I have always admired Keqiang, because Keqiang is a real doer, not a person who is good at letting go of empty cannons. Yang Shuoming looked at Huang Xing and said. Of course, Huang Xing knew that Yang Shuoming said that it was good to release the empty cannon, and the person who was "empty" showed bitterness on his face

In fact, it can't be said that he doesn't do practical things. "Yang Shuoming handed Huang Xing the newspaper containing the news of Huang Yuansheng's murder and the report of his assassination on the street, but this kind of thing is inevitably despicable."

I don't know what happened to him. Huang Xing sighed and shook his head, knowing that it was wrong, and he had to continue to do it.

But there are still so many hot-blooded young people blindly following him," Yang Shuoming remembered his beloved wife and Sister Jiang, whom she had always admired," sighed, and every time he saw so many outstanding young people throwing their blood in useless places, he felt extremely heartbroken. ”

That's why I left. Huang Xing's eyes also flashed with sadness, and his voice became choked. Seeing Huang Xing's uncomfortable appearance, Yang Shuoming didn't want to stimulate him anymore, and his health was not very good, so he didn't continue.

After a while, Yang Shuoming saw that Huang Xing's mood gradually calmed down, and changed the topic, and asked: Keqiang, do you want to know the recent progress of this peace talks? ”

Of course I want to know. Huang Xing nodded, smiled bitterly, and said that if there is anything that harms the country's sovereignty and interests, Huang should refuse to die. Hearing Huang Xing's words, full of bitterness and helplessness, Yang Shuoming also sighed, and then talked to Huang Xing about the peace talks in the past two days. After the US side proposed an adjournment of the meeting, the Chinese and Japanese delegations from the other side began to rest under the arrangement of the US side, "In fact, it was not really an adjournment, and the US side separately had informal contacts with the principal representatives of China and Japan, listened to the attitudes and demands of the two sides on the peace talks, and made preparations for mediation." Because Gu Weijun and US President Wilson had a close personal relationship, Wilson and Youxin also repeatedly said that they would help China, and the members of the Chinese delegation were very happy. From the point of view of the United States, China's military action against Japan this time (in order to facilitate the peace talks, the United States deliberately avoided such sensitive words as war), although it has won a considerable victory, on the whole, Japan is strong and China is weak" The situation has not changed much, so in order to reach the necessary concessions for the peace talks, it is necessary to launch a full-scale war of aggression against China after Japan recovers from the damage caused by the rat skinny, and it is still difficult for China to resist with its current national strength. The Chinese delegation is also well aware of this, so it agrees with the views of the United States and expresses its willingness to make concessions. Yang Shuoming told Huang Xing that before the Chinese delegation left Beijing for the United States, Yuan Shikai had held a special meeting on the bottom line of concessions in the talks, and the policy set was to ensure that Shandong would "shelve Taiwan and cede profits to Fengtian," that is, to ensure that Japanese forces withdrew from Shandong as much as possible, and to agree with Japan in the northeast to retain the benefits it had gained since the Russo-Japanese War, and to strive to confine Japanese influence to the South Manchurian region. As for the Taiwan issue, it was used as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the Japanese, and there was no hope of success.

Yuan Shikai's policy of negotiation was actually quite rational, and it was not as profitable and wise as those in China who were shouting slogans to take back all rights and interests, nor was it weak enough to sell the fruits of victory in exchange for peace. Counting on the complete expulsion of Japanese power from China now is tantamount to a dream.

