Commander Yang knew that Lao Yuan could not let himself take the Beiyang Army so easily.

In Chen Tianhua's words, it must be struggled! Struggle is struggle, Commander Yang's appointment of Wu Zhaolin as the commander of the Third Army is a bit of a leapfrog promotion, which is also a kind of preparation for him, just like Lao Yuan wooing Li Yuanhong.

Fortunately, Lao Yuan has no intention of making a move at the moment, and both sides are secretly preparing for it. Commander Yang felt that if he really beat the Russians away, Lao Yuan wanted to play, then play with him, anyway, at that time, it was an internal struggle no matter what, and it was not a good thing to divide the winners and losers and let the losers die.

Judging from the current situation, there are still hidden dangers in China, and Mr. Sun Wen is unwilling to give up democracy, and in the future he will inevitably set off a wave to attack the newly established centralized system, and there will be a contest between himself and Yuan Shikai.

Commander Yang thinks that it doesn't matter, as long as everyone can unite when facing foreign enemies again, it is normal for different opinions to wait until there is peace. Others think differently than they think, they want to make a voice, they think that their choice is the right one, and they want China to follow the path they designed, which is understandable.

It would be a terrible thing if the people of a country with a population of nearly 40,000 were all of the same ideology!

Does that mean unity? True solidarity does not mean that there are no disputes, but that everyone puts aside their disputes in the face of national interests.

The democracy fighters are still quite gentlemanly, although they all know that they were plotted by Yuan Shikai and Yang Xiaolin this time, but they still perform their own duties, so that the entire Chinese government system immediately functioned normally.

First of all, the Prime Minister's Cabinet immediately decided on the national flag. There are two options for the national flag, one is the battle flag of the Volunteer Army and the other is the dragon flag of the Beiyang Army. Yang Xiaolin didn't insist on anything on this, Yuan Shikai and Chen Tianhua discussed it and made a decision to change the dragon flag slightly. As the national flag of New China, the battle flag of the Volunteers is the military flag of New China.

There is also the national anthem, Chen Tianhua is publishing a revelation in the newspaper, soliciting suitable songs from people all over the country and even the whole world, asking for inspiration and unity to the driving force.

Mr. Sun Wen didn't make any more trouble, he really didn't give up, he had a secret negotiation with Song Jiaoren, and their new party already had a certain scale. Sun Wen demanded that Song Jiaoren pay attention to recruiting party members in the north while doing his own work well in the past few years, and he clearly realized that if the strength of the revolution could not reach that of the north, it would be impossible for Lao Yuan to practice democracy.

At the same time, they urgently need a person of prestige in the army to support their new party so that they can also gain some political capital for them in the war. This is more difficult, and the current army is full of people from Beiyang and Northeast, and it seems that they can't get involved.

However, there is a lot of time, and Mr. Sun really doesn't have the idea of messing with Lao Yuan now. He knew that the most important thing he should do at the present stage was to perform the duties of a foreign minister. Yuan Shikai was in charge, and Yang Xiaolin was in charge. And whether he can break the ice diplomatically depends on his ability.

Diplomacy, in fact, is also a long process, and in the current situation of China's weak national strength. The pace of diplomacy is not easy to carry out. The legations in Dongjiaomin Lane were closed four at once, and the American legations were also downgraded to offices, and the situation faced by Mr. Sun could be said to be no easier than that of Yuan Shikai and Yang Xiaolin.

Pick and choose. Sun Wen decided to start with the Americans. The strategy he formulated is to draw Germany and Austria together, develop countries with vague attitudes like the United States, the Netherlands, and Italy, expand China's influence in the international community as much as possible, and melt the current diplomatic freezing point.

Sun Wen is a very happy person, he will do it immediately when he recognizes something, and he generally does not stop until he achieves his goal.

Let's talk about Germany and Austria first, didn't the German emperor say that he would send a special envoy to visit China? On his first day in office, Mr. Sun sent an invitation to Germany, inviting the special envoy of German Kaiser Wilhelm II to visit China. Then he and Austria-Hungary said that the Chinese side would like to establish further partnerships, and if they could, the two sides could carry out exchanges and cooperation on an equal footing and mutually beneficial in various fields.

Mr. Sun then approached the ambiguous Minister Conger, who sent him a note requesting that some of the contracts between the Qing Dynasty and the United States be renegotiated. Mr. Sun Wen said that the friendship between China and the United States should not be affected by a third country, and he proposed that the two countries hold friendly talks on the basis of the "Urayasu Treaty" to determine a long-term relationship.

The "Treaty of Urayasin" is a fairly equal treaty, and at least the United States does not discriminate against China in terms of international status.

But Conger just couldn't understand, didn't Mr. Sun Wen know that he was not a minister of the embassy now, but only the head of the office?

He politely rejected Sun Wen, saying that he did not have the authority to negotiate now.

If it is a normal diplomat, it should stop at this time. But Mr. Sun Wen did not, he actually sent more than 100 letters of invitation to Mr. Conger, all of which were addressed to the incumbents of the US Government, as well as some influential local congressmen who had left office, and the contents of the letters were almost identical, inviting these people to visit China.

