Back to the Republic of China as a commander

As for Wu Binghu, he is also sweating profusely, but he has been with Lao Yuan for some time, so he is much calmer than Lei Zhenchun. At this moment, he is standing there without gnawing.

Yuan Shikai scolded for a while, seemed to be tired of scolding, coughed twice and said: "Don't waste yourself with me, show your skills, what's wrong with this iron blood, you have to give me one within ten days Confession. Do you hear me?"

"Yes, please rest assured, the President, I must be humble..."

"Get out, get out, go to action, don't shout slogans like me." Yuan Shikai waved his hand in annoyance and drove the two big devils out like flies. He has more things to worry about now.

"Xiong Bingsan seems to be having constant conflicts with Duan Hefei recently." Yuan Shikai turned to ask Yang Du.

Yang Du has been busy with Yuan Keding's persuasion these days, and he doesn't know much about the situation of the State Council, so he said very cautiously: "I have heard that we old Beiyang don't seem to buy Premier Xiong's very much. Account, privately it is said that they are tinkering with the replacement of the prime minister..."

Yuan Shikai didn't speak for a while after listening, but said to himself: "Bingsan's wings seem to be hard now, and I should consider changing someone else to be the prime minister..."

Xiong Xiling, who was being replaced by Lao Yuan, was eating and drinking tea with three guests in his mansion. These three guests were none other than Liang Qichao, Cai E, and Wang Zhenyu.

Liang Qichao's identity at this time was the chief justice of Xiong Xiling's cabinet of talents and the leader of the Progressive Party. Historically, this Progressive Party had a unique existence during the Beiyang government of the Republic of China.Those days were much more nourishing than that of the Kuomintang. The reason for this was that Liang Qichao and his Progressive Party were not a political party in the pure sense, they had military personnel.The military team headed by Cai E is the biggest force of the Progressive Party.It is precisely because of the support of the local warlord headed by Cai E that Liang Qichao has his current status.

Historically, Xiong Xiling's talent cabinet only lasted until February 1914, but now that he has the support of the Hunan-Guangxi local armed forces headed by Wang Zhenyu, he should be able to last longer in theory.But history has made a huge joke. It is precisely because of the support of Wang Zhenyu and other soldiers from his hometown that Xiong Xiling, the prime minister, feels very confident.Xiong Xiling dared to openly resist some of Lao Yuan's orders, and he was even more tit-for-tat against the aggressive actions of Duan Qirui and others from the Beiyang Department.As a result, the government of Xiong Xiling, which is known as the cabinet of talents, began to falter. Yuan Shikai would not allow a strong prime minister to appear on top of him, even Xiong Xiling, who had been with him for many years. . . .

"Mr. Ren, I have already received rumors that Lao Yuan plans to replace me as the Prime Minister. Do you have any plans as the Chief Justice?" Xiong Xiling looked at Liang Qichao with a glass of wine and a smile.

Liang Qichao took a mouthful of the dish and ate it very calmly: "I can't get enough of Beijing's boiled mutton. I remember the first time I ate this dish was during the Guangxu period. After Kang Nanhai and the others were summoned by the late emperor, I went to Donglaishun to eat once, and now I think about it, it’s almost 20 years.”

Xiong Xiling was still very familiar with Liang Qichao. He drank a cup by himself and asked in front of Cai E and Wang Zhenyu: "Mr. Ren, we are all from our own people here. Songpo is your student, and Wenzheng is my little fellow. If you Whatever comes to your mind, you can say it, it doesn’t matter.”

Liang Qichao chuckled, put down his chopsticks and said, "Actually, there's nothing to say. Mr. Xiong must have seen Yuan Yuan's idea. It was nothing more than restoring the monarchy. I, Liang Qichao, was also a member of the royalist party. Now that I think about it, the Qing Dynasty He deserves to die, if he doesn't die, heaven will not allow it."

