Chapter 602 General Election
?The representatives sent by the army failed to change the Prime Minister's intentions, but instead made the Prime Minister who was close to Western democratic politics more certain. Only by taking the opportunity to suppress the expansion of the army can a Japanese democratic spring be established.
In his opinion, the current situation is that Japan has no money to fight again, and the Allies do not want Japan to fight again, and China is not afraid of fighting again. Under the three major factors, the war can only be started again, and then jump down. It is better to take advantage of the first time that the army has suffered a crushing defeat in decades and take the opportunity to suppress the influence of the army.
However, his new prime minister argued that if he did not get support, he would only seek death if he attacked the army, and he would definitely suffer the loss in the end. However, the situation in Shandong was seriously unfavorable to Japan, and the situation in front of him was bleak. What should he do? Shigenobu Okuma was also having a headache.
No matter how Japan is struggling, President Li Da was in a good mood in Qingdao. Qingdao's sovereignty was transferred to China, and almost wiped out the main force of the Japanese army landed in Qingdao. After cleaning the Shandong battlefield on the 29th, he issued a telegram to the people of the whole country on the Qingdao front: "God bless China, the national humiliation should be avenged. All officers and soldiers of the National Defense Force of the Republic of China have won the Shandong Battle Province after more than a month of hard fighting! The siege of Qingdao has been lifted, and all the enemy troops landed in Shandong have been defeated. After months of battle, the enemy landed in the Second Division of the Army, and more than 50,000 invading troops have been wiped out in succession by our defense force.
Destroy, the danger in Shandong may be temporarily resolved! The land of Jiaodong is full of Japanese corpses, the weapons and ammunition discarded by the Japanese army, and the military's food and salary can be picked up by bowing down. It is planned to kill and wound about 44,000 soldiers, more than 5,000 prisoners, seize 131 artillery, twenty-five machine guns, and countless other guns. The national humiliation during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 was revealed! There are more than a thousand Japanese troops who fled in the dark and disappeared, and there are still bandit ships on the sea. However, for the final victory, Li and all the soldiers of the National Defense Army will not disappoint the sacred expectations of our people!
New Republic of China, new atmosphere. Since the founding of the Republic of China, all peace-loving people have worked together to create a new world with the courage of Yugong. However, our country wants to be at peace, but especially tigers, wolfs, jackals and leopards covet our country's territory, give them the power of a powerful country, invade our country, violate our sovereignty, destroy our government, and plunder our wealth. This is unbearable, and we still contact them with the heart of seeking peace. In the end, our attitude is regarded as cowardly by the enemy, and may be ridiculed or despised, which eventually led to the tragedy of war between the two countries!
This war is not a war of self-defense and self-defense. The Republic of China is weak in strength and East Asia is weak in countries. However, if there are powerful countries, it still says that our boss, China, can be slaughtered and taken away, and will be exhausted. If you want to destroy the Republic of China, you will be ambitious to be silent! All the soldiers of our defense army will make a hundred determination at this critical survival and death, and will not hesitate to return to the horse and corpse, so that we can win the present. However, even if Shandong wins, the people must not forget the comparison of the strength of the two countries. The soldiers of the National Defense Army should not relax their vigilance and be careful that the enemy's country will not die.
This battle may lay the foundation for the peace of our New Republic of China government for several years. I hope our people will not forget the blood of the national defense soldiers sprinkled by the mountains and rivers of Qingdao. Forget about the century-old shame of the nation has not been washed away. The future of the country still requires the concerted efforts of all the people. The great cause of national rejuvenation is between the hands of our people! Li Han left his pen on the Qingdao front line to pay tribute to all the national defense officers and soldiers!”
A power to declare victory immediately made the long-suppressed whole country cheer.
The Qingdao war was full of twists and turns. This country, which had only been built for only three years, is still weak. When the young man called for the whole country to fight against Japanese aggression, most people basically had no hope for whether the government could win. At most, everyone hoped that the government could win a decent situation as much as possible. If they truly believed that the government could win, they would probably only be those young people who were prone to being hot and incited.
