Chapter 10 Chapter Ten

Black and White Impermanence has come out to arrest people, but Lao Yang, who is kept in the dark, is still enthusiastically "challenging" for his young master. Yang Yuting's approach to the Japanese island country "striped by a strip of water" has always been long-sleeved and skillful, using both hard and soft tactics.It can be said that when Zhang Zuolin was dealing with Japan, there was this super think tank behind the scenes. I have to admire the Japanese's determination to get into a dead end.Lao Zhang was killed in the bombing, and he still couldn't forget the conditions that the deceased had promised him verbally.

Among these conditions, one is the "Manchurian-Mongolian New Five-Road" (the construction of five railways in Northeast China borrowed from Japan). A Japanese consultant came to Yang Yuting and asked if there was such a thing and if the five railways were still built. Yang Yuting immediately said, yes, yes, of course there is such a thing, and the railway must be built. Of course he is very clear, because he is also the party and witness of this incident. But to be clear, I don't want to build roads anyway, and I won't do stupid things that irritate you.Lao Yang's strategy is simple to say, just one word: procrastination.Two words: nonsense.

After dealing with each other until now, the Japanese are scared when they see Lao Zhang and Lao Yang, master and servant, and know that they are two guys who can't tell lies.The Japanese consultant was afraid that Yang Yuting was playing tricks again this time, so he hurriedly made a request: Please tell the young marshal well. That means that what you say is not counted, and you have to be recognized by the highest leadership. After finishing speaking, I was worried that he would not dare to mention it to the boss, so I added: It doesn't matter if you tell the young commander like this?

Yang Yuting hummed twice with a half-smile, and replied casually: It's okay, it's okay, I will definitely make this suggestion. As soon as he turned his butt, Lao Yang went to drink tea: Come on, play with me, you are still young. Of course, he didn't ask Zhang Xueliang to ask the Japanese to build five railways. A few days later, the Japanese consultant came to see Young Marshal Zhang full of confidence, and made a big deal out of spit, but Xiao Zhang pushed him away with "Now that the country is unified, this issue has been handed over to the Nanjing government." Now that it belongs to the Nanjing government, it is more convenient to practice Tai Chi.

But through this incident, Zhang Xueliang had a new view on Yang Yuting.Because the other party kept saying that Lao Yang supported the "Manchurian New Five-Road" plan, but I had never heard him talk about it. Could it be that they want to collude with Japan to make me stand up?From this point of view, it really deserves death. The Japanese were fooled by this back and forth, although they ran out of breath, they were still empty-handed.Say that if you don't get angry and don't worry, you will become a stone man. They found Yang Yuting again, claiming to publish the evidence that Zhang Zuolin agreed to sign the "New Five Roads to Manchuria and Mongolia" back then, to embarrass the Chinese people.

Let you fool around. Yang Yuting knew that he had to think of another way.He called Chang Yinhuai, an old subordinate from the past, to discuss countermeasures together. This Chang Yinhuai is also a ruthless character that causes headaches for the Japanese. This person was also an important minister and veteran in the Zhang Zuolin era, and had been in charge of the Northeast Railway. After changing his flag, he was recently appointed by the Nationalist Government as the governor of Heilongjiang Province.When Yang Yuting served as the General Counselor, he often came to the headquarters to handle affairs, and he was very close to Yang in many points of view.

Here I have to add a little history about the Northeast Railway. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Li Hongzhang, who had completely lost everything, learned from the painful experience, thinking that he could not defeat the Japanese in a one-on-one match, so he sacrificed the magic weapon of using the barbarians to control the barbarians, and tried every means to bring Russia in. It was a good time for the old man to come, and he said in his heart, even if you don't let me come, I still want to come, now you invite me, it is really a good thing that you can't wait for. It drove the Pacific Fleet into Luda, signed a land lease agreement through Li Hongzhang, and then began to build this famous railway across the entire territory of Northeast China - the Middle East Railway.

According to the original agreement, 36 years after the road was opened to traffic, China can take it back as long as it gives money.But if there is no money, I'm sorry, let's talk about it after many years. How many years are many years? 80 years! Once the Middle East Railway is completed, Japan naturally feels threatened: Doesn't this mean that bullying the Chinese has become your old man's patent? How can it be done? There was a disagreement in one sentence, and the two dog robbers, one east and one west, fought like this. The Russo-Japanese War ended and the Russians lost.According to the results of the negotiations, the section south of Changchun, namely the "South Manchuria Railway" was transferred to the Japanese, while the section north of Changchun continued to be controlled by Russia.

