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    Chapter 312 The Country¡¯s Choice

    To gamble or not?

    ??Whether you want to bet or not?  !

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    Facing the sudden gunfire in Europe, Japan, which had won the first two bets, once again came to a crossroads.

    Whether it is Masaki Terauchi on the front line or senior officers such as Tanaka Giichi in the Japanese base camp in Tokyo, there are only two sides of the coin in their minds.  Anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Once the European War breaks out, Britain, France, and Germany will all shrink, and Asia will face a major reshuffle opportunity. Is there anything wrong with Japan, which considers itself the leader of Asia, to stand up at this moment?  ?

    ¡°But from the perspective of the upper echelons of the democratic government in the early Taisho period, Japan was not prepared this time.  The theory of gambling on the national destiny is not something that is just thought of, but requires careful calculation of the strength comparison between the enemy and ourselves, and whether the game of snake swallowing the elephant can be completed.  The current situation is that Fengtian has not opened up the situation for a full month. Even if it was caught off guard before, after the counterattack by Zhengyi Temple, the small Gaizhou alone suffered more than 3,000 casualties in three days. In addition,  The Fifth Division was ambushed by a submarine at Port Arthur and suffered losses of more than 5,000 men in six days!  If the previous 38th Regiment and Railway Guards are added in, the Japanese army, which was claimed to be invincible before the war, has suffered more than 13,000 casualties and lost more than 200 million national currency in one month.

    After the Russo-Japanese War, this was the first time that Japan was so heartbroken.

    But most of the people who are heartbroken are civil affairs officials and ordinary people. There is another mainstream view within the Japanese army, that is, the National Defense Force has reached its limit. After the firepower of their superior teams has been exposed to the world, they no longer have any secret weapons, and Japan  Only less than one-fifth of the power was used.  Because in their view, with the newly formed 19th and 20th divisions, the Japanese army already has 20 standing divisions. Even if many divisions have been cut down to their skeletons to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, the domestic reserve force is not a vegetarian.  With the skeleton of non-commissioned officers, as long as the soldiers are filled up, they can be pulled out to fight. As for the gap in firepower between the teams, it is not a problem. Domestic factories are also concentrating on manufacturing machine guns. The Type 38 machine guns, Hotchkiss machine guns and captured machine guns in the warehouse  Various Russian machine guns are also being continuously shipped to Fengtian to narrow the gap.

    More importantly, they believe that they can take this opportunity to get support from their allies. As long as they can cling to the United Kingdom and show off the unshirkable responsibility of their Asian allies, and cooperate with the defeat of the German army in Qingdao, they can forgive some of their debts and even obtain new loans. Then Japan  It is still capable of fighting a full-scale war.

    The only problem is probably shipping and financial pressure. In the former, the ambush outside Port Arthur caused all the leased ships to leave, and Japan also had to compensate the British and Dutch companies for the loss of US$1 million per ship.  As for the Ministry of Finance and the Military, they didn't even consider it, because as long as they can capture Manchuria, Mongolia, Jiaodong Peninsula or even the entire North China, they can get it back dozens or even hundreds of times, not to mention there is a very coveted Qingdao there!  Germany has invested a lot in Qingdao. The shipyard and Jiaoji Railway alone are worth tens of millions.

    Do you want to bet or not?

    While the military bosses were uncontrollably excited, Prime Minister Okuma Shigenobu first expressed his opinion: "Before the end of the Fengtian War, it is not appropriate to send troops to other areas of China because the finances cannot support it."

    Following Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma's speech, democratic leaders such as Takeshi Inukai and Konobo Saionji in the Senate also stood up and expressed that the war should not be expanded. The country that originally fought the battle of Fengten was caught off guard and confused.  Strategically, there is still no clear purpose, so all resources should be concentrated to solve Fengtian and Manchuria.  This made Shanxian Youto, who attended the Senate meeting for the first time in several years, look gloomy, and his razor-like eyes swept over the faces of these people again and again.

    When the coins in Japan were so loud that when the coins were raging on both sides, some people were also anxious about the Chinese land.

    Zhang Shizhao rushed from Shanghai to Nanjing immediately to discuss ways to prevent the Sino-German alliance with Wu Tingfang and Cai Yuanpei. These three last party bosses had already seen that they would agree to the alliance if there was no turmoil in Europe, but now they  Absolutely not!  If the Sino-German alliance strategy continues, it will inevitably drag the countries that have just begun to improve into a whirlpool.

