On December 23, 1914, Yuan Shikai held a ceremony to worship heaven at the Temple of Heaven.
On December 28, the Convention passed the "Amendment of the Presidential Election Law", which stipulates that the presidential term will be changed to ten years and can be re-elected, and the successor will be recommended by the current president.
"Soon." After learning the news, Wang Hengyue said inexplicably.
"The Yuan government formally sent a note to Japan and Britain, declaring that the war zone was cancelled, and that the British and Japanese troops were requested to withdraw. However, Japan still did not withdraw its troops. After that, Japan submitted "Twenty-one Measures" to Yuan Shikai.
"It's not easy for Yuan Shikai." Wang Hengyue said again inexplicably: "There are internal and external troubles, and he has to do his best to safeguard the rights of China. It is not easy for anyone to sit in that position."
After saying that, he stood up: "Let's go, take two places, change into casual clothes, and go outside to get some fresh air."
Leshan has developed to a considerable scale. Wang Hengyue has always encouraged businessmen to do business. Especially after Wang Hengyue's reputation grew, more and more businessmen came to Leshan.
Wang Hengyue was wearing casual clothes and did not recognize that this was the famous garrison of southern Sichuan. This was good, as it saved a lot of trouble.
He found a restaurant and sat down casually, ordering some simple food and drinks. Wang Hengyue didn't say anything, but just looked around in the restaurant.
There were many guests, and most of what everyone was talking about was the "Twenty-One Measures" recently proposed by Japan.
In fact, 1914 should have been a good year for the Yuan Shikai government. The world war broke out, European powers were busy with wars, production stopped, and military supplies increased, giving China an opportunity to display its national capital. Since the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty,
The braking force finally came into force at this time, promoting the development of capital, leading to the improvement of the country's economic situation. Politically, after Yuan Shikai defeated the Kuomintang, after more than a year of rectification, although in the eyes of his political opponents, he was a political dictatorship
The color intensified a lot, and Congress was suspended. Democracy was missing, and Yuan Shikai's power was almost that of the emperor. However, the political situation has stabilized, and the modernization reforms inherited from the New Deal are proceeding steadily, and the reform of the customary law and the civil service system are gradually moving toward
Formal, at least the rules have been decided. The whole situation, in the words of many politicians, is that "the country is in a preliminary state". The only evil influence is that Japan took advantage of the situation and occupied the Qingdao and Jiaoji Railways.
Entering 1915, this shadow expanded rapidly and turned into black clouds all over the sky. The Minister of Japan, Riki Yi, who returned home to report on his duties, met Yuan Shikai directly and proposed twenty-one things. Strictly speaking, he wanted to follow
China has signed a new treaty on Sino-Japanese relations. This treaty has numbers 5 and 21, so it is called Twenty-One.
Its contents can be summarized as follows: First, China must recognize Japan’s rights and interests in Qingdao and Shandong that Japan has seized. Second, China must recognize Japan’s privileges in southern Manchuria and Eastern Manchuria.
〖Japanese〗I can freely immigrate to these areas. If the 〖Chinese〗government has any foreign-related measures in this area, it must discuss with 〖Japanese〗 in advance: the above areas need to hire 〖Japanese〗consultants. 3. Hanye
Ping Company is jointly organized by China and Japan, but is controlled by Japan. Fourth, all coastal harbors and islands of China are not allowed to be transferred or leased to other countries. The assumption is that except Japan, 1. The most powerful one is the last one.
The fund, the so-called No. 5, requires the central government of the country to hire Japanese consultants, and the local police to hire Japanese people. It is a joint venture between China and Japan. The Chinese army wants to purchase Japanese consultants.
This ordnance is a military factory jointly run by China and Japan, which purchases raw materials from Japan. China has granted the right to build several main railway lines in the Yangtze River Basin to Japan.
Recognize Japan’s privileges in Fujian, and any foreign-related measures must be discussed with Japan, etc.
The first "Chinese" person to see the Twenty-One Articles was Yuan Shikai. Such an ultimatum-style request that wanted to swallow "China" in one gulp, on the "Japanese" side, only recalled their ministers to the country.
Then, the returned minister, Hioki Mashin, met with the head of state of China and handed the documents directly to Yuan Shikai, not even bothering to send a special envoy. This violation of diplomatic conventions was the same as the provisions of the Twenty-One Articles.
It reflects Japan's extreme contempt and arrogance towards China. After getting the document, Yuan Shikai, who didn't sleep all night, read it over and over again and reviewed it one by one. Since the matter was serious, Yuan Shikai came to find him early the next morning.
The then Foreign Minister Sun Baoqi, Deputy Minister Cao Rushang, Secretary-General of the Presidential Office Liang Shizhao and others discussed together.
Yuan Shikai, who had been up all night, seemed not confused at all. He understood that these twenty-one points were the Japanese who wanted to take advantage of the fact that the European powers were busy with the war and had no time to look around, so as to swallow up China in one go. Obviously,
Faced with such a naked threat, Yuan Shikai had no good way to deal with it. He just arranged for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deal with [Japanese] Zhou, and specifically explained that No. 5 must never agree, and it is best not to even talk about it.
Looking at the records of the negotiations at that time, the entire twenty-one Sino-Japanese negotiation process, as far as [China] is concerned, the whole strategy is to "drag" to change every detail!
