The results of the negotiations with Harriman were beyond Yang Rui's expectations, but they also conformed to historical reality. On the return ship, Yang Rui kept thinking about why the results were so different. When it came to Hong Kong, the Chinese who disembarked were arbitrarily searched and humiliated by the powerful police. Only then did he realize that Japan was recognized by white people and was treated equally and cooperatively. He was nothing more than a representative of a third-rate national railway company. Why did Harriman buy his own account? When the Japanese threatened the Tonghua Railway Company, Harriman probably was waiting for him to come to ask for help.

While Yang Rui was thinking about the failed negotiation, Xie Zhangtai and Li Jitang had already come forward to say hello. Yang Rui took back his thoughts and smiled at them, "The boat was wrong, let Chong'an, Jitang wait for a long time."

"It's okay, it's okay. Fortunately, it's not summer, otherwise I don't know when I will dock." Li Jitang was very happy to see Yang Rui this time. Since he sponsored the revolution, he felt like he was getting rid of his heavy burden for the first time. When many creditors saw his newly established soap factory, they changed their previous coercive behavior. They even invited him to have morning tea without much trouble. This made him sigh: It turns out that life can be revolutionized like this.

"Haha, just dock, just dock." Yang Rui laughed loudly. From San Francisco to South Africa, I don't know where I went, the ship was caught in the storm area. It took a night to escape. This experience made Yang Rui very afraid of taking a boat, and he felt that it was still safe on the shore.

Xie Zhangtai and Li Jitang didn't understand Yang Rui's experience. They thought he was joking, so they invited Yang Rui and his group to get on the carriage and then drove straight to Queen's Avenue. Yang Rui didn't know the truth. He only waited to a hotel and found that he had arrived at the most prosperous place in Hong Kong. When everyone got off the car, Xie Zhangtai said: "It turns out that this time I want to meet many gentry and others in Hong Kong. These people actually had contacts with Zhaochun in their early years. This time I heard that you came, I want to meet you." They had been talking about South Africa just now, but they only came to their senses when they arrived.

"Oh..." In the previous plan, Hong Kong's layout was mainly business and education. Yang Rui nodded and said, "This is what it should be, but what is the point for them?"

The caliber is the standard for the division of external propaganda by the Revival Association. For all gentry, they all claim to be constitutionalists. If they meet revolutionary talents who want to unite, they will be honest with themselves as a revolutionary party. However, the Revival Association is not a few years ago, and there is a hematopoietic mechanism for the Education Association. Except for some professional talents, the Revival Association no longer needs foreign talents. This is like a multinational company. Except for finding some high-end and sophisticated professionals through headhunting, all other talents are found on university campuses, and those with work experience do not.

"It's better to be constitutional." Xie Zhangtai also thought about it for a while before he said that there were still some revolutionary parties in the banquet. After weighing the pros and cons, he still felt that constitutionalization was more secure. "The most important person in it is He Qi."

"Who is the one?"

"Yes, He Qi. He is a member of the Legislative Council and is very famous among the entire gentry." Xie Zhangtai was afraid that Yang Rui would not understand this person, so he specifically reminded him.

Although on Queen's Avenue, the restaurant where you are dining is still in Chinese. As soon as Yang Rui entered the lobby, a circle of gentry dressed up came out to the door and greeted him with fists. Xie Zhangtai immediately explained: "This is the member of the Revival Association I mentioned to you, Mr. Wen Side, and Mr. Wen had just returned from Europa and passed by Hong Kong. When he heard that all the wise men were greeting him, he insisted on getting off the boat and meeting him in person to express his gratitude."

Xie Zhangtai was a completely excellent flatterer. Although the discipline did not allow him to reveal any more secrets, these words still made the gentry who attended the banquet praise him. After Xie Zhangtai said that, he introduced to Yang Rui that everyone who welcomed him was all gentry and the likes. Yang Rui had no time to remember, and there were only two people in it. One was He Qi, who was in his forties, had a horoscope, had a bright head, and was dressed in a suit, which was completely Western style. The other was extremely young, named Li Bingxing, who was in his twenties, and had a black student hat. He was dressed up in Japanese students and had a strong movement.

