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Chapter 152: More Powerful Than My Wife (1)
01 Japanese come to "21 Articles"

At 1915 p.m. on January 1, 18, the weather was cold and windy, and the weather was extremely gloomy. There were few pedestrians on the street, and everyone who walked was flustered. This kind of weird weather gave people an extremely ominous feeling.

Something is going to happen!
These three words emerged in everyone's heart.

Sure enough something really happened.

A black car drove to the gate of the Presidential Palace, and a strange man got out of the car, with a beard and a suit and leather shoes.He was the only one with no entourage. He hurried into the presidential palace and said: I am Hikimashi, the Japanese ambassador to China, and I have a special mission from my government.

Knowing that the Japanese envoy suddenly asked to see him, Yuan Shikai knew that the visitor was not kind.Hichimashi came in, handed over a thick stack of contracts to Yuan Shikai, and said: President, there is something I want to explain to you. You see, between Japan and China, we used to be good neighbors separated by a narrow strip of water, but recently, We have less contact with each other, and we don't move around much.Some Chinese people always suspect that we Japanese have bad intentions against you. We must admit that this suspicion is groundless, and it is the greatest harm to our kind Japanese.In Japan, there are also some people who lack understanding of China, always doubt the intentions of the Chinese authorities, and often feel disgusted.In short, the President has always been deeply wary of us Japan and opposed us Japan, which has caused harm to the interests of both of us.It can't go on like this, President, it really can't go on like this.Therefore, our Japanese government has proposed a perfect solution in order to completely solve these poor communication problems once and for all.

Yuan Shikai said nothing, just listened.

The Japanese Minister said: This perfect solution is called "Article 21".

What is "Article 21"?

The Japanese envoy said: The husband's "21 articles" means 21 articles.This means that if the President agrees to the proposed terms, it will prove the goodwill between Japan and China, and the Japanese government will also help President Yuan in trouble.

The Japanese minister said: This request is Japan's unswerving national policy towards China.

The Japanese envoy said: We demand the absolute consent of the Chinese government to the "21 Articles".

The Japanese minister said: The Chinese government must keep this matter absolutely confidential and reply as soon as possible.If this "Article 21" is leaked, Japan will take decisive action.

The Japanese envoy said: President Yuan, why don't you speak?
Yuan Shikai's voice was gloomy and chilly.He said: Please allow me to consider it in detail, and then the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will reply.

The Japanese envoy bowed and turned away.Yuan Shikai muttered: What is it called "21 Articles"?When I opened it, I couldn't help exclaiming loudly: I hate your mother, the Japanese want to kill China!

Immediately convene a meeting of the Secretary of State, the heads of ministries, and the Speaker of the Senate.

02 Delay
After receiving an ultimatum from Japan to force China to accept "Article 21", Yuan Shikai convened several meetings one after another, but nothing came out of the meetings.

why?

This is because, as early as when the Japanese landed in Shandong and robbed the German concession, Yuan Shikai convened a heavyweight meeting.At the beginning of the meeting, Yuan Shikai first asked Duan Qirui, Chief of the Army: Chief Duan, if war breaks out, I would like to know what actions the Chinese army can take.

Duan Qirui stood up and replied: If the president ordered, the troops can resist and try to prevent the Japanese army from penetrating into the interior of Shandong.However, due to insufficient weapons and ammunition, combat will be very difficult.

Yuan Shikai: I am asking you how long the Chinese army can resist.

Duan Qirui: 48 hours.

Yuan Shikai: After 48 hours?

Duan Qirui: Follow the instructions of the President.

The meaning of listening to the president's instructions is that Yuan Shikai trained at a small station, and at the end of the training, he would not be able to withstand the Japanese attack for two days, and he would undoubtedly lose.So this Yuan Shikai, how did he train soldiers, how did the more he practiced, the worse he became?I think back then when the Beiyang navy died in the Yellow Sea, they still had a few shots with the Japanese bang bang bang. How did it end up being that one crab is not as good as one crab?

This really cannot be blamed on Yuan Shikai. If it is to be blamed, the Japanese have achieved a complete transformation, fully Westernized, and entered the stage of rapid growth of industrialization.As for China, it has always insisted on dying and not moving its nest in the farming era. Farming is right. There are so many people in China, what do you eat if you don’t farm?However, the economic development driven by farming operations cannot be compared with Japan's industrialization development.For example, a farmer is definitely no match for a samurai, and a herbivore can't beat a carnivore. Let alone Yuan Shikai, whoever is in his position will have only one ending: dumbfounded.

It’s okay to be dumbfounded, the Japanese require you to meet all the conditions immediately, otherwise you will meet with soldiers.And the reason why the Japanese are so fierce is because they have seen that you Chinese herbivores are useless in nature, and if you don't bully, you won't bully.