After talking about Liang Qichao, he ate a piece of boiled mutton on his own. Wang Zhenyu was very interested in this master who left a deep footprint in the political and cultural fields in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. Naturally, he was engrossed in waiting to hear Liang Qichao's next high-level discussion. .

"Almost 20 years ago, those of us were Jinshi who came to Beijing to take the exam. We did not want to overthrow the imperial court, but hoped to make the country rich and strong through the reform. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was still in internal and external difficulties, riddled with holes and crumbling. Yes. Princes and ministers have a high status and high status, but none of them have the intention to save the Qing Dynasty. They are more concerned about how to move the golden mountain of the Qing Dynasty to their own homes. If nothing else, let’s say that Prince Gong took over the military aircraft at that time Prince Qing, oh, that’s the one who was buried alive in the Manchu Mansion these days. You pretend that he can’t see the situation clearly, you don’t know that the whole Qing Dynasty is greedy. Don’t say it’s him, it’s that old woman Cixi This bad thing is clear. But they just don't want to change the law, why? They are all thinking about the little profit in their hands, so they are not nobles of the Qing Dynasty at all, they are all blood-sucking attached to the Qing Dynasty Worm. Now it’s all right, the revolution has happened. At the beginning, what the reform wanted was to give up a little profit, cut a little bit of flesh, and give the people some hope, but this group of vested interests refused to give it. Now? The revolution, they are dying They have to be handed over, don't you see that the royal families of the former Qing Dynasty are all in panic all day long, planning to hide in the foreign concession?"

Xiong Xiling nodded and said: "I heard that someone found the bodies of Prince Qing and his son in Tianjin, and I'm waiting for someone to confirm it. What about the billions of dollars in the past, when it arrives, it's just a pair of skins and a straw mat ah."

Liang Qichao picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "It's far away, but we can learn from history. Although Beiyang is now in charge of state affairs for the first time, it has inherited many of the old customs and abuses of the Qing Dynasty. Those who are corrupt, those who accept bribes, and those who support their own self-respect. Yes, there is nothing lacking in the separatist regime. Apart from the 10,000+ army under his command, what else does Lao Yuan have? If Lao Yuan is willing to forge ahead, be inclusive, and innovate politics, there is still room for progress. But Lao Yuan After all, he is old, and he doesn't have the thought and energy that he used to. His plan is to use Beiyang to control the world, and then use the imperial system to control Beiyang. I, Liang Qichao, dare to say that restoring the imperial system is definitely a bad game. Not only will it not Rejuvenating the Beiyang family will also accelerate the decline of Beiyang. More importantly, the revolutionaries like Sun Wen will take this opportunity to make a comeback, don’t believe me, let’s wait and see.”

Cai E said in disbelief: "Teacher, I often see the president these days, but I don't see him thinking of restoration. Besides, Beiyang is not monolithic now. Feng Guozhang just dominates the southeast and refuses to let go. Old Yuan Do you dare to restore the monarchy at this time?"

As soon as Liang Qichao raised his hand, he drank the whole glass of white wine: "Songpo, my meaning is very clear. In front of Mr. Xiong, I hope you and Wen Zheng can find a way to get out as soon as possible. Leave the capital, a place of right and wrong, Go back to the local area as soon as possible, take control of the old department, and wait and see the current situation. But this idea is good, and I still have to say it clearly. Presumably, Wenzheng may be able to escape. As for you, Songpo, you are in control of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. Regardless of the situation, Lao Yuan will not let you go no matter what."

When Cai Songpo heard this, he could only drink a glass and nodded silently.

But Wang Zhenyu, who had been silent all this time, became more active. He looked at Xiong Xiling and said, "Mr. Xiong, can I go back to Xiangxi?"

Xiong Xiling picked up the wine glass and said: "Mr. Ren's idea, you can give it a try. Speaking of which, your land of Hunan and Guangxi is not a good place in the eyes of our old Yuan..."

