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    "What do Americans mean?" "It can't be Shanghai, it should be Xiamen!" After Cunningham left the British Consulate General in Shanghai, Sir Lapson and Baron Lee Farrar listened to Considine's report.  After that, I fell into deep thought.  ©Å The negotiations with the Japanese went very smoothly, and both Kijuro Shitahara and Yusaburo Kato, who had already ascended the throne of Prime Minister, were pro-cliques in the Japanese cabinet.  Not only that, Tomosaburo Kato was also a naval marshal who represented the interests of the Japanese navy. His stance towards the British was easily explained.  In the Japanese navy, pro-British and American factions almost account for a large proportion.  Because most of the senior naval officers have studied abroad at the British Naval Academy, or even served in the British fleet. They have an understanding of the strength of the United Kingdom, and more importantly, they have a cultural identity.  This is also the reason why the attitude of the British government had a great influence on the Japanese cabinet before the February 26th Mutiny.  Of course, after the Japanese military group came to power, this influence has been minimal.  As the senior official in charge of Far Eastern affairs in the British Foreign Office, Sir Robert Lapson naturally knew that there were two public concessions in the Republic of China. One of the most important and largest was in Shanghai, and the other was in Xiamen.  Due to the riots more than a month ago and Wang Xueqian's tough intervention, Shanghai's public concessions have ceased to exist in name only.  The U.S. asset that lost the most in the riots was unable to obtain compensation terms from the concession authorities. The U.S. Consulate General has submitted a written statement to part ways with the British.  In name only, the public concession in Shanghai exists in name only. The original public concession has become the American Concession and the British Concession. However, the Americans have not yet established an urban management system for the concession, and still use the patrol houses and other departments of the public concession.  ¡° If Consul General Keninghan was targeting the public settlement in Shanghai, there would be no need to solemnly tell Sir Considine that the public settlement must be split up.  ¡°As for the Xiamen Public Concession, the problem is serious.  The British concession area in Xiamen is very small, while the public concession area is very large. Moreover, the public concession area has become an area shared by the great powers, and the Americans have completely lost the management rights of the concession.  In fact, except for the United States and the United Kingdom, everyone else who enjoys the same rights in the public settlement belongs to the United Kingdom. It is simple.  The Americans had become unbearable and wanted to draw a clear line with the British, and the public concession was nothing more than an excuse.  "The reason why Americans are angry is none other than the British who are protective of themselves and are determined to serve as a shield for Japan.  Among the powers that enjoy rights in the public settlement, they are not only the British and Japanese, but also the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain These powers in Europe basically obey the British government, especially on the Far East issue  On at least on the surface.  If the British abandon these younger brothers for the benefit of the Japanese, it is conceivable that the British should no longer think about the Far East strategy, and they will have been isolated in Europe.  If the public concession in Xiamen is split up, good guys, a group of young men will be kicked out At this time, even Baron Lee Farrar couldn't sit still and said angrily: "What benefits did the people of the Republic of China give to the Americans?  "Speak for them?" "To be precise, what benefits did Wang Xueqian give the Americans to help him like this? Of course, it is no secret that the Americans are optimistic about him." Sir Considine finally had a chance to show off.  He would give up such a good opportunity and be eager to let the big shots take a look. He was not just fooling around in Shanghai.  Baron Lee Farrar raised his eyebrows and asked: "Did you know?" "This Americans have launched an education revitalization plan in the Far East. The purpose is to use American education to influence the best talents in this country" No matter it is  The children studying in the United States before and the Gengzi students studying in the United States are all part of this plan.  Baron Lee Farrar had heard of this, but he would never think it was important.  As a result, Sir Considine's eloquent speech was once again interrupted by a neglect: "We all know this, but the Americans have not taken any action." Sir Considine endured the anger in his heart and retorted in a low voice: "But Your Excellency  , You can't deny that Wang Xueqian is the brains of the largest political force in the southeastern region of the Republic of China. His achievements will naturally be magnified and recognized by the American political arena.  "Political support." What Lee Farrar said about taking action means that Americans did not support politicians with American education background in the Republic of China.  