After Wang Hengyue II suppressed the rebellion in Tibet, the problem in Tibet became further complicated due to the withdrawal of troops halfway!
The so-called China-British-Tibet tripartite conference was held in Shimla, India. At the beginning of the conference, the British instigated Lunchenshatra to propose that "Tibet cannot be independent and Tibet cannot recognize the 1906 Sino-British Treaty." "The scope of Tibet includes
The part of Xinjiang south of the Kunlun Mountains and Anding Pagoda, all of Qinghai, the western parts of Gansu and Sichuan, Dajianlu and Adunzi in northwestern Yunnan." "Chinese officers and soldiers are not allowed to enter Tibet, but Chinese businessmen must have
"Passport issued by the Tibetan Government" and other unreasonable demands.
After the representatives of the central government refuted the arguments and proposed conditions such as "Tibet is stipulated as a complete part of China's territory" and "China can station its Tibetan governor in Lhasa", British representative McMahon and adviser Robert Burr actually supported and helped Tibet against China.
, obtained "independence" as a bait, coaxed and forced Lunchinshaza to engage in underworld transactions, and marked on the map drawn by McMahon to divide India and Tibet, creating the so-called McMahon Line, which will always be
More than 90,000 square kilometers of land under the jurisdiction of China's Tibet were allocated to British India. The British did not dare to disclose this dirty deal for many years, and Lunchen Xia Zha did not dare to officially report it to the 13th Dalai Lama.
, Tibet has not approved this illegal territorial transaction.
After playing this conspiracy, the British representative appeared as a mediator and proposed a so-called "compromise plan" at the meeting, dividing the entire Tibetan area into Inner Tibet, Outer Tibet, and Outer Tibet including Ngari.
Uizang and most of the Kham region, and the remaining Tibetan areas are called Inner Tibet. China enjoys certain sovereign rights in Inner Tibet, and Outer Tibet exercises autonomy. China only has nominal "sovereign rights". Under the intimidation and threats of the British representatives
, Chinese representative Chen Yifan signed the draft treaty after explaining that it was only initialed and required approval from the Chinese government before it could be officially signed. However, people from all walks of life across the country strongly opposed the draft treaty, and the Yuan Shikai government did not dare to ratify the treaty.
, the Chinese representative did not sign the official text of the treaty and declared that China would never recognize this treaty.
For this reason, although the so-called Simla Treaty was signed by representatives of the United Kingdom and Tibet, it has no legal effect. Even the British government has not officially announced this treaty!
After the British invasion plot failed at the Simla Conference, the British instigated the local authorities in Tibet to expand their armaments and provide Tibet with new weapons and equipment!
"Sichuan is very close to Tibet, and sooner or later it will have a head-on conflict with the British." After learning about this situation, Wang Hengyue said expressionlessly.
Jiang Baili's expression was equally grim: "Yes, it is not just a conflict. If the situation reaches the point where it cannot be contained, some small-scale wars may even break out. But after all, our country has lagged behind for too long."
"If you're to blame, blame the imperial court with the pigtails."
Wang Hengyue sneered contemptuously: "During the Sino-British War, a military general who was a relative of the emperor came up with a plan to defeat the Western barbarians. He suggested hanging firecrackers on the monkeys' backs, and then throwing the monkeys onto the moored
On the deck of the British warship on the shore. After the plan was approved, nineteen monkeys were put in cages and brought to the Chinese headquarters, but no one could be found who dared to throw the monkeys within the range of the British warship.
.Chief of Staff, funny or pathetic?”
"It's both ridiculous and sad." When Jiang Baili said this, he seemed very serious: "We fell too far behind, but when we tried to catch up, we took a detour. The so-called so-called '
The "self-strengthening" movement. The term itself comes from the Confucian classics, and was used by "enlightened people" to preserve Chinese civilization by transplanting Western machinery. At this point, China's leaders were now ready to move beyond the purely military realm.
, broadly including railways, ship lines, machine factories and applied sciences. However, their idea is that China should gain the West's advantages in weapons and machinery, but still maintain China's supreme status of Confucian morality. This self-improvement
The movement is destined to fail because the basic assumptions it is based on are absurd. Westernization cannot be an incomplete process, either completely copying or completely denying it. Western science cannot be used to maintain Confucian civilization. On the contrary, it will inevitably
Weaken this civilization.”
"The words of the chief of staff are on point." Wang Hengyue nodded slightly: "The fallacy of partial modernization is clear to China's conservative scholar-bureaucrats. They account for the vast majority of China's ruling class and can effectively prevent China's economic modernization.
attempts, just like their earlier attempts to prevent military modernization."
Speaking of this, Wang Hengyue suddenly changed the topic: "Chief of Staff, do you know why Sun Yat-sen failed and why Yuan Shikai succeeded?"
Jiang Baili did not answer, and Wang Hengyue said in a daze: "Actually, it is very simple. Sun Yat-sen mainly received support from overseas Chinese businessmen and laundry workers. At home, only a few students and businessmen were affected by his ideas, while the majority of the people remained ignorant and indifferent.
