Chapter 288: If
Yan Shao and the Japanese had a bad relationship in the past because of some trade disputes, and now they have a grudge against the stock boom, and the people of the Black Dragon Society also regard Yan Shao as a stumbling block to the Manchurian strategy, so it is logical that they will want to make a move against Yan Shao in the end.
Having said that, although Yan Shao knew that the stock would collapse, so he asked Lu Ying to take those stocks to Japan to harm the Japanese. But after all, no one except Yan Shao would know about the occurrence of this incident, and when he sold the stock to the Japanese, he did not do anything like false propaganda, it was purely because the Japanese themselves were greedy for cheapness.
So in the eyes of outsiders, this doesn't seem to have much to do with Yan Shaoββββββ and it's not Yan Shao who forced them to buy it, stocks, there are losses and losses, you can't always find trouble with others just because you chose the wrong one...
But it is clear that the Japanese do not think much ...
The direct loss of more than 20 million pounds, the bankruptcy of hundreds of enterprises and chaebols, all of this has been counted on the 'culprit', and in the past two years or so, this resentment has continued to accumulate.
Now, they don't think about what happened in the first place, they just want to vent.
What's more, with the grievances and entanglements between Yan Shao and the Japanese, they are also happy to believe that Yan Shao knew that there would be a collapse in Ludao, so he would let people sell their stocks in Japan, otherwise why didn't he sell stocks directly in Shanghai? ββββββ in a way, this is close to the truth.
But if they do it themselves. In the end, it will definitely turn into a diplomatic dispute. They have also heard about the fact that the French have now become the backers of Yan Shao, plus Yan Shao himself also has a great reputation in the world, especially those novels. Even in Japan, there are many clusters, so although it is necessary to deal with Yan Shao, a scapegoat is still indispensable...
This scapegoat is the Kuomintang...
The dispute between Yan Shao and the Kuomintang can be said to be known to everyone in the Far East, and if the Kuomintang had done it, no one would have doubted it. And at this time, the Black Dragon Society can hide behind the scenes and sit and watch the collapse of Anhui...
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"However, just kill the Chinese named Yan Shao. Could it be that you can stop all this..."Although he already understood the reason why he wanted to kill Yan Shao, Murakami still hesitated.
As one of the high-level leaders of the Black Dragon Society, he can also understand some situations, such as the situation in Anhui.
If it was hundreds of years ago. The measure of a country's strength is undoubtedly land and population.
The larger the population. The more countries that have a country, the stronger it will undoubtedly be. In the era of cold weapons, the former represented the number of troops, the latter represented the land that could be cultivatedββββββ nature, and there were some lands that were not suitable for planting, such as Australia, although the territory was not small, but the land that was really suitable for planting was only the surrounding area, that is, the coastal zone. Most of the middle part is uninhabitable, and many of them are deserts at all.
(Most of Australia.) About 70% of the land is arid or semi-arid, and most of the central part is uninhabitable. Australia has 11 large deserts, and they make up about 20% of the entire continent. Due to the low rainfall, more than one-third of the continent is covered by desert. Australia is the flattest and driest continent in the world, the central depression and the western plateau are dry deserts, and the central lake is the lowest point in Australia, with the lake level 16 meters below sea level. Only 260,000 square kilometres of land can be used for livestock and farming. Coastal areas, especially the southeastern coastal zone, are habitable and cultivated. It is hilly, rich in water, and fertile in the land. With the exception of the south coast, the entire coastal strip forms a "green belt" around the continent, without which the country would simply be uninhabitable. οΌ
But in this era, territory and population are no longer the measure of power.
Industry is the most important thing...
With enough industry, even a country with a population of only a few tens of millions can defeat an enemy far superior to itself, both in terms of population and territory, as the Europeans have proven many years ago...
Therefore, even if it is only a province as large as Anhui, as long as it has made great progress, it can still have the potential to compete with the great powers, not to mention that Anhui is a resource-rich province with a population of more than 20 million, which is not particularly small.
And now Anhui, no matter from any point of view, is already on the right track.
Even if Yan Shao is solved, will he be able to avoid the trouble later?
"That's a question..."Hearing Murakami's words, he got up from his seat, and Ryohei Uchida stepped aside to open the door and breathed in the fresh air outside.
At this time, Toyama on the side continued Uchida Ryohei's words. "According to our research, we found that Anhui has a fatal weakness, that is, Anhui's development is completely based on Yan Shao, to be exact, based on his huge funds..."
"At present, we don't know how much money Yan Shao has, but if it is indeed as we expected, the person who sold the 20 million pounds of shares in Tokyo is indeed him, then he has at least 20 million pounds worth of wealth in his hands, plus other income, it is natural that he can support the current situation in Anhui..."
