Chang Ruiqing walked briskly into the aisle in front of Sun Yat-sen's office of the National Government of the Shimin Soil Factory. We, who have always been scheming, don't see any joy or anger on our faces now. Only the thumping sound of military boots hitting the floor tiles revealed his solemn mood now.

Sun Yat-sen's new secretary general, Wang Jingwei, stood at the door of the office, and when he saw Chang Ruiqing coming, he smiled and nodded to him, and then said in a low voice: "Mr. is now meeting two special guests in Houhuā Garden, Brother Yaoru might as well wait in the lounge for a while, and when Mr. sees the guests, he will come over immediately." ”

As he spoke, he pushed open a wooden door on the side of the office, and inside was a very simple and elegant lounge. Wang Jingwei sat down and gestured, Changrui 218th Miyagawa Fumiko Qing nodded and was about to walk in, and suddenly turned around and asked, "What kind of friend did Mr. meet?" ”

Wang Jingwei smiled and shook his head: "It's not in any aspect, it's just some personal things...... Mr. is the leader of the revolution, but he is also a mortal, and it is inevitable that there will be some mundane affairs, so Brother Yaoru will wait patiently for a while. ”

Chang Ruiqing sighed, walked into the lounge, found a sofa and sat down. Wang Jingwei also instructed the attendants of the Lord's Mansion to bring tea, and he also accompanied Chang Ruiqing to drink tea and chat, and the content of the chat was of course inseparable from the current situation between the north and the south.

It's December 1918. The Beijing government changed its owner at the end of last month, and the new boss is actually Xu Shuzheng, who has the grace of knowing Chang Ruiqing! This change really surprised Chang Ruiqing...... How did Xu Shuzheng, a guy who is a little cautious, get the support of the Beiyang Group? Could it be that the situation in Beiyang is too bad, and there is no one to do the boss?

However, after Xu Shuzheng became the boss of Beiyang. It's quite a cheering move. First of all, the Beiyang government no longer engages in any nondescript constitutionalism. The government was renamed the ruling government, and the head was renamed the consul, and the 218th Miyagawa Fumiko sounds like an official name in ancient Rome, probably because someone like Xu Shuzheng can come up with it, right? Xu Shuzheng is now the supreme consul of the ruling government in Beijing, which is equivalent to the president and the general manager! And also threw away the Anfu Congress, which no one recognized, and also announced that it would implement military politics, it seems that this military dictatorship is still in line with the current national conditions of China! Both the North and the South governments have become dictatorial.

But Xu Shuzheng's military administration did not take many practical measures...... The foundation of his "dictator" cannot be compared with Sun Yat-sen and Chang Ruiqing. Those overseers and provincial governors in Beiyang more or less recognized him as an archon with the mentality of a dead horse being a live horse doctor. I really want them to hand over the territory army. Not to mention the door, not even the window!

There are only two things that Xu Da can do now, one is to borrow money from the foreign powers to finance military expenses. The main thing is to borrow from the "day"! The second is to convene a meeting of the Beiyang Governors and call on everyone to unite and fight hard with the national government in the south. The former has been busy for a while, and it seems that nothing has come of it...... I didn't say to borrow it. I didn't say that I wouldn't borrow it, so it probably depends on the situation, right? The latter is very easy to agree on!

With the Nationalist Revolution expelling Chen Guangyuan and the Beiyang 12th Division in Jiangxi at the end of November, as well as the peaceful changes in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Hunan and other places. The mask of the Nationalist government's northward march to resist Russia was completely thrown away. Now even fools can see that their resistance to Russia is fake, and the Northern Expedition is real! As long as the overseers and provincial governors in Beiyang want to continue to work, they can only grit their teeth and fight with the national government, and if they are really defeated on the battlefield, they will have nothing to say.