Conger really has never seen such a person as Sun Wen, and now the practice in the international community is to invite others to visit first, just like Germany and China, the German emperor first said that he wanted to send a special envoy to visit China at the right time, and then Yuan Shikai invited again, and people came again. This is the common sense of play.

But Sun Wen was good, and he didn't care whether the more than 100 people wanted to come or not, so he sent the letter first. This really made Conger very embarrassed, and it was inappropriate to withhold the letter, which was an official invitation letter issued by the Chinese foreign minister, and you deducted it to appear that the United States has no grace and also looks down on China.

But if it is really sent to the United States, the trouble is even greater. The United States is a country that advocates individual freedom, and officials are very open to politics. As long as one of these more than 100 people comes, it is difficult for the British to explain.

Forget that, Mr. Sun Wen also made a request, that is, he hoped that he could go to the United States in a private capacity. Sun Wen said that he would not have any political overtones in his trip to the United States this time, but would only go to Pittsburgh for President Yuan Shikai and send a Chinese flag to the Beiyang Navy Zhenyuan Gang who was buried there.

Majifen is an American, a man who may not be well-known in the United States, but in China. In particular, he is quite famous among the Beiyang Naval Division, and he is like Nyerere's status among the volunteers.

The difference is that Lao Ni has accompanied Commander Yang to this day, and he has returned to Africa to fight with Commander Yang's experience. Majifen witnessed the destruction of the Beiyang Naval Division, and he even fought alongside the Chinese during the war. After the Beiyang Naval Division sank into the sea, Ma Jifen returned to the United States and committed suicide due to the pain and mental pressure brought to him by the war.

This is not only difficult for Conger, but also for the US government.

It was reasonable for Yuan Shikai, in his capacity as the president of China, to ask Mr. Sun Wen to send a national flag to Ma Jifen, and if this matter had been placed in normal times, Conger would be more than happy to facilitate it. But not really. Sun Wen is the foreign minister, and he went to the United States to say that he did not have any political overtones, did he do it? He's political in his own right!

Negotiating the treaty and inviting officials, Conger really rejected Sun Wen, and even after refusing, Conger felt embarrassed, but he still refused. Regarding Mr. Sun's visit to the United States in a private capacity, the United States is not so resolute, which is a very face-saving matter for the United States.

After the most U.S. instructed Conger. To put it mildly, you can't say no. To understand the will of the Chinese people, we must let the Chinese understand that now is just the right time.

Conger swore that his tone was already a very clear euphemism in a diplomatic setting. Conger said. Now the blockade of the British is very tight, and it is not very convenient for American passenger ships to go back and forth. Moreover, Mr. Sun Wen has just taken office as foreign minister, so it is really not appropriate for him to go to the United States immediately.

Isn't that clear enough? But Mr. Sun, as if he didn't understand, actually told Conger. I have found a French cargo ship that I can smuggle to Indonesia and from there to the Philippines. Just go to the U.S. again. As for China's foreign affairs, they will arrange it.

When he heard that Mr. Sun was planning to smuggle in, Conger was really stunned, he didn't know what else he could say, and he couldn't see Sun Wen after thinking about it for a long time, but Mr. Sun Wen called every day.

Conger asked the secretary to say on the phone: "I'm really sorry, Conger has some important things to deal with tomorrow, and I may not have time." ”

Sun Wen said: "It's okay, I don't have anything to do tomorrow, please tell Mr. Conger, I can wait for him, at any time." ”

In the end, Conger couldn't take it anymore and sent a telegram to the U.S. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "Either you promise him!" Either unequivocally reject him! Otherwise, please come in with someone else! ”

In any case, the US foreign affairs department is now really discussing how to deal with these issues raised by the Chinese.

Mr. Sun Wen also has another achievement that is quite obvious, the Japanese have already planned to use some form to try to contact Yang Dagui, if they can, they really want to change their development strategy and go south first.

Prime Minister Xiyuanji's attitude was not very resolute, but when Mr. Sun Wen became foreign minister, he took the initiative to write letters to several friends in the Japanese military and political circles, assuring the Japanese side in his capacity as foreign minister of New China that after Japanese businessmen came to China, they would enjoy the same status as the present German and Austrian States.

At the same time, he sent messages to Xiyuan Temple almost every day through various channels, Sun Wen told Xiyuan Temple that China will definitely be able to win the war with the Russians, don't look at Lao Maozi so many people, but as long as the Chinese troops make a move, they will lose their armor! Therefore, it is the right choice for Japan and China to adopt a cooperative model and work together.

Xiyuan Temple really couldn't believe Sun Wen's words, Lao Maozi counted the Mongolian troops of nearly one million, even if Britain, France and Germany came, they didn't dare to say that they would make the Russians lose their armor as soon as they made a move. But on the one hand, Japan really needs to get China's resources right away, and on the other hand, Sun's words have encouraged others in Japan.

Xiyuan Temple does not believe it, but some people believe that many people are not willing to fight a tough battle with an army that can make the Russian troops lose their armor when they can obtain Chinese resources through commercial means.

The call to go south is getting louder and louder, and whether Xiyuan Temple wants it or not, he must come and try it. (To be continued......)