After Feng Chen left the Chinachem Hotel, he went directly to the Pinggang Mansion on North Sichuan Road.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Ryuichi Hiraoka took Feng Chen and Matsuo Taro to visit Chen Fumu at the Chinachem Hotel.

In room 403, Feng Chen introduced Hiraoka Ryuichi and Chen Fumu to each other, and several people were polite to each other before sitting down on the sofa in the room.

"Mr. Chen, I heard that Mr. Wang Jingwei has repeatedly invited you to join them, but you have refused, why did you suddenly come to Shanghai again?" Ryuichi Hiraoka asked straight in.

"Hehe, Mr. Hiraoka, I reject Mr. Wang Jingwei mainly because my idea of building a country in Xingya is different from Wang Jingwei's idea of peaceful nation-building." Chen Fumu said with a slight smile.

"Oh? So you've changed your mind now? Ryuichi Hiraoka asked.

"Nope." Chen Fumu said.

"I wonder what is the difference between Mr. Chen's idea of rejuvenating the country's founding and Mr. Wang Jingwei's idea of peaceful nation-building? In my opinion, the revitalization of Asia can only be achieved through peace between China and Japan and the common prosperity of East Asia. ”

Ryuichi Hiraoka seems eager to explore Chen's political views.

"However, I think that if China and Japan want peace, they must respect each other, abandon different political views, seek common ground, put aside small differences, unite as one, and work together to deal with the Western powers, so that we can strive to revitalize Asia. Chen Fumu caters to the thoughts of Ryuichi Hiraoka.

"Well, I have always had a consistent view with Mr. Chen, so tell me, what is the essential difference between Mr. Wang Jingwei's idea of peaceful nation-building and the idea of common prosperity in Greater East Asia?" Ryuichi Hiraoka continued to ask.

"Mr. Wang Jingwei's idea of peaceful nation-building is actually a blind concession, to put it mildly, he is giving up independence to pursue the so-called peace, to put it mildly, he is betraying the country! True peace requires a peace of equality and mutual benefit between China and Japan, not a peace of servility. ”

Chen Fumu threw out his views without humility or arrogance.

"Mr. Chen, as far as I know, you worked with Mr. Wang Jingwei in your early years, and your personal relationship is quite good?" Hiraoka Long brought the topic to the personal relationship between Chen Fumu and Wang Jingwei.

"Yes, when Mr. Wang was the propaganda minister of the Kuomintang, I used to be his right and left hand, responsible for editing the "Republic of China Daily". Chen Fumu replied truthfully.

"When Mr. Wang Jingwei was engaged in the reorganization back then, I heard that you were the person in charge of the Guangdong side of the reorganization faction?" Ryuichi Hiraoka asked.

"Yes." Chen Fumu replied.

"Then Mr. Chen took refuge with Mr. Wang Jingwei this time, what kind of errand will he arrange for you?" Hiraoka Ryuichi followed up and asked tentatively.

"Haha, Mr. Hiraoka, you misunderstood, I didn't come to Wang Jingwei." Chen Fumu laughed twice.

"Oh? You didn't take refuge in him, so why did you come to Shanghai? Ryuichi Hiraoka asked.

"As a friend, I am here to save Mr. Wang Jingwei." Chen Fumu said.

"Save Wang Jingwei?" Hiraoka Ryu looked at Chen Fumu puzzled and asked.

"As Mr. Wang Jingwei's old subordinate and old friend, I can't let him blindly take the interests of the whole of China and exchange it for the so-called peace with you Japanese."

Chen Fumu knows that in his bones, Hiraoka Ryuichi is also very disdainful of Wang Jingwei's approach, and what Hiraoka Ryuichi advocates is cultural integration and erosion, which is what he thinks is Xingya thought.

"Very good, I like Mr. Chen's uprightness very much, I wonder if Mr. Chen is willing to work in our Xingya Academy?" Ryuichi Hiraoka finally sent out an invitation.

"Hehe, thank you, Mr. Hiraoka, but the contemptible person has just arrived in Shanghai, and he hasn't met Mr. Wang Jingwei yet, how about I reply to you after I meet Mr. Wang?"

Chen Fumu smiled slightly, did not agree, and did not show obvious refusal.

"Good! As soon as the word is settled, I am waiting for Mr. Chen's news. ”

Ryuichi Hiraoka stood up and prepared to take his leave and leave.

"Mr. Hiraoka, after I stayed here, I happened to meet Mr. Gao Zongwu and Mr. Tao Xisheng who also lived here, and from the conversation, I found that Gao and Tao also seem to have some thoughts about Mr. Wang Jingwei."