But Sir Considine is very clear about the whole problem. It¡¯s not that Americans don¡¯t want to or don¡¯t do it, but that they simply don¡¯t have the right people.  The scholars of the Republic of China who returned from studying in the United States were politically naive, each one more unreliable than the other, and they advocatedHow could the ideas of freedom and democracy take root in the Republic of China, a land soaked in bureaucratic ideas?  As a result, many scholars from the Republic of China who returned to the United States are mostly engaged in teaching and are professors at universities.  ????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  This situation was also the process experienced by Mao Yisheng, Zheng Hua and Luo Ying. The three of them were experts in bridge and railway engineering graduated from Cornell University. Among them, Zheng Hua was the best, and he was just an idle yamen.  Director.  ¡°For example, after Wei Tingsheng graduated from Harvard, he worked in the Ministry of Education waiting to die.  Generally speaking, in the workplace, Republican students who graduated from the United States can lag behind those who studied in Japan, and the salary gap is at least three times.  But in the officialdom, students studying in the United States are frustrated to find that their bosses, their bosses' bosses are all students studying in Japan, and many of them are bureaucrats who graduated from Hosei University in Japan.  The main reason is that Japanese universities teach students how to be officials, and the officialdom in Japan is no different from that in the Republic of China. The bureaucracy at the upper and lower levels is very strict.  However, what is taught in American universities is free academic thought. To put it bluntly, it is to teach students how to be disobedient and become a thorn in their side.  As you can imagine, the result is that students studying in the United States who dare to expose their faults to their superiors are extremely capable and have extremely worrying emotional intelligence. They run into obstacles in official circles and suffer bruises and bruises.  And Wang Xueqian is definitely an exception among students studying in the United States.  He grew up completely separated from the bureaucracy of the Republic of China, almost outside the officialdom, but he achieved the highest level of officialdom, the governor-general.  If Americans can't see Wang Xueqian's status in the Republic of China, they are really blind Baron Lee Farrar and Sir Lapson have been in London's upper class circles all year round, and they don't pay much attention to Far Eastern affairs.  In comparison, Sir Lapson is relatively good. He at least has an intelligence network that he can refer to.  But even so, it is difficult for the British to remember the Americans' whimsical idea of ??using education to change China, because this is the most thankless method and the longest cycle.  Twenty years, there is no hope at all.  Fifty years, maybe something can change.  This is the disadvantage of elite education, and it is also the basis for the British to laugh at Americans for their open minds.  Of course, the British are very resistant to the return of part of the military expenditures from the Gengzi indemnity, even if it is used for talent education.  When the Americans did this, the French had no choice but to start a wave of Sino-French student exchanges. Sino-French University was also born under such circumstances. Only the British pretended to be stupid.  Britain, which received half as much reparations as the United States, wants to waste the money Anyway, the British don't say it, and they don't do anything.  What is also very disgusting is that the scholars of the Republic of China who returned from studying in the United States have been demanding in public opinion that the British return the over-calculated military expenditures in the compensation to be used for the expenses of selecting outstanding students to study abroad in the Republic of China.  It¡¯s only been a few years, or about fifteen years at most.  Including the time he spent studying abroad, only seven or eight years later, Wang Xueqian emerged.  ¡°Whether Wang Xueqian¡¯s emergence is due to American education or God¡¯s will, Americans feel that they are only one step away from success.  As long as Wang Xueqian takes the next step, the Republic of China government led by him will stand in the same camp as the United States, thus changing the situation in which the United States is jointly suppressed by Britain and Japan in the Far East.  When Sir Considine explained this, Baron Lee Farrar and Sir Lapson couldn't help but look at each other. Is it possible that the power of education is really so powerful?  Baron Lee Farrar would never believe such nonsense.  But the reality is cruel. There is an outlier like Wang Xueqian. What makes him even more headache is that Wang Xueqian, for some unknown reason, has always been hostile to the British government.  However, nobles who are born with a sense of superiority will not think about losing face and seeking reconciliation opportunities with Wang Xueqian in a low voice. These aloof guys will definitely think that since Wang Xueqian can do it, then there must be Li Xueqian and Zhu Xueqian Find  A person close to the British Empire was used as a spokesperson in the political arena of the Republic of China to replace Wang Xueqian.  