Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Ideal and Reality (3)

Blessing in disguise The negotiations in Hong Kong have thus begun. Kazuchi still talks about the Japanese "East Asianism", saying that you should stop counting on the interference of Europe and the United States, they can't come to save you, or "East Asia is what East Asians take care of themselves", we have made a deal between China and Japan That's it. Xiao Zhenying immediately took over the topic: I agree with this. But the problem now is that I am a weak country, and you are a strong country, and I am being bullied by you. If there is no guarantor in between, we can't talk face to face.

He Zhi was taken aback, he really had no way to refute this. Xiao Zhenying changed the topic again.Of course, if you really have the sincerity to negotiate peace, you don’t need a third country to intervene. If this happens, it will be "the great success, great victory and great harvest of East Asianism, and its importance is above all else." Kazuki was attracted.So tell me, how do we show sincerity? Xiao Zhenying didn't talk about the sincerity of the Japanese, he said the sincerity of the Chinese. We in China never lie to others. We are thorough in being enemies and friends. In the future, we will definitely achieve "Chinese people love Japan as much as they love China, and Japanese people love China as much as they love Japan."

This is typical Xiao Zhenying's style.Every sentence is not an official sentence, it is like a personal speech drawn from the bottom of the heart when chatting about family affairs, but every sentence hits the point, so that you can't help but nod along. Not to mention He Zhi, even if Doihara sat across from him, I'm afraid he would only have his two big eyes flickering open. Finally, it comes down to the substance.What Xiao Zhenying wants is sincerity: You are attacking Wuhan, and the battle is raging, how can we be an alliance under the city.The most urgent thing now is to put down the guns in your hands, and then "restore the state before the 'July 7th Incident'".

Hezhi used to be a "local hardliner" too, and later participated in the Songhu Battle as the captain of the regiment and suffered a lot. A "moderate faction". After hearing Xiao Zhenying's words, he nodded again and again, but in front of Xiao Zhenying, he also expressed his own difficulties: few parties in the Japanese government and opposition parties are willing to make major concessions, but there are quite a few people who advocate hard work to the end. He Zhi decided to return to Tokyo to report to the military.Although he knew that the trip would inevitably encounter difficulties, he still expressed to Xiao Zhenying that he would do his best to get it approved.

It seems that the negotiations are progressing relatively smoothly.After understanding He Zhi's attitude, even Chiang Kai-shek thought that this matter might really be possible. Chiang Kai-shek began to prepare for the success of the peace talks, and the main points of the truce and withdrawal of troops were initially confirmed. Even Kong Xiangxi, with his consent, began to draft the "Peace Declaration" and the "Armistice Agreement". However, Chiang Kai-shek's original concerns and guesses proved to be correct.The Japanese will never soften up easily without being hit hard.

When Hezhi returned to Hong Kong, the "return to the state before the 'July 7th Incident'" remained unchanged, but seven "understandings" were added to it. These seven "understandings" not only include the signing of the "Military Agreement Against the Communist Party", the garrison of troops on Chinese soil, and the recognition of "Manchukuo", but also repeatedly ask you to carry out "government reorganization". Obviously, "recovery" is false and "understanding" is true. Hezhi himself knew that these demands were too much, so he kept explaining to Xiao Zhenying, saying that I didn't lie to you, and that he could indeed "recover" last time, but at that time only Deputy Chief Hayao Tada of the Staff Headquarters agreed. "Restoration" plus "understanding" was unanimously approved by all members of the Konoe cabinet.

After that, he said that the two sides could still negotiate on an "understanding", and he would even inform the Japanese troops on the front line in Wuhan not to attack night planes so that negotiators could travel freely between Hong Kong and Hankou. No matter how much you babble and talk, Xiao Zhenying's reply is only one sentence: beyond the scope of the previous discussion, I can't reply. The nature has changed, no matter how you try to distinguish it, it will be futile. The Japanese backtracked, and Chiang Kai-shek fell into conflict.Of course, the conditions can be discussed again, the key is that once the "peace" is agreed, it will be hard to recover.

