On August 22, 1912, in the office of the Military Advisory Office, Chai Dongliang was reading a newspaper with Erlang's legs crossed. In order to expand the scale of the Guanghua Shipyard in Shanghai, the 4 million bonds issued were sold out within 10 days, and the 1.7 million shares needed for the expansion of the Wuhu Industrial Park were sold out in three days.

Wuhu Industrial Park and the construction of a pharmaceutical factory and a bicycle factory, the United States company tendered four 10,000 tons of transport ships, the order was successfully won, on the day of the bid opening, Shanghai Guanghua Shipyard quotation made all competitors gasp, but at the same time they were very disdainful, 1.3 million ship, pay you to death!

Chai Dongliang is very sure, the use of the branch plant system and assembly line, greatly accelerated the speed and reduced the cost, with Shanghai Guanghua Iron and Steel Company can smelt its own special steel, the cost of raw materials has also been compressed a lot. Although the price of 1.3 million yuan does not make much money, there is no problem in preserving the capital, and the most important thing is that through the construction of these four 10,000-ton ships, the entire process of the shipyard will be optimized, and the managers and workers will also gain valuable experience, which is more important than making money for China, which is short of talents.

Feng Ru had already been taken to Wuhu, and Chai Dongliang ordered the guards to guard him twenty-four hours a day, and he was absolutely not allowed to fly the plane himself. The most prominent figure in China's early aviation history should not repeat the mistakes of the past. Yu Qiaqing in Shanghai sent people to the West to recruit a group of pilots with high salaries, and it is estimated that they will arrive in Anhui in half a month. These people will be the most test pilots, and if they want to fall, they will be killed, anyway, Feng Ru can't die!

Chai Dongliang was reading the Shanghai-published Minquan Daily, when a cartoon caught his eye, titled "Brother, I Can't Do It," which depicted a large net opening at the head of Yanjing City, about to capture a ship heading north.

The moral of this painting is very obvious, that is, Yuan Shikai of Yanjing invited Sun Wen and Huang Xing to go to Yanjing to discuss politics, and was ready to take the opportunity to get rid of Sun Wen and Huang Xing.

Just six days ago, General Zhang Zhenwu of the Wuchang Shouyi Sanwu had just hosted a banquet in Yanjing and was arrested by the military police who had already laid an ambush on the way back to the hotel, and was randomly escorted to the Gyeonggi Military and Political Law Enforcement Office of Yuhuangge, Daoxi, and was shot dead three hours later. Zhang Zhenwu lamented before he died: I can't imagine that the Republic of China is so dark.

After the incident, several senators from Hubei were indignant and launched an impeachment of Yuan Shikai, but unfortunately he was alone, and Zhang Zhenwu had no organization behind him, no matter which faction was unwilling to stand up for him, and finally because of the insufficient number of people, the two cases of interrogation and impeachment could not be discussed.

After this incident, many people in the alliance immediately blocked Sun Wen from going north, but Sun Wen insisted on not listening, so everyone had to let him let Huang Xing pretend to be sick, so as not to be wiped out by Yuan Shikai.

Before Chai Dongliang finished reading a page of the newspaper, he saw Gao Ming hurriedly walking in.

"Secretary-General Gao, is there something wrong?"

Gao Ming took the telegram translation and said: "Governor, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, his wife Lu Muzhen, secretary Song Ailing and more than ten people have arrived in Tianjin, Yuan Shikai sent the chief of education and the chief of industry and commerce to greet him, and more than 10,000 people from all walks of life in Tianjin have arranged for more than 10,000 people to welcome Mr. Sun, which is unprecedented??? The Haichen has completed its mission, and the captain asks for instructions, should you return to Jiujiang now? ”

Chai Dongliang smiled: "Why don't you come back?" Yuan Shikai didn't invite him to dinner and told him to return immediately. ”

Gao Ming sat down, the guards brought tea, and he said angrily: "Li Yuanhong has also gone too far, killing the first righteous heroes at will, everyone is in danger when this head is opened!" ”

Chai Dongliang asked, "Are you talking about General Zhang Zhenwu?" Li Yuanhong is kind and ruthless, this Li Bodhisattva is not a good man and a woman. ”

Gao Ming also bowed his head and said: "What the Governor said is that he knew that Li Yuanhong was such a good person, and he should have been shot when he was dragged out from under the bed." ”

After the Wuchang uprising, Zhang Zhenwu and others were deprived of military power by Li Yuanhong, and arranged an idle post as an adviser to the governor's office. Under the planning of Yuan Shikai's staff Chen Eun, Li Yuanhong made up his mind to cooperate with Yuan Shikai and transferred the Shouyi Sanwu to Yanjing. He was also an advisor to the Presidential Office. is still an idle official with no real power.

