Liuhui is, the "Wushen Revolution" Shouyihu Province, Zhao Bei is the country that participated in Anqing, the republican army of Chi also rose in Anhui, but because the strategic center of gravity of Zhao Bei was in Hubei, Anhui did not become the most powerful province in the end. Instead, it became the sphere of influence of Beiyang and the southern outpost of Yuan Shikai.

After Yuan Shikai launched a military admonition to the Qing court and sent a "New Year's telegram", Zhu Jiabao, the governor of Anhui, immediately echoed Yuan Shikai's constitutional proposal, and Jiang Guidi, the president of the Yijun Army, also echoed it, and soon after. Anhui officially announced the "liberation" of Yuan Shikai's confidant Mi Jiabao as the governor of the Anhui army, but before the chair was hot, it caught up with the "Hunan and Guizhou Incident" Tang Hualong, the former governor of Jiangsu, was reappointed as the governor of Hunan. Considering the important strategic position of the province, which was at the forefront of the confrontation between the north and the south, and needed reliable people to guard it, Yuan Shikai transferred Zhu Jiabao to Jiangsu and took over as the governor of Jiangsu. And the position of governor of Anhui was also vacant.

It is said that after Zhu Jiabao left Anhui, the most qualified to take over as the governor of Anhui was Jiang Guidi, who was not only a native of Anhui Province, but also had a close relationship with Yuan Shikai, and was one of the old people when Yuan Shikai was training at a small station.

Jiang Zhudi also thought so in his heart, so he immediately started the performance, invited a group of Anhui borrowers to borrow gods, and petitioned the center, shouting that he wanted to "Anhui people govern Anhui" and asked Yuan Shikai to appoint Jiang Guidi as the governor of Anhui.

But this is just Jiang Gui's wishful thinking, in fact, the selection of the governor of Anhui also involves another issue, that is, the balance of power.

Although Jiang Guidi used to be Yuan Shikai's subordinate. He also has a relationship with the Beiyang Army, but he is now the commander of the Yi Army after all, and Yuan Shikai is not very relieved.

Although the Yi Army and the Beiyang Army are out of the same door, they are all "remnants of the Huai Army", but after all, they are not the descendants of the Beiyang Army, and the strength is relatively strong, Yuan Shikai is not at ease with this army, and the means he adopts are to divide and disintegrate, which is precisely for this reason. The Yi Army's fierce general Zhao Kui was promoted to the governor of Henan, and with only this one move, the Yi Army was split into two parts.

This reason alone was not enough to make Yuan Shikai hesitate about the appointment of the governor of Anhui, what really made him hesitate was Xu Shichang's attitude.

Because Xu Shichang also recommended a person to be the governor of Anhui, this villain is Ni Sichong.

Ni Sichong is also from Anhui, this background is enough to block the mouth of the old "Anhui people governing Anhui", and this person has a close relationship with Yuan Shikai, Ni Sichong's uncle once worked in Yuan's mansion as a Xixi, and is the teacher of Yuan Keding and Yuan Kewen. Through this relationship, Ni Sichong was able to enter the Yuan Mansion, and later assisted Yuan Shikai to train the army, and made some meritorious contributions, when Xu Shichang served as the governor of the three eastern provinces, Yuan Shikai recommended Ni Sichong to him, and Ni Sichong followed Xu Shichang to the Northeast, counselor maintenance, crusade against bandits, and saddled up for Xu Shichang, and was very valued by Xu Shichang, after the revolution. Xu Shichang announced in the three eastern provinces that "protecting the territory and securing the people" also has the credit of Ni Sichong, and Yuan Shikai trusts this person very much.

Now, there are two candidates for the "Governor of Anhui", one is Jiang Guidi, the other is Ni Sichong, the two people are selected, Yuan Shikai is inclined to the latter, after all, Ni Sichong is recommended by Xu Shichang, and he can't refute the face of his old friend, in addition, Ni Sichong is in the prime of life, and he is better able to deal with the situation in the south than Jiang Guidi, an old man with a sixtieth birthday, so Yuan Shikai only appointed Jiang Guiqi as the envoy of Anhui Town, and the gang of elders who played and carried the sedan chair for Jiang Gui were also reprimanded by the center below, accusing them" Talking about cardinals".

