If at the beginning, the so-called republican movement was still in full swing, then when Ma Du and others stood up to testify, and then the national government made public a large amount of information, the so-called "republican" movement suddenly cooled down, and all sectors of society followed silently, and in addition to some newspapers that originally belonged to the national government, only those newspapers that had supported the national government from beginning to end were left.

On the other hand, Zhu Erdian and the others, who were still thinking about how Yan Shao would solve this crisis, obviously did not expect Yan Shao to solve it in such a way, which was really surprising to them.

And Tao Yuanzhou and others, when faced with the testimony of Ma Du and others, as well as the evidence of the National Social Government, while being angry, flatly denied it, refused to admit all the accusations given to them by the National Social Government, and instead issued a statement saying that this was a slander against them by the National Social Government...

It's not surprising that if they admit it, it's a strange thing ...

However, in the face of mountains of ironclad evidence, no matter how much they deny it, it is useless...

Almost the next moment when Ma Du testified against them, the police station and the special affairs bureau had already come to the door together. Although Tao Yuanzhou and the others acted very secretively, it was impossible to have no clues at all, not to mention that in addition to Tao Yuanzhou, the Special Affairs Bureau and the Police Department also sent people to the Black Dragon Society.

The two sides worked together, and soon obtained a large amount of strong evidence.

Under this evidence, although there are still some people who cling to the so-called 'republic', in fact. There are very few people from all walks of life who are willing to support these people.

The Chinese people may not be very literate, but they know one thing very well. That is, we must support what the enemy opposes, and we must oppose what the enemy supports.

And in France, Napoleon also once said, 'Never do what the enemy wants you to do'.

This is the case at the moment, leaving aside whether Yan Shao's various measures are right or wrong. The idea of the common people is very simple, since this is what the Japanese oppose, it must be correct ...

So it's almost in a very short time. A storm that could have affected Yan Shao's power was completely eliminated.

Of course, this is not without its other problems...

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In Song Jiaoren's mansion, he himself was lying on the sofa.

And directly opposite him. Wang Jingwei had a dejected expression.

Not so long ago. Song Jiaoren had just questioned Wang Jingwei and asked him if he had already known about Tao Yuanzhou and the others' collusion with the Japanese. Wang Jingwei naturally denied this, in fact, he did not know about it.

As I once said, no one is born to be a traitor, even a big traitor like Wang Jingwei, who has left a great name in history. Moreover, Wang Jingwei is also a smart man, and he knows very well what the impact of colluding with the Japanese during this period will be, and Japan today does not have an absolute advantage over China as it did in history.

If it is said before the Battle of Shandong. Wang Jingwei still has the possibility of defecting to the Japanese.

Then after the end of the Shandong Campaign, this possibility has been completely cleared...

He's not an idiot, after all. There is no benefit in colluding with the Japanese now. Even Tao Yuanzhou himself doesn't think that he is an equal partner with the Japanese, rather than a lackey of the Japanese...

From this point of view, Wang Jingwei was pitted by Tao Yuanzhou very miserably this time.

But the worst thing is Song Jiaoren...

This time, in order to make the momentum of the 'republican' movement bigger, Wang Jingwei was entrusted by Tao Yuanzhou to invite Song Jiaoren to be the leader of this movement.

Because this matter is very in line with Song Jiaoren's political philosophy, so in the end Song Jiaoren accepted the invitation, who knows that the final result will be like this.

Although not long ago, the Kuomintang government had clarified that Song Jiaoren was deceived, but the fact was. Song Jiaoren's reputation has been affected, if in the past, when people looked at him, they used admiration, then now when they look at him, their eyes are obviously much more complicated.

And after experiencing such a thing, Song Jiaoren obviously did not want to continue to serve as the minister of clean government. It is also for this reason that Wang Jingwei will be very depressed, not long ago, he had persuaded Song Jiaoren for a long time, but unfortunately he still couldn't change Song Jiaoren's mind.

And as long as he thinks that because of himself, one of the most powerful ministers in the party and the government has to resign, Wang Jingwei feels a little remorseful—————— at least now he is not the big traitor who everyone spurned later...

"If it doesn't work, I'm afraid I'll have to go to Kegong to go out..."

Kegong is naturally Huang Keqiang, that is, Huang Xing.

Song Jiaoren's position was too important for the Kuomintang to be lost at all, so after persuasion was useless, Wang Jingwei had already thought of going to Huang Xing to persuade Song Jiaoren.

Seriously speaking, in fact, Wang Jingwei is not willing to do this, because Huang Xing's health at this time is not good, although it cannot be said that he is terminally ill, but it will not be much worse than that, if he disturbs Huang Xing's rest, won't it affect his body?

It's just that just when Wang Jingwei made up his mind, there was a sudden knock on the door.