When the Revolution came, it was partly a matter of provincial landowning gentry and business people who opposed the Manchu regime's belated efforts to nationalize railway buildings.
These local leaders incited strikes and riots, ostensibly on the grounds that nationalization would lead to foreign control, but in fact they feared that nationalization would exclude them from the possibility of profit. The revolutionaries took advantage of this
dissatisfied and did effective work among students and soldiers.
In Guangdong, a small-scale revolutionary uprising was suppressed, but in Hankou, an accidental explosion at a bomb manufacturing factory led to a mutiny in the nearby army. Despite the lack of cooperation, the revolutionary movement continued rapidly
The news spread throughout the country. Sun Yat-sen, who was in the United States at this time, immediately returned to China and became the interim president of the Republic of China!"
He paused briefly there and continued: "Obviously, this movement to overthrow Manchu rule embodied much more than the revolutionary leadership provided by Sun Yat-sen. Therefore, even though Sun Yat-sen was the nominal leader, he
Unable to control the country, actual power was in the hands of Yuan Shikai, who commanded China's most combat-effective army. Sun Yat-sen could only give up the position of president to Yuan Shikai; the latter agreed to work with Congress and a responsible cabinet. However,
, this arrangement did not really solve the fundamental problem, that is, what kind of political system should replace the overthrown Manchu regime. Yuan Shikai greatly appreciated Western military technology and management methods, but he did not approve of Western political systems, including supervision by people's representatives
This system of the administrative department; he believed that this was contrary to Chinese tradition and undoubtedly contradicted his personal ambitions."
Jiang Baili listened very carefully. This was the first time that Wang Hengyue opened his heart and said what he was thinking in front of others.
He listened carefully to Wang Hengyue's words: "Sun Yat-sen established a new political party, the Kuomintang Party. Yuan Shikai established the Progressive Party in order to organize his followers. When the Congress was elected, the Kuomintang Party won a majority
majority. But this setback did not limit Yuan Shikai too much, because he had the support of the army, bureaucracy and foreign powers. In fact, the final battle focused on the aftermath of the big loan; the money was borrowed by Yuan Shikai from the powers
Realizing that Yuan Shikai might use some of the money to strengthen his control over the government, the Kuomintang leaders warned governments: Our country's constitution stipulates that various loans must be approved by Congress; because Congress will never
would approve this special loan, so it would not be protected by law. But the great powers preferred to support the dictator Yuan Shikai, just as they had supported the Manchu dynasty in earlier years. So Yuan Shikai got the money, and acted like a
As the Kuomintang feared, he used the money to consolidate his position. Among the measures he took at this time was the assassination of a key Kuomintang leader; these measures led to an armed uprising by the Kuomintang.
The uprising was still immature and was easily suppressed by Yuan Shikai."
Speaking of this, he said intentionally or unintentionally: "The great powers support a dictator, a dictator with a powerful army, rather than a political party with no soldiers or guns and only empty talk. Why?"
Jiang Baili fell into deep thought, why? Only a dictator with strong military power can realize the ambition in his heart. No matter whether this ambition is beneficial to China or not, it can be carried out unimpeded!
As for those "politicians" who have no soldiers or guns, they can always only talk and dream, and everything they imagine can never be implemented!
Yuan Shikai succeeded, Sun Yat-sen failed.
So, what is this Hengshuai going to do?
Wang Hengyue said softly: "We sculpture a person's idol out of wood or clay and call it a god. We put it in a beautiful temple and let it sit in a glorious shrine; the people worship it and think it is incredible.
It is very powerful. But if a madman knocks it down, tramples on it, and throws it into a dirty pond, and if someone finds it, picks it up, and puts it in its original sacred place, then
, you will find that its charm has lost. Yuan Shikai is a god now, and many people are willing to worship him, but one day he falls, and all he gets is a curse. The only way for people to be worshiped forever is not to put gods in temples.
inside, but put God in everyone’s heart!”
Jiang Baili was greatly moved.
Wang Hengyue said slowly: "It is ridiculous that China has established a replica of the American republic. That kind of republic was a big failure because it was based on China's history, tradition, political experience, system, nature, and beliefs.
It has no foundation in concepts or habits. It is foreign, empty, and added to China. It is quickly removed with the passage of time. It does not represent political thought, but is just a caricature of political thought.
A crude, childish, primary school boy's caricature. This republic ended tragically and failed miserably. But it was not the republic that failed, but the efforts of a generation."
Today's Wang Hengyue completely surprised Jiang Baili: "What about you, what is your ideal?"
Wang Hengyue was silent for a while and said: "I don't know, maybe I want to build a strong country, a country that is truly suitable for China, but now I am dreaming, a beautiful daydream!"
Jiang Baili also fell silent for a moment and said: "But all ideals are originally based on daydreams!"@.