Back to the Republic of China as a commander

In Nanjing, Sun Wen, who had just been reinstated, was yelling at the Wang family's uncles and nephews in the chairman's mansion, saying that they were messing up the government.

"Wang Zhenyu, a young boy, is abusive to criticize the Nationalist government because he has the military power in his hands. Zhantang, Zhaoming, tell me, can he operate this politics like this? Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the political situation has been turbulent and the people are struggling to survive. After all, we have worked together to achieve today's situation. What is needed most? Stability, but their uncles and nephews are fine, and they changed their orders day and night. Now they are fine. Zhang Taiyan and his group of the Restoration Society have gone crazy, and the situation is in chaos. I don't know. What kind of mind do they have?"

Hu Hanmin, Wang Jingwei, Liao Zhongkai and others exchanged glances with each other. Except for the hardcore anti-king fighter Wang Jingwei who showed joy, the other Kuomintang leaders all showed embarrassment.Hu Hanmin even didn't know how to speak to persuade him. The present is not as good as the past. After two years of the Kuomintang government's small life, everyone is very satisfied with the status quo.The reason why Hu Hanmin and the others urged Wang Zhenyu to invite Sun Wen back, is to use Sun Wen's personal prestige to lead the Kuomintang to stabilize the power of the Nationalist Government. It is best to expand it a little, so that more Many comrades of our party have come to power.But looking at Sun Wen's changes after recuperating for more than half a year, Hu Hanmin and the others regretted it again.Before recovering from illness, although Sun Wen could clearly feel dissatisfaction with Wang Zhenyu, he was still amiable on the surface and never commented publicly.Well, it's all right now, public accusation.Looking at this situation, not only did he lose the attitude of leading his party comrades to cooperate with Wang Zhenyu in the past, but instead he meant to lead everyone to find Wang Zhenyu desperately.Thinking of this, Hu Hanmin and the others couldn't help wiping off cold sweat, and it took a long time before they said: "Chairman, today is different, because of the previous assassination incident, the army that was originally under the name of our party comrades was taken by Wang Zhenyu." Withdrawn, Xu Chongzhi, Zhu Zhixin and the former real power faction have now left the army. One has gone to the reserve service and the other has gone to the military research office. It may be very difficult to replace Wang Zhenyu at first!"

Sure enough, as soon as this remark came out, Sun Wen immediately fell silent. He shook his head and said: "Speaking of which, our revolutionary will is still not firm. Back then, we cooperated with a warlord like Wang Zhenyu for the sake of petty profits. We simply..."

At this point, Wang Jingwei interrupted in time: "Sir, Wang Zhenyu is nothing to be afraid of. As long as we have a sense of righteousness, it will be easy to deal with him after a long time. We can completely nationalize the China Development Corporation in the name of the government or Splitting the auction, as long as Wang Zhenyu's financial resources are cut off, then he can be dealt with with just one appointment and dismissal. I think what Cousin Zhan means is that our first priority is to deal with the issue of multi-party coalition governance. Zhang Taiyan and the others are against it. The party is in power together, right, Cousin Zhan!"

"Well, yes." Hu Hanmin was afraid that Sun Wen would lose control of his emotions and say something nasty, so he quickly agreed, but he was scolding Wang Jingwei for being slippery in his heart, saying that the current situation of the Kuomintang was caused by this kid, irresponsible and unprepared He recklessly went to assassinate Wang Zhenyu, and the result was. . .Even if this kid is smart now, he helped bring Sun Wen back to his train of thought.

Sun Wen frowned and nodded, then said: "Then Zhantang, tell me, should we support it or oppose it?"

Wang Jingwei didn't know what he was thinking, so he said first: "Sir, according to my opinion, as long as the enemy supports it, we must oppose it. Since Wang Zhenyu proposed the multi-party coalition governance, we just mess it up. It can damage his political prestige in everyone's mind."

Sun Wen nodded but did not make any comments, his gaze was already on Hu Hanmin who was about to speak.

Hu Hanmin thought for a while and said, "Zhaoming's words may not be wrong, but they are not suitable for the current situation."

Everyone was surprised, and Hu Hanmin paused and continued: "Everyone knows that the national government in front of us is just the steward of a great warlord, Wang Zhenyu. He won the world immediately, but he couldn't rule the world immediately. In terms of political prestige and foundation, he is not as good as you, Chairman, so he chose to cooperate with you to create this national government when he had an absolute advantage. But from the very beginning This kid is not sincere. He first asked Mr. Ke Qiang to be the chairman, and then pushed Zhang Taiyan and Liang Qichao out. He had only one purpose. Through these actions, he hoped that our party would not be the only one in the national government. It can be seen from this that as long as we If we can gain an absolute advantage in the national government, in turn we will be able to let Wang Zhenyu and his army eventually die out, and the youth army will eventually become the army of the country worthy of the name. But this process is long and tortuous, and it cannot be accomplished overnight. .”

