Chapter 321: The British's Calculations

The end of the three or five years passed in the wave of Wang Jingwei's assassination. Wang Jingwei survived because the position of his heart was different from that of ordinary people.

However, a shot in the chest is a serious injury to anyone, even if the heart is not there, and although Wang Jingwei, who was seriously injured, did not die, he had to lie in a Japanese hospital for two months.

Although he was able to be discharged from the hospital two months later, he had to recuperate at home and had to resign as chairman of the Central Committee.

Fortunately, Wang Jingwei has been in good spirits since he got off the operating table, and he remembers what happened that day clearly.

So when many people went to visit him in the hospital, they asked him who was the real murderer? He also answered normally.

But he didn't want to say it, because he thought he owed someone else, and they were just here to collect the debt this time.

So Wang Jingwei's statement once again helped Commander Chiang clarify the fact of assassinating him. Commander Jiang was also moved, and went to the hospital and home many times to visit Wang Jingwei, and patted his chest and promised that he would avenge Chairman Wang Yunyun in the future.

However, at this time, Wang Jingwei was already disheartened, he didn't want to take care of the government anymore, he just wanted to recuperate at home for a while.

However, there has never been a shortage of people of insight in China, and everyone guessed the possible identity of the real culprit behind the scenes from Wang Jingwei's unspoken conversation and from the fear he expressed many times.

People who are not from the Nationalist Government have such a strong deterrent power, and the assassination methods like rivers and lakes: "Sizzle! Who else could there be if it wasn't Li Tie? ”

But even if everyone guessed that the real culprit behind the scenes was Li Tie, no one really wanted to avenge Wang Jingwei, because Li Tie had just gone abroad.

In January of that year, George V of England died of illness and passed the throne to Li Tie's good friend Prince Edward of Britain, commonly known as Edward VIII.

The first thing Edward VIII did when he was elected king was to officially give Li Tie the status of a viscount, and proposed to hand over the British colonial co-management of Southeast Asia to Li Tie.

As soon as the news came out, the members of the British Parliament were in an uproar and wrote to demand that the decision be cancelled. But Edward VIII insisted.

Walward VIII's reasons are also very strong, because the current national liberation movement in Southeast Asia is becoming more and more fierce, and the British government has not received taxes from Southeast Asian countries for three consecutive years in order to suppress local independence forces.

In this case, why not send these enclaves to Li Tie, Li Tie is originally Chinese, it is very close to Southeast Asia, as long as Li Tie takes over, they will no longer have to care about the death and life of Southeast Asia, and there will be huge taxes every year, why not?

In the end, the two sides reached a stalemate, and the proposal was shelved. However, as Li Tie went to Southeast Asia to begin his investigation, everything seemed to be developing in Li Tie's favor again.

In the office of Major General William of MI6 in London, a handsome young major officer was standing upright at the Major General's desk.

"Are you sure that the people in the Peace Hotel in our colonies in Southeast Asia are all Li Tie's subordinates?" William looked at the report in his hand and asked the major in front of him.

"Yes, General, I swear in the name of the Emperor of the British Empire." The young major affirmed.

"Major James, I know that you went to Shanghai, China a few years ago and suffered a lot, and I also know that you were beaten by the Axe Gang in Shanghai, and finally you were put in a Chinese prison.

But aren't you not in danger of your life? You also know that Li Tie is a friend of the new emperor, so I ask you not to hold a grudge against him. "Major General William advised Major James to make big things small and small things into nothing.

A hint of gloom flashed on Major James's face, it turned out that when Major James went to China a few years ago, he had just a few days after getting off the ship, and his wallet and identity were stolen.

Originally, with his special status, even if he lost his identity certificate, he was not afraid, as long as he went to the British Embassy to reveal his identity, everything would naturally be solved.

However, he thought that since he came to Shanghai secretly with the task of investigating Li Tie, he could not let people discover his special identity, so he played a foreign friend who had just arrived in Shanghai and lost his wallet.

Unfortunately, it was difficult to find a job in Shanghai, and he did not find a job for three days in a row. Major James, who had been hungry for three days, had to make an improvised decision to go to the British embassy for help.

Who knew that he had just taken a shortcut and walked into an alley, and was knocked unconscious by a smiling Chinese man with several strong men in the face.

That night he was tied up and gagged, and then taken to a Chinese prison where he was thrown into a separate cell.

The next morning, when the guards found out that the key prisoner in the same cell had been rescued, they beat him severely.

Fortunately, for the sake of being a foreigner, he was not killed on the spot, but he remembered the name of the person who was rescued, called Chen Geng, who seems to be an important general of the Chinese Red Army now.

As for the person who knocked him unconscious at that time, Major James thought he could know him when he turned to ashes. It's a pity that in order to survive, he had to seek help from the British Embassy in his own right. In this way, the mission of his first trip to China failed.

He returned to England in disgrace, but Colonel William kept his promise to promote him to Major Intelligence Officer of the Sixth Intelligence Division.

