Regarding the Nakamura Shintaro incident, the Kwantung Army was represented by Hanaya Masa, and the consul in Mukden, Hayashi Kujiro, came to negotiate with the Tohoku Army.

Hua Gu Zheng said disapprenously: "Your Excellency, I am responsible for this matter, and I think that the later this matter is resolved, the better, so during negotiations, I will always deliberately entangle with Zang Shiyi, Rong Zhen, and Wang Jinghuan, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing, on some small issues, and this matter has not been resolved until now." ”

"The biggest problem with the Tohoku Army is that they are unwilling to hand over to us the murderer of Captain Nakamura as we demanded. However, yesterday Hayashi called me, and he said that the Northeast Army had loosened its grip on this issue. However, according to his estimate, Zang Shiyi and Rong Zhen will not and dare not hand over Guan Yuheng to our Kwantung Army, and it is very likely that they will sentence that Guan Yuheng to death by themselves, such a result does not meet the requirements of our Kwantung Army, and it also damages the majesty of our empire, I will not accept such a result. ”

Hua Gu Zheng said with an extremely disdainful expression: "However, the negotiation is no longer important, Guan Yuheng has been caught by the military police of the Rongzhen faction and locked up in Fengtian, after the incident, we will find him ourselves." ”

"No, negotiation is important."

Itagaki, who had already understood what Dohihara meant, said with a smile: "Dohihara-kun's suggestion is very good, Hanaya-kun, as soon as His Excellency Honjo leaves this afternoon, you will go to Hayashi Kujiro and propose to continue negotiations with Zang Shiyi, Rong Zhen and Wang Jinghuan, and ask them to hand over Guan Yuheng as soon as possible so that the Kwantung Army can restrain the misbehavior of the troops." ”

After Itagaki said this, Hanaya Masashi also seemed to understand, but he quickly said in embarrassment: "But, Itagaki-kun, the incident is about to start, and we still have a lot of things to do after sending off His Excellency Honjo today......"

Dohihara also said with a dark smile: "Of course you don't have time to negotiate, you leave this matter to Hayashi Jiujiro." ”

Itagaki nodded and said, "Yes, Hayashi Kujiro would like to see that this matter can be properly resolved, and he will be very willing to do it." In addition, if you tell Hayashi Kujiro and ask him to inform Rong Zhen and Zang Shiyi, you will say that tomorrow our Kwantung Army will still conduct an autumn military exercise, and if they can resolve the Nakamura incident as soon as possible and hand over the murderer Guan Yuheng, then tomorrow's military exercise will be the last exercise that the Kwantung Army will conduct near Shenyang this year. ”

"Mixi!"

Tu Feiyuan looked at Ishihara and said, "Gentlemen, I am now full of confidence in the capture of Manchuria, but I find that there is still a trace of deficiency in this great plan of the Lords. ”

"Oh! Still lacking? ”

Tsuchihara's words surprised Itagaki Seishiro, Ishihara Waner, and Hanaya Masa, they have been preparing this plan for two years, it has been carefully considered countless times, and even carried out many mapping operations in the later stage, they think they are already very sure, how can there be shortcomings.

The plan is about to be implemented, and if there is any problem, it will really have to be stopped.

Tu Feiyuan thought about it and said, "Don't worry, gentlemen, I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with this plan itself. ”

Tu Feiyuan's words made the three of them finally put their minds at ease. But what's missing? Tu Feiyuan's words still made a few people confused and didn't know what to do.

Tu Feiyuan continued his train of thought and said: "I mean that the princes only thought about how to seize Manchuria, but did not consider how to quickly stabilize Manchuria and govern Manchuria after capturing Manchuria, so that Manchuria can completely become the lifeline of our empire. ”

After understanding the meaning of Tu Feiyuan, the three of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On this issue, Itagaki and others did not fail to consider, but Ishihara Guaner believed that Manchuria should be completely controlled by the political axe of the Yuben Empire, and not only the northeast, but even Southern Mongolia, as well as Northern Mongolia, should be forcibly incorporated into the territory of Yuben. In their opinion, this is not a problem, otherwise the meaning of seizing Manchuria by force would be lost.

As for the resistance of the Chinese in the northeast after the capture of Manchuria, that is inevitable. But there is nothing to do, it is enough to extinguish the resistance of the people of China by force.

Itagaki stopped Ishihara, who wanted to refute, with his eyes, and motioned for Tsuchihara to continue.

"We can't do it by ourselves. You must know that there are 30 million people in Manchuria alone, and the population of the entire China has reached more than 40,000, which is six times the size of our empire. Therefore, in order to quickly stabilize Manchuria, it is necessary to enlist the help of the Manchurians. In order to quickly stabilize the situation in Manchuria, I have a suggestion. ”

"There is a saying in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty of the Chinese people, 'It is not advisable to protect it by razing it.'" That is to say, to use the contradictions between different races to make them attack each other and restrain each other in order to benefit themselves. Although this strategy of the Shina people has never been successful, the strategy contained in it is still very clever. ”

"Are you saying that we are going to use the Shina people in Manchuria to help us put down the rebellion?"

