Xiao Mubai's speech at the university soon appeared on the front page of the People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the southwest government's public opinion propaganda, the next day. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Coupled with the repeated reprint reports of newspapers around the country, it was quickly known to the general public in China. For a time, domestic public opinion was full of people, and all parties reacted strongly.

Different positions and heights of ownership have different perspectives on things. Of course, the people at the bottom have the mentality of watching the excitement, and for them, it is obviously much better to be able to eat a full stomach than to be able to eat a full stomach. And for those literary and artistic young people who have read books, it is different, they have read books, their horizons are relatively broad, and they are all saddened to see the increasing aggression of the great powers against China, and at this time, such a political figure who dares to say no to the great powers suddenly appears in the country, and of course they have to cheer.

Of course, for those politicians in high positions in China, whether they are from Beiyang or from the Alliance, it is another mentality, how can the British Empire, as a global hegemon, be so provocative? Obviously, many people scoffed at Xiao Mubai's statement and held a cold sidelines.

Sure enough, not long after, the British minister to China, Jurdium, held a press conference. It was arrogantly declared that certain soldiers should not challenge the majesty of the British Empire, or they would be conceited. In view of the irrational behavior of these soldiers, which undermined the peaceful situation in China that all countries had worked so hard for, the British Empire was compelled to take drastic measures from now on to blockade the Yangtze River waterway, impose an arms embargo on the southwest, and so on.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is obvious that this press conference is aimed at the southwest and Xiao Mubai. Threats, it's naked threats.

When the news reached Chengdu, Xiao Mubai was holding an enlarged meeting of the military and political leaders in the southwest. After making enemies with the British, he already understood that there was basically no possibility for him to retreat. Although he is not a qualified politician, he is now changing to the side of a politician, and now that he has established a tough side towards Britain, he must hold on. Of course, it is not that Xiao Mubai does not know how to compromise and make concessions, but as a later man, he knows very well that although the empire of the sun never sets in this period is extremely strong, because of the imminent war with the German alliance, in the next ten years, the British Empire will not have the extra energy to take care of other regions outside Europe, and for the Far East, what they want is nothing more than stability. It's just that ten years from now, will China still be the China it is now?

The eyes of everyone in the conference room were focused on Xiao Mubai's body, waiting for his reaction. Although preparations are made for war, it is better not to provoke this global hegemon.

Xiao Mubai's face was calm, and he smiled faintly: "Isn't it just an arms embargo to block the Yangtze River waterway?" This doesn't affect us much, so we don't have to pay too much attention to it. Now that the situation in Europe is worrying, the British are just a little trick! ”

"The British Empire, the navy can handle it, as for the army..." Jiang Fangzhen didn't finish his words, but the mockery at the corner of his mouth couldn't be concealed. In his eyes, the army of the world's great powers may only be called the German army.

Xiao Mubai stood up, propped up the conference table with both hands and said: "All imperialism is a paper tiger, and British imperialism grossly interferes in China's internal affairs, which is tolerable and intolerable. Order the front-line troops, in line with the principle of not firing the first shot on our side, in the event of an armed provocation by the British army, resolutely return fire to me! ”

"Chairman, no!" Shen Bingkun shouted loudly, as an old bureaucrat, his fear of foreigners cannot be changed overnight.

Seeing this, Xiao Mubai raised his head and glanced at everyone present, and saw Wang Zhengya, Hu Jingyi and others all with sad faces. On the contrary, there was a look of eagerness on their faces from the strongmen and the military in those years.

"Mr. Youlan doesn't need to be persuaded, we Chinese have been bullied for many years, and we have been holding our breath for too long. This time, even if it is bankrupt, we will not give in! ”

Seeing this, Shen Bingkun opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word, so he had to sigh heavily.

"Yes!" Jiang Fangzhen and the other soldiers all had their eyes on fire, and their answers were sonorous and powerful.

