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Chapter 378 The Assassination Incident ([-])

Generally speaking, Wang Jingwei in history was actually a very courageous person. As for the cowardice and incompetence he showed later, it was largely due to wearing shoes.It's not that people become less courageous when they wear shoes, but that when the temptation is insufficient, he can no longer take risks. In the end, didn't the Japanese successfully lure Wang Jingwei to take risks and become a traitor?

Now there is a very sufficient temptation in front of Wang Jingwei to push Sun Yat-sen to the No. 1 position of the National Government.

This is strange to hear, isn't our Mr. Sun Wen already the chairman of the National Government?This is the real No.1!That's true, but that's not really the case.At least Sun Wen himself didn’t feel that he was No.1. Have you seen that No.1 still needs to go to Wuhan to attend the meeting?

In the whole of Nanjing, regardless of the chairman, the speaker, ministers and so on, everyone is like a mirror in their hearts. The most powerful people in the national government are not in this metropolis on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.This most powerful person has always lived in Wuhan in the middle reaches, overlooking the entire river and mountains.The reason why the Liberation Society and the Progressive Party were able to compete openly with the powerful Tongmenghui faction is because they have the explicit or covert support of Wang Zhenyu.

After Huang Xing's death, the Tongmenghui also split. For example, Cheng Qian, Xiong Kewu, and Yu Youren gradually joined the uncle and nephew of the Wang family.You must know that Huang Xing's prestige in the alliance is second only to Sun Wen, and this situation also gave Sun Wen a headache.But today is not what it used to be. Strictly speaking, the National Socialist Party today is a loose political alliance, and internal party discipline is not strict.As for the chairman of the national government, although he seems to have a lot of status, in fact, the two houses of the Senate and the Legislative Yuan are divided, and Sun Wen has become a meeting convener.

If it's someone like Wang Longzhong who has no ambitions, it's fine. If you have a false name, you can have a false name. It's better than someone who doesn't even have a false name.

But for someone like Sun Wen who is full of revolutionary ideals, it might as well kill him directly.

It is true that compared with the anti-Manchurian revolution in the past, the seat of the chairman of the national government is much more nourishing now.Living in a luxurious mansion, served by more than a dozen servants, there are special guards and cars when they come in and out, and all food, drink, lodging are free. In the past, this kind of life was treated only by the emperor.

But this is not what Sun Wen wants. He hopes to truly hold the decision-making power of the national government in his hands, but the current chairman of the national government looks like a product of depreciation.In April of this year, Sun Wen went to the two chambers of the National Assembly for the first time as the chairman of the National Government to give a report on the work of the National Government.At that moment, Sun Wen was also full of disgust and hatred for the Communist system. From then on, Sun Wen basically would not attend various meetings of the National Assembly.In fact, the members of the Senate and the Legislative Yuan really had no intention of targeting anyone, because even Premier Xiong Xiling of the Progressive Party supported by Wang Zhenyu went to the Congress for official business, and he was inevitably booed and questioned by the members.Since parliamentarians can directly question the work of various government departments, it is not the chairman and prime minister of the national government who are most often angered, but the ministers of various ministries, whose lungs are at risk of exploding.But it doesn't matter, with the increase in the number of such things happening, these ministers who have been summoned for questioning have now become old fritters.

Wang Jingwei attributed all the chaos to the superior person in Wuhan. This bastard is holding the military and financial power firmly anyway, and he has never seen that shy congressman dare to question him.Sun Wen also agrees with Wang Jingwei's point of view, but Sun Wen doesn't know what to say about Wang Jingwei's next point of view.

"Chairman, now that there are many wars in the north and the main force of the youth army is outside, it is a godsend opportunity for you to lead the Nationalist government to completely get rid of the control of the big warlords!" Bit up.

Sun Wen couldn't help but shook his head at this. Neither of these two men had a single soldier in their hands, and they didn't know where their confidence and courage came from, and this confidence and courage were big enough for them to overthrow the holding power. The heavily armed Wang Zhenyu.

Sun Wen's lack of confidence does not mean that Wang Jingwei has no confidence. At least within the alliance, many bigwigs, including Hu Hanmin, have secretly supported Wang Jingwei's actions.This also made Wang Jingwei more and more confident. After the start of the melee in the north, Wang Jingwei and Lin Sen worked out a huge plan. This plan was to overthrow Wang Zhenyu through abnormal channels.

So what are abnormal channels?According to the current national government system, there are only two normal channels to remove Wang Zhenyu from his post. The first is Wang Zhenyu's natural death or voluntary resignation. At present, Wang Zhenyu is young and insane, so this first option is basically unnecessary. up.The second is to go through the normal process. In the tenth year of the Republic of China, that is, in April 1920, after the end of the term of the first National Government, all members of the Military Committee of the National Government voted against Wang Zhenyu in the vote of the chairman candidate. Otherwise, there will only be one candidate for the chairman of the committee when it is discussed in the two chambers of the National Assembly.The second is that the two houses rejected the candidates, but who knows what will happen next, the biggest problem is still here, who can guarantee that they can control the hundreds of members of the National Assembly?Especially when Wang Zhenyu brought happiness and hope to everyone.

