In the early 20th century, as the United States gradually rushed from the world's largest GDP power to the world's hegemony, the United States was an unyielding messenger in world politics.

Before Emperor Song officially ascended the throne, the United States gave a generous gift, which greatly improved the reputation of Emperor Song at home and abroad, and played a very critical role in Emperor Song's stabilization of his regime and the emperor's legal status.

The United States can obviously get extremely high returns from it, and the real price is the old powers such as Britain, France, Russia and Germany that traditionally occupy extremely high privileges and status in China.

Japan withdrew from its position as a privileged country because Japan is a defeated country. This is the axiom before World War II. If you lose, you will have to pay the price.

The United States also announced its withdrawal at this time, which really put both Britain, France, Russia and Germany in an extremely embarrassing state. The United States announced that it would give up these privileges because the United States itself has no real privileges in China. After giving up, it would get more benefits.

And preferential terms, what can Britain, France, Russia and Germany get if these privileges are waived?

Soon, the United States will get enough rewards. Of the 175 industrial plans, almost half of the 53 foreign joint ventures will be retained to the United States, according to the upcoming Chartered Enterprise Approval Act of the Imperial Congress, finance, communications,

Postal, railway, tobacco, salt, securities and other industries will all fall within the scope of national approval, and the government will approve the franchise license.

For example, on railways, the central government will only consider approving three large companies to participate in domestic railway construction and operation, namely the Far East Railway Corporation based on the Northeast Railway Network, and the Central South Railway Corporation based on the Guangdong-Hankou Railway and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Railway.

The company, and the state-owned China Central Railway Corporation.

The Central South Railway Corporation is the most special of these three railway companies. It is not only a directly listed company, but also allows US capital that has signed the Reciprocal Treaty to invest in the company's original shares, participate in the creation of the enterprise, and the operation of the railway.

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Within the basic business scope of Zhongnan Railway Corporation, if many Jiangsu and Zhejiang railways originally held by Jardinet Foreign Bank cannot obtain a franchise license, their operating qualifications will be cancelled within a regular period and their operations will be suspended.

In the banking industry, bank licenses are divided into municipal, provincial and national levels, that is, they are only allowed to operate in the city, provincial and national levels. In principle, the Imperial Cabinet government agreed to grant a national license to US foreign banks.

Other foreign banks will be able to bid for licenses one by one according to provinces and operate banking business in permitted provinces and cities.

Song Biao's series of methods are like free online games in the 21st century, designing various restrictions, which on the surface allows you to play games for free, but in fact it forces you to pay for privileges.

It is almost impossible to force Britain, France, Russia and Germany to give up the privileges in China. But it doesn't matter. Song Biao has time to slowly make trouble with this matter. Under his instruction, he continued to negotiate directly with Britain, France, Russia and Germany.

, the cabinet government will first negotiate with countries such as Belgium, Italy and Denmark. It will sign more mutually beneficial treaties on the basis and template of the Sino-US Reciprocity Treaty as soon as possible, further creating favorable situations on a large scale, and at the same time,

Portugal negotiated heavily and demanded the revocation of Macau.

Song Biao is not in a hurry to take back Hong Kong. This is a task that requires long-term efforts, but he can use it to take back Macau first, or even to negotiate with Portugal hard, in order to intimidate the UK and force the UK to retreat.

It was about to officially ascend the throne. Song Biao tried every means to force and lure foreign countries to submit, and gave him a real and affordable gift to ascend to the throne. On the other hand, he was constantly intimidating local armed forces in Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan and Guizhou, and sent people to Gansu.

The Ma family army in Ningxia negotiated, demanding that Lu Rongting and Long Jiguang from Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan and Guizhou avoid giving in themselves and not wait for him to take action. The Ma family army only needs to recognize the highest authority of the central government for the time being.