The banquets of the Chinese people were harmonious and harmonious, but when Yang Rui said that it was constitutional, Li Bingxing, the last seat, immediately stood up, glared at Yang Rui wildly, cursed, "Slave Tartars!" and left the seat. When Yang Rui was surprised, a gentleman stood up and clasped his fists and said, "You son is rude, please ask Mr. Wen to be, Hai Han."

Seeing Li Bingxing dressed as a Japanese student, Yang Rui didn't want to argue with him. Seeing the old man apologized, he stood up and returned the gift. When he returned to the dock afterwards, Xie Zhangtai said, "Since the establishment of the Revival Society Branch in Hong Kong, Chen Shaobai and others have often persuaded us to join the Tongmenghui after leaving the Revival Society. Li Bingxing was a member of the Tongmenghui. This time, his father was dragged to the banquet. He was unwilling to do so. He heard our constitutional statement, so he..."

Thinking of the young man's indignation just now, Yang Rui only felt that he was years ago and sighed, "Young people always seek to be neat and refreshed, revolution, that's that simple! Are we fighting in the Two Sessions in Hong Kong so powerful?"

Xie Zhangtai also understood that the revolution was completely tortuous, especially the failure of the Ming Shuntian Uprising. The death of my father stimulated him a lot and could understand the thoughts of the young people. He heard Yang Rui ask about the Tongmenghui and said, "We are completely superior in Hong Kong, but there are a group of idle and idle gangs on Li Bingxing's side, which is just a big news. Besides, his father also felt that the constitutional style is now strong and the revolution is in decline, otherwise he would not have come to the banquet today."

"What, his father is not a member of Tongmeng?"

"No, the old man is very smart. Before, the revolutionary style was strong, he bet on the revolution. Now the constitutional style is strong, he bet on the constitution. Anyway, he bet on many bets and is not afraid of missing. It is this son who joined the Xingzhonghui when he was studying in Japan, and now he joins the Tongmenghui. He has no idea about my father's painstaking efforts." Xie Zhangtai explained with a smile.

The rich gentry are like this. Yang Rui didn't want to make more comments. With limited time, he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with the soap factory?"

It’s okay if you don’t say it, but when it comes to industry, Xie Zhangtai was furious. “Soap has been sold long ago. This is a domestic product. Hong Kong people like it. Even Nanyang has started to use this soap. I didn’t expect that the revolution has not been revolutionized like this. It’s really unheard of!”

He was happy and Yang Rui also smiled. "Revolution is not necessarily a killing and fire prevention. Revolution is often construction. By the way, Ji Tang has no objection. I heard that when evaluating assets, his evaluation was not high."

"No objection, no objection. The accountant from Shanghai is very fair." Xie Zhangtai shook his head, "In fact, I was the one who harmed him, otherwise he would not have fallen from a million wealth to this point today."

"Chong'an, there is nothing to harm this, it's all for the revolution. Ji Tang is enthusiastic. But he really can't manage his finances. He donated many times to the natural family's wealth to be dispersed." Yang Rui comforted, and saw that the crowds on the dock were starting to board the boat. He said again: "The Shanghai meeting is about to start. You can handle the matter here, so come through Shanghai."

"I understand. I have already booked the boat ticket for the next day, and it will not be delayed." Xie Zhangtai nodded. Because the overseas Chinese in the Southeast Asian area were going to join the Hong Kong community, he couldn't leave here, so he could only go to Shanghai for two days.

Hong Kong is not as good as Shanghai, and the forces of Xingzhonghui are mixed. The development of the organization here is completely to compete for jobs with the Tongmenghui. Although everyone is fighting for different targets, there are still many contradictions. If Xie Zhangtai had not been a member of Xingzhonghui, he would have been afraid that anyone who cares about work would not be able to do it. When Yang Rui thought of this festival, he held his hand and said take care of it. Then he got on the boat and waved his hand and left.