Using the barbarians to control the barbarians has become the front door driving away the jackals, and the back door following the wolves. "Northern Yi" and "Dongyi" entered the room together, and the latter became a major disaster for our country in the next 40 years. This is the repairing technique of the so-called "Manchu Qing tinker" Li Hongzhang, and it seems that it is not very good. After the October Revolution, the Soviet government, whose foothold was not stable, expressed its willingness to return all privileges in China, including the Middle East Railway, to China unconditionally.

At that time, the Chinese Beiyang government was stunned, and did not expect that there were such high-level ideological realms among the great powers.But just for this moment of stupefaction, when Stalin came to power, he refused to admit it again. Under China's efforts, the two parties finally reached a co-management agreement, that is, before China redeemed the Middle East Railway, the railway business would be co-managed by the two countries.However, in the actual implementation process, the Soviet side did not earnestly implement this agreement, and the Middle East Railway still has nothing to do with the Chinese.

Now that the Japanese are clamoring to build a new "Manchurian-Mongolia Railway", Yang and Chang thought of a way to set up the Northeast Railway Supervision Office to centralize the management of the railways in the three eastern provinces (including the Middle East Railway, of course).The two also agreed that Chang Yinhuai, who had a railway background, would be the director of the office. For Japan and the Soviet Union, this is really a very "insidious poisonous trick".The two countries tried their best to move the Northeast's brains, and the most important means of infiltration they could use was the railway. One of Zhang Zuolin's trump cards, which is not afraid of the Japanese threat, is to make a fuss about the railway. At that time, because the main force of the Feng army was concentrated in the battle in the pass, some people worried that Japan would take a back route from the northeast.Lao Zhang was calm and composed, because he had already thought of a way - to destroy the Japanese railway. If the Japanese army dared to take action, they would first call a meeting of the county magistrates and directors of public security bureaus along the "South Manchurian Railway" to set a date, and overnight the "South Manchurian Railway" would be scrapped and buried. Go underground, so that you can't find materials for temporary road repairs. Without the railway, the Japanese in the Northeast became tortoises who could only move forward by crawling.Then send heavy troops to seize Luda, close the door and beat the dogs, it's easy. According to Yang and Chang's vision, once the Supervisory Office was established, the entire Northeast railway would be managed by the Northeast people themselves. Now that the leading organization is newly established, the original ISO standards are of course all expired and have to be re-certified.In the future, whoever wants to build roads must apply for approval; whoever wants to drive vehicles must apply for approval;As for whether to approve or not, and when to approve it, that is a matter discussed by the leaders, and no one else can control it. As for what Zhang Dashuai and Li Dashuai promised before, I’m sorry, we are all newly trained civil servants, firstly, we don’t know about historical issues, and secondly, we don’t admit it—unless you have the ability to pull Dashuai out of the coffin to do it witness. The so-called those who set the standard set the world, we have the final say on everything.In this way, even if you are a grandson of a foreign country, you cannot escape the palm of our Chinese Tathagata Buddha. The two of them had made up their minds, they couldn't help clapping their hands and laughing, very proud. The establishment of such an important institution, of course, requires the consent and approval of the supreme head of the Northeast (strictly speaking, the formalities of the central government must be passed). The two had a happy conversation and came to Zhang Xueliang to discuss related matters with great interest. That night, the "Tiger Hall Incident" took place in Zhang's mansion.The so-called Tiger Hall was actually a living room in the Zhang Mansion, where Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai were executed by Zhang Xueliang's guards on the spot, and the hall was stained with blood. When they were told that they were going to be executed, the two "suddenly became numb and couldn't say a word"—of course they couldn't, because they were not psychologically prepared for it. The next day, key officials from Northeast China, including Zhang Zuo and others, were recruited into Zhang's residence to explain the incident.When everyone heard the words, they were all "shocked, looking at each other in blank dismay, dumbfounded." The secretary-general of the headquarters was ordered to draft a telegram to officially announce the matter.But no matter how threatened you were, the Secretary-General would sit still and refuse to write. In the end, the draft telegram had to be prepared and sent out through other people. This is a great tragedy.A silent plan capable of restraining Su Ri and binding his hands and feet was aborted before it even showed its face.What's more, with the destruction of talents, such far-sighted plans will never have the