Chapter 294: Butterfly Wings (2)

Looking at Jiang Fengchuan in front of him, Xue Ru put down the letter in his hand and said, "Are you from the attendant's room?" ”

Jiang Fengchuan smiled slightly and bowed down and said, "Yes, the chairman doesn't want to publicize this meeting, so I came here as the Ministry of the Interior." ”

Xue Ru understood why Chiang Kai-shek was like this after a little thought, the Southern Han was established on a French colony, and all the countries of the world remained silent, neither expressing opposition nor approval, this is wait-and-see. Because anyone with a brain can see that France is pressed by Germany and is unable to intervene in Vietnam, otherwise I am afraid that it would have sent troops to Vietnam long ago.

At this time, if the Chongqing government had official contacts with the Southern Han Dynasty, it would prove that China recognized the legal status of the Southern Han Dynasty, which would inevitably lead to a rupture of relations between China and Western countries, which would be harmful to the rule of the Kuomintang and not conducive to the War of Resistance.

At this time, China was enlisting the support of Britain, the United States, France, and the Netherlands, and the British, under pressure from Japan, closed the railway from Yangon to Myitkyina, as well as the Sino-Burmese border. The non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Japan also restricted China's transportation of goods from Outer Mongolia and Xinjiang, and China's foreign aid channels were all cut off, resulting in an unprecedented crisis and an economy on the verge of collapse. At this time, only Xue Ru, the snow fox, controlled the passage of Haiphong in northern Vietnam, one was the passage from Haiphong through Liangshan to Zhennanguan, and the other was the railway from Hanoi to Lao Cai and then to Yunnan, and Chiang Kai-shek wanted to open this passage more.

For this reason, the Nationalist Government studied again and again, not only did not want to recognize the political status of the Southern Han, but also wanted to transport strategic materials through the Southern Han. But Xue Ru, who left China and broke into northern Vietnam, is clear to everyone how he was squeezed out of the country. This demonic girl is really incomprehensible, but the great victory in coastal defense and the naval battle of Ha Long Port can be seen that she is not afraid of Japan at all, and she will not compromise with Japan.

The Executive Yuan notified the materials purchased from the United States to enter the port of Haiphong in the Southern Han Dynasty, and at the same time sent Jiang Fengchuan, the deputy director of the chamber who was not famous at all and knew little, to come to Hanoi secretly and wanted to talk to Xue Ru, but Chiang Kai-shek was not sure.

It was still Chen Cheng who was smarter, and asked Xue Yue to come forward and talk to Xue Ru in his private capacity. Of course, Xue Yue didn't shirk this, but he didn't know it in his heart, this unruly and unruly girl didn't take the generals of the national army into account, would the arrogant girl still sell her own account? She is now the queen of a country with more than 300,000 square kilometers of land and hundreds of thousands of troops, will she still remember her original love?

For this reason, he discussed with the chairman of the committee and transferred Song Xilian to Kunming to serve as the commander of Kunming's defense. Xue Yue knew that among the generals of the national army, Xue Ru and Song Xilian cooperated best, and the two seemed to have a bit of a friendship, and it would be better if Song Xilian could come forward.

When Song Xilian faced Chairman Jiang, of course, he couldn't say anything, so he could only agree immediately. But like Xue Yue, he didn't have a bottom, and wrote a letter for Jiang Fengchuan to bring, and Xue Yue's letter was very simple and only one sentence: "The great cause of the Anti-Japanese War, personal honor and disgrace are secondary." ”

Song Xilian's letter did not have a word of persuasion, but just said: "Little fox, Uncle Song is the commander of the defense of Kunming, Yunnan, you are the queen, do you remember your uncle?" When will you come to see me? ”

One of the two of them is moved by emotion, and the other is aware of reason, and Xue Ru has something not to understand. In fact, Xue Yue and Song Xilian don't know themselves, from the bottom of their hearts Xue Ru doesn't hate Chiang Kai-shek, besides, this is related to the great cause of China's War of Resistance, if it wasn't for the War of Resistance, not for the foreign aid channel, what is she doing here?

