Chapter Eighty-Eight: United Japan Against Russia?

In the blink of an eye, it was already the beginning of the lights, and the luxurious banquet hall of Tianjin Li Shunde Hotel was already full of friends, and the leading figures of Beijing and Tianjin were all gathered together. Chang Ruiqing was wearing a neat military uniform, holding a little beauty with a charming face and dressed like a Barbie doll, standing in the middle of the venue, smiling and chatting with the celebrities and gentry in Beijing and Tianjin, as well as some other "heroes and heroes".

I don't know if there is a providence in the dark, this time there are some first-class figures in history among the guests who came to participate in the engagement ceremony of Chang Ruiqing and Wang Ruonan, such as the "Chairman Jiang" who was chatting energetically with several Kuomintang parliamentarians, and the cultural people in Beijing and Tianjin gathered together in the middle of the G Founding Ancestor Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, and the second great god Zhou Elai in the history of the Republic in the future, he is now holding a cocktail glass, surrounded by a bunch of Nankai students, Apparently their leader. There is another one, that is, the leader of the Japanese Showa warlords, Okamura Ningji, who served as the commander of the Chinese dispatch army in history, also came, and is mingling with Chang Ruiqing's father Chang Laohu! Uh, I don't know if Chang Laohu's behavior is suspected of being a traitor?

At this time, there were two hot topics in the banquet hall, one was the establishment of the "Frugal Foundation" proposed by two professors, Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao. Chinese have always attached great importance to education, and such a mention can always attract praise! And Chang Ruiqing won a full house with a donation of 200,000 oceans・・・・・・ of course, those who knew that Chang Ruiqing was Zuo Min were probably drunk! After the brigade commander Changda donated a huge amount of money, the leading figures in Beijing and Tianjin present were naturally embarrassed to pull out a dime, and they all donated generously, so this "China Frugal Foundation" raised nearly 300,000 donations just after it opened, how can it be regarded as a good story.

The second hot topic is the "Nishihara loan" that is being prepared. The reason for Nishihara's loan was to organize the war army to go to Europe to die! But now, this topic can no longer deceive people. With such a scattered sand in Beiyang, the domestic situation cannot be maintained, what kind of world war is there to fight? The people on the scene naturally knew that Duan Qirui borrowed this money to fight the civil war and unify China!

In this regard, the people in the venue were clearly divided into two camps. Most of the pro-Kuomintang legislators, celebrities, and cultural figures in Beijing and Tianjin were opposed. And the people in the Beiyang government system, of course, are full of praise for this, calling it a wise move to "improve China's international status and get rid of the shackles of unequal treaties", well, it seems to quote the original words of Chang Ruiqing's "Theory of Participating in the War and Saving the Country"!

And Chang Ruiqing himself, on this issue, seems to have become ambiguous: "Gong Zheng, if the student is not wrong, the price of this Xiyuan loan may be very expensive!" ”

"As long as you can achieve what you want, the harvest will outweigh the price after all!" Xu Shuzheng had an indifferent expression. The total amount of this money is 145 billion yen! Converted into more than 70 million silver dollars, it is enough to cover the military expenses needed to unify China by force, and if China can really be unified by the Beiyang government, the price paid is certainly worth it.

Chang Ruiqing smiled sincerely, he knew that what Xu Shuzheng had decided was that even if the eight horses worked hard together, they couldn't pull it back! So the conversation changed again, and suddenly talked about the European battlefield: "How long does Gong Zheng think the European war can last?" ”

"European war?" Xu Shuzheng was stunned for a moment, although he kept saying that he was going to fight in Europe, but he really didn't know what the situation in Europe was. So he asked rhetorically: "Yaoru, what do you think?" ”

Chang Ruiqing intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Okamura Ningji, who was talking with his own son, and said lightly: "I think that in the later stage of the Russo-Japanese War, there was a big turmoil in Russia!" At present, the situation in Russia is ten times more difficult than during the Russo-Japanese War, and the Socialist-Revolutionaries, Mensheviks, and Bolsheviks in their country will probably not do nothing, right? ”

