Yuan Shikai didn't know where to learn that the East China Provisional Political Axe had supported a large number of arms of the Wuchang Revolutionary Army, and also sent an additional regiment into Hanyang, and urgently transferred Duan Qirui to the south on the same day.

Yuan Shikai can no longer put Feng Guozhang's trouble on the front line, if he continues like this, he will definitely be killed by Feng Guozhang.

On November 17, Feng Guozhang was relieved of his military power in his sleep, and Duan Qirui led someone to replace him, Feng Guozhang was so indignant! It's like winning the 5 million jackpot and about to claim it, but someone snatches the ticket halfway.

Duan Qirui, who succeeded Feng Guozhang, was much more obedient, and on the same day Duan Qirui ordered the Beiyang Army to retreat fifty miles and withdraw directly from Hankou, and at the same time called the Qing court, asking the Qing court to abdicate, otherwise he would go to Beijing to theorize.

Of course, Duan Qirui didn't just talk about it, and the next day he moved the headquarters to Baoding, which was very close to Yanjing, and the defection of the Beiyang Army immediately plunged the Qing court into a huge panic.

The retreat of the Beiyang Army announced that the time had come for the North and the South to negotiate peace.

At the same time, Xia Jun had already conquered the whole of Jiangxi, and the Ministry of Administration began to urgently dispatch administrative personnel to Jiangxi, and after the capture of Jiangxi, 54 million people were included in Xia Jun's administrative scope, and one-eighth of China's population was already under Xia Jun's jurisdiction.

Also on November 17, Xia Jun decided to move the administrative center to Hangzhou.

After more than a month of preparation, the time was ripe for relocation, and then various departments moved to Hangzhou one after another.

…… On November 18, Li Yuanhong sent a telegram to the provinces, asking them to send representatives to Wuchang to hold a meeting, but the provinces did not receive it because of the delay.

The situation in Jiangsu was not very good, and after Cheng Quande, the governor of Jiangsu, turned into a revolutionary army, he always wanted to take down Nanjing, but Nanjing was defended by Zhang Xun, a die-hard Manchu Qing loyalist.

Zhang Xun is a well-known pigtail handsome in modern times, and the restoration of the Qing court was made by this guy, and the pigtail army he led was very fierce, and Zhang Xun's loyalty to the Qing court has reached a perverted level.

For this reason, Cheng Quande attacked Nanjing three times, but still did not take the city of Nanjing.

Cheng Quande had no choice but to ask for help from the East China Provisional Political Axe, because he knew that the East China Temporary Political Axe had enough strength to take Nanjing, but Cheng Quande saw it very clearly, although the poster circles were abusive to the East China Temporary Political Axe, but Cheng Quande still understood the psychology of the East China Temporary Political Axe.

Strictly speaking, the East China Provisional Political Axe is a force with very strong strength and some principles, and if the East China Provisional Political Axe is keen on killing revolutionaries, they will not withdraw their troops when they were studying in Jiangsu.

Since Nanjing can't gnaw, it can only invite them to gnaw.

Therefore, Cheng Quande sent someone to send a letter to the East China Provisional Political Axe, asking the East China Provisional Political Axe to send troops to help, and after capturing Nanjing, there will be thanks...... As soon as Xia Jun heard the report that he was thanked, he immediately asked people to go to Cheng Quande to make conditions, and it was no problem to help him fight Nanjing, and let him have the right to exploit oil in Jiangsu, and contract all the salt fields in Jiangsu to him at a preferential price to run a salt reclamation company.

Cheng Quande didn't want Xia Jun to directly open the conditions, but looking at this condition, it is not a big deal to contract a salt field.

As for oil extraction, is there oil in Jiangsu?

Even if he found oil, Cheng Quande didn't care about this, and when he saw that he was so easy to speak, he agreed directly, and immediately ordered someone to go to pass the word, and Xia Jun's conditions were all agreed.

