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Chapter 166 Negotiations with Japan

Bei stopped to give a speech, silently watched the actions of the reporters. He resumed his speech when the last circle was placed on the stone mill.

"You are all kind people. The two old men are not good at speaking. I would like to thank you for your generosity on behalf of these two old men. However, you can help each family, but you can't help everyone. In fact, even without your donations, these two old men will not starve to death. Now the Republican Military Government is forming an orphanage and an orphanage to specifically rescue the orphanages of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country.

Today we are standing here not to see the tragic situation of the Qizhou tragedy, but to reflect on why such a tragedy occurred? And how to avoid such a tragedy again.

Please remember the following facts: In 1895 AD, that is, the 21st year of the Guangxu period of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, Japan plundered 230 million taels of silver from China through the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, which was equivalent to 40 million taels of British. These were all the wealth of the Chinese people. In order to raise these reparations, the pseudo-Qing court at that time had to borrow from foreign countries. These foreign debts were all high interest. If we counted, China had already brought a total of 740 million taels of foreign debts to the war of aggression against China by Japan!

What is this? Let me tell you that in order to repay these foreign debts, the pseudo-Qing court needed to pay the principal and interest of 20 million taels of kuping silver to foreign consortiums every year! And how much is the national income of the pseudo-Qing court in one year? 80 million taels of kuping silver.

By the way, just when the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 was in full swing, Britain provided Japan with the convenience of purchasing arms, and a few years after the war ended, Britain and Japan formally concluded an alliance treaty.

So why did Britain do this? Please remember a fact: the British government took advantage of the post-war Qing government's borrowing opportunity to seize China's customs power in one fell swoop! Although Britain had long usurped customs power, it was the Sino-Japanese War that made this arrogant and rude hegemonic act of "legalization". The British took the written guarantee of the pseudo-Qing court and tried to continue to occupy China's customs power for forty-five years! Forty-five years, it was almost as old as these two old people!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Bei looked at the two old men and whispered a few instructions to Tian Jinfu. Tian Jinfu invited the two old men back to the thatched hut, and the silver balls were also moved back to the house.

Looking up, Zhao Bei waved his fists and said hatefully: "Customs power is lost, the tariff power is controlled by the British, and the tax rate is stipulated by the British. The British can import British goods into China at a cheap price, including opium! With tariff control, the British can suppress China's industry, commerce, handicrafts and agriculture without scrupulously! Without tariff dominance, Chinese industry cannot be carried out! All of this must be traced back to the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895! Today, we can say that the shameless war to plunder China was planned by the British and Japanese! China's backwardness and the poverty of the Chinese people were all caused by the British and Japanese! And the far reason can be traced back to the Sino-British Opium War!

Now, we revolutionary soldiers are rewriting the fate of this country with our passion and life. The Republican Revolution has achieved partial success. As long as we are given time, we have the confidence to make this country prosperous and civilized!

However, some people don’t want to see China’s rise or awakening. So they took action. This attack killed nineteen Chinese citizens! The ones who took action were Japanese pirates. And there was also a British robber standing behind the Japanese pirates.

Therefore, the '~State Massacre' is not a simple surprise incident. It is a long-planned international political conspiracy with sinister intentions! The plan is the British government. The specific implementation is the British raising a lackey in Japan! What they want to achieve is very sinister. That is to monopolize China's interests and exclude countries where they try to trade normally with China!

News came yesterday. The United States of America and the German Empire have successively recognized our local republican government. Today, the Treaty of Establishing Diplomacy was officially concluded. The two countries established diplomatic relations with the Republic of China. Please note that this time the establishment of diplomatic relations was timely. Moreover, the Treaty of Establishing Diplomacy did not add any special conditions. The only requirement was to maintain the existing treaty of China-US and China-Germany.

But let's look at Britain and Japan. What are they doing? After the establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic, they were reluctant to recognize the legitimacy of this revolutionary government. What are they trying to do? According to the inside information I got from the north, the conditions for establishing diplomatic relations in the Japanese were extremely harsh. These Oriental robbers not only wanted to monopolize the coal mines and iron mines in the three eastern provinces, but also wanted to monopolize the construction and operation rights of subway railways there. Once they gain these privileges, not only other countries and local commodities will be completely excluded from the market of the three eastern provinces. Even Chinese people cannot build their own national subway railways and mines on their own land! As for the British, although I don't know what they are trying to do now, they are in no doubt about it. On the issue of diplomatic relations, the British and Japanese are colluding with each other. They both want to threaten the Chinese through negotiations!

Now, the Qizhou tragedy has been born. The Japanese have further improved the conditions for establishing diplomatic negotiations. The British have also been reluctant to make a stand. Let us think about it carefully. Can we still say that the state tragedy is just an occasional incident?

No! This is not an incident. This is an international conspiracy! The British planned and implemented by the Japanese. It is ridiculously. Until now, there is still a group of people who are confused by the Japanese and the British. They are still talking to these two robber countries.

Wake up, let us unite, let us use me
Chapter completed!
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