Japan is a country that is difficult to speculate with common sense, and so is this nation. Just as when they launched the Sino-Japanese War of 1898 and the Russo-Japanese War, people felt it was incredible. If Japan launched a large-scale war against China here, it would definitely also make people wonder.
I can't figure it out.
From Japan's perspective, they must have a thousand reasons to go to war, and they have also seized a very rare God-given opportunity. A strong sense of national and national crisis is forcing them to continue to take desperate risks.
At the same time, they also have an absolutely certain trump card, which is the navy of the Empire of Japan.
If the Japanese navy is a crocodile, then the Chinese navy is not even a turtle. This means that even if the Japanese army is defeated again, China without a navy will still be unable to do anything to them, because this country is an island country and cannot be defeated.
A navy that defeats them can never truly defeat them.
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After convening a regular joint military meeting between the General Staff of the Central Army and the Ministry of War, Song Biao felt heavy. He wished he could use nuclear warheads to raze Japan to the ground right now. Fortunately, he still had enough cards in his hand to play.
As for sending out a pair of jokers directly.
After the regular meeting, Song Biao asked everyone else to go back and continue to actively prepare for the war, while he thought silently in the office for a while, and then made a phone call to Zhang Kangren, Minister of Finance of the Interim Cabinet Government, and asked Zhang Kangren
Come over as quickly as possible.
After hearing the new emperor's edict, Zhang Kangren wished he had four legs and eight hands. He mounted his horse and ran all the way from the Ministry of Finance. He was still breathing heavily when he arrived at the General Office.
After a little tidying up, Zhang Kangren, accompanied by another first-class attaché, Jiang Zuobin, hurriedly entered the general office to meet Song Biao.
When he saw Song Biao, he bowed respectfully on the red carpet and said, "Your Majesty!"
Nowadays, in the new emperor's office, no one is qualified to sit down. No matter who comes in to report something, they have to stand and speak. Anyway, if everyone is not asked to kneel down, it is a small gift to you.
equal dignity.
Song Biao was sorting out various military intelligence in his hands. Hearing Zhang Kangren's voice, he said: "Sit down. I have a few things to ask you."
Zhang Kangren's heart skipped a beat, and he felt that Song Biao probably had something important to ask him to handle, and maybe it was a difficult matter. As the Minister of Finance, he had lived a life like a pig or a dog in the past six months.
I was busy from morning to night every day and was under great pressure, so I had many gray hairs.
The guards brought a very simple mahogany chair for Zhang Kangren and asked him to sit down. It was only two steps away from Song Biao's desk, with three steps in between.
When Zhang Kangren sat over, Song Biao compiled all the information in his hand, put it aside, and asked Zhang Kangren: "How are things going with Zhongyuan?"
Zhang Kangren hurriedly replied: "Report to your Majesty. Everything has been arranged very smoothly. Currently, 24 million Chinese silver dollars have been minted, and the total issuance of Chinese yuan notes has reached a scale of 60 million yuan. Although we had previously entered the customs
It has been secretly planned for a long time, but after all, it is starting from scratch, and the central government's fiscal expenditures are still mainly based on votes at the current stage. It is expected that starting from next year, this situation will be greatly alleviated, and the central bank will generally be able to officially operate.
"
Song Biao nodded slightly. If there was no war with Japan, such work progress would still be worthy of commendation.
After the founding of the empire, Song Biao did not continue to follow the financial policies of the three eastern provinces. Instead, he established the Central Imperial Bank as the central bank of China, which issued Chinese silver dollars at the same rate as the Qing Dynasty silver dollar and Guandong silver dollar. One silver dollar was exchanged for one hundred new coins.
Copper coins, old-style copper coins issued by various provinces are required to be redeemed within two years.
Previously, the copper yuan issued by the provinces was still a copper-standard currency, and only one machine-printed copper yuan was exchanged for 10 cents. Although the provinces clearly stipulated that one hundred copper yuan could be exchanged for one Qing silver yuan, but this was only the official price, and in fact there was no exchange rate at all.
