On August 15, Wang Hengyue left Foreign Minister Gu Weijun and others to continue discussing further cooperation with the United States, while he left Washington and headed for the last city he visited in the United States: New York!
During the past few days in Washington, Wang Hengyue met with and visited a large number of American companies and military departments, and signed a large number of agreements, including a comprehensive military, political, and economic cooperation agreement between China and the United States. [..com]
Among the series of treaties signed, one is very eye-catching: the United States abolished the "Gengzi Distribution" and returned the remaining principal and interest of more than 12.5 million U.S. dollars in the Boxer Indemnity as a Chinese cultural and educational fund.
In fact, since 1909, the United States has refunded part of the excess principal and profit to be used as a study fund for studying in the United States. Starting from December 1917, most of the box office payments were deferred for five years.
After the European War, some of the Boxer Indemnity payments between Germany and Austria were canceled due to their defeat.
The U.S. refund had a great international impact. After the outbreak of World War I, the Beijing government declared war on Germany and Austria in August 1917 and stopped paying the Boxer Payment.
After the war subsided, China also became involved in the status of a victorious nation. All countries expressed their willingness to be "friendly" with China in order to maintain and expand their interests in China through peaceful means. Therefore, they followed in the footsteps of the United States and gradually gave up or retreated from the
Sub-compensation balance and refund are widely used in China's education, culture and industry.
Japan will not withdraw any of its money, but will use the money to develop its armaments and establish education.
After Wang Hengyue took charge of China, he announced an indefinite cessation of Boxer payments and began to resolve negotiations with other countries. At this time, the United States made a good start.
Not only was the Boxer Indemnity issue resolved in the United States, but the two sides began to discuss a series of issues left over from the Manchu Qing Dynasty in June 1921, including the eye-catching concession issue.
The concession has always been a pain in the hearts of Wang Hengyue and the Chinese people. Although there will be various problems in future negotiations, and both sides will have fierce arguments due to their respective interests, Wang Hengyue firmly believes that the concession issue will definitely be resolved!
All the series of unequal conditions imposed on China during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties...can certainly be resolved within their own government!
This determination is unshakable!
Before Wang Hengyue left Washington, he originally wanted to visit Woodrow again.
President Wilson...but he quickly dismissed the idea.
When leaving Washington, many people joined in the farewell procession, which was something that had never happened before for a visiting foreign head of state.
Pete also came. This young American officer who had participated in the European War and was known as "Lucky Pete" and "Mirpens' Miracle" attracted huge cheers as soon as he appeared.
Wang Hengyue looked at all this with a smile, this was exactly the effect he wanted.
Wang Hengyue and Peter...the two young Chinese and American soldiers looked at each other as if they had never known each other before. But their eyes were all flashing with passion.
"Take care. I am here in China to bless you." Wang Hengyue stretched out his hand.
"Thank you" Peter shook his hand tightly.
Although it was still the familiar face, even though it was still the familiar voice, for some reason, Peter had a strange feeling that there was already some distance between him and Wang.
"Did you see that an American film company is planning to invest in a movie about you?" Jiang Baili handed the newspaper in his hand to Wang Hengyue and said with a smile: "The title of the movie has already been decided... What is it called 'The King of Sichuan'?"
Wang Hengyue took the newspaper and read it: "The company invested by Chaplin? King of Sichuan? It's a pity, it's a pity, we should have been the first to invest in this kind of movie."
Jiang Baili smiled: "Heng Shuai, you have to care about the military, economy and politics, so why are you curious about movies now?"
"I'm interested in everything." Wang Hengyue stretched and looked at the scenery outside the train: "To tell you the truth, China not only wants to become a military, economic, and political power, but also a big country in terms of movies.
Sometimes the role of movies is huge!”
The two people were chatting and laughing for a while. Chen Lifu walked in and said: "President, we have hired a total of 287 scientists in the United States... and more than 2,000 skilled workers. In addition, we have provided a thousand more to the Americans."
One free trip to China.”
"Where is the list I provided?" Wang Hengyue asked casually.
"We have already extended an invitation to the people on the list to visit China, and most of them have accepted the invitation. A small number of them are unwilling to leave the United States."
Wang Hengyue nodded: "That's very good."
Jiang Baili took the list drawn up by Wang Hengyue himself and looked at it: "Who is this person? Robert Oppenheimer? A Jew? He is only sixteen years old? Judging from his resume, he does have some talent."
