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Since the League was expelled by the Japanese government last year, most of its members have gone to the British and French colonies in Indochina or to Europe, and there is no soil for the League to survive on the territory of the Xia Empire and the territory of the Philippines, Honolulu, San Francisco and other Americans. Only a small number of members of the League changed their names and surnames and then absconded back to the Qing Dynasty to continue to pursue what they considered to be noble causes. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Song Jiaoren was telegraphed to withdraw from the Alliance, which gave the Alliance a big blow; Then Song Jiaoren announced that he had joined the nationality of the Xia Empire, and soon became the vice governor of the Xia Empire, and after the Spring Festival, he served as the vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Xia Empire; At the invitation of Song Jiaoren, Tao Chengzhang arrived in Beijing after the Spring Festival, Zhang Wei knew that Tao Chengzhang was a real revolutionary and patriot, so he told Premier Zheng Daoyou, appointing him as the vice minister of the Ministry of Education, hoping that he could continue to contribute to the Chinese, but Tao Chengzhang refused the appointment, he felt that his level was not as good as Cai Yuanpei, so he recommended Cai Yuanpei to the Xia Empire as the vice minister of the Ministry of Education, and after getting Zhang Wei's consent, he personally sent a telegram to Cai Yuanpei, inviting him to the Xia Empire as the vice minister of education, Cai Yuanpei had long understood the importance that the Xia Empire attached to education, so he gladly accepted this appointment; And Tao Chengzhang himself opened the "Nanyang Daily" in Beijing.

The departure of Cai Yuanpei and Tao Chengzhang also took away the original members of the Restoration Society, and they joined the nationality of the Xia Empire together; Xu Xilin, Qiu Jin, Zhang Taiyan and others felt that the revolution was hopeless, and under the leadership of Cai Yuanpei and others, they successively arrived in Shangjing and joined the nationality of the Xia Empire; Again, this will be a big blow to the Alliance.

Mr. Sun, Hoang Hung and others had been living in the French colony of Hanoi, living on the few war bonds issued, and most of the members were now living in hardship. Most of the overseas Chinese and Chinese had no interest in war bonds at all, let alone the Alliance, and now they have stopped even collecting donations, and the little money they have collected is not even enough for the fund-raising personnel.

All the members of the League transferred their hatred to the Xia Empire, believing that the Xia Empire and the Manchus of the Great Qing Kingdom were reactionary forces wearing a pair of pants, and if it were not for the pressure on Japan from the Xia Empire, the Japanese government would not have expelled them, otherwise the League has now developed tens of thousands of troops with the support of Japan, and has even occupied several provinces in the south of the Great Qing Kingdom, and has gained a firm foothold in the Great Qing Kingdom, and the current suffering is caused by the Xia Empire, and the Xia Empire and the Manchu Qing are both enemies of the League and are objects to be defeated.

It's just that now the Xia Empire's military strength is too strong, so strong that they look up to it, even if they list the Xia Empire as an enemy of the Alliance, they don't dare to really be an enemy of it.

Just when Mr. Sun was depressed and had nowhere to vent, God finally opened another window for him, and Sir Anderson, the Governor of the Straits Settlements of the British Empire, sent someone to find him and invited him to Singapore to discuss important matters, which gave Mr. Sun a little hope and rekindled his fighting spirit.

Mr. Sun, Huang Xing and others took a boat south to Singapore at the fastest speed.

In Singapore, they were received by Sir Anderson at the Governor's House.

Sir Anderson warmly hugged Mr. Sun: "It's a pleasure to meet you, and welcome to Singapore!" “

Mr. Sun also responded enthusiastically to Sir Anderson.

Without discussing anything, he first set up a banquet in accordance with the Chinese tradition, entertained Mr. Sun and others, and specially hired Chinese chefs to cook according to Chinese tastes.

Huang Xing waited for such a long time, and when he saw so many delicacies, he immediately ate and drank. Only Mr. Sun was contemplating while eating, this is the life that a human being should live, no matter how much suffering lies ahead, no matter how much price he pays, he cannot stop the pace of revolution, and if he does not succeed, he will become benevolent.

After a full meal, everyone came to Anderson's study, and Anderson first introduced the strength and hegemony of the Xia Empire, which had destroyed the stability and peace in the Nanyang region; At the same time, the Xia Empire actively developed its own power in the Great Qing Kingdom, destroying the trade pattern that had long been formed by various countries, and also dumping grain and salt at low prices into the Great Qing Kingdom, resulting in the continuous decline of salt taxes and customs taxes in the Great Qing Kingdom, and the Great Qing Kingdom was forced to raise taxes in other aspects, and the Xia Empire was the root cause of the hardships of the people of the Great Qing Dynasty.

Mr. Sun echoed: "We have also been harmed by the Xia Empire, otherwise we have now occupied the southern part of the Great Qing Kingdom with the support of Japan, but now even life is very miserable, the Xia Empire is too domineering." “

Sir Anderson was very happy in his heart, this Mr. Sun was really good, and said busily and sadly: "I have heard about the fate of the League in Japan, and I sympathize with you, and hope that we can join forces to fight against the arrogance of the Xia Empire. “

"Your Excellency, we also want to unite with your country, but now we are in a precarious situation, and even life is miserable, I am afraid that we will disappoint Your Excellency the Governor."

"Haha, Mr. Sun is too modest, I know your status among the Chinese, I hope you can continue to fight as always, never give up until the end, who wins and who loses, you can't draw conclusions until the end."

"We are now more than enough and not enough!" Mr. Sun's strategy is not to see the rabbit and not to scatter the eagle, there is no certain benefit, don't think about working for your British Empire.

