So Qin Jiu told Lin Jiangbei in detail what he heard from his boss Tanaka Shotaro Nakasa.

To put it simply, not long after the 226 Incident, the Ministry of War took repressive measures under the anger of Emperor Showa, so that the coup did not succeed, and most of the masterminds in the 226** were sentenced to heavy prison terms.

However, as a result of this incident, the power of the Army Department was greatly strengthened, and its influence on government decision-making was greatly increased, so that Japan actually entered the era of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Among them, the representative ** is the fall of former Prime Minister Keisuke Okada, who was born as a naval general, and Foreign Minister Hirota Hiroki was pushed out by the military department to serve as a puppet prime minister. Both the forces of the Japanese Ministry of the Navy and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs were dealt a great blow. As a result, both the Japanese Ministry of the Navy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are full of complaints about the power of the military department dominated by the army.

As far as Toyamaiya himself is concerned, although he is said to be the head of the special service department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hangzhou, his background is from the Kwantung Army, which is subordinate to the Japanese Army, and not only does he not look down on his colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs system, but he also does not buy the orders of his superiors in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs system, so he has always been unpleasant in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs system.

Therefore, Toyamai was also killed in the bombing of the Japanese elementary school on North Sichuan Road, although it cannot be said that the bosses and colleagues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' secret service system celebrated each other, but it is impossible to make them make any earth-shattering moves in Shanghai because of Toyama Iya's death. At best, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' secret service system is concentrating its efforts on tracking down the anti-Japanese elements in North Korea who caused the bombing. There will be no major friction with China's secret services in Shanghai.

In the same way, for the Japanese Marine Corps, which is currently in control of the security in Shanghai's Hongkou area, although it is not a pleasant thing for an army agent to die even if he dies, but for the Japanese Marine Corps, which has been repeatedly squeezed out by the army forces in the past two months, it will not make great efforts to seriously track down the murderer who blew up and killed Iya Toyama. They hoped that this bombing would be a basin of cold water poured on the heads of those young army men who were growing in hope and ambition, so that they could soberly see the reality clearly and understand that the glorious cause of the Great Japanese Empire could not be accomplished by the strength of the army alone.

"Of course, my boss, Shotaro Tanaka, is the same as Toyamai, who belongs to the same army system. The reason why he was able to be transferred to Shanghai before and served as the head of the Shanghai Special Service Department of the North China Garrison Army was also due to the great increase in the army's voice after the 226 Incident. ”

Qin Jiu finally said, "Therefore, starting from his personal point of view, he has a very strong will to make some big moves by taking advantage of Toyama Iya's death." However, there were not a few people in the Shanghai Special Service Department of the North China Garrison Army, and if it were not for the cooperation of the Japanese navy, which dominated Shanghai, the three or two kittens under his command would not have caused much turmoil at all! Therefore, after Shotaro Tanaka complained to me, he could only find a Japanese bar to drink sake to relieve his sorrows. ”

"I see!" Lin Jiangbei arched his hand at Qin Jiu, "Thank you, Mr. Qin, for your doubts!" ”

It was the first time he had heard someone explain to him in such detail the entanglements between the major forces within Japan. Although it is said that when the instructor was in the Hangzhou training class, when he was analyzing the situation in Shanghai, he also briefly mentioned that the Japanese secret services in Shanghai were not monolithic, and there were also discord and friction between them. But to be able to tell the ins and outs of the struggle and entanglement of several forces so clearly like Qin Jiu has never been possible.

From this point alone, Lin Jiangbei felt that the twelve small yellow croakers he paid Qin Jiu today were definitely worth it. Having this information in his hands gave him many different options when dealing with Japanese agents in the future.

For example, if he had been able to get such news from Qin Jiu a few days earlier, and knew that there were signs of conflict and friction between the forces of the Japanese army, navy, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then Lin Jiangbei might consider directly posing as a fanatic of the Japanese navy and attacking Toyamai.

"What's the puzzle that doesn't solve the puzzle? Don't be so polite as Boss Cheng, this is just a deal! Qin Jiu stretched his waist and yawned a lot, then rubbed his eyes with his hand again, and said to Lin Jiangbei: "If Boss Cheng has no other problems, then I won't accompany him more!" ”

Lin Jiangbei saw tears flowing out of the corners of Qin Jiu's eyes, and knew that Qin Jiu's opium addiction was a crime, so he said, "There is no problem on my side for the time being." Mr. Qin, get busy! ”

"What's the busy?" Qin Jiu smiled and stuffed the twelve small yellow croakers on the coffee table into his handbag, and said to Lin Jiangbei: "I have to hurry up to the Anle Palace below to smoke two bubbles of cigarettes and have a good time, don't hide it from the boss, you said, I really can't hold it anymore!" ”

Saying that, Qin Jiu arched his hand at Lin Jiangbei, and hurriedly went down with his handbag.

After Qin Jiu left, Lin Jiangbei no longer stayed in the room for a long time. After he went downstairs to the front desk to check out, he and Liu Xuan left Anle Palace and returned to the residence of Rafeifang.

"Stationmaster Lin, what do you think of what Qin Jiu said about these situations?" As soon as Liu Xuan returned to his residence, he came to Lin Jiangbei's room and asked him.

"Personally, I still believe in the information provided by Qin Jiu." Lin Jiangbei said, "Because after the explosion, I took the tram back to Rafeifang, and the tram was reversed twice, and it took more than an hour on the way, and I didn't see any big movement on the road." ”

"yes, that's how I feel!" Liu Xuan replied, "When I went to Zhapu Road to meet Qin Jiu, although I felt that the number of sentries standing guard at the entrance of several Japanese communities on the side of the street had increased significantly, and the frequency of Japanese marines patrolling the road was more dense than before, but it was not to the point of being heavily guarded. ”

Lin Jiangbei nodded, raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said to Liu Xuan: "Then let's still act according to the original plan." It's almost five o'clock now. It was only a little over an hour before the post office staff went to collect the letters in the mailbox at six o'clock. In the name of the anti-Japanese elements in North Korea, you can now call the major newspapers and news offices to declare responsibility for the explosion of the playground of a Japanese elementary school, and tell them to go to the mailbox in Zhabei to get the statement letter! ”