The sun is very big in the Wangjiang Pavilion of Xiaogushan in Anqing, but the weather is still quite cold, the yellow leaves of Xiaogushan in December are all over the ground, and the Yangtze River is sparkling and beautiful in the distance, but the river wind of hunting is blowing Chai Dongliang shivering, and the guards serve the red copper hot pot, with a thick layer of red oil floating on it. Dishes such as yellowthroat, hairy tripe, fish fillet, quail eggs and so on are served.

Chai Dongliang picked up his wine glass: "Mr. Xingcheng, first drink a glass of wine to warm up." ”

Yang Shiqi raised his glass and drank it all, and said with a wry smile: "More than half a year ago, you and I were here, and at that time I also persuaded the governor to serve Yuan Shikai, but now it's really ridiculous to think about it." ”

Chai Dongliang smiled: "I was young and frivolous, and now I think about it, I am ashamed." If it hadn't been for my husband reminding me, I'm afraid I would have been a dry bone in the grave. ”

The last time the two met, Yang Shiqi reminded Chai Dongliang to stand in line, otherwise he would become the enemy of the north and the south, and it would be uncomfortable to suffer from the enemy on his back. Chai Dongliang quickly understood the meaning of his words, and immediately contacted the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe, first sending troops to help Li Yuanhong relieve the siege, and then sending a fleet to help the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition attack Nanjing, and then sending money to Sun Wen??? These efforts were not in vain, at least the south recognized his legal surname in Anhui rule, and then he was able to unify the whole province of Anhui step by step, and took the opportunity of Huang Huanzhang and Zhang Huitao to attack Anqing, sent troops to occupy Jiujiang, and finally annexed the whole of Jiangxi.

At that time, Chai Dongliang had no foundation at all, and if it wasn't for Yang Shiqi's reminder, he would probably be swallowed up by the governors of the southern provinces.

Yang Shiqi said with a smile: "Du Du Tianzong is a talent, even if I don't remind him, he will naturally understand how to deal with it." ”

The two of them were staggered, and in a blink of an eye, a jar of liquor had already been eaten, Chai Dongliang's face also began to have a fever, and Yang Shiqi was also a little drunk.

"Chai Dudu, you now dominate the four provinces of Jiangxi, Anhui, Mongolia and Liao, and your prestige is like Zhongtian, are you complacent?" Yang Shiqi pinched a chopsticks and hairy belly, and his forehead was sweaty.

Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "It's just floating clouds, let's have another drink." ”

Yang Shiqi put down the chopsticks and picked up the wine glass, and said solemnly: "Do you know that your crisis is more serious now than it was then?" ”

Chai Dongliang saw his solemn expression, and he was also relieved: "Please Mr. Xingcheng to speak clearly." ”

Yang Shiqi stood up, took two deep breaths of cold air and said: "You are only 4,000 soldiers, and you occupy no more than the two cities of Wuhu and Anqing, and now you are sitting in the three provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi, and Liao, plus East and West Mongolia, and your strength can almost be comparable to that of the president, but your strength has expanded too fast, and your foundation is unstable." Your subordinates were just army officers and sentinels a year ago, but now they are the governors of a province, and their duties are similar to yours! Think about it, how can you control them in the long run? If your subordinates are co-opted and bought by others, what restraint do you rely on? Do you know why I retreated from the rapids? ”

Chai Dongliang's heart suddenly hung in the air, and then he shook his head.

Yang Shiqi smiled bitterly: "There are many factions in Beiyang now, and President Yuan Da is just barely maintaining unity by relying on prestige, but he is already powerless!" Thinking back to four years ago, the president could still command Beiyang, but now he has to rely on power to check and balance. With all due respect, your cunning is not as far as Yuan Shikai's, and the training of the officers under your command has only been a year, and you are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers??? Just imagine, if your Mukden Governor and Mongol Reclamation envoys support their own troops, what will you do? Send troops to exterminate them? If Beiyang doesn't allow it, it will be extremely difficult for you to transfer the army to the past! ”

Chai Dongliang was shocked by what he said, and muttered, "Not really, right?" ”

Yang Shiqi sneered: "Not really? I'm afraid you'll be ruined in the future! The position of governor, in the hands of the military administration, there are soldiers and money, what else do they dare not do? Even if they are loyal and brave, it is difficult to guarantee that their subordinates do not want to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, Chai Dudu, you have to remember that Zhao Kuangyin was also added by the yellow robe of his subordinates! ”

Chai Dongliang was speechless, and bowed to the ground respectfully: "Please teach me, sir!" ”

Yang Shiqi said with a smile: "I have already found out the root cause of the disease for you, as for how to prescribe a prescription, that is your own business." I'll eat a piece of lamb first. ”

Chai Dongliang picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Thank you, sir, I already have an idea." Please have a full drink! ”

Yang Shiqi smiled slyly: "My words are only worth a cup?" At least three cups, right? ”

"Yes, yes!"

