Chapter 132: A Move in Tianjin
6.132 A move from Tianjin
When Gao Lingwei saw Cao Kun, Cao Kun was lying on the kang and smoking a big cigarette, there are not a few people who come out of the old Beiyang system who are addicted to big cigarettes, but Cao Kun is an anomaly, he smokes a lot, but he is not addicted, no one believes this kind of thing, if Gao Lingwei has been by Cao Kun's side for many years, he will not believe it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Gao Lingwei put his steps very lightly, because of the weakness of his heart, Gao Lingwei was particularly afraid that Cao Kun would be angry, he moved his steps while constantly rehearsing the words taught to him by the Japanese in his mind, from the door to Cao Kun's kang, Gao Lingwei was already sweating profusely!
"The President..."
Gao Lingwei's soft cry made Cao Kun realize that someone was in his house.
When Cao Kun first retired to Tianjin, there were guests at home all day long, Qi Xieyuan, Gao Lingwei, Zhao Yuke, Wu Qiufang, Wang Bichen, Xiong Bingqi, Yang Qinshan, Du Xijun, Cai Huchen, Song Zheyuan, Xiao Zhenying, Tan Qinglin, Yan Zhitang, Jin Yunpeng, these people are all frequent visitors to the Cao family. Sometimes they talk to Cao Kun about the political situation, and sometimes they come to play mahjong, so Cao Kun does not feel lonely. But since the Japanese in North China to self-government, Cao Kun himself and his old subordinates have become the object of the Japanese to woo them, the usual exchanges have also begun to become inconvenient, Cao Kun's last old acquaintance is now the puppet government "North China Security Army" commander-in-chief Qi Xieyuan, Qi Xieyuan that time to lobby Cao Kun into the puppet government without success, only a few days later Gao Lingwei suddenly came to visit, a little bit of brains people will think that there must be an article here, Gao Lingwei today will never be as simple as simply coming to make friends with Cao Kun.
Everything was right for that person! Cao Kun Cao Kun now has to admit that the Beiyang Junjie of the year is not as good as a fledgling doll in the face of the coercion and temptation of the Japanese.
This world no longer belongs to the older generation, and both Beiyang and the direct family can only remain in memory and remember.....
Cao Kun opened his eyes and saw Gao Lingwei standing by his kang clearly, his face gradually darkened, and Cao Kun said in a deep voice: "Ling Wei! I heard that you are now the chairman of Hebei Province? I gotta congratulate you! Qi Xieyuan also came a few days ago, and was scolded away by me! If you're here to help the Japanese keep out the water, I think you'd better save some effort! Although I have a bad reputation, Cao Kun has left behind the notoriety of "bribing the president". But I also have the lowest bottom line, that is, not to be a traitor! I don't believe it, we can't beat that little Japan! ”
Faced with Cao Kun's words with a gun and a stick, Gao Lingwei could only stand by the kang and laugh. The reason why Gao Lingwei is so humble is that he is afraid of Cao Kun's residual prestige, and secondly, because he is here to be a lobbyist today, and he can't offend Cao Kun as soon as he comes up.
Gao Lingwei knows Cao Kun's temper very well, if he is tough with Cao Kun, then there is no need to talk about it today, if he wants to complete the task given to him by the Japanese, he can only grind slowly with Cao Kun.
"President, the Japanese are indeed powerful, only a few months after the war, we lost half of the country, besides, in the first year of the First Sino-Japanese War, didn't even Li Zhongtang lose to Little Japan? Now this troubled era is a good opportunity for us to make a comeback! The Japanese said it! As long as you put up a big banner, the president, they will give 100,000 rifles, 2,000 machine guns, 500 cannons, plus a million in aid! And that's just the first installment......"
"Isn't this condition given to Wu Ziyu by Araki? Little Japan is still true and sincere, a girl eats two tea ceremonies! ”
Gao Lingwei had been preparing for a long time before he could finish his speech when he was interrupted by Cao Kun, hearing Cao Kun's words, Gao Lingwei suddenly felt a little overjoyed! Gao Lingwei never expected that Cao Kun even knew the conditions that the Japanese gave Wu Peifu clearly, it seems that this old man did not feel at ease to be his apartment in the British Concession in Tianjin, and he was still very concerned about the wind and grass outside! Gao Lingwei's biggest worry before was that Cao Kun no longer had the ambition to compete in the world, as long as Cao Kun still had ambitions, Gao Lingwei was not afraid that Cao Kun would not take the bait!