Sun Wen seemed to be a little moved and asked: "Then how about the exhibition hall?"

Seeing that Sun Wen was tempted, Hu Zhantang said confidently: "The first step is to establish the absolute advantage of our party in the national government. Chairman, think about it, what kind of person is Wang Zhenyu? He is a warrior and a warlord. This kind of person To save face, last time Zhang Taiyan demanded the nationalization of the military and opposed the military committee overriding the government. As a result, he was suppressed. The two key departments of supervision and civil affairs that originally belonged to his Liberation Council department let Wang Zhenyu borrow The opportunity has been withdrawn. Now that he comes out again to call for the Communist Party, and insists on dismantling Wang Zhenyu's multi-party coalition government, then we might as well follow Wang Zhenyu's wishes and drive him out of the Nationalist government and let them be a The happy opposition party is ready. In this process, Wang Zhenyu will inevitably rely on our party. After all, the gap in power needs to be filled. At this time, our first step will be easy... So Chairman, Not only do we need to support the multi-party coalition government, but we also need to follow his Wang Wenzheng’s wishes for the next land reform, and take over the project of new rural construction. He Wang Zhenyu will reuse us in the future. Otherwise, even We support him in driving away Zhang Taiyan, and we will probably make wedding dresses for Liang Qichao and the others."

It was thorough, it was too thorough, the bigwigs in the Kuomintang applauded one after another, and Chen Jiongming, who had been at odds with Sun Wen since the establishment of the National Government, was the first to stand up and shout: "I think what Hu Zhantang said That's right, let's do it!"

"Land reform!" Sun Wen shook his head in confusion and said, "Zhantang, this is something that offends landlords and gentry all over the country, must it be done?"

However, Chen Jiongming rushed to talk: "Sir, there is no hesitation. I think not only is the land reform to be supported and implemented, but we also need the ICAC to launch an anti-corruption storm at all levels of institutions. Corruption must be caught regardless of party affiliation." , to establish the image of our party as clean and honest, so that our party will win the general election in the tenth year of the Republic of China."

Sun Wen looked at Hu Hanmin in surprise, but Hu Hanmin kept nodding his head, as if to express his approval.

Sun Wen could only say helplessly: "Then follow Zhantang's words..."

Chapter 419 1918 (four)

1918 is also an extremely important year in the history of Chinese sports. On April 1918, 4, a government jointly governed by the Kuomintang, the Chinese Progressive Party and the National Socialist Party was established.This is also the third reorganization of the Nationalist Government in less than two years since its establishment in 10. Unlike the previous two times, the Chinese Communist Party cabinet members who originally belonged to the Guangfu Society basically disappeared except for Cai Yuanpei.

The list of members of the Council is as follows:

Chairman of the National Government: Sun Wen; Executive Vice-Chairman:

Premier of the Political Council: Xiong Xiling Deputy Prime Minister of the Political Council: Ye Zuwen (in charge of finance, transportation, commerce), Zhou Zhiyun (in charge of industry, land resources, agriculture and forestry), Tang Shaoyi (in charge of foreign affairs, judiciary), Secretary-General Tan Yankai (in charge of education, public security) list of members of the Political Committee : Xiong Xiling, Ye Zuwen, Zhou Zhiyun, Tang Shaoyi, Tan Yankai, Zhang Jingjiang, Li Zongren.

Composition department: Zhang Jingjiang, chairman of the Joint Reserve Management Committee of the Bank of China.

Minister of Finance: Liao Zhongkai, Minister of Foreign Affairs: Tang Shaoyi, Minister of National Defense: Li Zongren, Minister of Commerce: Zhang Jian, Minister of Justice: Xu Qian, Minister of Public Security: Hao Bing, Minister of Communications: Zhan Tianyou, Minister of Industry: Tan Kah Kee, Minister of Land and Resources: Tan Yankai Minister of Agriculture and Forestry: Wang Jingwei, Minister of Labor: Zou Lu, Minister of Health: Xie Chi, Minister of Education: Cai Yuanpei.

