Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Third, the provinces in the south that declare independence can cancel their independence and return to the central government. "

Duan Qirui's conditions were not too much, but obviously they could not meet the requirements of the other four parties. On the first night, led by Yang Yongtai and Zhao Hengti, the four parties had already reached a basic agreement.

Now Tang Hualong, the representative of Vice President Li Yuanhong, proposed on behalf of everyone:

"First, according to the provisions of the Constitution, Li Yuanhong is currently the legal head of state of China;

Second, the former First Division, Second Division, and Third Division of the Hubei Army were reorganized into the First Division to the Third Division of the Chinese Guards, and they were stationed in Beijing with President Li Yuanhong;

Third, the establishment of a regional government in the south, except that diplomatic power still belongs to the central government, other aspects are implemented in accordance with the regional military and political autonomy measures, so foreign-related clauses involving the area under the jurisdiction of the local government are considered illegal and invalid without the recognition of the regional government.

Fourth, the taxes in the southern region are directly handed over to the Revenue and Expenditure Office of the Presidential Office, which is at the disposal of the President.

Fifth, establish the State Council, appoint Xiong Xiling as Prime Minister, Liang Qichao as Chief of Finance, Duan Qirui as Chief of Army, and the rest of the cabinet members are appointed after consultation between the President and the Prime Minister.

Sixth, hold accountable those responsible for the restoration incident, and reward all those who participated in the war to protect the country. "

Cao Rulin and the others couldn't help but gasp when they saw the six proposals put forward by Tang Hualong. This is a disguised north-south divide.

In Wuhan Higher Normal School, Wang Zhenyu is trying to explain his point of view to the students: "Many times when others bully you, it is not because you are strong, but because you are too weak. Why do Japanese dare not bully other countries? Do you dare to bully us? In the final analysis, we are too weak. But we are such a big country, accounting for [-]% of the world economy, with a population of [-] million, but we are still a weak country? What is the problem? In fact, it is not a There is a problem in one place, one point leads to another, and there are problems everywhere. We don’t care whether Confucian culture is right or wrong, but the idea of ​​official standard for thousands of years has led us to insist on the so-called scholars, farmers, businessmen, and emphasize the so-called fundamentals. Putting business at the bottom is really putting the cart before the horse. The development of business can promote our economic development, and economic development can make our industry stronger. Look at the rising United States of America, their businessmen can even choose President, in the past we always emphasized that there is no business without adultery, but why do businessmen commit adultery? In the final analysis, they have no political status, and the value of their existence is the money bag of the government office. Like pigs, they will be killed when they are fattened. Firstly, merchants do not cheat and survive, but what about our scholar-bureaucrat class? They don’t talk about taking what they give, and they continue to incite the hatred of the rich among farmers and workers. What kind of behavior is this, shameless. A nation must be strong and develop It doesn’t mean that the nation is divided into opposing classes according to occupation and income, and then one class can kill the other class. Such an idea is lazy, but in fact it is devoid of conscience under the guise of robbing the rich and helping the poor. There is no difference between the bandits who work. We must love our fellow citizens, we must love our compatriots, regardless of class or status, and the gap between the rich and the poor should be regulated by the government..."

Chapter 270 Post-Yuan Era ([-])

"So, as contemporary college students, what role should you play in this coming social change?" Wang Zhenyu finally got to the point after talking about a lot of social conflicts. It's different, the thinking of the teachers and students in the audience has obviously been driven by me, and they are all eagerly waiting for me to give them historical responsibility?It seems that intellectuals are much easier to coax than farmers.Coaxing farmers may also need a piece of land, while intellectuals often only need to give them a great ideal and goal.

"First, I hope that you will become intellectuals and cultural people in the new era. You must have integrity and backbone, and don't bow down to power. You must become the backbone of the nation;

Second, the realization of independence requires not only a constitution and a congress, but also not only an army belonging to the country, but also not simply playing with the multi-party system.The key is for all the citizens to realize that they feed the government, not the government feeds them, and let them realize that they need to defend their own rights, rather than relying on some kind-hearted master.Didn't Yuan Shikai put forward a point of view when he proclaimed the emperor and started restoration, saying that our Chinese people's wisdom is not yet developed, and it is not suitable for the Communist Party and more suitable for the imperial system?So now it is up to you newcomers with ideas, culture, morals, and ideals to open up the wisdom of the people and guide the trend of this era.

Third, what is needed to allow more people to link their own interests with national interests?The traditional Confucian way of thinking is to rely on the so-called enlightenment, relying on the principle of heaven and earth being close to the emperor and teachers, that is, propaganda and brainwashing.Is this useful?Yes, but it doesn't work for a long time, because people always live in reality.Didn’t Confucianism say it all?The granary knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing are sufficient to know the honor and disgrace.You let people be oppressed and exploited for a long time, have no freedom, no hope of wealth, no matter who is in charge of the country, it will be the same. If you make him patriotic, is it nonsense or what?There can be a regime dominated by a special class, but it will not last long. Only when everyone can obtain their own interests from this country, will everyone sincerely support and love this country.Our country will also have centripetal force and combat effectiveness.

