In the office of the Military Advisory Office, Gao Chuguan pointed to a copy of the "Declaration" that had just been printed and read: "Since Hu Hanmin, the governor of Guangdong, has been in charge of Guangdong, the officials and people of Guangdong Province have written to the central government??? Hunan Governor Tan Yanmin is incompetent for his duties, and the people's livelihood in Hunan Province is still frequent, so he is now removed from all his duties, and Vice President Li Yuanhong is acting as the governor of Hunan Province! ”

Chai Dongliang looked at the telegram in the newspaper and couldn't help sneering: "Why is there no excuse for the crime you want to add?" It's not false to be unpopular and incompetent, but the most important thing is to disobey the central government, right? Lao Yuan, this is ready to fight! removed Hu Hanmin but promoted Chen Jiongming, this is burying nails, and removing Tan Yanmin to let Li Yuanhong concurrently serve is mixed with sand???? Lao Yuan is just like this, when Rong Lu was the Minister of Beiyang, he dealt with Li Hongzhang's old routine. ”

Gao Chuguan frowned and said: "Yuan Shikai sharpened his sword Huo Huo is bound to go to war, but how can he transfer the Beiyang Army to the south?" As long as we hold the waterway of the Yangtze River, he will want to transport every soldier and soldier! ”

Chai Dongliang also scratched his head: "Yes, I haven't figured this out all along!" Forget it, don't think about it, let's just tie up the fence and take care of our own vegetable garden. ”

"Dudu, you say, if you really want to fight, what will be the situation?" Gao Chuguan asked.

Chai Dongliang laughed: "Mr. Xiang Yuan is taking the school to test me!" Okay, look at me, a primary school student, who passed the exam??? I'll put the words here first, as long as we don't interfere, once the war starts, Yuan Shikai will inevitably march forward, the people will eat pot pulp to welcome the king, Sun Wen and Huang Xing will flee in embarrassment, and the rule of the Kuomintang in the south will collapse in an instant! ”

Gao Chuguan grinned and said: "I guess it's the same, at the beginning of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai revoked the positions of Hu Hanmin and Tan Yanmin in the name of the Central Committee, and the Kuomintang will definitely not be arrested, but if it raises troops to resist the Central Committee, it will give Yuan Shikai an excuse to crusade." Crusade against the localities with the central government, and fight against the rebels with the Shun??? Yuan Shikai's strength is superior and justifiable, Sun Wen is probably choking this time. ”

Chai Dongliang smiled coldly and said: "I don't think there is anything great about Yuan Shikai's occupation of the central government, the strength of this thing can be transformed, the real problem is that the Kuomintang is engaged in the southern provinces, several Kuomintang governors scrape the ground three feet high, the party and bandits have become local leaders, the common people are eager to eat their flesh and sleep on their skin, the Kuomintang army is fighting with the Beiyang Army in front, and the people rebel later, is there still a way to fight this battle?"

You just say let's take Jiangxi, is that a war? Before the soldiers arrived, the common people of Jiangxi seized the yamen, opened the city gate, beat gongs and drums to welcome our Jianghuai army??? If Yuan Shikai wants to fight us, I will dare to shoot the people of Anhui and Jiangxi, and we will fight with Beiyang for ten years and eight years, and see who has consumed whom! Did the Kuomintang learn this set? Was Li Liejun okay before? Are Tan Yanmin and Hu Hanmin doing it now? If the common people have guns, they will definitely hit them first, these bastards! ”

Gao Chuguan deeply agreed: "Yes, our people in Anhui and Jiangxi have divided the fields, and the dolls don't need money to study, and they can also share two catties of meat and a pot of wine during the New Year's Festival, and the people can also get a part of the money from selling minerals in the future, who wants to snatch these things away from them, it's no wonder that the people don't work hard!" ”

Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "That's the truth, in peacetime, I knock on the bones and suck the marrow of the people, but when I am in danger, I want the people to defend myself, where is there such a cheap thing in the world?" If we really fight, we can take advantage of the fishermen! Jiangxi and Anhui divide the fields and land, and the people of the southern provinces have long been red-eyed! It's time to harvest the good reputation we've sown over the year??? The people eat pot pulp to welcome the king, this king doesn't necessarily have to be the Beiyang Army, right? Maybe it's our JAC Army! ”

Gao Chuguan said with a smile: "If that's really the case, we can confront the north and south of Beiyang, and we don't know who belongs in this world!" ”

Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "To be honest, I really don't want to fight now, Chinese fight Chinese, and it is not glorious to win!" But the form is compelling, and sometimes I can't help but be myself if I don't want to participate! ”

The two of them were studying the current situation when they heard the sound of leather boots stepping on the ground outside.

"Report!" The adjutant shouted outside.

"Enter!"

"Yanjing Zheng axe emergency electricity."

