Chapter 603: Wang Yongan compromised
Wang Yongan learned martial arts not on a whim, but because he knew that his body was not strong, and he always looked like a weak scholar before, but if he led the army in the future, he would not exercise while he was young, and he would become a sick man in the future.
However, in the eyes of his subordinates, Wang Yongan's recent martial arts and gun training is really a kind of masochistic venting. Yuan Shikai changed his supportive attitude before reunification, became more and more aggressive, overthrew the prime minister of the cabinet, drove Wang Yongan, and tried to be a dictatorial ruler. And the Southern Revolutionary Party, which was able to confront Yuan Shikai, fell apart, the Jiangbei Department was squeezed out, and Wang Yongan was driven to the riverside, how could he not be anxious at this time.
Wang Yongan was driven to the side of the river, which also made the Beiyang bigwigs in Beijing very happy, and the only guy who could make the Beiyang department deflated finally left. If he didn't leave, almost all the Beiyang bigwigs in Beijing would be mad, and the rabbit died and the fox was sad, and many officials from the revolutionary party found that there was no Wang Yongan as a target, and the officials of the Beiyang Department began to directly squeeze them out, and it was only at this time that they regretted it.
Yuan Shikai's negotiations with Japan finally broke the ice, Wang Yongan was driven to the edge of the river in the poor countryside, directly facing British pressure and the Zang rebellion, it will take at least two years to annihilate the rebel Zang army, and what the situation will be in these two years, who can know?
Japan's prime ministers change frequently, ranging from three years to three months, and Yamamoto Gonbei didn't know how long he could sit in his position as prime minister, so he asked Wang Yongan to go to Kawabe for two years, and they accepted this condition. Of course, Japanese officials such as Gonbei Yamamoto did not want to fight at all, and once war broke out, the Choshu domain, which relied on the army, would once again take power.
After Yuan Shikai accepted Japan's first condition in disguise and drove Wang Yongan out of the central government, the Sino-Japanese peace talks broke the ice one after another, and then Japan proposed compensation, but Yuan Shikai proposed that China had no money to compensate Japan, and he offered to borrow money from Japan to compensate Japan. Due to the bankruptcy of the Dihai railway plan, Japan's Zhengjin Bank had prepared a large amount of money, and at this time, Yuan Shikai proposed a loan, and Zhengjin Bank happened to be able to get it, so he lent 5 million yen to the Beiyang government to settle the families of the fallen soldiers on both the Chinese and Japanese sides. Of the 3.5 million yen of Wu Baiwan, 3.5 million was used to settle the Japanese dead soldiers, and 1.5 million was used to settle the Chinese dead soldiers, which was equivalent to compensating the Japanese government to the ground.
And this condition is also the only condition that both sides can accept, Yuan Shikai did not dare to sign a compensation treaty, as the founding president of China's Washington, his diplomatic wisdom also avoided the Republic of China being insulted. Even though it was only nominally to appease the families of the fallen soldiers, it was actually a kind of war reparation, but both the Chinese and Japanese sides were impressed by Yuan Shikai's diplomatic skills.
For Japan, if it is a war reparation, this reparation is too small and the people will never accept it, so downplaying the battle of Jiangdu is the most troublesome thing for the Japanese government now. After consulting with Saionji Gongwang, Yamamoto decided to first weaken the antagonism of domestic dialogue, and then demanded that the newspapers not mention the Battle of Gangto, and finally erase all reports of the Battle of Gangto, so as not to provoke militaristic sentiment in the country. At the same time, Yuan Shikai gradually asked the country not to publicize the battle of Jiangdu, after all, this war was the credit of the Jiangbei system, and Beiyang was only secretly helping.
Soon, the issue of the release of Japanese prisoners of war was also resolved, and now more than 10,000 Japanese prisoners of war are imprisoned in Yangzhou, guarded by the Seventh Division of the National Defense Army, and the prisoners of war work during the day, rebuild roads and bridges in the north of the Yangtze River, and even open up wasteland for farming, and at night collectively study Chinese culture and criticize Japanese militarism, and if the criticism is not profound, there will be no food to eat the next day, so more than 10,000 people are gradually brainwashed......
The release of Japanese prisoners of war was divided into five batches, the first batch of 1,000 people, the second batch of 3,000 people, the third batch of 1,000 people, the fourth batch of 2,000 people, and finally the release of more than 3,500 people. Among them, the first group was all wounded, the second group was Taiwanese prisoners of war, the third group was Japanese young volunteers and wounded, the fourth group was shorter soldiers in the Japanese Army and some Taiwanese soldiers, and finally Japanese veterans. From the perspective of the composition of soldiers, Japanese veterans accounted for the majority, which was also an important reason for the heavy casualties caused to the Chinese army.
On the issue of releasing prisoners of war, Yuan Shikai solicited Wang Yongan's opinions and suggestions; after all, the prisoners of war were in Wang Yongan's hands, and Yuan Shikai did not care about Wang Yongan's request for his release in five batches, but the Japanese side protested again and again. Wang Yongan's excuse is that Japan needs to withdraw its troops from Korea at the same time, and if you don't withdraw your troops, I will release prisoners of war, do you think the Chinese are stupid?
The Japanese negotiators were the most reluctant to talk to Wang Yongan, because this aggressive young man who had defeated Japan really put too much pressure on people, and this pressure came from Wang Yongan's self-confidence and contempt for the Japanese side, after all, he was the leader who directly defeated the Japanese. Under pressure from Wang Yongan, the Japanese accepted the request for the release of prisoners of war in five batches, and at the same time they gradually withdrew their troops from the Korean Peninsula - Yamamoto Gonbei was not willing to fight at all, the so-called withdrawal was just a change in the slogan, and the Japanese conscripted a large number of Koreans to build military camps, but they had no real intention of going to Korea. Of course, the military camps in North Korea may not be used now, but who knows if they will be used in the future, and it is better to let the North Koreans work than to let them get together to discuss rebellion, and the dead North Koreans are good North Koreans anyway.
The Sino-Japanese negotiations are getting closer and closer to the end, Yuan Shikai is in a happy mood, the northern crisis has finally been resolved, and he also regrets that he drove Wang Yongan away. After helping the government to negotiate with Japan is nearing the end, Wang Yongan is also about to bid farewell to the life of the Beijing Division, preparing to return to Jiangbei to lead the army, and in May next year, the spring flowers will bloom, and the army will go to the riverside.
The criticism of Wang Yongan in the newspapers gradually decreased until it disappeared, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that those newspapers that claimed to be neutral must have received money so they have been slandering Wang Yongan, and now that Wang Yongan has left Beijing, these literati and writers will not receive money anymore, and naturally they will no longer criticize Wang Yongan. Liu Tong secretly checked several newspapers, got the evidence that they accepted money and deliberately slandered Wang Yongan, and was ready to do it. Wang Yongan told Liu Tong that he was not in a hurry to do it, and that he needed to wait until he returned to Jiangbei before making a move, and remember to disguise himself so as not to be discovered. [.]