As soon as Togo Heihachiro saw Terauchi Masashi and the Prime Minister stand up, he immediately stood up and said, "Your Excellency Saionji, I think the opinion of the Marshal of the temple is correct. You may not know that beast very well, although he is now inseparable from the Russians, but if our troops appear in China, he will put aside the war with the Russians and pounce on us without hesitation! This kind of thing has happened many times on the battlefield! The Great Japanese Empire was not capable of accepting another defeat, and we could not joke with the fate of the Empire. ”

When Xiyuan Temple came, he knew that this was a reproach to himself, and these people had long wanted to change their governing strategy during this period of time.

He sighed: "I don't understand why you have to go south, and the British Empire will support us in a war with the Chinese, don't you understand what China means to us?" ”

Katsura Taro stood up: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you may have misunderstood our thoughts. I think everyone here knows very well how important China is to us. But Marshal Heihachiro Togo was not wrong at all, and the Great Japanese Empire could no longer afford to lose. We can't count on much support from the British, and the situation in Europe is very tense. Personally, I believe that the sacrifice of His Excellency Oyama Iwa is because we are not fighting a war for the Japanese, but a war for the British. ”

Xiyuan Temple did not speak, and was silent for a while without giving them a few answers. Sending troops to Nanyang is to challenge the bottom line of those European gentlemen, and Xiyuan Temple really doesn't want to do this.

Once again, Yama Youpeng said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we must fight our own war. Only if we ourselves are capable can we go to war against China. No one here said to give up China, just Nanyang first and then China! Yang Dagui has promised to cooperate with us in some form, we will help him develop resources, and we can also get what we need cheaply, in this case, do we have to give up the Netherlands, which will fall down at a push? But with the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army and the future of the empire, will you fight with that beast again?! ”

Terauchi Masashi raised his head: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, please forgive me, even if we can win the war, what we get after we pay our blood to win the war is a little bit of what the British and Russians have rewarded us, and it may not be as much as we have obtained by cooperating with Yang Dagui!" ”

The group of people sang and talked to their heart's content, and the public eyes of Xiyuan Temple swept over a few of them, and finally did not make a clear statement. Slowly got up from the chair: "I know, I'll go back and think about it, and I'll give you an answer soon." ”

He left the place, but the others sat there without any intention of leaving. They don't talk either. Just sitting there, Kung Fu Heihachiro Togo, who had been doing it for a while, suddenly said a word: "Your Excellency Xiyuan Temple, you may be old." ”

Shan County Youpeng hurriedly said: "Don't say that, Dongxiang-kun, Your Excellency Xiyuan Temple is just because of his different status from us, and he is extremely cautious in considering things." Didn't Terauchi and Katsura Taro just figure it out? What we need to do now is to give His Excellency Xiyuan Temple a little more motivation, and don't come nonsense. ”

Xiyuan Temple is still a very prestigious prime minister in the country, Togo Heihachiro is just to say, he doesn't have the ability to bring down Xiyuan Temple, he is far behind.

And the opinion of the southbound they really just determined. Although Naogami Matsubara had already brought back the message that Commander Yang had conveyed to the Japanese, little Japan was really reluctant to cooperate with China at first. Now the situation in Japan and China is not just as simple as the Chinese hating Japan, and Japan, especially their army, is also gnashing their teeth against Yang Fighting Ghosts!

Let go of the blood feud between you and Yang Da Ghost? They can't take it.

Before the Russians launched an attack on Beijing, Terauchi Masashi and his army were still looking for the most difficult opportunity to see if they could be disgraced. But when Yang Xiaolin punched the Russians back with a punch in Beijing. They immediately realized that maybe their eyes really shouldn't be on China anymore.

In addition, the temptation of the South Seas during this period of time did not cause much reaction from Westerners, and Japan felt that the Philippines could not touch it for the first time, but in Indonesia, it seems that the Dutch are the softest persimmons. Indonesia is the Indonesia of the world. You Dutch can rob it, why can't we Japan do it?

The Netherlands had only about 20 warships in Indonesia and more than 10,000 soldiers. Even if the Netherlands are now mobilized to go to war with Japan, little Japan is not afraid of them.

Katsura Taro immediately said, "I think we can go and get in touch with Yang Dagui to see his sincerity." If he is really willing to work with us to develop China's resources, it will be very beneficial to the development of the Great Japanese Empire. ”

Beijing.

While Yang Xiaolin continued to prepare for war, the Prime Minister's cabinet was finally formed. This indicates that the leadership group of New China has been sounded. Chen Tianhua served as the first premier of New China, Vice Premier Li Yuanhong and Tang Shaoyi.

There are eight ministries, of which the Northeast accounts for three ministers. Beiyang also occupies three seats, the southern government occupies two, the Minister of Justice Song Jiaoren, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Wen.

