There is nothing to do if you don't give face, Wang Zhenyu found that the more people get to a high position, the more impossible it is to do what they want, there are too many things to scruple about, if he really goes to clean up people because of Chiang Kai-shek's behavior, it will be too cheap. Let him go, history is not that history anyway, unless someone kills himself and then sets things right.

While Shanghai is very lively, Beijing is solemn.

Although Beijing remained the political center of China under the Armistice Agreement, it is clear that this center was already nominal, and that Beijing had begun to depreciate in the post-Yuan era. However, the British-led legation remained unchanged in Beijing, because they themselves had not yet come up with an argument about the future of China.

In the British Legation, a banquet was being held, where the wives of brightly dressed diplomats and the wives of those in power from Beijing were sipping haode French dry red, exchanging opinions on fashionable costumes, and Chinese servants wearing bow ties and carrying plates shuttled through the banquet to bring drinks to these noble ladies. There is not a trace of the smoke of the European war here, only light-hearted conversations and hearty laughter, as if the war that cost the lives of millions of young people in Europe had nothing to do with them. In the small room next to the banquet site, the atmosphere became solemn, and there were five of the six great powers in the traditional sense, including British Minister Zhu Erdian, French Minister Immanuel Kant, American Minister Reinsch, Japanese Minister Nippon Yiyi, and Russian Minister Kupensi. As for the German minister, because of the relationship between the belligerents, although there was an agreement before the war that the issue of China should be unified on the issue of China, it was still ignored intentionally or unintentionally in practice.

According to the rules, as the current overlord of Shijie, the British Minister Zhu Erdian was still the first to speak: "My friends, this damned war in China, which has lasted for more than four months, is finally over. It is worth noting that this ancient country has now entered a state of actual division. I think it is our duty as envoys of civilization to sit down and talk about our vision of the future of this ancient country and to do something for peace in this country. ”

Zhu Erdian is really a natural diplomat, and the evil things have become righteous in his mouth, saying that one of the main reasons why Yuan Shikai became the emperor was that this benevolent brother persuaded him to advance, causing Yuan Shikai to really think that the powers would support him, but in fact, the powers who were busy with the European war could not come up with any real money to support him. Even after the outbreak of the Protectorate War, Zhu Erdian, who was accustomed to being high, did something that made the Japanese feel disgusting, he actually referred to the methods of the Xinhai Revolution and withheld the customs duties and salt taxes again, where is this helping, this is asking for Yuan Shikai's life. Yuan Shikai, who had no money, could only watch the Beiyang Army under his command be broken by each other, and finally achieved Wang Zhenyu's great career and buried Lao Yuan's life. Far from feeling guilty, the stubborn Zhu Erdian now sees the division of China as a major victory for his diplomatic work in China, on the grounds that Britain is now unable to control China, and that a divided China can better protect the interests of the British Empire in China. It's too strong, but that's okay, the Japanese think so too.

With the outbreak of war in Europe, Japan's interference in China has increased significantly, and the Japanese have even refused, of course, believing that Britain is the first and Japan is the second on China's issue. So he spoke ahead of the French Minister Immanuel Kant, and the French, though angry about it, were helpless, because their young men were busy filling the trenches in Europe with their lives and bodies, and the whole country was overwhelmed by the damned Germans, and was on the verge of storming at any moment. If the legation really wanted to carry out a military intervention in China, similar to that of the Eight-Nation Alliance, it would have to rely on the Japanese and the Russians, who in fact had not had a very good time, and they had just let the Germans fight all over the ground on the Eastern Front. So if you want to interfere in China's internal affairs now, it will be calculated that the Japanese family can send troops, so now the rudeness of these yellow-skinned dwarfs can only be endured, and when the old men defeat the Germans, you can wait and see.

Increasingly intended, he looks very good among the Japanese, with a handsome face and a somewhat powerful mustache, and he is definitely a standard beautiful man in the eyes of the Orientals. But he spoke aggressively: "As a member of the legation, I am interested to know what your esteemed English friends and French friends have said in Shanghai with the southern warlord who is openly against the Japanese Empire, and Weishenme has not explained it to us, our friends of the Entente? ”

Zhu Erdian was very disgusted with this gentleman-looking but rude Japanese inside, in fact, on the issue of the 21st Article, this Japanese played a very disgraceful role, which seriously dealt a blow to Yuan Shikai's political reputation, and now it is okay, Yuan Shikai is dead, China is out of control, and all the powers have to sit here and re-select one or more agents. It was all the trouble caused by these greedy Japanese, and Zhu Erdian faintly felt that the level of respect for the foreign powers of the next Chinese politicians was probably not as good as that of Yuan Shikai, a bureaucrat of the former Qing Dynasty.