The fourth is the correction of mistakes. No one person or a political party can always be right. Confucian saints are legends, including Confucius, who was also dirty. Isn’t Zhu Xi, who destroys people and wants to preserve the principles of nature, still picks up ashes?So we must not have the idea that we are always right and absolutely right. **It is not absolutely correct, and it is also a process of continuous error correction and continuous improvement.Everyone has experienced the decadent Zhuanzhi era at the end of the Qing Dynasty. The worst regime is a regime that cannot progress any further.So when we hate corruption, we must not attribute the emergence of corruption to the personal moral problems of officials, but to see if there is something wrong with our system, why our officials dare to commit suicide?Is the supervision of our system in place?There are contradictions between different classes, whether our system can adjust these contradictions, and whether we can allow everyone to coordinate through civilized methods instead of bloodshed methods, these are the meanings of our road of democracy.But over the past few years, our *** has come through, and obviously, no. . . "

It was almost noon, and Cao Rulin, the representative of the Beiyang government, angrily said to the representatives of the other four parties: "Regional governments? Are you going to establish another central government?"

Yang Yongtai proudly leaned back on his chair and said, "Mr. Cao can understand it this way. In fact, even if you Beiyang side doesn't agree, you can't change the situation that has already formed. To be disrespectful, our division between the North and the South is already unchangeable." That’s right, no one can afford another war. For the sake of the common people, it’s better to divide and conquer.”

Xu Shichang shook his head and said, "It's not good to split the country. Delegates, the western powers are watching us from outside. If we don't form a group, how can we deal with this situation?"

Yang Yongtai laughed softly: "Didn't we hold a group under your Beiyang flag before? But what are you tossing about? All the military and political officials you sent out are doing their best to search for things. President Yuan Shikai is even more busy with restoring the monarchy. Shandong is lost, have you regained it? Have you signed Article 21 of Japan? It seems that the last so-called Four Articles of Civil Affairs were signed by Mr. Cao Rulin across the street, right? So it’s not that we are not united, but that you are not up to date. Now We have no intention of splitting the country, but we just feel that this family is not good for you. You probably don’t want us to be the head of the family. It’s better for everyone to continue to maintain the brotherhood of this family and live your own life. This How could the request be unreasonable? Do you think so?"

All the representatives praised him one after another, Xu Shichang is also full of anger now, but his army is not up to the mark on the battlefield, so he naturally has no confidence to speak harsh words here.He closed his eyes slightly, and simply remained silent.

Xu Shichang is an old Beiyang, so he is naturally qualified to keep quiet, but Cao Rulin has no such qualifications, so he can only bite the bullet and ask, "Then I want to know how you divide?"

In fact, Tang Hualong did not agree with this so-called family separation method in his heart. After all, there are no two suns, and the people have no two masters, so at this time he said: "Actually, I think it is inappropriate to establish a national government. Instead, set up four It is more reasonable to make a tour of the government."

At this moment, Li Yuanhong only had three Hubei divisions besides his righteous name, and these local troops with backward equipment did not dare to clash with Wang Zhenyu's fifth and eighth divisions stationed in Wuhan.So Yang Yongtai ignored Tang Hualong's words at all. As the strongest of the three southern forces, Yang Yongtai waved his hand and said, "I don't need to worry about this. Our three parties discussed it last night and each set up a regional government. In the future, when the country becomes stronger, such a regional government will be abolished. This will not damage the unity of the country. On the contrary, we also hope that no matter whether the north or the south will engage in unification by force, let alone rely on outsiders Therefore, although the diplomatic power belongs to the central government, please discuss the diplomatic affairs involving autonomous regions, otherwise we will not recognize it.”

The general idea is that when you sell your country, you sell your own share, and we don't need you to sell our share.

The next time is the time for quarreling. Cao Rulin regretted that there were too few people on his side. After Xu Shichang became a Bodhisattva, he was singing a one-man show. There is only one word left, tired!

The talks on April 4 ended in discord, and at Jinling Middle School not far from the negotiation site, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were playing a friendly football match with the Jinling Middle School student football team. The team defeated the Jinling middle school student team with a score of 15:5.

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi walked off the stage covered in sweat, and then walked to the sidelines. The orderly had already brought water over, and the two were busy panting after taking a few sips.Bai Chongxi said excitedly: "Brother Delin, I remember that we also played a game with the football team of this school in the year of the [-] Revolution, but we were both students of the teaching team at that time, so we were not qualified to play. I can only sit on the sidelines and cheer for the coaches and the others, but I didn’t expect that we will be generals when we come back a few years later, and we can win the game.”