"What do you mean by that?" Xu Shuzheng was stunned. Chang Ruiqing smiled and said: "Students have recently flipped through the newspapers of the East and West, and there are many articles on them that introduce the difficulties faced by the countries participating in the war, among which Russia is the most difficult!" The students felt that there was a lot going to change in Russia! And I, China, should plan for one or two as soon as possible. ”

"What do you mean?" Xu Shuzheng asked rhetorically. He had heard the news of the chaos in Russia, but he didn't take it seriously, after all, no matter how chaotic this old man was, there was no chaos in China, right?

"Our eyes can't just stare at the south, the northwest and north may have greater opportunities and dangers・・・・・・" Chang Ruiqing lowered his voice to a very low level, almost to the point of being inaudible: "We should be prepared to unite with Japan and oppose Russia!" ”

Xu Shuzheng stared at Chang Ruiqing with beads in his eyes, and he didn't control it in his mouth, and actually shouted: "What! The result was a puzzled look. Xu Shuzheng and Chang Ruiqing hurriedly put on a smiling face and held hands to make an intimate gesture. When everyone's eyes left, Xu Shuzheng hurriedly dragged Chang Ruiqing aside, lowered his voice and asked, "Yaoru, what do you mean?" ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled and said: "It's just some precautions, judging from the current situation, the possibility of changes in Russia is very great!" If there is really chaos in Russia, then the Far East, Siberia, and Mongolia will all have a chance・・・・・・ East Asian affairs are actually China, Japan, and Russia! If China and Japan pinch each other, Russia will reap the benefits of the fisherman, and if Japan and Russia pinch each other, China will have a chance to breathe. ”

"Then we just need to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, why bother to fall into it?" Xu Shuzheng was puzzled.

Chang Ruiqing smiled bitterly: "Even if Russia falls, it will not fall to the death, and it is a member of the Entente, without us instigating on the side, I am afraid that the Japanese have a thief heart and no thief courage!" ”

"Instigation?" Xu Shuzheng shook his head with disdain, the Japanese are all better than monkeys, how can they be instigated by China?

Chang Ruiqing smiled faintly, the October Revolution in Russia will be staged in a few months, and it won't be long before the European war will end. At that time, it is time for the international community to stage a drama of interfering in the Russian Revolution, and it will not be an opportunity for China and Japan in the Far East! It would be a shame to let it go.

Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing took a few steps closer to Xu Shuzheng, almost reaching his ear: "Gong Zheng, Russia and Japan are like two wolves, they will pounce on us and bite us a few times when they have the opportunity, and with our national strength, it is absolutely impossible to resist them at the same time, and the only way is to pull one faction to fight another." We do not seek to expand our own rights and interests, but only to deepen the estrangement between Japan and Russia・・・・・・ and once Russia has civil strife, their Far Eastern territories will be almost terra nullius, and we should provoke Japan to occupy them! As long as Japan occupies the lands of the Russian Far East, will Russia be able to swallow this breath when the civil strife in Russia is over? ”

Xu Shuzheng nodded, although he and Duan Qirui were pro-Japanese, they did not suffer less from the Japanese, nor did they forget Japan's ambitions, if there is really a chance for Japan and Russia to pinch each other, the Beiyang government will be able to concentrate all its efforts on peace! But the question is, does such an opportunity really exist?

Chang Ruiqing also knew what Xu Shuzheng was thinking, and before the other party could ask a question, he preemptively answered: "There must be an opportunity!" As long as Zhi Lao and Zheng Gong have such an idea, the students will have the confidence to turn these two evil wolves into rivals! ”

Xu Shuzheng wrinkled his eyebrows and looked at Chang Ruiqing, seeing that his expression was calm and serious, it didn't look like he was talking nonsense after drinking too much, but these words sounded a bit fantastical.

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