The final settlement of the European war finally drew a final end in Paris, the punishment of destroying the country made the Austrian Habsburg royal family that lasted for thousands of years completely wiped out, the second in Europe, the top three in comprehensive strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire completely collapsed, and since then the protagonist mask of the historical stage has been removed, becoming a small landlocked country that does not enter the stream, waiting for the next opportunity to rise, Ottoman Turkey was completely dismembered, from one point to forty, there is no power to fight in the Black Sea, and the world-renowned Germany is even more humiliating and humiliating, the army solves the problem, the colony is thirty, The loss of one-eighth of the territory, in addition to the war reparations that took nearly hundreds of years to be repaid, was also scorned and dismissive within the Allies, and Foch, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces of France and the Allied Powers, prophesied: "This is not peace, but a truce of twenty years." And then in the face of great profits, those who are far-sighted will also be deceived by the wealth in front of them, let alone those who are married and wives? Before the quarrel between the European powers ended, China in Asia began to stir up.

After the famous laborers were sent to Europe by Duan Qirui to participate in the war, a gun and a cannon were not fired, so that China became one of the victorious countries, and received a lot of war reparations, the news came, the whole country boiled, students took to the streets, merchants celebrated, who knew that a few days later, the Paris Peace Conference came to distribute the German Empire's colonies in Asia and even the entire Far East, and several leases were planned by the Chinese government, and the Qingdao leased land was handed over to Dongying, When the news reached China, students in Beijing were outraged, and students, businessmen, educators, and many so-called patriotic groups called on them to denounce Dongying's unreasonable behavior and demand that the Chinese government uphold national sovereignty.Chinese Under these circumstances, the delegates to the peace conference submitted a statement on the Shandong issue, demanding the return of China's sovereignty over the German concession and the Jiaoji Railway in Shandong, as well as demanding the abolition of the "21 Articles" and other conditions. However, as a result, the Beiyang government succumbed to the pressure of imperialism and was actually ready to sign the "Peace Treaty between the Entente and the Participating Countries on Germany." What it did was like five thunderbolts, and it gave a hammer to the elated people. 2. Abolish spheres of influence and determine the methods for their implementation; (3) To annul all unequal treaties and treaties, contracts and other international documents concluded by coercion or inducement; 4. Periodic removal of consular jurisdiction; 5. Strive for tariff freedom; 6. Cancel the balance of Gengzi's compensation; 7. The concession area shall be recovered and converted into public commerce.

The whole country is condemned, the southeast is silent, there is no exception, Shanghai strikes, Guangzhou students demonstrate, smashed Dongying shops, robbed Dongying merchants, forced women Dongying women, it seems that as long as they are patriotic, there is nothing to do in the world, the British Consul General in Guangzhou, Basiri, and the consul general of Dongying in Guangzhou, Wu Chuan Xingying, jointly entered the hall of the embassy in Guangzhou, reasoned with Chang Zhenbang, and asked Chang Zhenbang to dispatch military and police to stop violent acts in accordance with the law and maintain order in the five southeastern provinces.

Chang Zhenbang could only smile bitterly at this, but Tang Baichuan said: "Your lords will really push Zhenbang to the fire kang, now the people are angry, and there are Sun Monkey and others who provoke it, if the official is against it, won't he become the number one traitor who betrays the country and seeks glory?" ”

Wu Chuan Xingying couldn't help but sneer: "Is it possible to flout the law and do all kinds of evil in China Pharmaceutical under the banner of patriotism?" If your country fails to take decisive action, we will consider it the second Boxer Rebellion, and send troops to help your President and the Overseers maintain basic law and order. ”

Chang Zhenbang's face became extremely bad when he heard this, and he said, "Does Your Excellency Wuchuan want to provoke a war between the two countries?" The Dongying people are strong, and our army is not necessarily invincible! ”

Wu Chuan Xingying said: "Your Excellency is serious, the ability is not to provoke a war between the two countries, but to advocate that the Entente and the Central Powers unite and send troops to help China stabilize order!" ”

Tang Baichuan and Chang Zhenbang were taken aback, and they all looked at Brazil, Brazil smiled faintly, and said: "For Your Excellency Wu Chuan's proposal, it has been approved by many gentlemen of the British Empire, as an old friend of the Visiting Envoy, I have the obligation to remind Your Excellency that the laborers sent by your country are for the service of the Entente, not directly against the Allies, let alone against the British Empire and the Allies. The British Empire and its allies considered it to be an act of extreme irrationality in imposing physical conditions on both the victorious and the vanquished, and if the violence could not be interrupted, the British Empire and other countries would consider it the second Gengzi Rebellion. ”

Tang Baichuan said: "If Baichuan guessed correctly, if all countries think that this is China's second Gengzi Fist Rebellion, and China can't stop it, will countries send troops to China to interfere in China's internal affairs?" ”

Yukiei Takekawa argued: "This is not interference, but the restoration of the ancient order in the East." ”

Tang Baichuan glanced at him and said, "Your Excellency Wu Chuan has been in China for a long time, and he already knows that the Chinese military and civilians will never sit idly by. ”

Wu Chuan Xingying said: "I know the customs of your people, but your Excellency, don't forget, the Germans are only thousands of guards in Qingdao, and the millions of heroes in your country still dare not show their swords to them, and my Dongying army is more than thousands!" ”