Yuan Shikai stomped, sighed, gritted his teeth, shook his head, and asked Foreign Minister Sun Baoqi: Xiao Sun, you are the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Regarding this matter, do you have any countermeasures?
who?I?Sun Baoqi shook his head and then shook his head, President, you don't need me for this matter, it's useless to look for me.

Well, Yuan Shikai took the case out. Since your Ministry of Foreign Affairs is unable to resolve this matter, there is nothing you can do about it.The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sun Baoqi, was removed from his post, and the candidate for the Minister was to be determined. The meeting was adjourned.

Yuan Shikai withdrew, and everyone looked at the unlucky Sun Baoqi, and suddenly called out "Hello, clever plan, the president has a unique skill, and this move is probably beyond the imagination of the Japanese."

What kind of trick is this?

This is because the "21 Articles" proposed by the Japanese must be officially answered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Japan.But now that there is no minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the answer, of course, is to push it as long as it can, to delay it as long as it can, and it will be as long as it is delayed.

03 Playing around is a must
Coming out of the conference room, Yuan Shikai waved his hand, called his secretary Zeng Yijin over, and asked: Xiao Zeng, did you ever study in the Faculty of Law of Teito University in Japan?
Zeng Yijin said: Yes, President, when I was in school, my mentor was Nagao Ariga, and later I went to the Presidential Palace to work as a secretary, and you asked me to bring my mentor along with me.

Yuan Shikai: That's right, that's what happened when you said it.So what, is your teacher in good health?Are you used to Chinese food?

Zeng Yijin: Teacher Youhe likes Chinese cuisine very much, but a little...a little...a little misses Mrs.

Yuan Shikai was overjoyed: Well, Xiao Zeng, you should immediately go to the Ministry of Finance to borrow a loan, 1 yuan is the bottom line, and there is no limit to whoever is more. It is estimated that He Changxiong will go home to see your teacher’s wife’s expenses, but there is no less.You have to go back with your mentor. We Chinese must carry forward the tradition of respecting teachers and valuing education, do you understand?
Zeng Yijin: I don't quite understand, President, at this time you suddenly gave me a holiday...

Yuan Shikai: Xiao Zeng, to be a human being is to pay attention to knowing what you have been kind to, and not to forget your roots.You are studying in Japan, besides Nagao Nagao as your tutor, I heard that you also have two teachers, one is Masayoshi Matsukata and the other is Aritomo Yamagata.I heard that you two teachers are very powerful. Both of you were knighted by the emperor for their outstanding academic contributions. Yamagata Yutomo also served as the Prime Minister of Japan twice.And the current Prime Minister of Japan is called Okuma Shigenobu. This Okuma Shigenobu is not as good as your teacher. He is unpopular. He was blown up with a bomb and lost one leg. He dared to propose "21 measures" to China. , It's really outrageous.

Zeng Yijin: President, you made a mistake. Masayoshi Matsukata and Youpeng Shanxian are not my teachers.

Yuan Shikai: No, it doesn't matter. In short, these two people have a very close relationship with your teacher, He Changxiong. It must be true, right?

Zeng Yijin: Right.

Yuan Shikai: That’s right, I’ll send you money right away, Mr. Youhe.By the way, you should not follow, lest the Japanese become suspicious.

So Zeng Yijin immediately rushed to the Finance Department, took 1 yuan and sent it to the teacher Youhe Changxiong: Teacher, this is the travel expenses given to you by the president, let you go home to see your wife.

Nagao Ariga: Xiao Zeng, you bastard, you don’t listen carefully in class, and now you’re doing something weird again. Didn’t you see that I’m busy revising your Chinese laws?Go, leave the money... can you get some more?
Zeng Yijin: Teacher, the President said that you can take the money to see your wife, um, by the way, also go to see the Marquis of Songfang and the Duke of Shanxian.

Nagao Ariga: Why do you want to see the two of them?Are they more attractive than your mistress?

Zeng Yijin: Teacher, let me tell you secretly that now Japanese Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma suddenly proposed "21 Measures" to the Chinese government, wanting to destroy China.I guess Masayoshi Matsukata and Youpeng Shanxian may not know about such a big matter.So in this sense, although these two are pure men, they must be more attractive than the teacher's wife.

Nagao Ariga: Is there really such a thing?Then I'll go back and ask them both.

So Youhe Changxiong hurried back to China, but he came back not long after.Zeng Yi went in to pick up the station: Teacher, teacher, have you seen Mrs.Is my mistress fat or thin?

You He Changxiong had a gloomy face, without saying a word, he just boarded the car and went back to his apartment in He Qin Lao Hutong.Zeng Yijin followed the rickshaw and chased desperately, until he reached He Changxiong's apartment before catching up with the teacher.Youhe let him into the house, closed the door first, and then entered the inner room, then said in a low voice: Xiao Zeng, I really let you talk, something happened, this time it was a big deal.

