One more month is the New Year, and half of the tugging and chaotic meetings have been completed. After communicating with French President Poincaré, Yang Rui agreed not to express his opposition to the German issue but to remain silent in exchange for allowing Chinese grain to be imported to Germany and Franco-Chinese cooperation.

Just when the Germans were faintly dissatisfied with this, a merchant fleet loaded with grain in the Atlantic Ocean appeared in the German Atlantic and Baltic ports two weeks after Christmas. Seeing countless containers full of grain unloaded from the docks, the hungry and crumbling Germans in the cold winter could not help but be ecstatic. Although under Wilson's pressure, France had to agree to the import of American grain into Germany, and American wheat was only ten dollars more expensive than Chinese wheat, but the Germans only recognized the square word.

In the time of Wilhelm II, every German household had more or less gold, and now it is being delivered to Chinese merchants in exchange for grain from the other side of the continent. Hoover, the director of the grain bureau, could not do anything about it, and this winter the United States had a bumper grain harvest, but because of the competition from China's low-priced grain, countless wheat, barley, and oats were not harvested and rotted in the fields, and the only corn purchased was used as fuel and burned in the boiler. As a result, the event that changed history appeared, Hoover was dismissed by Wilson under the protests of the angry American people, and the 31st president of the United States has not known who has spent his money ever since.

Although American farmers hated China for this, according to the report of the Intelligence Agency's Business Intelligence Agency, it was China that saved them from further exploitation by Wall Street, because of the high wartime prices of grain, the farmers were well earned, and the war was soon to end. But the bankers encouraged the farmers to borrow large sums of money to expand production, and when the war ended, the prices of agricultural products plummeted. Farmers who cannot afford to repay the high wartime interest will go bankrupt, and four years of hard work will be equivalent to working on Wall Street for nothing.

China's low-price grain strategy has forced Wall Street to close its net in advance halfway through the trap. More than one-third of the farmers were trapped, and they went from 10,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan households overnight, while many more farmers escaped. But whether they escape or not, all farmers try their best to exclude Chinese, and the stupid Americans, who are accustomed to thinking straight, think that their bankruptcy is caused by China, that the recession is also caused by China, and that everything is always because of the Chinese infidels.

Frequently receiving reports of expatriates being attacked and homes burned—Americans could not tell which were Chinese and which were Japanese, and the Japanese had been considered by them to be a more odious race than the Chinese, and Yang Rui and Xiyuanji Gongwang had to meet with Wilson. to discuss the issue of the diaspora.

"I deeply regret this!" In the face of the protests of China and Japan, Puritan President Wilson had to make a sad expression, not thinking about the problem of Chinese and Japanese expatriates, but worried that his League of Nations would die because of the opposition of China and Japan, and at this time Italy announced its withdrawal from the peace conference because it could not get the Adriatic port of Fum.

"Mr. President, regret alone is not enough." Without Yang Rui's reminder, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang spoke. "The most important thing at the moment is to stop things from getting worse."

Although the Japanese suggested a simple proposal, Wilson could do nothing about it, and the attack on the Asian diaspora was a spontaneous and national act. The reason is that these Asian-yellow people have forcibly taken their jobs, bankrupted countless farmers, and lost all the farm workers on the farms. All the president of the United States can do is sign documents and move troops, but now the entire American army is in Europe.

"If the price of Chinese wheat is raised. In line with US wheat prices, the situation should improve. Wilson, who had been prepared for a long time, suggested.

"Of course, as long as the United States announces its abandonment of its open-door and free-trade policies. The price of Chinese wheat will definitely be higher than that of American wheat! Yang Rui smiled lightly when he heard this, and he also thought that the Americans would ask for a price increase in wheat.

"It can't be! Open doors and free trade have nothing to do with the current civil unrest. And what's happening in California, and in other states across the country, has a lot to do with Chinese wheat squeezing American wheat. Wilson laughed. He felt that Yang Rui was dizzy and would link two unrelated things.

