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"Let's talk about Zhantang." Mr. Zhongshan sat back in his armchair, and then pointed to Hu Hanmin casually, letting him speak.

Hu Hanmin took a step forward, bowed slightly to Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and said: "After preliminary discussions between the Presidium and the Military Commission, it is recommended that the Prime Minister continue to stay in the south to guide our revolution. The Presidium and the Military Commission suggest that in the name of our Party Central Committee and the Nationalist Government Issued a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire among the warring parties and the convening of a political consultation meeting attended by various factions in the country to decide on the country’s political reform and the formation of a coalition government. Regarding the invitation of General Feng Yuxiang and the National Army, the Presidium and the Military Commission suggested that the CCP The Central Committee and Mr. Chen Duxiu first go north to preside over the big plan. Regarding the next goal of our party, the Presidium and the Military Commission hope that the [-] provinces (districts) in southern China will be the first to consolidate the territory we have acquired, develop the economy, and strengthen our party. strength. In order to achieve these goals, the Presidium and the Military Commission hope that the thirteen provinces (regions) in southern China can first realize tariff independence, and then increase tariffs and levy consumption taxes to increase the income of the national government. In order to greatly increase education funding, a large-scale Infrastructure construction and heavy industry construction provide a sufficient financial foundation. Therefore, the Presidium and the Military Commission suggest that we start negotiations with the big powers on tariff independence, the recovery of leased land in the [-] provinces (regions) of South China, and the recovery of sovereignty over the Yangtze River. The negotiation will focus on tariff independence as the primary goal In order to increase our negotiating chips, the Presidium and the Military Commission suggested that our party should support some demands of the CCP at this stage, such as allowing them to enter Beijing with a small number of troops, implying that we will support Mr. Chen Duxiu as the leader of the coalition government at the Political Consultative Conference We can use this to intimidate the great powers and force them to make concessions to us in tariff and concession negotiations."

After hearing Hu Hanmin's speech, Mr. Zhongshan showed a gratified smile. He nodded and said: "Well, you can think of this level, and I can feel relieved. Now we are still a weak country, and it is difficult for a weak country to conduct diplomacy. We can only use barbarians to control barbarians. In the past, Li Hongzhang often used this tactic. Let us continue to use it now. The powers that have interests in China are basically divided into four factions. Britain and France are one faction, and Soviet Russia, Japan, and the United States are all their own. France puts the maintenance of colonies first. Soviet Russia aims to expand communism and seize China’s Mongolia and Northwest. Japan focuses on the interests of Northeast and North China. The eyes of the United States are completely focused on banknotes.”

As soon as Mr. Zhongshan's remarks came out, Luo Yaoguo was taken aback. He didn't expect this revolutionary to be quite knowledgeable about international affairs.I don’t know if it’s because there has been research in the past, or after I’ve retired from illness, I have nothing to do to research to relieve my boredom?

"Fuwen, tell me how we should persuade the big powers to agree to our implementation of tariff independence?" Mr. Zhongshan called Luo Yaoguo again and asked him to speak.

Luo Yaoguo also took a step forward, saluted Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and then said: "Our way of using barbarians to control barbarians should be to use Soviet Russia to control Britain and France, and use Britain and France to control Japan. We can use benefits to lure the United States. As long as the British China, France, and the United States support us in pursuing independent tariffs in the south, and Japan alone is incapable of confronting Britain, the United States, Russia, and France.

Now Japan and the United States have the largest share in China's industrial product market, while the markets of Britain and France are shrinking day by day.Therefore, our implementation of tariff autonomy will have the least impact on Britain and France, who are likely to agree first.Moreover, our territory borders the British and French colonies. Now the Communist Party and Feng Yuxiang are holding high the banner of revolution and singing high-profile. It seems that there are signs of Soviet revolution. Britain and France must be most afraid of this, because once China is red, the next turn will be the British and French colonies.Therefore, Britain and France will definitely try their best to prevent this from happening, and the only thing they can rely on is our party.Therefore, the staff department believes that the representatives of Britain and France will come to the door soon.

