Chapter 260 Secret Agreement

If the biggest factor in East Asia's political landscape in 1916 was that the Nishimoji Cabinet used the support of the political circle and the palace to jump to the center of the Japanese political stage during the Taisho period. After the death of the Yama Prefecture veteran, Katsutaro was no longer able to balance the military's further ambitions for domestic and international politics. Without Yama Prefecture's support, he also lost a considerable foundation among the veterans and important officials. After a long time of saving, Duke Nishimoji was generally vigilant about the ambitiousness of the military. In the general environment where the top Japanese government was generally wary of the military's ambitions, he solved the significant achievements in the tension with China in one fell swoop. As a representative of balancing the military, he was pushed to the forefront of the military's re-repairing relations with Western powers, the old man felt only full of confidence.

After losing Yama Prefecture, when Duke O's side was on his side, he had no unified opinions within himself, and there was no army where Yama Prefecture, a huge appeal, where there was no army, where Yama Prefecture was located. What else is difficult to deal with? What's more, the navy is inclined to his side, and the army is even more the emperor's army! A few days ago, the army's desperate expansion, the 25th Division construction plan ate most of the fiscal surplus obtained by Japan through trade since the war started. In addition, the Shanghai Army is also building a large number of new warships. At the same time, four main battleships were placed on the ship platform, and two were waiting to start construction! If such an army level continues to be maintained, sooner or later, under the premise that Japan's fiscal debt has not been fundamentally improved, sooner or later, one day will either collapse or embark on the road of large-scale expansion in Asia. These roads are all things that Nishinoji Gongwang needs to try his best to avoid.

His goal is to build a more Westernized Japan, with a strong economy, and the people live and work in peace and stability. He has deterrent power. He uses the economic, political and military advantages that Japan has taken the lead, and has the potential ruling ability over the Asian continent like Britain's manipulation methods. Of course, he adopts a more moderate means than before. He maintains good relations with Western countries, and even if he temporarily shares the hegemony of Asia can be tolerated. The attitude held by the military is an obstacle to the development of this government now! At the beginning of his tenure, with the silent support of many senior forces, Nishizoji almost immediately waved his sword against the army. On the one hand, it was to weaken his opposition power, and on the other hand, it also showed their attitude of being content with peace in East Asia to the Western powers, especially the allied countries.

The 25th Army Division planned to retain only two divisions of the eight divisions built during the Katsutaro Cabinet. The remaining six divisions had already set up their shelves. The numbers were abolished and demobilized within a deadline. It turned out that tens of millions of yen of expansion of the army had been allocated and special costs of expanding the army were frozen by Nishinoji Kouji through the Imperial Parliament. It was prepared to be used as a reserve for repayment of foreign debts.

The troops stationed outside the local area are also reduced in scale. The two Northeast divisions, which have been expanded into wartime organization and two North Korean divisions. Half of the power needs to be reduced to normal organization. The extra heavy equipment and technical weapons are immediately transported back to the local area and are not allowed to be stored on site in the war zone. Several of the most unruly divisions, such as the Sixth Division, which is now in Okinawa, were ordered to be transferred back to the garrison to be rectified. A large number of generals were asked to transfer to the reserve service in advance, including the Okama City, which once stood in Okuma Cabinet and Kashitaro Cabinet. Nosuke Army General, many intermediate young and strong officers, as well as the staff of the Military Command, were transferred from their original positions and distributed to logistics troops or bases stationed abroad to avoid causing trouble in the center. As for the spiritual leader of the young and strong officers, Lieutenant General Tanaka Yoshiichi, because his identity was too sensitive. Although he had not been transferred to a reserve service, he had not yet been restored as the director of the Military Command Military Affairs Bureau. He let him live leisurely in his home. Of course, the most stringent surveillance is indispensable.

In contrast, Nishimotoji Kotoshi was tolerant of their allies and the Imperial Navy. The construction plan of the main fleet remains unchanged, and the budget for the two additional fearless-class battleships has begun to be discussed. It is even proposed that the Navy also have the Navy Command and have the power to compete with the army at the center. Navy General Suzuki even secretly discussed with Duke Nishimotoshi Kotoshi whether to allow the Navy's special marine forces to take over the garrison mission of the Guard Division in Tokyo. Until the Guard Division was rectified, but due to tradition, this plan was not implemented.