On April 25, Yang Rui circled the earth for half a circle and returned to Shanghai. At this time, Wang Jitong's injuries had healed and the meeting work had already started to take charge again. Yang Rui got off the ship and arrived at the Wan'anli headquarters. After leaving for a long time, there were too many things to discuss. At this time, Zhang Taiyan had been on medical parole, and Xu Huafeng also rushed over from the Northeast. In addition to Zhong Guangui and Yu Zixun in Europe and the United States, the seven members had already arrived. They rarely gathered together. They only started to discuss important matters after they met. The first person to speak was Yang Rui. He went out to do a lot of things this time, and some things were done, and some were not done well. He always had to explain.

Yang Rui took out his notebook and said, "There are two things that have not been done well in this trip to the United States. One is the sale of raw silk in the United States, and the other is the rental and concession of railways. The former is because the mulberry silk industry is a whole, and it cannot be reversed by finding a way out. The quality of raw silk involves mulberry silk, and mulberry silk silk is involved in gentry, farmers, land, foreign companies, and many relationships. It is not easy to improve it. Now I have only made another plan and I will print it later and send it to everyone to discuss. Harriman doesn't seem to want to be hostile to Japan too early. He probably will negotiate with Russia first and then determine whether to lease the Antongmei Railway."

The mulberry silkworms are complicated and involve a lot of things. No one has much hope. The railway matter is related to the issue of a foothold in the Northeast. When everyone heard this, Xu Huafeng said: "What do Americans want to do?"

"People are the slaughter and I am the fish. I want it when I want it, and don't want it when I don't want it. With the hostility of the Japanese, foreigners don't have to worry about whether we rent it or not. Maybe they still think that we will give him the railway. None of these foreigners." Zhang Taiyan said confidently, shook the white paper fan. Sometimes he was crazy, but when he calmed down, his words really hit the critical point.

Cai Yuanpei said: "Is that true? It's done."

Yang Rui nodded helplessly, "I really can't think of any other reason except this reason. In the final negotiation, I have given up to the point where I can sign a fifty-year lease, but I just require the rent to be negotiated every ten years. If I don't sign such conditions, except that he doesn't want to build a Global Railway Network."

"Then the Northeast is in danger!" Xu Huafeng said.

"No, as long as there is no major incident in the past few months, we will keep it ourselves." Yang Rui had already thought about the matter several times when he was outside, and he could barely consider the countermeasures. "European military equipment has been shipped, and we will go to Andong next month, so how to enter the customs is a problem. Are the Japanese still strictly checking customs?"

"After the Americans protested, I was not investigating it. These ships of supplies can still be accessed." Wang Ji Tongdao. The most important thing about the infiltration of Anton Customs was that in two years, the customs and anti-smuggling teams were all bribed several times. There, as long as there is no large-scale smuggling of arms, there is nothing that can't be done.

"That's good." Yang Rui nodded and said: "People from the United States will also arrive next month. If everything goes well, it will be put into production in July." The military factory that has been preparing for two years is finally about to see the results. Wang Jitong, Xu Huafeng and others who were in charge of the establishment were relieved. The righteousness was simple, but it would not be so easy if the righteousness was done with guns and bullets.

After saying that, I didn't do it, and then I mentioned it. "The oil company is ready and everything is normal. Things in South Africa can be confirmed. The miners there don't like yellow people. They like to use black people, so it's not too difficult for us to get out the miners. We have initially discussed sending these miners to Lorenzomaquis for training by farm labor. If there are no ships to transport them back after they become an army, they will return home in batches in single."

This is good news, Cai Yuanpei said: "How many people are there? Will they not be exposed in Lorenzo Maguis?"

"I don't know how many people there are. After the miners are found, they have to choose them again. Excluding the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, at least 40,000 people. Mozambique is a colony of the Portuguese, and the control is always very relaxed. As long as there is no trouble, they only charge taxes. In addition, it is a white farm, and the miners are half farmers and half soldiers. Even if they are discovered by shooting and firing cannons, they can be said to be hunting or private soldiers on the farm, and they will not be exposed." Yang Rui stayed in Lorenzomaguis for some time, and the local situation was heard and had a general understanding, so he decided to establish an army in Lorenzomaguis.

