Chapter 268: Sino-Japanese Friendship?

Nanjing, Xiaguan Wharf. The Japanese minister, Ijiin, disembarked from the ferry, and was accompanied by a man dressed in civilian clothes. Stepping on Chinese territory again, Ishinaka's identity changed, and he was no longer a military attache at the Japanese Legation, but a special commissioner of the Japan Cabinet's recently established Division for Cooperation with China.

The battle between China and Japan in Qingdao brought the most intuitive economic losses to Japan, which was an astronomical amount for Japan. Thanks to the mediation of Britain, France, and Russia, the Japanese businessmen in China were able to leave a little bit of their old capital. But the Chinese market, which has been painstakingly operated for many years, seems to have been swept away overnight. China's closure of economic and trade ties with Japan is an even more severe blow to Japan. Now there is still a European market to support, what about the future? Once the European war is over, what will be the future of Japan? Japan, which does not have much industrial strength in the first place, has slowly expanded its market share in the Chinese market by relying on the diligence of businessmen and various means. Now that this qiē has been uprooted, the Japanese government must do something about it. Otherwise, the Okuma cabinet will have to step down on its own.

How to get the Chinese government to open the door of economy and trade, this task falls on Shi Zhongbu without distinction, as for Yijiyuan, this time it is a supporting role. As a China expert, Shi Zhong has a very deep understanding of China over the years. Before coming to China, he met Kawashima Naniwa, a friend of the Japanese ronin, in Lushun. Twice agitated for the independence of Kawashima Naniwa, because of a war between China and Japan, all his efforts were in vain. The Japanese Army lost the battle, and Kawashima Naniwa's Mongol independence became a joke. The Zongshe Party, which was formed by Shanqi, who had worked so hard to get out of Beijing, has not made a sound in the past two years. A group of Manchu remnants, old and young, trembled in the Japanese concession of Lushun, and the Manchurian special forces also scattered.

The two defeats of Mengman's independence were not a small blow to Kawashima Naniwa. But this Japanese ronin can be said to be strong-willed and obsessed with Japan's continental dream. So this time after the Lushun encounter with the stone. Immediately dropped the voice in his hand and followed to Nanjing. On the way to Nanjing, Kawashima Naniwa and Ishinaka talked for two days and two nights, and both sides were deeply worried about the current rapid development of China. The more we learn about the reality in China, the more this concern intensifies.

But concern alone is not enough, something must be done. So Kawashima Naniwa came up with an idea, and Ishinaka was very interested in it. The specific implementation of this concept will not be talked about first. Right now, for Shizhong, there is no distinction. There are more important things to do. That is to convince the Chinese government and open the door to the market. How to do this, just look at the position that Ishizhong does not distinguish, the director of the Friendship and Cooperation Division for China of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Imperial Japan. The current Okuma cabinet is actually singing the high tune of Sino-Japanese friendship. It's a real irony. Of course, the Japanese government has been singing the tune of Sino-Japanese friendship.

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Nanjing, after the Republic of China, became the capital of Jiangsu Province, without the two living ancestors of the Governor of Liangjiang and the Nanjing Provisional Government, the current governor of Jiangsu Province is worthy of the name. So who is this lucky one? The answer is Yu Yunkuan!

Zhuang is a former Qing official, and has served as the prefect of Guangxi and the supervision of the Army Cadre Academy. The original governor of Jiangsu, Cheng Dequan. Escaped under the eyes of the wolves, Yu Yunkuan was promoted as his successor and became a very qualified puppet for a while. Yuan Shikai became the president, and Yu Yunkuan was swept away. When the second revolution started and Fang Dashuai sent troops, Jiangsu was recovered again. When the provincial council re-elected the governor, there was no suitable candidate. There were a few people who had a good chance. For example, Zhang Jian, Cheng Dequan, Zhang Yilu, and Shen Manyun. The problem is that the first two are now cabinet bigwigs. Zhang Yilu has a Yuan character on his forehead. In the past, it was said in the capital, but it was not so reassuring in the place. As for Shen Manyun, not to mention, he has an old relationship with Chen Qimei. He funded the Minli Daily, and Chen Qimei formed a business group to carry out an uprising, and he also supported it. All in all, not reassuring.

In fact, Shen Manyun is a very capable person, and the people in the Jiangsu Provincial Council are mainly constitutionalist. didn't want to see the revolutionary party very much, and Fang Dashuai also took Chen Qimei and put him in prison for embezzlement of 30,000 yuan**. To put it mildly, 30,000 yuan is also called corruption? The problem is that Chen Qimei was convicted of this crime, and she was not allowed to be released on bail pending trial when she was detained.

So Shen Manyun had no play, and finally selected the former puppet Yu Yunkuan. Yu Yunkuan, a person who belongs to the role of passerby A in history, is mentioned in the history books.

The old-school officials of the former Qing Dynasty trembled for a while after becoming the governor, and soon found that the Republic of China was different from before. He, the governor of the province, has real power in his hands, and there is no ancestor on his head. This day is moisturized.

However, Yu Yunkuan is a person who can do things and can be an official. The provincial government was set up in the former Provisional Presidential Palace, and the Nanjing Military Region was located on the side. So in the position of this governor, Yu Yunkuan is quite competent, and there is no chaos.