Cao Kun said the conditions given to Wu Peifu by the Japanese at this time, didn't he just want more benefits? The Japanese Kwantung Army had already sent a message to Gao Lingwei before, as long as he could let Cao Kun join the puppet government in Beiping, it was easy to say what kind of conditions he had. Gao Lingwei felt that he had seen through Cao Kun's thoughts, and now, it was time to lift the hole cards!
So Gao Lingwei impatiently threw out a new bait, and there was no initial attention and evasion between his words, Gao Lingwei's name for the Japanese was directly changed to the imperial army, and the minion's face was revealed!
"President! You don't have to worry about the conditions! Wu Ziyu is Wu Ziyu! The president is the president! The Imperial Army knows the weight of the president, and the humble position can also be said in front of the Yellow Army, as long as it is what the president wants, the humble position will definitely fight for you! As long as you agree to join......
Cao Kun's face changed abruptly, and he shouted loudly: "Shut up! You get out of here, and you won't be allowed to enter the door of Cao's house in the future! After speaking, he threw the cigarette gun in his hand into Gao Lingwei's face, Gao Lingwei didn't understand how Cao Kun could say that he would turn his face and turn his face, he was so frightened that he trembled all over, and stumbled out of the Cao family, behind Gao Lingwei, the thick iron door "touched" and closed, and Mrs. Liu's scolding came from the door.
"Remember this thing! He is not allowed to come in again! I have a soft bone and I have to drag our master to be a traitor to the Japanese! Phew! ”
Seeing the scene of Gao Lingwei being kicked out of Cao's house, the man in civilian clothes across the street smashed his fist on the pole of the street lamp!
Gao Lingwei lingered in front of Cao Kun's house for a while to see if there was a turnaround, but the courtyard door never opened, Gao Lingwei turned around and glanced at the plainclothes man across the street, then put the collar of his coat up to cover his face, and quickly crossed the street, the mission was not completed, Gao Lingwei could only pretend to be a grandson in front of his Japanese master.
"Governor Gao! What did Cao say? Has there been a loosening of attitudes? ”
The man in civilian clothes watched Gao Lingwei being kicked out by Cao Kun's wife, and he knew that Gao Lingwei's errand was smashed without asking, and now he was more concerned about whether his successive offensives had played a role, planning the autonomy of North China, which was a big plan that General Tada Jun and General Kenji Dohihara had planned for many years, and the man in casual clothes wanted to turn this plan into reality in his hands!
After the Kwantung Army occupied Rehe in 1933, it began to further infiltrate North China. During his tenure as head of the Shenyang secret service, Kenji Tohihara began to plan the "North China Autonomy Movement". At that time, the main local powerful factions in China that held military power in North China were Song Zheyuan in Beiping, Yan Xishan in Shanxi, Han Fuyu in Jinan, and Shang Zhen in Baoding. Controlling these four people and allowing them to cooperate with each other to form an "autonomous regime" that would rival the Nanjing regime was Kenji Tohihara's goal.
Song Zheyuan, Yan Xishan, Han Fuyu, and Shang Zhen ostensibly agreed with the establishment of a neutral regime. But in fact, they knew very well in their hearts that the Japanese were trying to achieve their goal of eventually occupying the whole of China by means of step-by-step dismemberment, and that the so-called "autonomy of North China" was nothing more than a copy of "Manchukuo" in North China. So Song Zheyuan, Yan Xishan, Han Fuyu and Shang Zhen all chose to grind foreign workers with the Kwantung Army. In order to break the wait-and-see attitude of these four people and let them take practical actions, the treacherous and cunning Kenji Dohihara first set out to invite Song Zheyuan and Shang Zhen to meet in Beiping to find out whether Song Zheyuan and Shang Zhen could work together to build a new regime. As a result, Song Zheyuan and Shang Zhen's attitudes were very ambiguous and refused to make any clear promises. Immediately afterwards, Tu Feiyuan invited Song Zheyuan and Han Fuyu to meet directly, but it was also unsuccessful.
In the face of a series of small actions by Kenji Dohihara in North China, the Nanjing government, which was well aware of the importance of the five provinces in North China, fought back, and the highest authorities personally flew to Taiyuan to persuade Yan Xishan; and sent Xiong Bin, the deputy chief of staff, to the north to lobby Song Zheyuan and Han Fuyu, persuading them not to oppose the Nanjing government for partial autonomy; At the same time, various military and political dignitaries of the Nanjing government also sent telegrams one after another, trying to dissuade the "Big Four" in North China from cooperating with the Kwantung Army. During this period, the supreme authorities also used military exercises as an excuse to concentrate the forces of several divisions on the Longhai Line to form a deterrent situation against North China, and the supreme authorities suppressed the four heroes of North China by means of both grace and might.