The generosity and rationality shown by the Chinese delegation after informing the US side of the bottom line won the appreciation and support of the US side. Unlike the good atmosphere that was created during the contacts between China and the United States, the contacts between the United States and the Japanese delegation were much more laborious. Because of the good personal relationship between Gu Weijun and Wilson, Wilson told Gu Weijun the details of the private contacts between the US side and the Japanese side, so that the Chinese delegation could keep abreast of the off-site talks between the US and Japanese sides. At the same time, the United States also promised to put appropriate pressure on the Japanese side to accept China's proposals. Because in this negotiation, the U.S. side of the United States and Japan "are not only for China. In order to test the Japanese side's cards, US Secretary of State Lansing held a secret meeting with Takaaki Kato and Kikujiro Ishii, and a heated debate arose between the two sides during the talks, mainly focusing on the two aspects of open door and special interests. At the beginning of the talks, in a pragmatic manner, Xin admitted that Japan has special interests in China based on Japan's geographical location, "but at the same time, Xin insisted that such interests are not political interests." ,

Japanese Foreign Minister Takaaki Kato, for his part, completely disagreed with Youxin's statement, insisting that Japan's interests reside in the whole of China, "and the Americans certainly cannot accept this, and the talks between the two sides have reached an impasse from the beginning." Seeing that the Americans only recognized Japan's special interests in South Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia, "Kikujiro Ishii even went so far as to compare the relations between China and Japan to those between the United States and Mexico" under the guise of "the Monroe Doctrine of Asia," and Ishii claimed that ideas similar to the Monroe Doctrine existed not only in the Western Hemisphere, but also in the East."

The stubbornness and arrogance shown by the Japanese side made the Americans very angry, and the American side also realized Japan's ambitions, so in the subsequent riddle, the United States has always spoken on the side of China, intentionally or unintentionally.

After the rest of the Chinese and Japanese delegations, the two sides began a 10-round meeting of mysteries, and the arguments were very fierce, and under pressure from the American side, Japan no longer demanded that the 21 countries be the basis for negotiations, but instead insisted on inheriting all German rights and interests in Shandong, as well as special interests in Manchuria and Mongolia, and demanded that China compensate Japan for its losses in the war, while the Chinese side resolutely refused to discuss the Shandong issue and agreed only to discuss the South Manchurian question. Seeing the tough behavior of the Chinese delegation, Japanese Foreign Minister Takaaki Kato interrupted the talks several times, withdrew from the venue, and threatened to let the sound of artillery sound again in this land, "and you will wake up," issued a blatant blackmail and intimidation.

Although our country has repelled the Japanese invasion this time, the situation in which the enemy is strong and we are weak has not changed. "Huang Xing listened to Yang Shuoming's explanation, and said worriedly, although Japan has suffered heavy losses due to the loss of rats, but it has gradually subsided, once the national strength is restored, it is likely to use troops against our country again, if we can use the peace talks that we are insisting on now, and exchange the benefits of a corner of South Manchurian for the opportunity of peaceful development for more than ten years, it is also worth it." Hearing Huang Xing say this, Yang Shuoming nodded approvingly. Huang Xing's words once again proved his previous judgment, and as revolutionary fathers, Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen were two completely different types of people.

and the Ran Jian Wanghanzhi and Lu Gu Ergong went all out to fight for the power of the country. Huang Xing continued.

This natural gram is reassuring. "Yang Shuoming said that he invited Keqiang to come today to talk to Keqiang about the military matter."

In terms of military affairs, Xing didn't dare to get an axe in front of Hanzhi. Huang Xing smiled bitterly and shook his head, Xing is known as a soldier in the party, but his record in his life is more defeated and less victorious, how dare he say it again.

The ruler is short, the inch is long, Keqiang is not polite, "Yang Shuoming said, Yi Keqiang looks at this peace talks, my country cannot recover all the benefits in the case of victory in the war, where is the difference? ”

China's navy and army strength are too far from Japan's. Huang Xing sighed and said, especially the navy, I saw the Japanese ship King Kong damaged for our army on the pier on the eve of my departure, although the ship was damaged, but at a glance, its power is still not comparable to our navy. I still feel terrified when I think about it now. ”

What Keqiang said is right, iron and blood are strong, there is no strong military and developed industry and commerce, and freedom and democracy are all empty talk. "Yang Shuoming nodded, what I want to do now is to strive to let Keqiang see me within a few years, and the Chinese Navy also has this majestic giant ship."