A yamen, bank, bank operates in this way. Due to the excessive issuance of copper yuan in various provinces, people basically need 300 copper yuan to exchange for one silver yuan. This is also the main reason for the skyrocketing prices in various places.
The scale of the copper coins spam in various provinces was too large, and the Central Imperial Bank could not admit this old account, so the copper coins continued to be converted into the category of old copper coins. The private sector set prices according to the market, and the newly printed copper coins were made of brass.
, to make a distinction.
Monetary policy is like this, it is always beneficial to the government.
The Central Imperial Bank purchased a large amount of old copper coins and copper rounds, purchased zinc in the international market, minted new copper rounds, and issued large quantities of copper rounds and copper round bonds within a range that could maintain exchangeability.
Before Britain and Russia handed over China's customs duties at the end of the year, the imperial fiscal expenditures were currently met by coined currency. The financial foundation left by the Qing government was pitifully small, and the property forcibly confiscated from the Manchu government and Manchu dignitaries was
The total amount is only 20 million taels of silver, which is not enough.
Huge military spending is a very serious problem.
If we continue to go to war with Japan, once the scale expands, we will definitely not be able to sustain it without three to four hundred million taels of silver. After all, modern warfare is a money-burning military. The Northeast New Army has installed a large number of machine guns and artillery, and on the surface it has powerful firepower.
The fighting power is fierce, but the speed of burning money every minute is also more powerful.
If the new empire created by Song Biao were to go to war with Japan in the year of 1911, the military expenditures of this War of 1911 would far exceed that of the Sino-Japanese War of 1891-88 during the Qing Dynasty. The Japanese government must have also calculated this, and Song Biao's new empire would
At that time, effective comprehensive rule had not yet been established in China, and the source of central finance was an extremely painful problem.
Fortunately, or rather unfortunately, Song Biao happened to have such a military expenditure.
After Zhang Kangren briefly reported the situation at the Imperial Bank, Song Biao thought for a moment in silence, and then asked Zhang Kangren: "So, what about the situation at the Far East Bank?"
Zhang Kangren thought for a while and replied in a low voice: "It's obviously much easier for the Far East Bank. At present, the main source of the central finance is borrowing directly from the Far East Bank. As far as inventory is concerned, the Far East Bank still holds
Over £70 million in foreign exchange
It can be exchanged for gold in the international market at any time and used to pay for the issuance of gold yuan notes. A few days ago, I just asked Zhang Bishi that Nanyang Bank currently has 14 million pounds in reserves. If the situation is urgent, he is willing to lend it.
To the Reichsbank."
Song Biao took a box of Shengjing brand military iron cigarettes from the table, took out a straight black pipe with a brass holder and lit it. After thinking about it for a moment, he and Zhang Kangren ordered: "You give it to Rong Rong.
Kui made a phone call and asked him to transfer all remaining shares of Pemex
Transfer. As long as the price is right and you pay immediately, it doesn't matter who you sell it to. In addition, you can also contact Mr. Corns. Just say that I want him to help me sell the national debt of the empire. I need at least 10 million pounds of long-term debt. OK.
Use coal taxes from the three eastern provinces as collateral."
Zhang Kangren nodded solemnly and said: "Wei Chen understands, then Wei Chen will handle the matter now."
Song Biao nodded slightly and signaled Jiang Zuobin to send Zhang Kangren out of the office. He wrote a telegram and asked the Secretariat to send it to Zhang Bishi, asking Zhang Bishi to go to Nanyang to prepare. If China and Japan start war again, Chinese merchants in Nanyang must do so.
China stepped up its efforts to raise donations and sell war bonds.
The more military expenditures are, the better. Never be afraid of too much, just be afraid of not having enough.
The central finance is indeed relatively difficult now. First, the taxes of various provinces have been reduced or reduced this year, and exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes have been cancelled. Second, both the central and local governments are still in a transitional stage, and comprehensive financial work has not yet begun. Third, the empire has decided to adopt new measures.
