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Shanghai. Licha Hotel, the peacock hall on the top floor.

With a long figure and a light body, a soft and thick long light golden hair, the beautiful Luojia blue has become the focus of this cocktail party.

At this time, Ragalan was chatting with the owner of the reception, the British agent. They all stood under a brightly colored portrait of Queen Victoria. The characters in the painting looked elegant with the British, but the eyebrows revealed the perseverance of the Germans in the blood.

Among the guests who are full of voices and speak several languages, there are many people who want to squeeze in and feast their eyes. Many people think that she must be an Indian. Her figure is relatively slim, so she is more attractive than the generally plump European women.

Ragalan walked through the smoky reception room and entered a study inlaid with wall panels. She stopped beside a bronze-framed globe and savored a glass of wine.

"Hello." The gentleman with a New York accent took the initiative to talk to him.

"Hello."

Luo Jialan looked up at the New York man's warm eyes, clear and naive, and she was pure like a smart girl, which made the New York man half-length.

"I... Woods Slut, the first-class secretary of the U.S. Embassy."

"Oh," Ragalan was not very surprised. The beautiful sapphire eyes blinked playfully, "I know."

"Ah!" Wu Zi, a New York man, was shocked. After thinking about it, he couldn't remember when they met. He had just been transferred from the United States. He didn't know anyone in China at all. He couldn't help asking, "Have we met?"

"Because you have been staring at me, I asked others who you are." She spoke in a soft and pleasant voice, with a slightly British accent with an Indian colonial accent.

"Please don't be surprised." Wu Zixiao shrugged her shoulders, "You look like a girl I fell in love with. She is married. It's very happy, so I'm too infatuated, but at least that's why I'm staring at you.

If Li wants to be here, the overnight meal will come out. With this skill of a New York man, after a hundred years, it is impossible to have a successful date for a lifetime.

"Really?" Luo Jialan exclaimed incredulously that she was not a non-mainstream woman a hundred years later. She believed it easily and was moved. "This time I have known you deeply, although you don't even know my name. My name is Luo Jialan.

She stretched out a slender hand and held it. Her hand was as soft as boneless, with a little girlish atmosphere. Woods noticed that she didn't wear a ring on her hand.

"My friend said that you are too inclined to the Chinese revolution, and you were transferred to China before you went to Japan to take office."

Wu Zi was very angry when he heard this sentence. He just came to Shanghai. The upper class of Shanghai is so legendary everywhere. Who spreads this in the embassy?

"I hope I can really make sacrifices for these people in name, but the Chinese revolution has had a satisfactory result under the mediation of the mission..." Wu Zi raised his eyebrows, "... My transfer is just a routine, which has nothing to do with my will. I just want to find a place with good wine and good food, lights and fire at night, and I will be happy if I don't shoot or pao.

Luo Jialan stretched out his forefinger and nodded to him, like a primary school teacher. Don't do this! Don't be ashamed about this. Don't you understand how famous this makes you in the diplomatic world? She stretched out a pale hand and turned the creaking globe. There are enough relics of the ancient civilization in the world! But no civilization in any place can be passed down for 5,000 years like China. In the past five thousand years, many civilizations in the world have disappeared from the dust of history for a while, and the only civilization has continued to this day. This nation is just sleeping, but he will eventually wake up.

How can Wu Zi get that she can meet a like-minded person, and she is such a beautiful woman. This girl wears beautiful and fashionable clothes, has a confident attitude, and talks and laughs with other men. Will she be a Chinese?

"Do you know China well?"

"I left India when I was a child. I am an orphan, and Ha Tong is my adoptive father. We have always lived in China, but we are British citizens. I know something about China." Luo Jialan tilted his head back, and his tone also changed. At that time, people regarded Li Xiang as a laughingstock, but Dad didn't think it was funny. Now, I'm not optimistic about the currency war between you and Li Xiang. Well, I'm a little thirsty. Let's have a drink.

After saying that, Ragalan waved his hand and walked out of the study relaxedly and happily like a waltz.

When Luo Jialan came back, he brought an old man, her adoptive father, the famous real estate king in Shanghai.

"Do you think Li Xiang will be determined to fight to the end in Lanzhou?" Ha Tong asked, he is fat, with thick white hair and a big eagle hook nose. He sat on the soft leather sofa, with a tired face on his chest.

