With a crisp snap, Duan Qirui's slap had already slammed on the desk, and his nose was a little crooked, which was a sign of his anger. In the end, he snorted coldly: "You Cao Runtian have been doing diplomacy for so many years, and you still don't understand the thoughts of the Japanese?" They are now adding firewood to both ends, that is, they are looking at the civil war of our Chinese to fight bigger and bigger! They are good fishermen! Now, if we are willing to borrow money from Japan at any cost, of course we will be able to receive the money, and although our central government is extremely poor, there will always be traitors to India and Pakistan, right? The Japanese want Qingdao, the Jiaoji Railway, the extension of the Kanto Prefecture Concession, the extension of the South Manchurian Railway, and probably the right to free immigration in the Northeast, and what kind of island!

If we sell all of this, it's over? No way! They will continue to sell weapons and ammunition to the Kuomintang and GCD, so that they can compete with us for the world, and when we can't stand it anymore, they will put forward new demands! It could be the whole Northeast! Will we sell it then? ”

Duan Qirui finished speaking excitedly, sitting there gasping for breath, it seemed that he was really angry. Although he is a corrupt warlord and an outdated character, it is inevitable that his legs and feet will be weak when he sees foreign devils. But it does not mean that he has no bottom line when he sells the country, and he is willing to do anything to maintain his regime.

Cao Rulin stood there, also speechless. He and Japanese Minister Hayashi Quansuke had already exchanged views privately on the matter of "betraying the country." The other party's condition was to recognize the transfer of Germany's original interests in Shandong to Japan, and to agree to extend the lease period of the Kwantung Prefecture and South Manchurian Railway to 99 years! If these two conditions are met, the Japanese side can provide a loan of 60 million yen to the Beiyang government.

And these conditions, in Cao Rulin's view, are not unacceptable. Anyway, when the lease period of the Kwantung Prefecture and South Manchurian Railway has expired, the Japanese will definitely not pay it back, and as for the Qingdao and Jiaoji railways, they are now also in Japan's hands, and Britain and France have long promised Japan to occupy Germany's rights and interests in Shandong after the war!

Duan Qirui was silent for a moment, sighed again, and turned his head to look at Wang Shizhen: "Hire Qing." Why don't you go to Dongjiaomin Lane again and discuss it with British Minister Eiston. Sue him, we can sever diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia. We can tear up the "Sino-Russian New Testament", as long as Britain is willing to lend us a sum of money, there will be 30 or 40 million! ”

Wang Shizhen has been the prime minister for a few months, and the original gray beard is now snow-white. There are a lot more wrinkles on his face, and it seems that this prime minister is really not a human being! Hearing Duan Qirui say this, he smiled bitterly: "I'll talk about this matter, but the certainty of success is really not big? Unless we can come up with a guarantee, there is no hope at all. ”

Duan Qirui turned his head to look at Liang Shiyi: "Yan Sun, think about it, what else can we mortgage?" ”

Liang Shiyi frowned and thought for a while, then hesitated: "The Jinghan Railway can be mortgaged for more than 10 million!" There are also commercial taxes in Beijing and Tianjin! However, "

Duan Qirui saw him stumbling, so he asked, "But what?" ”

Liang Shiyi let out a long sigh: "However, in the future, the road payment (ticket sales income) of the Jinghan Railway and the taxes of Beijing and Tianjin will be greatly reduced, and this central day"

Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen glanced at each other, and Duan Qirui smiled bitterly: "Charge." All of them out! The next battle is a matter of life and death for our Beiyang! Only when the war is won can the central government do it. If you lose the battle, the central government is Sun Yat-sen and Chang Ruiqing! We can't control how they live! ”

Just when the Beiyang side was eating grain to raise military expenses. The cruiser Haiqi that Sun Yat-sen was riding on had slowly approached the crowded dock of Mawei Port. Huge cheers erupted on the dock, and people from all walks of life in Fuzhou greeted this figure who seemed to be a great leader soon, with unprecedented enthusiasm.

