Sending Cai Yuanpei away, Wang Zhenyu felt that his hands were tighter. It seems that the speed of sending troops to Europe will have to be accelerated, and some benefits from Britain and France will be used to promote the development of industry. As for the national capital, Wang Zhenyu has already lent them loans through the three major banks, and I believe that in the next two years, these capitalists with abundant funds will soon be able to make a lot of money by taking advantage of the spring breeze of World War I. As for what will happen to their production capacity after the end of World War I? Wang Zhenyu also had a preliminary idea of consuming some of it at home, and then sending the hope of mankind, the great Soviet, to exchange these materials for cheap mineral resources and agricultural products. There's no reason not to make money!

"Yes, yes, yes" There was a chorus of approvals in the hall of the Provisional Senate of the Republic of China (that is, the National Assembly), and the bill under consideration at the moment was a declaration of war on Germany. Under the manipulation of Shili from all sides, more than 70 percent of the parliamentarians voted in favor of the declaration of war. There is no way, the parliamentarians also have to eat, and they don't have Yang Yongtai's way to get a governor to be a governor, so they can only collect money from people and eliminate disasters for others.

This made Speaker Wu Jinglian and Vice Speaker Tang Hualong very helpless, and Wu Jinglian could only announce in public: "The bill to declare war against Germany was passed by a majority vote and submitted to the president for deliberation on the same day." The whole Congress was again cheered and applauded.

However, it is a pity that this "Declaration of War against Germany" passed by the Provisional Senate was sent to the Presidential Palace and was not issued by our President Lebanese. At this moment, Duan Qirui's nose, which had already negotiated the loan issue with the Japanese through Cao Rulin, was crooked, yes, crooked again.

Duan Qirui couldn't wait to transfer troops into the city now to launch a mutiny and drive Li Yuanhong out of power. But when I calmed down, I remembered that Li Yuanhong also had an army in hand, and if he really wanted to come nonsense, it was estimated that he would only be able to beat the old Beijing city to pieces. So, let's negotiate honestly, Li Yuanhong's slippery head is obviously asking for benefits.

That night, Wang Yitang and Cao Rulin entered the presidential palace on behalf of Duan Qirui, and Li Yuanhong is also a cheerful person, openly and secretly the same meaning, this matter of participating in the war is not counted by the central government, and the south is willing to do it together. This is really a person who drinks water and doesn't forget to dig wells, and I don't know if President Li Da is really confused or fake, do you really think that the participating army that we trained after the war is going to be sent to Europe, we are all for fighting the south, and we are doing it with the south, is this not fatal, you are the president of the central government, how can this elbow turn outward?

But this is also thorough, the two hurried to Duan's mansion and discussed with Duan Qirui.

The next day, things became even more bizarre, the British minister Zhu Erdian invited Xu Shuzheng and others to a banquet, at the banquet, Zhu Erdian simply told Xu Shuzheng and others that Britain needed an expeditionary force from China to appear on the battlefield in Europe and beat the Germans who undermined the peace of Shijie together with the allies of the Entente led by Britain and France.

Now Duan Qirui completely understands, no wonder Li Yuanhong dares to stay in the middle of the country, there is still the support of the great powers in it.

He could only ask Xu Shuzheng and the others to talk about this matter to the Japanese again to see what the situation was in the middle?

The Japanese minister, Koban Youkichi, was taken aback when he learned the news from Beiyang, and immediately convened a meeting, and Kenji Dohihara was also summoned to the conference room to attend.

After seeing this news, all the diplomats and intelligence personnel boldly put forward their own assumptions, the most reliable of which was the assumption of Tu Feiyuan: "Your Excellency, Honorable Minister, we may be in trouble. That is, before we and the Beiyang system, the rulers of South China were secretly seeking to enter the war, and they probably had a secret agreement with Britain and France. This is supposed to be a huge jihua, and we in South China are not aware of the existence of this jihua because of the lack of sufficient intelligence network, Your Excellency, this is our dereliction of duty. ”

Xiao Fanyouji's eyelids jumped when he heard this, the reason why his predecessor Rizhiyi was dismissed and recalled was because of his sluggishness on the issue of South China, and this time South China actually planned to participate in the war in Beijing, and he was completely unaware. It seemed that he had indeed neglected Nanshina too much, and he immediately asked in a loud voice: "All the monarchs here are the most loyal samurai of Emperor Bixia, I want to know which of you knows about the situation in Nanshina, and who can get this Jihua to participate in the war?" ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, many of them were newly transferred from China, and the intelligence network that was originally in South China had long been scattered, so they didn't know how to answer Minister Xiaofan Youji.