Chai Dongliang took it and took a look at it and handed it to Gao Chuguan: "Mr. Xiang Yuan, Xu Shuzheng came to Anqing at this time, is he here to be a lobbyist?" ”

Gao Chuguan took it and looked at it, and said disdainfully: "It is estimated that he wants us to let go of the Yangtze River waterway and let the Beiyang Army enter the south, joke, 100,000 Beiyang troops enter the south of the Yangtze River, and we have to sleep with our eyes open from now on!" However, this Goodnow seems to be a foreigner's name, what is he doing, why did he come to Anqing with him. ”

Chai Dongliang shook his head and said: "I don't know, it is estimated that it is the foreign consultant of Beiyang, come here, go and invite Mr. Gu Weijun." ”

??? Dividing line ???

The sun is blazing in Zhongnanhai Huairentang, and it is just May, and the weather is hot and disturbing. Inside the house, the American Hoyla fan "hummed" and sent out hot flashes. A small artificial fountain in the middle of the flower hall brings out a little coolness.

Yuan Shikai was dressed in a light gray summer cool cloth robe, leaning on a white Western chair, the hem of the robe was lifted and rested on the back of the chair, and the two broom eyebrows on his chubby face were straight and twisted. At this moment, his feet are soaked in the basin, the water temperature should not be low, the room is so stuffy, and you can see white smoke rising. A sixteen or seventeen-year-old maid was pouring hot water into the mahogany footbasin with a baroque silver kettle, and when she was done, she carefully tested the temperature with her hands.

"Brother Kikuren, you can also taste it, this coffee from Java is good! Keding, you go on. Yuan Shikai stretched comfortably, and then reached out to pick up a cup of steaming coffee on the coffee table next to him.

Xu Shichang said with a smile: "I still like to drink tea, this coffee smells of chicken manure." ”

Yuan Shikai snorted, squirted out a sip of coffee, pointed at Xu Shichang's nose and scolded with a smile: "Brother Juren, you really don't spit dirty words when you scold people!" Anyway, I'm not used to this chicken dung, this is still what I learned from Li Zhongtang back then, he was born in Hanlin but has been a horse all his life, and he didn't say anything about Chinese and foreign knowledge! I can't learn, come here, make me a cup of jasmine. ”

Then he waved his hand at the maid, and the maid dried his feet with a white towel, Yuan Shikai put on his shoes and said: "This person is old, so he starts with his feet, and now he always feels bored to walk!" If you don't soak in hot water three or five times a day, you will feel sore in your legs and feet! ”

Xu Shichang also smiled bitterly: "It's not! Back then, I accompanied you to practice the truth of the new army at the small station, and I didn't feel tired when the moon was in the west, but now I can't breathe when I take two more steps. ”

Yuan Keding took a copy of "Shuntian Newspaper" to read the newspaper to Yuan Shikai, he was thirty-five or sixteen years old, tall and beautiful. He was wearing a green shirt, the pulp was washed without half a wrinkle, he was five feet eight or nine, with a thin and well-proportioned body, fair cheeks, slender eyes with a bit of a woman's charming feeling, thin lips, clean chin shaving, no stubble in sight, giving people a feeling of beauty with a middle surname, and he could be regarded as a plump and turbid son, but one leg is long and one leg is short, which is a bit of a ruin image.

Yuan Shikai had many wives and concubines in his life, and more than 20 children, and at that time in the transition era, Yuan Shikai got married at the age of seventeen. married Yu's wife, two years later, Yuan Keding was born, he is not only Yuan Shikai's eldest son, but also the only one born in Yu's family.

After Yuan Shikai arrived in North Korea, he successively added many concubines and gave birth to many children, but these younger brothers and sisters are very different from Yuan Keding's age, for example, the second son Yuan Kewen is twelve years younger than Yuan Shikai, so Yuan Shikai of course looks at Yuan Keding differently and cultivates good students. Yuan Keding has followed Yuan Shikai since he was a child, no matter whether Yuan Shikai is stationed in North Korea or a small station to train troops, or the governor of Shandong and the governor of Zhili, Yuan Keding has never left a step.

Speaking of Yuan Keding, it can be regarded as a dignified appearance, a talent, and a change from his father's image of a short figure and a martial artist. When Yuan Shikai was an official in the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Keding also worked in the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry and Commerce, and was later promoted to Youcheng, and later because Yuan Shikai was driven out of Yanjing and returned to Huanshui to fish, Yuan Keding also returned home with his father. Last year, Yuan Keding accidentally fell and injured himself when riding a horse in his hometown in Henan, and fell into the root of the disease because of the untimely treatment, and walked a little lame, which made Yuan Shikai also sad.

"Father, Xu Xue'er of "Minli Daily" published an article saying, 'Now that it is said that it is the Republic of China, and if Gou seeks chaos for the Republic of China, he is isolating himself from the country, and the crime is unforgivable. That is, the political axe is evil, and the law and the Congress should eventually have the ability to solve it, and there is no need to plot chaos to disturb the common people. Therefore, the matter of plotting chaos is regarded by the businessmen and the people, and it is also known that it is abandoned'" Yuan Keding picked up another newspaper and read.