But the Japanese know it. If the Americans announce that they will abandon the opening of the door, Japanese industrial products will monopolize the Chinese market without the revival of European industry. Without waiting for Yang Rui to speak, the Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple immediately said: "Chinese wheat is exported to Europe only after the price increase, if this behavior cannot be tolerated, then free trade and open doors are empty words." If the price of wheat in China needs to be raised, why does free trade exist, and why does an open door exist? ”

When Wilson was jealous of the unity of China and Japan, his confidant Colonel House, said: "Gentlemen, we are trying to find a way to stabilize the situation in the country, but the best way to calm the anger of the American people is for the two countries to reach a cooperative relationship in the sale of agricultural products, and we should set mutually acceptable prices, and even set a sales share ratio......

"Mr. House, please do not shift the responsibility of your government to other countries, and if your government continues to condone attacks on Asian diasporas without taking effective action, then our government will not be able to guarantee the safety of American diasporas in China!" Yang Rui didn't want to talk much about Wilson, what he wanted most in his mind now was a war between China and the United States, of course, this war must not be fought.

"Mr. Prime Minister, you should know that this is a declaration of war against the United States of America." Wilson sensed Yang Rui's threat.

"According to this logic, the war has begun!" Yang Rui smiled, and then got up to leave, his heart was extremely refreshed - there seemed to be another person in his hysterical mind, and this person was about to start a war between China and the United States.

Wilson's self-proclaimed pacifist who founded the League of Nations with the intention of ending war for permanent peace is ironic to the imminent possibility of war between the United States and China. While the Americans looked at each other, the Japanese smiled. From the perspective of the chaebol, a conflict between China and the United States, or even a war, is what the Japanese chaebol and many Japanese people are most willing to see, and the public hope of Xiyuan Temple does not want to persuade at all, he also stood up after Yang Rui left and said: "If your government does not take effective action to stop the attacks in the country. The Imperial Government of Japan will retain the power to retaliate. Then he politely said goodbye.

The talks between China, Japan, and the United States ended immediately as soon as they began, causing a great deal of confusion in public opinion. The war has begun' was deleted by the Americans as 'the war has begun' and revealed to French journalists, and for a time the Sino-American war became the headline of Le Figaro, Le Française, Morning Post, and Crazy Duck. to both China and the United States. French public opinion does not want to be offended, and the newspapers have extremely objectively appraised the essence of the Sino-US dispute, and although the French editors, who eat China's low-priced grain, do not dare to say anything, readers who have read the article are fully aware that the responsibility for the matter lies entirely in the United States.

The French remained objective, and the British deliberately distorted it. After settling Germany, Great Britain quickly reversed the wheel, this time targeting the United States, and he was the happiest person in the conflict between China and Japan and the United States. The Great War ended, but the Irish War of Independence was not. MI6 has every reason to believe that the Irish Independence Army has received five million or more from New York, which is enough money for them to make trouble for a long time, and it is really good that China and Japan are now looking for trouble with the United States.

But the strange thing is that although it was Yang Rui who shouted, '...... The war has begun', but the first time to enter the state of readiness for war was the Japanese Navy, the geographical pattern of the pit made the Japanese Pacific Islands the first line of the Sino-Japanese-American war, the front was German New Guinea, and then the other German islands. Finally, the Ryukyus; The most nervous part of the United States is the Caviti Naval Base in the Philippines, where all warships are ready to fire.

The situation between Japan and the United States was so tense that the Japanese, who saw that something was wrong, came to see Yang Rui again. A mutual assistance treaty was signed with Russia, but only a written agreement was reached with the United States with respect to North Korea. A true offensive and defensive alliance is only a verbal agreement, which is extremely unfavorable to Japan. If the Japanese navy fails, there is a possibility that the Japanese mainland will fall. And China loses a maximum of a few small islands. This is a war at sea, on land. Judging from the performance of the US Army in the European theater, the US army, which is good at crowd tactics, is no match for the Revival Army at all. The Ba'ath Army is the world's first army, the second is the German Army, the third is the British Army, and then France, Italy, and the United States.

