Chapter 424: A Special Day
Although this time he was a lobbyist for Li Shiqun, Chen Mingxiang spoke completely from Chen Gongbo's point of view, analyzing the pros and cons in detail, and changing his previous cautious style in terms of speech.
There is really no way, although Chen Gongbo is a notorious traitor who is scolded by everyone in the Chinese nation, but if he can sit in the current position and sit in the second position in the Wang puppet government, he must be an extremely powerful figure, and if you want to gain his trust, you must show some sincerity and ability.
It stands to reason that as long as Wang Jingwei agrees, Li Shiqun will set up a new ministerial-level organization, and there should not be much of a problem.
I'm afraid that Chen Gongbo and Zhou Gaohai will have an opinion, and Wang Jingwei, who has always been soft-eared, will change his mind and reject Mei's suggestion, which is not the result that Chen Mingxiang hopes to see.
"What you said is very reasonable, you have lived up to my expectations of you, you have to speak like this in the future, don't hide it, say whatever you want, even if it is wrong, I will not blame you."
"You and Li Shiqun said that I will support Mei's proposal, and I will accept the gift, stay for dinner at noon today, and we will have two drinks." Chen Gongbo said with a satisfied smile.
Chen Mingxiang sent several precious calligraphy and paintings and a few pieces of antique porcelain, which was very much to his appetite, plus a gift of 20,000 US dollars, which was also a lot of money.
"You guys drink tea first, I'll let the chef prepare the meal, and also taste the thirty-year-old Shaoxing rice wine." Mo Guokang's tone was a little coquettish.
Chen Mingxiang doesn't look at his young age, but his words and deeds are very sophisticated and mature, although he gave Chen Gongbo and her a lot of property, but the usual conversation, it is a little sleek and polite, it is rare to hear such a truth today, not only Chen Gongbo feels happy, she is also very happy.
"Minister Ding, please tell Minister Zhou that Li Shiqun was furious after receiving the news, and went to General Yingzuo of the Mei organ to comment, maybe there are still variables in the matter." Back at the residence of Wang Zhen of the Bank of China, Chen Mingxiang called Ding Mocun.
"It doesn't matter, the revocation of the Ministry of Police is a fact that cannot be changed, Chairman Wang agreed, the relevant members also said hello, and the highest political meeting the day after tomorrow voted by a show of hands, even the Mei organ can't break its promise." Ding Mocun's mood was very happy, and he was most willing to see Li Shiqun unlucky.
Chen Mingxiang put down the phone and smiled, the conspiracy is still a little vulnerable in the face of absolute strength, you cancel a department, and someone else sets up another department, on the surface you have the upper hand, but in fact you have not achieved any results.
"I don't quite understand, why don't you let this thing go according to the predetermined goal?" Wang Zhen asked very strangely.
If Li Shiqun completely loses his ministerial position and grits his teeth with hatred for this, wouldn't this be a more ideal effect?
"You don't understand, it's true that Zhou Gaohai is in a high position, but he has been in the center for a long time, and he is too far away from me, and he won't get much remuneration from him, which is a loss-making business."
"Li Shiqun is different, he has a lot of use value for me at present, and I can get rich returns by getting close to him and Mei." Chen Mingxiang said.
Things are not so simple, and the reason why Chen Mingxiang wants to promote this matter is also because he has his own considerations, not a casual decision.
First of all, even if Li Shiqun sets up a new ministerial-level organization, it will not help his strength, and the abolition of the Ministry of Police has made him and Zhou Gaohai an inextricable contradiction, and it does not make much sense in deepening, not a special opportunity, Li Shiqun can't help Zhou Gaohai at all, it is too far behind.
Secondly, Chen Mingxiang needed to be close to Li Shiqun to collect the action steps of the Qingxiang plan at any time and provide intelligence for the anti-Japanese forces in the Qingxiang area.
In the first phase of the Qingxiang key counties in Suzhou, he had already provided both the military commander and the underground party, and in view of the lack of troops, the Japanese army only carried out operations in three counties.
The second phase will be launched soon, and there will be a third phase one after another, and the scope will also be extended from Suzhou to other cities in Suzhou Province.
Moreover, after he and Li Shiqun show the same stream, they will not only have the help of the Mei Agency, but also their power and status in the secret service headquarters will increase a lot, which will be of great benefit to the direct station and the Shanghai First District.
On August 1 of the 30th year of the Republic of China, this is a very special day, the so-called Central Committee of the Wang puppet government held a supreme meeting, and according to the proposal of Finance Minister Zhou Gaohai, the meeting decided to abolish the Ministry of Police and merge it into the Ministry of the Interior, with Chen Qun as the minister.
The Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Railways of the former Wang puppet government were merged into the Ministry of Communications, with Ding Mocun as the minister, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Agriculture and Mining of the Wang puppet government were merged into the Ministry of Industry, with Mei Siping as the minister, and Fu Mushuo, the minister of the Ministry of Railways, served as the provincial chairman of the puppet Zhejiang Province.
Ying Zuo Zhenzhao proposed to set up a new ministerial-level organization under the Military Commission of Wang's puppet government, called the Ministry of Investigation and Statistics, and nominated Li Shiqun as minister, Yang Jie as political secretary, and Xia Zhongming as executive secretary, and the meeting approved it.
After the meeting, Li Shiqun was naturally very proud, but Zhou Gaohai had a gloomy face, he felt that he had been slapped in the face again, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
"I really can't imagine that the Mei Agency's support for this bastard has reached such a point that the Ministry of Police has been abolished, and a bullshit survey and statistics department has been created, I knew that this was the case, so why do I have to abolish the Ministry of Police, it's just a superfluous move!" Zhou Kuhai said helplessly at home.
"It's not that your strategy is wrong, but the Mei organ or the policy of the Japanese government is decided, the key is not the Ministry of Police or the Ministry of Investigation and Statistics, it is the effect brought by the agency of the secret service headquarters, if he can take off the position of director of the secret service headquarters, let alone the minister, the position of deputy minister will not be his turn to sit." Ding Mocun said with a wry smile.
Also on August 1, the U.S. government announced an oil embargo on Japan, while the Dutch government also announced a ban on the export of oil from the Dutch East Indies to Japan.
"Even if the Japanese army marched into the southern part of the French Indochina region, and Britain, the United States and the Netherlands froze Japanese assets, I didn't see you so excited." Wang Zhen said with a red face.
Hearing the news, the deputy stationmaster hugged her and turned around more than a dozen times, not to mention, but also kissed her fiercely, from being his assistant to now, it was the first time he had seen him have such a gaffe.
"Oil is the blood of war, without oil, the ships of the Japanese Navy, the tanks and vehicles of the army, and those planes are just a pile of broken copper and iron, and the actions of the US government are equivalent to choking the lifeblood of Japan, and a little effort can suffocate this weak giant!" Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.