"It is said that this empire first recognized the national political axe as the only legitimate political axe of China before the other countries, and at the same time, it is said that the minister will be promoted to the ambassador, and now it will be announced at the same time in Nanjing and Tokyo.

…… The promotion of envoys is a manifestation of the enhancement of diplomatic relations between countries. Nowadays, most countries exchange ambassadors, but in China, all countries are ministers. Today, it is gratifying that Ben has not only recognized our national regime as the political axe that legitimately represents China, but has also been promoted to ambassador.

Tokyo Telegraph: Britain and the United States have not yet established diplomatic relations, and they want to come to him to restore diplomatic relations and upgrade to ambassador, which is a very gratifying phenomenon in terms of the general diplomatic trend, and also shows that the national power is not [***] satisfied, and all countries are optimistic about the future of the national political axe, and their actions are supportive. ”

On May 23, 4602 of the Yellow Emperor's calendar, the ban on not having formal contact with the temporary political axe was formulated by the political axes of various countries, and Jiangning, which had just been renamed Nanjing, naturally became a forbidden place for diplomats of various countries.

Pudong's resplendent royal ballroom is as always full of blooming flowers and a beautiful view. Moreover, there are celebrities and ladies from all walks of life in Shanghai waiting to be invited to dance, their lace, flowers and ivory fans, in the refreshing perfume smell, like silent waves surging, beautiful music resounding in the dance hall.

To the outside world, the ball held by the industrial company, but in fact, everyone knows that this is a ball organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nanjing, which first admits that the move of Nanjing Zhengaxe broke the common policy of all countries, although it caused dissatisfaction with the famous countries, but it also broke the views of the countries on the Nanjing political axe, especially after Yuan Shikai rebelled and began to attack the Beijing Division, which made the situation on this land tend to be clear.

Yasuya Uchida, who entered the ballroom with his wife's arm, attracted the consuls of various countries who attended the ball as soon as he entered the ballroom, and his expression changed slightly.

As her husband met with the consuls, Mrs. Uchida quickly left her husband and walked into the flamboyant women's pile. This small group of people, most of them are the wives of consuls of various countries and the wives of well-known foreigners in Shanghai, and they are also wearing gorgeous dresses. They welcomed the ambassador's wife and praised her for how charming she had been tonight.

"Look at Uchida, how proud he is now!"

Grace, who was holding a wine glass, said to Guna beside him.

"Yes! Judging from the reports in Chinese newspapers in recent days, the favorability of Chinese people towards Yu himself is tending to be on the rise! ”

Guna replied.

"Our lag is likely to lead to a decline in our diplomatic influence on China in the future!"

Speaking of the domestic reaction, Guna shrugged his shoulders helplessly, with the Rockefeller family assisting in the operation of the United States, a number of senators in the United States have submitted bills asking the political axe to inherit the political axe of Nanjing, but China's current political organization is only a temporary surname, there is no basic law to establish a lasting political axe system, and the current regime is not stable enough.

If it is admitted at this time, it will not only hinder China's ongoing administrative reforms, but also harm the interests of other countries. Seeing this, the US political axe decided to wait for the proclamation of China's permanent constitution and the termination of the provisional political axe before recognizing it, so as to maintain the principle of cooperation among the great powers.

"This is an inevitable fact, it is undeniable that I am indeed very good at international transactions, on the surface they did not get Dalian, but they got more!"

"Tokyo got what they wanted, and Nanjing got what they wanted, and in the same way, both had unexpected gains, didn't they?"

As he spoke, Guna glanced at Mansley, saying that compared with the United States, Britain, like Russia, France, and Germany, hoped to use the Nanking regime as a weapon to obtain more new privileges from Nanking, and before they could get these privileges, they needed to use recognition as a threat, which was the reason why the countries did not express any position although they understood that the trend of recovery was irreversible.

Because the Nanjing political axe agreed to the military to use the Dalian commercial port to transport supplies, Russia advocated that all countries should support the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and France in principle believed that China's formal political axe would be recognized after its establishment, but further demanded that the Chinese political axe give formal protection to the treaty rights of the great powers in China. As for Britain, it was on the pretext that Nanking did not have the ability to fulfill its treaty obligations and could not recognize China's political axe.