"Your Excellency, do you really want to go to war with the people of the United States?" In the reception room of the Dragon Gate Inn, the public of Xiyuan Temple asked earnestly. At this time, he was very worried that Japan would be sold, and when the time came for Sino-US peace talks, Japan would be a complete outcast.

"Of course, if a government can't protect its own people, it should step down!" Yang Rui pretended to be tough. He really didn't expect that he had lit a fire, but it was the Japanese who were burning. He knew that if he did not give the Japanese full support at this time, she would inevitably start speculating and swinging between China and the United States in the future.

"The Americans are deceiving people too much this time, their open door and free trade are double standards, as long as Chinese wheat is lower than American wheat, free trade is a decoration; As long as the price of Japanese cotton yarn is lower than that of American cotton yarn, it is that this market is not open enough. It's! Your Excellency, China and Japan must unite as brothers against the Chinese people! "In order to make the devil pleasing to the ear, Yang Rui also called the United States the United States." As long as the people of the United States do not take measures to stop the attacks in the country, then we will fight to the end! ”

Hearing that Yang Rui was talking about 'resistance' rather than 'war', the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang, who was a little afraid, said: "Your Excellency, I very much agree with your proposal that China and Japan are like brothers, but what should we do?" After saying that, he felt that he had deviated from the topic, and hurriedly corrected: "Can you and I also sign an alliance treaty as we did against Chilu?" ”

"Absolutely!" Yang Rui applauded when he said that, and Xie Jintai appeared when he heard the voice, holding a draft covenant in his hand.

'The governments of the Great China and the Imperial Japanese and the Kingdom of Korea hereby contract as follows in order to protect the sovereignty of the nationals, territories and all countries of the three countries from discrimination and infringement by third countries, and to build and prosper the whole of Asia and to obtain fair treatment for all the yellow race:

Acknowledging the substantial infringement of the covenant by the wars that have taken place between the three countries in the past, the governments of the three countries should make every effort to eliminate the historical grievances that exist among the three countries in order to build a united East Asia;

In the event that any of the three Contracting Parties goes to war with a third State for the protection of the above interests, the other two States shall fight in concert and make peace in accordance with the Covenant;

3. The High Contracting Parties shall refrain from concluding other treaties that are detrimental to the interests described above;

The Covenant shall be valid for a period of thirty years and shall be automatically renewed by the High Contracting Parties if they do not object to it;

……’

As in previous treaties, the main terms of the allies can be included in a single piece of paper. But the contents of the annex are as thick as a book. Yang Rui did not allow the phenomenon of small countries dominating large countries in alliance treaties, and made many restrictions on the war between North Korea and Japan.

Yang Rui instructed Xie Zhangtai to deal with it. However, after reading the treaty, the Japanese were shocked in their hearts, and this was not the end of the treaty with the United States. This is almost another Anglo-Japanese alliance, and it involves a broader scope and more detailed provisions, and once the treaty is signed, China, Japan, and North Korea will be the basis of Japan's future diplomacy, and the markets of China, Japan, and South Korea will also be the main markets for Japanese goods.

"Your Excellency, but we are all signatories to the Treaty of British Alliance......" said Saionji Gongwang. He had no grievances with the treaty, his only concern was that he didn't know how to deal with the British.

"The British will soon abandon us." Yang Rui said with a smile. "No, exactly. Britain has abandoned your country, and what it needs to do now is to abandon China. In order to make some trouble for the people of the United States, they are very willing to see us have a conflict with the United States. So that he can arbitrate as a peacemaker. If your country is not allied with us, then what can Britain give you? Market, colony, or something else? ”

Knowing the hollowness of the Third Anglo-Japanese Alliance Treaty, Saionji Gongwang was stunned by what he said, he was a disciple of Ito Hirobumi, a standard internationalist, but it was precisely because of being an internationalist that he could see the weakening of Europe and the rise of the United States better. It shares the same ocean as the United States, and in particular, the German Pacific colonies under the Japanese mandate are very close to the United States. Japan has only two options: either give in to the United States. Either ally with China to resist the United States, there is no third option at all.

