Beiyang reactionaries

Liao Zhongkai reported to Sun Yat-sen.

He was really amazed.Police officers from the Shanghai Police Station swaggered into the concession to arrest people.And those policemen in the concession, including the French Concession and the public concession, all just protested.It didn't stop them from catching people.

This is the first time since Shanghai had a concession.

In the past, the Chinese police could not enter the concession to arrest people at all.The reason why the French Concession and the Public Concession did not stop it was because they saw the current mainstream public opinion in China.

Anti-imperialist.

The Chinese people are actually the official voice.Because it is the local organizations of the People's Party that are currently instigating the "anti-imperialist wave" in the country.With the people's party leaders jumping out one after another over the years, no one knows that the people's party came from the southwest region, from the hands of Duan Xun.

Under this kind of public opinion, the Hankou British Concession happened.

Now the British Concession in Hankou is directly occupied by China. At this time, the French Concession and Public Concession in Shanghai really don’t want to provoke such an anti-imperialist wave.Therefore, when Shanghai police arrested people, they turned a blind eye.

"How could this be so, how could this be so."

Sun Yat-sen shook his head.

Then he said: "Duan Xun has always been very disciplined, no matter whether he is in the southwestern provinces or entered Beijing. Moreover, Duan Xun also attaches great importance to his reputation. Why did he suddenly start closing down the newspaper? A very inappropriate thing."

"Sir, the newspapers seized by the government are all newspapers calling on Duan Xun to lift the ban. Now even the 'Declaration' and our 'Minguo Daily' are very nervous."

"What's wrong with that."

Sun Yat-sen sighed.

He frowned and said: "For freedom of the press, everyone has the right to express their own opinions. Can't everyone say anything? This is too overbearing. What is the difference between this and Yuan Shikai? Why did they arrest people and shut down the newspaper for what reason. No, I have to write a review, I have to send a telegram to Duan Xun."

Since Duan Xun has been suppressing the Kuomintang in the past few years, and the Cantonese Army has been reorganized, the current Kuomintang has been very weak.Most of the Kuomintang veterans are in the Shanghai Concession, and the only fighting weapon is the "Republic of China Daily" in their hands.

"Sir, don't be impulsive. I have already sent someone to inquire, and it is estimated that things will be difficult."

"what happened?"

Liao Zhongkai sighed and said: "The police station has accurate clues. These people have taken money from the Japanese, and the amount is quite large. The prosecutor's office and the police station believe that these people have violated ' News Law'. And they took money from the Japanese. During the current Sino-Japanese War, this is a 'collaborating country', and may even be characterized as a 'traitor'. Although there is currently no such crime in law , but the Prosecutor’s Office believes that it is wartime, and what they have violated is wartime regulations. They are accepting funds from the enemy, doing things for the enemy, and interfering in the Sino-Japanese war.”

"Taking money from the Japanese? Is it a false accusation or is it true?"

Sun Yat-sen asked softly.

"It's true. Several Japanese people who were active in Shanghai have been arrested by the police station. Not only the evidence of the flow of funds has been seized by the police station, but even the money that those people got in their hands has been found and seized by the police station. Completely The evidence is conclusive. More importantly, the articles written by these people are all articles requested by the Japanese. The Shanghai High Court decided to immediately start reviewing the case of accepting money from the Japanese, speaking for the Japanese, and disrupting the Sino-Japanese War .Once these people are convicted, they may be sentenced to a very serious sentence, or even the death penalty.”

"Don't be so serious, right?"

Hu Hanmin next to him froze for a moment, his face paled in shock.

Because this matter is not a secret in the current Shanghai poster industry, and many people know it well.Hu Hanmin is personally in charge of the current "Republic of China Daily". In fact, some people under him have taken money from the Japanese.

I don't think so.

How could he have thought that it would be so serious.

"The situation is very serious. The Shanghai Higher People's Court announced that those journalists and editors who took money from Japan will receive light sentences as long as they voluntarily turn themselves in. But if they find out, they will all be sentenced to felonies."

"Zhong Kai, what do you mean, many newspapers in Shanghai currently write articles that the Japanese bought with money?"

"Yes."

Sun Yat-sen didn't know what to say at this time.