When Wu Zi heard this straightforward question, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Two Chinese calligraphy and paintings hung on the square board wall of the study, shining in the light of the small skylight.

Luo Jialan smiled at Ha Tongguaner through the low coffee table: "Dad, don't want to take out a simple word from a diplomat's mouth."

At this time, a red-faced priest dressed as a priest came in. He was eating and drinking with a plate. Behind the priest came a skinny and tall English old man with an ugly wart on his nose, just a glass of brandy. After that, some people came in one after another, with a total of ten people. Except for Luo Jialan's father and daughter, Wu Zi didn't know any of them. Ragalan's adoptive father was early bald and wearing a black hat worn indoors. Hatong was a Jew. Although he and his wife Ragaling converted to Buddhism, he did not change some Jewish habits. It may be a change of religious belief. Although he is one of the richest people in Shanghai, the Jewish consortium in Shanghai is not very influential.

Luo Jialing, Luo Jialan's mother, touched Ha Tong's hand. She wore two big diamond rings on her slender fingers, shining red and blue light. She seemed to say inadvertently, "But you are just from Washington. Please tell us about Washington's attitude towards Chinese affairs."

Speaking of which, the situation was the worst when I left in December. On December 7, Japanese Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida informed Blai'an, the ambassador to Japan and the United States, that if the behavior against the enemy continues, the Japanese government believes that it is necessary to consider intervention.

Wu Zi spoke smoothly, and unconsciously spoke alone. He said that when the Qing court used Yuan Shikai, the Japanese government proposed joint interference to the United Kingdom and the United States, and the great powers guaranteed the establishment of a righteous Qing court regime. On December 18, the Agency for Japan in the United States sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of State, saying: China's situation is getting worse, and the power of the Qing court is equal to zero. The revolutionary party also has different factions and no real leader. If it continues to develop, it will not only affect business, but also fear its xenophobia. In addition, this year's flood disaster, the hungry people collapsed, and the people were in chaos. In this case, the Revolutionary Party is absolutely unable to maintain the occupied area. Today, China is rightly choosing the imperial system or the wrong path of republic. According to the opinion of the Japanese government, it is extremely difficult to adopt the republican system. Even if it is implemented, it is hard to believe that the Chinese can use it. On the other hand, the Qing court is incompetent and there is no taboo. It is practically impossible to restore its authority and rule the country as the old system. Therefore, the best way to adapt to the current situation in China is to establish a Chinese rule under the Yishang Qing court regime. On the one hand, it respects the rights of the Chinese people, and on the other hand, it restricts the dictatorial rights of the Qing Dynasty. And eliminate republican fantasy and formulate a constitution, which the emperor vows to abide by. In this way, the government thought that it should advise the two sides and set conditions. One side made the Qing court accept the proposed principle and recognized it as a good strategy to maintain the regime. On the other hand, it made the revolutionary party understand that the construction of a republic was unrealistic and endangered China's survival and the people's own welfare. It must maintain the current court, respect the status of the people, and be guaranteed by the major powers. . This is Japan's proposal to advocate international co-gotiation of China, and the United Kingdom and the United States will not accept it.

"The United States has always advocated territorial integrity, openness and equal opportunities for China. Since 1909, with the neutrality of Knox Manchukuo Railway, it has proposed that Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Germany and Japan borrow money to buy the South Manchuria and the Middle East Railway, which is managed by international commissioners, while political rights belong entirely to China. Although it failed due to the joint opposition of Japan and Russia, the United States also cooperated with Britain, France and Germany to organize a four-nation banking group to invest together. Only then can we break the monopoly between Japan and Russia. Woods said that everyone who listened laughed loudly and showed their faces. Recently, Germany heard that Japan will send troops to Manchuria alone and intervene in China's internal affairs by force. The interests in China are the same as those of the United States, and the United States is urged to issue a declaration stating that "respect China's sovereignty, preserve territory, open the door, and have all interests". Germany first asked the United States' attitude towards the East Asian situation in an official document. The United States' reply was published at the same time in Berlin, Washington, on February 8, saying: ... Since the launch of the Chinese revolution, our government has always had the opportunity to exchange views with the great powers, especially the French, British, Italian, Japanese, Russian and your governments discussing how to protect common interests, and all advocate consensus. The action also learned from the newspapers of various countries that the great powers exchanged views. Therefore, our government understands China's current situation, cooperates with each other, not only acts alone and interferes in China's internal affairs, and is consistent with the words of the peace treaty respecting China's sovereignty and preserving territory. At present, in China, the Qing royal family and the revolutionary party protect the lives and property of outsiders. It is not due to external interference, and there is no need to interfere in the future. If it violates all expectations in the future and has no choice but to intervene, my government is convinced that the great powers will negotiate and then act together. Firmly maintain its policy, sweep away all misunderstandings by yourself... In addition, my government has found that Chinese loans are not easy to give lightly, which is the natural conclusion of strict neutrality. Unless the loan is legitimate to be guaranteed by both parties to the war. I also think that now is the time to especially adapt to the principles held by the borrowing government. Those who invest in China by their citizens and do not agree with the coordination policies of the governments of their own governments should be stopped.