On the pier, the non-commissioned officers and students of the Fujian Army Martial Arts Hall, which served as a guard of honor, wore neat khaki military uniforms and saluted with brand-new Type 38 rifles, and the military band also played majestic music. A large number of gendarmes and police officers maintained order at the docks, but they could not stop the enthusiasm of the people. The whole pier seemed to become a sea of jubilation. At the closest point to the water at the dock, there was a cordon formed by the officers and soldiers of Chang Ruiqing's internal security force. Blocking the cheering crowd.

He is a major general of the Fujian Army and a senior official of the Fujian Provincial Government. The leaders of the Central Bureau of the Central Committee of the China and G, as well as representatives from all walks of life such as chambers of commerce, schools and churches, as well as "international friends" such as Yue Fei, Toushanman, and Inu Yangyi, all gathered around the gangway lowered by the cruiser Haiqi. Chang Ruiqing didn't know what to think about, he actually stood side by side with Mao ZD, he was wearing a thick military uniform, and he was already sweating profusely under the June sun in Fuzhou, at this time, while wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, he smiled bitterly at Mao ZD beside him: "Look! This Mr. Sun's reputation is still beyond the reach of you and me, I have been in Fujian for so many days, but I have never been so welcomed! ”

Although Mao ZD did not agree with Chang Ruiqing's "bourgeois revolutionary theory", he was still very enthusiastic in terms of face, and he said with a smile: "Isn't that you, the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Army, have done a good job in propaganda work?" Fujian is now a military and political government, and the press and public opinion are also strictly controlled, and the newspapers are full of good words touting Mr. Sun and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, but no one dares to say a bad word! However, this kind of obstruction of speech has attracted a lot of infamy in other provinces! ”

"Oh, isn't that good?" Chang Ruiqing asked silently.

Mao Zd shook his head slightly, and his face showed a trace of solemnity: "It's not bad, Comrade Yaoru, we should encourage the people, especially intellectuals, to put forward opinions to the party!" Don't be afraid that someone will take the opportunity to attack the party, and let them be exposed, isn't it just convenient for us to strike? It's called luring the snake out of the hole! ”

Chang Ruiqing nodded heavily, and wanted to speak, but the crowd erupted into even louder cheers. He and Mao Zd looked up at the deck of the Haiqi, and sure enough, they saw a small middle-aged man appearing on the deck with a smile on his face, wearing a well-cut suit (the tunic had not yet appeared), and holding a beautiful young woman with a slightly plump body, waving to the crowd. This person is naturally the generalissimo of the Protector Military Government, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, the premier of the Kuomintang, and the lady next to him is Ms. Soong Ching-ling.

Seeing this grand welcome scene in front of him, Sun Yat-sen's somewhat annoyed mood also improved, he was somewhere else, even if it was in his hometown Guangzhou. I've never seen such a welcoming scene! It seems that the people here love themselves so much, and it is the result of Chang Ruiqing's control of public opinion! This method works!

Of course, he couldn't put these thoughts on his face, and waved his hand at the moment. While holding Song Qingling and striding down the gangway, he walked towards the crowd that greeted him. Chang Ruiqing also greeted him, the two had met several times in Guangzhou, and they shook hands warmly. Talk cordially. Chang Ruiqing said with a smile: "Mr. Sun, today all walks of life in Fujian have used their enthusiasm to give the most beautiful welcome speech, and I will not give a speech again." Sir must have been tired from the journey, so why don't you go to my headquarters and rest first. Mr. Sun, please board the bus! ”

Chang Ruiqing's voice fell. A black sedan was already rumbling over. Chang Ruiqing personally opened the car door for Sun Yat-sen, invited Sun Yat-sen and his wife into the car, and then sat in the co-pilot's seat. Under the illumination of a reporter's spotlight, the dust disappeared.

Early the next morning, Sun Yat-sen, who had already slept beautifully and felt full of energy, walked into a secluded conference room in the Fujian Army Headquarters, accompanied by Jiang Jshi and Xie Zhi. Chang Ruiqing, Chen Duxiu, Mao ZD, and Soviet and Russian adviser Yue Fei were already waiting there early.

