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A country that has just been established for less than three years, a country that is poor and weak, but has to face the four powerful countries in the world alone, even if Britain, France, Russia and Germany are containing, but can China deal with it in this way? Cai Yuanpei didn't believe it, although he had never been abroad, he still understood the outside world. Just when Yang Rui said that the blitzkrieg was out of the blue, he put down the photos that didn't show any fame: "Actually, Chong'an, I understand what you said, that is, now is the best opportunity for us to attack Japan before the war in Europe, but I don't understand, can't we negotiate the abolition of unequal treaties like Japan?" Or can't it become a great power like the United States that doesn't fight much? Why can't we revive like Japan and the United States?

I can explain that if the Japanese really provoke it, I will definitely support the war, and I understand that the military expenditure has been so high in recent years. I just don't understand why I have to fight now? After the war in Europe, you say no; After the armistice in Europe, you will say no. Can't we fight again after 10 years and 20 years after the armistice in Europe? Why do you have to be stuck in the past few years? ”

Cai Yuanpei is purely a layman, and it is completely forced to invite him to join the Standing Committee, after all, he is wrong and right, and the Hangzhou uprising was launched under his command, and his prestige in China and within the meeting is very high. Seven years ago he was bent on going to war, but seven years later he didn't want to fight, I really don't know if this is maturity or naivety. After listening to his words, Yang Rui suddenly remembered these in his heart. He felt that this person would really change, Cai Yuanpei was no longer heroic. When Yang Rui was thinking about this. Several other people were also thinking about what Cai Yuanpei said, and felt that what he said was still worth thinking about.

"Nations and people are different. People are good to me, and I will be good to you. And between countries," Yang Rui laughed at himself: "If you want people to be good to you, then you must first treat others badly, grasp their weaknesses, show their guns, and let others be afraid of you, so that the relationship between the two countries can be friendly." You probably don't know the history of Japan and the United States. Japan did not defeat the Manchus and defeated Russia. Will the Great Powers agree to abolish unequal treaties? The United States has been in a corner of peace in the past 100 years, and has developed in the past 100 years, even if the industrial scale greatly exceeds that of Britain, Germany, France and Russia, it is necessary to defeat Spain to get to where it is today. Therefore, in this era, there is no talk of peaceful revival at all, only iron-blooded revival. ”

"But they are all fighting ......" Cai Yuanpei originally wanted to say that the United States and Japan were fighting weak countries, but he thought that Russia was definitely not a weak country, so he kept silent. Do you have to fight now, can't you postpone it by ten or twenty? Or wait for foreigners to fight in Europe. Can't we lobby the United States to support us again? ”

"The attitude of the United States is related to the supply of oil and to making money in foreign trade during the war in Europe, how can we be sure that he will not stand on the side of Britain and France and interfere in the Sino-Japanese war?" Yang Rui asked rhetorically. "Push back 10 or 20 years...... and the people will have this opportunity. I can't catch it, I really don't know when the next time will be. ”

"But the students who studied in the United States wrote back and said that President Wilson was a very decent and enlightened person, and he couldn't object to us taking back Taiwan from Japan, right?" Cai Yuanpei lifted his glasses. It was as if Wilson had been dating him for decades.

Xie Zhangtai, who couldn't stand it, said: "Bad people." It is rumored that Cheng Cheng is a scoundrel and a three-nil prime minister, but what about the reality? We can't pin our hopes on the character of the presidents of other countries. That is why, despite the secret non-aggression pact with Russia, I am still worried about Russia. Treaties are signed to tear up, let alone promises? ”

"Son, who wrote to you that Wilson was a good man?" Yang Ruiwei smiled, he felt that he was very angry now, "After such international students come back, the school department should not accept it, and I will also ask them to accept it depending on the situation." ”

"Actually, you are ......" Cai Yuanpei was a little sluggish, not knowing that Yang Rui was talking angrily, thinking that he was dissatisfied with the international students who said good things for President Wilson.

