The First Warlord of the Republic of China

Chapter 120: Recovering concessions, railways, and abolishing unequal treaties

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spn has no cigarettes today. I planned to quit smoking, but I was very irritable and not in the mood at all.So I ran to buy another pack of cigarettes, and didn't start coding until evening.

This chapter is the first update today, a chapter of [-] words!There should be another chapter tonight, I don't know if it will cross zero.

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Jiang Yu, who was revived with full blood, regardless of the injury, you, in a weak state, delivered a radio speech in the ward of the hospital.

I saw this guy said in a weak but passionate voice: "My compatriots, I am Jiang Yu. I am very happy to be able to make a radio speech here today." [

When Jiang Yu's voice spread across the country through the radio, the people gathered under the radio immediately gave out warm cheers.

"Great, Marshal Jiang is not dead."

"Yes! Marshal Jiang is not dead. As long as Marshal Jiang is still around, foreigners will not dare to bully us in China."

I only heard Jiang Yu continue to say on the radio: "Since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War between Jiayin and Japan, the Republic of China, with the efforts of the army, navy and air force, and the compatriots of the whole country, finally defeated Japan on the battlefields of Shandong, Taiwan, and Korea, and wiped out nine Japanese troops in total. More than [-], and wiped out the mighty Japanese combined fleet. Since then, the Chinese nation has stood up again and stood erect in the east of the world. And our Republic of China has only been established for less than four years, which fully proves our national culture Compared with European and American countries, we are not far behind, and our cultural heritage is even stronger than that of any other country.”

"After this battle, I hope that every Chinese can straighten their backs, hold their heads high, and regain the pride of our Chinese nation." Jiang Yu's voice became more passionate, "But we also We must realize that we are only in the initial stage of rising, and every one of us Chinese must continue to work hard and strive for self-improvement. We also hope that members of every nation can be down-to-earth and do their jobs well. Although everyone It is like a small screw, but each screw has its own meaning and function. As long as everyone abides by their duties, our country will turn faster and faster like a precision machine. The smoother it is."

"When our [-] million compatriots unite as one, we will be able to quickly complete the great cause of national rejuvenation. But at present, we have focused on production and social order. I am personally deeply angry about the assassination case that happened a few days ago , but anger cannot solve the problem, please believe in the central government and the government. The central government will definitely give all citizens a satisfactory result, and our Chinese nation will no longer be oppressed by any unequal treaties.”

"At the same time, for Japan, a terrorist country, its existence has threatened the peace and security of all mankind. As a great country for 5000 years, and at the same time as Japan's cultural source country, we have the responsibility and obligation to completely eliminate Japan and serve the world. Contribute to the peace and tranquility of the world."

Jiang Yu's voice became more and more sonorous and powerful, and it didn't sound like a wounded person's voice at all. Realizing that his voice was too loud, he coughed twice, and then saved up for a while, shouting: "Long live the Republic, China! Long live the nation."

"Long live the Republic!"

"Long live the Chinese nation."

People from all over the country followed Jiang Yu and shouted excitedly, and the sound suddenly shook the sky.

After Jiang Yu's speech on the radio, people collectively breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, Jiang Yu was the spiritual pillar of the entire nation. Seeing that he was fine, many people stopped making trouble.

Under Jiang Yu's dissuasion, students and workers demonstrating outside the concessions all over the country gradually dispersed.

The governments of the major powers also temporarily breathed a sigh of relief, but Jiang Yu's radio speech has fully demonstrated Jiang Yu's great determination to recover the concession and abolish the unequal treaties.

After the broadcast, Jiang Yu urgently summoned the British ambassador Zhu Erdian at the Huai'an Military Rehabilitation Hospital.

When Zhu Erdian came to the hospital, he saw Jiang Yu wrapped in gauze, and exclaimed, "It's a good thing you're fine. It's hard to imagine what the consequences will be if you have an accident."

