Chapter 1077 - Recovering the Belgian Concession in Tianjin
The agreement between China and Belgium was signed very quickly, and when the leaders of other countries did not react, the two sides signed the "Sino-Belgian Agreement" in a chaotic manner, and Wang Maoru also knew that if it was not signed as soon as possible, Britain, France, the United States, and Japan would certainly exert pressure to force Belgium to abandon the sale of the Tianjin concession to China. The more you buy, the more you redeem, the more you can break the chain of their interests.
On August 17, the "Agreement on the Redemption of the Sino-Belgian Tianjin Concession" was signed at the Summer Palace in Beijing, and the two parties signed were the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Gu Weijun and the Belgian Ambassador to China Lorne.
In the afternoon of the same day, Lin Changmin, Secretary General of the State Council, announced that China had officially recovered the Belgian Concession in Tianjin, and the people of the whole country ushered in this news that made the Chinese people proud when they were panicking about the fight against the epidemic. That night, the State Council held an emergency meeting, Tang Shaoyi took two bottles of red wine, and said that everyone was drinking red wine and holding a meeting to celebrate the victory of the hard-won medicine for the concession.
Tang Shaoyi said to everyone: "If Xiusheng hadn't insisted on doing so this time, I'm afraid I would have found it hard to believe that the Belgian Congress accepted our recovery of the concession so lightly." ”
Beijing Mayor Xia Chao raised his glass and said: "For the generalissimo's persistence, we toast." ”
"Cheers." The crowd shouted together.
Wang Maoru also raised a glass with everyone, and after taking a sip together, he said: "I didn't expect things to go so smoothly, so to speak, even God is helping us now." China's national fortune is coming, and it can't be stopped. Colleagues, have you ever felt that China's national fortunes are getting stronger and stronger, and China's national power is rising? Will China once again become the world's central empire? ”
"Yes!" Liu Enge, the president of the House of Representatives, was the loudest, "Generalissimo, is it necessary to negotiate with Britain and France next?" "Everyone is dying, if the other concessions can be regained...... So now the current government personnel must go down in history.
Wang Maoru shook his head and said, "How difficult, how difficult!" But it's man-made. It's better to have a good start than to have a clue. However, what we are going to discuss today is that tomorrow we will go to Tianjin to receive the candidates for the Belgian Concession. ”
Xia Chao whispered: "So? ”
"yes, the better." Li Ziwen, the chief minister of culture, said, "Nowadays, JVIS is rampant. The morale of the Chinese people is sluggish, and it is just so that we have taken advantage of this incident to make a big fuss about the recovery of the Belgian concession and boost the morale of the nation. ”
"It makes sense." Vice President of the House of Councillors, Wu Zhaolin, said, "This is an important measure for the benefit of the country and the people, and the people must be involved in it." ”
Wang Maoru said: "I think the prime minister should go. ”
Tang Shaoyi was moved in his heart, if he went to heaven to recover the concession. It is also a great honor to talk about it, and he said modestly: "This success, thanks to Xiusheng, you should go." ”
Wang Maoru said: "The prime minister must not be modest, at this difficult time, only the prime minister himself can inspire people." Others also supported Tang Shaoyi. So he drew up candidates that night and rushed to Tianjin overnight.
On August 18, the 12th year of the Republic of China, the 295th Regiment of the 99th Brigade of the 34th Division of the Eighth Army of the Chinese National Defense Force and the Tianjin Police Force, under the leadership of Chinese Premier Tang Shaoyi, Vice President of the Senate Wu Zhaolin, Vice Minister of the House of Representatives Liang Qichao, Minister of Culture Li Ziwen, Minister of Education Xu Nailin, Vice Minister of National Defense Sa Zhenbing, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Gu Weijun, and Tianjin Police Chief Song Ruhui, conducted a concession handover ceremony with the Belgian Ambassador to China Lorne in Tianjin.
Although it was a time of the great flu, not many reporters attended the concession handover ceremony, but the people of Tianjin knew about the recovery of the concession early. They even ran out in the middle of the night, and nearly 10,000 people watched.
In the bustling crowd, people are wearing white masks, and each other's joy can be seen in each other's eyes. The people of Tianjin have been oppressed by foreigners from all over the world, and now they can not be excited to see the concession recovered. Some people even brought firecrackers, but they were confiscated by the Tianjin police, and they were not allowed to set off without permission.
Under the morning sun, people saw the vertical black, yellow and red tricolor flag of the Kingdom of Belgium slowly coming down, when the provisional national anthem of the Republic of China was played as "Song of Clothes". All the Chinese were shocked in their hearts, and the majestic and heroic song shocked their hearts, this was originally a war song, and all the soldiers of the 295th Regiment at the scene shouted and sang together.
"How can you say clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. Enmity with the Son! How can you say clothes? With the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd. Work with the son! How can you say clothes? Clothed with the Son......"
Gradually, the people began to hum along. In the sound of the national anthem hummed by 10,000 people, the red, yellow, blue, white and black five-color flag of the Republic of China was slowly raised.