How can it be? "Technology, talents, we don't have anything now," Huang Xing's eyes widened for a while, and he stared at the handsome face of the young man in front of him, trying to figure out if he was joking.

Technology and talent are indeed in short supply in our country. Yang Shuoming nodded, showing a confident smile, as for the funds, there is no big problem now. Of course, Yang Shuoming would not tell Huang Xing what was the real source of the large amount of money he spent on buying artillery, trucks, and other equipment from the United States because he was able to defeat the Japanese army in Shandong.

Investing all his earnings in the overseas gold futures market is only he, a time-traveler from later generations, dares to make such a desperate bet.

The problem of warships is not too difficult to solve, and it is the people who operate the warships that are difficult to solve. Yang Shuoming said that he invited Keqiang to come today to discuss this matter with Keqiang.

What does Hanzhi want to do? Huang Xing asked with excitement on his face.

I plan to set up a nautical school in the United States to train my Chinese maritime talents, would you like to help me? Yang Shuoming said that Keqiang has been overseas for a long time, and people are very hopeful, and with the help of Keqiang, it should be effective in getting twice the result with half the effort. Huang Xing understood what Yang Shuoming meant, and excitement flashed in his eyes, he nodded solemnly, and began to ask Yang Shuoming about the details. It may have been a relationship that has been talked about for a long time, Yang Shuoming noticed that Huang Xing's face was not very good, he knew that Huang Xing's liver disease was quite serious now, so he stopped the conversation in a timely manner, took Huang Xing to his own place, and asked the medical team that came with him to "treat Huang Xing." When Yang Shuoming returned to his residence, it was already late. ,

Why did you come back so late? Mr. Gu and Mr. Lu both came to ask where you have been. Huang Yunzhi brought Yang Shuoming a cup of hot coffee and said, Manager Sun and Lao Wu telegraphed, they should be able to arrive tomorrow.

Got it. Yang Shuoming drank the coffee and nodded.

I saw Huang Keqiang today," Yang Shuoming said as he returned the cup to his beloved wife

Have you met Mr. Huang? Huang Yunzhi's water-cutting pupils flickered immediately

I invited him to join the Socialist Party, and he promised to consider it. Yang Shuoming looked at her excited appearance and smiled slightly, but his physical condition was not very good, and I had already arranged for Miss Liu to give him medicine.

Sister Jiang will be very happy to find out. Huang Yunzhi said happily.

Mr. Gu and Mr. Lu didn't tell you about the progress of the negotiations? Yang Shuoming looked at his watch and gave up his plan to go to Lu Gu and the others for details, and casually asked his beloved wife.

No. Huang Yunzhi said, but I heard Mrs. Lu say that the Japanese still insist on Shandong, and they have said cruel words to the Americans and threaten to withdraw from the talks.

Is it? Yang Shuoming sneered, then I'd better consider giving them some explosive news now." Huang Yunzhi was puzzled by Yang Shuoming's explosive point, she didn't think much about it at this time, but got up and went to prepare a meal for Yang Shuoming. At this time, she had no idea that her beloved husband's imminent revelation would change the course of World War I. Juren Hall, Zhongnanhai, Beijing.

How did this get out? ”

Yuan Shikai pointed to the news on the front page of the "Shuntian Times" that "China is ready to send troops to Europe to participate in the war at the invitation of the Entente Powers," and angrily asked Xu Shuzheng, vice minister of the army.

