Yang Yuxin's handling was decided like this, which led to the second problem. Although the area of ​​Shanghai New District is not large, it is a very important city for the East China government, an important window for the East China government to develop economic and trade exchanges with foreign countries, and a transit station for the East China government to obtain various sources of materials. Since the East China government is about to join the war, the Shanghai New District is even more important. The Shanghai New District has just suffered a terrorist attack, and people are in panic and urgently need to quickly stabilize people's hearts and restore order. In this case, it is even more impossible to be left alone for a day. A new leader must be determined as soon as possible so that the Shanghai New District can recover stably as soon as possible.

Moreover, the Executive Yuan is now unable to trust officials in the Shanghai New District. It is impossible to select officials from the Shanghai New District, but to transfer people he trusted from other places to airborne to Shanghai. However, such arrangements are also extremely risky. The airborne leader does not understand the situation of the Shanghai New District and needs to have a familiar process. But it is impossible to give him so much time now. In addition, whether the officials in the Shanghai New District will cooperate and obey the leaders of the new district mayor. Some officials who think they should be promoted will regard the new district mayor as an enemy who has robbed his position, deliberately disobeyed and secretly stumbling in his work. This situation is common, whether it is in the old time and space or the original time and space.

However, there are many difficulties and it is not impossible to overcome. Moreover, there is full support from the Executive Yuan behind it, so Guan Jian still has to choose the right person. Now the East China government is in its development period, and it has indeed cultivated a group of capable local officials. However, the Shanghai New District has its own special features. Ordinary local officials are not competent and can only choose among local officials in major cities such as Qingdao, Tianjin, and Jinan.

The final candidate was Li Songchen, the mayor of Tianjin New City. Tianjin New City and Shanghai New District have many similarities, both are enclaves hanging outside Shandong Province; they are both in the sea cities, and there are other political forces in the area. Economically, they are mainly port circulation economy, so Li Songchen takes over as the mayor of Shanghai New District and undertakes the task of putting out the fire. This is the most suitable candidate.

Li Songchen has been in the position of mayor of Tianjin New City for more than four years. In the first two years of the establishment of the East China Government, Tianjin New City has always been the fastest economic development city in the East China Government. However, the limelight has gradually been overshadowed by the Shanghai New District in the past two years. However, this does not mean that Tianjin New City has stopped moving forward in the past two years, but has been developing steadily.

Moreover, Li Songchen did not blindly develop the circulation economy, and also attached great importance to the development of manufacturing. Since it is a light industry, most of the daily necessities in Tianjin, such as cloth, clothes, hardware, food processing, etc., can basically be self-sufficient, and some of them are circulated to Beijing, Hebei and other regions. In terms of heavy industry, it has also developed. Taking advantage of the geographical advantages of Tianjin New City's seaside, it will develop with the shipbuilding industry as the leader, driving machine manufacturing, metal processing, metallurgy and other industries, so that the current Tianjin New City has formed a development pattern with circulation economy as the main and light and heavy industries supporting light and heavy industries.

In addition, in terms of foreign relations, Li Songchen maintained a relatively good relationship with the old city of Tianjin on the basis of adhering to principles, and through the old city of Tianjin, he sold the products produced in the new city of Tianjin to Beijing, Hebei and other regions.

Of course, the Executive Yuan knew about Li Songchen's political achievements, so he also had plans to promote Li Songchen. However, there are no vacancies in the Executive Yuan departments for the time being, and Li Songchen is still young. Working in the local area for a few more years and accumulating more experience will also be beneficial to him. This time, I asked Li Songchen to go to Shanghai to put out the fire, on the one hand, it was a forced person, and on the other hand, it was also a test for Li Songchen. If he did a good job in the Shanghai New District, he would definitely be transferred back to Qingdao and at least he would serve as a minister.

Of course, the premise is that Li Songchen himself is willing to go to Shanghai. If Li Songchen is unwilling to go to Shanghai to put out a fire, the Executive Yuan will not force others to do anything. After all, it is a forced melon that is not sweet. The Executive Yuan’s second-hand preparation is to send a member to the Shanghai New District to rescue emergency and wait until the situation in the Shanghai New District stabilizes, and then choose another person.

However, even if Li Songchen accepts this task, he will not be able to take office immediately, because Tianjin New City has to select another personnel for handover and go to Qingdao to formally accept the appointment, so it will take at least one week. Before the new district mayor of Shanghai New District took office, the daily work of Shanghai New District was negotiated and handled by several local officials, and the Executive Yuan will immediately organize a working group to take over the investigation of Yang Yuxin in Shanghai.

