New Warlords 1909

The government only formulates policies for the development of commerce and plays an auxiliary and guiding role.However, in the field of scientific research, the central government of Nanjing still does not change the characteristics of the original autonomous region, and vigorously increases huge investment. With the return of talents, the professional curriculum of major colleges and universities is becoming more and more complete.

Among them, the Geological Research Institute headed by Li Siguang not only discovered a large number of coal mines in northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu and Shandong, but also discovered several iron mines with very rich reserves in Shandong, which provided support for the government's plan to build a new large iron and steel mine in Qingdao. The center lays the foundation for driving the development of Northern Heavy Industry.

In addition, the most important discovery is the discovery of two large oil fields in the Jianghan area of ​​Hubei and near Dongying in the North China Plain, which fundamentally solves the current situation that Yangzhou Petrochemical Company needs to rely on foreign imports for most of its crude oil.These achievements are not only the great contribution of Li Siguang, but also the young people who have returned from the program of a large number of government-sponsored overseas students.

But these major discoveries did not make Hua Fei overjoyed.Today's national development requires resources, that's for sure.But Hua Fei didn't want to start with sacrificing national resources and adopt a rough economic development model from the very beginning.Therefore, after these major exploration studies, Hua Fei respected Li Siguang's opinion, transferred Li Siguang from the exploration team, and turned his main energy to independent academic research and teaching.The geological exploration team that has just been developed in China is divided into two, one stays in the country to continue the exploration work, and the other leaves the country to conduct prospecting and mining with China's neighboring countries and countries that have signed cooperation agreements with China .In the current situation where the cost and price of energy resources are generally low, we should use the world's resources to provide raw materials for our own development, instead of blindly consuming limited self-owned resources.In that case, even if the country is vast and rich in resources, it will not be able to withstand the development consumption of decades or hundreds of years.

In addition, Hou Debang is very famous in the history of Chinese chemistry. Hou Debang, who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also returned to China this year and was hired by Fan Xudong's Yongli Alkali Factory as the chief engineer.After Hua Fei saw the report in the newspaper, he personally came to his door to give him a letter of appointment as a professor of Peking University.

In addition, Mao Yisheng, who has just obtained a doctorate, is a very famous bridge expert in later generations.Due to the rapid development of China's economy and the speeding up of railway construction and highway construction, although the Yangtze River plays an active role as a golden channel for water transportation, it also restricts north-south traffic, greatly reducing the efficiency of north-south railway transportation.So a long time ago, Hua Fei considered the cross-river bridge.However, due to the lack of leading talents, foreign companies not only charged skyrocketing prices, but also put forward all kinds of excessive additional requirements, which delayed the plan again and again. It was not until Mao Yisheng returned to China that Hua Fei was determined to quickly start the construction plan of the Yangtze River Bridge.

The outstanding talents of these countries have created remarkable achievements even in the overall backward environment of the previous life.Hua Fei believes that given their full support now, coupled with their personal efforts and enthusiasm for serving the country, their future achievements will definitely be even more legendary and brilliant.

In terms of infrastructure construction, Huafei can be described as a big investment.Using the method of government issuing bonds and social equity raising, the construction plan of the three bridges was put forward at once.Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge, Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge.The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge adopts a dual-purpose highway and railway bridge, which can connect the Jinpu Railway and the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, and can also accelerate the development and construction of the Nanjing Highway Network.

The construction of the Wuhu Yangtze River Railway Bridge will quickly integrate the Anhui Triangle Railway into the eastern railway transportation network, and speed up the transportation of materials in Wuhu, Ma'anshan and Luzhou Prefecture.In particular, it allows the elite lineage of the National Defense Forces in central Anhui and Nanjing to be mobilized more quickly, expanding the radiation deterrent radius of the National Defense Forces, which has extremely important strategic security significance.

The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge will also be a dual-purpose highway and railway bridge, linking the Beijing-Han Railway and the Guangdong-Han Railway, with huge strategic significance and economic benefits.Once the Wuhan Bridge is completed, there is absolutely no need for the central government to station as many as five armies in Jiangxi and Hunan.Once a war broke out, armies from other places could also reinforce the front line more quickly, which would curb the will of the southern warlords to rebel to a certain extent. This is the huge military and even political significance of the railway.