Li Zongren nodded after thinking for a while and said, "Yes, time flies so fast. I still remember that the game was a draw, and the coach scored the equalizer in the end."

Bai Chongxi took a breath and said: "The latest order has come down, the southeast front army has been revoked, the commander has also arrived in Wuhan, and the whole of China will be reshuffled."

Li Zongren seems to have heard Bai Chongxi's voice: "Jiansheng, listen to the elder brother's persuasion, our status today is given by the marshal, so we better not have any other ideas, and follow the elder brother honestly." Shuai, he can arrange whatever he wants, it doesn't matter, you also know that the handsome is a person who pays for rewards and punishments, so don't worry about it. Besides, I heard from Liao Lei that you are still detaining one of his subordinates. The battalion commander didn’t let go, what’s going on? Jiansheng, we are all generals now, we have to be generous in many cases, not small-minded. At that time, people would have emotions. A battalion commander should be punished according to the military law. , don’t overdo it.”

After hearing this, Bai Chongxi gritted his teeth and did not speak again. . .

"The future of China lies in you, in your younger generation. What we can do is to build an institution of higher learning here that radiates the entire south-central region and can influence the whole country. I have already thought of the name of the school, National Wuhan University. We will continue to allocate funds, continue to expand the scale of the school, and continue to cultivate outstanding talents to make it a research center for natural sciences and social sciences in China and the world. Please wait and see, thank you!"

Applause, warm, prolonged applause, almost all the teachers and students stood up and applauded. At this moment, in the eyes of these teachers and students, Wang Zhenyu was no longer a rough martial artist, but more like a mentor and a wise man.

Regarding the idea of ​​National Wuhan University, Wang Zhenyu is indeed not empty talk. On the boat to Wuhan, he communicated with some officials in charge of education affairs, including Weng Wenhao. After much deliberation, higher education should be the primary issue Grasp.In Wang Zhenyu's view, after the European War, there will be a period of depression and fluctuations in the whole of Europe. If China does not seize this opportunity to catch up, it will have an institutional advantage if it wants to surpass in the future. However, history has proved cruel and merciless. In the history of [-] years, the European and American systems are indeed the most superior under the current productivity conditions.As for the Soviet-Russian model that will be born in a year, Wang Zhenyu has no interest at all out of painful memories of his own family.

Chapter 271 The Post-Yuan Era ([-])

"Crack...you're too deceitful" Duan Qirui angrily slapped a telegram on the table, and then Duan Qirui leaned back on the grand teacher's chair and didn't speak.

Duan Qirui's cronies Liang Shiyi, Duan Zhigui, Zhang Zongxiang, Lu Zongyu, Xu Shuzheng, Zeng Yujun, and Wang Yitang were also in the study at the moment, all looking at Duan Qirui.Among them, Xu Shuzheng came back from the front line in Xuzhou. He knew Duan Qirui's character very well, so he was the first to speak: "Mr. Duan, the south side is indeed making progress, but the current situation, we will make trouble no matter what. Great."

Duan Qirui sighed softly, straightened his back and said, "But look at the conditions. If you punish the restorationists, Liang Shiyi will no longer be able to stay in the country. It's fine if Li Yuanhong becomes president, Xiong Xiling becomes the prime minister, and Liang Qichao becomes the finance minister." Chief, in this way, even if the central government remains in Beijing, how much say do we Beiyang have? What is even more ridiculous is that a regional government represented by the national government has been tossed about. What else can we have? ? What else is left in the center?"

Everyone looked at each other and smiled wryly. They really didn't know how to answer Duan Qirui's question.

After venting for a while, Duan Qirui sighed and said: "Everyone should pay more attention to Yuan Gong's funeral. Now we Beiyang have reached the most dangerous moment. If we don't work together, we will be hopeless. You guys Come back and leave me alone."

Everyone knew that Duan Qirui had to make up his own mind about the conditions in the south, so they all got up to leave, but Xu Shuzheng didn't get up.

After a while, Duan Qirui slowly said to Xu Shuzheng: "Yezheng, Yuangong is dead, Huafu is also defeated, I can't count on anyone else, only you can ask, if If you were me, how would you deal with the current situation?"

Xu Shuzheng just stood up, took a few steps and said: "Mr. Zhiquan, we might as well accept all the demands from the south. The current situation is that we need more time than them to regain our strength. If we continue to toss , our Beiyang really has no hope at all."

Duan Qirui nodded in agreement: "Then what should we do specifically? Right now, the financial and taxation areas are all in the south. Even if we delay blindly, we may not be able to turn things around!"

