The sun never sets

Sa Zhenbing tried hard to persuade Lin, and even signed a military order, saying that if anything went wrong, he would blow his own head off, but Marshal Lin still disagreed. Finally, Sa Zhenbing had no choice but to speak his mind: the army brothers overturned the Eight-Nation Alliance and defeated the Russians, which brought honor to the Party and the people, but what did the navy do?

Nothing! Always playing soy sauce! The navy also needs to show its presence! In the second half of the war against Russia, the navy went out to rob Russian merchant ships, but it is hard to say what impact those things had on the direction of the war.

"The navy is an offensive branch of the military!"

Sa Zhenbing made an impassioned speech in front of President Lin.

"Even if there are only two warships available, we can't just hide in the harbor and do nothing! Please, President, give the Navy a chance!"

In addition to Sa Zhenbing, Yan Fu, who translated The Wealth of Nations, The Spirit of Laws, and Evolution, and some big men in the navy, went to Shenyang to ask President Lin for help. These people had worked in the Beiyang Fleet before, and they had a deep hatred for the Japanese Navy in their hearts. What they wanted was to sink the Combined Fleet.

After discovering that the army brothers were hoarding on the Yalu River and had the intention of entering North Korea, they came up with a plan to create an excuse for war. Marshal Lin had actually prepared an excuse. He first conducted a military exercise on the Yalu River, and then said that a soldier was lost and he had to enter North Korea to search. Isn't such a good excuse better than the navy's plan?

However, with so many people coming together to ask for battle, Lin Yongchang also needed to consider the navy's opinion. Morale can be boosted but not dampened. This can be applied to the army as well as the navy. Sa Zhenbing worked very hard in the Navy Equipment Department. Yan Fu taught in Qingdao while translating various foreign works. He was also a high-ranking member of the People's Party. The enthusiasm of these comrades could not be dampened.

"Then go ahead and do it! But don't talk about committing suicide for the country! The Party and the country have trained you with great difficulty, how can you die so easily? It only takes two years to build a battleship, but it takes ten years to train a qualified naval officer. We can build new battleships if they are destroyed, but people cannot be resurrected if they die."

Lin Yongchang finally agreed to the Navy's risky plan, and the result was better than expected. After being enraged, the Japanese rushed directly into the Bohai Bay, bombarded Dagukou, and attacked Lushun. It cannot be said that the Japanese were reckless, in fact, the Japanese also wanted to start a war.

However, there was a small problem with the Japanese plan. They originally wanted to seize Vladivostok, Shuangchengzi and other places, and then get a lot of money from the Russians, and then turn around to beat up the Chinese. At that time, the Chinese were still fighting the Russians, and the Japanese army just crossed the Yalu River and cut off the Chinese retreat. Isn't it great?

The plan was of course a good one, but the world was changing too fast. Before the Japanese army captured Vladivostok, the war between China and Russia had already ended, and now the passive party became the Japanese. Passive is passive, but it is not a big problem. The Japanese army, which has completed full mobilization, is confident that it can force the Russian Empire to surrender in a short period of time, and then defeat the Chinese.

Since both sides want to fight, the outbreak of war is only a matter of time.

President Lin showed the qualities of a civilized man. After the bombardment at Dagukou, he did not immediately declare war, but sent diplomats to order the Japanese to apologize and hand over the perpetrators, and then pay a large sum of money. In addition, he also prepared a treaty of friendship and commerce for the Japanese, no matter how harsh it was.

It was basically a replica of the Twenty-One Demands, except that Party A and Party B were switched. The Japanese government certainly could not accept such harsh conditions. The Japanese felt that they were humiliated again. It was clearly the Chinese who started the incident. It was the Chinese warships that first invaded Japan's territorial waters and sank Japanese warships. Now they are actually accusing the Chinese first and blaming the Japanese. It is really unreasonable!

The Meiji government, in turn, demanded that the People's Government pay compensation and apologize and hand over the perpetrators on the "Kaguya" and "Akebono".

After receiving the diplomatic note from Hioki Masu, the first counselor of the Japanese Embassy in China, Tang Shaoyi did not even read it, but handed him an ultimatum. Hioki Masu took a look at the document and was furious on the spot, "Baga! It's clearly your fault, the Chinese, and you dare to issue a letter of condolence? How can you fix it!"