However, these are not the focus of Hua Fei's personal attention. His current core focus is still on the formation model and method of the new government.With the formal unity of the country, general elections are inevitable.How to choose, how to choose, this is an urgent issue at present, and the temporary central government will certainly not be able to exist for a long time.

With Hua Fei's current prestige, whether it is general elections or parliamentary elections, he believes that few people can match him.Even the few revolutionary party fathers at the time mostly faded out of politics and seemed to have no intention of participating in this election.The focus of Hua Fei's consideration is what kind of political election system to choose.

Everyone went to work, and I resumed updating.Although it is late, I would like to wish my brothers who supported the new warlord a happy new year.Originally, I planned to have an update during the Chinese New Year, so I didn't send out a notice.Who knew that the one who went back to work was even more busy than the country's leaders... Don't talk about code words, I took the time to open QQ halfway, and before I said a few words, I went out to drink again.The body is very tired and is still recovering, but the update cannot be interrupted.Thank you brothers for your support in the past year, Fu Bai is here to thank everyone

277 Iron-Blood Diplomacy

The so-called government system is just a coat worn by a gorgeous ruler.There will never be a so-called perfect political system, only a political model that is most suitable for the operation of the big interest class. Hua Fei, who has lived in the United States for many years, has a clear understanding of this.A poor and weak country, a country with weak national strength, is more likely to be manipulated by other countries if it adopts the so-called political politics fooled by the West.

However, under the influence of a large number of revolutionaries and the propaganda of many returning students, the concept of independence has a great influence. Many people believe that this is an inevitable choice for China to achieve long-term stability and become a real world power.So even after the establishment of the Nanjing central government, even if those revolutionaries and revolutionaries expressed their acquiescence, many of them originally intended to use Nanjing to consume Beiyang.But they didn't expect that Nanjing would finally be able to secure Jiangshan's seat.It is self-defeating, and a big event has been accomplished. What can be done is to use public opinion to continue to exert pressure on the government, let the government hold elections, and reorganize the central government.

Of course, Hua Fei would not pay attention to these people, but he could go his own way and maintain the current rule of the provisional central government.But that will inevitably destroy the credibility of the new government, and it will also increase the division of people's hearts.Push these revolutionaries to the opposite side of the government, increase the determination of warlords in various places to resist the central government with armed forces, and destroy the situation of domestic stability and development.

So what Hua Fei thinks about is, how to use a model that looks high-sounding on the surface, but can still control the power in reality.And after a hundred years, this election model can still operate healthily and maintain the stability and development of the country.

After racking their brains for many days, and even calling all the highly trusted staff officers, they still couldn't solve the problem.Some staff officers even directly asked Hua Fei to proclaim himself emperor, not only directly but also quickly.But Hua Fei is absolutely not greedy for that false name, just like Yuan Shikai, in the end he paid all the price he could or could not pay.

At present, the government's existing operating model has already taken shape, and it only needs to be gradually improved in the development practice. Hua Fei does not need to worry about this.According to the model of electing a new government advocated by the revolutionaries, it is a national general election.One of the disadvantages of universal suffrage is that although Hua Fei has a high prestige now, it is limited to the original autonomous region.Beyond this range, Hua Fei's prestige is much more limited.After all, ordinary people in other regions feel that the benefits brought by Huafei's New Deal are limited, and the propaganda methods in this era are limited, so it is impossible to carry out positive publicity to the public.

In addition, the New Deal will inevitably offend many people, especially those with vested interests. They will inevitably use their financial power and influence to interfere with the election results. This is also Hua Fei's biggest worry.Hua Fei does not have a strong ideology, but he also believes that if the capitalist class, which controls the huge wealth of the society, controls certain political rights, their power and influence will be infinitely magnified, thus affecting the direction of the country and even the future.

No one knows where such a huge, behemoth will lead the country and the nation, and Hua Fei doesn't know either.However, Hua Fei understood that if God wanted to destroy him, he must first drive him crazy.A monster whose collection of money and power has reached its peak, besides madness, is there any other choice for the rest?

