Chapter 102: Spring Festival Chatter
When the Chinese government announced the implementation of a constitutional monarchy, all countries in the world, except for Germany and other allied countries, were in an uproar, and they could not imagine that China would decide to implement the imperial system so quickly, and they thought that democracy would be able to fight with the imperial system for a few years.
The attitude of the Chinese peasants was really beyond their expectations, they did not expect that the land reform would make the peasants support Qin Yu with all their hearts, and there was also a situation in which the Democratic Party made a move against the peasants, which was too dramatic.
Germany and other countries are very excited, their friends are about to become emperors, and there will be a big power in the Far East to help them in the future, and China's strength is stronger than the third-rate countries in Europe, and Russia's power in the Far East will be dragged down, which is very beneficial to them.
Britain and France and other countries are very unhappy to see the implementation of a constitutional monarchy in China, and the potential for the outbreak of loose China once again is not ordinarily terrible, and their colonies in Asia will have to send more troops, otherwise they will not be able to afford another Sino-British war.
As for Japan, they are gritting their teeth, originally they deliberately asked people to pretend to be enthusiastic people from overseas to donate money to the democrats so that they could confront the government, and they also hoped to delay the rise of China and get China into the partisan struggle, but they did not expect it to be like this.
The news announced by the government made farmers all over the country cheer, and burned firecrackers to celebrate the government's imperial system, although the New Year was still a few days away, but these people seemed to be happier than the Spring Festival, and even wanted to pass the Spring Festival earlier.
The Republic of China Party is licking its wounds at this time, a large number of party members have withdrawn, and some high-level people have left, which makes the Republic of China Party very frustrated, only those overseas personnel still donate money to them as always, Song Jiaoren They also personally thanked these people, and also made the intelligence department in Huaxia pay attention to this matter.
Approaching the end of the year, the whole country began to return to calm, everyone was busy preparing for the New Year, this is the first New Year after the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China, of course, it has to be prosperous, so that it is the beginning of the new year.
The officials of the Chinese government also began to be busy, a lot of things waiting for them to do, preparations for the founding of the country, preparations for the military parade, invitations to foreign guests and so on made them busy and dizzy, in order to complete the founding of the country well, Qin Yu only gave all the officials three days off for the Spring Festival.
The government officials have no complaints about the only three days off, this is a very important day, and it is already an incomparable honor for them to be able to participate in things such as the founding of the country, and they will witness the rise of a great power.
February 6, 1913 is the first day of the first lunar month, that is, the Spring Festival, all over China to celebrate the New Year, this time the New Year is more enthusiastic than ever, firecracker merchants everywhere count the money to the hand cramps, even the cold weather can not reduce people's enthusiasm.
Qin Yu's house had a lot of people come to visit early in the morning, Cai Yi, Jiang Fangzhen, Chen Fu and other core of the Chinese government came to Qin Yu's house, as for other officials, they also wanted to come, but before the Chinese New Year, the government issued an internal document, stipulating that all officials were not allowed to go to Qin Yu to pay New Year's greetings without Qin Yu's permission, and officials were prohibited from taking the opportunity to form gangs and accept bribes.
There are a lot of government officials in Beijing now, thousands of people up and down, and if everyone comes to Qin Yu to pay New Year's greetings, he will go crazy, so only the core figures of the government can come to Qin Yu's house to pay New Year's greetings.
Qin Yu now temporarily lives in Zhongnanhai, that is, where Yuan Shikai lived before, the Qin family is in a prince's mansion in Beijing, and Mrs. Qin, Erin and others are also living in Zhongnanhai, as for the outside, they usually go to live.
Since it was decided that a constitutional monarchy would be implemented, for the sake of Qin Yu's safety, Chen Fu and others tried their best to ask him to live in Zhongnanhai temporarily, and Qin Yu also agreed.
More than a dozen people sat in the side hall of Qin Yu's house, eating rice cakes and other snacks, chatting and laughing, without the usual sense of depression at the upper and lower levels.
"There are not so many etiquette issues today, we are just a group of friends, if you have anything, you don't mind, it's just like chatting about family life." Qin Yu said while eating a piece of rice cake.
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and then they all laughed, yes, it's the New Year, and the chat between good friends doesn't have to be so rigid, it seems that Qin Yu didn't put on a show because he was going to be the emperor.
Chen Fu also picked up a piece of rice cake water and said: "Young master, I haven't been together like this for a long time, usually if you get together, there is something important to gather together to discuss, I really miss the time in Germany." ”
Qin San and a few others also sighed with emotion, thinking that they followed the young master to Germany back then, and let them study at the Military Academy, otherwise they wouldn't be where they are today, and this qiē was given to them by Qin Yu.
