In the afternoon of the next day, Ning Zhiheng packed up and a convoy headed to the customs wharf. When he arrived, the dock was crowded with people, and there were a lot of people.

A large number of soldiers and guards around him kept the cordons far away, and no one was allowed to approach. Those who could wait on the dock were all senior officials in Japan and senior officials of the pseudo-government in Shanghai.

Seeing Ning Zhiheng appear, a group of people immediately surrounded him. Iwai Jiani also quickly called Ning Zhiheng to wait together. Several leading figures in Shanghai took the opportunity to talk and inquire about relevant information.

At 5 p.m., the cruise ship from the ocean entered Wusongkou Customs and stopped at the pier. The members of the envoys got off the ship one by one. The leader was about in his early fifties, with a medium figure, a fair face, white temples, and a shrewd deep gaze under his broad thick eyebrows. This person was the deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Eishou Kiyomizu.

Everyone came forward together. Iwai Keni took the lead, bowed and saluted, paid tribute to Hidesu Kiyomizu, and introduced and introduced the people. The first one was naturally Fujiwara Tomohito.

When Hideho Kiyomizu knew that the young man in front of him was Tomohito Fujiwara, he immediately raised his eyebrows and nodded and smiled: "Kun Fujiwara? The son who Duke Fujiwara values ​​the most? Haha, when we meet today, we are indeed very handsome!"

Ning Zhiheng nodded quickly when he heard this and said respectfully: "Your Excellency is too much, it's all my uncle's fault. Zhiren is ashamed of him, so please take care of him in the future!"

"Haha, so polite. When we arrived, Duke Fujiwara asked me to bring you a letter. We will explain in detail when we have time later."

The two of them talked briefly for a few words and continued to introduce the other personnel. Behind him are Akiyu Hashimoto and Hayashi Ohara.

Both members of the parliament were older than Hideho Shimizu, but they were straight, energetic, elegant in appearance, and had the style of an elder.

Both of them were members of the noble house and had a prominent position. Ning Zhiheng also greeted him respectfully. Both of them were obviously impressed by Ning Zhiheng, both had a kind attitude and talked with each other with a warm conversation.

The envoy group was quite large. In addition to the three members of the parliament, there were also some government officials and entourages. It took a lot of time before the two sides finished their greetings. The group got into the car and drove towards the consulate.

Keni Iwai has arranged everything in advance. As soon as the welcoming ceremony ends, everyone will be arranged to enter the banquet hall immediately, and the banquet will begin immediately.

The banquet this time was very high in specifications, and almost all the top figures and high-ranking people in Shanghai rushed to the banquet. During the period, the atmosphere was very warm.

The banquet was held for a while, and Eiju Kiyomizu signaled to Ning Zhiheng and entered the Masaya under the arrangement of Keni Iwai.

The two of them sat cross-legged, the waiter served the tea, stepped out, and slowly closed the barrier door, isolating the noise outside from outside, and the room suddenly became quiet.

Hideto Kiyomizu took out a letter from home and pushed it to Ning Zhiheng, saying, "Duke Fujiwara misses you very much. He often mentions you in front of others, saying that you are fighting alone in China, which is very difficult. When this time comes, I will specially ask me to bring my letter from home. You can take a look!"

"Thank you for your concern!" Ning Zhiheng bowed and then took the letter, tore open the seal, took out the letter to watch.

In the past two years, Ning Zhiheng and Hirofumi Fujiwara have also been in contact, but both of them are used to using home letters to communicate and use radio stations unless there is an emergency. However, nothing major happened and Hirofumi Fujiwara needs to be alarmed.

The content of the letter was nothing special. As usual, it was a bit of family matters and greetings to each other. However, at the end of the letter, Hirofumi Fujiwara asked Ning Zhiheng to cooperate with Eisu Kiyomizu's trip to China, and also pointed out that Ning Zhiheng could use his good relationship with the military to provide assistance to the envoys and his delegation.

After reading the letter, Ning Zhiheng immediately paused his head to Eisuo Kiyomizu and said, "Zhiren must do his best to help, and obey your arrangements in everything!"

Seeing Ning Zhiheng's attitude, Hideshou Shimizu nodded with satisfaction, laughed and said, "Zhiren, our two families have been in a century of friendship, and they don't have to be too polite. I believe you have also known some of the purpose of coming to China this time?"