How to do it.

Liao Zhongkai shook his head and said: "Sir, public opinion is boiling now, and there are waves of anti-imperialist. The student groups in Shanghai have also been calling for anti-imperialism. I have always wondered why the public opinion in Shanghai is so strong. It’s so different. Now it seems that half of the articles in Shanghai’s newspaper industry are bought by the Japanese.”

"But even so, these journalists should not be severely sentenced. This will affect the freedom of the press."

Sun Yat-sen thought for a while and shook his head.

Then said: "I'm going to see Yan Huiqing."

396

"It was a good talk."

Duan Xun looked at the main terms and felt very comfortable.

So kudos to the negotiating team.

"Everyone take a look."

Duan Xun showed the terms negotiated between China and Japan to all the cabinet members, including the heads of various cabinet ministries and commissions.Today is not a cabinet committee meeting, but an enlarged cabinet meeting.

All cabinet ministers participate.

In addition to the chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Wei, the president of the provisional Senate, and representatives of some members of the provisional Senate also attended the meeting.

One by one they took them over and looked at them.Of course, there are many articles, and they all add up to dozens of pages, because there is a lot of content in it.I wonder how much time it will take if everyone takes it to see it.Therefore, what everyone mainly looks at is the reduced version.

There are only some main terms extracted.

Everyone is very excited.

Because of China's request, Japan basically did not refute it and agreed to it all.Abolish the "Fourth People's Treaty", withdraw troops from the Northeast, return the Kanto Prefecture, return the Northeast Railway, and return the Northeast mines and factories.

The police system in Shandong was also withdrawn, and all Japanese concessions in China were abolished.

And cancel Japan's navigation rights in China's inland sea, return Japan's mineral ownership and railway control rights in other parts of China, and cancel all indemnities.

Moreover, the Chinese government does not recognize the unequal treaties signed before, especially those indemnities.Japan is required to convert the compensation that has been paid into cash to offset China's borrowing from Japan.After statistics, China paid 3000 million taels of silver in compensation in the Sino-Japanese War.After the foreign powers intervened to return Liaodong, China paid another [-] million taels of silver to Japan in order to redeem the Liaodong Peninsula according to the "Liaonan Treaty".

After that, China also paid 50 taels of military expenses to the Japanese troops stationed in Weihaiwei every year, and paid a total of 150 million taels for three years.From 1895 to 1902, the Qing government should pay a total of 2.5472 million taels of Kuping silver in compensation and interest to Japan.However, the Japanese government actually insisted on paying in accordance with the internationally accepted gold standard currency. The Qing government paid an extra 1500 million taels of silver, and continued to raise the issue of the quality of Kuping’s silver. The Qing government had to pay an extra 1325 million taels of silver.The total of the two items reached 2825 million taels of silver.In total, based on silver calculations, the Qing government actually paid 2.8297 million taels of silver.

Why is China's customs mortgaged to the great powers.

With so much money, the Qing government could not afford to pay at that time.So it can only be a loan from the big powers, but it is not easy to get a loan.Because when taking out a loan, there will be a large amount of "off color", handling fees, and interest. If you borrow 8000 million, it would be good if China can get [-] to [-] million, and the interest on this kind of loan is very high.The Chinese government paid a total of more than [-] million taels of silver plus interest just to repay the indemnity of the Sino-Japanese War.

In addition to the indemnities for the Sino-Japanese War of 3247-3600, China also repaid the Boxer indemnities to Japan.So far, China has compensated Japan a total of [-] million Guanping taels, which is about [-] million taels in cash.

Converted into silver dollars, it is about 7000 million silver dollars.

Therefore, after China's final calculation, it is believed that Japan should return China's compensation of 3 million taels of silver, which exceeds 3000 million silver dollars.And China used this money to offset the loan with Japan, and wiped out half of Japan's loan to China at once.

Japan is very angry.

Because Japan has given China so many loans over the years, and then gets amazing interest from China every year.And the funds given to Chinese steel mills and other mines in China are able to introduce a large amount of various ores and various pig irons that are 20.00% to 40.00% lower than the market price every year.

But China wiped out half of the loans at once.And they are all those loans that involve the lifeline of China's economy.