"Ben will have a chance to win!" Nagata Tetsuyama looked at the tanks driving by outside the window, and said loudly with passion, "Definitely! Certain! ”

Kawai looked at Nagata Tetsuyama with some surprise, as if he was puzzled by how this quiet person was so excited today.

"If you want to win, you have to take your chances." General Kawai's words made Nagata Tetsuyama calm down instantly.

"Yes, from now on, we must seize every opportunity." "And no matter what the opportunity is, you need to grasp it firmly. ”

"That is, you also think that cooperation with Soviet Russia is necessary?" Kawai heard the hidden subtext in Nagata Tetsuyama's words, looked at him and said.

"As long as it's good for him, even if it's with the devil." Nagata Tetsuyama said firmly.

"Have you ever thought that if Ben and Soviet Russia form an alliance against China, there will definitely be a conflict with the United States?" Kawai asked.

"If Ben wants to become a world power, a conflict with the United States is inevitable." Nagata Tetsuyama said, "It's just a matter of time." ”

Listening to Nagata Tetsuyama's words, General Kawai's face became a little ugly, he let out a heavy sigh, and nodded helplessly.

"There can only be one country in Ben and China that will become the leader of Asia." Nagata Tetsuyama said, "China is already an ally of the United States, and the conflict between China and China is inevitable, and the conflict with the United States is inevitable." ”

"You're right, from now on, you can't waste any opportunity." Kawai remembered his predecessor Yusaku Uehara in Siberia, and couldn't help but fight a cold war, as if he was now in the middle of the Siberian wasteland like Yusaku Uehara.

"The presidential election in China has ended, and Xu Shichang defeated Cao Kun, the direct leader of the Beiyang warlords, by a narrow majority, and became the new president of China." Nagata Tetsuyama said, "I'm afraid that many people in the cabinet and the general staff headquarters did not expect such a result. ”

"Yes, Xu Shichang is just a civilian official, with no soldiers and no money, and this time he can defeat the most powerful warlord leader in the country, which is unexpected." Kawai said.

"That's because there are people behind Xu Shichang who support him." Nagata Tieshan sneered and said.

At this time, Yang Shuoming's figure unconsciously appeared in his mind.

"Is there a warlord in China who is stronger than Cao Kun?" Kawai asked.

"Of course, the person who replaced Duan Qirui is." Nagata Tetsuyama said.

"But isn't this man no longer the 'Minister of War' (referring to the Border Guard)?" Knowing who he was talking about, Kawai asked, "He doesn't have a place of his own, does he?" Unlike Cao Kun, he can sit on three wealthy provinces. ”

"His Xie does not have his own fixed territory, nor does he have his own army, but the terrible thing about this person is that no matter what position he holds, he will always amplify the energy of this position to the maximum." "If our intelligence is accurate, this person is the most powerful warlord in China." ”

"Why do you say that?" Kawai asked in surprise.

"Although he is no longer a border superintendent with more power than the president, nor is he the minister of the navy, it can be said that he has lost all his military power, but his influence on the Chinese [***] team is still there, and during his tenure as the envoy of the two Guangzhou-Guangzhou patrols, he has arranged for his subordinates to take over the four rich provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Yunnan in southern China." "He controls the largest emerging enterprise in China, Renhe Group, and his family is inextricably linked to the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium, the Jinshang consortium and overseas business groups. Its latent power can be said to spread throughout China. And this person has a deep American background. Compared to him, Cao Kun is actually just a rich man. ”

"So that's the case, so if Xu Shichang is behind his back, it is not surprising that he will be elected president." "It's just that I don't understand, why doesn't a person with such a powerful power like him become the president himself?" ”

"It's really puzzling." Listening to the words of the chief of the staff headquarters, Rao is Nagata Tieshan was resourceful, and he was also puzzled, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, "He could actually have become the second Yuan Shikai." And this time, I heard that he only became the Minister of Finance. ”

"As the Minister of Finance of the political axe of China, it is a big loss of money." Kawai was also a little surprised and said, "I really don't understand how he could choose such a thankless position." ”

According to the understanding of China's political axe by Kawai and others, although the United States has expressed full support for China's political axe to reform its finances, the current situation of China's political axe, whose fiscal revenue cannot cover expenditure, has not been fundamentally reversed, and almost half of the provinces have not paid money to the central government, and China's political axe seems to be powerless to do anything about it. Much of the cost of the re-expansion of the Chinese navy and its participation in the European war came from Yang Shuoming's "extracorporeal blood transfusion" and loans from Britain and the United States. And it is not easy to make such a big mess in order.

"In any case, Shina is already the biggest threat to this at this stage." Nagata Tieshan said, a cold light flashed in his eyes, "We also need to pay close attention to his every move." ”

"He has now gone to Xinjiang Province." Kawai and Nagata Tieshan returned to the table, Kawai looked at the report of the relocation of the letter again, and said, "Maybe he will return to Yanjing soon, I heard that he always flies around in the sky in an airship, and he is not afraid that one day the airship will have an accident and lose his surname." ”

"I really want that to happen." Nagata Tetsuyama sneered and said, "I hope he can be careful enough." ”

As the two were talking, something seemed to block the sun's rays from the sky outside the window, making the light in the room dim all of a sudden.