Yuan Shikai's eyes widened suddenly, and he said in surprise: "Who, Xu Xue'er?" Is that Song Jiaoren's friend, named Xu Xue'er? ”

"Father, that's him!"

Yuan Shikai laughed: "Okay, even he opposes the Kuomintang to make trouble, what the people want, what the people want!" ”

Yuan Keding was also very excited: "Father, there is still this!" General Cai Yi, deputy chief instructor of the Model Regiment, delivered a public speech, in which General Cai said: "The Song case should be punished by law, so the outcome of the trial will be determined by law." Let's ask about the current situation of our country, the weak breath is the only one left, and the people and gentlemen of the state will work together, and they will be flawless to save each other, how can they be in the same room and call themselves to split! Whoever is the culprit is the enemy. If someone makes an attack, it should be regarded as a public enemy of the whole country.'"

Yuan Shikai often breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Cai Songpo is a general knowledge, and he deserves to be Mr. Liang Qichao's proud disciple!" ”

Yuan Keding picked out a playful smile at the corner of his mouth: "Father, there is another person who is also propagandized in the newspaper, opposing the separatism in the south, and he is the elder of the Alliance!" ”

"Who? Hurry up and say, the rabbit cub has learned to sell off! Yuan Shikai was in a good mood, sitting on the chair and swaying back and forth.

Yuan Keding said with a smile: "Mr. Liang Shuming said in a public speech, 'It is very clear now that what is on the outside is the situation of the martial forces. As for the reasons for the encouragement of this kind of martial power, we cannot but blame the revolutionary ancestors, who, in any case, did not use the methods of the second revolution. The Second Revolution was really the beginning of political struggle with force. From now on, anyone who wants to be politically active will always go to the door of the martial arts, and the authority of the martial artists will grow step by step, and if this form is allowed to spread, the Republic of China will be in danger! ”

Xu Shichang patted the table and applauded: "Okay, Sun Wen and Huang Xing advocate what they want to carry out the 'second revolution', but even the elders of the League are against it??? All betrayed and left, all betrayed and left! Comfort Pavilion, this opportunity to dominate the world has arrived! ”

Yuan Shikai snorted and said: "Sun Wen, this guy has no other skills except for mischief, these guys control the local finances, Lao Tzu can't even see a copper plate, and the country can't survive a day without borrowing foreign money." Sun Wen is also shameless enough, he controls the financial power in the south and refuses to let go, but he says that the political axe should not be borrowed??? Fuck, if they are willing to hand over the local finances to the central government, the eight lambs will borrow money from foreigners! I don't know that foreign money is hot? Now they are spurned by the whole country, and they deserve it! ”

Xu Shichang nodded and said: "The current form is similar to the Kangxi Dynasty, Hu Hanmin in Guangdong, Tan Yanmin in Hunan, and Chai Dongliang who controls the four provinces, it is like the three feudatories, as long as they are cut off, the world will be stable!" Sun Wen's advocacy of the 'second revolution' this time has attracted the attention of the whole world, and his meritorious deeds and reputation in advocating the republic will also be lost??? In this world, it is time to settle down. ”

Yuan Keding was obviously in a very good mood, and his excited eyes lit up: "If Sun Wen and the others can be cut off this time, my father's prestige will be like Zhongtian, and no one can shake it!" ”

Yuan Shikai raised his eyebrows: "Three feudatories? That Chai Dongliang is the strongest Wu Sangui, and Sun Wen is the third prince of Zhu, but now it seems that this Wu Sangui and the third prince of Zhu are not of the same mind. However, he controls the waterway of the Yangtze River, which is really a big trouble, Xu Shuzheng went to Anqing to lobby Chai Dongliang to Yanjing to be the prime minister of this cabinet, I said that Xu Shuzheng is delusional, in this troubled world, if you have a gun, you are the king of grass, who is stupid enough to hand over the military power to be this empty prime minister? ”

Xu Shichang also remembered this very realistic question: "Yes, the Yangtze River Naval Division is isolated from the north and the south, if Chai Dongliang is united, our Beiyang Army will really not be able to get by." ”

Yuan Keding smiled: "Father, if Chai Dongliang goes against us, he is not afraid that the 18,000 people in Manchuria and Mongolia will be eaten by our Beiyang?" ”

Yuan Shikai shook his head and said: "The land is vast and sparsely populated, and the first division of the Jianghuai Army is all cavalry, so how easy is it for our Beiyang Labor Division to go on an expedition to eat his 18,000 people!" Don't get into a scratch if the fox doesn't fight, don't count! ”

Yuan Keding's eyes rolled: "Father, if you beat Sun Wen and them, you don't necessarily have to transfer the troops from the north, don't we already have 20,000 people in Hubei?" ”

"Joke, how can 20,000 people be enough?" Yuan Shikai touched his bald head and said.

Yuan Keding smiled indifferently: "Father, when Mr. Xingcheng was leaving, he left me a clever plan, saying that as long as my father acted according to the plan, he could pacify Sun Wen's chaotic party in one fell swoop!" ”

(To be continued)