The tax sharing system, and Ouyang Xi has not determined the specific tax sharing ratio with each province. On this basis, the finance of the three northeastern provinces, the largest tax source areas, has not directly transferred funds to the central government. Now it is temporarily adopted by the Central Ministry of Finance and the Finance Department of the three northeastern provinces.
Borrowing method.
Song Biao actually has another amount of money in his hand, which is the silver assets recovered by the Secret Service during the investigation of rubber stock fraudsters. A total of 18.33 million taels of silver have been recovered so far, because it is a gangster recovery method.
, the fraudsters were basically assassinated, and there was no way to formally sue for compensation. Even after the compensation was settled, it could not be included in the central finance. Song Biao simply kept the money in the Secret Service as special secret funds for espionage work.
The Japanese government believes that Song Biao's military expenditure must be a big problem. In fact, Song Biao does not have many big problems. If it is like the Russo-Japanese War, and the military expenditures of both sides are more than 200 million pounds, then it will really give Song Biao
Biao brings a lot of trouble.
There are actually many territorial disputes between North Korea and Northeast China. The biggest problem is the issue of Jiandao that North Korea has raised unnecessarily. Whether it was during the Japanese occupation or before the Japanese occupation, the Kingdom of Korea has always been concerned about the issue of stealing territory from China.
It is very bold and completely lacks the respect for the suzerain and major powers.
In other words, China has not received the respect it deserves since its inception. Even small countries like North Korea do not take China seriously.
Now with Japan's support and even under Japan's control, while the main force of the Northeast Army is moving south, North Korea has raised various issues of territorial disputes to be resolved. China's interim cabinet government has taken measures to delay this.
As for the delaying strategy, there is no rush to negotiate with North Korea.
In the past few years, due to the lack of control over the northern part of North Korea, Japan organized a military force called the "Rebel Army" in North Korea. On the surface, it was a patriotic armed force formed spontaneously by the North Korean people. In fact, it was Japan's military force in North Korea.
Great support for a masterpiece.
Even with such an armed force, due to its limited scale, Japan has never easily challenged the military authority of the Northeast Army in the past few years. It was not until September 1910 that, with the support of Japan, the Korean rebels began to madly provoke Dandong and Hunjiang.
, Yanji's three major military reclamation bureaus, the disputed territories between the two sides have drastically expanded to more than a dozen places.
In addition to the two issues of Changbai Mountain and Jiandao that North Korea has been constantly raising, more than ten river islands on the Yalu River have also become disputed territories. The current problem is that with the stroke of a pen in the hand of the leader of the North Korean rebel army, General Ri Byung-wu, this place
It became the territory of the Korean Empire, and it was the Korean rebels who did not hesitate to sacrifice all the national dignity and interests they wanted to fight for.
Even during the Revolution of 1911, North Korea had never been so crazy. The reason for such madness at this time was entirely due to the hysteria and madness of the Japanese army, and there was also a reason for Japan's madness. Song Biao could understand this very well. If he was
The Japanese will also go crazy.
The core problem now is that Japan can also develop while China is reviving. These two points are very conflicting. Once China continues to export tea raw silk on a large scale, it will be fatal to Japan's largest and fourth largest export industries.
Attack. Japan still occupies Taiwan, Ryukyu and North Korea. A resurgent China cannot accept this status quo.
This war will have to be fought sooner or later for Japan. It is better to fight it late than to fight it early.
To put it simply, Japan's strategy is to take advantage of you to cause chaos and kill you, and fight with all your strength so that you Chinese people will never be able to stand up.
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The newly established Chinese Empire and the "Great" Japanese Empire were already in a state of active war preparation. On one side was Japan's rapid troop deployment, on the other side was the rapid return of the Northeastern Army. The main forces of both sides were regrouped in the Far East.
The haze of the war once again enveloped Northeast China. Faced with a war and the rapid deployment of both sides, Japan and China's war deployments were constantly adjusting to each other, each competing in a way that was most beneficial to their own countries.
Song Biao must unify the domestic consensus as soon as possible. Even if it recognizes Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan-Guizhou special autonomy, it is acceptable.
