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Volume Five Chapter 39 Chaos 2

When Juerdian was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, Japanese Minister Ijiyuan Hiroki, who fully understood his profound meaning, expressed his consent and said, "Yes, Mr. Juerdian's concern is my concern. The Revolutionary Army is arresting members of the royal family. I believe that even if it is a revolution, members of the royal family will still be treated preferentially. Everything His Majesty the Emperor has done for this country is obvious to all..."

Before Yijiyuan Yanji finished speaking, the French company Masli mocked: "The reason why this country is like this has a great relationship with His Majesty the Emperor. Mr. Jurden, if some members of the royal family were in France, they would have been on the guillotine long ago! The Revival Society has always liked to judge first and then execute. We can question the trial, but we cannot question the execution."

Despite repeated repetitions, France is still a republic. Since it is a republic, it naturally has no good feelings for the nobles. Masli's words embarrassed Jurden, but this embarrassment was immediately interrupted by the Russian envoy Kuosowitz. "Gentlemen, there is no need to talk about civilization with a group of barbarians, so we don't need to take great pains to do it. Now the most important thing we should do is to ask what the revival will give us. If possible, Russia hopes to rescue Mongolia from these barbarians. I hope everyone will not object to this."

Gusowitz's words expressed everyone's voice, but when the Americans heard that Mongolia was going to be rescued, they hurriedly said: "Gentlemen, according to the Beijing Protocol and the principle of opening up the door, we must maintain the territorial integrity of this country. Once the territory of this country is ceded, then xenophobia will rise again. According to the news I have received..." Methodist took the order just sent by the State Council. He said: "The Revival Society has more than 300,000 troops in the country. Except for the Shanghai part that Mr. Juerdian said, they have their own troops in all provinces of the country. And ammunition is sufficient... If we all ceded a piece of territory, then the country will be in chaos. The United States does not want to see a chaotic China, and I believe everyone does not want it either."

"I think everyone misunderstood what I mean," Gusowitz explained. "Russia does not have territorial requirements for China. What we hope is that the Mongols can form their own country." He looked at Yijiyuan Yanji again and explained: "What I want to make another statement is that this new country does not include Inner Mongolia and East Mongolia."

"The Chinese should recognize the vested interests of all countries and protect the safety of the expatriates in various places. They must recognize all the treaties signed in the past, and the same is true for borrowings." German Minister Rex emphasized, "If the borrowings are not recognized, then Germany will not recognize the revival as a warring group, let alone the new government formed by them."

Seeing the Germans stressing their recognition of the loans again, Masli laughed. He liked to see the Germans fall into the pits the most: "Mr. Minister. Revival said last year that he would not recognize the loans and treaties related to the encirclement and suppression wars. I think Germany should organize an expedition again to get back the money that should not have been paid. Of course, if the German team could still be transferred."

"If the Chinese do not recognize the loan, then Germany will reserve the right to go to war!" Rex was furious after being ridiculed, and his fist was clenched heavily.

Seeing the talks deviate more and more from the topic, Zhu Erdian was helpless. Outside the embassy, ​​Xie Zhangtai, who was waiting for a meeting with ministers from various countries, was calm. He was about to occupy the country's Revival Association, which was about to occupy the whole country. Foreigners would not recognize it as a warring group so easily, because as long as it was recognized, the arms ships from Wusongkou could enter the port, and the entire lower reaches of the Yangtze River would be firmly controlled by Revival. When the major event was decided, they would face the next step to recognize the new government. The Chinese regime changed, and these foreigners who were more skilled than monkeys would not take this opportunity to make a fortune, so they would not be foreigners.

"Sir, should we promise them?" Lei Yizhen asked. After occupying Beijing, his headquarters moved over. He asked about the prerequisite for foreign talks.

"No! We cannot agree at the beginning. According to international law, only by acknowledging that we are a warring group can we have the obligation to be responsible for all the lives and property of foreigners in the control area. Foreigners are going to give us a warning, and they do not recognize us, but also have to bear our obligations. If this matter is agreed, it will be more troublesome to negotiate with them in the future." Beijing involves foreign ministers, so Xie Zhangtai is now the general manager of Beijing. After explaining the foreigners' plans, he was still nervous and asked Lei Yizhen: "Yizhen, now, except for Japan, Russia, the United States, Europe cannot send troops to China. We are negotiating between Japan, Russia, the United States and Russia, and Russia, and only Japan does not want to give in. There is no way for all. You came from outside the pass. If Japan sent troops to Shenyang, can we stop it?"

