Chapter 593
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With the declaration of war by the United States on Germany, the situation has gradually become clear, and the whole world has almost been divided into two camps, one of which is naturally the [Allied] camp with Germany as the small partner of Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Turkish Empire and Bulgaria, and the other is the [Entente] camp of Britain, France, the United States, China, Italy and other countries, covering almost the entire world.
At the beginning of the war, all countries in the world were more optimistic about the [Entente], after all, Britain was an old empire, and in the last few hundred years, it has been the most powerful country in the world. In addition, since the war between the Entente and the Allied Powers, almost all of the Allied Powers' overseas territories, including Qingdao, the islands in the Pacific Ocean, and some colonies in Africa, have been uprooted, and their remaining power is limited to Europe and a part of Asia where Turkey is located.
On the other hand, in terms of the Entente, British colonies are all over the world, Canada in North America, India, Burma, Malaysia in Asia, Australia in Oceania, Egypt, South Africa and other places in Africa, and even South America has such a small colonyββββββ which does not refer to the Falklands.
Although France does not have as many colonies as Britain, it is definitely not small in all seriousness. It may be an exaggeration to say that half of Africa is French, but one-third is definitely more than enough, even larger than the British Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, British East Africa, and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan combined.
In addition, there are French Indochina, etc., although not as good as the British, but definitely not a lot.
Coupled with Russia and Italyββββββ in fact, Italy's colonies are not small, at least Libya and Somalia belong to Italy. Although it certainly can't be compared with the two great powers of Britain and France, it is still very good.
Coupled with the rising star China, facing these countries at the same time, no matter how strong the [allies] are, it is difficult for other countries to be optimistic about them.
But. The sudden change in Russia was a bit jaw-dropping, and there were also some new ideas about the war situation in Europe. After all, in the past, even if it was a multi-sided battle, the [Allied Powers] were still able to fight on an equal footing with the [Allied Powers] on the Western Front, and defeated the Russians on the Eastern Front, which eventually led to the birth of the February Revolution.
But now. Russia has changed, and as has been said, even if the new Provisional Government is willing to continue to deliver on its promises, it is really difficult to say how much the Russians will be able to play in the face of chaos.
If Russia really can't contain the [Allies] on the Eastern Front, then it is difficult to say that in the case of the [Allies] transferring troops to the Western Front. Whether the coalition forces will be able to achieve victory on the Western Front.
However, the subsequent entry of the United States into the war once again made the situation confusing.
The reason is also very simple, judging from the numbers alone, the United States has the most powerful industrial strength of this era, and has a considerable population, as long as the system allows, it can easily mobilize a huge number of troops with more than one million.
The reverse is true. Although the [Allies] were able to mobilize these forces to the Western Front, the Russians collapsed because their internal economy was no longer able to continue to support the war, on the other hand, although the [Allies] defeated Russia, this does not mean that they were easy, at least whether it was Germany or Austria-Hungary and other countries, the internal problems were definitely not small, looking at the United States, it was a full new force, and the comparison between the two can be imagined.
However, the reason why it is confusing is because no matter how fast the Americans are. It will also take a long time to completely help the [Entente], even if it is the fastest, I am afraid it will take half a year, and if the [Allied Powers] have driven the [Allied Powers] into the sea during this time, unless the United States is really willing to smash the pot and sell iron to help the [Allied Countries]. Otherwise, I'm afraid...
All of a sudden, almost the whole world turned its attention to the European Big 6.
But in the Far East, or in China, at least, many have turned their attention to Beijing.
The reason is also very simple, because Elaline is almost about to give birth, in other words, Yan Shao's first child will be born. For many Chinese people, this matter is probably much more important than the European matter, even Britain and France and other countries, in the case of the severe war situation in Europe, have carefully prepared a congratulatory statement, after all, China is now an extremely important member of the [Entente], and has proved itself in many ways.
Even for the sake of the Entente's own interests, Britain and France could not have neglected this matter.
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Outside the Presidential Palace, a large number of cars were parked in front of the gate of the Presidential Palace, and out of the cars were either well-dressed government officials, or Wehrmacht generals wearing generals.
Since the completion of the Presidential Palace, except for the time when Yan Shao got married, I am afraid that the Presidential Palace has never welcomed so many people at one time. On the periphery of the presidential palace, many staff members couldn't help but whisper in a circle in private while working.
