Thinking of the irrepressible hostility in the eyes of the young marshal in southern Sichuan, Kimura Shinsuke felt like a thorn in his heart, thought about it, and said to Hu Jingyi: "Hu Sang, if you succeed in seizing the position of Sichuan overseer, I can not only persuade the headquarters of Zhengjin Bank to give you an additional loan of one million oceans, but also help you contact you to purchase the most advanced weapons and equipment of the Great Japanese Empire, how about it?" ”

"Really?" Hu Jingyi really felt like he was hit by a big pie falling from the sky.

Shinsuke Kimura smiled, nodded and said, "Of course, I also know the Chinese allusions of a promise. I just hope that Hu Sang will take more care of our Zhengjin Bank's operation in Sichuan in the future. ”

Hu Jingyi immediately assured: "No problem, from now on, if Zhengjin Bank encounters any trouble, you can come to me at any time, and I will definitely help!" ”

"Speaking of which, the Sichuan branch of Zhengjin Bank has indeed encountered a tricky problem recently. In the past year, many of the bank's operations in southern and eastern Sichuan have been unreasonably obstructed by the local government. The father and son of the Wang family are too hostile to us Japanese, and I hope that Hu Sang can put some pressure on them to give up their arrogant and unreasonable actions to suppress my Zhengjin Bank, I don't know if it will work? Shinsuke Kimura said.

"This ......" Hu Jingyi was a little embarrassed, he knew very well that it was useless for him to put pressure on the southern Sichuan side, but if he didn't help solve this problem, it would be difficult to get the loans and weapons and equipment from the Japanese.

After thinking about it, Hu Jingyi said: "In this way, Mr. Kimura, after I win the position of overseer, I will complete the rectification of the various armies in Chengdu, and I will definitely give you an explanation, how about it?" ”

"Yes, then please Hussan!" Shinsuke Kimura looked very sincere and bowed in thanks. He didn't ask Hu Jingyi to deal with Wang Mo immediately, because he knew very well that the surname Hu didn't have the strength. As long as this seed is planted now, and Hu Jingyi's armed forces are supported as much as possible in the future, he can naturally fight with the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army.

The two sides then discussed the details of the loan and arms support before Shinsuke Kimura and Taro Asano took their leave.

Walking out of Hu Jingyi's house, Taro Asano couldn't help but ask with doubts in his heart: "Kimura-kun, this surnamed Hu is just a bureaucrat who took refuge in Beiyang and spent a lot of money to buy officers and generals, so he had some hope of seizing the position of Sichuan overseer. He didn't have any strength at all, how could he possibly compete with the powerful Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army? ”

Kimura Shinsuke's expression remained unchanged and said: "I know that Hu Jingyi doesn't have much strength now, but I believe that as long as we give him strong support in loans and arms, then he will soon have the strength to fight the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army!" ”

"However, Kimura-kun, with our authority, I'm afraid there is no way to mobilize so many resources to support Hu Jingyi, so let's report the situation." Taro Asano said.

As soon as Taro Asano said that he would report the situation, Shinsuke Kimura's face immediately became gloomy, and he scolded: "Even if it is reported, the Japanese Tokyo General Staff Headquarters may not approve it." Last month, I submitted a detailed report on the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army to the Banxi Mansion, but the group of red deer directly sent the report back, and also reprimanded me for exaggerating the strength of the Sichuan Army in a vain attempt to defraud the funds for the activities. This matter has already spread all over the Japanese base camp, and no one believes that a small local warlord in remote and backward Sichuan is powerful, and has the potential to unify the whole country and become the future enemy of the empire! ”

The Banxi Mansion is an espionage agency set up in Beijing by Japanese Army Lieutenant General Rihachiro Sakanishi, which is responsible for collecting intelligence from various parts of China, and then selectively translates it into Japanese and sends it to the Japanese Garrison Headquarters, and then forwards it to the General Staff Headquarters in Tokyo.

Rihachiro Sakanishi is a Chinese expert who is familiar with the details of various parts of China, and the so-called third-generation Chinese Tongji Hihihara, Seishiro Itagaki and Shigeru Honjo in the Japanese Army are all under his disciples.

It is precisely because Rihachiro Sakanishi is a China expert that he will unthinkingly determine that the report submitted by Kimura Shinsuke on the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army is exaggerated, and thus circulate and reprimand Kimura Shinsuke. Quite simply, in what he knew, Sichuan was a very closed and backward inland province in China, both economically and militarily very bad, how could there be a local warlord comparable to the Beiyang Army as described in Kimura Shinsuke's report?

Shinsuke Kimura was both angry and worried about this, and it was not something to be excited about when everyone was drunk but he was alone, but he felt extremely painful because of it.

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The second half of 1912 was a period of relative relaxation of the situation in the whole country, Yuan Shikai was busy handling the aftermath of the big loans, rectifying and expanding the strength of Beiyang, while the Kuomintang in the south was busy forming a party to solicit votes, trying to counterattack and regain power in the national election. As for other small warlords, they are more buried in their own acres and three-points of land.

The national election is a novelty, at least for the vast majority of ordinary people, and it is estimated that in their opinion, it is not much different from singing a big show.

Yuan Shikai, an old-school feudal politician, was also confused about the novelty of the national election, so he had no choice but to move out of Liang Qichao, merge the Democratic Party with the Republican Party and the United Party, rebuild the Progressive Party, and compete for votes with the Kuomintang formed by Song Jiaoren in the national election.