These actions made the Japanese politicians who were firmly suppressed in Yama Prefecture, Kashitaro's period, rejoice. They looked at the heroes who wanted to save the national destiny during the Taisho period. However, within the Japanese Army, the dissatisfaction and the atmosphere of about to explode were brewing deeper and deeper.

Shisaburo Masaki was tidying up his office there with a cold face. His position in the Military Affairs Bureau Training Supervision Section of the Military Command Department was declared to be over with a transfer order. He ordered him to go to Taiwan and serve as the Army Staff of the Governor's Office. Everyone knew that this was equivalent to exile. Moreover, the order issued by his superiors could only take three days to organize the housework in Tokyo. Then he had to take office in Taiwan. The senior officials knew that Masaki Nakasa was Tanaka Yoshiichi's most confidant beloved general. He was a dangerous person in the army that had been burning.

Tinder. He must be allowed to disappear from Tokyo immediately! Other young staff members in the training and supervision class surrounded his office door, looking at their spiritual leader. Did the army really want to be castrated under the butcher knife waving by Nishinomiya? Since the Meiji period, they have been the backbone of the country and dedicated their entire army to the creation of the empire. The backbone of Japan has ended like this? Some staff members have already been full of tears in their eyes, but they have to hold back their tears to fall out.

Shisaburo Masaki slowly turned around and shook hands and saluted with the staff members under his command.

"Shinhei, you are usually a little weak. But you need to cheer up at this time! The spirit and ideals of the army depend on you to carry forward in Tokyo... Sometimes you have to dare to throw back the unreasonable orders from above!"

"Kubo, I don't have much to explain to you. I heard that your younger brother and sister have come to Tokyo to work? Your family of fifteen is supported by your little salary. It's really hard. There are 400 yuan here, which is my wish. Let your younger brother go home to study and let him continue to take the Army exam in the future. The Army is very happy to accept the soldiers from your Kubo family!"

"Okawadajun, the 6th Division, is stationed in Kanto. I hope you can do your best to maintain it. In terms of training and supervision, don't let the people above catch any handle. Now the army's vitality is to keep a little bit..."

He gave gentle instructions to the officers one by one. In contrast to his usual cold and serious attitude, the young officer who had taken the envelope to hold money even put the envelope on his forehead and cried loudly. Masazaki Nakasa also felt that his throat was choked and he could not say anything. The army and the empire he loved deeply. He held all his passion and ideal objects. How did he become like this now? The proud and strong Yamato man was demoted to an insignificant place. He could only watch the thieves stealing their ranks, disarming themselves internally, and facing the white ghosts externally.

There are also lowly Chinese people shaking their heads and tails. They think that this will pray for national destiny? The national destiny of the empire lies in the bayonets in the hands of the army soldiers and a cannon! The reforging of the national spirit is in the entire empire and breaking out in the bloody siege formed by China and the West! The Chinese army is now greatly expanded and equipped with the world's most advanced weapons. And it has also been trained by large-scale wars in Europe. When the war in Europe is over, the Chinese army, which will reach a million, will be a major threat to Japan's interests on the mainland?

Shisaburo Masaki thinks he understands the character Yuchen. This absolute ruler of a country as huge as China, seven years younger than him. His prestige and ruling foundation both come from his real wave of Chinese nationalism. He led his country to gradually change China's humiliation process over the past century. And the land of Manchuria and Mongolia will undoubtedly be his next goal. For this purpose, he will use the life of his army to form Western powers and let them fall into one bloody battle after another. When the European war ended, when the Western powers were busy licking their wounds, who would pay more blood for the decisive battle between China and Japan that took place in East Asia? Losing the lifeline of Manchuria and Mongolia is equivalent to losing Japan's imperial dream. The army of the empire will lose the foundation of their existence and will definitely become a vassal of the navy.

