It was the first time to move the headquarters from the headquarters to the shore. As for the others, they had never visited the "Sea Deep" before, but at this time, they were really not in the mood to visit the warship, and after a brief lunch in the officers' cafeteria, a military meeting was held on the spot under the chairmanship of the commander-in-chief.

"Why are the Junxian faction in Hunan so bold? Why did the Junxian faction in Guizhou dare to kill the governor of the revolutionary army? Because someone gave them guts! This person is Yuan Shikai! ”

Tan Renfeng was the first to speak, and under the indignation, he was so angry that his white beard trembled, and he slapped the table "bang." Straight sound.

"Yuan Shikai is an old-fashioned character, he does not approve of the revolution, what he wants is a constitutional monarchy!"

"At the beginning, the commander-in-chief recommended Yuan Shikai as the president of the republic, but it was just a discordant measure, and now that the Qing family has abdicated and given way to the country, Yuan Shikai is going to jump out to be the new emperor, and his reactionary face has been exposed. We revolutionaries must not agree! Let's continue the revolution! ”

"Yuan Shikai wants a presidential system, the intention is to monopolize power, we can't be fooled! At the beginning, the commander-in-chief recommended him to go out of the strategy, not because he trusted him, not to mention that now Yuan Shikai has betrayed the revolution and refuses to support him at this time. It is reasonable that no one will dare to say that the commander-in-chief has broken his word and gained weight. ”

"Yes. Now I can't support Yuan Shikai anymore. It is these diehards and old bureaucrats who have broken their promises, and it is not our revolutionaries who have not kept their word, and we believe that the people will support our revolutionaries. ”

Other members of the League and the Liberation League also took the floor one after another, unanimously agreeing that the arrogance of the constitutionalists must be suppressed as soon as possible, otherwise, the constitutionalists in the southern provinces will most likely be encouraged and openly break with the revolutionary forces, and in this case, Yuan Shikai's power will be unprecedented

Strong.

Everyone was emotional, and the cadres of the Communist Party were even more choked, crying out for Jiao Dafeng.

Jiao Dafeng, the governor of Guizhou, was not only a cadre of the Communist Association, but also a member of the League, and he served as the plenipotentiary representative of Hunan in the North-South Peace Conference. But when Tang Hualong became the general representative of the south, he immediately set off to return to Hunan, the "founding war" broke out, he led the Gongjin Hui troops from Guizhou to the west to conquer Sichuan, and recovered Guiyang by the way, the League and the Gongjin Association jointly elected him as the governor of the Guizhou army, and Yuan Shikai also officially issued a letter of appointment in the name of the provisional president, this "governor." The gold content is comparable to that of the revolutionaries in other provinces.

After the Sichuan War, Jiao Dabei has been busy with the southern expedition to Yunnan, and sent a large number of reliable troops to the front line in Yunnan, and later clashed with Tian Zhenbang in southern Sichuan, and had to send additional troops to deal with it, and there were only a few hundred reliable troops left around, and as a result, Guiyang mutiny and immediately died in the chaos.

In the Xinhai Revolution, Jiao Dafeng also died at the hands of the constitutionalists, but not in Guizhou. But in Hunan, history has undergone some deviations due to the interference of Zhao Bei, but the general direction has not changed, and the constitutionalists have come out to usurp the fruits of the revolution.

For these diehards, we must resolutely fight back with thunderous means and knock the mountain and shock the tiger! On this point, there is a high degree of unanimity.

Since the commander-in-chief has expressed his dissatisfaction with Yuan Shikai just now, then everyone can now point the finger at Yuan Shikai, first, to weaken his prestige, and secondly, to test the commander-in-chief's position, if the commander-in-chief decides to oppose Yuan now, then everyone will definitely unconditionally support his decision, take advantage of the opportunity of the Hunan and Guizhou incident to simply break with Yuan Shikai, use force to eliminate the Beiyang Army, unify China, and establish a real republican constitutional state.

Of course, not many of these radical revolutionaries had a chance of winning in the South after the break, they only saw the mountains of Hanyang munitions in the docks, they only saw the street speeches of the hot-blooded young people who regarded Wuhan as the holy land of revolution, and for most of them, revolution was an action after a hot head.

Zhao Bei understands why everyone pointed the spearhead of the struggle directly at Yuan Shikai, in fact, the reason why he deliberately expressed his dissatisfaction with Yuan Shikai was to test the position of these people. Let's see if we can establish our position as the leader of the revolution in the south, if we can do so, then we may not be able to break with Yuan Shikai, and if we can't establish this leadership position, then we may be able to continue to maintain a state of separation from Yuan Shikai in order to respond to all changes.