He once again doubted the real intention of the Japanese side: Itagaki's so-called "summation" may be a dirty trick, right? Chiang Kai-shek's suspicion was immediately confirmed, and the 21st Army landed from Daya Bay, Guangdong. The "sincerity" of the Japanese can no longer be trusted.It is better to break the jade than to destroy it. The only way is to resist the war for a long time so that it cannot withdraw its troops. After Chiang Kai-shek touched the opponent's hole card, he immediately made up his mind to cut off the Hong Kong negotiations, and the "Xiao Zhenying Work" instigated by the Japanese military came to an end.

Once the line was broken, Itagaki had to check other hooks. Before resigning from office, Foreign Minister Yu Yuan made a special effort to attack Kong Xiangxi, which was called "U Yuan's work" at the time. Although Kong Xiangxi, then President of the Executive Yuan, was not a member of the "low-key club", he represented another leader and trend of the Chongqing Provisional Government.Especially after the fall of Wuhan, the many difficulties faced almost didn't kill "Brother Kong Fang". Wuhan and Guangzhou are all gone, the coastline is all blocked, and international aid has already been painted to satisfy the hunger. I really don't see much possibility, and the domestic finances are extremely difficult, and it is almost to the point where it can't be solved.

Lao Kong has been pulling the abacus beads all the time. He knows best that in the past China's fiscal revenue mainly relied on customs taxes, but now these are just floating clouds, how will the future live. He advised Chiang Kai-shek that if there is still no progress in foreign aid and the military is not very sure, then try to "negotiate peace" with the Japanese. Chiang Kai-shek's answer to this was always: fantasy, ridiculous. How can we know that it is not a blessing if it is a blessing in disguise.Japan's occupation of Guangzhou seems to be very proud, but in fact, this move not only expanded the theater and lengthened the front, but also inevitably damaged the interests of the United Kingdom and the United States. In this way, the possibility of the international community's joint confrontation with Japan increased.

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek had completely focused on the United States for foreign aid. Although the Yankees, like Britain and France, are afraid of getting themselves into the muddy waters of the Sino-Japanese War, so they always stick to neutrality, but their carefree cowboy character determines that they will not be afraid of troubles at critical times, and international and domestic public opinion It is changing every day, which is actually a process from quantitative change to qualitative change. In order to win the sympathy and participation of the United States, Chiang Kai-shek not only elaborately designed the "Sihang Warehouse Defense War", but also wrote several personal letters to President Roosevelt after the meeting of the signatories of the "Nine Powers Pact", and frequently shouted to the American press, It is hoped that the United States will show the courage to host the Washington Conference at the beginning of the century, and make a generous move to solve this "Far East catastrophe". The successive defeats in the war and the repeated loss of the territory were something that Chiang Kai-shek could not cover up, but what he wanted to show was not defeat, but courage: if the Japanese army did not withdraw from the country for a day, "We will never stop our persistence." War of Resistance"! Compared with British gentlemen, American cowboys always have a strong idealism complex, and Chiang Kai-shek took advantage of this to make the best use of the situation. Now this world is too realistic, and the most lacking and poorest thing is ideal.Of course reality cannot be ignored, but ideals are also very important. If we only seek temporary safety and avoid sacred obligations, what will this world become? In fact, before and after the Wuhan battle, many people in the U.S. State Department and Treasury Department suggested breaking the ice and adopting an active aid policy to China.These people of insight all believed that China's war of resistance was very important and could prevent Japan from directly attacking other places, even the United States. Under such internal and external noises, Roosevelt himself gradually realized that it was wrong to blindly compromise with Japan.In the past, it was given to "Manchuria", and it wants North China. Now it will never stop until it gets the whole of China. In the end, it may threaten the United States itself. Chiang Kai-shek's strategy is equivalent to the international version of "combine vertically and horizontally".If China wants to win, in the final analysis, it still has to ride the boat of the bosses.If the war of resistance persists until now, let the Americans know that the two of you have "reconciled" again, who will help you?Who will help you? Although Kong Xiangxi and Wang Jingwei were once the main peace faction, he also knew the