Chapter 178 Chapter 23 Puppet peace talks

Tang Shaoyi, representative of the North, and Wu Tingfang, representative of the South, shook hands for the second time in Shanghai. Representatives from various provinces also returned to Shanghai from Nanjing one after another, preparing to discuss state affairs together.But they found that there is no country that requires them to discuss together. Their entire task is to eat from one restaurant to the next, taste and comment on which restaurant has the most characteristics. Zhang Zhonghe, Deputy Envoy of the Court of Justice and Representative of Zhejiang Province, recalled the war-torn era, and said affectionately:

...After more than a month of negotiation, we are getting tired of eating western food in Licha (restaurant) every day, so every time we hear the dining bell, we invite our partners to Nanjing Road to eat Chinese food, which is a habit... That's right, the representatives of the various provinces actually went to the Shanghai dinner, so how to fiddle with the North-South negotiations? Zhang Zhonghe recalled: …After we stayed at the Licha (restaurant), we seldom met with members of the northern group. We only knew that Tang Shaoyi, the chief representative of the North, Wu Tingfang, the chief representative of the South, and the two parties did not officially designate a venue for the official meeting.The connection between the two parties was contacted by Zhao Fengchang through Ying Ren, and Tang and Wu began to meet at Ying Ren's home.Afterwards, the opinions of the north and the south were discussed directly by Tang and Wu in secret, and they were never made public.What we know is that the opinions of the two parties are far apart. I am afraid that this peace negotiation may not be successful.Although we were peace representatives at that time, in fact we seemed to be outsiders. Such a major issue was conveyed by foreigners, while ordinary representatives in name did not know the content, and no one expressed dissatisfaction. Thinking about it today, it is not surprising. up...

Zhang Zhonghe's record makes us suddenly realize.It turns out that the North-South peace talks are still being secretly manipulated by imperialism.According to the investigation, this spokesperson of imperialism, named Li Deli, is extremely cunning and cunning to an unbelievable, peak level. This is also Wu Tingfang's condition for accepting the representative from the South. If the imperialists are not allowed to manipulate secretly, this Wu Tingfang would rather not talk about it-look at what brains this person has. The situation at that time was like this. Li Deli, the dialect representative of the imperialists, called Zhao Fengchang every day: Hello, Mister Zhao, what we imperialists are most willing to do is to brutally interfere in your internal affairs.But then again, if we don't interfere in this internal affairs, who will interfere?You are creating a new country without the slightest experience.On the whole planet, only we British have a little bit of knowledge about this matter.Didn't we in Britain once create such a monster as the United States?So we have decided to interfere in your internal affairs.

So Li Deli called Zhao Fengchang: Mister Zhao, today's sentence, such a way of talking, Tang Shaoyi in the north will make these demands, and Wu Tingfang in the south will make such an answer, do you understand? I understand.So Zhao Fengchang first called Tang Shaoyi: Hey, Xiao Tang, how was the talk yesterday?Okay?Today, you have to make the following request, listen to me read it, talk to Wu Tingfang according to the original manuscript I read, and don’t make arbitrary claims, do you understand? Putting down the phone, Zhao Fengchang called Wu Tingfang again: Xiao Wu, let me tell you quietly, I have already found out, Tang Shaoyi from the north today will make the following requests, and you, don’t be afraid, just follow me To put it bluntly, when soldiers come to block, water comes and soil floods...

On the negotiating table of the North-South peace talks, it turned out to be a puppet show. The two sides just played it out like this, and performed for a long time. Later, Yuan Shikai discovered this situation and said: What are you doing? What a waste of human resources. Wu Tingfang can do it alone. So the North-South peace talks left Wu Tingfang alone, and he talked to himself every day. Regarding this situation, Yu Zhijiang, who was Wu Tingfang's secretary at the time, also described: ...A few days after the meeting, Yuan Shikai dismissed Tang Shaoyi's position and replaced Yuan and Wu Tingfang with direct e-commerce...

But Yu Zhijiang would never have thought that there was Zhao Fengchang hiding behind Wu Tingfang.And behind Zhao Fengchang, Li Deli, the spokesperson of British imperialism, was hiding.