It was under such circumstances and through Song Jiaoren's efforts that Song Biao officially met with Mr. Sun Yixian in Tongzhou before New Year's Day in 1911. The time for the meeting was agreed on December 25, 1910. Sun Yixian arrived in Tianjin by boat.
After Tianjin, he transferred to a train and entered Tongzhou. Sun Yixian insisted on his principles and still could not recognize China's imperial system. He also refused to accept some of the etiquette requests made by Cai Yuanpei when he arranged the meeting. Even so, Song Biao still agreed to meet.
That afternoon, Song Biao dedicated three hours of time to talk to Mr. Sun.
Song Jiaoren accompanied Sun Yixian here. After Song Jiaoren established the China Democratic Party, the conflict between the two of them had become public, but at least they could still be regarded as old acquaintances with many contacts. Song Jiaoren introduced Sun Yixian and Song Biao.
Meeting is also a more reasonable arrangement.
Prior to this, Song Biao had sent his special envoy Cai Yuanpei to hold talks with him twice in Guangzhou. After Sun Yat-sen arrived in Tongzhou in the morning, he also held a meeting with Tang Shaoyi, the interim prime minister. Therefore, what Sun Yat-sen really wanted to discuss with Song Biao this time was
Not much, and the meeting between the two was more of a symbolic meaning representing the success of the revolution.
In order to avoid unnecessary arguments, Song Biao chose to meet Sun Yat-sen in the drawing room. After Song Jiaoren and Sun Yat-sen arrived first, he went to the drawing room accompanied by First Class Attaché Jiang Zuobin.
The Imperial Central Army Headquarters is located in Xihaizi Park in Tongzhou. It was formerly the Pagoda Garden of the Hubu Yamen, which was also a resort for Hubu Yamen officials to relax and vacation. Its name comes from the thousand-year-old pagoda of the Burning Light Buddha Relic Pagoda in the park.
The tower was built in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and has been around for 1 year.
With a history of 200 years, since the Tang Dynasty, royal families of all dynasties have renovated it, especially the Yuan and Qing dynasties. After the reconstruction in the 35th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, the tower was 56 meters high, with a total of 2232 copper bells on the 13-story tower.
, it has a pleasant sound when the breeze blows.
Song Biao himself liked to go to the tower to overlook the distance. The living room he often went to was located in the Linyuan Pavilion on the south side of the stupa. It was also a typical two-story building with a traditional waterside pavilion. At this time, it was renamed "Guangfu Pavilion".
When Song Biao arrived at Guangfu Pavilion, Song Jiaoren and Sun Yixian were waiting quietly in the reception room. Seeing Song Biao, Song Jiaoren couldn't wait to get up and see him. Since he recognized Song Biao as the emperor of the empire, he also recognized the constitutional monarchy.
According to the system, he still has to bow formally.
Sun Yixian looked at Song Biao in front of him in silence, his mood might be complicated.
Song Biao didn't mind Sun Yixian's "rudeness". He walked over to shake hands with Song Jiaoren and then shook hands with Sun Yixian. After a few polite words, he invited them upstairs to the small reception room upstairs.
talks.
Guangfu Pavilion has been renovated, and a closed glass screen has been installed on the corridor on the second floor. Even in such a cold season, you can enjoy the scenery of the West Sea without any hindrance.
After sitting down in the living room on the second floor and waiting for the two waitresses to bring tea and snacks, Song Biao continued to invite Song Jiaoren and Sun Yixian to drink tea until the waitresses closed the door and only the three of them and Jiang Zuobin were left in the room.
While standing by, Song Biaocai and Sun Yixian said: "In the process of overthrowing the Manchu rule, Mr. Sun
His hard work has made him the first person to call for revolution, and I admire him very much. I have read through the Three People's Principles and the spirit of local autonomy advocated by Mr. Sun, and I am quite inspired. Today I am able to overcome many difficulties and formally communicate with you
I am still very happy to see you. Between the liberation revolution and the republican revolution,
During this period, we had many differences, but I think these differences are not important. From a general perspective, our goals are still the same. We all want to eliminate the various inequalities imposed on our nation by the West.
shackles. They all want to build a prosperous and powerful China and revive a
The great Chinese nation all wants to allow the people to enjoy basic political rights, a prosperous life and universal education. Compared with our goals, our differences seem very small. Insignificant. Therefore, at this time, I and
When you meet, it is because you want to work together to build a common great ideal."
