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Luo Yaoguo and Luo Yiqun sat side by side in a large sofa, holding a cup of tea in their hands, sipping it while thinking about Hu Hanmin's question with frowns.

"If the war in Manchuria drags on, it doesn't look like it will be of any benefit to Japan. They are still waiting for the British to support them. So this proposal from Nagata Tieshan should be sincere. But should we cooperate with them in this matter? You have to put it all together."

"Yichen, what do you think?" Hu Hanmin looked at Luo Yiqun again: "This war has been going on for more than half a year, can you still support it financially?"

Luo Yiqun smiled wryly, and sighed: "Of course, I, the executive director, hope that the war can be stopped sooner. Right now, the finances are too tight. The difficulty is not at 01:30! The fiscal revenue in 19 years of the Republic of China was less than 18 billion French currency. , the expenditure is as high as 25 billion, and the deficit is a full 7 million! And this year, the money is spent like water. Even if the war can be stopped immediately, the fiscal deficit will definitely exceed 10 billion. The truth is that this war is burning Money!"

Hearing his uncle's grievances, Luo Yaoguo secretly laughed. Can the national government's finances be considered difficult right now?The land of wealth in the southeast has not lost an inch since the war, and not even a shell has fallen, so the government's fiscal revenue is basically unaffected.At the same time, the construction and reforms in the past seven or eight years have now yielded more or less results. Most of the weapons and ammunition are self-produced, and most of the resources and raw materials are also supplied by domestic mines. A large part of the entire war expenditure It will flow back to the government in the form of taxes, and the rest will also be turned into investment, workers' wages and capitalists' profits, which will also have a lot of stimulating effect on the current sluggish demand economy.Of course, this war cannot continue forever, after all, printing too much money will also cause inflation.Moreover, the government spends most of its financial resources on the military, ignoring people's livelihood and the imminent investment in local government construction and social improvement. For example, the land reform in Henan, Shandong, and Shaanxi provinces has now come to a halt.

"Well, speaking of it, it's time to end the war." Hu Hanmin was obviously also worried about the government's finances and the impact of the war on the economy: "Fuwen, when will your general staff arrange an attack on the Japanese mainland?"

"I'm afraid it will take another month or so." Luo Yaoguo sighed and said, "The war in Taiwan is not over yet, and the Japanese troops on Taiwan Island are still insisting. The heavy artillery also made us speechless for a while, and the Magong Fortress in Penghu was not shot down either.”

"And our navy also suffered a lot of losses in the Taiwan Strait War. In particular, the battlecruiser Selim Sultan was severely damaged by a torpedo fired by a Japanese heavy cruiser. It is still urgently repairing at the Zhanjiang Naval Factory. It will arrive at the soonest We will not be able to return to the battlefield until the beginning of April. At that time, we will be able to use the giant guns of this battlecruiser to blast the defenses of Keelung Fortress and Magong Fortress. Then use it to form a formation with an aircraft carrier to threaten the Japanese mainland. Before that, All we can do is bluff."

Chapter 0602 defend the emperor! ? ([-]) Longing the cat back to the mountain

"Auxiliary Commander, here is your itinerary for today." Deputy Commander Luo Shun stood behind Luo Yaoguo in military uniform, and handed the itinerary in the briefcase to Luo Yaoguo who was eating breakfast.

Sitting opposite the dining table is Lu Xiaobei, who is dressed as a schoolgirl in the 30s. She is still studying her aeronautical engineering department at the Sino-German Technical University. She will graduate from school in one year before taking over Luo Yaoguo's private Republic Aircraft Company.She smiled and watched her husband take the itinerary and review it carefully, but she didn't make a sound.Because Natalie was reading to Luo Yaoguo a German newspaper called "National Observer". This is a newspaper of the German Socialist Workers Party, and the whole article is full of extreme remarks. I don't know why Luo Yaoguo suddenly responded to this Newspapers and this German political party interested?Moreover, during this period, he sent his secretary-general, Sheng Shicai, to Berlin to serve as the military attache of the Chinese embassy in Germany. His main task seemed to be to enhance friendship with this extreme high-level German political party.

Seeing her husband's focused expression, Lu Xiaobei unconsciously frowned her delicate brows, because based on years of observation of her husband, she knew that her husband would only be so single-minded when he was planning some conspiracy.