The two chatted for a while, and a young man in a dress who looked like a secretary pushed the door and walked in, nodded at Wang Jingwei, and said with a smile: "Secretary-General." Mr. Nakayama asked Commander-in-Chief Chang to meet him at Huā Garden. ”

Wang Jingwei nodded at him with a smile, and said to Chang Ruiqing: "Brother Yaoru, please come with me." So the two men got up together and walked towards the huā garden outside the building. As soon as he walked into the completely Western-style layout of the Shimin Soil Factory, Chang Ruiqing saw a man about thirteen or fourteen years old. A beautiful girl in a kimono with a picturesque look on her skin and eyes walks up to her face accompanied by a pair of middle-aged men and women who are also wearing kimonos. The girl seemed to have encountered something sad, with a hint of sadness on her pretty face, and a pair of big eyes that could speak were slightly red and swollen, as if she had just cried. Wang Jingwei probably knew them, and when the two sides passed by, he smiled and nodded at the girl. The girl bowed to Wang Jingwei and Chang Ruiqing very politely, and said a word in Japanese in a somewhat hoarse voice, probably what kind of greeting?

"Who are they? How did it end up here? Looking at the backs of the three "days" himself, Chang Ruiqing asked Wang Jingwei with some doubts.

Wang Jingwei didn't answer, just smiled and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of surprise, and led the way in front. Chang Ruiqing saw that he didn't answer, and didn't ask more, so he followed Wang Jingwei and walked forward.

The place where Sun Yat-sen and Chang Ruiqing met was in a corner of the Huā Garden, where a small Western-style tea-drinking table and a few chairs were placed under several tall French plane trees. Sun Yat-sen and Song Qingling were sitting behind the table, the two of them seemed to be talking in a low voice, Song Qingling's face was not very good-looking, but Sun Yat-sen had a flattering smile on his face, which was really a bit abnormal. The conversation between the two did not stop until Chang Ruiqing and Wang Jingwei approached.

Sun Yat-sen walked over with a smile and shook hands with Chang Ruiqing, and then led him to the table and sat down. He smiled and said to Chang Ruiqing: "Brother Yaoru, I invited you over today to discuss with you about the Paris Peace Conference. The war in Europe ended last month, and we seem to be the victorious country, right? ”

Hearing this somewhat ridiculous question, Chang Ruiqing also smiled bitterly in his heart, but he still said with a straight face: "Does Mr. mean that he wants to compete with the Beiyang government for the representation of the Paris Peace Conference?" ”

Sun Yat-sen nodded: "Our national government is the central government, and the government should be able to represent China at the Paris Peace Conference." And the issues to be discussed at the Paris Peace Conference are complex...... There are too many interests involved, and if they are not done, it will have a bearing on the world power structure in the next few decades or even hundreds of years, and it should not be possible to talk about it without a few months of quarrel...... I'm afraid it's time for the peace treaty to be signed. The rule of the Beiyang government in China has already been overthrown by us, right? ”

He glanced at Chang Ruiqing with deep eyes, and said calmly: "Comrade Zuomin! Our people's revolution will soon be victorious, but after the victory of the revolution, what kind of development path should China take? ”

Hearing Sun Yat-sen call himself "Comrade Zuomin" Chang Ruiqing's expression also became complicated, and he raised his head to look at Sun Yat-sen: "Mr. Zhongshan." I see what you mean...... If China wants to develop strong, it is inseparable from the technology and capital input of the great powers, we cannot only rely on Soviet Russia, and Soviet Russia may not really want to help China become strong. So we are anti-imperialist at the same time. It is still necessary to find a way to develop relations with the great powers, and it is best to fight for national rights in a way that the great powers can accept. ”

Chang Ruiqing's words sounded quite rational, and Sun Yat-sen also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He would have had a different opinion about the "terrorist anti-imperialism" of the Red Brigades. It is only in order to maintain cooperation with Chang Ruiqing that it is inconvenient to object. Besides, he was just a "thief" in a remote corner before, even if the Red Brigade poked a hole in the sky, the unlucky one was to represent the Beiyang government of China in the world. However, now that the national revolution is about to be victorious, and he will soon become the head of state of China, the Red Brigade's "fear of cloth and anti-imperialism" will continue to be carried out, but he will have to wipe his ass and deal with the aftermath. So today, he invited Chang Ruiqing over, on the one hand, to discuss with him about participating in the Paris Peace Conference, and on the other hand, he also reminded Chang Ruiqing to restrain the behavior of the Red Brigade in a timely manner.

