"Brother Keqiang, this article by Mr. Zhang Taiyan can really be said to be worth a million soldiers. It's a pity that Mr. Zhang has written too few articles like this, but too much about Chinese studies and Buddhism. "In an apartment somewhere in Tokyo, Song Jiaoren was talking to Huang Xing.

"At the beginning of the dull beginning, Mr. Zhang Taiyan's knowledge and pen power are naturally incomparable to me. It's just that although Mr. Zhang's talent is high, he can't concentrate on one place, some want to make a revolution, some want to do learning, but there is no such good thing in the world that has the best of both worlds. "Because Zhang Taiyan and Sun. Middle. The mountain fell out, and finally withdrew from the alliance with the Restoration Society, which has always been more biased towards Sun. Middle. Huang Xing of the mountain has a lot of opinions about the people of the Restoration Society now.

"Every now and then, though, it's enough to have such an article. A few days ago, Chen Tongfu told me that the people of the Yue Wanghui planned to take advantage of this farce in the Manchu Qing Dynasty to instigate the new army to launch an uprising. The people of the Liberation Society are also very powerful in Anqing, and it is estimated that they also plan to cooperate together to launch an uprising. Song Jiaoren knew that Huang Xing did not like the people of the Guangfu Society, especially some of the Restoration Society's Mono-people who advocated monarchy in addition to overthrowing the Manchus. But he also knew that Huang Xing was very enthusiastic about the uprising, so he turned the topic to the revolution.

"This is indeed an opportunity, but unfortunately, we have lost a lot in the previous uprisings, and it is difficult to organize again for a while." Huang Xing sighed.

"However, Ince has been doing well in Shanghai lately. If the situation is good, it is not impossible to take advantage of the momentum to revolt in Shanghai. And compared to other places, Shanghai has a greater impact. If Shanghai goes well, then the Manchus will all lose their hearts. At that time, Mr. Sun planned to revolt in the province and Hong Kong. Mr. Sun called from Hanoi and asked you to go over there and help him. Song Jiaoren said.

"That's good." Huang Xing said, "I'll get ready and go right away." ”

……

Hangzhou, West Lake, Salvation Medical College.

A year ago, there was a burglary at Salvation Medical College. A gang of gangsters of "unknown origin" attacked the medical school and robbed the medical school of about 2,000 pieces of Yingyang that it used for teaching and operation. He also wounded several students, as well as two foreign doctors.

The case caused a sensation in Hangzhou. The U.S. consul in Shanghai directly found the governor's yamen for this purpose, and exerted a lot of pressure on the governor's yamen. Although the governor yamen declared that he must catch those gangsters, he has never been able to solve the case. With the help of the U.S. Consulate, Salvation Hospital was given the authority to equip armed escorts, citing the Manchu government's inability to protect the medical school. And on the bright side, there are about twenty armed guards.

And this armed guard also became a cover for the military training of the members of the Liberation Society. If you pay attention, you will find that his composition is not fixed, and it is often replaced, which is actually a constant change of trainees.

In addition, the convoy often went out for training with guns on their backs, and it took a whole day to return with those guns on their backs. In fact, if anyone could examine their guns, they would find that they had been replaced with black-painted woodwork.

In this way, the Liberation Society already had nearly a thousand guns of all kinds in its hands, and the various preparations before the uprising were basically mature.

……

"Greystone, the situation in China, you have to pay attention to it for me a while now. Soon there will be a revolution there. Scrooge told Greystone, "We need to control more resources in China before the war is in full swing, and we need to have our spokesmen in place." It is now possible to make more compromises with Britain, but with Japan, we must be wary. Anyway, once the war broke out, Britain's power would be weakened. At that time, we can expand again, but we must be vigilant about Japan, and they will seek expansion. ”

"Dad, in the future, we will mainly control the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which are relatively wealthy. In this region, the Japanese will also have a great influence on Taiwan. And they also have a very large influence among those revolutionaries in China. It will not be easy to restrain British forces in the future after they have withdrawn. So, Dad, if you're going to leave this task to me, I'd like to get more advice from you. Gladstone said.

"Yes, son. First of all, before I give you more advice, you have to tell me, China, what does it mean to us? Scrooge asked.

