Soon, the two proposals of [East China Government Monetary Reform Plan] and [East China Government Investment Promotion Management Regulations] were passed in the Senate House and became formal bills and could be implemented. So Yang Yuxin left Qingdao and returned to Shanghai with the officially confirmed [East China Government Investment Promotion Management Regulations].

As soon as Yang Yuxin left, someone immediately visited Qingdao again. This time the people came were Japanese ambassador to China, Sutaro Komura and Japanese Consul Ijito Hiroki. Their mission was to hope to officially reach an agreement with the East China government to fight against Russia.

It turned out that in early March, the East China government issued a statement, strongly accusing Russia of violating the withdrawal of troops from the Three East China provinces and stop exchanging Russian prisoners. This news also attracted great attention from Japan, because there were about 15,000 Russian prisoners in the hands of the East China government. If overseas Chinese and Russia really had a fall, they would resolutely not release these prisoners, which would reduce Japan a lot of pressure. Moreover, in Japan, the call for the Japanese government and overseas Chinese to join forces to fight against Russia was once again raised.

During the Boxer Rebellion, in order to fight against Russia's pressure, the Time Travelers and Japan jointly cooperated for a period of time. The two sides also held a joint maritime military exercise near the northern entrance of the Bohai Bay and the outer sea of ​​Lushun to put pressure on Russia. However, the Time Travelers won a great victory in the mountains and seas and defeated the Russian army south, which also aroused Japan's vigilance. Because some people in Japan found that overseas Chinese not only had a strong navy, but also had a good army at the same time, because they were overseas Chinese The army was actually composed of the people of the Qing Dynasty. However, after training from overseas Chinese, the people of the Qing Dynasty, who were regarded as inferior by Japan, showed strong combat power and could defeat the powerful Russian army with few against more. So in time, when they gain a firm foothold in China, what is the point of controlling the entire China at some point in the future. Even if they only control half of China, they will have extremely huge manpower and material resources, and what a terrifying power will burst out.

Overseas Chinese will definitely replace them at some time in the future. This prediction has basically become a consensus among all countries. This is not only because the strength shown by overseas Chinese is far greater than that of the Qing court; but also the style of overseas Chinese do not take the Qing court seriously. They have actually established a completely independent political group in Shandong now. The only difference between countries is time. It is generally believed that overseas Chinese will replace the Qing court at the earliest, and will not exceed 20 years at the latest.

In Japan, a group of people have also conducted a serious evaluation of this, believing that judging from the tough stances shown by overseas Chinese in negotiations with various countries and the nationalist tendency they vigorously promote in the ruling areas, overseas Chinese will inevitably be a terrible opponent of Japan in the future. The reason is that the Qing and Japan are too close to each other, and Shandong, the fief of overseas Chinese, is close to Japan, and Asia cannot tolerate two powerful countries. From now on, Japan should do its best to prevent the rise of overseas Chinese.

But some Japanese believe that although in the long run, Japan and overseas Chinese may become hostile forces, at present, Russia is Japan's biggest opponent. In the goal of joining forces to fight against Russia, Japan and overseas Chinese have the same interests. Therefore, at this stage, Japan should completely strengthen cooperation with overseas Chinese to fight against Russia.

Moreover, after the successful negotiations in Shanghai, Russia agreed to withdraw troops from the Northeast under the pressure of various countries, which greatly reduced Japan's pressure in North Korea, so the call for threats of overseas Chinese became increasingly high. Since Japan and Britain signed an alliance agreement, the Allied Chinese faction gradually became weaker. After all, it is not so important to hold on to the British thigh and join forces with overseas Chinese.

However, in response to the British-Japanese alliance, Russia refused to withdraw its troops from the Northeast for the second time and formed the First Pacific Squadron, including the Letvizan, Victory, Sevastopol, Poltava, Pavlovsk, and Perest, which entered the Port of Lushun. In addition, two large armored cruisers, Gromobowi and Liurik in Vladivostok, as well as five large protective cruisers of 6,000-ton class. Therefore, Russia's naval power in the Far East has surpassed the Japanese Navy, which has not yet completed the "Six Six Fleet".

Moreover, at this time, Russia had a battleship Prince built in France, which was expected to be put into service this year. In addition, five Borodino-class battleships were started at the same time. It is expected that they can be built and put into service one after another around 1905, of which three will be arranged in the Far East. In addition, in Russia's Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet, there are 7 battleships, which can be sent to the Far East at any time, which also made Japan feel heavy pressure. Even if it has completed the "Six Six Fleet", there is still a huge gap between the two sides in the navy.