Just as Natalie was reading a speech full of extremist remarks delivered by a German politician named Hitler with her sweet and greasy voice, she saw an adjutant under Luo Shun quietly appearing at the door, Luo Shun Hastily walked over.The adjutant whispered a few words in Luo Shun's ear, Luo Shun nodded, walked quickly to Luo Yaoguo's side, leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Lieutenant Colonel Xiao Yuhan has come back from here, he is going to I will report to you the situation in Zhili." Luo Yaoguo raised his eyebrows.Putting down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, he smiled at his wife Xiaobei to express his apologies, and strode out with Natalie and Luo Shun.Xiaobei sighed helplessly, and beckoned to the four children on the other table: "Children, come to Mommy..."

When Luo Yaoguo rushed to his office.Xiao Yuhan had been waiting at the door for a long time.He looked travel-stained, his eyes were bloodshot, and although he had changed into a straight military uniform, he still looked very tired.Seeing Luo Yaoguo coming in a hurry, he quickly stood at attention and saluted. Luo Yaoguo smiled and said, "Wuhen, stop saluting. Come in and tell me, how is the situation in Zhili now?"

Xiao Yuhan, whose name is Wuhen, is only 27 years old this year. He graduated from the second phase of Whampoa, and his military rank is only a lieutenant colonel.But in the system of the Military Intelligence Bureau, no one would underestimate his development prospects, because he has been the head of the Zhili intelligence agency for the past two years!Being able to preserve the entire Zhili spy network intact under the CCP's rounds of strong purges has fully demonstrated his extraordinary talent in intelligence work.Moreover, the Zhili spy network has not only been lurking in the past two years, but has also collected a large amount of valuable economic and military intelligence, including the CCP’s regime and party building in various places in Zhili, the deployment of the CCP’s army in Zhili, Of course, the most important information about the CCP’s agrarian revolution is the information about the CCP’s suppression of counter-revolutionaries.This information can be said to be crucial to the current national government's work of taking over Zhili and Lubei. In order to grasp these situations more accurately, Luo Yaoguo simply recalled him from Zhili to Wuhan.

Luo Yaoguo sat across from Xiao Yuhan, with a slightly appreciative smile on his face: "It's not easy for you to survive in Zhili for the past two years, right? The CCP's response to suppression should be very severe, right?"

Xiao Yuhan nodded, put a briefcase in front of Luo Yaoguo, and replied in the most calm tone: "We are just living in a bit of hardship in Zhili, and the CCP's suppression is not as powerful as imagined." , as long as you work and live strictly according to the action manual stipulated by Colonel Leshinskaya, there will be no major problems. Basically, our people are doing well in Zhili, and most of them have officials post." As he spoke, he pointed to the briefcase: "The most senior officials have already become the secretary of the county party committee, and I am the deputy director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Zhili Provincial Committee, specifically responsible for the propaganda and agitation work in the countryside."

Luo Yaoguo nodded. He already knew all these things from Wu Ziliang's report, so he wasn't surprised. He just asked indifferently: "It seems that being an official in the CCP is not too difficult."

Xiao Yuhan smiled wryly and said: "With a good teacher like Colonel Lesinskaia, their rules will certainly not trouble us. If you don't know anything and just go if you don't know anything, I'm afraid your bones will be rotten now." .”

Luo Yaoguo pondered: "Then do you think it is possible for the local officials appointed by the CCP to join us? Can we use them?"

Xiao Yuhan smiled faintly: "These communists are not fools, of course they know that we may need to retain their personnel when we govern Zhili, so a large number of special staff have been assigned to Zhili, Lubei and other places during this period Once they are cadres, they are waiting for us to retain them. The CCP itself is in short supply of truly capable local cadres, and they are not willing to use them for us... They are taking over Rehe Province, and they are planning to take over Jilin Province. There are a large number of capable local cadres The cadres were all transferred there, and the ones left were either the special staff in disguise, or some of the most useless guys."

Luo Yaoguo nodded, and said again: "You are in charge of rural propaganda with them, so do you have any suggestions for us to take over the Zhili countryside?"

Xiao Yuhan frowned: "Actually, it's not difficult to deal with. Once the hatred of class struggle is buried, it is not so easy to resolve. My opinion is that the landlords and rich peasants who have left Zhili must not be allowed to return. They just stay in Zhili. The surviving landlords and rich peasants in the slaves will also be transferred to other provinces. We can only recognize the land allocated by the CCP. In addition, Zhili and northern Shandong should implement strict military control, and the army should take over all administrative management. All local administrative agencies have been dismissed, and all staff have been deported."

Luo Yaoguo said coldly: "You mean we want to carry out military administration in Zhili, Lubei, Beijing and other places."