The United States and Japan have the largest share in the South China market, but the situation of the two countries is different.The United States is a developed and advanced industrialized country that can provide a wide range of products. If we start construction, we will definitely import a large number of American machinery and equipment. The Ministry of Staff believes that as long as we explain this truth to the Americans, they will also support us.However, Japan mainly dumps light industrial products in the Chinese market, which poses a huge threat to our national industry, so it is impossible for them to support our implementation of independent tariffs.However, Japan's core interests in China are the Northeast after all. If Britain, the United States, France, and Russia all support us, Japan can only make concessions with its current strength.

Therefore, the key to the withdrawal of tariffs this time is to properly handle the crisis of the Beijing regime, and it is best to allow Britain, the United States, Russia, France, and Japan to win us over.The suggestion of the Ministry of Staff is to use the Beijing regime to make Soviet Russia and Japan fight, and then use the brand of communism to frighten Britain and France, let Britain and France support us, win over the United States with industrial construction orders, and then use the support of Britain, the United States, and France to suppress Japan backed down. "

Sun Yat-sen was very satisfied with Luo Yaoguo's method, he nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, what do you guys think?"

Sun Yat-sen, who is already worth [-] sentences, has already expressed his attitude. How dare the nine younger brothers not follow closely?So he hurriedly fiddled with a specific plan to use the barbarians to control the barbarians, and Mr. Zhongshan nodded and approved.Although Mr. Sun Yat-sen doesn't have criticizing, beheading, or anti-corruption groups here, this official can be dismissed easily.Isn't it just pretending to be a grandson in front of Mr. Zhongshan every now and then?As long as you go out, you will be a master.In this way, the so-called special meeting of the KMT Presidium and the Military Commission was successfully held on the balcony of Sun Yat-sen's home, and the representatives at the meeting unanimously agreed to fly the red flag to play against barbarians with barbarians.Alas, the Kuomintang in this time and space is more irresponsible than in another time and space, and it's all the fault of a certain big butterfly!

As soon as the meeting ended, Luo Yiqun and Luo Yaoguo were ordered to go to the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Beiguan, Guangzhou to inform the Kuomintang of its decision on major political arrangements for a period of time to come.

Although the arrival of the climax of the Chinese revolution had been expected for a long time, the climax really rushed over. Comrade Chen Duxiu and other leading comrades of the Communist Party Central Committee still couldn't believe that they had eyes and ears.In the conference room of the office building of the Communist Party Central Committee in Beiguan, Chen Duxiu, Qu Qiubai, Tan Pingshan, Zhang Shenfu, and Peng Pai, who had just returned to Guangzhou, all looked stunned after listening to Luo Yaoguo's statement.

After a long silence, Chen Duxiu, chairman of the Communist Party of China, was the first to realize that he was well-informed.He suppressed his excitement and smiled and asked, "Is this what Premier Sun meant?"

Uncle Luo also smiled and replied: "Naturally, it is the intention of the Prime Minister, and it is also the unanimous decision of the Presidium and the Military Commission. Our party hopes that the Central Committee of your party and Chairman Chen can go north to preside over the big plan first. Mr. Liao Zhongkai of our party then also I will rush to Beijing from Soviet Russia to cooperate with your party's work."

"Are there any other important members of your party going to Beijing besides Mr. Liao?" Peng Pai asked again.He was acquainted with Liao Zhongkai in the Soviet Union, and he knew that Liao firmly supported the Prime Minister's three major policies, even more than Sun Yat-sen himself.Therefore, Liao Zhongkai is definitely the most ideal person to cooperate on behalf of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in Beijing.

Luo Yiqun replied: "The comrades of our party stationed in Beijing will be headed by Comrade Zhong Kai. In addition, General Deng Zesheng will also cooperate with Comrade Zhong Kai in Beijing to participate in the work of the coalition government."