"If this is the case, then can these troops build an army in Nanyang?" Zhang Taiyan only planned to make more troops in the club, the better. Thinking of the large number of overseas Chinese in Nanyang, he immediately had the idea of ​​Nanyang.

"Nanyang is absolutely not possible!" Before Yang Rui could speak, Wang Jitong spoke, "There are many overseas Chinese in the South China Sea. Foreigners constantly provoke internal struggles between Chinese and local people, hoping that they will have nothing to do outside the situation. Therefore, they are extremely sensitive to all kinds of Chinese behaviors. It is difficult to hide the army there, and even if it can be built, it is very small. South Africa is different. Chinese are bought by white farmers. This is not surprising in South America. In addition, white farmers are all determined to make money, and foreigners will not associate Chinese workers with the army. There is really nothing to grab in Africa."

After Wang Jitong said that, everyone nodded. Yang Rui saw this and said, "The South African army can be completed in three years at the latest, even if it is a military force and half farmer. However, even if it is formed, it is an army that has never been seen before."

"How about Beiyang?" Xu Huafeng said.

"Non-commissioned officers, all officers can be equipped with at least one and a half," Yang Rui said affirmatively.

"Then do it. One generation has trained our army to 100,000, and that's what we can do." Zhang Taiyan couldn't help but slap the white fan, full of energy, and felt that the demise of the Qing Dynasty was right in front of him.

Yang Rui, Wang Jitong and others just shook their heads and smiled bitterly when they saw him, but as a result, he had been in prison for a long time, and many confidential documents in the meeting could not be read, and some strategies set by the Revival Association could not be understood. This is why he had this idea.

Yang Rui explained: "The troops outside the pass are only responsible for the pass, and have nothing to do with the revolution within the pass. The 100,000 troops must be trained within the pass."

Zhang Taiyan said: "Can the army not enter the pass?"

"We cannot enter the pass, let alone the railways are all foreigners, even Shanhaiguan is under the control of the foreign soldiers in Tianjin. In addition, during the Chinese revolution, Japan and Russia will definitely find ways to expand their interests. If there is no army in the northeast, I am not at ease." The British-France Agreement has been signed, and the British-Russia Agreement is probably going to be discussed. Once Britain and Russia have agreed, Japan, as a British allies, will reconcile with Russia. At that time, Japan and Russia will make trouble outside the pass, and it is not Yang Rui's hope to lose the Northeast within the pass.

"How to train the army within the pass?"

"The backbone is drawn outside the pass, or the military academy students are sent to various places for training."

"This... can you practice this? Then the Qing Dynasty..." Zhang Taiyan still didn't believe it. He just felt that things would not be that simple.

Wang Ji, next to him, said: "Brother Mei, I ask you, is there a business group in Shanghai?"

"Yes. But what is the relationship between our army and the business group?"

"The Shanghai Commercial Group is our army." Wang Jitong said softly from the side.

"What? This..." Zhang Taiyan was shocked. More than 1,500 merchant troupes in Shanghai were actually the Fuxing Army. This was completely incredible.

Yang Rui said again: "This is the reason why we want to establish a constitution. Constitution can make gentry in various places lose their hostility to us, and constitution can also be self-governed locally. Once autonomous, there will be many militias and business groups. As long as there are members, militias and business groups can be established under the name of autonomy; where there are no members, they will infiltrate when local gentry hires instructors. Once the matter is initiated, militias and business groups from all over the country gather, then the army can be formed. Even if there is still a gap with the regular army, there will be at least soldiers."

Lixian did not support it, but after Wang Jitong carefully explained it many times, he realized that this was just a plan of rights and interests. However, many hidden things were not easy to say in prison. It was not until today that he understood the reasons for many things. If the name is not upright, the words will not go well, and if the words are not upright, the things will not come true. In the pass, the name of Lixian, in fact, self-government, and secretly raising soldiers, is really a big deal.