Seeing this, Kenji Dohihara bowed forward very bravely and said: "Before returning to Beijing, I stayed in Nanjing for more than a month, and I have a relatively good understanding of the situation in South China. ”

Xiao Fan Youji nodded in agreement, and Tsuchihara plucked up the courage to say: "It all starts with a general named Wang Zhenyu in the first year of Taisho......"

An hour later, "it should be said that it was such a guy who came out of nowhere to change the situation in the entire South China, God knows how he could have so many troops, killed from western Hunan and Guangxi, and then beat Yuan Shikai's army to the ground like a snake swallowing an elephant." And our idea at the time was very simple, that is, we arranged three assassinations, hoping to kill him, but unfortunately this guy was very cunning and actually escaped. Now it seems that he has colluded with Britain and France. ”

Xiao Fan Youji touched his chin and thought about it: "The military department didn't think about winning over this damn general of China, just like Zhang Zuolin in the Northeast?" ”

Kenji Dohihara blushed and nodded, "His speed is too fast, and before the military department can form a decision on his problem, this damn guy has become the de facto controller of the entire South China." And Sun Wen and the others, who had been silently supported by the empire through the Black Dragon Society, did not have this opportunity at all, so they were absorbed by this damn general of China. When he was in Nanjing, Jihua contacted the cadres close to the empire through the relationship of the Black Dragon Society. However, it was later discovered that although the so-called Nationalist Government was set at Nanjing, in fact, the political center of South China was in Wuhan, and there, the imperial liliang could not be exerted at all. Then the lowly post was recalled to Beijing by the order of the minister, and the intelligence work in South China was stopped, and the lowly post was ashamed. ”

After listening to Kenji Dohihara's statement, Koban Youji couldn't help but sigh: "This is really a great man, he actually unified the most chaotic southern region of China, and he doesn't know how to get the support of Britain and France, Dohihara-kun, if I appoint you to Nanjing to rebuild the empire's intelligence network in South China, can you be loyal to Emperor Bixia?" ”

Kenji Dohihara immediately bowed down and said: "I will never give up my humble position, and I will definitely be loyal to Emperor Bixia." ”

Xiao Fan Youji nodded and said: "Then this is fate, the report will be submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of War, you are ready to go, as for the bottom line of the United Kingdom, I will find out by myself, for the eternal foundation of the empire, please cheer up and dismiss the ......meeting."

Xiao Fan Youji went to the British legation that afternoon, and Zhu Erdian was a very arrogant man, he had no intention of hiding anything from the Japanese, and he clearly told the Japanese that if the Japanese wanted, they could also send troops to participate in the war in Europe. But this is exactly what the Japanese who have experienced the trauma of the Russo-Japanese War are the last thing they want to do. There is a reason to abandon the fat pig and go to Europe to find a wild wolf.

The next day, Britain, France, and Japan secretly reached an agreement at a reception that read as follows:

First, Japan supported China's declaration of war on Germany;

Second, Britain and France acquiesced in Japan's interests in Shandong (what was the situation?). ）。

Third, Japan has the obligation to maintain peace in the Chinese region until the end of the war in Europe.

Fourth, the Nationalist Government of South China will organize an expeditionary force to go to France to participate in the war, and Britain will hand over some of the arms orders to Japan for production (Otto Yoyoshi Ao).

Fifth, Britain and France will not interfere in the question of Beijing's formation and training of troops to participate in the war.

Sixth, in return for China's declaration of war on Germany, Britain and France will contact other countries to allow China to suspend the payment of reparations such as the Gengzi Treaty from this year until the end of Europe......

This famous "Secret Treaty of the Three Kingdoms" was obtained by the Chinese federal government after the fall of Japan, but for various reasons it was not published until the advent of WikiLeaks, and later generations did not know what the inside story of the Chinese Expeditionary Force's participation in World War I was. This made them even more full of heartfelt respect for those soldiers who fought bloodily in Europe.

On 25 May, the provisional Senate voted on the latest motion to declare war against Germany, which was subsequently signed by President Le Yuanhong and Premier Xiong Xiling.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent an official note to the German minister to China and submitted a declaration of war to him, the last time he did this was during the period of the Empress Dowager Cixi, when she was very angry and declared war on the eight countries at once, but unfortunately the end was very miserable. So this time the German minister was still neither humble nor arrogant, and he firmly believed that Germany would win the victory of Zuihou.

On May 30, the National Assembly of the Nanjing National Government, all 361 delegates attended, Wang Zhenyu made an impassioned speech at the National Assembly on behalf of the Youth Army: "Let our soldiers use our blood to fight for the re-rise of this nation!" Long live the Chinese nation, long live the national government, long live the youth army! ”

After a vote, the National Assembly voted 218 in favor, 98 against, and 55 abstentions to approve the "Proposal for the Dispatch of Expeditionary Forces" submitted by the Military Committee of the National Government, and the clarion call for war sounded again.