Although there was a war between China and Japan, at this time, the army and the emperor had a new Japan, the navy had hundreds of millions of yuan in security expenses for the merchant fleet, and the chaebols had a vast Chinese market and source of raw materials, which made the whole of Japan forget the unpleasant Sino-Japanese war; And the Americans. Not only did they not give Japan any benefit, but they also frequently attacked Japanese nationals for no reason. Even for those who hate China. China will also be chosen between China and Mi instead of Mi.

The Duke of Xiyuan Temple pondered all this, and only said after a while: "Your Excellency." Is there going to be a war with the Mi people now? ”

"Nope! What our three countries need now is construction, and now they are at war with the people of the United States. And just because it is unrealistic and irrational for the expatriates to go to war, I just want to show the attitude of the government to such vicious events. Yang Rui said.

"So what do we do now? And if the situation doesn't get better? When the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang heard that it was not really going to war, his hanging heart suddenly let go. It is extremely advantageous for Japan not to have to go to war with the United States, and at the same time to be able to enjoy the markets of the three countries exclusively as an ally. "The expatriates already have property in the United States, and it will be difficult for them to accept that they want to evacuate and give up everything."

"Then let's withdraw the international students first." Yang Rui said. "International students have no assets in the U.S., and then the three countries simultaneously raise tariffs on the U.S., and use the proceeds of those tariffs to compensate expatriates who have suffered losses in the conflict and the government costs incurred as a result."

Since the beginning of the Chinese Education Association, the number of Chinese students funded by Geng funds is several times that of Japanese students, and Japan has no objection to withdrawing students from the United States, but tariffs are a sensitive issue, the United States is the main market for Japanese raw silk, and raw silk is Japan's main industry, if the United States retaliates, then Japanese farmers will go bankrupt in large numbers.

The Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple thought of the peasants in the country, and said worriedly: "What if the rice people retaliate? The raw silk ...... of your country and our country"

"Don't worry about raw silk." Yang Rui said: "Raw silk is the highest output in France and Italy, and the European war has caused a sharp decline in the production of raw silk in France and Italy, of course, they only account for a small part of the world's production." Now that the war has just ended, stockings and short skirts are extremely popular in Europe and in the United States. As long as consumption is strong and there is no other source of raw materials, then even if the rice country raises tariffs, the sales volume of raw silk in our two countries will not change significantly. By the time the European raw silk comes up next year, I think the conflict is over. ”

Yang Rui just said that there was no trade consultant around Xiyuan Temple, so he would be suspicious of this, and he asked again: "Then how much is it appropriate for us to raise tariffs?" ”

"Increase the amount of five percent as a reserve compensation for the loss of the expatriates, and if the government of the United States can stop the development of the situation and make compensation, the money will be returned to the importing trader after deducting government fees, if not. Then it will not be returned. Yang Rui said. After saying that, I was a little ashamed, this is not a trade penalty at all. It's about compromising with the United States.

"I agree!" It was heard that the tariff had been increased by only 5 per cent, and in the name of a reserve for compensation. Saionji Gongwang was finally relieved.

"In addition, the Chinese government will fully reclaim control of the United States schools in China, which is a power outside of all the old treaties, and the people of the United States have no right to establish schools in China." Yang Rui said again.

"Won't this cause a diplomatic dispute?" The public hope of Xiyuan Temple did not object to this, but still asked.

"We are already in a diplomatic dispute." Yang Rui remained silent. "Your Excellency, the treaty is here, and I hope that it will be negotiated and signed in your country as soon as possible. Please convey to your Majesty the Emperor, Your Excellency Matsukata, and the ministers that the Sino-Japanese alliance is the most feared thing for Europe and the United States, and that as long as we abide by this fundamental, we will be truly powerful countries and not inferior countries. Deviate from that. We will be like France, which lost Russia, and although it won the war, it was played by Britain and the United States.

