Chapter Seventy-Five: Interests
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When Sun Wei was working hard to reorganize the troops and prepare to recover the entire three towns of Wuhan, Tang Hualong's family was also full of people. At the beginning of the uprising, Tang Hualong's door was closed and he hid at home and waited and watched. When Tang Hualong learned that the revolutionary army had defeated Rui Cheng and Zhang Biao in the Governor's Office, he understood that it was time for him to come out and speculate. He knew that the revolutionary party did not have a single person available politically, and if he turned to the revolution at this time with his prestige, then the minister of civil affairs would definitely be himself. Therefore, after dawn, he summoned his colleagues from the Hubei Consultative Bureau to his home to discuss how to maximize his own interests and strive to obtain the fruits of the victory of the revolution. On the other hand, he sent people to the Chuwangtai Ordnance Institute to invite representatives of the revolutionary party to discuss the formation of a military government.
The military literacy of the Hubei New Army is generally very high, because the soldiers selected by Zhang Zhidong when he founded the Hubei New Army were all good people and strong and strong, without the accumulated habits of the old army, well-disciplined and well-trained. Although the combat effectiveness of the reorganized soldiers has decreased, Sun Wei believes that through the baptism of the battle formation and the run-in between the robes, the combat effectiveness will soon improve.
At the end of the reorganization of the soldiers, Sun Wei saw the officer leading a dozen soldiers to press a person towards the Chuwangtai Ordnance Station, and it seemed that the people were reluctant to come to the place. The officer Sun Wei knew Cheng Dingguo, one of the more than 40 people who followed Xiong Bingkun to revolt first. Sun Wei saw that the detained person was well-dressed and should be from a rich family, and guessed that it should be Li Yuanhong.
Sun Wei hurriedly greeted him and said to Cheng Dingguo: "Cheng Teamzheng, what are you doing, how are you doing that robbery." Zhou Dingguo said: "The team is right? At this time, Wang Hu next to Sun Wei hurriedly said: "The commander-in-chief has promoted you to the team." Cheng Dingguo was pleasantly surprised: "Commander-in-Chief Xie Xu!" Sun Wei said in his heart: "It seems that there are still people who like to be officials." Said to Cheng Dingguo: "What's the matter with you?" Without waiting for Cheng Dingguo to answer, Li Yuanhong hurriedly said: "I am Li Yuanhong, the 21st Mixed Association Commander, who was kidnapped by Commander-in-Chief Xu's subordinates at gunpoint, please Commander-in-Chief Xu to me." ”
Although Sun Wei knew the reason, he still pretended to be very angry and said to Cheng Dingguo: "I heard that Li Yuanhong did not lead his troops to resist, why did he arrest him!" Cheng Dingguo hurriedly said: "We want to invite Li Xietong to come out and preside over the plan, not persecution." Li Yuanhong hurriedly said: "The revolutionary party is full of talents, and Commander-in-Chief Xu is even more wise and martial, what do you want me to do." ”
Sun Wei said: "I know that Li Xietong is a great talent, I want to abdicate and make way for Xian, let Li Xietong be the commander-in-chief, how about the three towns of Wuhan to be the governor of the Hubei Military Government in the future?" Sun Wei knew that Li Yuanhong would not respond to his words and let him say it to death. Li Yuanhong didn't know what to do: "This move is a big matter, so we must be cautious." I am not a revolutionary party, I am not qualified to be the governor, the qualified one is Sun Wen, why don't you take him as the governor. ”
At this time, Sun Wei asked people to take out the pre-prepared notice of Anmin and ask Li Yuanhong to sign it, which Sun Wei had written in advance and was ready to release it in his name, just to scare Li Yuanhong and deepen everyone's disappointment with Li Yuanhong, so as to facilitate himself to be the governor of the Hubei Military Government. Sure enough, Li Yuanhong said in a loud voice as if he was afraid of being bitten by a snake: "Don't harm me, don't hurt me!" ”
Li Yuanhong's attitude of passive resistance angered the surrounding revolutionaries, who angrily scolded, "Li Yuanhong does not know how to raise and is a loyal lackey of the Manchu Qing Dynasty," and "just give him a gun to eat." Li Yidong, who was present, was also furious, he raised his gun and shouted at Li Yuanhong: "You are a Manchu slave, you should be killed!" We will not kill you, but we will make you the governor, but you are not willing. You are willing to be a slave of the Qing Dynasty, I will shoot you and choose another governor. Li Yuanhong's frightened legs were weak, and he resolutely refused to sign.
Sun Wei hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "What are you doing here!" As the saying goes, a twisted melon is not sweet, since Li Xietong is afraid of the position of the governor more than his own life, and does not want to conspire with us, why are we persecuting us very urgently, and we are thankless to be villains in vain. Li Yuanhong hurriedly said: "Commander-in-Chief Xu is right, why don't you choose Commander-in-Chief Xu as the governor?" ”
Sun Wei praised the Tao in his heart, although he had a thousand wishes, he still had to pretend to be a pretend, and hurriedly said: "How can I, Sun Wei, be the governor, how can I be the governor." "Li Yuanhong has been in officialdom for decades, how can Sun Wei's measurement be hidden from him. However, if Sun Wei became the governor, no one would force him, and he was in line with his wishes, and said busily: "Commander Xu is a young man, and it is important to be the governor of this capital." Everyone saw that Li Yuanhongning died not as the governor, and Sun Wei had made great contributions to the revolution, and they all said: "May Xu command the governor!" At this time, the other soldiers also knew about this, and also followed: "May Commander-in-Chief Xu command all the governors!" The voices sang in unison, shattering the sky.
