Chapter Ninety-Three: Revolution

Nanjing Presidential Office Office of the Chief of the Army: "Brother Guanghua, I have heard of the name for a long time, but I have not had a chance to meet you!" Today I finally met our big hero, sit down! Although Huang Xing is already the army chief of the temporary political axe, he is reckless and arrogant, and he is reluctant to let go when he sees Chai Dongliang holding his hand.

Chai Dongliang was also the first time to see the No. 2 person of the temporary political axe, and the legendary idol suddenly stood in front of him, which made him a little cramped.

Since the 33rd year of Guangxu, Huang Xing personally commanded nine uprisings, although because the Qing court was not exhausted, each time it was a failure, but this heroic spirit, who can compare? The most legendary is the uprising in Changsha, after the defeat Huang Xing fled into the Mingde Public School where he once taught, and the governor of Hunan chased him with a large army, and was about to fall into the mouth of the tiger. The professors of Mingde Public School were not afraid of danger and protected Huang Xing, and several old scholars who were powerless rushed out of the gate and scolded at the governor of Hunan: "You Tartar lackey, you have lost the face of the Han people!" ”

The Hunan Admiral blushed and had a thick neck, and even left a cruel sentence: "Lao Tzu is a Han, not a lackey of the Tartars!" Don't think that there is only one Huang Keqiang in Hunan who is a hero, and Lao Tzu is not a coward! With that, he walked away with the soldiers. Sure enough, as soon as the gunshots rang out at the head of Wuchang City, the Admiral immediately led his troops to revolt.

The reason why the Xinhai Revolution was able to advocate chaos in the world was precisely the result of the armed uprising and propaganda and agitation of Sun Wen, Huang Xing and others for decades. Not only did the students admire the revolution, but even the officials of the New Army and the Manchu Qing Dynasty admired them. On the day when the gun rang out in Wuchang City, it was just a ripe melon. Every time a dozen people seven or eight days ago, the grasshopper shook the tree-like uprising, seemingly foolish, but with sky-high pride and unshakable will.

How many people are willing to do such stupid things? At least Chai Dongliang thought to himself that he wouldn't do it. Sun Wen and Huang Xing are both smart people, and smart people do stupid things, which is really admirable!

"I came this time and brought you a few catties of Maofeng from Huangshan, I don't know if it suits the taste of the chief." Chai Dongliang waved his hand, and the guards sent two bamboo tea baskets.

In addition to reporting the situation in Nanjing, Kuang Haishan's telegram also specially reminded Chai Dongliang to bring a few catties of good tea to Huang Xing.

Huang Xing laughed and said: "It's really hard for you to bother, I just said it casually, you still take it seriously!" Anyway, you're welcome, just reached out and took it, then opened the paper envelope and took out a handful, and made two cups of tea.

Before the Ming Dynasty, Mao Feng was put in the glass, excited by the hot water, fluttering in the cup, it was very good-looking, and a fragrant fragrance also floated out Huang Xing smelled intoxicated: "The shape is like a bird's tongue, the color is like ivory, and the white is dense, it is really a good tea!" After a while, I will send a basket to the president, and I will borrow flowers to offer the Buddha! Then he smiled mysteriously and said, "The president also drinks boiled water." ”

Chai Dongliang was moved, Sun Wen and Huang Xing were already the president and army chief of the provisional political axe, and they were reluctant to buy even two taels of tea! The leader of a country is admirable for his incorruptibility and high moral character, but this also shows how difficult the financial situation of the temporary political axe has become.

It is rumored that the Provisional Political Axe's finances have gone bankrupt, which should not be groundless.