The observers from other powers who came to see the excitement couldn't help but sigh, looking at the raised Chinese five-color flag, and their hearts were gloomy. One former empire is dying, and another is rising, just like these two flags. Napoleon once said, don't wake up the dragon in the East, let him sleep forever. But now, as if Napoleon least wanted to see the last thing he wanted, the dragon had opened its eyes, shook off the dust from its body, and was slowly rising.
Belgium was not the first country to return the Chinese concession (the first to return the concession was Germany, which was a favor, because at this time the Chinese government had already recovered all the Russian concessions, all the German concessions, and all the Austro-Hungarian concessions, but the Belgian concession was the first time that the Chinese government took the lead in recovering the concessions without the intervention of other countries in the world, and it also announced the Chinese government's attitude towards the recovery of the concessions - ours and we will have to take it back sooner or later.
After the Belgian government set an example, the Japanese government once again proposed to buy banlangen powder from China on the grounds of the strict epidemic situation, and Lu Zhengxiang, the foreign minister of the Chinese government, firmly stated that banlangen powder is only for Chinese use or used in exchange for concessions, and will never be used for public sale.
On August 19, China's Minister of Health, Wang Maoru, announced at the State Council in Beijing that a total of 13,000 Chinese people had been executed on the same day as they had taken banlan root powder from the government for free and sold it to foreign buyers at a high price. The mass executions were carried out on the same day in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Zhili, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Henan, and nearly a million people witnessed the executions.
On August 20, China's Minister of Health, Wang Maoru, again announced the execution of 3,100 businessmen who sold medicinal herbs without permission and government civil servants who guarded and stole medicines while distributing them.
As of today, less than 4,000 Chinese people have died from the JVIS flu, and all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and it is claimed that 20,000 people have died of the flu. But these 4,000 people, including some KMT members, took the opportunity to be secretly dealt with by agents of the Investigation Department, and counted among the people who died of influenza. However, because of taking advantage of small advantages and disobeying the government's ban, 16,000 people were referendum in two days.
The referendum of 20,000 people immediately reminded the people of the Minister of Health, Wang Maoru, who was not only a hero who broke new ground, but also a generalissimo who slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people in the enemy country. He doesn't take life seriously, and no one else thinks how merciful he will be, and in the face of the rules, all those who violate the prohibition must die. The majority of the Chinese people seem to have applauded the execution of 16,000 people, and they have a deep hatred for such people who take advantage of the country, who have no regard for the interests of the public, and who will have absolutely no trouble complying with the rules, despite the extreme methods.
On August 20, when 16,000 speculative merchants and ordinary citizens were executed, Wang Maoru and his family went to Guangji Temple in Beijing to burn incense and pray. Including Ulan Tuya and others, they thought that Wang Maoru was praying for the people who fell ill in the midst of the flu, but in fact Wang Maoru was praying for his conscience.
It was he who ordered the execution of 16,000 people, and 16,000 lives were gone, gone, and Wang Maoru really couldn't sleep. Although he had ordered the execution of the 73rd Brigade and executed more than 10,000 people in the 715 Incident, it was a rebellion and a fight between soldiers. But these sixteen,000 people are just to take advantage, and who hasn't taken advantage of it on weekdays? Because of this small mistake, he was slaughtered as a chicken for monkeys because of the need for the state to use medicine to exchange for the concession.
Wang Maoru knelt down in front of the Buddha, this time it was he who caused the injustice, although he did not regret it, he felt guilty.
Many people even worshipped Wang Maoru because of the execution of this group of people, and the so-called killer of one person is a criminal, the one who kills a hundred people is a demon, and the one who kills 10,000 people is a hero. The killing of 20,000 lawbreakers made people think that Wang Maoru was a person who strictly abided by the law and regarded law and discipline as the highest faith.
Later generations called this kind of behavior brainless powder, and the specific expression is that when he likes someone, even the that this person pulls out is fragrant. Wang Maoru himself felt deeply guilty about the execution of 16,000 people, and could not sleep at night, but the people happily supported his approach, and it cannot be said how easy a considerable part of the people were to be fooled when the people's wisdom was not opened.
The more ignorant he is, the more superstitious he is about the cult of personality, but this worship often makes Wang Maoru feel sad and ashamed. However, if he wants to lead this huge ancient and backward country back into the central empire of the world, he has to let others blindly worship him to achieve his ideals and goals.
Democracy and freedom are good, but they were only needed when they needed to have a full stomach, and now the people are not well fed and clothed, and the outside world is always thinking about carving up China and dismembering China, Wang Maoru needs this kind of personality cult that makes him feel sad. He himself understands how dangerous the cult of personality is. But for the sake of the country, he had to use the cultural hound Li Ziwen to promote himself again and again.
If the people are rich, if the country is rich and strong, the cult of personality must be eliminated, Wang Maoru secretly swore in his heart. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the www.biquge.info of Biquge (qidian.to vote for recommendation votes, monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m.qidian. ),