On August 28, the twelfth year of the Republic of China, Chinese Premier Tang Shaoyi, Minister of National Defense Wang Maoru, ** official Yuan Keding, Senate Speaker Shi Shaoyang, and Speaker of the House of Representatives Liu Enge signed the "Treaty on the Return of Hankow of China" with Japanese Ambassador to China Yoshida Isaburo, French Ambassador to China Fu Leyou, and British Ambassador to China Maclay at the Summer Palace in Beijing.

On the same day, newspapers and radio stations across the country publicized to all Chinese people that China had once again recovered three pieces of territory, which was another victory for China.

Naturally, although the redemption of the concession was a source of pride for the Chinese people, it also aroused the dissatisfaction of some radicals in China, especially the young people, who hoped that the concession could be recovered by more forceful and even iron-blooded force.

The territorial issue cannot be discussed!

There is no doubt that young people are passionate, the backbone of the nation, and their ideas are naïve but courageous. Any explanation for them would be seen as an excuse for weakness, and Wang Maoru was hesitant to explain. In the face of the four powers, China could not recover it by force, and rash action could only bring disaster to the fragile and immature Republic of China. But can the explanation be listened to by this part of the enthusiastic youth? If the explanation is used by foreign cultural lackeys in China, it is regarded as China**, but it will cause trouble for the state.

Would you rather bend than bend, or endure humiliation?

Wang Maoru chose the latter, but this fame gave Tang Shaoyi, the premier at this time, to fulfill Tang Shaoyi's dream of restoring the glory of China, and at the same time made him bear the reputation of a weak leader. Later generations will inevitably accuse the government of being a soft egg. has no backbone, if there are calcium tablets, maybe some radical young people will give Tang Shaoyi and other leaders calcium tablets. But after all, this is an expedient measure, and it is a lying salary. It is a kind of preparation for accumulation.

From this point of view, Tang Shaoyi blocked the bullet for Wang Maoru, and carried all the helpless compromises of Wang Maoru in diplomacy on his back, fulfilling Wang Maoru's tall and complete image.

The two had a tacit understanding in their hearts, but they didn't say it.

On August 29, Premier Tang Shaoyi went to Hubei to meet with Hubei Governor Zhang Peiying and Li Yuanhong, a gentry representative with a high reputation in Hubei. On behalf of the Chinese government, the three of them jointly received the Japanese, French, and British concessions. Along the Yangtze River, the Chinese government received the three Japanese, French and British concessions from this morning, and named the three concessions after the town. The names of Sun Liechen, commander of the 29th Division, Yan Yongqing, commander of the 29th Division, and Tang Shengzhi, commander of the 113th Brigade of the 39th Division, who died in the Battle of the Western Regions, were named Sun Liechen Town, Yan Yongqing Town, and Tang Shengzhi Town.

The Chinese five-color flag was raised three times in one day, and the "Song of No Clothes" sounded three times, and the Chinese government really recovered all the concessions in Hankou in one day.

The people of the three towns of Wuhan excitedly set off fireworks to celebrate this hard-won diplomatic victory, and the student workers of the three towns spontaneously organized a parade to celebrate. Some of the excited students wept. And those who are old are even more crying, crying with joy for China's reconquest of the country.

Foreign police officers and soldiers, who used to be high-spirited, can now only sit in the barracks, waiting for news of their return home. On the contrary, the Chinese policemen walked into the concession with their heads held high and stood on the streets, their proud faces announcing a victory for China.

At the same time, in the State Department. Tang Shaoyi, Wang Maoru, Sa Zhenbing, Lu Zhengxiang, Gu Weijun, Li Jinglin, Lin Changmin, Liang Qichao, Wu Zhaolin, Shi Shaoyang, Liu Enge, Zhou Daotai, Xu Lanzhou, Hu Shi, Li Ziwen, Xu Nailin, Ma Liuzhou, Zhu Qichao, Liu Ke, Harbara, Pan Fu, Jian Zanlu, Song Ziwen, Zhang Hongyang, Zhang Yiwei, Lin Sen, and Zhang Jingjiang......

