Back at his residence, Fang Zida was about to call Zhou Yuanliang in Beijing, asking him to mobilize reliable manpower to Shanghai as soon as possible to carry out military confidentiality work at the ordnance factory. (1_1) But before he could finish writing the message, Zhang Huchen came.

I walked in hastily because Zhou Yuanliang had just sent a telegram.

The content of the telegram is about Fang Zida asking him to closely monitor Okamura Neiji. The investigation of the matter has some preliminary results. According to several days of tracking and investigation, Okamura Neiji entered the Japanese ambassador immediately after arriving in Beijing.

The embassy, ​​as for who he met and what he said in the embassy is not yet known. However, in the next few days, Okamura Neiji had frequent conversations with several Japanese people in the collapsed Rokukoku Hotel.

During the meeting, there was also a Lieutenant Colonel from the embassy who appeared with Neji Okamura. This Lieutenant Colonel named Jun Kobayashi should be the one that Neji Okamura once mentioned to Fang Zida.

Because the meetings were all held in the room, Zhou Yuanliang's people could not get close. However, after the meeting, his people quietly followed the Japanese people who had been in contact with Okamura Neiji and conducted a series of investigations. They were surprised to find that most of these people were

Japanese private advisers to various government officials, including Nishihara Kamezo, the Japanese adviser to Defense Minister Duan Qirui, Yukihiro Ishida, the Japanese adviser to the Presidential Secretary Liang Shiyi, Kazuo Iizuka, the Japanese adviser to the former Minister of Industry and Commerce Liu Kuichi, etc.

What is even more surprising is Yuan Shikai’s Japanese advisor Nagao Ariga...

It seems that the matter is more serious than he thought. The mission Okamura Neiji came to China to shoulder was definitely not as simple as just replacing Ichiro Fujita. As soon as he arrived in Beijing, he had so many contacts with so many people and held secret discussions.

What is alarming is that these people who come into contact and negotiate are all very important figures. Don’t underestimate the Japanese advisors around these officials. They can often influence the decisions of these important officials to a great extent and play an important role.

There was even Yuan Shikai's Japanese advisor Ariga Nagao among them. What exactly did Okamura Neji want to do? Or, what did Touyama Mitsuru behind him, what did the Japanese government want to do? Fang Zida couldn't help but think deeply.

Fang Zida was well aware of Japan's greed for Chinese territory. He had always been extremely vigilant and wary of Japan. Taking advantage of the European War, he took Qingdao away from the Japanese. Fang Zida was proud of it.

He did not forget the possible reaction of the Japanese. It was precisely for this reason that he chose to cooperate with Ichiro Fujita.{http:

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Updates uploaded by friends} To give Japan certain commercial interests in China with restrictions in exchange for the Japanese government to ease its policy towards China and buy time for the Republic of China to develop. Some time ago, the negotiation meeting in Shanghai was held for this reason.

Fang Zida thought that with the bait he threw out and the business interests of several major Japanese consortiums, the Japanese government and some war madmen who were eyeing China would be able to restrain themselves a little. But he never expected that the front-foot agreement had just been signed, and the back-foot

The Japanese went to the capital of China to stir up trouble in private. Although he still didn't know what the Japanese wanted to do, his feeling told him that the Japanese were definitely plotting something big.

After smoking a cigarette, Fang Zida rewrote a new telegram and asked Zhang Huchen to send it immediately. In the telegram, he not only asked Zhou Yuanliang to send capable personnel to Shanghai to assist the ordnance factory in establishing confidentiality work, but also told Zhou Yuanliang to continue to secretly monitor all and

People who have been in contact with Okamura Neiji. At the same time, Japanese consultants who are important government officials are also involved in the surveillance work. It is necessary to find out what the Japanese want to do.

After the telegram was sent, Fang Zida was still a little worried. He walked around the room a few times and suddenly remembered something, so he quickly found Zhang Huchen and quietly explained a few words.

Three days later, Fang Zida was in the office of the Manufacturing Bureau listening to Chen Fu's report on the newly established Ordnance Secret Research Institute. When they were almost talking, Zhang Huchen knocked on the door and came in.

"Huchen, is there something urgent?" Chen Fu and Zhang Huchen have known each other for a long time. They know that Fang Zida's guard captain is usually taciturn and a very stable and reliable person. It stands to reason that he will usually not show up when Fang Zida is talking about business. Once he does,

Eighty-nine times out of ten, you will find Fang Zida if there is an emergency.

Nodding slightly, Zhang Huchen did not speak. Chen Fu understood and quickly stood up to leave. After Fang Zida sent Chen Fu out and closed the door, Zhang Huchen stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Sir, Sun Wen has returned to Tokyo."

His pupils shrank, and Fang Zida quickly asked: "What! Is the news true?"

"It has been confirmed that Sun Wen quietly returned to Tokyo last month, but the secret of his whereabouts has not been leaked."

"So that's it..." Fang Zida suddenly realized, his suspicion was confirmed, and he frowned.

