After Sun Yat-sen returned to China, he immediately negotiated with the East China Provisional Political Axe Negotiation Group on the same day, and the negotiation team sent by Xia Jun was headed by Tao Chengzhang.

Tao Chengzhang and other members of the Restoration Association did not exclude [***] ideologically, and they also understood the bottom line of this negotiation, although they did not agree with the political views of Sun Yat-sen and other allies, and had long-standing grievances, but they still accepted the negotiation proposal.

As a result, such a strange phenomenon arose in Shanghai, and the East China Provisional Political Axe Negotiation Group negotiated with the negotiation team headed by Tang Shaoyi sent by Yuan Shikai and also negotiated with the 14 provincial negotiation group headed by Wu Tingfang.

Yuan Shikai's negotiation team negotiated with the East China Provisional Political Axe and also negotiated with the 14 provincial negotiation groups, and the 14 provincial negotiation teams negotiated with Yuan Shikai and also negotiated with the East China Provisional Political Axe.

It forms an intricate triangular relationship.

There is one person worth noting in the negotiations, that is Wang Zhaoming, this person may be relatively unknown to many people, but when it comes to his other name, it must be very familiar, his pen name Jingwei, known as Wang Jingwei.

Because Liang Qichao had previously satirized that the alliance would be a long-distance revolutionary, he united with his good friend Huang Fusheng, a native of Sichuan, and bomb expert Yu Peilun and others to bomb the regent Zaifeng.

The Qing court knew that the revolutionaries were not afraid of death, and that killing Wang Jingwei and Huang Fusheng would arouse public disgust, so they sentenced them to life imprisonment and imprisoned them in the prison of the Ministry of Law.

After Yuan Shikai left the mountain, one of the several conditions he put forward to the Qing court was to pardon the revolutionaries, and the biggest political prisoners before that were Wang Jingwei and Huang Fusheng.

Wang Jingwei is very good in eloquence, pen and organizational ability, and is also a handsome guy, Yuan Shikai arrived in Yanjing, felt that Wang Jingwei was a talent, so he invited him to his home, when talking about the political situation, Wang Jingwei gushed endlessly, and was deeply appreciated by Yuan Shikai.

On the other hand, Wang Jingwei soon learned about Yuan Shikai's political ambitions and various means, and was deeply impressed by Yuan Shikai, so he fell from the side of the revolutionary party to Yuan Shikai's side, and at the same time wrote letters to revolutionary comrades and friends, trying his best to say good things for Yuan Shikai, among which Huang Xing was influenced by him, claiming that if Yuan Shikai forced the Qing court to abdicate, Yuan Shikai could make Yuan Shikai the president.

After the negotiations began, Yuan Shikai appointed Wang Jingwei as the counselor of the northern He Tan, kept it a secret from the outside world, infiltrated the revolutionary party, mediated between the north and the south, and secretly helped Tang Shaoyi.

However, Yuan Shikai was still not at ease, he was most at ease with his relatives, so he called Wang Jingwei over again that afternoon and asked him and his son Yuan Keding to worship as brothers, which meant to worship him as a godfather.

Wang Jingwei did not hesitate, and immediately kowtowed four heads to Yuan Keding, and then kowtowed four heads to Yuan Shikai with Yuan Keding.

Then Wang Jingwei arrived in Shanghai, and immediately entered the revolutionary party, which regarded Wang Jingwei as a good comrade who had escaped death, an excellent revolutionary, and appointed him as the chief senator of the south.

Yuan Shikai appointed Wang Jingwei as the northern senator, and the revolutionary party also appointed Wang Jingwei as the southern senator, and he was also the chief.

When the East China Provisional Political Axe Negotiation Group headed by Tao Chengzhang negotiated with the 14 provincial negotiation group headed by Wu Tingfang, Wu Tingfang put forward a proposal.

That is to force Yuan Shikai to step up the palace and elect Sun Yat-sen as the provisional president of Nanjing.

Tao Chengzhang immediately asked: "Can Sun make achievements in this revolution?" ”

This question made Wu Tingfang almost speechless, Sun Yat-sen was neither the mastermind nor the whole process of this revolution.

"Sun Wennai is the person with the highest prestige in the revolution, and if he is elected president, he will be the best." Wu Tingfang replied after a while.

"The prestige is the highest, indeed." Tao Chengzhang's demeanor was a little disapproving, and there was some contempt in his smile, and then he said: "Even if it's just to persecute Yuan Shikai, the president doesn't need it!" Our East China Provisional Political Axe can already be persecuted. ”

"But you don't have any real results." Wu Tingfang said, "If we cooperate sincerely, we will not be afraid of Yuan Shikai. ”

"Our East China Provisional Political Axe is not afraid of Yuan Shikai, if we launch a full-scale war, we can recruit 300,000 militia a month, and we have money, people, guns, artillery, and planes." Tao Chengzhang said: "But whether you Sun Wen is the president, or Yuan Shikai is the president, this is not important to our East China Provisional Political Axe, the important thing is to stabilize the current situation as soon as possible, and our East China Provisional Political Axe must be autonomous, and must have the right of free diplomacy, that is, the New Deal Axe purchases all arms, office supplies, machinery and equipment, and materials, must give priority to our East China Autonomous Political Axe, if we can give the quality, the price is not lower than that of foreigners, we shall not buy from foreigners." At the same time, the new political axe should be taken back from the customs of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces and handed over to the control of our East China Autonomous Political Axe......"

Tao Chengzhang simply made his words clear, the meaning is very simple, we don't mind who is the president, as long as the party that is the president receives the conditions of the East China Provisional Political Axe, the East China Temporary Political Axe will support him.

Wu Tingfang listened, but there was no way to decide, so the meeting had to be suspended and he went to ask Sun Yat-sen for advice.

