Junzaburo Yamada had made a decision with Dai Jitao, Yuan Huaxuan and others, and instead of returning directly to his residence, he went out and walked around the street a few times, and then came to the private residence of Genjiro Akashi, the deputy chief of staff. Dressed in a tattered samurai costume, Genjiro Akashi sits in the living room teasing a bobtail cat next to him, seemingly waiting for him. Junzaburo Yamada hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects: "See the second adult, I'm really sorry to keep you waiting!" ”

Akashi Motojiro waved his hand disappreciatively: "How are things going?" ”

Junzaburo Yamada replied respectfully: "Everything is as expected by the second elder, they are very satisfied with the assassination plan and the relevant candidates, and the assassination operation is tentatively scheduled for mid-to-late March before Song Jiaoren goes north to enter Beijing. But—"

"Nani?" Genjiro Akashi no longer plays with his flower cat.

Junzaburo Yamada hurriedly replied: "That's the case, when I was discussing with Sun Wenjun's subordinates today, someone came to visit the news. It is said that the person's name is Qiu Liang, whose name is still there, and he studied in the sixth phase of the infantry department of the Chinese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, was an early member of the League, and served in the Military Advisory Office of the Qing Government and the Army Department of the Republic of China Government, and is now the editor-in-chief of the "Democracy Daily" in Beijing. Before the founding of the Kuomintang last year, he participated in a joint meeting of representatives of various political parties as a representative of the League, together with Song Jiaoren and others. I am worried that after he smells something abnormal, he will report to Song Jiaoren and sabotage our plan. ”

Akashi Genjiro had a contemplative look on his face, obviously thinking about the impact that Qiu Liang might have on the plan.

Junzaburo Yamada said again: "Sun Wenjun's subordinates think that Qiu Liang has not received any accurate information, and Song Jiaoren is now in an embarrassing situation and has no way out. So don't worry. However, I think we should nip all the threats in the bud to avoid uncontrollable situations. Anyway, he is currently in our country, and it should not be easy to get rid of him. ”

Akashi Motojiro nodded and said, "If he doesn't send a telegram back." You just find someone to clean him up. If he had sent a telegram back to his homeland, he would have done so, lest he be alarmed. ”

"Hay!"

Junzaburo Yamada bowed deeply, and was about to go out to do this, but Genjiro Akashi stopped him: "Yamada-kun, there is no need to rush in this matter. If he really wanted to find out anything, I am afraid that the telegram had already been sent to Shanghai; If he doesn't notice anything unusual. Or if there are still doubts about this matter, it will not be sent back quickly for a while. So Yamada-kun doesn't have to rush for a while. ”

"What else does the second elder command?" Junzaburo Yamada asked.

"Sit down," Genjiro Akashi said, pointing to the tatami mats. "In a day or two, Sun Wenjun will leave Tokyo and go to Osaka, Kobe and other places for inspection, and you will accompany him. You and I are separated from each other in a flash. I don't know when we will see each other in the future. So I want to talk to Yamada-kun. It is said that Yamada-kun and Yamada-kun and Ling's brother Yamada Yoshimasa are both engaged in espionage work, and they have also spent time in China. Speaking of peers, it can be regarded as a kind of fate. ”

Junzaburo Yamada said humbly, "How can the lower brother be compared to the second elder? During the Russo-Japanese War, the deputy minister did a great deal of painstaking work, including financing the socialist movement led by Lenin and assassinating Russian Interior Minister Vyacheslav. Feng? Pleway, instigating the Bloody Sunday Movement and the rebellion of the battleship Potinkin, inciting the independence movement of the three small Baltic states, meeting with the leaders of Finnish independence, and guiding European public opinion to be friendly to Japan, etc., turned the Russian hinterland upside down.

"His Excellency Gaishi Nagaoka, who was then Deputy Chief of Staff Headquarters, once praised: 'Akashi Daisa's one person is equal to ten divisions.' Even the German Emperor Wilhelm II said: 'Akashi Genjiro alone surpassed the 200,000 Japanese army in Manchuria.' I often hear my colleagues talk about the great achievements of adults, and their favorite phrase is: "There is no General Nogi Noshinori." Lushun also took it down. Without General Heihachiro Togo, the naval battle in the Sea of Japan could have been won. But if there is no Akashi Motojiro Osa. Japan must not win the Russo-Japanese War'. This shows the immortal feats of adults. Under the brother Ann dare to look at the back of the adult? ”

Akashi Genjiro shook his head: "Yamada-kun praises falsely, and the contemptible person is really ashamed. You and I are all loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and the credit is small, but it is just time, luck, and fate, so why bother to distinguish the superior from the inferior? Moreover, Yamada-kun is now engaged in China's espionage work, and the opportunity is excellent, and I believe that he will be able to come out of the blue and catch up in the future! ”

Without waiting for Junzaburo Yamada to answer, Genjiro Akashi continued: "Yamada-kun has been by Sun Wenjun's side for thirteen years since Brother Ling sacrificed his life for the country. Over the years, you have followed Sun Wenjun to various parts of China, personally participated in major events such as the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the establishment of the Republic of China, and the relocation of the government to the north, so you want to know the Chinese political situation very well. Then can you tell us why we want to help Sun Wenjun get rid of Song Jiaoren? ”

Junzaburo Yamada replied: "I think that the fundamental reason why we helped Sun Wenjun get rid of Song Jiaoren is that Sun Wenjun is good at agitating sabotage and is clumsy about the economy and people's livelihood, and he also lacks a strong and effective governing ability; Relatively speaking, in addition to being good at propaganda and agitation, Song Jiaoren is also good at political manipulation. For example, the League led by Sun Wenjun, although it led the revolutionary movement in China extensively and powerfully, was not united at all in the years before the Xinhai Revolution, but was constantly fighting among themselves. Its national leaders also had little connection with the revolutionary development of the provinces, and were unable to integrate the various forces that had grown up in the course of the revolution into a cohesive whole.

