In today's world, those who worship the foreign and flatter the foreigners, alienate the compatriots of the country, and damage the country with their own thoughts are full of the party members, like a raccoon dog.

——"History of the Qing Dynasty, Sheng Xuanhuai's Biography, Shi Gongyue"

The location of the Nanjing Provisional Government was originally the supervision office of the Governor of Liangjiang, and if you go back a little deeper, the supervision office of the Governor of Liangjiang was the Heavenly King's Mansion of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Heavenly King's Palace of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan. Now that Sun Wen lives in it, he really fulfilled his childhood wish and really did this Hong Xiuquan's second.

However, unlike Hong Xiuquan, who likes alcoholic women, this Sun Wen is very energetic to deal with political affairs, although most of the time, it is taken for granted.

On this day, the Anhui front line was in an emergency, urgently urging the money and grain, and a stack of reports directly to the presidential palace, Sun Wen saw this, with a stroke of the pen, he approved 200,000 yuan, handed over the note to the secretary Hu Hanmin, and took the Anhui people straight to the treasury of the Ministry of Finance.

People from Anhui could not have imagined that this president Sun Wen was so generous, and his heart was full of joy, and he kept saying something to Hu Hanmin along the way, "The holy lord is reincarnated, and the soldiers will die" and the like. He didn't have a chance to follow, but he just wanted to finish the money early and send these remnants of the dynasty out of the presidential palace as soon as possible.

This Anhui person called Ma Sanyou, you know, since he can be sent back from the front line to ask for wages, he is naturally a very clever person, this Ma Sanyou walked a few steps, saw Hu Hanmin's expression, and knew what he meant, although he sneered in his heart, but the mouth was still "the Holy Lord is wise", fortunately, the Ministry of Finance is not far away, and the two of them walked a cup of tea, and they arrived.

With the president's note, and Hu Hanmin personally withdrawing money, the procedure is naturally very fast. After a while, the people from the Ministry of Finance packed up their profits and brought the two to the former treasury of the Governor of Liangjiang and the treasury of the current government of the Republic of China.

The soldiers guarding the warehouse were very enthusiastic, took the note, and when they saw that they were going to take away 200,000 yuan, they seemed to have a smile on their faces, and asked one after another: "The front line is so urgent, is 200,000 yuan enough?" Want to add more? ”

"No need," Hu Hanmin was a little displeased, is there any law in the eyes of these people? "President Sun only approved 200,000 yuan. That's it! ”

The soldier guarding the warehouse sneered a few times, ignored Hu Hanmin, but said to Ma Sanyou: "It is indeed not easy for brothers to work the front line, but we have no choice!" ”

After speaking, the soldiers guarding the treasury opened the door of the warehouse, and the sky light entered the treasury, and Hu Hanmin looked stupid.

For the treasury was empty, with only four walls.

The soldiers guarding the treasury walked into the treasury leisurely, walked straight into the deepest corner, bent down to pick up something, and then turned around and came out, and spread his hands at Hu Hanmin, with a shiny silver dollar in his hand, but unfortunately, there were only ten!

"How so?" Hu Hanmin said angrily.

"100,000 today, 200,000 tomorrow," the treasury guard said coldly: "There is no entry or exit, adults are happy to use, where do you think of it, this treasury has long been empty!" ”

Ma Sanyou didn't expect to encounter such a situation, his face sank, and he also asked Hu Hanmin coldly: "What do you mean, Your Excellency?" If there was no money, it would have been said no long ago, and what would we see as our front-line soldiers with such an empty plan? ”

Hu Hanmin didn't expect this to be the case, in addition to being embarrassed, he also had anger in his heart, what does the president mean by this? If there is no money in the treasury, how can he not know? Now that he knows, why should he let Hu Hanmin be this villain?

"Brother Ma, don't be impatient," Hu Hanmin gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go to the president now, and I'll ask for your 200,000 yuan!" ”

As soon as he said that, Hu Hanmin shook his sleeves and walked quickly to the place where he came from.

But before he could reach the presidential office, he heard a commotion there, Hu Hanmin was shocked, he didn't know who was so bold and dared to make noise in front of the presidential office, he walked forward quickly, and at the same time pricked up his ears to listen carefully.