For the reconquest of the concession. Wang Maoru didn't expect this kind of unexpected joy, but when the opportunity came, he had to seize it, and the trick of injuring the enemy by one thousand and losing one hundred by himself was indeed useful, which made him overjoyed. This time, Japan's economy has been paralyzed, and it is also good news that it has never imagined, and this opponent, which has always been cheating China in the hope of dividing China, never thought that China would use such a desperate strategy. But this trick can only be used once, and the people of the Military Intelligence Department must absolutely keep this secret until they die, otherwise China will become a public enemy of the world. Naturally, the agents of the Military Intelligence Department also knew that if they leaked the slightest rumor, the country would be finished. Despite the condemnation of conscience, no one opened their mouths, and more chose to burn all the materials and commit suicide to put an end to their actions for the sake of the rise of the nation to the detriment of humanity.

Of course, except for Wang Maoru, no one at the celebration banquet knew or even thought that the Japanese virus flu was an influenza virus developed by the Chinese National Defense Forces, which is a bacteriological weapon, and no one in the world has used bacteria as a weapon, and the Chinese National Defense Forces have set a precedent. But the price for China is also very heavy, in order to deal with the resurgence of the virus, the Chinese government invested 100 million, which is one-tenth of last year's government revenue.

Halfway through the celebration banquet, Zhu Qichao walked up to Wang Maoru and said: "Xiusheng, this time you have contributed a lot behind the negotiations on the recovery of concessions from various countries, and you have made a lot of contributions behind the recovery of the Wuhan concessions." ”

Wang Maoru shook his head and smiled: "My father-in-law praised it, Xiusheng didn't dare to be it, and I didn't dare to be ashamed." ”

Zhu Qichuan said: "I have one thing at the moment that I ask you to help me sum up. ”

"Father-in-law, please speak." Wang Maoru asked.

Zhu Qichuan said: "It's the eldest son of the Zhang family, who proposed to the little daughter." ”

"Is it Mae Yun?" Wang Maoru asked.

Zhu Qichao said: "Yes." ”

Wang Maoru thought for a while and said: "If it is about relationships, the Zhang family will definitely be a famous family in the future, but it is natural to climb high in the Zhu family, but I remember that Zhang Gongzi is already married." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Qichao was surprised, "You're already married?" ”

Wang Maoru said: "His wife is three years older than him, and she is the daughter of Zhang Zuolin's best friend Yu Wendou, who is quite talented and virtuous. ”

Zhu Qichuan said: "This Zhang Zuolin actually asked my daughter to be a concubine...... Speaking of being a concubine, this Zhu Qichan couldn't go on, because Zhu Songyun also married Wang Maoru and became a concubine, how can I say this, I can't point to the bald man and scold the monk.

After returning home, Wang Maoru sued Zhu Songyun at this time, and Zhu Songyun couldn't help laughing: "Meiyun doesn't look down on him, saying that he is handsome, that is, ...... Not manly. ”

Wang Maoru asked, "Who has manhood?" ”

"You." Zhu Songyun half-jokingly and half-tentatively put her arms around Wang Maoru and said, "Otherwise, you will marry my sister too, how about my two sisters also be Empress E's daughter?" ”

Wang Maoru hurriedly shook his head and said: "In my eyes, Xiao Wu is a child, little sister, I don't have any interest in her." ”

Zhu Songyun laughed and asked again: "By the way, the Beijing military mutiny has been pacified, how are those people?" It doesn't seem to be a sound? ”

Wang Maoru said: "Everything that should be dealt with has been dealt with, and everything that should be locked up has been locked up." ”

Zhu Songyun said: "By the way, thanks to Zhang Delei for saving me that day, Xiusheng, you have to thank him again." ”

Wang Maoru nodded and said, "I will treat all the meritorious ministers, and Songyun doesn't need to worry about it." ”

"What about me?" Zhu Songyun asked, holding his chin.

"What?"

Zhu Songyun said: "Didn't you ask me to open the Luan Coal Mine and take over the management of the coal mine?" Because this file is delayed, when will I go? ”

Wang Maoru couldn't help but smile and said, "Do you still want to go?" ”

Zhu Songyun nodded and said: "Naturally, I want to go, how can I not personally manage the vice chairman of Kailuan Coal Mine." ”

Wang Maoru said: "Okay, if you want to go, you can go at any time, but what if you go to Tongxi?" ”

Zhu Songyun said with a worried face: "Yes, Tongxi is still young, what should I do, it's better to hand it over to the third sister Yuchan, she is good, let him help me bring it." ”

Wang Maoru said: "That's the only way, it's good if the child is older." ”

The next day, Zhu Songyun arrived at the Kailuan Coal Mine by train with a team of guards sent by Wang Maoru to take over the management of the Kailuan Coal Mine.

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