Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

On May 4, 1913, Yuan Shikai officially announced in Beijing that he very much welcomed the United States' move.

At the same time, in order to express his appreciation for the support of the United States, Yuan Shikai supported the United States' participation in China's peace process to persuade China's major local authorities to integrate economic cooperation!

"We are very grateful to them. Yes, this is a very good precedent and a good thing that our northern government has won for China. After all, China, a huge country, has finally become the object of recognition by the world's major powers. We should Let’s celebrate it together, so I hope other local governments can join us in welcoming more actions like this in the United States.”

Yuan Shikai's words spread throughout China and the world in an instant.

Everyone can see that this is a trap, a very obvious trap.

The northern government actually used this as a breakthrough to intervene in the diplomacy of local governments. This has put local governments in various places in a dilemma, because, in name, Sun Wen had already ceded the Republic of China to Yuan Shikai to rule as president, so Regarding the call he issued, the governments in various places have unshirkable pressure to implement it. At least it is not something that can be pushed away on the surface. However, if it is implemented, it will be equivalent to a direct impression on domestic and foreign countries, that is, Yuan Shikai still has the ability to continue to rule these local governments. In this way, the autonomy of local governments may slowly fall into the hands of the northern government. Especially in some major diplomatic matters, the northern government may be backed up. Got boldly solidified, and when the time comes. The other three parties may therefore step by step fall into the vortex of the Northern Government and be unable to extricate themselves.

This is something that local governments do not want to see. Therefore, local governments will naturally not sit still and wait for death. Therefore, soon, time has become a trend, that is, bringing other countries into this country, Make foreign forces in this country more visible.

then. Before May 10th. Other countries began to announce their respective policies towards China.

Here, the fastest new agreement has begun to be launched and announced. This combination is Spain and the Nanjing government.

"Spain has always followed our previous policies when it comes to dealing with China. Our China policy has been carried out for a long time. Therefore, from various angles this time, Spain should be more involved in its development. Therefore, this time Spain announced that Spain will support the Chinese policy led by the Nanjing government. Spain will carry out the Nanjing government’s important ports of Xiamen, Fuzhou, Wenzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, Jiujiang and other major ports with the Spanish Far East. For trade with ports such as Western Australia and New Zealand, Spain will help these ports expand terminal loading and unloading functions and improve the carrying capacity of these places. In addition, Spain will also implement railway construction between major cities of the Nanjing government. , in order to connect the railways between these major ports and provincial capital cities.

To this end, Spain will use an interest-free loan of 100 million pesetas to carry out a joint venture with the Nanjing government, each holding 50% of the shares, and then invest in the transportation of the region. In addition, Spain will invest in highways, etc. On the issue, the Nanjing government is also required to open up private investment to allow Spanish funds to enter this place and then expand this market. "

The above is the economic commitment that the Nanjing government has received from Spain. At the same time, Spain is also cooperating with this place in the name of China. This has shown an attitude that even though Yuan Shikai has already taken the first step to do things in the name of China, well, the Nanjing government can also get it. People come to support themselves and do the same thing.

For this reason, the Nanjing government can only make some innocuous remarks. After all, the Yuan Shikai government, which has been paying attention to the situation in Europe, is definitely very unwilling to seek displeasure from Spain at this time. It would be alright if its backer is the United Kingdom. However, His ally is the United States. Of course, it's not that Britain didn't take up this position, but that Yuan Shikai refused, because Yuan Shikai understood that as a follower of Britain, it would be better to go directly to the United States, which is the weakest of these powerful countries and needs allies most. After all, since then, Only then would the exchanges between Yuan Shikai and Wilson be more equal, instead of being like British slaves.

Japan is originally a good ally, but Japan's ambitions are well-known in Asia. Moreover, on these issues, making friends at a distance and attacking at close range is the most common one in Sun Tzu's Art of War's Thirty-Six Strategies. In terms of territorial expansion, The neighboring countries are always the biggest victims, and his territory, Yuan Shikai, is next to Japan's Korean Peninsula. Therefore, as a stepping stone for Japan's westward expansion, he, Yuan Shikai, immediately knew that he was their next step. The target is there, so it’s very

Therefore, choosing to form an alliance with the United States is Yuan Shikai's best choice. As for the polar bears in the north, this polar bear has now reached a point where it is difficult to save resources. Moreover, due to Yuan Shikai's serious situation, the Northeast should have been his base camp. However, over the years, the Northeast has been gradually bullied by Tsarist Russia. This made it increasingly out of Yuan Shikai's control, and now those guys from Tsarist Russia are following up on the allies, and Mongolia is said to be vacillating on both sides. Mongolia may have fallen to Tsarist Russia.

When the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Tsarist Russia and other countries saw the actions of Spain and the United States, they naturally would not let them go. Therefore, these countries also began to promulgate their own policies and those of local governments. The most interesting one is the Guangzhou government. The forces in this government are the most mixed. Take Sun Yat-sen as an example. He lived in the United States, often fled to Japan, often pacified British colonies, served as a transit point to the world, and had issues with the German Empire such as weapons. There are unclear entanglements in the world, and even Tsarist Russia is also the target of Sun Wen's help on many issues. Spain is one of Sun Wen’s largest sources of overseas Chinese funding.

Therefore, as Sun Wen returned to the Guangzhou government, these forces also followed suit. This time, the Guangzhou government became the place where many international forces were vying to enter. Even in terms of assistance, let Yuan Shikai. Lu Xun and Li Yuanhong were very jealous. (To be continued...)

ps: First update. Two more updates.