Xinhua Palace, Beijing.

"I knew they wouldn't be so honest."

Today's Yuan Shikai made an exception and did not hold a pre-imperial meeting, but sat at a table with a few people in a small conference room.

At this time, Yuan Shikai had already learned the news of the Chinese ** Party in Guangdong.

"The anti-party launched it while our navy was going to Europe, probably in order to get nearby support from the Japanese from Taiwan." Admiral Liu Guanxiong said, "They can be said to have been prepared for a long time. ”

In Guangdong alone, they couldn't afford to be generous and sneered, and tapped the map on the table with their fingers, "If Long Jiguang can't stand it, he can destroy them by transferring troops from Hunan and Jiangxi." He casually looked at Yang Shuoming, who was sitting not far away, observed his expression and reaction, and then looked at Yuan Shikai with a suggestive gaze.

Since the end of the last war against Japanese aggression, Yang Shuoming's reputation for the ability of the Jiangxi army has spread all over the world, in Yang Du's view, as long as the Jiangxi army is dispatched, it can wipe out the ** party army in Guangdong. And now, if you want to send someone to the south to quell the turmoil, Yang Shuoming is undoubtedly an excellent candidate.

But Yuan Shikai didn't seem to notice Yang Du's gaze, he looked at the map, pointed to Yunnan and Guangxi provinces, and said with some annoyance: "The problem is that Lu Rongting is likely to be in league with them. Tang Jiyao's attitude is also very suspicious, Cai Songpo is now sick and hospitalized, and he can't ...... things."

"They must not be allowed to connect Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, and other provinces." Xu Shuzheng said categorically, "For today's plan, we should quickly use troops to fight for it." ”

"How do you think soldiers should be used?" Yuan Shikai asked.

"We can quickly transfer the troops and horses of Hunan and Jiangxi provinces into Guangdong, and join forces with the Longjiguang Department to conquer and suppress," Xu Shuzheng replied, "The troops I participated in the war have now completed the training of the third division, but for the time being, they do not need to go to Europe, and go directly to Guangdong to quell the chaos." ”

"There's no problem with military spending, right?" Yuan Shikai raised his head and turned his gaze to Yang Du and Liang Shiyi, still ignoring the hint in Yang Du's eyes.

"Your Majesty rest assured." Yang Du was the first to reply, "Although the treasury is not full, it is only a slight surplus, but it is not a problem to fight this battle. ”

"yes, yes, no problem, no problem."

When Liang Shiyi heard Yuan Shikai's question, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, but when he heard Yang Du's answer, he immediately instinctively agreed.

As the "God of Wealth" in China's political circles, he certainly knows his family background when he controls the Bank of Communications, but when he saw Yang Shuoming's gaze just now, he changed his words stiffly.

In order to get the current position of Minister of Finance, he did not hesitate to move all the reserves of the Bank of Communications to Yuan Shikai's inner treasury, and today's Bank of Communications is just an empty shelf for issuing banknotes with credibility.

Of course, if it weren't for the young man in front of him who unexpectedly helped him......

"What does Hanzhi think?" Yuan Shikai noticed that Liang Shiyi's gaze seemed to be looking in the other direction, he looked at Yang Shuoming, who had not spoken, and suddenly asked.

"I think that the focus of this quelling of the unrest is in the north rather than in the south."

Although Yang Shuoming's voice was not high, it surprised everyone in the room.

"What do you mean by Hanzhi?" Yuan Shikai asked in surprise.

"If something is abnormal, it is a demon." Yang Shuoming said calmly, "The timing of the anti-party launch this time is not very favorable for them, but they dare to make a desperate bet, and they seem to be emboldened. ”

"What does Hanzhi think he is afraid of?" Yang Du asked.