For this reason, Zhang Zhenwu was very dissatisfied, and in order to appease him, Yuan Shikai added him the position of a Mongolian reclamation envoy, and gave him a monthly start-up fee of 1,000 yuan. Zhang Zhenwu knew that Lao Yuan was playing cymbals with it, so he quietly slipped back to Wuchang. Li Yuanhong was very annoyed when he saw him go and return, and he felt a great threat when he saw Zhang Zhenwu regathering his old forces, so he decided to get rid of Zhang Zhenwu. Due to the conflict between Zhang Zhenwu and Sun Wu at that time, Yuan Shikai specially sent Hubei senators Liu Chengyu and Zheng Wanzhan back to Wuchang for mediation, and with the efforts of all parties, Sun Wu, Zhang Zhenwu and Li Yuanhong all recovered their harmony on the surface, and Yuan Shikai struck while the iron was hot and sent a telegram again to invite Zhang Zhenwu to Beijing.

Zhang Zhenwu stepped into Yanjing City, and he could no longer go back to his hometown.

Gao Ming was born in the Communist Association, and Zhang Zhenwu is considered to be the same family, so he is naturally sad that the rabbit died and the fox died, and he said angrily: "I have already sent a telegram to my brother yesterday, asking him not to serve Li Yuanhong, this bastard, and come to Anqing." ”

Chai Dongliang's eyes lit up, Gao Ming's younger brother Gao Chuguan is a talent!

Gao Ming drank two sips of tea and said: "Dudu, the commander of the water division Tang Xiang Ming has said a lot of strange things recently, saying that the water master is raised by the stepmother, you should be more careful!" ”

Chai Dongliang raised his vigilance at the time, Tang Xiangming is the younger brother of Tang Hualong, the leader of the Hubei constitutionalists, and Tang Hualong has now become the vice chairman of the provisional Senate, it is said that he has a hot fight with Yuan Shikai, Tang Hualong has been operating in Hubei for many years, and his friendship with Li Yuanhong is not shallow.

Chai Dongliang sadly found that he and Li Yuanhong were allies, and now although they have not collapsed, they are no longer of the same heart. Li Yuanhong has already made up his mind to completely take root in Yuan Shikai, he will definitely not take this road, and sooner or later he and Li Yuanhong will have to turn their faces.

Politics is politics, there is nothing dirtier in the world than this, where can there be real friends?

According to the time, Sun Wen's train should also arrive in Yanjing, and at this moment, he and Yuan Shikai, who had met in battle, should be drinking and talking, right?

It was only a few months before Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui besieged Wuchang, and Sun Wen and Yuan Shikai had already served as interim presidents for one term. Today's handshake should have a special taste in my heart, right?

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The gongs and drums of the Yanjing Railway Station were noisy, the salute was fired, and the 600 neatly dressed Beiyang soldiers stood as straight as flag guns against the Lieyue station. The officer wore a tweed military dress with snow-white gloves, the foreign knife at his waist was clanged by the breeze, and the sweat on his forehead wet the shirt and sticky to his back.

A long whistle was heard in the distance, and a steam train slowly drove into the platform with the "creak" of the brakes.

Knock knock knock with the sound of the cannon salute, and the military band played the majestic Marseillaise. After the train stopped, Sun Wen, who was in a suit and leather shoes, appeared in front of the public with a smile on his face. The spotlights of journalists from all over the world flickered non-stop, and streamers and flowers kept scattering into the air.

A luxuriously decorated carriage was already waiting for him, with bright red wheels painted all over the body, and the magnificence of yellow satin decoration on the carriage glittered in the sun, and two majestic Western white horses, unable to find a single stray hair, complemented each other with this carriage.

Surrounded by the officials who greeted him, Sun Wen boarded the carriage and walked along the street to the Shida Hutong State Guest House. On the way to the State Guest House, I saw a forest of military and police on the streets, and when the carriages passed by, they all saluted solemnly with guns, and the road where order was maintained was also crowded with people, almost 10,000 empty alleys, and everyone rushed to see this long-standing revolutionary leader.

In fact, Sun Yat-sen was quite uncomfortable with such a high-level reception, so he opened the car window, waved frequently to the enthusiastic crowd, and repeatedly raised his hat in greeting. That night, after Sun Yat-sen and his entourage had settled down, Yuan Shikai sent senior officials to welcome them to the presidential residence in Tieshi Hutong for a banquet. When Sun Yat-sen was about to arrive, Yuan Shikai also personally greeted him in the hall, which was also the first meeting between Yuan Shikai and Sun Yat-sen.

The handshake between the great men was quite warm this time, at least on the surface. At the dinner, Yuan Shikai personally held the lamp for Sun Yat-sen, which can be described as courteous. In his speech, Yuan Shikai said in a very sincere tone: "I have been looking forward to Mr. and Keqiang for a long time, and it is a pity that Keqiang did not walk with him today and could not listen to the great discussion together." Fortunately, I am very pleased that he is willing to come. On behalf of 40,000,000 compatriots, Shikai would like to thank Mr. and hope that Mr. will not hesitate to teach and help vigorously"!