importance of this kind of matter, and when Chiang Kai-shek refused to let him do it, he immediately withdrew his hand. Both Konoe and Itagaki were disappointed to find that although Kong Xiangxi's line had some aftermath, the fish did not dare to take the bait at all, and the "Ugaki Work" had little chance of success. When all kinds of "work with China" were facing failure, they suddenly thought of the stunned young man who broke into Dongying recklessly. Yes, he mentioned Wang Jingwei, and it is obvious that the latter has great differences with Chiang Kai-shek, so we should start from here. The Konoe Cabinet then determined that the strategy of using political inducements to promote military offensives should not be lost.Since neither Jiang nor Kong can be seduced, let's turn to Wang Jingwei and other "first-class figures in China". The "Watanabe Work" (Watanabe is Gao Zongwu's code name) that the Japanese military followed closely was launched. "Party Saint" The so-called "Watanabe work" was led by Gao Zongwu and others, and the core was Wang Jingwei. Wang Jingwei, a native of Sanshui, Guangdong, was the vice president of the Kuomintang at the time.Together with Hu Hanmin, Wang Jingwei was once called a "saint in the party" If you put aside political right and wrong and injustice in terms of national righteousness, this is actually a "good guy" who is selected in a hundred, or even a thousand or ten thousand! One, he is handsome.Among the four most beautiful men circulated in the Republic of China, Wang Jingwei ranked first, and Chiang Kai-shek, who was equally handsome in his youth, didn't even make it to the list.It can be seen how strong Wang Jingwei's fan lineup was at that time. Second, have courage.He was the first group of revolutionaries to follow Sun Yat-sen. He once plotted to assassinate the regent Zaifeng alone. After the incident was revealed and arrested, he wrote a poem in prison: "Song Yan City generously, be a prisoner of Chu calmly, draw a sword quickly, and live up to the boy's head." . Dare to assassinate the king at a young age, and get a lot of poetry when locked in a prison.There are many revolutionaries who engaged in assassination, but Wang Jingwei was definitely the only one. Third, have talent.He is good at speeches, and that level is definitely at the level of Maiba among a group of politicians who rely on lip service for a living.In addition to being able to speak, he can also write, with a very solid pen, and he writes beautiful articles, which can be described as literary and elegant, and every word is perfect. A ghostwritten "Prime Minister's Will" was written so that even Sun Yat-sen himself nodded in approval. Fourth, have character.In the Kuomintang at that time, Wang Jingwei was known as a "saint in the party", his personal qualities were almost impeccable, he was neither greedy for money, nor lustful, and the set of "food and sex" could not be moved away from him. Fifth, there is affinity.Gao Zongwu thinks that "Mr. Jiang is cold, and Mr. Wang is warm." In fact, he is not the only one who thinks this way, but many people around him think so.There are reasons of character, but also of self-cultivation. As long as Chiang Kai-shek was not going his way, he would vent his anger on the guards and attendants. At this time, the unfortunate people standing next to him would be very unlucky. They would either be slapped or scolded. He is very kind to the people around him, never beating or scolding guards. Sun Yat-sen's four assistants before his death, Hu Hanmin, who was in charge of politics, was upright, but his popularity was too poor; Liao Zhongkai, who was in charge of finance, was favored by the leftists, but was attacked by the rightists; How much competitive power does the little brother have. After one round of elimination, only Wang Jingwei, who was in charge of party affairs, became the "successor of the prime minister" who was expected to do his part. After all, Wang Jingwei, like Hu Hanmin, may lack a gun barrel, so in that special era, as time went by, the two "sages" were ultimately no match for a "soldier" and could only be subordinated to others. The power struggle at the top political level has always been life and death, and the relationship between Wang and Jiang is even more subtle. It was the Xi'an Incident that made them incompatible. At that time, because Chiang Kai-shek's life and death were unknown, He Yingqin was afraid that he could not control the situation in the Kuomintang, so he sent a telegram to Wang Jingwei, who was recovering from illness abroad, urging him to return to China to preside over political affairs. Wang Jingwei learned on the ship returning home that Chiang Kai-shek had been rescued, but at that time there was no way to return. As far as Chiang Kai-shek is concerned, there are many political enemies, but the competition on the scene does not matter, the most hated thing is the calculation behind the scenes.At that time, he thought that Wang Jingwei wanted to rush back to China to seize power when he was in danger, so he was very angry. Even if Wang