"This man is great. What I mean is that his future achievements will be astonishing." Wang Hengyue smiled faintly: "You are young now. If you invite him to China... and throw him into our scientific environment for a few years, he will have many achievements in the future."
A great achievement.”
Then he said to Chen Lifu: "How is the invitation to Mr. Albert Einstein, the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics in Berlin, a professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin, and an academician of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, to visit China?"
"The invitation has been sent out, but Mr. Einstein is still considering it."
Wang Hengyue said "Oh", feeling a little regretful.
On the eve of Germany's defeat, he poached countless talents from Germany through various means, but only Einstein refused to leave Germany.
Wang Hengyue is still very strange about this.
After the outbreak of the European War, the German scientific and cultural circles issued the "Declaration of the Civilized World", defending Germany and advocating that Germany is above all else and that the whole world should accept the "genuine German spirit." The "Declaration" was signed by:
Ninety-three people were all famous German scientists, artists and pastors at that time. Even Nernst, Roentgen, Ostwald, Planck, etc. all signed it. When Einstein's signature was asked for
At that time, he flatly refused, but at the same time he resolutely signed his name on the anti-war "Letter to Europeans." This move shocked the whole world.
It stands to reason that he is opposed to Germany launching a war, but why is he unwilling to invite him to come to China to work?
Einstein had just divorced last year and married his cousin Elsa. Wang Hengyue could only take a roundabout way and let #阝永, who was still working in France, use his connections in Germany to encourage Elsa and her husband Einstein to come to the United States.
When traveling to China, the Chinese government is willing to bear all expenses during their travel.
I hope this can convince this stubborn, great scientist.
As long as he can come to China, things will be much easier to handle. The only worrying thing is that Einstein is a staunch supporter of the Russian Revolution and a staunch supporter of Lenin.
But now the Chinese army is fighting with the Russian revolutionaries.
Damn it! Wang Hengyue muttered in his heart, you just have to do your scientific research, why do you have to join politics?
No matter what, I must not let the Americans get the upper hand and poach a treasure like Einstein.
Everything in his eyes was not hidden from Jiang Baili at all. Jiang Baili secretly smiled and shook his head.
It's okay if this man named Einstein doesn't come to China, but if he comes, given Heng Shuai's character, once Einstein comes, there's no chance he'll leave.
"By the way, the British government has also begun to communicate with us." Chen Lifu pulled out a telegram: "The British side believes that the Shanghai forced demolition case is an isolated and separate incident. This incident will not affect the Chinese and British governments.
Friendship, they hope that we can downplay this incident. At the same time, the British government will also urge the British Consulate in Shanghai to calm down this incident as soon as possible.
Wang Hengyue sneered: "Has your attitude softened?"
"Yes, the Americans are also communicating with the UK about this incident." Chen Lifu said: "Now the UK is under great pressure. First, China and the United States continue to put pressure on the UK. Second, during our visit to the United States,
Some cooperation with the British has been temporarily suspended, and the cruiser plan that was originally determined to be built for the British has been transferred to the American shipyard. Under such circumstances, the British hope to downplay this incident!"
"The arrogant British people want to solve this problem but are unwilling to bow their heads. Otherwise, the British government will have to face domestic protests about why it has to succumb to China's pressure!" Wang Hengyue looked a little disdainful: "First, the demand is white.
Rand should apologize with the gift and compensate for all losses; secondly, ask the concession authorities to apologize with the gift and ensure that such incidents will not happen again. Brand's apology with the gift should be made in a big way, and the concession authority's apology with the gift should be limited to
Within an appropriate range, on this basis, other aspects can be downplayed."
"Understood."
"Also, replace all the staff of the Shanghai Ministry of Industry Bureau from the director to the lower levels!" Wang Hengyue said with a cold face.
"This" Chen Lifu hesitated: "Replace all of them?"
"Replace them all, leave no one behind!" Wang Hengyue's answer left no room for negotiation: "If a department cannot even maintain the rights of its own people, what else should they do? The rectification of China's officialdom is ongoing, and the reason why I am temporarily not
The move to Shanghai was based on the special factors of Shanghai, but now it seems that it is impossible to move them."
A new rectification plan had been formed in Wang Hengyue's mind at this time.
It is impossible to be completely clean. There will always be problems of one kind or another. No government can achieve this, but it must do what it can and must do within its own capabilities.