Governor of Hunan Province Tan Renfeng Governor of Hubei Province Yang Yongtai Governor of Guangxi Province Wang Zhixiang Governor of Fujian Province Lin Sen Governor of Jiangsu Province Juzheng Governor of Zhejiang Province Chen Yi Governor of Anhui Province Chen Shao Governor of Guangdong Province Governor of Jiangxi Province Lin Xiumei Governor of Sichuan Province Mayor Zhang Lan, Governor of Guizhou Province, Liu Xianshi, Governor of Yunnan Province, Li Gengen Wang Zhenbang's appointment as the mayor of Wuhan caused heated discussions. The only position that the Kuomintang lost in the list of the Third National Government Administration Council was the Minister of Foreign Affairs. According to Wang Zhenyu's intention, Tang Shaoyi was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Wang Zhengting fell in this government reorganization.

But it is a blessing in disguise, and Wang Zhengting's new position is actually the chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee.Frustrated in the officialdom, Wang Zhengting accepted the new appointment without saying anything. What he didn't expect was that this position would make him still be remembered by history many years later.

The headquarters of the Chinese Olympic Committee was established in Shanghai. It is said that this was requested by Wang Zhenyu. For this reason, Wang Zhenyu also summoned Wang Zhengting, the first chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee, in Wuhan.Xiong Xiling, then Prime Minister of the Government Administration Council, even personally wrote an inscription for the Chinese Olympic Committee: "Develop sports, strengthen the national system."

Wang Zhengting originally thought that the Olympic Committee was just arranging for himself, but after he was personally interviewed by Wang Zhenyu and interviewed for more than three hours, his view changed, and when he came to the headquarters of the Chinese Olympic Committee in Shanghai, He was even more convinced of what Dashuai Wang said, that he would create a big scene.

The Olympic Committee Headquarters, which was rebuilt from a Sixing Warehouse by the Huangpu River, is almost the most luxurious office building of any Olympic Committee in this era. There are more than 400 staff members maintaining the daily operations of the entire organization.Wang Zhenyu allocated 20 million Chinese yuan from the precious military expenditure as the start-up fund of the Chinese Olympic Committee, and asked the Chinese Olympic Committee to come up with a [-]-year long-term plan immediately.

And Wang Zhengting did not live up to Wang Zhenyu's expectations, and immediately organized a group of sports enthusiasts from various college graduates to start working around the clock. On May 20th, a [-]-word planning report was placed on Wang Zhenyu desk.

Chen Bulei, who is familiar with Wang Zhenyu's habits, was extremely surprised that Wang Zhenyu voluntarily rejected the meeting plan with the British and French consuls on this day, and instead took a whole afternoon to talk to Wang Zhengting alone, while reading the plan and communicating.

Zhang Boling, Shen Siliang, Yuan Dunli, Hao Gengsheng, Gao Zi, Wu Yunrui, Ma Yuehan, and Jiang Xiangqing also participated in this meeting. According to Wang Zhenyu's opinion, the finally published constitution of the Chinese Olympic Committee was named "Republic of China Statutes of the National Sports Federation and the Chinese Olympic Committee".

According to the provisions of this charter, the nature of the National Sports Federation of the Republic of China belongs to non-governmental sports associations.The Chinese Olympic Committee is a subsidiary organization of the International Olympic Committee, and will submit an application to the International Olympic Committee in the future.

The National Sports Federation of the Republic of China, as a civil society, adopts a membership system and sets up branches in various provinces and cities across the country.The main work is to select members of the national team of relevant sports at various levels, organize various sports competitions, popularize and promote modern sports, enrich national cultural life and so on.

Its organizational structure is formed through indirect elections. First, at the county level, the national sports committees are elected to participate in the work of the provincial and municipal Olympic committees (which are also sports federations) with one indicator for each county.Secondly, the representatives elected according to the proportion of provinces, regions and population will form the members of the ROC Sports Federation and the Chinese Olympic Committee together with the heads of various sports.And this institution will exist as the highest authority of the National Sports Federation of the Republic of China and the Chinese Olympic Committee.According to regulations, elections are held every four years, and re-election is allowed, but the age of official staff members is not allowed to exceed 70 years old, and honors are not limited to this.Responsible for the daily work of the entire institution will be a 15-member executive committee led by a five-member bureau consisting of a chairman, three vice-chairmen, and a secretary-general. The term of office is also four years. . .