Seeing that the United Four Heroes could not achieve autonomy in North China, Tufeiyuan planned the "Zhangbei Incident" in Chahar Province. Eventually, the Kuomintang government was forced to sign the Qin-Tu Agreement, which provided for the establishment of a military zone in East Africa. Then, Kenji Tohihara used Yin Rugeng, the inspector of the Jidong Jimi Administrative Office, to issue a declaration on the establishment of the "Autonomous Government of the Eastern Hebei Defense Communist" in Tongzhou. After the establishment of the puppet regime in eastern Hebei, Tu Feiyuan instigated Song Zheyuan, who presided over the military administration in North China, to cooperate with Yin Rugeng to establish the "Autonomous Government of the Five Provinces of North China".
In the end, the Nanjing government was forced to decide to abolish the Executive Yuan's Political Affairs Committee in Beiping and the Beiping Military Branch, and set up a separate "Jicha Political Affairs Committee" with jurisdiction over Hebei and Chahar provinces and Pingjin City, and appointed Song Zheyuan as chairman of the "Jicha Political Affairs Committee" and director of appeasement and chairman of Hebei Province.
The "Jicha Political Affairs Committee" is still subordinate to the Nanjing government in terms of establishment, and is a deformed government that is semi-independent. Tu Feiyuan personally served as an adviser to the "Jicha Political Affairs Committee" and single-handedly controlled the political and economic power, and at the same time, he also installed some traitors as members. With the establishment of the Political Affairs Committee, Tu Feiyuan felt that the goal of controlling North China was within reach, but it was not long before he realized that Song Zheyuan, although he had compromised on the surface, had never made the slightest concession on matters of principle such as territory and sovereignty. The so-called "autonomy of North China," which Tuhihara painstakingly established, did not actually achieve the desired results of the Japanese military department.
So Kenji Doihara thought of finding someone to replace Song Zheyuan's position, he wanted to completely turn North China into a second Manchuria, at this time Yan Xishan, Han Fuyu and Shang Zhen, who had gradually seen the current situation, were no longer willing to continue to play ambiguous tricks with Kenji Tohihara, Kenji Tohihara knew that if he could not find a figure of sufficient weight to come out, it would be impossible to convince the Chinese in the five provinces of North China, so Cao Kun and Wu Peifu naturally became the focus of Japanese spies as the central figures of the Beiyang warlords after Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui. The Japanese set up the Dabo and Zhu organs in Tianjin and Beiping respectively to carry out rebellion activities against Cao Kun and Wu Peifu. Kenji Dohihara pinned his hopes on the heads of the older generation of direct warlords like Cao Kun and Wu Peifu.
Since 36 years, Cao Kun and Wu Peifu's home has been visited by Japanese, Wu Peifu's temper is very stinky, and Wu Peifu hates the Japanese. He also sent a telegram exposing the essence of the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo: "The false claim of independent Manchuria, but in fact it is a vassal of Japan, in the name of occupation, and the fact of plunder." Seeing that it was difficult to make progress on Wu Peifu's forehead, Tohihara Kenji shifted the focus of the rebellion to Cao Kun.
After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Kenji Tsuchihara was ordered to lead his troops to invade China. On August 20, the Tufei Yuan Department landed in Tanggu and participated in the Yongding River operation in Beiping. After the Japanese army conquered Baoding, Tu Feiyuan led his troops to attack along the Pinghan Railway, all the way to Shijiazhuang, Xingtai, and Handan. Because of its rapid march, it was called "a star on the battlefield in North China" by Japanese newspapers.
Tu Feiyuan's departure did not stop the plan of the Japanese army in North China to oppose Cao Kun, on the contrary, this plan became more urgent, after the 77 Incident, Song Zheyuan and the Japanese army in North China really swords, real guns, the Japanese themselves designated the chairman of the "Jicha Political Affairs Committee" and the director of appeasement and the chairman of Hebei Province became their opponents on the battlefield! This has to be said to be a wonderful irony! In order to eliminate the negative impact of Song Zheyuan's resistance to the Japanese army, North China urgently needed a heavyweight to sit in charge, and Cao Kun used to be Song Zheyuan's old master, so he naturally had enough weight to replace Song Zheyuan. As a result, forcing Cao Kun to go out of the mountain to replace Song Zheyuan has become the top priority of the Japanese army's secret service in North China.
Therefore, the Japanese will let Cao Kun's old subordinates Qi Xieyuan and Gao Lingwei come to Tianjin as lobbyists, but this time, the Japanese are disappointed again!
