Chapter 1260: Work in Tibet
To put it bluntly, the so-called work in Tibet means that the Japanese want to get involved in Tibet and invade Tibet.
At this time, Tibet was still a mysterious existence in the eyes of the world due to inconvenient transportation. The Japanese call Tibet a mysterious country.
In fact, since the end of the Qing Dynasty, Tibet has been in turmoil. The main reason was that the British colonizers had always coveted Tibet. At that time, the British army took control of India and Sikkim, and then invaded Tibet twice, and the Tibetan people rose up to resist, and two wars of resistance against Britain broke out successively. During the Second War of Resistance against the British, the British army captured Lhasa, and the 13th Dalai Lama fled Tibet before the British army captured Lhasa, and went to Mongolia via Qinghai. After the 13th Dalai Lama bid farewell to Emperor Guangxu and returned to Tibet in October 1909, he had a sharp conflict with the Qing court's minister in Tibet, Lianyu, the fuse was that Lianyu asked the Qing court for approval to transfer 2,000 Sichuan troops into Tibet out of the consideration of defending the border. The 13th Dalai Lama, fearing for his personal safety, led the fleeing to India. In fact, the core of the contradiction is that the 13th Dalai Lama did not want the central government to send troops into Tibet. Another hidden factor is that after the 13th Dalai Lama fled Tibet for the first time, he was impeached by the then Minister in Tibet, Youtai, and was removed from the Qing court for a short time.
After the 13th Dalai Lama fled to India, the Qing court once again stripped him of his name and ordered the minister stationed in Tibet to find a spirit boy to replace him. This move aroused the dissatisfaction of the Tibetan masses, and the Qing court was unwilling to retract the order, but ordered the minister in Tibet to go to India to persuade the 13th Dalai Lama to return to Tibet.
After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, the 13th Dalai Lama set off from India on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Tibetan calendar in 1912. At this time. As a result of his popularity and hospitality by the British colonizers in India, the thinking of the 13th Dalai Lama has changed. However, the 13th Dalai Lama still took the initiative to write a letter to Gongsang Norbu, the president of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Bureau established by Yuan Shikai, and sent the Mongolian lama Lobsang Dongzhur as a representative. Travel to Beijing. After receiving the letter, Yuan Shikai issued an order to restore the name of the 13th Dalai Lama.
At this time, the Sichuan army stationed in Lhasa mutinied, and the siege of Sera Temple was not opposed to being surrounded by the Tibetan army, Yuan Shikai urgently ordered Yin Changheng, the governor of Sichuan, and Cai Yi, the governor of Yunnan, to come to Tibet's aid.
After the 13th Dalai Lama received the order to restore Yuan Shikai's name, he sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai through Lu Xingqi, the chief of the nursing office in Tibet, asking the Beiyang government to send people to Darjeeling, India for negotiations.
The cunning British devil saw that the reinforcements from Sichuan and Yunnan were progressing smoothly. He immediately intervened and demanded that the Beiyang government send representatives to Darjeeling, India, to convene a conference on Tibet, and advocated that the Tibetan side should also send representatives to participate in it, thus nakedly interfering in China's internal affairs. As a result, Yuan Shikai not only ordered Yin Changheng and Cai Ye to stop their march into Tibet, but also sent Chen Yifan and Wang Haiping to the meeting as representatives of the Chinese government. In this way, a Hiram Conference was held in Shimla, India, attended by British representative McMahon (Indian Foreign Minister), Tibetan representative Lun Qingxiazha and others, and Beiyang government representatives Chen Yifan and Wang Haiping.
The impact of this Shimla conference is bad and far-reaching.
The conference was negotiated on the basis of a "compromise" proposed by the British. Although the exchange of letters in the "compromise" plan recognizes that "Tibet is part of China's territory," the main content is to divide all areas inhabited by Tibetans into two parts: "Inner and Outer Tibet." "Inner Tibet" includes areas inhabited by Tibetans in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces, which are under the direct jurisdiction of the Chinese government; "Outer Tibet" includes Tibet and the Xikang region, and the Chinese government "recognizes the autonomy of Outer Tibet." "Do not interfere in its internal affairs, but let the Tibetans take care of themselves", "but China still sent ministers to Lhasa, and the escort force was limited to 300 people".
With such a bullshit document, Chen Yifan, a representative of the Beiyang government, actually signed the draft agreement under the coercion of the British. This aroused strong opposition from people from all walks of life across the country, and the Beiyang government, in view of domestic pressure, ordered Chen Yifan to refuse to sign the formal contract.
Originally, the Chinese government did not sign the formal agreement, and this was the end of the matter. The British plot went bankrupt. However, the British aggressors did not give up and went so far as to announce that Britain and Tibet had signed and that China had not signed and would not be able to enjoy the rights under the treaty. What is even more odious is the collusion between the British imperialist invaders and representatives of the local government of Tibet. He secretly tampered with the Sino-Indian border map and proposed the so-called "McMahon Line" in a vain attempt to transfer more than 90,000 square kilometers of land that had always belonged to China's Tibet region to India's territory.
