"Welcome, Your Excellency Ambassador David." Yuan Shikai tried his best to keep his head low, now the British are his masters, and without the British loan, the Beiyang Group will not be able to sustain it for a day. According to the analysis of their staff, the Japanese did not have the ability to threaten China in a short period of time after losing the war, and the only thing that could restrain China was their own Beiyang Group, so the British made great efforts to support themselves, from money to weapons and equipment, and the Beiyang Army was living a good life during this time.

David is 1.63 meters tall, like a dwarf among Westerners, but he has a good family, and his own ability is reasonable, so he can reach the position of ambassador of a country in the officialdom. He looked up at Yuan Shikai, who was taller than himself, and seemed very dissatisfied that a Qing man actually suppressed himself in height.

Yuan Shikai shrewdly sensed David's dissatisfaction, and immediately bent his waist to more than seventy degrees, the braid at the back of his head drooped to his neck, and he couldn't find fault with his servile appearance, so Ambassador David's mood was a little better: "Mr. Yuan, this ambassador has brought greetings from Lord Henry, Prime Minister of the British Empire, as well as requirements for the anti-China alliance. ”

"Anti-Chinese alliance? Is it aimed at Huaguo? If you need us to do anything, just ask, and we will do our best to do it. Yuan Shikai was overjoyed, sure enough, the British would not watch Huaguo grow bigger step by step, and would definitely make a move. Recently, a tense atmosphere can be clearly felt in the north, the number of high-ranking nobles who have fled abroad is increasing every day, and the second Northern Expedition of China is approaching, and they have no intention of concealing it at all.

"Yes, in order to ensure order in the Far East and Mr. Yuan's rule over China, the British Empire decided to organize an anti-Chinese alliance to completely wipe out the ******** of China from the face of the earth. The members are among the top powers on the planet. Mr. Yuan's Beiyang Group can join the anti-China alliance as an observer to see if it accepts you as a full member. ”

"Yes, yes, what Ambassador David said is extremely true, I am very self-aware, and I am willing to be an observer of the alliance, and the 230,000 troops of the Beiyang Army are waiting for them. As soon as Ambassador David gave the order, they all went to the south! ”

David nodded, although he can enjoy the treatment of a king here, it is better in China, and when he finishes this vote and strives to be transferred back to China, there are several canaries waiting for him!

"Your task is to receive the Russian and Japanese troops, to select the barracks for proper placement, and to form a coalition with the Japanese and Russian armies. The Japanese Marshal Kodama Gentaro commanded the war against China. Logistics and transportation are handled by a fleet of British and American maritime transport vessels, mainly from the United States. ”

"Wait, Your Excellency Ambassador David, isn't it unsafe to transport at sea, the Chinese Navy has super warships."

"Don't worry about this, the great British Empire will send a powerful fleet from the mainland to coordinate the fleets of the allies and completely eliminate the threat at sea in China. Under siege by hundreds of warships. The Chinese super warship will sink into the sand. David said confidently.

"The attack on China is mainly on land and sea, and the two are coordinated with each other. Commanded by British Field Marshal Baron Jackie Fisher. I will leave Baron Fisher's liaison officer, and all actions will be subject to the orders conveyed by the liaison officer, and of course, after the Allied Army Command is established, you will have to obey the orders of Japanese Field Marshal Kodama Gentaro. Now the Japanese and Russian armies have set out from the northeast and are expected to pass through the Shanhai Pass on April 10. Your task is to meet in Beijing and then head south. ”

If it is a war being fought on the territory of China, and it is an army that unites foreign countries to attack its own country, will it be called a "traitor" and a "traitor"? And that's Japan and Russia, and the greed for land never ends. What will Beiyang lose after this battle? What do you get?

"Your Excellency, the British have an order, and of course I am doing everything, but will Japan and Russia not leave after the war? What do we get out of this? ”

"Mr. Yuan, please pay attention to your identity, with your current status, what can you rely on to discuss interests with me? If it weren't for Britain, the Beiyang Group would have been swallowed up by China a long time ago, and you, Yuan Shikai, would also become Lu Liang's prisoner! After the matter is completed, Beiyang will become the actual leader of China, and you, Yuan Shikai, will also become the supreme ruler of China, and there is no problem even being called the emperor, can't these satisfy you? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, call the emperor, call the emperor, I will force the Manchu Qing to abdicate, and the action of Beiyang after the emperor is justified, borrowing the armies of Japan and Russia to crusade against the southern Chinese country, in the name of counterinsurgency, who will find fault? Hahahaha, yes, this kind of thing is not uncommon even in history, then the Li family in Taiyuan didn't establish the Tang Dynasty with the help of the power of the Turks, and then it didn't become orthodox in the Central Plains, what I did was a copy of the Li family back then! Yuan Shikai kept convincing himself in his heart that all the costs and all the payments were floating clouds in front of the emperor!