As for the peace agreement endorsed by the Western countries, as a soldier who only believes in strength, from Tanaka Yoshiichi to the vast number of young and powerful officers in the army, they all felt that it was just a piece of insignificant paper. Although they were about to leave, the Japanese volcano, Shisaburo Masaki believed that one day it would erupt suddenly.

What kind of country has this country become? After Nishinoji came to power, the chaebols and the politicians colluded more closely together. The tax revenue was increased in the name of repaying foreign debts. The factories they set up along the coast produced everything they needed for the war of the Westerners. However, the rural children and girls who came from the countryside to the city received the worst treatment and the most slightest wages. Resources were concentrated in the industry, and the rural investment was insufficient. The prices of industrial products were getting higher and higher, which made a large number of Japanese farmers on the side of bankruptcy

Struggle on fate. Young people in the city pursue Western costumes and corrupt lifestyles. They even want to turn their skin into white. Liberal politicians privately mocked His Majesty the intelligence of His Majesty, believing that the constitution needed to be revised during the Meiji period and that the cabinet should have greater power. If the policy of Nishinoji represents the future of Japan, it means that the foundation of the Kingdom of God, which lasted for nearly 2,500 years, was completely shaken! And now they are even more wielding the butcher knife of the foundation of the empire and the army that defended the destiny of the entire empire!

No matter how the situation changes, Masaki Nakasa has already decided to go to the end of this road. He believes that the people are dissatisfied with the current situation. He believes that the politicians have betrayed Japan's interests and blasphemed His Majesty's sacred and inviolable existence. The day of the outbreak is right in front of him. Just one suitable opportunity is needed, the empire will surely restore all the glory they had during the Meiji period, and the army will become the patron saint of this empire!

An old Chinese saying suddenly came to the heart of Masaki Nakasa who was saying goodbye: "What I am good about my heart will never regret even if I die."

A short and strong lieutenant staff officer suddenly used his shoulder to knock away the people crowded in the office and rushed in sweat: "Masaki Kun! Mr. Fuzhou has arrived in Tokyo and is waiting for you to meet!"

Shisaburo Masaki's expression suddenly became excited. He pushed away the staff members blocking him and asked in a low and urgent manner: "Mr. Fuzhou? Where is he now?" The lieutenant's eyes were bright, but he didn't say anything. He just took Shisaburo Masaki out. He was Masaki's most confidant and secret subordinate. He sent him out to handle some secret matters about leaving Tokyo, but unexpectedly he brought him such news that Kazuo Kuroshima had arrived in Tokyo!

The place where Kuroshima Ichigo was waiting for Shisaburo Masaki was a secret contact point for them. In a small house rented by Masaki in his name. When Masaki arrived, he saw Kuroshima Ichigo sitting cross-legged in the living room, leisurely drinking tea with a pair of Chinese tea sets. The heat in the small living room was volatile. The head of the Chinese intelligence agency did not feel dusty at all. His clothes were neat and there was a small suitcase for doctors beside him. It seemed that he was a doctor who came to the door to the clinic.

Masaki rushed in, deliberately suppressed his mood, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Kuroshima, why did you suddenly come to Tokyo? The Sixth Division's defense adjustment operation requires some secret funding support, and these have been solved? Tokyo is not safe now, and Nishinoji's subordinates are sniffing our whereabouts everywhere. Why are you so careless?"

Ichigo Kuroshima stood up and smiled and bowed to Shisaburo Masaki and said lightly: "Masaki, why is he still so angry? It seems that the training that Nishirenji has given you is not enough......I almost took this time. I got something, maybe it was a good opportunity to ignite the volcano at the foot of Tokyo... Do you want to take a look?"

Masaki sat down cross-legged, but soon stood up and walked out. He checked the alert situation of his confidant in plain clothes outside the door, and did not come back until he found out that everything was normal. And Kazuo Kuroshima had already placed his suitcase on the coffee table and dazzled the suitcase leisurely with his fingers. In the depths of his calm eyes, the flashing light made people unable to look at it. There was no doubt that the head of the agency was very excited.

Masaki slowly opened the suitcase, and it was filled with reprinted versions of documents. The head of each document was exquisitely suppressed the eighteen-star national emblem of the Republic of China. The number of reprints was indicated by the corner of the page, only nine. This was a confidential document that could not even be seen at the level of the Minister of the Republic of China! Where did Kazuo Kuroshima get these things?