What they're talking about, of course, is about Elaline...
"..........'ve been a lot of trouble in Europe lately, and now I'm finally waiting for good news...", as he walked forward while cleaning up the clutter around the hedge, one of the subordinates said happily, and seemed to be very happy about it.
"Yes...", a subordinate who was busy with another job on the side couldn't help but say. Things in Europe have been very disturbing lately, but now......... The big guy can finally be happy..."
"That is, speaking of which, this is the first child of the great president," the subordinate said happily when he saw that his companion agreed with his words. Anyway, now that the president has an heir, the country can be considered stable, but ......... It would be nice if the child was Mrs. 6..."
Hearing his companion say this, the other person tugged at his sleeve and glared at her in warning, and then glanced at the 'dignitaries' not far away...
Forget about anything else, but this kind of thing should never be commented on by their subordinates.
What it looks like to see your companions. The subordinate also seemed to understand his gaffe, so after a haha, he talked to his companion about other things.
Although the two of them have tried their best to save it, their words just now still fell into the ears of those who have a heart, just looking at their backs. Song Jiaoren couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
As an ideal politician who advocates the 'cabinet system' and has always aimed at it, Song Jiaoren has always hoped to change the current situation in China.
After all, for Song Jiaoren, the current situation in China is really contrary to his original intention.
It's a pity that the current domestic qiΔ is not something he can change. If it was a year ago, Yan Shao still needed to ask for the consent of others when he was doing many things. So this time...
At least when he was on the expedition to Europe, Yan Shao also talked to Song Jiaoren about the necessity of this expedition and the benefits that could be brought back. It was precisely because of Yan Shao's persuasion and the importance of Iraq and other places that Song Jiaoren and the others finally supported Yan Shao's plan.
But this time...
Recalled Cai Ye and others from Europe, such a big thing, Yan Shao didn't say hello to Song Jiaoren at all. And Jiang Baili there......... As the minister of the Ministry of Integrity, Song Jiaoren still has some strength under his hands, and facts have proved that idealists certainly have such and such problems, but this does not mean that they really have no ability at all, at least in the Ministry of Integrity, there are still some capable people who work under Song Jiaoren. Especially recently, there was a young man who came to work under Song Jiaoren, which greatly enhanced Song Jiaoren's intelligence ability of the Ministry of Integrity, and he could get a lot of information even with him...
For example, in recent times, Yan Shao has often secretly spies with Jiang Baili and several other generals, but because Jiang Baili and several other generals have a very strict relationship, no one knows what they have talked about. Although so far, Song Jiaoren still doesn't know what Yan Shao and Jiang Baili have talked about, but it can be seen from Yan Shao's transfer of Cai Yi and Wu Peifu and other elite soldiers from Europe without saying a word, and there will definitely be a big move this time.
Such a big thing. Yan Shao didn't say a word to the cabinet, how could he not make Song Jiaoren anxious. And the conversation of those subordinates just now also made Song Jiaoren feel a little frustrated.
"It's been so many years, isn't it possible that the expectations of the Chinese people for Mingjun have not changed for a long time..."
As long as he thought of the conversation between the two just now, Song Jiaoren was frustrated.
Mingjun. To put it simply, it's actually the expectation of heroes. It's just that this hero has become a monarch, so it has become an expectation for Mingjun, that is, the people are still looking forward to a wise monarch who can lead them out of the predicament.
This kind of thinking is actually very common, those Ming monarchs in Chinese history are not mentioned for the time being, there are no examples of 'Yuan' in Europe, and later generations of Germans almost all regard Hitler as the savior of Germany, and expect him to save Germany, basically in essence...
This kind of thinking is normal, but it is easy to frustrate an idealist like Song Jiaoren, after all, what he expects is a republic in the true sense, not a stage for one person.
What's more, the issue of the heir, Song Jiaoren is also a little worried.
In the past, Yan Shao can be said to have often teased the people below, for example, when he first entered Beijing, Yan Shao once sat on the dragon chair in front of everyone, making almost everyone think that he wanted to be the emperor.
Although it turned out to be just a joke by Yan Shao, this incident made many people remember it. Afterwards, there were naturally some people who wanted to learn from the alliance of the year, and gave Yan Shao some restrictions similar to Yuan Shikai back then.