Yuan Shikai, who had made up his mind, just wanted to reply to David, when he heard even more shocking words: "Mr. Yuan, I gave you what you wanted, so let's talk about what you need to pay." ”

Isn't it something you need to pay for accepting Japanese and Russian troops into the Central Plains? Yuan Shikai's eyes widened, just convincing himself to accept the Japanese and Russian armies into the Central Plains would cost him a lot of strength, and it was not difficult to guess what David said next, it was nothing more than land cutting, right of way, trade, etc., so what was the difference between himself and the Manchu traitors?

Regardless of Yuan Shikai's contradictions, David said to himself: "In order to repay Japan and Russia for sending troops to help you destroy China, you need to cede Northeast China to Japan and Russia, of which Japan will get all of Liaodong and the area north of Mukden to Changchun. North of Changchun was owned by Russia. In addition, the north of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang and Mongolia belonged to Russia, and the entire island of Taiwan, Jeju Island, and the Ryukyu Islands belonged to Japan. In Korea, Japan and Russia have two parts, the north and the south. ”

"After the war, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Jiangsu provinces were ceded to the British, who at the same time had control of the Yangtze River valley and ownership of the Canton-Hankou Railway, which could garrison troops along the Yangtze River and along the railway. Ceded Guangxi Province to France, Hunan Province to the Netherlands, Belgium, and Austria-Hungary, Anhui Province to Italy and the United States, and Sichuan and Yunnan to Britain. Ceded Shandong to Japan and Britain. ”

After a series of concessions, Yuan Shikai half-squatted on the ground and gasped, he must not do this, he must not do this, if he agrees, Huaxia will be torn apart, there is not much left of the country, and he will become a sinner of the nation!

"Mr. Yuan, if you disagree, I need you to give an answer now, and if Mr. Yuan agrees, we can support you to become emperor in the shortest possible time, and ensure that you will not be hindered by anything."

Facts have proved that in the face of interests, any qualified politician will throw out his conscience and choose the path that is most beneficial to him. David didn't wait too long, half an hour later Yuan Shikai successfully convinced himself that history is written by the victors, as long as he gains power, as long as he ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, how the future generations will evaluate it is not up to them?

After David left, a high-level meeting was held within the Beiyang Group, compared with Yang Du and others who agreed, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and other generals of the army were silent with a blue face, compared to them, they still retained some of the integrity of the soldiers, Yuan Gongbao is a traitor, more than Cixi is a traitor, there is no ruler in history who has sold his land so hard. There are also Yang Du, these people, who are full of economy on weekdays, say what a master of Chinese culture, and at the critical moment, he actually agrees with Yuan Shikai, from now on, I am afraid that there will be no such country as China, and there is no such term as Chinese studies!

Despite their inner opposition, in order to maintain their position, the generals did not openly oppose it. After the basic unanimity, Yuan Shikai began to make preparations before the war, recalled Liang Dunyan in the south, and welcomed the Japanese and Russian troops entering Shanhaiguan. The Anglo-American transport fleet docked at the port of Tianjin, the first batch of more than 150 ships transported a large amount of materials, including food, military uniforms, etc., war materials, during the Russo-Japanese War, the two countries placed huge orders to Britain and the United States, and later due to China's participation in the war, the sea route was cut off, and the materials could not be transported in, and were temporarily stored in warehouses. Now it is provided to the Allies more than half a million troops, and it can also keep the factory running at full capacity, bringing high profits.

During the Russo-Japanese War, the San Francisco Consortium seized the opportunity to establish and renovate many factories, and obtained the qualification to produce munitions, and a large number of imitations of Japanese and Russian-made weapons, and the production lines of firearms and ammunition were at full capacity, so that the San Francisco Consortium had the largest arms production enterprise in the United States, and began to imitate artillery of various calibers. This production capacity overjoyed Britain, who completely solved the dilemma of the lack of supplies for the Allied ground forces, and also made other American consortia jealous. Seeing that the San Francisco consortium was in difficulty because of the cut off of steel exports to China, I didn't expect to receive a large order because of the anti-China alliance, which is really TM good luck!

A war of this magnitude could not be prepared in a short period of time, having been planned from the beginning of 1906 to April and carried out in April, the British estimated that the war would break out in early 1907, based on the duration of the expeditionary fleet's voyages. Before sea supremacy, the ground forces were not suitable for large-scale offensive operations, because their material transportation routes were entirely dependent on sea routes. (To be continued.) )