Cracking sound!

The sound of firecrackers continued, the streets were filled with people running to tell each other and cheer and celebrate, and the British embassy limousine, which used to run rampant in Beijing, can now only crawl slowly like a snail.

"Your Excellency, there are too many Chinese on the street, the car cannot speed up, and it may take some time to go to the Chinese presidential palace." Alan, the secretary who was sitting on the right seat of the front driver, turned back to Zhu Erdian and said.

"I see." Zhu Erdian replied with an expression on his face, and then closed his eyes, he really didn't want to continue to see the scene of crazy celebration of Chinese on the street.

Seeing Zhu Erdian's reaction like this, Allen, who had been nervous and peeking at Zhu Erdian's face, finally breathed a sigh of relief, he knew very well that His Excellency the Minister was in a very bad mood at the moment, so he was a little worried that His Excellency the Minister would use him as a punching bag to reprimand.

Alan was a new secretary, and naturally did not understand that Mr. Jurdian always tried his best to maintain his aristocratic gentlemanly demeanor in the British Empire. In Mr. Zhu Erdian's mind, he represents the image of the civilized world of the British Empire, and naturally he cannot scold the streets without manners like a barbaric and rude inferior.

While Mr. Zhu Erdian restrained his bad mood and his secretary Allen was thinking wildly, the special car of the British Embassy slowly moved forward on the streets of Beijing.

The rice flag on the front of the Ford sedan is still a deterrent to the people of Beijing, and most of the people in Beijing have moved out of the way when they see the car, so the car has not stopped because of the congestion on the street.

Not long after, a patrol officer not far away noticed the special car of the British Embassy with a rice flag, and knew that he did not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly reported to the superior commander.

Subsequently, a large group of patrol officers with batons and leggings in their hands waved their batons viciously and shouted loudly to drive away the Beijing citizens who spontaneously participated in the celebrations on the streets, opening a convenient avenue for the British Embassy's special car.

The vast majority of Beijing citizens who were beaten and driven away did not dare to show any anger or complaints, since the Opium and Chip Wars, they have long been accustomed to foreigners enjoying super-national treatment on the ground in China, not to mention that this is a special car of the British Embassy. If anyone dares to hinder this privileged car with a rice flag. was killed on the spot by the patrol officer, and it was also a vain death.

"What's the spirit, the two thousand troops over there in Qingdao haven't let the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army take prisoners!"

Occasionally, a few young people complained indignantly and whispered, but they almost frightened their companions around him, and hurriedly stopped: "You don't want to die." Don't talk nonsense about foreign adults, be careful of causing trouble! ”

Xiao Young became more and more energetic, and sneered: "If you say a few words about the affairs of foreign adults, you will cause trouble, so what is our Republic of China?" Look at the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance, if the foreigners dare to blow up. They didn't just say a few words, they just sent troops to fight them! Or Commander Wang is right, what's wrong with the foreigners, it's not Manchu anymore! ”

"You know, don't call the patrolman, let's go!" The companion was afraid that Xiao Young would say something terrible, so he hurriedly forcibly dragged Xiao Young away.

This is a unique case, but one that is representative.

As Wang Mo led the Sichuan army out of Sichuan, he always maintained a tough attitude towards the foreigners, and after repeatedly using force against the foreigners and finally achieving victory. People all over the country are afraid of foreigners gradually fading unconsciously.

What's so great about foreigners, it's not that Wang Mo has cleaned it up, and in the end he didn't even dare to let go of a fart.

With this thought, the vast majority of the people have slowly straightened up the spine bent by foreigners, and the concept of the supremacy of "foreigners" has been thrown into the trash by more and more people.

Of course, this kind of subtle change in the heart is not felt by His Excellency Minister Zhu Erdian, who is sitting in a car and enjoying the opening of the Chinese patrol.

Looking at the Chinese patrol officers who were working hard to clear the way for the car, His Excellency Minister Zhu Erdian raised his head slightly as always, and the previous boredom and depression were swept away. The arrogance in the bones of the diplomats of the British Empire burst out again.

There was a patrol police to open the way, and the special car of the British Embassy soon arrived in front of the residence of President Yuan Da.

Zhu Erdian straightened his neat suit, put on a top hat, and carried a civilized stick in his right hand. Got out of the car.

In the past, as soon as Zhu Erdian came over, there would be guards coming to greet him, and some guards would enter the palace as soon as they reported to Yuan Shikai as soon as possible.

However, to Zhu Erdian's astonishment, the guards in front of the Grand Presidential Palace did not move at all today. It seems that they are chatting about something together.

"I heard that this Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army is a bandit, how can it be so powerful, even the Oriental and English Westerners can be defeated."

"The fart bandits, that is, they have a name, this is clearly the new army that Wang Mo, the young marshal of the Sichuan army, secretly formed in Shandong."

"Whether it's bandits or the new army, if you can defeat the foreigners and recapture Qingdao, that's a great joy!"

"Be quiet, if other people in the house hear this, it's strange if they don't clean up your kid."