As for the focus and direction of the work of the entire organization at this stage, Wang Zhenyu clearly put forward three points:

The first is to coordinate and cooperate with local governments to formulate a level standard for sports venues.In the provincial capitals, a standard large-scale Olympic sports center with a scale of more than 5 people will be built within a ten-year period, and the scale outside the provincial capital is not allowed to exceed [-].At the same time, strive for land allocation from local governments for all public primary schools, middle schools and universities, and build sports venues.This should also be done in factories and mines. Provincial and municipal Olympic committees are required to establish relationships with local primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, and large factories and mines to promote sports enthusiasts in these places to form sports clubs.

Second, establish the Chinese Football Association, make football a national sport, and promote it on a large scale across the country.It is planned to hold the four-year China Cup football match (participated by teams from various provinces and cities) and the football club league within two years.

Third, establish coach training, athlete selection and other mechanisms, prepare well, participate in the 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games, strive for good results, and change the world's views on Chinese physique. . .

With money, people, and direction, if Wang Zhengting and the others can't do a good job, it will be a joke.It is worth mentioning that the International Olympic Committee at this time was not as rich as later generations. The Frenchman Coubertin, who was the chairman of the Olympic Committee at the time and the founder of the International Olympic Movement, even used his own money to promote the sport. , which directly led to the hardship of his later life.

However, history has changed here. When the report of China's application to join appeared on his desk, the father of sports who had suffered a lot of hardships was moved to tears.Because the Chinese sent not only an application for membership, but also a remittance of 50 US dollars and an invitation to invite Mr. Coubertin of the International Olympic Committee to lead a delegation of no more than 20 people to China to guide the Olympic work If you can come, the Chinese Olympic Committee will provide a sponsorship of [-] US dollars for the Antwerp Olympic Games. . .

In August 1918, Coubertin and his party of 8 people boarded the cruise ship of the China Ocean Shipping Company to transport the returning expeditionary force, and went to the mysterious East together with the Chinese people whose faces were full of homesickness. . .Coubertin visited and guided in China for a total of three months, including inspecting the first construction of the Shanghai Olympic Sports Center. This stadium, which can accommodate 20 seats, made Coubertin wish to directly relocate the Olympic Games to be held here.What the Chinese Olympic Committee showed in this inspection made Coubertin more satisfied, because he saw a mature and efficient organization in operation, which made him very envious.After inspecting the Wuhan Olympic Center and the first Wuhan Sports Games in Wuhan, Coubertin had dinner with Wang Zhenyu, an oriental warlord. Coubertin praised Wang Zhenyu as a refined and polite person, while the Chinese Olympic Committee Chairman Wang Zhengting was directly appointed by Coubertin as the third vice-president of the International Olympic Committee. . .

Just as the Chinese people's sports are booming, in a basement in Germany, a secret meeting that will determine the fate of the world is going on intensely. . .

Yu Dawei never dreamed that he, an ordinary sponsored foreign student, would be assigned to such an important underground meeting, and what was going to be discussed in this meeting was so appalling that it made his blood boil as a Chinese.

After the outbreak of the February Revolution, the Germans failed without incident. This time it was a complete failure. The troops of the Allied Powers stepped into German territory unceremoniously. If it were not for the British mediation, the industrial area of ​​the Ruhr would have become became part of France.This damn war caused the Germans to lose their few colonies, further intensified domestic conflicts, and the society fell into unprecedented turmoil and uneasiness, but these are not important. What is important is that the Junker nobles and capitalists in Germany did not Willing that Germany will fail, they are busy suppressing the domestic workers' uprising while secretly planning. They must find a way to create conditions and opportunities for Germany to rise again. At this time, a Chinese diplomat named Wang Chonghui passed a 21-year-old Chinese Yu Dawei, an international student, hooked up with the most damned Germans.Although the Germans hated the squadrons in the European War, they were about to drown and had no better choice now. They had to grasp the last straw. . .

Chapter 420 1918 (five)

On March 1918, 3, Erzberger, the representative of the German government, and Foch, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, signed an armistice agreement at Redonde Station in the Compiègne forest in northeastern France, and Germany surrendered.According to the agreement, Germany will withdraw its troops from France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Alsace-Lorraine and the left bank of the Rhine within 11 days. At the same time, it will withdraw its troops from Turkey, Romania, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Africa, and hand over 15 cannons, 5 machine guns, 2 mortars, 5 aircraft, 3 locomotives, 1 wagons and 7 trucks.The ceasefire went into effect six hours later. The signing of the "Compiègne Forest Armistice Agreement" declared the complete defeat of the Allied Powers of Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria, and the end of the First World War.

Germany failed, but it does not mean that the Germans are willing to admit defeat. In the words of Marshal Foch, this is not a victory, but a truce, a 20-year truce.