In other words, it is okay to let these revolutionary comrades in front of him be cannon fodder for the commander-in-chief, but the commander-in-chief will definitely not take fire for others. The initiative must be in the hands of the commander-in-chief.

After everyone finished slapping the table, Zhao Bei stood up and said: "Your opinion is reasonable, the reason why the Junxian faction is so rampant is because someone supports it. However, in addition to Yuan Shikai, there were also the great powers, especially the four powers of Britain, France, and Russia, who did not want to see the revolutionary forces develop and grow, and they did not want revolutionaries with a firm revolutionary position to come to power, so they would definitely support the forces that were willing to maintain the privileges of the great powers in China to come to power, and this force was not one person, but a class, that is, the monarchical faction. It's the diehards! ”

At this point, Zhao Bei paused, and the conversation changed. He also inscribed: "However, at present, the strength of our revolutionaries is weak, and it is impractical to overthrow the entire diehards at once. In the starter, we'd better pull a pound, hit one, and deter the diehards by killing one and doing a hundred. ”

"What does the commander-in-chief mean?" Tan Renfeng asked.

Zhao Bei motioned to the staff officer to bring a telegram, handed it to everyone to circulate, and said in a deep voice: "Hunan has changed suddenly. The Hunan revolutionaries were taken by surprise. Implicated in the overall situation, even the situation in Hubei is a little tense, but compared to the Junxian faction in Hunan. The Junxian faction in Guizhou was particularly arrogant.

The Guizhou Junxian faction not only killed the governor of the republic zhèngfǔ, but also took a few rather arrogant telegrams, this telegram in my hand is the telegram sent by the Guizhou constitutionalists in the name of the whole province after the coup d'état, in the telegram, they elected Yuan Shikai as the "lifelong president" This meaning is already very clear, and it is one step away from the emperor, but the governor of Guizhou was killed, and the revolutionaries are currently in turmoil. Yuan Shikai may not be willing to accept this call.

Yuan Shikai is not a fool, he has been mixed in the Manchu officialdom for so many years, and the people's hearts are also clear. Now that the republic has been completed, we Southern revolutionaries also have half of the credit, and it is unrealistic to want to get rid of us now, on the contrary, he is now only a temporary president, and his position has not yet been completely secured. He also needs the support of the south, so he doesn't dare to break with us openly, which can be seen from the selection of the governor of Hunan, why did he appoint Tang Jiwu as the governor of Hunan? Didn't you participate in the North-South peace talks as the plenipotentiary of the Southern peace talks? This is what Yuan Shi and our revolutionaries watched, letting us know that he was still on our side. ”

Showing goodwill to the revolutionary forces of the South?

Yuan Shikai appointed Tang Hualong as the governor of Hunan, is this really the intention? But the original Hunan Governor Sun Wu is still watching things, although he is working in Yunnan.

Everyone looked at each other, unsure of the commander-in-chief's thoughts, but they did not dare to question the commander-in-chief. After all, it was they who came to ask the commander-in-chief, not the commander-in-chief to ask them, so whatever the commander-in-chief said was right, as long as the troops were dispatched as soon as possible to settle the Hunan and Guizhou constitutionalists, everyone would only look to the commander-in-chief.

"But Tang Jiwu is a scholar, even if he becomes the governor of Hunan without military power, I am afraid that it is still an ornament, and the real power is still in the hands of the monarch and the constitutionalists." Tan Renfeng reminded.

"I also understand this reasoning, so I think it is better for the Fifth Division of the Republican Army to stand still for now. Stuck in the throat of northern Hunan Province, one is to deter the Hunan Junxian faction, and the other is to serve as the backing of Tang Jiwu, who can crusade against the diehard army at any time. However, considering that the republican army is a guest army after all, and the Hunan Junxian faction is under the guise of "Hunan people governing Hunan", if they advance to Changsha without authorization, I am afraid that they will be truthful, unless they send troops in the name of justice. ”

Listening to the commander-in-chief's strategy, everyone present frowned even tighter.

What do you mean by "justifiably sending troops.? Is the accretion of "betrayal of the revolution" not sufficient?

Xiong Chengji said: "Commander-in-Chief Jun Jian. Now the monarchists betrayed the revolution and killed the revolutionaries. That in itself was enough for the IRA to intervene. What else is needed? ”

Zhao Bei waved his hand and said: "Everyone, please don't forget, now that the republic is republic, the constitution has also been promulgated, everything must revolve around the law, even if it is an armed counterinsurgency, it must go through a legal procedure." Although the National Assembly has not yet been established, the Constituent Assembly has not yet been dissolved, and now the Constituent Assembly plays a part of the role of the National Assembly, as long as the Constituent Assembly declares that the Hunan and Guizhou monarchs are armed rebellions. Then, we can justifiably send troops to quell the rebellion. ”

"But there were a lot of constitutional figures in the Constituent Assembly, and they would watch their own people being wiped out by the revolutionary army? They wish that all of us revolutionaries in the south would be finished, so that they could monopolize power. Ju Zheng shook his head, not thinking that this was a feasible solution.

