Chapter 1114, Prophecy
Wu Shaoting took a breath slowly, with a bit of persistence on his face. He said: "Taiwan is an important place on the southeast coast, and it is also a place where I plan to focus on developing naval military undertakings in the future. People who can be in charge of Taiwan must not be poor in their political background or ability to deal with things. It is precisely because of this that I think this is not an easy thing to make decisions."
Deng Keng understood Wu Shaoting's meaning. Since the Chief of State should focus on developing Taiwan, of course, it would not allow Taiwan's power to fall into the hands of outsiders. However, developing Taiwan would have to find a person who is capable and understands the situation in the Taiwan Strait. Otherwise, blindly seeking to employ people and be nepotist will lead to a big mistake.
"If the head of state is worried, it would be better to invite Zhang Renjun to Taiwan to take office. Even though this Lord Zhang is an old minister of the former Qing Dynasty, the former Qing Dynasty has been destroyed for several years, and our Nanjing Central Committee is in control of the overall situation, so there is no need to worry about other plans. Besides, we can take this opportunity to cultivate more old-school bureaucrats." He said as he proposed.
"Although I had some friendship with Zhang Renjun before, I didn't know this person after all. What's more, I never like the old bureaucrats' style. In addition, this person claims to be a legacy of the Qing Dynasty, which is really difficult to take on important tasks." Wu Shaoting said slowly.
"In this way, it is really difficult to make a decision. Although Li Houji is a rare talent, the other party is too stubborn and is loyal to the Beiyang regime, which is more or less worrying. Mr. Zhu is a literati, and management and education are still no problem, but Taiwan... Alas, Mr. Zhu will definitely be difficult to take this responsibility." Deng Keng said helplessly.
Wu Shaoting fell silent and had no intention of continuing to speak for a while, but he was seriously calculating his thoughts in his heart.
"Shi Yuan, you have been by my side for almost seven years. You are in good order in the Office of Government Affairs of the Presidential Government. Now it is time to let you go to the place to do things." He said again if he didn't know how long it took.
"First of the People's Republic of China, did you ask me to go to Taiwan?" Deng Keng asked with a look of surprise.
"That's right, now it seems that there are not many people who can be trustworthy and take on this great task. You are the person I trust the most. I don't worry about what Taiwan has to do to take care of. After the political situation in Taiwan is stable, I still need you to take care of the affairs of the central government. In short, those who can do more work, and you will have to work hard." Wu Shaoting nodded and said.
Deng Keng wanted to refuse, but he felt that this was too obvious. After all, he knew very well that Wu Shaoting attached great importance to this matter. Since the head of state made such an order, it was trust in himself. This was not only political trust, but also a kind of trust in ability. If he refused, he would obviously let down the head of state and at the same time he seemed too rude.
"I understand that I will definitely live up to the entrustedness of the Head of State. Later, I will write a plan for the development of Taiwan and hand it over to the ruling of the head of state. Then I will prepare for the establishment of a staff member of the Taiwan Provincial Government as soon as possible. As long as Japan completes the handling, I can set off to Taiwan to take over the regime immediately."
"It's great, time is tight, so don't delay too much in redundant matters, and be prepared as soon as possible. I will arrange for the allocation of troops stationed in Taiwan by the Ministry of Defense of the National X. It may not be concluded in the past few days, so you should be more careful when you are in Taiwan. Once the Ministry of Defense of the National X, I will ask them to rush to Taiwan as soon as possible." Wu Shaoting said with satisfaction.
In the afternoon of the same day, Wu Shaoting and Deng Keng discussed some issues about Taiwan's establishment in detail.
Deng Keng suggested setting Keelung or Taipei as a central municipality directly under the central government to develop military facilities more directly and to set up a political and military center throughout Taiwan. With such a core city, it will naturally play a model role.
Not only that, Deng Keng also believes that after the establishment of a municipality directly under the Central Government, Li Houji, Zhu Zhixin and even Zhang Renjun can still be transferred to Taiwan. Even if they are not allowed to hold primary positions, they will be more than enough to serve as mayors of municipalities directly under the Central Government, and will be more than enough to make these talents shine.
Wu Shaoting agrees with Deng Keng's meaning, but the specific issue of setting up a municipality directly under the central government needs to wait for Deng Keng to go to Taiwan to conduct a series of field inspections to determine which city is more suitable for setting up as a model representative, and then make a decision.
Regarding the establishment of the Taiwan Provincial Government, Wu Shaoting allowed Deng Keng to invite Li Houji and Zhu Zhixin to participate. If there is not enough manpower, he can also invite Zhang Renjun. He specifically reminded Deng Keng that Taiwan is Chinese territory separated by a sea and has suffered many changes since ancient times. The situation of the local ethnic groups in Taiwan and the impact of the legacy of the Japanese administration period must be handled with caution.