On the 19th, Xia Jun arrived in Hangzhou, and his small villa was directly transported to Hangzhou by car, and various departments also moved into the temporary office buildings that had been built.

These office buildings are very simple, new office buildings are being built, and Xia Jun only allocated 300,000 yuan in this regard, and did not invest too much money.

As soon as he arrived in Hangzhou, Chen Xuanyu reported that Cheng Quande had agreed to the conditions, and Xia Jun said to him: "Since Cheng Quande has agreed, let's send troops!" ”

Xia Jun is not surprised by this result, contracting salt fields is not a big deal, of course, the salt tax is very profitable, this is for sure. However, compared to the temptation of taking Nanjing and letting Jiangsu fully control it, Cheng Quande obviously lost this salt tax.

The operational command center immediately mobilized the 001 Infantry Brigade of the First Infantry Division and a howitzer battalion of the howitzer division to launch an attack on Nanjing.

In this offensive, the 1st Division was only responsible for blasting open the city of Nanjing and resolving the early battles, and the street battles in the later stage were handled by Cheng Quande's Jiangsu Army.

The First Infantry Division has been moved to Zhejiang, and the Second Infantry Division has been transferred back to Fujian by Xia Jun.

…… Xia Jun just arrived in Hangzhou, the villa is located on the edge of the West Lake, at this time Hangzhou suddenly snowed, snowflakes fell on the lakeside, there is a kind of pleasing beauty.

It is indeed very suitable for living, Xia Jun has decided to live here for a long time, and the administrative center will be set in Hangzhou in the future!

As far as Dingdu is concerned, Yanjing doesn't consider it first, Yanjing has too many alien atmospheres, and Nanjing Xia Jun doesn't consider it, it is rumored that Nanjing's feng shui is not good, Xia Jun is obviously unwilling to do anything to refute rumors.

Hangzhou is good in terms of topography, although there are some hilly areas, but the terrain is relatively flat, suitable for planning, and it is between the north and the south, and the traffic is also relatively convenient.

And Xia Jun's current territory is the most suitable for the administrative center of Hangzhou, since it has been settled here, it will not be moved in the future.

Just as Xia Jun was planning to move various departments to Hangzhou one after another, a strange wind blew in the public opinion circles.

Chen Qimei once again denounced Xia Jun in the newspaper for killing revolutionaries, wantonly expanding territory under the banner of revolution, and persecuting Ma Liubao, the leader of the Jiangxi Revolutionary Party.

Newspapers set up in the lease, such as "Declaration" and "News", denounced the provisional political axe in East China one after another, and expressed sympathy for Chen Qimei, Ma Liubao and other revolutionary righteous people.

The declaration commented on the East China Provisional Political Axe's annexation of Jiangxi as follows: "The behavior of the East China Provisional Political Axe is nothing more than a struggle for power and profit, and internal strife broke out before the revolution succeeded, which really chilled the hearts of revolutionaries throughout the country. ”

"I'll it,." Xia Jun saw the comments in the newspaper, and directly crumpled the "declaration" in his hand and threw it into the trash.

It was true that he grabbed territory, but it was after the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and after the provinces read the power, he had stopped expanding.

In the middle of depression, the phone rang.

Xia Jun picked up the phone, and You Zhengbin on the other end of the phone reported in a hurry: "Chairman, it's not good. ”

"What's the basket again?" Xia Jun hurriedly asked.

"There was a march in Hangzhou, all the schools were gone, and a large group of teachers and students demanded that we release Ma Liubao." You Zhengbin said, "It's in front of the administrative building!" ”

"What? Parade! Xia Jun was taken aback, and then thought that someone must have instigated it, so he said to You Zhengbin: "You immediately ask people to investigate who instigated the demonstration, and I will come in a while." ”

Xia Jun was in a hurry to go out, and Li Shijing asked, "Husband, where are you going?" ”

"It's a parade, I'll go out and deal with it." Xia Jun put on a black windbreaker and ran out in a hurry, Li Shijing hurriedly chased after him and shouted to Xia Jun: "Wait for me." ”

"Xiaojing, are you going too?" Xia Jun turned around and asked, Li Shijing nodded hurriedly, put on her coat and ran out, ran to Xia Jun's side, and said to Xia Jun: "You can't use violent means to deal with the parade. ”

"Madam, don't worry!" Xia Jun shrugged her shoulders, Li Shijing was obviously not very relieved, her vision was higher, and she knew that this kind of march could not be solved by violent means, so she hurriedly followed.