The next day, an article entitled "The Rejuvenation of a Great Power," written by the head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, began to be printed on the front page of the People's Daily. Among them, it said: "After the war, the land of China sank for more than 70 years, and the Chinese nation was oppressed by the great powers and the Manchu feudal dynasty, and suffered the greatest suffering in history. But we never gave in, constantly rose up and struggled, and finally ushered in the establishment of the Republic of China and took our own destiny into our hands. The imperialist powers have been trying to turn China into their colony, but under the struggle of the people of all nationalities of the Chinese nation, they have not been able to do so, and they will not be able to do so in the future······ For the British government's wanton interference in our internal affairs... We would like to remind the UK Government that you are responsible for the consequences arising therefrom. ”

As soon as this article was published, it attracted attention from all walks of life! Not to mention the reaction of all sectors of the country. Let's just talk about the great powers and countries, and there are many reflections.

First of all, let's talk about the younger brother of the United Kingdom, Japan. Japanese Minister Ijiin Hikoyoshi urgently met with British Minister Zhu Erdian, declaring that the Japanese Empire would never sit idly by and ignore the situation in China, and that Japan was willing to send warships to join the British crusade if the British government needed it, and would send a considerable number of land forces to help in the war. Unexpectedly, Zhu Erdian rejected his suggestion, claiming that he would have to wait for a domestic decision. Little Japan is well aware of China's Yaxin, and Zhu Erdian is well aware of it, and this little brother is now becoming more and more restless. He didn't mind if the younger brother followed him and drank some soup, but if the younger brother honestly wanted to eat meat, then he wouldn't be happy.

Zhu Erdian knew very well that it was obviously impossible for the British Empire to fight a war in the Far East for such a thing as Tibet, and it was estimated that if this was the case, the aggressive Germans in Europe would definitely be happy, and they would make a stumbling block behind their backs and support arms to the southwest, which was also inaccurate, and they didn't do this in the Boer War in South Africa back then. Zhu Erdian, who had originally used the intimidation methods of the British Empire, had an accident this time, and the fierce reaction of the southwest made him have to telegraph to the white hall and wait for the decision of the country.

But Whitehall has not come up with a good charter, except for the armed embargo which is an economic blockade. But this doesn't matter the luck, the other powers are fine, but the Germans definitely don't give themselves the slightest face, you blockade, I will ship. The two countries have long been at loggerheads in Europe, and now they don't care about such a small contradiction. In peacetime, a small warlord in a place like the Far East who took the wrong medicine could be crushed to death by raising his hand. But right now, I really don't have that energy.

Speaking of the reaction of the German side, although there was no conflict of interest between the two countries in China, as de facto hostile sides, they were already in a position of fire and water in Europe, and they were naturally happy to see that someone was making trouble for the British. After receiving the report of Minister Hahausen in China, the German side conducted a detailed investigation, and after this investigation, it was discovered that the leader of this small force had actually studied in Germany, and since he had studied in Germany, it was obvious that he had a high degree of favor towards the German side. Soon, they gave instructions for secret contact to see if there was a possibility of support.

Then there was France and the United States, at this time on the German-French border, Germany was eyeing the tiger, war was about to break out, the French obviously did not want to cause more trouble, they were facing the coming big war first. What's more, in the great economic construction of the southwest, they also have a piece of the pie. So, they didn't want the British to expend their strength here either. Soon, they issued a pass, which is nothing more than an appeal to all parties to exercise restraint and maintain the current situation.

As for the Americans, it's simpler. Others don't know about France's big profits in the southwest region, but how can they not know about money, and while calling for restraint, they secretly sent representatives from Shanghai to Chengdu. You know, according to the information they have obtained, the southwest is now waving a lot of money and carrying out all kinds of construction!

Finally, there is Russia, needless to say, they are purely a soy sauce character, as an Entente country, they are now generally following in the footsteps of Britain and France on the China issue. What's more, the southwest now has no interests for them, and in the past, it was possible to wrestle with the British Empire in Tibet, but now it is obviously not possible.