Chapter 957 The Japanese Spy King 1

"Really? That really requires attention!" Akiyama Yoshiko frowned. Even with his status as a lieutenant general, the title of the father of the Japanese cavalry, and his illustrious military exploits in previous wars, Akiyama Yoshiko has The man next to him, Akashi Genjiro, who is not tall and whose record is not very brilliant, is also highly respected and valued. This buddy may not be very good at fighting, but in other aspects, especially the concealed front, he is simply too strong. Whether it is "civil war" or "foreign war", he is a good hand! Within the Japanese army, he is known as the God of Japanese espionage!

Before the Russo-Japanese War, Akashi Genjiro served as the military attache stationed in Russia. He had a very deep understanding of Russian society and the military, and provided a lot of information to the Japanese government. During the Russo-Japanese War, he and the Russians were in exile in Europe. met with the leaders of the Bolshevik party and funded the latter to cause riots in Russia. Let Russia be in a state of internal and external distress during the Russo-Japanese War. It can be said that Akashi Genjiro played a great role in the victory of the Russo-Japanese War! No less than those generals fighting on the front line,

This man also had outstanding achievements in the "Civil War". In the recent "Siemens Incident", Akashi Genjiro also helped Yamagata Aritomo to kill the Yamamoto Gonbei cabinet headed by the father of the Japanese navy, and even let the latter transfer to This move has greatly suppressed the growing influence of the navy, allowing the Japanese army to finally take a breather. If the Japanese navy had not recently beaten the Americans to save some reputation, the Japanese army would have had a good chance of completely suppressing the navy. of! As a member of the Army, from this point of view alone, Akiyama Yoshiko is very grateful to Akashi Genjiro who helped the Japanese Army expand its influence!

Akashi Genjiro can be said to be one of the key factors in the great reduction of the navy's influence, and he is also a major officer. He played an important role in this "Siemens incident"!

It is said that all crows in the world are black. Are the crows in Japan during the Meiji period not black? That's impossible! Officials in Japan also need some "extra money"! And from top to bottom, from home to abroad, from Germany to the United Kingdom, the Japanese are not merciless at all when they take kickbacks and extra money!

This is what happened. The person who revealed this incident was actually very insignificant. This incident happened in 1910 and was reported from a typist at the Siemens office in Japan. Although this person named Carl Richter did not have a high status, However, as a liaison officer, he has connections with senior Siemens executives and the Japanese Navy, and has been one of the witnesses to several bribery incidents.

How about Siemens nb? Although it is a German company, it is also one of the main suppliers of electrical and communication equipment on the main ships of the Japanese Navy. In order to ensure that its products can win the bid, some additional benefits will naturally be provided. Otherwise, if the British will give it to you but the Germans won’t, why would the Japanese choose you? What? Do you think the Japanese officers performed their duties well at that time? What are you thinking about? Who gave you this illusion?

Siemens has spent a lot of money in order to keep this way of making money! In each order, Siemens will spend about 15% of the money to the senior officials of the Japanese Navy who are responsible for medium and long-term equipment procurement! This is already a self-evident thing within the Japanese Navy! Everyone understands that no one gets less money.

What's the saying? Fortresses are always breached from the inside, but this incident is obviously an exception! Because the problem is not with Japan or Siemens, but with the German government! Japan has formed a very strong alliance of interests. How could there be a problem? Siemens was making good money and there would be no problems. As a result, the German intelligence agency was very aware of the matter. The German government was worried that if the matter was leaked, it might "damage the reputation of the empire", so it asked Siemens to transfer this person from Tokyo to Dalian. After Richter arrived in Dalian, the German secret agency asked him to return to Germany immediately, otherwise his life would be threatened!

And Richter is not a simple person. With the idea of ​​​​always making a profit before leaving, he stole a batch of documents from the office when he left his job. He used this as a threat and asked Siemens to offer 25,000 yen to buy it back. After Siemens refused, Richter sold it to the RTU reporter Andrew Prey for 250 pounds.

How should I put it? At this time, Richter, who had made a small profit, returned to Germany, and the result of his attempt to use his personal means to defeat the will of the country was naturally very tragic. After returning, he was arrested by the Berlin District Prosecutor's Office, and He was charged with extortion.

Otherwise, everyone is greedy. Compared with Richter, Andrew’s journalist level is much higher! The ambition is even greater! This guy wrote a report based on the information he bought. The target of the blackmail was still Siemens, but they increased the money 10 times! Ask Siemens to buy it for 250,000 yen! What is this concept? Converted to pounds sterling, that’s 25,000 pounds! Converted into silver, that’s more than 200,000 taels! The prefects of the Qing Dynasty were simply weak compared to him!

However, there was such a commotion here, and the Japanese also heard the news. After the Japanese police got hold of the news, they began to investigate, and the Japanese Navy also has its own channels. If this matter comes out. If that is going to shake things up, not to mention how many people's jobs will be ruined, no one from the Admiralty to the Navy Minister to the ship designers will be able to escape! This matter must not be revealed! So the Navy Ministry asked the Metropolitan Police Department to immediately suspend their duties for investigation, and also asked Siemens to pay some money if it couldn't be done? After all, if this matter is revealed, everyone will suffer together.

As a result, the Metropolitan Police finally stopped investigating. Siemens then bought back all the documents from Andrew for 50,000 yen. (Siemens: If I had known this, why bother in the first place? Talk about the price, maybe it can be done for 5,000 yen!) And it was burned directly at the German Consulate in Yokohama on the day I bought it!

Logically speaking, this matter should be forgotten in Japan. The evidence is gone, what else can we do? But at this time, Akashi Genjiro took action! The Japanese Navy Ministry has very good hands and eyes in the country. If it is really serious, I, a Japanese Army Lieutenant General, will never take advantage. Therefore, they simply took the overseas route!

The Japanese army general obtained the relevant trial results of the Richter case from the Berlin Prosecutor's Office in Germany through connections, and handed it over to the Ministry of War, giving Yamagata Aritomo and others ammunition to attack the navy!

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