Article 318 Foundations of the New Republic IV
Meng Li walked briskly into the office of Ren Yijiang, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau. During this period of time, he and Ren Yijiang are actually the hardest working people in China. Moreover, their hard work is still unknown, and it is even more thankless, and they often become the object of criticism from all sides. Because these two people are in charge of China's two major secret services, the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Security Bureau. Theoretically, the former is mainly responsible for foreign intelligence espionage and counter-espionage work, while the latter is to spy on China's domestic politicians and Chang Ruiqing's opposition. However, there is no such clear boundary when it comes to the specific implementation of the task, and all of them follow Chang Ruiqing's instructions.
Now that the war with Soviet Russia is largely over, negotiations have been made by British Foreign Secretary George. Curzon proposed. Poland and Soviet Russia have both accepted, and China has already nodded in agreement. So the focus of both intelligence agencies has shifted to counterespionage and surveillance to suppress dissidents at home. This kind of work is much more complicated and difficult than imagined, and there is an unprecedented amount of pressure and accusations from all sides. Meng Li was even more gloomy than before, and from a distance he looked like some of the shadows of the great eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty's Dongchang, and the name of "Factory Gong" gradually spread. Although Ren Yijiang is as gentle and amiable as ever, whether it is in Chang Ruiqing's system or a character who does not deal with Chang Ruiqing, he is always a little uncomfortable when he sees his smiling face, and no one is willing to talk to him more.
As for the two spy leaders, they rarely meet, and when they meet, they only talk about business. If they become confidants in this capacity, I am afraid they will not be far from death! Today, Meng Li came to see Ren Yijiang, naturally because of business. At present, there are only two cases jointly handled by the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Security Bureau: one is the Sun Yuexun case; The second is the Luo Yaoguo case!
Ren Yijiang was looking at a copy of the investigation report on Luo Yaoguo sent by the American Station of the Military Intelligence Bureau at this time, and heard Meng Li's male duck shouting at the door: "Brother Yichen, have you made any new discoveries?" Ren Yijiang shook his head and stood up with a wry smile, just in time to welcome Meng Li into the door. He smiled bitterly and nodded at Meng Li: "Well, the investigation report of the American station is here, Xiao Meng...... As you guessed, this Luo Yaoguo is likely to be an impostor! There is no such person as Luo Yaoguo in this world! β
Meng Li took the report on Ren Yijiang's desk and glanced at it slightly. With a wry smile: "But Luo Yiqun and his wife, as well as his sons and daughters, as well as his younger brothers in his hometown in Guangdong, all think that this Luo Yaoguo is their family!" Could it be that Luo Yiqun and so many people in his family have been bought by foreign countries? Oh. That's right. Our people checked all of Luo Yaoguo's correspondence and found that he was in contact with a German scientific research department head named Albert Einstein...... Maybe this department is some kind of espionage agency?"
"Albert Einstein? The one who came up with the theory of relativity?" Ren Yijiang shook his head: "Do you know what is written in the letter?"
"It seems to be a discussion of some distortion of time and space, and a whole bunch of things that I don't know if it's a formula or a code, and a woman's name: Joseph. Dr. Abel. However, the head of the German secret service named Einstein didn't seem to know that there was such a woman. β
Ren Yijiang scratched his head. Meng Li was a little speechless for treating Einstein as the head of the secret service, and in his heart he slandered the employment standards of our Chang Da revolutionary...... However, he didn't show any of his face, but waved his hand and talked about another topic: "Compared with this Luo Yaoguo, I am more worried about Jiang Jishi's Democracy Promotion Association!"
These days. Jiang Jishi basically did not come to Nanjing, but stayed in Shanghai to set up an organization called the "China Association for the Promotion of Democracy." On the surface, this organization did not oppose Chang Ruiqing, but also launched a signature campaign among the business people and intellectuals in Shanghai to "support President Chang", declaring that it would support Chang Ruiqing to become the president of the Republic of China after the implementation of constitutional government in China!
Regarding this topic, Meng Li looked indifferent. He sneered: "Jiang Jshi is now persuading Jin to know?" Yichen, do you think our chairman really doesn't want to be the emperor, uh, to be the president? However, this matter has not been raised by itself since ancient times. I have to be persuaded by others, and then I have to pretend to be very reluctant. By the way, what is the current action of the Shanghai Leftist Research Society?"
Ren Yijiang shook his head: "The Zuo Minism Research Association is now busy reorganizing into the Left Minist Youth League, where is the kung fu to control Jiang Jshi's small actions?"
Meng Li smiled, picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a glass of water. Take a sip. When he raised his head and was about to say something, he heard the loud voice of the guards outside and the sound of standing up and saluting. Both of them looked towards the door, and saw Chang Ruiqing also walking in with a heavy face. The chief of the committee also seemed to have something on his mind. The complexion was not very good-looking, and the two of them hurriedly stood up and saluted. Chang Ruiqing nodded lightly: "Meng Li, you are also here...... Just right. Let's discuss it together. Ren Yijiang said cautiously: "Commission, Deputy Director Meng is here to exchange information on the 'Luo case' with the department, this case is a top secret, and it is jointly handled by the two bureaus."
