The Xihou Bureau is a new yamen that appeared at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and it is convenient for local governors to write jade officials outside the small "for the purpose of business, and this yamen has both military and financial power." It is one of the results of the decline of Zhu Zhongshu's power. Only by being in charge of both military power and financial power is in charge. Only those feudal officials are qualified to fight against the central court. One of the purposes of the Qing court's new policy was to change this status quo and strengthen the central power, but the Qing court's move did not achieve much effect, but further strengthened the centrifugal tendency in the localities.

Because of the special situation in the aftermath, the local officials all attach great importance to it, and always give priority to it in all aspects, and even the government office is more magnificent than other yamen.

The Republican Army's officers' club was rebuilt from the Mulai Beibei Aftermath Bureau, and although it covers a small area, the buildings in the yamen are very new, and there are several small Western-style buildings. After the IRA takeover. The small Western-style building became a conference room, and the side rooms next to the front and back gardens were converted into tea rooms and chess and card rooms for the recreation of the officers.

In the back garden of the "Tianzi No. 1" tea word. A group of cadres of the League and the Liberation Society are resting. While sipping tea and pastries, I enjoyed the silent movie.

The content of the film is a record of the day of the abdication of the Qing Dynasty when he left the Xingbi Forbidden City, because only the Republican Army sent a film team in the country at that time, so only the film in the hands of the Republican Army Political Propaganda Committee is the most complete, and because the post-production of the film has not yet been completed, this documentary has not been released to the public, only screened internally, and the people who have seen this documentary are basically soldiers.

Although they participated in the anti-Qing revolution, the cadres of the League and the Restoration Society only knew about the Forbidden City only limited to the records of foreigners, and it was also exciting to see this building complex symbolizing the imperial power through the movie, especially the film team not only carried out plane photography, but also put the camera on a high place to take a bird's-eye view of the imperial city, which is quite advanced even if it is taken abroad.

The tearoom erupted in applause and cheers from time to time, and when I saw the sedan chair of the Manchu Emperor walking out of the imperial city, the atmosphere of the scene reached its peak, and the current affairs speaker in charge of the film played the song with a gramophone in a timely manner, which was the French national anthem "La Marseillaise". It is more in tune with the atmosphere of the scene.

After the song was broadcast, the movie also reached the end, and the military flag in the picture was displayed, which was the flag of the Republican Army, and the four "iron-blooded republics" on it were very eye-catching.

As the concubine's curtain was played, the electric lights in the tea room turned on, and the movie officially ended.

While the audience was cheering and coaxing the projectionist to play the electric shrug again, an officer had already entered the tearoom, stood by the door, and shouted: "The commander-in-chief has arrived!" ”

The tearoom fell silent as the audience stood up and looked at the door.

"Hehe, are you all having fun? It's just a small part of the documentary, and we've all filmed the palaces in the Forbidden City, even the emperor's toilet, so if you stay here a few more times, you'll be able to see the full set of documentaries. When the documentary is finished, you can also bring some film with you when you go back, so that all the people can see the scene of the Manchu abdication. These are all victories won by our revolutionaries in bloody battles. ”

Zhao Bei stepped into the tea room. first sold this set of documentaries, and then shook hands with the cadres of these alliances and restoration associations one by one, and Xiong Chengji stood aside to introduce him.

In addition to Xiong Chengji, the cadres of the Restoration Society present also included Li Suhe and Shen Menyi, Li Bian and Zhao Bei had already met, but Shen Junyi was the first time to meet him

Among the cadres of the Alliance, only Chen Qimei and Rao Guoliang are familiar faces, and the others are also meeting Zhao Bei for the first time.

But most of these people are historical celebrities, and for the commander-in-chief, their names are like thunder.

Tan Renfeng, Xu Jingxin, Chen Qimei, Chen Jieming and others don't need to be said, a few outsiders, Fang Shengdong, Lin Juemin, Yu Peilun, and Rao Guoliang are not unknowns, and in the space-time plane before Zhao Bei crossed, the next four are all people with lofty ideals in the "Huanghua Zai Seventy-two Martyrs". In this "Wushen Revolution", although they did not go to the soil to make a revolution, they also made great contributions in Fujian, and the death squad that gathered to attack the headquarters of the new army in Fuzhou City was composed of them, without them, Sun Daoren, the commander of the 10th town of the Fujian New Army, would not have "responded" to the uprising so quickly.

In fact, Tan Renfeng had been to Wuhan some time ago, but at that time Zhao Bei was inspecting the Xianghan Line, and the two did not meet, but they used the opportunity of Gong Zhutai to shoot and kill the Hunan parliamentarian through two telegrams. It's barely a friendship.