Tang Shaoyi sneered, "It was you Japanese who fired at our warships first, which led to the following incident. How dare you, the counselor, be so shameless." He remembered the description of the Japanese government in the People's Daily, so he said, "I have never seen such a shameless person!"

Hioki Masu flew into a rage, tore the ultimatum to pieces, and shouted angrily: "You will regret this!"

"Then let's wait and see who will regret it!"

Hioki Masu made a series of harsh remarks, and then left angrily with his entourage. Looking at the backs of the Japanese going away, Tang Shaoyi laughed out loud, feeling indescribably happy. Since 1840, every time China went to war with a foreign country, it was a loss of sovereignty and humiliation. Even though the Sino-French War was considered a victory, it was a defeat without a defeat, and in the end it still ceded territory and paid compensation. Every time a diplomat had to sign a traitorous treaty, he would also be scolded by the people as a traitor. The pressure on everyone was extremely great.

If it had been a continuous loss of sovereignty and humiliation, perhaps everyone would have given up, but the previous dynasty was so bad that it would occasionally pick itself up a little and give people a little hope. For example, Zeng Jize and others did a pretty good job in the negotiations with Russia. But the pick-up was only a little bit, and it soon returned to the path of losing sovereignty and humiliation.

This is like a scumbag man and woman keeping each other hanging, giving people a little hope, but ending up being a scumbag again.

But now it is different. The people's government can win on the battlefield, so there is no need to play so many tricks, and it has become tougher in diplomacy. Tang Shaoyi and other diplomats have stopped their backs and no longer need to be like before, except for grief and indignation, there is no other way.

Weren’t those diplomats in the past well versed in law? Didn’t they understand international law? But what’s the point of knowing the law?

Some things ultimately have to be solved with cannons.

Chapter 309 Grand Duchy

The Northeast's problems were solved with artillery. The volleys of thousands of artillery pieces destroyed the morale of the Russian army in Harbin, and tens of thousands of defenders finally chose to lay down their arms and surrender. After the defeat on the battlefield, Russia was no longer so arrogant at the negotiation table. Lu Zhengxiang was not aggressive, and his attitude was still gentle, which was completely different from the harsh conditions in his hands.

There was nothing surprising about the conditions offered by the People's Government. It was nothing more than ceding territory and paying compensation. The Tsarist Russia had suffered a series of disastrous defeats on the battlefields in the Northeast, losing 300,000 troops. It had long been prepared to be slaughtered, but after seeing the conditions offered by the Chinese, it could not help but jump up, "Restore the border stipulated in the Treaty of Nerchinsk?"

The Treaty of Nerchinsk is called the Treaty of Nerchinsk in China. The treaty stipulates that the Kerbichi River, the Ergun River and the Greater Khingan Range are the eastern section of the Sino-Russian border, and the Udi River area is a pending area. If the Treaty of Nerchinsk is restored, the vast area of the Ussuri River basin, including Sakhalin Island, will be ceded, and the Russians' difficult expansion in the east for hundreds of years will be destroyed.

The Russian negotiator stood up angrily, his face flushed, "The great Russian Empire will never accept such conditions!"

Lu Zhengxiang said with a smile: "Your Excellency, please take a look at the specific conditions below."

"There's nothing to see! If you want war, then keep fighting!"

"Oh, I suppose those petitioners outside the Winter Palace would have a different opinion."

Lu Zhengxiang was talking about the petition that took place outside the Winter Palace not long ago. In order to compete with the People's Government for the Northeast, the Tsarist Russia deployed nearly 400,000 troops in the Far East. If it were in Europe, let alone 400,000, even if it doubled, it would not be a big deal. But that was thousands of miles away in the Far East. In order to maintain that huge army, the Tsarist Russian government increased its oppression and plunder in the country, causing public resentment.

Tsarist Russia had a tradition of rebellion after a defeat. Vladimir Ilyich, Lev Davidovich and others were causing trouble everywhere, and Russia was already in turmoil. St. Petersburg was under the emperor's feet, and the locals were not like the country folk from other places who would rebel at any time. Although the people here were starving, they still did not think of using force to fight against their "little father", but took the approach of peaceful petition.

Father Gepon, an Orthodox clergyman, led a workers' organization to a peaceful demonstration in the square outside the Winter Palace. Their purpose was to submit a petition to Nicholas II to express the plight of the working class and the lower classes of society, requesting Nicholas II to carry out social reforms and end the war, and hoping for no overtime work and fair treatment.