Thinking of this, Zhu Erdian still has lingering fears.

As soon as the news of Jiang Yu's assassination came out, the whole of China was on the verge of going berserk.And it's so hard to die, Britain actually got involved with this incident.

"Hehe! Sit down." Jiang Yu said to Zhu Erdian, pretending to be strong. [

"Damn Japanese, they are too crazy." Zhu Erdian complained and sat down.Jiang Yu asked Zhu Erdian casually, "I heard that Britain is also involved?"

"No, no, our British Empire has nothing to do with this matter, and we are absolutely involved. It is a personal act to send a gun to the Japanese terrorists." Zhu Erdian quickly waved his hand in denial.

"I really don't believe it, but people only believe what they see." Jiang Yu shrugged, "The problem is that if we don't come up with an appropriate solution now, it will lead to very serious consequences."

"I know." Zhu Erdian nodded, "Does your Chinese government have any ideas?"

"Yes, the central government has a very firm attitude and great determination in taking back the concession, abolishing unequal treaties, and taking back the right to operate the railway," Jiang Yu said to Zhu Erdian.

"But in this world, if you want to gain certain things, you must lose certain things." Zhu Erdian was very tight-lipped, and did not take the initiative to make the rental industry realize. He continued: "At the beginning, Japan also used redemption. , to take back their concessions."

"However, Japan did not appear as a victor at the beginning, and China's unequal treaties and concessions were only produced under the conditions of aggression. If there is a payment, I think it should be force." Jiang Yu's words The attitude became a little cold, "If you hold something too tightly, it will only hurt the friendship between the two parties."

friendship?

It's worth ass money!

There are only eternal interests in this world, and there are no eternal enemies.

But Zhu Erdian couldn't say it so blatantly, and at this time Britain was deeply trapped in the European battlefield and couldn't extricate itself. If a war broke out in Asia, it would cause huge troubles to the entire Allied Powers.

Zhu Erdian was very embarrassed by the situation he faced at the moment.

Jiang Yu seemed to have realized this point, the British guy just lacked a step down.

So Jiang Yu went on to say: "I think the Republic of China and the British Empire share common interests. If you are willing to support China in this regard, China will also support the Allied Powers in Asia in the war against the Allied Powers. China can create Ships, munitions, and war materials such as medicines and food can also be exported to the UK.”

Zhu Erdian's expression changed, and he saw a turning point.

Jiang Yu continued: "I heard that German submarines are very crazy and have threatened the maritime traffic of the British Empire. The British Empire has lost a large number of ships. At present, China already has a large-scale shipbuilding industry, which just makes up for your ship losses. At the same time, I also heard that many of the large number of infantry mobilized by the Russians did not even have rifles, and it was difficult for the Allied Powers to support Russia. However, China and Russia are connected by the Middle East Railway, and we can also export arms, food, textiles, Medicines and other substances that Russia is in urgent need of. We can even build a railway from Central Asia to connect Russia to the east of the Ural Mountains to ensure smooth export.”

"Of course, although China does not allow other countries to continue to have concessions in China, for the sake of the traditional friendship between the Republic of China and the British Empire, we can retain the British Hong Kong Concession while taking back all the concessions of other countries." Jiang Yu continued. his chips.

"That's great." Zhu Erdian laughed suddenly, "There is no problem at all, and I believe the cabinet will agree."

As long as the Hong Kong Concession can be preserved, it proves that China has given Britain face, which is tantamount to acknowledging the global authority of the British Empire.

Moreover, the Hong Kong Concession is the most important among the British Concession in China, known as the Pearl.

As long as the Hong Kong Concession can be kept, Zhu Erdian will have a way to explain to the country, and he can also become a great hero.

Then Jiang Yuyou and Zhu Erdian made some homework, and the two were like good friends. [

However, both of them knew that behind this good friend, there were actually naked interests.Being able to continue to be friends is only because there are still enough interests or needs to maintain them.