But Xue Ru, who is not what it used to be, will no longer be like before, but said with a serious face: "I can understand the difficulties of Chairman Jiang of the National Government, but the Southern Han Dynasty is not my personal, it is the entire Southern Han people, so some still have to be talked about." ”

Jiang Fengchuan can be sent, how can he be a brainless person. Xue Ru first said that she could understand, and then said that Nanhan was not hers, so she wanted benefits. Xue Ru was famous for his greed for money and greed, and when he came, he was approved by his authority, so he said: "Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty, if you have any requests, just say it." ”

This is in the face of Chairman Jiang's representative, Xue Ru had to maintain her image as a queen, so she said: "There are only three articles, the first is that China can exchange materials with the Southern Han, and the two sides carry out free trade to protect the safety and freedom of the families of the Southern Han people in the country." ”

It turned out to be this, Jiang Fengchuan happily agreed. This is simply not a problem, how dare you touch the families and families of the Southern Han people at this time. Xue Ru said: "Second, in the Southern Han Dynasty, it is considered a Chinese trade, and we have to charge a normal tax rate according to international practice. ”

This is not a problem, and the French are even more unkind to China, because they have to admit it. Xue Ru just said that normal taxation is based on international practice standards, so what's not to do? So it's a happy promise.

Xue Ru smiled slightly, she can do without these, but as far as the corrupt elements of the Kuomintang government are concerned, it is difficult to ensure that the money saved will not run into personal pockets, so it is better to stay by herself! It's still useful at the critical moment, and besides, the Southern Han is too poor to let go of the opportunity to get money. Feeding back to the country is the future. Millions of square kilometers are better than the Southern Han Dynasty.

He also said: "The third article I want to complete from the territory of the Southern Han Dynasty, whether it is water transportation or land transportation, will be completed by the Southern Han Dynasty, and the Chinese side will pay the cost, rest assured, our cost is absolutely reasonable." ”

Jiang Fengchuan has nothing to say, in order not to attract the attention of the Japanese side, it is best to transport it by the Southern Han Dynasty and send it to Kunming! Whoever transports is responsible, and who is not given the transportation fee is also happily agreed. Xue Ru said: "Nothing? Other details and cabinet departments to study it! Just ask you to bring a letter to the two generals of Xue Song, Xue Ru welcomes them to visit the Southern Han Dynasty, I will go to see them when I have the opportunity, and please tell my uncle that Xue Ru will always be Xue Ru, his niece, and even more Chinese. ”

Jiang Fengchuan could understand part of the meaning of these words, and saw that Xue Ru could agree so happily, and he was not dissatisfied because the Chinese government did not dare to recognize the Southern Han regime, so he was relieved, and said again and again: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will definitely convey it." ”

These problems are not a problem at all for the people of the Southern Han Dynasty, they have the same mind as Xue Ru, Snow Fox always admits that he is Chinese, is an anti-Japanese army, how can these things be opposed, the two sides reached an agreement, very happy. Jiang Fengchuan watched the batch of supplies be loaded onto the train in Haiphong before leaving Hanoi to return to Kunming, and then going to Chongqing to report. He was certainly excited that his trip had successfully completed his mission and that the transport corridor had been restored.

In fact, Xue Ru is also very happy, because her occupation of North Vietnam has finally seen the effect today, and Japan will not be able to prevent China from obtaining strategic materials, will the War of Resistance be better? At the time of Jiang Fengchuan's departure, Hanoi was no longer called Hanoi, and the cabinet of the Southern Han Dynasty unanimously passed the study to commemorate the fact that the Southern Han Dynasty started from the Snow Fox Corps, and changed Hanoi to Snow City, which was designated as the capital of the Southern Han Dynasty.