This could never have been passed out by someone from the War Department. Xu Shuzheng shouted in his heart that he was wronged, and replied that the only person in the Taoist Department who knew about the situation was me, and Chief Duan didn't know." At the beginning of the year, after seeing China's military strength in defeating Japan, Britain and France, the main members of the Entente bloc in Europe, urged China to join the Allied side to fight, and Yuan Shikai was quite cautious about this, and out of disgust with Japan, which also belonged to the camp of the Allied powers, Yuan Shikai did not agree for a long time on the grounds that China was in financial difficulties due to the Japanese invasion. Because the Chinese Army has been using the French to learn from the German Army, and the guns and artillery of the German Army are mostly German, Yuan Shikai has a considerable understanding of Germany's strength, and the successive defeats of the three major Entente powers in the European theater have aggravated Yuan Shikai's worries and fears about "standing on the wrong side", although it seems that the strength of the Entente is much stronger than that of the German-Austrian group, but Yuan Shikai has never made up his mind. In order to prevent the leakage of information from causing unnecessary turmoil, Yuan Shikai has always taken strict secrecy measures against the negotiation of entering the war with the Entente bloc, and only a very small number of people in the top echelons of the Chinese government know about it. But what Yuan Shikai didn't expect now was that such a core secret "actually appeared in the newspaper."

I sent someone to the newspaper and asked them about the news that it was reprinted in an American newspaper. Liang Shizhao looked at Yuan Shikai's face cautiously and said, It shouldn't have come from within the government.

After listening to Liang Shizhao's words, Yuan Shikai's color was a little needed, Xu Shuzheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and on the surface, he still looked sincere and frightened.

Judging by the vague language mentioned in this newspaper, most of them are speculative, and it is likely that Sun's anti-party remarks were made up out of nothing. Yang Du took the newspaper in Yuan Shikai's hand and looked at it, and said that the Sun family rebelled against the party, and assassinated Huang Yuansheng in Rijin Mountain the day before yesterday, perhaps to clear the obstacles.

If it is really the Sun family's rebellion, what benefits can they get by doing this? "Yuan Shikai walked in the room with his hands behind his back, pacing in annoyance, Japan had spared no effort in the newspapers and media to slander the combat strength of our army, it can be seen that he was afraid of the Sun family of our country participating in the war, and now at this time, what is the reason for going the other way?" Listening to Yuan Shikai's words, Yang Du frowned, and fell into contemplation little by little. It is no secret among the officials of the Chinese Government that Japan, which is anxious and corrupted because it fears that China's participation in the Entente's war against Germany will enhance China's international status, has been obstructing Britain, France, and Russia in many ways to win over China's participation in the war. At this time, of course, Yuan Shikai would not have thought that the Sun family, who was far away in Tokyo, was also puzzled by this.

On the issue of participating in the war, there were many opinions within the Yuan government, and there were many people in favor and against it. "Today, I look at the increasingly haggard face of the Kuomintang leader Li Yuanhong is one of the opponents."

The most advantageous scenario for us was China's participation in the fight on the side of Germany. "A Chinese said, but I think this kind of sub-player is very unlikely." ,

Of course, Yuan Shikai is not a fool, he will either remain neutral, or he will join the Entente to fight, and he will never choose Germany. "The Japanese glanced at the Chinese with contempt, as if they were mocking the Chinese's low intelligence, and Yuan Shikai was very proficient in the knowledge of standing in line."

Lin Shen misunderstood me," the KMT leader didn't seem to hear their conversation, but slammed his fist on the paper, startling the two of them and the Japanese girl standing aside.

Lin Shen can't be blamed for this matter, all the people he sent out are the best people, and he has done his best. "The Chinese saw the leader's dissatisfaction with Lin Shen's assassination failure, and defended Lin Shen, and could only say that this Yang Shuoming was more cunning than Zheng Rucheng, and would have taken the lead."

This incident also shows that the quality of the personnel of the North American branch of your party is too poor," the Japanese said sarcastically, if they had received special training from the intelligence department of the Emperor and China, perhaps they would have been able to complete this task alone, instead of using hooligans to complete the task like your people. ”

After listening to the words of the Japanese, the leader of the Kuomintang nodded unconsciously.

Including the action of killing Huang Yuansheng, they did not complete it well. The Japanese went on to say that the black cauldron that killed him should be carried by Yuan Shikai, just like Song Jiaoren did that time. But they made it clear that they had done it. The greatest benefit of this event has not only been wasted, but has had an even worse counterproductive effect. (To be continued.)