Chen Duxiu was very satisfied with Sun Yat-sen's arrangement. He nodded gratefully and said: "Thanks to Mr. Zhongshan's support for the Chinese revolution, our party can not do without Mr. Zhongshan's three propositions today. Please tell Minister Luo to Mr. Zhongshan and ask him The old man can rest assured of his illness, this time our party will go north and will definitely fully promote Mr. Sun Yat-sen's ideas, abolish all unequal treaties, expel all big powers, and push the Chinese revolution to a climax!"

"Thank you comrades in your party for your concern for the Prime Minister." Luo Yiqun nodded with a smile and said: "This time, Mr. Zhongshan will issue an appeal to the warring parties to stop all conflicts, and then hold a political consultation meeting attended by various factions in the country to discuss political reform. And the statement on the formation of a coalition government. We hope that it can be issued in the form of a joint statement of the two parties to show the unity of the two parties. Of course, if your party has any content to add, we can also modify the statement.” After finishing speaking, Luo Yiqun He took over the draft of the statement from his nephew and handed it to Chen Duxiu for his review.

The content of this statement is very simple, one is to call for an end to the civil war.Well, the Kuomintang has acquired all the territory it wants, so it can call for a ceasefire.The second is to call for the convening of a political consultative conference attended by all factions to discuss political reform and a coalition government.This is also a strategy that the Kuomintang has prepared for a long time.To form a coalition government is actually to get a weak central government to take the blame.The third is to invite the Central Committee of the Communist Party and Comrade Chen Duxiu to go north and work with Liao Zhongkai to replace Sun Yat-sen to preside over the grand plan.

"Chairman, the battle is still going on in Guanzhong!" It seems that in the Kuomintang's statement, Qu Qiubai felt that the ceasefire proposal was inappropriate, because the Red Army and General Yang Huchen's No.17 Route Army are currently attacking Guanzhong, and Liu Zhenhua has been captured. The Zhensong army is retreating steadily, and the ceasefire now is not to let the enemy slow down?

"It's better to cease fighting in Guanzhong." Luo Yaoguo who was on the side suddenly interjected: "Liu Zhenhua belongs to Feng Yuxiang, and he has issued a power call to support Feng Yuxiang. If your party wants to unite with Feng Yuxiang, it is best to cease fire with Liu Zhenhua." Liu Zhenhua Huashuo Feng Yuxiang was single-handedly promoted to the position of the governor of Shaanxi. After the collapse of Cao and Wu, he naturally stood at Feng Yuxiang's side.While the Communist Party wants to join forces with Feng Yuxiang in the revolution, it also refuses to give up its plan to seize Guanzhong, so now the whole of China has almost ceased fire, only Guanzhong is still fighting.

"Let Mao Zedong cease the war and withdraw to northern Shaanxi." Chen Duxiu thought for a while before making a decision.Now everything must be given priority to Beijing, and after Guanzhong is captured, it will also be given to Yang Huchen.

In this way, on November 1924, 11, the KMT and the Communist Party issued a joint statement in Guangzhou, announcing that the Central Committee of the Communist Party and leader Chen Duxiu would lead the grand plan on behalf of Sun Yat-sen, and called for a ceasefire, convening of the CPPCC, organizing a coalition government, discussing political reforms, and abolishing inequality treaty etc.The climax of the Chinese revolution seems to have really come!

Chapter 0108 to barbarian barbarian (two)

The climax of the revolution has really come!Now the city of Beijing has become a sea of ​​red flags. Every day on the streets, young students from various schools in Beijing hold a big parade with red flags. The working class has not gone to work for the past two days. Protests outside the embassy.Uh, except of course the Soviet embassy, ​​which represents the friendship between the Chinese and Soviet peoples.

