Beiyang reactionaries

But Duan Xun needs Yang Wei.Every time Duan Xun is faced with major events and major decisions, Duan Xun will rely heavily on Yang Wei.This has become a habit of Duan Xun.

"What do you think of the situation in Japan?"

"Obviously. There is a force in Japan that is very dissatisfied with the current policies of the Japanese government, especially their foreign policy. The slogan of those rebels is 'punish treacherous ministers', and the crime of treacherous ministers is traitorous. In fact, the main target is us The 'Beijing Statement' jointly issued by the two countries."

"Yes, the military."

Duan Xun nodded.

He said directly: "The army is the most prone to radical forces, and those young officers are also the most likely to be hot-headed. Therefore, the army must be controlled well, and the army must not be allowed to interfere with the political power. Otherwise, the situation in Japan will appear. The Japanese cabinet is because of You can’t control the military, so let the military do whatever they want.”

Why does the Japanese military go its own way and is powerful.

It is because the cabinet cannot control him.Because of the composition of the Japanese cabinet, the Japanese cabinet has no binding force on the military.The Minister of War and Minister of the Navy of the Japanese Cabinet were sent by the Ministry of the Army and the Ministry of the Navy.If they are not satisfied, Lu Xiang and Hai Xiang can resign at any time.Let them resign, or disagree to send the Minister of War and Secretary of the Navy, then the cabinet will lose these two positions, and they must resign accordingly.There is simply no way to form a cabinet without the support of the military.

In other words, the Ministry of the Army and the Ministry of the Navy can completely blackmail the cabinet.

Of course, they will not use this trick casually, because it will increase the contradiction.But it can also be seen that the strength of the Japanese army shows that the cabinet cannot control them at all.

For this reason, the cabinet needs to make concessions to the military in many aspects.The result of this is that the strength of the military is getting stronger and stronger, and the appetite of the military is getting bigger and bigger.

"Prime Minister, I have read the information on this incident in Japan. Although it has been suppressed this time, it is clear that the matter has not been resolved and the contradiction still exists. I believe that if this contradiction is not fundamentally resolved, such a mutiny may happen again. If Once again, maybe there will be a military government.”

"Who do you think will come up to benefit us?"

"how to say?"

Yang Wei did not reply immediately.Instead, he thought for a while and said: "From the current point of view, moderate politicians are beneficial to us in the short term. We need time now, and the war will interrupt our economic construction plan and our industrial development. If Japan is now a military government , Those fanatical soldiers will definitely fight with us, and the damage to us will be very serious. Although in terms of the army, we are not afraid of the Japanese army. But the Japanese navy is very powerful. If they wantonly destroy our coastal areas, they will definitely destroy many cities along the coast. Even if they really don't care about casualties, it is entirely possible to break through the Yangtze River defense line and directly threaten my cities along the Yangtze River. By then, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, and Ma'anshan will all have huge threats and are too destructive. Even if It's not in our favor that we win."

"However, in the long run, the politicians headed by Kato Takaaki are more rational than the soldiers. Japan has developed their industry for half a century since the Meiji Restoration, so the industry already has a certain foundation and is also a world industrial power. One. Although there are such and other problems, as long as Japan goes on steadily, they will still be a world power. Having such a country beside us is always a threat to us. The military government is prone to violence , but it is also easy to decline quickly. But when those politicians are in power, Japan will definitely be able to develop steadily."

Duan Xun nodded.

Yes.

An all-out war with Japan now would be detrimental to both China and Japan.China is now carrying out industrial construction, until 1928 is the first five-year plan.

Then came the world economic crisis.

At that time, China's industry will be able to develop by leaps and bounds.As long as there are two five-year plans, although China cannot become an industrial power, at least it can have a sufficient industrial base.However, a war with Japan at this time will interrupt the current pace of China's industrial construction and interrupt China's economic construction plan.

Not good for China.

Especially the Yangtze River.

Once the Japanese navy is really desperate, it would rather lose a lot of warships than destroy Shanghai's coastal fortifications.Then China's coastal fortifications in Shanghai are really difficult to resist.Once the Japanese navy breaks through the coastal fortifications, the Japanese navy will then head west along the Yangtze River.

At that time, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, and even cities such as Ma'anshan, Anqing, and Jiujiang will be under great threat.The regular warships of the Japanese Navy are not the gunboats that used to cruise the Yangtze River, but warships with powerful firepower.The army infantry artillery exchanged fire with them, and they must suffer a lot.

Duan Xun has to take these things into consideration.