Nicholas II had moved to Tsarskoye Selo and was not at the Winter Palace on the day of the peaceful demonstration. The armed soldiers responsible for guarding the palace lined up to confront the demonstrators, and the crowd gradually increased to 1000. The soldiers fired warning shots and then opened fire on the crowd, killing more than people.

Nicholas II himself did not order the shooting, but everything must be blamed on him. The Bloody Sunday incident in front of the Winter Palace not only set off a powerful revolutionary wave, but also triggered fierce protests from the autonomous associations of various provinces. Subsequently, the revolutionary wave and the liberal constitutional movement spread rapidly within Russia. Strikes occurred all over the country, and many factories and railways had stopped working. Russia no longer had the strength to send more troops to the Far East, nor could it transport more supplies to the Far East.

Lu Zhengxiang brought up this matter to tell the Russians that China was very clear about the internal situation in Russia. The current Russian Empire was still very large, with millions of troops, a vast territory and population, but if the internal problems were not dealt with first, there would be no way to do anything else.

"Please read the detailed terms first before showing your anger."

The Russian negotiator held back his anger and flipped through the documents. His expression changed several times, and finally became very complicated and strange. "Are you sure this is your condition?"

Lu Zhengxiang spread his hands, "What else?"

"This matter is too big for me to make a decision. I need to inform His Majesty the Tsar and other ministers."

"Please hurry up. The situation in the Far East changes three times a day. If the Japanese take Vladivostok, oh, that's what you call Vladivostok, our conditions may also change."

Soon, the Tsar got the conditions proposed by the Chinese. After just a glance, his expression became very strange. Queen Alexandra asked with concern: "Dear, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Nicholas II shook his head and handed the document in his hand to the queen, "Take a look at this."

Alexandra was confused. She took the document and looked at it for less than a minute before she exclaimed, "Is this true?"

"It's true. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs just sent it over."

"Let Olga be Grand Duchess? Oh, dear, isn't that a good thing?"

The conditions proposed by the Chinese were very harsh. In addition to a large amount of compensation, they also wanted to cede a large area of Russian territory. However, they did not swallow it up directly, but established a grand duchy on the land in the Far East, a grand duchy that remained absolutely neutral between China and Russia, as a buffer zone between China and Russia. In addition, the Chinese also wanted to build a railway to Outer Mongolia, connect it to the Russian Siberian Railway, and help the Russian Empire build the Siberian Railway.

The Great Railway of Lisbon...

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

If it were five years ago, Nicholas II would have thought this was a good thing. If the railway could be extended deep into the heart of China, the Russian army could push forward along the railway. The current Tsar Nicholas II is an absolute expansionist. His character is not very firm, but due to the influence of the people around him, he has a stubborn obsession with expansion.

Russian Minister of War Alexei Nikolayevich Kuropatkin wrote in his diary not long ago: "Our emperor has a grand plan in his head: to seize Manchuria for Russia, to incorporate Northeast China into Russia, and to incorporate Tibet into the country. To seize Persia, not only the Bosporus but also the Dardanelles must be occupied." This fully exposed Nicholas II's arrogant ambition. In order to realize Nicholas II's plundering plan, he also sang the same tune with William II and promoted the "Yellow Peril Theory" with ulterior motives.

But now the situation is different. The Russian army suffered a heavy defeat in the Far East. If the railway is connected, the Russian army can attack the Chinese. Can they also attack the Chinese? Nicholas II was a little worried about this, but not much. The failure of the army in the Far East was mainly because the distance was too far, and the Russian Empire could not use its strength.

If the battlefield were moved to Europe, he believed the Russian army would surely win. But would there be any problems?

Queen Alexandra's focus was different from that of the Tsar. When Nicholas II was thinking, she exclaimed again, "Olga is pregnant?"

Chapter 310 Declaration of War

When Nicholas II heard Queen Alexandra talking about Princess Olga's pregnancy, he sighed and said, "Yes, Olga is pregnant, and you are going to be a grandmother."

"Oh, poor Olga."

Alexandra's eyes welled up with tears. "My dear, you will agree to let Olga become the Grand Duchess, right?"

Nicholas II smiled bitterly and said, "Do I have any choice?"

The Russian Empire was vast, but most of its territory was bitterly cold and barren, with only a few fertile areas. People living in this country had a melancholic temperament, full of destructive and self-destructive tendencies. In Russia, if a foreign war was lost, the nobles and the people would rebel.