Chang Ruiqing sighed: "Did you find out something?"
Ren Yijiang said with a solemn face: "Now it is almost certain that Luo Yaoguo is an impostor, and this person is now in a relationship with the German scientist Albert. Einstein's correspondence also involved a man named Josephine. Dr. Abel's woman. β
Chang Ruiqing was stunned for a moment: "Josephine." Dr. Abel? Who is she? Is it a scientist?"
"I don't know." Meng Li took over the topic: "Commission, do you want to send someone to check?"
Chang Ruiqing nodded: "Okay, let the people from the European station of the Military Intelligence Bureau investigate."
"Commission, this Luo Yaoguo is likely to be a spy of the enemy! And it's not a big deal either. Ren Yijiang reminded in a low voice: "Can we ...... him first?"
Chang Ruiqing waved his hand: "No!" You can't touch him now, just spy on him, remember, you can't touch him in the slightest! He was silent on the surface, but in his heart he was already gasping for breath. This Luo Yaoguo must have a great background! If it's just some imperialist spy, it's really going to burn incense. I'm afraid that this guy is the same as himself, he is a traveler from the future! I wonder if there is a deeper background than myself...... He glanced at the two spy leaders in front of him with question marks on their faces, and quickly changed the topic: "Modern warfare is no longer a contest of brute force and conspiracy, but more of a comparison of national strength than science and technology, and we are relatively backward in both aspects, especially science and technology." Therefore, the focus of the Military Intelligence Bureau's future foreign intelligence spying should be shifted to collecting cutting-edge foreign technology. A 'Ministry of Science' could be set up to take care of this. β
Ren Yijiang snapped upright: "I understand the lowly position." Chang Ruiqing nodded: "For this reason, we can recruit and train some White Russian spies, who are relatively easy to infiltrate large companies and scientific research institutions in Western countries."
He thought for a moment, and then continued: "The Ministry of Science can also engage in some secret technology transactions. Now that Germany's overt exports of military technology were monitored by the Entente, we could make secret deals with them. The focus is on acquiring their technology in metallurgy, aviation, machinery, etc. After speaking, he stood up and patted Ren Yijiang on the shoulder: "These things are very important, related to the future of our country, you must do it with your heart."
A look on his face that could be called a sense of historical mission appeared. But with this look. And a faint hint of fear. Although it is very deeply hidden, it is clearly seen by two spy leaders who are good at observing words and feelings. The two spies were also secretly surprised in their hearts, and they didn't understand what made this strongman who already controlled the world feel afraid!
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At this time, in the headquarters of the National Defense Air Force in Nanjing Xiaoying Airport, Yang Xianyi gently put down the letter of appointment in his hand. Tapping your fingers unconsciously on your desk. His expression was now a little complicated. There was a little excitement, a little dignified, but more of a thick doubt. Of course, he was very happy that the Air Force Corps was about to become the Air Force General Directorate, and that his military rank would suddenly jump from major general to air force general. I also feel a deep sense of responsibility. But when Chang Ruiqing handed over the Central No. 1 Aircraft Factory, the largest aircraft manufacturing company in China and even in Asia, to Luo Yaoguo, a 22-year-old major in the Air Force, he was not only puzzled but surprised. The young man he had brought with him from the United States, although he had shown great talent in flying airplanes, and he also had a unique insight into the theory of the development of the Air Force. But this is not the reason for Chang Ruiqing to hand over the aircraft factory to him, the talent of this young man seems to be in the military...... Maybe the Operations Bureau of the General Directorate of the Air Force is the department he should go to! However, after he proposed such a proposal, the reply he received was this letter of appointment appointing Luo Yaoguo as the director of the First Central Aircraft Factory. This kind of thing is really a bit of child's play.
There was a soft knock on the office door, and then Luo Yaoguo's report sounded. Yang Xianyi shouted, "Please come in." I saw a young man with a neat military uniform and a well-mannered demeanor walk inβhe was Major Luo Yaoguo. The number one ace pilot of the Chinese Air Force, nicknamed China's Red Baron. But then again, this one really behaves a bit like an aristocrat.
Luo Yaoguo gave Yang Xianyi a standard military salute. Yang Xianyi raised his hand lightly and said, "Fuwen (Luo Yaoguozi), please take a seat."
Luo Yaoguo pulled a chair. sat down upright, swept the letter of appointment on the table with the corner of his eye, saw his name, and couldn't help but sigh softly.
Yang Xianyi smiled bitterly. said: "Fuwen, I didn't expect this appointment either. But it's the intention of the Standing Chairman, you better go to office first, and I'll be trying to figure out how to get you back after a while, how about it?"
Luo Yaoguo gently picked up the letter of appointment on the table, looked at it carefully, the corners of his mouth moved, and said with a wry smile: "Captain, don't bother, I think I really need this job, but I don't know if the Standing Chairman will be satisfied with my work?"