"Clatter——" This time it was a window of the British Legation that was shattered, and the students who were filled with righteous indignation were throwing stones at the legation.This kind of thing should be left in the past, the embassy guards have already shot.But now, these warriors of the British Empire looked at the hundreds of Red Army soldiers in gray uniforms and octagonal hats outside, and their legs and feet were a little weak.Minister Mark also repeatedly emphasized that breaking a few pieces of glass is a trivial matter, and the British Empire has plenty of glass!The interests of the British Empire in China should not be affected by the expansion of the situation because of glass.

November 1924, 11, today is a memorable day. A regiment of fully armed Red Army soldiers passed Dongjiaomin Alley with their heads held high, washing away the shame that Chinese armed personnel were not allowed to enter Dongjiaomin Alley for more than 12 years. No one dared to interfere, and they all hid in their respective embassies in desperation!Afterwards, tens of thousands of people from all walks of life in Beijing entered Dongjiaomin Lane to protest against the imperialist aggression, oppression, and exploitation of China, shouting the slogan "Imperialism get out!", all day long.

Different from the arrogance of the missions in the past, this time the missions only protested weakly, asking Feng Yuxiang to maintain law and order, prevent the property of the mission from being violated, and protect the lives and property of overseas Chinese.Huang Yu, the leader of the interim government appointed by Feng Yuxiang, was stunned.How could this embassy be so reasonable?Huang Yu couldn't figure it out.But Comrade Li Dazhao knew what was going on, and he was explaining it to Feng Yuxiang now.

"General Feng, have you seen that? Imperialism is nothing but a paper tiger! Comrade Trotsky delivered a speech at a rally in Moscow's Red Square yesterday, calling on the Soviet Red Army to be ready to help the Chinese revolution defeat foreign interference." Li Dazhao said in a tone The Soviet Union extended a helping hand in time and was full of gratitude. He said: "The Soviet people have shown with practical actions that they are friends who are truly willing to help China. General, please don't hesitate any longer. Please accept the help of the Soviet people!"

What Li Dazhao didn't know was that because of Trotsky's remarks, a detachment of the Japanese North China Garrison, which had already set off as a whole, was urgently recalled to Tianjin.Fortunately, in this era, the Japanese army was more obedient to orders, so the situation did not worsen.

Accompanying Li Dazhao was General Deng Yanda, the leftist general of the Kuomintang and the commander-in-chief of various northern groups.Deng Yanda took Li Dazhao's words and continued to persuade: "General Huanzhang, our Kuomintang has grown stronger with the help of the Soviet Union. The Soviet people are the only friends in the world who are willing to help the Chinese revolution. Moreover, the Prime Minister's three major policies are also based on the alliance with Russia. First, since General Huanzhang has agreed to the Red Army led by the Communist Party to enter Beijing, why is he still unwilling to accept the help of the Soviet Union?"

Feng Yuxiang is still hesitating.He allowed a regiment of the Red Army to enter Beijing solely to curry favor with Sun Yat-sen.The Sun Yat-sen of this time and space is the master of half of China, Feng Yuxiang's only hope.Feng Yuxiang's situation is a bit dangerous now.

Wu Peifu, who was supposed to be desperate, borrowed the light of the Communist Party this time. Because of the emergence of the Red Army, Feng Zhang gave up his pursuit of Wu Peifu, and the imperialists also gave Wu Peifu some assistance because of his consistent counter-revolutionary stance, so that he could win over the Communist Party. The remnants then took the road and fled to Henan.

After giving up chasing Wu Peifu, Zhang Zuolin used the excuse of "anti-red" to send troops into the customs to seize Tianjin and Jidong, which Wu Peifu had abandoned, and occupied almost half of Zhili.In this way, Feng Yuxiang was left with only a small piece of land around Beijing and along the Beijing-Han Railway in Zhili, and he was surrounded by Zhang Zuolin and Wu Peifu, and he was in danger of collapse at any time.

Now it seems that only Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang can save Feng Yuxiang and his "little court", but Sun Yat-sen seems unwilling to cooperate with him, and instead sent the Communist Party northward.This suddenly pushed Feng Yuxiang to the cusp again. If he chooses to cooperate with the Communist Party, he will inevitably be attacked by reactionary warlords from all walks of life, and he will also offend the powers other than the Soviet Union. If he does not cooperate with the Communist Party, he will It seems that there is no other way to go.