After three rounds of drinking, Chai Dongliang said sincerely: "Mr. Xingcheng, can you stay in Anqing to help me?" ”

Yang Shiqi shook his head and said: "I have known the president and the guest and the host for decades, if I help you, it will definitely be unfavorable to him, and I still don't do this kind of pickled villain." ”

Chai Dongliang couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but seeing his resolute attitude, it was not easy to persuade him, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "In case one day, the president offends the world by perverse acts, Beiyang is also rotten and unusable, and the domestic chaos and foreign enemies are also eyeing me, is Mr. willing to help me?" ”

Yang Shiqi looked at Chai Dongliang with a very strange look: "Why do you think that the president will go against the grain?" Yuan Shikai is not so stupid! ”

"I mean just in case."

Yang Shiqi said categorically: "If there is one day, I will come out to help you unify the world and give birth to a peaceful world." ”

Chai Dongliang grabbed his hand: "A gentleman's word!" ”

"It's hard to chase a horse!"

"Come, I'll give you another drink??? No, it's three cups! ”

After sending Yang Shiqi away, Chai Dongliang returned to the Military Advisory Office and began to seriously consider the future development path. Chai Dongliang was bent on promoting the internationalization of the Manchurian issue and breaking the monopoly of the Manchurian economy by Ben and Russia, but Yuan Shikai refused to invite the United States, Britain, France, and Germany to send troops to Manchuria in the name of the Yanjing Provisional Political Axe. Yang Shiqi repeatedly advised, but Yuan Shikai just didn't listen, so he ran to China Merchants in anger and became a director. It is better to say that he is impulsive under anger, but it is better to say that he is discouraged by Yuan Shikai. Yang Shiqi knew very well that Yuan Shikai did not veto this proposal out of political considerations, but because he was dissatisfied with Chai Dongliang.

Yuan Shikai has been messed up by the situation since the Republic of China, and he is no longer the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang! Back then, Yuan Shikai trained the new military to run an industry, created China's police system, and carried forward Beiyang, which was full of talents. With the revival of the Republic of China, he became the president, I don't know if it was because his position climbed high and showed his red ass like a monkey, or because he was tortured by the Senate and the Beiyang generals to go crazy, Yuan Shikai's current gas has become narrow, just because Chai Dongliang took the opportunity to knock on the bamboo pole and get Gu Mazi to Fengtian to be the governor, he went to retaliate and vetoed Chai Dongliang's motion. This made Yang Shiqi can't believe that Yuan Shikai did it! Yuan Shikai once betrayed Li Hongzhang back then, but Li Hongzhang still recommended him to take over his position, and the two were judged to be higher, Yuan Shikai has fallen behind the times, and he is not the master who can be assisted!

Yang Shiqi can endure his twenty years of neglect of himself, but he can't endure Yuan Shikai's mediocrity. Yang Shiqi wanted to assist a generation of lords and create a reputation in the history of the world, but looking at Yuan Shikai's current appearance, he felt that there was little hope. But out of decades of kindness, Yang Shiqi was unwilling to change his court, so he simply retired.

Chai Dongliang knew that what Yang Shiqi said was not bad at all, Kuang Haishan's Mongolian reclamation envoy, Gu Nanshan's Fengtian governor, and Gao Ming's Jiangxi governor, these three people's positions were equal to Chai Dongliang's Anhui governor, and they could all grasp the military and political power in name. Now they are still obedient, who knows what will happen in the future??? People change!

What kind of hero was Wang Jingwei when he assassinated Zaifeng? Generous Geyan City, calmly as a prisoner of Chu, leading the knife into a fast, living up to the head of the youth! How tragic is this verse? Compared with "who has not died in life since ancient times, leaving Dan to take care of the sweat and sweat", "I smile to the sky from the horizontal knife, and go to leave the liver and gallbladder two Kunlun" is not much better.