"Ben's unilateral action has broken our common front of action against China, Consul Men Siley, how long do you think our common front can be maintained?"

Gouner's words were heard by Mansley, who looked at Gouna, the dual diplomat who was both the U.S. consul in Shanghai and the head of the U.S. chargé d'affaires in China.

"Is your country's attitude toward China ready to be adjusted?"

"Aren't we all making adjustments?"

After the first to recognize Nanjing, the consuls of various countries in Shanghai successively assumed the posts of chargé d'affaires in China, which was actually the adjustment of their attitude toward the Nanjing regime.

Moreover, he has received clear instructions from the country to wait for the termination of the Provisional Chinese Axe before recognizing the Chinese Axe, whether it is the Republican Axe or the Imperial Axe, which is currently being debated.

"The Nanjing regime is not stable enough for the time being, they continue to use a large number of old Qing officials, although they have sent a large number of affairs officials, but you know, how those young people are the opponents of the old and slippery officials, and, even in the Guangfu Army, although the marshal appointed a large number of Whampoa Military Academy students as officers, but the officers he relied on were very young like the officials!"

As Uchida cast his gaze on him, Mansley slammed the glass in his hand and said to Gunna.

"Now that the Beiyang Army has arrived in Baoding, they will soon conquer Yanjing, which is defended by only a small number of old armed forces and a division of standing troops, with the countdown to the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the debate between the revolutionaries and the Guangfu Party has become white-hot, whether it is a republic or an imperial system, it may be in addition to Yuan Shikai in the north, another unstable factor in the new regime, and the problems faced by the new regime are far beyond our imagination!"

"Yes! Although there are too many problems, we always need to recognize this regime, and it's for our benefit, isn't it? ”

At this time, Uchida Yasuya had already walked in front of them again, and Guna ended the conversation between the two, the current British alliance is what the United States is worried about, and if the British alliance wins this war, then they are likely to threaten the United States in Xia Weiyi and the Philippines, and the British alliance makes the United States have to consider the future threat posed by the British and the Atlantic to the United States.

After a few polite words with Mansley, Yasuya Uchida turned the topic to the one thing that is most concerned about the whole of South China at present.

"Consul Man Sili, I don't know if you think Wuchang's attitude will change with Yuan Shikai's uprising?"

The reason why Yasuya Uchida asked Man Sili was because Zhang Zhidong maintained an unusually close relationship with the British consul in Hankow, and as the ambassador to China, he also held a secret that was not known to the outside world. As the governor of Huguang, Zhang Zhidong openly expressed his support for the "two palaces", but deep down he had the idea of being the king of reading. He privately sent his eldest son Zhang Quan to Tokyo to carry out activities with Qian Sui; Through Utsunomiya Taro, he asked the General Staff Headquarters for the possibility of organizing a new political axe and providing military assistance. It is also hoped that the army will send military experts to assist in the training of troops, and at the same time, it will also purchase guns and ammunition and step up the training of new-style troops.

At the same time, Zhang Zhidong also adopted an ambiguous attitude towards Tang Caichang's activities in the Wuhan area, and before the Eight-Nation Coalition conquered Yanjing. It was not until the Eight-Nation Coalition captured Yanjing and the Cixi regime still existed that Zhang Zhidong gave up the idea of organizing a new political axe, let Zhang Quan return to China, and ordered a brutal suppression of Tang Caichang and others. Not only did Ben get involved, but the same Britons were involved.

"Ambassador Uchida, this question ......"

Man Sili smiled at Uchida, now there is no country more urgent than Yu Ben to see that the Nanjing political axe can grasp the Chinese power, they urgently need the unilateral recognition of the "rationalization", and the premise of rationalization is that those local officials like Yuan Shikai, make a wise choice, and now among the four governors of Huguang, Yungui, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Sichuan, only the two governors of Huguang and Yungui are Han Chinese, compared with Yungui, which is not threatened, they are more concerned about the decision of Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang.

"I'm afraid only Chen Zhengzhi can give the answer, what do you think?"

