Your Mightiness:

The telegrams I sent in recent months have enabled you to understand the major changes in China and the measures the Qing government has taken to cope with the worst crises it has encountered in recent years.

Over the past few times, people have foresaw signs of turmoil in the Qing Dynasty. As we all know, in Zhejiang and rebellions across the country were not only caused by the incitement of revolutionaries, but more importantly, the tax policies of the Qing government caused serious dissatisfaction among farmers and citizens. Now there are about hundreds of thousands of farmers rebelling in various places, and they are distributed in various provinces of the empire. Even the Qing officials did not understand how these rebellions occurred, but they actually happened.

According to the information I learned from Mr. Wu Jinshun of Chongqing, a rebellion occurred in Hezhou, Chongqing on the 15th of this month because of "donation". The rebels were also a group of peasants. They clearly asked the emperor to close the parliament and punish those corrupt officials. The rebels arrested local officials and, like the Hangzhou rebellion for several years, tried them according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty. One official was released because of no evidence or too light crime, while the other two officials were sentenced to death. Like the rebellion in other places, the rebels did not target foreigners. They already understood that the current slogan was no longer "to support the Qing Dynasty and destroy the foreign countries" but "to revival the Ming Dynasty". Pastor Green's beating was a complete misunderstanding. He thought it was another boxing chaos at the time, but it was obvious that he had made a mistake.

Because it was the sixth rebellion of this year, the report did not cause panic in Beijing like the rebellion in Shandong last year. Beijing has issued some series of decrees. I have attached a copy of these decrees. Now the emperor has appointed a Han minister, Cen Chunxuan, as the governor of Sichuan to replace the previously dismissed governor.

Generally speaking, public opinion believes that this rebellion will be like rebellions in other places. The rebels will not attack everywhere, they will only be autonomous in a certain area. However, recently, some people have expressed different views, believing that this was a situation deliberately caused by the emperor to close the parliament, because the emperor has been trying to regain the power granted to the parliament. Lieutenant Colonel Gawent of Shanghai said that he recently received information that the rebellion was obviously initiated by Yang Jingcheng, the commander of the Revival Society. He believed that the Revival Society would launch a war to seize Beijing in the near future, but he had no way to explain why the rebellion occurred in the distant Chongqing, a place more than a thousand miles from Beijing.

As I mentioned before, the Revival Society has become an immeasurable force in this empire. They found a descendant of the Ming Empire that was destroyed by the Qing Empire as the caller of rebellion, and the identity of this royal member has been recognized by people. Now, some inhuman things that happened in the early days of the Qing Empire were repeatedly mentioned in various places, and the photos of this royal member were constantly transported by the rebels to various parts of the empire. Many people have already believed that the new emperor would reduce taxes and give them a better life. According to Lieutenant Colonel Gewent's judgment, it was the Revival Society who promoted all this.

The Qing government also understood that there would be a potential connection between rebellions and revivals in various places. In addition to increasing the reward from Yang Jingcheng, the commander of the Revival Association, to one million taels, Cabinet Prime Minister Zai Ze also visited the embassy in person yesterday. I reiterated the attitude of our government in this regard: that is, not to recognize any government composed of rebels, and fully support the Qing government in suppressing rebellions in various places, and will attack the rebels when appropriate and necessary.

Zhu Erdian said: August 20, 1910 in Beijing

Foreign Minister Gray quickly browsed Jurden's call and frowned. He asked the secretary next to him, "How many times has this been mentioned by him?"

"Your Excellency, this is the seventh time." The secretary had read the telegram before and was very familiar with the content.

"Do they have the ability to rule the entire empire?" Gray asked again.

"Obviously, you. They only have the ability to create unrest." said the secretary.

"Then let John continue to warn the Revival Society. Any rebellion in the Yangtze River basin will be opposed by Great Britain." After Grey ordered his secretary, he put down Jurden's telegram and began to think about an increasingly severe arms race with Germany.

The London order was passed to Beijing, and then transferred from Beijing to Shanghai. It was four days later when Yang Rui was informed by the Foreign Affairs Office through the Mi5 channel. However, Yang Rui did not take the friendly and frequent advice from the British, and all the plans to make righteous progress were well carried out. Menkougou Mining Company had become the second only coal mine company in the north after Kaiping. The first batch of elite soldiers had entered the mine, and Xu Xilin had also obtained the position of Wanping County Magistrate. However, the people of the Tongmenghui hated him to the core - in order to win the trust that the Qing Dynasty was not a revolutionary party, he arrested many of the backbones of the Revival Society and the Tongmenghui in Anhui.