As for Chen Qimei, if it weren't for Zhao Bei's interference, he would not have stepped onto the political stage so early. He will not be upset by the commander-in-chief's support for Yuan Shikai to be president, and he will not be as enthusiastic as others when shaking hands with the commander-in-chief.

No matter what the people did to the commander-in-chief, they couldn't change such a thing, and the history had become unrecognizable due to Zhao Bei's crossing.

"You have come from thousands of miles away, Zhao is not well entertained, and I hope to have a lot of Haihan

Zhao Bei said a few polite words to everyone, changed his words, and said: "Brother Caicai Weigen has already explained to me that you have come, and I also know that you are here for the matter of disarmament, and I wanted to talk with you all night. But it was late at night, and you were tired all the way, so it seemed that you should rest early, and there were some sensations in the second act that I needed to deal with immediately, so it was best to put the matter of this meeting in the morning. I have instructed my subordinates to prepare guest rooms and supper for you, and you have a long journey, so you should rest early, and when you have enough of the jīng gods, we will discuss the future of China again. ”

Ordering the adjutant to lead everyone to the guest house to rest, Zhao Bei turned around and left the officers' club, led the guards to the dock, crossed the river to Hankou in the dark of night, and rushed to Liu's garden under the escort of the cavalry battalion.

When he arrived at Liu's flower country, Liu Renxiang, the owner of the garden, had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw the arrival of the commander-in-chief, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Mr. Liu, Duo Bi Duo is more polite. It's so late to disturb your dreams, I really can't help it. Zhao Bei said a few polite words.

"Where, where. It is also a great honor to be able to do something for the cause of the republic, and the commander-in-chief is really polite in saying this. "Liu Renxiang is only promised.

The reason why Zhao Bei visited Liujia Garden late at night. Just to meet two out-of-town guests here. Those two guests posted a visit two days ago, but the commander-in-chief can say that he will see you? After two days of delay, just in time for Xiong Chengji and other revolutionary comrades to visit, Zhao Bei remembered the two people, and Concubine Yu arranged Liu's Garden as the meeting place, and for this meeting, he also deliberately postponed the official meeting with the Alliance and the Liberation Society, because the identities of these two guests were also unusual.

Entering the Zaijia garden, Chuan Baqun accompanied the commander-in-chief Lao Jin, and the ears of the Western-style conference room were already waiting for Gan Fanlie and one person hurriedly got up to greet him.

One is an old acquaintance Tan Yantian, the other is an unfamiliar face, both of them are Tsing Yi hats, and when they saw the commander-in-chief, they both bowed and saluted.

"Brother Zu'an, don't come unharmed? It's only been a few months, why do you have deep eye sockets and dark eye circles? Although the republic was first established, everything was busy, but no matter how busy you are, you can't be busier than me. "Zhao Bei came up and beat him. Ha ha.

"No matter how busy you are, you can't be busy with the commander-in-chief, the former rì voted for the post and the current commander-in-chief got pregnant to see each other, and those who don't know still think that the commander-in-chief is putting up a fight."

Tan Yantian followed and snorted, and the conversation changed. Getting back to the point, he pointed to the person beside him and said, "This is Mr. Wang Xuan, a native of Anhui, the character Junben, and now a guest of the Guangdong Governor's Mansion." In the past, his father also served in the curtain when he was the governor of Liangguang, and he can be regarded as a senior guest in the theater. ”

Zhao Bei stepped forward and shook hands with the two, and Liu Renxiang instructed the servant to take the tea and then sue him. Sin, leading the servant out of the conference room and shutting the door to the conference room.

"Brother Zu'an, there are no outsiders here, you have something to say. This time you came to Han, I'm afraid you're not here to catch up? You also know my temper, if you have anything to say, you don't have to beat around the bush. Zhao Bei sat down on a Western-style sofa. Picked up the tea and blew the tea foam.

Ji Yantian glanced at Wang Xuan, and the leader of Wang Xuanxin took out a piece of paper from his cuff, held it in both hands, and respectfully placed it on the coffee table beside the commander-in-chief.

It was a money order from Citibank in the United States. For a full five cows, Zhao Bei only glanced at it. Although I didn't know whether it was silver yuan or beautiful mother, the amount itself was very staggering.

"What do you mean, Mr. Wang?" Zhao Bei dragged out his voice. When he looked up, he saw that Wang Xuan was smiling.

"This is the deposit of Mrs. Zhang Renjun, the governor of Guangdong, to order the commander-in-chief to order arms, 500,000 yuan, and ask the commander-in-chief to accept it with a smile...... Wang Xuan'an said it well, but it was a little bit Anhui

"Order arms? Why, your extensive Ishii Arsenal was demolished? I've heard that your Guangdong Gun and Ammunition Factory can even imitate machine guns. ”

Zhao Bei was a little strange, remembering the two Maitson light machine guns that Liu Qingen sent someone to buy back from the Guangdong Arsenal, he had tried the gun at the shooting range of the Hanyang Arsenal yesterday, although the appearance of the machine gun was a little awkward, but Xìng could really be good, and he had already decided to imitate this gun.