The young man finally did not disappoint those who believed in him. He concentrated all the resources he could concentrate and let all his subordinates act according to his will. In just one month, under the command of the current president, the government not only took back Qingdao, but also almost wiped out 50,000 Japanese invading the army, laying a situation of victory. Many people were almost forgetting, how long has it been since our country been so proud?
Behind this power-up site, everyone also read the meaning of the president. In order to prevent possible revenge from the Japanese, military control must continue for the time being, and preparations must continue for the time being. The National Defense Forces, which accused the outside world of the United States, will continue until it is determined that the full-scale Sino-Japanese war cannot be fought. But the government's intention to continue for this war is already very obvious.
This news also made many people feel relieved. Since the war started, the navy has blocked many important coastal ports, and the daily appearance loss can only be described as 100,000 yuan. During the war in Shandong, it had to consume 200,000 yuan in almost every day. If the battle continues, the newly established government will indeed not be able to support it. Half of Shandong was beaten into a mess. In order to cooperate with the government's tactics of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their hometowns, especially the people who started the war in their hometowns, so they have become ruins. The reconstruction costs that Shandong invested in the future will not be able to compensate the people's losses without 70,000 million. The country's vitality will be better if it loses less national power.
But the people are also worried that as the largest country in East Asia, will Japan be willing to fail like this? How will President Li demonstrate his diplomatic methods? How will China in the future re-interaction with Japan? These are headaches and concerns.
However, at this moment, the entire country had the blindest belief in their president. After Shandong wiped out the two elite divisions of Japan, as his political enemies were worried, President Li's position in the minds of the people became more and more stable, and his power was unparalleled. Even more blind fanatics have regarded him as a wise ruler, believing that no matter what, as long as he takes action himself, he will be able to handle it well!
Li Han also knows very well about his current status and influence, which is actually an expectation.
As the president of a country, Li Han naturally could not stay in Qingdao for long. On the 30th, he boarded the train to the north. As soon as he arrived in Jinan, he stopped the still arrogant Japanese envoy and British envoy. However, for the Japanese, President Li just sent him to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The arrival of British envoy Barth was to express his gratitude to him. Just yesterday, more than 2,000 captured British and Indian soldiers were disarmed and sent to Weihai Guard under the "escort" of the National Defense Forces. There was another reason why the envoy Barth came, that is, he would first communicate with Li Han and not ask him to continue to expand the war and start a full-scale war with Japan.
During the meeting between the two, Li Han clearly stated that on the issue of Sino-Japanese feudal disputes, China, as a weak country, has always been out of a passive beating. He told Minister Barth that given that the Japanese government did not reveal the intention of peace talks, he had to make second-hand preparations and would hold a second consultation with the US minister on the issuance of defense bonds in the United States today. Once approved by the US government, China will issue no less than 30 million US dollars in the United States in the future.
During the conversation, Li Han repeatedly hinted that to resolve the evil between China and Japan, the problem lies in Japan and the international community. He believed that Britain had a huge influence in the Far East and had many interests in China. The relationship between China and Britain was close, and the long-term unstable situation in the Far East will inevitably threaten the interests of Britain in the Far East, especially in China. However, it was implied that Britain nodded and hoped that Britain would intervene in the mediation. As long as Japan nodded and surrendered, the situation in the Far East would regain peace.
The battle between flesh and blood and steel has ended, and what is left should be the swords and swords on the negotiating table. Li Han believes that the British would not give up their privileges in the Far East so easily. Therefore, although before the war, he considered taking the opportunity to recover the Japanese concession and other issues. But later he was worried that this might touch the psychological bottom line of the British. China does not have the strength to go to war with Japan in full swing, even if he was ready in the Northeast and had actions along the coast, but if the great powers did not intervene in mediation, China's defeat was only a matter of time.
