Yue Wanghui was a revolutionary organization in Anhui in the late Qing Dynasty and the first bourgeois revolutionary organization in Anhui in modern times. It admires the spirit of loyalty to the country of the national hero Yue Fei, so it is called "Yue Wang Hui". In July and August of the 31st year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1905), the first bourgeois revolutionary organization in Anhui -- Yue Wang Hui was established, with its address in Wuhu Anhui Public School, composed of Chang Hengfang, Song Shaoxia, Yang Duanfu and other advanced elements among the students of Chen Duxiu and Bai Wenwei, with Chen Duxiu as the president. The Yue Wang Society was a bourgeois revolutionary organization founded earlier than the League Society.

The water detachment of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army specially sent two fast boats to escort Yan Fu to Wuhu, and the small fleet traveled day and night, coupled with its familiarity with the waterways, it took only three days to arrive in Wuhu. Yan Fu was the principal of Wanjiang Middle School in 1905, Anhui Public School is the brother-in-law school of Wanjiang Middle School, the school's teachers teach each other, the porter is naturally very familiar with Yan Fu, and when he saw Yan Fu at the door, he hurriedly greeted him. "Mr. Yan, it's been a long time since I saw you."

Yan Fu is straight to the point, "Are Mr. Chen and Mr. Bai here?" ”

"Mr. Yan, Mr. Chen, and Mr. Bai are all here. Even Mr. Tao has come these days. ”

Mr. Tao refers to Tao Chengzhang, as a celebrity in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Tao Chengzhang has also lectured at Anhui Public School and Wanjiang Middle School. Yan Fu has always known Tao Chengzhang's political views, and learned from Chen Ke about the status of Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin in the Guangfuhui, and he already knows why Tao Chengzhang appeared in Anhui Public School.

"Lead the way." Yan Fu said to the porter.

Chen Duxiu, Bai Wenwei and Tao Chengzhang were all shocked when they heard the news that the porter was outside to inform Yan Fu of his arrival. They didn't expect Yan Fu to come to visit. The three people who were discussing in secret hurriedly opened the door and greeted them. These people are all familiar with each other, and after Yan Fu's concierge left, the three of them invited Yan Fu into the house with a somewhat overwhelmed look. Yan Fu was also not polite, and took the lead in entering the house, and the three of them saw that no one was paying attention to the left and right, so they followed in. Tao Chengzhang walked at the end, and he carefully observed that no one was paying attention to the surroundings, and then he plugged in the latch.

Yan Fu saw that there was no one else, and raised his hand to stop Chen Duxiu's polite words, "Since Huanqing is also here, I have a lot less trouble." Huanqing, Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin, did they tell you that my student Chen Ke is going to attack Anqing. ”

Tao Chengzhang has already told Chen Duxiu and Bai Wenwei the information. These two knew that Yan Fu had always opposed violent revolution, and such sudden changes made them feel that they might not be credible, and after listening to Yan Fu's words, Chen Duxiu and Bai Wenwei already had joy on their faces. Chen Duxiu said eagerly: "Mr. Yan, I originally wanted to go to Fengtai County to find you. If you're two days late, I'll go. How many people does your student Chen Ke have, and he actually wants to fight Anqing. ”

Yan Fu didn't want to hide from these three revolutionary leaders, so he gave Chen Ke a general introduction to his strength in Fengtai County. When the three of them heard that Chen Ke actually had tens of thousands of horses, and even defeated Fengyang Mansion, they were all greatly surprised in their joy. If someone else came to say that, these three people were afraid that they would not believe it. Yan Fu has always had an outstanding reputation, and he is by no means a person who deceives others, and after listening to Yan Fu's personal introduction of the situation, the three of them couldn't help but believe it.

Bai Wenwei is a revolutionary activist of the Yue Wang Society, and when he saw that the revolution was so hopeful, he was already excited and burst into tears, and said in his mouth: "The revolution is hopeful, the revolution is hopeful." And Chen Duxiu and Tao Chengzhang were also overjoyed.