Ning Zhiheng replied in a deep voice: "I just heard about it. Your Excellency, is the situation really so serious?"

"It's true!" Hideho Kiyomizu nodded solemnly, "This time, the military headed by the Mainland Minister suddenly attacked with the outbreak of the Soviet-German war and was arrogant, which caught the cabinet off guard. Now that the military's power is expanding too fast, it is completely beyond our expectations. If you want to grasp the situation and not lose control, you must master the large number of troops in China. At least you have to make those bastards have some concerns, otherwise they will put their hands into the cabinet, and the situation of us Chinese will be even more difficult."

"Cabinet? Does the military still want to control the cabinet? They dare to rebel?" Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but look surprised and suspicious.

"Why don't you dare? The domestic environment is getting worse now. The whole country has a lot of criticisms against the cabinet. The military even advocates the spirit of Bushido, fooling the people, and building momentum for the superiors. Now the guards cabinet is oppressed and dare not speak out. If this continues, the guy who picks up garbage will probably become the new Prime Minister of the Cabinet. By that time, the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister will hold two positions, and the military power and the regime are combined. Is there any room for us to speak?"

The guy who picks up garbage in the mouth of Eiju Kiyomizu naturally refers to Tojo, who is a commoner and frugal person, so he is nicknamed the guy who picks up garbage by the nobles.

However, now it seems that this guy who picks up garbage will soon be promoted and become the biggest powerful minister below one person and above ten thousand people. You should know that the successive cabinet prime ministers are all outstanding people from nobles, which is a dangerous signal for the nobles.

Ning Zhiheng frowned and said, "Are you too worried? How could the Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet be appointed as a soldier? This is something that has never happened before, and His Majesty the Emperor would not agree!"

"As the situation is forced, everything will happen, especially the outbreak of this world war, which made these reckless men in military uniforms carry themselves in pride. If we want to win this world war, we must give them enough benefits. This is the most deadly thing."

Hideho Kiyomizu couldn't help but sigh. He and his colleagues in the aristocratic academy were all worried about the current political situation in Japan and were helpless about the decline of the aristocratic power. However, Japan needs war and needs to win the war, so it must rely on the army. This requires finding a balance point and working hard to maintain it. For this, they have to pay a significant price.

Hideshou Kiyomizu continued: "I heard from the Duke that Zhiren, you have good connections in the Central China dispatched troops, especially in Shanghai and Nanjing. Today I saw the attitudes of several military generals towards you. It seems that you are doing well here."

At today's welcome ceremony, all local military generals attended, but they were surrounded by Tomohito Fujiwara, which made Kiyomizu Eisuki look up to this long-known Fujiwara family's son.

Ning Zhiheng smiled slightly. Over the past few years, he has used money to feed these powerful generals around him. This is also the basis for his ability to have such a solid position in Shanghai, so of course he is quite confident about this.

"Please rest assured that I have a full understanding of the generals in East China. They are all loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and the House of Nobles!"

"I understand!" Kiyomizu Eisu immediately showed a look of joy. Fujiwara Tomohito was so confident that he must rely on it. "I heard that you have an uncle, Lieutenant General Uehara Junhei, who is in charge of the intelligence department of the dispatch army?"

"Yes!" Ning Zhiheng nodded, "My uncle and I met in our early years. When I came to Shanghai from China and took care of him, Zhiren had the situation today. If you are interested, I can be an intermediary to introduce you to you. He will definitely be very happy!"

"very good!"

Hideho Kiyomizu couldn't help but laugh, and immediately invited him: "As far as I know, your uncle is a real power figure. There are enough allies in the dispatch army, Fujiwara Jun, this trip to Nanjing will be hard for you!"

"Dare not obeying!" Ning Zhiheng paused his head and said.

Qingmizu Eisuto and others stayed in Shanghai for two days. After making arrangements with Ning Zhiheng, they had in-depth contact with several military generals and gained a lot, which greatly increased the confidence of Qingmizu Eisuto and others.

However, the main destination of this trip was Nanjing, which was the command center of the dispatch army. Ning Zhiheng was invited by Qingmizu Eisuto to go there together.
Chapter completed!