Zeng Yijin became nervous: But the teacher has been away from home for a long time, and the teacher's wife can't hold back her loneliness. Has Hong Xing cheated?
Nagao Ariga: You bastard, do you want to piss off the teacher to death?Why do you care so much about your mistress?I'm talking about "Article 21".Let me tell you, I went back to Japan and met Masayoshi Matsukata, and when it comes to this, guess what, he didn't even know about it.For such a big matter, Shigenobu Okuma dared to mess around without going through the imperial meeting. Isn't this just nonsense?
Zeng Yijin nodded and said: That's right, that's right, I heard that Okuma Shigenobu has only one leg, so it's inevitable to mess around.

Nagao Ariga continued: "I'll tell you Masayoshi Matsukata's original words. He said so. Shigenobu Okuma spoke big and exaggerated.Go back and tell Yuan Shikai that Manchuria was taken from the Russians at the expense of our imperial subjects and should be given a chance to develop.As for sovereignty and everything in Chinese territory outside Manchuria, the Empire has no intention of infringing.Okuma's request is the request of his Okuma Shigenobu, and not all the subjects of the empire support his request.

Zeng Yijin was overjoyed: Teacher, this news is really great, what did you friend from Shan County say?

Nagao Ariga: Xiao Zeng, your teacher, I am in Japan, which is more dangerous than in China.Just because I met Masayoshi Matsukata, the teacher was targeted by spies, and I didn’t even dare to go home, and I don’t know if the number of times your teacher’s wife cheated has reached a new high, I just want to live to bring this news back, and I don’t even dare to go back home. I went to see a friend in Shan County.

In ecstasy, Zeng Yijin turned around and ran towards the presidential palace.

04 Escorts are hard to find

Zeng Yijin rushed into the presidential palace, caught Yuan Shikai, and immediately told Yuan Shikai the news that He Changxiong had inquired about.

Yuan Shikai jumped up when he heard this, and said: I have got the essentials, I have the essentials, and the Japanese will never even think about requests from outside Manchuria, and I will not agree to them a single word.Even if it is Manchuria, it was occupied by the Russians earlier, and now it is snatched by the Japanese. The Japanese want to develop and dream!If you develop, I will be deflated.Okuma Shigenobu, you don't even say it Think about it, I, Yuan Shikai, am I the one who is embarrassed in front of you Japanese?

After the joy, Yuan Shikai took Zeng Yijin's hand and said: Now, I will give you two more important tasks. The first one is to go to the Ministry of Finance to get another sum of money. You can estimate how much.What are you doing with the money?Go out, hit the street.Isn't your Japanese very good?Whenever you meet Japanese on the street, whether it is a ronin, a samurai, a farmer, or a beautiful escort lady who came to China to start a business, you, pick out some of them, and I will personally review them, and then give them money, and then you often talk to them. They contacted and collected Japanese intelligence.No matter what the situation is, it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or false, whether it’s true or false, big or small, we need them all, and then use these mixed true and false information to study the Japanese.

Zeng Yijin said: Good!President, I like this task, but it is more difficult to find Japanese escort girls who come to China to start a business. You let me think about it again.

Yuan Shikai said again: The second task assigned to you is to immediately go to your teacher Yuhe Changxiong.He helped us revise the laws of China, and you, beside him, studied the Japanese constitution with great concentration.If you encounter something you don't understand, you should always ask your teacher for advice.

Zeng Yijin shook his head: President, have you lost your mind again?What time is this?"Article 21" is all over, and Japan is going to perish our China.At this time, you actually thought of asking me to study the Japanese constitution. If you want to say that the president is out of his mind, do you believe it?
Yuan Shikai said: My brain is not flooded, it is your brain that is flooded.Xiao Zeng, what did it say in "The Art of War"?Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.What is knowing the enemy?That is, we must thoroughly understand the Japanese!What is it?Just never suffer.I asked you to study the Japanese constitution for one purpose. I want to find out, if this negotiation breaks down, what kind of tricks will Okuma Shigenobu have with that one-legged weirdo? Will he immediately ask the emperor to send troops to China; if he really If he did so, then according to the Japanese constitution, must the emperor authorize him to send troops, or can he dismiss his request?

Zeng Yijin suddenly realized: So that's what happened.

Yuan Shikai: That's right, that's what happened.Listen carefully, the inquiry for news this time is different from the last time. Youhe Changxiong will never cooperate sincerely this time.You have to consider the reality that he is Japanese after all, and you have to know that he loves Japan in the end.So, you can't go straight this time, you must let Youhe not discover your ultimate goal, you have to go around, you have to knock, you have to attack, you have to use your special skills, start with your beautiful mistress, as the saying goes "The winding path leads to a secluded place, and the flowers and trees in the meditation room are deep", do you understand?