In the Crimean War 50 years ago, the Russian Empire lost many soldiers and generals, ceded territory and paid compensation, sold Alaska, and even Nicholas I died after the war. It is said that Nicholas I caught a cold during a military parade, and died of pneumonia. But there are also rumors that Nicholas I committed suicide by taking poison because he lost the war.

After the news of Grand Duke Nicholas Romanov's surrender to the Chinese came back, Nicholas II had the idea of committing suicide. Rather than endure the shame of defeat, it is better to choose suicide to preserve honor, so that he can wash away the five points on his body, and maybe even be canonized as a saint by the Orthodox Church after his death.

But he was not a strong-willed person after all. After some thought, he chose to survive. It was better to survive in disgrace than to commit suicide with honor. However, the impact of the defeat had already appeared. Revolutionaries and liberals were everywhere in the country. The former wanted to overthrow the rule of the Romanov dynasty, while the latter demanded government reforms and the convening of a constitutional assembly.

In view of the rising revolutionary situation, Nicholas II had no choice but to accept reform. For this reason, Nicholas II convened a State Council meeting to discuss the reform plan. Most officials, including the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Sergei Yukirch Witte, believed that the old policy could not be restored in any case, otherwise it would lead to a catastrophe. In desperation, Nicholas II instructed Witte and Nord, the director of the Office of the Council of Ministers, to draft an imperial decree, agreeing to expand the power of local self-government agencies and city dumas without endangering the autocratic system, and also agreeing to absorb social talents (local tyrants) to participate in state affairs discussions.

Compared with the Primorsky Province in the far east, the situation here in St. Petersburg seems much more critical.

"Agree to the Chinese terms... No, let's talk about it. The Russian Empire does not have the money to pay so much war reparations."

Tsarist Russia was one of the great powers, but it had the worst economy among them. If it hadn't been for the French loans, the economy of Tsarist Russia would have collapsed long ago. It wasn't that Nicholas didn't want to resolve the issue with China as soon as possible, but there really wasn't much money in the treasury. In order to keep this clay-footed giant running, a lot of money was needed.

After receiving the reply from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lu Zhengxiang was very considerate and helped the Russians to come up with a solution. Didn't you say you had no money? You could borrow from the French! The financial empire of France was lending money at high interest rates all over the world. Russia had long owed the French countless loans, so adding one more would not be a big deal.

This was learned from the great powers. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the previous dynasty had no money to pay the war reparations to the Japanese government, so it borrowed money from the great powers. Now that the Russians have suffered a defeat, they can do the same. Lu Zhengxiang threatened war at the negotiation table, saying that if no agreement could be reached within this year, the Mongolian cavalry would come to Europe along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Emperor Lin had already burned Irkutsk, so it was not nonsense to say that he might lead his troops to attack.

The Russian diplomats were hesitating and pushing back at the negotiation table, while Lu Zhengxiang was pressing harder and harder. He personally did not want this to happen, and was thinking of "leaving a way out for others so that we can meet again in the future." However, the telegram from Taiyuan severely criticized his idea. Chairman Lin said in the telegram that if he could not fight for the interests of the country, then he would

Someone else came to Russia to negotiate. He also said that the victory was won with the blood of tens of thousands of soldiers, not to do a favor to Lu Zhengxiang.

So Lu Zhengxiang had to put away his kind face, revealing a ferocious expression, and ruthlessly killed the Russian.

Then, the three-year state of war between China and Russia ended, and the Grand Duchy of Siberia emerged at the easternmost end of the Eurasian continent. The nominal ruler of the new Grand Duchy of Siberia was Princess Olga, the eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, and it was actually governed by the regent Grand Duke Nicholas Romanov.

The Grand Duchy of Siberia immediately declared war on the Japanese government. The People's Government handed over more than 200,000 prisoners of war and corresponding weapons to the Grand Duchy of Siberia, and gave the Grand Duchy of Siberia a large loan to purchase food and other supplies from China and the United States.

Eleven hours after the Grand Duchy of Siberia declared war on Japan, the People's Government announced that the ultimatum had expired. The Japanese government did not agree to the conditions proposed by the People's Government, such as compensation, apology, and handing over the perpetrators. China and Japan automatically entered a state of war.