As for the Japanese issue, Jiang Yu also communicated with Zhu Erdian, expressing a strong determination.

It was not good for Zhu Erdian to express his disagreement at this time, after all, he had just been assassinated by the Japanese.Jiang Yu said to Zhu Erdian: "China will impose a naval blockade on Japan next, and we will sink any ship that enters Japanese waters."

"..." Zhu Erdian wanted to say something, but thinking of the British naval blockade against Germany, he was speechless for a while.

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With the support of the United Kingdom, China's negotiations to recover the concessions, abolish unequal treaties, and recover the equity of various railways have progressed relatively smoothly.

Small countries like Portugal and Belgium were simply left aside.

As a result of Britain's support for China, France and Russia also reduced their resistance to issues such as Chinese concessions, treaties, and railways.

At this time, in exchange for material support from China, the Allies did not care much about these interests.

And now China's attitude is very clear, there are two paths for them to choose, one is to be an enemy of China, and there will be one more enemy.

One is to become 'friends' with China, who will produce war supplies for them.

Germany seemed to realize something, but the Allied Powers had no objections, and their objections were even more useless. The United States also realized that there might be one more competitor, and secretly made some small moves, but failed to convince the Allied Powers.

A quick agreement was reached on the abolition of unequal treaties, and only the issue of the territory occupied by some of the treaties of Russia was temporarily shelved.These territories must be taken back by China, but Jiang Yu understands that Russia is also about to end, so there is no need to rush for a while.

Next, the countries also reached an agreement on the issue of the concessions. China demanded that all the concessions be taken back, and only the British Hong Kong concession would be retained. The United Kingdom played an important role in the unification of this opinion.

If the UK wanted to keep Hong Kong, it had to let the other Allied countries conditionally withdraw from the foreign trade.

This is a typical 'dead friends never die poor'.

The railway issue is the most controversial. In the end, the Chinese government came up with a cost calculation plan, that is, in terms of the construction of various railways, countries will get as much as they spend.

As for the plundered railways, as well as the more than 20 Chinese laborers who died during the construction of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, for example, they did not get a dime.

Under the mutual checks and balances between the Allied Powers and the Allied Powers, as well as the soy sauce state of the United States, this plan was successfully passed.

On November 1914, 11, representatives of Britain, France, Russia, Germany, the United States, Portugal, Belgium and other countries signed their names on various agreements.

When countries signed the agreement to abolish unequal treaties, it meant that China officially broke away from the status of a semi-colonial country from this day on.

Become an autonomous nation with full sovereignty.

At the same time, it also means that a new member has appeared on the table of great powers.

Since then, China is no longer the food of the great powers, but a new power that competes with the great powers for food.

On the day the agreement was signed, people all over the country rejoiced.

From this day on, common people began to truly identify with the 'Republic of China', and the regime of the Republic of China became very strong in China.

Even many members of the Kuomintang who fled the country during the second revolution fell into a more contradictory state, often thinking about whether they were wrong.

At this time, after the members of the Kuomintang fled China, Sun Dapao established a "Chinese Revolutionary Party" with the help of the Japanese. Its organizational model changed from a party to a gang model. Human beings have already begun to develop in a crooked way.

After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Japan suffered successive defeats, and the members of the Chinese Revolutionary Party were not dumbfounded.

The mighty Japan has failed!

This is their last hope for a comeback!It was defeated like this, and it was a mess.

At this moment, Dapao Sun realized that he was doomed.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Japanese to become very indifferent to them, and the financial aid was directly suspended, and they were left aside and ignored.

After a while, the Japanese arrested them directly.

In the eyes of the Japanese, the rise of China is inevitable. Sun Dapao and his mob can't even create basic chaos in today's China. It is meaningless to continue to support Sun Dapao.

Sun Dapao has completely lost its use value to the Japanese, and it is not as useful as raising a group of dogs.