After hearing such words, Sun Yat-sen seemed very silent.
He is actually a very hard-working person, a very persistent person. He has persisted until now. He finally overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but the result was completely different from what he expected. The country's army and government became Song Biao again.
The thing in his hand, and Song Biao also became the new emperor.
There were three things he could not accept. First, although the revolution was successful, all his previous promises were in vain; second, the Alliance would gain nothing; third, he was worried that the existence of the emperor would continue to hinder China from becoming a free and equal country.
country, and this is the goal he strives for.
Even though Song Biao said some beautiful words, Sun Yat-sen was still a little indifferent. He felt that he should be happy, but at the same time he felt pain and loss. He was lost because his comrades were constantly leaving him and turning to the embrace of the Liberation Association.
Even Huang Xing was drifting away from him in these days, intending to accept Song Jiaoren's invitation to join the Democratic Party and participate in Congress.
Participating in Congress is good, but what Sun Yat-sen is angry about is the way and price of this betrayal of the liberal revolution.
Sun Yixian originally had a lot of very passionate things to say, and was even prepared to be arrested and detained by Song Biao, but after hearing Song Biao's beautiful words, he really didn't know how to say it.
Seeing that Sun Yixian didn't speak, Song Jiaoren was anxious. He looked at Sun Yixian but didn't know how to remind him.
Song Biao was not in a hurry. It was like playing chess between him and Sun. The other party didn't know how to respond and always had to think for a while. He seemed very calm and drank the black tea and continued to wait for Sun Yixian's answer.
When Song Biao came down from the tea cup room, Sun Yixian suddenly said: "I think the republican revolution that the Chinese people call is wrong. What our Tongmenghui insists on is not only a true republican system, but also a purer spirit of freedom and equality."
Song Biao quickly replied: "Absolute freedom and equality do not exist. Just like some people are born in wealthy families, some people are born in poor families, some people are born smart, and some people are born ugly. What I mean
The understanding of equality is that everyone is equal before the law.
The freedom of understanding is the freedom guaranteed by the law. Therefore, we say that we must respect the law and love the people. The key lies in who makes the laws. I think the people should make the laws in the future. Even now, the Congress should make the laws.
But I have a question. The voters in our provinces
Can it really represent the collective will and interests of all Chinese people? Obviously not. It will take time to gradually expand the number of voters. I just came back from Sichuan Province. There are only 4,000 legal voters in Sichuan Province. The next Congress will
For public elections, we think there should be 10,000 people,
Then 40,000, 400,000, one million, four million, and finally 48 million all Sichuan people. This will definitely require a process. Since the voters cannot represent the people of the country, we should first ensure that the legislators can represent the people.
, at least it can represent our nation."
Sun Yixian could only admit: "What you said is really good."
Song Biao said: "I remember that you have always advocated counties as autonomous units. After overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty, why did you start advocating provinces as autonomous units?"
Sun Yat-sen didn't know how to answer.
Song Biao continued: "It is not impossible to have autonomy as a province. What about Inner Mongolia, what about Outer Mongolia, what about Xinjiang, what about Gansu, Ningxia, and Guangxi? What about counties? If the county requires
**, at least the prefectural and provincial levels have ways to deal with it, so that it will not lead to a nationwide war for independence and reunification, and it will not lead to a
Give foreign countries the opportunity to intervene. If the provincial councils of Gansu, Ningxia, and Xinjiang decide to revolt, what should we do? Do they directly send the Central Army to suppress it? What should we do if foreign countries take the opportunity to intervene wantonly? Is it only us Han people who want to intervene?
Only provinces with an absolute numerical advantage belong to China, and the rest are not needed?"