"Sit. Sit down. Sun Yat-sen smiled and looked at several leaders of the Chinese and Soviet Russian sides who were standing at the door to greet him. Then he took his two men and sat on the chairs that had been prepared for them a long time ago.

As soon as I returned to my seat. Chang Ruiqing nodded to Sun Yat-sen with a stern expression, and went straight to the topic: "Sir, last night I received a secret report from Beijing that the Beiyang government is ready to use the Jinghan Railway and the commercial taxes of Beijing and Tianjin as collateral to borrow 30 million silver dollars from British imperialism for the civil war. ”

Sun Yat-sen's face became solemn all of a sudden, and Jiang Jshi, who was beside him, gritted his teeth and said, "Niang Xipi!" These traitors. Just know to sell sovereignty, know to fight a civil war! If this continues, China will die in their hands! ”

Lao Jiang's words just fell. Mao ZD on the side of the middle g immediately echoed loudly: "General Jiang is right! His big hand waved imposingly: "We can't let the rotten Beiyang government betray the country like this anymore, we should immediately issue a statement." It said that it would no longer recognize the traitorous treaty and loan contract signed by the Beiyang government! In the future, we will seize power, and we will not pay their debts for them! ”

Not to mention, as soon as Mao ZD's idea came out, the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party present felt good! The next war between the North and the South is not so much about fighting for the army as it is about fighting for military salaries! As long as the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have a way to cut off Beiyang's salary, there will be no suspense about the outcome of this war. If the Protector Military Government makes a statement that it "does not recognize Beiyang debts" and "does not recognize the treaties signed by Beiyang", then it will be even more difficult for the Beiyang government to raise military salaries.

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, Mao ZD then went on to say: "Of course, just issuing a statement is not enough to smash the Beiyang government's conspiracy to sell the civil war, the only way is to launch the Northern Expedition and completely overthrow the reactionary rule of the Beiyang government!" The premise of the Northern Expedition is the reunification of Fujian and Guangdong, and the comprehensive cooperation of the Kuomintang and GCD! Only in this way can we have the strength of the Northern Expedition. ”

Sun Yat-sen nodded slightly: "This is exactly the purpose of my coming to Fuzhou." He looked up at Chang Ruiqing and Chen Duxiu, chairman of the Chinese government, and said with a smile: "Brother Yaoru, Mr. Chen, I plan to convene an extraordinary congress in Guangzhou to elect a provisional president and organize the government." I would like to ask Brother Yaoru to serve as Vice President and Minister of the Army, Mr. Chan is of course Prime Minister, I don't know what the two of you think? ”

Chang Ruiqing and Chen Duxiu glanced at each other, this condition was obviously very favorable, but Chang Ruiqing shook his head and said, "Sir, I think it is inappropriate to convene the Provisional Congress now!" This is because Guangdong and Fujian are currently under military rule, rather than constitutional government under the Provisional Covenant Law. Since it is a military government, there should be no more congresses and presidents. ”

"If we don't convene a congress and don't elect a president, then how can we fight against the Beiyang Division?" Xie Zhi, who was sitting next to Sun Yat-sen, asked in a loud voice.

Chang Ruiqing smiled and said: "We can set up a national government composed of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Mr. Sun can serve as the chairman of the national government, and Chairman Chen of our party can serve as the prime minister of the government." Furthermore. Under the Nationalist Government, a bipartisan military council was set up to take charge of the armed forces, and Mr. Sun was also the chairman of this military committee, and then he was the vice chairman of the military council and the minister of the army. ”

Sun Yat-sen was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the other party would actually propose such a nondescript "national government"! And also came up with what kind of "military council" to be in charge of the army, which is a military dictatorship at first hearing! If this is not even the cloak of democratic constitutionalism, how will the people of the world view this government and his own revolutionary?

