With the gradual relaxation of intelligence control over the embassies of various countries in Beijing, the news of Japan's increasingly hardline attitude toward China also reached the Beijing envoy to the Allied countries in China. Within the British Legation, there was a subtle understanding of this new development.

"Did the BJP have thought about it, so they didn't discuss the BJP government at all?" Sir Humphrey was more direct, he asked.

"It's not a bad thing not to admit it now." The British minister himself really had the courage to break the jar and break it. In any case, the situation has not reached the worst level, and as far as the outcome of the talks with the People's Party is concerned, it is very likely that the current situation is that the People's Party will take over power in China and join the Entente. The only problem was that the British government would probably not be able to recoup all of its investment in Beiyang, nor would it receive the support of the BJP troops. Military doctors and nurses are a skilled branch of the armed forces, and the People's Party has released a large number of Beiyang prisoners, and the British have privately investigated these prisoners. According to the results of the British investigation, the medical level of the BJP military doctors can by no means be called bad. Compared to the top surgeons in the UK, it is also above the passing mark compared to the average in the UK. Not to mention that the chairman of the People's Party, Chen Ke, is also a chemist and pharmacologist.

China will not become a member of the Allies after the change of regime, so it can be regarded as a cover for the British minister in China. Now all the British Legation has to do is to reduce losses by bargaining as much as possible. At this time, Japan's war against the People's Party was very problematic. According to the Entente agreement, if Japan declared war on the People's Party, Britain was also obliged to declare war on the People's Party. But there is still a loophole for Britain to exploit at this time. The People's Party was not the legitimate government of China recognized by the countries of the world, and the Entente was a military alliance against the Central Powers, which was not obliged to declare war on an NGO.

"If Japan is defeated? What should we do? At that time, Japan will definitely let us support Japan. Sir Humphrey was a little embarrassed.

"If that happens, we'll support Japan's request." The British minister replied decisively, "There is no point in us continuing to mediate this matter. What's more, even if we mediate this matter, Japan will definitely not rest on its laurels. So when we support Japan cleanly, we won't have so much trouble. What's more, it was the domestic gang that finally decided this matter. ”

Sir Humphrey wanted to persuade him more, but after listening to the minister's words, he simply gave up his idea.

Japan's attitude towards the People's Party has not only allowed countries and forces to have their own ideas, but also a small group of people in Japan have heated debates about it. The current headquarters of the League has returned to Tokyo, Japan. What is different from the past is that there are not many Chinese students in Tokyo now, even Chinese. Ten years ago, when Sun Yat-sen arrived in Tokyo in 1905, the welcoming crowd filled the streets. The international students cheered, trying to see with their own eyes what kind of person Sun Wen, a famous revolutionary and wanted by the Manchus, was.

Now, after a series of revolutions, there is nothing unusual about "revolutionary predecessors" like Sun Wen. Not only that, the Guangfu Hui Qing Party initiated by Cai Yuanpei went from the Guangfu Hui to the people, and from Zhejiang to Fujian and Guangdong. The League suffered a heavy blow in the purging of the party. The members of the Southern Alliance who fled to Sun Yat-sen's place cried and said, "There is no one out of ten! There is not one out of ten members of our alliance in Guangdong. ”

Of course, Sun Yat-sen's current identity is also different from before. In Yuan Shikai's place, Sun Yat-sen finally became a member of the National Assembly and became the vice minister of the Ministry of Railways. Although the money that Yuan Shikai gave Sun Yat-sen to survey the railway route was used by Sun Yat-sen for the party affairs of the League, but the League now has less than 100 members in Japan, and the money in Sun Yat-sen's hands can still hold on.

Wang Jingwei once followed Bai Lang in Henan to make an uprising, and the People's Party immediately implemented land reform after occupying Henan, and most of Bai Lang's subordinates ran home to divide the land and farm, and Wang Jingwei and Bai Lang had to flee to Shaanxi in the next anti-bandit operation of the People's Party. Bai Lang was a well-known figure on the road, and soon became a figure in the Shaanxi Elders' Association. Wang Jingwei didn't know how to deal with these green forest figures. As a last resort, he ran back to Guangdong. He went to Japan again to take a temporary refuge. When Sun Yat-sen had to come to Japan for "investigation" because of embezzlement of railway survey funds, the two met again.