Chapter 186

"Idiots, all fucking idiots, doesn't it mean that our military, political and law enforcement offices know everything and penetrate every corner in the Beijing-Tianjin area? Where did the [-] million yuan go? Who killed Prince Qing and his son? Ah!" Lei Zhenchun In his office, he slapped the table angrily, scolding the group of people in front of his eyes as bloody.

Lei Zhenchun's subordinates, who usually look like living hell kings to ordinary people, looked at the angry director, and they all shrunk their necks in fright, and didn't dare to take a breath, fearing that if they didn't pay attention, they would become Lei Zhenchun. The director's punching bag.

After cursing for a while, Lei Zhenchun waved his hand in boredom and said: "I have nothing to say, I just want to say something now, I don't care what you bastards use, within a month, I must eradicate the Iron Blood to save the country, get out!" get out."

The same scene happened almost at the same time in the Jingshi Police Department. Director Wu Binghu was no less stressed than Lei Zhenchun, and naturally his anger was no less.After a burst of cursing, the secret agents of the Investigation Division of the Jingshi Police Department frantically searched for news about the extermination case of Prince Qing's mansion and the iron-blooded rescue of the National Assembly.

The first unlucky ones are the Kuomintang members and members of the old Tongmeng who are still living in Beijing. These people from the Law Enforcement Department or the Police Department don’t care what congressman or other status you are, they will all be arrested and interrogated.From their point of view, the Iron Blood Salvation Council and the Iron Blood Comrades Association are the same way, and they came from Sun Wen's sect.Even the common people in Beijing spread rumors that Sun Dapao was going to fight back. For a while, the entire Beijing-Tianjin area was tossed and turned.

Wang Yaqiao snatched a full [-] million oceans for Hunan and Guangxi in one go The month will arrive in Xiangxi.And because of the concession, the investigation of this sum of money ended up in vain, which made Lao Yuan very sad.

Although the Military and Political Law Enforcement Department and the Jingshi Police Department made some money by taking advantage of the opportunity to catch the chaotic party, they did not dare to relax in the slightest about their errands.The person in charge of the line of the Military Law Enforcement Division was a captain named Luo Zu. He quickly questioned the policemen from the Jingshi Police Department who were in charge of patrolling around Prince Qing's mansion that day.This aroused the dissatisfaction of Deputy Director Yang Dexian, who was in charge of the investigation department of the Jingshi Police Department.After a while of arguing, the two sides decided to form a joint investigation team to take charge of the interrogation work together.

"My lords, the younger one recruits everything, so don't fight. There was a bannerman who claimed to be a servant of Prince Qing's mansion, and said that some things were going into the mansion that night, so it was inconvenient for others to see. Little I thought to myself that there must be some inconvenient things about this big family. In addition, I gave the young man 200 yuan at that time, and the little lard was deceived. Please forgive me, my lord, the little one doesn’t dare anymore, there is an 80-year-old mother on the little one, and a three-year-old baby on the bottom, the little one..."

"Shut up, if you keep yelling, you will be killed immediately, do you believe it?" Luo Zu is also a ruthless person, he calmed down the foreman policeman with one word, and then looked at Luo Zu with panicked eyes.

Then Yang Dexian said with a very gentle smile: "Don't be afraid, I also guessed that you wouldn't be able to do such a big trick with your guts, so we won't make it difficult for you and your brothers, as long as you put in some effort , think about what the person who gave you 200 Yuan looks like, and just draw it. Did you see it?"

The foreman immediately nodded frantically like a chicken pecking rice, and then followed the expert in charge of portraits from the investigation department down. . .

Wang Yaqiao had guessed this move a long time ago, and had already arranged for the person who was in charge of buying the police that day to go south to Xiangxi via Shanghai.

Wang Yaqiao is a contented and happy person. This time, the result of getting over [-] million from Prince Qing made him decide to settle down and not continue to engage in large-scale kidnapping activities, but to concentrate on operating various intelligence in the north. net.

