Chapter XXIV: The Treaty of Yokohama

Zhao Yu gushed endlessly, and the information provided was very comprehensive, focusing on introducing some policies after Yuan Jing formed the cabinet.

There are considerable differences between Yuan Jing's political concept and the mainstream of the Japanese government and the opposition, especially on the issue of the military, Yuan Jing believes that political affairs are higher than the military, and he advocates preventing foreign aggression, drawing lessons from the First World War, and improving armaments from the point of national defense satellite TV. In other words, Hara Kei looked at military issues from the perspective of homeland defense, rather than foreign aggression and expansion.

There is no doubt that Hara's political philosophy was contrary to the Meiji Dynasty's original Japanese and opposition expansionist philosophy, which was the root cause of the assassination of Hara Kei. Hara launched a large-scale armament enhancement plan, including the establishment of the "88th Fleet" (8 battleships and 8 cruisers), such as the mechanization and modernization of weapons, and the completion of aviation units. Faced with a huge financial burden, Hara resolutely reformed the income tax and corporate tax systems.

In order to curb the growing power of the warlords, Hara tried to abolish the military attaché system of the General Staff and the Colonial Governor, and allowed them to serve as officials. On the second point, Hara's intention was to change the control of the colonies from the rule of force to the rule of the government, which was caused by the "March 1 Movement" (the movement of the Korean people against Japanese colonial rule) that broke out in Korea in 1919. At that time, the Japanese government dispatched troops to carry out a brutal crackdown, resulting in a large number of casualties. Taking this as an opportunity, Hara Kei advocated that not only should official rule be implemented in Korea, but that the local education system should be the same as that of Japan and Turkey, that is, a policy of "assimilation of the interior" should be pursued in Korea.

Historically, historians have a high evaluation of Yuan Jing, the civilian prime minister, believing that he has a high prestige and command in the political friendship association, largely because of his political ability and skill and insight, but also because of his deep friendship with party members, thinking about party members in terms of money, and his personality charm makes party members happy and convinced. Even Hara's opponents admit that he is an incorruptible man who lives a simple life.

Fang Jianxiong is most concerned about Yuan Jing's China policy. What is certain is that the current Fang Jianxiong needs Sino-Japanese "friendship", and the future Fang Jianxiong of Yuan Jing does not care. Because it is very clear that the concept of expansion that has been formed in Japan since the Meiji Restoration, unless it is completely beaten with two atomic bombs like in World War II, it will not be able to change the powerful and irresistible expansionist force that has existed between the government and the opposition since the Meiji Restoration.

In political terms, this is called a right-leaning force! Japan's right-leaning forces were deeply entrenched, and after the defeat in World War II, they did not examine themselves, but tried in vain to restore the "glory of the old empire."

All in all. When you treat the Japanese nation, you have to beat him to death, and when you beat it to the bones, you will know how to write the word "afraid". Then it will be honest. Even if it's honest and can't relax, you have to beat it up if it's okay, kick it if you don't have a reason, and let it remember that it will hurt if it jumps too much.

The Japanese are an extremely stoic people. The Battle of Qingdao gave Japan a hard pain, but it did not knock down the nation. Although Fang Jianxiong really wanted to completely defeat this country, he did not arm that strength. As far as the battle of Qingdao is concerned, it is a kind of self-preservation. Japan is an island country, when the Republic of China did not become strong, did not have a strong navy. Don't talk about Downfall Day.

Fang Jianxiong really wanted to defeat the day, beat it for a life that couldn't take care of itself, and then stepped on 10,000 feet, so that it would never be able to turn over. But it takes a process, and in this process. First of all, we must strengthen ourselves. In order to achieve the ultimate goal, temporary compromises are necessary. Fang Jianxiong set his sights on 20 years later, and his core strategy was to unite the United States with the United States, while Asian countries temporarily maintained peaceful coexistence with Japan, mainly targeting the direction from the mainland. That is, Soviet Russia.

In order to achieve his long-term goals, preparations are already underway for Fang Jianxiong's visit to the United States. Just at the end of the year. In the Spring Festival of 1920, it is estimated that the Spring Festival will be celebrated in the United States.

Many things have changed a lot, such as Jiang Fangzhen's life. When he woke up from his injuries one morning, Jiang Fangzhen saw a pair of big eyes, which belonged to a Japanese woman. This Japanese woman, who later changed her name to Zuomei, is now a nurse, and the god of fate obviously has no intention of letting these two go, and the two who should have met in 1913 have been postponed to meet six years later in this time and space.

There are many things that make no sense to talk about, Jiang Fangzhen, who is known as a gentleman in the military circles, after encountering this Japanese female nurse, all kinds of methods to deal with women that have been hidden very deeply have emerged. A month later, when Jiang Fangzhen was discharged from the hospital and returned to China, he miraculously brought back a Japanese wife. This incident has been hyped up by the Chinese and Japanese media as an important evidence of Sino-Japanese friendship.

However, this Japanese woman decisively changed her name to Zuo Mei, and told the Japanese media that since she married into the Jiang family, she is no longer a Japanese, but a Chinese.

