Chapter 12 Chapter 2

According to the "History of the Chinese Nationalist Party" written by Mr. Mao Jiaqi, after Sun Wen mysteriously disappeared in Tokyo, the party members had no choice but to kick Sun Wen away to start a revolution and form the Central Yangtze River Branch of the League. Hu Hanmin, a member of the party, opposed it and was scolded by Tan Renfeng. They got bloody sprinklers, and the two of them almost lost their lives.But since then, the Central League has blossomed, instigating the first Uprising in Wuchang to succeed in one fell swoop, and the revolutionary situation improved in an instant, which was beyond Sun Wen's expectations.

Sun Wen, who was in Colorado, USA, heard the news and hurriedly sent a message to Huang Xing, claiming that he would go to various countries to borrow money and bring a large sum of money back home. So Sun Wen went straight to Washington and wrote to US Secretary of State Knox, requesting to meet and talk.Never thought that wicked Yankee Knox pretended not to receive the letter, leaving Sun Wen helpless. If the United States is not good, then take Japan first. Sun Wen found the Japanese Consulate in the United States Eitaro Tsuruoka, hoping that Japan would openly invite him to visit Japan in order to create international influence.The fellow in Hegang heard the request and said, "Wait until I ask the country for instructions...then I will hide and never see each other again."

Japan was not strong enough, and Sun Wen was not discouraged at all. He went straight to London, England, and sent a telegram to British Foreign Minister Gray, promising that the revolution had won. I wrote back. Gray said: Sun Wen is a theoretical politician who likes to talk big. Britain will remain neutral. The British government has no objection to Mr. Sun returning to China for a short stay via Britain and the British colony of Hong Kong. If the UK doesn't give money, then go to France. In France, Sun Wen met Simon, the manager of Agricole Bank, and proposed to borrow money.Simon shook his head: No, no, no, no, there is plenty of money, but I won’t lend it to you.

Look at this French guy, it's really annoying. Sun Wen was in a hurry, and changed his statement. He wanted to borrow money in the name of China's repayment of Boxer indemnity, and he could also use mining tax and land tax as collateral.The Frenchman replied politely: I really can't understand a word of what your Excellency said. No more mantras. It doesn't matter if there is no mantra, go back to the country, go to Zhao Fengchang, let him solve the problem. But after Mr. Sun returned to the country, the residence where he stayed was very important—he lived in the home of Ying Kuicheng, a member of the Gongjin Association, and all expenses were covered by Ying Kuicheng. Cheng hired an assassin to kill Song Jiaoren, the leader of the Kuomintang. Mr. Sun was furious, accused Yuan Shikai of being the murderer, and launched a second revolution.

Before Ying Kuicheng killed Song Jiaoren, everyone was still in harmony and came to reconcile, so they all went to Zhao Fengchang's home to wait for orders.In Zhao Zunyue's "Xinhai Revolution in Xiyintang", it is recorded that Sun Wen went to Xiyintang to report to Zhao Fengchang the next day after arriving in Shanghai: ...Mr. Sun Yat-sen met Zhao Fengchang when he first returned to China, and talked about how the people's livelihood was declining and how to save the people from difficulties and crises.Sun immediately made a bold statement, saying that the land tax of the whole country should be exempted now.Zhao Fengchang immediately stopped Sun's statement and told him: Taxes are the source of military and administrative expenses. You have just returned to the country, and your words have attracted the attention of all parties, so be careful not to say them lightly.

Later, when discussing preferential treatment for house cleaning funds, Sun Yat-sen suddenly said: Why don't you give 10 million a year?Zhao Fengchang stopped and said: "This should be submitted to the National Assembly for resolution, and it cannot be decided by one or two people." The main reason was that Sun Yat-sen's Mieqing was in front of his eyes, and he was still in a state of excitement. Some of them were overjoyed, and it was inappropriate to express it. In the end, it was only set at four million taels.All of these can be seen that the revolutionaries are frank and open-minded, but they are not yet accustomed to governing the way. Fortunately, they are more alert and obedient, so as not to cause disasters...

After Xiyin Hall adjourned, Sun Wen returned to his apartment, and the party members continued the meeting. At the meeting, Song Jiaoren believed that China should not implement a presidential system, but a cabinet system. Sun Wen disagreed, and the two had a big quarrel. Live happily in quarrels.The next day, the representatives of various provinces in Nanjing sent Ma Junwu and led a six-member detachment to find Sun Wen. Mr. Chen Pengqi compiled the "Long Chronicle of Sun Yat-sen", which described the incident in detail: The representatives said: The delegation intends to elect Mr. as the interim generalissimo. What do you think, sir?

Sun Wen replied: If you want to elect, you can choose the president, and there is no need to elect the generalissimo, because the generalissimo is not the head of state abroad. It is conceivable that Sun Wen's request caught the representatives by surprise.It is obvious that the north-south negotiations are in progress, and whether China will implement a constitutional monarchy or a republic is still unresolved.It was precisely because of the suspense in the national system that the representatives wanted to promote Sun Wen as the generalissimo, leading the southern army and the northern army to be the best.But Sun Wen suddenly proposed to become the president, which made the representatives embarrassed:

The representatives said: The Organizational Outline of the Provisional Government, which was decided at the Representative Council, originally stipulated the election of the President, but Yuan Shikai’s representative Tang Shaoyi, when he went to Hankou to try to negotiate a peace, said that if the South could elect Yuan as the President, Yuan could also agree to a republic.Therefore, the representative will decide to leave this post for the time being. Sun replied: That doesn't matter, as long as Yuan Zhen can support the republic, I will let him.But the president is the president, and the temporary words are not necessary.

Sun Wen further increased his request, not only to be the president, but also not to use the word "temporary".In addition, the Revolutionary Party has already released rumors that Sun Wen brought back tens of millions of dollars and hundreds of warships from the United States. With such strong strength, is the Southern Army still afraid of the Northern Army? How do the representatives know that the so-called tens of millions of dollars and hundreds of warships are purely non-existent?In addition, before Sun Wen returned to the country, Chen Qimei had already secretly ordered Chiang Kai-shek to shoot and kill Tao Chengzhang, the only revolutionary leader who could stand against Sun Wen, so Sun Wen was elected as the interim president as he wished.

When the interim president Sun Wen was born, the representatives realized that the military dollar was a nonsense, and they were all in a hurry.Seeing this situation, Sun Wen's Xiangshan fellow villagers and party members stepped forward one after another to cover up for Sun Wen. Sun Wen was overjoyed and declared to entertain everyone for dinner.All the villagers were overjoyed and went to the banquet one after another, but after the dinner, they wiped their mouths and were surprised to find that Sun Wen was penniless, and everyone had to pay for the meal themselves. From then on, Mr. Sun Wen's fellow villagers from Xiangshan ran away when they heard of Sun Wen's name, and never dared to touch Mr. Sun again. But Mr. Sun took the presidency lightly with empty hands, but made several people embarrassing and annoyed endlessly.