On the whole, Huo Bilan's speech was also in the middle of the rules, so the mood of the students was still very peaceful, and the female student representative who gave the speech just now also replied to Huo Bilan that they were conducting a peaceful march, the purpose of which was only to express China's attitude and demands to other countries, not to be a saboteur, so it would not have any impact on the public facilities and living order of the concession. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After saying that, she turned to greet the other students, the mission at the British Consulate had been completed, and now they would move on to the next target, and the students immediately erupted in cheers, and then left the British Consulate in an organized manner.

Huo Bilan did not return to the consulate immediately, but stood outside the door, watching the students leave, and at the same time relieved, although it was the early spring season, but he still wiped the sweat on his forehead, it seems that his prediction was not wrong, these students are reasonable, so this parade is very likely to end peacefully.

After returning to the consulate, Huo Bilan hurriedly sent a telegram to the Public Concession, the French Concession, and the consulates of various countries, explaining the process of his meeting with the student representatives, and asked the Public Concession, the French Concession, and the consulates of various countries to exercise restraint, not to provoke the students, let alone clash with the procession, and try to use gentle language to appease the students, and to get over the current crisis first.

In fact, the people who breathed a sigh of relief were not only Huo Bilan, but also Li Sanjie, at this time he was sitting in a carriage about 100 meters away from the British Consulate, and after watching the whole process, it was basically within the range he expected, and it was not out of line, it seems that this parade was also half successful.

Of course, the student march was a collective initiative planned by the Shanghai office, but it was Li Sanjie who wanted to use the march to exert pressure on other countries and force them to make concessions to the travelers, so that they would no longer pursue the KPA search of the legations of various countries.

Just the afternoon before yesterday, the Shanghai office recruited a group of students, mobilized them, and organized a concession parade to express the attitude and demands of the Chinese to various countries, to show the demeanor of students who have received a new education, and also quoted Liang Qichao's "Young China Theory" to inspire these students.

The young students are full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm, and the new education has also broadened their horizons, and they have great respect for overseas Chinese, so under the encouragement of Li Sanjie and others, they immediately responded positively and expressed their willingness to go back to school to mobilize their classmates. Of course, a small number of students were so frightened that two students even asked not to do it on the spot.

Li Sanjie did not force this, and also prevented other students from attacking them, saying that the march was completely voluntary and could not be forced, but only asked the students who quit not to leak the news of the march in advance. It also shows the generosity of overseas Chinese, and also makes the students who are willing to participate in the parade more respectful. Of course, in Li Sanjie's heart, he has blacklisted these students.

Of course, the traversers did not want the parade to become violent, so they also formulated several disciplines for the parade: first, to participate in the procession, they must respect the principle of voluntariness, and no coercion, and only students are allowed to participate, and no social personnel are allowed; second, they obey discipline, act in unison, obey commands, and do not act privately; third, they should exercise restraint in the process of the procession, and they are not allowed to destroy public property and take the opportunity to rob money; fourth, they must be in the concession of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, Keep your distance in front of the consulates of various countries, do not throw stones and other objects, and after submitting a letter of protest, leave immediately and move on to the next target;

Although the students all promised to abide by these five disciplines, Li Sanjie and others were still not at ease, and finally decided that Liu Lantao and Li Hongbing would lead 12 soldiers to disguise themselves as students, mix in the procession, secretly maintain order, and stop some radical behaviors.

At the same time, in order to prevent the concession side from dispatching police and troops to suppress the procession and cause bloodshed, after the procession set off, Li Sanjie arranged for Gao Lei to immediately send a telegram to the Ministry of Industry Bureau and the consulates of various countries in the concession area, and in the name of the Tianjin Provisional Government, issue a stern warning to the Ministry of Industry Bureau and consulates of various countries in the concession area, asking them to prohibit the use of force.

However, although the travelers made full preparations for this procession, Li Sanjie also knew that it was impossible to make foolproof preparations for any kind of preparation, and first of all, it was difficult to say whether the procession could be completely controlled, because after all, young people are very uncertain, and they are prone to impulsiveness, in case they are hot-headed during the procession, forget their discipline, and do something out of the ordinary. And even if the traverser can control the students, but they can't control the concession bureau and the consulates of various countries, how much can the warden of the traverser play a role in them, or will there be a stunned policeman or soldier shooting at the students, then the consequences are really unimaginable.

