Since Yuan Shikai agreed to go out of the mountain, he did not rush south to take over as the minister of the Qin Mission, but still sat firmly in Diaoyutai and watched the development of the situation in the world. The situation of the Qing Dynasty in the turmoil of www.biquge.info wind and rain has not been fundamentally improved, and it is becoming more and more corrupt.

On October 29, Shanxi Taiyuan became independent, and Lu Zhongqi, the governor of Shanxi, who had only been in office for only ten days, and his son were killed. On the same day, Zhang Shao, the commander of the second town, gave the garrison Luanzhou, and sent a telegram to the Qing court with Lan Tianwei and others, demanding that the "imperial cabinet" be exempted and the congress should be opened quickly.

In a panic and panic, Zaifeng issued four "edicts" on October 30, saying that he would release "state criminals" and truly implement "constitutional government" and organize a "responsible cabinet." At the same time, he discussed with the Empress Dowager Longyu and prepared to take the little emperor to Rehe "North Hunting". After getting such news, Yuan Shikai couldn't sit still anymore, and hurriedly wrote to stop it, saying that he would "go out of the mountain" and go south.

On October 31, Yuan Shikai, who was holding his stomach angry, went south to Xinyang to officially take over as the minister of the Qincha. Yuan Shikai was holding his breath in his heart, and Feng Guozhang, who was far away on the front line in Hubei, was ruthless in his heart. In this way, the life of the Hubei People's Army will not be easy. Under the command of Feng Guozhang, the Beiyang Army in Hankou swept forward with artillery, set fire to the Hankou market, and forced the Folk Army to retreat; The fire burned for three days and three nights, and the number of casualties of the civilian army does not count, but it is true that tens of thousands of households in Hankou were homeless.

November 1. After receiving the news that the Beiyang Army had captured Hankou, Zaifeng, who was far away in Beijing, breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time issued an edict one after another, with Yuan Shikai as the prime minister of the cabinet.

Seeing the telegram, Yuan Shikai took a long breath, smiled, laughed. On this day, he rushed to the front line of Xiaogan, Hubei Province, and made a posture of commanding. So far, Zaifeng has also broken the jar. Therefore, Yuan Shikai was not allowed to stay in Hubei, and directly invited him to Beijing to take charge.

The so-called want to be a bitch and want to set up an archway, but this hand was played by Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai, who received the edict of the Qing court, although he was happy in his heart, he repeatedly pushed back on his face, saying that his position as "prime minister" was not a public recommendation, and he did not dare to take office by edict.

On November 8, Beijing's Senior Minister's Yuan met and formally elected him as prime minister.

At this time, Yuan Shikai handed over the military command to Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui and others, led the guards north, and arrived in Beijing on November 13 to organize a responsible cabinet.

Just when Yuan Shikai of the Qing court was busy fighting for power and profit, and rectifying the north, the revolutionaries on the side of the League were not idle.

Since Huang Xing arrived in Wuchang and was appointed by Li Yuanhong as the commander-in-chief of the war, he can be described as full of ambition and high spirits. It was as if as soon as his yellow banner arrived, the Qing army on the opposite side collapsed like a chicken.

After setting up the wartime headquarters in Hanyang, Huang Xing immediately began to deploy an offensive plan against the Beiyang Army in Hankow, despite the opposition of the officers of the Hubei Military Government. In this way, although the people's troops who participated in the battle were quite heroic, the attacking people's troops retreated with heavy losses under the condition that the quality and equipment of the Beiyang army were superior.

When such a thing happened, a group of officers of the Hubei Military Government headed by Sun Wu, who had long been dissatisfied with Huang Xing, quit doing it, and began to accuse Huang Xing of being stubborn and self-serving, and they made trouble for a while. If it weren't for the fact that Li Yuanhong still wanted to continue to use Huang Xing's reputation to stabilize his position and forcibly suppress these dissatisfactions, maybe something would have happened in the end! Even so, the estrangement between Huang Xing and the officers in Hubei will not be eliminated for a while.

With the recovery of Shanxi and Jiangxi, several provinces such as Shanghai, Anhui, Zhejiang, and Guangdong also declared their independence one after another. As a result, the number of independent provinces increased, the territory expanded, and the pressure from the enemy was reduced, and the contradictions and conflicts between the various revolutionary parties in the provincial military governments intensified.

In fact, in the final analysis, this contradiction is the contradiction between the constitutionalist gentry and wealthy businessmen in the provinces and the powerful figures in the military and the revolutionaries. Taking Hunan as an example, the mutiny that occurred in Hunan and the killing of Governor Jiao Dafeng and Deputy Governor Chen Zuoxin are almost the best representatives of this contradiction. When the joint uprising between the revolutionaries and the old constitutionalist bureaucrats, the wealthy merchants and gentry began, they were destined to start fighting for power in the future. In some places, the revolutionaries won, such as Jiangxi; In some places, the constitutionalists won, such as Hunan; Some are still struggling, such as Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places.

