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After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, those who followed the Kuomintang did not move to the rear, but remained stranded in Shanghai.
Even after the fall of Shanghai, this man sent his wife, children and children to Hong Kong, but he still did not withdraw westward. He still stayed in Tang Shaochuan, a senior official of the Beiyang government, on Fukaisen Road in the French Concession in Shanghai.
The main reason why Li Wei pays attention to this person is because he is a person with a prominent voice whether in the late Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang government, or the current Kuomintang, and his influence can be said to be well-known at home and abroad!
As early as 1874, the Qing government sent the third group of young children to study in the United States, and he was one of them. He later graduated from Yale University.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he served as the Minister of Postal Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Governor of Fengtian Province and other senior officials in the Qing court.
When the Revolution of 1911 broke out and the north and the south were negotiating peace, Yuan Shikai appointed him as the plenipotentiary representative of the north.
After the founding of the Republic of China, he became the first Prime Minister.
Later, he served as the Beiyang government's chief of foreign affairs, chief of transportation and other official positions.
Moreover, when the founding father established the military government in Guangdong, there were seven presidents in total. One of the presidents was Tang Shaochuan, who was also one of the presidents. He even served as the minister of finance.
Even after the Kuomintang government was established, he was one of the members of the Kuomintang government.
Therefore, this person has been active in China's political arena for a long time, and has always been a prominent figure.
In this regard, the Japanese also deeply believe that Tang Shaochuan has decades of reputation and experience in China, and also has international status, so once he comes out, he will have an international impact and win the support of the Chinese people.
It is precisely because of this that Tang Shaochuan naturally became a person that the Japanese wanted to win over.
Moreover, during the time Tang Shaochuan stayed in Shanghai, he may have fully considered his own honor and loss.
But because he is now living on an isolated island in Shanghai surrounded by Japanese invaders, for the sake of his own safety, he is unwilling to offend anyone at this time.
It is precisely because of this that he maintains an ambiguous relationship with all parties.
At the same time, he had been in contact with some pro-Japanese elements. Of course, nominally they were interacting with each other on the grounds of personal relationships between friends.
But his ambiguous attitude gave the Japanese some hope of winning over him.
Slowly, some Japanese spy chiefs, such as Doi Enji and others, as well as traitors Chen Zhongfu, Wen Zongyao and others, also began to frequent the Tang mansion.
Even as early as the beginning of the year, the Japanese were preparing to establish a new pseudo-Chinese organization.
This organization was named the "Central China Provisional Government", but in fact it wanted to echo the Puppet Provisional Government of North China and adopt a system of separation of powers to suppress the Kuomintang government, win over people's hearts, and force the Kuomintang government to surrender unconditionally.
At that time, the Japanese believed that the president of this puppet government was Tang Shaochuan.
At that time, Levi also obtained this information through the intelligence market, and then reported the situation to the Secret Service (Military Control) headquarters.
However, after Dai Li reported this situation to Chang Shenkai, Dai Chang Shenkai hesitated a little.
Although there has always been some discord between Chang Shenkai and Tang Shaochuan, at that time Chang Shenkai considered that this person's influence in China was too great.
Moreover, the Secret Service (Military Command) did not find out that Tang Shaochuan had made any move to defect to the Japanese, so they finally decided not to take any drastic action against this person for the time being.
However, Chang Shenkai secretly ordered Dai Li to warn Tang Shaochuan through various channels so that he would not be used by the Japanese.
Therefore, Dai Li later found some people and came up with some ideas.
For example, the Guangzhou Anti-Enemy Support Association called Tang Shaochuan in early March, asking him to immediately break away from the siege of the evil forces and return south as soon as possible.
But Tang Shaochuan did not reply.
On March 19, people and associations from all walks of life in Guangzhou held a meeting on the second floor of the Provincial People's Education Center. At the meeting, various social groups in Guangzhou jointly urged Tang Shaochuan to return south.
Otherwise, your reputation will be ruined and your reputation will be ruined for thousands of years."
At the same time, they also remitted 20,000 yuan for Tang Shaochuan's travel expenses.
However, Tang Shaochuan still ignored him and refused to accept the travel expenses.
However, after the Japanese army, navy and foreign affairs departments jointly established a special committee on China in Shanghai, the Japanese stepped up their efforts to win over Tang Shaochuan.
And there are currently various signs that the two parties are suspected of having in-depth contacts.
At the same time, Nanping Liangzi also told Li Wei that Doi Enji secretly came to Shanghai a few days ago, and then had a secret meeting with Tang Shaochuan.
Although they did not have the inside story of what the two parties were talking about, Li Wei's intelligence officers later discovered that Tang Shaochuan's son-in-law had frequent private contacts with the Japanese, and even Tang Shaochuan's son-in-law openly defected to the Japanese.
At the same time, some figures from the Tang Dynasty also began to operate in all directions under the banner of Tang Shaochuan, and even began to concoct plans to support Japan and support Tang Dynasty. Tang Shaochuan never even stopped this.
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In addition, the Kuomintang government offered to finance Tang Shaochuan's trip to Hong Kong, but he lingered in Shanghai on the grounds that he was "old and sick". The underlying motives were really suspicious.
Also, when facing criticism from the world, many people asked him to "issue an honest declaration to refute the rumors of traitors."
However, he claimed that in his life, he "never defended any rumors from outside, but expressed them with facts", so he never publicly stated his attitude or political opinions.
It was precisely because of Tang Shaochuan's behavior that Chang Shenkai seemed a little irritable after learning about these situations.
Because Japan issued a statement very early on that it "will not use the Kuomintang government as an opponent" and now it is preparing to win over Tang Shaochuan to establish a "new central government."
In addition, Wuhan may be lost at any time. When the Kuomintang government retreats to the southwest, in the eyes of the world, it will really be a corner of peace.
And now Tang Shaochuan is like this, so after summarizing all kinds of information, Chang Shenkai came to the conclusion that Tang Shaochuan will "take the usual and replace it."
Chang Shenkai already had a rift with Tang Shaochuan, so naturally he would never tolerate this matter.
For the sake of his own rule and to eliminate hidden dangers, Chang Shenkai secretly ordered Dai Li and asked the Military Command Bureau to secretly "sanction" Tang Shaochuan.