opportunity to continue to be introduced. All his life in the army, Yang Yuting never smoked or drank alcohol, and hardly had any bad habits.This person did have a macro vision in the Northeast's military and political plans, and he was also the only great talent in the Northeast who was able to turn the tide at that time.After he was executed, many people thought it was an act of self-destruction by the Northeast Army.Some people even found evidence that the Japanese who hated him used countermeasures. As far as he is concerned, he can only be described by the long sigh of counselor Tian Feng before his execution: "A man was born in heaven and earth, and it is unwise to act without knowing his master! What a pity to die today!" Yes, who told you not to open your eyes and find a good leader. You must know that this is also a kind of stupidity.It's too late to sigh and regret now. As for Chang Yinhuai, he was really implicated by Yang Yuting. He could have been his provincial and ministerial senior cadre with peace of mind. When the "Tiger Hall Incident" happened, it was less than two weeks before the "Northeast Change of Flag". It is rumored that before the accident, someone had made a divination for Yang Yuting.Yang didn't understand, this person said that the secret of heaven should not be leaked, only revealed that the hexagram was ominous, and asked him to be more careful.Not long after, Guo died unexpectedly. There is a popular rumor among the people: "Wu (Junsheng) Zhang (Zuolin) was blown to death, and Yang (Yu Ting) Chang (Yin Huai) went away." In the history of the Northeast Army, except for Guo Songling who was killed in rebellion, the "Tiger Hall Incident" can be said to be the first precedent for the killing of heroes.Under such circumstances, internal factional struggles not only failed to ease, but intensified, paving the way for the final disintegration of the Northeast Army in the future. "Northeast changed its flag", the whole country was unified, and the Nanjing government, which was temporarily sitting on the world, began to promote "revolutionary diplomacy". Revolutionary diplomacy sounds good, but it is difficult in actual negotiations. No matter how unequal the original treaty was, it was written down in black and white and recognized by both parties.Now that a new government has been established, a new shed has been built, and as soon as the eyes are closed, they plan to refuse to admit it. How can it be so easy.What's more, the so-called great powers are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they still think about finding something from you every day. Want to counterattack?There are no doors. I had to grind them one by one.Negotiate with Japan first, discussing the issue of apology, compensation, and punishment for the "Jinan Incident" (this should be regarded as a post-autumn settlement). Unexpectedly, the Japanese beat them back, and anxiously thought that they had suffered even greater losses, and that they had to lose money. China compensates it.The two sides quarreled endlessly, and finally had to shelve the dispute and leave it to the "field investigation" to discuss right and wrong. In fact, it was nothing. Then we talked with European and American countries such as the United States, Britain, France, and Germany.After all, Western gentlemen are different, their quality is much higher than that of Japan's small nose, and seeing that it is more difficult to deal with after the unification of China, so their attitude is much more sincere.Countries have signed "new tariff treaties" with China one by one, recognizing China's tariff autonomy for the first time in history. Japan expressed strong opposition at first, but the Westerners all recognized it, so they had no choice but to follow suit. Revolutionary diplomacy has hit the ground running. There is no particular order of patriotism.Under such a good situation, anyone's head may be hot, including the young and energetic young marshal Zhang Xueliang. Right now, although the "internal troubles" have been eliminated, the issues of the Northeast Railway and the Japanese-Soviet occupation are still pending. Yang Yuting's method can no longer be used (Since people are down, their thinking will naturally be criticized).The dignified Northeast Army, known as the strongest unit in the country's local army, now has the support of the central government. It must be tough when it should be tough, and it should be tough when it shouldn't be. Besides, there is no need to talk about the big powers in the Northeast, they can only come hard. This is the "polar bear" Russia, now called the Soviet Union, Chiang Kai-shek called it the "Red Empire". There is no need to talk about it, because the two countries were already in a deadlock at that time. After the Kuomintang and the Communist Party split, Moscow, as the headquarters of international communism, naturally became a thorn in Chiang Kai-shek's side.As early as the end of 1927, the Nanjing government issued the "Decree of Abstaining from Russia", announcing the withdrawal of consular recognition of the Soviet Union and the closure of Soviet commercial institutions in China. According to the spirit of revolutionary diplomacy, the Chinese government will sooner or later take back the unequal rights and interests of the two red and white empires of Japan and the Soviet Union (the White Empire refers to Japan) in the Northeast.As the saying goes, if you take mine, you have to return it, and