Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

Chapter 1075 Chai Shan has been riding on our necks long enough

Jinling Weixin Prefecture.

Wang Jingwei still wore a three-piece suit in his office, and his hair was neatly combed.

He looked rather tired at this moment, leaning back in a large leather chair, listening to his secretary report on his work.

Wang Jingwei has been somewhat troubled lately. The Japanese army's disadvantage in the Pacific theater can be kept secret from ordinary people, but not from people like Wang Jingwei.

Once the Japanese are defeated by the Americans, how many days can his Meiji Restoration government last?

"The local 'pacification' committees have been reporting good news one after another. Through these pacification efforts, they have not only cracked down on Kuomintang agents and Red guerrillas, but also greatly increased our supplies of grain, cotton, and cloth..."

"As the New Year approaches, all sectors of society are beginning to prepare for the celebrations. On New Year's Day, the Weixin Mansion will hold a celebration in the Great Hall. You will be required to give a speech at that time, and the speech has already been prepared."

"Shanghai's exports have increased recently, mainly to Japan..."

Wang Jingwei listened casually, growing increasingly impatient. He suddenly interrupted his secretary and asked, "How's the situation in Shancheng?"

The secretary paused for half a second, then whispered, "Our people have sent word that the British and Americans are increasing their aid to Yamashiro. Now Yamashiro is ramping up its efforts to transfer supplies to all the opposing fronts. I'm afraid the Japanese army will find it difficult to make any major breakthroughs on the battlefield anytime soon."

Wang Jingwei suddenly lost his temper, "They don't understand, they just don't understand! Do you think the Americans are so kind as to give us guns, cannons, airplanes, and food? Are they trying to make the Chinese people cannon fodder! If someone wants to save the country, am I not also trying to save the country? As long as we achieve peace, then we can gradually develop!"

At this point, Wang Jingwei suddenly stood up and waved his arm as if giving a speech!

"And the Japanese! The Konoe Cabinet promised us that we would be the only legitimate entity in China to conduct foreign negotiations, but what are they doing now? Konoe stepped down, and Tojo is no longer honoring his promise. If it were just Tojo, it would be fine, but some people are still not giving up on Yamashiro and are trying to negotiate with him. If they negotiate with Yamashiro, where will Nanjing stand!"

Wang Jingwei was genuinely in a state of impotent rage.

Before he fell into the water, he used to criticize that person relentlessly.

He thought, "Isn't it just governance? What's so difficult about governance?"

Even that thug from a local gang almost managed to unify the country, so why can't he?

It wasn't until he became the head of the Jinling Reform Prefecture that Wang Jingwei realized things weren't like that.

Forget about unification, he couldn't even control the North China Administrative Committee in the north. His influence was limited to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and even that influence was shared by the Japanese.

Putting aside everything else, Shibayama Kenshiro was very rude to him, acting like an emperor emeritus all day long!

He was throwing a tantrum when a telegraph operator suddenly burst in.

Just as the secretary was about to reprimand him, the telegraph operator, pale-faced, held up a telegram: "Director Li is dead! Director Li Shiqun was murdered by Tanabe Kenji!"

The news was so explosive that the secretary, who had just opened her mouth to reprimand him, froze in place, like a frozen fathead fish.

Wang Jingwei also looked horrified. He took two quick steps, grabbed the telegram, and began to browse through it rapidly.

After watching for a while, he said in a deep voice, "Close the door!"

The secretary saw the telegraph operator out and then closed the door.

Wang Jingwei tried to keep his voice calm. "It's a joint report from the North China Army Headquarters, the Beiping Military Police Headquarters, and the North China Governing Committee. Li Shiqun was poisoned and infected with a deadly bacterium. He's already dead. After a preliminary investigation, the culprit has been identified as Tian Bianjian, who went to Beiping with Li Shiqun."

The secretary said incredulously, "This...could it be that they're lying from North China? Commander Tanabe killed Director Li? This, this..."

"Call Vice President Chu, Minister Zhou, and Minister Mei to come for a meeting."

Wang Jingwei was basically convinced that the news was true; otherwise, the North China Area Army Command would not have personally issued this notification, and he was also well aware of the dispute between the Nanjing Military Police Command and the Special Operations Department.

He just didn't expect that Tian Bian and the people behind him would be so bold as to directly poison Li Shiqun, nor did he expect that North China would react so quickly and solve the case so fast and make Tian Bian confess!

He urgently needs to come up with a solution!

After waiting for about an hour, Vice President Chu, Minister Zhou in charge of finance, and Minister Mei in charge of industry and commerce all arrived.

Upon hearing the news, all three were surprised. Minister Mei was the most surprised, Vice President Chu exclaimed in surprise and then fell into deep thought, while Minister Zhou said in a low voice, "This is troublesome," and then fell silent.

Wang Jingwei said leisurely, "The notification signed by the three parties means that North China wouldn't dare to lie about it. Li Shiqun is definitely dead. As for whether it was Tanabe Ken who killed him, North China says yes. Now it depends on whether Tanabe himself will overturn the case."

Minister Mei frowned and said, "They went there for that batch of grain. So much grain, it's very valuable. Now that this has happened, that batch of grain..."

Minister Zhou scoffed, "Old Mei, you don't understand. What's the point of talking about grain at a time like this? The reason they dared to issue us this notice is because they're looking to settle scores with us!"

Minister Mei wasn't very sensitive to this and was somewhat puzzled. "Settling scores with us? We didn't kill any of their people, so why are they coming to us with scores?"

Vice President Chu, who was involved in politics, said leisurely, "Minister Mei may not know this, but General Okamura in North China has a lot of influence in the military. Beijing and Tianjin are areas of complete security that he strongly promoted. Now, our intelligence chief is fighting with the people in Nanjing Military Police Headquarters and died in Beijing. This is enough to make him attack us."

Wang Jingwei tapped the table and said, "Preparation is the key to success, and lack of preparation leads to failure. We need to think about how to deal with this."

Minister Zhou said softly, "In my opinion, we are the victims. If we're talking about being anxious, the Central China Area Army and the Expeditionary Army Headquarters are even more anxious than we are. If this matter is made public, it will be a huge scandal. We have to take the initiative and demand an explanation from the Expeditionary Army Headquarters and Shibayama Kenshiro!"

When Wang Jingwei heard the name Shibayama Kenshiro, his eyes suddenly lit up!

“Minister Zhou is right. Director Li was a high-ranking official in our Restoration Office, and now he has been killed by their people. Shibayama Kenshiro must take responsibility for this! We can’t just back down; we have to work with the North China Area Army to demand an explanation!”

Minister Mei frowned again, "But if we do that, we'll never get that batch of grain back..."

Wang Jingwei waved his hand and said, "What time is it! If we can defeat Shibayama Kenshiro this time, what do grain and money matter! He's been riding on our necks long enough, this time we'll overturn him!"