Beiyang reactionaries

If the domestic public opinion puts pressure on Duan Xun from now on to have a showdown with Japan and treat Japan toughly, it will cause big problems for Duan Xun's arrangement.

Now the result is very good.

Duan Xun was given enough time to make arrangements slowly.

The cabinet has also decided on a delegation to negotiate with Japan.

With Wang Chonghui, former prime minister and current president of the Supreme Court, as the head of the negotiating team, and Yan Shichao, the current minister of foreign affairs as the deputy head, negotiations with Japan began in Tianjin.

Wang Chonghui is really nice.

On April 1923, 4, the Chinese and Japanese delegations negotiated for the first time.Wang Chonghui asked Japan to unconditionally transfer the rights and interests of the Kanto Prefecture, the South-Manchuria Railway, and the Northeast to China on the grounds that the "Luda ​​Land Lease Treaty" had expired.

Wang Chonghui is playing with the law.

Ability is quite good.

International law, every applicable law, he just said it casually, and he memorized it completely backwards.Compete with the Japanese delegation for every clause.

The two sides fought for three days.

Nothing came of it.Because of the conditions proposed by China, it is impossible for Japan to accept them.Japan directly took out the 'Fourth People's Treaty', indicating that they have a legal basis.But knowing it was impossible, Wang Chonghui was still very serious and didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him.Instead, he seriously argued with the Japanese representative and fought for his own interests.After three days of arguing with each other, there was no result, so they decided to take a break.

Negotiate again in a week.

Negotiations a week later, however, were still fruitless.China has not changed the terms, and Japan will not budge at all.So until April 1923, 4, the first round of negotiations was over, but without any results.

After the two sides decided to rest for ten days, on May 1923, 5, the second round of negotiations will be held.

This time, the Chinese side took a step back and no longer asked Japan to unconditionally transfer the rights and interests of the Kanto Prefecture, the South Manchuria Railway, and the Northeast.Instead, it stated that Kanto Prefecture could continue to lease it to Japan, but asked Japan to transfer the rights and interests of the Northeast Mine and the South Manchuria Railway to China.

It was still rejected by the Japanese negotiating team.

Japan's conditions have not changed at all, that is, according to the "Fourth Civil Treaty", the lease term of Kanto Prefecture has been increased by 99 years, and it is impossible for them to give up the rights and interests of the South-Manchuria Railway and the Northeast.

The two sides talked several times, but without any results.

Therefore, the two sides decided to adjourn the meeting again and negotiate again after ten days.In this way, two consecutive rounds of negotiations between China and Japan have not yielded any results.It can only enter the third round of negotiations.

Originally entering May, there is only one month before the expiration of the "Luda ​​Land Lease Treaty" in June.Everyone's eyes refocused on this matter.

But once again there is big news on women's rights.

Concerning the question of women's suffrage, the cabinet, provisional senate, women's representatives, and other representations were increasingly contested.There has been no consensus.At this time, Duan Xun, as the prime minister of the cabinet, personally proposed to change the current national election issue.Including elections to parliamentarians.

Currently, according to the "Electoral Law" of the Republic of China, there are approximately 5000 to [-] million people in China who are eligible to participate in elections.Because the "election law" of the Republic of China does not include women, and of course it is impossible to have children.Moreover, among adult men, only those who have property, whose assets reach a certain scale, and who have reached a certain level of knowledge are eligible to participate in elections.

But Duan Xun's suggestion this time is completely different.

Duan Xun suggested that the right to vote and the right to be elected should not distinguish between men and women, nor should they distinguish between the amount of property, let alone the amount of knowledge.As long as the people of the Republic of China are over the age, they should have the right to vote and the right to be elected.

This is a big deal.

It is a big event that can change the political situation in China.

In other words, it is a big event to change the entire "provisional agreement" and the subsequent election law.

So here it draws everyone's attention.However, Duan Xun's proposal was too loud to object to. For a while, even the members of the provincial councils began to speak out against Duan Xun's proposal.

Many people's objections made Duan Xun very ridiculous.

