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The street is full of students, all with their braids cut, with bald heads and inch heads. Each student holds a small red, yellow or white flag in his hand. There was also a huge banner in front of the team, writing "Overthrow the Manchu Qing government and beat imperialism."

The most conspicuous thing is to rush to the front, the leader of this student parade. He was tied with a bright red ribbon on his head, with "leather" on his left face and "life" on his right face. The cinnabar handwriting on his face was red and enchanting in the sun, like blood words carved on his face with the sharp tip of a knife. He raised a big flag in his hands and fluttered in the wind. The four words "Iron-blooded China" were red and bloody, and he opened his teeth and claws in the wind.

"Overthrow the Manchu Qing government!" The leading student opened his mouth and roared, and the blue veins on his forehead bulged because of boiling blood.

"Overthrow the Manchu Qing government!" Behind him, the response of the tsunami.

"Down with imperialism!"

"Down with imperialism!" The hot-blooded student parade rolled forward.

This is a declaration of national independence, the determination of people who no longer want to be slaves to resist. Is such a shout enough to wake up the sleeping China?

Today's Hankou, from the Dragon King Temple to the Four Officials Hall, and then to Xinsheng Street, the most prosperous commercial streets in Hankou are student demonstrations.

The revolutionary army led by Li Xiang in Hankou fought vigorously with the Qing army, and the good news was spread frequently. Through the publicity of the People's Daily, it stimulated the progressive young students with ideals to yearn for the revolution; it set off a feeling of iron-blooded revolutionary feeling of surrendering to the army, rewarding their lives, and martyred to the country. Hankou, which has been fighting against the Qing army head-on, seems to have become a revolutionary holy place in the hearts of these hot-blooded young people. It makes them think that if they want to join the army, they must join the Hankou Revolutionary Army.

The students in Wuchang nearby all came to Hankou to make a revolution. Feng Xiaoyu did not refuse these hot-blooded students. After learning about the enthusiastic reaction of students in Shanghai, Tianjin and other places, he made the local branch of the World Association organize actions and secretly brought these progressive students to Hankou with the business wheel of the Xinhua consortium, which made now Students from Hankou Man Street. Feng Xiaoqi is busy making plans for students and making plans for joining the army. All the idle students joined the parade in the whole city.

The parade in the whole city made the foreign adults in the foreign concession uneasy all day long, "Overthrow the Qing government and overthrow imperialism." Even at the British consulate on the way to the British Concession, Consul General Ge Fu can be heard clearly in the office.

The shouts outside the window made Ge Fu restless. He hasn't had a good sleep for a few days, and he hasn't gone to the Oriental Concession to find a geisha for many days. On the desk, Ge Fu held a delicate Parker pen in his right hand, and the thin tip of the pen was on the snow-white letterhead. He didn't start writing for a long time, and a large piece of ink came out.

Ge Fu's eyes were full of blood, and his thoughts were not true, and the focal length of his eyes did not know where to go. In the face of the chaotic situation in Hankou, he was ready to draft a telegram to explain the chaotic situation in Hankou to Zhu Erdian, the British Consul General in China in the eastern suburbs of Beijing, but he couldn't figure it out for a long time and never knew how to write it.

The Hankou Revolutionary Army will have new war reports every day, and the whole of Hubei will be restored by them in just a few days. The corruption and incompetence of the Qing Dynasty can be seen. Ge Fu no longer has any hope for the court of the Qing Dynasty. The people of Hankou, with high national sentiment, have pointed the finger at imperialism and the concessions. Although the Hankou Revolutionary Army has not taken any practical action, its leader Li Xiang has issued a public statement in the People's Daily to defeat the imperialist invading forces in China. Although the suffix "invading forces" is added after "imperialism", everyone can see that the spearhead refers to the foreign lords of their Hankou concession.