Ishihara said disdainfully: "It is certain that a small number of people will surrender to us, but the crime of Han Annihilation is not something that the vast majority of people are willing to bear, even if they submit to our empire on the surface, it is only a superficial thing, and they will never be sincere in their hearts." ”

Tu Feiyuan shook his head and said meaningfully: "Not necessarily, time will wear away a lot of things." Moreover, our purpose for the time being is only to stabilize Manchuria as soon as possible, and we only need the majority of Manchurian people to be superficially submissive. ”

After thinking for a while, Itagaki nodded and said, "Tu Fei Yuan-kun, your suggestion is very good, only by quickly stabilizing Manchuria, can we implement the mainland policy of this empire as soon as possible." Tell us about your specific thoughts. ”

Tu Feiyuan said: "The Confucian education received by the people of China pays great attention to honor, as Ishihara-kun said, the vast majority of people are absolutely unwilling to bear the charge of Han Annihilation, but if they immediately submit to our Great Imperial Empire, they will not bear the charge of Han Annihilation, then there will be a lot of Chinese people who defect to our Imperial Army, and Manchuria will soon be stabilized." ”

"Oh! Even if we help us to do things in this imperial army, we won't be called Han Annihilation? Tu Fei Yuan-kun, please be more careful. Tu Feiyuan's words made the three of them interested.

Tu Feiyuan smiled slyly and said: "Gentlemen, don't forget, the reason why Manchuria is called Manchuria is because in the ninth year of Tiancong of the Qing Dynasty, that is, on October 13, 1635, the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji issued an order to change the name of the clan to Manchuria, Manchuria is not only a clan name, but also a geographical concept, and from then on, the northeast territory is called Manchuria. From a historical point of view, Manchuria is divided into broad and narrow senses. Manchuria in a broad sense refers to the entire territory of the Qing Dynasty in the northeast before the Sino-Russian Treaty of Nebuchu in 1689. It extends to Lake Baikal, the Yenisei River, and the Lena River in Siberia in the west, the Shanhaiguan Pass in the south, the Pacific Ocean in the east, and the Arctic Ocean coast in the north, encompassing the entire northeastern coastline of Asia, including the Chukchi Peninsula, Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin Island, and the Kuril Islands. Manchuria in the narrow sense refers to the three northeastern provinces of Liao, Kyrgyzstan and Hei. ”

"Since Manchuria and the Qing Dynasty emperors are inseparable, why don't we take advantage of the Qing Dynasty emperor's status?"

Ishihara asked inquiringly: "Tu Feiyuan-kun, do you mean that the Qing emperor who wants to abdicate will come to Manchuria and call on the Manchurian people to support us?" ”

"Yes, that's my advice to you."

Tu Feiyuan nodded and said, "We invited Pu Yi, who abdicated, to Manchuria and established Manchukuo headed by him. Of course, this Manchukuo is under the absolute control of our Imperial Army. In that way, the people of Manchuria were all under Pu Yi's rule, and they were all his people. Don't say that these people help Manchukuo to do things, they are helping us to do things in our own empire, even if they directly surrender to our Chinese people, they will no longer be called Han annihilation. ”

Hanaya is still unknown.

"It's not Han Jian, what is it?"

Itagaki and Ishihara said almost at the same time: "Full annihilation." ”

Then several people burst into laughter again.

Ishihara Wan'er asked Tu Feiyuan: "Tu Fei Yuanjun, Pu Yi is now in the Tianjin concession, can he be willing to come to Manchuria to be a puppet of our empire?" ”

Tu Feiyuan said confidently: "Yes, Pu Yi now lives in Jingyuan on Gongdao Road in the Tianjin Concession. ”

"As for Ishihara-kun's concern about whether Pu Yi is willing to come to Manchuria, I can say with certainty that he will definitely come."

Pu Yi's current residence in Tianjin was not called Jingyuan before, it was originally called Qianyuan, and it was the residence of Lu Zongyu, a member of the Senate and minister to the Republic of China. In 1925, after Pu Yi was kicked out of Yanjing by Feng Yuxiang, he came to Tianjin Zhangyuan, and two years later he came to live in Qianyuan on the same street with Empress Wanrong and Concubine Wenxiu. Pu Yi then renamed the Dry Garden as the Jing Garden.

"According to Pu Yi's own explanation, it is taken from the meaning of 'quiet to nourish my heroic qi'. He is in Jingyuan to 'wait for changes and wait for the opportunity', why do you think he would not be willing to return to Manchuria to be his emperor and have a good time. ”

Itagaki nodded and said, "Mixi! It would be great if Pu Yi could come to Manchuria so that our empire could stabilize the situation in Manchuria as soon as possible. However, this is not something we have to think about now, it is up to the War Department and the Cabinet to make a decision after we succeed in the incident......

Before Itagaki could finish speaking, their car was slammed on the brakes by Hanayamasa, and in the car came to an emergency stop, both Dojihara and Ishihara Waner hit the backrest of the front seat, and under the effect of his habitual surname, Itagaki's head was almost hitting the windshield, or he reacted quickly, supporting his body with one hand, and the pistol at his waist with the other hand.

As Zhang Zuolin's consultant, Tu Feiyuan was very familiar with the terrain near Shenyang, and carefully observed the scenery outside the window and found that the convoy had arrived near Mukden.

Itagaki, who had already pulled out his pistol, put the pistol back in its holster, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Excellency Honjo has dismounted, so let's go down and enjoy this peaceful and beautiful scenery again." ”

(To be continued)