Chapter 327: The Dignity of the Past

Chen Zheng left the next day and went to Chongqing. There are currently six municipalities directly under the central government in the country, Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing, Wuhan, Shanghai, and Chongqing. It was really he who chose it himself, and no one forced him. Despite his reluctance, the clever Chen Zheng decided to hide far away.

Fang Jianxiong made a statement with a resolute and gentle move. Even Sun Baoqi can't use power to take a shortcut to wealth for the children of his family. On the day that Japanese Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida landed at Tianjin Port, a storm of clean government with a "typhoon" began in the six municipalities directly under the central government. In just three days, the Independent Commission Against Corruption interviewed more than 800 officials, and more than half of them could not get out. The storm, which erupted the day before the new cabinet members were finally announced, had a deep meaning.

In accordance with the procedure, Uchida Yasuya met with President Sun Baoqi and presented his credentials to Minister Yukichi Kohata. The relationship between China and Japan is very delicate at present, and as the two major military powers in Asia, the competition between them will not stop.

After meeting Sun Baoqi, the biggest goal of Yasuya Uchida's trip was to meet Fang Jianxiong. I thought that this hard-line anti-Japanese faction would be very indifferent to the Japanese foreign minister, but I didn't expect that on the day the post was sent, two Dongfeng-Dodge cars came to pick up people. After Yasuya Uchida went out to get into the car, he found that there was a Dongfeng-Dodge truck in front and behind, and the car was picked up by heavily armed soldiers. This shows that Fang Jianxiong attaches great importance to this visit by Yasuya Uchida.

Fang Jianxiong, the de facto dictator of the Republic of China, stood on the steps of the main hall, looking at Uchida condescendingly, smiling, without showing any hostility. In fact, Fang Jianxiong stood in this place to greet him, which was already a high courtesy. According to Yasuya Uchida, the Belarusian delegation is still waiting in Tianjin. According to the information provided by the intelligence services, the government of the Republic of China wanted to reach negotiations with Japan before determining relations with Belarus.

Yasuya Uchida stepped forward quickly and bowed skillfully: "Yasuya Uchida, Foreign Minister of the Great Nippon Empire, meet His Excellency the Marshal." ”

Fang Jianxiong waited for him to finish, then walked down slowly, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "You're welcome, Your Excellency Foreign Minister." I'm a military man and don't like the way politicians talk in a roundabout way. Let's get straight to the point today, please! Say as you go. ”

Fang Jianxiong was not polite after speaking. Taking the lead in the first step, Yasuya Uchida was stunned, although he was very angry in his heart. I think this guy is rude at all, but he has no time to think about it, and if he misses this opportunity, he will be miserable. It is clear that this is an opportunity to talk alone. Fang Jianxiong didn't follow anyone.

Striding to keep up, when Uchida was half a step behind, Fang Jianxiong spoke: "The relationship between China and Japan is actually not complicated at all, Japan is positioned as a naval power, and China is positioned as a continental power. China has little interest in going global, and we have not done our own things well. For more than a hundred years. China has always been oppressed by Western powers, and Japan has had a similar experience. Now China and Japan have woken up, looking at the whole of Asia. Other countries were colonized by European powers. If Asia wants to rise, China and Japan must be friendly, otherwise there will be no talk of Asia's rise. ”

The opening remarks are all worthless empty words. The politicians of China and Japan are all familiar with each other, and anyone can say that they can go for half an hour without stumbling. But this one. From the mouth of ordinary politicians, it is two concepts from the mouth of Fang Jianxiong.

Others say this is empty talk. Even if Sun Baoqi said this, the two countries continued to stab each other in private, and the 280 howitzer still bombarded it. Belongs to the Whoever Takes It Seriously Stupid series. Fang Dashuai said this, the nature is completely different, this is called setting the tone.

With this tone, the general policy will not change for several years, unless there is a serious accident.

Yasuya Uchida was very excited in his heart, but he didn't expect Fang Jianxiong to mean this. At the same time, I was nervous, what conspiracy was hidden behind this tone, it was really hard to say. In short, the negotiations will definitely continue, but this time the negotiations are private.

After walking a few steps, there was no one else in the courtyard except for two people and two translators. Fang Jianxiong stared at Uchida's translator, Uchida naturally knew what he meant, and immediately said, "Your Excellency may as well say it directly." ”

Fang Jianxiong does not know Japanese, and the translator is Jin Dingyi, who was a native of Anqing, Anhui Province, and after returning to China, he first worked as a company commander in the Anhui Revolutionary Army, and then advanced to Wuhu Lu University. After graduation, Dou Yijue's relationship entered the Marshal's Mansion and became a Japanese translator, and his loyalty is leveraged.

"I hope Your Excellency Uchida will be patient and wait until I finish speaking." Fang Jianxiong's face suddenly changed, his peaceful attitude was small, and suddenly his power soared, and his aura suddenly increased geometrically. Yasuya Uchida was shocked, feeling that something big was about to happen, and nodded subconsciously, not daring to look directly at Fang Jianxiong's gaze.