However, the course of history did not change due to Hua Fei’s worries. Just as pressure from all parties was constantly exerting pressure and the election of a new government was imminent, a tragedy that shocked the world occurred in Macau, the May [-] tragedy. Also known as the Jebsen event.

What happened was like this. On May 5, an African Portuguese soldier molested a Chinese woman on the street of Xinma Road. Passers-by were very angry and beat the Portuguese soldier on the spot. The crowd joins the fight.Later, the Portuguese police came to stop the incident, but only pointed out that the public disturbed the law and order, and arrested three of the workers involved in the fight.After the news came out, the citizens of Macau were quite dissatisfied.

On the evening of May 5, the Macao United Federation of Trade Unions, the Sixth Regiment, and the Workers’ Love Association discussed the issue of bail in Jiangnan Tea House. After the discussion, they sent representatives to the Baiyantang Police Station of the First Police District of Rui’an Pier to request the release of the three workers. , but the police refused.At the same time, nearly 28 citizens and workers surrounded the police station to support the police all night, while the authorities sent black African troops to support the Portuguese police.In the early morning of May 5, the police asked the people at the scene to disperse so that the police station could change shifts, but the people refused. As a result, the military and police shot and suppressed the migrant workers at the scene, resulting in 29 deaths and more than 70 injuries.Later, it was even rumored that the authorities shipped the bodies away and threw them into the sea.

As a result, the dissatisfaction of the citizens was once again aroused. Afterwards, the workers in Macao launched strikes, market strikes, and school strikes to express their protest. Into a dead market. On June 6, the Portuguese-speaking Macao government ordered all industries to resume business immediately and disbanded the 1 trade unions involved in the strike.

On June 6, the Macau United Federation of Trade Unions and other business groups from all walks of life sent several representatives to Nanjing to seek help from the Nanjing Provisional Central Government.

As early as the night of May 5, Hua Fei received news that Macau military police had shot and killed demonstrators.Hua Fei almost overturned the dining table, another damn foreigner.Hua Fei deeply remembers that when he was just a small warlord, he stood up desperately to stand up for the Indonesian Chinese under the rule of the Netherlands.It not only won Hua Fei a great reputation in China, but also made Hua Fei a great reputation in the world Chinese circle.

No one knows that Hua Fei, who grew up abroad, can better understand the state of mind of Chinese people. They are like duckweed, struggling hard in a foreign country in order to survive and live.Back then, the people of Lu broke through the crisis for their livelihood, but since ancient times, how many people have ventured into the world for their livelihood?

There is no history that records the footsteps of Chinese immigrants to the world, and no one writes down the blood and tears during the migration.Foreign countries are not paradise, but on the contrary, they are the graves of many Chinese people.Countless Chinese have buried their bones in foreign lands, and there is no possibility of returning to their roots.The road of immigration and smuggling is covered with the blood and tears of the Chinese.

Therefore, Hua Fei's anger for the Chinese and overseas Chinese is not only due to political considerations, but also because of this emotional choice tendency.Although Macau is a concession, the people of Macau are strictly speaking not Chinese.However, the unequal contract signed between the Qing Dynasty and Portugal was always unwilling to accept by the then Beiyang government in the early Republic of China, and it had been seeking negotiations.

Therefore, in a political sense, the Portuguese military and police are equivalent to shooting and killing Chinese citizens on China's own land. This incident is even worse and more intolerable than the political nature of the Dutch arrest and killing of Chinese in Indonesia.

Hua Fei originally visited Ma'anshan, Wuhu and other places privately about the development of the local iron and steel industry, the arms industry and other heavy industries.After receiving this news, Hua Fei flew back to Nanjing overnight and held an emergency meeting at the Presidential Palace in Nanjing at three o'clock in the morning.

The next day, that is, the morning of May [-]th, the central government in Nanjing quickly held a press conference, expressing the most serious diplomatic warning regarding the massacre of ordinary people by the military and police in Macau, demanding that the Portuguese government hand over the military and police who shot and molested women African-American soldiers, and severely punished the officer who ordered the shooting.

Without waiting for any reaction from other countries, the director of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Nanjing Central Committee personally summoned the foreign ministers of various countries in China, exchanged views with other countries on this matter, and expressed President Hua Fei's concern and anger on this matter.

