171 wind and thunder suddenly rise

In the western sky, the clouds rose and pressed slowly but without hesitation towards the western sun, as if to close and block the whole clear and cloudless sky. The faint thunder and lightning flashed the cloud curtain like a golden wire fire snake, and then heard a shocking thunder, which shook the mountains, rivers and the earth. In the distance, there was a rustling sound in the forest, and the cool wind swept the floating dust. First, a few drops of raindrops the size of copper money splashed down for a while, and then stopped for a while. Then the sound of rain like Songtao from the west to the east gradually approached, and the whole river city was submerged in the rain curtain like a curtain in an instant. It turned out that the sunny day was also darkened by the waves of the sea of anger. With a thunder, the courtyard was lit up and white. Suddenly, it was hidden in the clouds and kept rolling, hugging the three towns of Wuhan, which was locked by the turtle and snake, as dark as the dusk of late autumn.

Li Xiang stood in front of the window of the office of the Red Mansion and was silently distracted. Stay motionless, staring at the sky.

Tang Yuewan stood behind Li Xiang, and he was also thoughtful. There was a brake sound downstairs. At a glance, he saw the Narcius's hurried umbrella and rushed out of the car in the rain, and said, "Miss Xian'er is here."

"Well." Li wanted to nod his head and had an ominous feeling that something big was going on.

In an instant, Li wanted to hear the sound of rapid high-heeled shoes knocking on the floor in the corridor. The door was rudely pushed open, and a figure rushed in.

"The Kulun authorities have signed the Russian-Mongolian Treaty and its annex to the Trade Charter!" The Narcissus said when they met.

Li Xiang was stunned for a moment and said, "This is no longer a matter for the blind living Buddha to become independent. Russia has a direct relationship with Outer Mongolia."

Before the abdication of the Qing Emperor, Russia had asked for contact between China and Russia to solve the issue of Outer Mongolia. Its "the purpose is to conclude a Sino-Mongolian treaty to guarantee Mongolia's autonomy." The Russian government also instructed Xie Jin, the Charg.A. in China, in detail what should be included in the treaty. Based on this, Xie Jin sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Qing Dynasty and put forward five requirements, including China's non-station of troops in Outer Mongolia, non-colonization, foreign-Mongolian autonomy, and Russia's right to build roads in Kulun, which were gently rejected by the Qing government. After the founding of the Republic of China, the Russian side raised the above requirements again. When Xie Jin, the Chargage of Tsarist Russia in China, met with Yuan Shikai, asked China and Russia to reach an agreement on the issue of Outer Mongolia as soon as possible, and said to Yuan clearly that "the resolution adopted by the imperial government cannot be changed." In view of the repeatedly ineffective way to solve this problem in China, Yuan told Xie Jin that he was personally "in favor" to "reach an agreement" with Russia. Unexpectedly, when discussing the demands of Tsarist Russia at the cabinet meeting, most people believed that Outer Mongolia was Chinese territory and did not allow Russian interference, and the resolution ignored Russia's demands. After the meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs authorized envoys abroad to declare again: "The Republic of China has the sovereignty of freedom of movement in all parts of Mongolia and Tibet, and outsiders are not allowed to interfere."

At this time, although Outer Mongolia claimed to be "independence", there is no public recognition at home and abroad. The Beijing government's conscious situation has not yet evolved to an unmanageable level, and the procrastination policy can still be maintained.

Now, the signing of the Russian-Mongolian Pact has brought the Outer Mongolia issue to a new stage.

"It's complicated." Narcissus didn't want Li to say that, so she couldn't help but be stunned. He also handed a copy of the Russian-Mongoliament Agreement and its annexed Trade Regulations to Li Xiang.

There are four articles in the Russian-Mongoliament, which stipulates that Russia supports Mongolian autonomy, helps Mongolia train troops, and does not allow Chinese troops to enter Mongolia, and Chinese to emigrate to Mongolia. No matter what country it enters into any treaty with, Mongolia shall not violate the conditions of this contract and the annex without the permission of the Russian government. A total of 17 articles in the Articles of Commerce give Russians a wide range of rights. For example, Russians can freely live, travel, travel, do business, rent land, buy a house, reclaim, operate minerals, forests, fisheries and other undertakings in Mongolia, and import and export are tax-free. Russian banks have the right to open branches. Russia can set up consular offices in outer Mongolia, and consular residences can set up special The trade circle under the jurisdiction of the consular has extraterritorial jurisdiction, and Russia can set up a postal service in Mongolia.

Narcissus looked at Li Xiang's impatiently reading, and then looked at Tang Yuewan next to him, and said, "The Russian-Mongolian Compact and its annexes, on the one hand, completely ignore that Outer Mongolia is a part of Chinese territory, and its local authorities have no right to conclude such a treaty with foreign countries at all. The other side In addition, Russia gained various privileges similar to the colonies in Outer Mongolia, making Outer Mongolia actually a protectorate of Russia.

Tang Yuewan smiled and said, "Through the Russian-Mongolian Agreement, Russia recognizes that Outer Mongolia is an independent political entity, although it does not dare to publicly recognize Outer Mongolia as an independent country. However, Russia is well aware that without China's recognition, it is difficult to implement the Russo-Mongolia Compact. Therefore, it still has to further force China to recognize this agreement through Sino-Russian negotiations, and the signing of the Russo-Mongolia Accord itself is actually a threat to China's refusal to negotiate.

She is worthy of Tang Hualong's daughter, and her political emotional intelligence is quite high.

Listening to these unpredictable words, Narcissus has seen the deeper worries in Li Xiang's heart, and she didn't know how to continue for a while.

