After suffering so many losses, the Japanese have learned a lot.

Originally, the Japanese had a lot of chess pieces available in China, such as the Kuomintang and Beiyang, and after operating in China for so many years, Japan also had a lot of chess pieces hidden in the shadows.

However, since the establishment of the Kuomintang government, first the two chess pieces of Beiyang and the Kuomintang have completely failed, and then with the efforts of the Special Affairs Bureau, a lot of the chess pieces hidden in the shadows have also been cleaned up.

Now that the Japanese have very few pieces to use in China, they must be cautious when acting carefully.

And unlike other chess pieces, the Manjin chess piece is not very powerful, but it is extremely important to Japan. It's even more important than the two chess pieces of the Kuomintang and Beiyang, for them, if they lose those two chess pieces, they will lose them, but if they lose this one, then they will be distressed...

As for the reason...

What is the route of Japan's expansion? Manmeng, where is the most powerful Manchurian? Manmeng...

If the Japanese want to succeed in Manchuria, they must make good use of the Manchu chess piece, and they must also save this chess piece.

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For the vast majority of flag people, it doesn't matter what the 'preferential treatment regulations are'. There is no way, after many years of weakness, even among the banner people, few people still take Pu Yi, the emperor, to heart. What really matters to them is the 'payroll' part of it, because it's about their livelihood in the future.

So they have to make trouble, just like they used to do when they were in the House of Internal Affairs.

But whether they succeed or not. None of them can affect the overall situation, so why should the Japanese get involved?

If they don't get involved. This matter is just a simple 'trouble', but if they are involved, then the nature of this time will change, and the Nationalist government will have an excuse to take some tough measures, and it may even affect the existence of the Manchu pawn.

For the sake of a boring farce, but to lose an important chess piece of their own, the Japanese would not do such a stupid thing.

So although the Japanese also sent people to contact Prince Gong and his gang. But there wasn't much support.

On the other hand, in the concession of Tianjin, many people among the banner people are puzzled by this.

"Lord Wang. Don't you really need help from your Japanese friends? ”

After taking the teacup from the hand of the subordinate and smelling the aroma emanating from the cup, a young Zonggui who was sitting at the head of Pu Wei asked in a low voice.

"If we didn't have the help of our Japanese friends, we would have been on our own......... Some..."

After the young Zonggui spoke. The flag men in several other positions also nodded in agreement.

Since the abdication of the Qing family. Although many of the former Qing Dynasty nobles have gone to the concession, there are still some who stay in Beijing, after all, they have lived there for hundreds of years, and not everyone is willing to leave—————— not to mention that even if they want to leave, they must be rich, and the houses in the concession are not cheap.

In these years, even if it is a nobleman, there are not many rich people.

It is also clearly written in the 'Preferential Treatment of Clearance Regulations'. The government not only has to bear Pu Yi's family, but also countless ordinary flag people below. And those princes and nobles who have a difficult life...

In other words, even these clan nobles still have a hard life.

It's no wonder why they would be so enthusiastic, after all, this kind of thing has a lot to do with their jobs.

In this case, even if it is for their own livelihood, they have to make a fuss, not to mention that they have the support of Prince Gong in front of them, as well as Tie Liang and Shanqi and others—————— without their support, it is really difficult to gather so many people in such a short period of time with this group of people.

However, Pu Wei and Tie Liang also knew that they were powerful, so after some agitation, they ran back to the concession one after another.

Although the people from the Special Affairs Bureau had already set their eyes on them, they had no orders from above, and they could only watch them run back to the concession at the very end.

And this time, these Zonggui made a special trip from Beijing, hoping to get more support from Pu Wei's side, and even invited him to Beijing to preside over the situation.

At present, although there are many bannermen in Beijing, there is still a lack of people who can control the situation. Although in addition to Pu Wei, there are many people like Tie Liang or Shanqi, but in the final analysis, Pu Wei is better.

What is particularly important is that Pu Wei has a very good relationship with the Japanese, and if he can get the support of the Japanese through him, the chances of success in this matter will obviously be much greater.

(Historically, although the Qing dynasty has abdicated, in fact, the Manchus are not willing to withdraw from the stage of history, and many Manchus have deep ties with the Japanese, Pu Wei is one of them.) During the Xinhai Revolution, he organized the "Zongshe Party" with Prince Su Shanqi and others, in a vain attempt to restore the Qing Dynasty, refused to sign the Qing Emperor's "Abdication Edict", and advocated the whole army to fight, and was a restorationist faction in the Qing imperial family. It was even once claimed. "With my Pu Wei, the Qing Empire will not perish." After the outbreak of World War I, with the support of the Japanese army, he and Shanqi started the "Manchurian and Mongolian Independence Movement", rebuilt the disbanded Zongshe Party, and also recruited bandits in the Liaodong area, secretly organized the "Qinwang Army", and wasted effort to restore the Qing Dynasty. ）

"You..." took a small sip, Pu Wei put the teacup in his hand. This time, we have to do it ourselves, you know..."