But the gap between ideal and reality is the biggest. Wang Yaqiao planned to stop, but the Military and Political Law Enforcement Department and the Jingshi Police Department did not intend to let him stop.Slapping people is not a slap in the face. After Wang Yaqiao slapped Wang Yaqiao's slap in the face of these two departments that have made the whole of Beijing change their faces, how can they give up?

In just three days, after a large-scale investigation, the joint investigation team determined that the person who bought the police had escaped their control, and they immediately adjusted the direction of the investigation.In Yang Dexian's words, they left in the palace's carriage, such a large target must have left through the city gate, this was a breakthrough point.Moreover, after checking all the tax supervisor's books during the day, there was no record of the convoy entering and leaving Prince Qing's Mansion. From this, it can be deduced that the convoy left the city at night.However, the Nine Gates of Beijing will not be opened at night. There is only one explanation for them to go out. There must be someone inside the guards responsible for the defense of the Nine Gates.

Yang Dexian made an analysis here and secretly rejoiced, fortunately, there are a group of gentlemen from the Military, Political and Law Enforcement Department to supervise this case, otherwise it is just the Jingshi Police Department, how dare to provoke the gang of guards?

The predecessor of this guard army was the original Beiyang No. [-] Town, which originally had bannermen as the main source of troops.After the founding of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai set up the Gongwei Army and appointed his confidant Li Jincai as the commander of the Gongwei Army.Of course, Lao Yuan didn't dare to change the number and continue to use Bannermen, so there is a problem of organization involved.Most of the arch guards were soldiers recruited by Li Jincai from his hometown in Xuzhou. The method he adopted was also simple, and he directly took the salary, taking up all the establishment and military salary that originally belonged to the first town.The bannerman officers and soldiers in the first town not only lost their numbers, but also lost their establishment. Li Jincai's attitude towards them was worse than that of a dog at home.Bannerman officers were dismissed on a large scale, while the soldiers regarded them as pigs and dogs with only one purpose, forcing them to leave by themselves.

Therefore, the Gongwei Army can be described in one word during the period of the Republic of China, that is chaos.Such a situation also doomed Li Jincai to have no outstanding achievements in the history of the Republic of China except for organizing the so-called citizen petition group to help Lao Yuan become president, and the guard army he led was slowly submerged in the long river of history !

However, in Beijing at this time, Li Jincai can be regarded as the number one figure in terms of power. He, Lei Zhenchun, and Wu Binghu are known as Lao Yuan's three dogs.Because in the whole of Beijing, apart from the model regiment and the Presidential Palace Guard, there is only one regular army, the Gongwei Army. Who is better?

Last time in Bada Hutong, this Commander Li broke the legs of a young master's son just because of an adulterer.Afterwards, the deputy chief had to come to the door with a gift, nodding and bowing to Commander Li, and apologizing.What is domineering, this is domineering.Another time, Commander Li's nephew was arrested by the police station for committing a crime. He failed to let Commander Li know, so he just used a truck to pull a company of soldiers over. Smashed it.What is arrogance, this is arrogance.But this kind of person is still highly relied on by Lao Yuan, so in this full Beijing city, except for some prominent figures, most people really dare not make a move on this Tai Sui.

But one thing is one thing, this military and political law enforcement office was specially set up for arrogant soldiers like Li Jincai. After the fight against Lu Jianzhang, a large number of Beiyang military officers heard the name of the law enforcement office foaming at the mouth and twitched all over.

And the Law Enforcement Office is also unambiguous, killing Beiyang officers is the same attitude as killing the revolutionaries, and they are relentless.

So today Yang Desheng saved a little bit of his mind to watch the excitement, and just waited for Li Jin to be defeated by the law enforcement department.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Jincai saw the ID of the Law Enforcement Office, he pretended to be indifferent and said: "Ah, it's from Zhenchun, it's my own, well, it's easy for my own family to say, if we need to investigate anything, we will definitely cooperate with all the guards. "

But after actually investigating it, Luo Zu and Yang Desheng didn't know what a headache is.

