Chapter 175 Chapter 20 Vote for tens of millions of dollars

Wu Jinglian, representative of the three eastern provinces, said that Wu Jinglian voted for Sun Yat-sen as interim president because Sun Yat-sen himself said that he brought back a large sum of money in the United States.But Wu Jinglian was once frightened by Zhang Zuolin and slipped from the chair to the ground, which was rather embarrassing, so we think his words are just isolated evidence and not credible. Let's see what others say. Zhang Zhonghe, Deputy Envoy of the Court of Legal Affairs, went to Shanghai with Tang Shaoyi, the representative of the North, and served as the representative of Zhejiang Province.When he explained why Sun Yat-sen was elected as the interim president, he said:

…But Sun Yat-sen returned from overseas. It was rumored that he received aid from overseas Chinese and brought a large amount of military expenditure. Zhang Zhonghe said here that he did not hear Sun Yat-sen himself say how much money he brought back, but he knew some rumors that Sun Yat-sen brought back money... But there are rumors in the market about such things, no wonder he is Sun Yat-sen, right?Some people say what they catch, and some people believe what they hear. Does this have anything to do with Sun Yat-sen? So Sun Yat-sen lived up to expectations and took office in Nanjing.Ji Yiqiao, who graduated from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy and was the chief of staff of the Vanguard of the Shanghai Army at the time, personally experienced the grand occasion when the interim president took office. He recalled:

...November 13 (January 1, 1912 in the Gregorian calendar) Mr. Sun Yat-sen went to Nanjing to take office from Shanghai. Wu Zhongxin and I went to Xiaguan to meet him at around 4:00 p.m. Which stop to get off, we had to go home.Not long after we got home, we received a notice asking us to go to Zhitai Yamen at 8 o'clock in the evening.When I arrived on time, I realized that Mr. Zhongshan was about to take office that night.I saw Mr. Zhongshan and Hu Hanmin walking in together. Both of them were wearing dresses and top hats. Hu Hanmin was standing next to Mr. Zhongshan with a proclamation in his hand.After taking the oath of office, Mr. Zhongshan gave a speech in Cantonese, which I couldn't understand at all.The ceremony ended quickly, the lights were dim, and no commemorative photos were taken.We wondered why we were so hasty, and only realized the next day that the yuan was changed on this day, and the new calendar was used...

This is the actual scene of the inauguration of the interim President Sun Yat-sen.Obviously, the number of people participating in this ceremony is very small - if there are so many people and representatives from 17 provinces attend the meeting, it is absolutely impossible to end it soon, and only one squeak and squeak can gather people together , it takes time. No matter how angry Yuan Shikai was, the interim president had already taken office, and it was a done deal. At this time, Yuan Shikai would cry and make trouble again, but it would be in vain. Sun Yat-sen became president, so Huang Xing and Huang Keqiang, the No. 2 figure in the Revolutionary Party, brought his middle school classmate Li Shucheng to the presidential palace to ask Sun Yat-sen for money—revolutionary work is a kind of energy-intensive social activity that requires A lot, a lot, a lot of money.So Li Shucheng recorded in detail how he got the money this time:

...One night, Mr. Huang asked me to meet with Mr. Sun and asked if there was any clue about borrowing money from Britain and the United States.Mr. Sun was reading a foreign newspaper at the time.He put down the newspaper and replied: Foreigners once told me that as long as the Chinese Revolutionary Party gains power and organizes a government, they can negotiate with the Chinese Revolutionary Party government for loans.After I took office, I asked them for a loan, and I called them several times, and yesterday I sent a reminder to ask them to keep their promise.But today is Saturday, and tomorrow is Sunday. Foreigners do not work as usual during their holidays. There will be no reply call tomorrow, but there may be a reply call the day after tomorrow. I will tell you later.After Mr. Huang came out, he was silent and seemed very anxious.After that, he never asked Mr. Sun about the loan again, but turned to Shanghai capitalist Zhang Jian and others to temporarily meet his urgent needs.A few weeks later, until the presidential palace was cancelled, there was still no response from foreign borrowing...

This old revolutionary, Li Shucheng, is not good enough. Look at his description, it is full of pictures and dynamics.In the scene, Sun Yat-sen looked at a foreign-language newspaper and said to Huang Xing: Today is Saturday, tomorrow is Sunday, and I will not work for these days. I have no money to take. I will talk about this matter on Monday if I have money to take. Huang Xing, a revolutionist who was born and died, is so embarrassing. As if he didn't think this paragraph was cruel enough, Li Shucheng revealed Sun Yat-sen's scars later, and explained clearly the reason for Sun Dapao's nickname:

... On the issue of borrowing from foreign countries, Mr. Sun is more optimistic, while Mr. Huang believes that if foreign governments cannot obtain China's privileges, they will not lend to us.The comrades in Shanghai and Nanjing at that time had great hopes for recognition and loans from foreign governments, but the results were all in vain. Therefore, they did not understand Mr. Sun, saying that Mr. Sun was just blowing a cannon... Obviously, the interim president had taken office, but Sun Yat-sen had no money to give everyone, which surprised everyone a little.The most important thing is that Li Shucheng said "how unforgiving they are to Mr. Sun"--he already understood everything when he got here.Regardless of whether Sun Yat-sen said that he returned to the country with US dollar bills, everyone thought so, so they voted for him.This vote is for tens of millions of dollars and for warships.After casting the votes, it was discovered that Sun Yat-sen had a high moral character and a clean sleeve, and everyone refused to "forgive".

If this vote is for Mr. Sun's strength of character and personality, what reason do you not understand? All in all, big trouble.