Knowing that Yuan Shikai intended to appoint Ni Sichong as the governor of Anhui, Jiang Gui was anxious and convened his subordinates to discuss. Someone gave him an idea, asking him to contact Li Liejun, the "Anhui Jiangxi Patrol Envoy", and the two sides made a gentleman's agreement, and the two joined forces to squeeze Ni Sichong away, and then Li Liejun served as the governor of Anhui for a period of time, and after Ni Sichong sought another position. Jiang Guidi then took over the seal of the governor from Li Liejun's hand and served as the governor of Anhui.

In fact, this is acting in a scene, Jiang is the director, and behind the scenes, "Li Liejun is the protagonist." There are benefits to be taken, and the price offered by Jiang Gui is 500,000 taels of silver, so Li Liejun is very tempted, and he really wants to use this money to expand his troops and buy more rifles.

Therefore, Li Liejun agreed to appear in this play, but just as he was dressed up and ready to sing on stage, Zhao Bei inspected Jiangxi and heard that the commander-in-chief of the Republican Army and the chairman of the United Front came over. The two envoys sent by Jiang Madqi felt that if the commander-in-chief was brought in to sing together, the play seemed to be better sung, so they asked to meet with the commander-in-chief.

Although Li Liejun felt that this was a bit excessive, he considered that his title of "Anhui Jiangxi Patrol Envoy" was also given by the commander-in-chief, and this title was only recognized by the Constituent Assembly. But it was not approved by President Yuan Da. Therefore, the weight is insufficient, and it is inseparable from the backer of the commander-in-chief, so he finally agreed to introduce Zhao Wenkai and Ding Xiangling, and this is the meeting of the Yanshui Pavilion.

understood the meaning of Zhao Wenkai and Ding Xiangling. Zhao Bei smiled faintly and said, "Two, I really want to help with this favor, but I can't help now." ”

"What does the commander-in-chief say about this?" Zhao Wen asked quietly.

"It's okay for Li Xiehe to come forward in this matter, if I come forward, it will only make the Beiyang side misunderstand Jiang Hanqing even more, and mistakenly think that he has taken refuge in me." Zhao Bei said a few words lightly, and made the stakes clear.

But Zhao Wenkai shook his head disapprovingly, and said, "Before I came, Lord Jiang specially told me that if it was" United Front. Willing to accept Lord Jiang into the gang, Lord Jiang doesn't mind being a party member, besides, there are also several small parties in Anhui, and now they have not joined the United Front, if Lord Jiang becomes the governor of Anhui, then he has a small heart. It is entirely possible to join the United Front. "Oh? Jiang Hanqing said so? ”

Zhao Bei was quite surprised, and after thinking about it for a while, he already understood why Jiang Guidi dared to move closer to the southern revolutionaries so blatantly.

The current Yuan Shikai Beiyang Group has limited strength, and it does not have an overwhelming advantage over the powerful factions in the south, which Zhao Bei saw, Song Jiaoren saw, Yuan Shikai himself also saw it, and the local powerful factions in the gap between the powerful factions in the north and the south also saw this, so many of them have taken the curtain of riding on the wall and watching, Zhang Renjun, the governor of Guangdong, and Zhao Qi, the governor of Henan, are the representatives of these people, and they do not directly confront the revolutionary forces in the south! It is not completely abandoning the wooing from the Beiyang side, and this Jiang Guidi in Anhui obviously intends to follow in their footsteps and take advantage of this situation of confrontation between the north and the south to strive for the greatest interests for himself.

Perhaps, when he saw that Yuan Shikai planned to appoint Ni Sichong as the governor of Anhui, Jiang Guidi found that he might be abandoned by Beiyang, so he decided to choose a back road for himself, which was the revolutionary party in the south, for this reason, he did not hesitate to risk breaking with Yuan Shikai to fight for the position of governor of Anhui.

"That's what Lord Wilt said, the villain doesn't dare to deceive the commander-in-chief." Zhao Wenkai swore a promise.

