The German government was very interested in Yang Chao's argument for Sino-German economic integration, and they actively promoted it as Yang Chao said. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Actively negotiated with Yang Chao, and the two sides submitted a three-point structure in a row, the first two were denied by Yuan Shikai, and the third went bankrupt under the joint opposition of Britain and France.

The first plan agreed between Yang Chao and the Germans was to set up a free zone in Shandong, which would lose a lot of tax revenue, but Yuan Shikai did not accept it, because Shandong's tax revenue had a two-tier proportion, and Shandong's tax revenue had already surpassed Shanghai's, accounting for forty percent of the entire central government's finance, and it was impossible for Yuan Shikai to give up this rich tax.

The second plan was to exempt Shandong Customs from tariffs on Sino-German bilateral trade, but the British did not agree at all, and Yuan Shikai did not agree either.

In the third plan, Germany took care of the interests of Britain and told the British that the whole of Shandong would be turned into a duty-free zone, and the imports and exports of all the great powers could be exempted from taxes. UK businesses will also benefit. And to Yuan Shikai's side, based on the current share, a fixed financial subsidy. This can also make Yuan Shikai satisfied.

If it was a few years ago, the British might have agreed, and they would have liked to work with Germany to develop China's interests, but now the British strategy towards China has changed from trying to grab interests to trying their best to oppose the Germans to seize benefits from here, because the Germans are like a greedy wolf, lying on the fat cow god of China, constantly sucking deep milk, has become too fat, and has threatened Britain.

So it was difficult for the British to accept, and the Germans continued to expand their interests, so they refused.

Britain and France are stopping, and the Americans are in a hurry.

The Chinese are pushing for Sino-German economic integration, and instead of wanting to undermine it, they want to join in to support the plan and qualify for benefit-sharing.

They finally began to consider the alliance that the Chinese demanded.

Entrepreneurs and financial magnates began to lobby, Congress began to reconsider, and finally authorized the government to sign an alliance treaty in which the United States had the initiative and the right to choose without affecting American interests and getting involved in a continental conflict.

The U.S. minister finally began to negotiate with Yang Chao.

The conditions for the Americans are harsh.

First of all, they said that the alliance was limited to the Pacific region from China to the Americas, and did not apply to the European region, which Yang Chao did not have a problem with, because the Sino-German alliance treaty was like this.

The Americans also said that the United States has the right to remain neutral if any of the allied parties takes the initiative to provoke other countries. The Americans, fearing being dragged into the war, specifically demanded the right to choose. Yang Chao also agreed.

The Americans also demanded that the United States not send ground troops in any form of war, and that if the allies had to enter the war in the event of a sneak attack by the enemy, they would only send their navy to the war. The Americans are afraid of being dragged into a costly ground war. They didn't expect this, and Yang Chao actually agreed.

However, China and Germany want to help the United States resist the enemy with all their navy and land forces and all their resources when the United States is attacked. Such a treaty gives the United States an absolute advantage, and they really have no reason to refuse.

The next step was to persuade Germany to agree to the United States to join the alliance, and the Germans had hoped to win over the United States, because the Germans knew very well that the Americans' military strength was not good enough to threaten their political interests in the East, and the American navy was still very impressive.

Germany was engaged in a naval arms race with Great Britain, and even the more powerful British began to shrink their naval power back to Europe, pinning the task of protecting their interests in the Far East on the Japanese fleet; Germany was even less able to send a large number of fleets overseas, so there was no way to guarantee the economic interests of China, especially in Shandong. The sizable fleet of the United States came into play at this time.

This is why Germany has been wooing the United States all along, so they did not hesitate to agree to the United States to join.

Yang Chao lobbied Yuan Shikai again, but Yuan Shikai was more difficult to speak, and he asked Yang Chao to stand on his side.

Why is he on his side, because Yuan Shikai is starting to have opponents.

After the formation of the GM Party, Yuan Shikai felt out of control, and the GM Party turned out to be the largest party in the National Assembly, and has been urging Yuan Shikai to hold a formal election.

Yuan Shikai supported Liang Qichao to form the Progressive Party, and Liang Qichao co-opted his student Cai Yi, as well as the Democratic Socialist Party, which led the Wuchang Uprising by Brother Pao, but it was only the second largest party in the Congress.

At this time, the parliament was no different from the parliament of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it was still just a microphone sent by the local governors, and a large number of local governors in the south of the Yangtze River were replaced by people from the League after the Xinhai Revolution, such as Li Liejun in Jiangxi and Bai Wenwei in Anhui, which were actually equivalent to the governors of the past.

Under these circumstances, it is not surprising that a large number of Gangnam MPs have become members of the GM Party.

Both the GM Party and the Progressive Party have vigorously courted MPs, and in the end, the GM Party has attracted 420 MPs to join the party, making it the largest party, while the Progressive Party has only attracted less than 300 members to the second place.

In this case, if it is an election, Yuan Shikai feels that he really has little hope.

And the chairman of the GM Party at this time is Song Jiaoren, it is this person who single-handedly created the GM Party, Yuan Shikai regarded this person as a big trouble for a while, and when he sent people to give gifts and win over without success, Yuan Shikai sent someone to assassinate Song Jiaoren.

Unfortunately, the person he sent was too disagreeable, he was the leader of the local Hong Gang, assigned by Zhao Bingjun, but he was caught after the killing, and immediately confessed that it was Zhao Bingjun's order, everyone knew that Zhao Bingjun was the police leader under Yuan Shikai, and Zhao Bingjun's order was Yuan Shikai's order, so the national newspapers immediately began to crusade against Yuan Shikai.

And Brother Pao took advantage of this to make waves and set up a revolutionary party in Japan, and those who asked to join had to kowtow to him, swore allegiance to him, and planned to organize a fighting organization in the form of a gangster, stand up and completely overthrow Yuan Shikai, and take power by himself.

In the face of the crusade of the media and the fact that political opponents are plotting, Yuan Shikai now needs Yang Chao's strength.

"What does Lord Yuan want to do?"

Facing Yuan Keding, who came in tandem, Yang Chao asked directly.

Yuan Keding said seriously: "My father received the news that Sun Dacang plans to do things in Shanghai, Jiangxi and Anhui at the same time, and Shanghai will be handed over to Lord Yang!" ”

The power that Brother Pao has in his hands is currently in Jiangnan, and other revolutionary armed forces such as Cai Ye do not support him to carry out revolution at all, Cai Ye's teacher is Liang Qichao, and he is still Brother Pao's biggest political enemy at this time.

But Shanghai, that's Yang Chao's territory, where are the 10,000 troops at this time, dare to make trouble in Shanghai, it's strange that Yang Chao doesn't break his legs.

"Don't worry. Shanghai will be handed over to the official, and Shanghai will not make trouble! ”

With this sentence, Yuan Keding was relieved.

Yuan Shikai immediately agreed to invite the United States to join the Sino-German alliance and form a new Sino-American and German trilateral alliance.

Another powerful military-political force has appeared in the East! (To be continued.) )