Republic of China: Our great warlord has many children and many blessings

"Yes, President."

Then Zhao Gang said again:"When will we move to the capital?"

Shen Hao thought for a while and said:"Next month"

Zhao Gang said:"Then do you plan to live in the Forbidden City or go to Zhong Nanhai like President Yuan and others? , I will ask someone to clean it in advance."

Shen Hao thought for a while and said:"That's Zhong Nanhai, he is familiar with it. Besides, Fu Zhen and Ji Zhen have lived there for so long, so they should also like it."

Zhao Gang nodded and said:

"Yes, President."

Then, Zhao Gang asked some more questions before leaving.

Soon, Zhao Gang announced in the name of Shen Hao that customs, railways, and salt tax revenue would be nationalized. As soon as the news came out, the whole country was excited, and everyone clapped their hands. Well done.

At the beginning, the Manchu Qing Dynasty owed more than one billion silver, which was exchanged for these sovereign rights. In other words, all the money earned by more than 400 million people in the country was used to repay the debt. However, the Manchu Qing nobles were extravagant and unrestrained, and the debt was All were given to the people.

All major newspapers were very supportive.

Shen Hao's prestige also instantly increased again.

But the cancellation of these taxes made the foreigners instantly dissatisfied.

The treaty they signed with the Manchu and Qing Dynasties was because of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. They had no money, so they used the customs tax revenue as collateral.

Now that it has been confiscated, wouldn’t their money be wasted?

The British Minister Zhu Erdian, the Russian Minister Kupenschi, the American Minister to China Rui Enshi, the Japanese Minister Hiki Oki, and the French Minister immediately protested.In the Guangdong Provincial Government Office Building, the British Minister Zhu Erdian came forward to question the treaty.

"Governor Zhao, you are blatantly tearing up the treaty, which violates international law.

At the beginning, you had no money to pay for Japan's Shimonoseki Treaty, so you borrowed money from banks in Britain, France, Tsarist Russia, and Germany.

We didn’t have any money, so we sent it to the bank oversea.

It was agreed at that time that the area along the Yangtze River would be leased to Britain.

All are secured by customs revenue and other taxes.

It’s still early for the contract.

You cannot openly break the treaty"

"That's right, you are violating the contract law," the ministers of several countries said angrily;

Zhao Gang said:"At the beginning, the repayment period stipulated in the contract was extremely long, and the purpose could not be to achieve the purpose of long-term control of our country's sovereignty.

Customs taxes are a country's sovereignty that does not need to be infringed. There is no qualification for any negotiation at all.

In the 69 years from 1842 to 1911, you forced the Manchu government to sign more than 340 unequal treaties, large and small. In addition to ceding land, the naked ambition of you bandits is reflected in the amount of compensation in the treaties.

Let’s do the math. In the first Opium War, the Qing government compensated you, Britain, 21 million silver dollars; in the second Opium War, it paid Britain and France 16 million taels of silver as compensation; in the 1874 Ryukyu incident, it paid Japan 50 million taels of silver as compensation. In the

1876 Magali incident, we once again paid you 200,000 taels of British silver; in the

1881"Sino-Russian Treaty of Ili", we paid you 5 million taels of Russian silver; in

1895, you were compensated for the Sino-Japanese War of 231.5 million taels in compensation for the Sino-Japanese War of 1895. ;

The Gengzi Indemnity in 1900 paid a total of 450 million taels of silver to the eleven countries; the Tibetan-Indian Treaty of 1906 paid you, the United Kingdom, 500,000 pounds.

Compensation plus interest will total a total of 1.375 billion silver dollars, equivalent to 1.045 billion taels of silver.

You bandits, are you used to bullying poor people? Do you really think that our Republic of China is still the Manchu Qing Dynasty?

Customs, salt tax, railways and other national lifebloods were used as collateral to repay debts.

However, the debt not only did not decrease, but instead repaid more and more. In the end, the money borrowed from various countries just to repay the debt amounted to more than 500 million taels of silver, including principal and interest.

We all remember these accounts and will calculate them one by one.

"You think you can let it go?"

Zhao Gang said coldly;

Shen Hao has remembered all these accounts, so it is impossible to just forget about it.

