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A country that has just been established for less than three years, a poor and weak country, has to face the four powerful countries in the world alone. Even if Britain, France and Russia are restraining it, can China deal with it? Cai Yuanpei was very unbelievable. Although he had never gone abroad, the outside world still understood it. Just when Yang Rui was talking about the blitzkrieg, he put down the photos that were invisible and said, "It turns out, Chong'an, I understand what you said, that is, it is the best opportunity for us to attack Japan before the war in Europe, but I don't understand, is it not okay to abolish unequal treaties like Japan? Or can it become a great power without much fighting like the United States? Why can't we revival like Japan?

I can explain that if the Japanese really provoked it, I must support the war. I understand that the military expenditure in recent years is so high. I just don’t understand why we must fight now? After the war in Europe, you say no; after the war in Europe, you say no. Can’t we fight after the war in Europe, and then you say no. Can’t we fight after the war in Europe and then after the war in Europe for ten years? Why do we have to get stuck in these years?"

Cai Yuanpei was purely an amateur, so it was absolutely necessary to invite him to join the Standing Committee. After all, he was wrong or right. Hangzhou was launched under his command. There was a high prestige in the country. Seven years ago, he wanted to start a war, but seven years later he didn't want to fight. I really don't know if this is mature or naive. After hearing his words, Yang Rui suddenly remembered these things in his heart. He felt that this person would really change, and Cai Yuanpei was no longer heroic. When Yang Rui was thinking about this, the other people were also thinking about what Cai Yuanpei said, and felt that what he said was worth thinking about.

"Countries and countries are different. People are good to me, so I will be good to you. And countries are good to me," Yang Rui said self-deprecatingly: "If you want others to be good to you, you must first be bad to others, take advantage of their weaknesses, show their guns and make others afraid of you, and the relationship between the two countries will be friendly. You probably don't know the history of Japan and the United States. Japan will not defeat the Qing Dynasty or defeat Russia. Will the great powers agree to abolish the unequal treaty? The United States has been in a corner for nearly a hundred years and has developed in the past century. Even if the scale of industry has far exceeded that of Britain, Germany, France and Russia, it will have to destroy Spain to be today. So in this era, there is no saying of peaceful rejuvenation at all, and it can only be revived with iron blood."

"But they all fight..." Cai Yuanpei originally wanted to say that the United States and Japan fought against weak countries, but he thought that Russia was definitely not a weak country, so he banned his voice. "Does he have to fight now? If you postpone it for ten years, can't you be twenty? Or wait for the foreigners to fight in Europe and then lobby the United States to support us?"

"The attitude of the United States is related to oil supply and foreign trade making money during the European war. How can we be sure that it will not stand on the side of Britain and France and interfere with the Sino-Japanese war?" Yang Rui asked back. "Ten years, twenty years later..., people, the opportunity is only this time. If you can't catch it, you really don't know when it will be next time."

"But students studying in the United States wrote a letter and said that President Wilson was a very decent and enlightened person. He could not object to us taking Taiwan back from Japan, right?" Cai Yuanpei put down his glasses and said seriously, as if Wilson and he had been dating for decades.

Xie Zhangtai, who couldn't stand it, said, "Ji Min. It's rumored that he became a rogue and a three-no prime minister, but what's the reality? We can't pin our expectations on the character of the presidents of other countries. This is why although we signed a non-aggressive secret contract with Russia, I am still worried about Russia. The reason why the treaty was signed was to tear it apart, let alone a promise?"

"Zimin, who wrote you a letter saying that Wilson is a good person?" Yang Rui smiled strangely. He felt that he was very angry now. "If such an international student comes back, you should not accept the school department. I will also explain to them to accept the situation according to the situation."

"It turns out, you are..." Cai Yuanpei was a little slow, not knowing that Yang Rui was talking anger, thinking that he was dissatisfied with the international student who spoke good words for President Wilson.