Jingwei came to Xikou to see him in person, he was extremely indifferent to him. The relationship between the two is very bad in private. During their cooperation and working together, it can be said that there was almost no time when they got along in real harmony. The battle for war has become more brutal, and political differences have gained the upper hand. When the "July 7th Incident" just broke out, Wang Jingwei was also impassioned and said that even if he sacrificed, he could not be a puppet. However, the continuous defeats on the battlefield gradually changed his views and made him extremely pessimistic and disappointed. , Become the backbone of the "low-key club". During the Battle of Songhu, he repeatedly asked others: Do you think this battle can still be fought?Then without waiting for the other party to answer, he kept shaking his head and sighing: the future is boundless, and I don't know what it will be like. Losing Nanjing and Shanghai, Wang Jingwei sighed, and when he retreated to Wuhan, he didn't know what to do. Not only the Wang family, the continuous defeat in the battle ahead has caused quite a few Chinese people to fall into disappointment and confusion. In Tianjin, which has long been an occupied area, Cao Kun, an old man from Beiyang, once solemnly declared through his family: Even if I drink porridge every day, I will never do anything for the Japanese! When the news of Taierzhuang's great victory came, Mr. Cao was as happy as a child, saying to others again and again, I just said, how could we not beat that little Japan. But he was only happy for a few days, and when he read the newspaper again, he couldn't find any good news, which made him speechless. In addition, some troubles happened at home at this time. As the saying goes, family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, and everything sad Cao Kun's mood became very depressed and sad. The president of the Republic of China finally died lying on the hospital bed. Two days later, Xuzhou fell. Chiang Kai-shek is not clear about the thoughts of these people around him. He has also called Wang Jingwei, Kong Xiangxi and others to his residence for talks many times. Kong Xiangxi has been nagging, saying that the international situation does not know what is going on, and whether the United States, Britain and France will help us. Chiang Kai-shek immediately interrupted him: Don't ask how the international situation is, I have made a decision, and we will carry it to the end alone. Seeing this situation, Wang Jingwei quickly swallowed the words again from his throat. After Taudman's second mediation failed, Wang Jingwei once blamed Kong Xiangxi, saying that you are the head of the Executive Yuan and can sign the "peace negotiation conditions" independently. If I were you, I would definitely sign. Some people agree.But you must get the permission of "Mr. Jiang". He is the military leader, and he is responsible for it. Naturally, it is difficult to express his position. After you sign, won't he still have to admit it? To this, Kong Xiangxi replied: I don't have your guts, I can't bear two bullets in my back (referring to Wang's assassination case). In fact, when facing Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei was not very courageous. After returning, he tossed and turned, thinking about it and still not reconciled, decided to meet Chiang Kai-shek one more time, and express clearly what he hadn't said. Unfortunately, Chiang Kai-shek caught a bad cold and was running a high fever, but when he heard Wang Jingwei begging for an audience, he still received him in bed. After asking about Chiang Kai-shek's physical condition, Wang Jingwei suddenly fell silent, and there was a period of silence in the room. Chiang Kai-shek immediately realized that a person who is usually so eloquent and eloquent took the initiative to do a dumb gourd. It must be that silence is better than sound at this time, and there are words in his mouth that he really wants to say but can't say at the moment. What this sentence is, both sides know it well. Chiang Kai-shek took a glass of boiled water from the bedside, took a sip, and then said to Wang Jingwei: If we accept Japan's "peace negotiation conditions", we will not even be so free to drink saliva in the future. Wang Jingwei immediately understood that Chiang Kai-shek's determination to resist the war was as firm as a rock, no matter how eloquent you are, it is impossible to shake his will. Originally Wang Jingwei hoped that Chiang Kai-shek would preside over the "peace talks", but through this trial, he has realized that, at least within the Kuomintang, it is impossible to do so. Then he discovered that within the government, his own approach was equally unworkable. The fall of Guangzhou shocked Wang Jingwei. When he was interviewed by reporters, he publicly stated that he could accept Japan's "negotiation conditions" conditionally. At that time, even Xiao Zhenying's negotiations with Hezhi's Hong Kong could only be carried out secretly, so such an argument was immediately criticized by the ruling and opposition