Chapter 377 Informal Commitment

The invited military and political dignitaries and foreign public envoys each put on decent formal dresses and entered Xiyuan with their wives or legitimate sons and daughters into Xiyuan one after another in carriages. There were also military generals who were alone in Beijing riding tall horses.

As for the common sedan chair in the former Qingli, it is no longer visible.

After the Republic, in order to reflect the atmosphere of the Republic and the Republic, Zhao Dongyun ordered all military and political officials not to go out in sedan chairs, and abandoned the name of masters and officials with a strong feudal imperial atmosphere. Therefore, officials gradually turned into carriages, which also greatly stimulated the development of the carriage industry in the Soviet system.

However, although there are horses, mules and other animals in northern China, the number is still very insufficient, so officials began to take Dongyang vehicles, which made Dongyang vehicles, a new means of transportation, popular in northern China in just two years, and even Fuyuan Company has invested in an oriental car factory to produce this new There are also many rickshaws in major cities such as Beijing and Tianjin to provide passenger services.

However, those who can come to Xiyuan today are either military and political dignitaries or foreign dignitaries. In addition, today's occasion is a very formal national banquet, so it is naturally impossible for those who come to lose face, so they basically come by four-wheeled or two-wheeled carriage. As for those generals who come directly on horseback. .

After these dressed guests entered the Xiyuan Zhonghai, they soon formed a small circle, and some of the younger generation who came with their parents began to fall in love.

Today, this kind of occasion is rare, and it quickly brings their families together, so many people take their descendants to see the world. Many people even want to let the descendants of the family take this opportunity to go on a blind date. After all, those who are present are all powerful, and the family members have a great marriage. Possibility.

Not to mention these people, but the public officials of various countries will naturally not regard today's Spring Festival garden party as an ordinary gathering like ordinary Soviet military and political dignitaries. Their purpose is not to play. No matter where they go, these diplomats have a strong political purpose.

"Your country has obtained the loan rights of Jinpu Railway before, and you have not congratulated the Jazz!" It was spoken by Pasteur, the French Minister to China.

Although the words are well covered up, they still reveal a strong envy!

The Jinpu Railway is the second north-south artery that connects China. The investment amount is expected to exceed 10 million pounds. In order to compete for the loan rights of this railway, France also made great efforts, but it was finally robbed by the British, which made Pasteur not to be disappointed.

However, disappointment and envy are useless. Zhao Dongyun gave the loan right of the Jinpu Railway to the United Kingdom, not only because of the low interest rate on loans provided by the British, but also because of political factors.

The Jinpu Railway is to connect Jinling and Tianjin. In the future, after the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge is completed, it will still be connected with the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway. This Yangtze River Basin has always been an important place of British interests and cannot be involved by any country.

The loan right also given to the British Jinpu Railway is also to obtain the British side's plan to go south to cross the river!

"In addition, Shanghai has been traumatized by the war last year. I hope the president's army can deal with it properly to avoid Shanghai from being harmed by the war!" Zhu Erdian continued: "In order to avoid causing Shanghai to fall into the flames of war and endanger the lives and property safety of merchants in Shanghai, I propose that Shanghai can be temporarily entrusted by various countries and taken over by your country after the war!"

However, after listening to this, Zhao Dongyun's heart burst into anger. This British man really thought he was a three-year-old child

Although the troops can't go south to cross the river without the acquiescence or even support of the British, they have paid great benefits, and now the British are opening up? What temporary hosting? Once you really agree, it will be extremely difficult for countries to return Shanghai's Chinese world in the future. At that time, an accident will turn the whole Shanghai into a concession.

So Zhao Dongyun's face remained unchanged at this time, but his tone became slightly tough: "Shanghai is the inherent territory of China's sacred and inviolable territory, and temporary trusteeship is definitely impossible."

Zhao Dongyun did not hesitate to reject Zhu Erdian's proposal, but Shanghai is indeed too **, especially in the Shanghai Concession, which must be treated with caution.

So he then said, "I can personally promise that the army of the Republic will never enter the concessions of various countries, but all countries must worry about every move of our troops outside the concession!"

Seeing that Zhao Dongyun's attitude is so tough, Zhu Erdian doesn't care much about it. This temporary hosting is originally said casually. If Zhao Dongyun is really stupid and agrees, then he will pick up a Shanghai for nothing. If he doesn't promise himself, he can't lose anything. As for saying that Zhao Dongyun may have something to Britain Full?

He doesn't care, and the British Empire doesn't care!

This informal meeting between Zhao Dongyun and Zhu Erdian and other envoys is very purposeful, that is, to win the support of all countries for the Feng army's battle to cross the river in the south soon after, and even if they do not support it, they will not oppose it.

And countries have basically confirmed their attitudes towards Zhao Dongyun's move to continue to fight south and arm and unify China.

If you say support, there are generally the United Kingdom and the United States.

Britain supports Zhao Dongyun's unification of China in its own interests, because Britain needs a unified and weak China to contain Russia and expand its commercial interests in China.

However, British support is also limited. Basically, we don't expect them to give diplomatic and political support or actually military support.

The same is true for the United States. Their reason for supporting Zhao Dongyun is also relatively simple, that is, they want to open up the huge market in China. Zhao Dongyun has made several industrial zones to vigorously attract foreign investment, which is very good for Americans.

The reason why these two countries support Zhao Dongyun is also related to Zhao Dongyun giving them the loan rights of Longhai Railway and Jinpu Railway respectively.

And other German, French, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Italy and other European countries basically have an indifferent attitude.

There are Japan and Russia, who oppose Zhao Dongyun's unification of China. Moreover, this opposition is also actually carried out. Russia has begun to support Zhao Erxun, and Japan has supported Duan Qirui.

Especially in Japan, in order to support Duan Qirui, he has made great efforts, not only giving a large number of military loans, but also sending a large number of instructors to help Duan Qirui train troops.

Although the overall attitude of various countries has been determined, some detailed conditions still need to be negotiated, especially the interests of many British powers in the Yangtze River, so it is necessary for Zhao Dongyun to obtain the support or acquiescence of the British before the war.

At least you can't have your own troops crossing the river, and then the British warships come up to stop them from crossing the river!

Therefore, in this informal talks of the New Year's garden party, Zhao Dongyun once again made a promise to Britain and many others. After the Feng army goes south, he will continue to protect the lives and property safety of businessmen from various countries. At the same time, he also gave an informal and private commitment: Fengjun will end Jiangnan as soon as possible, especially above The war in the sea area avoids irreparable losses to the local area due to the protracted war.

It's funny to say that the British are more worried about the destruction of the war in Jiangnan than the Chinese!