"However, there is also a huge problem here, that is, this Yan Shao has no heirs, nor does he have any direct relatives, let alone immediate relatives, it is difficult to say whether he has any blood relatives in this world, there are only three women who have been with him all the time..."
"In this way, the question arises, if he dies, what will happen to the family property he left behind? Undoubtedly, it will only be distributed to those three women, and although two of those three women have a very high reputation, status and qualifications in Anhui, they are two foreigners after all. China is a very xenophobic country, excluding not only foreigners but also provincials, and the original Yan Shao ruled Anhui as a foreigner by virtue of his contribution to it. But if it's for two foreign women...... Whether it's a foreigner or a woman, neither of these identities can be tolerated..."
The rest of the woman, although she was a local, was the last to follow him, and she didn't have much seniority in Anhui, nor did she have enough prestige and status, and she only existed as his personal secretary and housekeeper. In other words, she's just an ordinary woman..."
"Now that Yan Shao is still there, they can naturally rely on him, but if Yan Shao is dead. They will receive nothing but the vast wealth they have, including the status and power they now have...... But then again, if Yan Shao died. They may not continue to stay in Anhui. Especially those two foreigners, after all, they are both foreigners..."
"Murakami-kun, you have also read the information about Anhui, and now the development of Anhui is completely dependent on Yan Shao's personal financial support, and it is also because of his support that Anhui can spend money as lavishly as now..."
No way, in order to become a strong country. Japan has paid a lot.
After all, in the past, Japan has always been a poor and weak country, and it is also a country with few resources. This is a country that wants to be one of the great powers. It's not an easy task.
For this reason, the Japanese have always been burdened with higher taxes than other countries, and at the same time, they are trying their best to save any resources, because no matter what resources are precious to Japan, sometimes in order to do something, even the whole country tries to raise money.
In this case, seeing the appearance of Anhui's big hands and feet, it is impossible to say that Toushan is not jealous.
"If Yan Shao dies suddenly, then the next thing can be imagined, without a huge source of funds, not only will all the projects being carried out in Anhui have to be stopped, but with the current tax situation in Anhui, it is not easy to feed more than 100,000 people in the nine divisions..."
"Of course, these are not the worst, the worst thing is that now the Anhui military government is roughly divided into two factions, one row is the Chinese brought back by Yan Shao from the United States, and the other is the locals of Anhui, perhaps specially arranged, most of the Chinese brought back by Yan Shao from outside are arranged in the government department, and the military, most of the people who serve are locals, if Yan Shao is still there, there is naturally no problem with this arrangement, but what if Yan Shao is gone?"
"As I said just now, Yan Shao's three women have followed him from the beginning, and the two most qualified are foreigners, even if they want to speak in this matter, they have no right to speak, and the remaining one, whether it is qualifications or others, is too ordinary, although they are locals, they are probably not as good as the first two in terms of the right to speak..."
"If there is no one in the middle, it is conceivable that these two factions will eventually do something for power, and of course, it will be the local faction that will win in the end, although the American faction (movie?) They control the finances and most of the government, but the local factions hold the military power...... No, it may not be the case, because there are still many people from other provinces in the army, but in any case, all the existing achievements of Anhui will be destroyed in the strife, and Anhui, the most industrially developed province in China, will return to the ordinary like most of China's current provinces, at most it will be stronger than other provinces..."
"So, we only need to kill one person, we only need to kill one person, not only can we avenge the grudge of 3 years ago, but we can also remove a stumbling block for the empire..."
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These words, in fact, Toyama Mitsuru and Uchida Ryohei have been thinking about it for a long time.
To deal with Yan Shao, it is unlikely that Japan will send troops directly in the first place. Although more than 100 Japanese enterprises and chaebols have gone bankrupt, the direct economic losses are 20 million pounds, and the indirect economic losses are innumerable.
But as mentioned earlier, although they believe that Yan Shao knew about the stock crash in advance, so they will make people sell stocks in Japan. But outsiders certainly don't think so, they just think that Japan wants to expand its interests in China.
Although the situation in Europe is becoming more and more troublesome, after all, it is not yet to the point of real war. If you come so directly, you must know that the Yangtze River is within the scope of the British's power, not to mention that there are French people behind Yan Shao. Neither of these two countries can be compared to what Japan is today.