Guo Shunze, the captain of the gate guard, saw Xia Jun come out, and hurriedly saluted and asked, "Chairman, where are you going?" ”

"Go to the administration building." Xia Jun said, "Drive the armored car." ”

"Yes."

At this time, there are people marching outside, you must pay attention to safety! Driving an armored car out is undoubtedly the best choice, this armored car was exchanged by Xia Jun not long ago in order to come to Zhejiang, he didn't want to be killed halfway through.

In the past, it was okay in Fujian, but now that Xia Jun controls the territory of the three provinces, it is easy to become a target for assassination in the intrigue of warlords.

Although the Beiyang political axe also used some assassination methods, it was more upright than the revolutionary party, and the most common method used by the revolutionary party was assassination.

This was originally motivated by the need to assassinate Manchu officials, but it gradually became a habit and was used by the revolutionary party in their struggle for power.

Xia Jun usually uses bulletproof cars when he goes out, and when he first came to Hangzhou, the public security is unstable, so he sits in an armored car with stronger protection capabilities.

Zhou Shunze immediately asked people to drive the armored car out of the garage, Xia Jun and Li Shijing got into the car hand in hand, and went out in this strange vehicle covered with cloth covers.

After the armored car was covered with a black cloth cover, people could not see what the car looked like, and Xia Jun did not allow others to take pictures of the armored car.

The armored car, protected by a platoon of guards, drove out of the neighborhood and drove on the not wide street to the back door of the administration building, and it was clearly not possible to go through the front door.

The armored car drove to the back door, and after the guards evacuated the surrounding crowd, Xia Jun got out of the car with Li Shijing under protection and entered the administrative building through the back door.

The administrative building is not large, only four stories high, there is no decoration at all, and there is a slightly pungent smell of cement inside.

After Xia Jun entered through the back door, You Zhengbin hurriedly greeted him.

"How's it going?" Xia Jun asked.

"The situation is not so bad, and the emotions of those teachers and students are not too excited." You Zhengbin said, Xia Jun nodded, and walked upstairs.

On the third floor, Xia Jun walked to the window and looked downstairs.

I saw that outside the administrative building, nearly three or four hundred teachers and students were holding small flags with the words 'revolution' written on them, and a few people in front of them were holding several banners with the words 'Release Ma Liubao...... written on them.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a long shirt held a simple megaphone, turned his back to the administrative building, and shouted excitedly to the group of teachers and students: "Students, students, this so-called temporary political axe in East China is just an institution that sells dog meat on the head of a sheep, they are not revolutionary, they are killing their compatriots, first killing the Shanghai army, and now they are killing the Jiangxi Revolutionary Party, Zhejiang does not want such a political axe, we want them to get out of Zhejiang, we want revolution, we want revolution......

"Get out of Zhejiang, get out of Zhejiang...... We want revolution, we want revolution......"

The teachers and students, who did not know the truth, were agitated and shouted slogans calling for the East China Provisional Political Axe to get out of Zhejiang, and once again pushed and shoved with the riot police in front of the administrative building, and the scene became further chaotic.

"Chairman, it's that guy who is instigating, we should arrest him." You Zhengbin pointed to the middle-aged man in a long shirt and said.

Xia Jun looked at it and said calmly: "What's the use of arresting him, it's just to make the scene more chaotic." ”

Don't catch? You Zhengbin wondered in his heart, how can he do it if he doesn't catch it?

"I would like to ask the chairman for instructions." You Zhengbin said.

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(To be continued)