Hansen thought about it, looked at Chen Wenqiang's eyes a little complicated, and he once again felt the pressure of competition. www.biquge.info believes that the US government will also receive such a proposal, and that the four-nation banking syndicate advocated by Britain to monopolize the right to lend to China is in danger of dissolving before it is formed.

In this way, the Provisional Government opened up a new channel of financing and thus avoided accepting loans set by the banking syndicates of the four countries, with harsh political conditions attached. If the United States and Germany really do this, they will inevitably have the upper hand. Britain and France have fallen behind because of the lag in information, and those national consortia that have not benefited will inevitably be angered by the negligence of the British and French ministers.

Using profit as bait to break up the great powers is a very clever and roundabout way. There are certainly not too many strings attached to private loans, and the Chinese government has a choice, taking the initiative into its own hands.

Awesome, Hansen quietly looked around the three people in the room, all of them were very young, but they already had the maturity and stability of a diplomat, plus cunning.

Self-confidence lies in being prepared. If you don't know the bottom of your heart, of course, it is difficult to accumulate confidence. Knowledge of the various situations, the accumulation of knowledge, the collection of characteristic information, as well as the necessary planning and material preparation, are very important. However, a smart leader is often able to accumulate confidence and strength even when the future is uncertain and inadequate, and express the confidence resolutely, show full confidence, fully infect and influence others, and achieve development and breakthroughs.

Others can't, maybe only Chen Wenqiang can do this. The great powers of various countries seem to be aggressive, but according to his judgment, only Japan and Russia have the ability to intervene militarily. Other countries just want to take advantage of China's chaos and rely on false intimidation to take advantage of it.

We are afraid of the interference of the great powers, and we also want to win over the support of the great powers. It is not wrong to say that we are afraid of imperialism, or to say that we still have some illusions about imperialism. But we will never beg for help from the great powers, and we have great confidence in our own victory.

Re-attempting to establish a loose alliance between China, the United States, and Germany was the first step for the Republic of China to break through the suppression, blackmail, and partition of the great powers. For this, the government of the Republic of China has paid the price and reaped the rewards. In order to raise a larger amount of money, the Bank of China began to publicly sell rubber plantations that had previously been purchased in Nanyang. Preferential policies have also been promulgated to attract foreign investment to participate in construction.

Several European powers have become deeply involved in the increasingly acute antagonisms and struggles between the two blocs (e.g., a serious dispute between France and Germany over the Moroccan question, involving their friendly countries), a struggle that involves their closest interests and ties them so that neither of them can devote more military power to the Far East and can only deal with China's emerging problems by political means. In particular, Britain, which had the greatest influence in China at that time, was eager to use peaceful means to bring the situation to a calmer place, since the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, where the Chinese revolution was most active, were its sphere of influence, and the expansion of the war was bound to have a direct impact on and damage its interests.

Of course. The frequent contacts between China, Germany, and the United States, as well as the subtle changes in the attitude of Germany and the United States towards the Provisional Government, could not escape the eyes of the other powers. Britain and Japan were particularly concerned, and articles began to appear in the media accusing Britain of favoring the Manchus, discriminating against the Provisional Government, and taking advantage of the opportunity to blackmail, and the Japanese Government secretly instructed the Taihei Combination Agency, Beijing Okura & Co., to provide more than 2.7 million yen of weapons and ammunition to the Qing Government.

The provisional government officially announced the establishment of Xikang and Hainan provinces, appointed Zhao Erfeng as the commander of the Xikang Provincial Garrison, and set the capital as Ya'an. It also promised to transfer personnel and materials from Yunnan and Sichuan to provide support. And after Zhao Erfeng happily accepted the order, he stabilized the morale of the army. Set up the headquarters in the archery furnace (Kangding) to deter Tibet.

Speaking of Zhao Erfeng, who is known as the "Zhao Butcher" in history, he actually has an extremely glorious personal hero history. The name of "Zhao Butcher" is the 1904 Fengxi (now Gulin County) Elder Brothers' Association riot, he hunted and killed more than 3,000 local bandits, and the people of the time called it "Zhao Butcher". The term "butcher" at that time. It doesn't have to be all derogatory. In troubled times, you can't kill people, you can't kill people, you can't kill people, and you definitely can't be a good official. But killing too many people, killing people indiscriminately. Eventually, he will be killed.