Kazuo Kuroshima just said lightly: "I should give the secret funding support for the Sixth Division. I used it all for these documents. I calculated it and it looked like ten yuan a word..." Shisaburo Masaki didn't notice what he was saying at all. His mind was all focused on these documents with Chinese and Japanese texts.

This is a memorandum of the talks between Yuchen and Xiyuan Temple! And behind the peace agreement, Yuchen and Xiyuan Temple secretly signed a secret agreement! The unit recorded is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China. This reprinted document is also collected and kept by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. All the materials for the secret contact between Yuchen and Xiyuan Temple are there. Detailed conversation records, each with the signatures of Yuchen and Xiyuan Temple Hirayama to confirm. Finally, the "Yuchen-Xiyuan Temple Secret Agreement" hidden in the shadow after the Sino-Japanese peace agreement was publicly signed! The secret agreement clearly states that the two sides must cooperate closely, support each other, and firmly defend the peace between China and Japan. There are many specific matters of the agreement. The key points are particularly eye-catching.

During the European War, China dispatched its army and Japan dispatched its navy. China will provide Japan with the resources needed to expand production at a low price. It even uses the China-UK-US currency equilibrium fund to help Japan guarantee interest on foreign debt. However, the return that Japan wants to make is to abolish the army forces that are dangerous to China-Japan relations and gradually return the ceased land in Manchuria. However, it is necessary to ensure the special economic interests of the South Manchuria Railway Corporation in Manchuria. The dividing line between China and Japan on the mainland will be subject to the Sino-North Korea border in the future. China shall not make any further claims of territorial sovereignty against Taiwan and Okinawa. Japan will also be satisfied with becoming a maritime country.

China will assist Japan in clearing the increasingly tense Japan-US relations, and finally sign a Pan-Pacific peace treaty that is recognized by the internationally. China and Japan will coexist and prosper, sign a customs alliance, deepen government exchanges and civil exchanges, and become the new creator and maintainer of the Asian system.

All of this, especially what Nishiyuanji Gongwang is doing to the army, is his promise to China in this secret agreement!

Shocked Shisaburo Masaki raised his head. Nishienji dared to promise to give up Manchuria? Give up all the glory and dreams of Japan on the mainland? This is a suicide move that no Japanese politician dared to make! Although the secret agreement was signed by Yuchen and Nishienji, and even stamped the seals of the two countries. His first reaction was that he suspected that the documents were all forged! Although it was so realistic!

He looked at Kazuo Kuroshima and asked in a low voice: "How did you get it?"

Kazuo Kuroshima shrugged: "Where is Wang Zhaoming's group, there is a confidential secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After Wang Zhaoming was cleaned up, the Chinese intelligence agencies are pursuing his party members. The secretary needs money and lives a luxurious life in exile abroad. So he contacted the island agencies and I bought the documents."

Shisaburo Masaki slapped heavily on the document: "Fake it! This is forged by the Chinese! No Japanese politician would make such a promise. They just wanted to disrupt Japan's political situation... This is all Yuchen's conspiracy!"

He stood up and wanted to leave, but seemed to want to say goodbye to come here at risk and use their secret funds randomly. But Ikki Kuroshima pressed his shoulder: "Masaki Kwan! This may be fake, maybe it is true. But we can just take this as true, and the people will also take this secret agreement as true! We need weapons to oppose the counter-initiative of Nishinoji Temple, and now we have this weapon! Toshinoji Temple's blessing in the policy of Toshinoji, and now freedom of speech are all great news needed by the public opinion and the media! What does the Japanese people need to motivate them to oppose the Nishinoji Cabinet and oppose these traitors! We need this document, and we can make it real!"

It was not that Shisaburo Masaki had never thought about this issue, but once his well-trained brain considered it, he felt that the changes were too complicated and not something that his own power could control. And he was also subconsciously afraid of such a bomb. After using it, Japan might really be about to usher in a turbulent change! But as Kazuo Kuroshima pressed his shoulders, a frenzy light flashed in his eyes. He paused his steps and froze there and was silent.