Therefore, the government now needs to show enough ‘respect’ to the UK, at least before the mediation is completed and the Sino-Japanese confrontation is over.
After ending his meeting with British envoy Bart and receiving hints that the other party would intervene in the mediation, President Li was in a better mood and did not stop in Jinan. He took the train to Shanxi via Henan. After getting off the train in Taiyuan, Shanxi, he rushed to Shanxi under the protection of the National Defense Force cavalry.
Because of the war, the Congressional election, which would have ended at the end of November and early December, will hold its last vote of MPs on November 1, and he will read out the list of the second MPs of the Republic of China as an interim president on November 4.
Because of the victory on the front line, the Republican Party’s victory in this general election has become a foregone conclusion. Whether it can achieve an overwhelming victory depends on the second vote on November 1.
A few days before the election is about to be held, the boiling public spirit throughout the north and south of China has gradually eased. Because the election is imminent, it has attracted more attention from people who care about state affairs. After the kaleidoscope political changes in the early years of the Republic of China and the chaos of internal and external wars in recent years, many constitutionalists have become more determined. China must have a democratic parliament as the central body, and then establish a cabinet representing public opinion, stop the domestic division, lay off the increasingly large army in the country, and develop
People's livelihood improves people's lives. After China is truly unified and stable, it is not too late to find a way to avenge national revenge and avenge national humiliation. In order to shift people's attention to domestic affairs, do not let hatred against Japan develop into its own control, which will eventually affect the possible Sino-Japanese peace talks. Li Han decided to set an example and temporarily shift the attention of the people from possible Sino-Japanese peace talks. The final congressional election is undoubtedly the best choice now.
He rarely wrote a long article in the throat newspaper of the current government, the Voice of China, and personally attracted votes for the Republican Party. He first reviewed his journey since the Revolution of 1911, and described the general reports on some industries he built in the past few years and some taxes he had exempted, and repeatedly assured all the people in the newspaper that if the Republican Party wins the Congressional election and forms a cabinet, he will take the initiative to give up more civilian power and make more efforts in developing national industries, reducing taxes, building water conservancy, railways, and cultivating a national defense force that no foreign enemy dares to invade.
He also said that the National Defense Forces had already achieved national prestige in the war in Shandong. However, the difficult changes in state affairs did not happen overnight. The Republic of China has been exhausted in the near future and is unwilling to expand the war. Moreover, the national election has been postponed again and again. This is the most important thing related to the national lineage. He asked all citizens to believe that the Provisional Government has the determination and ability to ensure the integrity of national sovereignty and national dignity. He also said that international friends also hope that the two major countries in East Asia will be between the two major countries. He also expressed that international friends also hope that the two countries in East Asia will be between.
To restore peace, people who have opened their eyes to the world should also have certain respect for the opinions of their friends. The Republic of China in the future should be a peaceful Republic of China. As an armed force to safeguard domestic peace and national interests, the National Defense Forces should always use the will of the people as their will. In the end, he called for the election to proceed smoothly and the peace in East Asia as soon as possible. Please believe that he can handle this incident well and let everyone devote all their enthusiasm to the general election and national construction.
When Li Han tried his best to appease the current hot people in the country to prepare for the great powers to intervene in the Far East mediation, the US government watched the show quietly on the Far East issue for more than two months, what Sidd promised to him finally came to the following.
Because the Republic of China government issued relevant regulations in October, it made great concessions on the issue of US capital entering China. That is, China will establish the "China Investment Promotion Bureau" as soon as possible, and China Construction Bank will cooperate with the China Investment Promotion Bureau to absorb US investment capital and open public infrastructure construction fields such as railways, highways, and water conservancy to the US capital part. Of course, so far, in order to consider the resistance of the people, China has temporarily adopted the "national construction government bonds" formulated by the "Reserve Bank of China" and issued by China Construction Bank on its behalf to absorb US investment capital. In order to arouse the interest of US capital, this kind of national construction government bond has only three terms, namely one year treasury bond, three year treasury bond and five year treasury bond.