In addition to Beijing, the bases have also developed well. Yizhou, Ganzhou, Shangluo, Pingxiang, and Longyan have already been on track, and the two places in Qingyuan and Dabie Mountains will also be launched in half a year. However, there are two huge bases, Yanzhou and Yizhou, as well as spontaneous rebellions from farmers in various places. The whole country is rebelling. The rebellions arranged by the Revival Association cannot attract the attention of the Qing Dynasty and the public. They regard this rebellion as a spontaneous riot of farmers, and believe that they can quell the situation as long as they send troops to conquer and comfort them. However, the facts are not as people imagined. This is a series of organized and purposeful riots, but too many rebellions are rebelled and the Qing Dynasty cannot see its significance now.

The situation at home is good, but the situation abroad is really bad. Although Germany did not send troops to attack Yizhou, it also solemnly issued a warning to prohibit the revolutionary army from approaching the Jiaoji Railway and signed a 25 million mark arms loan with the Qing Dynasty. Although the United States did not form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, it also publicly stated that it did not support the rebels of the Qing Dynasty. Britain's attitude was that it had not changed. The ban on revival would start a war in the Yangtze River Basin; France and Japan, one from potential support to dissatisfaction, while the other from potential opposition to support, the reason was that it was Zhu Kuan-si. As long as it was a republic, the French would support it; as long as it was an imperial system, the Japanese would support it, and Russia was the same as Japan. It was both an imperial system and was rejected by the Guangxu court, hoping to obtain additional benefits by supporting the revolution.

After Japan and Russia released their goodwill, Yang Rui sent Xie Zhangtai to explore the way. The two countries did not know the background of the Revival Society, and they both spoke loudly, one wanted Outer Mongolia and the other wanted South Manchuria and East Mongolia. In comparison, the Russians were more honest. They only wanted Outer Mongolia, while Japan not only wanted South Manchuria but also wanted East Mongolia. They even had the idea of ​​pulling China to fight against Russia.

Yang Rui still opened the asking price as usual, especially after he found out that he misjudged the price of the shells (12 yuan/shot was regarded as 2 yen/shot). The aid he asked for was as high as 300 million yen, which made Inuyasu shocked the negotiations, and the price given was only to drive out Russia, and then regarded South Manchuria and the entire Mongolia as the sphere of influence.

The Japanese were scared away. Russia was much more honest. In addition to not cede land, the restoration meeting agreed. Yang Rui also carefully prepared two railways, one was the railway from Berga Lake to Mongolia to Zhangjiakou, and the other was the railway from Xinjiang to Lanzhou. Both railways were extremely attractive, not only had great economic benefits, but also allowed Russia to include Outer Mongolia and Xinjiang in the near future. However, the Russians were too greedy for the land. They didn't want to slow down and just wanted to enter immediately, but they did not agree for a while.

Xie Zhangtai came back empty-handedly. Yang Rui was not surprised at all. After all, the Japanese were too stingy and the Russians were too greedy. But it was enough that the Northeast had such an intention. Yang Rui wanted not to aid, but to ask Japan and Russia for permission or hesitation. License and hesitation could allow Revival to occupy the entire Northeast and Mongolia when the righteousness was made. As for military expenditure, the submarine project returned 17 million marks, totaling 4.3 million US dollars, 5.8 million taels of silver. Then the export of soybeans had reached 1 million tons, and shortening sales exceeded 30 million pounds. The profits of the two were more than 7 million US dollars. Even if some profits were still to be distributed to partners and protectors, the final profit was more than 5 million US dollars, plus nearly 3 million tons of coal exported each year, all profits had been more than 10 million taels.

Although later, a field army was added to fear of insufficient troops, and 11 million taels of armed forces were required to be armed, in addition, the base army was no longer responsible for the food and salary of the base army. Even if the transportation was not inconvenient, the base area could feed back the general association. The real money was to support the four divisions in South Africa and subsidize the Mentougou Coal Mine.

What the Revival Society is missing is the funds after occupying the country. The profits of commercial enterprises in 10 years and 11 years have a surplus of 14 million taels, and rubber stocks can earn about 20 million taels (but half of this money will be returned to acquire bankrupt banks). Finally, there is the gold, which is about 50 million. The rest depends on how much money can be found in the capital, how many loans can be provided by Kanto Bank, and how many donations can be provided overseas. Now Sheng Shudong has become another Kang Youwei, running around with the imperial edict, but in fact it is not running around. Under the ban on Britain, the United States, France and the Netherlands, the only place he can stay in is South America. However, even so, there are still many local overseas Chinese who admire the kindness of heaven, and some fierce people have lost their money to help the emperor restore the country. For more than two hundred years, the former Ming Dynasty still has such popularity, which is really puzzling.