This was followed by the redivision of administrative regions, and the entire northern Vietnamese region and most of the Lao region were divided into five provinces, 20 cities, each city under the jurisdiction of the county, the county under the jurisdiction of the town, the town under the jurisdiction of the five levels of government, in addition to the appointment of senior officials at the provincial level, the city level is appointed by the province, the county, town and village are elected, within each level, the formation of parliamentary councils, play the role of election and supervision. In this way, Xue Ru does not leave Syracuse, and can greatly supervise the regions, and the Ministry of Supervision supervises the localities, and it can also be said that they supervise the localities instead of Xue Ru.

The court is independent, not managed by any party, can only be appointed and dismissed by Xue Ru, the power is very large, this set of ancient and modern combination of administrative system, so that many people who understand admiration. Except for a single point, it would be more perfect if there was another parliament elected by universal suffrage to exercise the right of oversight.

Xue Ru is a person after all, she also has times when she is excited, and there are times when she loses her mind, and she has selfishness and emotions, but at this time, she did not, so all the work of the Southern Han Dynasty went very smoothly.

Due to the large number of people leaving the army, how many people are dissatisfied, Xue Ru doesn't know, but she can't control so much. Ambitious people are not suitable for mastering the army, because the legal system of the Southern Han Dynasty is not perfect, and it will take time to solve it.

In order to achieve high efficiency, the Southern Han Dynasty implemented a small government with many institutions, more substantive departments than management departments, and a small number of cabinet agencies, but there were many people below eight ministries, but there were not many officials and many members, because there were few lean links in the institutions, and of course the implementation efficiency was fast.

Agriculture, industry, factories, schools, medical care, finance, transportation, national defense, science and technology, and diplomacy are almost in full swing. The biggest feature of the Southern Han Dynasty is that it does not distinguish between ethnic groups, the unification is the citizens of the Southern Han Dynasty, the Han nationality is not superior to others, and other Vietnamese people are not inferior to others, and each ethnic group is just your living habits and nationalities, and has nothing to do with the state system, let alone the administrative management system.

This is a truly multi-ethnic country, and in Xue Ru's eyes, it is the special care that makes those ethnic groups unable to integrate into a country, and always wants to rebel independently. Under a country's political system, everyone is equal, and there can be no status because there are many people, let alone any privileges because there are few people, and everyone is equal before the law in the real sense, so that there are no ethnic contradictions in the newly established Southern Han Dynasty.

Whether you are a Southern Han Chinese or not depends on whether you can obtain a resident ID card of the Southern Han Dynasty and whether you can obtain the permanent residence right of the Southern Han Dynasty, and it is not determined by race and ethnicity. This made the rapid development of the Southern Han Dynasty, and the most suffering and sinful were those officials, who worked like old scalpers.

Li Wenxiu was very disappointed because she left the army and became the Minister of Education and Health of the Southern Han Dynasty, in charge of education and health throughout the country. It's a blank industry, France rules North Vietnam and Laos, where are the schools and hospitals? It is difficult to set up these systems across the country, and there is no money. But Xue Ru's encouragement, support and trust made her put aside those unpleasantness and devote herself to her work.

Xue Ru's instruction was that those who did not have talents in the Southern Han Dynasty should go to China to get them, that is, there is no shortage of talents with a population of 40,000, and if they can't, they can recruit from the world.

In this way, a large number of Chinese were attracted to come, and the good cultural environment and enlightened politics of the Southern Han Dynasty attracted countless people.

Just when the Southern Han Dynasty was seizing all the time to carry out internal construction, among the Japanese General Staff Headquarters, Senior General Yamasugi Moto, Navy Minister Nagano Shusei, and War Minister Tojo Hideki were so angry that they almost vomited blood according to the report of the secret service headquarters. According to the knowledge of the situation and the French statement, the navy and air force in Vietnam had nothing to do with the French government at all, it was the act of the French governor himself, who actually gave the navy and air force to the Southern Han regime. France issued an order to revoke all powers of Ducco, sent someone to replace him, made Ducco wanted, arrested him back to France, punished, and prosecuted him for treason.