On the issue of Outer Mongolia, Song Biao had no room for negotiation. Regarding the issue of foreign countries, this was the most bizarre thing he had since he became emperor. He had defeated the main force of the Japanese army, and the main force of the Northeast Army was at any time

When he could be transferred back to Outer Mongolia, several princes from Outer Mongolia actually announced **.

It's so stupid.

Are the Second Cavalry Division and Third Cavalry Division of the Northeast Army just decorations?

At this time, the Second Cavalry Division had occupied Ulya Sutai, and the Third Cavalry Division also occupied Kulun and controlled Kulun Living Buddha Derson Ba VIII. In fact, this one was the culprit of the provocation.

But he was a political leader and one of the four living Buddhas. Song Biao could not do anything to him and could only control him. He also claimed that he had been deceived and hostage by some Japanese and Russians, and he had no chance of being alone.

idea.

The Lamaism has absolutely wonderful benefits for controlling the population of Mongolia. It is obviously necessary to further support, otherwise why would the Emperors such as Kangxi and Qianlong were so keen on this?

Song Biao was also very active in this regard, but he only stationed the Third Cavalry Division in Kulun, and the newly added Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Cavalry Brigades will also be concentrated in Outer Mongolia.

The Mongolians have a small population, and the total number of armed forces is only a few thousand, half of which are Lama monks. Before the Third Cavalry Division arrived in Kulun, the other party fled from Kulun in a panic and fled to Tanuwulianghai and Russia all the way, because

The light cavalry units of the Second Cavalry Division have intercepted the most important living Buddha of Zhebuzundanba in advance. Therefore, the cavalry units of the Northeast Army will not continue to eliminate the rebels for the time being, but will first stand on defending Outer Mongolia.

It was in this special domestic and international environment that Song Biao finally ascended the throne at the Palace of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City on July 15, 1911. At this time, some of the characteristics of the Qing Dynasty had been removed from the interior of the Forbidden City and restored to the Ming Dynasty as much as possible.

In the late period, the dragon robe that Song Biao wore was also based on the dragon robe of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the "Imperial Royal Family Rites" compiled by Zhang Binglin, Huang Xi, the right assistant minister of the former dynasty, and Li Dianlin, the lieutenant of the school, the imperial emperor has three types of formal imperial clothes. The first series is the liberation dragon chapter dress, respectively

Redesigned and improved on the basis of the Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, and divided into three types: bright yellow, vermilion red background, white ball brocade dragon pattern, and white sea blue dragon pattern. The selection of basic patterns and dragon patterns is based on the Ming Dynasty, with ball dragon and sitting.

Six basic patterns are dragon, lying dragon, regular dragon, rising dragon, and subduing dragon, as well as other basic twelve dragon seal patterns.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty dragon robe, the new dragon robe adopts some Western cutting techniques and adopts a round-mouth stand-up collar. The cuffs continue to be smaller, and the boots change significantly. The design style similar to snow boots is adopted, with a whole surface.

The soft deer skin and antelope skin are preferred, and the skin is bright yellow, vermilion red, brown, black and white.

The second series is European classical emperor dress, which is mainly used as appropriate when receiving foreign guests. It has fewer practical uses, and at most it is only used to follow some publicity styles and use political public relations in Europe and the United States to show that China is becoming Westernized.

Modernization and other things.

The third series is regular clothes, which absorbs some elements from traditional Chinese clothing. Combined with some cutting and rules of Western dresses, the new Tang suit designed is collectively called duplex Tang suits, which are basically the same as modern Tang suits, and require traditional Tuanjin.

Patterns, blessing patterns and Chi cloud patterns.

As the emperor's most often worn imperial clothes in daily life, the third series has the most designs. Unlike ordinary Tang suits, this series of dragon seals requires more luxurious clothing, and a large number of basic patterns and submissions of the twelve dragon seals are selected.

The dragon pattern corresponds to three types of Light Restoration Dragon Emblem dresses, and there are also three types of bright yellow, white ball brocade dragon pattern on the vermilion red background, and sea blue dragon pattern on the white background.