The results of the meetings with other countries are unknown. The next afternoon, the spokesperson of the Department of Foreign Affairs appeared again and made a public statement, issuing a 48-hour ultimatum to Portugal.If the Portuguese government still does not respond by then, the Chinese government reserves the right to take any action.

The right to take all actions is reserved, which means that after 48 hours, the Nanjing Central Committee does not rule out the possibility of using force.At this time, the ministers of various countries discovered that the anger of the Chinese government seemed to be more than just shouting.And this excitement, though strange, had a purpose.

The ministers of various countries contacted their respective countries as quickly as possible. Due to the short time, they did not have time to analyze how this incident would affect the Chinese government's diplomacy.However, in order to appease Nanjing, the ministers of various countries issued statements on June [-], severely condemning Portugal's behavior in Macau, and asked the Macau Governor's Office to apologize to the people of Macau and properly resolve the matter.At the same time, the ministers of various countries also emphasized in the statement that they hope that the Nanjing government will respect and protect the rights and interests of all countries in China from being violated.

Seeing the statements made by the ministers of these countries, Hua Fei cursed bullshit.You occupy our land, deprive us of our sovereign interests, and now kill our people, and let us protect your rights?Fucking shit.

However, although Hua Fei was extremely angry, he did not lose his mind.Foreigners have been exploited in China for decades, and this shame and resentment is like a steel thorn in Hua Fei's heart.However, until the national strength is absolutely strong, he cannot break with all countries.However, how long do we need to endure, and how many people die under the guns of foreigners for no reason?

Hua Fei is not going to bear it any longer. This time, he completely abandons the stance of a politician, and only considers from the purely military status. If Portugal does not surrender, all that remains is war.

On June 48, when those representatives from all walks of life in Macau were on their way to Nanjing, the [-]-hour ultimatum expired.The Portuguese government expressed its willingness to apologize to the people of Macau and will properly handle the matter.As for handing over the relevant perpetrators and those responsible for handling the incident, this is something that the Portuguese government absolutely cannot agree to.It is not about morality, but once it surrenders to China, it means that Portugal has completely failed in this diplomatic incident, which means that Portugal's rights and interests in China will be greatly affected.

At 48:10 p.m. on June [-], [-] minutes had passed since the [-]-hour ultimatum.The outside of the Presidential Palace was brightly lit. Reporters from all over the place and young people from Nanjing crowded the square outside the Presidential Palace. A large number of heavily armed special police were surrounded layer by layer to prevent accidents at any time.

At nineteen twenty, Hua Fei walked out of the presidential palace.Under the focal length of the light, Hua Fei was wearing a military uniform that he hadn't worn for a long time. On the shoulders of the handsome military uniform, there were five glittering golden generals.That means that Hua Fei's military rank is uniquely the highest in the National Defense Forces, a five-star marshal.You must know that when the Nanjing Interim Central Committee was first established, Hua Fei rejected the government's proposal of a five-star marshal, and still maintained the rank of a four-star general during the Beiyang government.The reporters talked a lot, wondering if it was the first time that Hua Fei showed the five gold stars on his shoulders in front of the public, whether it indicated some decision or not.The answer is looming in the hearts of many people, but people are still looking forward to it, looking forward to the president, this iron-blooded soldier who rarely disappoints the people of the country, can give a perfect answer.

"Compatriots, friends, I stand here today with a very sad heart. I am not speaking to you as the interim president of the country. I am the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces and a five-star soldier of the National Defense Forces. Announce a few decisions here!"

"Because the Portuguese government ignored our ultimatum, lacked sincerity in negotiations, refused peace, and refused to negotiate, on behalf of the Nanjing Interim Central Government, I announce that we will immediately suspend diplomatic relations with Portugal, withdraw all relevant officials, and suspend all relevant cooperation."

"I declare that all previous political, economic and trade contracts with Portugal are abolished, including all agreements signed between the former Qing government and Portugal, all privileges of Portugal in China are abolished, all property of Portugal in China is frozen, and Portugal is prohibited from The exit and freedom of Chinese merchants."