Sun Yat-sen nodded with some relief and said with a smile: "Comrade Yaoru." It's good that you can see that. We should use methods that are more acceptable to the great powers to reclaim our power...... For example, at the Paris Peace Conference, we are the victorious powers, so we should be able to make some demands, and the current revolution of the "China" country is so high, I think the great powers will also make some concessions to the "China" country. lest we become a second Soviet Russia, don't you say? ”

Chang Ruiqing sneered in his heart, the British and French powers still haven't realized that they have actually lost their world hegemony! Not to mention the semi-feudal and semi-colonial China country, even the United States, the savior of the Entente, doesn't seem to get what they want from the Paris Peace Conference in history, right? However, there is really no need to pour cold water on Sun Yat-sen, who is on the rise, and let him go to imperialism to run into a wall.

He smiled and nodded, "Mr. Nakayama, I think the same as you. The actions of the Red Brigade must be restrained...... I would like to divide the Red Brigade in two, one part into the Directorate of Military Intelligence; There is also a part of it that merges with the Iron Blood Comrades Association, and I plan to transform the Iron Blood Comrades Association into an organization similar to the "Japanese Black Dragon Society", and some things that are inconvenient for the government to come forward can be solved by them. I don't know what Mr. thinks? ”

Sun Yat-sen looked at Chang Ruiqing with some astonishment, what kind of organization the Black Dragon Society was, he couldn't be clearer! The influence of this organization in the political arena of Japan is probably second only to that of the Japanese Army, right? If a similar organization appeared in China, and it was controlled by Chang Ruiqing, the leader of the largest faction in the National Revolutionary Army, wouldn't he Chang Ruiqing become the behind-the-scenes president of China?

Chang Ruiqing changed his tone and said eloquently: "Please rest assured, sir, the subordinates arranged the Red Brigade and the Iron Blood Comrades Association in this way for the sake of individuals, but for the country and the nation." As for whether the Iron Blood Comrades Association will interfere in the country's major affairs in the future, like the "Japan" Black Dragon Society, the subordinates feel that it mainly depends on whether the leadership and management of the Comrades Association are appropriate. In the past, the management of the comrades' associations was very loose, but after this reorganization, the management must be strengthened, and the "three people's principles" must also be set as the guiding ideology of the comrades' associations! For this reason, the subordinates would like to invite Comrade Sun Zhesheng and Comrade Wang Jingwei to join the Iron and Blood Comrades Association and become members of the council. ”

Sun Yat-sen was stunned when he heard this. "Zhesheng" is Sun Ke's name, Sun Ke is his eldest son, and Wang Jingwei is also his favored junior and confidant. Now Chang Ruiqing wants to invite the two of them to the Iron and Blood Comrades Association as directors, doesn't he just want to share the resources of the Iron and Blood Comrades Association with him? After all, his reputation is greater than that of Chang Ruiqing, and the iron-blooded comrades will take their own "people" doctrine as their guiding ideology......

Thinking about the powerful relationship, Sun Yat-sen smiled and asked: "I don't know how much of the Red Brigade's share Comrade Yaoru plans to put into the Iron and Blood Comrades Association?" ”

Chang Ruiqing knew that Sun Yat-sen had been fooled...... Well, it's not fooled. If he can live to be seventy or eighty, this iron-blooded comrade will of course be surnamed Sun, but in a few years, God will summon you away from the people of China! Without your old man, what else can Sun Ke and Wang Jingwei do? Young Master Sun's gold-lettered signboard will definitely be able to be used for himself.

He pondered for a moment and said lightly: "Sir, the current Red Brigade mainly has two major resources. One is intelligence and terrorist groups. This part of the resources is, of course, to be assigned to the Military Intelligence Directorate.

The second is to maintain the assets of those intelligence and terrorist groups operating expenses...... It includes about 10% of the shares of the Bank of China, 25% of the shares of the China Industrial Group, and about 60% of the shares of the rebuilt steel plant in Nanjing. Of course, there are some not-so-glamorous businesses, and these resources will be merged into the Predator Comrades. ”

It turned out that in Chang Ruiqing's plan, the iron-blooded comrades would inherit the property of the Red Brigade. It will be a hybrid similar to a consortium and a political foundation. If China is able to achieve constitutional government in the future, this organization will probably be able to play a huge role...... Of course, this is just his understanding of the constitutionalism of the people, and it is difficult to say whether it is accurate, after all, he has not lived a single day in the country of the people in his two lives.

