Immediately after the conclusion of the Imperial Council, Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi summoned German Ambassador to China Mümmer and formally put forward Germany's demand for the return of sovereignty over the Shandong Peninsula. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the third day after the talks, German Ambassador to China Mümmer formally replied to Tang Shaoyi that Germany agreed to return sovereignty over the Shandong Peninsula, but that Germany's interests on the Shandong Peninsula must be guaranteed.

Tang Shaoyi directly agreed to the conditions of the Germans, in fact, there is nothing to dwell on, the German-occupied Shandong has long existed in name only, and the actual control of the Shandong Peninsula has long been taken back by the Chinese Empire, and there are not many Germans in Shandong in recent years, all the officials in charge are officials sent by Zhongjing, and even the people below mistakenly believe that Shandong has long been taken back.

But in fact, the two sides have been negotiating this matter, and the German side has not agreed in order to ensure their interests in Shandong, but now the situation is different, and the Germans have no meaning in occupying this nominal control, but may anger the Chinese.

Therefore, the Germans had to agree to the demands of the Chinese Empire and return the Shandong Peninsula.

As early as the establishment of the Chinese Empire, the two sides made an agreement, and the Chinese Empire guaranteed that German-funded companies would not be impacted, but all raw materials and workers must be bought and sold and hired in accordance with the regulations of the Chinese Empire, which also indirectly helped Shandong solve part of the employment problem.

The Germans wanted a guarantee that after the sovereignty of Shandong was returned, the Chinese side would continue to provide them with raw materials in accordance with the original agreement, and that they would not force workers and so on.

During the talks, Tang Shaoyi had clearly pointed out that once the European war broke out, the two sides would inevitably compete for interests on a global scale, and if Germany refused to return the sovereignty of the Shandong Peninsula, it would mean that other countries could send troops to occupy Shandong after the war, which would never be allowed.

If China were to send troops to take back Shandong, it would mean that China and Germany would face a direct war, which is not a situation that anyone wants to see. Although Germany did not have much troops in Shandong, it was theoretically possible that Japan forcibly occupied Shandong on the pretext of war with the Allies in World War I, and Wang Sirui did not want history to repeat itself, and would never allow any foreign enemy to enter the territory of the Chinese Empire again, even if only once.

In terms of military strength, the Chinese Empire can be said to have become the world's largest, occupying a large area of Russian territory in less than two years.

In the past few years, the performance of the Chinese Empire in all aspects has stunned all countries in the world, some are shocked, some are afraid, and some are excited.

Immediately afterwards, the Imperial Daily broke the news that Russia had entrusted the British side to negotiate an armistice, although it was said more tactfully, but a discerning person knew at a glance that the Russians could not stand it, and hoped that the British could help to probe the tone, if the Chinese Empire had the intention of an armistice, then it would be convenient for the two sides to sit down and negotiate.

On the same page of this news, almost half of the page was devoted to announcing that the Chinese Empire had formally recovered sovereignty over the German-occupied Shandong Peninsula, and since then, the Chinese Empire has completed 90 percent of its territorial recovery tasks, and has even bluntly pointed out that the next target for recovery is Taiwan.

For a time, the enthusiasm for the reconquest of the lost territory in China was even more passionate, and many young people and the working class took to the streets one after another to strongly support the reconquest of the lost territory of the empire and the completion of the great cause of reunifying the motherland.

In the procession, there were many forces mixed in the middle, and one of them, when they personally felt this frenzied atmosphere, suddenly burst of blood in their hearts.

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Taking advantage of this patriotic trend, the Imperial Prime Minister's Office has successively promulgated several policies, judging from the reactions of all parties, the effect is very good, if it can be fully implemented, the GDP can almost double, and it will make people more confident in dealing with the next war.

Generally speaking, people who can enter and leave the Prime Minister's Office are not invited by foreign leaders, except for government officials, but so far no foreign high-level officials have been invited, so except for their own staff, the outside world does not know what the inside of the Prime Minister's Office is like.

At noon yesterday, Wang Shizhen received a greeting post, and it was also a foreign affairs post, it stands to reason that this kind of thing should go directly to Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi, but after reading the post, Wang Shizhen still agreed to meet with the other party.

"The minister pays a greeting to Mingde, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom!" Xiang Mingde has lived in Fuzhou since 1898, so his Chinese dialect is very fluent, and it is impossible to hear that he is actually a foreigner, and his appearance has not changed much, as long as he does not reveal his bottom, few people will know his true identity.

"Hurry up, now we don't like this anymore, you have lived in the empire for so many years, and you can no longer act according to the ancient rites." Wang Shizhen sat there, waved his hand lightly, and motioned to Mingde to get up.