Originally, Lao Yuan meant to let Mr. Sun Wen go to repair the railway, but Yang Xiaolin resolutely disagreed. Commander Yang thought that it was really a bit condescending to let Mr. Sun go to repair the railway. What is Mr. Sun good at? And what are his strengths?

The situation in New China is very difficult, and diplomacy at this time is a process of breaking the ice. Foreign ministers need not only tact and eloquence, but also the spirit of trying to do the thousandth and first even if they are rejected a thousand times. Also, diplomacy sometimes needs people like Mr. Sun Wen, who believe it or not, I dare to say anything in order to achieve my goals.

Mr. Sun was also quite satisfied with this position, and he had already received the news that Yuan Shikai had asked him to repair the railway. Although Mr. Sun didn't say anything, there was still unhappiness in his heart. Now he has suddenly changed to foreign minister, and he is really motivated.

In order to prove that he was competent, Mr. Sun did not sleep all night on the day of his appointment and wrote a diplomatic report of more than 10,000 words. In the report, Mr. Sun boldly put forward his negotiation plan, arguing that China should now take a roundabout route, first seeking to establish diplomatic relations with some of Britain's allies, and then seeking to break the freezing point with the British Empire.

Commander Yang is not uninterested in participating in diplomatic matters, and he knows that Sun Wen may make some compromises in his diplomatic efforts, as long as Mr. Sun can grasp the bottom line, compromise is really a strategy.

For example, the agreement between him and the Japanese is also a compromise, in order to allow China to open up a space for survival, this world is already the world of Datong, no country can be closed and developed, it is really blocked, and after ten or eight years, there is everything to comfort yourself.

On the day of the establishment of the Prime Minister's Cabinet, a resolution was unanimously passed, that is, the current China is all for war!

There was no objection to the adoption of this resolution, but there was a lot of confusion about the form in which the Prime Minister's Cabinet would operate. This is China's first cabinet of prime ministers, and the model it uses determines what path China will embark on in the future. Chen Tianhua and Sun Wen insisted on a democratic system, while the Beiyang gang and Yang Du insisted on a centralized republic.

At this time, Yang Huizi acted as the vanguard of the opposition to democracy, and at the first enlarged meeting of the Prime Minister's Cabinet, he criticized democracy as worthless in front of everyone.

"Mr. Sun Wen, you keep saying that you want democracy, I want to ask you a question, what is democracy? Is it a social consciousness or a political system? ”

Sun Wen immediately said: "I can tell Minister Yang that democracy is a social system!" It is a social system that can ensure the rights and interests of each of us, and it is a system that guarantees the basic fairness of society! Under this system, we can most effectively guarantee the interests of the vast number of poor people, which is the most suitable for our current development. ”

Mr. Sun Wen's voice was very loud and emotional, and he knew that now was not the time to make concessions, although Lao Yuan said that the centralization of power was only because of the needs of the current war, but Sun Wenming confessed that once he conceded this step, the operation mode of the cabinet would be formed when the war was over, and it would definitely not be more difficult to play democracy at that time.

Yang Du smiled: "It turns out that Mr. Sun Wen wants to ensure the interests of the vast number of poor people, and it seems that our goals are different." ”

Sun Wen was stunned: "Huizi, what is your goal?" ”

Yang Du said: "My goal is to make China free of poor people. ”

When he said this, Mr. Sun Wen almost hit the wall, and Commander Yang, who had been listening to him without saying a word, was impressed by Yang Du at this time! It is said that Mr. Sun can blow, and there is one who can blow better than him after a long time. Let China be free of poor people? It is estimated that this goal will not be achieved by 3000.

Chen Tianhua had already seen it at this time, Yang Du was running a cannon with his mouth full, and he wanted to change his concept!

"Huizi, don't go too far from the topic, the democratic system is a mechanism to ensure that the people are the real masters of the country, not just the nominal sovereign, only by using the democratic system to ensure that the people can directly participate, influence and decide the country's policies, our country is the country where the people are the masters of the country!"

Yang Du immediately said: "Xingtai said it very well! But I really want to know, how do you make sure that every citizen can participate in decision-making? ”

Zou Rong immediately stood up: "We can set up a party, for the time being, our party mechanism can be fully operated, the revolutionary party organization in the south has gradually matured, we also have our own party in the northeast, Beijing can also establish a political party, the three parties are in power, and the people only need to choose the party they support." ”

Lao Yuan's face changed when he heard this, and he looked at Yang Xiaolin out of the corner of his eye. He really didn't expect that most of the people in the Northeast were actually in favor of democracy, which made him a little skeptical that what Yang Xiaolin had told him before was fooling him.

Democracy? Lao Yuan has struggled for most of his life just to accompany you Sun Wen to play democracy? No kidding. In fact, no matter how much they quarreled with Yang Du, they couldn't play a decisive role. When Yuan Shikai didn't plan to play democracy, how could he let Mr. Sun get his wish?

Lao Yuan was worried that Yang would fight the ghost, don't look at that guy sitting there silently, but his fists are harder than himself. (To be continued......)