It was a little strange, but Wang Jingwei still got up from his seat, and then walked to the door and opened it.

As for Song Jiaoren, he continued to lie on the sofa.

It can be seen that the resignation of the minister of clean government is actually a big blow to Song Jiaoren. After all, he has put a lot of effort into this position, and he loves his current job.

Compared with other departments, the Ministry of Integrity is undoubtedly the department that can make Song Jiaoren feel that he is the one who re-upholds justice, and there is no more suitable position for a relatively politically naïve person like Song Jiaoren, but now he has to leave it behind...

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Just when Song Jiaoren's heart was still a little painful, Wang Jingwei also opened the door.

Just when the door was pulled open. Looking at the people standing outside the door, Wang Jingwei was dumbfounded. Because the one standing outside the door was Yan Shao.

Although Wang Jingwei also thought about who came at this time. But in any case, he didn't expect that Yan Shao would actually do something, which undoubtedly surprised him, and he couldn't even speak for a while.

However, compared with Wang Jingwei, Yan Shao is obviously much more stable.

After waving his hand to Wang Jingwei and signaling him to leave first, Yan Shao strode into Song Jiaoren's office—————— although everything had proved that Wang Jingwei had no collusion with the Japanese. He was also a good revolutionary young man at this time, but the traces he left in history were too strong after all, so Yan Shao would not do something unfavorable to him. But in terms of attitude, it is inevitable that it will be a little worse.

Fortunately, Wang Jingwei's heart was still in a trance at this time, so he didn't notice this, in fact, even if he did, it was nothing. After all, the current Wang Jingwei can be said to be no threat to Yan Shao...

On the other hand. Hearing the sound of the door opening, but seeing nothing else, Song Jiaoren was also a little puzzled, so he raised his head, only to see Yan Shao walking in from outside. This scene suddenly made Song Jiaoren a little dumbfounded.

However, Yan Shao just smiled at him, and then pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Mr. Motoha, it's been a long time..."

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For Yan Shao. Song Jiaoren is a talent that must not be lost, after all, he will find a more suitable woodpecker than him in a short time. It's not an easy task.

For this reason, Yan Shao had to spend a lot of effort and persuade Song Jiaoren to retract the idea of resignation.

It was indeed a lot of bulls, in order to persuade Song Jiaoren, Yan Shao spent a whole afternoon.

Fortunately, in the end, he succeeded, after Yan Shao's persuasion, especially when Yan Shao mentioned that if he resigned, those people in the Kuomintang were likely to go to the hospital to harass Huang Keqiang, and Huang Keqiang's health has not been very good recently, if he overworked, it is likely to endanger his life...

God testifies that Yan Shao was obviously doing this for the good of Song Jiaoren, but it took so much effort.

Fortunately, Song Jiaoren finally changed his mind after the worst, and he didn't let Yan Shao's thoughts go to waste...

"Since President Mengda values it, then I will continue to sit in this position for a while..."After listening to Yan Shao's 'persuasion', Song Jiaoren said helplessly.

And Yan Shao, who succeeded in the conspiracy, laughed sinisterly twice after Song Jiaoren agreed.

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Originally, after the news of Song Jiaoren's resignation came out, it could not be said that the whole country was celebrating together, at least the domestic officialdom was still relatively happy. This is true of both the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang Socialist Party, because Song Jiaoren, who is an idealist, is completely a guy who does not recognize his six relatives.

When arresting people, she didn't care about your identity and background at all, whether you were a member of the Kuomintang or the Kuomintang, as long as you broke the law, she would be sent to prison.

And the ordinary ways of going through relationships, setting up backgrounds and bribes are basically useless to him.

Now that such a person wants to take the initiative to withdraw from officialdom, they are naturally very happy. Who would have thought that just when Song Jiaoren was about to take the initiative to leave, Yan Shao would actually come to the door in person and get him back, and suddenly many officials who were still happy just now immediately became crying and sad.

Originally, such a thing was a big deal, and for those uncrowned kings, the news about this is still worth tracking up.

However, at this time, there happened to be another more important event happening, so almost all journalists shifted their attention to this matter, even if some newspapers were still interested in this matter, and the pictures were just some second-rate reporters.

And this is about China's imminent accession to the Entente ...

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In mid-October 1915, just after the turmoil of the republican movement, another shocking news came out.

After lengthy negotiations, the Chinese government formally joined the Entente camp and officially declared war on a number of countries, including Germany, Austria, and Turkey, as soon as it joined. At this point, China was completely on the opposite side of the Allies.

If it did not want to be retaliated against by the Allies after the war was over, China had to find a way to get the Allies to win the war.