What the Provisional Government and Chen Wenqiang valued was Zhao Erfeng's rich experience in reforming the land and returning it to the river in the Sichuan-Tibet border areas since 1905, abolishing the Tusi system and the privileges of the temples. Moreover, Zhao Erfeng led his troops into Tibet in 1908 and gave full play to the Sichuan-Tibet borderland, which was widely welcomed by the Kham people (also known as Jiarong Tibetans or Baima Tibetans) at that time. He also repeatedly defeated the Tibetan rebels manipulated by the British imperialists and returned to the Tibetan border region in a big way, greatly promoting the social and economic development of the Sichuan-Tibet border region. However, when the Tibetan # independence elements mentioned Zhao Erfeng, they all gritted their teeth and kept "accusing" how cruel his policy of changing the land and returning to the river was to the locals.

After the outbreak of the revolution, Zhao Erfeng, who was stationed in the archery furnace, was confined between the Sichuan Revolutionary Army and the Tibetan rebels.

After negotiating terms with the envoys sent by the Provisional Government, he immediately proposed to the Provisional Government to enter Tibet. The reason is that when the Tibetan lama regime was in charge of the Qing court, it arrogantly demanded that the Qing court carve out a "great Tibet" for them according to the previous Tibetan territory in the Tang Dynasty. This rampant pretending to be an enemy country allowed the Provisional Government to seize the handle. While denouncing the Tibetan lama regime, he began to mobilize troops from western Yunnan to prepare for the war in Tibet.

Zhu Erdian did not expect the Provisional Government to respond so quickly, and with such ingenuity that with little effort, it used the Zhao butchers, who were familiar with the local situation, to exert a kind of coercion in the Tibetan areas and possibly threaten British infiltration into Tibet.

Moreover, the Provisional Government categorically rejected his collection of customs notes, and published its opinion in the newspapers, accusing Zhu Erdian of trying to interfere with China's financial power, and also being prejudiced against the Government of the Republic, because of his arrogance and rudeness, which had affected the good feelings of the Chinese people towards Britain, and the serious consequences caused by this should be entirely borne by Zhu Erdian.

What made Britain and Japan even more frustrating was that the joint venture bank sold the first batch of shares of the Nanyang Rubber Plantation, and the only bidders invited were the American-German consortium and the Chinese business group. You must know that it is not a newly cultivated rubber plantation, but a familiar land that harvests wealth normally every year, and a large annual income of the joint venture bank.

With the development of the automobile industry, the international market price of rubber is also rising year by year, as long as the price is right. Buying it is a sure-fire deal. This move greatly displeased the consortiums, and the reply of the Provisional Government was clear, and the deal was of a grateful nature in view of the friendly attitude and sincere feelings expressed by Germany and the United States towards the Provisional Government.

The joint venture bank will sell and transfer all the rubber shares within a year to raise funds for national construction, and the next transaction will be truly commercial in nature. All consortia from various countries that are friendly to the provisional government and willing to contribute to the construction of the new China can participate, but the list is subject to review by the government and the joint venture banks. In other words, if you want to buy, you can, behave better, and your country should make a certain friendly gesture. Otherwise, you won't have your share, you can only watch and drool.

Subsequently. The joint venture bank has released another shocking news that the Balikpapan and other places jointly invested and developed with overseas Chinese in Nanyang have discovered rich oil reserves through exploration, and due to limited financial and technical resources, it is looking for partners.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the consortia of various countries immediately flocked to it, like hungry wolves. No, in the words of Zhu Erdian, it should have been like a dog wagging its tail and pounced enthusiastically. Among them, Rockefeller of the United States, Shell of the Netherlands, and the German consortium were the most active.

Subsequently, all three governments quickly expressed diplomatic support for their consortiums' fight for oil fields, and the U.S. government sent congratulatory messages to the provisional government. He expressed his willingness to resume negotiations on the rebuilding of the navy after the situation in China stabilized, so as to carry on the unfinished "Naval Loan Plan" with the Qing Dynasty, and urged the provisional government to send people to take over the completed ships.

The German government resumed the Crown Prince's visit to China and announced that it intended to recognize the Republic of China until the transition of the provisional government was completed.

