhongkai probably left Beijing because of Sun Wen, and he might even have quietly arrived in Japan. (To be continued..)