if you eat mine, you have to spit it out.But the reason why the Soviet Union was attacked first was that, in Zhang Xueliang's words, he was motivated by patriotic enthusiasm at the time and "wanted to show it all at once", and it had a very important relationship with the Northeast's research and judgment of its opponent's strength. After Yang Yuting's death, Zhang Xueliang basically relied on the young "counselors" around him to help him make suggestions.Many of these people called themselves "Russian hands". They believed that the Soviet Union's internal political situation was turbulent, its economy was depressed, and it was generally hostile and suppressed by European and American countries externally.If there is an attack at this time, the Soviet Union will be too busy to take care of itself, and the Northeast can take back the sovereignty of the Middle East Railway in one fell swoop.At the same time, because the Soviet Union was isolated internationally, other powers would just sit on the sidelines and would not cause too much interference. Belarus (remnants of the former tsarist government) who escaped from Russia also verified this statement. Not to mention looking back at history, as early as the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians could not beat the Japanese, and they were defeated by the latter. This gave Zhang Xueliang and the Northeast authorities a deep impression: the Soviets were easier to deal with. According to the principle of picking soft persimmons, since we are still not sure about fighting the Japanese, we might as well try our skills against the Soviet Union first. Zhang Xueliang decided to go to Beiping (after the Second Northern Expedition, Beijing has been renamed Beiping), and finally discuss with his brother ally, and listen to his brother's opinion-this "brother ally" refers to Chiang Kai-shek, the two after the flag change Then Taoyuan became sworn brothers and became brothers with different surnames. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was in the stage of swelling self-confidence.In the past six months, it seems that I worshiped the right Bodhisattva and everything went smoothly. Externally, through the means of revolutionary diplomacy, the autonomy of tariffs was obtained, which not only showed the recognition of the Nanjing National Government by the powers of various countries, but also established the image of the central government at once. Internally, he was not idle either. He implemented the "policy of reducing the vassals", first cutting Lao Li, and then cutting Lao Feng. He was very busy. Didn't that extremely smart Northeast man Yang Yuting once said that sooner or later, the gang of them will fight on their own. really. Before the war, the so-called central government, called the unified country, actually controlled only a few provinces in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, specifically the four provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jiangxi. Minister of Finance Song Ziwen knows this best, because he can only receive money from these four provinces.The princes in other places all collect their own money and use each branch, and they are unwilling to give more than one tael to the court. After the war, Chiang Kai-shek defeated Li and Feng, enabling the Nanjing government to gain actual control over more provinces, which means that taxes can be collected in more provinces. Because of this, Chiang Kai-shek patted his chest in front of Zhang Xueliang: brother, you go forward boldly, and brother, I will be your strong backing. Among the many great powers, Chiang Kai-shek hated the Soviet Union the most, which he called the "Red Empire".Until now, Young Master Jiang (Jiang Jingguo) was still detained in Siberia by Stalin. He supported the Northeast Army to challenge the Soviet Union. Abolish all unequal treaties between China and Russia, and give up territorial rights in China, which was promised by Lenin when he was still alive.Now more than ten years have passed, the Middle East Railway is still firmly controlled by the Soviet Union, the so-called "co-management", but the Chinese have no way to intervene, making the Middle East Railway line become a "state within a state" that is even more excessive than the concession ". What I said, my son pretends to be deaf and dumb, and refuses to admit it. Only the Soviets can do it. Right and wrong are on our side, so we must fight to the end. Chiang Kai-shek also helped my younger brother to analyze that now the Western powers regard communism as a scourge, and they naturally have no favor for the Soviet Union, the stronghold of communism.Once the Northeast and the Soviet Union get into trouble, who should the Westerners help?Of course they help us. Don't be afraid if things get really big.Brother, I am stable in the rear now. If necessary, I can ask someone to give someone at any time, and I can ask for a gun for a gun. Even if Lao Maozi is a real tiger, we can still take layers of tiger skin off it to make a cloak. Chiang Kai-shek stated on the spot: Once China and the Soviet Union go to war, the central government can send 100,000 troops and allocate 2 million yuan in military expenses.Anyway, never let your brother suffer alone there. Those who speak are talking nonsense, but those who listen are very clear.The "2 million yuan in military expenses" is needed now, and it will not be too late to say "send 100,000 troops" in the future. Our Northeast Army