parties.Tan Kah Kee, the leader of overseas Chinese in Singapore, even made a direct judgment in a telegram with only eleven characters: officials talk about peace, and those who talk about peace are called traitors. Wang Jingwei's face was pale and he was greatly stimulated. the same you After the fall of Guangzhou, Wuhan soon disappeared, only Chongqing. In this season, the mountain city is still reflected by the beautiful autumn colors, but this person has no intention of admiring the scenery outside the window. The nautical era of "Great Wuhan" is fading away, and here will usher in a winter and cold that have never been experienced before. The mountain city is bumpy, and even curled up in the car is rickety.He didn't know when this shaky day would end, and what kind of fate and result would be waiting ahead. Amidst the constant shaking, the vice president of the Kuomintang was out of his mind and in a trance. It is said that during the Northern Expedition, when Wang Jingwei gave a speech on the streets of Guangzhou, those female students who heard the excitement would throw flowers at the beautiful men, and the newspapers called it "the goddess scattered flowers".In addition, in terms of poetry and poetry, Wang Jingwei is also known as a famous artist, but since the fall of Wuhan, whether it is the content of the speech or the sentences written by this famous artist, they have all been "heard by the pillow of melancholy waves". Kind of sad. What should we do if we lose our city and land? Wang Jingwei said that in the past, people in ancient times would jump into a well and hang themselves. Now that no one can do this, we have to think of other ways. This so-called method is to "don't sigh alone when you are sad, and check your life without doing your best." Everyone should not follow Wen Tianxiang's singing "Song of Righteous Qi" and "Crossing Lingding Ocean", let's be more realistic. In "Watanabe Work", Wang Jingwei conducted five rounds of secret talks with Konoe's personal representative through Mei Siping, the backbone of the "low-key club", and finally decided that the Japanese side would accept "no territory, no compensation, and withdraw troops within two years" as preferential terms. Support Wang Jingwei to preside over the "peace movement". After everything was ready, the Konoe cabinet issued its second statement on China since the "July 7th Incident" on November 3.Different from closing the door in the previous statement, this time Jinwei is going to open the door for negotiations, but he requires the Chongqing government to "change the personnel organization", that is, let Chiang Kai-shek go down, and then there will be talks. This is a signal.Chiang Kai-shek may not understand the mystery, so he was indifferent, but Wang Jingwei understood. An incident happened a week later, like adding fuel to the fire, which made Wang Jingwei jump up: "Scorched Earth Resistance War" went awry and even burned Changsha! The sad thing is that the bursting of the dike at Huayuankou finally blocked the Japanese army, but the fire in Changsha didn't even burn a hair of the devils, and the unlucky people were all ordinary people. The fire in Changsha allowed Wang Jingwei to find another basis for the failure of the War of Resistance. You keep talking about "scorched earth resistance war", how about it, if it turns into scorched earth like Changsha, everything will be over! When eating with Chiang Kai-shek, he took the initiative to find an opportunity to chat about the topic, saying that the country and the nation were on the verge of extinction after the war of resistance against Japan. The more Chiang Kai-shek heard it, the less he liked it. Isn't this "forcing the palace"?He slapped his chopsticks on the table: Then you say, if we all resign, who will take political responsibility? There is no need to eat the meal, and the two of you start arguing with each other. Chiang Kai-shek is not good at arguing with words, and he has no patience. After arguing for a while, his appetite was ruined. All right, all the same, I've made up my mind, so there's no need to argue. After speaking, Chiang Kai-shek dropped Wang Jingwei and went back to his room to sleep on his own. This was one of the few face-to-face quarrels between the two, but it was also the last quarrel, after which they chose to part ways. Wang Jingwei realized that if he continued to stay in Chongqing, he would not be able to carry out the "peace movement". He first asked his wife Chen Bijun to find Long Yun. In his opinion, he was a local snake grabbing a gun. If he could be recruited under his command, he would have the strength to speak. As the "King of Yunnan", Long Yun was also committing the same problem as Liu Xiang at this time. Seeing that the number of Yunnan troops sent out was decreasing, the central government kept retreating again and again. Wuhan couldn’t stand up, so they went to Chongqing. If Chongqing couldn’t stand it, wouldn’t they come to Kunming again? When Chen Bijun invited him to "revolt", he immediately agreed. "Mr. Wang" is a "veteran of the