Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

In the capital city, there is a Shidaren alley in Dongdan, which has now become the center of the Republic of China. In March 1912, Yuan Shikai took office as the provisional president of the Republic of China in the Guest House of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the former Qing Dynasty, and the Guest House immediately became the Presidential Palace.

Master Shi Hutong, the name may not be found in later generations, but it refers to the battle of defending the capital and the change of seizing the gate in the Ming Dynasty. These two major events are related to Shi Heng. Because Shifu is called Shidaren Hutong here.In later generations, it was called Dongdan Foreign Affairs Street.

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Yuan Shikai was looking at the battle reports sent by the provinces, and now the progressives in the south have mixed with him, so some progressives who rebelled in the former Qing Dynasty can only be pardoned, and those who should be promoted will be promoted.

On a telegram sent to Jin Province, Yuan Shikai signed his name impressively. The general idea of ​​the telegram was to make Yan Xishan the governor of Shanxi. On the opposite side, agreeing with Yuan Shikai's idea of ​​establishing the capital as the capital is an exchange of interests.

After this matter was done, Yuan Shikai still wanted to think about things in Kanto in his mind, when he saw his newly appointed prime minister walk in.

"President, Zhu Erdian, the British Minister to China, has come to congratulate you on your inauguration as President. What do you think?" Tang Shaoyi asked. As the former governor of Fengtian under the appointment of Xu Shichang, he planned to introduce British and American capital under the appointment of Xiliang and build a road running through the Northeast. The whole territory of the railway, to restrict the young children of Japan who studied in the United States in the former Qing Dynasty, this person's ability is still good.

At least, when Hanyao had no cement factory, Tang Shaoyi made the large order from Tangshan Qixin Cement Co., Ltd., that is, Ma Brand Cement, for Hanyao. Cooperate with people from Qixin digging.

"I'll meet you in the living room!" Yuan Shikai got up and was about to leave, but was stopped by Tang Shaoyi, "President, now that the new cabinet has been formed, do you see if the previous employment and finances have been reappointed according to the "Temporary Agreement"?" Fan?"

"Shaochuan (Tang Shaoyi's word), there is no rush at this time, as long as it can be temporarily operated, we will sort it out slowly!" Yuan Shikai smiled and comforted Tang Shaoyi, without agreeing or refusing, but when he went out, his whole face suddenly changed It became gloomy.

After arriving at the living room of the Presidential Palace, Yuan Shikai smiled again and walked in: "My old friend, how are you doing?"

Yuan Shikai and Zhu Erdian have been close friends for many years. They first met in North Korea and England before the Russo-Japanese War, but they always recognized the Qing court as the suzerain of North Korea. At the age of 26, they were appointed by the Qing court as the prime minister stationed in North Korea to negotiate Yuan Shikai, the Minister of Trade Affairs, met Zhu Erdian at that time.

At that time, Yuan Shikai was ruthless, but he was the Supreme Emperor in North Korea for a period of time. On the eve of the Sino-Japanese War, Yuan Shikai became a thorn in the side of the Japanese and planned to assassinate him. After Tang Shaoyi knew about it, he asked Zhu Erdian for help.Zhu Erdian prepared British warships and sent Yuan Shikai back to Jinmen.

It can be said that in the eyes of Yuan Shikai, this Englishman saved him several times...

"Your Excellency, President, thank you for your greetings. They are all very good. Your presidential palace is really good." Zhu Erdian is an old man, and this time he met with the attitude of a low-ranking person, which made Yuan Shikai very comfortable.

"Haha, old friend, you know the history of this former Qing State Guest House. It was originally built by the Qing Foreign Affairs Ministry on this mansion that had changed hands for the purpose of welcoming the visit of the German crown prince. Now I have requisitioned it as the presidential palace." Yuan Shikai said.

The current Presidential Palace of the Republic of China has two gates with very different styles. The west gate is a Chinese-style government office gate, while the east gate is a Western-style gate.On the left and right sides of the gate are two rather thick and short granite Ioni columns, supporting the eaves on the upper part, and a high wall around the gate, with a circular vault on it, giving people a solid and heavy feeling.

The main building in the mansion is also where Yuan Shikai works now. There is one basement floor and two floors above the ground. The structure of the building is extremely solid. The walls are nearly 1 meter thick. .The foyer, corridors, and stairs are very large, and the walls of the corridors are decorated with mirrors.The interior has fireplaces, chandeliers, fine wood inlaid floors, and a strong European court flavor. It can be said that this is the most luxurious, best-quality, and most authentic Western-style building built by the Qing court.

"Mr. President is still very discerning. I am here to congratulate you on becoming the President of the Republic of China. Mr. President, you called to say that you have something to discuss with me?" Zhu Erdian asked.

"That's right, our Republic of China has an industry called Hanyao Manufacturing Bureau in Kanto, old friend, do you know that?"

"I know, this is one of the few modern industrial complexes among you. Now you set up a factory in China. If you have a lot of money, you can wait. Import equipment from Britain, the United States, and Germany. If you have less money but are in a hurry to set up a factory, you can buy it from Han." Isn’t Yao buying equipment the consensus of merchants in the Republic of China now? I heard that Mr. President’s car also has Han Yao’s car?”

"Haha, that's true. The quality of the car is good. I'll ask Hanyao's owner to give you one too!" Yuan Shikai embraced the package, and he was very skillful in giving generously to others. Of course, this was also due to his domineering personality. Sincerely.

"This time, what I want to tell Mr. Zhu Erdian is that Hanyao has established the Nanyang Trade Chamber of Commerce in the past few years, mainly to purchase some raw materials from merchants in Nanyang from the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Netherlands. But starting this year, they plan to move toward With the development of Nanyang, Mr. Zhu Erdian, can you send an order to return to China, so that it will be more convenient?"

"Convenience? What convenience does Your Excellency President need?"

"Mr. Consul, take a look, this is the newspaper from Guangzhou, saying that huge iron ore and gold deposits have been discovered in eastern Borneo. That's what Hanyao is going for. You know, the one in Kanto. The place is barren, they must be producing insufficient steel..."

Zhu Erdian glanced at his old friend, Zhu Erdian, and his ability to tell lies has not changed at all. Can the poor develop such a monster enterprise as Hanyao?In the past few years, we have completed primitive accumulation by relying on a series of crops such as monosodium glutamate and soybeans, and then imported industrial products such as cotton cloth from Japan at low prices, and dumped them in the Kanto region to complete the entire capital accumulation. look like.

However, the matter of iron ore and gold mines needs to be reported domestically.

"Your Excellency, President, this matter is not something that I, a little Minister of the Zhu family, can decide. I can only report back."

"That's fine, but old friend, this is a good thing in my opinion. Your British governor in Nanyang has strong sea power, but when it comes to real land warfare, I think Hanyao's insurance team is still worth using. Yes, as long as you agree, I think Hanyao's firm in Nanyang can clear up many obstacles for you." Yuan Shikai's tone was full of temptation.

This old fox, Zhu Erdian said with a smile in his heart, Zhu Erdian also knew about Hanyao's influence in Kanto, and this was based on the idea of ​​weakening it as much as possible.However, it is really a tempting idea to supplement the British land forces in Nanyang.

But at this time in Europe, an academic argument of "The Netherlands is Rising" is quietly rising...