"The United States doesn't like Japan, because the Philippines and Japan occupy Taiwan too close, so the Manchu Qing took the initiative to lease Xiamen to the United States, a few years ago the United States White Fleet to Xiamen, local officials and gentry in order to win over, wine and women, everything......" Yang Rui said about women, next to Qiu Jin coughed heavily, he had to smile apologetically at her, and then said: "We reoccupy Taiwan, then the Americans will worry about us, in case the British muttered something behind their backs, let some parliamentarians put forward some bills in the Congress, Or publish some articles in the newspapers, and Wilson is likely to be on the side of Britain and France.

Let's not forget that Britain, France, and the United States all have colonies in Asia. The British say that they don't ally with us, aren't they afraid that we will rob their colonies after our revival? The British instigated Japan to throw Japan away after fighting Russia, and if we finished fighting Japan and occupied Taiwan, the United States would also throw us away. If we don't take advantage of the friendship between China and the United States to finish everything that needs to be done, and when the United States, Britain and France wear the same pants, who else will support us on the East Asian side? Thailand? ”

There are only three independent countries in East Asia, Yang Rui's sentence of Thailand only made Xie Jintai want to laugh, he forced himself and asked: "Why didn't Mr. Hua Feng come, is it to vote on the Sino-Japanese war today, or is it just a briefing?" ”

"Mr. Hua Feng will be here in a moment." Yang Rui glanced at the clock on the wall, it was three o'clock, Xu Huafeng should be here, "This time I went to visit and inspect various places with Mr. Huafeng, and I have already said some things." After all, the Ministry of Industry manages military production, and there are some things that must be said in advance. Now the military industry is in good condition and can support our national war. ”

When Yang Rui was talking about Xu Huafeng, after Li Zilong knocked on the door according to the rhythm, he said loudly: "Prime Minister, Mr. Huafeng has arrived." ”

Hearing that it was Li Zilong's voice, Du Yaquan, who was sitting on the outermost side, saw Yang Rui's signal, so he opened the door. It was snowing outside, and Xu Huafeng had a few snowflakes on his hat, he took off the shawl he was covering outside and said: "Actually, when I came, I saw that the Yamamoto photo studio opened by the Japanese on Chang'an Street was closed, and a note was posted on the door saying that he was going home to worship his ancestors or something, are the Japanese going to do it?" ”

Xu Huafeng is not young. But there is no twilight at all, he is the opposite of Yang Rui. It seems that I can't see anything bad about this world, and I just think that everything in this world is fun and interesting. Hearing him say this, Yang Rui smiled: "If the Japanese want to leave, it's not just a Yamamoto photo studio. If you really want to leave, more than 60 Japanese shops in Beijing should be closed. ”

"So where have you been? Is it going to be voted on? Xu Huafeng knew the content of today's meeting, and asked about the situation as soon as he sat down.

"It's all said and done, just waiting for you to come." Yang Rui said.

"Okay, then I'll tell you what I think." Xu Huafeng didn't let go, didn't ask others, and said himself first: "Cheng told me everything when he was in Hanyang Arsenal." After seeing the new equipment of our army - here I tell you the truth, I have built submarines, and I know very well how powerful they are; I've seen airplanes too. After watching the combat demonstration, this thing flies in the sky, can throw torpedoes and can throw bombs, which is really difficult to prevent; I've seen that tank, but I only know the performance, and I haven't seen the actual combat effect. I have never seen a demonstration of a combat vehicle, nor have I seen a demonstration of the two, but I believe him. I just don't know something...... We don't have a navy. Taiwan is not difficult to take back by taking advantage of its unpreparedness and the fact that it is our territory, but we can't go to Japan, and what if Japan refuses to surrender or negotiate at that time? ”

What is more difficult than waging a war is how to end it. Yang Rui slipped this thought in his heart, and then said: "The General Staff plans to use submarines to blockade Japan's foreign trade, and you must know that Japan is an island country. Once foreign trade is cut off, don't talk about industry. Even food is not enough. This winter, soybeans and soybean cakes from Tohoku will no longer be exported to Japan. This is because Germany needs soybeans as a grain reserve, and Japanese farmers use Tohoku soybean cake as fertilizer, and once there is no soybean cake, Japan's agricultural output will drop by about 10 percent, and if we occupy Korea again, the effect of the blockade against Japan will be even better.

