Chapter 50: Northeast erosion
Changchun, then the chief of staff of the Jilin Frontier Army Commander's Office Xiqia appeared in a private room in a teahouse, but this time he did not come to taste tea, but someone asked him to meet, Xiqia did not know who he was asked to meet, but if there was a mention of helping the restoration in the letter of the appointment to meet, no one dared to calculate his Xiqia in Changchun for that glimmer of hope for restoration, and he came as promised. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The door of the private room was gently pushed open, and two people entered. The two walked in and took off their hats, and Xi Qia was shocked when he saw it, it turned out to be his former instructor Tamen Jiro, and a person he didn't know. "Let me introduce, this is Kenji Dohihara, the head of the Kwantung Army's secret service." Duomen Jiro pointed to the person he didn't know, and Chong Xiqia introduced.
"When we meet for the first time, please take care of me, Xijun." Kenji Tohihara spoke Chinese with a slight Beiping accent, and if it weren't for the introduction of Jiro Domon, no one would have thought that this person who looked a little honest was the spy leader who planned the 918 incident.
"Instructor, I don't know what you're looking for me?"
"Xicha, we are here to help you restore, we hope to establish an Asia belonging to Asians with you Manchus, complete the co-prosperity of Greater East Asia, and fight those barbaric white skins. You Chinese and us Japanese have been friends since the Tang Dynasty, and we were deceived by Britain and the United States in the Sino-Japanese Naval War, so we want to apologize for our wrongdoing, and I think it is the best way to help you restore your country. Kenji Tsuchihara said in a very seductive tone.
"Then what do you want me to do, the last plan failed, what plan do you have this time."
"Xiqia, this time we hope that you can gather some troops to help us, as long as we can recapture the three eastern provinces, we can help His Majesty Pu Yi to build your Manchu empire again in your Manchurian Longxing land."
"Then I'll need some time. This has to be done with care. ”
"There is no problem with this, we will use the resources at hand to help you, as long as you return to the country, the whole of China will be yours, Xijun, you have the skill of being a dragon, I will congratulate Xijun first."
"The head of the soil and fertilizer agency has won the award."
In Tianjin, a light rain was falling outside the window, and a lean person in the room was reading a book boredly, sighing. The group of people around him comforted quite the situation, "Your Majesty, you have to take care of the dragon body, this group of chaotic ministers and thieves will not be arrogant for long, we will definitely be able to restore the Qing Dynasty." ”
"Hey, don't persuade me, Master Kang is gone, Zhang Zuolin is also dead, even Wu Peifu and Duan Qirui have gone into the wilderness, even Wenxiu is going to divorce me, where am I still Your Majesty, besides, we really don't have any power in our hands, what can we do to restore the Qing Dynasty, I Puyi is ashamed of my ancestors."
Just when everyone was secretly sad about Pu Yi's words, someone outside hurriedly broke in with a letter and shouted happily, "Ladies and gentlemen, good news, good news." ”
"Panicked, what kind of system." Among the people standing, they thought that the old gentleman had reprimanded him, and this person was Zheng Xiaoxu, the widow of the Manchu Dynasty. "What kind of letter, I'll take a look."
Zheng Xiaoxu took the letter, and before he could look at it twice, his face turned red, "Your Majesty, happy event, our restoration is hopeful, and our ancestors bless you." ”
It turned out that this letter was a letter brought by Xiqia to the Zongshe Party, in which it said that the Japanese hoped to help Pu Yi restore the country as an atonement for their sins in the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, and that he and the Japanese had planned carefully and were almost foolproof, hoping that Pu Yi could return to the Northeast with the Manchu loyal ministers to preside over the founding of the country.
"Your Majesty, this is a good opportunity, as long as we have the help of the Japanese, our restoration is just around the corner." It was Zai Zhen, the son of Prince Qing Yikuang, who spoke.
"Your Majesty, this matter must not be trusted, the Japanese cannot be trusted, they called Your Majesty to the Northeast just to pretend to help Your Majesty restore the country, in fact, they still want to listen to the government, want to be the emperor, Your Majesty, think twice." This person who can see clearly is Pu Yi's uncle Zaitao.
"Listen to the government, I am no longer the person who was played by the old witch in the palm of my hand, the Japanese are not credible, but we need to use their strength now, they think that I am easy to fool, in fact, I also want to plan the plan, Zhang Zuolin is just a small assistant can use the power of the Japanese to entrench the entire Northeast, am I not as good as him?" Pu Yi said coldly, in fact, Pu Yi is a master who thinks very highly of himself, but has great ambitions and talents. Zaitao's words poked his sore spot, and listening to the government and Cixi almost became a taboo in his life, he thought that he could be a good emperor and could make the Manchus extremely powerful, but it was only because of Cixi that the Manchus were decayed, so when he heard Zaitao's words, he wanted to prove that he was a saint even more.
Hearing Pu Yi's anger, the old and young people on the side hurriedly dragged Zaitao's clothes and pulled him to kneel down together, calling for death.
"Okay, you have followed me until now, you are all ministers of the humerus, I know that you are all thinking about me, but I am no longer the child who doesn't understand anything, I have my own ideas about this matter, you just cooperate, when the time comes, you are all ministers of the dragon, I will be rewarded, now I have to think about it, you should step down first."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." Many of the old and young kowtowed and retreated.
On February 13, the Japanese army launched the New Year's offensive, under the combination of Xiqia's inside and outside, the Japanese army fell to Siping after a long battle, after occupying Siping, while the Northeast Army had no time to react, the Japanese army attacked from the railway all the way to Binjiang (now Harbin) in Heilongjiang Province, Xiqia who was responsible for guarding Changchun, led the 10th Brigade to surrender in Kaesong, without firing a single shot, the Japanese army took over Changchun under the leadership of Duomen Jiro, when the Northeast Army reacted and organized a strong resistance, Most of Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces fell into the hands of the Japanese army.
Immediately afterwards, Kenji Dohihara issued a notice to the Northeast, announcing that the Manchurian Empire was about to be established, and hoped that people of insight would recognize the situation and jointly establish the imperial paradise of Greater East Asia and common prosperity.
When Jiang Tao learned the news, it was already the next day, and he never imagined that there were really people in the Northeast Army who put the safety of the country and the nation at risk and resolutely surrendered to Japan, resulting in the complete erosion of the situation in the Northeast that could have been controlled.
At this time, the headquarters of the Kwantung Army was full of joy, and various words such as "the imperial military fortune has been long" and "Amaterasu has been blessed" emerged one after another. "Dohihara-kun, thanks to you this time, you are a hero of the empire, you just wait for the reward of the base camp, and His Majesty the Emperor will know your name." Honjo Shigeru congratulated Kenji Tohihara.