"I announce that those responsible for the May [-] incident will be wanted. All military, police and government officials involved in the May [-] incident will be restricted from leaving the country and will be tried under Chinese law."

Before Hua Fei finished speaking, the common people and reporters present were elated, especially those foreign reporters and consular representatives from various countries. They almost suspected that their ears had heard them wrong. Words are facts.

Although Hua Fei's iron fist is well known to outsiders, in the eyes of most outsiders, this kind of iron fist is still used more in China.The dispute with the Netherlands in Indonesia back then could be understood as young and reckless, and Hua Fei was weak at that time, and more others seemed to be watching a show. Although it was exciting, it was not painful.

Later, Hua Fei became tougher, but it was nothing more than fighting with the Japanese, and once paid a heavy price, and almost completely ruined the nascent navy.If it hadn't been for the acquisition of several German warships by virtue of its status as a victorious country in World War I, it would be hard to say how many warships the Chinese Navy still has today.Perhaps it was the bitterness of defeat in the war with the Japanese. You see that the Japanese have occupied the Northeast for several years now, and you don’t see this tough and messy Hua Lengzi sending troops to the Northeast again.Not only did they not send troops, but they also transferred the Fengjun that originally belonged to the Northeast back to the pass.

Even if it is to send troops to Russia, if it is not for Nicholas II's repeated requests, I am afraid that this iron-blooded general will push back on Russia's war.Time wears away people's vigor, and time also smooths out all anger.So even when the Nanjing Central Committee issued an ultimatum, more people just regarded it as a kind of anger that the government had to express, in order to have an explanation to the people!

But now, this iron-blooded general who is shrunken in the eyes of foreigners, the president who has only a false name, suddenly announced the severance of all relations with Portugal and the abolition of all rights and interests of Portugal in China. Judging from this posture, it seems that he is going to declare war on them!There's no reason for that, it shouldn't be at all.You must know that the reason why Portugal is so confident is that it is supported by countries such as Britain and France.The original intention of Britain, France and other countries was very simple. They used Portugal to test the diplomatic attitude of the nascent Nanjing Provisional Central Committee and see their positions on issues such as concessions, so as to establish diplomatic standards and national diplomatic strategies with China.

"We have always adhered to the diplomatic concept of peace. Even though the former Qing government signed many unequal agreements with other countries, we still maintain friendly diplomatic relations with them and solve problems through negotiations on the premise of respecting the interests of all countries."

"The First World War brought too much suffering to the people of the world. As participants in the First World War, we deeply know that the monster of war will eventually destroy not only the enemy, but also our own civilization and even the entire human civilization. Then someone told me, do you want peace? Well, get ready for war."

"What the Portuguese government has done in Macau has seriously exceeded our patience. They have not only turned a blind eye to the right to life of our people, but also turned a deaf ear to our ultimatum. Now is the time for them to pay the price and feel the pain. gone."

"Finally, I declare that from this moment on, we will declare war on Portugal! Macau is no longer part of Portugal's leased territory. The central government has taken back all sovereignty over Macau. Portuguese private property on Macau land is inviolable. Everything owned by the Portuguese government in Macau is inviolable. Property, all confiscated!"

"I know that many people, even the people in China, are surprised by my decision to go to war. I might as well tell you frankly that even inside the presidential palace, there are different opinions. They think that I should not be overwhelmed by the death of hundreds of Macau compatriots. And when we get angry, we should not easily activate the national war machine. If a country is warlike, it will die if it fights for a long time!"

"I don't swear, but I want to say something. I didn't get angry. Those so-called remarks that the lives of hundreds of compatriots are worthless are all bullshit. As soldiers, our duty is to protect every The right to life of the descendants of Yan and Huang is inviolable. No matter where you are, no matter how far you are from the country, I only hope that the purpose of the existence of the National Defense Forces is to give you a sense of security!"

"Since we have chosen war, no more arguments are necessary. The important thing is that we win the war until the Portuguese government admits its mistakes and asks us for peace negotiations! I hope that the people of the whole country will unite and speak out with one voice. Tell our enemies that the dignity of our lives is sacred and inviolable. Anyone who violates us will be made to pay the price!"