Wu Zi looked around and saw the attentive listening one by one. He continued: "Yuan Shikai was elected as the interim president. Japan wrote to the U.S. government that the great powers will be asked to recognize China's new government, and continue the rights, interests and privileges that outsiders now enjoy are the main points. Such privileges are generated by this treaty, but there are also legal precedents or customs. Therefore, when the great powers recognize the new government, they must be guaranteed to recognize all rights, interests and privileges. At the same time, an appointment should be made from the new government to borrow foreign debt. Therefore, the Japanese government proposes that the great powers adopt common actionism and take the above as a condition for recognizing any new government, so that they will be able to obtain a guarantee of satisfaction, which is better than other methods. Britain, France and Russia agreed with Japan's proposal, but the United States did not agree. Maybe in a few days, you will see that the United States will take the lead in recognizing the Republic of China.

The British old man was surprised: "The United States is ready to recognize the Republic of China?"

"Yes. When Yuan Shikai is sworn in, the United States will immediately admit it. Wu Zi nodded, "However, the problem between the north and the south is still unclear about the capital. Although the north and the south signed an armistice agreement under the mediation of your minister Zhu and Dian, the war between the North and South has never stopped. Who knows if they will fight again because of the capital problem. Especially in the northwest, although the last army loyal to the Qing Dynasty was slightly lost, they were still in Lanzhou. However, Li Xiang's Western Expedition seems to be nearing the end, and he doesn't know what Yuan Shikai will do. He couldn't help sighing, "I was really impressed by the Chinese people's motivation, revolutionary spirit and crowd."

Ha Tong nodded depressedly and said, "Yes, yes, but if Yuan Shikai attacks Tongguan from the west, how can Li Xiang continue to fight?"

"Dad, you won't forget the miracle Li wanted to create, will you? He is a man who has been working miracles.

"I have never dared to underestimate him. I'm just talking about the idea of the four-nation banking group and the Jewish consortium in Shanghai."

"You think too highly of Li," the old British man shouted. Even Napoleon will meet the Iron Waterloo.

Ha Tong said sadly, "What I'm worried about is that if Li wants to take Lanzhou in the year of 1911 in China, and Yuan Shikai and Sun Yat-sen are still confused about the capital, you can't rule out the possibility that Yuan Shikai and Li want to make peace alone."

The old British man said, "Yuan Shikai does this a lot. He is a complete realist."

Ragalan's mother said, "Then, the public debt of the Western Expedition soared to the sky."

The priest was dealing with half a duck viciously, but suddenly stopped his hand and a pair of small eyes glanced at Wu Zi: "So, will they be sheared back?"

"If we can't know exactly that Li Xiang will launch a general attack on Lanzhou, we don't know when we can take Lanzhou, so... probably... it's terrible."

"I heard that someone has secretly bought Xizheng's public debt." The British old man asked.

All four cast a grim look at him.

"This kind of thing is difficult to verify." Ha Tong said hesitantly, "What if it's a trap? The Western Expedition public debt is now a piece of waste paper. Who dares to jump in? I'm afraid there are not many traps. I know, but of course Wuchang won't talk about it.

Then everyone fell into a long silence, and the conversation ended here, and then the men and women went to their respective lounges for coffee.