However, who would have guessed that in the end, he would actually be a Han anniversary, and personally visit Pu Yi, who is Zaifeng's son, and meet him or bow three times? I'm almost about to kowtow to the puppet Emperor Kant!

Chai Dongliang had no doubt that Wang Jingwei at that time was passionate about serving the country and the people, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why he would take risks alone as a high-ranking figure in the Alliance. Chai Dongliang also has no doubt about the loyalty of Kuang Haishan, Gu Nanshan, Gao Ming and others, but people will change, especially Mongolia and Mukden, which are beyond thousands of mountains and rivers, if there is no practical way to control them, it is difficult to say that they will not form interest groups. Isn't Beiyang a ready-made example? Yuan Shikai has now lost control of Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun and others, and there is no other way than to use power to check and balance. What's more, Chai Dongliang didn't have a goddaughter to marry his subordinates as a means to entrap them.

It's time to form a party!

Only by using political parties to control the armed forces and restraining them with unified beliefs is the only feasible way, otherwise the Jianghuai Army will inevitably form interest groups one after another, just like the Beiyang Army, and it will be difficult to control them at that time.

Chai Dongliang has always been naturally vigilant about the entry of parties into the army, and parties also have their own interests, which may also become interest groups, and even corrupt the army, this scale is difficult to grasp!

What's more, Chai Dongliang is not as good as Sun Wen and Yuan Shikai, the Kuomintang has a master of the parliamentary system like Song Jiaoren, Yuan Shikai also has a great talent like Liang Qichao and a constitutional expert like Yang Du, Chai Dongliang only has a group of soldiers who can cut and kill!

That's a real headache!

"Governor, Gu Weijun is back." Fang Qingyu walked in from outside.

Chai Dongliang was overjoyed: "Oh, let him in." ”

Gu Weijun walked in energetically from outside, his leather boots stepped on the marble floor, and the little white face became much rougher in the cold wind blowing outside the plug, but the edges and corners of his face also appeared, looking cold and calm.

Chai Dongliang was secretly happy, this guy has been trained, if he falls out of love again, he will definitely not jump the Huangpu River.

"Shaochuan, you're finally back!" Chai Dongliang went up to a bear hug: "I suffered outside." ”

Gu Weijun was a little excited by him, and his smile was a little nervous: "It's really hard for the governor to strategize, fight with Yanjing's temporary political axe, and compete diplomatically with Western powers." ”

Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "You guys are fighting well outside, I have room for activity here, if you are defeated, it will be in vain for Lu Jia to resurrect Su Qin and reincarnate??" Quick, sit down, no one will punish you for standing! ”

Gu Weijun grinned, scratched his head and sat down: "Governor, I heard that Yanjing Zhengaxe did not approve your motion?" ”

Chai Dongliang smiled disdainfully: "Yuan Shikai is just like this, it is actually difficult to match his fame!" Now he is so jealous of us, which means that he has no confidence. ”

Gu Weijun snorted coldly and said, "On the way back, I met former Prime Minister Tang Weng and Mr. Liang Zhuoru in Yanjing, and they all felt that it was a pity. If your international peacekeeping plan can be implemented, then the bullshit treaties signed by Ben, Manchuria, and the Qing court will be turned into waste paper. Mr. Liang Zhuoru said bitterly that Yuan Shikai, even if he collects the iron of Kyushu, it is difficult to make this mistake! ”

Chai Dongliang was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, Tang Weng was referring to Tang Shaoyi, Gu Weijun and Tang Shaoyi's daughter was about to get married, so it was not good to call the name of the quasi-father-in-law, right? Of course, Liang Zhuoru is the talented Liang Qichao!

"Shaochuan, I have an idea, should we form a party?" Chai Dongliang asked.

Gu Weijun pondered for a moment and said: "It is inevitable to form a party, and now our Jianghuai army sits on the land of Anhui, Jiangxi, and Liao provinces, as well as a huge Mongolia, Beiyang, Jianghuai, and Kuomintang, and the trend of one-third of the world has been achieved." Beiyang has a strong heritage, the Kuomintang is strong in the provincial assemblies, the Jianghuai soldiers are well fed, and the three parties have their own advantages, Yuan Shikai has Liang Qichao's Progressive Party, Sun Wen has Song Jiaoren's Kuomintang, only you have no party. In the future, party politics will become inevitable, and if there is no party to wave the flag and shout for our Jianghuai army, it will suffer a great loss. ”

"What Shaochuan said is, you come to help me build this political party, right? How about you be my Liang Zhuoru and Song Dunchu? Chai Dongliang stared at Gu Weijun and said.