"The opposition party dares to launch because it has the support of Japan behind it," Yang Shuoming said, "but after all, they are weak, and if the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou do not adhere to the rebellion, our army can be calmed down with one drum, unless Japan still has arrangements in the north of our country to suppress the effect of the north and the south." ”

"Hanzhi means that Manmeng may have changed?" Xu Shuzheng understood what Yang Shuoming meant, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

"It has not been a day since Japan was plotting to conquer Mongolia, and if it wanted to conquer the world, it must first conquer China; If you want to conquer China, you must first conquer Manchu and Mongolia, and it is said that the leader of the rebel party once made a treaty with the Japanese chieftain to separate Manchu and Mongolia from our Chinese territory and hand it over to Japan forever. Yang Shuoming nodded and said, "Where Japan may launch in the north of our country, except for Manchuria, I don't think twice." ”

"What Han Zhi said is true, during the Xinhai period, Japan instigated the rebellion of the Mongolian princes and the Manchu Qing Sect Socialists, in a vain attempt to make Mongolia stand on its own from China's territory, but fortunately, the counterplot was detected by our military and political authorities, and it did not succeed." Yuan Shikai's face became extremely ugly for a while, "In the next two years, there were many rebellions, all of which were broken by our army. Behind these rebellions, in fact, there was a shadow of the Japanese in every one of them. ”,

Of course, Yang Shuoming understood what Yuan Shikai said. As early as 1912, Japan plotted the escape of Shanqi, the prince of the Manchu dynasty, instigated a rebellion of the Mongol princes in Inner Mongolia, and secretly transported weapons to Mongolia in a vain attempt to establish a "Manchu and Mongolian Kingdom" separated from China. The weapons smuggled by Japan into China were then cracked by the authorities of the three eastern provinces of China, and the Chinese army attacked in time to repel the invasion of Inner Mongolia by the Outer Mongolian army, so that the Japanese conspiracy did not succeed.

"Then the three newly reorganized divisions should not go to Guangdong." Xu Shuzheng said, "It's better to put it in Mongolia." ”

"Just do it! As for the reason, you will make a hard trip to explain it to the British and American ministers. Yuan Shikai said.

Hearing Yuan Shikai say this, Yang Shuoming knew that his "chess" had been completed.

Now, it's time to wait for the show to begin.

Coming out of Xinhua Palace, Yang Shuoming did not go home, but went directly to the party headquarters of the Chinese National Socialist Party.

In order to expand the party's influence as soon as possible, at Jiang Xueying's suggestion, the word "worker" was removed from the "China National Social Democratic Workers' Party" and renamed the "China National Social Democratic Party."

"I knew you were coming."

Jiang Xueying looked at Yang Shuoming and smiled slightly.

"Didn't Lao Yuan seal you again?" She looked at Yang Shuoming and asked with a smile.

"Of course not." Yang Shuoming looked at the young "party leader" and the young talents around her with a smile, "I'm still afraid that he will give me too many officials, and you all will be so unhappy." ”

"I thought you would take this opportunity to fight back military power from Lao Yuan and help Mr. Sun." Jiang Xueying stared at Yang Shuoming's eyes, as if she wanted to know what kind of calculation he was making now.

"It's not time for me to put on my uniform again." Yang Shuoming shook his head, "Moreover, I won't help your old leaders before." ”

"Why? Do you think our country is good now? Jiang Xueying's face changed slightly, and her voice couldn't help but be high.

"Of course not." Yang Shuoming saw that she couldn't help but clench his fists, and smiled faintly, "I just don't want to overthrow an Emperor Yuan and make another Emperor Sun." ”

Listening to Yang Shuoming's answer, Jiang Xueying's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Mr. Sun wants to uphold the law and rebuild the republic, not to be the emperor!"

"What he wants to do is to be an emperor who is not called an emperor." Yang Shuoming sneered, took out an envelope from his pocket, and handed it to Jiang Xueying, "Look at this." ”

Jiang Xueying saw Yang Shuoming's movements, the doubt in her eyes became thicker, she took a deep breath, let herself return to her usual demeanor, and then stepped forward to take the envelope from Yang Shuoming's hand, opened it, took out the letter paper inside and looked at it.

Her gaze only swept the letter a few times, and her face turned pale.

"The photo inside, you can take a good look, is it his own handwriting and seal." Yang Shuoming said, "The rights and interests that tens of millions of patriotic soldiers and civilians shed their blood and sacrificed to protect have been given to Japan in vain. ”

"I see." Jiang Xueying's body trembled like an electric shock for a while, and then quickly regained her composure, showing extraordinary concentration, Yang Shuoming saw her movements in his eyes, and secretly admired in his heart.

"I'm sorry." Jiang Xueying suddenly bowed to Yang Shuoming and said.

