Why was the Manchurian Parliament in Changchun at that time?

Changchun, Jilin, was once the seat of the japanese-backed puppet Manchu capital.

In the northeast region, Changchun was a relatively special city, especially at that time, compared with the cultural heritage, Changchun was not as good as Shenyang in Liaoning; compared with economic development, Changchun was not as good as Dalian; even compared with industry and transportation, it was not as good as harbin.

But it was Changchun, a very young city that was chosen by the Japanese Kou to become the capital of puppet Manchuria.

In fact, the reason is not complicated, at that time, among the major cities in the northeast, Dalian and Lushun itself gave way to Japan, Harbin was too close to the Soviet Union and unsafe, and Shenyang was Zhang Zuolin's territory, which was not a good choice.

As for Changchun in Jilin Province, it is close to the South Manchuria Railway, and it is located near the center of the northeast region, and the surrounding territories are inhabited by tens of thousands of Japanese, which is the most suitable place for the capital at that time.

After the September 18 Incident, Japan brazenly conquered the entire northeast, but at that time, Japan was not good enough to swallow the northeast directly, so it thought of the Qingxun Emperor Puyi and decided to collude with it and use each other.

With the support of the Japanese, the puppet Manchu regime was established in the northeast, and after the establishment of the puppet Manchus, it was natural to fix the capital.

Although the northeast was banned for more than two hundred years during the Qing Dynasty, after the lifting of the ban in the late Qing Dynasty, with the influx of people who broke into the Kanto, it can be regarded as a relatively rapid development, and many more prosperous cities have emerged.

Cities such as Shenyang, Jilin, Harbin, dalian and other cities were all well-known cities in Northeast Asia at that time.

However, for many reasons, the Japanese abandoned these cities one by one, and finally chose changchun, a small city that was not so famous before, as the location of the puppet capital city of Xinjing.

Today's Changchun can also be regarded as a famous city in the northeast, but the development of Changchun is not so long.

In ancient times, Changchun was only a local guan defense town, until the fifth year of Qing Jiaqing, the Changchun Hall was established here, and Changchun was officially set up at this time.

At that time, the capital of Jilin was located in Jilin City, not in Changchun, compared with Jilin, Changchun was only a small city.

The population is not large, the size of the city is also very small, there is almost no fame, and it seems that it is not good in all aspects.

Whether it is from the economic or cultural and historical aspects, Changchun can not be compared with Jilin Ula, let alone with Shenyang, the former Qing Dynasty, it can be said that Changchun is an extremely ordinary city.

To say that the city in the northeast region, as the capital city to do the appropriate first choice is Shenyang, that is, the Qing Dynasty's Shengjing.

In the post-Jin Dynasty, Shenyang was the capital city, and after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it has long been the capital of Shengjing, and there are few cultural status of other cities in the northeast region, which can be compared with Shenyang.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Shenyang was also a first-class big city in the northeast, and the conditions in all aspects were very good.

At first, Japan did think about Shenyang, but there was a big problem here, that is, the foundation of Zhang Zuolin's father and son was in Shenyang, which was a huge trouble for Japan.

Although Zhang Zuolin had cooperated with Japan, he absolutely refused to let the Japanese invade and occupy the northeast, and the Zhang family warlords had great influence in the northeast, and the pseudo-Manchu wanted to set the capital in Shenyang, which was bound to cause a huge shock and was very insecure, so it was quickly abandoned.

Then there is Harbin, the rise of the city is not very early, but in the late Qing Dynasty, with the construction of the Middle East Railway, Harbin also became a famous big city in the Far East.

Harbin has a large population and is located on the top of the transportation hub, which is a very important city.

But there is a big problem, that is, Harbin is the territory of the Soviets, as early as the Tsarist era, the Russians operated in Harbin for a long time, and it is close to the Soviet Union.

Japan and the Russians have always been at odds, and the russians will not easily forget the enmity of the Russo-Japanese War, and they will always think of counterattacking.

For the Japanese, it is also unsafe to put the capital of The Puppet Manchu city in Harbin, which may be attacked by the Soviet Union at any time, and once such a thing happens, it is actually difficult for Japan to resist, which is even more unsafe.

As for another important city in the northeast, that is, Dalian at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, this is a rare natural harbor in Northeast Asia, and the Russians were extremely coveted here.

From the late Qing Dynasty, when the Beiyang Marine Division established a water division base here, the development of Dalian began to accelerate.

By the eve of September 18, Dalian has become a very large city, as a seaport city, Dalian's external contact is also very convenient, and the industrial and commercial base in all aspects is difficult to compare with other northeastern cities.

But it is also not suitable as a pseudo-Manchu capital, after all, Dalian's geographical location is too far south to effectively control the entire northeast.

Not only is the location too remote, but more importantly, Japan has long occupied the Liaodong Peninsula as the Kanto Prefecture, and the Japanese regard Dalian as their own direct territory, and although the puppet Manchus are in the hands of the Japanese, it is not suitable to put the capital of the puppet Manchus in Dalian.

Japan chose Changchun, a small city near the South Manchuria Railway, to be the location of the new capital.

In fact, Changchun did not have so many advantages, but the cities in the northeast that had the conditions to be the capital at that time were abandoned by the Japanese for various reasons, which was Changchun's turn.

Although small, Changchun has nothing directly to do with the former Qing Dynasty, the Soviet Union and the Warlords of the Feng Dynasty.

Changchun started very late and does not have any glorious past and heritage, but for the Japanese, such a city is like a blank piece of paper, which is also good, very suitable for new design and construction.

Of course, Changchun also has its own advantages, for example, it is just located in the geometric center of the northeast region, water and land transportation is very convenient, can effectively grasp the entire northeast, can be attacked and retreated, but more advantageous.

Of course, the Japanese supported the establishment of puppet Manchuria, originally thinking that one day the whole northeast would be swallowed into the stomach, thinking that all the territory of puppet Manchuria would sooner or later be a Japanese place, so they were very involved in the construction of Changchun.

As the capital of Puppet Manchuria, Changchun was called Xinjing, and the Japanese arranged for design masters to imitate Paris for construction.

In order to build Changchun, Japan is also sparing no effort, in Changchun at the same time to build a large number of trees, intends to build here into a suitable city for Japanese people to live, all aspects of the layout construction, are very exquisite.

In addition, Changchun also became the first city in Asia to fully implement flushing toilets, and from the perspective of many individual buildings, they were on par with the world's top level at that time, and the Japanese fought so hard because they had no intention of going.

On the whole, the Japanese set the capital of the pseudo-Manchu in Changchun, mainly because at that time, Harbin and Shenyang and other cities had various reasons that were not suitable for the capital, and the small city of Changchun was more suitable for the Japanese to build a new capital.