The second way is to bomb, after the occupation of Korea, the southernmost point across the Tsushima Strait is Japan, although the range of the plane can not fly to Tokyo, but the airship can, and in order to escort the airship, the aircraft on the aircraft carrier can be dispatched, it has a speed of 30 knots, even if it is discovered, it is easy to escape under the cover of the submarine. We bombed the industries that Japan had built since the Meiji era, and once that happened, the chaebols would not be able to stand it. The Chōshū Domain in the Army was defeated by us, and the Satsuma Domain in the Navy will be accused and despised by Japan because of our blockade, and then only the chaebol and the emperor will be left in Japan. In addition, during the war in Europe, there was a good opportunity to make money, and the factories here were bombed, and at the same time, seeing the loss of money-making opportunities, what do you think the chaebol will think? ”

"And what about after the war?" Du Yaquan said that for an island country 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, and if Japan recovers its breath and finds a way to deal with combat vehicles, planes, and submarines in the future, then at the instigation of Britain and other countries, Japan will have to ...... in the future."

"Post-war? After the war, China and Japan were friendly. Yang Rui said with a smile: "Taking back North Korea is just a name, giving North Korea an independent name, we can not move those Japanese investments and interests in Korea, as well as those Japanese factories and mines in the Northeast, even including the South Manchurian Railway, we can also not move, because these Japanese people think that they won the Russo-Japanese War and exchanged more than 100,000 lives for it.

What we can completely get back is actually Taiwan, and what is valuable is also Taiwan. After all, North Korea is an independent country, and even if it is occupied by us, we can't collect taxes, right? Taiwan is different, the Japanese have invested a lot of money in Taiwan, seaports, north-south routes, Taiwanese sugar, Taiwanese camphor, and other scattered industries, which cost the Japanese a lot of money. At present, Taiwan's tax revenue has increased from 90,000 taels before the occupation to 17.48 million Taiwan dollars last year. Volume IV. Finance, p150, calculated. ], which has increased by two hundred times, shows the painstaking efforts of the Japanese.

As for the South Manchurian Railway, because of the diversion of the Tonghua Railway, the annual profit is less than 200 yuan [Note: "Forty Years of Manchurian Development. Shangjuan", p117, estimated], the most important significance of this railway for Japan was to implement the freight difference and thus import Japanese goods. Those Japanese goods are generally landed duty-free from Kanto Prefecture, and then enter the South Manchurian Railway duty-free, and after arriving at the stations along the way, they collude with the vendors. This is the evasion of tariffs. The railroad was left to Japan, and the customs tax came up. Then the value of the railway is extremely limited. ”

"But what if the United States wants the South Manchurian Railway?" Du Yaquan asked again, he also knew that the value of the South Manchurian Railway had been greatly reduced because of the Tonghua Railway. "They have a huge economic stake in the Northeast. Eight years ago, I thought about buying the South Manchurian Railway, and now that the railway is occupied by us, then ......"

"I'd rather occupy it myself than give it to the United States." Yang Rui shook his head and said, "In ten or twenty years, the United States will eventually become an enemy, and Japan may become a follower." Japan has nothing to say about occupying Taiwan, and they have nothing to say about helping Korea become independent, as long as they do not touch Japan's interests in Korea. When Japan won the Russo-Japanese War, it felt like the savior of the whole of Asia. helped China and North Korea resist the attack of the Caucasians. If we confiscate the benefits that it has stolen from Russia and bought it with blood, it will resent, and if these benefits are transferred to the United States, then we will become the doglegs of the white race, and the resentment will be even deeper, so we cannot give it to the United States in any case. ”

"Actually, what about North Korea?" Qiu Jin suddenly felt that Yang Rui had the intention of sacrificing North Korea, so he spoke up.

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

"Then North Korea is independent after all. Or is there no independence? Qiu Jin didn't quite understand what Yang Rui meant.

