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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 109 Everything is possible

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    Update time: 2012-07-24

    "Brother Tingzhai, Deputy Commander Xia, believe it or not, if we can unite under Prime Minister Duan and seize this opportunity to join the war, let alone the Boxer indemnity from Germany and Austria, I will exempt him from Britain, France and Russia.  !" Wang Geng gritted his teeth and whispered.

    "Although the Czar has abdicated in Russia, the provisional government still seems to want to stay in the Allied countries and continue the war. Can Russia be exempted from paying compensation? I'm afraid this is not easy, right? It is even harder for Britain and France!" Xia Yiting obviously felt that Wang Geng's  The idea is too radical and exaggerated.

    "Brother Tingzhai, don't hesitate. Who else is the foreign minister under Prime Minister Duan? He has no intention of turning back. I believe that President Tang will express his support for the Prime Minister sooner or later. If you wholeheartedly unite with me and Youzheng  Around Premier Duan, we must not let the foreign powers take advantage. It is completely meaningless for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to appoint a southerner as the director-general. It is purely internal friction!"

    Wang Geng was so audacious that he didn¡¯t ask Duan Qirui for instructions, so he hired his first helper in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

    Xia Yiting was silent, but his long-hidden pride was aroused by Wang Geng's performance that night and his ambitious deception just now. Wang Geng's meaning was very clear. He had to drink the soup first.  , if you follow Tang Hualong, you may not be able to join Prime Minister Duan in the future, but the value in Prime Minister Duan's mind at that time will be far less than it is now.

    "Brother Tingzhai, to tell you the truth, when I came back to serve my country and nation, I, Wang Geng, never thought about failure, nor did I plan to take advantage of the situation. I just marched forward and fought to the end! As for my wife and children, can they go to the United States to study? I am still in Manhattan.  If you have some property, you don¡¯t have to worry about your family.

    I, Wang Geng, treat my own people with only two words: honesty!  Can we become gay if you give us a sure letter?  I will keep it a secret for you, and no one will reveal it except the Prime Minister!  "Wang Geng stared into Xia Yiting's eyes and said.

    "Brother Wang, I am willing to take this gamble with you. You are right. China cannot miss the opportunity of the European War. Prime Minister Duan is the only person qualified to become the leader of the country. I, Xia Yiting, am willing to work with my brother, for  The nation is betting on this!¡±

    "That's it! Brother Tingzhai, you are responsible for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and I will give you some encouragement. Let's see how the great powers are manipulated by us! Don't worry about Xu Youzheng, he can still distinguish between public affairs and private affairs.  Besides, if he wants to cause trouble, I am his biggest competitor. There is nothing else to say, brother. As long as you and I are of the same mind, no one can touch you and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as long as I, Wang Geng, are here!"

    Wang Geng raised the champagne glass in his hand. Xia Yiting gritted his teeth and raised the glass too. The two clinked their glasses and drank it all. Wang Gengle smiled brightly and patted Xia Yiting's shoulder and said,

    "Brother Tingzhai refuses to be the Minister-General of Foreign Affairs. Is it just because he is afraid of the collapse of the cabinet? Don't worry, since power comes from the barrel of a gun, our Nanyuan team is the guard of the cabinet and the government! Let's see who dares to be the first.  gun!"

    Not to mention how Wang Geng persuaded the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Xia Yiting to board his new ship in the corner of the banquet hall of the Six Nations Hotel, let us talk about the four countries that stayed after Wang Geng and Xia Yiting left the private room of the American Embassy on the fourth floor.  The minister is in a state of shock.

    "This is blackmail, and the French government will never accept such conditions! This Wang Geng is simply talking nonsense! We should protest to the Duan government!" French Minister Kant blushed and shouted, waving his hands.

    "What are you protesting about? Are the conditions that China first proposed last month changing too fast? We didn't agree to them last time, so it is inevitable that their conditions will rise now!" British Minister Zhu Erdian obviously did not agree with Kant's words.

    "China will definitely not be able to send 3 million troops to participate in the European War. Don't be fooled by Wang Geng's bluff!" Japanese Minister Lin Giansuke walked back and forth in the living room while shouting. Thinking of Wang Geng's arrogance, Lin  Kwonsuke felt that his heart was filled with panic.

    "That's not necessarily true. China's combined population is almost as large as Europe's. Recruiting three million soldiers out of a population of 40 million won't be a problem! Didn't you hear what Wang Geng said? China's population of landless farmers and urban refugees alone is only 3,000.  If not, the key is, if he can send so many troops, who will bear the military expenses?" American Minister Rui Enshi slowly lit the cigar in his hand.