    Wu Tingfang leaned on the sofa, stroking his beard and shaking his head: "How difficult!" Yang Qiu's accusations before declaring war on Japan still shocked him as the foreign minister, so he took the initiative to hand over more power to Wang Zhengting after he came back.  Although he and Gu Weijun did not agree to continue the alliance this time, the current momentum of the Democratic Party cannot pry the big tree of the National Socialist Party under any circumstances. He said: "The matter of alliance or not is no longer up to us.  After all, the National Socialist Party holds 80% of the seats. Among the provinces across the country, the only ones we can have a little influence on are Guangdong and Fujian. In addition, in the north, there have been successive victories.The prestige of the Communist Party of China has been unparalleled, and the national society has also risen. Last month alone, as many as 200,000 young people joined the national society. Who can move this big stone?  "

    "Then we can't just sit back and watch him put the country into danger!" Cai Yuanpei stood up and took two steps, with a firm look on his face: "The Republican Party's thoughts should be similar to ours. You can contact Zhang Jizhi. In the worst case, I will go directly to the President and Tang Shaoyi.  No matter what, Yang Qiu must give them some face."

    Zhang Shizhao was the most anxious. This matter was not trivial and if successful, it could slightly restore the Democratic Party's disadvantage in the domestic political arena, so he immediately took the three people to the presidential palace.  As soon as the three of them arrived, they saw Zhang Jizhi also rushing over. They suddenly felt a little more confident and walked towards the President's Office.

    ¡°The President, Prime Minister, Minister Wu and Minister Zhang are here and they want to see you on urgent matters.¡±

    Wang Anlan knocked on the door and interrupted the laughter in the office. After Li Yuanhong became the interim president, he also became the secretary-general of the president.  Tang Shaoyi heard that Wu Tingfang and Zhang Jizhi were coming, and even Zhang Shizhao came over and said with a smile: "Chen Hua's guess is really good, they must not be able to sit still."

    Zhang Taiyan, who was chatting with a man, couldn't hold back his words: "I'm afraid I want to take this opportunity to regain the disadvantage." The man smiled, obviously too familiar with his big mouth: "Brother Binglin, don't worry,  Politics is about taking advantage of every opportunity, so I very much agree with the vice president¡¯s approach to temporarily stabilize the country with one-party dominance and slowly maintain the soil of the republic.¡±

    "Haha It's rare that Brother Yuanyong didn't curse today. Your article not long ago scolded everything about Henan from top to bottom." As soon as the man finished speaking, Zhang Taiyan burst into laughter.  , after laughing, he deliberately winked: "Honestly, what was the circulation volume in the days after the declaration?"

    Tang Shaoyi really couldn't stand Zhang Taiyan's big mouth, so she laughed and scolded: "When did Binglin become full of copper odor? It will be your mouth that will suffer in the future." Zhang Taiyan did not care, and smiled: "What's wrong with the copper odor?  There is a shortfall of tens of millions in education funds in the national budget this year. If anyone gives it to me, I will let him scold me for days or nights."

    While a few people were laughing and chatting, Wang Anlan led Wu Tingfang and others in. They were slightly stunned when they saw so many people, especially when they saw the man Zhang Shizhao: "Yuanyong? Why are you here?"

    His words caused several people to turn their attention to this man in his thirties, wearing a blue robe and glasses.  Cai Yuanpei frowned even more, because the man turned out to be Huang Yuansheng, the most popular reporting ace reporter in the country. As a representative of non-party people, his pen was full of curses. He also contributed to the suppression of the Democratic Party by Yang Qiu until it quit power. The Republican Party  He was also scolded by him for being conservative and feudal, so some people had long suspected that he had defected to the National Society.

    ????????????????????????????Could it be true that he took refuge in the National Society?

    After everyone exchanged a few words, Tang Shaoyi saw everyone's thoughts and took the initiative to introduce: "Brother Yuan Sheng has promised to be the President and will take over as a non-partisan person after the official election next year."

    "Brother Yuanyong, are you willing to become an official?" Zhang Shizhao asked curiously. You must know that everyone knew that Huang Yuansheng abandoned his official position and became a reporter. He also expressed his intention to become an official in the newspaper.

    Huang Yuansheng smiled slightly, and his words were as powerful as his articles: "Brother Xingyan is wrong. Yuansheng is not an official. He only ensures that the judicial system will never be affected by anyone or any group!"

    Wu Tingfang, who has lived in the United States for many years, particularly agrees with this point. The Democratic Party also thought about judicial corruption at the beginning, but who was willing to set up someone to monitor itself at that time?  Even Mr. Sun and Huang Keqiang strongly opposed it, but they did not expect that Yang Qiu, who was becoming more and more powerful, would dare to let this thorny head serve as a political officer to restrain his own hands and feet. They could not help but lament his courage and determination, and his support for the Democratic Party in the country.  The failure in this wave of political struggles has become more clear.

    Huang Yuansheng's intention to serve as the Supreme Court official after the official election might have been considered by everyone in normal times, but the more urgent issue at the moment was to prevent the Sino-German alliance, so Wu Tingfang quickly stated his intention: "If nothing happens in Europe, we also agree to form an alliance."  Germany, but now Mars has risen and there is a prairie fire. Lu Zhengxiang just sent a telegram back from Russia. Nicholas II has officially warned Austria-Hungary not to declare war on Serbia. Tingfang Bucai has also studied the situation in Europe for a few days, France and Russia  The Alliance and the German-Austrian Alliance are the two most important alliances of foreigners. Such a severe warning will inevitably lead to a backlash. After all, the person who died was the prince. Therefore, Tingfang feels that the possibility of a war is already very high. My opinion is, please  The President and Shaochuan deliberated in detail and advised the Vice President to temporarily abandon the alliance and wait until Europe calms down before making any plans."