"Those who don't know are not to blame, and there is no need to apologize." Yang Shuoming looked at her and said, "I came here in a hurry, just because I was afraid that you would be instigated and do stupid things." ”

"No, it won't." Jiang Xueying had completely regained her composure at this time, "What do you think we should do for the country now?" ”

Yang Shuoming heard that the word "country" was emphasized in her words, and there was a look of relief in his eyes.

"Let more Chinese people know the truth." Yang Shuoming said, "A brocade rust article is worth 100,000 soldiers, and the more people know the truth, the less blood innocent people will shed." ”

Hearing Yang Shuoming learn her tone and emphasize the words "innocent person" in her words, Jiang Xueying smiled slightly, and the fierce meaning in her eyes disappeared, but soon her face became solemn again.

"If Old Yuan wins, won't his throne be more stable?"

Zhu Feng knew what Jiang Xueying was worried about, and asked for her on the side.

"In this fight, there will be no winners." A smile appeared on Yang Shuoming's face that seemed very touching to these young women, "The real winner is the one who really recreates the republic." ”,

"I know who you're talking about." Jiang Xueying looked at Yang Shuoming, said with a smile, and handed the letter in her hand to Zhu Feng.

"Who's that guy?" Zhu Feng asked puzzled.

Jiang Xueying bowed her chin to Yang Shuoming, who was sitting, and an incomparably confident light flashed in her eyes.

"I thought that he, Yang Hanzhi, would take this opportunity to ask for a southern supervisor, but I didn't expect him to make any moves."

Coming out of Xinhua Palace, Yang Shuoming did not go home, but went directly to the party headquarters of the Chinese National Socialist Party.

In order to expand the party's influence as soon as possible, at Jiang Xueying's suggestion, the word "workers' party" was deleted from the "China National People's Society" and renamed "China's national society."

"I knew you were coming."

Jiang Xueying looked at Yang Shuoming and smiled slightly.

"Didn't Lao Yuan seal you again?" She looked at Yang Shuoming and asked with a smile.

"Of course not." Yang Shuoming looked at the young "party leader" and the young talents around her with a smile, "I'm still afraid that he will give me too many officials, and you all will be so unhappy." ”

"I thought you would take this opportunity to fight back the military power from Lao Yuan and help Mr. Sun." Jiang Xueying stared at Yang Shuoming's eyes, as if she wanted to know what kind of calculation he was making now.

"It's not time for me to put on my uniform again." Yang Shuoming shook his head, "Moreover, I won't help your old leader." ”

"Why? Do you think our country is very good now? Jiang Xueying's face changed slightly, and her voice couldn't help but be high.

"Of course not." Yang Shuoming saw that she couldn't help but clench his fists, and smiled faintly, "I just don't want to push over an Emperor Yuan and make another Emperor Sun." ”

Listening to Yang Shuoming's answer, Jiang Xueying's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Mr. Sun wants to uphold the law and rebuild the common peace, not to be the emperor!"

"What he wants to do is to be an emperor who is not called an emperor." Yang Shuoming sneered, took out an envelope from his pocket, and handed it to Jiang Xueying, "Look at this." ”

Jiang Xueying saw Yang Shuoming's movements, the doubt in her eyes became thicker, she took a deep breath, let herself return to her usual demeanor, and then stepped forward to take the envelope from Yang Shuoming's hand, opened it, took out the letter paper inside and looked at it.

Her gaze only swept the letter a few times, and her face turned pale.

"The photo inside, you can take a good look, is it his own handwriting and seal." Yang Shuoming said, "The rights and interests that tens of millions of soldiers and civilians of the Ai Kingdom want to protect through their bloody sacrifices have been given to Japan in vain." ”

"I see." Jiang Xueying's body trembled like an electric shock for a while, and then quickly regained her composure, showing extraordinary concentration, Yang Shuoming saw her movements in her eyes, and secretly admired in her heart.

"I'm sorry." Jiang Xueying suddenly bowed to Yang Shuoming and said.

"Those who don't know are not to blame, and there is no need to apologize." Yang Shuoming looked at her and said, "I came here in a hurry, just because I was afraid that you would be instigated and do stupid things." ”

"No, it won't." Jiang Xueying had completely regained her composure at this time, "What do you think we should do for the Guoyuan family now?" ”

Yang Shuoming heard that the word "Guoyuan Family" was emphasized in her words, and a look of relief appeared in his eyes.