Is this the momentum of the dictator of the Republic of China? Uchida knows very well that Fang Jianxiong is definitely not a talkative character, let alone a reckless person. In such a complicated environment at the end of the Qing Dynasty, he was able to defeat Yuan Shikai, who was supported by various countries, and then advocated a decisive battle against Japan in the Qingdao War, and the Japanese army was defeated disastrously, and the arrogance of the great powers accumulated since the Russo-Japanese War was beaten back to its original shape.

In front of this person, it is difficult to hide anything, it is better not to hide it, let alone expect him to care about the prestige of the Great Sun Empire. If he cared about the Japanese government, he would not have fought a battle in Qingdao, let alone set up artillery to bombard the Japanese army in the Far East.

"Your Excellency, please speak up, and people must remember." Uchida hurriedly stated that there was no momentum of the foreign minister at this time.

"I hope the Sino-Japanese peace talks will be a successful deal. The bargaining chips of the transaction were withdrawn from Lushun on the day and returned to Taiwan. As soon as Fang Jianxiong's words came out, Uchida's face changed, and he was about to speak, but he was met with Fang Jianxiong's disdainful eyes, and he hurriedly shut up and waited. Fang Jianxiong continued: "Since it is a transaction, the day will not suffer. At present, I think Japan can see the situation in Russia very clearly, and it will not be a problem for China and Japan to join forces to win the Far East. At that time, our army will take Shuangchengzi as the vertical line, and all the east of Shuangchengzi will return to Japan's sphere of influence. As long as your country can agree to this condition, your country will get another great surprise. ”

Yasuya Uchida set off a storm in his heart at this moment, and he had the military idea of advancing north, and he dominated the army. This is related to the contradiction between the Japanese navy and the army, and if it does not go south, the role of the Japanese navy will not be so obvious. You know, the navy has always been an offensive service. Therefore, within the Japanese Navy, it has always advocated going south. Of course, the current Japanese navy has not yet reached the time when it is brave enough to clamor to go south.

"Your Excellency, can you clearly state what the great surprise is?" Of course, Yasuya Uchida has to ask clearly, otherwise he will have to be taken down when he returns to China, things are too confused, what do you want to do with this kind of foreign minister?

"Oil!" Fang Jianxiong popped out two words from his mouth, and Yasuya Uchida was like being struck by lightning, and he staggered a few times before he stopped and said, "Your Excellency, please don't make such a joke." ”

Fang Jianxiong sneered and sneered, "Do you think that I met you alone to make such a joke?" I already have clear information about oil, and you must know that our country is also short of oil. ”

These words are like a hammer hitting the chest, and Uchida Yasuya can't be calm. In this country, there is really nothing lacking. Especially oil, which is an absolutely irresistible resource for the navy.

"Okay, let's talk about this today, I think Your Excellency will send someone back to China in the shortest possible time. None of the telegrams are reassuring, I can understand that. Give a reply, Russia is too big, it is difficult for China to take too many interests, and with the cooperation of China and Japan, we can seize large tracts of land, which are inexhaustible in oil and other resources. That's it, I'm tired, go back to rest, and I won't send you away. Fang Jianxiong walked in as he spoke, and Yasuya Uchida stood in place in a daze, and the dominance of this solo conversation today has always been firmly in Fang Jianxiong's hands.

Uchida can be sure that as long as he can get 450,000 square kilometers of land in the Far East and one oil resource, the Japanese government will definitely agree to Fang Jianxiong's request. Quite simply, even if the Japanese Army is mobilized and enters the wartime system, it will not be able to compete with China. A strong navy has an absolute advantage over China's navy, but it cannot eliminate other means of the Chinese navy, China has a long coastline, you can land anywhere, but you can also go to sea anywhere.

Tianjin, Petrov and his entourage, finally waited for the news from Beijing. The delegation of the White Russian government in the Far East, since it is not currently recognized by the Republic of China, cannot go to Beijing, even if it is secret, it is not acceptable.

This news almost didn't make Petrov vomit blood, especially Tang Shaoyi, who passed the message, with a look of disgust.

"Mr. Tang, why? Could it be that Britain, the United States, Russia, Italy, France and other countries have recognized it, and the Republic of China has also recognized it? Petrov was almost growling, it was a habitual thought. Damn the yellow-skinned monkey to snub the mighty Russia so much. For many years, it will not be able to reverse it for a while.

Tang Shaoyi plucked out his ears with his hand, and after the translator finished speaking, he sneered unhurriedly: "Since Russia is so powerful, why do you want us to interfere?" Don't hold on to the old empire, you're a bunch of lost dogs right now. If you want supplies, you can exchange gold and silver, and for the sake of the face of your former allies, I will give you some discounts. Acquaintances hurried back to prepare money, otherwise we would not worry about the machine guns and cannons in our hands, and no one would come to buy them. What are you staring at? Stare again, and I'll have someone throw it out for you. ”

Petrov slowly calmed down before realizing that he had been humiliated. The reality told him that the dignity of the former Russian Empire was gone. At least when it comes to dealing with Russia's internal troubles, there is no dignity to speak of.