However, even Yuan Shikai couldn't settle that naΓ―ve method back then, let alone Yan Shao.
Moreover, Yan Shao's Kuomintang system is also different from the Beiyang and the League (Kuomintang) back then, which originally emphasized the ** nature, and used it to concentrate the strength of the whole country to develop, and was not interested in the so-called republic, at least now...
So of course, this method failed, and Yan Shao became more and more unable to restrict it within the government, and in the end, the so-called government was directly called the Guoshe government, just like the Beiyang government back then. This shows how strong the Socialist Party is in the government...
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With a good relationship with Yan Shao back then, Song Jiaoren and Huang Xing and others finally successfully returned to China, and were reused by Yan Shao because of their character and ability. Huang Xing is somewhat worse, although the old gentleman is upright, but he is stubborn. Otherwise, he would not have fallen out with the Wuchang department back then, and he also had some grudges, plus his health was not very good after being kicked out of the big 6, so he just led the work of the Kuomintang in China.
It is Song Jiaoren who is really reused, although Yan Shao is not interested in Song Jiaoren's idealism, but he still trusts his character.
As for Song Jiaoren. Although I was worried a lot at the beginning, I gradually stopped worrying, and the reason was very simple, because Yan Shao had no heirs...
The importance of offspring is great, and even in foreign countries, it is practiced by blood.
When it first started. Song Jiaoren and the others were still a little worried, but after a long time, they naturally didn't care much, after all, Yan Shao was already 3o at that time, and now he is 34 years old, still one year old, plus Song Jiaoren has also heard many stories about Yan Shao back then. For example, elopement, shipwreck, etc., Yan Shao and Elano and Caterina got married when they were 2o years old, and now more than ten years have passed, so old and there are no children, and the possibility of having children in the future is very smallββββββ it was normal to have children in their 2o years old at that time, and even in their teens, they didn't know that Yan Shao was because of the revolution, so they deliberately had children late, so they naturally thought that Yan Shao had something wrong with his body. So I was relieved.
Who would have thought that now, the child has appeared, and it really can't help but worry Song Jiaoren and others.
As for the rest...
Hearing the words of the two subordinates just now, Song Jiaoren smiled bitterly in his heart.
Seriously, Elaline usually treats his subordinates very well. But in the end, she is a foreigner after all, so it is natural that the people in the presidential palace are more inclined to the native 6 Ying, especially 6 Ying is also from a poor background, which is naturally easier to get close to...
Even within the government, there are many people who regret this, after all, if Yan Shao gave birth to a son this time, it would be his eldest son, not to mention anything else, but the eldest son is always better than Yan Shao's birth with the country.
Song Jiaoren hadn't heard such words, but he could only shake his head helplessly.
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Shaking his head, Song Jiaoren got rid of the things in his mind, and then walked directly towards the presidential palace, although there were many guards along the way, but they all recognized Song Jiaoren, the minister of clean government, so they didn't stop him.
In fact, they still have great admiration for Song Jiaoren, the minister of clean government, after all, Song Jiaoren's character has always been very passable.
When he entered the corridor, he saw many people crowded into the lobby.
At a glance, almost all of them are important government officials in Beijing, as well as some well-known figures.
Fortunately, although there are a lot of old smoking guns inside, considering things and some other factors, there is no smoke in the lobby at the moment...
However, Song Jiaoren didn't care about this, because he happened to see Jiang Baili and Feng Guozhang talking about something, looking mysterious. Seeing this scene, the doubt in Song Jiaoren's heart was suddenly hooked, so he ignored the officials who came forward to talk, and walked directly to the two of them, wanting to ask the confusion in his heart clearly.
So at the same time, the two of them seemed to have seen Song Jiaoren coming, and they were still very clear about Song Jiaoren's awesomeness and difficulty, so when they saw him coming, the two of them kept silent while also having a wry smile on their faces.
"Minister Song..."
"Minister Song..."
Seeing Song Jiaoren coming over, the two nodded slightly.
Jiang Baili is still better, after all, he is a relatively pure soldier, so he is not afraid that Song Jiaoren will catch his little handle, but Feng Guozhang is different, as an old soldier, he still has some bad habits in the former Qing Dynasty, and he is also disconnected from the local government, although he has not caused any major problems, but he is still a little jealous of Song Jiaoren...
