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In March 1927, shortly after Emperor Showa took the throne, the "Showa Financial Crisis" occurred, and the period of stability came to an end. Beginning on 15 March, the wave of bank closures, deposits, and bankruptcies quickly swept across the country, with as many as 30 banks closing down in various localities, and the financial chaos can be said to have reached the extreme, and the economic chaos led to the stagnation of production and the collapse of a large number of enterprises in the small and medium-sized enterprises and local industries related to them.

Yoshiichi Tanaka, president of the Seichi Friendship Association, succeeded Wakarejiro in the formation of a cabinet at the height of the financial crisis. After coming to power on April 20, 1927, the cabinet of Yoshiichi Tanaka first adopted inflationary measures to shift the burden onto the people, in order to protect the interests of the big bourgeoisie. The government allocated 500 million yen in subsidies to Japanese banks, which accelerated the concentration of bank capital and helped the monopoly capital class survive the crisis.

The Oriental Conference was an important meeting in the history of Japan's invasion of China, especially in China's northeast region. The conference had two propositions on the strategy of invading China, especially in northeast China: the internal medicine method of Jotaro Yamamoto and others, that is, to use diplomatic and economic means to safeguard and expand the interests of Japanese imperialism in China, especially in Northeast China; Sen Ke and others advocated the surgical method, that is, the use of military means to carry out aggression. Finally, Tanaka synthesized the two methods of aggression and published the "China Policy Program."

The main policies decided at this meeting are as follows:

First, the program began by mentioning that, in view of Japan's special position in the Far East, it was natural that China itself and Manchu and Mongolia should not be treated differently. This shows that his basic policy lies in the policy of separating Northeast Mongolia from China.

Second, in order to maintain order, the rights and interests of the empire, and to take resolute measures of self-defense against the unscrupulous elements (referring to the anti-Japanese elements) and the unlawful infringement of life and property at the Huari Bridge. That is to say, in order to protect Japan's aggressive rights and interests in China, it is imperative to send troops to China.

The Oriental Conference also discussed the handling of Zhang Zuolin. The meeting held that the current Chinese situation is unfavorable to Zhang Zuolin, and Zhang should strengthen the foundation of the three eastern provinces, maintain public order, and calm the people's minds, so as to prevent the spread of turmoil.

The contents of the above-mentioned Oriental Conference show that the Tanaka Cabinet has also discarded the policy of non-interference in China's internal affairs, which the Japanese Government has proclaimed, albeit hypocritically, since the Washington Conference. This meeting decided on a hard-line and naked policy of aggression against China.

In April 1928, Nanjing began the Second Northern Expedition. The Northern Expeditionary Army led by the Nanjing Bald Head won successive victories and soon invaded Shandong.

On April 19, 1928, the Tanaka cabinet sent 5,000 men of the 6th Division to land in Qingdao, and after adding the 4,000 men last year, there were already 9,000 people in Qingdao. Pass through the Qingdao and Jiaoji railways to "protect the subjects of the empire." ”

At that time, the Feng warlord Zhang Zongchang was entrenched in Jinan. When Zhang Zongchang saw that the bald head led the Northern Expeditionary Army to attack Shandong, he sent Jin Shouliang, the chief of staff, to Qingdao to ask the Japanese to send rescue troops quickly. After the commander of the Japanese Sixth Division, Lieutenant General Fukuda Hikosuke, entered and occupied Qingdao, he was worried that he had no excuse to march into Jinan, and now when he saw Zhang Zongchang coming to move his troops, he promised to drive away the Northern Expeditionary Army and disrupt the rear of the revolutionary army; However, it was demanded that Qingdao, Jinan, Longkou, Yantai and other places be handed over to the Japanese army to be responsible for 'defense'. Zhang Zongchang saw that the territory was not secured, so he agreed to all the demands of the Japanese army. Fukuda Hikosuke also received an order from Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Yoshiichi to seize Jinan, so he sent the vanguard to Jinan on April 25.