Li Yuanhong knew that there was nothing wrong with him, so he immediately put his heart in his stomach and ran away secretly while others were not paying attention. Sun Wei climbed the steps of the armory, waved his hand down, waited for the silence, and said: "Since the brothers pushed my brothers to be the governor, this shows that the brothers have me Sun Wei in their hearts, and if I shirk it again, it will chill the hearts of the brothers like that Li Yuanhong." I'll put the words aside now, if I Sun Wei does something sorry for my brothers in the future, you can also throw me down and step on me again as if you pushed me up. I would like to shed my blood with my brothers for this revolutionary republic. Long live the revolution! Long live the republic! Suddenly, the sound of long live below was endless.
Sun Wei knew that the big thing had been decided, and he did what he wished, so he walked down the steps and signed the Anmin notice for people to post it quickly. At this time, a soldier from outside came to report that Tang Hualong, chairman of the Federation of Consultative Bureaus, had sent someone to see Sun Wei. Sun Wei asked the soldiers to rest and sent someone to invite Tang Hualong's people in. For Tang Hualong, Sun Wei knows. Tang Hualong is a representative figure who advocates a constitutional monarchy, and although he is a typical opportunist with no political stance, he has great influence in Hubei and even in the entire Chinese political circles.
Xu I entered the military and sat down for a while, and the guards brought in an old man in his fifties, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and bowed to Sun Wei as soon as he came in: "The villain Tang Fu, the housekeeper of the Tang Mansion, greets Commander Xu." Sun Wei hurriedly stood up, walked over to help the old man and said, "Now it's a republic, and the revolutionary party is not popular with this." I don't know what Mr. Tang is looking for Xu? Sun Wei asked knowingly. Tang Fu said: "The master wants to ask Commander Xu to come to the government to organize the government. Sun Wei said: "Mr. Tang came to invite, Xu dared to disobey his fate?" I'll arrange it and I'll go with you. Then he shouted to the outside: "Someone is coming." A guard replied, and Sun Wei said to her, "Go and ask Deputy Biao Tong Zhou." The guard hurriedly replied yes and went out.
After a while, Zhou Dingyuan came in, and Sun Wei said: "You send someone to find Xiong Biaotong, and ask him to quickly move the silver deposits from the official money bureau, the silver and copper coins, and the domain treasury to the ordnance office." Protect the armory, the armory is the lifeblood of our people, and it should not be taken lightly. Zhou Dingyuan said: "Commander-in-chief, rest assured, I will ensure that the ordnance station is foolproof." ”
Sun Wei's guard battalion was the first to be established, and the officers and men used to be ordinary soldiers. Although the new officers have no leadership experience, they are very obedient with Sun Wei, a big-skinned soldier. Moreover, the trusted officer already has prestige in the army, and it is not much difficulty to command the soldiers. When the army was reorganized, the guard battalion took on the task of guarding, and now Sun Wei was going out, and Wang Hu led a large group of guards to protect him. Wang Hu ordered someone to lead a horse and invite Sun Wei to get on the horse, Sun Wei was stunned and immediately turned red, Lao Tzu has never ridden a horse when he is so old.
Tang Fu is also an old man, seeing Sun Wei's embarrassed expression, he understands that our commander-in-chief Xu can't ride a horse and is embarrassed to say, and immediately said: "Commander-in-chief Xu, the old body is not good, he came in a carriage, and he can't keep up with the commander-in-chief's horse, so why don't Commander-in-Chief Xu take the old carriage?" ”
Sun Wei saw that there were steps and hurriedly said: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Then he followed Tang Fu into the carriage. Wang Hu was still wondering how he could have the majesty of riding a horse in a carriage, but he didn't know that his move made him suffer a lot later.
Wang Hu had no choice but to get on his horse and let more than 200 soldiers run around the carriage in two rows and march towards Tangfu. Sun Wei looked out from the curtain of the carriage, and when he saw the soldiers guarding on both sides of him, he suddenly felt very majestic, and sighed in his heart that it is good to have rights, and he was a little distracted for a while. Tang Fu sat in the carriage and saw Sun Wei looking out in a daze, thinking that Sun Wei was thinking about any military affairs and did not dare to speak out. If Tang Fu knew what Sun Wei was thinking, he would definitely scold Sun Wei for being unproductive.
Wuchang City is not very large, and it is not very far from the Chuwangtai Ordnance Institute to Tangfu, and the carriage will soon arrive at Tangfu. From a distance, Sun Wei saw a group of people standing at the door of the Tang Mansion, knowing that they were here to greet him. The leader was a middle-aged man with a beard in his forties, and Sun Wei knew that this was Tang Hualong.
