Under the General Administration of the Republic of China, Wang Yuanyue had a number of heart problems.
Qingdao
After the European War broke out, Japan, which had been eyeing Qingdao for a long time, finally started to take action.
The Japanese government immediately called on Japanese people to immigrate to the mainland of Qingdao and Shandong on a large scale. Its purpose was very clear, which was to further expand the power of aggression against China. It not only used force to conquer Qingdao and Shandong, but also wanted to use more Japanese to subdue the people of Qingdao and Shandong.
This policy of force and immigration reflects the two-pronged strategy adopted by Japan in its invasion of Qingdao. Previously, in order to avoid the war between Japan and Germany in Qingdao, Qingdao residents left their houses and property behind and fled the Qingdao war zone.
After the war ended, they all asked to return home. However, the Japanese garrison publicly issued notices that Chinese residents were strictly prohibited from returning to Qinghai. Violators would be severely punished. In just a few weeks after the war ended, the number of Japanese coming to Qinghai had reached thousands, more than ten times that before the war.
By the time order was restored in Qingdao, more than 10,000 Japanese had poured into Qingdao. They occupied the houses they saw and robbed anything they found. Not only did they seize German public and private property, but most of them seized the houses and property of Chinese residents who had fled abroad.
and land, businesses
The property of the Chinese suddenly became the property of the Japanese, and many Japanese became nouveau riche overnight. Under the strong request of the Chinese residents, the Japanese garrison finally agreed to allow the former Qingdao residents to return to the urban area, but the Japanese refused to surrender.
return possession of house property
Qingdao residents made repeated representations and complaints to the Japanese colonial authorities, demanding the return of their occupied property, but the Japanese army deliberately made things difficult and required various documents to prove the identity of their owners.
Many Chinese property fell into the hands of the Japanese. Although the previous Chinese Beiyang government repeatedly negotiated with Japan, Japan always ignored the above-mentioned actions of the Japanese garrison. During Japan's illegal occupation of Qingdao for several years, the number of overseas Chinese in Qingdao continued to grow, covering Qingdao and the mainland of Shandong.
These Japanese took advantage of their privileges to open factories, shops, banks, companies, farms and other industrial and commercial enterprises to plunder wealth; they worked for military and political agencies, or they engaged in drug trafficking, prostitution, arms smuggling and other underworld businesses. Due to the influx of a large number of Japanese
Influx has caused major changes in the population ratio of Qingdao City
In 1q2, the total urban and rural population of Qingdao was 253,352, of which 121,600 were in the urban area. Among the urban population, there were 7,851 Chinese and 2,187 Japanese, not including nearly 20,000 Japanese navy and army soldiers and 417 other foreigners.
The Japanese account for more than 20% of the total urban population of Qingdao. If Japanese soldiers are included, the number of Japanese in Qingdao reaches more than 40,000, accounting for nearly 40% of the total urban population.
At the same time, Japan also stepped up its cultural infiltration and vigorously promoted enslavement education in an attempt to permanently colonize Qingdao. The Japanese authorities stipulated that primary school students must learn Japanese compulsorily. In January 1q15, a Japanese shrine was established in Qingdao's Chushui Mountain and forced people to pass by.
Chinese people at the foot of the mountain bow to a Japanese shrine
In addition, Qingdao's roads, hills, parks, and islands were renamed with Japanese names and colonial markers, such as Huiquan Park being called Asahi Park, Little Qingdao being renamed Kato Island, etc., all of which were used to maintain its colonial rule.
After Wang Hengyue seized power across the country, he had already set his sights on Qingdao. Qingdao is China's land, every inch of it is, and foreigners will never be allowed to run rampant here.
Wang Hengyue will never leave Qingdao alone and ignore it
Your own land is always yours, and you won’t give an inch to outsiders.
And the two chess pieces Wang Hengyue planted in Qingdao: Duan Qirui and Cao Yin
They used to be Wang Hengyue's enemies, and they fought for power, but Wang Hengyue trusted them, and trusted them without limit.
Fighting between one's own family is one's own business, but when outsiders bully one's own head:
beat him
Wang Hengyue made it clear that whether it was Duan Qirui, Cao Yin, Wu Peifu, or Zhang Zuolin, they were indeed warlords, but they were a group of patriotic warlords. When national sovereignty was violated and national dignity was trampled, Wang Hengyue firmly believed:
They will definitely come forward
Duan Qirui and Cao Kun also understood this very clearly.
They knew what they were here for, and they also knew that in the face of safeguarding national sovereignty and dignity, they could completely put aside their personal grudges with Wang Hengyue.
The General Secretary is fighting hard for the strength of the country, and so are they.
"So, I would like to invite Mr. Quan and Brother Zhongshan to enter Shandong to also act as consultants and handle negotiations, and even... there is even the possibility of using Zai Wei as a scapegoat."
Before entering Qingdao, Wang Hengyue's words are still ringing in the ears of Duan Qirui and Cao Yin.
They don't care that they will be the scapegoat. If Qingdao can be taken back, then the scapegoat will be recognized by themselves.
However, there is another meaning in Wang Hengyue's words: In Qingdao, Duan Qirui and Cao Kun can do whatever they want. As long as they can solve the Qingdao problem, no matter how much trouble they cause, it will be their fault.