"I'm sorry, the president is meeting guests at this time, and no one is allowed to enter!" The guard guarding the door said loudly.

"Enter? I'm not going to go in! One person said loudly: "Tell Sun Wen to come out, I'm here, what is he still doing in the house?" Call him out! ”

This is Zhang Binglin's voice, Mr. Taiyan is here again!

"The president is meeting guests, and he has no time to meet Mr." This is the voice of Andrew Chan.

"The president? How can he Sun Wen? Did the presidency? Zhang Binglin still shouted loudly, "The position of this president should be Huang Xing; On talent, it should be Song Jiaoren; On virtue should be Wang Zhaoming; On respect, it should be Zhu Chongzhen, the king of Han! Where is the turn to get his grandson someone! ”

This chapter Binglin said happily, and he didn't realize that someone was sneaking behind him. Hu Hanmin walked behind Zhang Binglin and grabbed Zhang Binglin's arm, "Mr. Taiyan, be cautious, be cautious!" ”

While speaking, Hu Hanmin glanced at Chen Yingshi again and again. Chen Yingshi was clever, immediately waved his hand, and said to the guard beside him: "Mr. Taiyan is drunk, you still don't help Mr. home!" ”

Several guards agreed, hurriedly ran over, pulled their arms and legs, and carried Zhang Binglin out, Zhang Binglin struggled to say something, Hu Hanmin leaned into his ear and said: "Mr. Taiyan, now that the revolutionary government needs the means to coordinate money, don't do anything else!" ”

Zhang Binglin was stunned when he heard this, and while he was stunned, several guards carried him out again.

Seeing them walking away, Chen Yingshi sighed and said to Jiang Zhiqing beside him: "See it!" How arrogant are the people of the Liberation Society, relying on the Liberation Army's ability to fight well and the credit of recovering Nanjing, they simply don't take the president seriously! ”

Jiang Zhiqing stared at Zhang Binglin who was gradually moving away, and a ruthlessness gradually spread in his heart, and he said stiffly: "I want to give them some colors to see!" ”

How can the people inside not hear the noise outside? Sun Wen sat on the main seat, looked at his old friends Dog Yangyi and Sen Ke of Mitsui & Co., shook his head, and sighed: "The two of you have already heard it, right?" It's really hard to do in my position now! ”

Inu Yangyi is very familiar with the Chinese Revolution, and it is not too much to say that he is a veteran. When he heard Sun Wen's complaints, he smiled slightly, "Zhongshan Qiao, those in high positions don't fight for small profits, don't care about these words." When it comes to fund-raising methods and revolutionary history, who compares to you? ”

Hearing Inu Yangyi's words, Sun Wen was comforted, he smiled self-deprecatingly, no longer complained, but asked the two: "Do you have a clear answer to my loan from Japan?" ”

"I have drafted a telegram of the several plans mentioned by Zhongshan Qiao and sent them to China." Inu Yangyi hesitated a little, "Zhongshan Qiao, you and I have been friends for many years, and I won't hide some words from you." Although there has been no official reply from the Tokyo side, as far as I know, I am afraid that the Tokyo side will not agree to the loan plan you have proposed. ”

"Why is that?" Sun Wen asked puzzledly, "Aren't my conditions generous enough?" ”

Implicit in the book. In fact, before Sun Wen returned to China, he had traveled around Europe and the United States, wanting to borrow money to deal with the aftermath. But he has no office, no power and no guarantee, which government will lend to him? As a last resort, he went to his eldest brother Sun Mei in Hawaii again, wanting to repeat his old tricks, but Sun Mei had already sold all his land and property back then, and now he is just an officer in Hongmen, where can he have the wealth of the country for Sun Wen to squander? What's more, because of Sun Wen's romantic revolution in the past few years, Sun Mei has been extremely blind to this young brother. So after going back and forth, the more the two talked, the more stiff they became, and Sun Wen finally got nothing.

