The southwestern army swept through half of Burma, the British army was routed from Tibet and northern Burma, and news reports about the conflict between the two sides were noisy around the world. But it seems that a tacit agreement has been reached that neither side has thought of revealing the details of the war to the outside world.www.biquge.info

The whole country is excited, the people are jubilant, but the mood of President Yuan Da, who is in Zhongnanhai at this time, is like the sweltering weather in Beijing in August. Closing the paperwork on the table, Lao Yuan couldn't help but feel irritable. Now he really needs to sort out his thoughts. He really couldn't understand how the Communist Party had defeated the British, and after a month, it seemed that the world had changed.

After dealing with foreigners for so many years, Lao Yuan thinks that he has seen them very clearly. What kind of strength do foreigners have? Gengzi year swept the land of China! What kind of personality is it? Typical unprofitable can't afford to be early!

For example, the aftermath of the big loan that is now being negotiated. The British wanted to take the opportunity to expand their interests in the Yangtze River basin; The French wanted to expand their interests in the southwest, but fortunately it was now the territory of the Communist Party; The Germans wanted to expand their interests in Shandong and make a difference in the Yangtze River valley; Tsarist Russia coerced the central government into recognizing the independence of Outer Mongolia and its special interests in the Manchurian region; Japan, for its part, wants to get the central government to recognize its privileges in Tohoku through loans; And the Americans are not a good thing, and while they propose to have equal interests and open doors, they also try in vain to get the same privileges as other powers, and turn the whole of China into a market for the United States.

Thinking of this, Lao Yuan's face suddenly became bitter again. The recent disturbing situation is dazzling to look at. The performance of the Southwestern army was beyond his expectations, and the performance of the British was even more unexpected to him. He already thought of the southwest army very unusually, but he didn't expect that in the end, the strength of the southwest army was still beyond his expectations.

He really didn't expect Xiao Mubai to be so ruthless, recovering the Kang-Tibet River border area, and teaching those old hats a lesson, even if he went all the way to kill all the way, the army that entered the Tibetan area has eliminated nearly 100 Tusi and nobles in Tibet, and there are not a few temples that have been burned, and finally abolished serfdom, gave those serfs the identity of civilians, and distributed the property of the original nobles to them, and completely liberated those serfs who had been oppressed for I don't know how many years. This is a determination to do it once and for all! This young man is much more ruthless than Zhao Erfeng at the beginning. After all, whether or not the rebellion in Tibet can be put down is also a matter of authority for the central government and his Yuan.

It is said that Xiao Mubai is understandable in doing this, and the Tibetan rebellion is really China's internal affair. But the British have been attacking Tibet for decades, so how can they give up? Sure enough, the British engaged in a series of armed friction incidents on the Yunnan-Burma border, which can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, and this all indicates that the British have already had the idea of using force for the sake of Tibet.

According to Lao Yuan's idea, at this time, make an appropriate concession and give Britain a step, and this matter is almost enough. Just when he was still lamenting that Xiao Mubai was young and impulsive, the southwest actually went-for-tat and made some self-defense statement. Until that time, he still thought that the southwest side was only verbally shouting, and that it would definitely settle down after being beaten by the British for a while. But he never expected that this southwest would really do it, although he didn't know what the details were, but it was an ironclad fact that the British suffered a big loss. Well, this completely annoyed the British.

From a personal point of view, Lao Yuan still admires Xiao Mubai's approach, but reason tells him that that kind of approach is absolutely undesirable. The concept of the power of foreigners has been deeply rooted in Lao Yuan's bones for decades, but this Southwest Army can actually defeat the British, so isn't it against his own Beiyang Army?

Lao Yuan sometimes sighed constantly, and sometimes frowned. At this time, the guard suddenly came in and reported: "President, Mr. Jurdian, British Minister to China, has asked to see you. ”

"Huh? Come see me at this time? Yuan Shikai was a little puzzled, but after all, he was the minister of the British Empire and his old friend, so he ordered: "Don't let Mr. Minister wait too long, I'll go over." ”

"Yes!"