Xiao Yuhan thought for a while, then nodded slightly: "Yes, it is military administration. The territory received from the CCP cannot implement political training, but can only implement stricter military administration. In fact, what the CCP implements on its own territory is also 'military administration' , so the people there are used to this kind of rule.”

"Then do we need to exempt the land tax to win the hearts of the people?" Luo Yaoguo asked again.During this period of time, many voices were calling for the exemption of land taxes in Zhili, Lubei and other places to win the hearts of the people, and Luo Yaoguo was also quite moved.

Xiao Yuhan smiled: "Assistant Marshal. I feel that exempting the land tax will not do much to win the hearts of the people in Zhili, because our land tax is nothing compared to the CCP's public grain apportionment. How much does it make the peasants in Zhili rich? And Beizhi feels that the peasants in Zhili and Lubei don’t care about paying taxes now. After all, there is no exploitation of land rent. What the peasants need most now is peace, as long as they can live Work at sunrise, rest at sunset, and live a life without competition. What they want is the kind of peaceful life with no rich or poor, no struggle, and no freedom, but they can eat enough to eat. In the next three to five years, they will forget about the Communist Party, and it will not be too late to conduct political training."

Luo Yaoguo was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at Xiao Yuhan with a puzzled expression, waiting for his explanation.To be honest, Luo Yaoguo has never done any research on peasant issues, and he doesn't know what Chinese peasant uncles really want?

Xiao Yuhan saw Luo Yaoguo's doubts, smiled and said: "The Communist Party gave farmers land, and most of the poor and lower-middle peasants are very grateful for this. We can't compete with the CCP in this respect anyway. Life under the rule of the Communist Party of China was not easy. The endless political campaigns, class struggles, anti-revolutionaries and trustees, ideological education and heavy taxes also caused the Communist Party to lose a lot of points. What they want, but the precarious life of that kind of political movement is not what they want, so we just need to admit the results of the land reform, and then keep the peace of Zhili and northern Lubei rural areas from being disturbed, and the hearts of the people will be broken in a few years Back to our side."

Luo Yaoguo nodded, smiled and waved his hand: "You have done a good job, and we will seriously consider your suggestion. Well... By the way, the CCP sent their Politburo member Wang Ming to Wuhan to negotiate with us. I want you to also participate."

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The negotiation with Wang Ming was arranged in the most luxurious Xuangong Hotel in Hankou. Wang Ming and the CCP delegation led by him stayed in several luxurious suites of this grand hotel.

In order to welcome the arrival of the CCP delegation, Luo Yaoguo specially arranged a dinner party, and invited some officials of the Nationalist Government, members of the Legislative Yuan and the Supervisory Yuan, senior military officers of the army, and some representatives of culture, education, commerce, and industry. They all gathered in the big restaurant of Xuangong Hotel, with their clothes and temples, all gathered together.It is filled with Chinese and Western snacks, all kinds of cold meals, as well as a variety of fine wines, Dutch water, Coca-Cola and other drinks, for people to take casually.The band played cheerful music, and the entire banquet hall was brightly lit.A banner saying welcome to the leader of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Wang Ming, was also hung at the banquet site.However, Luo Yaoguo and Wang Ming were not present at the moment, and the guests were standing casually, talking and laughing with each other in low voices, waiting for Luo Yaoguo and Wang Ming to make their speeches.However, after waiting for a long time, there was no trace of these two big men.

At this time, in a guest room on the third floor of the hotel, there was a strong aroma that only the best Blue Mountain coffee could have.Luo Yaoguo, Natalie, Xiao Yuhan, Wang Ming, Bo Gu and others sat in a row.Although there were elegant smiles on everyone's faces, a strong hostility still floated in this room.

"The gradual promotion and implementation of democratic constitutionalism is our party's arrangement for the post-war situation. As long as your party is willing to join China's democratic process, post-war peace will be guaranteed." Contrary to his expectations, he originally thought that Wang Ming was here to ask for Zhang Xueliang, but he didn't expect that the other party would propose arrangements for the post-war situation. For this, Luo Yaoguo just repeated the consistent policy of the Kuomintang, the constitutional government.

Wang Ming glanced at Xiao Yuhan behind Luo Yaoguo, and said coldly: "Our party believes that post-war peace can only be established on the basis of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and only your party can return to Mr. On the basis of the three major policies of supporting workers and peasants, China's post-war peace can be guaranteed."