Although he was very dissatisfied in his heart, Zhu Erdian still smiled very gentlemanly: "Hehe, I think our Japanese friends may have misunderstood, there is no negotiation at all, just very normal contact." It is well known that the Yangtze River was an inherent interest of the British Empire, and the Empire had the duty and authority to pay attention to any Chinese shili entering the region. ”

U.S. Minister Rui Shien smiled and shrugged his shoulders and said, "I think we should talk about some serious things, and as for some side matters, I think we can find time to communicate in private." ”

The French minister and the Russian minister also agreed, and Hichiki snorted coldly and didn't ask any more questions, his luck has not been good lately, and it seems that he has used up all his good luck after talking about the 21st article. According to the news sent by his father-in-law, Tokyo is already somewhat dissatisfied with his performance and is considering changing the minister to China. So out of self-help, he had to do something, for himself and for the empire: "I suggest that our five countries jointly send troops into Shanghai to re-establish order in China, and we can't sit idly by and watch the division of China, let alone watch the rebellion in the south merge." ”

The other four ministers looked at Japan like fools, whether this Japanese was upside down.

Jurdian didn't speak, he looked at Kant. Kant coughed and said, "Minister Nichiyi, I don't think we need to remind you that any action of interfering with China by force is not in the interests of our countries in China. In fact, there has been a truce between the North and the South, and we had better stop making irresponsible remarks. In addition, I would like to ask you not to forget that any action in the Yangtze River region needs to be told to our British friends. We know about your government's dispatch of agents in the Yangtze River region, and as for their disappearance, I don't think it should be considered as a diplomatic issue, damn it, Europe is already broken, we need peace in Asia, you know? ”

Rizhiyi was so angry that he couldn't speak, and he could only defend himself weakly: "Please don't get me wrong, the Great Japanese Empire only has some businessmen who have entered the Yangtze River Valley to invest and do business, and there are absolutely no spies or anything like that. As Minister to China of the Empire of Japan, I am interested in hearing your thoughts on China's future. ”

After Britain and France joined forces to suppress the arrogance of the Japanese, Zhu Erdian felt very good, this is the familiar rhythm he wanted, and now it is his turn to sum up his statement: "In fact, what we want is only peace in China, as for reunification or not, it does not matter whether it is unified or not, my opinion is that the Chinese should now put down their weapons and engage in construction with peace of mind, Europe needs their materials and labor, so we are obliged to promote the implementation of this North-South armistice agreement and the formation of the regional government of the National Government, Even with some policy relaxation, I believe that a China that is essentially divided is more beneficial to our civilized countries. Whether it is the central government in Beijing or the national government in this region, Zuihou will ask us, friends, please believe that this will be our spring......"

Zhu Erdian's words made Nichiki Yi vomit blood in anger, and with the further escalation of the European war, the Japanese Empire's ambitions for China are also getting bigger and bigger, and sending troops to Shandong is the most haode proof. And more importantly, if China is really divided into two, it will fundamentally cut off the possibility of Japan infiltrating the southern region by controlling the central government. Therefore, Rizhiyi decided to report to the country, and in any case, he wanted to sabotage the formation of the southern national government. And the result of his idea was that the Japanese military department created Cai Yi's "death", and at the same time, the assassination of Wang Zhenyu Jihua was started again after it was stopped.

If it is true that the rumors that Britain and France promised to exchange the customs of the nine provinces of South China to the regional national government to be established in order to obtain Wang Zhenyu's military supplies are true, does it mean that the United States of America can exert influence on the future national government to enable American capital and goods to enter the market of South China smoothly?

As for the Russian minister, he has no interest in any of this, the current situation of the Russian Empire in Europe is a mess, so there are not many demands for the Far East, what he really cares about is the vested interests of the Russian Empire in Outer Mongolia, because it is said that little Japan has now started the idea of Outer Mongolia.