Chapter 248: The Xuzhou Conference

Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, the way of heaven is good reincarnation, if you don't believe it, look up, who will the sky forgive!

Scholar training, North Korea, Beiyang minister, president of the Republic of China, Emperor Hongxian, such a wonderful person can not withstand the cycle of life and death after all, Yuan Shikai finally closed his unwilling eyes on the dragon couch, leaving a fragmented country and a helpless family, history proved with him that the imperial power followed, before him called the king and hegemony I don't know how many, after him no one dared to call the emperor.

When the bad news came, people from all walks of life across the country were shocked, there were mourners, sympathizers, and gloating, all kinds of things in the world were highlighted one by one. Tang Jiyao Cai Yi announced the perfect end of the national protection movement, and all parts of the southwest supported the central government, Chang Zhenbang also issued a eulogy, and in the Guangdong Governor's Palace, which had been changed to the Guangdong and Jiangxi patrol envoys, a large-scale sacrifice was carried out, and the officers of Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces were ordered to abide by the presidential decree of Li Yuanhong, and the flags of all official offices, military camps, warships, and customs were lowered at half-mast on the 27th, and the national flags were lowered at half-mast on the day of the funeral on June 28, and 100 and 8 cannons were fired, and schools in Guangdong and Jiangxi and other places were suspended on the same day.

Sun Monkey Party members heard that Yuan Shikai was dead in Tokyo, and suddenly felt overjoyed, the Chinese Revolutionary Party celebrated for three days, a scene of singing and dancing, thinking that Yuan Shikai was dead, China had no one to resist Mr. Zhongshan into Zhongnanhai, on the occasion of the celebration of the crown, a busy scene in the city of Beijing, Wang Shizhen, Zhang Zhenfang and others opened the Jinkui Stone House, took out the Jiahe gold slip left by Emperor Hongxian, and saw that it was written in his own handwriting: Li Yuanhong, Duan Qirui, Xu Shichang, the names of the three people, and did not have their own son Yuan Keding. The eldest prince came out in anger, knelt outside the door and pounded the ground in pain, and everyone could not dissuade him. Xu Shichang, who was known as the minister of the Beiyang Empire, asked Duan Qirui, who was then the chief of the army, to discuss the two for a few days, and to plan for the peace of the country, to make up for the rift between the north and the south, and to eliminate the chaos of the war. At this time, everyone felt that the Republic of China had been restored, the provisional law and the National Assembly had been restored together, and there would be no more revolutions, and from then on, the country would be peaceful, and it would not take a few years to catch up with Britain and the United States, and once again restore the dignity of the Chinese Celestial Empire.

However, the Chinese revolutionaries in Tokyo were very dissatisfied with the members of the new government, and they demanded that the state implement the responsible cabinet system that day because the revolutionaries accounted for the majority of the cabinet seats.

At a time when China's situation was in full swing, the war in Europe was still in full swing, and Britain and others officially invited China to participate in the war. Soon, Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui had a dispute over whether China would declare war on Germany. Duan Qirui advocated participating in the war, while Li Yuanhong and the National Assembly had reservations, and when the two sides were arguing with each other, Chang Zhenbang accepted the invitation of Zhang Xun, the Yangtze River patrol envoy. A delegation of the Guangdong and Jiangxi overseers headed by Tang Baichuan was sent to Xuzhou, and the representatives of the overseers of Shandong, Fengtian, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Central China, Zhili, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hubei, Suiyuan, Chahar, and Rehe reunited in Xuzhou. When it is true that anything can happen in human life, Central China sent two representatives, namely Bi Jinjian, the plenipotentiary representative of Bi Zehua, the overseer, and Wang Tianzhen, the plenipotentiary representative of Qian Defa, who established himself as the governor of Central China. However, even in the face of the battle between the two sides in this way, Zhang Xun and Ni Sichong were really broken, so they could only arrange their residences at the east and west ends of Xuzhou City, and forced the deployment of troops around the representatives of both sides on the grounds of sending troops to protect them.

