China's Southeast crisis has reached this point, and the situation is on the verge of losing control and is infinitely close to war. In addition to Russia and Germany, Britain, France, the United States and other countries are a little impatient at this time.

Originally, Japan's support for Pu Jun to proclaim himself emperor in Fujian made Britain, France and the United States very dissatisfied. Not only did it stop or reduce its economic aid to Japan, but it also hoped that the East China government could teach Japan a lesson and let Japan know the cost of madness.

But countries originally thought that the East China government took action, at most, was to dispatch navies and hold military exercises around Japan. It was over to scare Japan. Then, the East China government had swallowed Zhejiang Province in one bite, and Britain, France, the United States and other countries were also shocked. Could it be that the East China government was going to change its strategy?

Of course, all countries know that the East China government will unify the whole country sooner or later, but the East China government first starts north and then south. Except for Russia, the interests of other countries are basically in southern China. It will take at least five years for the East China government to unify and stabilize the north. This will leave a buffer space for all countries. On the one hand, it can integrate the legacy of the Qing court, and on the other hand, it can support Japan, confront the East China government, or use this as a bargaining chip to require the East China government to retain the interests of various countries in China after unifying the whole country.

But now if the East China government changes its decisions and changes it to the south first and then north, then the remnants of the Qing court in southern China are simply unable to compete with the East China government. This time, Zhou Fu took the initiative to submit to the East China government, which is a good example. Although Japan's pressure was the main reason, except for the East China government, the entire South China was unable to provide strong support to Zhou Fu, which is also a factor that cannot be ignored. It can be said that if the East China government really changes its decisions, it will be impossible for the South to come, and all countries will not be able to stop it. After all, countries cannot send troops to China to fight with the East China government. At this time, the East China government unified the south and would not take into account the interests of various countries in China. This was very clear when the East China government occupied Shanghai and the north coast of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

On the other hand, the East China Government sent fleets to cruise along the coast of Japan, which is much more serious than military exercises, because a war against Japan may break out at any time. Once a war between the two countries broke out, Japan is by no means a rival to the East China Government. The most ideal result is to cede land and make peace. The bad ones are either destroyed by the East China Government or under the threat of the East China Government, a new pro-China government was established, thus becoming a vassal of the East China Government.

Once Japan becomes a vassal of the East China Government, along with the Korean Peninsula, Ryukyu and Taiwan will be included in the control of the East China Government. In addition, Borneo, which belongs to the East China Government, the entire East Asia and Southeast Asia region will become the sphere of influence of the East China Government, so the East China Government can establish regional hegemony in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and the forces of other countries will be expelled from this region. Such a situation is naturally something that Britain, France, the United States and other countries do not want to see. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent the expansion of the East China Government and the full war between the East China Government and Japan.

Although Britain, France and the United States and other countries were dissatisfied with Japan's support for Pu Jun to be emperor in Fujian, they still had to save Japan at this time. This was also the style of a mature power, and they were not based on emotions but on national interests as the guidance of their actions.

So Britain, France and the United States and other countries joined forces with the consuls of other countries to send diplomatic notes to the East China Government to ease the situation and peacefully resolve the Southeast crisis. Only Russia did not participate, because this situation was the most beneficial to Russia. Russia hoped that the East China Government's energy would turn to the south. Germany has always had good friends with the East China Government and had no interests in southern China, but it also joined the union of various countries. It mainly did not want to be isolated. However, Germany also deliberately communicated with the East China Government alone, saying that Germany has joined the union of various countries, mainly hoping to ease the situation, and also tried its best to safeguard the interests of the East China Government. The East China Government also expressed its understanding of this. It is of course a good result for Bi Jing to have his own friends in this union, so that the resolution of the joint will not be completely unfavorable to itself, although the East China Government is not afraid of the resolution of the joint being detrimental to itself.

After receiving the joint diplomatic notes, the East China Government quickly responded, saying that the responsibility for the Southeast crisis was not the East China Government, but in Japan, it was entirely caused by Japan's forced leasing Taizhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture. Therefore, to ease the situation and restore peace in the Southeast, we should first ask about Japan's attitude, not the East China Government. If we want to ease the situation and restore peace, Japan must first admit its mistakes and correct its mistakes.