The Japanese invading army was introduced into Jinan by Zhang Zongchang, occupied Jinan Hospital, Jinan newspaper office and other places, and built a fortress with sandbags, set up an active power grid, and did not allow Chinese to approach. "General Dog Meat didn't know the wolf ambitions of the Japanese invaders, but felt that the Japanese were 'enough friends', so he invited Fukuda Hikosuke and his generals to the banquet, and called all his aunts and wives to accompany him. While the guests were drinking with their hosts, Chief of Staff Jin Shouliang suddenly reported that the Northern Expeditionary Army had occupied Wande, the gateway to Jinan, and the Jiaoji Railway had been cut off.

Zhang Zongchang was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and hurriedly asked Fukuda Hikosuke for help, but Fukuda Hikosuke rolled his goldfish eyes and sneered: "The Japanese Imperial Army is only in charge of garrison defense and does not interfere in China's internal affairs!" "Not only did this guy not help Zhang Zongchang, but he was too hands-on with the fourth aunt of the 'Dog Meat General' and laughed wantonly. Zhang Zongchang was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother, but he couldn't provoke the Japanese, so he had to hum other gale songs to vent his boredom: "The cannon bombarded his mother, Weijia returned to his hometown, and the giant whale swallowed Fusang!" Chief of Staff Jin Shouliang couldn't cry or laugh, seeing that the situation was imminent and could not be delayed any longer, he stepped forward and whispered: "Marshal, now you can't swallow Fusang, the Northern Expeditionary Army has invaded Jinan, I think it's better to go to Fusang!" ‘

Seeing that the general situation was not good, Zhang Zongchang hurriedly ended the feast, ordered his family to pack up the gold and silver treasures as soon as possible, took his fourth aunt, got into a car with the Japanese flag, fled from Jinan to Yantai overnight, and then went to Japan by boat through Dalian.

Zhang Zongchang retreated and fled, and the Northern Expeditionary Army occupied Jinan on May 1, appointing Cai Gongshi, director of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Field Affairs Committee, to concurrently serve as a special negotiator in Shandong, responsible for liaison and negotiation with the Japanese consulate in Jinan.

After the Nanjing authorities took over Jinan, they repeatedly declared their protection for foreigners and demanded that the Japanese government withdraw its troops from Jinan. Subsequently, the bald head led the crowd to inspect the military situation in Jinan, and found that the Japanese army had built fortifications at many intersections, put on a posture of imminent battle, loaded with live ammunition, and stood by to move. I also saw that there were leaflets distributed by Japan everywhere, and the inscription was "Japanese Overseas Chinese Volunteer Regiment", which read: "In Jinan, Chinese and foreign people live together, the battle line is narrowed, there is some disturbance, and the good people are panicking. When the Japanese army came to this place, they protected the Japanese overseas Chinese for a fixed period, and the Japanese overseas Chinese were mixed in China, and the Japanese army's method of protection had to choose the protection of Chinese and foreign overseas Chinese, which was actually a common law. On this day, the Japanese overseas Chinese Wanwu store on Wei 11 Road, the Japanese Qiao Shandong Warehouse Club on Avenida Day, the Aviation Department on 2nd Road, and the Manufacturing Office of the Director's Department on Wei 11 Road, etc., were raided and plundered by hooligans. The Japanese army harassed and the hooligans mistakenly damaged their lives, which is truly pitiful. Since the Japanese army did not release empty ammunition or empty drinks, no matter whether it was Chinese or foreign, if it approached the area defended by the Japanese army, it would not matter if someone had been sent in advance to express its sincerity, otherwise it would be shot and killed. Notice is hereby given. ”

Cai Gongshi said angrily: "Jinan Commercial Port was originally Chinese territory, and Japan dared to openly come forward to claim protection, and its wolf ambition was clearly exposed!" With a look of indignation on his bald face, he asked, "What does the leaflet mean when it says 'hooligans mistakenly killed their lives'?" ‘

Cai Gongshi replied: "This morning, a hungry man named Song Zhanguang went to the food factory opened by the Chinese on Wei 11th Road to get some food, and was seen and shot by Japanese soldiers!" ‘

The bald head was very angry when he heard this, so he said to Cai Gongshi: "Please ask the Japanese consul in Jinan to come to the headquarters to negotiate."