Therefore, of course, it has become impossible to send troops directly, not to mention that the people of the Black Dragon Society will not consider doing this, even the most radical army officers in the Japanese government will not think soββββββ of course, there will definitely be a few people with bad brains who will want to do this. But such a person can only be a low-level officer in Japan at this time, and although the Japanese at this time have begun to be abnormal, it is still very normal compared to more than 20 years later...
Direct troop dispatch is unlikely. It is equally impossible to support a warlord somewhere in China to send troops.
With Yan Shao's current strength, there are only two forces that can compete with him in China, one is Yuan Shikai's Beiyang, and the other is the Kuomintang. The rest of the place is innumerable. But he couldn't confront Yan Shao at all. This is true even with the support of the Japanese.
And the words of Beiyang and the Kuomintang.
Beiyang or something, the Japanese almost didn't think about it, because if Yan Shao was defeated by Beiyang, wouldn't all the achievements of Anhui be received by Yuan Shikai?
With the territory of Beiyang and Yuan Shikai's political prestige, if there are those things in Anhui, it is really difficult to say which one is more tricky, well, maybe Beiyang. After all, the potential of the Beiyang is not very far from the northeast, and it is a great obstacle to Japan's Manchurian and Mongolian strategy.
So the most rear. The Japanese could only choose the Kuomintang as the object of cooperation.
However, cooperating with the Kuomintang does not mean that the Kuomintang will directly send troops, because according to the inference of the Japanese, the Kuomintang's strength is not Yan Shao's opponent at all, and if they are really allowed to send troops, the final result will only be failure, and they will also take the opportunity to let Yan Shao expand the scope of his forces.
The Japanese approached the Kuomintang in order to get them to use assassination, which is what the Kuomintang is best at...
Moreover, the Japanese can see more clearly what happened to the Kuomintang.
In their view, the Kuomintang is undoubtedly an extremely complex organization, and even if such an organization grows up in the last place, there will be no major obstacles, and most importantly, in this organization, the Japanese have many friends, and they can also exert a lot of influence on this organization by virtue of the relationships they have operated in the past...
"However, there are certain obstacles to this achievement..."Speaking of this, Toushan sighed.
"That's right." Ryohei Uchida also nodded. "The odds of success aren't very high..."
"Seventy percent?"
"Fifty percent, if we help..."
"Fifty percent?" Hearing this, Murakami was a little confused. "What do you mean?"
"Special Affairs Bureau...", Tou Shanman's face showed a trace of distress. A very troublesome organization, in a way, its functions are similar to that of our Black Dragon Society, but it is not a non-governmental organization..."
"If you want to assassinate Yan Shao, you must be careful against this organization, otherwise, even with our assistance, I am afraid that the Kuomintang people will not even be able to touch Yan Shao's side..."
"In the past, our Black Dragon Society has also carried out some operations in Anhui, but most of them have been destroyed by the Special Affairs Bureau, so from a certain point of view, they can be regarded as our old enemies, but fortunately, we have not made any progress in Anhui over the years, at least in Anqing and other cities have established some strongholds, and also developed some internal lines in the Anhui Military Government, otherwise, this plan will be declared a failure if it is not successful..." A cold glint flashed in Ryohei Uchida's eyes.
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I don't know the conversation between Toushan Man and others, and Chen Qimei in the apartment is still preparing.
This incident was actually the private actions of Chen Qimei and a small number of KMT members who were unwilling to lose their status, and they did not dare to make their intentions public at all.
Because according to the information provided by the Black Dragon Society, there are already many members in the Kuomintang, and even some high-level officials have been bribed by the Special Affairs Bureau. If this matter is made public within the party, it is conceivable that the Anhui side will learn that Chen Qimei is going to assassinate him the next day.
Therefore, in the Kuomintang, only a few people who can fully trust this matter know about it.
"But what about that Li Guoyun? Is it really as we promised, let him be the governor of Anhui? In Chen Qimei's apartment, Luo Geng asked a little strangely.
After all, Li Guoyun can not play a big role this time, Luo Geng really can't think of any reason to let Li Guoyun sit in the position of governor, instead of Chen Qimei doing it herself.
"Don't be so stingy..."Chen Qimei smiled, I have to say that Chen Qimei's appearance is indeed good, but unfortunately it is a little unbearable." It's just a little effort, if we can really kill Yan Shao in the end, the situation in Anhui will inevitably fall into chaos, and at that time we need to have a person who can stabilize the situation to stand up, although Li Guoyun's reputation in Anhui is now stinky, but after all, he was once a man of the year in Anhui, and many gentry in Anhui also sympathized with him, let him be a vase on the table, and it is also essential to stabilize the situation, after all, we want not only Anhui, but also everything that Anhui has now..."
"Anyway, he's just a puppet........."