The Ren factory of the Guangdong Gun and Ammunition Factory is the Shijing Arsenal, and that factory is also Zhang Zhidong's Western-style achievements. Although the scale of this factory is not as large as that of the Hanyang Arsenal, it is also one of the largest arsenals in the south, and there is no problem in meeting the needs of the Guangdong army.

Zhang Renjun was originally the governor of Liangguang in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and after the outbreak of the "Song Grass Order", the League instigated a mutiny in the new army in Guangdong, although Zhang Renjun suppressed the uprising, but he obviously did not intend to kill it all. Seeing the rapid development of the revolutionary situation, he immediately declared the "outside neutrality" of the Liangguang region in response to Yuan Shikai's call for constitutionalism, but this title was still the "Governor of Liangguang" after the outbreak of the founding of the country. Soon after, Yuan Shikai officially appointed him as the "Governor of Guangdong" Zhang Renjun also justifiably continued to unify and govern Guangdong in a group of constitutionalists, and because he soon sent troops to participate in the conquest of Guangxi, coupled with Yuan Shikai's protection, he temporarily escaped the liquidation of the revolutionaries and continued to maintain the status of "King of Guangdong".

However, although the League has temporarily stopped its military offensive, this does not mean that they will abandon the rich province of Guangdong, in fact, according to various indications, the League may now be accumulating strength and preparing to take over Guangdong militarily. In order to unite Fujian and Guangdong as a whole, as the base of the Alliance, for this purpose. The League not only counted Zhang Renjun's old accounts in the newspapers, but also desperately bought arms everywhere despite the fact that the finances were tight, and the Hanyang Arsenal controlled by Zhao Bei was the main source of arms for the League's armed forces.

"The commander-in-chief said that he laughed, the Ishii Arsenal is still counting the work and manufacturing munitions, so how can it be demolished?"

Wang Xuan smiled faintly, pointed to the bill of exchange on the coffee table, and said: "Since the commander-in-chief is a catty, a straight man who speaks quickly, then he will not beat around the bush, in fact, this deposit is bought as a pound of small peace of mind, this money is used to buy the batch of arms that the commander-in-chief originally planned to sell to the alliance, Zhang Dudu wants to make a gentleman's agreement with the commander-in-chief, if there is any surplus of arms in this Hanyang arsenal in the future, they will be sold to the producers to equip the Guangdong army, if the alliance wants to buy arms, the commander-in-chief can tell them that they are sold out." ”

In the War of the Founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhao Bei had supported several batches of arms from the League for free, and then the four "recovered, so this loss-making deal was not done, whether it was the League or the Restoration Society, if you want to pick up arms from the Hanyang Arsenal, you have to pay money with one hand and deliver the goods with one hand, and now this arms trade has also become an important source of income for the Hubei Military and Political Hui, and because the purchase of arms from the Hanyang Arsenal does not require any official licenses and approvals, and you can sell them with money, so now not only the League and the Restoration Society will buy arms from here, but even those who are small in the south are the commanders"They also sent people to Hanyang with silver to go to the door. Replace the "singles and poles" in your hand with "Hanyang makes the sky full of stars." ”

However, the Hanyang Arsenal has limited output, and it is impossible to supply arms openly, in addition to ensuring the needs of the republican army, it basically only supplies arms to the Pingming faction, and then Xu Baoshan, the overlord of the soil who is entrenched in northern Jiangsu. It was also a pawn in the hands of the commander-in-chief.

Although there are indeed not many arms in hand, the alliance still relies on the arms provided by the Hanyang Arsenal to covet Guangdong, which makes it difficult for Zhang Renjun to sleep and eat, and there are many non-commissioned officers and students who study abroad in the troops of the alliance, and their military quality is much higher than that of the Guangji patrol battalion. On the one hand, he sent his henchmen to the north to visit President Yuan Da to strengthen the emotional contact with his backers, and on the other hand, he also sent people to the north to contact the commander-in-chief of the Republican Army, trying to give the League a salary and cut off its source of arms.

The hand is this Wang Xuan arrived in Wuhan, before coming to worry that Zhang Dudu and the commander-in-chief had no relationship, I was afraid that I would not be able to see the commander-in-chief's face, Suo Xìng Wang Xuan came forward to Tan Yanhe to take a telegram, asking him to come forward to turn around, it happened that Tan Yanguo also had the intention of meeting the commander-in-chief, so the two sides hit it off, went to Wuhan together, and after the post, they waited anxiously at the inn, and it was not until today that Rì received an invitation to talk with the commander-in-chief in this Liujia garden.