Absorbing the idea of ​​the royal family logos abroad, the imperial royal family adopted the collective name of the "Song Dynasty" and used the three dragon patterns with red background and yellow patterns as the basis of the family logo, which was used in royal clothing and various supplies, including the royal family.

Gifts given to military officers and military officials from abroad must also have this symbol.

On July 15, 1911, Song Biao ascended the throne in a bright yellow Guangfu Dragon Era dress. The court uniforms of the cabinet ministers were based on the regular clothes of Emperor Wanli, using purple silk satin and blue python patterns, and using wings and crowns in uniform.

High specifications.

Except for the emperor's royal family and cabinet ministers, other government officials and inner court officials do not have special official dresses. Other officials wear suits, while soldiers wear military dresses, which simplifies other unnecessary configurations. The entire throne ceremony does not require too many people to participate.

Members of Congress and party representatives attended the meeting in a new style of Tang suit, with vermilion as the main color.

The ceremony of ascension started at 2 a.m., officially started at 7 a.m., and officially ascended the throne at 9 a.m., accepted worship from cabinet officials and members of parliament, followed by congratulations from foreign ministers and special envoys from various countries, and formally submitted letters of state, including

Other countries submit letters to the throne.

By 12 noon, a state banquet was held in Baohe Hall to invite cabinet ministers, parliamentarians and special envoys from various countries.

The initial preparations of the General Administration of the Netan Court were much more complicated. Until 9 pm, Song Biao simplified part of it later. Anyway, it was a form for him. Based on this day, he officially and publicly in China and the world.

Determine your identity as the Shenwu Emperor of the Chinese Empire within the scope.

From this day on, the Shenwu year name will be used forcibly across the country, with the Empire and AD dynasties being used at the same time. The former is mainly used and formally, while the latter is auxiliary.

The state banquet ceremony did not officially end until 2 pm, and the entire throne ceremony ended until 4 pm.

After walking for a long time and sitting for a long time, Song Biao felt very tired all over. It happened to be summer and was sweating profusely several times. Fortunately, he had bathed three times in the middle, otherwise he would have sweated all over.

At night, he changed into a regular dress and wore a white brocade dragon pattern and dragon seal suit in a vermilion background. He returned to Xuanzheng Garden to continue to host a banquet for thirty-three cabinet ministers.

Although this cabinet government is the first cabinet of the empire, it is basically perfect in its administrative system, with foreign affairs, finance, legal affairs, army, navy, civil affairs, agriculture, industry, commerce, police, culture and education (cultural education), transportation

, Land and Resources, Religion, and the 14th Ministry of the New Policy, Inner Court, Science and Technology, Water Conservancy, Taxation, Coast Guard, Customs, Posts and Telecommunications, Industry and Commerce, Quality Inspection, Audit, Environment, Health, Geology, Patrol, General Administration,

In addition, the president of the Central Bank, the chairman of the Financial and Securities Regulatory Commission, and the State Administration of Intelligence, the Central Bureau of Investigation, and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, a total of 33 Cabinet ministers.

Although Finance Minister Zhang Kangren also served as the president of the Central Bank, Sun Hengfu, the deputy governor of the Central Bank, was also included in the cabinet seat in terms of cabinet arrangements, so he still maintained the general seats of 33 cabinet ministers.

In the ranking of the fourteen ministries, once the Prime Minister dies unexpectedly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will temporarily serve as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. The rest will be analogous. After the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Law continues to die, the Minister of Army will also serve as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Therefore, the Foreign Minister can be referred to as the Foreign Minister, which is actually equivalent to the Deputy Prime Minister.

Thirty-three cabinet departments, in accordance with the provisions of the First Constitution. The Army Department, the Navy Department, the Police Department, the Coast Guard Department, the State Administration of Patrol, the State Administration of Intelligence, and the Central Bureau of Investigation are unified and directly appointed by the emperor, and they are also directly in actual administrative work.