"As long as it is not a war of the size of the Japan-Russia War, we are completely sure to stop Japan." Lei Yizhen said confidently, "Although the Northeast troops have drawn a lot of troops into the pass, they have trained for eight years and are not comparable to those within the pass."

"The scale of the Japan-Russia War?" Xie Zhangtai asked worriedly.

"Well, it means that Japan sent about 300,000 troops to us, so we would be at a disadvantage. Mr. Chong'an, I heard that the Japanese owed a lot of money during the Russo-Japanese War. The Japanese are so poor now that they cannot send so many troops, right?" Lei Yizhen said.

"It's not impossible..." Xie Zhangtai shook his head. Lei Yizhen is a soldier and does not understand diplomacy and politics. But he still hopes that he can consider issues more comprehensively in the future. "Yizhen, now all countries are borrowing debts and fighting. Some borrowing domestic debts and some borrowing foreign debts. No country is saving money and fighting. This is a war. If you lose, the people will pay it back, and if you win, the loser will pay it back. So the war is not a question of whether you have money, but whether you have money or not.

Japan used to fight by borrowing debts, and Russia also used to fight by borrowing debts. If Japan really wanted to start another war, as long as someone supported it and would lend it, it would dare to take risks, because as long as it won, the debt was not its debt, but our debt. Do you think the Japanese could not beat us? Will those lenders think they could not beat us?"

Xie Zhangtai's statement only made Lei Yizhen feel cold. He nodded subconsciously and said, "No one would believe that Japan would not be able to defeat us... that is to say... that is, as long as Japan wants to start a war, there will naturally be someone to lend him money!!"

Cai Yuanpei was released from the cell of the Di'anmen Patrol General Office. He fell asleep early yesterday and was awakened by the sound of gunfire in the middle of the night. Most of the night he was guessing whether it was the Beiyang mutiny or the foreigners attacking the capital again, but he never expected that it was his own people who fought. He just waited for the special rescue team to open the prison door and claimed that it was the Fuxing Army, but he did not react. Finally, he went outside and looked at the familiar colorful military uniforms and the Fuxing Army flag on the street. Only then did he realize that the Fuxing Army really occupied Beijing. This was really a dream!

When Fan An went out to ask someone to prepare breakfast, Zhang Changguo, the commander of the 4th Division, ran over: "Political Commissar, you're so sad that you got a prince to the embassy. What should I do?"

In Zhang Changguo's mouth, the one who is a damn Japanese. Fan An said, "Didn't you think of all the princes and princes? Why did you run away with a prince now?"

"Oh! The few big-headed soldiers below were deceived by them! Prince Su Shanqi actually found a substitute with similar appearance. He has been in trouble for eight lifetimes!" Zhang Changguo patted his thighs and said. He was rarely deceived by others. Moreover, the platoon leader of the squad has a deck of playing cards, fifty-four cards are fifty-four wanted orders, but it is difficult to look at people carefully at night.

"Prince Su Shanqi? This... this is a block 2!" Fan An was also anxious. The big and small ghosts of the playing cards were Guangxu and Longyu. The next four 2 were Zaifeng, Zaitao, Zaixun, and then Prince Su Shanqi. But he didn't expect him to run away. He asked anxiously, "How did you know he went to the Japanese Embassy?"

"It was said by the people in his mansion that there was a Japanese ronin named Kawashima living in his mansion. This bag-breaking plan was what the Japanese thought of. Later, some Japanese soldiers from the embassy area came and they escorted people away. These Japanese people wanted to enter the Forbidden City before, but were driven away by my men. Unexpectedly, they didn't give up and actually ran to Prince Su's mansion again. If they had known that they would have killed these damn gods." Zhang Changguo's 4th Division 7 Brigade was responsible for the south of the inner city, the outer city and the southern suburbs of Beijing. After Wang Menghui's troops broke into the Forbidden City, the south of the inner city was taken over by his troops.

