"Your Excellency, how do I feel that the atmosphere of this reception is a little dull? Could it be that His Excellency the Prime Minister does not like to be lively and acts in a more old-fashioned and old-fashioned manner? Chen Mingxiang held a glass of red wine, walked to Kinoshita Rongshi's side and asked quietly.

This is in the hall of the Consulate General in Shanghai, and there are quite a few people who come to the reception, but whether it is a military general or a Japanese businessman, they basically don't see the scene of talking and laughing, and their expressions are rather dull.

Is it really good for the Prime Minister of your own country to greet him with this attitude? I knew it was a welcome reception, but I didn't know it was a memorial service!

"We have been skeptical and opposed to the decision of the military department and the cabinet to hand over the power of material control to the Jinling government to operate, and you also know that the work efficiency and corruption of the Jinling government from top to bottom will pose a great threat to the supply and demand of the army, and I am afraid that it will not become the help of the empire, but will drag the empire back."

"There was no progress in the previous negotiations, and the power of material control was not handed over for a long time, and the sending army wanted to hand over this power to the Chinese merchants and Japanese businessmen to form a joint commercial organization to be responsible, so as to facilitate management and improve efficiency, but the Jinling government, relying on the support of the imperial government, just did not agree."

"Before the Tojo cabinet came to visit, under the mediation of Shotaro Ishiwatari, the two sides reluctantly reached an agreement, and yesterday afternoon in Jinling, the prime minister went to the headquarters of the dispatch army to listen to the report, and the commanders of the garrisons in Central, North and South China once again raised this issue, hoping that the cabinet and the military department could suspend the implementation, but Prime Minister Tojo categorically refused."

"What will this be like? The army has lost its material control and needs to rely on the Jinling government for most of its supplies, and the imperial merchants have lost their privileges, and the purchase of raw materials will be greatly restricted, such as the table salt you are operating, which is the most obvious example. ”

"But the will of the Imperial Government and the Ministry of War cannot be disobeyed, whether it is a soldier or a businessman, it must be subordinated to the strategic planning of the Empire!" Kinoshita Eichi seems to have emotion, and it is rare before to say so many things at once.

It can be seen from this that Hideki Tojo played an undesirable role in his visit to Jinling this time, and in fact this new policy was not his own intention, but the product of fierce quarrels and compromises between the bigwigs of the Ministry of War, the Cabinet, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The meaning of sending troops is very simple, continue to manipulate the power of material control, and maximize the capture of Chinese resources to serve the army, and the meaning of businessmen is very simple, it is also to seize the rich resources of China to serve the army, and at the same time bring huge wealth to themselves.

As for Shotaro Ishiwatari, he is a member of the cabinet and has worked for the Ministry of Finance for a long time, and currently serves as the top economic adviser to the Jinling government.

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

"You're 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 in the Guannai, for this strategy, the North China Front must cooperate, the focus is not only on the replacement of the chairman of the North China Political Affairs Committee, but also on the jurisdiction of Pengcheng and other places, as well as currency issues."

"Yesterday afternoon, the commander of the North China Front, General Okamura Ninji, received a stern warning from Prime Minister Tojo that if he refused to carry out the Empire's strategy, he would be ready to turn into a reserve, and the military headquarters would change to a commander who obeyed orders."

"I heard Matsui Taikuro say that Okamura Ninji was very embarrassed and embarrassed on the spot, and had to express his support for the work of the Jinling government, so everyone knows that this is the current trend, and no one can change it, and it is strange to be happy!" Kinoshita Eichi said.

Okamura Ninji served as the commander of the North China Front, which was hand-picked by the emperor, speaking of which, the sworn enemy of the Chinese people, had a deep relationship with the emperor at the earliest, one of the Showa warlords Sanyu Wu, the other two were Nagata Tetsuyama and Kohata Toshiro, they met in Baden-Baden, Germany, which also opened the prelude to the Showa warlords.

Okamura Ningji's identity is not trivial, it is a symbol of the young Zhuang faction, even if General Shunroku Hata, as the commander-in-chief, does not dare to teach him such a face-to-face, but Tojo Hideki dare.

Speaking of which, this *** leader is the most powerful of the Japanese prime ministers so far, not only the cabinet prime minister, but also the minister of war, and his position is much more stable than the previous prime minister.

Even so, the respect that Okamura Ninji should have for an army general will not be like this, which shows that in order to implement the new policy, the military department and the cabinet have made up their minds this time, and 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, and it cannot be solved by replacing a leader and implementing two new strategies, I dare to assert that these operations of the Jinling government are just superficial things, and in the end they must be a pot of raw rice, which is essentially no different from the original."

"If it were me, it would be better to take this precious opportunity to get some tangible benefits from North China, this shareholder Feng Jinling government has borrowed it, but the wind direction is crooked, it is really not interesting." Chen Mingxiang shook his head and said.

After all, North China is the territory of the North China Front, and the Japanese army's habit is to go down to the top, often disobeying the commands of the military headquarters and the cabinet, and on the surface they may not dare to openly oppose it, but in private, everything is dragged on, and it will be over.

"Chen Jun, you are looking at this matter with the eyes of a businessman, Chairman Wang is looking at this matter from the eyes of a politician, the angle is different, the operation method will naturally be different, the internal situation of the Jinling government is not stable, he is using this way to increase deterrence and cohesion." Kinoshita Eichi said with a smile.

Tojo Hideki appeared for a short time, only half an hour, and the people who could talk to him were of course the high-level officials of the Jinling government and the Japanese army, and Chen Mingxiang hid to the side and chatted with Li Shiqun.

Even if he can use the help of the Japanese military high-level to have a word with Hideki Tojo and have a glass of wine, it will not help him in the future, so why waste human favor to do such a meaningless thing?

"Minister, it's not easy for you to come back to Shanghai once, how about we go to Paramount and have a drink again? It was only nine o'clock, and there was nothing to do when I got home. Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

"I'm also intentional, I don't have time to come back for the New Year this time, in a small place like Suzhou, how can it be compared to being in Shanghai?" Li Shiqun immediately agreed.

Suzhou is actually not small, and it is also a very rich and prosperous big city during the Republic of China, and the industrial and commercial development is among the best, but unfortunately, if it is compared with the international metropolis Shanghai, it is indeed a grade behind, the key is that the public concession and the French concession are drunk and gold-hungry, not any city can have at present.

He himself is a hungry ghost, but after arriving in Suzhou, there are too many heavy tasks for the Qingxiang Committee, the provincial government and the secret service headquarters, and Ye Jiqing stares at it every day, so it is difficult to come out to play once.

(Today's two chapters)