Ding Xiangling also nodded on the side and said, "That Ni Sichong is despicable. In the three eastern provinces, in the name of suppressing bandits, they killed good people and risked their merits, and plundered their troops. How can such a person be the governor of a province? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Bei smiled slightly, Ni Sichong is not a good person, is Jiang Gui a good person?

Jiang Crazy question is not a good person, at least he is a wall-riding faction.

Now that there is a congressional election, then it is necessary to win over all the people who can be wooed, since Jiang Gui sent it to the door himself, then he can't be asked to slip away, and he is the commander of the Yi Army, and Zhao Qi, the governor of Henan, is also his subordinate, but both of them are wall-riding factions, both are conducive to value, if they are used well, this Anhui and Henan will be more lively, which is good for the strategy of the commander-in-chief.

"If Jiang Hanqing really plans to join the "United Front", I can introduce him to join, as for the governor of Anhui, Ni Sichong is indeed not suitable. ”

Zhao Bei expressed his attitude, but he didn't say it all, after all, this is not child's play, once it goes too far, it may anger Yuan Shikai and make the slightly eased north-south situation tense again, so this matter needs to be discussed in the long run, Li Liejun can come forward to provoke trouble, but the commander-in-chief himself can't show up, and he has to find someone else to support Jiang Gui.

Just when Zhao Bei was thinking about who to find to support Jiang Gui, Yan Xishan shouted at the bottom of Jingbo Tower.

"Guys upstairs, the reception banquet has been set. It's waiting for you! The commander-in-chief said this just on the ship. This is the "Heroes Meeting", we are all heroes in the Heroes Meeting, and we are not drunk and will not return! ”

Zhao Bei smiled faintly, stood up, and said to the few people in front of him: "Everyone, let's talk about this first, we can't make them wait for a long time." ”

This reception banquet lasted for more than an hour. When the wine was hot, everyone gathered at the table with a little drunkenness to point out the country, and quickly brought the topic to the current situation between the north and the south.

After everyone finished performing, Zhao Bei stood up slowly and made a gesture with both hands. The commander-in-chief's next words surprised both Yan Xishan and Li Liejun.

The "now" united front has been formally formed, and the revolutionary and progressive forces of the southern provinces have been organizationally united. The next step is to unite the southern provinces militarily! None of you here are outsiders, so I'll tell you the bottom line, and a few days ago, I started with "Chairman of the Committee." submitted a secret proposal to the United Front's General Council, as well as to the Constituent Assembly. It is proposed that the armies of the southern provinces be organized in a unified manner, with a unified establishment and unified command, and that a national defense force with unified action and firm convictions be formed; as an example, the Republican Army should first join this joint force, and then call it the "First Division of the United Front," "the Second Division of the United Front," and so on. There were seven divisions in total, as revolutionaries in Jiangxi. Yan Bochuan and Li Xiehe are also comrades of the United Front, and the two of you each have 10,000 or 20,000 troops under your command, and I propose that they be reorganized into a two-pound small division. It is also incorporated into this national defense force, and the arms and ammunition and professional officers required by the "Eighth Division of the United Front" and the "Ninth Division of the United Front" are respectively, and the Republican Army will give priority support. Yesterday, the General Committee of the United Front and the Constituent Assembly sent telegrams back, agreeing to my proposal and suggesting that the reorganization plan be completed as soon as possible so that the military forces in the south can be reunified, and that after the establishment of the National Assembly, a meeting will be held to discuss the unification and reorganization of the armed forces of the north and the south to form a national defense force. ”

Yan Xishan and Li Liejun looked at each other, and the two of them realized that the commander-in-chief did not seem to come to solicit votes this time.

At the same time, the two realized that no matter how high their status is now, they have always been promoted and supported by the commander-in-chief, and without the insight of the commander-in-chief, the two maximas would not have galloped on the racecourse of this great era. They may be the same as the people who waited with the army in Wuhan to arrange work. Participate in this great era as an ordinary zhèngfǔ agent, instead of becoming a revolutionary father and a republican hero.

Yan Xishan's words just now were good. This Yanshui Pavilion Reception Banquet is indeed a group of heroes. The people here are heroes, though. Among them, there is only one real big hero, and in front of him, all the little heroes dare not look up.

This big hero is Zhao Bei and Zhao Zhenhua.