In short, there are too many uncertainties in this parade, and once the parade turns into a bloody conflict, it will be a bad situation that will be difficult for the travelers to clean up, after all, the travelers do not want to tear their faces with other countries, nor do they want to capture Shanghai. And Li Sanjie, as the initiator of this march, must bear all the consequences, even if his political future is not completely over, but he will definitely be marginalized in the crossing group.

But Li Sanjie still decided to organize this parade without hesitation, because the greater the risk, the greater the benefit, once the parade is successful, then he will have enough achievements in the crossing group, and he will definitely have his own foothold in the leadership in the future. Although in the old time and space, Li Sanjie was just an ordinary counselor of embassies abroad, and the administrative level was also the department level, but it was not without the spirit of adventure, but in the environment of the old time and space, there was no chance to take risks at all, so in this era, Li Sanjie also decided to seize the opportunity to do a big job, anyway, he was also a member of the crossing group, and no matter how bad it was, it could not be worse than the old time and space.

At least now the parade in front of the British Consulate ended safely, so Li Sanjie was also relieved and hurriedly ordered the carriage to rush to the next target of the parade.

In the evening, Huo Bilan still stayed in his office and did not go back to his residence to rest, but his face showed a relieved look. Because he had just received a telegram from the French Consulate, the procession disbanded on the spot after submitting a letter of protest to the French Consulate, and each returned to school, and the whole process of the march did not happen any major incidents, and it could basically be regarded as a peaceful end.

After receiving the telegram, Huo Bilan also breathed a sigh of relief, and the crisis in front of him had finally passed safely, so how should he report to China in the next step? Huo Bilan knew very well that more than 70 percent of the domestic policy formulation on overseas colonies and leased areas was based on the reports submitted by diplomats stationed in colonies and leased areas. If the leased land policy fails, then the first to suffer is the diplomats who provide the report, because the domestic government wants to find a scapegoat to shirk the responsibility, and the diplomat is naturally the best target, and the excuse is easy, that is, the content of the report provided is inaccurate. Therefore, this report cannot be scribbled, but now Huo Bilan still doesn't know what overseas Chinese plan to do and what their purpose is, so how should this report be written?

And just when Huo Bilan was hesitating, he was waiting to report from coming in, and Li Sanjie, a representative of the Shanghai office of overseas Chinese, asked to see him. When Huo Bilan heard this, he couldn't help but feel moved, he knew that overseas Chinese had set up an office in Shanghai, but now the consulates of various countries have not had any contact with this office, and judging from today's demonstration, this office may not be simple. And now that someone has come to see him, I'm afraid it's going to be a showdown with himself.

However, Huo Bilan was very happy, because the showdown also means that the two sides have to reach an agreement, and he can also understand the goals of the overseas Chinese, if the overseas Chinese plan to capture Shanghai, then there is nothing they can do, but if the overseas Chinese have other goals, then there is room for negotiation, and it is naturally a good thing to be able to negotiate, it is nothing more than an exchange of interests. Therefore, Huo Bilan also immediately ordered to invite Li Sanjie to the reception room.

After the two met, Huo Bilan said with a calm face: "Mr. Li, was the daytime parade ordered by you today?"

Li Sanjie nodded and said, "Yes, this parade is indeed organized by us." ”

Huo Bilan was stunned, it turned out that he thought that Li Sanjie would deny it in every possible way, so he prepared a lot of evidence, but he didn't expect Li Sanjie to admit it so happily, which also made Huo Bilan unable to say a word of what he was preparing to say, but he was choked. After a while, Huo Bilan said: "Mr. Li, your behavior has seriously interfered with the normal order of the concession and challenged the authority of the concession. ”

Listening to Huo Bilan's words, Li Sanjie's heart was very funny, and indeed after the parade ended successfully, Li Sanjie did not return to the office, but immediately came to Huo Bilan for a final showdown. After all, the purpose of organizing the parade is to negotiate with other countries, and now is the right time to take advantage of the huge influence caused by the parade to negotiate with other countries and force them to accept the demands of the crossers.

And Britain is the head of the great powers, so Li Sanjie naturally came to Huo Bilan first, of course, there must be a fierce confrontation between the two sides, so Li Sanjie sneered and said: "Mr. Consul, you have made a correct decision, if there is really bloodshed today, then Shanghai will usher in the attack of our People's Army, and the Shanghai concession will cease to exist like the Tianjin concession, and there will be no more peace between us, so it can be said that your decision saved the Shanghai concession." ”