They quickly found the number of the troops guarding the Nine Gates that night, but they only reached this level, and if they go down, there is no file or information.Why?It’s not selfishness. Li Jin doesn’t know how many banner soldiers have run away this year, but every one of them is an income, because these bannermen have not received military pay since last year. Li Jincai and his gang were detained.It would be even better if these bannermen couldn't bear the hardship and become deserters to find another way to make a living. Li Jincai would not order to arrest the deserters, but would report to the Ministry of War for a severance pay as a matter of course.As for whether the superiors will check it, no problem, the files of these deserters will be destroyed immediately. Firstly, the management of files in this era is not strict, and secondly, they will not be afraid of checking if they are dead.

It stands to reason that for the sake of investigating the case, there is really no way to continue the investigation. Luo Zu and Yang Desheng should also go back and return to work.But before he left the garrison of the arch guards, he heard someone come to report: "It's not good, three princes in a row were kidnapped and blackmailed, and today we went to the gate of the yamen to file a complaint."

Luo Zu slapped his thigh angrily and said: "These gangsters are too arrogant and bastards. If Lao Tzu Luo Zu doesn't dig them out, I won't have to eat this bowl of rice in the future..."

Yang Desheng also nodded angrily and said: "It's really too arrogant, this old Beijing city is still our territory, it's not up to them to mess with the party and do whatever they want..."

In Tokyo, Japan, at the headquarters of the Black Dragon Society, Sun Yat-sen took a newspaper and asked Chen Qimei: "Yingshi, what is the relationship between the Iron-Blooded Salvation Association and the Iron-Blooded Comrades Association? This time they actually made such a big commotion in Beijing. Are these people ours?" Comrades? Prince Qing’s [-] million silver, if it’s really our comrades, then we don’t have to worry about revolutionary funds..."

Chapter 187 Bloody Storm ([-])

Luo Zu and Yang Desheng are indeed the most powerful case-handling experts in the law enforcement team and the investigation department. When they decide to handle a case seriously, all difficulties become no longer difficult, and the advantages of local snakes are quickly manifested ruthlessly come out.

The law enforcement team and the investigation office dispatched nearly a thousand people, scattered in various teahouses and brothels in Beijing, to inquire about all the news related to this case, especially the news about the Gongwei Army.And the sky always pays off.Soon in a teahouse in Nancheng, they got the clues they wanted.

There are two grassroots detectives in the investigation department, one named Song Enzi and the other named Wu Xiangzi.Both are 30 years old, and the two families are still relatives. As early as more than ten years ago, the two entered the yamen of the infantry commander of the former Qing Dynasty, specializing in investigating and dealing with party chaos.These two brothers were quite capable and had solved many cases. After the establishment of the Jingshi Police Department, the two were naturally retained, assigned to the investigation department, and became spies.These two brothers are mainly responsible for the investigation and inspection work in the Nancheng area. What they like most is to soak in the teahouse, extort some money, and collect fees from the local ruffians here. .

However, this period of nourishment came to a halt after the case of Prince Qing's Mansion was revealed, and the three recent kidnapping cases were also clueless, which made Yang Dexian, the deputy director in charge of the investigation, very dissatisfied.He unceremoniously called all the secret agents under his command together, and told everyone clearly: "You grandsons, listen to me. If the case of saving the country with iron and blood can't be solved, then I, the deputy chief I can basically do it when I grow up. But I, Yang Dexian, am not a good person. In this life, I have enjoyed blessings and made sins, so don't expect me to bear such a big scapegoat alone. If I really let the director Well, I’m afraid of death and loneliness, if the case can’t be solved within half a month, I’ll definitely bring you bastards with me.”

So these spies received such a signal from Yang Dexian that if the case could not be solved within half a month, they would basically have to confess their lives.