Gu Weijun shook his head again and again: "How can I do it?" I have only been back to China for less than a year, and I am far from being qualified or famous! If the Governor wants to start a political party, it is better to ask Tang Weng to help you. After all, he was prime minister and has a wealth of resources in the political arena. ”

Chai Dongliang patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Shaochuan, don't shirk, it's you!" Our Jianghuai Army wants to give the outside an impression that we are young, upward, and vibrant, and your prospective father-in-law can help you, and people are all trained. A year ago, I was nothing, if I hadn't had the courage to deceive Wuhu City with two duck eggs, I still don't know where to cat! ”

Listening to Chai Dongliang mention the use of duck eggs to defraud the city, Gu Weijun couldn't help but wonder. Chai Dongliang has enough confidence in Gu Weijun, and in another time and space, he made China, which was poor and weak, a non-permanent member of the League of Nations, and barely squeezed into the ranks of the eight major countries. He also served as president of the League of Nations. At the Paris Peace Conference, Gu Weijun refused to sign the righteous words and spoke sternly.

If it is only based on national righteousness to export evil anger, it is nothing. More importantly, Gu Weijun is very skillful, after the 918 incident, he played the role of the representative in the League of Nations, and dismissed the reasons of militarist elements like Matsuoka Yoyu. Moreover, he made the whole world fully aware that the pretext of militarism is a great threat to the interests of the European and American powers in the Pacific. After that, the European and American powers severed their agreements with Yue himself, banned the export of strategic materials to Yue Ben, and abolished the previously negotiated loans.

It cannot be said that he went crazy and attacked Pearl Harbor without the credit of Gu Weijun and others.

In comparison, his prospective father-in-law Tang Shaoyi is too far behind!

Gu Weijun pushed again and again, and Chai Dongliang finally pretended to be angry, and he only agreed half-pushed.

"Governor, no matter what the name of the party we are doing or what the program is, you are our party leader. But if we form a party now, we won't be able to catch up with the general election. Gu Weijun first reassured Chai Dongliang.

Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "The party leader is not the party leader, and then again, the purpose of my party formation is not for this election at all." ”

Gu Weijun was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he gasped and lowered his voice: "Understood." ”

Chai Dongliang smiled indifferently: "Do you think I'm too cold?" It's not that I don't trust everyone, but without the constraints of the system, good people will become bad, and it is not easy for our Jianghuai Army to have today's situation. Fighting Anqing, fighting Bengbu, fighting Mongolia, fighting Manchuria??? How many good brothers buried their bones in a foreign land, how many martyrs' blood was spilled on the long street, I can't watch the Jianghuai Army gradually transform into a scourge of the country like the previous Hunan Army, Huai Army, and Beiyang Army. You graduated from Columbia University in the United States, and you should know that Americans treat presidents as thieves to defend themselves, so there are at most a few mediocre and incompetent presidents in the United States, but there will definitely be no losers like Cixi! The purpose of my formation of the party is not only to restrain all of you, but also to myself, and I have no confidence in myself, and if I do not restrain myself, I am afraid that I will become deaf in the future. ”

Gu Weijun stood up and saluted solemnly: "I will live up to the expectations of the governor!" ”

Chai Dongliang pressed down with his hands: "Sit down and say, sit down and say." Organizing a party is a major matter, and the more important the matter, the more impatient it must be, and the party program and the party's discipline regulations must be carefully considered and must not act hastily. In addition, our party must be like-minded people to join, and it cannot be like the Kuomintang, the Progressive Party, and the Republican Party, where cats and dogs are all dragged into it, and when it comes to a party of hundreds of thousands of people, in fact, it does not have the slightest centripetal force, and it is just a club of politicians and ruffians. ”

"And what is the name of our party?" Gu Weijun asked.

Chai Dongliang shook his head: "I haven't thought about it yet, but I have a general idea." There are two most important things in China today, the first is to strive for the nation's reading ability and living space, and the second is to safeguard the dignity of constitutional government. Suddenly, Chai Dongliang's eyes lit up: "Shaochuan, what do you think about calling a national constitutional party?" The Constitutionalists? ”

"Fight for the space for the survival of the nation outside, and fight for constitutionalism to safeguard the happiness of the people inside!" The Democratic Constitutional Party is called the Democratic Constitutional Party! Gu Weijun jumped up from the chair excitedly.

(To be continued)