Chapter 607: Ishihara's Ambition
"If it's not Nanjing, then where can you serve in a humble position?"
Zhou Fohai is still somewhat self-aware. Although he used to be the No. 3 person under Wang Jingwei, the people in the pseudo-Nanjing government actually came from many systems, and they did not necessarily listen to them. In the final analysis, this group of them is just a group of guys standing on the stage, and the places that can be managed, that is, from Nanjing to Shanghai, at most plus some surrounding areas, the so-called "sphere of influence" may not be enough for two provinces. And even in these two provinces, the Japanese appointed many people who were not in their group in order to prevent their power from growing, so their actual strength was extremely limited.
However, Qin Wei's words made him breathe a sigh of relief. If it weren't for Nanjing, there would be no need to face Wang Jingwei and Chen Gongbo and others, although Wang Jingwei is now said to be half sick and unable to see things, but he was "persuaded to surrender" by Qin Wei at the beginning, and the things he did were indeed very inauthentic to those people in Nanjing...... That really tricked Wang Jingwei and others. It's soldiers again, it's money again, Wang Jingwei and others must have hated him to the bone. At this time, let him go to Nanjing to contact some people, if Wang Jingwei and others get the news, they will definitely not be able to spare him, and if they are caught, it is possible to pick his skin alive. After all, others can still be "anyway" again, but Wang Jingwei, Chen Gongbo and others basically don't have this opportunity.
"Let's run around, Sun Dianying, Zhang Lanfeng, Hao Pengju and the like...... All go to touch contact. Qin Wei shook his hand and said indifferently.
"If it weren't for the Japanese coercion, these people would still be willing to do it anyway, but if they ......" Zhou Fohai didn't expect that Qin Wei would want him to lobby those warlords. But he wasn't resistant. First, he knows very well the virtues of those people, if you have a mother, you are a mother, and now the national army is beginning to have the advantage. can always catch the Japanese fat and beat them, these people must have been afraid for a long time, I am afraid that they all wish that the Nationalist Government would quickly take them back; Second, he really had enough of suffering in Qinghai and really didn't want to go back. But he also knew that he had offended Lao Jiang very deeply, if he didn't have enough credit, let alone live a good life like before, it might not be better than ordinary families; And thirdly, that's his careful thinking...... To do things, you always have to have funds, right? Even if things don't work out. A little bit of greed from it can always improve your life in recent days.
"I don't care about their troops, I just want them to surrender." Qin Wei waved his hand, "It's best to bring more officers over to surrender together, and the soldiers are not soldiers." There's really no need for that. ”
"No soldiers?" Zhou Fohai was stunned, "Chief Qin." If you don't want soldiers. I'm afraid it's even harder for those people to come. As you know, they all believe in a truth, 'If you have a gun, you are the king of grass,' and if you don't have soldiers, they don't have a sense of security. ”
"If you have a gun, you are the king of grass?" Qin Wei smiled disdainfully, "This kind of thinking is outdated. You go and tell them. If they surrender now, I will save their lives, but if they don't surrender this time...... There will be no chance in the future. I promise they will die a terrible death in the future. Very miserable! Not only will they die without a place to be buried, but I will keep them dead! ”
"This ......" Zhou Fohai couldn't help but swallow his saliva, he was also "forced" by Qin Wei to use this condition to "force" him to go right, to be honest, although he was a little scared at the time, but what really "forced" him to do it anyway was a series of big victories of the national army, which was what made him really frightened. And now it turns out that he was right in his fears. Although his life is very hard, he doesn't have to worry about it all day long like the people in Nanjing...... Based on his knowledge of Wang Jingwei, Chen Gongbo, and others, when he heard about the great victory of the expeditionary force in Burma, he would definitely be so frightened that he couldn't sleep at night and couldn't eat anything. And he has lived that kind of life, which is definitely not something that can be made up for by fine clothes and fine food, on the contrary, the better the life, the more afraid he will be. But he also knew very well that the group of soldiers was different from those who were engaged in civilian work like him. To say that he is short-sighted is to underestimate those warlords, but if he is far-sighted, he is to look down on those soldiers...... Give up the military power and surrender anyway, just to save a life, those guys may not be happy.
"Brother Fohai, you just have to say it." He Yingqin smiled on the side, "You don't need to say more, just say it once."
"Again?" Zhou Fohai felt that he didn't understand it even more, if he just said it again, would he still need to go? He also thought that these two people had taken a fancy to his former status and influence among that group of traitors. But now he just needs to say it again...... If you can succeed once, who can't?
"Just one time." Qin Wei also stretched out a finger emphatically, "You can move freely, as long as you report the list of people you have met to the local military command site one by one, huh...... You can also set a limit on those people anyway. It must not exceed one month. Because after the deadline, we will take a targeted clean-up action......"
