The huge cabinet battle in July attracted too much attention from the whole country, so that except for Sichuan and Hubei, the two provinces under military control, the attention of the domestic attention was attracted by the chaos in the central government of Beijing. Or Song Jiaoren's powerful destruction of the party also attracted the attention of many newspapers and forces across the country, and the war seemed to disappear from the world of the people under the special attention of some forces!

Although Li Han wanted to waving this flag to earn some reputation, he also knew the principle of just building it and he could not afford to offend the British for the time being. However, this short peace caused by the chaos in the domestic political situation did not last for many days. The rapid advancement of the army in Tibet defeated dozens of forces that were in chaos in just two months, which caused extreme panic among the British mission to China, the Indian Governor and the British pro-British elements.

Two days before the end of July, the Northern Army of Lin Zhouzong was stubbornly blocked by thousands of rebels for several days and captured Lin Zhouzong. At the same time, another gateway to Lhasa, Dazizong, was also captured. The two Tibetan troops encircled Lhasa were almost in front of us. In this case, the British delegation to China naturally suffered great pressure from the domestic and Indian sides. In early August, after summoning the British Embassy diplomats in China for a long time, Zhu Erdian finally made up his mind and an ultimatum to China was about to be delivered to Yuan Shikai!

On the evening of August 2, Yuan Shikai was dealing with the backlog of official duties due to the chaos in the cabinet some time ago. Suddenly, the guards came in and reported: "Report to the President, Mr. Juerdian, the British Minister to Beijing, asked for a visit."

"Hmm? Come to see me at this time?" Yuan Shikai was a little confused, but after all, it was an old friend who came, so it was not easy to neglect it, so he ordered: "Don't let the minister wait too long, go and ask the following to prepare some special black tea, I'll go there now!"

"yes!"

After closing the document, Yuan Shikai took advantage of the time to organize his clothes and thought for a while. He really couldn't imagine what his old friend came here for at this time. Could it be that the UK approved a large loan?

This idea only popped up in his head and was shaken out by him! Impossible!

Yuan Shikai has been dealing with foreigners for so many years. He knows the temperament of foreigners better than anyone else. Typically, he cannot get up early without profit, and strives to maximize interests! It is a matter of time before large loans are approved, but Britain has borrowed large loans to expand its interests in the Yangtze River Basin and ***. *** hopes to borrow loans to force the central government to recognize its privileges in the Northeast. Germany tries to borrow loans to expand its power in Shandong and wants to make a difference in the Yangtze River Basin. Tsarist Russia hopes to threaten the central government to recognize the independence of Outer Mongolia and its special rights in Manchuria and Mongolia. The Americans are not a good thing. Their interests proposed are equally divided and open doors to obtain the same privileges of other great powers. At this point, Yuan Shikai couldn't help but spit out, saying, every good thing for foreigners.

Then, the rest of the UK is only possible for the most important thing!

The face suddenly became bitter. Yuan Shikai didn't expect Li Han to beat him so hard. He repeatedly warned Li Han that he could only recover the Kangzang River border area. At most, he would go to the *** and teach a group of restless old hats a lesson. The British had been targeting *** decades ago. The news from him in Lhasa came back with a bad intelligence. The rebels showed up the British official. It was obvious that this time, the British had decided to use force to fight. He originally thought that he had suffered some setbacks in *** and lacked supplies.

After that, Li Han's Western Expedition Army should have settled down, but he didn't expect that he would just go all the way. Judging from the news leaked from Zhu Erdian, his Western Expedition Army had wiped out nearly a hundred chieftains and nobles from the top places, and there were dozens of burnt temples. This trick was even more cruel than Zhao Erfeng back then. It is said that a young general named "Jiang Zhaojian" who was ruthless in the newspapers had been scolded many times. Many literati who believed in Huang-Lao's studies wrote articles to attack him in newspapers. The butcher and the tyrants kept scolding him.

After the following staff mentioned the situation, Yuan Shikai suddenly woke up. Li Han was determined to kill so many chieftains and lamas. He had already offended the local noble forces and offended the British. Finally, he simply used a fierce move, directly knocked down a chieftain and destroyed a temple, and liberated the serfs under their command, gave them civilian status, and divided their land and property. This was a complete interest to buy the poor local people. The result was that although he was old and had many old people who had believed in the Buddha for many years, he had a lot of opinions, but most civilians and poor people were just accused and had their own character. In the end, the Western Expedition Army had the title of "Tibetan Heavenly Army", which made Yuan Shikai feel a little dissatisfied.

But there is no way. During this period of time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been gritting his mouth. After all, whether the *** riot can be quelled, the authority of the central government and Yuan Shikai. In addition, he made trouble for the cabinet some time ago, so he didn't care much about the *** matter for a long time.

With a slight uneasiness, I wonder if his old British friend would use the "***" to shirk the "aftermath loan" to him again today. After a while, he arrived at the reception room where Zhu Erdian was waiting!

"Old friend, long time no see!"

Yuan Shikai smiled heartily.

Juerdian smiled and nodded, "His Excellency President, I think you already know what I am here today. Some requests have been sent by China without authorization. Please forgive me for being powerless!"