In addition, in Chang Ruiqing's arrangement, he also deliberately omitted the miscellaneous armed forces that flowed into Russia, this armed force was his idle man in Russia, and he didn't know what role it could play now.

Listening to Chang Ruiqing's arrangement, Sun Yat-sen also smiled with satisfaction. He couldn't say he was 100 percent satisfied with this arrangement, but there was no better way. The current national government is a joint-stock company jointly founded by him and Chang Ruiqing. He slightly changed the subject, and then turned the topic to the Paris Peace Conference: "Comrade Yaoru, what kind of demands do you think we should put forward at the Paris Peace Conference?" ”

Chang Ruiqing thought for a moment and replied: "If China wants to be self-reliant, it must develop industry. Especially heavy industry! In order to develop heavy industry, we must control the customs and formulate tax policies that are conducive to the development of heavy industry. The subordinates believe that the realization of China's tariff autonomy is our bottom line at this Paris Peace Conference! The second is the issue of sovereignty and concessions of the Yangtze River, which is now an international waterway, and the goods of the great powers can penetrate directly into the hinterland of China through guò, the golden waterway of China. Moreover, China is now surrounded by concessions, and imperialist commodities can be smuggled into China through the Yangtze River waterways and concessions. Make our customs useless! Therefore, we must also try our best to solve these two problems, otherwise we will not be able to talk about our development and strength. Third, there are German interests in Shandong, including the Qingdao German Concession and the Jiaoji Railway. ”

Speaking of this, Chang Ruiqing's brows also twisted, and he looked at Sun Yat-sen solemnly. The Shandong issue was the fuse of the May Fourth Movement in history! Moreover, during the Northern Expedition of the National Government in history, it was attacked by the Japanese devil in Shandong, which was the famous Jinan tragedy in history, and the city of Jinan was once occupied by the Japanese himself.

However, Sun Yat-sen didn't seem to think of the severity of the Shandong issue, so he just smiled lightly: "The relationship between Japan and us is very good, and they have always wanted to win over China to form an alliance against Soviet Russia...... I don't think they're going to give me a problem on Shandong, right? After all, Japan will soon get nearly 400,000 square kilometers of territory in the Far East, and it should not be a problem to have a mere Qingdao. ”

Chang Ruiqing opened his mouth and asked, "Does Mr. really want to sign a covenant with Japan?" What about the cooperation between the KMT and the CCP? And how to deal with relations with Soviet Russia? ”

Sun Yat-sen seemed to be testing Chang Ruiqing, and when he saw that he had a resolute objection, he smiled and waved his hand: "Brother Yaoru, although you can rest assured, I still understand the truth of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and I will not really make an alliance with Japan." But in our national government, there is always someone to play the pro-Japanese faction, and someone to play the pro-Russian faction, right? ”

The two of them roughly discussed the issue of participating in the Paris Peace Conference, and after a few more idle words, Sun Yat-sen finally said: "You are now the commander-in-chief of the anti-Russian army, and you are busy with military affairs, so I will not delay your time." I will discuss the details of attending the Paris Peace Conference with General Manager Chen, and I can set the general direction today...... By the way, the Red Brigade will do as you say. Well, so be it. ”

Chang Ruiqing stood up, solemnly saluted Sun Yat-sen, and then turned around to leave. Suddenly, he was stopped by Sun Yat-sen, and he said to Chang Ruiqing with a somewhat confused expression: "Brother Yaoru, did you see a girl in a kimono when you came in just now?" ”

Chang Ruiqing was stunned for a moment, and looked at Sun Yat-sen suspiciously: "My subordinates saw a girl just now." ”

Sun Yat-sen also stood up, walked to Chang Ruiqing's side, and asked in a low voice, "Will the Red Brigade have dealings with the restoration of the Great Korea?" ”

Chang Ruiqing nodded. Sun Yat-sen continued: "Select a few reliable intelligence officers from the Red Brigade and go to Japan to check on a person through the channel of the Korean Liberation Society. ”

"Who?"

"Fumiko Miyagawa...... This is the girl you just met, she is the daughter of me and a woman who is a woman. Her biological mother, Kaoru Otsuki, died of illness not long ago, and when she was dying, I met her and asked her to come to China to join me. ”！！！