The commander-in-chief was furious, the scene was silent, and the atmosphere was awkward.

Yang Wangpeng pulled Deng Gang and said, "You sit down, don't be rude!" ”

After Deng Gang sat down angrily, Yang Wangpeng said to Zhao Bei: "What the commander-in-chief just said, although there is some truth, but the electrification is a major event, and it is really unreasonable not to convene comrades to discuss it in advance. ”

Zhao Bei's gaze moved away from Yang Wangpeng's face, glanced at Deng Gang, and said lightly: "If there is a meeting and you are asked to choose the future head of China, who will you choose?" Deng Gang, you say it bluntly, in your heart, who is the most qualified to be the head of state? ”

Deng Gang tilted his head and snorted, and said proudly: "Then you still need to ask?" Mr. Sun of the Alliance, of course! After the First Sino-Japanese War, he was advocating the anti-Qing revolution, personally organizing revolutionary forces, and returning to China many times to command uprisings. It's a pity that he is not in the country now. ”

"Very well, you're telling the truth." Zhao Bei nodded, turned his head to look at Yang Wangpeng, and asked, "Zilun, who will you recommend to be the head of state?" ”

Yang Wangpeng glanced at Deng Gang and said, "I agree with Deng Gang's opinion, no one is more qualified to be the first president of the Republic of China than Mr. Sun of the Alliance." ”

"Very well, we revolutionaries just have to open our hearts to our comrades. It's normal to have different opinions, and you can raise them in person, but you shouldn't denigrate each other! Zhao Bei stepped down from the podium, glanced at everyone present, raised his right hand, and said, "Now, let's do an investigation." If you agree with Mr. Sun as president, please raise your hand. ”

The officers looked at each other, and then raised their hands in twos and threes, and half of them agreed with Yang Wangpeng and Deng Gang's opinions.

Zhao Bei sighed in his heart, this is called "popularity", at this point, I am afraid that there is really no one who can compete with Sun Wen, after all, the first person to preach the idea of republican revolution and is still alive is him, although his people have been in exile for a long time, but have faintly become the spiritual leader in the hearts of revolutionaries, although the uprising launched by the League has not succeeded once, but at least it has expanded its popularity, and there are several masters of propaganda warfare in the League, it is through their pens that "Mr. Sun of the League" can be famous in Kyushu, Not to mention anything else, even this tenacious style of "repeated defeats and battles" is enough to make people admire.

"Everybody put your hands down." Zhao Bei walked back to the podium, straightened out his thoughts, and gave a reasonable explanation for his behavior in a serious manner.

"Everyone has seen that more than half of the people present chose to nominate Mr. Sun as the president, that is to say, if I had consulted with you before the announcement of the telegram, then it would have been impossible for the 'telegram' to elect Yuan Shikai as the president. In fact, to tell you from the bottom of my heart, I also agree that Mr. Sun should be the first president of the Republic of China, but the current situation forced me to send out that 'telegram' against my will.

Yuan Shikai was an old minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he had always been hostile to the revolution, and it was indeed a bit suspenseful to expect a telegram to make him turn against the Qing Dynasty, but revolution is an adventure, but where there is a glimmer of hope, we revolutionaries must hold on tightly. If a meeting is called, I persuade you to pass the telegram with my incorruptible tongue. Supporting Yuan Shikai's words, then, it is equivalent to all of us carrying the burden of morality, and now, by my arbitrary decision, in my own name, send that telegram, in case someone in the future to investigate the responsibility of the abuse of the president, Zhao alone bears it, and has nothing to do with you, even if it leads to my resignation, you will not be implicated, and our revolutionary cause will not be affected, as for me, I will go to Mr. Sun to plead guilty. Now, you understand my painstaking efforts, right? ”

Yang Wangpeng was stunned and asked, "Then why did the commander-in-chief use the word 'military and civilian' in the telegram?" Doesn't that also represent us? ”

Zhao Bei sighed: "Comrade, why are you so brainless? The telegram said 'the military and civilians of the city', but I was the only one who signed the last signature! At that time, if Yuan Shikai wants to be a die-hard lackey of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, you can't just push the responsibility on me? You didn't sign the telegram anyway, and you really don't support it. There is only my name on the power-up, and as soon as the power-on is struck, no matter what the result is, the responsibility is borne by Zhao! ”

Before Zhao Bei's voice fell, there was already a commotion in the venue, and everyone was talking about each other.