At the same time, standing in front of the two, Song Jiaoren said with a stern face. "You two, you must make things clear to me this time, what is the president's side planning..."
There is no way, he can't help it, after all, this time Yan Shao has transferred Cai Ye and Wu Peifu and other elite soldiers back. It's clear that there is going to be a big move. If he is the minister of clean government, he may only be in charge of the affairs under his own jurisdiction, after all, the military obviously has nothing to do with the Ministry of clean government, but the problem is that Song Jiaoren, the minister of clean government, is himself an admirer of the 'cabinet system' and an idealist who is not afraid of anything. Naturally, it is much more difficult.
At the same time, looking at Song Jiaoren's appearance, Jiang Baili and Feng Guozhang couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Fortunately, Song Jiaoren also seemed to be aware of the sensitivity of this matter, so although his expression just now was very strict, his voice was actually not very loud. Therefore, although many people looked over, no one could hear Song Jiaoren's voice just now.
"My minister, it's really nothing..."said with a wry smile, at this time Jiang Baili and Feng Guozhang also knew very well, they could only grit their teeth at the moment, otherwise if they let him know about it. That's where the trouble comes in.
However, it is obvious that Song Jiaoren is definitely not a person who is easy to fool, but as soon as he rolled his eyes, he immediately wanted to say something.
Seeing this, Jiang Baili hurriedly said. "Let's not talk about anything else, today is an important day, so I won't talk about anything else. Don't you think it's a bit of a bit to talk about these things now..."
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Of course it's an important day...
After 1o months of ordeal, Yan Shao's first child is finally about to be born. If it were someone else, it seemed impossible to have such a big movement, but now Yan Shao's identity is not ordinary after all, and this is Yan Shao's first child, so it is natural that after getting the news, Song Jiaoren and others immediately rushed over.
All of a sudden, almost the entire Beijing hierarchy rushed over.
Of course, the entire high-level of the so-called. In fact, there are only thirty or forty people, after all, if all of them really come, I am afraid that hundreds of people will not be able to stop them.
And it is clear that on such a day, it is definitely not a very appropriate thing to talk about business...
Heard Jiang Baili's words. Song Jiaoren was a little depressed in his heart, but he didn't want to say anything, after all, it was indeed inappropriate to talk about business at this time, so he had to keep silent, just planning to wait for today's incident to pass, and continue to ask them.
For an idealist like Song Jiaoren, Yan Shao's direct bypassing of the cabinet is absolutely inadmissible.
Seeing Song Jiaoren's appearance, Jiang Baili and Feng Guozhang couldn't help but smile bitterly.
They did know a lot about this matter, but it was precisely because of this that they understood why Yan Shao did not allow this matter to leak out.
It can be said that the severity of this matter even exceeds those oil fields in the Middle East.
The oil field or something, you can grab it again in the future, but this timeββββββ even if it is another hundred years, I am afraid that there will only be one chance.
Therefore, the whole plan, in the high-level of the national government, only a few people from the Ministry of Defense and Yan Shao knew about it, and the reason why they knew it was because Yan Shao needed to use their experience to make some corrections to the plan and so on...
However, I don't know how, Song Jiaoren knew about it, although he only knew that Yan Shaozheng was discussing a big plan with them, but he had been pestering them, and being targeted by such a number one person was enough for them to worry about it for a long time...
So naturally, Feng Guozhang and Jiang Baili couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly.
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Just when the two of them were still feeling a headache for Song Jiaoren, outside the clinic, Yan Shao was pacing back and forth outside the door with a nervous face.
For Yan Shao, at this time, I am afraid that there is nothing more important than Elano and the child in her belly. What's more, the dignified presidential palace can't even have an operating room or something, after all, if there is any accident in the future, you can't send people to the hospital, right? If the matter is urgent, maybe the person will die on the way before it arrives.
So in the Presidential Palace, there are not only other facilities, but also medical facilities. Especially after Elaline became pregnant, in order to ensure the safety of her and her child, Yan Shao invested a lot of money at any cost, so that this small hospital in the presidential palace has the most advanced equipment in the world.
It's just that although Yan Shao can't hear the sound inside at all through the thick door, some scenes he has seen on TV in the past make Yan Shao clear what kind of pain Elano is suffering at this moment.
What worries Yan Shao especially is Elaine's age...