According to the proposal of Sadao Matsumura, the Consul General of Japan in Hankou, foreign warships outside Hankou Port formed a huge six-nation coalition, and Reijiro Kawashima, the commander of the Japanese Third Fleet in China, served as the commander-in-chief of the coalition. Japan's little frustrated son wants to take the Hankou military and civilians with a strong foreign fleet coalition, but looking at the current effect, it is only counterproductive. On the contrary, it has aroused the greater anti-imperialist sentiment of the Hankou people, which makes the current situation in Hankou more complicated.

When the coalition was established, Sadao Matsumura, a small failure, promised Ge Fu that as long as Li wanted to be afraid, he would never dare to provoke the national war. Ge Fu is really regretful now. How could he believe the nonsense of Sadao Matsumura, a little frustrated man? Looking at Li Xiang's high-profile fort in Guishan and the crazy battle with the Qing army, Ge Fu has a hundred reasons to believe that Li Xiang has always had the idea of fighting against the concession. As for the purpose of Sadao Matsumura, a small setback, Ge Fu has basically figured out. He just wants to escalate the contradictions in Hankou and create an excuse for Japan to invade China. The more chaotic Hankou is, the greater the chance for Matsumura Sadao.

However, war and revolution have seriously damaged the interests of the British Empire in China. What the British Empire needs is a corrupt and incompetent government and a peaceful, stable and secure environment. Thinking of this, Ge Fu wrote an urgent letter: The trend of the Chinese revolution is unstoppable, and the Qing Dynasty can no longer be helped. For the immediate interests of the British Empire in China, the war in Hubei must be stopped as soon as possible to prevent the further spread of Chinese nationalism. Among them, the key figure is Li Xiang, the leader of the Hankou Revolutionary Army, a fanatical nationalist. I think it is bold and has a tendency to recover the Hankou concession by force, and the whole war in Hubei is also provoked by one person. Moreover, Japan is also contributing to the situation here, and there is a conspiracy to fish in troubled waters. In the current situation crisis of the Hankou Concession, for example, Yuan Shikai can threaten Hubei. With the attention of Li Xiang's main combat troops, the Hankou Concession should turn danger into safety. Later, it is necessary to mediation the Civil War and find the new spokesperson of the British Empire in China.

After Ge Fu finished writing, he reviewed it again. He just handed it over to Assistant John and asked him to send it to Zhu Erdian, Minxiang, Dongjiao, Beijing.

In a traditional quadrangle courtyard in the People's Lane in the eastern suburbs, the autumn sun is extremely gentle. Zhu Erdian lies on the Anle chair in front of the corridor courtyard and reads the newspaper in the warm sunlight.

The Anle chair shook gently, and the two beards on Julidian's upper lip, which were beautifully trimmed, also shook gently. The newspaper he read was urgently handed over from the People's Daily in Tianjin. He has been paying close attention to the situation in Hubei.

A rapid sound of footsteps sounded in the corridor. Li Shengyao, a North Korean who was his assistant to Zhu Erdian when he was in North Korea, went to Zhu Erdian and whispered, "Sir, Mr. Ge Fu, Consul General of Hankou, made an urgent call. Please have a look."

Li Shengyao respectfully handed over the sealed letter. Zhu Erdian slowly sorted out the People's Daily, put it on the coffee table on the left side of the Anle chair, and then elegantly sorted out the snow-white shirt cuffs before taking over the letter handed over by Li Shengyao. Every move of Julin shows the noble aristocratic demeanor of the British Empire. If the ladies in London see it, they will definitely fall in love with him crazily. Juldian has been living in the far east for decades, but he still maintains his aristocratic temperament of the British Empire, and sometimes even he himself feels incredible.