"On the premise of respecting the vested and special interests of China and Japan, the people of China, Japan and the DPRK will not be superior or inferior, and trade opportunities will be equal for all." Yang Rui said awkwardly. He suddenly thought of the military expenses again, "The military expenses of our army to capture Korea." It will be repaid by Korean minerals and taxes, and as for the reparations on the Japanese side, refer to the First Sino-Japanese ......"

"It did. We did not have troops under the city of Tokyo, and we are afraid that we will not be able to get reparations by blockade and bombing alone. Xie Zhangtai said, "If you want Sino-Japanese friendship in the future, then you can't ask for compensation, and the Japanese won't pay compensation." ”

"Then confiscate the Japanese property in North Korea, the Japanese have built a lot of railways in North Korea," Yang Rui repeated. He began to be a little conflicted, and he was very unwilling to receive money from Goryeo sticks.

"The North Koreans don't want to. It is very likely that these will be regarded by them as property to repay our military expenses. "Xie Zhangtai said." Since Taiwan has been recovered and North Korea has been returned, the Chinese people do not care whether there is compensation or not. There is a tradition of righteousness and squandering wealth for thousands of years. Since Japan can't get the reparations, it doesn't matter if we don't mention them, even if we are exempt from them; The compensation for the military expenses for the occupation of Korea can be offset by part of Japan's investment in Korea, but not all of them, and the interests of the Japanese chaebols cannot be lost too much, and they are the basis of Sino-Japanese friendship. In addition, these assets must be made to the king of Joseon...... Offering to King Min, you have to be polite a few times before you can accept it. We can't just say that this is military compensation. ”

This is a fine tradition of the Chinese people to love face and not to love the inside, and it is also a fine tradition to love fame and not seek real gain. Since Xie Jintai can compromise on it, Yang Rui has nothing to say about it. Speaking of this, the entire plan for Japan was completely introduced, Yang Rui looked around and said, "Are there any other questions?" ”

Xu Huafeng stroked his beard peacefully, Xie Jintai smiled lightly, Yu Huizu stared at one place, constantly calculating, Cai Yuanpei's glasses pushed and pushed, and he stopped talking, Du Yaquan looked left and right, a little uncertain, but Qiu Jin's expression was resolute, and his voice was golden and stone, "I agree with the Wanli plan!" Let's have a good fight with Britain, Japan, Russia, and France. Chinese women will take the lead. ”

Qiu Jin put the woman out again to say something, Yang Rui just smiled, he looked at the other people again, Xu Huafeng saw him and smiled, "I agree!" Xie Jintai also nodded and said, "I agree too." Seeing that the three of them agreed, Du Yaquan and Yu Huizu were the first to do it at the same time, but Cai Yuanpei's glasses retreated and pushed, and he said, "Is it just me?" ”

When Yang Rui wanted to mock, he said: "If I agree, there is one condition, that is, the military spending after the war will be reduced, and the primary school education will be free and universal!" ”

As soon 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 monogamy, concubines are really not allowed to be accepted anymore, how many flowery young women have been accepted as concubines by the old man, how pitiful!" Europe and the United States are monogamous, but China is polygamous, which is really barbaric......"

Yang Rui didn't know when Qiu Jin liked to break his thoughts, so he immediately said decisively: "Since the vote is over, it's not too early." I'm already hungry, so let's break up. ”

Yang Ruiyi said that he mentioned yì. Except for Cai Yuanpei, several gentlemen nodded vigorously, unanimously saying that they were also hungry. Then he ran away with him, making Qiu Jin look at Cai Yuanpei and say angrily: "Why didn't you mention it earlier!" ”

Cai Yuanpei advocates monogamy, but he has been dead wife, his second wife Huang Zhongyu was stimulated by his suicide and imprisonment, and died a few years ago, and his current wife is Zhou Jun, a former student at the Patriotic Girls' School. Seeing Qiu Jin questioning, he was very aggrieved: "How did I know that you agreed so quickly." Hey, the country has finally settled down, and there is another war. ”

"War is fought for stability." Qiu Jin didn't have Cai Yuanpei's mind to worry about the country and the people. replied neatly, and then hugged his fists and said goodbye.