Yan Fu still had a serious look on weekdays, completely ignoring the excited looks of the three people in front of him, he continued: "I came here to be a lobbyist this time, King Yue will be quite influential in the new army, I hope that King Yue will be able to lobby the new army as an internal response." The purpose of our People's Party is only to lay down the yamen of the governor of Anhui. After Anqing is defeated, we will take away these officials of Enming. The People's Party troops will soon withdraw to Fengyang Province. Definitely not going back on their word. ”

Tao Chengzhang once told Chen Duxiu and Bai Wenwei about the condition promised by Chen Ke, and when the three of them discussed, they felt that Chen Ke should not send troops to help, and second, he should not support food and salary. Don't occupy Anqing's call to the world. I think there must be some big trap here. Listening to Yan Fu's request, it was just to let the people in the new army make an internal response when the People's Party attacked Anqing. It is also very low requirements. They were afraid that they would misunderstand, so Bai Wenwei asked: "Mr. Yan, at most, we can sneak open the city gate, or give up a section of the city wall a little when the People's Party army attacks Anqing." If we were expected to do more, we wouldn't be able to. ”

"That's enough." Yan Fu didn't expect them to do more, "We need to discuss a sign, and when our army enters the city, everyone should not be injured by mistake." ”

"Mr. Yan, we only need to let the People's Party troops into the city, and we don't have to do the rest? Even so, there were still thousands of new troops in the city of Anqing. Bai Wenwei still couldn't believe that there was such a good thing.

"It's been a great help to us. If we were to attack the city, how many troops would we have to lose? Yan Fu didn't want to ask for more. He didn't believe that King Yue would really be able to mobilize the entire army. Even if it can be instigated, it will have to wait until the war has an eyebrow and the morale of the new army in Anhui completely collapses.

"Mr. Yan, we can trust your assurance. But when it comes to the end, what are you going to take away from Anqing Mansion? Tao Chengzhang asked eagerly. There must be a lot of money in the treasury of Anqing Mansion, and there are a large number of arms and materials stored in the armory and other places, and at this time, King Yue has joined the Alliance, whether it is the Restoration Society or the Alliance, these materials in Anqing are very coveted. Now that the People's Party is willing to send troops to attack Anqing, and Yan Fu has come forward to guarantee that Anqing will be handed over, Tao Chengzhang will immediately put this matter to rest.

Yan Fu replied very simply, "We will take half of the money and half of the weapons." We don't take any of the food. After all, just after the flood, Anqing Mansion is also short of food. If we take the grain, I am afraid that the people of Anqing Mansion will not last long. ”

Tao Chengzhang immediately rejected this plan without thinking about it, "The weapon can't be taken away by Mr. Yan." According to you, the BJP already has a lot of weapons. On our side, there is an extreme shortage of guns and ammunition. ”

Yan Fu had already discussed the conditions with Chen Ke before coming this time, he didn't expect that this time he would come to Wuhu so smoothly, the purpose of handing over Anqing to the Restoration Society was to let the Restoration Society attract the attention of the Manchus, if the weapons and equipment were insufficient, the Restoration Society would indeed not last long. Seeing that Tao Chengzhang was so anxious to start talking about how to divide the spoils after the war, although Yan Fu felt that Tao Chengzhang was very out of shape, he didn't want to care. He said generously: "If the weapons are given to you, then we have to take some of the equipment of the Anqing Ordnance Institute." There is a lack of machinery and equipment in the base area of Fengtai County. ”

Tao Chengzhang actually didn't expect that he could get Yan Fu's consent with such a big mouth, and heard that Yan Fu was going to transport away the machinery and equipment, because he knew that Yan Fu's vision was extremely far-reaching, Tao Chengzhang immediately regretted it, and he simply said: "We are only afraid that we will use the machinery and equipment." If Mr. Yan has to be transported away, then what will we use? ”

Yan Fu is an extremely shrewd person, knowing that Tao Chengzhang is asking for a sky-high price, and he is not happy in his heart. However, he has always been rigorous, usually very majestic, and he is more than twenty years older than the few people in front of him, I saw Yan Fu's face sank, "Huanqing, you are too much." If it is said that there is a lack of materials, Fengyang Mansion has just experienced a flood, and it is even more lacking in materials. Since everyone wants to cooperate, I think you have to create a new situation, and the food and guns will be given to you. If so, it won't make you satisfied. That's a bit of a deception, too much? ”

Bai Wenwei was so unhappy when she saw Yan Fu, for fear that Tao Chengzhang would annoy Yan Fu. In case Yan Fu felt that the gains outweighed the losses, and simply gave up fighting Anqing, the pie that fell from the sky would fly, and he hurriedly started a round, "Mr. Yan, this matter is easy to say." As long as Anqing can be taken, it will be a great success for the revolution. But is Mr. Yan really sure that he can succeed? ”

Yan Fu turned his face to look at Bai Wenwei, "This time, our People's Party sent more than 3,000 soldiers to attack Anqing, as long as the new army responds, I can be sure that it will succeed." ”

"Didn't Mr. Yan say that the People's Party's troops have exceeded 10,000 people, why did they only send 3,000 people?" Bai Wenwei was a little puzzled by this. However, in his heart, he did not want the tens of thousands of troops of the People's Party to really pour out. As the saying goes, the situation is stronger than people, and although King Yue has many members in the new army, it is still far from fully mastering the new army in Anqing. If the People's Party's troops are really as Yan Fu said, they have the strength to absolutely defeat Anqing. After that, if the People's Party turns its face and refuses to admit it, and wants to take away all the materials, whether it is the Yue Wang Association or the Restoration Society, it will not be an opponent at all.

"There are not many soldiers. Three thousand people are enough. Yan Fu's answer was also very simple.

Tao Chengzhang saw that Yan Fu's face had improved, and he then asked, "I wonder when the People's Party's troops will come?" ”

"It will be there in half a month."

"After the capture of Anqing, what are the plans of the People's Party for Wuhu?" Tao Chengzhang asked.

Chen Duxiu and Bai Wenwei's faces changed slightly, this is to borrow soldiers. If the People's Party can conquer Anqing, Wuhu will be even more important. In the plan of the Guangfu Society and the Yue Wang Society, they originally wanted to start an incident in Anhui and Jiangsu and Zhejiang at the same time. This Wuhu is located between Anqing and Nanjing, and being able to occupy both Anqing and Wuhu is extremely beneficial to the revolution. Moreover, Fengyang Mansion is north of Anqing, if the Beiyang New Army goes south, it must first attack the People's Party in Fengyang Mansion. Thinking of this, both of them stared at Yan Fu, wanting to see how Yan Fu would respond.

If he hadn't arrived at the base area, Yan Fu would have the same views as these old-style revolutionaries, and occupying a famous city would have a huge effect. Ever since he accepted the concept of the people's revolution to a certain extent, Yan Fu has been very disdainful of this attitude in his heart. A small place in Fengtai County can have earth-shaking changes after mobilizing the people. Fengyang Prefecture can be captured with a single county, and Chen Ke's proposal of "encircling the city from the countryside" has proven to be extremely effective. The vast rural areas have the overwhelming majority of China's people, and they do not occupy the countryside, but only want to occupy the cities. In Yan Fu's view, this kind of strategic vision is already very backward.

Before coming this time, Chen Ke specially reviewed the organizational discipline of the People's Party members, and pointed out that "Chinese Kuomintang members must completely sever all ties with parties and groups that attempt to oppose their own party program." Chen Ke has already made it clear that the relationship with the Yue Wang Association and the Guangfu Association is only a cooperative relationship, and the two sides are not political parties of the same line. Don't give them help with strategic thinking. Yan Fu didn't find anything particularly unacceptable about this. Of course, Yan Fu did not know Chen Duxiu's "place in history", and Chen Ke did not mention that he was one of the founders of the Communist Party.

Due to the lack of "historical figure collectors", in Chen Ke's view, Chen Duxiu in 1907 and Chen Duxiu in 1921 were two completely different people with the same name and surname. If Yan Fu hadn't mentioned it to Chen Ke, Chen Ke wouldn't have known that he would be able to deal with the founder of the party so quickly. Even if he knew that Chen Duxiu was the president of the Yue Wang Society, Chen Ke did not have the slightest intention of treating him specially.

Since Chen Ke emphasized this, Yan Fu didn't want to make his own decisions. Looking at Tao Chengzhang's expectant eyes, Yan Fu replied: "Huanqing wants to borrow soldiers." There is no problem, when we withdraw from Anqing, we will take the waterway, so we might as well take Chizhou, Tongling, and Wuhu together and hand them over to you. But what I said is in the head, if you take so much territory, will the Restoration Society and King Yue have so many troops to defend? Our People's Party troops will leave after the fight and will not stop. If you want us to help you defend the city, Huanqing doesn't want to do that. ”

Hearing this, Tao Chengzhang immediately showed an inner smile on his face. Over the years, he has been running for the revolution, organizing and planning many uprisings, but he has never succeeded. Now it doesn't take much effort to capture Anqing, it's like pie in the sky. Even after listening to Yan Fu's advice, Tao Chengzhang didn't feel anything wrong. For him, being able to occupy a famous city such as Anqing, and then have Chizhou, Tongling, and Wuhu along the Yangtze River, such a large territory, this is a situation that he couldn't imagine before. Over the years, Tao Chengzhang has met a large number of "unambitious heroes", as long as he has these territories, Tao Chengzhang believes that the recovery will raise his arms and shout, and it is definitely a situation where all parties respond. When the time comes, the revolutionary comrades will all come to defect, and there will be no need to worry about defending the city.

On the basis of such talks, the representatives of the People's Party, the Yue Wang Society, and the Guangfu Society reached a preliminary agreement. The People's Party is responsible for the actual military operations, and the Yue Wang Society and the Liberation Society provide internal responses. Once the agreement was reached, Bai Wenwei didn't even eat, and immediately went out to contact the members of the Anqing New Army. Tao Chengzhang also went out at the same time, he had already received the latest news from Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin, and the comrades of the Liberation Society were coming to Anhui. After receiving Yan Fu's assurance, Tao Chengzhang urged the comrades on the road to step up their actions.

Chen Duxiu, who stayed behind, invited Yan Fu to have lunch together, and Yan Fu got up to say goodbye. Chen Duxiu insisted on sending Yan Fu to the dock in person. While the two walked and chatted, Chen Duxiu smiled and said, "Mr. Yan, I have read your high-footed Chen Wenqing's book, it is really blue." ”

Yan Fu was reluctant to take the credit for Chen Ke's "The Inheritance of Chinese Culture and the Rise of Materialism" for himself, he just smiled faintly, "Wenqing's child is very juvenile, and what he wrote made Zhong Fu smile." ”

Chen Duxiu said: "Mr. Yan is polite, if Brother Wen Qing didn't have real talent and learning, how could he unknowingly pull up such a large number of people." But I don't know what Brother Wen Qing's plan is? ”

Yan Fu was stunned by this question, he pondered for a moment but couldn't find a suitable explanation, and couldn't help but quote the words in the "Historical Records", "The vast water is monstrous, the vast mountains and Xiangling, and the people are worried." ”

Chen Duxiu's knowledge is top-notch, he was also stunned when he heard this, Yan Fu has been teaching the Beiyang Naval Academy for 20 years, and everyone praises him for teaching and educating countless people, but Yan Fu's evaluation of the disciples can be said to be a little harsh: "Fu has been managing the Beiyang Academy for more than ten years, and to be honest, there are no proud disciples among them." Wu Zhaoyan (Guangjian) is knowledgeable, but has a perverse temperament; Wang Shaoquan (Shao Lian) is down-to-earth, but too restrained. In addition to the two, although Yu is famous, he is also mediocre. Listening to Yan Fu actually quoted the dilemma faced by Dayu when he controlled the water in "Xia Benji", he knew that Yan Fu had a very high opinion of Chen Ke. Chen Duxiu is also a funny person, so he then asked: "Could it be that Wenqing is also holding a hammer and putting the people first." ”

This is Han Feizi's words of praise for Dayu in "Five Worms". Yan Fu knew the source as soon as he heard it. When Chen Ke led the people of Fengtai County to produce to save themselves, Yan Fu was not in the base area, and when he met Chen Ke in Shanghai, Chen Ke's complexion was not dark, and his palms were smooth and delicate from a large family. When he saw Chen Ke again a year ago, Chen Ke's skin was already tanned, and when he shook hands with Chen Ke, Yan Fu could clearly feel the thick calluses on Chen Ke's hands. I definitely did a lot of physical work and suffered a lot. Not only Chen Ke, but also the members and fighters of the People's Party are all like this, if everyone had not suffered so much, how could they protect themselves in the year of the monstrous floods?

Looking at Chen Duxiu on the other side, his appearance and complexion are almost exactly the same as when Yan Fu left Wuhu a year ago, and he looks like a good reader with good body maintenance. It has been almost two years since the Yue Wang Society was built, and now it can only rely on the power of the People's Party to obtain territory. And the People's Party can have such a scale in just one year, Yan Fu feels that this is a natural thing. One empty talk, one hard work, if King Yue can surpass the People's Party, then there is no heavenly reason.

But Chen Duxiu's words couldn't be ignored, and Yan Fu responded lightly: "Young people, there is no harm in enduring hardships. ”

Chen Duxiu is twenty-five years younger than Yan Fu, and when he heard this, he also felt a little embarrassed. He couldn't hold Yan Fu was polite, or some accused himself in disguise. But Chen Duxiu would never dare to ask Yan Fu directly.

Soon arrived at the dock, Yan Fu boarded the ship that was ready to go, and in Chen Duxiu's eyes, the small fleet of two ships raised their sails high and sailed away from the dock.

Bai Wenwei hired a boat and walked a short time earlier than Yan Fu, he stood at the bow of the boat, letting the cold river wind blow, but his heart was on fire. Since the establishment of the Yue Wang Society, it has been committed to launching an uprising. Since the Yue Wanghui was a group formed by literati, there were no soldiers in hand. They chose to infiltrate the Forces nouvelles and win over the line of the Hui Party. In the past two years, the infiltration of the New Army has done a decent job, at least some nails have been drilled. The township party armed forces also got to know a lot. But it is very difficult to combine the two. The party in Pingsuri Township always blows very loudly on their mouths, and their chests beat against the mountain. But when it came time for them to send troops, these people immediately had many excuses, either they had no money, or no food, or no weapons. Or simply lack two or three of the three. If King Yue would not be short of money, food, or weapons, King Yue would have formed an armed force by himself. Also contact the township party to do something. So seeing that there are more and more people in the new army, as long as there are people who are willing to fight Anqing, they will definitely succeed. But they couldn't find an armed force willing to help.

This time, Yan Fu was willing to lead troops to fight Anqing, which was really unexpected by Bai Wenwei. Bai Wenwei is not without suspicions, but Yan Fu's personal credit is enough to eliminate most of the suspicions. After all, Bai Wenwei was still a revolutionary in the old era, and in his thoughts, the leader of a group and the army was the most important. In 1907, in the context of the leader deciding everything, it cannot be said that Bai Wenwei was wrong. So as soon as a famous person like Yan Fu came out, Bai Wenwei basically believed it.

With the belief that "the revolution will finally succeed", Bai Wenwei's boat sailed upstream, heading towards Anqing.

At the same time, Tao Chengzhang walked like a fly, striding towards the southeast. This cadre of the Restoration Society often travels more than 100 miles a day to visit heroes from all walks of life. Bai Wenwei has encountered all kinds of things, Tao Chengzhang has also encountered countless times. The Liberation Society tried to launch various uprisings in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but each time it ended in failure. Failure after defeat stung the heart of this revolutionary aspirant. However, Tao Chengzhang's improvement in understanding was limited to how to contact more powerful revolutionary forces and launch a greater uprising. As for how to cultivate a people's revolution among the people, Tao Chengzhang has never been involved.

Like Bai Wenwei, celebrities like Yan Fu showed their attitude, and Tao Chengzhang felt that he had taken a real reassuring pill. Chen Ke's news only made Tao Chengzhang think that maybe he could give it a try, and Yan Fu made Tao Chengzhang make up his mind to put his strength into this battle against Anqing. However, Tao Chengzhang did not want to participate in the battle, he believed that the comrades of the Liberation Society should be used to receive the cities captured by the People's Party, rather than being consumed in the battle. Perhaps Tao Chengzhang himself did not realize how outrageous his idea of hoping to reap the fruits of the revolution was. But Tao Chengzhang just believes that this kind of pie-in-the-sky thing must exist, but he hasn't encountered it. And Yan Fu gave him this opportunity to pick up pies.

Yan Fu, Bai Wenwei, and Tao Chengzhang went in three different directions, what would happen when they gathered together again. Anqing City, which was about to encounter the center of the storm, had no premonition. The Spring Festival is approaching, officials of all sizes in Anqing Province are preparing gifts, the rich are beginning to collect debts, and ordinary families are also trying to live their own livelihoods, hoping to have a good year this year. The victims living on the streets are still dying of cold and starvation every day. It seems that nothing has changed, as if this kind of days will continue indefinitely.