Historically, it was this damned "McMahon Line" that led to border conflicts between China and India, and there have been self-defense counterattacks on the Sino-Indian border with an unclear situation.
After the Tibetan Conference, the 13th Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Kashag government turned pro-British. However, the 13th Dalai Lama discovered that the British were harboring evil intentions and interfering in Tibet's internal affairs, and began to contact the central government again. In 1919, the Beiyang government sent people to Tibet through Qinghai, and was warmly welcomed by all circles in Tibet, and the 13th Dalai Lama expressed his hope that the Beiyang government would send plenipotentiary representatives to Tibet to negotiate outstanding issues, including the draft of the Hiram Conference.
In the meantime, the Dalai Lama, who held the military and political power in Tibet, had a conflict with the 9th Panchen Lama, forcing the 9th Panchen Lama to flee Tibet and go into exile in the interior.
After the victory of the Northern Expedition, the Nationalist Government established the capital of Nanjing, and the 13th Dalai Lama sent people to Nanjing to meet Chiang Kai-shek and began to contact the Nationalist Government. The Nationalist Government also sent people to Tibet to meet the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama said that Tibet is China's territory, and the Kang-Tibet issue is China's internal issue, and he supports the reunification of the motherland. The Dalai Lama's request to the Nationalist Government is to support Tibetan looms, tanning machines, and all kinds of workers.
Generally speaking, however, at this time, the ties between the Nationalist Government and Tibet were not yet solidified, and the Dalai Lama adopted a policy of riding the wall, that is, dancing between the British and the central government.
The 13th Dalai Lama passed away in 1933. Immediately afterwards, the 9th Panchen Lama, a patriotic apologetic, passed away on December 1, 1937 in the Jialapo Zhang Palace of the Yushu Grand Monastery. The Tibetan Kashag government temporarily has the regent of the 5th Rechen Living Buddha who supports the reunification of the country.
It was not until 1938 that the Gaxia government put the birth of a child in Huangzhong, Qinghai in July 1935? Lamu Dengzhu of Qijiachuan County was selected as the only reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, and reported to the Nationalist Government requesting that the golden vase be exempted from casting lots and that the Lingtong Lamu Dengzhu be approved to succeed to the throne as the 14th Dalai Lama. Outcome. Due to the obstruction of the pro-British elements in the upper echelons of Tibet, before the reply of the Nationalist Government, the Gasha government actually held a grand ceremony in front of the 12-year-old statue of Shakyamuni in the Jokhang Temple on October 13, 1939, presided over by the Fifth Regent Rezhen Living Buddha. He shaved the degree of the spirit boy Lamu Dengzhu, awarded the lay ordination, and gave the Dharma name "Jiezun Qiangbai?" Ngawang Lobsang? Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso? Sisong Wangqiu? Zombamiba? Debai Sampo", referred to as "Tenzin Gyatso", and according to the custom, the Fifth Rechen Living Buddha himself served as the canonical teacher of the spirit child, and the thirteenth Dalai Lama's Sansha Dazha? Ngawang Songhuan was the deputy scripture teacher. In December 1939, Wu Zhongxin, chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Committee of the Nationalist Government, arrived in Lhasa. He was given a grand welcome and a grand bed-making ceremony was held for the 14th Dalai Lama on February 22, 1940 in the Sun Hall of the Potala Palace.
The Japanese work in Tibet was initiated by the Kwantung Army and sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The methods adopted are nothing more than approaching and co-opting religious figures in Tibet, using Tibetans to gather intelligence, and sending spies to infiltrate Tibet. The first to preside over this work was the secret service of the Kwantung Army, and later the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent Aoki Bunkyo, who was fluent in Tibetan, to take charge of the work in Tibet.
As early as 1937, after the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Japanese Kwantung Army secret service set its sights on the Tibetan monk Anqin Hutuketu and the abbot of the Lama Temple, Danba Dazha, who were running between Tibet and the mainland of the motherland, and lured them in every possible way, and let the living Buddha of Anqin meet Puyi.
This Anqin Living Buddha is the first disciple of the Ninth Panchen Lama, and is very highly regarded by the Panchen Lama. He also traveled back to Tibet for the Panchen Lama and did a lot of work that was beneficial to the reunification of the motherland. After the Panchen passed away, the Living Buddha Anqin became a pivotal figure in the Panchen clique. This time. At the time of the national crisis, the central government could not safeguard the inherent position of the Panchen clique in Tibet, and could not even do such a thing as helping the Panchen to return to Tibet. The Japanese army coerced and lured again, and the Anqin Living Buddha was naturally quite moved.
The Japanese had planned to let the Anqin Living Buddha visit Japan, but later considered that it would affect the return of the Anqin Living Buddha to Tibet, so they had to give up, but sent a spy Nomoto Shizo to follow the Anqin Living Buddha into Tibet. Unexpectedly, after Nomoto went to Tibet, Tibet was very strict against the Japanese, and it could not play a role at all. I had no choice but to flee back to Japan.
