The world war is over!

This war has nothing to do with justice, nothing to do with morality, but only a general outbreak when the contradictions between the great powers have developed to the point where they are irreconcilable.

The great powers suffered heavy losses, even the United States, which was the last to enter the war, although they were well rewarded.

And there is one person, from the very beginning of the outbreak of the European war, who made up his mind to make a big profit.

This person's name is Wang Hengyue!

How much money he made in this war has always been a secret. Only once after drinking did he say something to his closest subordinates:

"You can arm many, many divisions"

Money is not the most important thing, the most important thing is the talent and equipment that were poached from the defeated country Germany!

These are things that cannot be exchanged for money.

At this time, Wang Hengyue was full of spirit, holding the five southwestern provinces and looking at the world. Yanjing, you fight with me, and it is a mess, but he is gradually completing the preparations for the Northern Expedition here.

Holding a letter from distant Europe in his hand, Wang Hengyue smiled faintly.

It was a letter from his "good friend" Conwell S. Pitt.

Pete did a really nice job in Europe. "The Miracle of Mippens", "The Insurmountable Pete", "The Miracle Maker", all these gorgeous names came to the young American lad.

That's good, and it's one step closer to my plan

Everything always has to come little by little, and there is no hurry, and for Pete, it is like a huge building, which has just laid a foundation

"Generalissimo, the parliamentarians have arrived."

Wang Hengyue nodded, sorted out his military uniform, and slowly left his office and came to the new congress hall.

Applause erupted, and the councillors stood up.

At this time, the congress was very different from when Wang Hengyue took over. The Sun Wen Department, the Political Science Department, and the Yiyou Department have all been expelled by Wang Hengyue by different means. Even the former speaker Wu Jinglan and vice speaker Chu Fucheng also stepped down because of the corruption [***] case.

The current members of the National Assembly were specially selected by Wang Hengyue in accordance with the extraordinary laws in extraordinary times.

From this point of view, Wang Hengyue is very grateful to Sun Wen, if he hadn't come up with an "extraordinary congress", he would not have himself later, and used the word "extraordinary" everywhere as the best excuse.

Since Sun Wen stepped down, he was still advocating his set of "ideals" at the beginning, calling for the overthrow of warlords large and small, including Wang Hengyue.

But there are three things that are essential to do this kind of thing: prestige, money, and the army.

Money and army Sun Wen did not have, and prestige? After a series of blows in Guangzhou, Sun Wen's prestige was somewhat weakened. However, Wang Hengyue took advantage of this opportunity to let his prestige climb to a new peak.

In particular, a series of new policies implemented by his five southwestern provinces can be said to be very popular in terms of education, economy, and people's livelihood.

You help the people do good deeds, how can the people forget you?

Wang Hengyue's series of preferential policies for attaching importance to the economy and encouraging economic development have also won the support of the industrial and commercial circles. At a previous congress of the industrial and commercial circles of the five provinces, Wang Hengyue personally attended and put forward the slogan of "a strong country through education and a rich country with an economy".

The previous harsh taxes on the heads of the businessmen have been canceled, and a series of policies have allowed them to get the greatest benefits, of course, the business community is willing to support such a leader, the common people and the gentry class have already stood on Wang Hengyue's side, and Yanjing has come up with a "Anfu Congress", so an idea that has been planned for a long time can finally be realized!

The applause stopped, and Wang Hengyue sat down. Nodding at the new speaker Wang Qinglu, Wang Qinglu opened his mouth and said:

"The phenomenon of the coexistence of the two political axes of the North and the South has existed for a long time. Yanjing, Anfu Congress officially elected Xu Shichang as the president of The Republic of China, replacing acting President Feng Guozhang. However, Wu Peifu, a direct general, sent a telegram in Hengyang on September 13 saying that he would not recognize the presidential election of the Anfu Congress. The Anfu Club secretly planned to elect Cao Kun as vice president, but was boycotted by the research department, the old transportation department, and some members of the Anfu department, and the vice presidential campaign was aborted due to the lack of quorum

After the birth of the Anfu Congress, our military and political axes were resolutely opposed. This parliament cannot represent the political axe, and the elected president, Xu Shichang, cannot represent the country. The Yanjing political axe is neither legal nor popular.

Parliamentarians, the time is urgent, and it is imperative to seize the time to pave the way for the Northern Expedition. I request that Congress elect a real president as soon as possible, and I hereby submit this bill for the approval of all members! ”

Great President!

The great president of the South!

When the proposal came out, the 220 parliamentarians barely gave it a second thought and quickly responded to it with applause!

In 1918, on November 18, the 7th year of the Republic of China, the Guangzhou Revolutionary Army and Political Axe Extraordinary Congress passed Wang Qinglu's proposal and agreed to elect the president.

On November 20, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Extraordinary Session of the Extraordinary Congress held a joint meeting, attended by 220 members, who first voted to approve the outline of the political organization of the Republic of China, and on the 22nd, the Extraordinary Congress elected the President in accordance with Article 2 of the outline.

