Beiyang reactionaries

What's more, Japan is now more fragile than its historical strength.Lost China's rights and interests, lost the northern part of the Korean peninsula with rich resources.That is to say, compared with the history, Japan needs to pay more real gold and silver for those raw materials, and pay several times more than ten times the money.Therefore, the current damage to Japanese exports has directly caused the collapse of many Japanese industries.

So Japan is very anxious.In the current situation, because orders from European and American countries have decreased, only China has the ability to place large orders, and only China can save Japan's exports.

But still the same.

There is nothing free in the world.Since China has placed a large order to solve Japan's export problem, Japan must also give China enough benefits.China will choose to place a large order only if there are enough interests.

"Minister Yan (Yan Shichao), your Ministry of Foreign Affairs should have some plans. Tell me first."

"Yes."

In fact, before the meeting, various departments, or cabinet members have their own ideas.Now Duan Xun asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to speak first, so Yan Shichao said: "Prime Minister, in negotiating with Japan, I think we should discuss two issues. One is related to the unresolved historical issues of China and Japan, and the other is military issues. Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not talk about military issues, but only about issues left over from history. After many consultations and negotiations between China and Japan over the years, there are currently left over issues involving important interests between China and Japan, one is the issue of the Korean Peninsula, and the other is It's a Taiwan issue."

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

Agree with Yan Shichao's statement.China is now in a stage of rising, and it is also a stage of slowly regaining its original land and sphere of influence.

Now between China and Japan, the most core interests are the Korean Peninsula issue and the Taiwan issue.This is also an unresolved problem left over from the Sino-Japanese War.

Seeing Duan Xun nodded, Yan Shichao continued: "Since the signing of the 'armistice agreement' on the Korean peninsula, the past few years have been relatively stable. Although there are occasional conflicts, both sides are very restrained and no major incidents have occurred. Contradictions. The Northeast, Tianjin, and Shandong regions around the Bohai Sea are important industrial areas in the north. The stability of the Korean Peninsula is very necessary for these regions and is very important for our country’s current construction plan. So judging from the current situation, the current situation of the Korean Peninsula Calm is good for our country and the situation should not be broken."

It has been more than three years since the armistice on the Korean peninsula.

It has been very stable.

Both the North Korean and Japanese governments have shown restraint.The North Korean government is not confident that it can defeat the Japanese army, and does not want to fight the Japanese army head-on.The Japanese government does not want to offend China.Therefore, the two countries have left a non-combat zone on the front line of Pyongyang, and the military has no direct contact.

The Bohai Rim region is currently a very good place for China's industry.Because the Bohai Rim area was the sphere of influence of the Beiyang Army, Yuan Shikai left a large number of factories in Tianjin and Shandong.Now because of the rich resources in the Northeast, the government has invested a lot of industrial investment in the Northeast.Therefore, China's second five-year plan requires a stable international environment, especially the stability of the Korean peninsula.

"Therefore, our foreign ministry's conclusion is that for the sake of a stable environment in the Far East, the current peace on the Korean peninsula should not be broken. Instead, the Taiwan issue can be discussed."

"What do you think?"

Duan Xun's face was serious.

Because the Taiwan issue is very difficult.In the past ten years, China and Japan have had a honeymoon period and also had direct confrontation. In recent years, the relationship has been very good, and various cooperations have been frequent.Therefore, in the past ten years, high-level negotiations between China and Japan have continued, and more than 30 various contracts have been signed.It involves all aspects of politics, military affairs, economy and education.So much so that many British and American newspapers refer to the Sino-Japanese relationship in recent years as the "Sino-Japanese alliance."

But Taiwan was not involved in any of the negotiations.

Because Taiwan is too important.China knows it, and Japan knows it too, so both sides have a tacit understanding and will never talk about the Taiwan issue.

"Prime Minister, there have always been two voices within the Japanese army. One is that many officers of the Japanese army advocate the 'theory of Manchuria and Mongolia' in order to blur the ownership of the Northeast and Mongolia, and do not recognize the Northeast and Mongolia as our land. .Since Ito Hirobumi, Japan has been following this route, first controlling the Korean Peninsula, and then slowly encroaching on the three eastern provinces and Mongolia of our country. However, in the 12th year of the Republic of China (1923), we broke out a war with Japan for the Kanto Prefecture, and After the Korean Peninsula War, the Japanese forces were expelled from Northeast China and Shandong, including the loss of the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. In addition, there have been more and more cooperation between our two countries in the past few years. Military officers who hold this view have been criticized There was a lot of repression, and many officers began to change their original views. Even radicals like Tanaka Yoshiichi have lost their old views of "Manchurianism and Mongolian independence."

Northern Movement.

It is the group of people who advocate the "manchu and mongolian no master theory" and plan to take down northeast China and Mongolia.Including the current Japanese Cabinet Prime Minister Tanaka Yoshiichi, who was originally one of the leaders of these northern movement.Before becoming Japan's prime minister, Yoshiichi Tanaka was the most radical army general.

However, the Northern Movement faction has been hit hard in recent years.

Because the situation is completely different from what they imagined.With the rise of China, China's strength in the Northeast and the Korean Peninsula has become stronger and stronger, and China has been driving away Japanese forces.Up to now, Japan has only retained the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.

As a result, Yoshiichi Tanaka, the leader of the radical faction of the Japanese Army, began to change his views. He no longer advocated the original "Manchuria and Mongolian Anarchism" and instead began to cooperate with China.