The two came to the window again, looked up at the sky, and saw a huge airship lying between the blue sky and white clouds.

Under the intense stimulation of the rapid development of China's aviation industry, the aviation industry of Yuben has also begun to take off at an unprecedented speed.

"Victory will definitely belong to Yuben! Certain! Nagata Tieshan couldn't help but look up to the sky and shouted loudly.

Xinjiang Province, Dihua, Airport Aviation Tower.

Yang Zengxin, who was wearing a melon skin hat and a horse coat, stood on the newly built aviation tower, looking at the blue sky and a round of blazing in the distance, and couldn't help but feel a little dizzy.

Maybe he had been standing for a long time, and his crutches became a little trembling.

"He, Yang Hanzhi, should also be here now, right?" Fan Yaonan took out a handkerchief, wiped the beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, and as he spoke, he motioned to the staff around him to fetch chairs and let everyone sit down and wait.

"Wait a little longer." Yang Zengxin smiled generously, and slowly sat down on a chair with the support of a maid, "The weather has been good and bad for a while now, he is walking from the sky, and he may not be able to touch the dust." ”

"yes, this sandstorm is no joke." Fan Yaonan said and sat down as well, "However, this airship can come and go freely in the sky, and it is also convenient." ”

"It's convenient, but it's also staggering." Yang Zengxin said, "I heard that the cost of an airship is worth a warship, not counting the cost of this mooring field, this thing is novel and easy to use for their young people, but it may not be of any help to the development of people's livelihood." ”

Listening to Yang Zengxin's words, Fan Yaonan was quite disappreciative in his heart. He once studied in the book, and his ideological vision was far higher than Yang Zengxin's, but because of Shangfeng's face, he did not refute rashly.

Regarding Yang Zengxin's "rule by inaction" in Xinjiang Province, Fan Yaonan actually disagreed with it in his heart.

"It's coming! Here it comes! Zhang Chunxi, the director of academic affairs, suddenly seemed to see something, pointed to the distance and shouted.

At this time, Yang Zengxin, who was sitting in the chair, did not move, he stretched out his hand, and a guard officer handed him a telescope, he took it and put it in front of him, looked in the direction pointed by Zhang Chunxi, and sure enough, he saw several airships like cigar smoke.

Yang Zengxin handed the telescope to the guard officer, and he did not stand up one after another like the others, but sat upright in his chair, closed his eyes and recuperated.

Because he knew that when he dealt with this person who called himself a "junior of the Yang Sect", he had to be in good spirits.

I don't know how long it took, the crowd outside the aviation tower made a huge noise, Yang Zengxin opened his eyes, and saw that the airship was slowly approaching the aviation tower, and the staff was nervously working to make the huge airship dock with the aviation tower.

Soon, the docking was completed, and the trestle bridge had been built, so Yang Zengxin stood up, crutches, and led everyone to the exit.

When Yang Shuoming, dressed in military uniform, appeared at the door, warm applause rang out.

Yang Shuoming smiled and greeted Yang Zengxin, and then greeted the officials and celebrities of Xinjiang Province under Yang Zengxin's introduction, and then walked side by side with Yang Zengxin.

Yang Shuoming, Yang Zengxin and everyone left the aviation tower together, took a car to the Provincial Administrative Office, and then Yang Zengxin held a banquet for Yang Shuoming to receive the wind and wash the dust.

After three rounds of drinking, Yang Zengxin and Yang Shuoming talked.

"Hanzhi went to the Kazakh tribes this time, and he must have gained a lot." Yang Zengxin casually glanced at the "Kazakh princess" that Yang Shuoming married, and asked with a smile.

"There are some things that you have to see with your own eyes to know." Yang Shuoming said with a smile, "Kazakhstan and Xinjiang Province, I am here for the first time, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that I have such beautiful scenery in the northwest border of China." ”

"The results of the presidential election in Kyori, Hanzhi must have heard about it." Yang Zengxin said, "President Xu was elected, Yang was overjoyed, and he had called President Xu to congratulate him. ”

"President Xu Da is a famous man in Beiyang, and he has worked hard as prime minister, and he is very popular, and his election this time is really expected by everyone." Yang Shuoming said, "This presidential election, the first of its kind for a generation, is of great significance to the development of Chinese Ming Cooking politics. ”

Yang Zengxin heard Yang Shuoming say the word "Ming Cooking", and his brows wrinkled slightly unconsciously.