Look! Although the treaty provided for a huge amount of reparations, the demilitarized zone of the Rhine, the ...... of 100,000 Wehrmacht, and so on. But with the support of the British, the Germans were bound to rearm in the end and eventually pay their debts. War will break out again in twenty or thirty years, and we will have to see who Lorraine and Alsace belong to. ”

When Yang Rui made his final admonition to the Japanese, he was inside Yenching University in Haidian District, Beijing. Headmaster Stuart Leiden, along with a group of professors and students, was blocking the patrol officers and school officials who were about to enter the school office building. The strange Chinese language of foreigners and the fluent Beijing dialect of school students irritate the eardrums of the patrol officers. The patrol officer at the head shouted: "Everyone, according to our country's education law, any school that has not been approved by the school department must be closed, please do not hinder us from carrying out our official duties!" ”

"It appears to be the property of the United States of America. The mud don't have the right to do that! In a hurry, Situ Leiden, who was fluent in Chinese, also began to change his tone.

"We're not confiscating property, we're just closing schools. Mr. Principal. Please do not obstruct official business in order to cause a diplomatic incident, if you have objections to it. You can go to your country's embassy in China, and the minister will come forward to negotiate. ”

The patrol officer led by him said again. Then he squeezed away these foreign professors and school students. Bring someone into the office building. But just when he felt that the matter was about to end, there was a 'boom', and a brick smashed on his head, and the whole person immediately softened.

"Captain... Captain ......" shouted the patrolman who was traveling with him, and then a patrolman shouted: "Catch her!" Get her! ”

Don't want the patrol to shout at all, the girl who threw the bricks didn't run away at all, but shouted righteously: "Why are you closing the school?!" You lackeys of dictators, minions of you authoritarian governments......"

"Foreign!" A slap hit the girl in the face, and when she was about to hit again, the deputy captain of the team, a scarface, immediately grabbed the patrol officer who beat the person.

"Bastard! Who made you slap in the face...... Hitting? Rack up! Scarface was furious, he wanted to make the girl who threw the brick suffer a little, but his subordinates beat people in public, and hit them in the most obvious face, which would obviously help this person get away with the crime in court, but his worries were not over, and the patrol officer on the side said: "Captain! Captain! Wake up, Captain......"

"What's wrong?!" Scarface, who didn't feel right, asked urgently. He was transferred from the army, and the captain graduated from the police academy on the right track, and the legal education of the patrol officers in the team was taught by the captain himself.

"Lao Mi, captain he ......, it's not good!" The patrolman who was lying on the ground replied, his face full of tears.

"Get to the hospital!" Scarface was also anxious, and told his subordinates to lift the captain up and run out of the campus, and then he took a sip at the proud girl who was protected by foreign professors and foreign students, and the curved ruler pistol in the sleeve was in his hand with a shake of his hand, and the insurance had been opened, and he shouted: "Hands up, you are arrested!" ”

The deputy captain raised his gun at him, and so did the other patrol officers, but Situ Leiden, who witnessed all this, didn't want them to take this girl away, and under his influence, the patrol officers and the Manchu Qing captured Kuai just changed their clothes. He turned around and motioned for the girls to run away, and said loudly: "The mud people have no right to arrest people in the school, this is a church school, and the American government ......"

Before Situ Leiden could finish his words, a 'pop' shot rang out, and the bullet passed through the crowd and hit the girl's leg just now, and she was running backwards under the escort of a foreign professor. The bullet hit her calf, and her leg was not strong, and the whole person fell to the snow like a gourd.

The crowd was stupefied by the gunshots, and a patrolman ran into the snow and twisted the girl's hand behind her back, and then shouted in her ear: "From now on, you have the right not to speak; If you open your mouth, then every word you say will be used as evidence in court......" (To be continued......