Not much about Chiang's personal feelings as Chief of General Staff, while Chiang was recuperating from his wounds in Japan, the Japanese military police were ordered to make a large-scale dispatch to search for Japanese people. The efficiency of the Japanese government was very high, and within three days, the case was clarified, and the case was planned by the Black Dragon Club. The Assassin's name is Jiro Oi, a native of the Sunron and a member of the Black Dragon Society.

Soon, Ryohei Uchida, the chairman of the Black Dragon, and Touyama Man, the adviser, were secretly arrested and brought to justice, and the reason why they were secretly arrested and brought to justice was naturally because they didn't want the outside world to know too clearly. The Japanese government will not really eliminate its forces, nor will it be able to. The large-scale and fanfare of the audit is nothing more than to find two scapegoats. Just calm things down, as for the final decision, Yuan Jing can't be the master, and he has to ask to see Shan County Youpeng overnight.

As the only remaining fruit of the Meiji era, there are friends in Yamaguchi who do not die for a day, and the so-called political party and government zhì should not be expected to come. Historians say that the era of Hara Jing opened up the political party, and the party is a bit of a powder. In fact, it was only after the US troops stationed in Japan that the US set of political parties was really ushered in, and the US set was imposed on Japan with bayonets. It is true that the Japanese nation has a very strong ability to learn, and some good things in the United States have indeed been learned by the Japanese. Otherwise, in the later Japanese government, the cabinet at the end of the three days collapsed and the prime minister was replaced, and there was no chaos in Japan. To put it bluntly, there is a set of effective systems to maintain the stability of Japan, and even if the prime minister changes every day, it will not lead to domestic turmoil.

It was not only Hara Kei who appeared in front of Yama Prefecture Yutomo, but also two people who were ready to appear as scapegoats, Ryohei Uchida and Mitsuru Toyama. Of course, they were not wronged, and they did do it, and at the same time, there were some Chinese in Japan who came in.

The policy of supporting Chinese forces is not wrong in the eyes of Youpeng in Shanxian County. However, the assassination of Wang and Chiang, who visited Japan, and triggered a possible war between China and Japan, is extremely stupid. There are many people who want to see a war break out between China and Japan, but it should definitely not be Japanese, at least not at the right time.

Yama Prefecture Youpeng, who was kneeling on the tatami mat, looked at the two kneeling in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh: "What a bastard!" Uchida-kun, seppuku, the Black Dragon will go underground in the future! That guy surnamed Sun, let him be a bastard, fall in love with where to go, remember to give him some money as a fund for future activities. That's it, it's really irritating! ”

Although he was very unwilling, Youpeng in Shan County still dealt with this problem very rationally. "I had known the current situation, when the Qingdao War was in the beginning, it should not have ended lightly, and it should have been fought with China to the end. Fang Jianxiong, what a masterpiece! Yama County Youpeng sighed in the dark, deeply worried about the future hegemony of the day.

From Meiji to Taisho, it was an era of evil in the Japanese military and political circles, and it was a time of demonic blowouts such as Yoshida Shoin, Ryoma Saka, Shinsaku Takasugi, Okubo Toshitsu, Kido Takayoshi, Saigo Takamori, Mutsu Munemitsu, and Hiroshi Ito. It may be that there are too many demons in this era, and the new century is coming, and there are no more demonic characters in the day.

The mastermind of the assassination, Ryohei Uchida, committed suicide in fear of crime, and more than 10 members of his party were arrested and imprisoned awaiting trial. The term "terrorist organization" comes from the mouth of Fang Dashuai. The leader of Japan, Sun Mou, was expelled from the country, and the Japanese government soon officially informed the Republic of China government of the results.

Sun boarded a ship to the United States and never returned to Japan, and died of illness in the United States three years later, a few days later than in history. Japanese Prime Minister Takashi Hara set a date for his visit to China on December 20, 1919.

Soon after the Japanese government replied, China and Japan reached a formal "Sino-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact", because the treaty was signed in Yokohama, which is called the "Yokohama Treaty" in this time and space. Because of the assassination case, Wang Zhengting returned to China ahead of schedule, and soon resigned from his post as foreign minister and went to the United States to take up his new post. On behalf of the government of the Republic of China, Gu Weijun signed the "Yokohama Treaty" with Japan, the main contents of which were that China and Japan would not be hostile to each other, jointly develop the Sakhalin oil fields, strengthen military exchanges, and strengthen economic and trade exchanges.

Of course, don't take the contract too seriously, just like the saying: treaties are meant to be torn up.

A crisis was resolved in this way. When the confrontation between China and Japan in the northeast and the Far East was canceled with the retreat of each other, the Siberian winter came. History once again returned to the original trajectory, and the White Russian government led by Kolchak suffered a complete defeat in the Ufa defensive battle, and thus began a thousand-mile retreat.

On December 10, 1919, Fang Jianxiong left Shanghai on the Qingdao-class battle cruiser Qingdao, first to Europe and then to the United States. The entire visiting fleet consisted of two Qingdao-class battlecruisers, plus four light cruisers, and one supply ship. After arriving in the UK, he and five battle cruisers that were being renovated in the UK went to the United States, the last stop.