Tang Baichuan's arrival really made the representatives of the overseers a little disgusted and jealous, even if Chang Zhenbang had Feng Guozhang behind him, Li Chun in his hands, and Li Tingyu under his subordinates, but in their eyes, Chang Zhenbang, Tang Baichuan and others were not their own people, just like a horse and a donkey gave birth to a mule, no horse would take a mule as its own. However, Chang Zhenbang, the mule, still has half of the Beiyang blood, and now he is also a big man who is strong and strong in the two provinces, so he was invited to participate in the second meeting, but many of the consensus was reached the first time, and the second time was just to solve some details.

"Representative Tang, how is Li Chun and Li Dujun's health, when will everyone meet these old brothers! It's not good for your health to stay in the hospital and in the Overseer's Mansion! Wen Shouquan, the representative of Yan Xishan, the overseer of Shanxi, asked with bad intentions.

Tang Baichuan said: "After the patrol made Master Chang rescue Li Houye in the chaos, he was sent to the Nanchang Branch of Wuchuan Western Hospital for emergency treatment, and there was Li He's nephew Li He guard throughout the whole process, but the medical technology in Jiangxi and Guangdong was poor, Chang Master and Li He Li discussed with Li Houye, and when Li Houye's physical condition allowed, he sent Li Houye to Peking Union Medical College Hospital for medical treatment!" ”

Wen Shouquan sneered: "But I think that with Hou Ye Li's physical condition and Chang Da's intelligence, I am afraid that I will never be able to let Hou Ye Li go to Beijing for medical treatment." ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, and they all questioned Tang Baichuan, there are contradictions and contradictions, after all, everyone is a fellow Beiyang, how can an outsider treat his brother so half-dead?

Tang Baichuan smiled slightly and said: "Wen Shouquan, you idiot is still not well-informed enough, just when Baichuan set off for Xuzhou, the lord had already asked Li He to escort Hou Ye to Tianjin on a British steamer, and then escort him from Tianjin to Beijing!" ”

"Tang Baichuan, is your master going to stage a good show of Zhu Yuanzhang drowning King Xiao Ming!" Wen Shouquan said.

Tang Baichuan glanced at him and said: "Saying that you are a fool is really defiling the word stupid, my lord is afraid that some villains will think so, so I asked Lord Basiri, the consul of the British Empire who went to Beijing to report on work, to take care of Li Chun and Marquis Li all the way, now you should understand!" ”

Wen Shouquan blushed and said: "Boy, don't be too presumptuous, we Beiyang seniors just care about our comrades, what is your intention to be a fool on the left and a fool on the other?" Could it be that after Chang Zhenbang occupied Guangdong, he looked down on us Beiyang predecessors? ”

Tang Baichuan pointed at Wen Shouquan and laughed, and after laughing and couldn't stand up, he knocked on the table and said, "It's really laughing at me, let me laugh well, let's reason with you again, hehe, I've never heard of such a funny thing." ”

Wen Shouquan's face sank and said, "Tang Baichuan, what do you mean!" ”

Tang Baichuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's not interesting!" It's just that Beiyang is funnier to say it from the mouth of you idiot! ”

"Bold, Tang Baichuan, you'd better give us a satisfactory explanation, otherwise when I wait for the Beiyang Army to go south to Guangzhou, even Tang Jiyao will have to weigh it." A representative of the Overseers of the Beiyang faction said very sternly.

Tang Baichuan glanced at him and said: "I'm not targeting the Beiyang adults, just targeting this group of fools in Shanxi, thinking that although my family is not a descendant of Beiyang, but the old man Chang is a person from Beiyang, and Mr. Xu Shichang, the general of Feng Guozhang who is called uncle, is a person from Beiyang, and his subordinates are from Beiyang, and he has such a close relationship with Beiyang that he doesn't dare to talk nonsense in the name of Beiyang, but you Shanxi Yan Xishan up and down is not related to Beiyang, how can you have the face to be here full of Beiyang responsibilities My family is half of Beiyang?" But since you say that you are Beiyang, I won't say that you are sowing discord, as long as you give us a proof that the soldiers and horses in the hands of your overseer have a brigade commander who is from Beiyang, otherwise you will put away the plan to sow discord and let your lord sit on the fisherman's profit, with me Tang Baichuan here, you really can't! ”

