Thinking of a lot of problems, Chang Ruiqing sighed, put down the report in his hand, and looked around the room with a solemn face.

"You already know what happened to the islands of Java and Sumatra, and it is really outrageous that tens of millions of people of a nation have been wiped out by them in this way, and no matter what they do, they must be punished."

When it comes to the number of killings in this world war, I'm afraid the Chinese National Defense Forces can rank first! The number of Soviet, Japanese, Indian and other ** people who were directly or indirectly killed by the squadron has long exceeded 10 million, and I am afraid that there will be almost 20 or 30 million. But those people died on the battlefield, or by bombing, or by famine. There have been blatant massacres like those on the islands of Java and Sumatra, but they have occurred sporadically and are not organized and premeditated genocide. Of course, the impact cannot be compared with the massacres in Java and Sumatra.

Now the massacre is still covered with a lid, but the intelligence department has reported it, and the news media of the Great China Federation and the world are still ignorant of it. But if you think about it with your ass, you can understand that when the news gets out, there will be a lot of verbal criticism at home and abroad. And all eyes will be on Chang Ruiqing's federal government to see what they will do with the Japanese or Wa people who committed crimes.

"But the problem now is that we are not only the executioners whose hands are stained with the blood of the indigenous peoples of Java and Sumatra, but also many ordinary people who did not participate in the massacre but who benefited from it, who should be considered accomplices in some way, or it can also be said that the murderers committed heinous crimes for their benefit......"

Chang Ruiqing waved his hand. Yamaguchi Shuko handed over to everyone a secret telegram sent by Wang Junhao, commander of the Nanyang Front, on his desk, and the content of the secret telegram was that the Japanese representatives from Java and Sumatra had secretly arrived in Singapore and offered a conditional surrender.

"The first of the terms of the Japanese surrender was to ensure the safety of the lives and property of more than 7 million Japanese soldiers and civilians on the islands of Java and Sumatra. Recognize the validity of land ownership certificates issued by the Nanyang Federal Government and the Japanese Soviet Government. You know what that means, right? ”

Chang Ruiqing shook his head: "I killed all the whole family and occupied other people's property, and now I want us to endorse and admit it, this thing is not easy to do......"

Of course, it involves the contradictions between the people of various nationalities within the Federation of Great China, especially the contradictions between the indigenous peoples of Nanyang and the Han and the two ethnic groups in the north. Of course, there are also contradictions between the Han and the He. Although this time on the surface, it was the He clan who killed the Javanese tribe, but in fact, the issues involved are very complicated.

"Everyone knows the situation of the indigenous people in the South Seas. In our federation, their economic and political status is actually the lowest, and although they are nominally equal to the Han and He, they are still inferior to others. ”

Chang Ruiqing told the truth this time. The integration of the Nanyang indigenous people into the Federation has not progressed very well. They are far from the Han and Korean ethnic groups in the north in terms of appearance, language, living habits, and thinking patterns. Even if the passport of the Great Chinese Federation does not indicate the nationality, the Nanyang natives can still be distinguished at a glance.

What's even more head-scratching is the way of thinking and attitude towards life and wealth of the Nanyang natives, which can be said to be very different from the "northern peoples" of the Han, He, and Korean federations. Although there are certain differences in language and culture between the Han and the DPRK, they all belong to the kind of people who want to make a fortune and advocate struggle, so they can lure them into profit and promote the integration of the two ethnic groups into China. But the temperament of the Nanyang natives is very different, and it has a little bit of a passable taste. The vast majority of them are not very interested in making a fortune, studying, joining the army, or entering politics. I am not very willing to work hard for these life goals. Otherwise, in the past colonial era, there would not be so many rich Chinese in Nanyang. It was the indigenous people there who were too unsuccessful to give the foreign Chinese a chance to show their strength.

Moreover, these Nanyang natives, who are economically and politically disadvantaged, do not find fault with themselves, and often blame the foreigners and Chinese for the cause of their poverty, and there were occasional anti-Chinese incidents before the Great Chinese Federation ruled Nanyang, and now the anti-Chinese people dare not do it, but there are still a handful of uncooperative Nanyang indigenous upper-class people clamoring for independence and seeking benefits for the indigenous people. When the news of the murder on Java and Sumatra spreads, I don't know what they will shout.

So how to deal with the Japanese on Java and Sumatra this time is a bit of a headache.

"Prime Minister, in fact, this bloody case is still beneficial to us, it is better to kill those people if they are kept!"