"Let more Chinese people know the true picture." Yang Shuoming said, "A brocade rust article is worth 100,000 soldiers, and the more people know the true picture, the less blood innocent people will shed." ”

Hearing Yang Shuoming learn her tone and emphasize the words "innocent person" in her words, Jiang Xueying smiled slightly, and the fierce meaning in her eyes disappeared, but soon her face became solemn again.

"If Old Yuan wins, won't his throne be more stable?"

Zhu Feng knew what Jiang Xueying was worried about, and asked for her on the side.

"There will be no winner in this fight." Yang Shuoming's face showed a smile that seemed very touching to these young women, "The real winner is the one who really recreates the common peace." ”

"I know who you're talking about." Jiang Xueying looked at Yang Shuoming, said with a smile, and handed the letter in her hand to Zhu Feng.

"Who's that guy?" Zhu Feng asked puzzled.

Jiang Xueying bowed her chin to Yang Shuoming, who was sitting, and an incomparably confident light flashed in her eyes.

"I thought that he, Yang Yuhanzhi, would take this opportunity to ask for the Southern Governor, but I didn't expect him to make any moves." ,

Duan Qirui slowly straightened up from his chair and stood up, he rotated the two smooth jade balls with one hand, and paced back and forth in the room while shaking his head and neck.

"Uncle Xu also said that he originally thought that Lao Yuan would make Yang Lihanzhi the general of Jiangxi and lead the army to fight Sun Cannon, but it was Tang Tianxi and Ma Jizeng who appointed Lao Yuan to go to the south to quell the chaos." Duan Hongye said, offering his father a cup of fragrant tea.

Hearing the words "Tang Tianxi", Duan Qirui, who had just taken a sip of the teacup, stumbled and squirted out all the tea.

Duan Hongye looked at his father who was laughing there a little strangely, and a look of doubt flashed in his eyes.

"Ma Jizeng is not bad," Duan Qirui put down the teacup with a smile and beat his chest with his hand, "But that Tang Tianxi ...... What a thing he is! If he is like this, he can also raise troops to fight? ”

"Isn't this person also a general of the General's Mansion?" Duan Hongye asked a little strangely.

"The general is true, but he is a general...... Forget it, let's not talk about it. Probably afraid that telling Tang Tianxi's true identity would make his son have a bad association with the current emperor, Duan Qirui stopped his somewhat out of shape laughter at the right time.

"This Yang Yuhanzhi can guess that the Japanese may be playing tricks in Manmeng, and he is worthy of the word "wise general", Xiao Xu can pick up a great achievement this time, and he should be grateful to him."

"Lao Yuan has just appointed Uncle Xu as the northwest patrol envoy to lead the three newly formed divisions to Mongolia. And let General Zhang Yuting temporarily replace General Fengtian, which should be directed to the Japanese. Duan Hongye said, "It's okay for Uncle Xu to go to Mongolia, but Zhang Yuting just drove Duan Zhigui away from Mukden, and it was rumored outside that the Japanese were wooing him, but Lao Yuan still wanted to promote him, and his son couldn't understand the reason." ”

Just yesterday, Duan Zhigui, the "Imperial Highness" who was originally in charge of the three eastern provinces, hurriedly left Fengtian and returned to Bei Lijing, and then Yuan Shikai issued an edict to let Zhang Zuolin temporarily act as General Fengtian and the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces.

"Zhang Yuting has established a foundation in the Eastern Province, and the Japanese have won him over, with the ultimate goal of eating the three eastern provinces, and the three eastern provinces are now his old Zhang's territory, will he agree to let the Japanese come like this?" Duan Qirui looked at his son with a smile, "Lao Yuan let him taste the taste of General Fengtian first, isn't it also a way to win him over?" And it doesn't cost anything. ”

"My son understands." Duan Hongye suddenly realized, and couldn't help nodding again and again.

"Is there any news from Cai Songpo?" Duan Qirui asked.

"I heard that he had surgery and is now recuperating in Renhe Hospital." Duan Hongye said, "Lao Yuan personally visited him a few days ago. ”

"His Cai Songpo's behavior is also strange this time." Duan Qirui frowned, "This doesn't quite fit his character. ”

"Does Father think it's possible for him to go and unite with Sun Cannon?" Duan Hongye asked.