After a long silence, Feng Yuxiang finally made up his mind to unite with Russia.

"Mr. Li, General Zesheng." Feng Yuxiang hesitated for a moment, and then said slowly: "Our national army is willing to accept the help of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union, and is willing to support the idea of ​​uniting Russia and the Communist Party. Please Mr. Li for me Introduce Ambassador Garahan."

After hastily sending out an ultra-weak letter of protest, the "overlords" of the Beijing legation gathered at the British legation. They wanted to discuss countermeasures for the complicated situation in China and act in unison.This has been the consistent style of the ministers of foreign powers stationed in China since the late Qing Dynasty.

"Gentlemen, the current situation in China is obviously different from that of the Boxers 24 years ago." Marklei also learned to talk about things straight to the point. He frowned and said, "Now about one regiment of the Red Army has entered Beijing. They came as the guard group of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. There may still be 10 to [-] Red Army troops in Chahar. In addition, intelligence shows that there are more than [-] Soviet Red Army troops in Outer Mongolia ready to go! We must now Come up with a practical solution.”

Ma Kelei emphasized "practicable", which obviously meant something.The Japanese and Italian ministers always proposed armed intervention. It is obvious that under the intervention of the Soviet Union, any decision to intervene would be completely wrong.

Yoshizawa Kenkichi is a little downcast now.Because the current Japanese Prime Minister is Takaaki Kato, the Kato cabinet is almost the most democratic and rational cabinet before World War II in Japan. Internally, it takes various measures to stabilize the economy and tighten military spending. Externally, it pursues "currency diplomacy" to compromise with British and American imperialism. In exchange for economic development as the main goal.When the situation in China changed dramatically, Kato Takaaki's first thought was not to send troops to intervene, but to send Fangze's father-in-law Quan Yangyi to Guangdong to visit the terminally ill Sun Yat-sen, hoping that Sun Yat-sen could come out to clean up the situation.At the same time, Kato also instructed the Japanese embassy in China to ask them to act together with the great powers and not to make any decision to interfere independently.He also ordered the Japanese troops stationed in Tianjin not to act without authorization to escalate the situation.

"The imperial government hopes that the various political forces in China can form a new government that can maintain stability and protect the interests of the big powers through proper consultation." Fang Ze first expressed his position. He said: "The imperial government has noticed It is said that a political consultation meeting will be held with the participation of various factions in the country. This is a positive factor, and now the power that can really determine the future political territory of China is not in Beijing but in Guangzhou. The empire hopes that the envoys can reach an agreement on this.”

British Minister Markle nodded and said with some concern: "The British Empire also agrees that various factions in China will negotiate to form a new responsible government. However, we are worried that the Communist Party leader may become the future head of government in China. Now The situation seems to be developing in this direction. The leader of the Communist Party of China, Chen Duxiu, went north from Guangzhou on the warship Haichou on the 11th. Mr. Sun Yat-sen is now terminally ill, and it seems impossible to form a government, and the responsibility for organizing the government has been handed over to the Communist Party gone."

"Oh, no, no, Mr. Marklei, you are too pessimistic. Things will not develop in this direction. There should be someone in the Kuomintang who wants to be the future leader of the country." American Minister Schulman said with a smile : "This position is very attractive to the Chinese. They have just waged a costly civil war for this. Will the Kuomintang be willing to give up this position?"

"Can our missions send representatives to the Kuomintang to express their willingness to support them in leading the coalition government?" Kenkichi Yoshizawa probed further.This is the expectation of the Japanese government. The wishful thinking of the Japanese government is to monopolize the special interests of the Northeast, and then maintain a weak central government in the pass.