He suggested that when setting up a new local area in Taiwan, we can try our best to win over local forces in Taiwan, and in addition, we should appease the indigenous people of Taiwan and demarcate the private areas and hand them over to indigenous people's autonomy.
Deng Keng carefully wrote down all these words, and then sorted them into his plan after he went back.
On August 13, the Japanese Governor's Office in Taiwan was evacuated in a complete manner, and together with the zhèngfu units in all counties and towns in Taiwan, they also moved away.
In order to complete all transfers within seven days, the Governor General of Taiwan spent money to hire Chinese and American cargo ships to carry all the items directly onto the ship. Even if the process is rough and chaotic, there is no way to do so. I just wait until the matter is over before slowly sorting out.
Anyway, the evacuation of the Taiwan Governor's Office will inevitably mean that the door will be closed from now on. The former officials of the Taiwan Governor's Office will have time to deal with these trivial matters in the future.
Not only that, all the important industries in Japan in Taiwan can be moved away. The Japanese will never leave these for negotiation and resolution in the future, which is equivalent to giving up Japan's assets for no reason. At the beginning, China's country was weak, so it made the remarks that "weak country has no diplomacy". Now, the feng shui is changing. When it is Japan's turn, it is naturally the awareness of not trusting diplomatic means.
Taiwan General Bank, located in Taipei, is the busiest in these days. A large number of gold and silver bars were escorted by the army and sent to the dock to transport the freighter. This is almost all the property of Taiwan in the past 20 years. Of course, except for a considerable portion of it spent on the war, the rest is still a considerable amount of wealth.
Some Japanese expatriates also have to endure sharp ideological struggles during this period. Since they have immigrated to Taiwan, they have lived here for more than ten years. Now that the Sino-Japanese War in Japan has failed, Taiwan wants to return to China, should they continue to stay in Taiwan or return to their hometowns with the government?
It is conceivable that, on the one hand, considering that I have become accustomed to life here, and on the other hand, I am disappointed with the country. In addition, Japan's current economic situation is worrying, the people are living in poverty and have a lot of national debt. If I return to China like this, I will eventually become an exploited coolie. However, can I live better in Taiwan?
China's strong anti-Japanese sentiment will soon spread to Taiwan with the return of Taiwan. The consequences of staying in Taiwan can naturally be regarded as a second-class citizen or a third-class citizen. However, at least there is some hope, that is, one day, it will be able to fully integrate into China and enjoy the privileges brought by Chinese nationality.
When the deadline came, a group of Japanese expatriates finally chose to stay with various excuses. The Taiwan Governor's Office only focused on snatching time to transfer Japanese industries, and the management of these expatriates was much looser. It even didn't care how these expatriates returned to China, when and whether or not they would return to China.
In the afternoon of the same day, Deng Keng came to Xiamen, Fujian, where he met with many officials from the Nanjing Presidential Palace, the Nanjing Ministry of Defense and the Fujian Provincial Government. Most of these officials were elected members to Taiwan to form the provincial government, and some were permanent representatives, observers and liaison officers sent to Taiwan by the mainland.
Those who accompanied Deng Keng and his party to Taiwan for office were organized by the third unit of the Nanyang Fleet. The army temporarily appointed a coastal defense regiment and a military police regiment to follow him. As for the troops stationed in Taiwan in the future, it will take some time to arrange them.
Deng Keng had a brief meeting with the accompanying officials in the waiting room at Xiamen Wharf.
This meeting mainly aims to understand the views of these officials on Taiwan's future development. Although most of them are just a word, they can at least express certain personal opinions and habits. This will lay the foundation for working together in Taiwan in the future, and will also let Deng Keng know how to start allocating his work after getting off the ship.
At about six o'clock in the evening, the third team of the Nanyang Fleet was assembled, and five medium-sized warships, eight small warships, as well as the speedboats, torpedo boats, etc. that were originally affiliated with the team were all cancelled. Two Chinese cruise ships arrived at the port with the third team. Officials and some soldiers boarded the cruise ship, while the other soldiers were distributed to each warship.
The boarding process lasted for two hours, and the fleet officially left Xiamen Port after eight o'clock.
The crowd who saw off at the dock, watching the fleet go further and further, many people sighed. They all knew that the fleet took away the ambitions of Nanjing Central zhèngfu, and the Chinese territory was finally complete. This is a feat, and those who are fortunate to participate in this feat will inevitably leave a name for praise in history.
"We China has finally embarked on the road to becoming a strong country!"
"Yes, yes, it's not easy to think about these decades. But this has changed a lot in recent years."
"The Chief Wu can make our China complete, and it has truly created a great achievement for all eternity."
"This war has won the reputation of the great ancient and modern times for Head of Wu. Will Head of Wu be willing to be this head of state after the war is over?"
Chapter completed!