party and the country", as long as he ascends to the top, no one will support him. The implication is that he, Long Yun, will definitely stand up. After finding internal support, Wang Jingwei sent Mei Siping and Gao Zongwu to negotiate terms with the Japanese. The two sides bargained at the "Chongguangtang" near Hongkou Park in Shanghai. Eight days later, the "Chongguangtang secret treaty" was reached. down. When Mei Siping brought the "Chongguangtang Secret Agreement" back to Chongqing, Wang Jingwei knew that the relationship was important, and he wavered from side to side and hesitated. But his wife is very interested, and with all her strength, the wind blows beside her pillow every day, and finally blows her husband to the point of no return. On December 18, taking advantage of Chiang Kai-shek's opportunity to host a military meeting in Xi'an, Wang Jingwei secretly flew to Kunming under the pretext of giving a speech. As a result, he felt cold when he got off the plane, and Long Yun didn't come to pick him up because of his illness. Wang Jingwei had been in the officialdom for a long time, so of course he could guess what was going on.A sick person is not physically sick, but mentally sick. Sure enough, Lu Han, who came here instead, conveyed Long Yun's meaning, and made Wang Jingwei and his party very angry: you'd better go back where you came from! Long Yun was temporarily timid and did not dare to follow the "rebellion", so Wang Jingwei had to transfer to Hanoi, Vietnam. Wang's departure from Hanoi was a big event, and the whole Chongqing was shaken.Chiang Kai-shek was very surprised when he learned about it, but his family ugliness should not be publicized, so he hurriedly announced that Wang Jingwei had gone to Hanoi for medical treatment and would be back soon. Wang Jingwei's greatest danger is not only because he is a vice president and knows many important military and political secrets, but also because he is afraid that he will spread the word "how can this war be fought", and if it spreads, people may collapse. Chiang Kai-shek was also worried about whether Long Yun and the Cantonese generals would be co-opted by him.In order to consolidate the interior, he carefully prepared a speech and told everyone about the history—— Before the Republic of China, in terms of military and economic strength, the Song and Ming dynasties were both good enough to resist foreign aggression, but they were still wiped out by the Yuan and Qing. What is the reason? Chiang Kai-shek said that a small number of people who are in charge of the country are mentally exhausted, have soldiers but cannot use them, and use force but cannot resist. "A small number of rulers" certainly does not refer to him himself, but he insinuates that he is referring to Wang Jingwei. Chiang Kai-shek also said that the Song and Ming Dynasties will be destroyed, but it is the dynasty that perished, not the nation.Yuan and Qing were not my race, but they were all assimilated by the Han people after entering the Central Plains, which should be attributed to the long-standing traditional culture. The current war of resistance is a war of resistance for the whole nation, and the emperor is gone, and there are no dynasties to perish.Once you die in Japan, don't expect Japan to be sinicized, then the entire Han nation will really be in a state of doom. Generally speaking, Southwest generals have had the experience of being close to Wang in history, but many people were awakened by this hammer. Chiang Kai-shek’s talk of “curing illnesses” reserved a way out for Wang Jingwei, and Chongqing sent lobbyists to Hanoi in an endless stream. , Go to Europe to recuperate. At this time, Konoe issued his third statement to China, which was a blow to the head for Wang. In this statement, Konoe actually ignored the most important withdrawal clause in the "Shokodo Secret Treaty". Even the Japanese representatives who participated in the secret treaty negotiations thought it was incredible, and lamented that "Japan deceived Wang Jingwei." Since the other party repudiates, you can also break the contract.But Wang Jingwei has been in a dilemma since he reached this point, and he couldn't help himself, so that he didn't know when to move forward, when to retreat, and when to give up. He could only choose to publish "bright electricity" in response to Konoe's statement. Obviously, without the item of withdrawal of troops, this "colorful electricity" is already quite worthless, and it is no different from surrendering and being a traitor.Immediately, there was a voice of condemnation in the country. Seeing that the situation was not good, Long Yun and others quickly drew a line with him, and dared not have anything to do with Wang Jingwei. Chiang Kai-shek was furious, and settled old and new accounts together.He thought that he had been yielding to Wang Jingwei, but he hadn't gotten the reward he deserved. Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei completely parted ways In the beginning, you sold your old qualifications, looked down on me, and excluded me. I didn’t retaliate against you too much, but asked myself if I didn’t do well enough, whether I was being unkind to you or being rude to you.Then, your brother's inner bag came out. Not only is he incapable, but he also has no courage. If there is a mistake, he will run and slip away, leaving all the problems to me.How about it, I also tolerate it, besides me in the party, it is you.But that's not enough. Now, not only did you go to Vietnam, but you also challenged me openly, telling people to laugh at me, to see how unfaithful and unrighteous you are, and how different you are from a beast. According to Wang Jingwei, with his qualifications and level, being able to bow his body to serve Chiang Kai-shek is enough to wrong him.But what he didn't expect was that Chiang Kai-shek felt that being able to tolerate the other party was a rare act of generosity in the world-you "have no way", I not only didn't let you go, but also "taught you with gentleness", this is simply ancient Only a sage can do it. The only difference between Chiang Kai-shek and the sages is that the sages thought, since you are no different from a beast, how can I care about "non-humans" ("how difficult is it to be a beast")?So what to do with him.As the leader of the Kuomintang and the actual head of state, Chiang Kai-shek will not ignore it, nor can he ignore it. On January 1, 1939, the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee held an interim meeting and passed a resolution to permanently expel Wang Jingwei from the party and revoke all his positions. Wang Jingwei has no actual political power, let alone military power, and relies only on his status as a veteran of the Kuomintang and his reputation as a "party saint". With the complete collapse of these two memorial archways, he has few supporters within the Kuomintang and the government. . Wang Jingwei never imagined that when he suffered the heaviest blow in his life, the Japanese would continue to add insult to injury. On January 3, the Konoe cabinet announced the general resignation, and Kiichiro Hiranuma formed a new cabinet. The Japanese approach is to change a set of policies every time the cabinet is changed. Both the "Chongguangtang Secret Agreement" and the Konoe statement came from the Konoe cabinet. Once he disappeared, Wang Jingwei really became a different person inside and out. The resignation of the Konoe cabinet, in addition to its internal conflicts, was largely due to the fact that Wang Jingwei did not play a role in dividing China and wanted to get rid of him. Even Kagesa Akira, who was in charge of "Watanabe Work", scolded behind his back for this nasty move: Konoe did such a strange thing. He dragged Chinese veterans like "Mr. Wang" to Hanoi, and he himself But immediately resigned, there is no international faith at all. Until this time, Chiang Kai-shek still wanted to let Wang Jingwei go, and asked people to go to Hanoi to meet Wang with his passport and travel expenses, and once again persuaded him to go to Europe to "take a break." is that useful?Useless! It's like killing someone, seeing blood, and handing over a certificate of voting. No matter how hard you talk, you can use both soft and hard tactics, and Wang Jingwei, who stepped out with one foot, will not be able to turn back. He kept urging Kagezuo to go to Tokyo to help him contact, and after the Hiranuma cabinet briefly "cooled" Wang Jingwei, he suddenly realized that this person was still valuable. If he was put in Nanjing to organize a puppet government, his influence would definitely exceed Other "non-first-class" big traitors. Based on this consideration, the Japanese cabinet and military gradually extended the "Watanabe work" to "Mei work" (named after the plum organization), and Wang Jingwei was finally led step by step, destroying his own reputation. Many years ago, there was a young warrior who sang "Use a knife to make a fast". Many years later, this person is still there, but his face has changed beyond recognition. Is the person in front of you the same real you? Life is always so unpredictable, our souls will always be lost, and our hearts are often bewitched.Looking at the silhouettes engulfed by the night one after another in front of me, thinking about how they were once tall, fearless, and beautiful, I really felt a thousand feelings in my heart. When a page of history has been turned, what is left to future generations is more sad: how can you be a thief if you are a beautiful woman? Wang Jingwei outside the political arena definitely has the emotion and spirituality of an excellent poet. When he is at the end of his life, he can still casually recite the sentence "in order to ask about the green mountains and green waters, how many times can we stop the rise and fall".If he did not become an official in politics, or died before the Anti-Japanese War, what his person and work left in the annals of history will be completely different from the current image. Yes!no? Even if there are ancestors who have tasted the heat, there will be no descendants to continue the spring and autumn. ——Wang Jingwei's "Self-Deprecating"