The next day, May 2, the Japanese consul in Jinan, Nishida Gengichi, and the Japanese staff officers were invited. After greeting each other, the bald head made a positive request, saying: "The soldiers of your country have built fortifications in the urban area of Jinan, which has really aroused the bad feelings of our people and is prone to disputes. In order to prevent accidental conflicts, please remove all fortifications first. The Japanese consul, Nishida Gengichi, immediately replied: "The commander-in-chief is reasonable, and our army will do it immediately." That night, the fortifications built by the Japanese army on the Jinan road were quickly withdrawn, and the Japanese army withdrew to its original station, and there was no trace of the Japanese patrol car in the city of Jinan.

The bald head couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that the Japanese had given him a good face, but he didn't know that Japan had long regarded Manchuria as Japan's second hometown and Shandong as the second Manchuria. In order to realize the second plan to send troops to Shandong decided by the Japanese cabinet, Fukuda, commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, and Saito, commander of the 11th Brigade, conspired many times, deliberately pretending to accept Chiang Kai-shek's demands, paralyzing the other side, and plotting in a deliberate manner.

In the early morning of May 3, shops in Jinan City opened one after another, business was booming, the market was bustling, and there was a peaceful scene. But unexpectedly, at about 9 o'clock in the morning, an unarmed soldier of the Northern Expeditionary Army was shot and killed for no reason when he passed through the Japanese warning area; When the 1st Northern Expeditionary Army moved to the Christian Hospital, the Japanese suddenly opened fire, and at the same time launched an attack on two battalions of the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Division of the 40th Army of the National Northern Expeditionary Army, and the Northern Expeditionary Army suffered heavy losses.

The 92nd and 93rd Divisions fought back and immediately stopped the arrogance of the Japanese invaders. The Japanese commander Fukuda Hikosuke saw that things were not good, so he hurriedly sent Sasaki to meet the bald head, and threatened that "if the fire does not stop, China and Japan will go to a full-scale war." The bald head sent a herald squad composed of 10 staff officers to each unit to give orders and stop firing back at the Japanese army.

Soon after, the bald head sent Foreign Minister Huang Ying to the headquarters of the invading Japanese army to negotiate. When Huang Ying arrived at the Japanese army headquarters at the Zhengjin Bank, Fukuda Hikosuke avoided it and sent his chief of staff, Kuroda, to meet him. Kuroda arrogantly proposed that the Northern Expeditionary Army must immediately cease fire and withdraw from the Japanese warning area. After Huang Yin returned, he reported to the bald head, and the bald head strictly ordered the Northern Expeditionary Army not to fight back in order to take into account the overall situation. However, the Japanese invaders had to advance an inch, disarming all the Northern Expeditionary Army in the commercial port area by force, and sending troops to occupy the Foreign Minister's Office at the Jinan Road Bureau. The dignified Minister of Foreign Affairs, known as the 'Invisible Immortal', and his guards were also disarmed, obediently withdrew from his office, and moved to the headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Just as the bald head sent people to negotiate with the Japanese, two Japanese soldiers were killed by stray bullets. The Japanese invading army now found an excuse for provocation and attacked the garrison of the Northern Expeditionary Army on a large scale. The Japanese invading army was even more ferocious, regardless of the officers and soldiers, they killed people when they saw them, and for a while the corpses were all over the streets, the blood flowed like a river, and the mourning moved the ground, and more than 7,000 people of the squadron were forced to disarm.