"Commander-in-chief, let's fill in the name of the ministry when you call it." Bai Wenwei stood up excitedly and waved her fists as she spoke. "The headquarters and the commander-in-chief advance and retreat together!"

"You can also sign the name of the department." Zhang Jiyang, who had been silent, also stood up, followed by several cadres of the Liberation Society.

Under their leadership, dozens of officers also stood up, shouting that they wanted to make up the telegram with their names to show that they would advance and retreat with the commander-in-chief, and as for the people of the Qunzhi Society, most of them were speechless, no matter what, they could not imagine that Zhao Bei had found such a high-sounding excuse.

A great opportunity to buy people's hearts, how could Zhao Bei miss it?

Zhao Bei shook his head with a smile and said, "No, no." You are all enthusiastic revolutionary youths, and you have a great future, how can you take risks? The matter of electrification has nothing to do with you, Zhao bears all the responsibility, one shoulder, one shoulder! ”

What a "shoulder"! Without enough courage and self-confidence, who would dare to say such a thing?

Deng Gang looked up at Zhao Bei and shouted: "If Yuan Shikai is unmoved and works hard for the Manchu Qing to the end, the Manchu Qing will not be fooled, and still ask Yuan Shikai to lead the army south to attack the revolutionary army, what can the commander-in-chief do?" ”

Everyone suddenly quieted down, and they all set their eyes on Zhao Bei, and some people began to speculate about when Zhao Bei would impose military law on Deng Gang.

Zhao Bei pointed to the gun on his waist and said: "If Yuan Shikai refuses to oppose the Qing Dynasty, refuses to respond to the revolution, and is determined to be a Manchu lackey, I can only hand over this pistol, change it to a rifle, put on a rifle with a bayonet, and then hold the rifle and rush to the front line. If I die on the battlefield, then you will erect a monument in the place where I died in battle, and it will say, 'I have misseen Yuan Shikai and blinded your dog's eyes'." All of you here are witnesses, if Yuan Shikai is really stubborn and refuses to oppose the Qing Dynasty, you can all say what I said today in front of me again, and if I break my promise, you can completely deal with it by military law! ”

These words were simply heartbreaking, everyone looked sideways, even Deng Gang frowned, and he didn't understand where Zhao Bei's confidence came from.

Could it be that Yuan Shikai was really a traitor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty? Everyone has a question mark in their hearts.

Seeing everyone looking at each other, Zhao Bei lifted the command knife and stomped the ammunition box under his feet, and said: "This matter has been made clear, everyone doesn't have to discuss it anymore, go back to each other, reorganize the troops, maintain the weapons, and be ready to go to battle at any time!" No matter who will be the head of the Republic of China in the future, our revolutionary conviction will never waver, and my revolutionary conviction will never waver. As for what I am saying here today, it is a military secret, and no one is allowed to spread it to the outside world. In addition, Deng Gang's punishment for major demerits was temporarily recorded in the headquarters, and if he performed well in the following campaign, he could be revoked immediately. ”

Everyone stood up and saluted, and the officers of the General Staff Department immediately moved their stools, set up two tables of eight immortals, and began to discuss the reorganization of the troops, while the other officers left the conference room in a formation and walked out of the headquarters.

Several people from the Qunzhi Academy walked out of the headquarters together, turned left, and entered an alley.

Deng Gang looked behind him, looked at the headquarters and whispered, "Be stubborn and use yourself!" ”

"Boss! However, there is some eloquence, and it is a pity not to go into politics. Zhong Wei beside him also whispered.

"Shut up! Soldiers take obedience as their duty. What's more, what the commander-in-chief said is not necessarily unreasonable. If you are so brave, you can be regarded as a gentleman and frank, and you are not allowed to talk nonsense. At the beginning, we suspected that he wanted to take refuge in Yuan Shikai, but as soon as he said this, now it seems that this is really a 'counter-plot'. Yang Wangpeng walked over, patted the two of them on the shoulder, and made a look. Come on! Go back and reorganize the troops. Also, Deng Gang, in the future, you will dare to confront your boss in person, no one else needs to speak, I will cut you first! ”