"The other is the opinion of some naval officers. These people have long put forward the view that the Japanese navy should develop in the southern seas, but the Nanyang area is a colony of Britain, the United States, France and the Netherlands. Japan does not want to conflict with the countries of Britain, the United States, France and the Netherlands, so This kind of view has not received much attention, and even the top Japanese navy does not accept this view. However, with the downturn of the view of "Manchurianism" in recent years, and the recent years that Kita Ikki proposed " After the East Asian Military Cooperation Theory and the East Asian New Order, many officers in the Japanese Navy began to support Kita Ikki's theories. Including the "Yellow and White Theory" currently popular in the Japanese army, and the "Asia is Asians' views on Asia are basically the same. They all believe that white people should not colonize Asia, and that the masters of Asia are yellow people. At present, many Japanese naval officers even gather, demanding that Japan vigorously develop its navy and go south' liberate the 'colonized Southeast Asian countries."

The Northern Movement was frustrated, and the Southern Movement's claims began to rise.

This is normal.

In the politics of any country, either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind.For the previous half century, Japan had been dominated by the Northern Movement.Japanese policy also developed step by step in accordance with the ideas of the Northern Movement.

It's just that in the past ten years or so, the actions of the Japanese Northern Movement have suffered repeated setbacks, and they have suffered great setbacks in the Northeast and the Korean Peninsula.It can even be said that the idea of ​​the Northern Movement has completely failed in this decade and is almost on the verge of bankruptcy.Fortunately, the southern part of the Korean Peninsula was left behind, leaving a possibility for the Northern Movement.

Therefore, the ideas of the Southern Movement soon became mainstream.

"Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has obtained some information. In the Japanese naval development plan, Taiwan and Qiongya are their important naval bases, and they are important strongholds for their southward movement. We leased the Qiongya port to Japan. Japan has been Vigorously build it to turn it into an important military port. It can be seen that the Japanese navy is increasingly accepting the idea of ​​​​developing to the South Seas. If Japan wants to go south, Taiwan is indispensable, and Japan must control it. In the hands. At that time, Taiwan will become the core interest of Japan.”

"Minister Yan, you are right."

Duan Xun interrupted Yan Shichao's long speech.

He frowned and said: "Taiwan is definitely becoming more and more important to Japan. Not to mention the war or anything, a large part of the raw materials imported by Japan are provided by the Nanyang region. In order to protect their imports, Taiwan is Japan is the most important place. Then how do you want to talk about the Taiwan issue at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

Taiwan is very important to China, because Taiwan is in the hands of China, and China can directly face the Pacific Ocean and directly threaten the US colony of the Philippines.Of course, more importantly, it can directly control Japan's import and export channels.

In the same way, Taiwan is also very important to Japan's strategy.With Taiwan, Japan's Southern Movement can have no worries.

"Prime Minister, according to the 'Treaty of Shimonoseki', it has been almost 40 years since China ceded Taiwan and the Penghu Islands. If we continue to let them go, these places will really not come back. Therefore, the idea of ​​our Ministry of Foreign Affairs is, can we take advantage of this This is an opportunity to change the content of the 'Treaty of Shimonoseki'."

"Don't give a shit."

"Yes."

Yan Shichao was still a little cautious.

Because the Taiwan issue is too sensitive and involves Japan's core interests, of course Taiwan cannot be discarded for China.Therefore, if this issue is not properly handled, it will cause major conflicts between China and Japan, and even war.

If not, Yan Shichao would not have said so much.

"Prime Minister, what our Ministry of Foreign Affairs means is to change the terms of the 'Treaty of Shimonoseki' and turn the cession into a lease. It is to take back the sovereignty of these places without changing the status quo. In this way, we can nominally, The sovereignty of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands can be taken back legally. And because the status quo is not changed, Japan’s core interests will not be affected, and Japan’s rebound will not be suffered. There is a possibility for the two sides to negotiate.”

"Ceded into lease?"

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Sembawang in the north of Singapore.

It is a satellite city of Singapore.Currently, Singapore is already the most developed place in Southeast Asia, and even in Asia, it is also a large city with a developed economy.Because here is the trade center of Southeast Asia.

Cotton fabrics and industrial products from Britain, gum, tin, spices, and rice from Southeast Asia, and raw silk, tea, and ceramics from China all use Singapore as a distribution center.And because it is the trade center of Southeast Asia, it has developed into the largest financial center in Southeast Asia by the way. Singapore currently has dozens of banks.There are about 50 Chinese in Singapore alone, and the proportion of Chinese here is over 90%.

Finance is developed, trade is developed, and the result is a very developed economy.

Compared with the central area of ​​Singapore, Sembawang is a township.However, in recent years, Chinese businessmen have increased their investment here, which has led to the rapid economic development of the originally barren Sembawang area.

But even so, the Sembawang area is still one of the most backward places in Singapore.

But this day is different.

In the northeast of the Sembawang area, on the not-so-good roads, cars ran past one after another.Singapore is rich, so there are many cars here.Especially after Ford Motor and General Motors of the United States established their Asian automobile factories in China, the number of automobiles in Nanyang has increased rapidly.

Because compared with importing cars from the United States or European countries, the cars produced by Ford and GM in China are much cheaper.The price is equivalent to half of that of European and American cars.

So it is very popular in Nanyang region.

The Asian car factories of General Motors and Ford Motors export about [-] cars to the Southeast Asian region every year.It is precisely because of this that the most common cars in Nanyang are Ford and GM.Although the United Kingdom raised the tariffs on the colonies, even after the tariffs were raised, the Chinese-made Fords and GMs were still cheaper than British cars.Therefore, the most common ones in Southeast Asian countries are Ford and GM made in China.