And the reason why Chang Ruiqing put forward such a condition. Of course, it was also deliberate and had repeated exchanges of views with other leaders of China and G. The provisional Congress, which is now regarded as a treasure by Sun Yat-sen, is the product of the first parliamentary election of the Republic of China, when China's GCD had not yet been established, and naturally it did not participate in this congressional election. Therefore, there is not a single GCD member of Parliament. If Chang Ruiqing and Zhong G follow Sun Yat-sen's line of thought. If this provisional congress is regarded as the highest organ of power, it is inevitable that we will be in a disadvantageous position in our future dealings with Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang. Therefore, Chang Ruiqing and Zhongg simply proposed the method of completely severing the legal system of the Republic of China and setting up a separate national government to implement military and political affairs. Moreover, the de facto supreme power of such a military government is clearly the Military Council! Therefore, Chang Ruiqing simply gave up the vice chairman of the Nationalist Government, who was of little use, and "succumbed" to the vice chairman of the Military Commission, and as soon as Sun Yat-sen died in the future, he would be the chairman of the Standing Committee!

Just when Sun Yat-sen hesitated. Chang Ruiqing offered another extremely tempting condition. He pointed to Yue Fei on the side and said with a smile: "Mr. Sun, the Soviet Russian side has decided to vigorously aid our revolution, of course, we also have tens of thousands of Red Army troops aiding Russia to help Soviet Russia fight, and the northeast side has to do some big things for them!" He paused for a moment and continued: "The scale of Soviet Russian aid is very large, up to 15 tons of gold! Ninety percent of it will be used to augment our bipartisan armed forces, which we would like to name the Wehrmacht! Furthermore. During this time, we also purchased enough weapons and ammunition from Japan to equip 10 divisions! After the merger of the two of us, it will naturally be handed over to the future military council. ”

15% of 90 tons of gold plus the equipment of 10 divisions. There are also three divisions of the Fujian Army and the whole of Fujian Province!

Sun Yat-sen took a deep breath, and the ecstasy on his face could not be concealed. He nodded again and again: "I really didn't expect it." I really didn't expect that Brother Yaoru and Zhong G would have such a mind, okay, I agree with your conditions! From now on, our Kuomintang and Communist Party will be one family! ”

Speaking of this, his eyebrows suddenly twisted slightly, looked at Yue Fei, the representative of Soviet Russia, and said in English: "Mr. Yue Fei, I am very grateful for the generous assistance of the Soviet and Russian sides, but there is one thing I must insist on, that is, the GC system is not suitable for the current Chinese national conditions, and the GC revolution cannot be carried out in China either!" In this regard, I agree with the views of the leaders of China and G, and I also hope that the Soviet and Russian sides will respect the wishes of our Chinese people! ”

Yue Fei's expression was slightly unhappy, but he covered it up well, he nodded with a smile, and replied to Sun Yat-sen in English: "Please rest assured Mr. Sun on this point, we Russian GCD people have no intention of exporting GCISM to China, and we also understand that the GCISM system is not applicable to the current national conditions of China." Moreover, on behalf of the Russian GCD and the Soviet Government, I can issue a joint statement with Mr. Sun to make clear to the whole of China and the whole world the position of our Soviet Russia on the Chinese revolution! ”

Such a statement is probably a copy of the original historical "Sun Wen Yue Fei Declaration", right? Sun Yat-sen nodded with satisfaction, turned his gaze to the leaders of the Chinese G, and said with a slight smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, why don't we also issue a "Joint Statement of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party" to show the whole of China our position of defeating the warlords, opposing imperialism, and carrying out the national revolution?" ”

The issuance of the "Joint Statement of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party" is of course also in the plan of several Chinese and G leaders. Chen Duxiu smiled and nodded solemnly: "Mr. Sun, our party is also in favor of making this statement, but we think we must add an article?" ”

Plus one? Is it "United Russia and the Communist Party"? A very strange word suddenly appeared in Sun Yat-sen's mind, but before he could say it, Chen Duxiu had already said to himself: "Mr. Sun, our party believes that it is necessary to add to the statement the implementation of land reform, help the poor peasants, and realize that the cultivators will never have their land. This is the core content of the land reform in Fujian Province, and now it is also our party's position on the land issue! ”

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