Chapter 156: The War of the Protectors
It is rare to rest for a few days, Chen Xuan accompanied his wife and children to sail on the sea, this yacht was customized by Xu Ruohan at his own expense, combining the ideas of Xu Ruohan and Zhang Youwei, luxurious and elegant, so that Zhang Jian was envious, and he placed an order for the shipyard as soon as possible, and he also wanted to buy one.
It is said that Zhang Jian is not young anymore, and he is still vigorous in doing things, and immediately after obtaining the building permit, he chose a piece of land not far from Ma Xiangbo's house and began to design his own villa.
Now Nanyang is in the midst of large-scale development, and even small workers are not easy to find, but it is difficult for a rich man like Zhang Jian, a telegram to China, he purchased a large number of building materials from China, and hired architects of traditional Chinese architecture, and even workers were recruited and transported to Nanyang in China, and the construction cost was more than 5 times higher than usual.
The comfortable days of Chen Xuan's family were disrupted within a few days.
Wu Qi's visit was also given a look by Xu Ruohan for the first time.
"Dashuai, something happened in China, Yuan Shikai borrowed 25 million pounds from Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and Japan at the end of April to borrow 25 million pounds for the aftermath, which was used to expand the army and suppress the revolutionary parties in various places, and the four provinces of Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Anhui jointly sent a telegram to oppose the big loan, but Yuan Shikai's power was not small, and more than a dozen provinces also jointly supported it."
"On the 9th of this month, Yuan Shikai ordered the dismissal of Jiangxi Provincial Governor Li Liejun, and the revolutionary party in Hubei was also suppressed by Li Yuanhong by force.
Protectorate War! Chen Xuan remembered that he had learned this history when he was in junior high school, but he didn't expect to be so busy forgetting this important event.
If I am not mistaken, it seems that this time the revolutionary party did not please anything, and it was also greatly hit, and the final winner was still Yuan Shikai, and now that he is not in the country, it would be bad if the Baath Party party department made some decisions that were not conducive to development.
The large-scale development of Nanyang has just begun, and the finances are also moving forward with a heavy burden, and the Baath Party has no ability to launch a big war, Chen Xuan couldn't help but get anxious, took a deep breath, and then slowly said to Wu Qi:
"Deputy Director Wu, you immediately send a telegram to Zhao Xuechu, who is in charge of the work in China, so that he can support the revolutionary party in public opinion, oppose the unreasonable dismissal of Li Liejun in the capital, and vigorously create a war atmosphere, but don't start a big conflict with the Beiyang Army, I will return to China the day after tomorrow!" Also, Ruohan was a little unreasonable just now, the woman's family doesn't understand anything, don't take it to heart! β
"The marshal is serious, his subordinates can understand Madame's thoughts, just a few days after the marshal returns home, he will go to the front line again, Madame's worries are justified, and his subordinates will never dare to be dissatisfied!"
"Good! There you go! β
"Yes! Handsome! β
Wu Qi seemed to be a little moved by Chen Xuan's comfort, he couldn't imagine that with Chen Xuan's strength and status now, he would explain anything to such a small deputy director of intelligence, the handsome wife is already very reasonable, those handsome wives and concubines in China don't treat people as human beings at all, they seem to be slaves of these women, not to mention that others are unhappy, they are scolded or beaten, and those marshal mansions in China are nothing new.
Sending Wu Qi away, Chen Xuan found Sun Hongye, Zhang Jian, Han Xu and others overnight to discuss countermeasures, and everyone's thoughts were the same as Chen Xuan's, that is, public opinion supported the people. party, but not ready to take the initiative to provoke a war.
But Yuan Shikai can't be better, Heilongjiang, Fujian and Shanghai must make some moves and make a gesture of sending troops, and Nanyang also dispatched a division of troops to return to China with Chen Xuan, putting on a posture of not hesitating to fight.
When I returned home, I had to comfort my wife and children again, it was my turn to spend the night in Xu Ruohan's room tonight, Xu Ruohan seemed to be extremely crazy tonight, and some tricks that he usually refused also satisfied Chen Xuan, and the two tossed for most of the night before they stopped.
"Han'er."
"Huh?"
"Your attitude towards Wu Qi today is a little rude, Wu Qi is an official of the Baath Party, not a slave of our Chen family, he is also here to workγγγγγγ"
"I know!"
Xu Ruohan was a little unhappy again, and interrupted Chen Xuan's words.
"Then you still γγγγγγ"
"I'm just not happy, you see that you have been back for less than a week, and you are leaving again, and you don't know when you will come back, how can there be so many things, and the country will not be able to leave you?"
"Han'er, born in this era, there are some things we can't choose, we know how to do it but don't do it, I can't get over the hurdle in my heart, our generation has worked hard to do it well, Gong'er and Qi'er don't have to be like us."
"I know all this.,I'm sorry.,Xianggong.,I just don't want to leave you.,I... I...... β
"Don't talk about it, I know all this, I just remind you that our family's status is different now, don't let people say that our villains are rampant when they get their will."
"I... I... Apologize to him tomorrow! β
"That's not necessary, no matter what you say, you're also a handsome lady, it's okay to have a little temper occasionally, if you apologize to him, he can't stand it, I'm afraid that I will be honest and afraid of cranky thinking in the future, let's pay attention to it in the future."
After speaking, Chen Xuan kissed Xu Ruohan's smooth forehead.
Xu Ruohan let out an obedient 'oh'.
Early the next morning, Chen Xuan immediately summoned the officials of Nanyang, arranged various tasks, and told them what they needed to pay attention to.
Chen Xuan originally wanted to spend time with his wife and children in the afternoon after dealing with these things, but he didn't think that he would have a fixed number as soon as he got busy, until late at night, he was still busy in the office, and all the plans were useless.
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In July, when Yuan Shikai continued to send troops south, endangering the survival of the revolutionaries, Li Liejun accepted the instructions of Mr. Zhongshan and first declared independence in Hukou, Jiangxi Province on the 12th. and formed an army to fight against Yuan.
On the 15th, Huang Xing announced in Nanjing that he would raise his army to fight for Yuan, followed by Anhui, Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Sichuan and other provinces and Shanghai successively declared independence and joined the ranks of Yuan.
Yuan Jun commanded all the 6th Division and 1 mixed brigade of the 2nd Division with a total of about 15,000 men under the command of Duan Zhigui, commander of the 1st Army, to attack Jiangxi; Feng Guozhang, commander of the 2nd Army, led 1 brigade of the Praetorian Guard, 1 mixed brigade of Zhili, 1 division of the 4th, 5th, and 20th divisions, and a total of 25,000 people of the Wuwei Army (Zhang Xun's department), to move south along the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, to attack Suzhou and Anhui, and capture Nanjing; Vice Admiral Zheng Rucheng led the ships "Yingrui" and "Zhaohe" from Tanggu to escort the two regiments of Xinchang and Ping'an Merchant Marine to Shanghai to control Shanghai and southern Jiangsu; Vice Admiral Tang Qianming led five warships, including the "Feiting," to Jiangxi to respond to the 1st Army's attack on Jiujiang.
Li Liejun, commander-in-chief of the Jiangxi Yuan Army, with Lin Hu, commander of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division of the Jiangxi Army, as the commander of the left wing army, commanded the 1st, 2nd, and 5th regiments to attack Jiujiang from the direction of De'an, Jiangxi, and led the 9th Regiment and independent battalion of the mixed brigade to attack Jiujiang from Gutang; He Ziqi, the director of the water patrol, was the commander of the Hukou garrison, and commanded the 10th Regiment to garrison the Hukou.