In addition to the founding funds, there are diplomatic matters. Before the war begins, we must negotiate with the great powers one after another, and during the war, we must communicate with the great powers. It can be said that war often starts from the negotiating table. In the attic in the Catholic Church, Xie Zhangtai was reporting the results of his last trip to Yang Rui.

"It turns out that Britain's attitude has not changed. The situation in Europe is tense now. They do not like the revolution in China, because revolution often means war. They have the greatest interests in China and fewer troops in the Far East. Therefore, they are not only worried that their interests will be lost due to the war, but also worried that the interests before the revolution will not be secured. Churchill said that if we change people, rather than change the court, he promised that we could convince the country to support the Revival Society."

"Haha, will the change of people or not?" Yang Rui smiled, "He can really think about it. Just the Qing Dynasty court, it would be the same if it was changed. Besides, if the Qing Dynasty's powerful people were not squeezed out money, what should the country do in the future? This is a loss for him to come out!"

"Actually, the British don't care who is in charge of their own country. If they are just profits cannot be lost, rights cannot be reduced, and they will be like this. If you want to make a breakthrough, unless there is a huge change in the country, they will have to support us." Xie Zhangtai said. He had figured out the attitude of the British and had made friends with the people they should make friends. The rest depends on how Chongzhen's plan was implemented.

"Brother Chong'an. If Beijing is taken away in one fell swoop, then the British... are not," Yang Rui said something inconspicuous. "There are trends in things. Once Beijing is taken away, I am afraid that the trend will not go to the better, but to the worse. If the princes of the Qing Dynasty, Beile, did not catch them, but hid in Dongjiaomin Lane and encouraged foreigners to help save the country, it would be difficult to deal with."

Yang Rui became more and more stubborn as he thought about it. He believed that although foreigners had no reason to help the Qing Dynasty, if there were a few stupid foreigners, the matter would have to go to a bad direction. No one could fully grasp the direction of the situation. In many cases, it could only rely on luck.

Seeing that Yang Rui had thought too much, Xie Zhangtai said: "It turns out that foreigners cannot help the Qing Dynasty. At most, they can only take in a few Qing Dynasty nobles as a means to stimulate us in the future. But this is not a problem."

Yang Rui also knew that he had thought about it. He just said, "I'll stop talking about this. What did Roosevelt say? Where are the others?"

"The others were in Africa and went there to hunt last year. Now they are probably in the UK. He completely disagrees with Taft's policy, but because the two were too familiar with each other, he couldn't tell him anything. He now advises us to wait until the next president is elected before we can make an act of justice so that he can be confident in persuading Congress to support us."

"The next president, don't you have to wait until 1912?" Yang Rui smiled, "Now the Republican Party is becoming more and more divided. How can he guarantee that the next president is standing by us..." After saying this, Yang Rui understood and said, "Does he mean that he still wants to run for president in the next term?"

"Although he didn't say this, I think he had this." Xie Zhangtai judged, "Taft did things too much, while Roosevelt was very weak. The places where Roosevelt played with great fanfare are now being made solid. This made Taft think that he was implementing Roosevelt's strategy, but in fact he did exactly what Roosevelt opposed. Political things can only be understood but not expressed in words. After all, Taft was too stupid, not the reason for being a president. It is said that he only wanted to be a magistrate, but his wife wanted to taste the taste of the first lady, so she encouraged him to run for president."

Originally, I thought the Taft Gold and Dollar Diplomacy would be beneficial to the Revival, but because the Revival will not benefit at the moment, the Americans immediately turned to the embrace of the Qing Dynasty. Futures were really worse than spot. Yang Rui sighed in his heart and asked again: "How is Roosevelt's health? Can he still support the president for one year?"

"It should be possible. Although one eye is blind, the other one can still see things clearly. She is also very strong, so it should be fine if she works for a few years." Xie Zhangtai said.

"He is the president..." Yang Rui thought. He did not fully understand the presidents of the United States. He only remembered Hoover, Roosevelt Jr., and Kennedy. He had no impression of the presidents in the 1920s and 1920s, so he had to say: "Then support him in private. If he could be elected, that would be great. And have you been there in New York this time? What do the people in the bank group say?"

"The people in the banking group said nothing." Xie Zhangtai was a little worried. "Now they have squeezed into the four-country banking group by forming an alliance with Germany and China as a means of pressure. The railway state-owned case, currency reform case, and industrial revitalization case, all of which are more than 10 million pounds, and Americans can get a loan share of 20 to 30 million US dollars, which temporarily satisfy their appetite. So they not only do not support the revolution, but are still worried that the revolution will cause damage. It turns out. I am very worried about the rubber stock."

"How do you say it? Did they hear any rumors?" Yang Rui suddenly became alert. He was worried that the rubber stocks would be repeated, after all, history has changed too much.