He still wants to repay the money, which is a good idea.

Then he looked at the little Japanese Minister Hioki Masuo and said:"You are in Manchuria. We will get back all the meat you have cut on your body, one by one."

Japanese Minister Hichiki glanced at Zhao Gang and said to the ambassadors:"Arrogant, wait for us to sanction you."

British Minister Zhu Erdian only wanted the money back, and did not want to He started a war with Shen Hao, so he softened his tone and said:"A treaty is a treaty. The treaty we signed has 39 years left. You can take it back if you want, but you must also make up for the interest for these 39 years."

Zhao Gang shrugged and said with confusion:" The treaty you signed with the Qing Dynasty has nothing to do with our Republic of China. Go find Cixi."

As soon as these words came out, the ambassador sitting here was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

The British Minister Zhu Erdian said angrily:"You...how can you say such shameless things? words come"

"There is simply no law"

"Aren't you afraid of our ships and guns?"

(dafe)"The contract must continue to be performed, and you cannot be allowed to unilaterally tear up the treaty."

Zhao Gang said:"I am just talking about the facts. Whoever you signed the treaty with, go to whoever you signed the treaty with.

Now it is the Republic of China, and you signed the treaty with our Republic of China." A contract?"

British Minister Zhu Erdian took a deep breath and tried his best to calm down his mood and said:"Okay, we can sign a new customs treaty, but the amount cannot be changed."

Zhao Gang sneered and said:"Of course." (Watch it cool. For novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

As soon as this statement came out, everyone felt happy.

I've been making trouble for a long time, just pretending

"Governor Zhao is very sincere when he says this."

"Yes, we are willing,"

Zhao Gang said,"We can sign a new treaty with you. The treaties are all reciprocal.

If you sign a customs treaty with us, then we can also sign a customs treaty with you."

British Minister Zhu Erdian said with a deep heart:"What do you mean by this?

Zhao Gang said:"It's very simple. You collect our customs tax, and we collect your customs tax. Isn't it beautiful and fair to everyone?"

We will be happy to sign any number of such treaties." Only then did everyone understand what Zhao Gang meant. They were immediately furious, thinking that Zhao Gang was playing tricks on them.

Japanese Minister Hichiki Masuzu was very excited. Now Japan is in the Army , and the navy were all crushed by the Guangdong army.

Now the whole country is recruiting new soldiers, and shipyards are also working overtime to build battleships.

The purpose is to wash away their shame.

Now, if the Republic of China insists on tearing up the treaty, That would completely offend the United Kingdom, France, Tsarist Russia, and Germany. At that time, the scene of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces could be realized again.

Thinking of this, Japanese Minister Hioki Masu continued to argue:"Zhao, are you representing yourself or Shen Shen?""President"

Zhao Gang glanced at Hioki Yi and said calmly:"I represent an individual, I also represent President Shen, and I also represent the attitude of the entire Republic of China."

Japanese Minister Hioki sneered and said:"Blatantly tearing up the treaty, really what we countries are afraid of." You can't?"

The British Minister Zhu Erdian snorted coldly and said:"I advise you to think about it. Let's talk about this first today."

After saying that, the ministers from several countries left one after another.

Apparently they were all discussing countermeasures.

In the secret of the intelligence personnel Under surveillance, the ministers of several countries did not separate after returning, but talked in detail for several hours before leaving.

The next day, the battleships from Xiangjiang began to approach the Guangdong waters.

Not only that, the British also mobilized a battleship from India came to support.

Japan also dispatched two fleets, and both sides publicly announced that they would conduct maritime military exercises.

Not only that, the Tsarist Russian army in the Northeast publicly stated that it would conduct military exercises with the Japanese army in the Korean Peninsula.

France sent troops from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Thirty thousand people were also mobilized and stationed at the border between Laos and Guangxi, indicating that they would conduct a month-long military exercise.

The Netherlands and Portugal also expressed their willingness to send warships for support.

The purpose of these people was nothing more than to put pressure on Shen Hao[]

The German emperor was pleasantly surprised when he learned this information.

I wish Shen Hao would fight with them..