    Li Yuanhong suddenly laughed after hearing this, and looked at Tang Shaoyi pretending to be surprised: "Brother Wenjue, how did you get the news that our country is going to form an alliance with Germany?"

    Where did the news of the alliance come from?  Wu Tingfang and the others are reallyHe stopped asking, and subconsciously opened his mouth and said: "Don't they all talk about it recently" But before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that all the current arguments for a Sino-German alliance came from newspapers or grassroots politicians.  None of the personnel or the real core leaders have said that they want to form an alliance. Even Yang Qiu, who has the best relationship with Germany, has never officially said that he wants to form an alliance.

    But why has non-alignment created such a big momentum?  Zhang Shizhao didn't quite understand and asked: "If we don't form an alliance, why are we making a fuss in the city? Can't the government refute the rumors and calm them down?"

    Tang Shaoyi took a look at Zhang Shizhao. He was indeed not an official. He couldn't understand the meaning behind it. It could be seen that the Democratic Party was not in great danger in his hands. He said, "Brother Xingyan is staying in Shanghai to concentrate on party affairs."  , I'm afraid I don't understand the current national trend." After finishing speaking, he took out a piece of industrial and commercial information from his bag very seriously and said: "To be honest with you, from the beginning of Southwest China to the end of last year, our country purchased a total of five million yuan of various types of machinery and equipment from Germany.  After the news of the alliance broke out at the beginning of this year, Germany exported more than 2,000 units to us in just two months, and the price was 20% cheaper than usual. Among them were two 5,000-ton hydraulic presses and two double-axis precision machine tools.  . I don¡¯t understand these two things, but a few years ago, Chenhua offered tens of millions of dollars to various countries and no one sold it to us, which shows how valuable it is!"

    In just a few figures, everyone here understood that Yang Qiu deliberately spread the idea of ??forming an alliance to make Germany feel that there was an opportunity, and then took the opportunity to obtain equipment and machines that were previously unavailable at a low price. This alone has to be admired by him.  wrist.  Tang Shaoyi continued: "Until Europe and the United States are pacified, let alone us old guys, we will not form an alliance, and the Vice President will definitely not make this move. At present, the harm to our country is still Japan, and the top priority is to mobilize the whole country to pacify the north. We must not hold back the frontline soldiers. That¡¯s why the Vice President called yesterday and requested that the currently recruited reserves be organized into 15 regular divisions to prevent Japan from launching an invasion of North my country when countries are unable to escape from the chaos in Europe!¡±

    His words made everyone feel relieved. The Congress had already agreed to the 15 divisions, but it was just a formality. Only Zhang Jizhi frowned slightly and said: "President, Prime Minister. They have no intention of forming an alliance, but they spread the idea of ??forming an alliance."  Didn't it offend Germany?"

    Yang Qiu had already told Li Yuanhong the overall plan, so he narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "It depends on you all."

    "Rely on us?"

    Tang Shaoyi stood up, glanced at Huang Yuansheng, and slightly cupped his hands: "Yuanyong, I will leave the newspapers and public opinion to you. As for how you can help, it is also very simple. The president has just summoned the members to hold a plenary meeting in three days to discuss and discuss  Regarding the situation in Europe and the war with Japan, you might as well make a fuss, after all, we are still a republic, not a family."

    Zhang Shizhao stared at his eyes and was completely convinced after hearing this!  It turned out that Yang Qiu had planned an escape route long ago and was going to do that thing of hijacking the name again. He glanced at Zhang Jizhi and sighed in his heart: "Is this called republican politics? It's all in the hands of others! Obviously this time the two parties are going to  He was taken out to walk the dog. Fighting with such people, I really don¡¯t know when I will get ahead."

    On July 2, just as the world's attention began to turn from the Far East to Europe, at an enlarged congressional meeting held quietly in Nanjing, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party jointly formally requested to abandon the Sino-German alliance bill. On the same day, the Shanghai declaration also changed its tone for the first time, arguing that in the  The country should not be involved in European affairs while it is mired in the Sino-Japanese War.  This argument is also supported by the vast majority of National Socialists, who believe that if Europe is at peace, allying with Germany is a good strategy for the country's rapid development, but if war breaks out in Europe, neutrality must be strictly maintained.

    The sudden explosion of arguments from Nanjing once again caused diplomats in Asia to overturn all plans. Prince Reinhardt, who was about to return to China, had to postpone his trip and visited Li Yuanhong and Tang Shaoyi to make several promises.  Bernard, the British special envoy who had just arrived a few days ago, followed him into the Nanjing Presidential Palace and set off for Beijing that night.

    A game of national choice unfolds vigorously

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