December 29, 1911

Bang bang bang

The foreign guns of the guards rang out into the sky, more than a dozen big whips hung on the trees on both sides, and the two shifts of loudspeakers blew mourning for a long time, and the drummers wearing black shoulders were already sweating on their heads.

Paper figures and paper horses were burned in the fire, and gray-white confetti was blown everywhere by the wind. Yan Xi threw herself on the grave and cried to death, and several old mothers grabbed her arm, for fear that she would hit the tombstone headlong and look for a short time. The bluestone tombstone is upright with a few regular characters: the tomb of the revolutionary martyr Sun Zhen of Yangzhou Governor.

Chai Dongliang wore a black veil on his arm, leading a group of officers of the First Brigade of Anhui and the gentry of Yangzhou to bow respectfully three times. Seeing Sun Tiansheng being buried by the scenery, the salt merchants of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce were even more drummed in their hearts.

Chai Dongliang personally helped Yan Xi up, and said gently: "Sister-in-law's mourning, Sun Dudu was martyred, my brother has sent a telegram to Mr. Sun Wen in Nanjing, and it is estimated that the table will arrive in these two days!" Madame has Sun Dudu's blood in her abdomen, and crying like this will hurt the fetus! ”

The more mournful Sun Tiansheng became, the more afraid the salt merchants became. Chai Dongliang is biting to death now, Sun Tiansheng is the governor of the revolutionary party. If Sun Tiansheng's governor is true, then the one who introduced Xu Baoshan to Yangzhou will become a rebel!

This crime of rebellion will destroy the nine clans in any dynasty and generation!

After finishing the funeral for Sun Tiansheng, Chai Dongliang was busy with the aftermath of the fire. A small part of the city of Yangzhou was burned, and more than 200,000 people were affected. If there is no house to live in this cold winter, it will freeze to death.

In his capacity as the acting governor of Yangzhou, Chai Dongliang allocated 1 million taels of silver to build a temporary residence and set up a porridge farm, and the money was withdrawn from the HSBC Bank in Yangzhou by a check written by the Guanghua Bank. As for the melted silver of the Yamen, it was transported to the Anqing Mint by warship, purified and minted into silver dollars and returned to the Guanghua Bank.

The yamen of the Yangzhou prefect has become Chai Dongliang's temporary office. The situation in Yangzhou was beyond his imagination, he really couldn't believe that a huge Yangzhou city, only half a day's effort, could be plagued by salt lords into such a scene.

Soldiers and disasters, the ancients used words that are really accurate! It is precisely because of this that if you give people a little benefit in troubled times, you can win a good reputation as a Buddha of ten thousand families!

In this day and age, fame is also a great power!

Chai Dongliang was in the signing room, and kept giving orders: "The temporary house must not be built sloppily, and it cannot be blown down by a gust of wind!" Large households in the city, if they have an empty house at home, they must vacate it for the victims to live in, and those who dare to disobey the order will be dealt with strictly! ”

"The porridge in the porridge field must be able to insert chopsticks without falling, wrapped in gauze without seepage, and the cold porridge is edible by hand, I want to check it myself, and make some dilute soup and hanging water!"

"Give Nanjing a million money to the past, Mr. Sun Wen's business has just opened, and all provinces have paid for it, we can't leave Anhui behind, don't let Mr. Sun Wen pick it!"

Chai Dongliang kept breathing in his mouth, and Gao Ming kept recording. After coming over for a while, seeing that Chai Dongliang was no longer talking, he asked with a smile: "Does the governor have anything else to explain?" ”

Chai Dongliang pondered for a moment and said, "It's nothing, that's all for the time being!" ”

Gao Ming smiled and said: "Governor, my brother has sent a telegram, hoping that we will elect Li Yuanhong as vice president this time!" ”

Chai Dongliang was stunned for a moment, why is he the vice president, and after a while, he suddenly realized. The day after tomorrow is the day after tomorrow, when the provisional political axe is established, and the Republic of China will be officially established, but everyone understands that the position of this president is reserved for Yuan Shikai. To put it bluntly, this temporary political axe is a caretaker cabinet, temporarily in charge of power for Yuan Shikai, waiting for him to take over.

Sun Wen's prestige is unmatched in the southern provinces, and he is naturally the best candidate for the provisional president, and Li Yuanhong and Huang Xing are capable of competing for vice president. If Li Yuanhong wants to compete for the president, even if he becomes the president, he will temporarily take charge of the big seal for Yuan Shikai, and the maid will take the key and not be in charge. Moreover, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and after Yuan Shikai takes over as president, the original interim president will inevitably be deposed. The vice president is different, no matter who is the president, he is the second-in-command.

Chai Dong nodded and said: "If you send a telegram back, you will say that Anhui will support Li Yuanhong's election as vice president, please rest assured." ”

Gao Ming's eyebrows bloomed with a smile and said, "I'll send a telegram back to my brother." ”

Chai Dongliang smiled indifferently and said, "Slow! ”

"What else does the Governor command?" Gao Ming took back the steps he had taken.

Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "Let's help him Li Yuanhong become vice president, he can't have nothing to say, right?" ”

"May I ask the Governor, what do you want from him?"

Chai Dongliang said calmly: "You call Li Yuanhong back, once he becomes vice president, you must fully support my third brother as the governor of Zhejiang!" ”

Gao Ming laughed and said: "This is not an order, even if the governor doesn't say it, Li Yuanhong will support Tao Huanqing as the governor of Zhejiang!" ”

Chai Dongliang nodded and said, "That's good!" ”

He knew in his heart that what Gao Ming said was right. Zhang Taiyan is a literati, he is not good at dancing knives and guns in troubled times, and he is more interested in running newspapers and scolding people than in politics. Only Tao Chengzhang and Chen Yingshi are qualified. Chen Yingshi is the hardcore of the League, if he becomes the governor of Zhejiang, then Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Jiangsu will be connected, Sun Wen's power will rise sharply, and Li Yuanhong, the deputy governor, will have no right to speak. If Tao Chengzhang becomes the governor of Zhejiang, the situation will be different. The power of the Liberation Society in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is already very large, and if Tao Chengzhang has the name of the governor, the momentum will be even stronger. If you can join forces with Hubei, plus Chai Dongliang from Anhui.

Tao Chengzhang has the reputation of a revolutionary predecessor, and has a strong Guangfu Army and a death squad, Li Yuanhong occupies the reputation of Shouyi, the Hubei New Army has also been tempered in the bloody battle with the Beiyang Army, Chai Dongliang has a sailor in hand, and the vast Yangtze River comes and goes freely.

"Governor, what about those chamber of commerce people?" Fang Qingyu tiptoed in, Chai Dongliang didn't notice it at all, and suddenly heard him speak and was startled.

Chai Dongliang frowned and said, "Why are you so elusive!" ”

Fang Qingyu said expressionlessly: "Governor, the day after tomorrow is the founding ceremony, you must set off tomorrow, how do these people from the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce fall, please give instructions to the governor!" ”

The corner of Chai Dongliang's mouth picked out a chuckle: "They colluded with bandits and killed Sun Dudu in a vain attempt to subvert the revolutionary political axe, this crime is not light!" ”

Fang Qingyu nodded and said, "What does the governor mean by shooting them all?" ”

Chai Dongliang gave him a hairy chestnut on the other hand, and said in a tone of hatred that iron is not steel: "You pig brains?" What's the benefit of killing them? ”

"Then let them go?"

Chai Dongliang sneered: "It's not that cheap!" ”

Through the belly, Gao Ming and Fang Qingyu could also hear the crackling sound of Chai Dongliang's stomach making a small abacus!