Although Han Lin asked the Minister of Police about it, it was simply poking his lungs, but Zhou Gaohai, an old qualified politician, has been in the officialdom for so many years, and he has long been perfect, but he will not blame Han Lin for this.

He suffered Li Shiqun's dumb loss, and the inside story was not clear to most people in Wang's puppet government, let alone Han Lin.

Ming and Li Shiqun fighting, he felt that he had lost his identity, Li Shiqun was a spy leader in his eyes, although he became a brother of worship, he just wanted to win over the other party and enhance the power of the non-mansion faction, when Li Shiqun was a small spy of the Central Bureau of Statistics, he was already a member of the central government of Shancheng.

Taking advantage of the topic raised by Han Lin, Zhou Gaohai stubbornly held two points, there is no need to separate the police department from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which has caused a waste of administrative resources of the new government, and the addition of a new ministry is a great pressure on the finances of the new government.

The new government's financial source is nothing more than taxes, but at present, Wang's puppet government only has the Jiang Customs and the Guangdong Customs to collect taxes, and the rest of the tariffs are still in the hands of the Japanese.

Of course, Kagezo Zhenzhao knew about the financial difficulties of the new government, and he would definitely not support Li Shiqun's approach, and it was also the responsibility of his top military adviser to maintain the operation of the new government.

"Han Jun, Minister Zhou complained to me, what do you think of this matter?" Kagesa asked.

"When it comes to the positioning of a ministry, this is a major matter of the new government, and it is inconvenient for me, an outsider, to evaluate it." Han Lin said with a smile.

"My brother is not an outsider, he has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Zhou Gaohai said.

Han Lin's Champs-Élysées No. 2 store opened, but he personally came to congratulate and was the guest of honor for cutting the ribbon, he believed that Han Lin was such a smart person and would not help Li Shiqun speak in this matter. Although Han Lin and Li Shiqun are also old friends, what can the Secret Service Headquarters do for Han Lin?

"I agree with Minister Zhou's view that the police department of the Shancheng government is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior, whether it is the Military Command Bureau or the Central Command Bureau, although it has great privileges, President Jiang has never thought of mixing the secret service with the police."

"Dealing with the enemy's secret agents or underground party is only one of the functions of the police, and this department involves a lot of work, maintaining social stability, assisting the government in implementing various government decisions, and it is a comprehensive department, and it is not very suitable to mix with the secret service headquarters."

"At the same time, we must also take into account that once the police department composed of spies and police is not well controlled, there will be a big problem, the destructive power formed by the two violent organs is not one plus one equals two, it is one plus one is greater than two, I have no intention of targeting anyone, the power of the secret service itself is big enough, and then controlling the police department, there is no need for this."

"Of course, the Ministry of Police has not been established for a long time, and now it has been abolished, which is a bit hasty, and the impression of the new government on the outside world is not very good, and after a period of time Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the new government, the situation has been completely stabilized, and it is not too late to talk about this problem." Han Lin said.

Zhou Gaohai on the side nodded again and again, he launched an attack on Li Shiqun from the aspect of waste of administrative resources and financial pressure, but Ying Zuo Zhenzhao did not react much.

However, Han Lin looked at the problem from a different angle, and the combination of the spy and the police could easily form a situation in which the tail could not be broken, which would affect the stability and security of the new government.

"Since Han Jun also thinks so, then there is really no need for this police department to exist, let's remove it after the New Year! Recently, Li Shiqun's mind is not in his own work, the performance of the secret service headquarters is very bad, and the assassination of the secret agents of the Yamashiro government has become more and more rampant, and this situation has also aroused the dissatisfaction of the cabinet and the military department, and it is time to ring the alarm bell for him. Kagesa said.

What Han Lin said was the key to what really moved him, what waste of administrative resources, what financial pressure, these are not enough for him to abolish the Ministry of Police, but what Han Lin means is that the secret service should be more "pure", not to let its power swell to the point of bringing threats, but it is in line with his logic.

"Kagesa-kun, how are the negotiations between the Japanese government and the French government regarding the entry into the northern part of the French Indochina region progressing?"

During the meal, Han Lin asked about the progress of the negotiations between the Japanese and Vichy French governments.

"Originally, the talks were good, but something went wrong, an infantry brigade of the Fifth Division crossed the border into the territory of the French ahead of schedule, which made the French government very dissatisfied with this, and the foreign minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is opening the second round of negotiations with the French ambassador."

"But I got information from the top that this time the base camp has decided that even if the French side does not agree, it will be forcibly stationed, and this goal must be achieved even if it uses force." Kagesa said.

According to his account, according to the deployment of the Japanese military headquarters, the 22nd Army was responsible for the stationing in the French Indochina region this time, and the commander was Lieutenant General Seiichi Kuna, and the Fifth Division and the Taiwan Island Brigade of Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura were transferred to prepare to enter Vietnam by land through the Zhennanguan area, and the Guards Division of Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida sent the 1st Guards Brigade to prepare for landing and stationing at the port of Haiphong in Vietnam by sea.

On 4 September, the French had agreed to allow the Japanese army to station 5,000 ground troops and use its three airfields near China's Lao Cai, Phu Shou, and Vinh An.

However, the negotiation had not yet determined the time of stationing, and the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 21st Infantry Wing of the 5th Division in Zhennanguan crossed the line without authorization on 6 September, and there was a skirmish with the French garrison stationed at Tongden Fortress.

This incident provoked the negotiators of Vichy France to refuse to recognize the previous negotiations and not agree to the stationing of Japanese troops, and the matter reached an impasse and needed to be renegotiated.

"Kagesa-kun, since your base camp has this kind of intention, I always feel that something has happened, in your Japanese army, the incident in Xia Keshang is not news, you see, if the negotiations do not progress for a long time, I estimate that there will be another thunderstorm, and the incident of the infantry brigade crossing the border is just an introduction." Han Lin said.

He is also not a clever calculation, because this time Japan stationed in the northern part of the French Indochina region, it broke out in the history of the Japanese Army, together with the 918 Incident and the 226 Incident, which are called the three major incidents, and the military stationing in the northern part of French Indochina!

"It's not impossible for you to say this, the Fifth Division has always been arrogant, in fact, it's not just them, most of the imperial army has such an atmosphere. The point is that France, a European land power, was occupied by Germany in more than 40 days, which also caused the imperial army to despise the French army, believing that the French army did not have much combat effectiveness at all, and was just an empty shelf. ”

"If such a thing really happens, the relevant responsible person will definitely be severely punished by the military department, and the Minister of War, Hideki Tojo, attaches great importance to strict military discipline, and will definitely not tolerate such a thing as fighting against life." Kagesa said.

(End of chapter)