Facts have proved that playing partisan politics, ten Yuan Shikai combined may not be Song Jiaoren's opponent.

In February 1913, the Kuomintang won 392 seats in the re-election of the Senate and the House of Representatives in Beijing, while the three major parties of republican, democratic, and united parties won only 223 seats.

Facts have also proved that the pen can never play with the barrel of a gun, and no matter how many votes there are, no matter how many votes are against a bullet.

At 22:45 on March 20, 1913, Kuomintang leader Song Jiaoren was assassinated by gunmen at the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway Station, seriously injured on the spot, and was sent to the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway Hospital for first aid, and died at 4:48 a.m. on the 22nd.

Song Jiaoren was assassinated, the whole country was surging, and the Kuomintang created a big momentum to promote public opinion to condemn Yuan Shikai.

A few days later, Sun Yat-sen returned from Japan and began to actively plot to overthrow Yuan by force.

Yuan Shikai was not idle, and formally signed a large loan contract with the banking group of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and Japan. After receiving a large amount of money, Yuan Shikai began to drastically rectify and expand the strength of the Beiyang Army, and made every effort to prepare for war.

For a while, the land of China was once again surging, and the thick smell of gunpowder seemed to have filled the air.

Here in Sichuan, the same dark tide is turbulent.

That night, Wang Mo, the head of the Chongqing Zhenfu Prefecture, welcomed two uninvited guests to his house -- Xiong Kewu, commander of the 6th Division of the Sichuan Army, and Yang Shukan, a member of the Sichuan Provincial Council.

What did these two people come to the door for, Wang Mo can guess without thinking about it, but he still asked seriously: "It's so late, Master Xiong and Councilor Yang came to visit, I don't know what is important?" ”

Xiong Kewu and Yang Shukan looked at each other, and Yang Shukan first asked: "I wonder if Chief Wang has heard about the assassination of Mr. Song Jiaoren, the leader of my Kuomintang?" ”

Wang Mo nodded and said, "This matter has caused a stir in the whole country, and I have naturally heard about it, I don't know if the murderer has been caught?" ”

"The murderer is an unemployed soldier Wu Shiying, but he was caught, but this person has died violently in Shanghai prison, and the behind-the-scenes instructions are confusing, and it is difficult to find out." Yang Shukan replied.

Xiong Kewu seemed to disagree with this statement very much, and said angrily in front of Wang Mo: "Do you still need to check this, the murderer behind the scenes is clearly Yuan Shikai, the old thief!" Yuan Lao Thief is afraid that he will form a responsible cabinet and oust him, the president! ”

As if he hadn't heard Xiong Kewu's words of angrily condemning Yuan Shikai, Wang Mo lowered his head and tasted the tea in his cup, with no expression on his face, and he couldn't see his attitude towards this matter at all.

Unable to get Wang Mo's response, Xiong Kewu couldn't help but look stunned, and he couldn't continue to denounce Yuan Shikai.

Yang Shukan also frowned, thinking that Wang Mo was young and vigorous and easier to agitate, so they didn't go to southern Sichuan to find Wang Haoshan, but came to Chongqing to find Wang Mo, but they didn't expect Wang Mo to be a little fox.

Yang Shukan thought for a while and said, "Chief Wang, I won't beat around the bush anymore. Mr. Sun has returned from Japan and is calling on people with lofty ideals across the country to prepare for the overthrow of Yuan Shikai's dictatorship by force. We hope that General Wang and Wang Dashuai in southern Sichuan can raise troops to respond, as long as the forces in Sichuan that support Beiyang are defeated, we are willing to support Wang Dashuai as the overseer of Sichuan. I don't know what Mr. Wang, what do you think? ”

Wang Mo smiled faintly and said, "Yes!" ”

"Good!" Xiong Kewu was overjoyed and said excitedly, "With the addition of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army, Hu Jingyi, Yuan Shikai's dogleg, will definitely be defeated this time!" ”

Yang Shukan couldn't have imagined that Wang Mo would agree so happily, so refreshing that he had doubts.

Sure enough, the next moment, Yang Shukan knew that his doubts were right, only to hear Wang Mo say again: "However, I still have a few conditions. ”

Without waiting for Xiong Kewu and Yang Shukan to ask, Wang Mo laid out the conditions one by one: "First, the forces of your Kuomintang are not allowed to infiltrate and develop into the army; Second, the 6th Division of Division Commander Xiong must obey the orders of our Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army; Third, if Yuan Shikai mobilized his army to attack Sichuan, the 6th Division would have to fight it at any cost; In the end, I want 200,000 oceans to raise troops, otherwise I would not have telegraphed to support Mr. Sun's armed action against Yuan. ”

There is no doubt that each of these conditions is excessive, at least in the eyes of Xiong Kewu and Yang Shukan, their faces suddenly gloomy.

Xiong Kewu was a straight man, and immediately scolded: "What do you mean by being a melon baby, are you going to incorporate Lao Tzu's 6th Division?" ”

Yang Shukan's face was also ugly, and he said: "Chief Wang, as the so-called lips and teeth are cold, if we are defeated by Yuan Shikai, then when Yuan Shikai sends troops into Sichuan in the future, you Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army will not be able to escape the fate of defeat." ”

How could it be possible to make him give up the military and political power in Sichuan just by saying that he was dead, Wang Mo said without the slightest hesitation: "Needless to say, I will not agree to come to me after you go back and think about it yourself before coming to me with these conditions." Someone, send off! ”