"I'm afraid of a bird, according to me, the president shouldn't be afraid of any bullshit English foreigners in the first place, let our Beiyang Army send troops to Qingdao. Since a mere new army can defeat the combined forces of the Oriental and English foreigners, then with the strength of our Beiyang Army, it will be even more able to win! ”

"This is also true, if Qingdao was captured by our Beiyang Army, it would be great!"

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The guards in front of the presidential palace were all very excited to discuss the defeat of the Anglo-Japanese coalition army in Qingdao by the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance, even though they knew that Wang Mo was their president's opponent, but they also admired Wang Mo's feat of recapturing Qingdao in one fell swoop.

His Excellency Minister Zhu Erdian, who had just stepped out of the car in an elegant manner, heard the discussion of the guards, stumbled on his feet, and almost fell on the spot. Although he was tempted to ignore the ignorant remarks of a few inferior people, his face was still gloomy and angry.

"The foreigner is coming!" The guards who noticed Zhu Erdian shouted in a low voice.

Immediately, all the guards immediately shut up, hurriedly stood their eyes without squinting, and resumed their duties, and someone reported to the house as soon as possible.

Zhu Erdian wanted to clean up these guards who did not know the height of the sky, and let them understand that the majesty of the British Empire could not be offended, but in order to maintain the demeanor and image of a diplomat, he still chose not to hear the ignorant and unscrupulous words of those inferior people.

After a while, someone soon came out and welcomed Zhu Erdian into the Grand Presidential Palace.

Yuan Shikai was in a very irritable mood today, and the reason goes without saying, of course, because the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army unexpectedly defeated the Anglo-Japanese Coalition Army in Qingdao.

Even when he learned that the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army was a new army formed by Wang Mo, the young marshal of the Sichuan Army, Yuan Shikai did not think that the arrogant Wang Mo could really defeat the Anglo-Japanese coalition army.

But the result was that the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army not only won, but also won a great victory, capturing all 2,000 British troops and almost crippling the Japanese army.

Speaking from the heart, Yuan Shikai was really frightened by Wang Mo's ferocity, the new army formed casually can have such combat effectiveness, so what kind of strength will the Sichuan army have that has been tempered by many actual battles?

Thinking of this, Yuan Shikai couldn't help but be worried and irritable.

"Great President, Your Excellency Minister Zhu Erdian is almost here." Yang Shiqi reminded Yuan Shikai, who was out of his mind.

When he heard that the following people came to report that Zhu Erdian came to visit, Yuan Shikai somewhat guessed the purpose of Zhu Erdian's visit, so he left Yang Du and Yang Shiqi, who came to discuss the matter, to help deal with Zhu Erdian.

"Hmm." Yuan Shikai, who came back to his senses, nodded slightly, put aside those messy worries, and cheered up to prepare to deal with Zhu Erdian, who came to visit.

At this time, Zhu Erdian entered the living room under the guidance of the people of the presidential palace, and after a polite greeting between the two sides, they were seated separately.

Waving his hand to let the people who served the tea go down, Yuan Shikai asked with a slight smile: "Your Excellency the Minister is busy with official business, and I personally visited you today, I don't know what is important?" ”

Zhu Erdian did not answer directly, but said: "Your Excellency, you should know that with my efforts, the British Empire has always been a strong supporter of you and your country for so many years!" ”

This is true, to be precise, it is true from Yuan Shikai's personal point of view. The British forces represented by Zhu Erdian have supported Yuan Shikai since the Qing Dynasty and helped him all the way to the throne of the President of the Republic of China.

Yuan Shikai himself was very grateful for this, nodded and said: "I would like to express my gratitude to Your Excellency the Minister and your country for their great support over the years, and I also hope that Your Excellency the Minister and your country will continue to support and help our country in the future." ”

Zhu Erdian frowned, a little dissatisfied with such a diplomatic answer, and then said: "Presumably, Your Excellency the President already knows that over there in Qingdao, the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army has seized my country's army of 2,000 people. This was a provocation against the British Empire, and our cabinet was extremely dissatisfied with it, and some members of parliament had already submitted a bill to the parliament to increase the number of troops in Qingdao. ”

The European war is in full swing, Britain and France are already in a hurry, and at this time to increase troops in Qingdao, I am afraid that even a fool will not believe such nonsense.

If it weren't for Zhu Erdian's face, Yuan Shikai would definitely sneer disdainfully on the spot, and this kind of bottomless intimidation also wanted to bluff him?

"Your Excellency, before the outbreak of the Battle of Qingdao, the central government of our country had publicly declared that the Republic of China, as a neutral country, was not responsible for the actions of the belligerents in the area near Jiaozhou Bay, and at the same time designated the east of Weixian East Railway Station as a special military region. Therefore, if there are any other military actions in your country, you may wish to proceed directly without informing our country. Yuan Shikai said seriously.

The previous time, Yuan Shikai asked the central government to make such a decision, and he only felt humiliated and breathless. But now that he repeats this decision, he is very happy and relieved in his heart.

Yuan Shikai's words choked Zhu Erdian so much that he almost spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot, but he couldn't say anything. As the president of the Republic of China, he confessed like this, let you increase your troops at will, and fight casually on your own land, what else do you want? (To be continued.) )