Qin Yu also misses the days in Germany very much, "Yes, so many years have passed in a flash, I didn't expect that we would have this qiē today, sometimes it's like a dream." Even I am a father, and the burden on my shoulders is getting heavier and heavier, and it is not easy to shoulder the rise and fall of the whole country until today! ”
"Chairman, should we invite the Japanese to see our strength in this military parade, I would love to see their expressions at that time, I think it will be very exciting." Cai Ye said a little evilly.
Everyone present already knew the content of the parade, although these things would also be trained in the usual training, but the parade that Qin Yu asked for was too strict, and the momentum was very strong, and there was no country in the world that held such a military parade, which would definitely be recorded and become a heavy stroke in human history.
"Hmph, I have already sent an invitation to their ambassador, they will definitely come, and maybe they will take the opportunity to embarrass us, so you must be careful on that day, don't lose face, if you lose it, you will lose the face of the country. I also want to see the faces of these people, I hope not to scare them, this is not as simple as a simple military parade, I want the whole world to remember this day. ”
Everyone was stunned, could it be that Qin Yu was going to do something earth-shattering that day? Although everyone was very puzzled, they didn't ask, and they would naturally understand that day.
Jiang Fangzhen thought for a while and said: "The German ambassador Hanmi once said that the Kaiser would give us a big gift when we founded the country, I don't know what it will be, it's really curious." ”
"What can there be, what else can Germany do in the Far East now, I think it should be Qingdao, after all, if they want to continue to cooperate with us, they have to hand over Qingdao, otherwise they will not cooperate with us with peace of mind. China's current strength is also one of the strongest in the Far East, and they will have to pay the price if they want to win us over, and Qingdao's existence will estranged us from them, so it will not be easy to develop. Cai Yi said while eating a piece of rice cake.
After hearing this, everyone looked at Cai Ye in a daze, in their opinion, the most likely thing for Germany was to send some old warships or something, and they didn't think about the problem of Qingdao, because it was a very embarrassing problem. Germany is now an important partner of China, and China cannot afford to lose this partner, and Germany also wants China's resources, and the relationship between the two countries is very good, and Qingdao is a thorn in the body of the two countries.
Huaxia will not fight Germany for Qingdao, and Germany also needs this port in the Far East, so the interests of the two conflict. This is also something that Qin Yu has never wanted to discuss, because he can't turn his face with Germany now, and the follow-up series of plans need to be helped by Germany, and he wants to ask Germany back in World War I.
Cai Yi's words made Qin Yu also stunned, if the Kaiser really gave him this big gift, he would be grateful to Wilhelm II for a lifetime, but he also felt that this was impossible, unless Huaxia could surpass Japan in a short time, otherwise if he wanted Qingdao, he might have to fight with the Japanese.
"You're not kidding, Kaiser Wilhelm isn't old yet, so just think for yourself, I think it will take a year or two to solve the problem. I'm really looking forward to this gift, and I don't know what William is up to. Qin Yu touched his chin and said.
Everyone will also shake their heads for a while, expressing their disagreement with this statement, and Cai Ye didn't say anything at this time and seemed to be eating rice cakes, but Jiang Fangzhen next to him thought for a while and said; "The chairman's idea is to implement a constitutional monarchy in Britain or Germany, and I will reveal it in advance, so that we can be prepared in our hearts."
Qin Yu just finished eating a piece of rice cake and clapped his hands and said: "In the early stage, it was the kind of model that implemented Germany, which can make us rise in a short period of time, and slowly I will let go of power until it becomes a model like the British." But one of the things that needs to be insisted on is that the emperor has the power of the three armies, part of the political power and economic power, that's it, as for the rest, you can let go. But in the early stage, it is necessary to seize it all, and not let other forces take advantage of it, as long as the environment near us is stable, I will let go of power, after all, I am too busy to be busy alone, and I still need your help. ”
Jiang Fangzhen didn't have much reaction after hearing this, now China looks thriving and very strong, but it is still facing external threats, there is Tsarist Russia in Outer Mongolia, and Japan across the sea, both countries are not weak. Internationally, China will also face pressure from Britain and France, and the rise of China has seriously threatened their interests in Asia, and they will definitely stumble on China.
There are still a lot of messes left over from the Qing Dynasty in the country waiting for them to deal with, so it is time to concentrate the resources of the whole country and try to develop as much as possible, only in this way can it develop in a short period of time and then break these pressures.
"After the Spring Festival, everyone should try their best to do their own work, especially about the founding of the country and the military parade, which must not be delayed." Qin Yu continued.
Everyone nodded one after another, they knew about these things, but it was not office time, so they didn't discuss these things with Qin Yu carefully, and after a while, a group of people chatted about it.