, Han was reluctant to meet the Japanese. So he waved his hand. Stewardship Heart Leaders Association. Acute anal... study, rushed to the main gate of Zhang's mansion, and returned the business card to the secretary of the Japanese legation, Takao Heng.

"Mr. Takao, my lord has something to do today, and he won't be a guest, so you can come back another day." The butler was polite, but the meaning of the words was clear.

Takao Heng was a little surprised, but since the other party didn't want to see him, he didn't want to break in, after all, this is the residence of Mr. Vice President of the Republic of China. Now Japan's domestic politicians are trying to avoid further deterioration of the domestic economic situation, and this relationship with China cannot but be strengthened; with the Chinese market, Japan's domestic light industry may still have a glimmer of life; if the Chinese market is lost, Japan's economy will soon be completely finished; this is not an exaggeration; the current domestic economic situation in Japan is a mess, the government is in high debt, and the public resentment is boiling, coupled with the fanning of the flames by the Japanese right-wing forces and the Japanese left-wing forces that are in-for-tat opposition to the right-wing. Today is like a volcano about to erupt, and no one knows where Japan is headed.

Seeing that China's parliament and president were about to be re-elected, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately issued an order to the minister in China, ordering the minister to pay close attention to the development of China's political situation, and to take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen commercial and trade exchanges between China and Japan in order to save the Japanese economy, which was in danger.

However, the view of the Japanese military department is exactly the opposite of the view of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the top level of the Japanese military department believes that since it is no longer possible for China to get along with Japan amicably, it is better to take advantage of China's current general election to settle the "Far East issue" once and for all, force China to make concessions by military means, open up sales channels for Japanese goods, and curb China's increasingly powerful industrial power.

The two viewpoints were in a-for-tat confrontation, and in the end it was the Japanese Bunji faction that prevailed, and the Japanese diplomats in China began to get busy; today Takao Heng came to meet Zhang Sai, and it was precisely on the order of the Japanese minister in China that he came to send an invitation, and the Japanese minister wanted to invite the vice president to attend a banquet at the Japanese Legation in China in order to further improve relations between the two countries.

The reason why I can't tell Mr. President about the past is very simple, because the "mad president" has never said anything about Sino-Japanese friendship, even in the so-called "Sino-Japanese diplomatic year" last year. It was under his personal auspices that China's imitation weaving industry association adopted a "self-discipline charter for the imitation weaving industry", according to which, the charter, China's imitation weaving mills no longer import "inferior" weaving machinery from Japan to maintain the good quality of China's imitation fabrics, and at the same time, China's cotton industry organization also adopted a similar charter of organization, promising to give priority to the supply of raw materials for domestic imitation weaving mills, in other words, it will be difficult for China's cotton to be exported to Japanese weaving mills, This is a blow to the Japanese weaving enterprises that rely heavily on Chinese cotton, and almost collapsed the imitation weaving industry today, if it were not for the British to send cotton from Australia, Japan's imitation weaving industry would not have survived until now.

For the "madman president." "Japan's constitutionalists and the military ministry are strikingly in agreement, and they both believe that if this man does not step down, the Chinese market will probably never be open to Japan. Under his leadership, China's military strength will also become stronger step by step until it completely neutralizes Japan's overall superiority in military strength, so most of Japan's politicians, chaebols, and warlords hope to oust the "mad president" through this presidential election, and if necessary, the Japanese government has even decided to use force to help those who oppose the "mad president." of the opposition forces, support a Chinese politician with a relatively moderate stance on Japan to come to power and seize central power.

The Japanese Government is also very clear that they know that with the strength of the current group of opposition and opposition figures, they are no match for the "mad president," so the Japanese Government has decided to take a roundabout line, first supporting the forces of friendship with Japan in the Diet, and then finding ways to weaken the influence of the "mad president."

The Japanese fancy the National League, so, in recent days, the Japanese legation often sent people to Zhang Xiao here to set a near, hoping to find a breakthrough from here, but unfortunately, the Japanese obviously forgot a very important detail, Vice President Zhang is not only the vice president of the government, more importantly, he himself is also a very accomplished industrialist, his name industry, imitation weaving industry is the majority, so, from the economic level, the two sides have irreconcilable contradictions, from this aspect, Obviously, Vice President Zhang is also unlikely to be a friendly person toward Japan.

So, when Takao Heng came to Zhang's Mansion this time, he ate a closed door, and he didn't even see Vice President Zhang in front of him, and he didn't even hand over his business card.

Takao Heng could only leave, leaving the invitation card of the legation to the butler, and then got into the luxuriously decorated diplomatic carriage, and returned to the Japanese Legation in China with a gloomy expression, and reported to the Japanese Minister to China, Kohata Baiji.

When Takao met Kohata Baiji, the Japanese minister to China was meeting with several guests from China in the reception room, and he had met that person Takao Taku, who was the former Japanese consul in Ningbo, Kimio Nishizawa.

Kohata Baiji was very annoyed that Takao Heng had not been able to complete the task, but he could not severely reprimand Takao Heng for his dereliction of duty in front of the guests, so he could only scold him a few times and order him to step aside.

Although standing in the corner of the reception room, far away from Kohata Baiji and the others, the legation was relatively quiet. Moreover, the voices of those people were not very low, so Takaoting could still hear their conversation, and it was clear that the group was discussing the situation in southern China.