Although the outside world, whether it was the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the League, and many revolutionary parties were fighting for power, in the southwest, the provinces under the control of the Communist Progressive Party appeared to be extremely calm, except for the garrison units in various places from time to time to suppress bandits, and there were far fewer conflicts and swords.

On November 10, after half a month of preparation, the Southwest People's Autonomous Government, which was governed by the Communist Progressive Party and chaired by Xiao Mubai, was officially established. When the autonomous government was established, it announced its administrative program, saying that it would conscientiously implement the "three people's principles" of the Communist Party of China and conscientiously implement the people's livelihood and democracy of the people of all nationalities.

In terms of foreign relations, the autonomous government sent a note to the consuls of Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, saying that foreign interference in the Chinese revolution was not allowed, that it must recognize the new regime in the southwest after independence, and that it must sever ties with the Qing government's forces in the southwest. Of course, in accordance with international practice, the southwest side will protect the safety of the lives and property of foreign nationals, but the premise is that it cannot interfere in the internal affairs of the southwest.

At the same time, in terms of internal affairs, the autonomous government has also carried out many reforms, such as the abolition of the tax card in the southwestern provinces, the rectification of salt and mining services, the planning of the construction of railways and highways, and measures aimed at education.

A few days later, a conference on the economic development of southwest China, attended by the top military and political leaders of the Communist Party and the secretaries and governors of the provincial party committees and provinces who had just been appointed to take charge of the ruling party, was also officially held in Kunming.

"Comrades, before this meeting, I have something to say to you. Since the uprising in Kunming a month ago, our Communist Progressive Party has gained control of the southwestern provinces, and it can be said that our revolution has achieved initial success. I found that at this time, many comrades began to become complacent and complacent. Xiao Mubai said in a deep voice, his gaze swept over everyone present.

"But I want to tell you that right now, our country is still very backward and our people are still very poor. It is not that by overthrowing the rotten rule of the Manchu government, our revolution will be victorious, and our country will be rich and strong. The imperialist countries will not die in their hearts, and we must have a heart of self-improvement. There has never been a savior in this world, and pie will not fall from the sky for no reason. From now on, we must abandon all unrealistic illusions, bury ourselves in hard work, and develop our own strength. What we expect will only be true if we personally try to get it. ”

Xiao Mubai's words directly knocked out the luck psychology in the hearts of the top leaders of the Communist Party present, and the benefits it brought were obvious.

With Xiao Mubai's words, the high-level cadres present had a look of guilt on their faces from time to time. Yes, compared with other forces in China, we are relatively strong, but this strength has been built through the operation and construction of the Communist Party for many years, and it is not obtained by relying on other people's charity. Besides, compared with the great powers, they are still too far behind.

"Comrades, when it comes to the Southwest, many people will seem dismissive, because it has always been synonymous with poverty. Today, however, I would say no, because the southwest region of China has a vast land, complex and diverse resource types, rich in mineral resources and water resources, and people of all ethnic groups have long lived on this land. All these have laid the prerequisites for economic development. ”

"After more than half a month of discussion and study, the central government has decided that in view of the backward overall economic development and weak industrial base of the southwest region, we plan to spend 500 million US dollars to give priority to the development of heavy industry as a strategic focus of economic construction. It is to establish a modern iron and steel industry, machine building industry, electric power industry, fuel industry, non-ferrous metal industry, chemical industry, and so on in the southwestern provinces in the next two to three years. ”

"The large-scale construction will focus on 69 industrial projects and more than 400 large and medium-sized projects, which will be built at the same time in transportation, energy, steel, electric power, non-ferrous metals, chemicals, machinery, light industry, medicine, military industry and other fields. Through the construction of these projects and the construction of supporting projects, the southwest region of China will be able to build a relatively complete skeleton of the basic industry and national defense industrial system, and the heavy industry with energy, machinery, and raw materials as the main content will make a big step forward on the road of modernization. ”

As Xiao Mubai's voice fell, the tranquility in the conference room was immediately drowned out by all kinds of discussions. Obviously, these senior leaders who are about to take over the party did not expect that so many projects would be launched at once. Regarding Xiao Mubai's words, they will not doubt at all that over the years, there has not been a time when what he has said will not be fulfilled.

The focus of their discussion was how to settle so many project applications in the province where they worked. After all, there are so many projects, and the more you strive for them, the faster the economic development of your own province will be. As the principal leading cadres of the provinces carefully selected by the Communist Party, they are already thinking about starting to perform their duties at this meeting hall at this time.