At this time, the voice of the Japanese Unionist School sounded again. After all, Russia was not the big but not strong Qing court. Its land area was almost 50 times that of Japan, its population was 3.5 times that of Japan, and its colony was more than 10 million square kilometers overseas. It also had rich resources and its overall national strength was almost 10 times that of Japan. Faced with such a powerful opponent, despite the ally of Britain, the big officials in both military and political circles in Japan could not calm down. After all, the elites in Japan all understood that allies were often unreliable, and it is still hard to say how much help Britain could provide to Japan.

At this moment, Britain made suggestions to Japan to seek cooperation with overseas Chinese and jointly fight against Russia. Because once Japan and Russia went to war, Britain would restrain France, as long as France did not participate in the war, Britain would not directly intervene in the war. Therefore, only overseas Chinese could provide military assistance to Japan.

In fact, this is just an excuse for Britain, because as long as France's interests in the Far East are not infringed, it will definitely not intervene in the Far East war. After all, France's focus is on Europe to prevent Germany and has no time to take care of anything else, even for its ally Russia.

The British naturally watched the fire from the other side of the river, so the so-called restraint of France is simply not true. The goal of the alliance between Britain and Japan is to let Japan act as its own thug to get the fire, rather than to take action by itself. This is because the Boer War consumed a lot of Britain's national strength at this time, and Britain now has no strength to launch another large-scale war in the Far East. In order to increase the chances of Japan's victory, it became the most suitable choice to tie overseas Chinese together.

Of course, the UK is not unaware that overseas Chinese will inevitably be a huge threat to Britain in the Far East in the future, but now it is a blazing fire, so I can only take a look at it first. Moreover, the Boer War is expected to end within the year, and it will take a few more years to slow down. When the British Empire recovers, we will not be afraid of overseas Chinese rising in the Far East. Now we should stop Russia first.

Japan cannot underestimate the attitude of Britain. Although the two countries have signed an alliance treaty, Britain is undoubtedly the dominant party, and Japan can only be regarded as a younger brother. Therefore, when the big brother speaks, Japan naturally cannot ignore it. Russia's pressure is real. In addition to the big brother, Japan does need to find another helper. So the Japanese government immediately ordered Japanese ambassador to China, Komura Sutaro, to let him immediately contact overseas Chinese and test the attitude of overseas Chinese towards Russia.

Komura Sutaro had never had any communication with overseas Chinese, so he asked Japanese Consul in Tianjin, Hikoki Ijiyuan, to help him thread needles and contact overseas Chinese.

Of course, Hikaki Iji Inn was not negligent. Fortunately, the East China government had a special foreign affairs department, so Hikaki Iji Innn first met with Li Sanjie, and in the name of the Japanese government, he agreed on the time for Komura Sutaro to meet. After the two sides met, Sutaro Omura directly explained his purpose and expressed that the Japanese government hoped to join forces with the East China government to fight against Russia.

In fact, the time travelers have already made plans to take advantage of the Russo-Japanese War and take advantage of the two sides being exhausted and both sides were both in the loss. However, since the Japanese have come to the door, they can also entrust them with the Japanese to deal with them. At least on the surface, they can make a move to join forces with Japan to deal with Russia, which can not only relax Japan's vigilance against the East China government, but also comfort the UK.

Now the time travelers are basically sure. The two public opinion attacks against time travelers were launched in Shanghai, and the planners behind them were all Japanese. This also shows that Japan is alert to the development and rise of the East China government. This is of course not good for the East China government. If Japan is allowed to turn its attention to Russia and relax its containment of the East China government, it will naturally be beneficial to the development of the East China government. In addition, if the UK can appease the UK, it can also expand the development space of the East China government. Although the UK was dragged down by the Boer War, it is a lean camel bigger than a horse after all. Now Britain is still the world's strongest. If the UK wants to curb the development of the East China government, it will bring huge difficulties to the East China government.

So Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Wang Yunpeng and others also met Sutaro Komura, and expressed their willingness to cooperate extensively with Japan to jointly fight against Russia's expansion in the Far East. Of course, during the talks, they also said some words in China and Japan, which are of the same origin and belong to Asia, and should be friendly for generations, blind dates and mutual assistance. At the same time, they also put forward several principles of cooperation: first, we must respect China's sovereignty and territory. After the two sides work together to drive Russia out of the Northeast, the sovereignty of the Northeast region still belongs to China; secondly, the time traveler suggested that the cooperation between the East China government and Japan should be in the form of a secret agreement, not to be disclosed to the outside world, so as not to be known by Russia and be alert; while Sutaro Komura proposed that the East China government should recognize Japan's interests and powers on the Korean Peninsula.
Chapter completed!