Sun Yat-sen was very happy to hear this, he figured out the bottom line of the provisional political axe in East China, this bottom line is still acceptable, as long as he becomes the president and sits in this position, there is still room for everything.

In Wu Tingfang's delegation, Wang Jingwei already knew the bottom line of the East China Provisional Political Axe, but he did not report to Sun Yat-sen, this time he heard that Sun Yat-sen wanted to become the president, and the East China Provisional Political Axe suddenly turned to the delegation of the 14 southern provinces to put forward such conditions, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly reported to Tang Shaoyi.

Sun Yat-sen's side was soon ordered by Wu Tingfang to agree to the conditions of the provisional political axe in East China.

Wu Tingfang, on behalf of Sun Yat-sen, agreed to the conditions of the East China Provisional Political Axe, and Tao Chengzhang, on behalf of the East China Provisional Political Axe, promised them that as long as the conditions were implemented, the East China Provisional Political Axe would militarily protect the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe.

On December 28, a banquet was held in Shanghai for representatives of 14 provinces, and representatives of the East China Provisional Political Axe were also invited to attend.

At the banquet that night, the provincial delegates voted on whether to implement a republic or a presidential system, and Sun Yat-sen supported the presidential system because the presidential system was beneficial to the head of state and the president had more real power. If a republic is chosen, then the parliament and the cabinet have more power, and the president has nothing to do.

The pro-republican delegates present gave a two-hour speech on the stage, but the delegates from the provinces were annoyed and supported the presidential system instead.

The East China Provisional Political Axe did not make any vote.

The representatives of the provinces present could clearly feel that the East China Provisional Political Axe had a certain sense of distance from them, and this was precisely the most uneasy place for Sun Yat-sen, but Sun Yat-sen was also relieved that the East China Provisional Political Axe, which had strong strength and did not have much political ambitions.

If the East China Provisional Political Axe had great political ambitions, he would definitely not be able to be the president.

The system was decided, and it was quickly decided that on January 1, Sun Yat-sen was inaugurated as the provisional president of Nanjing in Nanjing.

On the other side, Tang Shaoyi immediately sent a telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Yanjing, and Yuan Shikai received a telegram in the secret room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he was immediately panicked.

Yuan Shikai didn't feel urgent about the negotiations with the East China Provisional Political Axe before, because he didn't show much political ambition, and the East China Temporary Political Axe, which only wanted to divide one side, was still relatively relieved in his opinion.

Unexpectedly, the East China Provisional Political Axe talked with the joint delegation of the 14 provinces on the same terms, if so, all his plans are very likely to come to naught.

Yuan Shikai had gradually learned about the power of the East China Provisional Political Axe from the news he had spied on, and they not only had a large number of troops, but also advanced weapons.

The performance in the defense of Hanyang is enough to prove the military strength of the East China Provisional Political Axe, which is a force that is not inferior to the entire Beiyang Army, or even stronger.

Yuan Shikai sadly discovered that he had originally sought the greatest interests by raising his own self-esteem and occupied a favorable position, but he had been replaced by the East China Provisional Political Axe.

After the internal Qing court was out, the East China Provisional Political Axe was the most powerful force that could influence both sides, and whoever they helped would have the possibility of winning, so the East China Provisional Political Axe was the most active.

"Immediately send a telegram to Tang Shaoyi, asking him to immediately negotiate with the East China Provisional Political Axe, and we will agree to all their previous requests. Let them cancel their support for Sun Wen, and only we, Beiyang, will be able to fight for tariffs for the East China Autonomous Axe. "Yuan Shikai's title has changed, and he has changed the temporary to autonomous.

Yuan Shikai knew that he had become a pawn, and even felt that he had fallen into the mercy of the East China Provisional Political Axe from the beginning.

However, this pawn can still be used, at least the East China Provisional Political Axe uses him as a pawn, just to obtain autonomy, tariffs and other demands, and after helping them fulfill these demands, he can ascend to the presidency.

Although this president is not completely in control of the world, who can say what the future holds? Compared with the means later, Yuan Shikai is absolutely confident in this.

As long as he becomes the president, all the roadblocks that hinder him from controlling the world can be slowly crushed.

Yuan Shikai has this kind of self-confidence, is a misjudgment of the East China Provisional Political Axe, with Yuan Shikai's traditional bureaucratic thinking, with such a strong strength, should seek the greatest benefits in this change, but the East China Temporary Political Axe did not show any political ambitions, just want to be a couple, it is really short-sighted, so there is no need to worry, and slowly use means to divide him in the future.

However, Xia Jun did not think about the problem with Yuan Shikai's bureaucratic thinking, and his cessation of expansion was caused by a combination of various factors, one is the lack of administrative staff, and the other is that Ben is eyeing the tiger.

And in politics, he only wants tangible benefits. First of all, it is necessary to maintain the surname of reading power, so it is necessary to be autonomous, if he does not govern and fights for some kind of great president, not to mention the trouble, it will be in the way when he becomes a great president, and the foreign powers do not support him to be the great president, and he has no fame and prestige on the side of the revolutionary party.

Therefore, to fight for this great president, the gains will outweigh the losses, so he chose autonomy. While maintaining the surname of Reading Power, the real interests he strives for are tariffs, as well as loans and purchases for the political axe of the Republic of China.

After Tang Shaoyi received Yuan Shikai's order, he soon asked for negotiations with Tao Chengzhang.

Xia Jun received Tao Chengzhang's report in Yingtan, he knew that things had almost reached his expectations, and it was this time that he lowered his political style and won him the absolute initiative.

Whoever he falls towards, he wins. Both sides had to woo him and meet his terms.

(To be continued)