Chai Dongliang endured the excitement in his heart, and said with a smile: "The president and the general and deputy governors, each of them has ten catties of fine Ming Dynasty tea, as well as two thousand catties of salted meat, two thousand catties of lotus root and 50,000 pine flower eggs and other local products, for all colleagues to taste." In addition, there are ten jars of old wine, which I personally gave to the chief and is not included in the public expense. ”

Huang Xing was overjoyed: "Brother Guanghua, you asked Captain Kuang to bring a million money last time, and this time you personally sent another million, and there are so many sustenances, you say, how can I thank you!" ”

Chai Dongliang smiled indifferently and said: "A little local product is nothing, the money I sent is the tax paid by Anhui to the temporary political axe, which should have been shared, and I can't afford a thank you word from the chief." ”

Huang Xing was speechless with excitement, the finances of the provisional political axe had collapsed, and the monthly expenditure was more than 2 million, but the income was less than 500,000 yuan. The governors of all provinces refused to pay the taxes, and they also brought a large number of people's troops to Nanjing to eat big households, and Western countries also refused to borrow.

"Guanghua, if the governors of the provinces are like you, why is the temporary political axe so difficult, why should we negotiate peace with Yuan Shikai? The Northern Expedition went straight to Yanjing, and how happy it was to sweep the caves in the Manchu Plough Court now, hey! Huang Xing slapped his palm on the table, and let out a long sigh with endless sadness.

As expected, Sun Wen, Huang Xing and others were not willing to let Yuan Shikai choose a ready-made cheap, but the finances were exhausted and unsustainable, so they had to compromise. It is precisely because of his unwillingness that he will restrain Yuan Shikai in every way. In the final analysis, there was still extreme distrust of the former Manchu bureaucracy headed by Yuan Shikai.

Chinese have always liked to beat water dogs, and the overlord of Chu released Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet, which was laughed at by later generations for two thousand years.

Chai Dongliang was reluctant to delve into it, and said calmly: "Chief Chief, I came to Nanjing this time because of two important things, the first is to find out what happened between our Anhui Revolutionary Army and the Jiangxi People's Army, and whether there is a misunderstanding in it. I brought a few forensic doctors and criminal investigators and asked them to help assist in the investigation, I wonder if the chief can agree? ”

Huang Xing nodded and said: "Of course this is okay, your people and Li Xiaru (Li Liejun Zixiaru) have all been imprisoned in the prison of the gendarmerie, and they have been interrogated for several days. This matter is an internal issue of the Army, and I can call the shots. You can go and investigate, and then turn back and hand over the evidence to the military court. ”

Chai Dong nodded and said: "Okay, there is another thing, Li Zhichang, the manager of the Nanjing branch of Guanghua Bank, heard that he was also arrested by the military police, he is a well-behaved businessman and has nothing to do with the infighting of the army, please let him go." ”

Huang Xing shook his head and said categorically: "This is absolutely not good!" His question was whether it was implicated in the military infighting, but his refusal to accept the military tickets issued by the Provisional Political Axe. ”

Chai Dongliang realized that he had been making trouble for a long time because of this to arrest Li Zhichang. Chai Dongliang said with a pleasant face: "Chief Mingjian, this military ticket is not recognized in the world, how dare the bank accept it?" ”

Huang Xing put on a straight face and said: "The military ticket is issued by the political axe, which represents the authority of the political axe, and whoever dares to refuse to accept it is a businessman and a counterrevolutionary!" I heard that Guanghua Bank, you are the major shareholder, as a revolutionary soldier, you have to set an example for the people. After that, he felt that his tone was a little heavier, patted Chai Dongliang's shoulder, and said seriously: "Guanghua, you are still young and have a great future, don't make a mistake about yourself!" ”

Chai Dongliang's fire arched all at once, the temporary political axe is too much, is this military ticket considered money? That's paper! And he knew that Li Zhichang was his own person, and he arrested him because of this incident, he simply didn't take Lao Tzu seriously!

Thinking of the huge amount of money he gave to the temporary political axe several times, Chai Dongliang's distressed blood! What a piece of fat mutton, actually fed to the dogs!

"Chief, I would like to ask, how much gold, silver, pounds, and dollars are in the treasury when the temporary political axe found military tickets?"

