In mid-May, the Royal Cruise Ship Black Swan, which was sailing in the Indian Ocean, received a telegram from the Lanfang Embassy in the Republic of China.
As in the original history, on May 4th, students in the capital city of the Republic of China held a large-scale demonstration.
Like the last Tianjin Pier incident, this parade was once again exploited by some well-intentioned people, causing conflicts during the parade and ultimately causing serious consequences.
In fact, as early as a month ago, there were signs that the situation was out of control, but it did not arouse any vigilance from the Beiyang government.
The delegation sent by the Republic of China to Europe to participate in the Paris Peace Conference was actually a hodgepodge, including representatives from the Beiyang government and the southern military government.
We must know that the Beiyang government and the southern military government were actually still in a state of war at this time. It would be strange for such a delegation to be able to work together.
So almost from the beginning of the Peace Conference, all kinds of news were sent back to the Republic of China.
Among them, the most influential ones were the parts of the Boxer Indemnity against Japan and the Netherlands.
As mentioned before, the Japanese and the Dutch insist on not giving up the remaining part of the Boxer Indemnity. It is easy to say that the amount owed to the Dutch is small, after all, the amount owed to the Japanese is larger, coupled with the attitude of the Japanese
He was extremely determined, so public dissatisfaction grew.
In fact, at the official level of the Beiyang government, they had almost no say in the Paris Peace Conference, because neither Clemenceau, Lloyd George, or even Wilson believed that the Republic of China's contribution to the First World War was not significant.
It seems like so much.
If the Foreign Legion is counted as a force sent by the Republic of China, then the Republic of China has indeed made a huge contribution. But the fact is that the Republic of China has abandoned the Foreign Legion and the Foreign Legion has established its own country. So the amount of contributions the Republic of China has left will be greatly reduced.
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And because of the appearance of the Foreign Legion, the Japanese also sent the Sixth Division to Europe, and ended up with the entire army annihilated.
Although the reason for the annihilation of the Sixth Division remains to be verified, after all, the outcome cannot be changed, so it seems that the Japanese contribution to the World War was greater than that of the Republic of China.
In fact, just before the Tianjin dock incident, Clemenceau and Lloyd George's attitudes were biased towards the Republic of China.
But after the Tianjin Pier Incident, Clemenceau and his colleagues also had subtle changes in their attitudes on how to deal with the Republic of China and Japan.
But the Beiyang government cannot explain this change to its people.
We cannot directly say: Because of your impulse, you have driven away the Foreign Legion, which has made our country unpopular at the Paris Peace Conference, so the negotiation process is not good for us now.
This does not calm public dissatisfaction, but adds fuel to the fire.
On May 1st, Gu Weijun, head of the Republic of China negotiator delegation, telegraphed the Beiyang government, saying that if they did not sign the contract, it would be detrimental to the abolition of consular jurisdiction, customs autonomy, compensation for losses, etc.
On May 2, the Beiyang government called the delegation to announce that they could sign a contract.
The reasons why the Beiyang government agreed to sign the contract are as follows: If you don't sign, it is just an emotional expression and of no use to the national interests. If you don't sign, you won't be able to enter the League of Nations. If you are bullied in the future, you can still ask such a large group of people to help you.
Tell me, this is very serious.
And if you don't sign it, you will have to pay Germany the money for the Xinchou Treaty in the future, and Germany won't be able to get the compensation.
If signed: the compensation to Japan will continue to be paid.
Comparing the two, it is obvious whether we should sign or not.
But these reasons cannot be made public either.
On the same day, Lin Changmin, the director of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the director of the National Association of Foreign Affairs, Lin Huiyin’s father, wrote an article in the National Gazette in the morning: Even if we win, especially if we lose, the country will no longer be a country, and we are willing to unite with the 40,000 people to fight to the death.
So on May 3rd, the Beijing People's Foreign Affairs Association, headed by Lin Changmin, held a meeting and decided to prevent the government from signing the contract. Cai Yuanpei, director of the Beijing People's Foreign Affairs Association, reported the diplomatic failure to the students.
The whole situation was completely out of control.
On May 4th, the students wanted to walk out of the school, but they were blocked by military police dispatched by the Beiyang government who had been informed of this in advance.
At this time, the military and police had no advantage at all when facing the students. Even if they were wearing weapons, the military and police did not dare to make any mistakes.
The military and police even joked: We are Qiu Ba and you are Qiu Jiu. You are one generation older than us.
Seniority is very important among the Chinese, and considering yourself to be one generation younger shows the weakness of the military and police in front of the students.
When the students asked to leave the campus, some military police even knelt down and begged the students not to be impulsive.
But it has no effect.
The students finally walked out of school and submitted letters of petition to the embassies of Britain, France, the United States and Italy. Except for the US embassy, which accepted the petition and agreed to consider it, the other three countries refused to accept it.
Don't blame Britain, France and Italy. People have the right not to accept this kind of petition, because the common submission method at this time is that if necessary, they can ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China to forward it.