At this time, the bald head still ordered that no resistance should be allowed, and only ordered Cai Gong, director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Field Affairs Committee, to negotiate as soon as possible, demanding that the Japanese troops retreat quickly. Cai Gongshi was about to negotiate with the Japanese side, but saw that the negotiation office was surrounded by Japanese troops. Cai Gongshi had no choice but to pick up the phone and ask the Japanese consul in Jinan, Nishida Gengichi, to ask why the conflict had occurred. Nishida replied slyly: "Somehow there is a misunderstanding between each other, and the two sides should immediately cease fighting." Cai Gongshi sent people out again, but they were all shot back by the Japanese soldiers. The whole department was besieged for a day, hungry and tired.

At about 11 p.m., the herald came running and reported: "The Japanese soldiers outside are banging on the door, and the momentum is extremely fierce, what should I do?" Cai Gongshi groaned for a moment, and then resolutely decided: "Open the door and invite them in!" Before the herald could turn around, the door of the Negotiation Office was smashed open by the butts of Japanese rifles, and more than 20 Japanese soldiers crashed in.

Under the light of the Japanese soldiers' flashlights, the Japanese soldiers went straight into the dormitory and searched for firearms. A Japanese man in a suit first said, "We're here to search for ammunition." The two Japanese Imperial Army soldiers who were killed during the day must have been done by someone in your office, who is your supervisor? Cai Gongshi stepped forward and explained politely: "The two Japanese soldiers who were killed in the morning were indeed hit by stray bullets, so don't misunderstand each other." We are diplomats and never carry guns, so please do not search and avoid disturbances! The Japanese officer, as soon as he gave the order, all the staff except Cai Gongshi were tied up. The Japanese soldiers rummaged through the cabinets, snatched five large bags of documents, and left.

After a while, another Japanese officer shouted: "We have found out that the Imperial Japanese Army was indeed shot by the personnel of the Agency, and we cannot finish it unless we hand over the guns and ammunition!" Cai Gongshi argued on the basis of reason, please release the kidnappers. The Japanese officer was annoyed and angry, and ordered the Japanese soldiers to tie up Cai Gongshi as well. Cai Gongshi couldn't bear it anymore, so he scolded in Japanese: "You don't know diplomatic etiquette, and you are blindly unreasonable and brutal!" This time, your country sent troops to Jinan, saying that it was to protect the overseas Chinese, why did you take advantage of the gap to provoke, wantonly arrogance, and make all kinds of unreasonable actions! It is not appropriate for a civilized country to do this. As for the Japanese soldiers who have died, if they were the work of our signature, they should also be questioned by the consul of your country, then China has its own considerable reply, so why do you talk so much? If you are here on the orders of the Japanese consul, you can go to the consulate alone to negotiate. ‘

A Japanese officer who could speak Chinese sneered: "Your bald commander-in-chief does not dare to scold the Imperial Japanese Army, he wants to negotiate with us, but we are not interested." How big is your official, no matter how big you are, you can't get a bald man! The Japanese officer was still angry, and slapped Cai Gongshi in the face, and immediately hit his nose and face were swollen, and blood flowed, and he gritted his teeth and scolded: "You don't want to die, you dare to insult the imperial army, send you to the bald commander-in-chief, he has to kill you, and then apologize to the Japanese imperial army!" Cai Gongshi's patriotic blood burned like a fire, filled with righteous indignation, and rebuked them, saying: You robbers! I've seen through you for a long time. Now I denounce you bandits as a Chinese.