Overall, neither of the first two issues has caused much controversy, but in comparison, the third issue is much more complicated, because the first two issues are internal to the East China government, while the third issue involves external relations.

The Shanghai New District has suffered such great damage, which is naturally well known. Moreover, this terrorist attack was completely planned and organized by Japan. Shanghai is originally a region where all forces are intertwined, and other forces cannot be unaware of the news. At this time, there must be jokes from the East China government, and of course, it is also a matter of what the East China government will be.

Moreover, the East China government has always been tough on the outside world, so naturally we should not be timid at this time. Therefore, it is necessary to have a clear statement on the outside world and not be too weak.

Some people advocate protesting against Japan, while others believe that it is not enough to just protest, and that Japan should be fabricated, such as stopping economic and trade exchanges with Japan. Although the East China government is in a stalemate with Japan and refuses to provide materials to Japan at preferential prices and conditions, if Japan buys at normal market prices and pays with real money, the East China government is still willing to sell it. After all, the East China government has not participated in the war yet, so why not take this opportunity to make more money?

Japan lacks materials in China, so it is necessary to purchase a lot of foreign countries. The East China government is close to the Liaodong Peninsula, which can save a lot of manpower and material resources, so it still purchases a lot of materials from the East China government. Now the East China government can stop economic and trade exchanges with Japan as a means of making a breakthrough in Japan.

At this time, Qin Zheng said: "I think these attitudes are enough. My view is to take this terrorist attack as an opportunity to formally break off diplomatic relations with Japan, expel Japanese personnel, freeze Japanese assets, and stop all exchanges."

Qin Zheng's suggestion also surprised everyone, because no one expected that Qin Zheng would make such an extreme suggestion, and there was almost no room for relief.

Li Sanjie said: "Isn't this equivalent to declaring war on Japan?"

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "We are about to join the war, and there is nothing to declare war. We can take this opportunity to completely break up with Japan. In this way, Britain, France and other countries have nothing to say. Of course, we can also say it more tactfully, for example, "reserving the power to take any retaliation measures."

Ye Yanfu frowned and said, "Political Commissar Qin, will this alarm the enemy? It is not good for us to participate in the war!"

Qin Zheng said: "There is no conspiracy in the game between countries. In fact, Japan has been guarding against us from the beginning. No matter how we react, Japan will not relax its vigilance against us. Moreover, this time it was Japan who took the initiative to attack us. I am afraid that it has been such a mental preparation for a long time, so there is no problem of alerting the enemy."

Xia Bohai also took over the conversation and said, "I agree with Lao Qin's opinion. In addition to the reasons mentioned by Lao Qin, I think there is another important role, which is to turn the '5.6 Shanghai terrorist attacks' into our 'Pearl Harbor incident', and take the opportunity to arouse the people's hostility towards Japan and fully support our next formal participation in the war."

The East China government wants to participate in the war, of course, for grand strategic considerations, but the scale and scope of this battle are different from the previous battles that the East China government participated in. Therefore, the entire East China government needs to be united and united. The people's support for the war is a very important point. The East China government has started the propaganda and mobilization of the war since the second half of 1904, and has also achieved some results. However, these achievements are mainly based on the prestige of the East China government and time travelers. Simply put, it is because the people are quite convinced of the East China government, so whatever the East China government says is what it says. The East China government naturally supports the government in participating in the war, but there is no clear understanding of the war itself.

Such support is naturally far from enough for the East China government. Of course, there is no big problem when the war is successful. However, if the war is unfavorable, or the battlefield reaches a stalemate, there will inevitably be no hope of victory in a short period of time. In this regard, Japan has done a very good job. In the old time and space, Japan's victory in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and Russo-Japanese War is inseparable from the full support of the domestic people.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on the people under the East China government. Although the East China government has also intentionally strengthened the propaganda and education of national consciousness in recent years, the East China government has only been established for more than four years, and it is not completed in a short time. Moreover, the Russo-Japanese War was not carried out on the territory of the East China government. Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Liaodong is not the territory of the East China government. Japan and Russia fought in Liaodong and did not cause any trouble to the East China government. Why did the East China government care about this nostalgic business? Even if it was to be managed, the Qing court should take care of it.

However, the nature of the terrorist attacks organized by Japanese in Shanghai is completely different, because Shanghai New District is the territory of the East China government. This time, Japan took the initiative to provoke the East China government. If it seizes this opportunity to carry out high-profile propaganda and mobilize, arouses the people's hostility towards Japan, the effect of propaganda will be completely different from the previous propaganda effect.
Chapter completed!