Xu Shuzheng thought for a while and said: "We might as well let him Li Yuanhong be the president, and the cabinet prime minister also give him Xiong Xiling, so the rest is their own arguing. But we must control the Congress. I am already fighting with Japan. They promised that as long as we declared our participation in the war, he would provide us with loans and equipment to help us organize the participating troops. And once the training of these elite participating troops is completed, and then they catch the opportunity to kill each other, we can Go south in a big way to clean them up and finally complete the unification."

"Japan?" Duan Qirui couldn't help hesitating, it's okay for others not to know, but he, Duan Qirui, knows very well that the role played by the Japanese in the matter of Lao Yuan's downfall is not very honorable.These oriental dwarfs only want to drag Beiyang back, making it impossible to complete the national reunification.But now it seems that even if they talked about the plan of joining the war with Xu Shuzheng, it was just to speed up the division of China, but if they don't cooperate with them, who should they turn to?The European War has been fought for two years, and the big powers in the traditional sense have long been unable to interfere in China's internal affairs.

Thinking of this, Duan Qirui could only acquiesce, but he still couldn't help but lamented: "Seek skin with a tiger, seek skin with a tiger!"

Duan Qirui finally nodded, and Li Yuanhong finally entered Beijing on April 4th, which is said to be an auspicious day for traveling.

On April 4, the "Nanjing Armistice Agreement" was officially signed at the Nanjing Military Management Committee, and it was immediately published in the newspapers. Because this agreement eventually led to the emergence of the situation of partition between the North and the South, the agreement was also called "North-South Partition" by historians. agreement".

Now that the big cake in Beiyang is divided, the small cake in the south will be much easier to divide.

Cai E's condition became more and more serious, but the complicated situation in Sichuan made it impossible for him to get away to treat the illness.What's more, Wang Zhenyu didn't know what kind of psychology he had, so he took the initiative to ask for the establishment of a Southwest Protectorate Government, and said that he would never get involved in the Southwest territory.Seeing Wang Zhenyu's attitude, Cai E naturally expressed his gratitude.

But on the issue of Fujian and Zhejiang, Wang Zhenyu adopted a completely different attitude from Southwest. On the one hand, Wang Zhenyu began to mobilize four divisions to station in Hangzhou and Chaozhou, threatening Sun Wen and others militarily; Actively contact with Sun Wen and actively express his strong desire to form a coalition government.

This combination of civil and military forces immediately split Sun Yat-sen's originally ununited camp into two factions. One faction headed by Chen Jiongming advocated the establishment of a coalition government, while the other faction headed by Hu Hanmin opposed it. In fact, it was up to Sun Yat-sen in the end The meaning of this president.At this time, Sun Yat-sen had arrived in the Shanghai Concession with his wife Soong Ching Ling, but he didn't know what to do?

On April 4, after the signing of the Armistice Agreement, Wang Zhenyu and his wife Ye Ziwen went to Shanghai. However, he did not plan to meet Sun Yat-sen directly, but first met Huang Xing, another veteran of the Tongmenghui.

Huang Xing basically disappeared in this period of historical records, as if the failure of the second revolution made this veteran of the [-] Revolution and the giant of the Tongmenghui disillusioned.But in fact, Huang Xing participated in the War to Protect the Nation, but this time due to health and many other reasons, he was not able to fight on the battlefield as usual, but he is still silently contributing his own strength, including raising money for the National Defense He is doing all kinds of work, and his eldest son Huang Yiou even participated in the operation to cover Cai E's escape.

Due to the successive victories in the military, Huang Xing was also invited back from the United States by someone sent by Wang Zhenyu in advance.But now to deal with the gang of Chinese Revolutionary Party, Huang Xing must rely on Huang Xing's prestige, although in fact Huang Xing is not a member of the party (he refused to join the party because he did not want to take the oath required by Sun Yat-sen).

Huang Xing's residence was personally arranged by Du Yuesheng, and he lived directly in the Du mansion. The security was also at the highest level. Both Du Yuesheng and Wang Yaqiao sent special personnel to protect him.Although Yuan Shikai is dead, Wang Zhenyu feels that many assassinations against revolutionaries may not be the work of Yuan Shikai. For example, Chen Qimei was done by Wang Yaqiao under his command, but political needs put the blame on the old Yuan who was almost dying at the time. .Isn't Song Jiaoren's case still pending?Therefore, if the guarantee is not complete, some revolutionary youth who is not open-eyed will deal with Huang Xing, a revolutionary veteran, as a traitor, and then say that the Beiyang government did it.

The moment Wang Zhenyu saw Huang Xing, he did not act arrogantly. Instead, he respectfully gave a standard military salute to Huang Xing. Time seemed to return to the front line of Hanyang where the artillery was rumbling. It's like saluting Commander-in-Chief Huang who is reviewing the whole army.