Sun Yat-sen hurriedly replied: "As long as we pursue the policy of peace and reciprocity among ethnic groups, follow the example of the United States in jointly building a country, building a republic of all ethnic groups, and making the people prosperous, such a thing will never happen."
songs
, choose the safest path. If it is like what you said, why does Ireland demand independence? Why does Norway demand independence from the Danish coalition, and why does Finland also want independence? The first taboo of politicians is naivety and taking things for granted.
China's history
The history is very long, and there are many examples of a politician's naivety leading to the division and decline of a country, and even becoming a national sinner. The United States is the United States, and China is China. The situation is completely different. I think China should first learn from Germany now, and everything depends on how Germany does it.
Let's just do it. This is the safest and simplest strategy. If Germany falls in the front, we can also change another target to learn from. If Germany continues to prosper, we must prosper too."
What he said was hard to hear, but he has always been such a direct person. Even though he still admired idealists like Sun Yat-sen and his long-term persistence, people are not saints and everyone makes mistakes. Such a big mistake will definitely lead to
scold.
Sun Yixian was embarrassed and dissatisfied, and felt that Song Biao's words were sophistry, but he could not refute it.
Song Biao then added: "Mr. Sun, I have always been a straightforward person, so please forgive me for being rude and frivolous. Here, I need to say something less polite. If what I said is wrong
, I hope you don’t mind either. In my opinion, you are a
A great revolutionary, you are like this now and will be like this in the future, but you are not a skilled politician. Many of the things you said are right. Just like the conclusions we have drawn from our study abroad, they are the general trend of world development.
But you still lack the ability to govern a country
Experience, especially in a country as complex as China, is dozens of times more difficult to be the Prime Minister of China than the President of the United States. An American President who does nothing can only be regarded as a mediocre president, while a Chinese Prime Minister who does nothing is simply a sinner of the nation, because China
The difficulties and dangers faced by people are very huge. We are a country with a population of 430 million, and our total arable land is not as large as that of the United States, which has only 70 million people. The population will always continue to grow.
If the growth continues, in fifty years we will have a population of one billion
At that time, we had at least 300 million people that we could not feed. Ireland had a population of 10 million. After the Great Famine, 3 million people fled to the United States. Fifty years later, when we encountered the Great Famine, 300 million people had to flee to
Overseas, which country can accommodate so many people?
Are they willing to accept people? If you were the Prime Minister of China at that time, or the President of China as you wish, what would you do? Let 300 million people sit in the country and starve to death? I just came back from Sichuan, and I was in an unusual mood.
Heavy, Sichuan has a population of 48 million, which is equivalent to
5/8 of the U.S. population, but 83 million acres of arable land is only equivalent to 5% of the total arable land in the United States. With such little arable land and such a large population, the per capita arable land is only 1.72 acres. I don’t know if you become the president.
How to solve these problems, how to
Faced with such difficulties and how to consider the issue of "Sichuan in fifty years", I only know that as an emperor that your alliance does not recognize, I spent almost every day in Sichuan in a sleepless night.
In this situation, I feel frightened and like walking on thin ice.”
At this point, Song Biao did not intend to let this idealist go, and continued to comment: "The situation in Guangdong should not be much better than Sichuan, and the situation in Shanxi will only be worse. Henan, Fujian, Shaanxi, Shandong,
The problem is the same in Hebei. Human lives are at stake. Our current task is not only to promote democracy and freedom. As a government, can we control people’s lives?
Whether the Chinese people can live a dignified life is a difficult matter. So I say you are not a very good politician. You don’t understand China’s difficulties at all. Even if you say you understand, you still can’t.
There are various crises hidden behind these problems. Similarly, I am not the person who can solve this problem. What I can do is to find
I find people who can solve these problems and appoint them to form a cabinet government to govern the country. What I want to do is to help the government deal with the divisions in various places, avoid domestic military crises, unify the military forces of various places, and unite as one to deal with the outside world.