As an embassy of a country abroad, the direct acceptance method of the U.S. Embassy is inappropriate.
But the students didn't think so. They believed that Britain, France, and Italy were ignoring these future proud men, so they took to the streets angrily, broke into Zhao's building, set it on fire, and beat Zhang Zongxiang severely.
It is worth mentioning that when Zhang Zongxiang was severely beaten and injured in more than 50 places all over his body, no one of the dozens of heavily armed military police nearby dared to stop him. Even if someone asked them for help, their answer was that there was no order from the top.
, don’t dare to care
It is also worth mentioning that in the original history, when the Japanese invaded China in a large scale in the future, Cao Rulin, the traitor among the people today and the owner of Zhaojialou, did not accept any false posts during the Anti-Japanese War and maintained his position in the face of the great rights and wrongs of the nation.
On the evening of Christmas Eve, one of the patriots who took the lead in burning down the Zhaojia Building that day, named Mei Siping, became a nationally known traitor and was eventually executed.
On May 4th, after the Zhaojia Building was burned down, in order to prevent the situation from escalating, the Beiyang government arrested 32 activists.
Then how to send these uncles away has become a matter of concern to the whole society.
First, President Xu Shichang sent officials to apologize, but they did not accept it.
The next day, the infantry commander's office and the police station sent people to apologize again, and the elders finally agreed to be released from prison.
But how to get out has become a problem.
So the Beiyang government prepared a car to take these old men out of prison, and promised to set off firecrackers when they left, so as to remove bad luck for the old men.
But the elders feel that it is not enough.
Finally, the director of the General Affairs Department bowed and begged the gentlemen: Gentlemen, you have become famous, hurry up and get on the bus.
So the men chose to walk out of prison and enjoy the glory of heroes.
The above matters basically have nothing to do with Lan Fang, because Lan Fang’s embassy in Beijing is in the embassy district, and the elders can’t get in. For some unknown reason, when facing the third brother policeman with a turban on his head, the elders also
There is no impulse like facing the police
It had something to do with it. The Beiyang government didn't have enough cars to transport the old men, so they borrowed two cars from the Lanfang Embassy in the Republic of China.
Of course not a truck, but a car.
It's impossible for old men to make trucks. Only people a generation younger than them can ride in that kind of car.
Tang Xinzhi's telegram was explained very carefully, just like documentary literature. Qin Zhiyuan couldn't laugh or cry while reading it, while Julie read it with gusto.
These people, ah, so cool. Julie thought for a long time and found such an adjective.
It's just the second grade disease. It's something that the Beiyang government is used to. It's also something the whole society is used to. It's your own fault. Qin Zhiyuan refused to comment and wanted to explain to Julie what the second grade disease is.
Wow, I was so happy to study in the Republic of China. I could become an official after graduation. What Julie saw was obviously different from Qin Zhiyuan.
Not all of them are officials, they can also teach, but no matter what, they are sure to have enough food and clothing. You can't imagine the Chinese people's worship of culture. Qin Zhiyuan sighed.
Don't use you, it's us now, and I don't like you excluding me. Julie is dissatisfied.
Ah, I was wrong. Qin Zhiyuan has a good attitude.
Julie was satisfied, and with just one look, Qin Zhiyuan thoughtfully poured a glass of water over.
Julie, who couldn't do this in Lanfang and absolutely couldn't drink water, suddenly turned 180 degrees. You know, just a minute ago, Julie was still expressing her admiration and envy.
Of course not. Lanfang's school only trains professional and technical talents. It only has cultural appreciation classes and does not train literary masters. Qin Zhiyuan had already decided.
Literary masters are amazing things. For example, someone like Cao Xueqin devotes all his energy and emotion to only one work in his life. That is of course worthy of admiration, and it is also worthy of praise, because this kind of concentration and precipitation, no matter at any time
All are worth promoting.
But if you are eating from the government, receiving a salary from the government, and enjoying the benefits provided by the government, and still have nothing to do but criticize the government and the country as your own responsibility, then you are collectively committing abjection on the part of the whole society, and you don't need to be a master like that.
Anyway, Lanfang has no history, so Qin Zhiyuan doesn't want to overdo it.
Currently in Lanfang, there are indeed many schools that favor liberal arts, but they are all oriented toward basic education, and at a deeper level, they are secretarial in nature. They are more practical and never engage in theoretical research.
At the same time, there are more schools that favor science and engineering, and there are a large number of technical schools. These schools are the place to cultivate talents. Whether they are engineers, technicians, even medical workers, or agricultural and forestry workers, they are all urgently needed in Lanfang.
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Of course, Qin Zhiyuan has not given up on the field of thought. In the current plan, various museums, music festivals, cultural promotion weeks and even film companies have already formed plans.
Qin Zhiyuan believes that these are more conducive to the popularization of culture rather than attracting attention in newspapers.