At the same time, China also revealed that some channels can be opened to American capital in coastal cities, shipyards and even some heavy industry construction. These naturally aroused the interest of domestic capital in the United States. The capital of Citibank and other bank capital behind Side joined forces to put pressure on the US government and lobbied the Senate, which eventually won the support of some bigwigs in the Senate. US President Wilson appointed "Side", who has a good relationship with the new President of the Republic of China, as the "East Asian Peace Special Envoy" and intervened in the conflict between China and Japan in the Far East. Side personally rushed to Xi'an to tell President Li that the United States would give China enough goodwill to this Sino-Japanese conflict.
Subsequently, after returning to Beijing, he met with the US President. On the 30th, the US ambassador met with the Japanese ambassador and made it clear that the US side did not want the Far East to continue to be in chaos, intervened in mediating the conflict between Japan and China, hoping that Shandong would restore peace. At the same time, China's internal affairs would be respected sufficiently without involving the inherent rights and interests of all countries. The US Manila Navy Fleet mobilized the north to the Bohai Bay, and there were 3,000 American soldiers going north. They temporarily landed in Qingdao in the name of "army exchanges", temporarily stationed in Qingdao National Defense Forces camp, expressing their attitude of actively intervening in the incident.
The news came out, and various countries responded differently. The British minister met with the American ambassador and expressed his dissatisfaction. However, the British dissatisfaction was limited to the United States' cross-exiting Britain's intervention in Far East affairs, showing the intention of replacing Britain's status in the Far East. In order to restore the unfavorable situation, the British minister immediately wooed France and Russia, and the three countries also visited the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hoping that China could reaffirm its identity as a neutral country. On the 31st, Li Han, the interim president of the Republic of China, who was far away in Xi'an, once again reiterated China's identity as a neutral country to Britain, France and Russia as the president, and clearly stated that he would not interfere or interfere in any form in Europe.
After receiving the steps to intervene in mediation from China, the British were satisfied. At present, the British minister met with the American minister and negotiated to form a joint mediation team of four countries to jointly intervene in the mediation of the Sino-Japanese conflict. The isolationism in the United States was at a high point. This time the US government would take action, and it would be a victory for American capital, so naturally he was unwilling to face the hostility of the Japanese alone.
At present, the four-country joint mediation team was established, and Britain, France, the United States and Russia announced in Beijing that they would fully intervene in the Sino-Japanese conflict and would uphold a neutral and fair attitude and restore the order in the Far East as soon as possible.
The news came out, and various countries responded differently. The British minister met with the American ambassador and expressed his dissatisfaction. However, the British dissatisfaction was limited to the United States' cross-exiting Britain's intervention in Far East affairs, showing the intention of replacing Britain's status in the Far East. In order to restore the unfavorable situation, the British minister immediately wooed France and Russia, and the three countries also visited the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hoping that China could reaffirm its identity as a neutral country. On the 31st, Li Han, the interim president of the Republic of China, who was far away in Xi'an, once again reiterated China's identity as a neutral country to Britain, France and Russia as the president, and clearly stated that he would not interfere or interfere in any form in Europe.
After receiving the steps to intervene in mediation from China, the British were satisfied. At present, the British minister met with the American minister and negotiated to form a joint mediation team of four countries to jointly intervene in the mediation of the Sino-Japanese conflict. The isolationism in the United States was at a high point. This time the US government would take action, and it would be a victory for American capital, so naturally he was unwilling to face the hostility of the Japanese alone.
At present, the four-country joint mediation team was established, and Britain, France, the United States and Russia announced in Beijing that it would fully intervene in the Sino-Japanese conflict and would uphold a neutral and fair attitude and restore the order in the Far East as soon as possible. Please visit "
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