"Brother Zhijun, you are a gentleman, and you are not good at these sideways. After all, the Constituent Assembly is not a Congress, and there is no "statutory number of chambers" to be convened, so as long as the Constituent Assembly meets and votes, this resolution is considered to have legal effect! Even if the total number of people in the meeting is only twenty, this resolution is still law! ”

Zhao Bei's words made everyone present pause. Jun Jue This method is very good, but how do they know that since the promulgation of the Constitution, Zhao Bei has carefully studied the Constitution several times, and in today's China, if you talk about the theoretical level of the Constitution. If Song Jiaoren thinks he is the first, then the commander-in-chief can recognize himself as the second.

In fact, Zhao Bei is taking advantage of this, although the constitution does not stipulate the legal status of the Constituent Assembly, but it does not deny that the Constituent Assembly is not an acting congress. Therefore, this matter can be completely ridiculed until the formal parliament is formed.

But the revolutionaries here would never allow this kind of ruffle to happen at a time like this, so Tan Renfeng slapped the table, stood up and said, "That's it!" I immediately went to send a telegram and told the revolutionary comrades of the Constituent Assembly to meet immediately to vote. It is not only necessary to declare an armed rebellion of the Hunan Junxian faction. It is also necessary to agree on a wanted list, give justice to the revolutionaries, and immediately after the vote, send out telegrams and publish newspapers, and then we will immediately go south to Hunan."

But before Tan Renfeng left the conference room, an adjutant hurriedly walked into the conference room, stood up beside Zhao Bei and saluted, handed over a copy of a telegram, and said: "Report to the commander-in-chief, this is a telegram received by the network, which was jointly sent by the Guangfu Society and the Alliance, and they announced the formation of a "rebel army" to crusade against the diehards in Hunan and Guizhou, and at the same time elected the commander-in-chief as the deputy commander-in-chief of the rebel army

"Oh?"

Zhao Bei just smiled faintly, looking pampered and not surprised.

In the end, the southern revolutionaries are too stingy, and a "deputy commander-in-chief" wants to command the commander-in-chief to work for them, and he inevitably thinks too highly of himself.

Tan Renfeng frowned and said, "What deputy commander-in-chief?" The Republican Army is the main force of the rebel army. Zhao Zhenhua is the commander-in-chief of the rebel army! This telegram must have been sent in error, and I immediately went to contact the League and the Liberation Society and asked them to correct it. ”

Zhao Bei praised in his heart, dealing with smart people is comfortable, Tan Renfeng is not only experienced, but also very good at talking, a faint "wrong telegram" to avoid the embarrassment of both parties. This person deserves to be an example of taking the overall situation into account.

But the necessary humility is indispensable. Zhao Bei still gave in and proposed that Xiong Chengji serve as the "commander-in-chief of the rebel army", but Xiong Chengji was also a smart person and insisted on resigning, so this push back and forth, Zhao Bei was elected by everyone as the "commander-in-chief of the rebel army".

Tan Renfeng saw that the rebel army had been formed, so he hurried to shoot a telegram and asked the Constituent Assembly to vote quickly. So that the Republican Army "justifiably" launched a killing spree in Hunan. Of course, Zhao Bei did not pin all his hopes on the Constituent Assembly, and he never fought uncertain battles, so before Tan Renfeng left the conference room, he came up with another method and took a two-pronged approach.

"Shi Lao, don't be busy, it's not enough just to vote in the Constituent Assembly, we still have to build momentum. Now that the republic has been established, the president of the Republic of China is elected by the people, he must serve the people, and the president cannot go against the will of the people, now that the constitution has been promulgated, and the election of the official president is about to begin, at this time, which presidential candidate dares to trample on the will of the people? Ladies and gentlemen, although Hunan and Guizhou have fallen into the hands of the Junxian faction, the provinces of Fujian, Guangxi, Xijiang, Hubei, and Sichuan are still under the control of the revolutionaries, and the revolutionary forces in Jiangxi and Shaanxi are also very strong. The key lies in whether we can organize this public opinion. It's called "building momentum." ”。

Hearing this, everyone here understood what the commander-in-chief meant.

The commander-in-chief wants to play the "public opinion card" again, just like the original "Xinzhou Incident" and the "Sichuan-Han Road Deficit Case", and first gather public opinion and popular sentiment.

The Commander-in-Chief never fights unprepared.

The commander-in-chief is always famous for fighting wars.