"Masaki-kun, we don't do anything anymore. We can only let Nishiyuanji and others divide the army and eat it in one bite! Now they have an absolute advantage. And Lord Tanaka is increasingly surrounded by them! You can only take fierce measures to save the empire. I came to Tokyo to hope that you can make a comment to Lord Tanaka as soon as possible, please!"

"…………I will find an opportunity to meet His Excellency Tanaka…………Mr. Kuroshima, this time I really want to ignite a big fire………… Maybe the situation will change so complicated that even we can't expect it………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

"Mr. President, Miss Akiko Nishienji is waiting for you in the living room. She is about to set off for Japan. To thank you and your wife for their entertainment these days, I specially came to express my respects... President, do you want to see her?"

Lai Wenzhen gently reported to Akiko Nishienji's request for advice in Yuchen, who was reading the documents. Yuchen raised his head from the pile of documents and suddenly remembered this beautiful Japanese-American-style girl. Nishienji Hirayama left Nanjing after signing the peace agreement. However, his daughter insisted on staying for a while, as a guest specially entertained by the Presidential Palace. It seemed that Li Yuan had been spending two or three days with her to visit Nanjing. The two girls seemed to be having a good relationship.

Now I am so busy, I will listen to the farewell of a girl who can't fight together? If it were in the past, when I was a bachelor in the 21st century, I might have a little interest in this beauty. But now I am full of responsibilities and have a bigger goal waiting for me to pursue. What's more, there is Xiaoyuan who loves me deeply. He was about to shake his head and refuse this meeting, but suddenly he called Lai Wenzhen: "Let Miss Nishiyuanji wait a moment, I will go immediately. Please greet me first." After all, he is the granddaughter of the current Japanese Prime Minister, so at least he should be polite!

Akiko Nishinoji quietly waited for Yuchen to arrive in the small living room of the Presidential Palace. This young hero is so dazzling to the girls close to him. His legendary experience is so irresistible. There is no such hero in Japan, nor in the United States. But he is in China and has such a beautiful wife. After leaving this time, he may not really see him again, right? But if China and Japan can always maintain this precious peace. As she, who participated in the talks throughout the whole process, was she, to some extent, always by his side?

This age, especially girls who fell into unrequited love, all have the same fantasy. Miss Akiko Nishienji, who has received higher education and white blood, is no exception.

With the sound of boots outside the door, Akiko Nishienji quickly stood up. She saw Yuchen wearing a military uniform and walking in with a gentle smile. At the age of 29, he was tall, but there were a few shallow wrinkles on his forehead. Only this gentle and clean smile made him look like a young man. This is really the last look at him... Whether he returns to the United States or Japan, he will get married and have children. It will only allow this short-lived memory like morning dew to accompany his life.

Thinking of this, the girl's eyes suddenly filled with tears. She quickly covered up and bowed deeply to Yuchen and said softly: "Mr. President, these days are really welcomed... Akiko left Nanjing and returned to Japan today. She had said goodbye to the President's wife before. Now she said goodbye to you specifically. Thank you very much for your kind hospitality... Thank you."

Yuchen certainly understood what the tears in the girl's eyes mean, but he just smiled faintly and said to Akiko Nishinoji: "Miss Nishinoji, you are so polite. This time, China and Japan will be able to reach peace before this time. We will welcome you warmly when we come to China to visit in the future. I wish you a good journey."

Both of them said some polite words lightly, and the girl felt that her heart was filled with some emotion. But the majestic presidential palace made her unable to say a word. Yuchen stood there and smiled politely. But the girl knew that this young hero was thousands of miles away from her.

The girl bowed deeply again, then turned around and left. Yuchen also politely sent her to the door of the living room. When Yuchen was about to turn around and leave, the girl suddenly turned her head and shouted: "Mr. President, Akiko will definitely hold the peace between China and Japan with her grandfather and father. Please take care of it!" Then the girl turned around and left quickly without stopping.

Yuchen glanced at the adjutant Lai Wenzhen beside him. He still looked calm and seemed to see nothing. Yuchen touched his chin playfully and talked to himself in his heart.
Chapter completed!