So at the same time as declaring war on the Allies. The Chinese government also announced the formal formation of the Chinese Expeditionary Force to Europe. The initial number was set at nearly 60,000 men in one corps and three infantry divisions. It consisted mainly of one Division A and two Division B, and its combat effectiveness was very strong, and the Entente was also very satisfied with this.

After all, there are only 33 infantry divisions in China with a total of a few hundred thousand people, and sending hundreds of thousands of troops at once is quite a bit of a drain on half of China's troops. Even if they wanted to, China would not agree to such a thing, so they could only wait for the Chinese government to mobilize slowly.

Let's say the two B divisions. It is the new infantry division that is about to be formed.

From the point of view of the Entente powers, the expression of the Nationalist government also showed its sincerity to the cause of the Entente —————— at least much more sincerity than that of the Japanese.

After all, as an old Entente and a colleague who was also one of the great powers, the Japanese had only captured some German islands in the Pacific Ocean at the moment. Nothing else was done.

No. It can't be said that at least the Japanese lost a large amount of troops in Shandong, and in the eyes of many people, they lost their wives and lost their troops...

On the other hand, with the Japanese as a counterpoint, the Entente also gave the Nationalist government a handsome reward after showing sufficient sincerity.

First of all, as has been discussed, the Entente will make some concessions in terms of military stationing and tariffs. Especially the French, even hinting at it in private. Even a reduction in the French concession in China is not impossible to talk about—————— although there are not many French concessions in China.

Besides. It is the question of weapons and equipment, to which the French and British governments have already committed. As long as the Nationalist government sends an expeditionary force to Europe to participate in the war, the first division will be counted, and the two second divisions and the subsequent new troops will be provided by Britain and France.

The reason why it is said that Britain and France, rather than France itself, is because in the process of negotiations, Gu Weijun and others asked the Entente to provide equipment, the rifle should be the current Enfeld of the Entente, the pistol should be the American Browning M1911, in addition to machine guns, etc., it should also be the British Maxim and the Danish Madsen, not the French.

Of course, the British have nothing to do with this, and they are still proud in private. After all, the request of Gu Weijun and others proved that British weapons were better than French weapons in this regard.

And the French, who have always been proud, seem to have suffered great humiliation in this matter.

However, these have little to do with Yan Shao, although he personally sent these soldiers to the battlefield. But this does not mean that Yan Shao treats these things as cannon fodder, on the contrary, Yan Shao is very concerned about the survival of these people.

Although the equipment of the French is good, it is obviously much worse than that of the Germans.

In terms of individual weapons, the M1915 rifle is also significantly inferior to the German Mauser or the British Lee Enfeld. As for the machine gun, the most deterrent weapon on the battlefield, the machine gun of the French is obviously slightly inferior to the German or British machine gun.

Coupled with Browning's classic M1911 pistol, which has been used for more than a hundred years, it is not wrong to say that the French are not as equipped as these.

In addition to the equipment, the Entente would provide the Commune government with an interest-free loan of 10 million pounds. It was used for the expansion of the army, as well as some expenses for sending expeditionary forces to Europe.

In addition, a second sum of money is being prepared, as long as the expeditionary force performs well in Europe, the second ten million pounds sterling will be given by the Allies, and it is even possible that the money will be directly converted into aid—————— provided that the expeditionary force can help others win the war.

At the same time, as a major obstacle to past negotiations, Britain has finally conceded on this issue.

Iraq and Kuwait, as long as the war is won, the British government will send these two places to China at the same time. However, this part is still in a state of secrecy, especially in Kuwait.

Iraq is okay, but Kuwait is the scope of British power, the British government has promised to protect Kuwait's security, and now almost 10 years have passed, the British have turned their faces and denied people—————— their cheeks are not so thick...

So at present, it is only Iraq that has been announced.

But even so, the appearance of a colony to the people of the country is huge. After all, the colony itself represents the identity of the great powers. Any great power will have its own colonies.

It may not be understandable to later generations, but for the people of this era, the fact that a country that has been bullied by foreign powers is about to have its own colony is definitely a happy thing.

And this has also increased the public's support for this war.

This also means that this war has officially begun.

Before the Communist government officially declared war on Germany, the German government also issued a stern warning to the Nationalist government. Warn China not to get involved in this war of the great powers.

However, in private, Marzan still met with Yan Shao and interrogated the relevant Nationalist government's handling of German personnel in China.

Yan Shao had only one promise to Marzan and others, that is, all Germans in China would not be sent to prison, and their private property would be guaranteed—————— provided that they were not stolen from China, such as cultural relics.

In addition, German soldiers in China did not need to be imprisoned in concentration camps, but their activities were restricted.

All German concessions in China will be unconditionally recovered, and all the debts owed by China to Germany in the past will be written off... (To be continued......)