The emperor is under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor. The rest are under the nomination of the Prime Minister and Minister of the Cabinet. After the parliament votes to pass, the emperor is only responsible for approval, but the nomination and appointment power of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet is also in the hands of the emperor.

Compared with the Tsar, the biggest gap between the Emperor of China is in the number of members of parliament appointing members of parliament. The former appoints all state-owned members, while the latter appoints only 13 of them.

Although only half of these 33 cabinet ministers were appointed and nominated by Song Biao himself, they can still be called the emperor's cabinet, which is basically controlled by him. There are also many political alliances and compromises in it.

For example, Liang Qichao served as the Minister of Culture and Education, which was a compromise. In order to win over the reformists to the scope of the Imperial Party, there were at least 15 seats for parliament and could play a role at critical moments.

Among the 33 cabinet ministers, the Chinese Restoration Party, which merged by the Xinhua Association, the Chinese Revolutionary Party, and the Restoration Association, accounted for 20 seats, the New Deal Power Congress accounted for 6 seats, the Democratic Party accounted for 3 seats, the Restoration and Progress Association accounted for 2 seats, and the Constituent Congress accounted for 2 seats.

In the broad sense, the Imperial Party accounts for most of the time, which is generally very conducive to Song Biao's training behind the scenes.

The Democratic Party is not very satisfied with it. They want more, but it cannot be blamed on Emperor Song. The emperor initially proposed that Mr. Sun Yixian serve as the position of religious minister. Sun Yixian himself disagreed and wanted to serve as the chairman of the Central Railway Corporation.

The requirement to place the company headquarters in the Shanghai Concession is actually to use railway privileges to connect with foreign political and business, and maintain their influence in foreign society.

How could Song Biao agree? Besides, Sun Yixian really didn't understand railways. Later, the six railway lines decided by the Republic of China were all bullshit, wasting a lot of hard-earned money in the Republic of China, but none of them were successfully repaired.

In addition, Huang Xing rejected the nomination of the General Administration of Science and Technology, stared at the position of the General Administration of Customs and failed to get what he wanted. Finally, he left with a high attitude, and the Democratic Party changed from the initial five seats to three seats.

As the emperor, Song Biao abides by the basic arrangement of the initial five seats. You don’t want it yourself. It is definitely impossible to change a good position. Speaking of which, the General Administration of Science and Technology and the General Administration of Religion are precisely very critical positions for the Empire.

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In general, this is still a large coalition government centered on the Imperial Party. The Restoration Party joined forces with the New Deal and Restoration Society to rule together, which basically monopolized most of the seats in the parliament and occupied an absolute ruling party status.

I won’t talk about official business for the banquet tonight. I have been talking about what I should talk about in the past few days.

After the evening state banquet, Song Biao watched all the cabinet ministers leave Xuanzheng Garden. Then he went to Yufeng Garden with Queen Shu Xuan, taking the moonlight to enjoy the scenery by the lotus pond in the Central Sea. At this time, the Central Sea was dressed in a new way.

The lights were like stars and the scenery was excellent. The two of them walked by the pavilion by the lake, climbed onto the water pavilion and boat, and watched the moon. But many words were all indifferent.

After working hard for so long, he finally officially became the emperor of the empire, which was unanimously recognized by the whole country and abroad, and since then he has consolidated his throne, and he doesn't have to worry about ending like Yuan Shikai.

Wearing a Tang suit with white brocade dragon pattern on the vermilion background, Song Biao felt quite comfortable. The clothes were very comfortable, making people feel comfortable and feeling more comfortable. In short, it was in a good feeling and state.

China is so interesting.

After ascending the throne, Song Biao wanted to continue to take a temporary rest as before and control everything behind the scenes. However, he started to passively slacken off as soon as he ascended the throne, which inevitably had a bad impact. The people have always used the emperor's diligence as the standard and the diligence of his work.
To be continued...