After speaking, seeing that those Zonggui looked puzzled, Pu Wei explained helplessly.

"If it's just us, no matter how much trouble we make, it's an internal problem, and even if the surname Yan is just concerned about international public opinion, he can only use Huairou means to deal with us, after all, we still have some strength in Manmeng, and the surname Yan can't help but consider this, but if we introduce foreign strength, the nature can become, and the surname Yan doesn't have to worry about any public opinion issues, and he can kill us..."

"But without the help of the outside world, I'm afraid we won't be able to do it this time..." But the young Zonggui who was the leader still argued.

For them, even the Qing room is probably not as important as the silver, in fact, among the many informants in the Special Affairs Bureau at the moment. There are quite a few flag people. These flag informants were all bribed by the Special Affairs Bureau.

I can't help it, I have to find a way to fill my stomach.

However, facing the young man in front of him, Pu Wei shook his head, not knowing what to say.

He couldn't tell the person in front of him directly, he didn't think that the banner people would succeed in this trouble, and he would support them just to do his best...

If you say that, it will hurt their morale too much...

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After sitting here for a while, the last few clans still left.

Although they did not achieve the purpose for which they came. That is, they invited Pu Wei to Beijing to preside over the overall situation or asked Japanese 'friends' to come forward to help, but when they left, they brought a lot of money from Pu Wei with them, which was a big gain for them.

And after sending people away. Standing in front of the door of the study, looking at the gradually dimming sky, Pu Wei let out a long sigh.

Strictly speaking, in fact, Pu Wei's gang of former Qing Sects hated only Yuan Shikai alone. Because the Qing court was killed by Yuan Shikai, the 'living Cao Cao'. As for Yan Shao? When Yan Shaogang led the troops into Beijing, Pu Wei's group of Manchurians still had a good impression of him—————— the reason was simple, did they help them take revenge.

But now...

Although Pu Wei has been hiding in the concession, he is the prince of the banner people after all, and he always has to think about his own people...

It's just that he knows very well that these people can't succeed at all, and the Japanese who contacted him a few days ago also think so, and advised Pu Wei not to get involved. Otherwise, if Yan Shao is given an excuse, I am afraid that he, Prince Gong, will also be trapped in it—————— although the concession can give them a layer of protection. But at the moment, Yan Shao's relationship with the British is not bad, if something really happens. As long as Yan Shao had a reason, the British or Germans might not be willing to protect Pu Wei and them.

On the other hand, after leaving Pu Wei, these nobles went to Shanqi and Tie Liang again, wanting to invite them to Beijing to preside over this matter.

It's a pity that Tie Liang and Shanqi have already communicated with Pu Wei, and they know very well that this time the matter will not succeed. Of course, they didn't say it clearly, and even took out a lot of money to support it, but they didn't have as much as Pu Wei, and Tie Liang was probably the least...

After leaving Tie Liang's mansion, he looked back at Tie Liang with a smile on his face, and several nobles all scolded in their hearts.

Although Pu Wei and Shanqi in front agreed to go to Beijing to preside over the overall situation, they also took out the money anyway, the former took out more than 10,000 yuan, and the latter also looked like seven or eight thousand, but Tie Liang only paid 2,000, so he was reluctant and muttered for a long time.

It's not surprising that Tie Liang can also be called a human spirit, and he knows very well how slim the success of this matter is, so he is naturally unwilling to use his own money to waste. It's just that Pu Wei and Shanqi both paid for it, and it was not good for him not to make some gestures, so he hesitated to pay two thousand.

Two thousand yuan is not a small amount, just watching this money go down the drain, Tie Liang suddenly felt distressed.

And after noticing this, the faces of those few Zonggui became even more ugly.

I called a car from the street at random, and a few people didn't say anything polite to Tie Liang, so they just got in the car and went to the train station. At this time, they didn't want to see Tie Liang's face anymore, and after the carriage drifted away, Tie Liang's originally painful face gradually returned to normal.

"Ahh

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I bought a return ticket at the train station, and several people boarded the train in turn.

After finding their own seats, several people sat down, although the purpose of the task was not achieved, but touching the money and silver in their arms, the faces of several people looked a little better.

More than 20,000 yuan, although it is not a lot of money, but it is already a lot of money for them.

It's just that...

"Prince Gong, there are two other people who have not been able to be invited this time, so what should we do about Beijing?"

I asked the conductor for something, and one of them suddenly spoke.

More than 20,000 yuan, which is indeed a lot of money. But there are two or three hundred thousand people in Beijing, and such a small amount of money is really a drop in the bucket—————— not to mention that they have already decided on the way back that they will first move half of it to the three people...

"yes. The main purpose of letting us come this time is to invite those masters to Beijing to preside over the overall situation, and at the same time invite the Japanese, Russians or British to come forward, and now nothing has been done, so I just went back with some money, which is a little..."

Hearing his companion say this, the other nodded as well.