[Chinese] National Representative Lu Zhengxiang was always entangled with the [Japanese] person in a pleasant manner, trying to take the topic as far away as possible and complicating the issue.
Another trick of the [Chinese] people is to spread the news in a subtle way to let Britain and the United States know, and use the power of Britain and the United States to resist the "monopolization" of the "Japanese" itself. This is the traditional "using foreigners to control foreigners".
Method. Because this method was used too much in the late Qing Dynasty, [Japanese] himself took precautions when it happened. At the beginning of the negotiations, he "very seriously" asked the [Chinese] government to deal with the relevant 21 items.
Negotiations are strictly confidential, threatening that if the news leaks out, the consequences will be very serious.
In order to prevent the news from leaking, the [Japanese] representative even insisted very strongly that the [Chinese] side could only be attended by the foreign minister-general and deputy minister, with at most one secretary, because the foreign minister-general at the time was Sun Baoqi, the deputy minister was Cao Rushang, and one
One is a former Qing bureaucrat, the other is a student studying in Japan, and has always been known to be pro-Japanese. Gu Weijun believes that this means that people with British and American backgrounds on the Chinese side are excluded and cannot participate in negotiations.
However, Yuan Shikai was not an energy-saving lamp. Before the negotiations began, he replaced the Director-General of Foreign Affairs with Lu Zhengxiang, who had a European and American background. After each meeting, Lu Zhengxiang would hold a small meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Gu Weijun, then counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
This allows you to keep abreast of the progress of negotiations at any time.
The "Chinese" people who cannot keep secrets have used their "problems" as weapons this time and used them to the extreme. Although the "Japanese" themselves have repeatedly exerted pressure and seriously warned the "Chinese" people not to leak information to the outside world, the news is still the first
Time spread throughout the world. According to a telegram from Shi Zhaoji, the Chinese Minister to the United Kingdom, I proposed twenty-one items on January 18, 1915, and it was not until February 13 at the latest.
On the same day, the British "Times" published an editorial on the Twenty-One Issues.
Ordinary people with surnames are unaware of all the efforts Yuan Shikai made.
In particular, the "twenty-one points" deliberately leaked by Yuan Shikai have become "evidence" for some people to use them to attack Yuan Shikai!
Even Leshan is no exception.
The restaurant was full of comments commenting on the "21" and attacking Yuan Shikai and his government.
Speaking of being angry, some people couldn't help but slap the table and curse.
Fortunately, he was in Leshan. If he had been in another place, he might have been arrested as a rebel!
"One twenty-one will destroy most of Yuan Shikai." Wang Hengyue said in a low voice.
At this moment, a burst of laughter suddenly sounded from the table next door, which was incompatible with the atmosphere in the restaurant.
There were four people at that table, dressed just like the [Chinese] people. They were sitting there quietly, just drinking and talking in low voices, but when they opened their mouths, they all said: [Japanese] people!
There are many "Japanese" people in Sichuan. Sukeyuki Yamamoto and Masahiro Suzuki under Wang Hengyue came from Chengdu, but these are extraordinary times.
Twenty-one secret discussions made the relationship tense all day long.
The government is negotiating, but public hatred against the Japanese has reached a new high.
"What are you calling there?" Wang Hengyue asked with a frown.
Wang Qinglu knew some Japanese, and after listening to it, his expression changed slightly: "They are saying that the [Japanese] government has sent 30,000 troops to [China]!" Wang Hengyue nodded. This is the [Japanese] government.
They are threatening the Chinese government with force in an attempt to force Yuan Shikai to sign the Twenty-One Articles.
"What are the foreigners talking about?" someone at another table asked.
Wang Hengyue rolled his eyes and whispered: "Japan himself is saying that he has sent 30,000 people into China. As long as our government does not sign the 21st, we will immediately attack Beijing!"
"Fart!" The man also had a hot temper. He slammed the table and stood up: "You are such a bastard, you can beat me whenever you want. Are we really afraid of you?"
No one in the restaurant knew what it was like to have a baby.
The man said angrily: "The Japanese themselves want to attack the Chinese people. They have sent tens of thousands of troops and are about to attack Beijing!"
With a "boom", the restaurant suddenly exploded!
"What's the matter? What's the matter?"
Some people sitting far away didn't understand and asked hurriedly.
“〖Japan〗 himself has sent hundreds of thousands of troops and has already reached Beichen!”
"Ah, there is such a thing?" "No, that's what I just said! Those [Japanese] people are celebrating there. What the hell is this? They actually evacuated from our place!"
"Damn it, did the [Japanese] really deceive me and no one from the [Chinese] country?" Those [Japanese] people didn't know what was going on. When they saw the [Chinese] people standing up one after another, they didn't care at all.
, still laughing loudly there, and one even danced.
"You bitch, beat him to death!"
I don't know who yelled, and the anger that was already there was completely out of control!
"Beat, beat these idiots to death!"
It's boiling. The emotions in the restaurant are finally boiling!
A bench flew over from nowhere and knocked down a Japanese man.
〖日〗 I was stunned, and when I reacted, I yelled: "Baga Yalu!"
It's okay if you don't curse. If you curse, the Chinese people in the restaurant can still understand these four words "中".