"The United States does not like Japan because the Philippines and Japan occupy Taiwan are too close, so the Qing Dynasty voluntarily rented Xiamen to the United States. A few years ago, the American White Fleet arrived in Xiamen. In order to win over local officials and gentry, there are all kinds of wine and women..." Yang Rui said of the woman. Qiu Jin next to him coughed heavily. He had to smile apologetically at her, and then said: "If we occupy Taiwan again, then Americans will worry about us. If Britain mutters something behind the scenes and asks some members of parliament to propose some proposals in parliament or publish some articles in newspapers, Wilson is likely to stand on the side of Britain and France.

Don’t forget that Britain, France and the United States have colonies in Asia. The British insisted on not allying with us, aren’t they just afraid that we would steal their colonies after our revival? The British instigated Japan to attack Russia and threw Japan. After we attacked Japan, we occupied Taiwan, so the United States would throw us away too. Don’t take advantage of the friendship between China and the United States to finish everything we should do. When the United States and Britain and France are wearing pairs of pants, who else in East Asia will support us? Is Thailand?"

There are only three countries in East Asia. Yang Rui said Thailand only to make Xie Zhangtai laugh. He held back and asked, "Why didn't Mr. Huafeng come? Is it going to vote for the Sino-Japanese War today, or is it just a situation report?"

"Mr. Huafeng will be here in a while." Yang Rui glanced at the clock on the wall. It was three o'clock and Xu Huafeng should be here. "This time I visited various places with Mr. Huafeng. I have said some things. After all, the Ministry of Works manages military production, and some things must be said in advance. The military industry is in good condition now, which can support our national war."

When Yang Rui was talking about Xu Huafeng, Li Zilong outside knocked on the door at the rhythm and said loudly: "Prime Minister, Mr. Huafeng is here."

Hearing that it was Li Zilong's voice, Du Yaquan, who was sitting on the outside, saw Yang Rui signaling, opened the door. It was snowing outside, and there were a few snowflakes on Xu Hua's hat. He took off the shawl covered outside and said, "It turned out. When I came, I saw that the Yamamoto Photo Studio opened by the Japanese on Chang'an Street closed the door. A note was posted on the door saying that it was going home to worship ancestors or something. Are the Japanese going to do it?"

Xu Huafeng is not young, but he has no twilight at all. He is the opposite of Yang Rui. He seems to be unable to see anything bad about this world, but he thinks that everything in this world is fun and interesting. Hearing him say this, Yang Rui smiled and said, "If the Japanese want to leave, it is not just a Yamamoto photo studio. If you really want to leave, more than 60 Japanese shops in Beijing should be closed."

"Then where are you discussing? Are you going to vote?" Xu Huafeng knew the content of today's meeting and asked about the situation as soon as he sat down.

"I've finished talking, I'll wait for you to come." Yang Rui said.

"Okay, then I'll tell me what I think." Xu Huafeng was willing to do so, and said to himself without asking others, "Jingcheng told me everything about it when he was in the Hanyang Arsenal. After seeing our army's new equipment - I will tell you here, I have made submarines, and I know the power of the submarines. I have also seen the aircraft. I have seen the combat demonstration. This thing can be thrown in torpedoes and bombs, which is really hard to defend against; I have seen the chariot, but I only know the performance and the actual combat effectiveness. I have said that the aircraft can be invincible with the chariot. I have never seen the chariot demonstration, nor have the two cooperated with the demonstration, but I believe him. I just have one thing unknown... We don't have a navy. Taiwan takes advantage of its unpreparedness, and it is originally our territory, so it is not difficult to take it back, but we can't go to Japan. What should we do if Japan refuses to surrender or negotiate?"

What is more difficult than launching a war is how to end the war. Yang Rui slipped through this idea and then said: "The General Staff plans to use submarines to block Japan's foreign trade. It is important to know that Japan is an island country. Once foreign trade is cut off, let alone industry. Even food is not enough. This winter, soybeans and bean cakes from Northeast China will no longer be exported to Japan. This is because Germany needs soybeans as grain reserves, and Japanese farmers use Northeast bean cakes as fertilizer. Once there is no bean cake, Japan's agricultural output will drop by about 10%. If we occupy North Korea again, the blockade against Japan will be better.

