"What a pity." Sanbonjiro put down the newspaper in his hand. The newspaper had a front-page headline cheering for the peaceful resolution of the Xi'an Incident.
After the Xi'an Incident, both the Japanese government and the military speculated that Chang Kaishen would most likely not return to Nanjing alive, and they also expected this:
If Chang Kaishen, who is in power, is killed, China will inevitably experience civil strife again due to the struggle for leadership of the Kuomintang. This will be a great opportunity for Japan to expand the war and further encroach on China.
Of course, at the diplomatic level, Japan had to pretend to express sympathy and concern for the Nanjing government and expressed its hope that the incident would be resolved peacefully.
In private, the Japanese military headquarters issued a confidential document, requiring all ministries to "make appropriate use of the mutiny that occurred in Xi'an to advance China policy."
'We should continue to advance the established diplomatic guidelines and policies towards China, and monitor changes in the situation.'
‘While further promoting the implementation of the “Second Outline for Dealing with North China,” we will also look for opportunities to expand the scope of the Anti-Red Agreement to the five provinces of North China, ‘guide the Sui Yun regime in fighting against the Red’, and so on.
According to Japan's assumptions, if such a large mutiny occurs in Xi'an, powerful factions in various places will definitely respond:
Powerful factions in Guangdong and Guangxi, Shanxi, Northern Shaanxi Red Party, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places will rise up.
Especially the Northern Shaanxi Red Party must be determined to kill Chang Kaishen.
In this way, China will have a large-scale civil war and fall into chaos again. Japan can divide it and occupy all of China with the least effort.
Who would have imagined that after the Xi'an Incident, powerful factions in various places issued messages to support Chang Kaishen and the Nanjing government, urging Zhang and Yang to release Chang Kaishen and resolve the incident peacefully.
What surprised Japan the most was that the Red Party, which was supposed to hate Chang Kaishen the most, clearly proposed the policy of peacefully resolving the Xi'an Incident, and sent important people to Xi'an in person to work hard to promote a peaceful solution to the mutiny.
This was really unexpected by the Japanese side. Their plan to take advantage of the possible civil unrest in the Xi'an Incident to further seize Chinese territory came to nothing.
Not only that, the peaceful resolution of the Xi'an Incident also alarmed the Japanese, who realized that a Chinese joint regime united to resist Japan was about to emerge.
Sanbonjiro picked up a document, shook his head unwillingly, and locked the document in the safe.
This is a top-secret plan formulated by the Shanghai Joint Special High School. This plan unites the young men of the military and some officers of the navy. Once Chang Kaishen dies in Xi'an, this plan will cause trouble in Shanghai, start a war, and plot
Shanghai and Zhejiang occupied the financial and taxation center of the National Government in one fell swoop.
Unfortunately, with the peaceful resolution of the Xi'an Incident, this plan also fell through.
Sanbonjiro glanced at the sensitive documents in the safe and saw the French confidential documents obtained by Kentaro Miyazaki.
He was very satisfied with Kentaro Miyazaki's outstanding performance in stealing the French Concession documents.
Shanghai Special High School successfully obtained the French government's guiding confidential documents on the Xi'an Incident, which also earned Mimotojiro high praise from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Military Ministry.
This naturally made Sanbonjiro appreciate Kentaro Miyazaki even more.
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"Sister, hurry up, I'm waiting for you." Tang Xiaoye shouted.
"Don't rush her." Fang Muheng stood at the door, holding an umbrella and a children's sun hat in his hands, smiling and looking at Yang Ximei who was wiping the floor with a rag.
"Brother, you don't try to persuade my younger sister, we don't treat her as a servant." Tang Xiaoye said dissatisfied.
"Let her go." Fang Muheng said softly.
She has been living in Fang's house for half a year. Yang Ximei is very well-behaved and cute.
He is just a five- or six-year-old kid, rushing to do whatever work he can.
There is no time to spare.
Fang Muheng tried to persuade him at first, but later found that he couldn't persuade him anymore, so he stopped.
He understood that this poor little man was afraid that he would be considered useless and would be kicked out.
Yang Ximei looked at the bright floor that she had wiped, and the little person showed a happy smile.
"Ximei, come here." Fang Muheng called Yang Ximei over, picked up a towel and wiped her cheeks, "Let's go."
"Um."
Tang Xiaoye came up and took Yang Ximei's little hand, "Ximei, you must have never seen the circus. I will take you to see it today."