In March 1936, he arrived in Nanjing to report to the Mongolian and Tibetan Committee of the Nationalist Government, and soon went to Beijing to stay in the Lama Temple as the abbot Khenpo. In 1937, "Seven? After the outbreak of the "Seven Incidents", the Nanjing Nationalist Government invited him to go south. But he still lived in the Lama Temple, and participated in the puppet national congress held by Wang puppet in Nanjing in 1940, served as a member of the puppet "frontier committee", and at the beginning of this year he served as the chairman of the Beiping Lama Temple Sorting Committee, responsible for the management of 32 lama temples in the Beijing area.
At this time, the Living Buddha Anqin had already returned to Tibet, and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs was actively planning to allow Danbadaza and Lama Yang of the Lama Temple to visit Japan. While it was in operation, the emperor couldn't wait any longer and began to question Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.
Hideki Tojo hurriedly reported that the intelligence department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was actively working, and one was to invite the Tibetan Buddhist elite in Beiping to visit Japan, and planned to go to Tokyo in June; The second is to prepare to send spies, under the leadership of the lamas, from Mongolia to Tibet via Qinghai. The third is that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has found a big Tibetan businessman who is willing to help Japan, and his name is Meng Nachang, who is one of the two major imperial businessmen in Tibet. It is a pity that this Monachang had come to Tokyo in February last year with a letter of introduction from the Shanghai Consul and the Minister of Naval Reports, but returned to Shanghai due to a language barrier and now lives in Beiping. He can speed up the pace of work in Tibet.
After Tojo Hideki finished the report, Emperor Hirohito snorted in his nose and said lightly: "After capturing Burma and completely cutting off the Yunnan-Burma Highway, the international supply line of the Chiang Kai-shek government, Chiang Kai-shek is not far from surrendering, right?" The Prime Minister and all of you must work hard! โ
Hideki Tojo, Sugi Sugimoto, Shumi Nagano, Shigetoku Togo, and Shigetaro Shimada all knelt on the ground and shouted Long live the Emperor!
Emperor Hirohito ignored them and said lightly: "Tibet was originally remote, and now that the army is about to conquer all of Burma, ********** is important. Serious research is needed! โ
Long live the emperor again!
Emperor Hirohito finally raised his head, looked at the cherry blossoms outside the window, and said to himself: "Outer Mongolia has been occupied, the Far East has been occupied, Sakhalin Island has been recovered, and now the army and navy have captured Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Burma is also being occupied." My warriors have lived up to my expectations! But why didn't I see a delegation from the above-mentioned regions to show my submission? According to the ancient tradition of China, it seems that they should have contributed maps and treasures to their ministers as a sign of submission. โ
At this time, Hideki Tojo has completely reacted, it turns out that His Majesty the Emperor summoned him with this meaning!
Hideki Tojo immediately reported: "Your Majesty, the people of these newly occupied areas are grateful to Your Majesty, and they have asked to come to see Your Majesty. The minister has already received a report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is making arrangements for the delegation to visit Japan soon to meet His Majesty and listen to the teachings of Yuyin. โ
Only then did Emperor Hirohito be satisfied, waved his hand to Hideki Tojo and the others to get up and sit down, and then said that the concentration camps set up by the Allied Fรผhrer Hitler were worth learning from, and that the British and American prisoners in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, China, and the Far East should be centrally managed.
Sitting there, Shanshan Yuan thoroughly realized the power of His Majesty the Emperor's leapfrog thinking, and was talking about how to deal with the Eighth Route Army that attacked the Liaodong Peninsula, when the Emperor asked about the work in Tibet. As soon as the work in Tibet had been talked about, the emperor again talked about the issue of the delegation from the occupied territories. Shanshanyuan still thought that His Majesty the Emperor would have further will, so His Majesty made a magnificent turn and talked about the concentration camp. On the surface, it seems that the emperor believes in the reins of the horse, and says whatever he wants, but in fact, when you think about it carefully, these questions are all linked one after another, and each step has a deep meaning, and it is related to the national fortunes of Japan. It seems that His Majesty the Emperor asked these questions after careful consideration.
Emperor Hirohito finally stopped asking, and directly ordered the commander-in-chief, Sugi Sugimoto, to transfer the Fifth Flying Group and the Fifth Fleet to aid the Kwantung Army, and ordered the Kwantung Army to eliminate Liu Yimin's troops who landed on the Liaodong Peninsula.
"Playing on" ended, Tojo Hideki led Sugi Sugimoto, Nagano Shuse, and Shigetaro Shimada to transfer troops, and Emperor Hirohito also went back to the inner palace to rest. This group of aggressive demons could not have imagined that at this time, Liu Yimin was leading the main forces of a column, a cavalry column, and an artillery column to rush towards Shenyang. This time has opened the prelude to the counteroffensive in the Asia-Pacific theater, and the good days of little Japan have come to an end!