After Song Jiaoren arrived in Shanghai before the Xinhai Revolution, he and Chen Qimeijun and others actively recruited local secret organizations, associations, gangs, young soldiers, and celebrities and gentry to make adequate preparations for the revolutionary movement in Shanghai. After the founding of the Republic of China, Sun Wenjun and others became more and more slackened, and he was determined to reorganize the League as an open party in the country and prepare for the struggle in the National Assembly. The best way to show his political skill was to liaise with the four parties and alliances, including the United Republican Party and the Kuomintang Party, to reorganize into the Kuomintang and become the largest party in the National Assembly through the election. ”

Junzaburo Yamada paused and said: "There is a more important point, that is, Sun Wenjun is an internationalist, and he can do whatever it takes to achieve his own ends; Soong, on the other hand, is a nationalist who can sometimes sacrifice personal and even partisan interests for the sake of national territorial security. Just take Manchuria as an example. When the Republic of China was founded, Sun Wenjun, as the president, because of financial constraints, actually offered to lease Manchuria to our Japanese Empire at a price of 20 million yen, and if we agreed, we would send Huang Xing to Japan to secretly conclude a concession agreement with His Excellency Katsura Taro.

"In the former Qing Dynasty, when Song Jiaoren went to Manchuria to move bandits to engage in the anti-Qing revolution, he heard that China's 'Changbai Mountain Society' claimed that the Yanbian area was the undemarcated 'Jian Dao' between China and North Korea, so he disguised himself as a Japanese and entered the Changbai Mountain Society, seized a large number of false evidence about the 'Jian Dao issue', and then consulted various materials and wrote a 60,000-word book "Jian Dao Issue", which discussed the so-called 'Jian Dao' area as China's territory since ancient times from the perspectives of linguistics, international law, history, geography and other aspects. Later, he also asked someone to hand over the work he had written to the Qing government's envoy in Japan as evidence for negotiations.

"In contrast, it is clear that supporting Sun Wenjun to govern is more beneficial to our great Japanese empire."

Akashi Genjiro bowed slightly: "Yamada-kun is reasonable, but it is not comprehensive enough. ”

Junzaburo Yamada said respectfully, "Please teach the second elder!" ”

Akashi Genjiro teased the cat and said: "Getting rid of Song Jiaoren and supporting Sun Wenjun to govern is certainly one of the main tasks of our plan, but the most important task is to blame the current president Yuan Shikai, make him the target of criticism by the whole Chinese people, and weaken his influence in the government, Congress, army and people to the greatest extent." ”

"Yuan Xiangcheng?" Junzaburo Yamada was a little puzzled.

Akashi Motojiro explained: "You say that Song Jiaoren is a nationalist, but you don't know that Yuan Shikai is even more a staunch nationalist, and he is not only very dissatisfied with our involvement in Manchuria, but even resentful of our annexation of the Korean Peninsula. Shouldn't such people be our main targets? If he and Song Jiaoren collude with each other and make things difficult for our country, how can it be the blessing of our country? You must know that a weak, chaotic China is the most in the interests of our Great Japanese Empire.

"Therefore, after Song Jiaoren's assassination, we must adopt various means, including media agitation, public opinion building, getting rid of witnesses, fabricating evidence, etc., to point the real culprit behind the scenes at Yuan Shikai and make him ruined. On the other hand, we must vigorously support Sun Wenjun in terms of weapons and financial resources, so that he can incite the revolutionary party forces in the south to crusade against Yuan Shikai by force, and strive to form a situation of long-term confrontation and long-term melee between the north and the south in China. This will be the most favorable time for us to pursue our mainland policy. ”

Junzaburo Yamada asked suspiciously: "Sun Wenjun also cherishes his feathers very much, if he knows our true intentions, is he willing to come forward to incite the revolutionary party forces in the south to crusade against Yuan Shikai by force?" ”

Instead of answering the question directly, Genjiro Akashi grabbed the cat and asked, "Yamada-kun, do you know how to get the cat to take the initiative to eat chili?" ”

"Huh?" Junzaburo Yamada was stunned.

"Do you know how to get a cat to eat chili peppers?" Genjiro Akashi asked again.

Junzaburo Yamada thought for a long time before replying: "Starve the cat for a few days, and then chop the chili pepper to make a meatloaf, the cat will naturally swallow it, right?" ”

Genjiro Akashi was noncommittal, but grabbed the cat with his left hand, and picked up a large piece of chili sauce from the nearby table with his right index finger and spread it around the cat's anus. The cat screamed violently, and kept turning back to lick the pepper on the butt like crazy, and after a while, the pepper was licked clean. Akashi Genjiro looked at Junzaburo Yamada at this time: "Did Yamada-kun see it?" If someone is unwilling to do tricky things, then we will pinch his sore spot and let him know that there is no way out, and then he will naturally make a reasonable choice! (To be continued.) )