Seeing that Zhang Taiyan understood, Yang Rui thought that the matter had been roughly explained, so he asked: "What is the current situation of domestic constitutionalism?"

"It's great." Cai Yuanpei said, he was already the vice president of the Constitutional Friendship Association. He had visited Duan Fang and others many times a while ago, and he knew a lot of news. "The ministers who went abroad had just left Shanghai a while ago. After arriving in Tianjin, 100,000 students wrote to him, 'Reporting the Constitution, changing the official system, and re-establishing the law'. Yuan Shikai of Beiyang treated them with kindness, and changed his attitude of opposing constitutionalism before leaving. He threatened that "officials should not be done, and the constitution must be established." This caused a surge in public opinion. Now there is a voice in the whole country who agrees with constitutionalism."

After hearing that Yuan Shikai, who had previously opposed the constitution, also turned around, Yang Rui smiled and said, "He is also selling dog meat with the title of sheep. He is really a hero of a generation. 'Commission on the Constitution, change the official system, and re-establish the law'. The most important thing should be the four words 'change the official system'. At that time, a large number of powerful people will be kicked out of the government office, so that Yuan Shikai can insert people into it."

The reason why Yuan Shikai made a constitution has been discussed before Yang Rui came back, and the answer he got was the same as Yang Rui. At this time, he heard Yang Rui say this, and there was a lot of laughter. Xu Huafeng said, "Yuan Shikai is very clever. His best attitude is to judge the situation and act with clarity. It is normal for him to act like this."

Zhang Taiyan said: "He Yuan Shikai and the Fuxing Society are all comrades but have disagreements. He can be said to be half of the fellows. This person must be the enemy of our Fuxing Society."

Yang Rui didn't expect that he would have such a judgment. He asked with a smile: "If we were from Jiangsu and Zhejiang and Huguang that day, what do you think of Yuan Shikai?"

"Do you look at foreigners?" The number one enemy of the Revival Society is foreigners. Zhang Taiyan was deeply affected. When he talked about the domestic situation, he would first talk about how foreigners were.

Seeing his serious deduction, Yang Rui smiled and said, "Suppose the foreigners first protect the Qing Dynasty, and then found that the whole country was rebelling, so they could only be neutral."

"If I were Yuan Shikai, I would definitely ask for money and officials on the grounds of destroying the rebel army. Then, when I was fighting with the rebel army, I would find a way to gain support from foreigners, and then I would like to deceive the south and take all the power into my own pocket in the name of peace talks."

"What if Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army could not defeat the rebel army, and the rebel army was determined to go north to attack the Qing Dynasty, what would happen?" Zhang Taiyan was actually talking about history. Although he didn't know why he didn't remind Sun Wen and others at that time... but he thought that it seemed that the Restoration Association and the Tongmenghui were later quarreled, Tao Chengzhang was assassinated, and Sun Wen and his group had become enemies. Even if he knew that he probably wouldn't remind Sun Wen and others.

"This game is also very broken. Yuan Shikai and the Qing Dynasty are not on the same path as the Qing Dynasty. It would be a joke. When the rebels go north, he will definitely be neutral outside the situation, let the rebels fight with the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty won a great victory. He had soldiers in his hands, and the Qing Dynasty did not dare to force him to rebel. In the end, he would do whatever he wanted and arrested without any losses. When the rebels win, he would either submit to the surrender or say that he would republic. In addition, he had been in the north for many years and would definitely give him real power. If foreigners support him, the province of Zhili would still be in charge. Although it was not as glorious as before, his strength was still there; but if the rebels won a miserable victory, the Qing Dynasty won a miserable victory, or both were injured, then Beiyang would come out to clean up the mess. Whoever belongs to the world at that time depends on luck."

Zhang Taiyan transformed into Zhuge Liang. After talking, Yang Rui was deeply pondered. After a long time, he said, "So, the layout of the north still needs to be more thoughtful."

As the meeting was opened, Wang Jitong cleared his throat and corrected it. He said: "Beijing came to report, most of the relatives and nobles in the capital oppose constitutionalism, but most of them have no real power. However, Tieliang's reason for opposition was that it hit us the point."