Therefore, normal channels will not work. If you want to overthrow Wang Zhenyu, who is in full swing, you can only use abnormal channels.

Wang Jingwei even made a lot of designs. For example, taking advantage of Wang Zhenyu's plan to go to Nanjing for business, he mobilized the security personnel around Sun Wen to arrest Wang Zhenyu suddenly.But it is obvious that Sun Wen will not agree, this pioneer cherishes his feathers very much.Another example is to instigate Wang Zhenyu's ambitious generals to launch a military coup to replace Wang Zhenyu, but firstly, the youth army in Wuhan and Nanjing are loyal to Wang Zhenyu, and secondly, the system of the youth army determines that this plan is not very practical.First of all, the officers of the army come from the military academy, which almost disrupts the relationship between superiors and subordinates.Secondly, even if the army can be controlled, as weapons and supplies are strictly controlled, it is estimated that no matter how hard you toss, you will not get any results. . .After thinking about it, Wang Jingwei's thoughts returned to his old business, assassination.

It should be said that assassination is indeed a plan that seems to be more reliable than other plans, at least it is practical.

Don't look at Wang Zhenyu's prosperity, don't look at the rigorous design of his youth army system, all of this is based on his personal prestige and complex social network.As long as something happens to him, it is impossible for his successor to continue to follow the current routine, because no one has the prestige and network of Wang Zhenyu.Can you guarantee that Ye Zuwen, Liu Hongsheng, Liu Guojun, Zhou Zhiyun and other tycoons who thrived on Wang Zhenyu will continue to support you financially?

So Wang Jingwei quickly found the crux and core of the problem just like Kenji Doihara back then, that is Wang Zhenyu. As long as this person born out of thin air dies suddenly, the whole political situation will be unceremoniously rewashed Card.The huge political, military and economic legacy behind it can be divided up by the big guys.However, to assassinate such a high-ranking person as Wang Zhenyu is obviously not something that Wang Jingwei can do by relying on his personal ability. He must use various forces to achieve this seemingly impossible task, which naturally includes the power of the Japanese. . . .

Wang Jingwei's first step is naturally not to foolishly arrange for people to carry out assassinations. Although this step is very important, it is not the most critical step.No matter how effective an assassination is, it cannot determine the final direction of politics. In the most common words, an assassination can only muddy the water.

What Wang Jingwei wants is not Wang Zhenyu's life, but the throne under his ass.So the first thing he needs to ensure is that the situation after Wang Zhenyu's death can go in the direction he imagined, and don't end up working hard for a long time to make wedding dresses for others.

Therefore, Wang Jingwei's first step is to find someone in the army who can replace Mr. Sun and control the entire youth army after Wang Zhenyu's death. In the current youth army system, Wang Jingwei chose Bai Chongxi, who is currently the most prestigious. Europe defeated the great hero of the Germans.Moreover, when Wang Jingwei received Bai Chongxi in Nanjing, he saw a burning desire in Bai Chongxi's eyes. It was a kind of ambition, even greater than Wang Jingwei's.Wang Jingwei knew that he could not control such a character at all, the only thing he could do was to cooperate with him.

After several private contacts with Bai Chongxi, Wang Jingwei made this point even more clear. Bai Chongxi gave him the feeling that he was not slippery.Anyway, no matter how he hinted or made it clear, this person just kept silent, but Wang Jingwei's perception told himself that Bai Chongxi seemed to be looking forward to the unexpected happening in his heart.

In addition to Bai Chongxi, Xu Chongzhi, another tycoon in the military circle, is much clearer, but also more negative. When he heard Wang Jingwei's intention, he yawned: "I said, Brother Zhaoming, it's been a few years since the Republic of China. What's the fuss, now the common people are looking forward to the days of peace in the world, less trouble is the best..."

Wang Jingwei was rejected by Xu Chongzhi, and Li Liejun, who originally belonged to the Tongmenghui faction, strictly speaking belonged to Huang Xing's faction, and had already been transferred to Europe, so he was unreliable no matter how he looked at it. . .

Chapter 379 The Assassination Incident ([-])

After all, Wang Jingwei still has some real skills. He also knows that now is the time when Wang Zhenyu is in full swing. It is impossible to get the explicit support of these bigwigs who have already worn shoes, but it is also very good to get acquiescence.

