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When the League held a meeting in Hanoi, the first batch of British aid funds was secretly escorted from Hong Kong to Haiphong, and Mr. Sun sent Sun Jingjiang to receive it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The arrival of the first batch of aid funds aroused the enthusiasm of the participants, who were convinced that with the support of stable funds and weapons and equipment, the Chinese Revolutionary Party would surely achieve victory.

Speaking of both ends, when Mr. Sun and others were working hard to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, the foreign secretary of the British Empire was also busy.

After receiving the Prime Minister's authorization, Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary, immediately summoned the French ambassador to London, and explained the British plan to support the League and prepare to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, hoping that France would participate in the operation and provide the necessary financial and material support, and that Britain would support the French occupation of Guangxi Province at that time; At the same time, he told the French ambassador about the plan to split the Qing Dynasty, such as supporting Russia, letting it occupy Xinjiang, and supporting the Hui people in Gansu, establishing the Yi * Lan Ge * armed forces, forming warlords, separating the localities, and letting Russia encourage the Mongols to engage in independence, with the weapons of support, I believe that those Mongols are excellent soldiers with a little training, and they will become a nightmare for the Qing Dynasty and contain the army of the Xia Empire in the northern frontier area of the Great Qing Kingdom.

Of course, Sir Edward Grey kept the French ambassador in mind that he would plunge the Qing into a warlord war.

The French ambassador was very appreciative of the British strategy, and felt that this plan was very perfect, but the French government had been frightened by the Xia Empire and did not dare to get involved in the British against the Chinese.

The French ambassador politely rejected the British Empire's request for assistance, and France would not support the League on the surface, but could provide convenience; With the consent of the French Prime Minister, the army established by the League was allowed to operate in the Liangshan area; The city of Hanoi was allowed to be used as a transit point for the Alliance's deliveries.

Sir Edward Grey, seeing that the French were unwilling to participate, scolded the French for being cowardly and greedy; However, France can provide convenient conditions, and also set aside the Liangshan area for the League to garrison, which is already a very good result.

Sir Edward Grey went on to summon the Imperial Russian Ambassador to London, and after explaining the situation, the Russian Ambassador was very active and immediately reported the telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire.

When the news was reported to Tsar Nicholas II, he was very shocked by the British manipulation, surrounding the Qing Dynasty from three sides, and making all the frontiers of the Qing Dynasty split and fight for independence, which was very vicious, but it was very much to his liking.

After the tsar considered it in detail and weighed the pros and cons, he asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send a telegram to the ambassador in London that there was no problem in carrying out the plans of the British, the problem was that the Russian Empire did not have the money and could not support the Mongols and Hui in their quest for independence; And asked the ambassador in London to provide a low-interest loan of at least 10 million pounds from the UK to cooperate with the British action.

After receiving the telegram, the Russian Imperial ambassador to London demanded that the British government provide a low-interest loan of 15 million pounds sterling specifically to assist the Hui and Mongols in separatism and independence.

Britain had long been accustomed to the greed of the Russian Empire, and the core of this plan was to let Russia contain the armies of the Xia Empire and the Great Qing State in the west and north, so Russia's demands were excessive, and it was necessary to negotiate with patience.

And the Russian Empire obviously knows its importance in this plan, if there is no Russian containment, the rabble of the League will not be able to do anything at all, let alone confront the new army of the Great Qing State, that is, it is difficult for them to win the patrol battalions everywhere, not to mention that there are also the troops of the Xia Empire on standby in Taiwan, the Lelang Peninsula and the Liaoning Peninsula, and enter the Great Qing Kingdom from the eastern part of the Great Qing Kingdom at any time to help quell the rebellion.

In the end, Britain still brought the French government in, and as an Entente power, they participated in this plan, promising that after the success of the project, Guangxi and Hainan Island would be established independently, and France would become their protectorate, and Hunan Province would be divided into the sphere of influence of the French; After promising so many benefits, the French government agreed to provide a low-interest loan worth 5 million pounds worth of francs to Russia, and provide greater help to the League, such as sending army military instructors, strengthening the training of the League's troops and training low-level officers.

As a result, under the framework of the Entente, the three countries signed a secession agreement against the Great Qing State, and at the same time divided the sphere of influence in the Great Qing State in the future; At the same time, this also made the alliance between Britain, France and Russia closer, not only in Europe to coexist interests, to jointly suppress the rise of Germany, but also in Asia to jointly prevent the military pressure of the Xia Empire.

After that, the British still felt that they were not safe, and after a cabinet meeting, it was decided that the Americans had to be brought in, and the Americans had the right amount of money to provide loans and some gratuitous aid. However, other negotiating measures were taken against the Americans, that is, to jointly support Japan and contain the military power of the Xia Empire in Asia.

The Americans very much agreed with the British aid plan for Japan, and using Japan to contain the Xia Empire was also the Americans' previous plan, but Japan was beaten so badly that it was difficult for the United States alone to support it.

After the Japanese ceded land and paid the reparations, the navy and army were basically wiped out, and they had no strength to contain the Xia Empire; After the war, a large number of grain, salt, and other industrial products of the Xia Empire entered Japan, and they enjoyed the tax exemption policy, so that Japan's agriculture and small industries were basically bankrupt, and the country's tax revenue was less than one-third of the pre-war period, and it was difficult to even repay the reparations.

In view of this situation, Britain and the United States decided to provide industrial aid to Japan, using Japan's cheap labor to build a large number of factories in Japan, especially labor-intensive factories, and in the case of Japan's profits, their own capital can also have a good return, and they can dump to Japan the products that the Xia Empire does not have advantages, such as the old equipment that has been eliminated and used to build factories in Japan; The other is to provide low-interest loans and free aid to Japan to help Japan develop its military industry; for this reason, the United States has begun to sell a large number of scrap steel to Japan, so that Japan's steel mills and shipyards can operate normally.

The Japanese knew that the Xia Empire had crushed Japan's agriculture with cheap grain, and that Japan had just organized the agricultural population into industrial workers, and that cheap grain provided a good opportunity for Japan to develop its industry, and that it would ensure that the workers had enough to eat without providing them with very high wages.

For the Japanese, who urgently need to develop industry, British and American aid is simply a pie in the sky, this is the only chance for Japan to rise, and if it is missed, it will forever become a colony of the Xia Empire, so no matter what conditions Britain and the United States propose, they all accept it unconditionally.

Through a series of diplomatic efforts by the British, Britain, France, the United States, and Russia were closely united, which was an unexpected gain for the British.