Sir Anderson continued: "Mr. Sun is wrong, but your popularity is an incomparably great asset. As long as you can put it to good use, there will definitely be unexpected gains. “

"I don't understand what His Excellency the Governor means, please make it clear!"

Anderson felt that he couldn't talk about it like this, so it was better to pick and choose, so he said: "The enemy of the enemy is a friend, we all hate the hegemony of the Xia Empire, and now we are standing on the same front to take revenge on the Xia Empire together, I don't know if Mr. Sun has the courage to do so?" Or the courage to keep fighting? “

"Your Excellency the Governor, for the sake of the revolution, we are not afraid, such a little suffering and setbacks will only make our alliance more and more courageous, how can we say that we have no courage and courage?"

Sir Anderson was very pleased when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Okay, what I want is Mr. Sun's pride." We, the British Empire, have decided to cooperate with Mr. Sun, and the conditions are similar to the contract you signed with the Japanese Empire, I wonder if Mr. Sun dares to sign a cooperation agreement? “

Mr. Sun's heart was bubbling with beauty, but he didn't show it on his face, but in his heart he despised the inferior radicalization of the British, and still said unhurriedly: "Your Excellency the Governor, please tell me how the British Empire wants to cooperate, and your conditions!" We have a basis for cooperation without violating principles. “

"Refreshing, talking to Mr. Sun is refreshing! The content of our cooperation is to give 500,000 taels of silver per month for a total of 30 months, 15 million taels of silver, to help you train your army, and sell you weapons, hoping that you can occupy the area south of the Yangtze River and establish a new country. “

"Your Excellency the Governor, we cannot agree to your request, we must drive the Manchu court out of Peking, not just occupy the area south of the Yangtze River, besides, 500,000 taels of silver per month is not enough to form an army at all, except for the cost of weapons and ammunition, clothing, food, etc., the real cost of recruiting soldiers is too little; Also, please explain your conditions. “

Anderson was afraid that Mr. Sun would open his mouth and decided to retreat, so he said: "Then please Mr. Sun first tell you your conditions, to see if our British Empire can meet them, if we can't meet them, there is no need to talk about it." “

At this time, Huang Xing and the others were sweating in their hearts, afraid that the talks would collapse and miss this good opportunity, so they were busy squeezing their eyes at Mr. Sun, hoping that he would agree to the cooperation plan proposed by the British.

After all, Mr. Sun was more calm, pretending not to see everyone's expressions, in fact, he himself was very worried that the conversation would collapse, but since the words had already been spoken, it was difficult to take them back, so he pretended to think for a while and said: "Your Excellency the Governor, myself, and the Confederacy are very eager to cooperate with your country, but I want to see your sincerity, you must know that you are only paying money, and we are paying for our lives, which is not equal in itself, do you say yes?" “

Sir Anderson scolded the cunning Chinese in his heart, damned Chinese, but he smiled on his face, and then said: "I appreciate Mr. Sun's straightforwardness, then I will express the sincerity of our British Empire, and provide 1 million taels of silver per month, for 2 years, a total of 24 million taels of silver, what do you think?" If not, then I can't do anything, this is the final mandate given to me by the council. “

This time it was 9 million taels of silver directly higher than the last condition, which had exceeded Mr. Sun's psychological expectations, and he was very happy, but he still asked without changing his face: "Your Excellency the Governor, thank you for your friendship with us, I hope we can cooperate, but before that, I want to hear what your country's requirements are, and if we can't do it, I don't dare to ask for this money." ”

Sir Anderson felt that Mr. Sun's question was to agree to the plan of cooperation, so he took out a sketch map of the Qing Dynasty, and then pointed to the map and said: "Our request is that Tibet and Yunnan Dehong, Baoshan, Pu'er, and Lincang are the four mountains to the south of the mountains, and the three mountains of Dali, Lijiang, and Diqing, are to be assigned to the British Empire." ”

Mr. Sun looked at the map and felt that this area was all remote areas, living in ethnic minorities, and it was all plateau and mountainous areas, poor and backward, and had no use value at all, so he agreed to Sir Anderson's request without thinking.

Anderson continued: "I don't know what territory Mr. Sun wants to occupy?" ”

After thinking about it for a while, Mr. Sun said: "The Yangtze River basin and the Yellow River basin extend to the Great Wall in the north, Xinjiang in the west, and the sea in the east. ”

Sir Anderson was very satisfied with Mr. Sun's answer, and he did not want Mr. Sun to attack the area north of the Great Wall, because it would harm the interests of its ally, the Russian Empire, and second, it would conflict with the interests of the Xia Empire in the northeast. So he said to Mr. Sun: "Mr. Sun's choice is very wise, after you founded the country, before you have the strength to resist the Xia Empire, try not to attack the Northeast region, which is the sphere of influence of the Xia Empire, if you anger the Xia Empire, it will be equivalent to giving them an excuse to attack you." When your power grows stronger, our two countries will join forces to clean up the Xia Empire. ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, please rest assured, we will not provoke the Xia Empire until we are absolutely sure. I wonder if there are other conditions for Your Excellency the Governor? ”

"The remaining conditions are simple, after you overthrow the Great Qing State, you must recognize the treaties signed by the previous countries with the Great Qing State, and must not harm the various interests of the current countries in the Great Qing State."

"We agreed to this condition."

"Alright, Mr. Sun, please wait in Singapore for a few days, and I will draw up our agreement for you to look at before sending it to the parliament for approval. I hope we can have a happy cooperation! ”

"Hope happy cooperation!"

Sir Anderson happily hugged Mr. Sun, Huang Xing and others.

Mr. Sun and other members of the League also pinned their hopes on this agreement, hoping that the British Parliament would pass this agreement as soon as possible. (To be continued.) )