can handle it for the time being. Before the full outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, no local government was willing to send troops from the central government to its own area, no matter how hype you said, it would not work to resist Japan, resist the Soviet Union and suppress the Communist Party—how do I know if you took the opportunity to "remove the feudal clan" "What about it?This has nothing to do with whether you are conscious or not, whether you love the country or not. With Chiang Kai-shek's promise, Young Marshal Zhang became stronger.Back in Shenyang, immediately step up deployment. It was very beautiful as soon as it was shot. It not only took back the power and management rights of the Middle East Railway, but also arrested Su Fangzheng, the deputy director of the Railway Administration. To China's surprise, after the incident, the international public opinion sided with the Soviet Union: the rights and interests of all countries in China have historical reasons, and everyone is easy to talk and discuss. ? The Soviet government stepped up, took advantage of the situation, and made a series of violent responses as a victim: severing diplomatic relations, arresting people (Chinese businessmen), arresting ships (Chinese merchant ships), and sending troops.The Sino-Soviet border was temporarily clouded. As far as the Northeast is concerned, there is sufficient ideological preparation for the patriotic movement, but unfortunately there is no military preparation-I didn't expect the seemingly sick Soviet Union to dare to use force. The young commander hesitated as the soldiers pressed down on the situation: Since you are not prepared, let's retreat first. But things have come to this point, it is very difficult to retreat. What is riding a tiger, it is now.Since the Northeast launched operations against the Soviet Union, demonstrations and demonstrations in support of the Soviet Union have been raging like clouds and waves, and the central government is the same. Apart from the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, even Chiang Kai-shek, who is the chairman of the National Government, cannot sit still. He personally stood in front of the stage and issued an upright and uncompromising declaration to the Soviet Union. Groups of relatives and friends, fans, leaders, and the masses, none of them will be left behind, and everyone who should come will come.Up to now, advancing and retreating is not only a political issue, but also a matter of face. Everyone standing behind has been applauding for a long time, their hands are red from clapping, and their voices are hoarse. You suddenly want to jump off the group arena by yourself, you want to kill someone, don't you? What's more, everyone with a little knowledge of the country's conditions knows that at that time, apart from the Central Army, who could fight foreigners one-on-one, but the Northeast Army? Known as the most elite and most powerful local army in the country, with 400,000 armed forces, complete sea, land and air, aircraft, artillery, and warships, such military equipment is close to the quasi-modern level, and even the Central Army will give you three points . There are conditions for fighting, brother, a man can't frown at this time. Under the premise that the Soviet Union frequently provoked border conflicts, China had to declare war first, and the Sino-Soviet Tongjiang War directly triggered by the so-called "Middle East Road Incident" began. It turned out that this was the wrong war being fought with the wrong people in the wrong place at the wrong time. To make this point clear, we have to mention the Russo-Japanese War that year. The Russo-Japanese War in history is different from the Sino-Japanese War. China, the loser of the Sino-Japanese War, was completely defeated, but Japan, the victor of the Russo-Japanese War, was not completely victorious. The real situation is that although Japan achieved victory in the early stage of the war, in the end it was unable to sustain itself, and was eager to sign an agreement with the Russians to discuss cooperation. In the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Beiyang Fleet and main army of the Qing Dynasty were almost completely wiped out, and all their money was lost.The situation of the Russians is completely different. Although the Far East troops have finished fighting, more than half of the elites in Europe have not yet joined. The Japanese thought that they had been beaten for a long time and were so tired that they vomited blood, so the old man had to spend some money to comfort him.Unexpectedly, the Russian tsar wanted money or not, and he would not spend a dime if he had one. When he was in a hurry, he even did not hesitate to sell the iron.For the sake of the Russo-Japanese War, Japan almost borrowed usurious loans from the underworld. Seeing that the other party was so tough, it immediately softened. Therefore, even in the chaotic era of Tsarist Russia, the Russian army was not necessarily weaker than Japan.The terrible thing is that the current Soviet Union is even more ferocious than Russia back then. After a period of recovery, its military strength has long been no longer Wuxia Amon. This kind of rapid progress, as if eating bone-building powder, is unknown to outsiders, even those so-called "Russian hands" and Belarus who are in exile and who are already unfamiliar with their country's national conditions. Obviously, everyone was misled.