As soon as he came up, Zhu Erdian's performance made Yuan Shikai feel a little uneasy. He took a document handed over by Zhu Erdian. Before he could even hurry to read it, Zhu Erdian's next sentence made his anxiety fall to freezing point.

"His Excellency the President, this has just been sent from London to India. It is a memorandum that my government requires this ambassador to send you to your country immediately."

Yuan Shikai felt cold in his heart, but he still insisted on a smile on his face and said, "Hope is good news!" He refers to the approval of large loans in the UK.

Zhu Erdian shook his shoulders, "Yuan, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed!"

This is the first time he did not call Yuan Shikai the "Great President", which shows how clever Juerdian's diplomatic methods are. No matter what the memorandum wants to express, he has negotiated with him as the British ambassador to China, and now he is immediately transformed into "Yuan Shikai's British old friend". All the adverse effects brought by such memorandum are borne by the British domestic government behind him. No matter how angry Yuan Shikai is, he can maintain this special friendship with Yuan Shikai. As long as this friendship is still there, he can usually use it to seek more benefits for Britain and himself!

Yuan Shikai has been an official for many years, but he doesn't understand what he means. He just feels more uneasy and makes himself calm down and look at the document. After a few glances, the smile on his face fades and his face becomes very ugly.

"The British Empire and the Memorandum of the Republic of China on the Issue of ***"!

The content of the document is very short, and the general content is four:

(1) China is not allowed to interfere in the "internal affairs of the ***". All troops entering Tibet should be withdrawn from the *** before the end of August;

(II) China cannot be allowed to maintain an unlimited army in Lhasa or ***. The number of people can be negotiated by the UK and China. At the same time, the UK requires observers to be retained locally;

(III) The troops retained in the Kangzang-Tibet Sichuan area should be less than one brigade, and only two channels to enter Tibet are allowed to retain. The British side must be informed before entering Tibet;

(4) Recognize the special rights of the British side, cancel the establishment of superiors and subordinates such as ministers in Tibet, and allow *** to be separated from China and independent at an appropriate time;

Finally, I left a passage in the memorandum. Only by recognizing the British opinion can the British government consider recognizing the international status of the Republic of China!

"Mr. Minister, what does your country mean?" Zhu Erdian's attitude could not calm the anger in Yuan Shikai's heart, and Yuan Shikai's face was already very angry as he thought!

That's right, he, the president, was indeed stolen from the Democratic Party, but it does not mean that he would not pay attention to maintaining the majesty of the Republic of China and the President after ascending this position. Otherwise, he would not have ordered the following to declare, "Now the five-nation republic, all the Republic of Mongolia, Tibet, and all the peoples of the Republic of China are our territory of the Republic of China, and the Mongolian, Tibet, and the people of Xinjiang are our nations."

Yuan Shikai saw the situation clearly. Only by maintaining the integrity of the country's territory can he have more and longer power. Moreover, even a local warlord Li Han dared to go to war with the British in order to protect the ***. Yuan Shikai was not a clay man, and he was not angry at all!

"I'm very sorry, Yuan...I've tried my best, but some people in London think that I'm too weak on the issue of the Republic of China, so they would rather refer to the opinions of India than listen to me. I'm sorry about this matter. When I learned about this memorandum sent back in China, all I could do was to deliver it to you as soon as possible to convey the meaning from London to you. The Prime Minister of our country hopes that I can tell you something, this is the prerequisite for our government to recognize the Republic of China and promise to borrow money from your country!" Zhu Erdian said with an apology. Although he had a good personal relationship with Yuan Shikai, the most basic quality of Western diplomats is to distinguish between public and private.

He stood up and said, "The memorandum has been delivered. Yuan, I know you must not be in a good mood now. But you and I have been with each other for many years. When I stand in the position of an old friend, I can only remind you one thing, *** Our government will not give up, so if you still indulge your central government and the army that the government cannot control will continue to advance towards Lhasa, then war is inevitable! So, I hope your government can make a choice as soon as possible!"

He owed his body, picked up the hat on the table and walked out to the door. When he was approached, he suddenly stopped and said: "Given the particularity of your country's situation, there are too many unstable factors in the south that will affect our interests in my country. Therefore, the House of Parliament has just approved the amount of loans proposed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the government to increase the amount of loans to the Republic of China. According to the news sent by the Foreign Minister, the House of Parliament has approved the amount of additional loans of 5 million pounds in my country, and the first amount will be delivered to your government within one month after the negotiation is completed, which is 3.5 million pounds, equivalent to 37 million silver dollars. This is the news I have leaked privately, and I hope it will not be spread out!"

Zhu Erdian smiled and gave a sweet date, one of the most effective methods in diplomacy!

After saying that, Juerdian left the Presidential Palace!

Yuan Shikai watched Zhu Erdian slowly withdraw, and was filled with anger for a moment. The British made a good plan, and it was obvious that they wanted to take advantage of the situation!

Yuan Shikai really wanted to tear off this memorandum on the spot, but he finally held it back. If his regime wants to consolidate, it cannot be separated from the support of Britain. Juerdian is precisely the sweet date thrown by the British government behind him, which has indeed scratched the itch in his heart. His government is short of money and very short of money. But if he really agrees to these four conditions, it is estimated that the infamy of the whole country will be enough to make him, the president, unable to sit still!
Chapter completed!