By arresting Sun Dapao and the others, the Japanese government is preparing to make a last-ditch effort to ease relations with China and strive for a decent compromise.

Today's Japan is already strong on the outside and strong on the inside.

Japan wanted the Allied Powers to hug their thighs, and it was about to succeed, but suddenly there was an assassination incident, and the Allied Powers had to give up Japan in order not to offend China.

Wanting to embrace the thigh of the United States, the United States is very cautious and does not want to get involved in Asian disputes.

Britain told Japan that as long as it lasts for a while, it will save them when the European war is over, but who knows when the war will end!

Moreover, most industries in Japan are now in a state of shutdown.

The iron and steel factories were completely lost. Originally, Japan still had an annual output of 30 tons of steel, but most of the iron and steel factories were built in North Korea.

At this time, Japan’s shipping was not so developed, and steel factories had to consider the transportation distance of iron ore and coal mines, so most of Japan’s steel factories were built in North Korea.

Originally, the development of iron and steel smelting in Japan was relatively slow. At the beginning, a steel factory was built in Busan, but it was tragically discovered that the iron ore reserves in Busan were only hundreds of thousands of tons.

Up to now, it has finally achieved an output of 30 tons, but with the fall of North Korea, most of the steel output has been lost.

Even if Japan wants to build ships at this time, it must have steel!

There's no such thing as a ship made of steel!

Moreover, shipping is blocked by China. At present, only some foreign ships can enter and exit, but foreign ships are also very reluctant to go to Japan. Who knows if there will be mines on the way!

Japan's industry itself is based on the economic model of importing raw materials and exporting them after processing. With such a toss in China, industrial development has already begun.

At this time, China's industry was booming.

With the advent of the First World War, although Britain's reserves could still support it during the 14-year period and did not place large-scale orders to neutral countries in the world, the markets of overseas colonies of Britain, France and other countries were directly vacant.

China's industrial exports have grown rapidly in 14.

The islands in the South Seas, the Indochina Peninsula, Australia, and even the Indian market began to be dominated by Chinese products, and Chinese exports began to quickly crowd out the market share of British and French products.

The United States quickly occupied the South American market.

China began to enter the African market.

China's light industry recovered quickly after the stock market crash, while heavy industry and military industry developed during the war against Japan. According to the latest information from Japan, China has reached a cooperation intention with the Allied Powers in the production of combat materials, and the Allied Powers are preparing to place orders with China. .

Once these orders are obtained by China, its heavy industry and military industry will continue to maintain rapid development, let alone light industry.

If this continues, the gap between Japan and China will only grow wider.

The Japanese government also fell into confusion at this time, and many Japanese began to reflect on whether the national policy of trying to annex China was wrong from the beginning.

Obviously, this route cannot continue. Even if the European and American powers are willing to support Japan against China, Japan will die in the end!

Because it is very difficult to cut flesh from China at this time, the war potential of the [-] million people makes the Japanese tremble when they think about it.

It can be said that Japan at this time has developed a very subtle psychology. As long as China is willing to accept Japan at this time and promises Japan some foreign aggression benefits, Japan will immediately become China's younger brother.

Because in Japan's view, the threat to Japan from European and American countries is far less than that of China.

Invading the colonies of European and American countries is much easier than invading China.

Watching China and the United States gorge on this delicious big cake during the European War, and considering the future of the country, Japan began to try to make a final improvement in relations.

Soon, Japan came up with a plan for a "Great Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere" led by China, and stated that if China is willing to accept it, Japan will work together with China to make the greatest efforts for the rise of Asian nations in the world .

When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed over the Japanese plan to Yuan Shikai, and Yuan Shikai handed over the plan to Jiang Yu, Jiang Yu spit out a sip of tea on the spot after seeing it.

"Fuck! This is fine!" Jiang Yu stared at the plan dumbfounded. (To be continued. Please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)

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