"Oh? Is it? Then ...... Then let's do this for now, and if the Standing Chairman is not satisfied in the future, you can go back to the Air Force. Yang Xianyi stood up, patted Luo Yaoguo on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Now the First Aircraft Factory is still under construction and is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Armaments, so I will accompany you to the Ministry of Armaments to meet Minister Ma."
Luo Yaoguo nodded and said with a smile: "After meeting Minister Ma, do you want to meet the Standing Chairman again?"
Yang Xianyi shook his head: "There is no arrangement in this regard, the chairman of the committee is very busy now, I'm afraid I don't have the time to pay attention to our little matter."
Luo Yaoguo smiled, didn't speak again, and left the office with Yang Xianyi, and drove in the direction of the armaments department in a Ford truck transporting goods.
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A dilapidated Japanese freighter arrives at the wharf on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, a bustling scene. The west bank of the Huangpu River is lined with high-rise buildings, and the wide Bund road is full of speeding cars. To the east of the Huangpu River is a large construction site in the planned Shanghai Free City Industrial Zone. There is a unified China as a big market to back it up. It's certainly the hottest place for investment in Asia. The docks on the Bund are also very busy, with dock workers carrying large bags of goods coming and going, and cars and buses picking up passengers stop at the entrance of the pier. All sorts of greetings and cheers rang out. What a picture of the largest metropolis in the Far East.
Kita Kazuki, who was standing on the deck of the ship, looked at the familiar and unfamiliar city in front of him and sighed softly. He glanced back at an old man in an old suit with a grim face. He smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Katayama." It seems that it is time for us to learn from China. β
This old man's name is Katayama Qian, an early Japanese socialist, and the founder of the American GCD and the Japanese GCD in history. However, in this time and space, he did not go to Soviet Russia, the homeland of the orthodox GCD. Instead, he sneaked back to Japan from the United States, made contact with some socialists in Japan, and then went to China. And this Bei Yihui can actually be regarded as a socialist, but his views are more inclined to National Socialism or Left Peopleism. And in Japan at the moment. Chang Ruiqing's revisionist theory has been widely circulated among Japanese socialists, but Leninist theory is not very popular. Therefore, Katayama, who was full of desire to form a Japanese GCD, could only mingle with this group of revisionists.
Hearing Bei Yihui's words of envy, Katayama Qian just sighed softly: "Beijun, let's get off the boat first...... Whether we want to learn from China or not, let's talk about it after we finish our inspection. β
Bei Yihui sighed, lifted his suitcase, and walked under the gangway with Katayama: "Mr. Katayama, I have some friendship with Mr. Wang Yaqiao, a member of the Political Affairs Bureau of China's GCD, do you want to contact him?" This makes our investigation easier. β
Katayama shook his head and said, "No need. I want to see the truth, not a man-made illusion. β
Kita Yihui nodded, and then asked: "Mr. Katayama, if that set of things of Zuo Minism can really bring benefits to the people, then are you ready to fight with us?"
Katayama stopped. Looking up at the very thriving metropolis in front of him, he nodded slowly: "If Chang Ruiqing's land reform policy is really as good as you say, then let's go to the leaders of the Central G to learn more about Leftist Peopleism."
Bei Yihui nodded again and again on his face, but he had already made up his mind in his heart. I'm going to set up a revisionist GCD or a socialist party in Japan. This is not his own idea. Rather, it represents the will of a large number of Japanese politicians and some military personnel who are dissatisfied with the current social status quo in Japan and do not intend to really smash the Japanese Empire and reshape it into a people's republic.
I'm afraid our Chang Da revolutionaries would never have thought of it. The line of leftist nationalism (in fact, National Socialism) put forward by him has now spread to foreign countries, and it has also been regarded as a treasure by the angry young Japanese politicians represented by Kita Kazuki, who do not know whether it is left-wing or right-wing!
As early as the end of 1919, just after the Battle of Manchuria-Harigantu Sumu, Kita Ichiki and another historically notorious fascist, Okawa Shuming, partnered to establish the Japanese branch of the Society for the Study of Leftism in the east of Japan! Later, Kita Ikki added the economic theory of National Socialism (in economic policy, it is conciliationism) advocated by Chang Ruiqing to his "Outline of the Japanese Reform Act", and changed the economic policy of confiscating the property of the chaebols and restricting private ownership (which looks like fascism?) to an economic policy of "guiding" private enterprises on behalf of the state by the government on behalf of the state and implementing the law of "permanent tenant and permanent rest" in the rural areas without changing the ownership system.
This set of ideas, once put forward, soon had a tremendous impact among Japanese students and young officers. Even some middle- and high-ranking figures in the Japanese military have taken a keen interest in this set of proposals......
This change in the political trend of thought in Japan also quickly attracted the attention of the Chinese embassy and consulates in Japan, as well as the special services of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Japan. A summary of the situation of the Japanese Leftist Research Branch and the "Outline of the Japanese Reform Act" was already on Chang Ruiqing's desk when Kita Yihui and Katayama arrived in Shanghai. While Chang Ruiqing was extremely surprised, he also felt more and more that the history of this time and space had been tampered with beyond recognition, and even he couldn't figure out what history would become in the future if it continued to develop like this?