"I heard that President Xu Da appointed Liang Zhuoru as the prime minister, and many ministries have also been appointed." Yang Zengxin turned his head and said, "This time it turned out to be Hanzhi as the Minister of Finance, but I really didn't expect it." ”

"President Xu Da knows that I have always been interested in developing industry, so he voted for my favorite, so he made such an appointment." Yang Shuoming said with a smile, "In fact, financial management is not my forte, from the end of the European war to the present, I don't know where to spend a lot of the money in my own hands, hehe." ”

"I do know where Hanzhi's money went." Yang Zengxin thought of the tanks he saw on the streets of Dihua and the giant airship just now, he looked at Yang Shuoming and said with a smile, "Aren't these airships, planes, tanks, artillery, and guns all worth money?" ”

"Xinjiang Province is the northwest barrier of the country, the important place of the country, the previous construction investment is not much, so that the development lags behind, this time I am the Minister of Finance, I hope to help the development of Xinjiang Province." Yang Shuoming said.

"Oh? Then dare to ask Hanzhi, what are your specific plans? Fan Yaonan listened to Yang Shuoming's words, and said a little eagerly, not noticing Yang Zengxin's somewhat dissatisfied gaze.

"If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Only when the trade routes are smooth can the people's livelihood be prosperous. Yang Shuoming said, "I am going to build the railways and highways in Xinjiang Province, and of course, this 'heavenly road'." ”

"'Heaven'?" Fan Yaonan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard Yang Shuoming's answer, but he quickly understood what this "Heavenly Road" meant, and couldn't help nodding again and again.

Yang Shuoming noticed the strange expression on Yang Zengxin's face, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

After the banquet, Yang Shuoming took the initiative to ask to talk to Yang Zengxin alone, Yang Zengxin readily agreed, and the two had a long talk in a secret tea. The content of the conversation is unknown to the outside world. Everyone only knows that the result of this long talk is that Yang Zengxin gave up the "rule by inaction" that he had insisted on for many years, and let Xinjiang Province start a new history.

According to Fan Yaonan's later recollection, the conversation between the two was not as friendly as imagined at first, and there was a fierce quarrel during the conversation, but the final result was that some kind of agreement was reached calmly, and from that day on, Xinjiang Province embarked on another path of development.

A month later, Yang Shuoming returned to Yanjing by airship.

The first thing he did after he was sworn in as the Minister of Finance of the Republic of China was to set up an "Economic Investigation Bureau" under the Ministry of Finance.

And it was this seemingly inconspicuous institution that was the predecessor of the famous "Huaxia FBI".

Historically, China's "Red Panic" has been divided into two phases, the first of which was from the outbreak of the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 to 1922, when Russian revolutionaries and anoctopists in Europe entered China, from Yenching to Shanghai, and various fierce revolutionary actions took place, from strikes to bombings and assassinations. In 1919, a typical propaganda poster made by a Chinese political axe, a bearded European political axeist attempted to blow up Zhongnanhai, the seat of the Chinese political axe, as a warning to the population about the dangers of Bolshevism.

Some Chinese officials have the impression that Yang Shuoming was a man of extreme hatred of Bolshevism, and at that time, he had just left the military circles, and because of his effective fight against hostile forces, he made great contributions, making him the chief of finance at the age of less than 30 and controlling the "Economic Investigation Bureau" under him for 40 years.

Because of this hostility, when the second wave of "red scare" occurred in China, Yang Shuoming took covert measures similar to those of the twenties, eavesdropping, blacklisting, infiltrating, and spreading rumors. But this time China was no longer the China of the twenties, and his toughness by the Supreme Court, which restricted the judiciary from prosecuting dissidents, especially communitarians, not only did not bring him the reputation and future of the previous one, but rather caused a lot of controversy, although the secret measures he led were not made public until 1968, when voices from the outside world, from the media and political circles, began to question whether his actions were illegal.

However, in the minds of the vast majority of Chinese people, Yang Shuoming's image has always been good. If you have the opportunity to go to Yanjing, you must visit the News Museum, there is a room in it, which is dedicated to the exhibition of many major cases handled by the Economic Investigation Bureau back then, and all of these cases are related to Yang Shuoming. In Yang Shuoming's era, reporters in charge of reporting on criminal cases were very happy, and they could write eye-catching news as long as they stayed in Yanjing, waited for the public relations department to release news to them, and arranged scenes for interviews. Of course, looking back now, these reporters should have some problems in their professional discipline, and they acted as Yang Shuoming's mouthpiece intentionally or unintentionally.

Yang Shuoming's reputation is good because he makes the people feel that because of his strength, China's public security has become better. At this point, Yang Shuoming does have a very high level of professionalism. He established a national surname fingerprint file, set up a criminal evidence identification department, and had strict requirements for the selection of detectives in the Investigation Bureau. And most importantly, he expanded the enforcement powers of the Investigation Bureau. He upgraded it in 1935 and renamed it the Chinese FBI because of his success in hunting down and shooting famous interprovincial robbers, which won public support. Coupled with his keen public relations and propaganda at that time, the public soon regarded the agents of the Investigation Bureau as heroes, and before that, such as bank robbers and Jiangyang thieves, many Chinese people regarded them as heroes who robbed the rich and helped the poor, and even Shanghai Tang filmed these thieves as positive figures against the feudal system.

(To be continued)