The second method is to bomb. After occupying North Korea, Japan is crossing the southernmost tip of the Tsushima Strait. Although the flight of the aircraft cannot fly to Tokyo, the airship can be used. In order to escort the airship, the aircraft on the aircraft carrier can be dispatched. It has a speed of thirty knots. Even if it is discovered, it is easy to escape under the cover of submarines. We will bomb the industries established since Meiji, Japan. Once this is the case, the chaebols will not be able to stand it. The middle-level army of the Choshu clan was defeated by us, and the Navy Satsuma clan will be criticized and despised by Japan because of our blockade. At that time, the only domestic forces in Japan will be left with the chaebols and the Emperor. With the means of a chaebol, I think he cannot overwhelm the chaebols. In addition, during the European war, it was a good opportunity to make money. The factory here was bombed, and at the same time, seeing the opportunity to make money was lost, what would you think the chaebols would think?”

"What about after the war?" Du Yaquan said. For island countries like Japan, bombing and blockade are indeed effective, but he is still worried about something. "After such a war, China and Japan will become enemies. If Japan comes back in the future and finds a way to deal with tanks, planes and submarines, then under the instigation of Britain and other countries, Japan will...

"After the war? China-Japan friendship has been around since the war." Yang Rui smiled and said, "Reclaiming North Korea is just a name and giving North Korea a name. We can remain unmoved by Japan's investments and interests in North Korea, as well as Japanese factories and mines in the Northeast, and even the South Manchuria Railway. We can remain unmoved, because in the eyes of Japanese citizens, they were exchanged for more than 100,000 lives to win the Russo-Japanese War. Once they are lost, public opinion will boil, and this hatred is truly overwhelmed.

What we can get back is actually Taiwan, and the valuable ones are also Taiwan. After all, North Korea is a country, and even if it is occupied by us, we cannot collect taxes, right? Taiwan is different. The Japanese have invested huge amounts of money in Taiwan, including seaports, north-south connection lines, Taiwan sugar industry, Taiwan camphor, and other scattered industries, which cost the Japanese a lot of money. Now Taiwan's tax revenue has increased from 90,000 taels before the occupation to 17.48 million Taiwan dollars last year [Note: "", p150, calculated income.], which has increased by two hundred times, which shows the efforts of the Japanese.

As for the South Manchuria Railway, the annual profit of Tonghua Railway is less than 200 yuan [Note: "", p117, estimated income]. The most important significance of this railway to Japan is to implement the difference in freight rates, thereby importing Japanese goods. Those Japanese goods usually come ashore from Kanto Prefecture and then enter the South Manchuria Railway without duty. After arriving at the station along the way, they collude with vendors. Thus, the tariffs are evaded. The railway is left to Japan, and the tariffs are raised. Then the value of the railway is extremely limited."

"But what should the United States want the South Manchurian Railway?" Du Yaquan asked again. He also knew that the value of the South Manchurian Railway was greatly reduced because of the Tonghua Railway. "They have great economic interests in the Northeast. Eight years ago, I thought about buying the South Manchurian Railway. Now that the railway has been occupied by us, then..."

"I would rather occupy it myself than give it to the United States." Yang Rui shook his head, "In ten or twenty years, the United States will eventually become an enemy, and Japan may become a follower. There is nothing to say about occupying Taiwan and Japan, and they can't say about helping North Korea. As long as Japan does not move Japan's interests in North Korea. When Japan won the Russo-Japanese War, it felt that it was the savior of the entire Asia. It helped China and North Korea resist the attack of white people. If we confiscate it from Russia and trade the benefits for blood, it will resent. If we transfer these interests to the United States, then we will become the dog legs of white people, and the resentment will be deeper, so we cannot give it to the United States no matter what."

"It's done, what should North Korea do?" Qiu Jin suddenly felt that Yang Rui wanted to sacrifice North Korea, so he spoke out.

"North Korea? North Korea will return to the pre-Japan model and implement Sino-Japanese public management. We will not move Japan's economic interests in North Korea, but its colonial immigrants will withdraw and seize the land of the Koreans as the land of Japanese immigrants. This is really resentful." Yang Rui replied.