Baron Lee Farrar believed that with two powerful empires, especially under the combined pressure of the empire with strong strength and influence in the Far East, he was fully capable of destroying Wang Xueqian's political system in the bud: "Is it possible that other than Wang Xueqian?  Besides, is there no Republican student studying in the United States or Europe who has an influence no less powerful than him after returning to China? " "This" Sir Considine wanted to say: No.  But I also feel that doing so seems to be perfunctory to Baron Lee Farrar. You must know that the nerves of nobles are very fragile, and people may lose their temper inexplicably at some point.  He had no choice but to bite the bullet and tell a classmate of Wang Xueqian: "Besides him, there may be only one person"?The Republic of China has a relatively high social status, but he is a university professor and a scholar.  Baron Lee Farrar said matter-of-factly: "A scholar can't become a politician?"  " He doesn't know anything about the political arena or social celebrities of the Republic of China at all. Even Sir Lapson turned a blind eye. How could they deliberately inquire about the second-rate or even third-rate politicians of the Republic of China? At most, there are only a few politicians.  , Faction leaders can be out of sight, and there is no one in sight. Guys like Baron Lee Farrar, who have been hanging around in the cabinet or the House of Lords for a long time, probably only know who the president of the Republic of China is, and that's it.  Because in the eyes of the British Empire, the Republic of China is not an enemy, but an object of conquest. When facing the weak, the strong do not need to deliberately remember the hatred in their eyes, because there is no need for Sir Considine to live in chaos.  The rhythm of what he said is: "There are two people who may have achievements in this area, the first one is Gu Weijun.  ¡± European diplomats, especially Britain and France, are still very familiar with Gu Weijun, a native of the Republic of China. He was a diplomat of the Republic of China and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China. However, it is very difficult to serve as the head of a political faction as a diplomat.  Besides, Gu Weijun's magnanimity and reputation were good, but towards the Britishwell, as a member of the British, Baron Lee Farrar didn't know exactly what hurt Gu Weijun's heart, and his attitude towards the British was not clear either.  Too friendly. Baron Lee Farrar immediately objected: "Gu no.  It is undeniable that he is an outstanding diplomat, but he is a special kind of politician who has no coordinating ability and strength at all. Who is the other person you are talking about?  " "Hu Shi!  " "Hu Shi, what are you doing?  The name seems familiar.  " Lai Pusheng really has some impression, but he can't remember where he heard it. Sir Considine: " Gengzi student studying in the United States, Doctor of Education at Columbia University, classmate of Wang Xueqian.  " "Well, that's good!  "Baron Lee Farrar found it a bit interesting. Sir Considine said to himself, the interesting thing is that Hu Shi was not a candidate for politics at all. Being in politics in the Republic of China does not mean just entering the political arena and serving as a high-ranking official. It also requires the support of the army, and even first  Warlords who control the army. This is completely different from the Western political system. Sir Considine did not bother to explain the difference between the two to Baron Lee Farrar, and just started to introduce Hu Shi: " from the United States.  After returning from his studies, he entered a good university as a professor and began to call for changes in tradition in the cultural circles. He was the most active advocate and promoter of Western culture in the Republic of China In the Republic of China, he was given the title of one of the leaders of the New Culture Movement.  " The moment the word 'leader' appeared, the eyes of the British people present lit up. But after Sir Considine explained, it was discovered that one of the 'leaders' of Hu Shi's New Culture Movement, Mao  It was useless. After listening to it for a long time, Baron Lee Farrar realized that the emotional talk was so lively. It turned out that he was a cultural thorn in the side, making the mainstream society uncomfortable and making the political community feel ignored.  Baron Lee Farrar, who had been teasing for a while, asked with an unkind expression: "Are they all like this?  " "So the emergence of Wang Xueqian is so precious to the United States.  Not only that, Zhejiang's annual import trade has tilted towards the United States, which makes Wang Xueqian even more important in the eyes of Americans.  " Considine finished speaking in one breath. Regardless of the faces of his superiors, he had had enough. In the Far East, working according to the British domestic diplomatic system, it is considered good to be able to do what he does. (To be completed  Continued)8
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