Chen Fumu also stood up and revealed the news that Gao Zongwu and Tao Xisheng lived here to Hiraoka Ryuichi.

"Oh?"

Hiraoka Ryuyi stood still and looked at Chen Fumu fixedly.

"Hehe, just in the casual conversation, Gao and Tao complained, revealing that they were very dissatisfied with the agreements signed by Mr. Wang Jingwei and your country."

Chen Fumu still smiled and said.

"It's natural to be dissatisfied!"

Ryuichi Hiraoka dropped a sentence, turned around and strode out of room 403.

……

Just as Hiraoka Ryu met Chen Fumu, a Japanese Navy military plane sent Li Shiqun to Japan and landed at the Yokohama Military Airfield.

At the airport, the staff headquarters of the base camp had already sent people to greet them, and standing at the front of them was Qingqi Keiyin Nakasa, who had arrived in Tokyo the day before to arrange the reception work.

After a short stay in the airport reception room, Qingqi Qingyin took Li Shiqun and his party to Tokyo.

After arriving in Tokyo, the group did not rest, and Li Shiqun, under the leadership of Qingqi Qingyin, first went to meet with Seishiro Sakagaki, chief of staff of the Chinese Dispatch Army.

Itagaki Seishiro's vision is very high, a few months ago, when he met Wang Jingwei, he looked very arrogant, not to mention a small shrimp like Li Shiqun.

If it weren't for the fact that Qingqi Qingyin Nakasa, who boasted about Li Shiqun's exploits in front of Itagaki Seishiro in advance, he would not have deigned to receive Li Shiqun at all.

In fact, there is another reason, Seishiro Itagaki has been driven out of the highest decision-making level at this time, and he has been gradually marginalized in the military.

In order to reverse the situation, Itagaki Seishiro formulated a secret plan, which required the assistance of Li Shiqun and others, so he agreed to meet this little shrimp.

Here's how it happened.

In June last year, the Konoe Fumiro Cabinet dismissed War Minister Motomo Sugiyama and Vice Minister Umezu Yoshijiro, who were clamoring for a three-month settlement of the China incident, because the end of the war with China was far away.

Then, Konoe recalled Seishiro Itagaki from the North China battlefield as land minister, and the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Hideki Tojo, who was a month older than Seishiro Itagaki but a year younger than him, was his second officer.

Hideki Tojo is considered by many to be Seishiro Itagaki's hardcore confidant, and as early as the time when Seishiro Itagaki was the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Hideki Tojo was the commander of the gendarmerie.

In fact, Seishiro Itagaki has the exact opposite personality to Hideki Tojo, Seishiro Itagaki is masculine, Hideki Tojo is negative, Seishiro Itagaki is generous, and Hideki Tojo is stern.

Seishiro Itagaki is considered a heavy scale, and Hideki Tojo is considered a sharp razor.

However, these two opposing personalities have contributed to the cooperation between the two.

Seishiro Itagaki also trusts Tojo as much as he trusts Ishihara, and Hideki Tojo understands Itagaki as well as Ishihara, and this is the basis for their cooperation.

However, Ishihara, an old friend of Seishiro Itagaki who opposed the expansion of the war, was expelled from the General Staff Headquarters by Hideki Tojo, and soon after, Lieutenant General Tada Jun, the deputy chief of staff of the Non-Enlargement faction, fell out with Tojo and both were out.

An important reason why Seishiro Itagaki was squeezed out by the Japanese military top brass was that he opposed the Sino-Japanese peace talks on the condition that Foreign Minister Ugaki Kazunari would go down to the field, expanded the number of divisions by 10 divisions during his term of office, and launched the Battle of Wuhan, which surpassed the permission of Japan's national strength, in the vain hope that the victory or defeat would be decided in one war.

However, after four months of great war, Chiang Kai-shek retreated completely into the mountains of western China with 3 million troops, and a protracted war between China and Japan finally took shape.

The Battle of Wuhan directly led to the collapse of the Konoe Fumiro Cabinet, which advocated not taking China as an opponent.

In order to end the war he had started as soon as possible, Seishiro Itagaki carried out the work of luring Chiang Kai-shek to surrender, and he asked to fly to Changsha, which was controlled by the Chinese army, to meet Chiang Kai-shek, and only wanted to protect the commercial interests of the puppet Manchukuo and Japan within the Great Wall, and Japan withdrew its troops.

But Chiang Kai-shek was unmoved, and Seishiro Itagaki lost his voice in the Japanese General Staff Headquarters.

Itagaki Seishiro met Li Shiqun, a little shrimp, just to make a last stand, and he wanted to use Li Shiqun as a channel to obtain secret contact with Chongqing to complete his Tong plan.