Just now, the representative of the overseer army of the Beiyang faction glanced back at Wen Shouquan and said: "Now my family Zhang Dashuai is suppressing bandits in Mongolia, but he often sees the traces of your Shanxi army, is it really as the Tang representative said?" Representative Wen, you'd better give me a satisfactory answer. ”

Wen Shouquan's face was flushed, and he said hesitantly: "No...... It's impossible, although Lord Yan is not Beiyang, he still hopes to get along with all the Overseers. Those nonsense, please tell Zhang Dashuai not to be gullible. ”

Tang Baichuan said: "If there is no profit, it is not early, if he Yan Xishan is a person of duty, how can he send troops to Mongolia?" He is not from Beiyang, what do you spell to speak instead of Beiyang? Please be sure to recall that you are Yan Dujun, while expanding your territory, and at the same time accusing someone in our Beiyang of how bad it is in the name of Beiyang unity, may I ask what kind of heart is this! If all the adults here are really moved by this Wen Shouquan's words, and send troops together to fight our Guangdong and Jiangxi, not to mention the consumption of ammunition, food and grass, is it that my family is so easy to fight? Yan Xishan is not Beiyang, he can not send troops to Guangdong and Jiangxi, but he can send troops to Mongolia, Shanxi, and Zhili. I think this is the reason why Representative Wen cares about the safety of Marquis Li and the adults in Beiyang! ”

Reasonable, reasonable. Tang Baichuan glanced at it, and it really caused a huge sensation among the representatives of the provincial overseers, and in the face of one of the delegates, Wen Shouquan fled from the venue in embarrassment.

Tang Baichuan smiled and said: "You have all seen it, if it is not me, the Beiyang people will have different hearts!" I hope that after the meeting, the overseers of the three eastern provinces, Zhili, Shanxi, and Central China provinces can privately discuss the solution to the Shanxi problem, after all, how to fight, how to change, I still hope that we Beiyang or people from Beiyang can occupy the position of the provincial overseers, as for those who sow discord and have bad intentions, we still have to take more precautions. ”

The Overseers nodded their heads, it was like dividing the property, even if the family beat someone's head into a dog's head, it didn't matter, but if an outsider wanted to rob with his strength, the family would join forces to kick the outsider out. Everyone understands this truth, but sometimes they are confused, but after being pointed out, they will be especially guarded against.

Walking from outside the door, accompanied by Ni Sichong, Zhang Xun couldn't help but applaud him, and said: "Chief of Staff Tang is really powerful, and in just a few words, he pointed the finger of your lords at Shanxi. This wit is really rare, and it is really a blessing for your family to have a talent like you to help him. ”

Tang Baichuan nodded with a smile and sat back.

Zhang Xun and Ni Sichong sang and harmonized, talked for a long time about the form of international countries, and finally decided to formally establish the "Federation of Thirteen Provinces and Regions", and the participants recommended Zhang Xun as the leader of the general alliance with the help of well-intentioned people, and formulated the constitution of the federation.

That night, in the midst of the laughter and laughter of good wine, meat, and hospitality, Tang Baichuan sent a telegram to Chang Zhenbang, pointing out that the purpose of the Xuzhou Conference was not only to organize a military alliance against the National Assembly, the Revolutionary Party, and the southwestern provinces, but also to prevent the centralization of power in the Beijing government.

After Chang Zhenbang received the telegram, he was overjoyed, and immediately sent a secret telegram to Zhang Youhua, the envoy of Jiujiang Town, to expand the troops, based on the third division of Jiangxi, expanded into the third division of Jiangxi and the fourth division of Jiangxi, and dispatched Li Tingyu as the envoy of the Jiangxi army to take charge of the military affairs of Jiangxi, and ordered Wu Hongchang in southern Gansu, Wu Jinbiao in eastern Gansu, and Yue Zhaolin in eastern Jiangxi to officially expand into divisions and put them under the management of Li Tingyu.