It was Huang Baopei who spoke, he has been in Nanyang for more than ten years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is Nanyangtong. Hearing his astonishing words, Chang Ruiqing smiled bitterly and nodded: "There are always two sides to everything, but the problem now is how to level this bowl of water, and not let the political figures in Indochina, Burma, Malaya, Siam, and the Philippines say that we harbor the He clan and say that we borrow a knife to kill people!" ”

Everyone nodded, this is natural, and the things on face must be passable, otherwise the Great China Federation will make a "north-south gap". However, it is not easy to level this bowl of water, after all, assimilation is the most crucial step in promoting the unity of the Greater East Asian Federation.

Although the Minister of National Education Sun Yuexun has submitted her resignation, she is still temporarily retaining her original post before the results of the parliamentary by-election and the election of the new chairman of the Co-prosperity Association, as the representative of the He people in the Federation, she always feels that she has to speak for the He people: "Prime Minister, although the federal law will be equal, but discrimination is objective, and the status of the He people is higher than that of the Nanyang indigenous ...... after all."

Chang Ruiqing's tone was deep: "This doesn't mean that the He clan has the right to exterminate the Javanese tribe!" The foundation of our federation is coexistence and co-prosperity! Then he stretched his eyebrows and said to Sun Yuexun: "Xiaomei, since the Japanese nation has committed crimes against the natives of Nanyang, it must bear the corresponding responsibility, you first go and ask everyone's opinions, how to deal with the aftermath." ”

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"Chairman, did the Prime Minister really not make any requests?"

Sun Yuexun's beautiful eyes frowned slightly, glanced at Tuan Zhuan who asked the question, and shook her head slightly: "It happened suddenly, Mr. may not have thought about how to deal with the aftermath, right?" ”

"Didn't think about it? Then he also acquiesced...... "Zennosuke Yasuda, who has a gray face and beard, has a chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces as his son-in-law, and he is naturally bold in his speech, but he was swept away by Sun Yuexun's beautiful eyes, and he still swallowed the second half of the sentence in his stomach.

"Mr. Prime Minister wants to kill two birds with one stone......"

Okamura Ninji lifted down his small round glasses, his eyes flashed, and he said quietly: "I think he has never regarded the Nanyang natives as a thing, if we go to the Prime Minister's Office to raise a sign to make a fight for independence, I'm afraid there won't even be a bone left." ”

This is a heart-wrenching statement, but it is also true, there was silence in the room, and everyone stayed for a moment before they woke up in Sun Yuexun's sigh.

"Since Mr. Okamura knows the Prime Minister's intentions, please tell me how we can satisfy him." Sun Yuexun looked around at everyone: "As long as the prime minister is satisfied, it is not a problem to kill many Nanyang natives, and the land resources of Java and Sumatra are not a problem, and it doesn't even matter if the culprit is allowed to go unpunished." ”

"I think what His Excellency the Prime Minister wants most now is to take back a title." Okamura Ninji said quietly: "The title of the Republic of Japan, if we agree to hand over this title, then everything will be negotiable." ”

"But ......"

Okamura Ninji changed his words.

"The so-called righteous name, with this name can there be great righteousness, and only in the future can there be hope for the revival of the Great Japanese Empire, if you hand over the name now, there is really no hope for the future, can you be willing?"

The room was silent again, without the name of the Republic of Japan, of course, it does not mean that there is no hope for Japan's independence, but I don't know how many times the difficulty of independence will increase. Because of the presence of the Republic of Japan, the Japanese archipelago is the so-called "subject of the Federation", and according to the Federal Constitution, it has the power to withdraw from the Federation and become independent, provided that it is only a two-thirds majority vote of the Diet of the Republic of Japan plus a referendum of the Republic of Japan. In addition, as long as the Republic of Japan brand remains, the issue of Japan's independence can be brought to the table for discussion, and political parties or political organizations can be organized for the purpose of fighting for Japan's independence. Although the possibility of Japan's independence in the end is still slim, it is still theoretically possible.

But if this signboard is handed over, the Japanese archipelago will become several provinces of the Republic of China. If you want to be independent, there is no ready-made legal procedure to go! Moreover, the name of Japan will also disappear, and it will even be forgotten after a long time, and then the Han and the two nations will probably really become one.

Everyone was silent for a long time, refusing to express their position, and finally heard Sun Yuexun sigh in a low voice: "Giving up the name of the Republic of Japan, Han and Peace are truly one, and the matter of Java Island and Sumatra Island can naturally be settled, otherwise the Wehrmacht will definitely refuse the conditional surrender of the Nanyang Army (Japan), and it is inevitable that we will have to pay the price of millions of lives, and our people will not be able to get the land resources of Java Island and Sumatra Island...... Is an illusory hope for independence really more important than the lives of millions of people and the oil of Sumatra, the first treasure island in the South Seas? (To be continued......)