"Such a good opportunity, Bei Cai Nanyang didn't make the slightest move, it's really abnormal." Duan Qirui shook his head and said to himself.

At this time, Duan Qirui didn't know that the two of them didn't move at all, if he really knew what the two of them were doing, he was afraid that he would be surprised.

Guangli East, Guangzhou.

"I knew that he Long Ji was just a straw bale, and he ran faster than a rabbit."

A heroic general wearing a Japanese-style military uniform and riding on a horse with a waist sword on his shoulder helped his glasses and said to a young officer beside him with a smile.

"Yuan Shikai will only use such straw bales." The young officer said with a smile, unable to hide the smug look between his eyebrows.

"Now the entire territory of Guangyuan East is in our hands, but it is far from enough, Zhong Zheng." The bespectacled general smiled and pointed to the mountains and rivers hidden in the mist in the distance with his horsewhip, and said, "We will soon meet with Yuan Shikai's main elite, I want to see if they are as powerful as the Japanese say." ”

"I also want to see what the invincible Gan army in the world looks like, and it can be the sharpness of our revolutionary army." The young officer also said.

The general of the Revolutionary Army on the horse is the famous Chen Yingshi among the Revolutionary Party.

Chen Yingshi was born in 1878 in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province to a merchant family, studied private school for seven years, lost his father at the age of 15, and went to Japan in the spring of 1906, where he studied police, law and military science. In the winter of the same year, he joined the League.

Compared with the Zhejiang Revolutionary Party of the same era, he debuted late, he was not outstanding at that time, and he was still unknown until he returned to China, leaving no trace in the history of the Yuan. ,

His first rise to prominence was his activities in Shanglihai after returning to China in 1908.

In 1907, after Xu Xilin Qiujin was killed by the Qing court, the revolutionary forces in Shanglihai suffered a serious setback, and almost all activities were stopped.

The period from 1907 to 1910 was the most difficult period since the founding of the League. In this predicament, Chen Yingshi regrouped in Shanglihai, opened up the situation, and gradually moved from empty words to practice, "the party's momentum was invigorated".

Chen Yingshi usually calls himself a scholar, but he has always acted decisively and quickly, and is known for his "four shortcuts" (quick speech, quick ideas, quick means, and quick actions).

After the first uprising of Wuchang, Shanglihai soon also declared its independence, "Hankou is lost, Yingshi can take Shanglihai to resist it, and Shanglihai can peep into Nanjing." After the loss of Hanyang, the party got Nanjing to resist it, and the overall situation of the revolution was revitalized. Then the people who are on the branch of the sea Yingshi are more than him. ”

After the second revolution, Sun died in Japan for the second time, feeling that the defeat was caused by disagreement within the party, and decided to organize a revolutionary party that was highly obedient to the leader's sleeve.

Chen Yingshi strongly supported Sun's idea of destroying the old party and creating a new party, became Sun's most important assistant, and served as the head of the general affairs department in the Zhongli Huafang Revolutionary Party, presiding over the organization of the organization, and his status was second only to Sun's.

The method of organizing the secret association of gangs and the whole set of methods used to restrain the party members and control the organization of the party were first suggested by Chen Yingshi to Sun and agreed to by Sun.

The Zhongyuan Huage ordered the party to pass the party constitution that the party must go through strict procedures and fill out an oath contract, which includes the language of "keep this covenant forever, unswerving until death, if you have two hearts, you will be willing to suffer capital punishment". Party members were also required to absolutely obey the orders and will of the party leader, and if a party member betrayed the party, in addition to the capital punishment himself, the introducer was also jointly and severally liable (from these aspects, the Zhonghua Revolutionary Party was more like a gang-like organization than a revolutionary party). Therefore, it is no wonder that Huang Xing, a revolutionary father, refused to participate).

Chen Yingshi was accustomed to assassination, and once secretly killed Yuan Shikai's right-hand man Zheng Rucheng, the guard of Shanglihai, in Shanglihai, and instigated the officers and men of the "Zhaohe" ship to rebel. Although it failed, it gave Yuan Shikai a great shock.