For example, when Wang Jingwei visited Sun Wen for the second time, although Sun Wen opposed Wang Jingwei's use of extraordinary means against Wang Zhenyu in front of his wife, he sent his personal guard Zhang Fakui to Wang Jingwei. If Wang Jingwei could not understand such an obvious signal No more politics.

As for the army, neither Bai Chongxi nor Xu Chongzhi made a clear statement but did not choose to inform them, and Wang Jingwei's plan naturally began to be implemented.

The first assassin he chose was none other than Jiang Zhiqing, who was under Chen Qimei and was responsible for assassinating Tao Chengzhang, the leader of the Restoration Society.After returning to China with Bai Chongxi and others, this person did not report to Dai Jitao of the Political Propaganda Department in Wuhan, but went back to his hometown in Fenghua to recuperate from his illness. He experienced the cruel Verdun counterattack and was tired from the journey. Jiang Zhiqing, who was injured in the accident, naturally fell ill as soon as he arrived in Shanghai.This unexpected turn of events made Jiang Zhiqing successfully escape the first major political struggle in the history of the national government.Wang Jingwei, who originally planned to get rid of Wang Zhenyu by Jiang Zhiqing when Wang Zhenyu met Jiang Zhiqing, had to change his plan.

Wang Jingwei found two people, one was a high-ranking figure in the navy, Cheng Guangbi, a fellow from Guangdong, and the other was the well-known head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, He Jian, the chief spy.

Naturally, Cheng Guangbi would not be involved in these matters, but through him, Wang Jingwei and Sa Zhenbing and other high-level officials from the Fujian Navy met. Wang Jingwei promised that once Chairman Sun Wen truly controls the entire South China, then half of the annual military expenditure will be invested In the naval system, the status of the navy will also be higher than that of the army.This makes Sa Zhenbing and others very excited. More importantly, Wang Jingwei does not require the navy to directly participate in the entire operation, but only deploys manpower to support it.

As for He Jian, Wang Jingwei naturally wouldn't be so stupid as to ask for a direct interview, but contacted through He Jian's confidant, Liu Junqiang, the director of the Navy's Military Intelligence Department, and what he wanted was nothing more than a convenience.

The convenience of travel requires money, although Wang Jingwei approached the Nanyang tycoons and said that as long as they support Mr. Sun to hold the real power, the national government will increase their support and protection in economic policies in the future.But these Nanyang tycoons don't know what kind of psychology it is, but they just don't agree.

In the end, it was none other than Dohi-kun, the military attache of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai who was unable to open up the situation in southern China. friend.

In fact, Kenji Doihara is also making the last gamble. The military has urged several times to see the actions of the imperial secret service in Southern China, but Kenji Doihara cannot even realize the in-depth deployment in Southern China. The chaos of the Nationalist Government in South China made it even more difficult for him.And Wang Jingwei's actions undoubtedly provided him with a chance to complete the task, so he did not hesitate to take out the funds of the entire organization for half a year. painful.

At noon on August 8, according to the agreement, Zhang Fakui, the guard sent by Wang Jingwei and Sun Wen, and other confidantes were guarding a telegraph machine in a secret meeting room of the Ministry of Labor, waiting for the news that Wang Zhenyu had been successfully assassinated.However, he never received the secret signal of the successful assassination agreement. Wang Jingwei began to feel that something was wrong. At this time, Sun Wen's personnel stationed in Wuhan reported immediately: "Wang Zhenyu was assassinated at the Army University and escaped without incident!"

Sun Wen immediately asked someone to send this telegram to Wang Jingwei using the private telegraph machine in the chairman's mansion, and Wang Jingwei was dumbfounded when he got the telegram: "What's going on? Why is it at the Army University? We didn't arrange people at the Naval University. ?"

At this moment, Zhang Fakui knew something was wrong as soon as he rolled his eyes. He immediately made up his mind, stood up resolutely and said coldly: "Minister Wang, the operation must have failed. Now I suggest you go abroad immediately instead of staying here Waiting for arrest."

Wang Jingwei was already extremely anxious in his heart, sweating immediately on his forehead. He hadn't considered the possibility of failure, so he still asked with luck: "Can't we wait for the news?"

Zhang Fakui shook his head and said: "You personally arranged those people. The assassination has already failed. If there are any survivors, they will bear the brunt of it. They will come to arrest you. In order to prevent the chairman from being implicated, I am now ordered to ask you to join me Go to Shanghai, then transfer to Tianjin, and go to Japan for temporary shelter. The family members will arrange follow-up later, the key is that you must leave immediately."

Seeing that Wang Jingwei did not give up, Zhang Fakui could only put his hands on his armed belt: "If you don't leave, sir, you will have to sacrifice your life for the revolution. I suggest that you should save your useful body for the future..."

The situation was stronger than others, Wang Jingwei could only sigh and nodded in agreement.