Laughter rang out from between the two of them at the same time, and the music in the ballroom became more cheerful, but Liang Dunyan, the foreign minister who was born in the United States and was a child, ended dancing with Mrs. Mansley at this time, and after a clerk whispered a few words in his ear, he walked towards the bandstand, the music stopped at his signal, and the people who were dancing began to walk towards the bandstand, and Liang Dunyan, who was holding a champagne glass, had a smile on his face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now entrusted by the Ruling Axe, there is good news to announce to you......

Wuchang City is bordered by the Yangtze River in the north, and the west gate and south gate are the exits to Xiangyue Avenue. The northeast area is where the wharf is located, where goods are distributed, people swim, and the scene is noisy and chaotic, and it is a place where porters, hooligans, and beggars gather. The bustling commercial area of Wuchang is in the south of the city. There are many shops, department stores, streets and alleys, densely populated, and restaurants, theaters, and theaters that have risen in conjunction with business activities can be seen everywhere. Although the land of Sanchu is full of hunger and poverty, Wuchang and the cities of Hankou and Hanyang on the other side of the river are deformed and prosperous.

Your Excellency the Governor has done the Righteous Duty! Early in the morning, the newspapers of the Hankou Concession reported the news, and then when people saw the "Chinese flag" raised from the governor's palace and the city wall, they realized that this was not a rumor, and the governor really learned from Yuan Shikai to "rebel".

At noon, after the merchant ship carrying the officers and soldiers of the 11th Division of the Liberation Army from Jiujiang crossed ashore from Hanyang, the boots of the soldiers of the Liberation Army of the Brigade sounded in Wuchang City, and they waved their fists and shouted.

"Long live the Liberation! Long live China! At that time, people finally believed in the fact that Hubei was recovered!

Standing in the Huguang Governor's Mansion Signing Room, Zhang Zhidong at this time is a mixed feeling, perhaps this is the last time in this signing room, acting Huguang for more than ten years, Xi Wen Zhonggong will be the history of Hubei as a country in the country, Hubei will become his own country in the country, and today he has watched people and employed people all his life, but in Chen Moran's body, Zhang Zhidong walked away, thinking that even Liu Kun was gone, Zhang Zhidong did not complain, two days ago, he received a letter from Chen Moran, a letter he had been waiting for twenty-three days, A letter that I have been waiting for since I had a long talk with Wu Qiuyi that day.

Now Chen Moran has no one who can stop him, with 500,000 powerful Guangfu troops armed with cutting-edge foreign guns and cannons, as the so-called "Yu Xi has arrived, across the four seas", he said that he is the only one who reigns in the world. Zhang Zhidong knew that he could no longer offend this person who had knelt in front of him in the past, not only could he not offend him, but he even had to show him an exceptional gift!

"Ruling to!"

With the sound outside the door of the signing room, Chen Moran, who was happy, strode into the signing room of the Huguang Governor's Mansion. At this time, Chen Moran seemed to be even more radiant, and compared with his aging body, Zhang Zhidong felt that this young man who had knelt in front of him had an aggressive momentum pressing on him.

"Zhang Zhidong has seen the government!"

Zhang Zhidong, who turned around, had a look of surprise on his face, and when he saw it clearly, it was Chen Mo who hurriedly pressed his right hand with his left hand, hid his hand in his sleeve, raised his hand to increase his forehead, bowed a ninety degree bow, and then got up, and at the same time, his hand was raised again, and then his hand was lowered.

Until he saluted, his heart was still difficult to calm down, Chen Moran came! He's in Wuchang! Why didn't you even know a message before? Even when Zhang Yuewu, the commander of the 11th Division, visited him in the city, he did not mention this matter.

"Xiang Shuai, such a big gift, how can Mo Ran deserve it."

Although the tone was still the same as before, Chen Moran did not have the intention of stopping Zhang Zhidong from saluting, but after he bowed according to the Han etiquette, he returned a bow, and this bow was only 45 degrees.