"If you die, something big will happen." Fan An stomped his feet in a hurry. He said, "Go back immediately, look at the Tartars, don't run away for them." After that, he returned to the Zongren Mansion. However, he was anxious for a moment, so he walked to the Ministry of Personnel next to the Zongren Mansion - behind Zhengyangmen (now ** Square) on both sides were the Qing court's prefectures. On the west side, from north to south were Luanyiwei, Taichang Temple, Censorate, Ministry of Justice, and Dali Temple. On the east side, there were two rows of official yamen, one row was the Zongren Mansion, Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Personnel, and the other row was the Ministry of War, Ministry of Works, Honglu Temple, Qintianjian, and Imperial Hospital. However, after the Boxer, the eastern row of yamen was all included in the embassy area by foreigners and turned into embassies of various countries.

When Fan An entered the Ministry of Personnel, he realized that he had gone wrong, so he retreated and moved to the next door clan mansion. At this time, Cai Yuanpei and others were already sitting and talking. Fan An couldn't bother him, so he called Xie Zhangtai out.

"Mr. Chong'an, Block 2 is running away." Fan An's mind was still a little confused, and he was not very clear about what he said.

"What square 2?" Xie Zhangtai was not sure.

"It was Prince Su Shanqi who was taken to the Japanese Embassy overnight. He left a substitute in the palace. At night, the soldiers didn't see everything clearly and let him run away." Fan An finished speaking in one breath, only looking at Xie Zhangtai, "Sir, what should I do now?"

"Prince Su..." Xie Zhangtai was also surprised when he heard this, but he had long expected that it would be impossible to capture all the Qing Dynasty's powerful people. There would always be some people who fled to the embassy. "Have Prince Chun watched?"

"Prince Chun is watching!" Fan An hurriedly said, "Everyone is also asked to check, and no one escapes."

"If Prince Chun saw that he was dead, then the matter would be halfway. Zaifeng and others were Guangxu's younger brothers, so it was natural for them to inherit the throne. Foreigners also recognized this. Prince Su was just a prince, who was in charge of the Zhenglan Banner. When Dorgon was at the time of Dorgon, he was in the Lower Five Banners. He had no way to proclaim himself emperor overseas. Now that the Japanese have snatched it, let's snatch it. The main thing is that the others don't run away." Xie Zhangtai said.

"Mr. Chong'an, there is a way, that is..." Fan An made a shooting move. He was talking about a sniper. Now Yang Rui ordered that all matters in Beijing be handled by Xie Zhangtai. Before doing this, it depends on what Xie Zhangtai meant.

"Fan An, if we conquer Beijing, then this place will no longer be a battlefield. We cannot use the same trick on the battlefield to deal with the things here. The Qing Dynasty is easy to fight, but foreigners are difficult to talk about. It is not easier to get the recognition of us by foreigners than to occupy the whole of China. Now the attitude of countries towards us is unknown. If the gunmen really send Shanqi to kill Shanqi, the Japanese will take the opportunity to say that the revival will be a barbaric meeting. What we need to do now is to try not to let foreigners find excuses to not recognize us. You go down first, I will think about this matter carefully." Xie Zhangtai said.

Xie Zhangtai said that Prince Su could not be emperor overseas, and Fan An felt relieved. After he stepped down, Xie Zhangtai drafted a document and reported the matters in the capital to Yang Rui in Shanghai. Although Yang Rui gave him full authority, the revolutionary general command center is now in Siguo Temple in Shanghai. Only by collecting all the news can the most comprehensive decision be made there.

Xie Zhangtai's telegram was very long. In addition to introducing the situation, it also had his guesses about his attitude towards foreigners. Xie Zhangtai believed that although countries have not contacted each other now, their previous judgments were not wrong. This time, from the perspective of the entire country, the real danger is the Northeast, and the most dangerous country is Japan. To curb Japan, we must rely on the United States and Russia, and the focus of domestic work is still abroad.