The assassination in Qing*dao, Cao Kun's banquet, Fujita Ichiro's return, the arrival of Okamura Neiji, Sun Wen's whereabouts, Beijing's current secret contacts... There seems to be something behind these seemingly bizarre events.

A pair of invisible hands connected them one by one. Fang Zida vaguely understood what the Japanese wanted to do and what their plans were.

Japan and the United Kingdom are allies. In some respects, the Japanese are also students of the British. The history of Europe from the Middle Ages to the present is actually a history of the confrontation between the United Kingdom and the European continent. As a British island country free from the European continent

, Britain is afraid that a strong unified country will emerge in Europe, which will pose a threat to Britain. Diplomatic ties with distant countries, close attacks, or bribery and division, all kinds of methods are used. The purpose is to make the European continent fall apart, and countries will fight endlessly, thus

It cannot threaten the interests and status of Britain. Looking at European history, the Hundred Years War, the French Revolution, the demise of Napoleon's French Empire, the Franco-Prussian War and even the world war that broke out today, there is more or less the shadow of Britain behind it. The British play

This trick has been played for hundreds of years, and it has been practiced for a long time. Unexpectedly, the Japanese have also learned this trick and plan to use it on China.

Japan in Asia and the United Kingdom in Europe are very similar in terms of geographical location and national situation. The difference is that the United Kingdom is facing a European continent with many countries, while Japan is facing a large but weak continent.

Central Empire. But no matter how you look at it, Britain and Japan do not want their opponents to become strong. It is in their best interests to remain weak or divided.

"With ulterior motives!" Fang Zida cursed through gritted teeth, and Zhang Huchen stood quietly away as if he hadn't heard anything.

Things are not going well. As the European War becomes more and more intense, all the power of the world's great powers is concentrated in Europe. They can no longer take care of the distant Far East as before. At this time, China took the opportunity of the European War to not only take back

After arriving in Qingdao, we continued to carry out central constitutional government, the formulation and improvement of the Constitution and Civil Law, the restructuring of the National Defense Forces, the separation of local military and civilian administration, and the development of industry and commerce. In terms of China's huge potential, once it embarks on the right path, it will be difficult to stand up again.

It’s obvious. Moreover, China today is on this path. If nothing unexpected happens, perhaps in just ten or twenty years, China will develop to a level that little Japan can’t even catch up with.

This situation is of course something the Japanese are frightened and unwilling to see. Once China becomes stronger, where will Japan go? Let alone a small Japan when it comes to national strength. Even if Japan is added to it, it cannot compete with China, which has a vast territory and a large population.

So suppressing China's rise is their primary goal.

Just like the British in dealing with the European continent, the method used by the Japanese is not surprising. They want to cause civil strife in China. Once civil strife breaks out in China and the central government loses its prestige, this huge empire that has just started will fall into a quagmire and be unable to extricate itself. The next step will be to

Bu used military force to encroach on the mainland and eventually destroyed China.

If there are no accidents in history, this is what the Japanese did. Although the Anti-Japanese War in history only lasted eight years, in fact, from the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War to the end of the Anti-Japanese War, it was more than eight years? Japanese people who have experienced several generations all think so.

Their goal was to devour and destroy China, but in the end they had too much appetite, too much haste, bad luck, and lack of long-term vision, which led to their failure. If history had progressed in a different way, the results would likely have changed.

For the time being, Fang Zida can control domestic affairs. Even if Duan Qirui, Liang Shiyi and other Japanese consultants do something, he can solve the problem immediately. As for Yuan Shikai, Fang Zida is not worried at all. With his current status

He knew immediately what Lao Yuan wanted to do, not to mention that since the Cao Kun incident, he had placed several nails around Lao Yuan. Once there was any change between Yuan Shikai and Yuan Keding, he would immediately take action.

The headache is not at home, but abroad. The news of Sun Wen's return to Tokyo made Fang Zida feel anxious. Sun Wen and Sun Dapao, a notorious troublemaker, were actually released again. With his ability to deceive, who can guarantee that he will not do so in the future?

Something happened? For a moment, Fang Zida even thought of sending a killer to Japan to put an end to the problem. But after thinking about it carefully, he gave up the idea and thought hard about countermeasures.

"If Dunchu knew about this, I wonder what he would think..." After pondering for a long time, Fang Zida couldn't come up with a good idea and couldn't help but smile bitterly. But just as he thought of this, he suddenly stood up suddenly

Come on, slap your head and call yourself a fool.

Fang Zida had just learned that Sun Wen had returned to Tokyo, but he suddenly thought that Song Jiaoren might have known or guessed it for a long time. Because not long after the Qingdao incident, Liao Zhongkai resigned from the government and was ordered by Song Jiaoren.

Leaving Beijing and heading south. As for where he went and what he did, no one knew except Song Jiaoren himself who sent him there. Fang Zida always thought that Song Jiaoren sent Liao Zhongkai to contact the comrades of the former Guangdong and Guangxi Tongmenghui.

To persuade them to support the central government's constitutional plan. But now that I think about it, Liao Zhongkai may have left Beijing because of Sun Wen, and he may even have quietly arrived in Japan.
Chapter completed!