When Fang Jianxiong went south, he didn't enter Nanjing City at all, and went back to Wuhu by boat. Yu Yunkuan, who was trying to help the handsome, didn't even see the face of the handsome, and was blocked back by the guards. However, Xu Shaojiao saw Fang Jianxiong and followed him to Wuhu. Needless to say, this treatment is naturally needless to say, everyone knows that Xu Shaojiao left Nanjing with a clear banner and went to Wuhan.

This time, Fang Jianxiong went to Shanghai and passed through Nanjing, and the meaning was different. Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the key areas of national taxation, and the Ninghu Road is even richer along the oil, and it is not easy to be the governor of this place, and how many people are staring at it. In the past, the governor had no power, and the power was in the hands of the overseers, but now it is different, and the military is not allowed to interfere in politics. Xu Shaojiao is in Nanjing, and he doesn't ask about local matters, except for the formation of security regiments in various places, he will go and ask about it.

At this stage, the governors of each province are elected by the parliament, but from the next term, the parliament will produce candidates, two or three people, and report them to the parliament for deliberation and ruling. This policy has only recently been introduced, and to put it bluntly, it is necessary to strengthen the centralization of power of the central government. If it were placed in Western countries, there would definitely be a lot of noise, but in China there is not much resistance to this. Occasionally, someone makes a fuss, and they can't make too many waves.

The introduction of this new policy is tantamount to putting a tight spell on the provinces. The Cabinet is constantly introducing new policies to stimulate industry and commerce. Recently, the Ministry of Communications has issued a new policy to encourage local businessmen in various provinces to raise funds to build roads.

All in all, the cabinet headed by Tang Hualong, in terms of people's livelihood policy, adopted a series of policies to stimulate private capital to enter the circulation market. The policies issued by the Ministry of Transportation are only an outline, and the specific rules can be detailed in the hands of the provincial governors. To put it bluntly, there is a saying here, and there are huge hidden interests. From a certain point of view, this is not a kind of compensation for the locality.

Recently, Yu Yunkuan has been very angry about this matter, and after the introduction of this policy of the Ministry of Communications, the entire business community in southern Jiangsu has been in a collective commotion. This was something that was unimaginable in the past, and it was so novel to build roads and toll.

In some places, the elderly came out to speak, saying that building bridges and paving roads was a merit, so why should they be polluted with a blockage. On the contrary, governments at all levels have embraced this proposition. Why? In a nutshell, the Ministry of Communications has issued a policy that governments at all levels can use the government's credibility as a guarantee to raise funds from the private sector and bank loans to build roads and then repay them for fees. The final review of this toll road is in the Ministry of Transportation, and before that, you have to go through the provincial transportation bureau.

Because of this matter, the local governments have used their brains, and Yu Yunkuan has a headache, but he does not dare to go against the central government, and he does not dare to suppress the "enthusiasm" of local road construction. Since the Republic of China, the centigold has been removed, and the local fiscal revenue has been greatly discounted. Otherwise, after the introduction of this policy, governments at all levels are all concerned.

After the policy was introduced, the provincial governors saw the benefits and naturally grasped the first phase of deliberation in their hands. It was very cool when he grabbed power, but the ensuing report was like the flooding of the Yellow River, and Yu Yunkuan began to catch fire. Anyway, this is also a democratically elected government, and if you want to seek re-election, you have to pass the provincial council first, and if you offend all the people, it will really be over. The problem is that every year the Ministry of Communications requires that there is a hard ratio between this loan and private fundraising. If the loan is 1 million, the private fundraising must be 2 million. Once this matter is found out by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, it will be bad luck if the transportation department makes a fool of itself in the process of inspecting qualifications.

When the mess in his mind lingered, Yu Yunkuan, who was standing on the dock, saw a gunboat appearing on the river. The domestic Jiangnan-class inland river gunboat is manufactured by the original Jiangnan Dockyard, which is now the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group.

There has always been a saying in the outside world that the Eurasia Group is particularly fond of engaging in this thing, and it will be such and such a group at every turn. Jiangnan Dockyard called the group, which is really an exaggeration. So what about actually?

In fact, the title of Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group is still relatively objective. Because the group has not only the original Jiangnan Dockyard, but also the submarine production base of Sino-German cooperation. The original Jiangnan Dockyard is now capable of building 5,000-ton civilian ships, as well as this so-called Jiangnan-class inland river gunboat.

Displacement 1000 tons, steel-timber structure, length 72 meters, main gun caliber 105. The maximum speed is 25 knots, which is the main number of the Jiangnan class. In fact, this is a very ordinary gunboat, if you want to talk about the meaning, it is completely different. Except for the power equipment, which is imported from Germany, the other main components are made in China. This is a truly domestic gunboat. It is the product of Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group, which was specially delivered in advance in order to meet Fang Dashuai's southern tour. The first batch of two ships has not yet been officially named, and even the handover ceremony has not been held, so it was hurriedly taken over by the Second Fleet and sailed to Wuhan to welcome Fang Dashuai to Shanghai to preside over the ceremony of the official service of this type of gunboat into the Republic of China Navy.

Officially, because he was still in the stage of sea trials, Fang Jianxiong regretted that he could not personally take a long voyage on a gunboat produced by China. In fact, it's not that it can't be done, the fleet just stops it.