[On this day in history] Wealthy businessman Cai Zhikan left for Japan to expose Japan's all-round ambition to invade China

Cai Zhikan - the first person to expose Japan's all-round ambitions to invade China

In April 1928, Tsai Chi-kan, a native of Miaoli, Taiwan, went to Japan as a supplementary worker to engage in the collation of books at the Imperial Palace. During his work, he discovered and secretly copied the minutes of the "Eastern Conference", that is, tanaka's recital. This document proposes: If you want to conquer the world, you must first conquer China; if you want to conquer China, you must first conquer Manchuria. He also sent it back to China several times and handed it over to Zhang Xueliang for forwarding to the Nationalist government, exposing Japan's ambitions to invade China at the earliest.

Cai Zhikan (1888-1955) was born in 1888 in Houni Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan. Shortly after birth, during the Sino-Japanese War, Taiwan was ceded to Japan, and he suffered from the loss of the country since childhood. As an adult, he went to Japan to do business, founded the Cai Fengyuan Import and Export Bank in Tokyo, and owned a coffee and rubber plantation in Nanyang, and had ships sail around, becoming a giant businessman. However, Cai Zhikan loved the motherland and devoted himself to the revolution, and in April 1928, Cai Zhikan took advantage of the contradictions of the Japanese political parties at that time, bought through heavy money, and as a supplementary worker, mixed into the Japanese Imperial Family Library, copied and completed the "Tanaka Recital" in two nights, and sent it to northeast China in fractions, where Wang Jiazhen, then Zhang Xueliang's secretary, forwarded it to Zhang Xueliang and forwarded it to the National Government, and at the same time managed to publish it in relevant publications in Nanjing and Beiping, the earliest exposing Japan's ambitions to invade China.

At the same time, Cai Zhikan also exposed the conspiracy of Japanese imperialism in the Huanggutun Incident and the Wanbaoshan Incident, and stole the Japanese Navy's codebooks during the Songhu War of Resistance. After the July 7 Incident in 1937, Cai Zhikan was already unable to gain a foothold in Tokyo, so he returned to Taiwan. In 1940, Cai Zhikan used business as a cover to collect anti-Japanese intelligence on the Pearl River in Guangzhou. Unexpectedly discovered by the Japanese army, Cai Zhikan was imprisoned in the Japanese prison in Taiwan.

On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. On October 25, Taiwan was restored, and Cai Zhikan was released from prison, and wrote the seven laws "Taiwan Guangfu Day of Restoration": "Full of stomach and letters, madness and lack of Ji Shicai." When should I get Han Ou's pen, the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains will be full. Only after drinking a cup of water, it does not benefit the public and private half of the money. Advise the king not to seal the marquis' affairs, and the thin horse is heavy and the lotus is confused. ”

After Cai Zhikan was released from prison, he was introduced by Chen Lifu and became a special member of the Chinese Kuomintang. On September 29, 1955, Cai Zhikan died of illness in Taiwan, chiang kai-shek issued a commendation order for him, and the chinese Kuomintang elders Yu Youren, Yan Jiagan and other political leaders sent a telegram of condolences and condolences.