"No. They didn't hear any news. I'm just worried that foreigners are now standing on the side of the Qing Dynasty. Once there is something abnormal in the stock market in Shanghai and London, things will be difficult to handle." Xie Zhangtai's authority is getting higher and higher, and he is clear about most of the plans in the meeting.

"Our goal is money, and the second is to let money banks in various places go bankrupt. Even if the second goal is not achieved, the first goal can be achieved." Perhaps because after sitting for too long, Yang Rui only stood up, and the wooden floor was slashed by him. "Besides, the price of rubber is really too high. As long as there is any news in the United States, someone will take the opportunity to sell the market, and we can sell the market on a large scale to increase the momentum of stock price collapse. Xingjian will come later, let's see what he says."

The scale of Tianzi is getting bigger and bigger, and the plate of Kanto Bank is getting bigger and bigger. Although this bank is called Kanto, its focus has gradually shifted to Guantou. Small banknotes, lending to farmers, and speculation in the stock market. These businesses have gradually been made with the support of Northeast business profits. However, with the change of attitude of foreigners, Citibank, which was originally in contact with, has now begun to be slightly hostile, but the Dutch Bank has become better and better because of Yu Qiaqing. It was originally intended to provide Kanto Bank with one more financing and loan channel, but the one-step of the game at that time is now the only foreign aid.

Now, Kanto Bank is no longer divided into two parts: internal and external parts, but domestic and foreign parts, domestic and foreign parts, domestic Kanto Bank, foreign OCBC, and two brands. Now, a foreign financial system based on Honolulu OCBC, Nanyang OCBC, South American OCBC, and North American OCBC Bank have been established. Foreign trade, overseas Chinese industry, overseas Chinese remittance, international exchange, foreign bank import and export, foreign exchange trading, and other businesses have been gradually being done. These foreign branches were still struggling at the beginning, but now after several years of operation, their business has become better and better.

With foreign access and domestic early access, Kanto Bank has greater advantages than foreign banks and official banks. Compared with foreign banks, it can reach most counties in China. Although the money banks in the county may not be its branch, at least the money banks are also part of the relationship network. Compared with the official banks, it can directly reach any place with overseas Chinese, and has close ties with chambers of commerce and guilds in these places. It is better to say that overseas Chinese are the guild halls of all overseas Chinese. Although many of the senior management of the bank are foreigners, all the business sites and business sites managers are overseas Chinese. Such a bank can no longer be said to be a bank. It has become a financial gang across the country and abroad.

It was precisely because Zhang Kun, who felt that his power was getting stronger and stronger, and he made suggestions to separate domestic and foreign businesses and resigned several times. But Yang Rui just refused. In fact, it was not Yang Rui who refused. But now the Revival Association is laundering money through Kanto Bank, with an annual income of nearly 10 million taels. Such a large amount of money cannot be cleaned by ordinary institutions. OCBC must combine it with Kanto Bank to do this. Now that the sensation is imminent, the rubber stock matter has not been used up. Yang Rui does not want the two banks to separate their families and causes distraction, but still wants to wait for the revolution before splitting it.

Yang Rui thought about Zhang Kun, and Zhang Kun came with Liu Boyuan and Wang Xiaolin. Foreign and domestic politics always had to cooperate with this matter. Yang Rui first introduced Xie Zhangtai to everyone, and then said: "What's wrong with the United States? Now the rubber has risen to thirteen shillings. Calculated by calculation, it has exceeded three dollars per pound. Can Ford and others still bear it?"

"Sir, they can't help it anymore. Ford and other car manufacturers have sent frequent letters to the State Council, asking the government to interfere with the price of rubber, believing that the British and Dutch people cannot rob the money. It is estimated that the State Council will introduce policies soon." Zhang Kun answered Yang Rui's words, but paid attention to Xie Zhangtai sitting on the side. This was his first time meeting Mr. Qi.

"Then how did you arrange it?" Yang Rui asked again.

"The stocks I bought before were polished when they rose to 12 shillings. Now the ones left in hand are the stocks of Nanyang empty-shell rubber companies, worth about 7 million taels. These stocks are sold normally and have little impact on the stock market, but if unfavorable news comes one by one, they can still play a big role." Zhang Kun said.

"How much money have you made now?" Yang Rui thought of the noisy rubber stock market and suddenly thought of money.

Seeing that there were people around him at high levels, Zhang Kun hesitated and said, "After throwing the last seven million, it will be more than 20 million taels."

His answer only surprised everyone who was not detailed. Xie Zhangtai said: "Then you have already got the money for war."

Yang Rui shook his head, "The money for war has been available for a long time. Asking Japan for money is just to stabilize it. Money is not a problem now." After saying that money is not a problem, he said, "If the stock price plummeted, will Zaize have a pallet?"
Chapter completed!