Xinhai geming (1911 Revolution) Page #4

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You're the one who knows

the revolutionaries well.

Zhaoming

ls Sun Wen still abroad?

Gentlemen.

Gentlemen,

you know who I am

and Why I'm here.

It seems to me

that you have decided that

you're against the revolution.

Am I right?

Go.

If that's the case,

the Qing government will take this loan,

buy guns and shoot through

the hearts of revolutionaries.

Your money will support

the corrupt Qing government,

in exchange for What?

Railway?

Our railway.

Sir.

Sir,

please keep your voice down.

You're deciding the future

of my country here.

Being a Chinese,

I have the right to know

what's going on here.

We've already informed your government

regarding our decision.

You must tell me your decision.

Let me remind you that we're in Europe.

You really should behave like a gentleman.

Do you understand what's

happening in China now?

Mr. Sun Wen.

He won't answer.

They are bankers,

they only care about their money,

not other people's fate.

Mr. Hillier,

do you know who he is?

No.

He's the man who will

decide the future of China.

Who are you?

Tang Manrou.

Idiot.

Your father is the Chinese

Imperial Ambassador,

and you spoke for Sun Wen?

Do you know who he is?

Who is he?

He's a traitor of the Qing Dynasty.

He's a wanted criminal.

He's a revolutionary.

Don't you know?

Tang Manrou.

I know who he is,

that's why I helped him.

Mr. Hillier.

Hillier.

I must go before this person arrives.

We cannot be present in the same place.

Why leave, Minister Tang?

I beg you, you still haven't done us

the honour of accepting our invitation.

You really mustn't leave.

Please. Don't leave.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I'm well aware that I've

come here uninvited.

However,

as the leader of the Chinese revolution,

I only ask you,

please reconsider the 6 million pounds,

your loan to the Qing government.

Sun Wen,

you're a subject of the Qing Dynasty,

yet you show no respect for your country.

How can you claim

any respect regarding our country?

You've lost it all a long time ago.

I represent the Whole Chinese people,

and speak in the name

as leader of the Chinese revolution.

Dr. Sun,

we will not break

such an important business contract.

Mr. Thompson,

this is not a business contract,

it's a political deal.

If this contract is signed,

what's at stake here

is Chinese sovereignty.

Mr. Sun,

our German banks only care about business,

we don't care about domestic politics.

My dearest German delegates,

every time the Qing

government fires a gun at us,

your money presses the trigger.

The Qing government will buy weapons

with your loan, nothing else.

Perhaps you've misunderstood.

According to my understanding, this loan

is intended to help rebuild the railways.

Mr. Sun,

our minister in Peking,

Sir John Newell Jordan,

said the same thing about the loan.

Dear Sir Buchanan,

I believe when Mr. Jordan realizes

that the money is used to destroy

the Chinese revolution,

he will change his mind.

Sun Wen.

This is my second warning.

Do not defame the Qing Dynasty here.

Defame?

Minister Tang,

how you underestimated us.

We Want to depose you and the court.

Gentlemen,

we all know that to give good money

to a bad client

is a fatal mistake.

The Qing government

is like a patient diagnosed with cancer.

Your loan is like sugar pills,

it'll only make him feel better,

but the fate is sealed.

It seems that you are quite pessimistic

about the future in China.

No, I'm not.

On the contrary,

my vision of the new China

is very positive.

I see huge miles covered

with natural resources.

I see thousands of banks

providing new capital.

I see a mountain of railways connecting

all the modern communities.

Gentlemen,

you are bankers,

you should know to invest

your money wisely.

Would you rather invest your money

into a dying government

or the emerging one?

Mr. Sun Yat-sen,

I know you are the leader

of this revolution,

and I respect your revolution.

However, we cannot invest money

against the interests of our own nation.

You may know that

I'm a surgeon.

As a doctor, my duty

is to save my patient's life.

One day

I found my country

is suffering cancer.

Mr. Hillier,

The situation of China

is like this roast lamb,

it's unlikely our people

would enjoy freedom,

equality

and fraternity.

Yes,

that is to say,

this is China.

And all of you Want a piece.

Germany

here's your piece,

the Shandong peninsula.

Good location, isn't it?

What's all this?

Sir Buchanan,

your piece,

left rather small on this plate:

Only Hong Kong,

and you know very well,

this is a gate

to reach China.

Mr. Thompson, let me out out

a special piece for you,

in memory of all those Chinese lives

that were lost carving out your mountain

for the transcontinental railway

where they sleep, buried,

the bones of Chinese labourers.

It's a pity,

all those countries not here today:

Russia,

Japan and Portugal.

They want Pescadores, Liaodong Peninsula

and Macau.

Gentlemen,

this

is the last time you can

gather to feast on China.

I really hope

I made my point clear.

Mr. Tang,

please wait a moment. Please.

Go home.

Please.

Please stay.

Stay.

Here it is.

Please tell me, what does Revolution mean?

Like a doctor who heals patients,

a revolution saves an entire people.

Mr. Sun,

I heard girls in China

have to bound their feet from young age.

Is it painful?

Yes, it's painful

but

it will be gone very soon.

I see. Thank you.

Must people

lose their lives in revolution?

The final goal of revolution isn't death,

but to change fate.

Young people sacrificed themselves

for the revolution,

so those living can lead better lives.

Extend firing range.

Come.

It's overheated. It won't fire.

Go, piss.

Lie down.

Lie down.

Nurse.

Little Hubei,

gather hand grenades.

Give them to me.

- Give them to me.

- No.

Let go.

- Commander.

- Let go.

Don't pull me back.

Don't pull me back.

Let go.

Go.

Little Hubei.

Ammunition handler.

Charge.

General,

Huafu is here.

General,

We've taken Hanyang.

Should we continue fighting?

There's

no need to be in such a rush.

We nave to let the Qing court understand,

if they don't pay up,

we won't move.

Your words mean...

Can't you read?

Read it yourself.

Fight slowly,

wait and see?

- But morale is high.

- I must return to Beijing

and see what the Empress Dowager says.

Let me tell you my bottom line:

If the court

doesn't give me enough money,

I won't fight.

I'd thought it'd be easy to defeat them,

but Sun's rebels

are resilient.

I also lack ammunition and supplies.

Empress Dowager,

I was forced to cease

the battle of Wuchang.

Yuan Shikai.

Yes, Empress Dowager.

How much do you need?

Tell me.

If I have12 million taels of gold,

I can finish off the revolutionaries

within a few months.

If we have no money for battle,

we only have one choice:

To make peace with the revolutionaries.

You dare?

Making peace means we acknowledge them.

The Beiyang Army is on its

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