"Minister Fangze's proposal is very good. Our mission group should reach an agreement on this aspect. The British Empire agrees with Minister Fangze's suggestion. Mr. Schulman, what is the proposal of the United States of America? The relationship between Sun Yat-sen and your United States seems to be unusual. Marklei asked Shulman with a smile.

The United States today is not like the United States after World War II to support pro-American factions everywhere. Otherwise, based on the relationship between the Kuomintang and the United States at that time, they would have received a lot of American aid.But now that Mr. Zhongshan has succeeded, the United States is naturally willing to do this favor. Schulman nodded and said: "I plan to go to Guangzhou as a representative of the mission to meet this great Chinese man. In addition, I suggest What do you guys think of our respective governments issuing a joint statement opposing all foreign armed intervention in the Chinese civil war?"

Shulman's new suggestion just gave Japan a step, Yoshizawa Kenkichi quickly followed it down, he nodded and said: "The empire does not want any foreign forces to interfere in China's civil war armedly, and the affairs of Chinese people should be left to themselves Solve it." In fact, Kato Takaaki's non-intervention also has a bottom line. In history, when Guo Songling rebelled against Feng, the Japanese army intervened without hesitation.

With the temporary retreat of the imperialist powers, the once tense situation seems to have turned for the better.Moreover, shortly after the KMT and the Communist Party issued a joint statement calling for an armistice, Zhang Zuolin, Wu Peifu, Lu Yongxiang and other participating forces also expressed their agreement to the armistice and were willing to participate in the coalition government organization negotiations.It seems that the military leaders from all walks of life are quite considerate of the overall situation!

Chapter 0109 with barbarian control barbarian (three)

There is still no trace of chill in Guangzhou in November. The whole city is surrounded by lush greenery, which seems to be full of upward vitality.Yes, it is vigorous and upward vitality.This is what Kenji Doihara thought in his heart. On the way south, the ship he took stopped at Qingdao, Shanghai, Xiamen and other ports, and the feeling of Doihara became more obvious as he went south.

Slowly walking down the hanging ladder of the Awamaru ship, Kenji Doihara looked suspiciously at the extremely busy port.Where is this country in a civil war?Osaka's prosperity seems to be nothing more than that, right?

"Ono-kun, do you find any difference between the core area ruled by the Kuomintang and northern China?" Doihara asked his assistant Ono Goro in Japanese.

Goro Ono had just graduated from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy, and his time in intelligence work was very short, so he couldn't see why.He shook his head and replied: "This place is more prosperous than the north, and the order is relatively good. There is nothing strange about it. People in southern China are inherently milder, and the economy in southern China is also more prosperous than in the north."

Doihara shook his head with a smile and said: "Revolution, I can hardly smell the smell of revolution here. This smell becomes weaker the further south you go. In this Kuomintang's ruling center, which claims to be in the Kuomintang's stronghold leading the Chinese revolution, there is actually Don't you think it's strange that there's not a hint of revolution in it?"

This is indeed too strange, and the people of Guangzhou have long been accustomed to this strange phenomenon.Only the revolutionary youth and Japanese secret agents from all over the country will make a fuss.

When Kenji Doihara and Goro Ono walked down the hanging ladder, a brand new car stopped at the pier, and a smiling fat man wearing a colonel's uniform got out of the car.He is Wu Ziliang, the director of military intelligence who was arranged by the Kuomintang to receive Kenji Doihara.As Luo Yaoguo's confidant, he took such an important position at only 24 years old, which is really enviable.

"You are the famous Mr. Kenji Doihara, right? I am Wu Ziliang at the reception desk of the General Staff Headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army." The Military Intelligence Bureau is a confidential unit, and it is usually shown as a reception desk to the outside world.Wu Ziliang claimed to be the director of the reception, and he smiled and said, "Please get in the car, we will go to the guest house."

Both Kenji Doihara and Goro Ono are now wearing Japanese military uniforms. Their mission in Guangzhou was made public.As for the real mission, it is to contact the Kuomintang, test their interest in the central government, and arrange further negotiations if possible.