The change in Japan's strategy toward China made Wang Jingwei see a great opportunity, "Chairman Sun, my Japanese friend said one thing, now the Beiyang literati government has been captured by the People's Party. Now you are the only person at the ministerial level. So some Japanese friends think that it is necessary for you to rebuild the government of the republic. You are now the highest-ranking government of the Republic of China, and you are the only one who has the qualifications to re-establish the government of the Republic of China. ”

Hu Hanmin and others around him were all staunch supporters of Sun Yat-sen, and their eyes lit up after hearing Wang Jingwei's words, although this proposal sounded so funny. As the forerunners of the anti-Qing revolution, Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shikai have always been in a hostile posture. Later, Yuan Shikai was always making things difficult for Sun Yat-sen. Even if Yuan Shikai finally opened up to Sun Yat-sen, making Sun Yat-sen a member of parliament and vice minister of the Ministry of Railways. That's not Yuan Shikai's kindness to Sun Yat-sen himself, this action is a thousand gold and horse stocks, used to gather a model for other parties. Second, for Sun Yat-sen personally, it was even a contemptuous charity.

However, at this time, because of Sun Yat-sen's official position as a middle-level cadre in the Beiyang government, he has become the successor of the "most legitimate" Beiyang government. The funny and ridiculous in this period really makes people have to describe it as "making people by creation".

Sun Yat-sen did not say anything, and the people around him could see that Sun Yat-sen was indeed seriously considering this matter. Wang Jingwei, Hu Hanmin, Chen Qimei, Wang Bailing, and Dai Jitao are all die-hard supporters of Sun Yat-sen. However, these people's support for Sun Yat-sen also hopes that Sun Yat-sen can continue to rise to a higher level politically. Now the news that Wang Jingwei brought back made them very excited. You must know that Sun Yat-sen has always hoped for the explicit support of the Japanese government, but the Japanese government has never had explicit support for Sun Yat-sen. Looking at it now, Japan's attitude is about to take a 180-degree turn.

"Gong Zhongshan, since Japan has this meaning, I think we might as well discuss this matter with Japan." Hu Hanmin persuaded, "Many opportunities are fleeting, and Yuan Shikai's rise to power did not rely on the Wuxu Reform." When Chen Ke came to power, he relied on Xu Xilin's recommendation. Such opportunities did not seem very good at the time, but if they did not, they would never have been. Chen Ke first worshiped under Yan Fumen in Shanghai, and when he arrived in Beijing, he asked Yuan Shikai to be a matchmaker. More than half of Chen Ke's men were recruited by him when he was in Shanghai and Beijing. This does not mean that Chen Ke has not overthrown the Beiyang government now. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone else nodded their heads one after another. Although everyone knows that Sun Yat-sen and the Beiyang government are not all the way at all, this is not the time to be rash.

Seeing that Sun Yat-sen was still silent, everyone was anxious. Chen Qimei stepped forward to speak again, but was interrupted by Sun Yat-sen waving his hand. "Japanese people never count when they speak, in the past, we begged them, but now that Japan has found us first, we might as well wait for them to explain what they say."

Only then did everyone understand what Sun Yat-sen meant, Sun Yat-sen did not consider whether he was willing to cooperate with Japan at all, his idea had already skipped this threshold, and now Sun Yat-sen was thinking about how to ensure the success of this cooperation.

Chen Qimei immediately changed her words, "Everyone, let me tell you something." Since Japan's virtues have long been known, we must not contact Japan privately this time. Yuan Shikai has always been known for his severity, and Chen Ke of the People's Party simply shouted iron discipline. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past this time. If everyone goes to contact the Japanese, it will only make the Japanese look down on us. ”

This is really reasonable, and the circle of people around Sun Yat-sen nodded yes. Wang Jingwei nodded and glanced at Chen Qimei with a malicious look. This time, it was the Japanese who first approached Wang Jingwei to talk about the matter. Everyone knows that Chen Qimei is Sun Yat-sen's real confidant, and what Chen Qimei said is good, but when he really handles this matter, Chen Qimei does not let others interfere, but he himself will definitely interfere, and may even exclude Wang Jingwei. When it comes to merit, Chen Qimei can naturally use the biggest contributor to this matter.

Thinking of this, Wang Jingwei had already made up his mind that he would not let Chen Qimei take the credit no matter what. And Wang Jingwei regretted it a little, if he hadn't been so excited that he naively said it in public. First communicate well with the Japanese, wait until the initiative in this matter is completely grasped, and when the matter comes to the last step, Wang Jingwei will tell everyone the news that the Japanese want to negotiate directly with Sun Yat-sen. Even if Chen Qimei wants to grab the credit, Wang Jingwei has already mastered all the chips. Chen Qimei said that nothing would work.

Chen Qimei did not take immediate action to seize the credit, he first asked the people attending the meeting today to absolutely not spread the news, and then asked everyone not to take any action, just waiting for Japan's next move. The members of the alliance who attended the meeting did not say what they thought in their hearts, but they all agreed verbally.