Jiangxi is Chang Zhenbang's base camp, and the people have fully agreed with Chang Zhenbang's rule after the revolution and the policy of not tossing and tossing, and a very small number of unwilling guys have also disappeared cleanly under Chang Zhenyan's interference. As for the work in Guangzhou, it is much more complicated, because of the actions of the revolutionary party, the people have set off a period of consciously attacking the revolutionary party, and many folk villages have used this as an excuse to launch a large-scale armed struggle, despite the intervention of the government, or let many innocent people die in the armed fighting, but also let the revolutionaries in the land of Guangdong disappear cleanly, and it has been found that the people are more active than the government, and many revolutionaries after being exposed, they even thought of running to the government. This phenomenon makes Sun Monkey particularly sad, he thinks that Chang Zhenbang's rule of Guangdong is the darkest, most terrifying and most difficult place in China, in fact, the life of the people here is getting better day by day, and the merchants in the city are also full of vitality, but Xiangshan County was completely abandoned by Chang Zhenbang's order, and a stone tablet was erected in the place where Sun Monkey was born: A person's greed has killed thousands of people, and now I finally see it. The stele is often smashed at night, but the next day it is spontaneously erected, and over and over again, the common people still let this stele stand here.

The Chaomei Rebellion was also after the Battle of Guangzhou, which was quickly quelled by Zhu Fuquan and Shen Hongying, but Zhu Fuquan, who seemed to be a good man in the past, resolutely fulfilled the responsibility of the governor of Qingxiang, Guangdong, and implicated thousands of revolutionaries as bandits.

Within three months, the people of Guangdong can count that no less than 500,000 people have died, and no one can clear the specific number, but the lives of the remaining people are getting better day by day, in the past, they could eat a mouthful of meat a day, and now they can eat a piece of meat in one meal.

According to the agreement, Chang Zhenbang handed over the captured Yunnan and Guizhou soldiers to Chen Jiongming, and used this as the backbone to recruit Guangdong children, and soon built an army of more than 8,000 people, and named the new Guangdong First Division, from Qinlian into Guangxi, at this time Guangxi entered the Yunnan-Guizhou Army, Lu Rongting Department, Long Jiguang Department, Chen Jiongming Department of the four forces of the situation that you earn more than me. Guangxi, which was originally called Yunnan alongside, has been eroded.

After Chen Jiongming was released into Guangxi, Chang Zhenbang accepted Tang Baichuan and Li Tingyu's request for instructions, and established a military academy in Guangzhou in accordance with the standards of the Baoding Military Academy and the Yunnan Jiangwutang, and considered himself the principal, with Hua Zhongtian as the teaching director and Li Tingyu as the teaching director, recruited outstanding students from all over the country for an eight-month training, and after graduation, he was thrown into the Guangdong and Jiangxi Army as a company platoon commander based on the standard of good and bad grades. In September, after Li Tingyu was appointed as the Jiangxi Protector Army, 300 students with excellent grades who graduated early were brought into Zhang Youhua's Jiangxi Third Army, and the Fourth Army began their life experience.

Chen Lianbo's clear support in the battle of Guangzhou made him gain the trust of the Guangdong business group, and further strengthened his right to speak in the business group, and with the support of Chang Zhenbang, Chen Lianbo served as the acting chairman of the Guangdong Business Public Security Maintenance Association, established the merchant army, and recognized himself as the commander of the general army, and was fully responsible for assisting Chang Zhenbang to maintain stability inside and outside Guangzhou and the employment arrangements of Guangzhou military cadets.

Guangdong and Jiangxi and other places are thriving, and the loose and non-tossing policy has attracted many poor people in the surrounding areas to defect, and some overseas Chinese and foreign businessmen have set up companies and formed enterprises in the city of Guangzhou, and the financial resources have rolled in, giving Chang Zhenbang the capital to expand armaments.

Soon after the Xuzhou Conference, more than a dozen overseers and representatives were called to Beijing by the old brother Duan Qirui to exert pressure on President Li. Seeing the opportune moment, Le Yuanhong ordered the removal of his premiership, Duan Qirui angrily left Beijing for Tianjin, and according to the provisional law, the president had no right to remove him from the post of prime minister, and did not recognize Lai's dismissal order. Because one side is the presidential palace and the other side is the State Council, the battle between them is called the "government dispute". The whole country was in an uproar, the National Assembly was boiling, and President Li had no choice but to telegraph Zhang Xun, the head of the Governor's Corps, to Beijing for mediation.

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