Although the East China Government's reply did not clearly express whether it was willing to ease the situation and restore peace in the southeast, the consuls of all countries also understood and knew that the East China Government agreed to reconciliation, but only wanted Japan to make a statement first. Of course, the East China Government's attitude was not wrong, because Japan was indeed the first to provoke the Southeast crisis. Only when Japan surrendered first can the situation be eased and peace resumed.

So the countries jointly sent diplomatic notes to Japan, demanding that Japan surrender, ease the situation, and restore peace. However, Japan's attitude was very tough, saying that Japan's behavior was not wrong. It was rented out by Taizhou Prefecture. Wenzhou Prefecture was allowed by Puye's government and had legal principles to follow. On the contrary, the East China Government occupied Zhejiang was a wrong act, and it also sent a fleet to threaten Japan's mainland. Japan would never succumb to the force of the East China Government and must fight with the East China Government to the end.

However, this time Britain and France did not indulge Japan anymore. The two countries privately told Japan that if Japan refuses to ease the situation and restore peace, Britain and France will not only completely stop economic support to Japan, but will also amend the [Four-Country Alliance] treaty and expel Japan from the treaty, because once Japan starts war with the East China government, Britain and France will not participate in the war. But if Japan makes concessions and agrees to ease the situation and restore peace, Britain and France can also restore economic assistance to Japan, and even increase economic assistance to Japan so that Japan can restore its national strength as soon as possible.

Sure enough, under such strong pressure, Japan finally changed its words, but it also put forward its own conditions, requiring Britain and France to recognize the Puyi government and recognize Fujian as Japan's sphere of influence. Japan can give up the lease of Taizhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture to ease the situation and restore peace.

In fact, Japan took the initiative to provoke the Southeast crisis this time, which was a crazy move on the surface, but in fact it was also carefully calculated. Of course, no matter how accurate the calculation was, it was a big gamble. However, there were two results. One was that the East China government's energy is in the north, and it was flawless to take care of the affairs of the south, allowing Japan to take advantage of loopholes and get a bargain; the other was that Britain, France, the United States and other countries could not sit idly by and watch Japan be destroyed by the East China government, and would definitely mediate, and at the same time accept the Puyi government and admit that Fujian is Japan's sphere of influence.

Now it seems that Japan lost the first bet. The East China government was obviously tougher than Japan, and it also put forward a scheming of starting a full-scale war with Japan. This is equivalent to being on the card table. Japan is just a scam on the surface, but the East China government really got completely straight, but Japan did not have the courage to follow up. But in the second bet, Japan finally won the bet. Britain, France, the United States and other countries could not see Japan being destroyed by the East China government and mediated, so Japan also took the opportunity to offer a price.

After negotiations between Britain, France and the United States, they believed that Japan could accept the conditions and stabilize the situation first. So Japan also followed suit and agreed to ease the situation and restore peace.

Then the countries passed the results to the East China Government, hoping that the East China Government would also accept the conditions of Japan, so that the situation in China could be eased and peace in the southeast region could be restored. At the same time, the East China Government had the energy to return to the north.

However, the East China Government also put forward its own conditions, firstly, Zhejiang Province belongs to the East China Government; secondly, the East China Government refuses to recognize Pu Jun Government, and refuses to recognize Fujian as Japan's sphere of influence; thirdly, the Japanese army must withdraw all from mainland China and prohibit the forcibly occupying and leasing Chinese territory in the form of arbitration and reunion, otherwise the East China Government will never give up.

In fact, the East China Government also hopes that the Southeast region will recover soon, so that the East China Government can re-invest the main energy in the north and the strategic policy of "first north and then south" is most in line with the actual situation of the East China Government. The East China Government does not want to change it. Moreover, the current result can be explained by the East China Government. Not only did it prevent Japan from forcing the forced leasing of Taizhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture, but it also won Zhejiang Province, which was also a profit. However, the East China Government cannot follow the pace of Japan, making Japan satisfied, so it must suppress Japan and make Japan uncomfortable.

In fact, the East China Government is not too much. Zhejiang Province has been led by the East China Government, so of course it will not be vomited out. The East China Government is an enemy of the Qing court and aims to unify the country. Naturally, it is impossible to recognize Pu Jun Government and recognize Fujian as Japan's sphere of influence. This is also a matter of principle of the East China Government; only the last one will make it difficult for Japan to accept.
Chapter completed!