So you want to be the emperor, precisely because in a country like China, there are so many people who want to be the emperor, even if they are not the emperor,
He also wanted to be a local emperor, but as long as I became the emperor, during my lifetime, no other Chinese would dare to dream of being an emperor, or even have the chance to be a local emperor. This is the reality in China at this time. We will
Continue to study Germany comprehensively, but we are different from Germany. Germany is a matter of meat and bread, and we are a matter of life and death."
Song Biao was not that kind of master of public speaking. He rarely gave speeches in public. But once he spoke, he could make everyone speechless. He was ashamed because it was always easy to attack others.
He made Mr. Sun Yat-sen very discouraged and painful, so much so that Sun Yat-sen had to admit that everything he said was true.
Sun Yixian came to discuss with Song Biao this time because of two things. First, the formulation of the interim constitution required the participation of the Tongmenghui, and it was an important participation; second, Guangdong and Guangxi demanded autonomy, and guaranteed the autonomy rights of each province in the constitution.
Each province can formulate its own constitution, allowing each province to maintain freedom as much as possible and move closer to the federal system.
But at this moment, Sun Yixian couldn't say a word.
If he thinks that he can still make such a request under such circumstances, then he is a complete shameless person and a sinner of the nation.
This is a moral disaster that he cannot bear.
Song Jiaoren was sitting next to him, his mood was also very complicated, and he agreed extremely with everything Song Biao said, because these are very realistic things.
Based on Song Jiaoren's understanding of Sun Yat-sen, he knew that this meeting had probably failed. Sun Yat-sen could not continue to fight for any form of special preferential treatment for Guangdong and Guangxi, and he could no longer fight for it.
Thinking of this, Song Jiaoren and Sun Yixian persuaded: "Rixin, what China needs most now is not division and controversy, but stability and unity. The people have been poor for too long. They have been exploited and enslaved by the Manchus for too long.
As a nation, we have stood up again, and now we should continue to make great strides to catch up with the world's powers. Whether we learn from the United States or Germany, as long as we can make China rich and powerful and the people no longer starve, that is a good path.
Road. Huang Xing and I have discussed this issue many times. If we don’t talk about the efforts and sacrifices of the comrades of the Tongmenghui, the current situation is actually very beneficial to China and the people. We should now turn the path of revolution to democratic revolution and
While advancing the Revolution of Liberation, promote democracy and freedom, promote national rejuvenation and national development. Therefore, we decided to establish the Democratic Party, participate in Congress, and participate in the formulation of the Imperial Constitution."
Sun Yixian then sighed: "Yes, you are very right. I admit that some of my previous persistence was because I was too worried and too careless, and ignored our most difficult problems now."
Having said this, he solemnly stood up, bowed to Song Biao, and continued: "Now, on behalf of the comrades of the Tongmenghui, I officially recognize the founding of the Chinese Empire."
Song Biao was still very happy. As long as Sun Yat-sen recognized the authority of the empire to rule the country, the small warlords in Guangdong, Guangxi and Southwest would lose their political foundation and truly become small armed forces of the Communist Party, instead of the powerful republican revolutionary armed forces.
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With such a foundation, no matter how hard we attack those small armed groups in the future, it will be hard to overdo it.
Song Biao also stood up and shook hands with Mr. Sun, saying: "It is a good thing that we can reach a consensus on this, but this is just the beginning. We still have a lot of things to do and discuss."
Immediately, after Song Jiaoren also stood up, Song Biao shook hands with him again.
Song Biao's words are definitely not wrong. Even if Mr. Sun recognized the authority of the empire, there must still be a lot of disputes between the two sides over the formulation of the interim constitution. This dispute is the difference between realism and idealism, and it is the difference between governing.
differences between those who oppose it and those who oppose it.
That afternoon, Song Biao, Song Jiaoren, and Sun Yixian spent a lot of time talking about the interim constitution, the politics of Guangdong and Guangxi, the revolutionary army, and other issues. The talks between the three lasted for four hours. The biggest disagreement was about the military and armed forces.
On the issue of both the government and the emperor being loyal to the emperor, both Song Jiaoren and Sun Yat-sen put forward a lot of prerequisites for countermeasures. The two sides also had great disputes over the validity period of the interim constitution.