"In the late Prime Minister's legacy, the only way to achieve democratic constitutionalism and the Three People's Principles is through military and political training. There has never been any alliance with Russia or the Communist Party. I hope the CCP will not make up the policy of the late Prime Minister." Xiao Yuhan stared fiercely in the same way. Glancing at Wang Ming, he interjected, "Even if the two parties want to cooperate, they should be equal. How can we unilaterally ask our party to join forces with Russia and the Communist Party?"

"Hmph, traitor!" Wang Ming snorted coldly, turned his head away, and stopped looking at Xiao Yuhan.

"Mr. Wang Ming, today is the first time our two parties have discussed post-war issues. It is normal to have some differences. It seems that we shouldn't speak ill of each other, right?" Luo Yaoguo took a sip of coffee, smiled and said: " Meals have to be eaten at one bite, and negotiations have to be discussed one by one. Now that the War of Resistance is not over, let’s first talk about the transfer of Zhili, Lubei and other territories, as well as the fate of General Zhang Xueliang.”

"Your party proposed the conditions for our party to recognize the results of the Agrarian Revolution. Our party can agree to protect the personnel who participated in the agrarian revolution from retaliation. Our party also agrees. The problem now is your party's legal rights in Zhili, northern Shandong and other areas. status, according to our "Political Party Law", no political party is allowed to accept the sponsorship and guidance of foreign governments, and your party's special relationship with the Soviet Union just violates this article. Therefore, our national government cannot recognize the legal status of your party unless your party The party broke off relations with the Soviet Union."

Wang Ming raised his eyebrows and was about to refute, but Luo Yaoguo continued unhurriedly: "Mr. Wang Ming, the "Political Party Law" is a law passed by the Legislative Yuan and the Supervisory Yuan. Our national government has no way to violate it. Therefore, there is no way to discuss this condition. Our Kuomintang is only a political party, one of the many political parties in the Republic of China, while the Nationalist Government is an administrative agency and has no power to amend laws. I think these reasons, Wang You should understand, sir? Our bourgeois political party and bourgeois government are like this, and they are not as powerful as your proletarian dictatorship."

"For example, we can't arrest someone because he is only a member of your party, or someone is working for your party. On your party's territory... Hehe, the Kuomintang member is a deadly crime!"

"That's because they are engaged in counter-revolutionary sabotage activities! If they sincerely support the dictatorship of the proletariat, our party still welcomes them to participate in state affairs. For example, don't the leftist comrades of your party live well in the Political Consultative Conference?" Bogu retorted coldly.

"What about the Bremen?" Natalie's voice sounded a little cold: "And what crimes did those landlords and rich peasants commit? How many landlords and rich peasants have you killed over the years to return the Bremen communists? Now we are talking about post-war peace with the national government, can the Bretts talk about post-war peace with you?"

"Suto is our party's internal affairs, and your Kuomintang has nothing to do with it!" Wang Ming said with a cold face: "Our party has long since seen through the conspiracy of your Kuomintang to support the Tuo bandits and provoke civil war. I am here to advise your party Rein in the precipice, don’t make mistakes again and again. Otherwise, your party will be responsible for all the consequences arising therefrom!”

"Mr. Wang, it seems that it is too early to talk about post-war peace. There are many problems that can only be dealt with step by step." Luo Yaoguo is very calm, without any emotional fluctuations: "Why don't we discuss Zhang Xueliang and Zhi Zhi in today's meeting?" It belongs to the north of Lu and the lands of Chahar and Rehe in the south of the Great Wall. If your party can first hand over the north of Lu and the east of Zhili, General Zhang Xueliang can return to Beijing immediately. In addition, the achievements of the agrarian revolution in Zhili and north of Lu We also admit that the peasants who participated in the land revolution will not be retaliated against or held accountable. As for the peaceful political arrangement after the war, we can arrange negotiations after the settlement of the transfer of Zhang Xueliang and Lubei Zhili and other territories. Mr. Wang, you Does it look good?"

After thinking about it, Wang Ming nodded and agreed. Indeed, today is only the first negotiation. Of course, the Kuomintang cannot agree to all the conditions at once. The rescue of Zhang Xueliang is related to the command and reorganization of the three Red Army regiments and the Red Navy, which must be prioritized. Otherwise, the CCP will be very passive in its future layout.

"We can hand over the territory in northern Shandong and eastern Zhili in advance, but our Red Navy will continue to use the military port of Dagukou, and you also have to hand over the Bohai Bay to our party, and at the same time allow Soviet ships to enter and leave the Bohai Sea Wan to provide supplies, weapons and ammunition to our Red Army." Wang Ming added several conditions, which were specially taken care of by Zhou Enlai before leaving Beijing.