"Spot cleanup?" Zhou Fohai's heart trembled violently, and his eyes were already full of fear when he looked at Qin Wei. After killing all over Shanghai, is this thing going to start killing those warlords again?
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"Credit?"
Hirohito's appearance is not outstanding, although he is not a psychopath like his Laozi Taisho Emperor, but his face is always wooden, giving people a dull expression...... At least that's what Ishihara thinks. However, the emperor's sluggishness did not make Ishihara feel anything remarkable...... It's good that the product of a close marriage can have this kind of performance, and it can be regarded as being blessed by Amaterasu, otherwise what else do you want?
However, Hirohito himself didn't know that he, the emperor, was so unbearable in Ishihara's heart, he was just very strange: a general, actually talked to him about the economy?
"It's credit." Ishihara now has the momentum of Yamayama Youpeng, that old thing is the founder of Japanese militarism, who has been in charge of Japanese politics for many years, and it is said that he dared to hit the Taisho Emperor who is known as the "god descendant" with a crutch...... This is quite disrespectful in Japan, and its guilt is more serious than that of the minister of the "Heavenly Empire" who struck the emperor with a stick...... But there are friends in the county of Shan County, so they did it, and as a result, they were not punished by the nine or ten tribes, but on the contrary, they passed on their own power all the time, and let militarism gradually become the mainstream of Japan. Ishihara Waner actually looked down on Yama Prefecture Aritomo, and he always believed that it was the actions of Yama Prefecture Aritomo and his successors that led to Japan's Lingtian. That's just a bunch of idiots who only know how to loot, but don't know how to develop. If those people had studied less about how to rob and more time on economics or history, Japan would not have been in the predicament it is in today, and although it may not be able to take all of China, it would at least be able to take the three eastern provinces, and it would not have been to the point of almost becoming an enemy of the whole world, as it is now.
"Ishihara Qing, you are not in a hurry to command your troops and defeat the Chinese, but now you have come to talk to Shu about any 'credit', is there something that Shu has broken his previous promise?"
Hirohito was also very dissatisfied with Ishihara. This guy is too arrogant, and he can't hide the kind of eyes that look at everyone with a trace of contempt, but he also knows that this guy is the only one who has the ability to solve the predicament encountered by Japan now, and no one else has this confidence, not even the arrogant Hideki Tojo, who has always been in front of the emperor.
"War is always a continuation of politics, and politics is the concentrated expression of the economy." Ishihara sat on the tatami mat and straightened his waist so that he could look down on Hirohito, "That's why the minister must come to see His Majesty." Because Your Majesty, your will will guide your minister's next plan. ”
"What do you want to tell me?" Hirohito asked.
"Credit!" Ishihara suddenly let out a long sigh, "Credit supremacy and what is needed to maintain credit. ”
"I don't understand." Hirohito frowned.
"Your Majesty actually doesn't need to understand too much, you just need to know that in the future, as the world economy grows larger and larger, the value of gold will no longer be able to bear the economy of the whole world, in this case, there needs to be another 'currency' to replace it, and this is 'credit'!" Ishihara Wanerdo.
"......" Hirohito was a little angry, if it weren't for the fact that he needed a certain demeanor as an emperor, he would definitely get up and scold Ishihara now...... Who is talking about credit these days? Besides, what kind of credibility does Japan have for what it has done over the years?
"Your Majesty definitely doesn't understand what the minister said, but you must understand one thing, in the future, the virtual thing of 'credit' will replace the concrete existence of gold, and the value of 'credit' must be oil!" Ishihara didn't care about Hirohito's darkening face, and still said to himself: "So, if we want to achieve the greatest results in this war, we must take into account the most important oil-producing areas in the world." ”
"What the hell are you trying to say? Petroleum? Haven't we already occupied Indonesia? What you should think about now is how to take Burma and stop the Chinese from going south! Hirohito exclaimed.
"No, we shouldn't bother with the Chinese now. In addition to satisfying their future ambitions, the main goal of the Chinese in planning for Myanmar is to ensure that they can smoothly obtain foreign aid. This is not much of a threat to us! On the contrary, if we occupy Burma, they will really fight with us. In that case, in a short period of time, we will have to withstand the onslaught of millions of Chinese troops, which will inevitably contain a large number of our troops, which will be extremely detrimental to the expansion of the empire and the entire strategic planning. Therefore, Myanmar should not be our target at this stage. And we should also learn from Chinese and learn from their plans for the post-war situation and the development of the country despite their difficulties...... We should aim for the long term! Ishihara said proudly.
"And what do you mean?" Hirohito began to grind his teeth.
"Your Majesty, we should take the Suez Canal first!"
"What mud?" (To be continued......)