"Oh, what did he say?" Yang Rui said.

"He said that the people did not know how to demand constitutionalism and granted power. Not only did they not think it was fortunate, but they were suffering from sharing obligations. If autonomy was implemented, the bad people would control the local lifeline, which was very dangerous." Wang Jitong sighed after saying it: "This is the most dangerous person in the Qing Dynasty!"

Yang Rui also felt that Tieliang was very thoughtful. No wonder the revolutionary party kept assassinating him. He said again: "What about those who support constitutionalism?"

"There are many powerful people who support constitutionalism. Zaize, who went abroad to inspect, was in charge of the capital and tens of thousands of patrol police, as well as King Qing Yili, and Guangxu's younger brother Zaifeng. These people support constitutionalism, and these people can speak in front of Cixi. The faction that they support completely overwhelms the opposition. By the way, when it comes to Zaifeng, there was news a few days ago that he had already taken charge of the Jianrui Camp in the palace."

"Oh!" Yang Rui was surprised when he heard this. This was a big event. The entire Jianrui Battalion had about 5,000 people, and was a special force in the Qing Dynasty imperial guards. It was founded during the Qianlong period and had extraordinary military achievements. The army was full of Eight Banners' children, and it was the only army in the Eight Banners army that had no depravity. In the Gengzi year, the reason why Cixi was able to escape from the capital was entirely due to this army's death and severing the rear. This army was the first army in the inner city of Beijing. Now this army is under the command of Zaifeng. It seems that Cixi is arranging her funeral afterwards.

"How is Zaifeng so lustful?" Zaifeng had heard of it, but Yang Rui didn't know what his impression of him was.

"He is a fear of his wife. He is very timid and dare not come out to drink wine. His concubine is Ronglu's daughter and is very difficult to deal with. It is said that she is a domineering person at home, and even her mother-in-law is not afraid. When the trouble starts, his two younger brothers are not at home, and that is a tigress." Yichun Garden in Beijing has many secrets of the powerful. When ordinary people don't understand, these things that ordinary people don't understand will be told without any worries when they please women. This makes the Fuxing know all the things that are all right in Beijing. "But this person has a good understanding. Although he supports constitutionalism, he does not think that constitutionalism can make the Qing Dynasty last for thousands of years. Instead, he believes that constitutionalism should take over the court and the small power is placed on the gentry, and then in the name of constitutionalism, rectify government affairs, run schools and factories, in order to achieve prosperity and strength."

Seeing and action are two different things. Yang Rui was not optimistic about Zaifeng, so he skipped this and said, "No matter how the capital is, let's talk about how the meeting was prepared. Are everyone here?"

"It's coming soon. The eighteen provinces in the pass, except for Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Hunan, all representatives of the other fourteen provinces attended the meeting, but Guangdong's representative Xie Zhangtai will arrive a few days later. The conference is scheduled for three days." Wang Jitong opened a thick iron box in his hand with a password and took out a thin piece of paper. Yang Rui took it and saw that it was a list of representatives from each province for this meeting:

Capital City - Tao Chengzhang, Che Yue

Zhili - Sun Songling, Chen Zhaowen

Shandong - Xu Jingxin, Liu Guansan

Shanxi - Gu Sishen, Wang Yinfan

Henan - Zhang Zhongduan, Liu Jixue

Shaanxi - Jingwumu, always refresh yourself

Gansu - Zhang Zanyuan, Chai Ruoyu

Hubei - Feng Temin, Cai Minji

Sichuan - Yang Cangbai, Bian Xiaowu

Anhui - Quan Daohan, Bai Wenmo,

Jiangsu - Tu Yuanbo, Liu Guanghan

Zhejiang - Wei Lan, Ao Jiaxiong

Jiangxi - Deng Wenhui, Chen Rongke

Fujian - Lin Sichen, Huang Zhanyun

Guangdong - Xie Zhangtai, Huang Shizhong

Northeast - Du Yaquan
Chapter completed!