Fortunately, there are also Japanese comrades. Sun Wen realized the lesson of the reason why Europe and the United States refused, so he took out the Hanyeping Coal and Iron Works and Mining Company founded by Zhang Zhidong, and planned to make a joint venture with the Japanese, saying that it was a joint venture, but now Hanyeping uses 32 million taels of silver and has 22 million taels of foreign debts, of which 10 million taels and one-third are in the hands of Japanese companies. Sun Wen was afraid that Han Yeping alone would not be enough to impress Japan, so he moved out the steamship China Merchants Bureau founded by Li Hongzhang in the past, but this one was to make a mortgage loan.

As soon as Sun Wen returned to China, Sun Wen actively operated these two loan cases and had been looking forward to them for a long time, but the Japanese side did not reply to the letter for a long time. Suddenly, more than ten days later, he ascended to the position of president, and it seems that it will be half a month. In accordance with Japan's wishes, the North-South peace talks have been postponed again and again, and they can no longer be delayed. If Japan doesn't say anything, he can only conform to the will of the people and hand over the power of the Republic of China to Yuan Shikai.

God is pitiful, Inu Yangyi is finally here today!

"In Tokyo, I've never been worried about Nakayama-kun. It's just that the root cause of your revolution is that the conflict between the local road protection and the central government eventually led to a military mutiny. This Han Yeping and the steamship China Merchants Bureau are also local private property. Even if we have a contract with you, can Zhongshan-kun guarantee that we will be able to take over these two properties smoothly? ”

"This ......" Sun Wen really didn't expect Japan's reply to be like this. The prelude to the revolution has now become a factor hindering the revolution. Of course, he could not guarantee it, because even if the contract had not yet been formally signed, the pressure from Hubei and Shanghai had already been transmitted, and no one would use the industry as a bargaining weight to borrow money from Japan.

Sun Wen hesitated for a while, his face was discouraged, and finally sighed: "It's really a matter of the world!" Could it be that in the end, I, Sun Wen, still want to give up the Republic of China to others and make wedding clothes for others? ”

Inu Yangyi waited for a while, and saw that Sun Wen's face was getting worse and worse, and knew in his heart that the time had come, so he glanced at Sen Ke on the side.

Sen Ke nodded and said, "Zhongshan-kun, don't be discouraged. When I returned to Tokyo a few days ago, I met with Mr. Inoue, and thanks to the presence of the patriarch, I drew up two plans with Tokyo, and I would like to discuss them with Mr. Nakayama today. ”

As if a dying person suddenly picked up a life-saving straw, Sun Wen immediately perked up, "What plan?" But it doesn't hurt to say it! ”

Sen Ke said "Hai", took out a stack of bound paper from his leather bag, and sent it to Sun Wenwen with both hands.

"Please read it!"

Sun Wen picked up the plan and looked at it slightly. The terms of the plan are very simple and look like just an outline.

The first option is the central bank loan case. In the plan, the Nanjing Provisional Government agreed that Japan would help China jointly establish a central bank, and Japan would quickly provide it with a short-term loan of 10 million yen.

The second option was the Lend-Lease Manchurian Loan Case. On the condition that "Manchuria" be leased to Japan, the Japanese government provided a loan of 10 million yen to the Nanjing Provisional Government by February 8.

Sun Wen took a cursory look, nodded, and asked Xiang Senke: "These two plans are indeed within the control of my central government. But I wonder what Japan's sincerity is? ”

Sen Ke smiled solemnly: "What does Zhongshan Jun mean by sincerity?" ”

"February 8 is too late, I ask for a financing of 10 million yuan within seven days from now on!"

"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult," Sen Ke frowned, "Although Japan is rich, I am afraid that it will not be able to raise such a large amount in such a short period of time!" ”

Sun Wen shook his head and was about to speak, when the dog Yangyi on the side suddenly interjected and asked, "Zhongshan-jun, do you agree to this plan or not?" ”

"Yes, why not?" Sun Wen laughed and said, "There is no problem with both. In the case of the central bank, our country has a shortage of financial talents, and if our Japanese friends are willing to help, it is too late for us to meet them, so why will we not allow it? ”

"As for Manchuria, it was originally the land of the Manchus. Now that our revolutionary army is driving the Manchus out of China and returning to Manchuria, where they will come from and where they will go. Manchuria is on lease to you, of course no problem! ”