The East China Provisional Political Negotiation Team headed by Tao Chengzhang made a proposal during negotiations with the fourteen provinces headed by Wu Tingfang.

That is to force Yuan Shikai to step up the palace and elect Sun Yat-sen as the interim president of Nanjing government.

Tao Chengzhang immediately asked: "Can Sun make achievements in this revolution?"

This question made Wu Tingfang almost speechless. Sun Yat-sen was not the planner and did not participate in the entire process during this revolution.

"Sun Wen is the person with the highest prestige in the revolution. If he elects the president, he will be the best." Wu Tingfang replied for a while.

"The highest reputation is indeed." Tao Chengzhang's expression was a little dissatisfied, and there was a little contempt in his smile. Then he said, "That is, it's just forcing Yuan Shikai, so the president doesn't have to! Our temporary government in East China may be forced."

"But you have no actual results," Wu Tingfang said, "If we both sides are sincere in cooperation, we will definitely not be afraid of Yuan Shikai."

"Our East China Provisional Government is not afraid of Yuan Shikai. If we launch a full-scale war, we can recruit 300,000 militias in a month, and we have money, some people, guns, cannons, and planes." Tao Chengzhang said: "But whether you Sun Wen is the president or Yuan Shikai is the president, this is not important for our East China Provisional Government. The important thing is to stabilize the current situation as soon as possible. Our East China Provisional Government must be autonomous and have the right to be free from foreign countries. That is, the new policy must purchase all arms, office supplies, machinery and equipment, and materials. We must give priority to our East China Autonomous Government. If we can give quality and the price is not lower than that of foreigners, we must not buy it from foreigners. At the same time, the new policy should be reclaimed back to Fujian and Zhejiang provinces customs, and our East China Autonomous Government shall be under the jurisdiction of our East China Autonomous Government..."

Tao Chengzhang simply made the statement clear, the meaning was very simple. We don’t mind whoever is the president. As long as one of the president accepts the conditions for the East China Provisional Political Department, the East China Provisional Political Department will support him.

After hearing this, Wu Tingfang had no choice but to decide, so the meeting had to be stopped and went to ask Sun Yat-sen for instructions.

Sun Yat-sen was very happy to hear this. He had figured out the bottom line of the East China temporary politics, which was acceptable. As long as he became the president and took up this position, there was still room for everything.

Among Wu Tingfang's delegation, Wang Jingwei had already known the bottom line of the East China Provisional Affairs, but he did not report to Sun Yat-sen. After hearing that Sun Yat-sen wanted to take office as president, the East China Provisional Affairs suddenly turned to the delegation of the fourteen southern provinces to propose such conditions. He was shocked and hurriedly reported to Tang Shaoyi.

Sun Yat-sen was soon ordered to accept Wu Tingfang's conditions for the temporary political affairs in East China.

The meeting between the two sides was held again, and the meeting went smoothly. Wu Tingfang, on behalf of Sun Yat-sen, agreed to the conditions of the East China Provisional Political Department, and Tao Chengzhang promised them on behalf of the East China Provisional Political Department that as long as its conditions were implemented, the East China Provisional Political Department would protect Nanjing Provisional Political Department militarily.

On December 28, a banquet of representatives of the fourteen provinces was held in Shanghai on this day, and representatives of the East China temporary political affairs were also invited to attend.

At the banquet that night, representatives of each province voted on whether to implement the republic or the presidential system. Sun Yat-sen supported the presidential system because the presidential system was beneficial to the head and the president had more real power. If the republican system was chosen, then the parliament and the cabinet had greater power, and there was nothing the president had to do.

The representatives present who supported the republic gave a speech on stage for two hours, and they bothered the representatives of each province and instead supported the presidential system.

The temporary policy of East China did not make any votes.

The representatives of the provinces present could clearly feel that the East China temporary politics had a certain sense of distance from them, and this was exactly what Sun Yat-sen was most uneasy. However, the East China temporary politics, which had strong strength and had no great political ambitions, also made Sun Yat-sen breathe a sigh of relief.

If the East China Provisional Government has greater political ambitions, he will definitely not be the president.

The system was determined and soon decided that on January 1, Sun Yat-sen took office as the interim president of Nanjing's political affairs in Nanjing.

On the other hand, Tang Shaoyi immediately sent a power to the Beijing Foreign Affairs Department. Yuan Shikai received a telegram in the secret room of the Foreign Affairs Department and was suddenly panicked.

Yuan Shikai did not feel urgent about the negotiations with the East China Provisional Political Department before, because he did not show too much political ambition and only wanted to separatist the other side. In his opinion, he was quite relieved.

But unexpectedly, the Provisional Political Department of East China talked with the joint delegation of the fourteen provinces under the same conditions. If so, all his plans would be very likely to be silenced.

From the news he spyed, Yuan Shikai had gradually learned about the power of the East China Provisional Government. They not only had large troops, but also had advanced weapons.

The performance in the Hanyang defense battle is enough to prove the military power of the Provisional Political Department in East China. This is a force that is no less than that of the entire Beiyang Army, and is even stronger.

Only then did Yuan Shikai realize that he had originally used the opportunity to seek the best interests by raising the enemy and taking advantage of the favorable position, he had been replaced by the temporary government in East China.

After the Qing court was eliminated, the East China temporary government was the most powerful force that influenced both sides. Whoever they helped would have the possibility of winning. Therefore, the East China temporary government was the most active.

"Send a telegram to Tang Shaoyi immediately and ask him to negotiate with the East China Provisional Government immediately. We agree to all their previous requests. Let them cancel their support for Sun Yat-sen. Only Beiyang can fight for tariffs for the East China Autonomous Government." Yuan Shikai's name has changed, and he has turned the temporary into autonomy.

Yuan Shikai knew that he had become a pawn, and even felt that he had fallen into the mercy of the East China temporary government from the beginning.

However, this chess piece can still be used. At least the East China Provisional Government treats him as a chess piece just to obtain autonomy, tariffs and other requirements. After helping them fulfill these requirements, he was able to ascend to the position of president.

Although this president does not completely control the world, who can explain the future? It is compared with the subsequent methods. Yuan Shikai is absolutely confident in this regard.

As long as he becomes the president, all the road blocking stones that hinder him from controlling the world can be slowly crushed.

Yuan Shikai's confidence was a misjudgment of the Provisional Politics in East China. Judging from Yuan Shikai's traditional bureaucratic thinking, with such strong strength, he should have the greatest benefit in this change. However, the Provisional Politics in East China did not show any political ambitions, but he just wanted to be a side-by-side person. He was really short-sighted, so he was not worth worrying. He could just use means to separate him slowly in the future.

But Xia Jun did not think about the problem with Yuan Shikai's bureaucratic thinking. His stopping expansion was caused by the combination of various factors. First, there was a shortage of administrative personnel, and second, Japan was eyeing it.

In politics, all he wants is real interests. First of all, he must maintain independence and therefore be self-governance. If he does not have autonomy and fight for a president, he will not be bothered. If he becomes a president, he will still be in the way. Moreover, the great powers do not support him as a president. He has no fame or prestige in the revolutionary party.

Therefore, fighting for this president will only make the gains less than the loss, so he chose autonomy. While maintaining independence, the real interests he strives for are tariffs and loans and procurements from the Republic of China government.

After receiving Yuan Shikai's order, Tang Shaoyi quickly asked to negotiate with Tao Chengzhang.

Xia Jun received a report from Tao Chengzhang in Yingtan. He knew that things had almost met his expectations. It was this time that he lowered his political style and gained absolute initiative for him.
Chapter completed!