Wang Zhenpeng and his wife Yuan Jingxue returned from France in mid-July. The original plan was to go to the Wuhan Military Armament Department to report on their work, and then enter the advanced class of the Command Department of Wuhan Army University to continue their studies.Unexpectedly, just after getting off the boat, she found out that Yuan Jingxue was two months pregnant when she was having a checkup on Yuan Jingxue who was not feeling well. Naturally, there was no way to continue westward.Wang Zhenpeng sent a telegram to Wuhan to explain the situation. After Ma Xicheng, the Minister of Armaments, learned about it, he immediately made it easier for his cousin, and appointed Wang Zhenpeng as the deputy director general of the Shanghai Branch of the Armaments Department, who was responsible for the dispatch of military imports .And Wang Zhenyu's brother, Du Yuesheng, was also a well-informed person, and he didn't know from which channel he got the news, so he immediately went to the pole to curry favor, sending a house and a car, plus a few servants with good eyesight and skilled skills.This can be regarded as a complete favor, Wang Zhenpeng naturally couldn't refuse, so he moved in with Jingxue.

How else could Du Yuesheng know how to be a man! Just look at the house he gave Wang Zhenpeng. The surrounding environment is elegant, and it is far away from the busy city. The most important thing is that it is next to the river, with fresh air. It is indeed a good place for women to give birth. . .

In the early morning of August 8, in Nanjing, teams of military police came out from the Nanjing Gendarmerie Corps, and soldiers from the Nanjing Security Corps followed them.These soldiers were all holding weapons, loaded with bullets, followed the agents of the Nanjing branch of the Jiangnan General Station of the Party Affairs Investigation Department, and arrested people one by one according to the list issued by Shangfeng.

This time there was nothing to describe the movement. The first one to be surrounded by gendarmes was not the Ministry of Labor where Wang Jingwei worked, but the Chairman's Mansion in the Daxing Palace.When the national government guards saw so many soldiers encircling the Daxing Palace, they immediately put heavy weapons on alert according to the regulations and put them on wartime alert.

Stations, ports, post and telecommunications offices, newspaper offices, governments, and almost all key departments in warehouses were immediately taken over by soldiers with orders from Wuhan.It can be said that in the whole of Nanjing, except for the Congress Building of the National Congress, other key departments have been taken over by the army.

Xiong Xiling went to see Sun Wen for the first time, not only failed to see him, but also saw the scene of armed confrontation between the two sides.He could only drive to the Congress to seek advice from Liang Qichao, Hu Hanmin, and Zhang Taiyan, because no one knew what caused the current chaotic situation.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Wuhan finally sent the No. [-] briefing on Wang Zhenyu's assassination case and the arrest warrant for Wang Jingwei.When Mao Renfeng led people into the office building of the Ministry of Labor, Wang Jingwei was not here, so Mao Renfeng and others naturally rushed to nothing.

This result made Wang Yaqiao very annoyed. Since he followed Wang Zhenyu, he had never missed a shot. Naturally, he ordered from Nanjing to Shanghai to go all out to arrest Wang Jingwei.At this time, Wang Jingwei had just got off the train at Shanghai Railway Station, and was about to enter the Japanese Concession in Hongkou and flee to Japan.

This was also the standard route for Sun Wen and others to escape during the Tongmenghui period. Naturally, it was something Wang Jingwei was very familiar with, but this time there was an accident.Wang Yaqiao is not Yuan Shikai, he is already considered a local snake in Shanghai Bund.All the roads leading to the concession were tightly blocked, and there was really no way for Wang Jingwei and Zhang Fakui to get through.To make matters worse, after wandering around outside the concession, the two of them were discovered by the arresting officers because of their suspicious behavior, and a big chase ensued. . .

On the way back from get off work, Wang Zhenpeng suddenly saw two men running to the door of his house out of breath. When the two men saw Wang Zhenpeng open the door, they ran in without hesitation.

Wang Zhenpeng is equipped with weapons, and according to his current level, he is specially equipped with two guards.The two guards immediately pointed their guns at the two people on the ground. These two were none other than Wang Jingwei and Zhang Fakui who were trying to escape the pursuit.It was hard to get away, but inadvertently, it seemed that he crashed into the house of a senior officer of the youth army, and now he was hit on the forehead with a black gun. This is a tragedy.

Wang Zhenpeng didn't know Wang Jingwei, but he still knew who was arrested in the whole city.

"Are you Mr. Wang?" Wang Zhenpeng signaled the guards to let go of the two.

Wang Jingwei nodded: "It's my servant. If you want to kill him or send him to an official, you can do whatever you want. Wang has no other words."

Wang Zhenpeng smiled and said nothing, but motioned for the guards to help the two of them into the mansion to rest. . .

Ten minutes later, a squadron of soldiers from the Shanghai Municipal Security Corps, led by several secret agents, surrounded Wang Zhenpeng's residence.