"Then is North Korea? Or isn't it?" Qiu Jin didn't quite understand what Yang Rui meant.

"Under the premise of respecting the vested interests and special interests of China and Japan, the people of China, Japan and North Korea have no distinction between high and low, and trade opportunities are equal." Yang Rui said with difficulty. He suddenly thought of military expenses, "Our army captured North Korea's military expenses and will be repaid by North Korea's minerals and taxes. As for Japan's compensation, please refer to Sino-Japanese Wu..."

"It's done. We don't have troops to come to Tokyo. We may not get compensation by blockade and bombing alone." Xie Zhangtai said, "If you want Sino-Japanese friendship in the future, you can't ask for compensation, and the Japanese will not pay."

"Then we confiscate the Japanese's industries in North Korea. The Japanese have built a lot of railways in North Korea," Yang Rui said again. He began to have some conflicts, and he was very unwilling to accept the money from Goryeo's sticks.

"The Koreans are unwilling to do so. These are likely to be regarded as property to repay our military expenses by them." Xie Zhangtai said. "Since Taiwan has been taken back and North Korea has been taken back, the Chinese people do not value whether there is any compensation. It has been a tradition of being righteous and honest. Since Japan's compensation cannot be obtained, it is better not to mention it. Even if we are kind enough to exempt them; if we capture the military expenses of North Korea, we can use part of Japan's investment in North Korea to compensate, but not all. The interests of the Japanese chaebol cannot be lost too much. They are the basis of China-Japan friendship. In addition, these assets must be submitted to the King of North Korea... and you have to be polite to you several times before you can accept them. We cannot directly say that this is military expenses compensation."

Love face but not love inner self. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese people, and loving false reputation but not seeking real profit is also a fine tradition. Since Xie Zhangtai can handle it with compromise, Yang Rui has nothing to say about this. Speaking of this, the entire plan for Japan is a complete introduction. Yang Rui looked around and said, "Is there any problem?"

Xu Huafeng stroking his beards, Xie Zhangtai smiled slightly, Yu Huizu stared at one place, and kept calculating silently, Cai Yuanpei pushed his glasses and stopped, but Du Yaquan looked around, a little uncertain, except Qiu Jin's expression was firm and his words were filled with the sound of gold and stone, "I agree with the Wanli plan! Let's have a good battle with Britain, Japan, Russia and France. Chinese women will definitely take the lead."

Qiu Jin put the woman out to say something again. Yang Rui just smiled, and he looked at the other people again. When Xu Huafeng saw him, he smiled and said, "I agree!" Xie Zhangtai nodded and said, "I agree." Seeing that the three of them agreed, Du Yaquan bowed his head at the same time as Yu Huizu, but Cai Yuanpei stepped back and pushed back, and said, "Is it the only one left?"

He said this, and the few people laughed. When Yang Rui wanted to mock him, he said again: "You can ask me to agree, but there is one condition, that is, military expenditures must be reduced after the war, and primary school education across the country must be popularized for free!"

As he took the lead, Qiu Jin also changed his temperament and said, "I also have a condition. The marriage law must be changed to monogamous. I really cannot take concubines anymore. How many young women like flower buds have been taken by the old man. How pitiful! All countries in Europe and the United States are monogamous, but China is polygamous, which is really barbaric..."

Yang Rui didn't know when Qiu Jin liked Nian Nian Nian, so he immediately said decisively: "Since the vote has been completed, it's not too early. I'm already very hungry, so let's go."

Yang Rui suggested that, except for Cai Yuanpei, several men nodded vigorously and unanimously expressed that they were very hungry. Then he ran away, making Qiu Jin look at Cai Yuanpei and said angrily: "Why didn't you mention it earlier!"

Cai Yuanpei advocates monogamy, but his wife has been dead. Her second wife Huang Zhongyu was stimulated by her suicide and imprisonment. She died a few years ago. His current wife is Zhou Jun, a student from a former patriotic girls' school. When he saw Qiu Jin questioning, he said aggrievedly: "How did I know you agreed so quickly? Alas, the country has finally settled down and is going to fight again."

