"President, it's a sin of late life to bother you to come here!" Although Qiao Yu and Xu Shichang met for the first time, they still recognized the president at a glance and greeted him with a smile.

Xu Shichang also smiled and said: "Shunqing, this time I am not here to pick you up, but to wait for my elder brother, we were in the same palace at the beginning, but we haven't seen each other for more than ten years in a blink of an eye, I really miss him, is he okay now?" ”

Xu Shichang deliberately made his relationship with Qiao Guangyuan clear, it was nothing more than showing favor to Qiao Yu, I am an old friend with your father, and the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, you kid should give me some old face!

"My father is in good health, and he always talks about you, but the old man said that this Zhengyangmen was left by the emperor, so he didn't come, and went directly to Zhongnanhai with his family!"

Xu Shichang smiled and nodded: "It's good that the old brother is in good health, Shunqing, after the matter here is dealt with, you have to accompany me to visit the old brother, in the blink of an eye, the people of our generation are old, my hair has long been gray, to be honest, there is not much time left, in the future, the world will look at you young people, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, the new generation in the world replaces the old people, I, a bad old man, also look forward to being able to tease my grandson and enjoy the joy of that day!" ”

Qiao Yucai didn't believe that Xu Shichang was willing to retire like this, although this president didn't have much real power, but his status was still very respectful, who was willing to let it go, he said this just to show weakness to himself, a strong prime minister, of course, Qiao Yu also needed him to be a buffer, so he also had to give the president a little face.

"President, there is a treasure in the family, if the kid has anything to do, please don't be polite, mention one or two more!"

After being polite to Xu Shichang for a while, Qiao Yu greeted the others one after another, even if he officially entered Yanjing City, he originally planned to have a military parade, that is, to show off his strength, but Qiao Yu felt that the Lanzhou Battle was enough, and everything was too much, and it would be bad if the old man in Beiyang thought that he was too arrogant, so he simply met and forgot it.

Then the ministers of various countries also came to visit as usual, Qiao Yu was perfunctory one by one, and the main energy was still on straightening out the relationship, and it took more than half a month to move from Yucheng and Wuchang The officials who moved over have all been in place, and most of the handover of official affairs has been completed.

The only thing that has not yet been solved is the parliament, and now there is a joint parliament in the southwest, and there is also a parliament in Yanjing, according to Xu Shichang's suggestion, the southwest joint parliament will be directly merged into the Yanjing Congress, but Qiao Yu decided to reject this suggestion, most of the parliaments in Yanjing are composed of old-style bureaucrats and literati, which is very unsuitable for Qiao Yu's appetite, Qiao Yu is ready to carry out a nationwide parliamentary election after all aspects are stable, and with the unified Mingzhu Party to get the parliamentary seats in his hands in one fell swoop, and then cancel the Southwest United Council at this time.

And Yanjing's parliament may be changed to a political consultative meeting, still let these people make suggestions, but there is no decision-making power, the current Republic of China has a large number of bureaucrats who existed in the Qing Dynasty in the past, these people must always give them a place to go, otherwise they will come out to make trouble, just think of it as a ruin to avoid disasters!

After a tense handover, Qiao Yu's first cabinet meeting was officially held, cabinet officials, military generals all gathered together, Qiao Yu looked around the venue, his heart was also extraordinarily excited, the fate of this ancient country is finally in his own hands, most of the heroes of this era are also used for their own purposes, and it is time for the boss empire to change the fortunes of the country.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are three items on the agenda for this cabinet meeting, the first is that the United States has sent an invitation telegram, hoping that we will attend the Washington meeting and mediate the interests of the Far East.

As soon as Gu Weijun heard the first topic of foreign affairs, he hurriedly replied: "Prime Minister, according to the plan of the United States, the two main issues discussed in this meeting are the matter of naval armament, and the other is the question of how to solve the interests of various countries in China. It is directly related to China's core interests! ”

Although China now has a battleship, a battlecruiser, but the navy is a systematic project, the powers do not believe that these two warships can have combat effectiveness in a short period of time, so China is still zero in terms of sea power, but they will not know that China has launched comprehensive cooperation with Germany, a large number of German drawings, technicians have been sent to China, and now Germany is helping China to improve the strength of the Qinzhou shipyard, and is also designing new large-caliber artillery, It is believed that in the near future, China will be able to restore the combat effectiveness of the two large ships, and more warships will be built.