"Your Excellency, with all due respect, in my opinion, Your Excellency's judgment of the current situation in China is not wrong, Your Excellency thinks. As long as you win over the politician who opposes Zhao Bei, Bu Tai will be able to take this place, but your lord's view is very wrong, because Zhao Bei will not give up the power in his hands no matter what, the so-called parliamentary and presidential elections. It's just a fig leaf for him to carry out military dictatorship and dictatorship, Zhao Bei, as a military strongman who rushed out of the sea of corpses and blood, he will never tolerate being set aside, and he will not hesitate to use force to achieve his goals.

Now, there is a public opinion in China's southern provinces, and this public opinion is about the "presidency for life." The most famous advocate is Yang Du, he is now the governor of Jiangsu, this person studied in Japan back then, focusing on Chinese and Western political theories, especially the issue of constitutional monarchy, for this person, advocating strongman politics is very handy, with this person as an advocate, I believe that it will not be long before public opinion in China will begin to debate this "presidency for life", and then, I can guarantee that the side that supports will eventually win, for a very simple reason, Because this public opinion was originally a psychological war carefully planned by Zhao Bei, he sent Yang Du to Jiangsu to preside over the situation, and his intentions were very far-reaching.

Your Excellency, you may think that I am a bit alarmist, but as a Japanese who has had many confrontations with Zhao Bei, I am very aware of his character and his style of doing things, and this person is definitely a powerful opponent. There must be undivided attention, there must be no slackness, this person does not play according to the rules, no one knows what he will do next, and what means will be used to achieve his ends, without harming the interests of him and his allies. ”

Nishizawa said a little impulsively, but Kohata Momoji obviously respected the experience of this low-level diplomat, and did not emphasize the difference in status, but sat on the sand opposite, listening carefully to every word of Nishizawa Kimio.

"Nishizawa-kun's words are very reasonable, but it seems to me that there are not many means at the disposal of the imperial government at present, and if military means are excluded, it seems that the only measures we can take at present are to strengthen our ties with the anti-Zhaobei forces, so as to deal a fatal blow to them when the presidential and parliamentary elections are held, or at least to force him to surrender central power."

Respect is respect, but Kohata Baiji does not agree with all of Nishizawa Kimio's opinions, as for whether this is his heart, no one knows. Politics is like this, everyone has their own calculations, and no one will easily make their position clear, since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave Kohata Baiji a scraping order to use this general election, then Kohata Baiji naturally will not choose those lofty goals.

"I beg your pardon, it seems to me that Your Excellency the Minister is placing too much emphasis on the power of the constitutionalists, who are still subject to the national and military departments in Japan, let alone China. In this country, there is no force that can restrain Zhao Bei's power, they can pull Zhao Bei's hind legs at most to prevent him from going too fast, but, as the country's legal supreme government brain, Zhao Bei not only has the strength but also the confidence to eliminate those constitutionalists who oppose him, and will not care about the condemnation of public opinion at home and abroad. Now the Qing Emperor has just abdicated only a few years, because the process of abdication is too peaceful. The people of the country are not really aware of the drastic changes in the national system and the political system, for them, there is no essential difference between the "emperor" and the "lifelong president", and this, the lifelong president" can bring benefits to the people, then, once Zhao Bei wants to be the lifelong president, I am afraid that not many people will oppose him, and those who have the heart of the dragon will wave the flag for him. ”

Nishizawa Kimio corrected Kohata Baiji's opinion very disapprerovingly, but this time the tone was not as impulsive as last time, and he compared the domestic situation between China and Japan, which made several people present a little worried.

Kohata Baiji is also worried about the current situation, but he is still very hesitant about the suggestion that Nishizawa just made.

"Nishizawa-kun, just now you said that you plan to make arrangements in the south and interfere with this presidential election, this plan is very risky, and I must ask for domestic opinions."

"Then please ask Your Excellency the Minister to ask for instructions from China as soon as possible, and once the action is approved, our people will immediately start to prepare, and I believe that this general election is a rare opportunity for the Great Japanese Empire, and as long as we seize this opportunity, our right to speak on the Far East issue will not be taken away by the Chinese." Now, Your Excellency, I will take my leave, and I will await the reply of His Excellency the Minister at the hotel. ”

Nishizawa got up to say goodbye and left the reception room with a few of his attachés, and Takao Heng, who was standing in the corner, hurriedly followed, and sent the gang out of the legation with Buba Baiji.

"These guys are really arrogant, if it weren't for the background of the military department, I would definitely not talk so much about them."

After Kohata Baiji returned to the legation, he complained to Takao Heng a few times, and took the opportunity to reprimand Takao Heng for his dereliction of duty, and then, let Takao Heng leave the legation again and go to the city to visit those people who were friendly to Japan, while he himself hurried to the telegraph room and began to send telegrams to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and clearly told him that Nishizawa Hiro's proposal was likely to be approved by the military department in advance, otherwise he would not have been so confident.

Obviously, with regard to China's diplomatic stance, the two major political factions in Japan have once again begun to fight openly and covertly, and as to which side will dominate the policy of negotiations with China, it seems that it will depend on the vertical and horizontal swings of the forces of all sides.