05 One fool will succeed
So Zeng Yijin flew to Nagao Nagao to study the Japanese constitution.It didn't take long for him to come back wheezing: Report to the President, I have studied it.

Yuan Shikai asked anxiously: What is the conclusion?
Zeng Yijin: President, according to the results of my research, Japan is unlikely to send troops due to the constraints of the Constitution, even if negotiations on "Article 21" fail.

Yuan Shikai: Impossible?How unlikely is it?
Zeng Yijin: It is probably impossible to send troops.

Yuan Shikai: Eighty percent, enough is enough.Damn it, he is a bad one-legged prime minister, yet he dares to make things difficult for me, Lao Yuan, isn't he worthy of a beating?

Call the one-legged Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma: The Chinese government refuses to pay attention to "Article 21".

A few days after the call was sent, Lu Zhengxiang, the Minister in Japan, sent a confidential message:
The Okuma cabinet got Yuan's reply, which shocked Yuan's boldness.But without the imperial meeting, he made this request himself, and Yuan Shi retaliated with a stick, making him extremely embarrassed.The emperor had no choice but to play the emperor, and the imperial meeting has been held...

Yuan Shikai considered that if Shigenobu Okuma's "21 Articles" were brought up for discussion at the imperial meeting, there would be a lot of talk and different opinions, and maybe the Japanese would have gang fights in front of the emperor.Maybe, these "21 rules" will not pass at all.

If the Japanese Imperial Council rejected the "21 Articles", wouldn't China have won without a fight?

However, things are not that simple. As the saying goes, there is no turning back. At the Japanese imperial meeting, although everyone expressed strong dissatisfaction with Okuma's eating alone, since the "21 Articles" have been proposed, they cannot be withdrawn immediately. .Furthermore, the Japanese are also thinking: What if the Chinese are stupid and agree to the "21 Articles"?Isn't that beautiful?

How about we fool the Chinese first?At the imperial meeting, the Japanese suggested so.

With this concept in mind, the "21 Articles" were finally passed at the imperial meeting.

The ball was kicked back again, this time it depends on how Yuan Shikai overcomes this difficulty.

Yuan Shikai immediately recalled Lu Zhengxiang, the Minister in Japan.

06 Leisurely poetic oriental charm

It is said that Lu Zhengxiang, the Minister in Japan, returned to China, and when he saw Yuan Shikai, he immediately wailed: President, I, Lu Zhengxiang, finally came back alive.

Yuan Shikai frowned: What are you talking about? This is it?You came back when you came back, why do you still say you came back alive?
Lu Zhengxiang said: "President, I won't lie to you, I am in Japan, and I am facing the threat of death every moment.Set foot on the land of the motherland alive, do you think I can't be excited?

Yuan Shikai: Xiao Lu, you are a famous pro-Japanese faction.You have more Japanese friends than Chinese friends, how could you be killed?

Lu Zhengxiang said: "President, you shouldn't ask this question. My trouble lies in the fact that I have too many Japanese friends."Let me just say that you asked me to be the Minister to Japan, because I have many Japanese friends and it is easy to solve problems.But the President forgot that you want to solve state affairs through my relationship with Japan, but my Japanese friend wants to force me to make concessions and surrender state power through my friendship with me.How can I do this? If I don’t do it, my Japanese friends will not agree and force me.I was so forced that I couldn’t do anything about it, so I bought a pistol, put it under my pillow when I slept, put it next to the rice bowl when I ate, and took it when I went to the bathroom to squat.I have clearly told my Japanese friends, don't fucking force me, whoever forces me, I will die for him.

Yuan Shikai shook his head: Xiao Lu, I'm not talking about you, you just don't have enough brains.Earlier, when Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi fled for private reasons, you were asked to come out to form a cabinet. You were lucky. You stood on the stage and groaned, unable to understand what you were saying, but you were thrown out of the cabinet by the councilors.Needless to say, the embarrassing thing, this time you are appointed as the ambassador to Japan, and you have put yourself on the point of committing suicide again, as for it?By the way, I heard that you have unique research on tea ceremony, green tea, scented tea, oolong tea, and any kind of tea can be found in your home. I also heard that you drink too much tea, and you don’t have time to go to the bathroom, so you just sit on the toilet and drink tea. Is there such a thing?

Lu Zhengxiang cried: President, you are really my confidant, I have no other pleasure in this life, except drinking tea.Such a leisurely life has an oriental charm, the flavor is unique and interesting.

Yuan Shikai slapped his hands: Yes, I think so too.To be honest, that's all you've got.I called you back this time to let you drink tea.

Lu Zhengxiang was overjoyed: President, where do you want me to drink tea?
(End of this chapter)