When receiving the telegram from Xie Zhangtai, Yang Rui, Zhang Taiyan, Wang Xiaolin, and Yang Du who had just received it, Cen Chi, who was invited from Shaoxing, were discussing the details of the telegram. After all, Yang Rui had never read the book of sages, and the article will be written by Zhang Taiyan, Yang Du and others.

Yang Rui believed that there should be five items in the telegram: First, abolish the Manchu Qing Congress, re-formulate the Constitution and give it full power. Before the convening of the Congress, the national government affairs were managed by the Revival Association. Previous Manchu Qing officials needed to assist the Revival Association in managing government affairs and stabilize the local area; Second, pardon all the crimes of the Revival Association and the Manchu Qing officials and soldiers of the Revolutionary Party who were encircled and suppressed according to law and order. Whether to remain in office depends on their performance and their own abilities during this period. They will never discriminate because they had suppressed the revolution; Third, when the national situation is stable, scientific expeditions will be held at the end of the year to recruit talents; Fourth, recognize and protect the interests of various countries in China and the safety of the expatriates; Fifth, ensure the safety of the lives of Manchus and the legal property.

Looking at the five pieces on the paper, Zhang Taiyan asked, "It's true, are you a real pardon or a fake pardon?" Zhang Taiyan asked bluntly, and did not treat Yang Du and Cen Chi next to him as outsiders at all. Cen Chi had no expression when he heard this, but Yang Du smiled and waited for Yang Rui to answer.

"It is difficult to say that these people are pardoned. I have changed this thing several times before I decided to settle it." Yang Rui stayed up all night without any fatigue. "If you really want to kill all the soldiers and officials, the whole country will be in chaos. Conquering the world requires hatred, so we use any means to incite hatred, but after conquering the world, hatred should be abandoned. Otherwise, if a revolution is revolutionized for the sake of revolution, the country will only become more and more chaotic, and the people's hearts will become more and more disintegrating. However, this does not mean that the revolution has been successful. We still have many things that have not been completed. In the past, it was a dispute between Manchu and Han, now it was a dispute between China and China, and even more a dispute between food and clothing, and a struggle between wealth and prosperity. Now when we set our goals again, if we don't shift the goals, the country will still not be able to revive."

"The revolutionary party starts, the revolutionary party disappears! It seems that Jingcheng and I have come to the same place." Zhang Taiyan said with a fan, and then looked at Yang Rui's two aides, especially the new Cen Chi, and asked with a smile: "If you have a plan to settle the country, you will have to say it now. Once the telephone is sent, it will be known to everyone in the whole country. Once it is sent, it will be too late in the future." Yang Du and Zhang Taiyan are familiar with these articles, so naturally they have no objection to it. This is mainly about Cen Chi.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Cen Chi smiled and said, "Chi just came here, and many things are unknown. The telephone number is extremely important. Although there are only five items, everything is covered and there is nothing to add. However, there are still gentlemen who should arrive in the capital as soon as possible. Beijing has always been the focus of the country. Only when we are at this focus can we be considered to be a regular guide!"

Yang Rui's aide, Zhang Taiyan, didn't know where he got it, and he couldn't see the depth. In fact, this person was recommended by Cheng Weinan. When Cen Chunxuan was the governor of Guangdong, he met Cen Chi at that time. A son-in-law was half a son. One day, the old man asked Yang Rui the origin of the Three Massacres of the Qing Dynasty. Yang Rui naturally said that it was the people who slaughtered Yuan Shikai, the wealthy massed Zhang Zhidong, and the official Massacre Cen Chunxuan. The old man asked again why these three people could be called slaughtered, and they were steadily in the officialdom? Yang Rui didn't know.

The old man said at the moment that in the Qing Dynasty, in addition to family background, he also had to be the one who was a staff member. Yuan Shikai was a hero, paid great attention to recruiting talents, and was proficient in military science, so he naturally achieved the highest achievement. Although Zhang Zhidong was a Tanhua, his ability was average. The reason why he had today was still relying on his aide Zhao Fengchang to give advice. In the end, Cen Chunxuan was a playboy. Although he had family background, he was still able to take the position of governor. The old man talked nonsense and only stirred up Yang Rui's thoughts. After several requests, he still invited people. However, Cen Chi, who had just arrived, didn't say much and had few suggestions.
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