The well-prepared People's Army launched a large-scale artillery attack on the Japanese troops on the other side of the Yalu River, and then forced a crossing at many locations. With the Korean Volunteer Army leading the way, and more importantly, with Marshal Lin in charge, the People's Army made smooth progress. After suffering heavy casualties, it pushed the front line to Gucheng, Taecheon, Qiuchang, Deokcheon, and Wulaoli, and then stopped to build a defense line, preparing for a decisive battle with the increasing number of Japanese troops on the opposite side.

Ahn Jung-geun, Kim Jae-hee and other Koreans announced the establishment of the Korean People's Republic on the Korean territory liberated by the People's Army, and then the Korean People's Republic declared war on Japan. Mongolia, because of its special relationship with China, had already declared war on the Japanese government a few days ago. In addition, Lin Yongchang also organized a Ryukyu exile government, which also declared war on the Japanese government.

As a result, there were five countries declaring war on Japan, and with Tsarist Russia, there were six. Marshal Lin established the "United Nations Command" in Dandong to unify the command of the armies of various countries to fight against the Japanese army. The "United Nations Army" was divided into two heavy troops, the southern line and the northern line. Marshal Lin personally commanded the southern line, and the northern line was handed over to Grand Duke Nicholas Romanov.

Things changed so quickly that it was beyond the expectations of most people. The Meiji government of Japan first refused to recognize the Grand Duchy of Siberia, then denied the People's Republic of Korea and the Ryukyu Government-in-Exile, then angrily accused the Chinese of being unethical and launching a sneak attack on the Empire of Japan, and said that the Chinese had destroyed the existing international order and asked Britain to intervene.

The Japanese army had captured Vladivostok, captured more than 10,000 Russian soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians, and occupied the entire Sakhalin Island, but failed to force Russia to withdraw from the war, and instead gained more enemies. Seeing that the situation was so bad, mainly because the Japanese army's performance in the Korean battlefield was not satisfactory, they quickly called for off-field assistance and asked the British father to come down and continue the wave.

Chapter 311 Good People

"Warriorism, really warriorism!"

Yang Shiqi held the newspaper and shook his head, saying, "We have been fighting the Russians for several years, and now we have just stopped for a few days, and now we are fighting the Japanese again. Tsk, the people in the north are really living in dire straits. Brother Juren, what do you think...Brother Juren?"

Xu Shichang yawned and rubbed his eyes. "I talked with the British until two in the morning yesterday. I was so sleepy. What did you say just now?"

"I say President Lin is really warmongering!"

"That's not the way to say it," Xu Shichang yawned again. "It's not militarism if you win. Marshal Lin defeated the Russians, recovered Tanglu and Uriankhai, and made the Russian Empire pay hundreds of millions of rubles. How can this be called militarism? If that's what militarism is, then I hope we can be militaristic for once."

There were footsteps outside the door, and Yuan Shikai's voice came in, "Brother Juren, what are you talking about? I heard your voice before I even came in."

"We are talking about Lin Yongchang fighting with the Japanese again. Weiting, the People's Army has already defeated Tsarist Russia. If they recover Korea, the North will be even more powerful. We can't let them fall behind!"

"Are the Japanese so easy to deal with?"

Yang Shiqi disagreed. "After fighting the Russians for so long, the North was already in trouble and exhausted. I think this time it was not Lin Yongchang who fought against the Japanese, but was beaten by the Japanese. Didn't the newspaper say that it was the Japanese who first bombarded the northern warships and Tianjin and other places, and also launched a sneak attack on land."

He admitted that the People's Army was very good at fighting. Few of the great powers could force the Russians to cede territory and pay compensation. But that was only because the Russians attacked them at home, so they had to fight back. For many years, China was passive and had never taken the initiative to provoke a war.

Yang Shiqi had met Lin Yongchang and had wanted to talk to the bald guy several times. He thought he was a very nice and kind person, not a barbaric and unreasonable person. "Weiting, you are most familiar with the affairs of North Korea and Japan. Tell me, was it the Japanese who took action first?"

Yuan Shikai served as the emperor in Korea for ten years, mainly fighting against Japan. Later, when he saw that the Japanese army was going to invade Korea, he ran away. It can be said that Yuan Shikai was irresponsible, or he could be said to know the current situation. The Beiyang Army's fleet was okay, but the army was really not good. It collapsed very quickly when facing the fierce Japanese army.

"Maybe it was the Japanese who started it first. The Japanese used these tricks.

This drama has happened more than once or twice.”