And the Dutch government. He made major concessions on the discrimination and persecution of the Chinese in the Dutch East Indies with whom the Provisional Government had intervened, and promised the Dutch Government to treat the overseas Chinese living in the Dutch territories on an equal footing with the Dutch, and to punish the murderers and compensate for the losses if there was any loss of life or property.

Short-sighted and greedy capitalist, Zhu Erdian scolded hatefully. He threw the newspaper in his hand on the table.

Although the governments of the great powers had not yet recognized the Provisional Government, the Provisional Government still began to perform its diplomatic duties, and the Sino-Dutch negotiations were the first major diplomatic victory after the establishment of the Republic, and also gave new vitality to modern Chinese diplomacy, and the Provisional Government also established its prestige among the people. Moreover, the Provisional Government's tough stance and high public sentiment also brought great vigilance and pressure to Zhu Erdian.

The fact that the revolutionaries had always strictly enforced the measures for the protection of foreigners, so that the safety and interests of foreigners were not harmed or threatened in the slightest, gave the imperialist powers neither the need nor the excuse to suppress the revolution. Moreover, the flexible diplomacy shown by the Provisional Government had already created signs of division among the Great Powers, and seemed to have been implicitly supported by both the United States and Germany.

The Army, in cooperation with Germany, and the Navy requested help from the United States, took advantage of preferential policies and money-making effects to attract private capital, mainly from Germany and the United States, and avoided the four banks in the pipeline with strong political implications. Zhu Erdian admired the diplomatic skills of the provisional government, but at the same time felt that the prospects for his old friend Yuan Shikai were not very optimistic. Although the provisional government threw out the position of president, Yuan Shikai may not be able to reach a peace agreement without huge concessions.

This person can't be compared with people, you look at people, you can dig out oil by buying a piece of land at will, and then look at Lao Yuan, who sprinkled countless silver on the Manchu relatives, and just got a prime minister.

However, Yuan Shikai's delay was not without benefits, and the Qing court's millions of taels of silver were about to empty him. But the money is out, but the war still hasn't turned around.

Zhu Erdian thought that the revolutionary party wanted to show its strength and reduce the prestige of the proud soldiers of the Beiyang Army, so that it would come up with a lollipop to coax people.

Moreover, according to the latest information, in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hubei, Jiangsu, and Fujian, which are basically under the complete control of the Renaissance Society, another new-style army is being established, which is different from the current form of the revolutionary army.

At this time, Zhu Erdian finally discovered that the revolutionaries were not too soft, and they really had a lot of capital and bargaining chips, and the so-called resistance of the weak could also create a lot of trouble for themselves. Moreover, the revolutionaries are very good at using public opinion offensives and at channeling the rising national consciousness of the Chinese people. This was evident from the negotiations with the Netherlands, which caused Jurdian a headache.

Song Fuhua personally met with the first batch of disaster relief volunteers and charitable organizations from various countries, and expressed his praise for their international humanitarian spirit, and publicized the use of various funds and measures taken by the government in the first phase of disaster relief work, which was praised and recognized by civil society organizations in more countries.

Big, small, very small, as long as it is beneficial to the support and influence of the provisional government, they will not be spared. And the effect of this was clear: they and their vassals, led by virtue, began to praise the Provisional Government as "a young, energetic and imaginative government that was brave enough to reform and innovate, and responsible" that would surely "establish a new government that is solid, powerful, and capable of fulfilling all international obligations."

Zhu Erdian picked up the telegram just sent by British Foreign Secretary Gray on the table, frowned and read it carefully, Gray's telegram was to the effect of this: "...... In any case, it was very much in line with the Empire's desire to restore peace not only to the Wuhan area, but also to the whole of China as a whole, and to best safeguard the Empire's enormous economic interests in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and in the vast areas of South China. In addition, you should take a moderate approach, be careful with your words, try to maintain an impartial position, be sure not to let the frustration of the domestic consortium and the anger of the Chinese people be concentrated on the Reich government, and continue to maintain the strong position of the Reich in China, and prevent the German and American from having a seemingly growing influence in China......"

It seems that the imperial government is ready to abandon the Qing court, which is predictable, the situation in China can be stabilized as soon as possible to ensure the commercial interests of the empire, and the imperial government does not want to see the influence of Germany and the United States in China increase. That is, what kind of government China adopts does not affect its actual interests, so it is not a matter of concern to the imperial government. (To be continued.) )