Luo Yaoguo Shen Ning smiled for a moment and said: "The handover of northern Lu and eastern Zhili will be completed before the end of April. Zhang Xueliang can return to Beijing now, and the Bohai Bay map can also be given. Dagukou will also continue to be stationed by the Red Navy. There is also the Soviet Union. Ships can enter the Bohai Bay, is that okay?"

After listening to it again, Wang Ming added one more item: "There are also three Soviet battleships that sank outside the Dagu Port that must be salvaged and repaired by your side. The funds are provided by the Soviet Union. The salvage operation must start immediately."

"Yes." Luo Yaoguo agreed without hesitation.After the Great War in the South China Sea, the era of battleships had passed. Since the Soviets wanted the three ships, Luo Yaoguo was happy to give them away. Otherwise, they would have to spend money to salvage them. Otherwise, more than half of Tianjin Port would be ruined.

After initialing the agreement, Luo Yaoguo and Wang Ming attended the welcome dinner. Wang Ming also took this opportunity to deliver a speech, focusing on the CCP's policy on workers and peasants, and said that only the Kuomintang really cares about workers and peasants, and helps them. It is possible to cooperate after the war to maintain the peace and stability of the country.

Chapter 0603 defend the emperor! ? ([-]) Go abroad to fight local tyrants!

"Central News Agency news, today, the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government issued a report on the war situation, announcing the victory of the Taiwan Strait battle. In this battle, the National Revolutionary Army of the People's Republic of China wiped out 1 Japanese soldiers in Taiwan, and more than 680 of them were killed. captured more than [-] people; killed the commander of the Japanese Taiwan Army Yodotaro Watanabe and Chief of Staff Kosugi Takeshi; seized countless guns and ammunition. In this battle, the National Revolutionary Army Navy sank two Japanese aircraft carriers, a heavy cruiser, and a light cruiser. Two cruisers, three destroyers... As of the time of writing, Taiwan and Penghu have all been recovered! This battle will wipe away the hatred since the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-] and revive our mighty glory of China!"

"Central News Agency, Chairman Hu of the National Government delivered a speech to the people of the whole country. In his speech, Chairman Hu said that the victory of the Taiwan Strait Battle shows that the days of Japanese imperialism dominating the East are gone forever, and China has risen to be the leading force in East Asia. The flames of war provoked by Japanese imperialism are about to burn to the land of Japan! Japanese militarists will pay an unimaginably heavy price for this war..."

With a bang, the radio was turned off, Ugaki Kazunari looked into the conference room, and the pale-faced Japanese army and navy generals shook their heads slightly, not knowing whether it was for their own situation or the situation of the Great Japanese Empire.

After the battle across the Taiwan Strait, the Japanese navy has basically lost the capital and courage to go to sea for a decisive battle, and can only nest around the Japanese archipelago. The maritime hegemony in the East has changed hands!China, which has seized sea power, can freely choose where to attack. Okinawa, Kyushu, Jeju Island, the west coast of North Korea, the Liaodong Peninsula, or any place in Bohai Bay may become the landing site for Chinese troops.

Under such circumstances, the members of the Japanese army and navy are naturally in panic all day long, but they gritted their teeth and refused to withdraw the main force from Manchuria to strengthen the defense of the mainland and the coastal areas of North Korea. Reasonable.

As for the proposal to end the war through negotiations, it caused an uproar in the cabinet meeting. The cabinet members and the base camp had no opinion on the peace talks themselves, but on the specific conditions, the parties had huge differences.

Foreign Minister Inukai Takeshi believed that the Taiwan issue could be shelved and the armistice agreement signed to end the war first, so that financial resources and energy could be devoted to domestic construction to lay the foundation for the future war of revenge; however, this proposal was unanimously opposed by the army and navy. Muto Nobuyoshi and Marine Minister Naoshin Taniguchi, who just took over as Prime Minister Lu, believe that the Taiwan issue cannot be shelved.Because Taiwanese are originally Chinese, their loyalty to the Great Japanese Empire and the Emperor is almost zero. Once they are allowed to return to China, Japan will be completely forgotten in a few years. In the future, China can completely legalize Taiwan through a referendum If it becomes its territory, the international powers will also recognize it, and by then Japan will no longer have the possibility of taking back Taiwan.What is even more unacceptable to the army and navy is that losing Taiwan will also lose the road to the south. In the future, Japan will neither be able to go west to the mainland nor south to the Southeast Asia. It can only be trapped forever in the narrow Japanese archipelago and the small Korean peninsula. In the end, even the Korean peninsula will eventually lose...