In Tokyo, Japan, after learning that the "Lend-Lease Treaty" was signed between Qing and Russia, Ito Hirobumi angrily swept the food that was being prepared on the table to the ground, looked at the sunset that was gradually sinking in the west, and said: "God bless me Japan!" ”

After learning of this treaty in the Qing Dynasty, countless people with lofty ideals were even more indignant, and countless scholars who had previously regarded Weng Tongyi, Li Hongzao and others as idols wrote articles and scolded them angrily, angrily denouncing the two as "traitors", so that the two enjoyed the treatment of their old rival Li Hongzhang for a while. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info but although the scholars are scolding, no one dares to reprimand Prince Gong, but Sun Wen in Japan has no such concerns, and one of his essays "Betraying the Country to Seek Glory Prince Gong" has been spread by overseas Chinese, and has also been transmitted back to China, which has led to the Qing court's fear of Sun Wen deepening.

All of this has nothing to do with Werther, since the signing of the treaty, the Russian Concession in Shanghai has been officially divided, Nicholas II heard that Shanghai has set up a Russian Concession, so he is very ambitious to set up the highest administrative body of the Concession in the Concession - the Governor's Palace, the Governor of the Governor's Mansion was appointed by Tsar Nicholas II himself, and Witte is the first Governor of the Russian Concession in Shanghai.

So Werther, who considered himself unlucky, was busy setting up an administrative system and a security system within the planned territory. Wittisian modeled after the Anglo-American Public Concession, set up a Taxpayers' Committee to exercise the powers of Parliament, and anyone who invested 5 million silver dollars at one time was automatically elected as a member of the Taxpayers' Committee, and the chairman and vice-chairman of the committee were elected by all the members, and then they were responsible to the Governor of the Governor's Office. The Taxpayers' Council has the power to supervise and advise on the Governor's House and enjoys a range of political statuses.

Later, according to the actual situation, Witte set up the Civil Affairs Department, the Industry and Commerce Department, the Tax Department, the Supervision Department, the Police Department, the Guard Corps and other institutions under the Governor's Palace, and then divided the Russian Concession into five districts—the Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern, and Central Districts. Each district has set up a police station, because the consulate is located within the eastern district, so the eastern district police station is also the Shanghai Russian Concession Police Headquarters.

The staff of the Department of Civil Affairs, the Department of Industry and Commerce, the Department of Taxation, and the Department of Supervision were personally appointed by the Russian government, and after Witte reported to Tsar Nicholas II, Zagoev, who had just arrived in Shanghai, was appointed as the first director of the Department of Civil Affairs and secretary general of the Governor's Office. The chief of police and other senior officials were Russian officials, but the following police officer, Witt, began to recruit Chinese in Shanghai, which was also modeled after the French Concession and the Public Concession.

The full name of the guard is "Guard Corps of the Governor's Office of the Shanghai Concession of the Russian Empire", which is divided into the Army Guard Corps and the Naval Guard Corps (Shanghai Detachment of the Pacific Fleet), which is under the jurisdiction of the General Staff of the Russian Imperial Army, the Pacific Fleet of the Navy and the Governor-General of the Concession. On the army side, in addition to the existing 100 guards, the Russian Imperial Army will also send an infantry regiment of 1,357 men from the Far East to come on naval transport ships; The Shanghai detachment of the Pacific Fleet was based on the three cruisers that had been flying at Dagukou this time, and then sent an additional battleship and five frigates from Vladivostok.

Russia's move in Shanghai made the European and American countries, especially Britain, feel very uncomfortable, and for this reason, the British government directly sent Britain's appeal to the Russian ambassador in London, but Nicholas II, as the cousin of the British king, did not care at all, and the British government had to consider the relations between Europe and Russia, so Britain hastened the negotiations with Japan on an alliance in the Far East. Witte naturally saw all this, but he did not expect that a small change would cause so many changes, and with the current situation, it seems that the Anglo-Japanese alliance may be reached by next year at the latest, which is not good news for Russia.

Since the establishment of the Russian Concession to obtain the title of Taxpayers' Committee, Yu Qiaqing and Hartung took the lead in investing 5 million silver dollars and 20 million silver dollars respectively in the Russian Concession, so that the big businessmen of Shanghai, whether Chinese or foreign, began to invest in the Russian Concession, and most of them bought land near the Huangpu River to build factories and wharves. Hartung resigned as a director of the Ministry of Public Concession and was elected chairman of the Russian Concession Taxpayers' Committee, while Yu Qiaqing became the first Chinese vice-chairman.

After Werther was busy dealing with these things, it was already June, and the weather in Shanghai was getting hotter and hotter, so Werther came to the mansion in Nanhui County to escape the heat during this summer Hang Sheng, and at the same time, Lenin, Luxemburg, Zetkin, Bebel, Dzerzhinsky, Plekhanov and others also arrived here.

"Oops, it's so hot, why is it so hot in Shanghai in the summer?" Lenin complained while shaking a batch of folding fans that Witte had specially purchased, "Vasya, I find that you are really fit to live in the Qing Kingdom, why don't you feel the heat?" ”

Witt heard this and said, "Who said I wasn't hot, how could I have people buy these folding fans if I wasn't hot?" Alas, there is no power plant in Nanhui, otherwise I would have put an electric fan in this house. ”

While the two were still joking, Dzerzhinsky came over and said: "I just received a telegram from Karpovich that they have arrived in Hong Kong, and it is estimated that they will arrive in Shanghai in three days." ”

"So fast? It seems that we may have to move forward to the time of this conference. "Is there a place for the delegates to live?" ”

Dzerzhinsky replied: "It's all arranged. ”

"That's fine. Ilyich, after the delegates arrive, you can arrange for them to have a good rest in Xi'an, and in two days an infantry regiment of the army will be stationed in the concession, and the ships of the Shanghai detachment will soon arrive, so I will have to go back and make detailed arrangements. Witt said.

When Lenin heard this, he said: "Go and get busy, there will definitely be no problem with so many of us here." By the way, I have recently discovered that Britain's frequent contacts with Japan are probably a containment of us in the Far East. ”

Wei nodded and said: "That's right, according to some information from the European station and the Japanese branch of the Intelligence Bureau, the two sides are negotiating an alliance. We have gained a lot of benefits in the Far East this time, and at the same time we have harmed the interests of Britain and Japan. In addition, Japan is in contact with the United States and France, and a future war between us and Japan is inevitable. ”

"Vasya, if you say so, then I think the plan you originally conceived to support that person named Sun Wen should be implemented as soon as possible, I heard that Sun Wen is in Japan." Lenin said.

Witt asked, "Huh?" Don't you disagree? ”

Lenin said slowly: "I thought about it in detail afterwards, if Sun Wen can succeed in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty, then he will gain more rights and interests in the northeast, and if we go to war with Japan, then the northeast will become our logistics base, and for Japan it is the opposite." ”

"Okay, I know, I will send someone to Japan to meet Sun Wen as soon as possible." Witt said.

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