It turned out that the Navy and Air Force were mastered by Snow Fox Xue Ru, no wonder the tactics were so treacherous and so powerful. Without the support of France, the Japanese side was emboldened, and the General Staff Headquarters studied and prepared to send a strong fleet to transport a large number of infantry for landing operations and occupy the areas of North Vietnam and South Han. The French side said that they did not care about this, but demanded that Japan not attack the area south of Zhongqi, which was still the place of France.

While they were studying the mobilization of the navy, two other situations arose that made Japan not know what to do. Because Germany had bypassed the Maginot Line and attacked France from the north. The official German invasion of France changed France's attitude. The Japanese cabinet believed that Japan and Germany were allies, and if they attacked Yuebei at this time, it might lead to a union between France and Xue Ru.

The second problem is that in the face of the German attack, France is unable to regulate Asia, which is a good thing, according to the report, Haiphong and Halong port, there are a large number of merchant ships from Western countries. Among them, the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, and Austria had the most ships, and some of them traded with the Southern Han Dynasty and some transported supplies for China. If the Japanese attacked these two seaports and carried out a landing battle, these merchant ships would be in danger. But Japan is not ready to go to war with the United States and Britain, at least not yet. To this end, the Cabinet issued an order warning the military not to move in a disorderly manner, otherwise the consequences are difficult to say.

Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonechi, who came from the Navy, was opposed to a war with the United States and Britain, but War Minister Hideki Tojo confirmed that it was a good time. France has already seen the end of the game, Britain is too busy to take care of itself, and the United States has a wait-and-see attitude, and it is precisely when it is time to fully occupy Southeast Asia, and advocate the transfer of troops to attack.

As a result, there was a stalemate between two voices at the meeting, and Yamasugimoto, who was unable to make a decision for a while, was still cautious, saying: "I don't think it is possible to attack from the sea, because it will cause Western countries to declare war on Japan." There is no problem in attacking from land, so I think that the Southern Army should attack Longzhou and then Kunming, and attack the Southern Han from the Chinese side, so that the fleets of the Western countries can be avoided. ”

Hideki Tojo did not want to do this, it was already very difficult to capture a Nanning, so he said: "The 21st Army failed in Longzhou, and now the Snow Fox Army, which has received supplies, is even stronger, and the attack from China will inevitably be blocked by the Chinese army, and once the Southern Han Snow Fox Army joins forces with the Chinese army, the victory will be protracted." ”

Mitsumasa Yonechi said impatiently, "Then what is your opinion?" ”

Hideki Tojo said: "Since northern Vietnam cannot land, we can land and occupy Saigon from the south, and France will soon lose, if we occupy southern Vietnam and Cambodia, we can not only attack north from the land, but also capture Thailand and Burma to the west, completely cut off China's foreign aid channel, and solve the Sino war." ”

Nagano said: "This will inevitably lead to the intervention of Britain and the United States, how will we deal with it?" ”

Hideki Tojo smiled arrogantly: "The United States is far away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and its forces in the Philippines are limited, and they only have one Pacific Fleet in Hawaii, so what is there to worry about?" As long as we can quickly occupy Southeast Asia and obtain strategic resources, what are you worried about? Besides, if you attack Southeast Asia, sooner or later you will start a war with Britain and the United States. ”

Several people cannot but say that Hideki Tojo is right, and if we want to fight the war, we must expand the war and attack the Southeast Asian region, and sooner or later we will start a war with Britain and the United States, but it is only a matter of time.

Mitsumasa Minai said, "What is the reason for entering South Vietnam? If there is no reason, Britain and the United States will be vigilant and prepared in advance. Hideki Tojo said, "Thailand, through Thailand." ”

Mitsumasa Yonechi was still hesitating, and he said, "I think it's better to ask His Majesty the Emperor to decide!" ”