Yuan Shikai's humility and sycophants were quite in place, and Sun Yat-sen naturally had nothing to say, and the two talked happily during the banquet. To Sun Yat-sen's surprise, Yuan Shikai's views and insights into the current situation are very clever, and he is also very compatible with himself, almost having a sense of hating each other. After the banquet, the two continued to discuss national affairs, and talked about it in the middle of the night, and then said goodbye one by one. In a conversation with Yuan Shikai, Sun Yat-sen proposed: "Yuan Gong served as president for ten years and trained millions of soldiers; I run the railway, which stretches for 200,000 miles. At that time, will our Republic of China not be rich and strong? After hearing this, Yuan Shikai nodded again and again -- no matter what Sun Yat-sen said, President Yuan always said yes.

A few days later, Yuan Shikai held a grand banquet at the presidential palace and invited the heads of various ministries, the president of the Senate, high-ranking generals in Beijing and celebrities from all walks of life, and the princes of Manchu and Mongolia to accompany him. During the banquet, Yuan Shikai said in his welcome speech: "Mr. Sun has traveled overseas for more than 20 years, and this time he came to Yanjing to discuss the country's major plans with me. Mr. Sun came to Beijing this time and had an extremely sincere conversation with me, which shows that the previous rumors were all misunderstandings. As a result, the Republic of China has been further consolidated, which is the most welcome thing. ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Shikai saluted Sun Yat-sen with a wine and shouted: "Long live Mr. Sun Yat-sen!" ”

Everyone present shouted in unison: "Long live Mr. Nakayama!" ”

Sun Yat-sen also stood up and replied: "Today, President Chengda has a special banquet, and I am very commendable, and I am really grateful." The president is rich in political experience and good at military training, and now he is in charge of state affairs, which is really worthy of the celebration of the people." After speaking, Sun Yat-sen also shouted: "Long live President Yuan!" Long live the Republic of China! Long live the five nations! ”

The two shouted "long live" to each other, which made the atmosphere of the banquet reach **. In the eyes of outsiders, these two figures who have served as interim presidents are like honey blending oil.

Strike while the iron is hot. After working the scene, Yuan Shikai then held several secret meetings with Sun Yat-sen and others, one of the main topics of which was the determination of the prime minister of the cabinet. Since Lu Zhengxiang had already made up his mind to go, Yuan Shikai was also reluctant to do so, and one of the purposes of inviting Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing to Beijing this time was to use their prestige to reach an understanding on the selection of prime ministers, so as to smoothly resolve the issue of forming a cabinet and maintain a relatively stable cabinet.

Yuan Shikai's candidate for prime minister was Zhao Bingjun, a close confidant who had followed him for many years, and was also the Minister of Internal Affairs at that time.

Yuan Shikai's efforts have finally paid off. Under Sun Wen's persuasion, the provisional Senate successfully passed Yuan Shikai's nomination of his confidant Zhao Bingjun as prime minister by an absolute majority. Zhao Bingjun's cabinet also became the third cabinet after the establishment of the Republic of China.

After Sun Yat-sen and others left Yanjing one after another, Yuan Shikai issued a joint declaration drafted by himself, but without consultation, it was signed by Yuan Shikai, Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, and Li Yuanhong. In this manifesto, Yuan Shikai put forward eight major political programs in the name of the "Big Four", namely:

1. Immediately take the unified system; 2. Preside over the true justice of right and wrong, good and evil, and correct folk customs; 3. Temporarily reinstate armaments and first reserve naval and army talents; Fourth, open the door, import foreign capital, set up railway mines and build steel factories to improve people's livelihood; 5. Advocate subsidizing national industries, starting with agriculture, forestry, industry, and commerce; 6. Military, diplomatic, financial, judicial, and transportation are all centralized, and the rest of the provinces are subject to decentralization; 7. Quickly sort out the finances; 8. Strive to reconcile the views of the Party and maintain order, which is the foundation recognized by all countries.

Such a beautiful thing caused an uproar throughout the country, especially the third article, which aroused the resentment of the provincial governors.

Restraining armament? Isn't that just disarming everyone? Born in troubled times, if you have a gun, you are the king of grass, withdraw the army? Think about it!

Yuan Shikai also had a way for these unwilling emperors, and each province determined the source of troops according to the amount of land and the size of the population, and the extra part of the political axe was not allocated funds.

Now that the southern provinces have long been poor because of the chaos in the past six months, where is the spare money to raise soldiers? Many provinces had no choice but to endure the pain of laying off the weak and retaining the strong, and many of the soldiers who had been laid off went directly to the mountains to become bandits.

The second half of the first year of the Republic of China was even more chaotic than the first half of the year!

When the provincial governors scolded Yuan Shikai, Chai Dongliang in the Anhui Military Advisory Office was singing with Erlang's legs crossed: "I smile proudly, I smile proudly!" ”

It is difficult for him to be unhappy, as the Jianghuai patrol envoy and the governor of Anhui, Chai Dongliang can raise three divisions of troops according to this regulation.

And right now, he has a full load in his hands, even counting the commercial police corps that is not within the scope of the army, and it is just 10,000 people??? Others withdraw their troops, and Chai Dongliang can expand his army openly!

(To be continued)