Chapter 72 Chapter 5 Became the President by "flickering"

How did Sun Yat-sen become the president? When the Wuchang Uprising shot, Sun Yat-sen was serving dishes in a Chinese restaurant in Dianhua City (now Denver). When he was serving the dishes, he was told, "You have a telegram."Sun Yat-sen opened the telegram and saw that there was a riot in the country and it succeeded.At that time, Sun Yat-sen immediately sent a telegram, saying that I would immediately return to China with a large amount of cash and military aid.Then Sun Yat-sen immediately wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Knox, saying that I am Sun Yat-sen, the great leader of the Chinese revolution. Now I formally propose to you to borrow a sum of military expenses, a sum of gunpowder, and a legion. In return, when I establish the country , to give you certain benefits of the United States in China.

When Knox received the letter, he saw such a strange person, so he confiscated it and threw the letter away.After Sun Yat-sen sent the letter, there was no movement for a long time, and he was angry and depressed.Since the Americans ignored it, they went to the Japanese, so he went to the Japanese Minister to the United States, Eitaro Tsuruoka.Sun Yat-sen said: You help me accomplish such a thing, and you can persuade the Japanese government to invite me to Japan, the leader of the Chinese revolution, to establish my international status.Tsuruoka Eitaro said boldly: OK, let's do this, you can see mine.After speaking, this Tsuruoka Eitaro hid and was never found again.When Sun Yat-sen found out that he had been fooled, he was very sad and indignant!

The Japanese ignored it, so they went to Britain, and finally found the British Foreign Minister Gray, and wrote a letter, which was still the same as before: I am the leader of the Chinese revolution, Sun Yat-sen, and I hope to gain the support of you British.Gray was very happy when he received this letter, saying that Sun Yat-sen was purely a theorist and didn't know how to practice at all, so he wrote back and said: We welcome Mr. Sun to pass through Hong Kong and England, and all our support for Mr. Sun ends here until.Sun Yat-sen saw that he still couldn't do it, so he went to France and found a French banker.Sun Yat-sen said, I can take China's minerals as collateral in exchange for your loan.The French banker said: I don't understand what you said, it's still a problem for you to eat by yourself, and you still come with me as a mortgage?Sun Yat-sen was so angry that he said: You can't speak, go back to your country.So Sun Yat-sen left the port of Marseilles and embarked on the road back to China.

After returning to China, he went to Xiyin Hall in Shanghai, which was owned by a man named Zhao Fengchang. It can be said that if Yuan Shikai is the father of the Republic of China, then Zhao Fengchang is the mother of the Republic of China.At that time, Zhao Fengchang was dispatching troops and generals at home, and all the politicians and dignitaries came to their home.Sun Yat-sen also arrived at the first time after returning to China and attended the meeting.The first question everyone discussed was how much money would be paid to the Qing emperor if he was forced to abdicate.Sun Yat-sen made a final decision: I see 40 million lines.Zhao Fengchang said: Mr. Sun, don't talk nonsense. We will build a democratic country in the future, and the parliament has the final say on how much money is given. How can you talk nonsense?So Sun Yat-sen stopped talking, and the two of them couldn't talk together.In fact, the Qing emperor finally abdicated and promised 10 million.

Finally, Zhao Fengchang arranged to say: Mr. Sun, I will arrange for you to go to Nanjing, and you will be the generalissimo of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. With your reputation and appeal, it should be no problem to compete with Beiyang.Sun Yat-sen repeatedly said yes (see Wu Huan: "Zhuge Zhao Fengchang and Changzhou Yingjie in the Republic of China", Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, September 2010). The next day, Ma Jun brought six envoys to Sun Yat-sen and said: Mr. Sun, let's talk about the election of you as Generalissimo this time.Sun Yat-sen said: Listen to me, if we want to elect, we should directly elect the president, not the generalissimo. The generalissimo is not the head of state, and foreigners don’t pay money. Only when the president is elected can overseas aid be credited.

Immediately afterwards, the Revolutionary Party released news, what news?It is said that Sun Yat-sen returned from overseas with tens of millions of dollars and hundreds of warships. With such a strong combat effectiveness, Beiyang is no problem. The congressmen who participated in the voting in Nanjing were all fooled in this way. They were supposed to elect a generalissimo, but in the end they elected a president.