The Japanese officer was furious, so he ordered the Japanese soldiers to tie the other Chinese in the Negotiation Office to a pillar and beat them severely. In order to carry out fascist tactics against Cai Gongshi, he ordered the Japanese soldiers to wield bayonets to cut their ears and noses. Immediately, blood spurted out, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and it was unbearable to see. The Japanese robbers laughed loudly, like beasts! The Japanese officer thought that he would scare Cai Gongshi so much that he begged for mercy in a low voice, but when he saw Cai Gongshi's tiger eyes widened, he scolded loudly: "Japanese robbers and beasts are not as good, this kind of national shame, when can it snow!" Beasts, the Chinese can be killed but not humiliated. ”

Zhang Linshu, the general secretary of the negotiation department, Zhang Hongchuan, the senator, and Wang Bingtan, the secretary, were encouraged by Cai Gongshi, and they vied with each other to scold and angrily denounce the robbers. But these frenzied fascist robbers first cut off Zhang Linshu's ears and nose, and then cut off his legs and arms, flesh and blood, not human! The Japanese invaders still did not let go, and cut the ropes of Cai Gongshi and others, and dragged them out of the house in groups of three. Cai Gongshi was dragged to the courtyard of the Negotiation Office by the first batch, and as soon as the gunshots rang out, poor Cai Gongshi was in his youth, and he did not see the reunification of the country, so he died under the indiscriminate guns of the Japanese Kou.

After the Japanese invaders massacred Cai Gongshi and the personnel of the Negotiation Department, they heard that the bald commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army was still in the city of Jinan, so they sent troops to surround the office building of the headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army. The Japanese army's intelligence was very accurate, and at this time, the bald head was discussing with the 'invisible immortal' Huang Yin about a plan to escape, and when he heard the gunfire outside, he hurriedly ordered Huang Ying to negotiate with Japan. Huang Ying demanded that the Japanese army stop shooting, but the Japanese invaders were willing to listen, and openly insulted Huang Ying, and detained the dignified foreign minister in Nanjing for a day.

In the face of Japan's arrogant attitude, it was known at this time that the Japanese did not give him face at all. In order to make compromises, the bald head angrily ordered: "Give me the order to stop firing back at the Japanese army." I really the Japanese, where did I put my face? Don't panic, be sure to adopt a calm and peaceful attitude, and take the overall situation into account. After saying that, he sent Xiong Shihui to the Japanese headquarters late at night to negotiate, but was bombed back by the Japanese army.

The bald head saw that the situation in Jinan not only could not be calmed down, but on the contrary, there was an increasingly urgent situation, so he rectified the Northern Expeditionary Army and dragged Huang Ying and others out of Jinan in the chaos. After bald heads, Huang Yin and others escaped from Jinan, they came to live in Dangjiazhuang. After freshening up, he hurriedly repaired a book and sent it to the Japanese army:

Commander of the Futian Division, Hui Jian: Since the unfortunate incident occurred on the 3rd of this month, the commander-in-chief has given priority to peace and strictly ordered his subordinates to evacuate the area occupied by your army. Now all our armies have left Jiji and continue the northern expedition, leaving only a considerable number of troops in the city to maintain order. The Commander-in-Chief also set out on this day to send a special notice to the commander of your division for inspection, and hoped that your army would be ordered to immediately cease all special operations since the 2nd, so as to maintain the inherent friendship between the two countries.

Now after receiving this letter, I learned that the bald head had changed his route to the north and continued the Northern Expedition, and learned that he had left Jinan, Fukuda Hikosuke was so angry that he paused and roared: "Oh no, the Northern Expeditionary Army continues to go north, and it will be even more difficult to do things in the future!" ‘

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At the same time, the southwest government office building in Nanning.

Chen Shao looked at the information in his hand and slapped the table directly, making a loud noise. Wang Jie, who was outside the door, heard the sound and hurriedly walked in. Seeing Chen Shao with an angry face, he hurriedly asked.

"Chairman, what's wrong?" The head of the regiment has been with Chen Shao for more than ten years, and knows that he rarely gets angry, but every time he is angry, it means that something big has happened.

Chen Shao endured the anger in his heart, and said hatefully: "Damn bald head, mislead the country!" Inform the ministries to convene an emergency military meeting. ”

"Yes." Wang Jie hurriedly walked out. Since Chen Shao didn't answer him directly, he didn't dare to ask more, anyway, he would know later.