But in the same way, if Japan follows the ideas of politicians like Takaaki Kato, it will still be a world power in the future.Just next to China is always a big hidden danger.

"Then you mean that we should support the current Japanese government."

"Yes."

Yang Wei nodded.

Then he looked at Duan Xun and said, "Prime Minister, why do China and Japan have to go to war? In fact, there are many things that can complement each other between our two countries. Economically, Japan needs a lot of resources, and our country now needs a lot of resources." Machinery and equipment, this is the basis of the cooperation between the two parties. Although Japan’s machinery and equipment are not as good as those in Europe and the United States, they are cheap and the distance is short, so they can be delivered to us quickly. We use our resources to exchange them for machines Equipment. This will greatly speed up the development of our mining industry, steel industry, electric power industry, etc., and even our shipbuilding industry. We are so close that we can go back and forth in half a month. Compared with Starting from Europe and the United States, we place an order and it takes half a year to arrive, so how much things will be delayed. Therefore, from an economic point of view, our two countries have a lot of places to cooperate. Besides, from an international perspective, we have cut off Japan’s northbound Let them go south to conflict with European and American countries. It is not a bad thing to leave the north to us."

"north?"

Duan Xun whispered: "You mean, the outer northeast and Sakhalin Island?"

"Yes."

Duan Xun frowned.

Duan Xun understood what Yang Wei meant.What Yang Wei said is obvious, why China must be an enemy with Japan, in fact, it can cooperate when it is beneficial.

Block Japan on the way to the north, and dispel the possibility of them going north.Using this method to force them to go south, let Japan go south to conflict with European and American countries.And if Japan is willing to give up the strategy of going north, then China can solve the problem with the Soviet Union.

friend?

The most important thing between countries is the relationship of interests. There has never been a so-called true friend.Since Duan Xun came to Beijing, the biggest enemy has always been Japan.Under such "guiding ideology", Duan Xun improved his relations with the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain, and Germany.Some concessions were even made in order to improve relations.

But is there any possibility of improving relations between China and Japan?

If China and Japan improve their relations and Japan goes south, can China solve the problem in the north?Outer Northeast and Sakhalin, that is the land of China.

It's just that Duan Xun never wanted to fall out with the Soviet Union.

Because the Soviet Union is a big country, the border between China and the Soviet Union is thousands of kilometers long.Once there is a conflict between China and the Soviet Union, there will be no peace in the entire north.If you think about how the Soviet Union fought Germany during World War II and how many troops it mobilized, you will know how dangerous it is to fight against such a big country.

So Duan Xun has been hesitating.

I don't know how to deal with things in the outer northeast and Sakhalin Island.

But Yang Wei's words reminded Duan Xun.Duan Xun himself fell into the inertia of history, always thinking of the United States and the Soviet Union for hegemony, thinking of the powerful Soviet Union.

But what?

The current Soviet Union is indeed stronger than China, but only stronger.The current Soviet Union is not the Soviet Union of World War II.China is no longer the China in history.

From the perspective of the Far East, the Soviet Union may not really be China's opponent.

If nothing else, just look at the population size.The Soviet Union has only a few people in Siberia, while China has how many people in Northeast China, Mongolia, and Xinjiang.And according to the current plan to develop the frontier, China's population in these areas will reach [-] million in a few years.Moreover, after Germany released Hitler, the Soviet Union became dizzy just to guard against Hitler, so how could it dare to fight on both sides.

The Far East is dominated by China, and China is the hegemon of Asia.

Why did the Soviet Union continue to occupy the Outer Northeast and Sakhalin Island.

"Do you think it's possible?"

"It depends on human effort. Of course, we have many choices, not to say that there is only one choice. However, it is actually not good for us that European and American countries control Nanyang. Asia should not become the back garden of European and American countries."

Duan Xun and Yang Wei have known each other for ten years.

What started to be discussed was how to seize national power.What is now considered is a major international event.Duan Xun has always been jealous and hostile towards Japan.

And from a historical point of view, the arrogance of Germany and Japan is bound to be impossible to succeed.If China joins forces with these two countries, can history be changed?

But Duan Xun quickly shook his head.

Being with Japan and Germany is the worst choice.Because no matter how powerful Germany is in Europe, it will never win in the end.Germany has no chance of victory in Europe.

As long as Britain and the Soviet Union hold back Germany, Germany will never be able to win.Using their colonies, Britain can continuously replenish vitality.The Soviet Union is even more a big country, and it is still a big industrial country. As long as it has one breath, it will not die.So once the overall situation in Europe is settled, is it possible that China will continue to fight the Soviet Union and the United States?