"War is for stability." Qiu Jin did not have the intention of Cai Yuanpei to worry about the country and the people. He replied neatly, then folded his fists and said goodbye.

The Standing Committee meeting on the 20th day of the lunar calendar passed the Wanli plan unanimously. During the negotiations with Japan the next day, Xie Zhangtai refused to change his original intention and insisted on Japan's apology, compensation and punishment, which made the negotiations end in just a few minutes. The British Embassy Counselor Mamull, who attended the meeting, found the Minister Zhuerdian as soon as he returned to the embassy, ​​and said: "Sir, the Chinese have not given up at all. This should be what Yang Jingcheng meant. They really wanted to provoke a war."

"Yes! I knew this yesterday." Jurden recalled the meeting between the Prime Minister's Office and Yang Rui yesterday. Yang Rui didn't care about his threat. He put down the document he was writing and said again: "Now is the period when Britain is the weakest in the Far East. We are restrained by the Germans in Europe, and the Americans are on the side of the Chinese. And the Russians are said to have signed a secret agreement with China..."

"Or we can lobby Americans to give up on supporting China," Mamull suggested. "They don't have much interest in China."

"No, we cannot do this. If we want to convince the United States to stand on our side, we must give up the British-Japanese alliance. Whether in reality or in time, we cannot do it. I have long wanted to report in London that the third British-Japanese alliance should not be signed!" Juerdian complained. When signing the third British-Japanese alliance, he sent several letters to London, suggesting that the alliance treaty will not be signed. But London is worried that Japan, Germany, Japan and Russia will approach, so he came up with a trick to restrict Japan with an alliance treaty and then use the British-US arbitration treaty to remove British alliance obligations. Although this is extremely clever, the consequences have completely turned the United States to China. Without the US loans and diplomatic support, the Chinese government would never be as arrogant as it is now.

"What should I do?" asked Mamull. "Maybe it can put pressure on China."

"But this is ineffective!" Jurden vetoed, "Although Russia is expanding its military force, Russia will never get into evil with China and Germany at the same time. Russia in the East and the West can only choose one side. If Russia wants to put pressure on the Far East, it must reduce Germany's pressure on Russia. If Germany wants to reduce Germany's pressure on Russia, the construction and expansion of the railway network in the western part of Russia must stop, but the French are absolutely unwilling to do this. The construction and expansion of the railway network are the support of the French to cope with the pressure of human affairs..."

"Just, France's general election in April was a victory for the Democratic Republican Party. The parliament was full of pro-German MPs who opposed expanding their military and forming alliances with Russia. The same was true for the cabinet. I think it is not difficult for us to convince France." Mamull said. He unconsciously started the war and stood in London, considering the issue with the Sino-Japanese issue as the core.

"You shouldn't say what Sir Grey can only say." Jurden criticized, "In addition, you have made things wrong. It is precisely because these parliamentarians and cabinet members are pro-Germany that they can only take a tough stance in their relationship with Germany. Because in the eyes of the French, every concession they make to Germany, even a small concession, will be regarded as a traitor by the French. If anti-German cabinet members come to power, the situation will be much easier, and even if their concessions are greater, they will be considered a strategy."

"Just, I'm so sorry, I was wrong!" Mamule was blushed when Juerdian said it. But Juerdian seemed to have not heard his apology and said to himself: "This situation is very bad. Those anti-German guys will definitely do some crazy actions to force the cabinet to firmly stand against Germany."

"You go and invite Mr. Ijiyuan from the Japanese delegation." Juerdian thought for a while and felt that he would still meet the Japanese peace talks representative. But after Mamull went out, he suddenly thought that Japanese peace talks representative Ijiyuan was from the Satsuma clan and suddenly sighed in his heart. Japan sent Ijiyuan, who was from the Satsuma clan, to negotiate the Sino-Japanese naval war. This was obviously the Japanese government was dissatisfied with the British forced to force him to participate in the peace talks. Both the Chinese and Japanese governments were determined to start a war. (My novel "Heroes of the Late Qing Dynasty" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right to "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up!) (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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