"Prime Minister, how do you know that the minister has been living in the empire for many years?" Xiang Mingde was stunned, he had indeed lived in Fuzhou since 1898, and his father and eldest brother were also buried in Fuzhou, but Xiang Mingde had been incognito all these years, and rarely mentioned the past to anyone.

"The empire is ashamed of you, if you don't even pay attention to it, how can you take on the throne?" Wang Shizhen smiled.

Xiang Mingde, is the second son of Xiang Zhili (Yoshimura according to the division of the Ming Dynasty), and Xiang Zhili is the royal family at the end of the second Shang dynasty of the Ryukyus, Yoshimura Goden III, Xiang Zhili is also one of the leaders of the pro-Qing at the end of the Shang dynasty, in 1879, Japan annexed Ryukyu and changed it to Okinawa Prefecture, many Ryukyu scholars who supported the Qing Dynasty were arrested by the Japanese side, including Mao Yunliang, the leader of the pro-Qing faction who was the third official, Mao Yunliang died after being arrested because of the abuse suffered by the Japanese side.

From 1894 to 1895, during the Sino-Japanese War, Xiang Zhili led the pro-Qing Ryukyu scholars to the Ryukyu temple, nominally to worship the former kings of the Ryukyus, but in fact to pray for the Qing Dynasty's victory over Japan.

In 1896, when the sons of King Shotai of the Ryukyus, Shoin and Shoshun, launched a joint movement to demand that the Japanese government increase the autonomy of Okinawa, and Xiang Zhili went to Tokyo in the hope of holding talks with the emperor to help the two princes' movement, but in the end the emperor refused to meet due to ill health, and Xiang Zhili had to return to Ryukyu.

In the same year, Xiang Zhili saw that there was no hope of recovering the country, so he led his eldest son and fourth son to the Qing Dynasty to negotiate, because the wind was too strong, and finally arrived in Wenzhou Mansion, and was sent to Fuzhou Rouyuan Post by officials for resettlement, in 1898, Xiang Zhili will go to the capital to negotiate when he contracted illness and died, at this time Xiang Mingde came to Fuzhou, and stayed after holding his father's funeral.

At that time, they still had great hopes for the Qing Dynasty, but the next few years were disappointing, and the death of the king made everyone lose their backbone, but fortunately, the Chinese Empire re-emerged within a few years, and this rise made all the Ryukyuan people excited.

Xiang Mingde managed to contact the last prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom in Japan, Shang Dian, and obtained Shang Dian's support, but before that, Xiang Mingde had never found a suitable opportunity, so this matter was delayed, plus he knew that the navy of the Chinese Empire had not yet recovered, and he could not help the Ryukyus recover, but now it is different, so Xiang Mingde came.

Listening to Wang Shizhen's words, Xiang Mingde was moved to cry bitterly, the Ryukyu Kingdom was like a child that no one wanted, being bullied everywhere in Japan, and Shangguo was difficult to take care of because of the weakness of the country, but at the moment he heard this, Xiang Mingde felt that the suffering of the Ryukyuan people in the past few decades was worth it, and Shangguo had not forgotten them.

If you want to ask why the vassal countries of the Qing Dynasty are so loyal, hehe, this has a certain relationship with ancient history, especially during the Ming Dynasty, the country was dignified, the land was vast, and it was very generous to some subjugated countries, for example, you came to offer this year, and sent a local product worth 100 gold, so good, as the boss, I naturally want to return the gift, right? I'll give you back a souvenir worth 1,000 gold and 10,000 gold, plus 1,000 gold in cash, and you will be entertained with delicious food and drink, so I will ask you if you are afraid?

And there is another characteristic, if you make me look good, I will let you live comfortably, and you can govern your country how you want, I don't care, and I don't have the heart to care.

Just ask, where can you find such a kingdom that can give you benefits every year and does not interfere in your internal affairs? As everyone knows, Ryukyu, Vietnam and other countries rely on the court's return gift every year to live, think about it and feel terrifying, a country, although not big, but relying on the return gift of the country can support the country's expenses for a year, can the loyalty not be high?

According to historical records, the Ming Dynasty was obviously very rich, but the people were very poor, which eventually led to the collapse of the country, and the fall of the Ming Dynasty was largely related to this return gift system. And this origin comes from the Yongle Dynasty, when the head of the household was even more troubled and wanted to commit suicide, and every year he had to find a way to raise money to return the gift, and the country had no money to do anything else.

"Your Excellency, the prince of the Ryukyus, Shangdian repaired a letter of the country, and the minister presented the ...... of the kingdom on his behalf."

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