The three of them didn't say a word, paying attention to the heavy rain outside.

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In the evening, Kupinski, the Russian Minister to China, and Arissofo, met with Director Liang Ruhao from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This sudden visit showed that there was an extraordinary accident.

Kupinski, who has a Cossack moustache, said, "I came to visit your president on the order of the Russian government. The Russian government ordered me to hand over the conditions set by Kosovitz in Kulen and Jebzon Damba. Kosovitz had no choice but to go to Kulun this time, because Russia has proposed to discuss the Mongolian issue with China's zheng government for more than a year, and your country has never allowed to negotiate with Russia. Russia has a lot of business and other interests in Mongolia and cannot be protected. Now the government of Jebzondamba is the de facto government of Outer Mongolia, so Russia must recognize the reality and conclude a treaty with this government. However, the text in the treaty is very cautious. It never mentions Mongolia's independence and separation from China. I hope that China's zheng government will sympathize with and recognize the Russo-kuo Treaty. If unfortunately it cannot be approved by your country, Russia must also maintain the theme in the treaty, which is nothing more than repeatedly mentioned to your country in the past. The three points discussed are that China is not allowed to colonize, station troops or send officers in Outer Mongolia.

After Kupinsky said, Mr. Liang Ruhao was at a loss and said calmly after a long time, "I am deeply shocked and sorry to hear your words. Outer Mongolia is a part of China and has absolutely no right to conclude treaties with foreign countries. Sino-Russian diplomatic relations have always been harmonious. Russia's private contract with Outer Mongolia this time is really not a friendly move in China's view. China's zheng government hopes that all countries in the world will be particularly peaceful in the early childhood era when the Republic of China was established, and should not take advantage of China's eventful autumn to show hustle and danger. Outer Mongolia is a part of China. Any intention of Outer Mongolia is a matter of China's internal affairs. China's zheng government will deal with it. It is not a friendly action for a third country to intervene. According to the information we have received, this independence of Outer Mongolia is really encouraged and conspired to promote it. At this time, your country should avoid suspicion and avoid being the enemy of the Chinese people. Your envoy Yun and Russia have signed a treaty with Cullen, which is really a very inappropriate move and is against international morality. The headquarters made an official note yesterday. Now I would like to tell you that Outer Mongolia is China's territory, and China will not recognize its puppet regime and any treaties signed by any foreign country. As for the Treaty of Russia and the Republic of China sent by your envoy today, we need to study it before we can express the attitude of the Chinese government.

The Russian envoy Kubinski shook his hand and sneered, "What your president said is that I will telegram to my government."

After Kuponsky dumped all the Russian manuscripts of the Russian-Kukuk Treaty to Mr. Liang, he arrogantly dirty his head and resigned with his nostrils.

Liang Ruhao took the text of the note and looked at it vaguely for a while. He had no time to study it one by one. He only felt that the Russians not only did not pay attention to China's Zhengfu, but also to Outer Mongolia, which also made it have no sovereignty at all. He couldn't help but be stunned, and then thought: Such a big thing happened sooner or later, but it happened during his tenure. Teach me how to do it?

He scratched his head and thought for a long time, and suddenly turned from worry to joy and said loudly, "Yes! Yes!"

People saw that he hurriedly took the text of the note sent by the Russian ambassador and went straight to the presidential palace. Everyone is confused.

No one expected that in the presidential palace, there was no sign of President Liang at all. Only he put down a resignation letter, saying that he suddenly fell ill and could not go to work. Please find another suitable person to replace him.

Old Yuan can't laugh or cry. Since Liang Ruhao escaped from the battle, it is necessary to find someone to replace him, but it is not so easy to find a suitable person in his busy schedule. The first thing President Yuan thought of was former Prime Minister Lu Zhengxiang. Because he is the only one who is proficient in diplomacy.

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Russia informed the ambassadors of France, Britain and Japan to Russia in advance before notifying the signing of Russia and Mongolia.

At the same time, Kupensky immediately held a small reception at the Russian Embassy after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, inviting Beijing public missions.

Kupengsky said: "As long as the Chinese government agrees to the principles of the Russo-Mongoliament, Russia does not oppose the signing of another treaty between China and Mongolia to recognize China's suzerainty."

The governments of France, Britain and Japan have a tacit understanding with Russia and remain silent about the contracts between Russia and Mongolia.

Supporting new agents in China is an aspect of the policies of the great powers towards China; taking advantage of China's internal situation to obtain more aggressive rights and interests for themselves is another aspect of the policies of the great powers. Japan and Russia need not to say anything, but the United Kingdom, which hopes that China can maintain "stable" is no exception, and always wants to take the opportunity to get a hand. Britain has put forward new demands for aggression against Tibet, Russia and Mongolia, and Japan against the Northeast. In order not to affect the "big picture" of the cooperation between the great powers because of the competition for rights and interests, many behind-the-scenes activities have been carried out between the great powers and various new agreements and tacit understandings have been reached.

"I don't want China to have a strong emperor, and Japan doesn't want to have a successful republic there. What Japan wants is a weak and incompetent China, and a weak China under the rule of a weak emperor influenced by Japan is the ideal country."

"Our only idea is to keep China in a weak position and firmly oppose China's establishment of a strong government."

Russia and Japan are both neighbors of China, and their interests in China are far superior to those of other powers. Therefore, Russia and Japan should make special use of the current favorable opportunity to consolidate their position in China.

However, Russia is mainly a European country. The European situation cannot but contain its power, which somewhat limits the scope of its activities and makes its policy towards China completely the same as that of Japan.

"However," Kupensky added, "Due to the European situation, its own finances and other reasons, the Russian government does not want to cause trouble in the Far East."