Wang Jingwei had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night. When he participated in the revolution, he only thought about overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and when the Manchu Qing Dynasty fell in 1911, Wang Jingwei was not happy. As the initiator of the revolution, the League did not enjoy the fruits of the revolution. There is Yuan Shikai in the north, there is the People's Party in the center, and even the Guangfuhui, which defected from the League, has a great say in Zhejiang. Sun Yat-sen, the initiator of the revolution, and his followers, ended up in a situation where they had no home to return to, and they were completely marginalized.

However, no one could have imagined that God would suddenly send such a great opportunity to the Alliance. If the legitimate Chinese government with Sun Yat-sen as the president can be established with the support of Japan, this government will certainly be recognized by other countries. There has been a wave of voices in Japan for sending troops to interfere in China's affairs. I think other countries will also support Japan, which is also a great power. Beiyang has now collapsed, and as long as the People's Party can be eliminated, then the League will be able to become the ruler of China. This kind of peak-and-loop turn was a miracle that was unimaginable before. But this miracle happened.

Thinking about the future over and over again, it wasn't until dawn that Wang Jingwei fell asleep in a daze. As a result, he slept soundly, but was pushed violently. There was a call in my ears, "Mr. Wang! Mr. Wang! ”

Wang Jingwei struggled to open his eyes, but in front of him was a face with ultra-short hair. Carefully identified, it was Chen Qimei's younger brother Jiang Zhiqing.

Jiang Zhiqing is Chen Qimei's right-hand man, and on the list of enemies of the Alliance, or Chen Qimei's list, the number one enemy is neither Yuan Shikai nor Chen Ke. Rather, it was Tao Chengzhang, who took the lead in rebelling against the Alliance. Tao Chengzhang's grievances with the Alliance began when he was fighting for the leadership of the Alliance. Yuan Shikai and Chen Ke each relied on their own development, and they had nothing to do with the Alliance. Even if the People's Party got rid of Chen Tianhua, this did not make Sun Yat-sen's followers any dissatisfied. Chen Tianhua was very influential among the students studying in Japan, and his departure from the League to join the People's Party only eliminated Sun Yat-sen's strong contender.

What made Sun Yat-sen's supporters feel the most hostile was Tao Chengzhang, who had always competed with Sun Yat-sen for the leadership of the Alliance, and later simply led the Alliance to rebel out of the Alliance. Moreover, Tao Chengzhang cooperated with the Yue Wang Association under the Alliance Association at the same time as the People's Party. After the fall of King Yue, the recovery will be prosperous. This deepened the hostility of Sun Yat-sen's supporters.

After Jiang Zhiqing defected to Chen Qimei, because of his hard work and loyalty, he was ordered to assassinate Tao Chengzhang. There are also some members of the alliance from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Chen Qimei is the big leader of the Shanghai Youth Gang, and if he can kill Tao Chengzhang, who will be extremely hostile to the alliance, Cai Yuanpei, the president of the Restoration Society, is likely to cooperate with the Alliance again. Jiang Zhiqing completed the task very well. However, people are not as good as heaven, and no one expected that the Qing Party within the League would actually clean up the members of the League in Guangdong.

Wang Jingwei's status in the alliance is much higher than Jiang Zhiqing, and he got up and asked coldly, "What's the matter with you." ”

Jiang Zhiqing was not angry at all, he replied calmly: "Mr. Sun, please go to the meeting." ”

"Got it." Wang Jingwei responded, and said to Jiang Zhiqing unceremoniously, "You go out first!" ”

When changing clothes, Wang Jingwei was very dissatisfied in his heart, yesterday Chen Qimei began to try to dominate the situation, and now he is in a hurry to have a meeting. What the hell does he want?

However, when she arrived at the conference room, Chen Qimei found that something was wrong. There were few people in the house, only Hu Hanmin was already waiting inside, and Wang Bailing, Dai Jitao and others were not there at all. Sun Yat-sen sat on the throne with a gloomy face, and Hu Hanmin's face was uneasy and angry.

As soon as she sat down, she heard hurried footsteps, and Chen Qimei strode into the house. "Mr. Sun, Wang Bailing, and Dai Jitao don't know where they went. And the people who were with them weren't there. I think I'm afraid that they will move on their own. ”

Hearing this, Wang Jingwei had a feeling of sudden enlightenment. These people are not high-ranking officials of the Beiyang government, so it is naturally impossible to replace Sun Yat-sen's position. However, if these people can participate in the operation of finding out information and contacting the Japanese now, then they are likely to be appreciated and supported by the Japanese. As long as the Japanese say a word, then in some "key positions" of the future "Republic of China", these people will be able to determine their position.

Although up to now, Wang Jingwei thinks that Chen Qimei still wants to seize the merit and seize the position second only to Sun Yat-sen. However, Chen Qimei's speech last night was very reasonable.

PS: The next one will be released tomorrow at eight o'clock in the morning