“……………”

Seeing that his companions were saying this, the rest of the people also fell silent.

The current situation is indeed not good. Although Pu Wei and Tie Liang did not say it explicitly at the beginning, anyone could see that they were actually not optimistic about the plan of the Beijing bannermen this time. In other words, they don't think these people can succeed...

In fact, not only Pu Wei and them, but even these people know this very well.

But anyway, give it a try. After all, this is related to the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of banner people. Especially their own...

"Ahh

And the other few people also had sad faces, and obviously didn't come up with any way.

Seeing that several of his companions were all embarrassed, one of them seemed to think of something, but after hesitating for a moment, he still didn't say it after all.

Actually, what he wanted to say was. They could have made a big deal out of it, and better have more people dead.

At the moment, the reason why the strong are unwilling to take care of this matter. It's entirely because this matter is not big enough, if the matter is big and more people die, then even if the great powers don't want to care, they will stand up and express their stance at the end.

Even in terms of public opinion, I am afraid that it may not all be on the side of the national government.

And the Nationalist government, no matter how tough he was before, in order to calm down the incident, I am afraid that he will find a way to make some compensation...

In this way, their headaches will naturally be settled, and the question is...

There are more people who have died...

How many people should die? A few or a dozen is definitely not much, even dozens are a bit reluctant, and if there are hundreds or thousands of deaths...

He really didn't know what his companions would think of him after he said his proposal, so he had to keep silent...

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Just as those nobles were rushing back, after a long journey, the dreadnought fleet composed of Liu Guanxiong and Bu Zigao, mainly composed of three dreadnoughts, had also arrived in London.

In the cabin, Liu Guanxiong was playing chess with his subordinates, and next to him was a cup of tea that had been brewed. The teas were gifted by the local Chinese when they left New York, and they tasted good, especially when you consider that it was thousands of miles away from China.

And it is precisely because you can drink good tea from Liu Guanxiong that many officers on the ship like to come to him for tea and drink...

In fact, at this time, the relationship between the Chinese in New York and the National Commune Government was still very close, and it is not surprising that Li Liang, who is currently serving as the prime minister in the National Commune Government, was born in New York's Chinatown, and most of the other people who left Chinatown with him also held important positions in the government, and it was almost impossible not to have a close relationship.

Even the high-level positions of Yushi Group's branch in New York are all held by Chinese in New York's Chinatown, which can be regarded as Yan Shao's reward for Li Mao and others back then...

"Looks like I won this time..."

Moving the chess pieces, the officer sitting opposite Liu Guanxiong said with a smile.

"General..."

He and Liu Guanxiong have known each other for a long time, and they are not afraid of being retaliated against for winning a game of chess.

Hearing this, Liu Guanxiong looked at the chessboard, trying to find a turning point, but he couldn't find a chance after looking at it for a long time. But just as he was about to admit defeat, there was a knock on the door outside the cabin.

"Come in!"

With Liu Guanxiong's permission, the people outside opened the door.

"General, you can already see London...", a young sailor in his early 20s spoke.

"Has it already arrived?"

Hearing this, Liu Guanxiong was overjoyed, because in this way, he could justifiably lose the chess game in front of him.

"Let's go, let's go out..."After finishing speaking, putting down the chess pieces in his hand, Liu Guanxiong grabbed his hat and walked to the outside.

After knowing Liu Guanxiong for so many years, how could that officer not know what he was thinking, so after sighing, he had no choice but to follow him out. As for the game that was about to end, no one cared anymore.

Perhaps because of the imminent arrival in London, there were sailors running around the ship, and it was obvious that the long sea voyage was a great torture for them, but now that they finally saw land, they were also excited.

"Speaking of Lao Liu, you seem to have been to London before, right?"

Walking into the bridge, the officer said to Liu Guanxiong with a smile.

"Yes..."Looking at the harbor that had faintly emerged in the distance, Liu Guanxiong's eyes also had a little nostalgia. That was '86, when I sailed from Hong Kong to France with 32 other people, and when we arrived in France, 14 of them stayed there, and I and the others continued on to England on a French ship, and if you think about it, it's been 278 years since then..."

Because of the Sino-French War in 1884, the Qing government at that time realized the importance of the navy, so the decision to 'govern the navy' was made just after the war ended. At the end of 1885, the Qing government decided to send the third batch of naval students to study in England and France. A total of 33 people were selected to study abroad, including 17 majoring in driving, 2 majoring in wheel pipe, and 14 majoring in manufacturing. The piloting major was selected from the graduates of the driving classes of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding School and the Tianjin Sailor School, and Liu Guanxiong was fortunate to be a member of them.

The formation of the Beiyang Naval Division of the First Asian Fleet at that time also had a great relationship with these people.

It's a pity that with the relationship between the First Sino-Japanese War and the Gengzi Incident, the navy has almost never come out in the next ten years, but now...

The wheels of history seem to have changed their course ... (To be continued......)