Yang Shiqi laughed and said, "I knew it would be like this!"

"It is also possible that Lin Yongchang started it first," Yuan Shikai said as Yang Shiqi looked shocked. "Don't forget that Lin Yongchang led his troops to burn Irkutsk, the big city of the Russians."

Xu Shichang covered his mouth with his hands, yawned several times, and then said: "No matter who started it first, Weiting, we can't wait any longer. The government is already spending more than it earns, and the big loan must be done immediately!"

It costs a lot of money to raise and train soldiers, and buying weapons and equipment and hiring foreign instructors is also a big expense. The People's Government borrowed money to fight the war, and relied on the indemnity from Tsarist Russia to recover some of its losses, so that it had the financial resources to attack Japan. The Jinling government could not suck blood from the outside, but was sucked by the British to the point that it could not take care of itself. The internal exploitation had reached the point where the sky was three feet high, and merchants and landlords everywhere were complaining bitterly.

Many people have already fled to the territory of the People's Party in the north. If taxes are increased, there will be a big mess. You know, many generals are big landlords and businessmen. They have no objection to plundering the peasants, but if you use knives against their families, they have guns in their hands.

There are only two ways to deal with financial difficulties: increase revenue or cut expenditure. If you can't increase revenue, how about cutting expenditure? If you cut the army of 200,000 or 300,000 by half, the financial situation will be much better immediately. But it won't work. Not to mention the giants in the north, the south is also expanding its army everywhere. They are expanding their army and preparing for war. You have to keep up. Otherwise, when they come, the money you save will be taken away.

Since neither increasing revenue nor cutting expenditure worked, the only option was to borrow money from the British. It was not easy to get money from the British. Nine out of 13 was just a small matter, and there were a lot of political conditions attached. The tariffs, salt taxes and other money-making aspects of the Nanjing government had already fallen into the hands of the British government. Even the military navigation of the Yangtze River had been sold. If it was sold again, it would become a vassal of the British. Zhang Zhidong was unwilling to sell out the country's sovereignty without a bottom line, so he wanted to negotiate with Sun Yat-sen.

If they could merge into one government, they wouldn't have to support so many troops, and the financial problem would be alleviated immediately. Borrowing money is only a temporary solution, and Zhang Zhidong's method is the fundamental solution. Sun Yat-sen was also very sincere and wanted to reach a settlement with Nanjing. Zhang Zhidong was old, while Sun Yat-sen was still young and strong. When Zhang went to find Li Hongzhang, wouldn't Sun Yat-sen have the final say on the rest of the matter?

After ten months of negotiations, Guangzhou and Jinling barely reached an agreement on the military, officials, taxation, personnel, and other aspects, and they were just one step away from success. Seeing this situation, many people were anxious. If the deal was really successful, how would everyone make money?

Not only the people in Nanjing were anxious, but also many people in Guangzhou. Guangxi and Yunnan were extremely poor, and there was no land to farm. They could only make a living by serving in the army. If the army was really reduced, many people would have to beg for a living. After the Beiyang Fleet was destroyed, many people became beggars. Everyone saw the lessons of the past.

Now the fighting has started again in the north, and the British have also intervened, making the situation more complicated. Previously, the British needed the People's Party, but now that the Russian claws reaching out to the Pacific have been cut off, the British attitude has become increasingly hostile. The British Indian government reorganized its army and wanted to march into Lhasa and turn the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau into a vassal state, but before that, they needed to recover the territory occupied by the Lamas.

Two years ago, a major uprising against British rule broke out in India. Just as the uprising was suppressed, Tibetan soldiers rushed down from the plateau and joined the Indian rebels...

The British Empire had been dissatisfied with this matter for a long time, believing that the People's Party had planned everything. The People's Army was needed before, but it was no longer needed. When the Japanese government hoped that Britain would mediate, the British Empire immediately jumped in and prepared to settle all the matters.

While carrying out the liquidation, Dai Ying also made another preparation, which was to set up an "encirclement" for the People's Party.

In the British plan, the National Government in Nanjing would be an important part of the encirclement, and letting Yuan Shikai take power was a prerequisite for this. Zhang Zhidong was unwilling to sell more sovereignty, but Yuan Shikai was willing. Zhang Zhidong did not dare to borrow money from the British, but Yuan Shikai was willing.

Yuan Shikai was a good man, and this was unanimously recognized by all the powerful countries.