With doubts in his heart, Lao Yuan paced towards the living room, he didn't know what Zhu Erdian had come to him this time, whether he was using the "Tibet issue" to put pressure on him, or continuing to delay the matter of "aftermath loans"? Lao Yuan couldn't help but snort, foreigners don't have a good thing.

"Your Excellency, you already know what I want to do today." Zhu Erdian smiled and nodded.

came up and went straight to the point, which made Yuan Shikai a little surprised in his heart, although Zhu Erdian covered it up well, he still saw the uneasiness in Zhu Erdian's heart. After receiving the document handed over by Zhu Erdian, President Yuan Da didn't have time to read it, but Zhu Erdian's next sentence made his mood immediately unhappy.

"Your Excellency, this is a transfer from London to India, and my government has asked this minister to send it to your country immediately, and the country has approved your country's large loan, but there are still some precautions that need to be negotiated."

Yuan Shikai was overjoyed in his heart, but he still insisted on a reserved smile on his face. You must know that this big loan matter was stumbled at the beginning of the negotiations, and at the end of July, the negotiations were completely interrupted.

"That's really good news! Thank you old friends for mediating this," Yuan Shikai began.

Zhu Erdian nodded: "Your Excellency, congratulations!" ”

Suppressing the surprise in his heart, Yuan Shikai opened the document in his hand and looked at it, glanced at it a few times, and the smile on his face decreased a few points. He wondered in his heart, the British are typical unprofitable! Why is it so easy to talk all of a sudden? An additional £5 million was added to the borrowing amount. Yuan Shikai couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart, how could he not understand the truth of "being courteous when you have nothing to do, and you are either a traitor or a thief".

"Old friend, the fact that your government was able to increase the amount of borrowing money is really a surprise for my government!" Yuan Shikai was in a good mood, but he still spoke quietly.

Zhu Erdian owed, and explained: "In view of the peculiarity of the domestic situation in your country, there are too many unstable factors in the south, which will affect the interests of the British Empire in China. Therefore, the Chinese government has proposed to increase the amount of borrowing from the government of the Republic of China, hoping that the president will be able to use these funds to stabilize the domestic situation as soon as possible. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Shikai finally had a bottom in his heart. Feelings: This should be someone borrowing so much money to deal with the southern forces by himself! But that's fine, anyway, I have that meaning, at this time it's just a boat pushing the boat.

"What an old friend said is that the Republic of China is newly established, and the domestic situation is complicated, and it is not easy to do so."

"In addition, according to domestic sources, the first loan amount will be delivered to your government within a month after the completion of negotiations, which is £5 million. At that time, the British Empire and other countries will officially recognize the Republic of China. Zhu Erdian gave President Yuan another sweet date.

After saying this, before Yuan Shikai could react, Zhu Erdian picked up the hat on the table, began to say goodbye, and left the presidential palace.

Yuan Shikai watched Zhu Erdian's departing figure, ate two big sweet dates, and was extremely happy in his heart for a moment. The British made a good calculation to settle the hostile forces against Britain at home, although they have always had such a wish, but is it so easy? You have to think about it in the long run! Let's talk about it when we get the money, the government of the Republic of China will not be able to open the pot now. You have your plan, and I also have my ladder over the wall! No one is a fool.

He has seen the situation in China very clearly. At present, the only people who pose the greatest threat to him are the Kuomintang and the Communist Progressive Party, and as for those within the United Party, he really looks down on them. Don't look at the Kuomintang now, it's quite happy, but it's just a show, a toothless tiger, which looks terrible, but it doesn't hurt people. On the contrary, the Communist Party should not be underestimated, so that he is a little jealous, he can actually make the British deflated, although Xiao Mubai is young, but for the importance of the gun, he is far more aware than others!

But in any case, he can only have greater power if he maintains the integrity of the country's territory.