But these are not Wang Zhenyu's worries. What he is most interested in at the moment is that the Allied Powers are about to get the spoils from Germany.Among other things, if 5 cannons, 2 machine guns, 5 mortars, 3 planes, 1 train locomotives, 7 wagons, and 5 trucks fall into the If you own it, it will be a huge help to China's national defense force construction and Northwest Development Plan.Gu Weijun received the latest order from Wuhan, and he was asked to use various means to bring these things to China.According to Wang Zhenyu's memory, in the end these things were piled up in British and French warehouses and turned into waste products, and the planes were even used as firewood to burn. It is better to use it for yourself to expand the army and prepare for war, otherwise it would be a waste of money.

Britain and France obviously did not expect that their Chinese allies would have such a big appetite. Considering the post-war international situation, Britain and France rejected the Chinese request without hesitation this time. What a joke, if the Chinese really get so many things , so there is still peace in Asia?

After experiencing the European War, Britain and France have no extra power to go to Asia for another colonial war, otherwise they would not turn a blind eye to the large-scale actions of the National Government in the border areas.

It doesn't matter, this result has long been expected by Wang Zhenyu, so on the one hand, he obtained 2 train locomotives from the French with a total value of 5 million US dollars in rice, wheat and foreign exchange through Gu Weijun's way of exchanging food for spoils And 15 wagons and 5 cars.The French need food to restore domestic stability and support the intervention army. Apart from Russia, revolutions broke out in the two new countries, Hungary and Turkey, which have seriously affected the French's plan to realize the benefits of war.What's more, strictly speaking, these three types of materials are not arms, so there is no problem.In this way, Wang Zhenyu, who could not get arms from Britain and France, on the other hand, naturally established contact with the Germans in private as planned, hoping to further accelerate China's industrialization with the help of the Germans.

The people who are secretly meeting with Wang Chonghui and Yu Dawei are none other than Gustav Krupp, the two most powerful industrialists in Germany, and Karl Friedrich, the current boss of Siemens.

"Dear two noble gentlemen, on behalf of my boss, I send you blessings from the far east. He is deeply saddened by the hostile situation between our two sides in this European war, and believes that this should be avoided. At the same time He also expressed dissatisfaction and sympathy for the various restrictions imposed by the Allied Powers on the development of the German nation after the war. However, due to the strength of Britain and France, my boss hopes to help our German friends in a different way, just like you helped after 1900. Our country is the same." As a professional diplomat, Wang Chonghui naturally knows how to communicate with the Germans, don't go around and tell the other party your purpose is the kingly way.

Sure enough, after Yu Dawei translated it,Gustav and Karl exchanged glances and asked: "Our current situation in Germany is indeed a bit bad. Britain and France do not allow us to have an army of more than 10 people, and do not allow us to develop industry and electrification. If we do not If you develop industry and electrification, you can only sink forever. I want to know how the boss in your country plans to help us, Germany, because we are too far away."

Wang Chonghui laughed and said, "Isn't it because we are far enough away from England and France that we dare to help our German friends? If we were in Europe, could we still help your country? Our boss's plan is actually very simple, but it is also very difficult. Specifically, , is to bring the things that are currently restricted in Germany to China, so that German companies represented by Krupp and Siemens will continue to grow and develop without being restricted by Britain and France. As for security, our boss currently controls China. There is no need to worry about the current situation, and you will also see abundant natural resources and cheap labor resources in China, which are the most dreamed things for any business development.”

Gustav frowned, and briefly communicated with Carl: "Mr. Wang, I think we are very interested in your suggestion, but obviously we can't make too many decisions on such an occasion. In this way, this On the weekend, the day after tomorrow, our family will have an internal reception in our private estate, I hope you and this young Mr. Yu can attend, I think we will have a lot of things to discuss..."

Two days later, at the simple Krupp estate, Wang Chonghui unexpectedly met Albert, the current helm of the German government.This cunning German old man is currently using the threat of corruption to bargain with Britain and France on the issue of war compensation. Anyway, one is that Germany has no money, and the other is that Germany is likely to become a red country if it is forced, so not only has no money To pay the bill, you have to borrow money from Britain and France to live your current life, otherwise. . .

Britain and France were also dumbfounded about this. For the first time, they discovered that the European War was likely to be a money-losing business. Except for the colonies that were originally small and worthless, they probably would not receive anything.This is really depressing news. In the past four years, the price paid by Britain and France has been outweighed by the benefits.