"China is now a semi-communal colony. It's just that our share is still limited. But there is a lot of potential for development. Compared with the Philippines, the Chinese are semi-civilized. Just like the Indians. Their purchasing power, as well as their ability to work, far exceeds that of Filipinos. Unlike the Filipinos, who can only do the simplest jobs on plantations and mines, and even in these jobs, they are not as good as blacks. In contrast, the Chinese, if they were a little more organized, would be much more efficient than the Filipinos when they were engaged in things like textiles. In general, they are better colonies, and if they can become our colonies, it will be like Britain owning India.

It's a pity that Chinese culture is not the same as India. And now the trend of nationalist awakening is very obvious. To conquer it, the power spent is probably by no means comparable to that of a barbarian like the government Philippines. Not to mention that we have many other more important things, even if we don't take these into account, with the full power projection capacity of the United States now, it will not be possible to cross an ocean and conquer China. So, the best way is to rule by proxy. It's cheaper, and it's easier for us to get out of the way if something goes wrong. The era of direct colonial rule is approaching twilight, and as time goes by, more and more nationalities will have a nationalist awakening. This is a megatrend and inevitable. Dad, you taught us not to try to fight against the general trend, but to go with her, to guide it, to take advantage of it. Although China is not likely, at least for the time being, it is not possible to bring the United States as much benefit as India has brought to the United Kingdom. But if we run China well, it can bring more benefits to our family than India can bring to most single families in Britain. Greystone replied at once, apparently having thought about it for a long time.

"Very good, Greystone. Your progress over the years has been very obvious, and I think that maybe in a few years, when this war is over, I will be able to trust you to preside over the entire family business. Scrooge nodded in satisfaction.

"Greystone, what do you think will be the main forces of China in the future?" Scrooge asked again.

"Lean on and in the Morning. The power of Xian and the Northeast, no matter who the owner of the Northeast is, the power behind him must be Japan, and there can be no other. Gladstone said first.

"Well, what about Russia?" Scrooge asked.

"With the containment of war, it is already very difficult for Russia to maintain its presence in the Far East."

"Very well, go on." Scrooge nodded.

"Then the north south of the Great Wall will probably be the world of the North Ocean. The contradiction between Beiyang and Japan is very large, and they have the strongest strength, so they sell at the highest price. They will probably choose to work with the British in the short term. The British, however, would use the revolutionary parties in the south to push down their prices. In the long run, they still have a better chance of working with the British.

In the Yangtze River Basin, there will be the power of the Restoration Society and the Alliance. The Restoration Society now basically relies on our strength, and the Alliance is complicated, and they have all the forces behind them. We, the Japanese, the British, and even the French. But they are more of a troublemaker.

But in the Pearl River region, their strength is good. Maybe they'll have a decent influence over there. ”

"What do you think should be done about Shanghai?" Scrooge asked again.

"Shanghai can't give the Restoration Society. The nationalism of these people is very strong, and if Shanghai is in their hands, then in the future, when they bargain with us, I am afraid that the asking price will be quite high. Grastone immediately replied, "I think Shanghai should be handed over to the people of the League." In addition, Britain will not allow the forces we directly support to take control of Shanghai. The alliance will be different, their own strength is limited, after controlling Shanghai, they need to compromise even more, and if there is anything, the price is estimated to be lower. Gladstone replied.

"That's a good consideration, but you also have to think about using this to further create contradictions between the Restoration Society and the Alliance. We must find a way to make the League in Shanghai unright. So that they are more likely to be squeezed. "Also, how do you plan to deal with Japan in the future?" ”

"Japan's economy is much smaller than ours. The technical gap with us is also obvious. In addition, the lack of resources makes their raw material costs higher than ours, so they have almost no choice but to lower the cost of wages. Under such circumstances, it is obvious that their exploitation of China will be much more powerful than ours. So Dad, I think it's good to have a Japan. With them as an example, even if we are harsh, we will be seen as generous in comparison. So, I think under such conditions, we can take advantage of Chinese nationalism. Let Japan become the concentration of resentment among the Chinese, our shield. In many cases, we even have the opportunity to use Japan to make Chinese nationalist sentiments look at us as friends while pitting them against Japan. ”

"Very well, just do what you want. I'm completely relieved of you. Scrooge happily replied.