Chen Shao calmed down his anger and thought: Jinan, I will never let this happen. Damn, I didn't think of this before, and I don't know if it's too late now.

When all the senior generals of the People's Army gathered in the conference room, Chen Shao walked in with a gloomy face. Everyone saw that Chen Shao's face was not good, and the atmosphere suddenly became serious. They had almost forgotten the last time Chen Shao was angry.

After more than ten years of career as a superior, Chen Shao's words and deeds have revealed an invisible majesty, and his words and deeds are also influencing others. The current southwest is no longer the scale of the original Liangguang period, and the results of five years have made the former Liangguang the first giant in China. If you count the area, it is already more than half of China.

If you count the population, it is not much less than other places. The originally poor southwest and northwest regions have now become the leaders of China's economy. When the Great Northwest Policy was formulated, Chen Shao did not intend to build those places into the same industrial scale as the Liangguang region. There is no heavy industry in those places except for the mineral industry and the oil industry. In order to build the great northwest, Chen Shao invested huge manpower and material resources, and in the past two years, all the financial revenue has been filled in to develop the great northwest, and the scale of the construction corps has been expanded by four times. The 800,000 construction corps, not to mention anything else, just counts the average monthly salary of 6 yuan per person, and it will cost 50 or 60 million yuan a year. Counting the consumption of materials, heavy road repair machinery, and trucks, if it is replaced by the Liangguang area, serious financial problems can directly drag Chen Shao down. If it weren't for the fact that a large number of products have been sold abroad in recent years, crazy profits, otherwise Chen Shao would not dare to vigorously develop the great northwest.

While distributing plateau crops, Chen Shao is more likely to build livestock breeding bases, and a large number of bases are being built in the northwest region, and a large number of high-quality livestock breeds are shipped to the northwest, and now the northwest has become an important major production area for meat, eggs, and dairy products in the southwest government.

The strong survival policy has improved the living environment of the residents there, not to mention that everyone can earn as much money as the southwest region, but it is more than enough to eat three meals a day. In the face of the powerful economic offensive of the southwestern government, some careerists have less and less room to survive, until there is no one to support them, so they can only leave in disgrace. Now the peasants in the northwest have food, their own pastures, and their own livestock, and they can make money by helping to build roads and enter factories. Why bother to do anything with you, when the time comes, the government will be taken away, what should I do with my life, go back to my previous life, it's not that I have enough to eat and nothing to do.

Although a lot of money has been spent on the development of the northwest region in the past two years, the effect is obvious. The 800,000 construction corps and a large number of hired farmers in the northwest region, two years of hard work, railways, cement roads and other facilities have appeared in the northwest region. Oil wells and various mines, natural gas plants, were also built on a large scale. At present, the main source of oil in the southwest is in addition to the offshore oil fields, and the remaining main source goes to the northwest region.

Northwest China is also rich in solar and thermal resources, and has the longest sunshine hours in China. Northwest China has rich mineral deposits, coal, oil, natural gas are in the forefront of the country, nickel, copper, lead, zinc, chromium and other non-ferrous metals, palladium, iridium, manganese, beryllium, lithium, niobium, tantalum and other rare metals, gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals, salt, potash, boron, sodium saltpeter and other chemical deposits, as well as gypsum, asbestos, mica, limestone, silicon and other non-metallic deposits.

The potential value of mineral resources in Northwest China is 330.7 trillion yuan. Among them, the coal reserves reached 500.9 billion tons. Oil reserves are 810 million tons and natural gas reserves are 635.4 billion cubic meters. (with modifications)

This is also one of Chen Shao's goals of wanting to take over the northwest region first and implement the strategy of large-scale development. Another purpose is obvious, like the southwest region, the first easy and then the difficult, he doesn't want to be more than ten years later, still working hard for the construction of people's livelihood. World War II is an opportunity for China to truly rise, and he must devote himself to the game with other countries. As for the issue of people's livelihood, it can only be resolved early.