Chen Moran's reaction and return gift were expected by Zhang Zhidong, the current Chen Moran is no longer the businessman in Shanghai, but the ruling axe and the commander of the Liberation Army, maybe a few months later, he will become the king of the new dynasty, how the past has long been put aside, and Zhang Zhidong, who has been a courtier for decades, naturally knows what is the duty of a courtier.

"Xiangtao didn't know that he was in power, and he actually came to Wuchang ......"

"Xiang Shuai can resolutely change his banner, he is the hero of the recovery, the national recovery is just around the corner, and he should come to see Xiang Shuai silently!"

couldn't hold back the surprise in his heart, Chen Moran said with some joy, Zhang Zhidong's behavior was really unexpected, his letter two days ago was not written in vain, and the reason why he came here was for one thing.

"To be in power, I originally wanted to go to Nanjing after all the arrangements in Hubei were made, but I didn't expect that the ruling would go to Wuchang to greet me, I was really terrified."

Zhang Zhidong smiled bitterly, with a helpless look. In his opinion, the reason why Chen Moran came to Wuchang was because he was worried about the recurrence of Yuan Shikai's incident, but his Hubei Standing Army and the Beiyang Army were completely different, and he came to Wuchang to take him to Nanjing.

"Xiang Shuai is admired by the world, but it is really the initial decision of Nanjing's political axe, and he silently takes Xiang Shuai as the pillar. Only in the world can the hearts of the people be stable. ”

Chen Moran said, his attitude was sincere, he was not worried about Hubei, the Honghan Society and the Second Detective Department had already infiltrated all departments of the Qing army in Hubei in the past period of time, if it wasn't for the need to use Zhang Zhidong's prestige to suppress the formation, how could he have lasted until now.

"The ruling party is the hope of recovering China's middle stream and rising, and Xiangtao is just an old man."

Looking at Chen Moran, his compliment made Zhang Zhidong feel a little more comfortable, and his right hand was habitually raised, combing back and forth on his beard.

"Xiang Shuai."

Chen Moran said with a little respect in his expression.

"Today, Yuan Shikai is advancing to the capital, and he said that the recovery of the whole country is only in an instant. Mo Ran once asked, when the rejuvenation of the country is restored, it is also the time when the nation decides the future, at this time, the political axe needs to be presided over by such a serious and experienced person as Xiang Shuai, and please Xiang Shuai must not postpone it. ”

These words made Zhang Zhidong feel gratified. Yes, his choice is good, although Chen Moran is a businessman, he has his advantages, and in this current situation, he wants such a person.

"Ruling power, I'll tell you the truth, you must not misunderstand."

Looking serenely at the handsome and somewhat heroic ruler, Zhang Zhidong said calmly.

"I don't know what Xiang Shuai has to teach you?"

Chen Moran showed a smile on his face, thinking that it would be difficult to talk to himself about treating the Manchu royal family like those old decays, and what personal kindness they wanted to repay, but he always wanted to talk about "benevolence and righteousness".

"Ruling the world, the world knows, he said that the national recovery, that is, one person, one vote, to determine the future system of the country, although Xiang Tao is old, but he knows that the people of China are still ignorant and have not opened, not only the people, but also the officials, if the party advocates a republic, the president of the world will take it, it will inevitably cause war, and the country and the people will be greatly disadvantaged. If the imperial system is implemented, not only the officials and the people are relieved to obey it, but also there is no panic in the hearts of the officials and the people, and the major affairs of the country are all made by the king. Therefore, the way to be a king is to choose the prime minister carefully. I don't know why ruling is what the country needs and the people want! Zhang Zhidong's vision is much more clear, but in Chen Moran's eyes, behind this faint vision is still buried in the sharpness and shrewdness of the past!

From his words, Chen Moran heard the meaning of his words, and pressed the ecstasy in his heart.

"I don't know if it is in Xiangshuai's opinion, if it is an imperial system, who can be the emperor! Who can be the phase! ”

Picking up the teacup, Zhang Zhidong took a sip lightly and said solemnly.

"Hong Wuye chased the Tartars, relieved the Han people to hang upside down, and he can be the emperor of the founding of the Ming Dynasty! Throughout the ages, the sage is the king, and the sage is the minister! ”

(To be continued)