When Sun Wei stepped out of the carriage, Tang Hualong hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Presumably, this is Commander-in-Chief Xu who leads the revolution, right?" What a hero! Sun Wei knew that this was what he said, but he was also very comfortable to listen to and smiled: "Mr. Tang is polite, it is all supported by the brothers, and Xu is just a corpse vegetarian meal." Tang Hualong was happy when he saw that Sun Wei was happy and had no city mansion, but he didn't know that Sun Wei was just a junior in the later generation, where did he come from.
Tang Hualong said: "Commander-in-Chief Xu is too modest, please come inside." Sun Wei knew that this was not a place to speak, so he immediately followed Tang Hualong into the Tang Mansion. Wang Hu immediately commanded the soldiers to deploy in Tangfu, after all, just after the battle, if the blind man gave Sun Wei a shot, it would not be a pity for him to die. Tang Hualong had the intention to curry favor with this commander-in-chief Xu who had no city government, and without saying anything, he took Sun Wei and everyone into the hall of Tangfu. After entering, Sun Wei introduced the members of the Consultative Bureau, and Sun Wei bowed his hands one by one to express his admiration, but in fact, he didn't remember anyone.
After the introduction, Tang Hualong asked Sun Wei straight to the point: "The revolution is about to succeed, I don't know what Commander-in-Chief Xu wants." Sun Wei said: "The brothers promoted me to be the governor of the Hubei Military Government, and I can't chill the heart of the middle brother, so I should go down, I don't know what Mr. Tang has to say." ”
Tang Hualong said: "Commander-in-Chief Xu appointed this governor to Tang is a person who raised his hand in favor, I don't know what Commander-in-Chief Xu thinks about this political matter." Sun Wei said: "I want to establish a military government and open a parliament as soon as possible, why don't you let Mr. Tang bend to the position of speaker?" ”
Tang Hualong's heart blossomed, you revolutionary parties are also inseparable from me, but he said: "I have a lot of people who are highly respected in Hubei political circles, how can Tang be virtuous, this candidate for speaker is still capable." Sun Wei said: "Mr. Tang's appointment as speaker is expected by everyone, so don't be too modest." ”
Sun Wei looked around and asked, "Do you think what I said is right?" Everyone said: "Commander-in-Chief Xu is reasonable." Sun Wei discussed with Tang Hualong and others that in addition to opening a parliament, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Military Affairs should be set up, with Tang Hualong as the Minister of Civil Affairs in charge of civil affairs and Sun Wei as the Minister of Military Affairs in charge of military affairs. After discussing the construction of the military government, Sun Wei declined Tang Hualong's invitation to the banquet and returned to the Chuwangtai Ordnance Institute, and Tang Hualong discussed the formation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the parliament at home.
By the time Sun Wei returned to the Chuwangtai Armory, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and Xiong Bingkun had already returned to the Armory with the money bureau, the silver and copper coins, and the silver deposited in the domain. Sun Wei had a casual lunch with Xiong Bingkun and other officers, and began to discuss the recovery of Hankou and Hanyang. While Sun Wei was preparing to send troops to fight, he sent people to the revolutionary party in the 42nd Battalion of the 21st Mixed Association stationed in Hanyang and the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Standard of the 8th Town stationed in Hankou, so that they could lead the people to revolt during Sun Wei's crusade.
Sun Wei ordered Zhou Dingyuan to lead the first standard to guard Wuchang City and take charge of the security of Wuchang City. He personally took Xiong Bingkun and the guards battalion, the second standard, the artillery battalion, the engineering battalion, the gendarmerie battalion, and the baggage battalion out of Wuchang and marched to Hanyang and Hankou across the river.
While organizing troops to march to Hanyang and Hankow, Sun Wei sent members of the Communist Association to secretly infiltrate the New Army barracks in Hanyang and Hankou to inform the comrades in the New Army there to prepare for a pre-battle uprising.
What Sun Wei didn't expect was that before the army had all crossed the river, the new army camp facing Hanyang on the other side of the river was filled with gunfire. Thinking that the uprising had leaked, Sun Wei hurriedly ordered the army to quickly cross the river in order to meet the army that failed in the uprising. But what Sun Wei didn't expect was that when the army had just crossed the river and was ready to attack, the liaison sent by Sun Wei to Hanyang came back and brought back the news that surprised Sun Wei that Hanyang had been recovered, and Zhao Chengwu, the leader of the rebel army, led the rebel army to attack Hankou.
Sun Wei immediately decided to change the order that the army should march to Hankou. When Sun Wei's army arrived in Hankou, Zhao Chengwu had already led his army to capture the new army camp in Hankou and led his troops to join Sun Wei. Sun Wei couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the world had been tired of the Qing Dynasty for a long time, and even the army was unwilling to give his life to the Qing Dynasty, and the demise of the Qing government was a historical inevitability.
Zhao Chengwu led the army to meet Sun Wei, and Sun Wei personally led the crowd to greet him. (To be continued.) )