For Yang Ximei, Tang Xiaoye liked and loved her from the bottom of his heart, and truly regarded her as his own sister.
…
"Brother, is the circus fun?" Xiaobao asked with a longing look on his face, holding a balloon in his hand.
"It's fun." Cheng Qianfan said with a smile, looking at Bai Ruolan from the rearview mirror as he took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the oil stains from the corners of Xiaobao's mouth. His eyes were full of tenderness.
There was a circus performance on Nanjing Road today. Cheng Qianfan got tickets early and brought Ruolan and Xiaobao from the nursing home to watch.
"Little princess, please get out of the car." Cheng Qianfan parked the car, walked to the back door, and opened the door.
"She's not a little princess, she's sister Xiaobao." Xiaobao frowned.
"Sister Xiaobao, please get out of the car." Cheng Qianfan laughed.
Bai Ruolan got out of the car and skillfully helped Cheng Qianfan stretch out his clothes.
Cheng Qianfan smiled slightly, held Xiaobao's hand with one hand, and passed his arm over to him.
Bai Ruolan pursed her lips and smiled, holding his arm.
…
many people.
Many well-dressed citizens brought their children to watch the circus performance.
Cheng Qianfan took Xiaobao and Bai Ruolan to find their seats. As soon as they sat down, they caught a glimpse of Fang Muheng and Tang Xiaoye not far away.
Between the two seats sat a skinny little girl.
That must be Yang Ximei.
This is the first time Cheng Qianfan sees Yang Ximei.
The little girl was obviously a little nervous. Fang Muheng held the girl's hand with one hand and pointed to the circus performance on the stage to explain.
Seeing this scene, Cheng Qianfan felt happy inside.
Since I am happy for Yang Ximei.
At the same time, after these things, his impression of Fang Muheng has also improved a lot. He is a very kind, passionate, and patriotic person.
As long as Fang Muheng is not exposed to underground work, he will be an excellent revolutionary young man.
In other words, people like Fang Muheng would be very good revolutionary comrades if they were in the northwest.
The circus performance was very exciting, and Xiaobao danced happily watching it.
When the show was over, Fang Muheng held Yang Ximei's hand and took his sister with him, but they met Cheng Qianfan unexpectedly.
Cheng Qianfan greeted Tang Xiaoye, "Xiaoye."
"Brother Qianfan." Tang Xiaoye said hello, but did not come over.
She heard her brother say that Cheng Qianfan was a very reactionary and extremely evil villain and asked her not to get close to Cheng Qianfan again.
She didn't want to believe that her brother Qianfan, who had loved and protected her since childhood, would become like this. However, Cheng Qianfan's cold attitude during the last meeting made her have no choice but to believe it.
"Brother Fang, have you been quite honest lately?" Cheng Qianfan asked with a playful smile.
"Officer Cheng, people are doing it, God is watching, let's go." Fang Muheng snorted coldly, took Yang Ximei's hand, greeted her, turned and left.
Cheng Qianfan touched his nose in embarrassment, turned around and saw Bai Ruolan, and was about to speak when Bai Ruolan smiled:
I know you.
"Bad guy." Xiaobao said angrily. In her heart, Brother Qianfan is the best. Those people who are so rude are bad guys.
…
"Brother, are those bad people?" Yang Ximei asked in a low voice.
"Yes, he is a bad guy. Remember, little sister, stay away from that kind of bad guy." Fang Muheng said.
"Ximei knows." Yang Ximei nodded. If a good person like the Fang brother can be called a bad guy, he must be a big bad guy like Ding Ding.
Cheng Qianfan's hearing was very good, and he vaguely heard the conversation between Fang Muheng and Yang Ximei. He was stunned for a moment, shook his head and smiled.
He held Xiaobao's hand, with Ruolan's arm in his arm, and walked towards each other with the three members of the Fang family, and soon became farther and farther away...
More than an hour later, Cheng Qianfan sent Bai Ruolan and Xiaobao to the door of the nursing home in Beitang District.
Bai Ruolan got out of the car holding Xiaobao who was already asleep.
Waved goodbye to Cheng Qianfan.
"Ruolan." Cheng Qianfan suddenly said.
"Huh?" Bai Ruolan lowered her head and glanced at Xiaobao, then raised her head to look at Cheng Qianfan.
"Let's get married." Cheng Qianfan said, his eyes bright and serious.