Later, by chance, Major James was sent to the colonies of British Southeast Asia, and he found that the most powerful Chinese group in Southeast Asia was called the Peace Hotel.

And by an even more serendipity, he found that the man who knocked him unconscious in Shanghai actually had a good conversation with the big boss of the Peace Hotel.

Therefore, Major James traveled between Shanghai and Southeast Asia in a private capacity in the past two years, which really allowed him to discover some clues about Li Tie's close connection with this organization.

For example, Major James found out that the big boss of the Peace Hotel had an unusual relationship with the Axe Gang.

And the man who knocked him unconscious also made Major James find out the roots, and he turned out to be a member of the Axe Gang. And the relationship between the Axe Gang and Li Tie is now known to intelligence agencies all over the world, and the two sides are as good as wearing a pair of pants.

Coupled with Li Tie's consistent mysterious and powerful organization behind it. Therefore, Major James has every reason to suspect that this Peace Hotel is likely to be inextricably linked with Shanghai Li Tie.

In this way, Li Tie already has a lot of influence in Southeast Asia, and his power is so great that it can completely affect the control of the British Empire here.

So when he heard that Edward VIII was going to hand over the associate power of Southeast Asia to Li Tie, Major James immediately rushed back from Southeast Asia.

The purpose was to report to his superior, Major General William, the danger of Li Tie, and wanted Colonel William to use his influence in Britain to prevent the passage of this proposal.

Major James is one of William's ace agents, and he is very fond of Major General William's loyalty to Major James, but his status is too low, and he doesn't know many secrets.

However, seeing that Major James did not seem to have achieved his goal, Major General William had no choice but to ask Major James to close the door, and then he called Major James to the front and whispered:

"Originally, I shouldn't have told you about this at your level, but now that you are asking such questions, I can only tell you some secrets, but you must ensure that everything you hear today will not be leaked, otherwise I will execute you for treason. Have you thought about it, to listen or not to listen? "Major General Wilhelm is serious.

"I'm willing to listen, please tell me." Major James said solemnly.

"Then you listen, we only want to hand over the colonies in Southeast Asia to Li Tie because we have been increasing the immigration of Chinese to Southeast Asia in recent years.

And also give Chinese a higher social status than the natives, what is the purpose? The purpose is to better maintain the colonial rule of our British Empire. Major General William didn't seem to understand Major James at all, so he had to continue to explain:

"We all know that the nations of the world in the future must be free and equal. But whether we or France, Helan, Spain, these old empires all use Chinese in Southeast Asia in large numbers, and the only reason is to divert hatred.

You think that we British have issued all kinds of laws to exploit the locals, but the locals will not seriously implement them, at this time we need thugs, we need vicious dogs, so the Chinese with a higher status than the locals will play.

And the Chinese are just outsiders in Southeast Asia, we don't have to worry about their rebellion, let alone their restoration, we still reuse them, so they must be very happy to attach themselves to us.

The locals will hate the Chinese very much, and no matter whether Southeast Asia will break away from our rule in the future, the first person they will deal with will not be us.

The Chinese have always endured hardships and endured hard work in Southeast Asia, and with our help, they are naturally much richer than the indigenous people of Southeast Asia.

Therefore, even if these natives really want to rebel against us one day, the first person they will have to deal with will be the Chinese, because they will not be able to deal with us masters without killing all the Chinese. "Major General Wilhelm has made it very clear.

"Ah, isn't it a bit shameless for us to do this, isn't it equivalent to using the Chinese all the time, and when we leave, the Chinese who remain in Southeast Asia will not become the object of anger for the indigenous people of Southeast Asia?"

Then they will end badly. "Major James didn't expect that there was such a deep conspiracy in the original Li Tie as an associate in Southeast Asian affairs.

"But since we have made it clear that we want to trap Li Tie, then why did King Edward give Li Tie the co-ordination of Southeast Asia, and our council still stopped it?" Major James, as an agent, didn't understand politics at all, so he couldn't understand this political machination at all.

"How does King Edward understand this, he is just being used by the Parliament, and as for why the Parliament is opposed, it is nothing more than a desire to capture and indulge.

Whoever is suddenly hit by such a big pie will be suspicious. Major General William did not feel ashamed at all. In his opinion, it is a good thing to be able to find some trouble for the richest man in the world and take the opportunity to weaken the power of the Chinese.

"But since we are here to calculate the Chinese, why does it have to be Li Tie?" Major James continued.

"It's very simple, he is now the richest man in the world, and he used to pit us with 200 tons of gold in Hong Kong, and blew up several of our warships, although there is no drama, but we all know that he did it, and only he has the strength." Major General William said hatefully.

"But what if Li Tie is not fooled?" Major James questioned again.

Major General William smiled disapprovingly: "No, he will be fooled, this is also one of the purposes for me to call you here today, tomorrow you will take the power of attorney signed by King Edward to Southeast Asia to secretly connect with Li Tie."

I believe that with you, the king's secret envoy, going in person, Li Tie will definitely agree to sign. ”