"Why do you ask this? This is a political axe's secret. ”

Chai Dongliang sneered: "I'm afraid I don't have a dollar, right?" There is no hard currency reserve of a dollar, but the military tickets are forcibly discovered, and this kind of waste paper with no credit at all is exchanged for hard currency and materials from the hands of the common people, how is this different from the robber kidnapping tickets? ”

As soon as the words came out, Chai Dongliang felt that the words were too intense, but the words he said were like water splashed out, and it was difficult to collect them.

Huang Xing was choked by the top for a while, and after a long time, the green tendons on his neck jumped up, and shouted: "You actually compared the temporary political axe to a robber, do you still have a little consciousness of a revolutionary soldier?" This is counter-revolutionary rhetoric! ”

Seeing that Huang Xing had put himself on the line, Chai Dongliang was also annoyed, and glared at Huang Xing without showing weakness and shouted: "The purpose of the revolution is to let 40,000 compatriots live a good life, not to rob other people's wealth to help their own poverty!" ”

Huang Xing didn't expect Chai Dongliang to straighten his neck and stiffen himself like this, and slammed the table angrily: "Who do you say is a robber, you make it clear!" ”

Chai Dongliang stiffly replied: "Whoever takes a military ticket that is too hard to wipe his ass paper to rob the people is a robber." ”

Huang Xing didn't expect that the little white-faced governor on the other side was not afraid of himself at all, and he was sharp-tongued, and said after a while: "Aren't all the governors of all provinces issuing banknotes on their own territory, are everyone robbers?" ”

Chai Dongliang said coldly: "A raccoon dog on a hill, a nest of snakes and rats." ”

"You, you're so bold!" Huang Xing slapped his palm on the table and shouted: "Didn't you also find the banknotes, so you are also a robber?" ”

Chai Dongliang also slapped the table on the ground: "The banknotes issued by Guanghua Bank can be exchanged for US dollars and silver dollars at any time, and if the military tickets can also be freely exchanged, how can the people not recognize them?" Taking waste paper to exchange things for ordinary people is that although the robbers of the Manchu Qing court are bastards, they don't dare to do such a lack of morality! ”

Who wouldn't slap the table, but I used a little more force, and my hand hurt terribly! Chai Dongliang gasped, not knowing if there was a bone crack.

Huang Xing's eyes were cracking, and his fingers almost poked Chai Dongliang's forehead: "You, you, you actually said that the political axe is not as good as the Manchu Qing?" This is a blatant counter-revolutionary act, and I will remove you from your post as governor of Anhui and arrest you now! ”

Chai Dongliang was also stunned, and after a while, he sneered: "I, the governor, was elected by the members of the Anhui Legislative Bureau, not appointed by your army chief, what right do you have to remove me?" ”

Revolution is a common tea and rice in the home of Chinese history. Since the third generation of Tang Yu, there have been no less than thirty or forty emperors, and they have been reformed for thirty or forty times. It's like a red-faced man on the stage fooling around for a while and being beaten down by a yellow-faced person; The black-faced man fooled around for a while, and was beaten down by a flower-faced man again. In the name of the revolution, the reality of the change of dynasty was also in Anqing, Yang Shiqi's words shook his head and suddenly jumped out of the depths of Chai Dongliang's memory.

Chai Dongliang was puzzled, could it be that the Xinhai Revolution, like those revolutions in history, was nothing more than a farce of changing the dynasty?

Huang Xing felt that there was indeed something wrong with his words, he licked his dry lips with his tongue and said: "I don't have this power, the president does, I will let the president remove you from your position, and then punish you!" ”

Chai Dongliang stared straight at Huang Xing's eyes, and looked at him a little hairy, and after a while, Chai Dongliang said slowly: "Don't use this kind of political axe, since you can revolutionize and overthrow the Manchu Dynasty, I can call on the people to make a second revolution and overthrow you, a robber political axe!" ”

This time, Chai Dongliang's words were very calm, but his tone was resolute and resolute, and there was a trace of imperceptible sadness.

(To be continued)