Basiri took out a silver pocket watch from his bosom and looked at it, stood up, and said to Chang Zhenbang: "Old friend, we appreciate a person's words and value a person's statement more, now there are many areas in China that have initially fallen into anarchy, this trend makes the ministers of various countries feel panicked, of course, sending troops to help you maintain order is only one of the options, this choice and it is easy to reduce the authority of your country's central government, resulting in a new round of turmoil, so as a last resort, all countries are unwilling to take such measures, Therefore, the ministers of various countries have entrusted me, as an old friend of Your Excellency, to bravely face the problems before you and take resolute measures to safeguard the law and order of your country. After speaking, he looked at the arms in his hands again and said, "In half an hour, I will have a tea party with the ministers of various countries on the political situation in China, and I will see my old friend again, and I hope you can make a wise choice." ”

Wu Chuan Xingying also stood up, glanced at Chang Zhenbang, and sneered: "The men of the Qingdao Imperial City won the bloody battle, if your country wants it, just send troops to get it, and make these embarrassing things will only make people laugh." Farewell. After saying that, he also left, but before walking out of the hall, he glanced back at Chang Zhenbang and said, "Chang Zhenbang, you can ignore the others, but Sakurako hopes that you can take good care of it!" ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Don't worry, I won't lose Sakura!" ”

After sending off the two foreign affairs personnel, Chang Zhenbang and Tang Baichuan were relatively speechless, to be honest, they were very passive about this turmoil, not to mention, it was Sakurako's hospital, and many Chinese students put up banners at the gate, asking Chinese not to enter the hospital of Dongyingren, even if they died of illness on the street, they must observe the festival for the country. If Chang Zhenbang hadn't sent soldiers to protect it, it would have been impossible to say that patriots would have rushed into the hospital and driven those hospitalized and disabled out of the hospital.

Chang Zhenbang gritted his teeth and said: "Third brother, these revolutionaries are really treacherous and completely ignore the interests of the country, and make such a request, not only regard themselves as the victorious country, but also regard themselves as the victorious country of the world. Just like what Wu Chuan Xingying said, Qingdao China, which is a small land, still does not dare to fight, how to deal with the Dongying people. ”

Tang Baichuan said: "Seventh brother, this matter is difficult to do, easy to say, it's just a little troublesome." ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled bitterly: "Third brother, you can't coax me, I don't know about this." ”

Tang Baichuan leaned over and whispered in Chang Zhenbang's ear: "Seventh brother, we might as well be like this, like this and such a woman, and the problem in the southeast will be solved." ”

Chang Zhenbang glanced at Tang Baichuan and said, "Is this okay?" ”

Tang Baichuan said: "Is there any other way at this time? ”

Chang Zhenbang shook his head, and immediately according to Tang Baichuan's method, he sent someone to gather the student representatives and business leaders in Guangzhou City in the hall of the patrol envoy Yamen, the student representatives, the business leaders are not stupid, knowing that this is a weasel to give a New Year's greeting to the chicken, no kind, but the government let it go or not to show that it is narrow-minded and stingy, and really said that there are masters in it, with a finger with his hand, one by one: "These are student representatives, if he Chang Zhenbang dares to make trouble, you will smash me, and don't say anything about the law and don't blame the public, no matter what, You are all patriotic, and it is not as important as patriotism except for big things. As soon as the student representatives heard that it was a solution, they immediately called hundreds of people, and the representatives of the merchants here were not stupid, and they also excluded dozens of people.

When the guards of the yamen saw so many people coming, there were more than expected, and Zhao Laosi immediately arranged heavy troops inside and outside the yamen, but who knew that Tang Baichuan refused: "It's not in the way, the people who lift the stones often hit their own feet." Zhao Laosi was taken aback and said: "General Staff Tang has a great stake in this matter, these people smashed and robbed, forced a woman to set fire to his mother's patriotism, patriotism is justified." ”

Tang Baichuan smiled slightly and said, "Everything is in Baichuan's control, you don't care about the fourth." Zhao Laosi glanced at her, scratched his head in doubt, turned around and left, to be honest, these so-called representatives really made him stunned, he was really worried about Chang Zhenbang's safety, these sons of bitch, who knows what they can do if they are unhappy, but Tang Baichuan He can still be trusted, not only resourceful but also sharing weal and woe with Chang Zhenbang, treating each other with all sincerity, he will not pit Chang Zhenbang. It was based on this that he walked away confidently despite his doubts.

After Zhao Laosi left, Zhao Pan came in and said, "Lord Tang, the things you arranged have been done, please check." ”

Tang Baichuan smiled faintly and said, "Have all the people invited here?" ”

Zhao Pan said: "It's all here, and I told them all the things that the adults confessed." ”

Tang Baichuan said: "In this way, we just need to prepare some small drinks and snacks to see the scene of the infrequent adults." ”

Zhao Pan said with some concern: "Are you stepping up some protection work over there?" ”

Tang Baichuan glanced at her lightly and said, "Clerk Zhao, you care about adults very much?" ”

Zhao Panleng paused, and just wanted to say, but was interrupted by Tang Baichuan bluntly: "I don't care what your relationship was before, and no matter how much Chang Zhenbang wants to stay by your side, I can tell you responsibly, if you don't do what I tell you, Chang Zhenbang is very dangerous, if you don't do what I tell you, I can let you get away with a word, and even leave Chang Zhenbang forever, okay, you go and do something!" ”

This book was first published on Kanshu.com

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