"This time the Washington Conference is still a spoils conference, the essence is no different from the Paris Peace Conference, we must be mentally prepared, but this time we must eradicate some things that are in the way, and all the concessions throughout the country will be revoked; The national tariff is completely autonomous; The garrisons of various countries in Dongjiaomin Lane and around Yanjing must be withdrawn; Other powers, such as consular jurisdiction, missionary powers, the power to open factories and mines, and the power of railways, must all be withdrawn, and if the powers do not agree, we will take strong measures! ”

When Qiao Yu said this, his face was very grim, he pointed to the sky with his finger, and then pointed to the ground, and said sharply: "Zhugong, what kind of place is this, this kind of heart of China, the center of political power, all the military and political dignitaries of China live here, and the great powers are stationed here, which means that your and my heads are in the hands of others at any time, if the great powers are happy one day, maybe our heads will be moved, this situation can never be tolerated, the Republic of China must have a new atmosphere, we can no longer engage in kowtow diplomacy like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and we cannot continue to be slaves." , and the gateway to the city of Yanjing, Tianjin, must not be controlled by the foreign powers, we must garrison, to establish a solid coastal defense, if even our capital can not be protected, we people might as well go home and pick up the children! ”

As a leader, the most intolerable thing for Qiao Yu is that his fate is in the hands of others, there must be no garrisons of other countries on China's soil, China's security must be in his own hands, these cabinet members are of course clear about the purpose of the great powers to control Yanjing, and they also know their current situation, so they support Qiao Yu's proposition very much, of course, there are some people who are worried.

"Prime Minister, if all these rights are withdrawn, all the benefits obtained by the great powers in the Xincho Treaty have been abolished, and I am afraid that the great powers will not agree!" Lu Zhengxiang said.

Qiao Yu waved his hand, "Don't be afraid of whether the powers agree or not, it depends on our own strength, the fist at the critical moment is the most important, if the powers are not convinced, let's fight and see who is more powerful, after the European war, these powers look like they are dancing with their teeth and claws, but they are all paper tigers, as long as we can be tougher and show the courage to break the boat, they will retreat, of course, it is not okay to be brutal, we can make some concessions on some economic interests, and carry out win-win cooperation with the powers, and divide and disintegrate them!" ”

Now Britain and France in Europe are no longer worried, the United States is now in the post-war depression, as long as enough economic benefits are given, Americans must be willing to give up some power, Qiao Yu sees the mentality of capitalist countries very clearly, if you are weaker, they will squeeze out your bone marrow, if you are stronger, they will measure the gains and losses like businessmen, bullets are not as good as silver, at this time they will sit down and start negotiating, exchange interests.

"Prime Minister, the most troublesome thing this time is the book, the book now has the greatest interests in China, Shandong, Fujian, Northeast, and the book all have huge forces, and there is also the Taiwan issue, how to force the book to bow down, I think it is the difficulty of this trip!"

Gu Weijun said that China's main enemy is easy to handle, and the most troublesome thing is that this evil neighbor is said to be in trouble, and if it is not handled well, China will definitely encounter trouble at the Washington Conference.

Qiao Yu also had a plan in his heart, but he also wanted to test Gu Weijun's level, and said with a smile: "What does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs mean?" ”

"Prime Minister, the situation between China and China is more complicated, in addition to having the privileges of the Xinchou Treaty, there is also the occupation of Taiwan Island in the First Sino-Japanese War, and the seizure of the power of the South Manchurian Railway in the Russo-Russian War, after the outbreak of the European War, Shandong Qingdao fell into the hands of the Prince, so the Covenant has become the country with the greatest interests in China, I think the Taiwan issue is not yet the time, we have no maritime power, so we should not think about the Taiwan issue, but Shandong must be taken back, no matter what the price is, I think we can exchange the power of the Far East with the capital, for example, we can assist the development of the Russian Far East, help the capital fight against the Russian Red Army, and also provide material convenience, but no matter what, our bottom line is that the privileges of the Northeast must be cleaned up! ”

Northeast China as China's undeveloped virgin land, which contains the value is incomparable, Northeast has the world's only three pieces of black soil, the land is fertile and oily, and the terrain is flat, easy to mechanized farming, is China's most important granary, and there are also buried in the ground an amazing amount of iron ore, coal, oil, all are the key resources for industrial development, more critical is that now the Northeast is almost not developed, just like a newspaper, the population of the three provinces together is more than 10 million.

It is just a large-scale construction, and it can also alleviate the huge population pressure in the country and completely solve the food problem, so kicking out the forces in the northeast is a goal that Qiao Yu must achieve, hearing that Gu Weijun saw his plan very clearly, Qiao Yu also showed a relieved smile on his face.

"Minister Gu knows my heart very well, this time the Washington meeting will be fully responsible for you, you must win back the power, and I will help you light a fire!"

The rest of the cabinet did not know Qiao Yu's plan, Jiang Baili, who was doing this single-handedly, was very clear, in the process of reorganizing the army, Jiang Baili transferred a large number of manpower and ammunition to Shandong, and enriched the team of mixed Jianglong and others, the original Shandong has gathered a large number of guerrillas, and now it has been reorganized in a unified manner, known as the Shandong Anti-Volunteer Army, and Mingjianglong is still the commander, but the interior has been replaced by Chinese regular officers, and this reborn army is even equipped with aircraft and heavy artillery, and is planning to besiege Qingdao.

(To be continued)