The General Administration is responsible for
Officials of Duan Qirui and Cao Kun
The name of the party is "the Qingdao Provincial Government pays special attention to these two special advisers. They have great power in their hands and can even mobilize the two divisions that followed them into Shandong."
Duan Qirui and Cao Yin can be considered "old friends" of Japan. When Wang-Hengyue unified the country, Japan gave the Beiyang government a lot of help for its own interests.
Therefore, when they served as "special advisers", Japan even expressed joy.
Duan Qirui and Cao Wan, two direct descendants of Yuan Shikai and former warlords who have been involved in politics for a long time, also showed their ability.
While their foothold was not stable, they did not directly conflict with Japan. Instead, they used some methods to convey their "friendship" to the Japanese in Qingdao. Even not long after arriving in Shandong, they "visited" in a private capacity.
"Commander of the Japanese garrison in Qingdao Oshima Kenichi and "Civil Affairs Chief" Akiyama Masanosuke
This created an illusion for the Japanese: Duan Qirui, Cao Yin, and Heng Yue, the Grand President of the Republic of China, were completely different from each other. They were still "friends" of Japan.
Duan Qirui, Cao Jun wants this kind of effect... For the sake of the big plan, sacrificing a little personal reputation is nothing...
In January 1q2, the "Dajia Salt Factory Auction Incident..." and the "Changfulun Incident" carefully planned by Duan Qirui and Cao Yin were staged one after another.
Qingdao’s salt industry is what the Japanese are most concerned about
During the European War, Japan's domestic industrial salt consumption increased sharply. From 1q18 to 1q1q, a salt shortage occurred in Japan. On January 7, 1q18, the Japanese Qingdao Garrison Command formulated the "Qingdao Salt Industry Management Rules" and announced the opening of salt fields.
Japan's Qingdao garrison headquarters gave permission, stipulating that the tax on salt imported to Japan was 3 yuan per quintal of silver, which was lower than the tax on domestic sales. The tax on Qingdao salt exported to other provinces was 2.5 yuan per quintal, with an additional donation of 1.5 yuan.
On the one hand, Japan plundered Qingdao's salt at low prices, and on the other hand, it rewarded the Japanese for opening up a large number of salt flats and adding refined salt factories in Qingdao.
During the Japanese occupation of Qingdao, an additional salt-making factory was built in Section 1q.
But the Japanese have always had a worry, that is, the largest salt-making factory in Qingdao, the "Dajia Salt Factory", has always been in the hands of the Chinese...
Shen Jiaxiong, the boss of the Dajia Salt Factory, has persisted for nearly three years under the coercion and inducement of the Japanese. No matter how difficult it is, no matter how hard the years are, even if the Japanese throw grenades into his factory, even if he himself
Even though his son was kidnapped, he never gave up on Dajia Salt Factory.
This is the last pride and hope of the Chinese people in Qingdao Salt Industry...
However, Shen Jiaxiong still collapsed due to internal and external difficulties. In January 1q2, Shen Jiaxiong became ill and left his beloved "Dajia Salt Factory" forever...
The death of Shen Jiaxiong made the Japanese cheer. The owner of the last position held by Qingdao China Salt Industry finally fell.
After Shen Jiaxiong's death, the crisis of the "Dajia Salt Factory" suddenly broke out, especially the debt crisis. When Shen Jiaxiong was alive, in order to maintain the "Dajia Salt Factory", he borrowed 290,000 yuan from the British Moore Brothers Bank twice.
, plus various debts, the total amount owed reached an astonishing 530,000 yuan.
In other words, the "Dajia Salt Factory" was actually just an empty shelf before Shen Jiaxiong's death.
After Shen Jiaxiong's death, the British Moore Brothers Company, instigated by the Japanese, forcibly auctioned the "Dajia Salt Factory" to repay debts with the auction proceeds.
Participating in the bidding were Japan's "Nobi Co., Ltd." and "Double Happiness Company" of which Ma Yizo is the general manager.
Ma Yisan, the general manager of Shuangxi Company, was Shen Jiaxiong’s best friend during his lifetime and was also a patriotic businessman.
On the day Shen Jiaxiong died, Ma Yisan was beside his friend. No matter what, he could never forget that Shen Jiaxiong held his hand tightly before he died and told himself:
"I have been fighting with the Japanese for so many years, and only one Dajia Salt Factory is left. If the Japanese get the Dajia Salt Factory again, then all the salt production industry in Qingdao will be in the hands of the Japanese... After my death
, Dajia Salt Factory will definitely be forcibly auctioned... Brother Yi, buy it, sell my house, and all my properties. I would rather give it to you than to the Japanese. I don’t have it.
If there is no other request, I just ask you to do this one thing..."
Looking at his friend's eyes full of expectation, Ma Yisan nodded vigorously.
Shen Jiaxiong called his son Shen Muyun in front of him again and carefully told him that even if he lived on the street, he must fulfill his last wish
Shen Muyun knew his father's thoughts and what his father had been doing all his life. She shed tears and told his father:
"I will listen to Uncle Yi. No matter how difficult it is, I will work with Uncle Yi to save the Dajia Salt Factory." To be continued