    "The British government doesn't know how to repay the debt it owes to the U.S. government. If it wants to spend more money to arm the squadron to participate in the European War, it is beyond its means! In the UK, even women and child laborers are working overtime in the arsenal and not getting paid.  As for the wages, this guy actually doesn't accept the 5 francs a day for Chinese workers!" Zhu Erdian bit the cigarette butt in his mouth, obviously helpless.

    "Minister Lin, you Japanese are very aware of all the troubles in China. Don't you have any information from the Banxi Mansion about Wang Geng?" Zhu Erdian asked Lin Quanzhu.

    "We only pay attention to the mobilization of the 16th Mixed Brigade. Who knows that in a week, this person will fall from the sky?"Wang Geng has so many more titles. He is Duan Qirui¡¯s national policy adviser, foreign affairs and military secretary, and commander of the 16th Mixed Brigade. He is also supervising preparations for war, and he also has the responsibility of supervising negotiations with the United States.  Title, is there no one left in China? A military cadet who returned from studying in the United States has to be used with such great importance!  "The Japanese minister gasped.

    "This Wang Geng should not be underestimated!" American Minister Rui Enshi closed his eyes, flipped through the Wang Geng file records just sent from the embassy, ??and murmured,

    "Wang Geng, a native of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, studied in the United States after graduating from the Tsinghua University School of Education in 1911. He studied at the University of Michigan, Columbia University and Princeton University. He received a bachelor's degree in arts from Princeton University in 1915. In the same year, he was admitted to West Point Military Academy under special circumstances and skipped his studies.  second grade"

    "Well, at Princeton University, he was the main force of the school's swimming team and held the swimming record in the school sports competition. Well, he was actually the running back of the year for the school's football team. After arriving at West Point, he ranked first in the class in overall performance for two consecutive years.  Pistol Shooting Champion"

    "Well, he has also been the president of the Chinese Students Association in New York for the past four years. Well He has a very good relationship with the family of Gu Weijun, the Chinese Minister to the United States. In the past two years, Christmas has been spent at Gu Weijun's family in Washington!"

    I have to admire the Americans' ability to collect intelligence. In fact, the United States was the first country among the great powers to abandon the Boxer Indemnity, and instead used the returned indemnity to establish the Tsinghua Academy in Beijing and select outstanding students to study in the United States. It can be said that the United States  People can plan ahead and look further than the great powers at that time. Leaders of students studying in the United States like Wang Geng have people who are responsible for tracking and updating the data files.

    "No more? Even if he is an excellent student, he won't be able to be used in such a great way as soon as he returns to the country, right? Duan Hefei is so talented that no one can use him?" Japanese Minister Hayashi Gonsuke couldn't help but said.

    "It's not that simple. This Wang Geng jumped into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York to save someone at the end of February. Who do you think he saved?" Rui Enshi smiled and put down the file in his hand. Wang Geng became the news that he became an honorary citizen of New York.  I actually read it in the New York Times early in the morning.

    "Who are you saving?" Zhu Erdian, Kant and Lin Quanzhu asked in unison.

    "The person who was saved was the granddaughter of President Wilson and the daughter of Treasury Secretary McAdoo!" Ruienshi revealed the answer. This news did not come from the New York Times.

    "Hiss No wonder!" The ministers from several countries gasped. Obviously, Wang Geng's ability to win Duan Qirui's favor may not be unrelated to his relationship with the American president's family.

    Lin Quanzhu cursed in his heart, you Duan Hefei, we in Japan support you to succeed President Yuan's career and spare no effort. I didn't expect that you have already started planning a way out. Wang Geng seems to be a chess piece in China-government relations with the United States.  top priority?

    The intelligence that Rui Enshi had in hand was more than this. The U.S. minister did not mention the looming relationship between Wang Geng's Manhattan Industrial Bank and Pfizer, as well as Wang Geng and Wall Street financial emperor Jack Morgan, to his three allies here.  .

    "This guy doesn't play by the rules at all! Guys, he actually threatened us that he would go to Germany, Austria, and Russia to negotiate peace! Do you think we are three-year-old children who are so easy to deceive?" French Minister Kant waved his hands and shouted.

    "Alexander, how do you know he won't look for it?" Zhu Erdian was very cunning, but he deliberately killed the French Minister Kant!

    "My dear John! With the participation of the great American ally in the war, it is only a matter of time before the war ends victoriously! The Chinese Duan government will not be able to see this through its perverse behavior, right?" Kant shouted unconvinced.

    "Since Italy can join the Allied Powers, how do you know that Russia, which has lost its Czar, will not join the German-Austrian war? Not to mention joining the Allies, if Russia makes a separate peace with Germany and Austria, Germany and Austria will turn their troops on the eastern front to the west. This European War  The quagmire on the Western Front cannot be solved in the short term!" Zhu Erdian obviously sees further than others!
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