"Your Excellency Dazuo, Cao Kun is determined not to go out of the mountain! He scolded me, and said that I shouldn't use the conditions given to Wu Peifu by the imperial army to win him over, if it weren't for the imperial army, how could I be so angry! I'm really... It's ......"
Gao Lingwei was about to shed tears as he spoke, the plainclothes man who was called His Excellency Dazuo by Gao Lingwei had long been accustomed to this set of traitors, he quietly watched Gao Lingwei perform in front of him, just not to be relieved.
Gao Lingwei's heart was in turmoil, he didn't know if his explanation could satisfy the Japanese soldier in front of him, if a traitor like him lost the protection of the Japanese, he would be dead on the streets in less than three days, these days the Japanese spies have caught a lot of assassins near Cao Kun's house who want to assassinate Cao Kun, Cao Kun, who has not yet been a traitor, is in danger, not to mention Gao Lingwei, a genuine traitor!
Gao Lingwei really couldn't squeeze out tears, he could only howl, maybe the plainclothes man couldn't listen to it anymore, he finally opened his mouth to Gao Lingwei:
"That's it! Chairman Gao! You are a friend of the Imperial Army, and we know your loyalty! ”
"Thank you for your understanding! Thank you for the Imperial Army! “
Gao Lingwei nodded, and the servile appearance of the waist made the Japanese agent standing behind the plainclothes man show a look of disdain.
"High! You just said that Mr. Cao knew that we had made a condition for Wu Peifu? Can you be more careful? ”
The plainclothes man still found something useful from Gao Lingwei's words, Cao Kun knew the conditions given to Wu Peifu by the imperial army? That's kind of interesting! According to the surveillance records of the Japanese secret services, Cao Kun and Wu Peifu have not seen each other for at least half a year.
Is the opponent of the Uncle Organ and the Bamboo Organ in Tianjin their old friend the "Military Unification" or the "Central Unification" that has just been established?
"Hurry up and check it out! Look at who has approached Cao Kun's home these days! Even if it's a newspaper delivery person, I need to know his details!! Act now! Fast! ”
The plainclothes man gave an order, and the black suits waiting on the side scattered and disappeared into the alley, and soon, the British Concession will set off a bloody storm, all because of Cao Kun's careless words......
The plainclothes man didn't notice that on the second floor of Cao Kun's house, there was a pair of eyes watching their every move, and the eyes behind the curtain had been here since the plainclothes man appeared on this street with Gao Lingwei.
This room is Cao Kun's study, after driving away Gao Lingwei, Cao Kun came here, he sat quietly behind the desk and looked at the young man in front of him standing motionless by the window, the perseverance on the young man's face reminded Cao Kun of himself who had just entered the Tianjin Martial Arts School.
After seeing the Japanese on the other side of the street leaving, the young man left the curtain, and he turned to Cao Kun and said:
"Mr. Cao! You should not mention General Wu in front of Gao Lingwei, if Gao Lingwei relays your words to the Japanese, it will bring unnecessary trouble to General Wu and you, and such a situation is something that our general does not want to see. ”
Cao Kun didn't answer, and he suddenly had a strange question:
"How old are you?"
"Twenty-five!" The young man hesitated, but satisfied Cao Kun's curiosity.
"Huang Haoran actually handed over such an important matter to a twenty-five-year-old young man to do? Should I say he's discerning, or is he careless? ”
Cao Kun stared at the young man's eyes and then asked the question, and he noticed that the young man's eyes suddenly brightened when he heard the words "Huang Haoran".
"The general will not make a mistake! Everything he does, everyone he uses has his reason, although I am only 25 years old, but I have been following the general for many years, the general can hand over such an important thing to me, that is, he has affirmed my value, if Mr. Cao does not believe it, I can help you solve the Japanese outside your house, as a reassuring pill for you......"
The young man's answer was neither humble nor arrogant, Cao Kun laughed after listening to it, laughed very loudly, and even a little out of breath later, he took out a silk handkerchief and wiped away the tears that came out of laughter, and then panted and said:
"Good...! Very good......! Huang Haoran brought out a bunch of dead soldiers! You reassure Haoran! I, Cao Kun, will never go with the Japanese! I'm old... Enough to live! Are you still afraid of death? ”
The young man smiled slightly and said: "Our general also thinks that Mr. Cao will not listen to the Japanese, and the reason why he sent us to Tianjin is that he doesn't want the little Japanese to harass Mr. Cao and General Wu, and the other is that our general needs Mr. Cao to help a little ......" (to be continued, if you want to know what happened next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )