After Yan Fu discussed with He Rujie, he finally reached an agreement in principle on the surrender of the Beiyang Naval Division and the Nanyang Naval Division.

The Beiyang and Nanyang Divisions were obliged to ensure the safety of their ships and, once surrendered, to hand over all the ships of the Naval Division to the naval forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army ensured the personal safety of the officers and men of the Navy Division and made up for the insufficient salaries of the Water Division. The officers and men of the Naval Division are obliged to remain in the new naval unit for one year, during which time the officers and men of the Naval Division will be responsible for assisting the naval units of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army in familiarizing themselves with the ships. During this period, the salary will be paid on time according to the original salary of Beiyang. After one year, if they continue to be willing to remain in the Navy of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, they will receive their salaries according to the standards of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army Navy. If the officers and men who did not wish to join the navy, the navy of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army would pay one year's salary and send them home.

Don't talk about ideals, don't talk about the future, first solve the salary problem that everyone is concerned about, and give the standard of future salary. Yan Fu's opinions made He Rujie very impressed. If Yan Fu really regarded himself as an old-timer, he would not care about the livelihood of these officers and soldiers of the Navy Division who were most concerned at the moment, but would condescendingly point fingers at the Navy Division. He Rujie can only feel embarrassed. Yan Fu really proceeded from the interests of the officers and men of the Navy Division, and He Rujie felt much more relaxed on the one hand, and admired the strong economic strength of the People's Party on the other.

Negotiations are never completed at one time, and as soon as He Rujie reached the negotiation, he immediately rushed back to Fujian on the boat he had come up. At least nominally, He Rujie came to "patrol". After the "patrol" is over, of course, it is necessary to rush back immediately. Before going back, He Rujie left Yan Fu two sets of radio transmitters, and exchanged communication times, bands, and passwords. Running back and forth is a waste of time, and it is much easier to do it with a radio transmitter.

And Yan Fu also gave He Rujie 20,000 oceans and asked him to work after he went back. Although He Rujie's plan to send ships to carry the army to raid the Fujian Governor's Mansion cannot be taken seriously now, it is indeed necessary to buy and pacify the Beiyang and Nanyang naval divisions in the early stage.

He Rujie left Shanghai, and Yan Fu immediately discussed the matter of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau with He Ruqing. After the destruction of the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau was already the largest industrial production enterprise outside the People's Party's sphere of influence. In particular, the Jiangnan Shipyard under the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, the People's Party is determined to win.

"Mr. Yan, I have never understood one thing. Since Wang Youhong is alone, Shanghai is such a heavy place. Why did the People's Party delay in making a move against Shanghai? He Ruqing raised this question that had always puzzled him. As the largest commercial and tax collector in China, other forces will try to seize the sea whenever they have the opportunity, but the People's Party has been reluctant to do so, and even if it sends a division of troops to Shanghai, the People's Party has no sign of actual control over the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and other institutions. Such an inscrutable act is really interesting.

Yan Fu said with a smile: "What we want is Shanghai's production capacity, these factories, these equipment, and these workers. This is the true foundation and strength of the country. Ignoring these precious resources, they just think about collecting taxes to make money, and what is the use of making more money. What's more, we were enemies on all sides before, and once we took Shanghai, this damage not only could not help us, but became our burden and weakness. Not to mention others, it's Japan that just finished fighting not long ago. If we had already captured Shanghai by then, and the Japanese army was angry and sent warships to bombard Shanghai in retaliation, what would we do to resist the Japanese army? Rather than that, we should first leave Shanghai in the hands of the British, and the Japanese would not dare to do anything to the British in any case. ”

After saying this, Yan Fu smiled calmly: "Since we dare to take Shanghai, then we will have the confidence to defend Shanghai and keep Shanghai safe." ”

These words were said frankly, and He Rujie was dumbfounded. He never imagined that there would be such a person in China today who does not care about the gains and losses of immediate and temporary interests and takes a long-term view of the problem. The strength of the People's Party was enough to conquer Shanghai a few years ago, and Yan Fu did not need to raise his profile in this matter at all. Because of his excitement, He Rujie's voice trembled a little, "Mr. Yan, you ......, you are really the prime minister's belly that can support the boat." ”

Yan Fu smiled proudly, "Hehe, this is not my idea. This is a resolution of the Party Central Committee. Those young people are really forward-looking. It is really a great fortune for China to produce this generation of talents! ”

He Rujie didn't care whether Yan Fu's evaluation of the young people in the Central Committee of the People's Party was true or false, what he could be sure of was that if the People's Party could make great contributions when it took Shanghai, He Rujie would be able to save his life. In this era, of course, it is about personal relationships, kinship. But He Rujie's father, Mr. He, told history to his children, and when it came to the emperor, he still avoided it. The royal family is the most disciplined place, at the center of the storm of power struggles, and any torrent can break people's bones. If you want to make a living in the world, the best way is to be able to do practical things and not compete for the limelight. In any era, even if the imperial court is just for its own face, it has to do something practical. As long as you don't be stupid enough to peek into interests that shouldn't belong to you, honest and hard-working officials generally live long and won't be poor.

became Chen Ke's uncle, He Rujie didn't feel that this was his capital. Because the He family was implicated with Chen Ke, they created countless crimes. The reason why the He brothers have been able to live peacefully until now is not only lucky, but also related to the virtues that the He brothers have accumulated on weekdays. If according to Old Man He's teachings, He Rujie wants to mix in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau as Chen Ke's relative, and now he has to "treat Chen Ke as a relative", that is, to contribute to Chen Ke and the People's Party. Even so, Chen Ke may not be kind to He Rujie. Old Man He has long explained this, "Those who are in power, he himself can't help himself." ”

He Rujie said respectfully to Yan Fu: "Mr. Yan, I don't know the plans of the People's Party, and I don't have any ability, so I can't do big things." But if it's some errands or something, I'm not going to give up. You're an old-timer, and I'm completely at your disposal for such matters. ”

Seeing He Rujie so upright, Yan Fu was also a lot more relaxed. Since He Rujie is Chen Ke's relative, Yan Fu can't pit He Rujie, "Don't worry about Shanghai's affairs, we have to talk to Wang Youhong first." Just keep doing your job. ”

"Yes." Hearing that Yan Fu had no intention of entrusting him with a heavy responsibility, He Rujie felt a burst of relief in his heart.

The People's Party carried out its plan step by step, and Yan Fu carried out the rebellion against the Beiyang Naval Division and the Nanyang Naval Division in Shanghai. The People's Party also respects Wang Youhong's always sensible attitude and is ready to determine the next step through negotiations. In response to the counter-revolution in the three southeastern provinces, the People's Party ordered the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army to express its attitude.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of August 5, 1916, Ji Ye wore a military uniform and rushed from the front-line headquarters of the attack on Hangzhou to the front-line position. A native of Zhejiang, Ji Ye now holds the position of liaison officer and communications officer. The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army set out from Anhui, and the vanguard passed through the mountainous areas of western Zhejiang, broke through the defense line of the Beiyang Army all the way and rushed directly to the city of Hangzhou. Ji Ye has been serving as the guide and liaison of the vanguard.

The troops carried out an encirclement battle this time, so the troops did not immediately attack the city of Hangzhou. Block all traffic arteries and arrest those who escaped from Hangzhou. Ji Ye did not want to stay in western Zhejiang during the march, where there were too many unjust souls of the comrades of the Zhejiang West Branch of the Restoration Society, and too many unjust souls of the people in western Zhejiang, and she was eager to immediately ask the local landlords for blood debts. However, Ji Ye resisted the impulse and followed the troops to the city of Hangzhou, which was the central city of Zhejiang's counter-revolutionaries, and in terms of the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army and the local armed forces, the first task of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was not to capture Hangzhou, but to ensure that those counter-revolutionaries would not be allowed to escape from the city of Hangzhou during the battle.

As a liaison, Ji Ye actually doesn't need to go to the front line, the anger boiling in Ji Ye's heart urged the young female revolutionary to the front line, and finally came to the day when he could avenge his comrades, Ji Ye couldn't hold back his excitement anyway. She wanted to see with her own eyes how the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army entered the city of Hangzhou.

The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army's departure point to Hangzhou City was less than 200 miles in a straight line, and even though there were many mountain roads and rivers, it took the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army less than four days to break through the two Beiyang Army's defensive lines and reach the city of Hangzhou. It has been a few years since he last saw Hangzhou City, but Ji Ye has not noticed that there is no special change in Hangzhou City, and the cyan military uniforms and cyan military caps of the Beiyang defenders are clearly visible in the binoculars. Judging from the appearance of running back and forth in the city, the Beiyang Army was indeed frightened enough.

Putting down the binoculars, Ji Ye looked at the commanders and fighters of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army who were ready to fight. They had already dug the trenches, and most of the comrades were not agitated at this time, and they dozed off the walls of the trenches with their guns in their hands.

It is not easy to raid two or three hundred miles in four days, and Ji Ye is tired enough even if he does not participate in the battle. Seeing that the comrades were so relaxed before the war, Ji Ye also leaned against the wall, although her heart was boiling with all kinds of emotions, but in an atmosphere that could even be described as peaceful, she fell asleep unconsciously.

No matter what the atmosphere outside Hangzhou is, the city of Hangzhou is a mess. After the outbreak of the Qing Party in 412 last year, Hangzhou can be said to be heavily guarded. The three southern provinces are somewhat self-aware, and they took the initiative to launch two or three attacks against the People's Party last September, and after the People's Party annihilated more than 30,000 people in the mountainous areas in a row, they became honest.

There are a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent a thief. The advanced posture of the southern troops of the People's Party not taking the initiative to attack for more than a year initially shocked everyone in Hangzhou three times a day, and then once in three days, and finally inevitably slacked off. After the People's Party eliminated the Beijing government in Beiyang, Hangzhou's side was still nervous for a while, and when the People's Party and the Japanese fought, Hangzhou felt safe again, and even thought that the People's Party would lose to the Japanese. After the signing of the Sino-Japanese peace treaty, the people of Hangzhou, whose mood had gone through great ups and downs, showed a numb performance under the stimulation of repeated passions. They wishfully believe that the main target of the People's Party in the next stage will be Duan Qirui, who has fled to Shanxi.

In fact, there is no rationality in this idea, but everyone in Hangzhou insists on it. Beiyang and Japan, two domestic and foreign forces more powerful than the three southeastern provinces, have been destroyed or retreated under the attack of the People's Party, even if they admit that the next target of the People's Party is themselves, what is the use? As a result, among the leading figures in Hangzhou, some people chose to leave Hangzhou, some chose to continue to be in fear, and some simply plunged into various Fengyue places in Hangzhou to seek pleasure. When the news of the People's Party's attack reached Hangzhou, it took a day for the city to gather all the leading figures. This was followed by two days of bickering. Before the quarrel could come to an end, the People's Party surrounded the city of Hangzhou.

It's like when a ship is wrecked, rats scramble to escape from the ship. In the past three days, there are still a lot of clever people who have run away. When Cai Yuanpei, the speaker of the Zhejiang Parliament, convened the meeting, he had already found that many familiar faces had not appeared at all. For example, Zhu Rui, the governor of Zhejiang, the supreme commander who was supposed to command the defense of Hangzhou, disappeared yesterday morning. It was not until the afternoon that the Zhejiang parliament learned that the People's Party had broken through the Beiyang Army's defensive line. Zhu Rui once tried his best to compete with Cai Yuanpei for control of Zhejiang. At the moment of crisis, Zhu Rui decisively left behind the position he had worked hard for. On the contrary, most of the local gentry and gentry councillors in Zhejiang remained. Although Cai Yuanpei, the speaker of the Zhejiang Assembly, could see that these people had completely fallen into a state of panic.

"Mr. Cai, let's find someone to negotiate with the People's Party, right?" Until now, a lawmaker has finally put forward a suggestion that seems to be relatively reasonable, but this suggestion has been ignored by many lawmakers. The Zhejiang side has been shouting the slogan of eliminating the People's Party for so long, and now it is only humiliating itself to go to the peace talks. What's more, after the current Zhejiang parliament has been purged by the party in 412, there is no one who can still talk to the people's party. The degree of relationship with the People's Party is an important criterion for purging the party. In the bloody storm last year, if you get close to the People's Party and can talk to the People's Party, you already meet the criteria for execution.

"Who is the top priority to command the Beiyang Army?" This issue was raised by a member of Parliament. As the governor of Zhejiang, Zhu Rui held the military power, and the Beiyang Army was Zhu Rui's subordinate. Most of the people in the Liberation Association who were able to fight had fought alongside the BJP. Most of the people who were the most capable of fighting followed Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin to western Zhejiang, and those who did not die in this group went to the People's Party. The remaining group of people basically died under the Restoration Society's own butcher's knife, and those who were lucky enough to survive were also eliminated by Zhu Rui. The military leaders who once dominated Jiangsu and Zhejiang are gone.

Cai Yuanpei used to purge the party's local militia leaders naturally had their own purposes, after completing the work of purging the party, they took their own militia back to the local Shangdang to become the emperor of the soil, except for a few nominal leaders of the "Liberation Army", there were no military personnel of the Restoration Society in Hangzhou City.

If the Beiyang Army had been shaken again at this time, the People's Party would not have encountered any resistance at all and would have been able to capture the city of Hangzhou. Just when the council felt extremely dangerous, the bad news finally came. The spies of the Liberation Society rushed in from outside the council venue almost in a row, "Mr. Cai, the Beiyang Army in the east of the city has escaped!" ”