Wang Hengyue, the generalissimo of the revolutionary army and political axe of the Guangzhou Protector Revolution, was unanimously elected as the extraordinary president. At that time, the extraordinary congress announced to the whole country that Wang Hengyue was elected as the extraordinary president:

"Diplomacy is urgent, civil strife has erupted, Yanjing political axe has admitted that it is illegal, canceled its pseudo political axe qualification, the Republic of China both internal and external, can not but set up a formal political axe, this is said to convene an extraordinary session of the National Assembly in Guangzhou, to resolve the outline of the Republic of China's political axe organization, and in accordance with the second article of the outline, the president shall be elected by the extraordinary session of the National Assembly, and the person who has won half of the total number of votes shall be elected, and Wang Hengyue will be elected as the president of the Republic of China."

President, Wang Hengyue!

Although from generalissimo to president, it is just a different name, but this title has given Wang Hengyue the most legitimate political identity.

The education associations, peasant associations, and chambers of commerce and industry of the five provinces jointly sent a telegram to support Wang Hengyue's election as the president of the very large congress. Later, the military generals of the National Revolutionary Army also sent a joint telegram to support the National Assembly election and the leadership of the president!

On 26 November, the military and political axes were abolished, Wang Hengyue was inaugurated as the president and generalissimo of the army, navy, and air force in Guangzhou, and hundreds of thousands of people in Guangzhou held a warm and grand welcoming ceremony.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Wang Qinglu, speaker of the National Assembly, went to the presidential palace to present the certificate of election to Wang Hengyue, and at 9:30 o'clock held a sealing ceremony in the ceremonial hall of the National Assembly, with Wang Qinglu, the speaker of the National Assembly, as the chairman, after Wang Hengyue took the oath of office, the chairman handed Wang Hengyue with the presidential seal, and then addressed Wang Hengyue:

"Change the course and change the track, in order to seek peace, to achieve flexibility, and to seek reunification. The previous military and political axe, the power is not specialized, but to seek a thorough transformation to formulate the organizational outline of the Republic of China, elect the public as the president, unify the Republic of China as soon as possible, and rebuild the republic I would like to send a ribbon to the president of the Republic of China. ”

Wang Hengyue was officially inaugurated as a very big president! This was followed by an internal declaration and an external declaration.

In the internal declaration, Wang Hengyue said: "Wang Hengyue is entrusted by the National Assembly to be elected as the president of the Republic of China, and he is hereby inaugurated to inform the people of the country that they will work wholeheartedly to reunify the country and bring peace to the people." Maintain international equality, strengthen the country, and strengthen the nation! ”

In the foreign declaration, Wang Hengyue said:

"Since June 1917, when the National Assembly was illegally dissolved, there was no legal political axe in Yanjing, and the National Assembly was the only legal representative organ of all provinces and regions in the country. Wang Hengyue can't sit back and watch the critical autumn of the Republic of China, pity his own strength, and don't help. I am determined to do my best and serve my people with all my might."

Wang Hengyue immediately issued personnel appointments after taking office as the president of the Republic of China:

Minister of Foreign Affairs Ng Dinh Fong; Chief Financial Officer Tang Siu-yee; Chief of Civil Affairs Chen Jiongming; Chief of the Navy Cheng Biguang; Jiang Baili, the chief of the army, concurrently served as the chief of staff

On the 27th, Wang Hengyue called Xu Shichang, the president elected by Yanjing, to persuade him to go down:

"With the talent of the king, standing in the dynasty of the [***] monarch, as a servant, he still can't spread it, and the Republic of China is important? The world's open-boiled politics is not something you have tasted or heard, and why China implements open-boiled politics is not something you can understand. rashly accepted this heavy responsibility, and extravagantly did not care"

The confrontation between the two political axes of the north and the south has officially appeared!

Both sides called each other "puppet political axes" and issued crusade orders, but such crusade orders were limited to verbal always.

There was a rare silence on this from the Great Powers. They are waiting to see who can really defeat whom, who can really gain the rights of the whole of China.

However, it is clear that the great powers are more optimistic about Wang Hengyue's southern political axe. In addition to the "traditional" "friendship" between Wang Hengyue and them, what is more important is the strong military strength that Wang Hengyue holds in his hands.

On different occasions, the United States, Britain, and France have successively expressed to Wang Hengyue their goodwill toward the political axe in the south, and expressed their willingness to give Wang Hengyue the necessary help when he reunifies China by force.

Of course, this is only what the United States, Britain and France mean. On the other hand, it is to continue to firmly support the Beiyang political axe. Therefore, the contest between the two political axes of the north and the south is actually a contest between the European and American powers and the European and American powers.

Whoever can win will be able to secure his country's interests in China and the Far East as a whole.

And for Wang Hengyue, the opportunity for the Northern Expedition is getting closer and closer, and now, he just needs to wait for the last opportunity to come, and then, he can shout those two words with great energy:

Northern expedition!

(To be continued)