Because many people expressed their views, the current republics of the United Kingdom and the United States have not implemented such elections.These countries are world powers, and of course they have their reasons for making such regulations.

For this reason, Duan Xun didn't know what to say to these people.

Very lively.

Duan Xun likes this excitement.In order to add fuel to the excitement, Duan Xun suggested that the government should use some talented women to serve and increase the proportion of women in government departments.Soon on May 1924, 5, Wang Yue, the head of the Ministry of Health, announced that the Ministry of Health would cooperate with the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal Government to establish China Medical University, and invited Zhang Zhujun to be the first president of China Medical University.Moreover, Zhang Zhujun was invited to serve as the director of the Epidemic Prevention Committee under the Ministry of Health, responsible for the national epidemic prevention work.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Erhe, the head of the Ministry of Education, also announced that Tang Qunying was invited to serve as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Education and concurrently as the director of the Women's Education Development Committee.Responsible for statistics on the current situation of women's education in the country, and make plans for the development of women's education.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Although after the founding of the Republic of China, it was not that there were no women who served in government agencies.But it's all a matter of certain places, and some places have a slightly more enlightened governance, and this will happen.

But it's completely different for the first time.

Although the right to vote and the right to be elected proposed by Duan Xun are currently under discussion, the Provisional Senate has not made any comments on this, nor does it intend to change the current right to vote.

But the Beijing government has already taken the lead in making changes in women's participation in politics.Both Tang Qunying and Zhang Zhujun were invited to serve as high-level government officials.Already the biggest change yet regarding women's suffrage.

In fact, neither Tang Qunying nor Zhang Zhujun wanted to come to Beijing.

They all have their own business.

In the early years of the Republic of China, they were very willing to participate in politics, but after those years of blows, their enthusiasm for participating in politics was extinguished a lot.But they accepted the invitation anyway.Because they know that the two of them are a role model.The two of them accepted this invitation, which is tantamount to setting a huge example for women's participation in politics, which will greatly stimulate the enthusiasm of women's participation in politics and the formulation of policies and regulations for women's participation in politics.

Therefore, on May 1923, 5, both Tang Qunying and Zhang Zhujun accepted invitations from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education.Since the founding of the Republic of China, this is the first time that the Beijing government has such a high position, which is held by a woman.

A sensation in the whole country.

When the whole country is paying attention to women's political participation, Duan Xun is slowly arranging things to deal with Japan in Beijing.The issue of women's rights and interests is killing two birds with one stone for Duan Xun.

Duan Xun needs women to come out to work and increase China's labor force.On the other hand, such public opinion is needed to paralyze Japan and relieve some pressure on Duan Xun in the country.

Things are going very well now.

So Duan Xun's main energy is still on Japan.

"Baoshu (Kang Xinru), how do you know the current customs situation across the country? What happened, can your department take over the customs work as soon as possible?"

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"Bao Shu (Kang Xinru), how are your preparations? How well do you know about China Customs? Do you have the confidence to take over the work of Customs at any time?"

How powerful is Japan in China?

Simply amazing.

Not only those wharves along the Yangtze River, but also the wharves of the Japanese navy in China, such as Ningbo Port and Zhanjiang Port, as well as a large number of Japanese chambers of commerce and Chinese businessmen attached to the Japanese chamber of commerce, as well as the most important customs in China's finances. under Japanese control.Of course, this is also related to Duan Xun's close relationship with Japan.

It is precisely because Duan Xun made concessions to Japan in order to obtain financial support, technical support, and diplomatic support from Japan, and gave Japan too much power, which led to today's situation.

To be honest, if Duan Xun didn't know some history, these concessions alone would be enough to nail Duan Xun to the pillar of shame in history, and he would never recover.Because Japan's power is so expanded, it is definitely not easy to solve.

Fortunately, Duan Xun knows the history and knows that there is a chance to solve these problems.

In 1923, although it cannot be said to be the time of final reckoning, some things must be settled.In recent years, Duan Xun has used Japan's power to weaken the power of Britain, France and the United States in China, especially the power of Britain in China.Now is the time to focus on Japan.