Julidian cut the envelope with a small paper cutter on the coffee table to cut the newspaper, spread out the message and read it repeatedly, and his expression slowly became solemn. The situation in Hankou has only become so serious in a few days. Li Xiangqi's people are not terrible. Zhu Erdian believes that as long as his old friend Yuan Shikai comes out of the mountain and the well-equipped and well-trained Beiyang army breaks into Hubei, Li Xiang will die without a place to die. The serious problem of Zhu Erdian is that the provinces in the Yangtze River Basin are places where revolutionaries are active. Li Xiang's recent successive successes have undoubtedly given the greatest encouragement to the revolutionaries. Li thought that as long as he was arrogant in Hubei for a moment, the time of the outbreak of the Chinese revolutionary plague would advance for a moment. The outbreak of the Chinese revolution is what Zhu Erdian is worried about. In addition, it is what Ge Fu said that Hankou is in danger. He carefully studied Zhu Erdian of the People's Daily, which has just been launched. There are enough reasons to believe that Li Xiang is a fanatical nationalist. Li wants to have the absolute courage to do stupid things that are tantamount to declare war on the whole Western world.

If Li Xiangzhen recovers Hankou by force, Zhu Erdian is also absolutely sure that this mute loss can only be recognized by the Western world by pinching its nose. The Allies and the Allies are busy preparing for the European war, and no one is willing to take care of it. At least Juldian knew that the British Empire would not send troops to fight in the Far East like the Opium War. If something happens to India, it is still possible that China is absolutely impossible. Today's British Empire is no longer the British Empire of Queen Victoria. The interests of China in the Far East are not enough for Parliament to agree to launch the Third Opium War against China when the European War is about to break out.

What's more, the Chinese army that has gone through the Westernization Movement is well-equipped and well-trained. In particular, the current Hankou Revolutionary Army is a modern army composed of extremists who believe in nationalism. Its combat effectiveness and destructive power are not comparable to the Eight Banners Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty. Today, when the British army no longer has the advantage of equipment, Zhu Erdian really does not believe that the British army can easily defeat the Hankou Revolutionary Army.

Jourdian also agrees with Ge Fu that China's war is extremely unfavorable to the interests of the British Empire in China. Lixiang, such a national element, can never be condoned. It's time to invite an old friend, Yuan Shikai, to come out of the mountain.

Zhu Erdian, who had a bad face, could no longer care about the aristocratic temperament of the British Empire. He hurried to the side door around the corridor of the quadrangle, and the side door of the quadrangle went straight to the British Consulate in Beijing.

In fact, consuls from various countries in the eastern suburbs are paying close attention to the situation in Hubei. Nowadays, the Hubei revolution is very good, but it also makes consuls of various countries worried. Naturally, like Japan, it has ulterior motives.

This time, the British Minister to China, Zhu Erdian, sent a note. Josh, the U.S. representative of the four major bank groups of Britain, France, Germany and the United States. Morgan, the French representative Mosaic, as well as the American minister in China, Jia Leheng, and the foreign envoys in Beijing, all came to discuss Hubei.

Zhu Erdian first passed on Ge Fu's secret telegram to all the foreign lords. They all understood the basic situation of Hankou. They hurriedly took a look at the secret telegram, surrounded it, and argued fiercely.

Zhu Erdian said, "Yuan Shikai is also our old man. As long as he can be in power, our interests can definitely be preserved. We can even fully support his demands and ask him for more benefits. On the contrary, they are revolutionaries and can never support them. Just like Li Xiang in Hankou now, he is an extremely dangerous person.

All foreigners agreed that dogs that are already familiar with them are naturally better. Under the mediation of Zhu Erdian, the foreign adults reached a consensus and asked Yuan Shikai to preside over the overall situation of China. And immediately sent a commissioner to the Forbidden City to convey a clear and clear will to the Qing Dynasty - Yuan Shikai was the first person to save China's political situation.

Will the father of Puyi, the Xuantong Emperor of the Qing Empire, agree to the regent Zaifeng, who wanted to kneel down when he saw Lord Yang? Of course, I will never agree! It's very rare. Zai Feng became hard once. It's about the Qing Dynasty, and I have to make it hard. He will never agree for the time being!