At the meeting of the Standing Committee on the 20th day of the 10th lunar month, the Wanli Plan was unanimously approved, and in the negotiations with Japan the next day, Xie Zhangtai did not change his original intention and still insisted on an apology, reparations, and punishment from Japan, so that the negotiations ended within a few minutes of the beginning of the world. As soon as the British Legation Counselor Mamuller returned to the Legation, he found the Minister Zhu Erdian and said: "Sir, the Chinese do not back down at all, this should be what Yang Jingcheng meant, they really want to provoke a war." ”

"Yes! I knew that yesterday. Zhu Erdian recalled yesterday's meeting with Yang Rui at the Prime Minister's Office. Yang Rui didn't care about his threat. He put down the document he was writing in his hand and said: "Now is the period when Britain's power in the Far East is the weakest, Europe is pinned down by the Germans, and the Americans are on the side of the Chinese. And the Russians are said to have signed another secret treaty with China......"

"Or we can lobby the Americans to give up supporting China." Ma Mule built yì road. "They don't have much interest in China."

"No, we can't do that. If we want to convince the United States to be on our side, we must abandon the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Both in reality and in time. None of us can do it. I have long wanted to report to London that the third Anglo-Japanese alliance should not be signed! Zhu Erdian complained. At the time of the signing of the Third Anglo-Japanese Alliance, he sent several letters to London, stating that he would no longer sign the alliance treaty. However, London was worried that Japan, Germany, and Japan and Russia would get closer, so they came up with a clever trick of using an alliance treaty to limit Japan and then use an Anglo-American arbitration treaty to remove Britain's alliance obligations. Without U.S. loans and diplomatic support, the Chinese government would never have been as arrogant as it is now.

"What then?" Mamuller asked. "Maybe Russia can put pressure on China."

"But it doesn't work!" Zhu Erdian categorically vetoed, "Although Russia is now expanding its army, Russia will never be at the same time at the same time at the same time against China and Germany, and Russia in the East and West can only choose one side." If Russia wants to put pressure on the Far East, it is necessary to reduce the pressure on Germany on Russia, and if it wants to reduce the pressure on Germany on Russia, then the construction and expansion of the railway network in western Russia must be stopped, but the French are absolutely unwilling to do this, and the construction and expansion of the railway network is exactly the ...... that the French have financed and supported in response to the military pressure from Germany."

"Sir, the French election in April was won by the Democratic-Republican Party, and the parliament is full of pro-German parliamentarians who oppose the expansion of armaments and oppose the alliance with Russia, and the same is true of the cabinet. I don't think it will be difficult for us to convince France. Ma Mueller said. He unconsciously went to war and stood in the position of London, considering the Sino-Japanese issue as the core.

"You shouldn't say what only Sir Grey can say." Zhu Erdian criticized, "In addition, you have made things wrong, precisely because these parliamentarians and cabinet members are pro-German, so they can only take a tough stance on relations with Germany." Because in the eyes of the French, every concession they made to Germany, even the smallest one, would be regarded by the French as a traitor. If the anti-German cabinet members had come to power, the situation would have been much easier, and their concessions, even if they were larger, would have been considered a tactic. ”

"Sir. I'm so sorry, I was wrong! Ma Mule was red-faced by Zhu Erdian's words. But Zhu Erdian didn't seem to hear his apology, and said to himself: "This situation is very bad, those anti-German guys will definitely make some crazy moves to force the cabinet to take a firm anti-German stance." ”

"Go and invite Mr. Ijiin from the Japanese delegation." Zhu Erdian thought for a while, thinking that it was better to meet the Japanese peace talks representatives, but after Ma Mule went out, he suddenly thought that the Japanese peace talks representative Ijiin Hikoyoshi was from the Satsuma Domain, and suddenly sighed in his heart. Japan sent the Satsuma Domain-born Ijiin to negotiate the Sino-Japanese naval war, which is obviously the Japanese government's dissatisfaction with the British forcing it to participate in the peace talks, and the Chinese and Japanese governments are determined to go to war, (My novel "Heroes of the Late Qing Dynasty" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)