Sun Yixian also had a new idea, that is, the patrol force would be directly under the jurisdiction of the provinces and not subject to the control of the emperor.
Song Biao patiently sat here and refuted them one by one, dismissing their opinions. The imperial Congress will be formally convened in April, and the interim constitution has actually been drafted and is waiting for the formal approval of the Congress.
Song Jiaoren and Sun Yixian have both read the draft of the interim constitution. They must have a lot of opinions. On small issues, Song Biao does not negotiate. This is not his job, but on big issues, he must deal with them one by one.
Refute and ensure the adoption of this constitution.
The two sides talked for an entire afternoon, and the major differences gradually disappeared. It's not that there weren't any, but Song Jiaoren and Sun Yat-sen had no way to refute Song Biao.
The country is in such a critical situation now. Song Biao must not lose control of the country. Once his power is restricted, and there are still a bunch of restrictions holding him back, the country will eventually be destroyed and the family will be destroyed.
On this point, he and Yuan Shikai are completely different.
Compared with Yuan Shikai during the Beiyang Government, Song Biao was much more powerful, while the Tongmenghui was much weaker, and it was impossible to truly and effectively contain him.
In the following days, Sun Yat-sen, accompanied by Song Jiaoren, continued to meet and negotiate with other ministers of the cabinet government, especially after meeting with Wang Chonghui and others who were mainly responsible for drafting the interim constitution. The two sides further negotiated many terms.
It was not until January 2, 1911 that Song Biaocai and Sun Yixian reached a basic consensus on the "First Provisional Constitution of the Chinese Empire". The two sides also published a joint declaration of the Liberation Society and the Tongmenghui in the "Central Daily News".
It proposed four major slogans: unification of the whole nation and politics, rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, building a modern constitutional country, and ensuring civil rights and people's livelihood.
Although the two signed a joint declaration at the same time, after issuing this declaration, China was destined to completely enter the era of "Song Zhendan", and all real power and prestige would fall into the hands of Song Biao.
After signing the declaration, Sun Yat-sen resigned as chairman of the Tongmenghui, and Song Jiaoren became the chairman. The entire Tongmenghui was reorganized into the China Democratic Party, with the promotion of China's democratic and liberal revolution as its new political goal. Overall, it was a relatively late transformation.
Major branch organizations, including the Joint Progress Association, the Youth Association of All Nations, etc., had already joined the Liberation Association at this time.
Among the seats in the first Congress, the Liberation Association occupied at least half of the seats, while the Reform and Progressive Association, the New Deal Power Association, and the Constitutional Association, allied to the Liberation Association, also occupied a larger number of seats. This situation was detrimental to the China Democracy Party that joined later.
is disadvantageous.
In this political contest, the Liberation Revolution finally surpassed the Republican Revolution and became the winner of this era. Its thoughts, theories, and policies were increasingly recognized by most Chinese intellectuals, gentry celebrities, politicians, and various local forces.
Become the mainstream of China's thought of strengthening the country.
After many ups and downs, the torrent of history was finally redirected, completely leading China into another direction of strongman politics.
At a time when people with lofty ideals are shouting together for long live the liberation revolution, long live the emperor, and long live the Chinese nation, Japan, separated by the water, can no longer hold back the fear deep in their hearts. When the civil war is getting closer and closer,
At the end, when the Chinese were preparing to actively invest in rebuilding the new empire, a real war finally came.
Fortunately, or rather unfortunately, Song Biao realized that this day would come sooner or later than Japan.
Many generals of the Northeastern Army and many colleagues of the Restoration Association doubted why Song Biao had to save up for so long to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Why did he need to spend so much effort? Facts will now prove that Song Biao is different from a beastly nation like Japan.
As a neighbor, you must always be prepared to go to war with these beasts.
Always do a good job and do a good job every moment. A moment of negligence can lead to a century-old tragedy for the entire country.
Come on, real war!
Chinese people love peace, but are never afraid of war.!~!
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