262: Death or Throne?
How could Wang Sirui not think of those things that foreigners could think of?
Of course, what foreigners didn't expect even more was that Wang Sirui not only thought of it, but even made a more unique approach. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Wang Shuqi, the commander of the Second Army, was called back from Shengjing by Wang Sirui, along with the three commanders of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Armies.
The foreigners just thought that Wang Sirui deliberately made a posture of war, in order to give them more bargaining chips at the negotiation table.
But what Wang Sirui wants is not just that, what he wants is far beyond the imagination of foreigners.
If that indemnity can be intercepted, Wang Sirui's finances will undoubtedly be much looser, and this money can be used to do a lot of things, and it can also support him to fight a war for a period of time.
Besides, the current Wang Sirui is like a bullet that has been pushed into the chamber of the gun, and he has to send it.
Moreover, Wang Sirui has no more time to prepare.
He didn't know if his appearance would affect the outbreak of World War I, but now, Wang Sirui must make all preparations, he must unify the whole country as soon as possible, and then develop with peace of mind for a few years to prepare for the next World War.
On 15 December, 20 consecutive days of running around made the commander of the Fourth Army, Wu boast, and the commander of the Fifth Army, Feng Guozhang, was full of exhaustion.
It was a bit too hasty to recall them to the capital this time, so that from the time they returned to the capital to the present, they had not had time to inquire about what had happened during this time.
The cards are very large, which makes Wang Sirui a headache.
Huaxia is too big, and the current traffic situation is also very worrying, if it is placed in the future, in the event of an emergency, it can be through the dense railway network, in just a few days, the southernmost army can be mobilized to the northernmost battlefield.
But now, if you want to do this, it will take a month at the earliest, and if the troops want to go into battle, it will take a month and a half to slow it will be two months, and most of the time will be wasted on the road.
This makes Wang Sirui a little impatient to develop the domestic railway network, although Rome was not built in a day, but in Wang Sirui's heart, he has gradually had an idea.
At least, in the next few years, he will build a cross-railroad.
"Commander, everyone is here!" A personal soldier walked into Wang Sirui's office, looked at Wang Sirui who was worried, and said softly.
"Okay, we'll go over now!" Wang Sirui nodded and immediately stood up from his seat.
He could completely solve this meeting by telegram, but the stakes were very high, and it was also related to the fate of the Han army, so Wang Sirui had to call back the four generals who were commanding the troops abroad.
came to the conference room next door, the four people in the room were boredly drinking tea, smoking cigarettes, and inquiring about each other's recent situation, although their faces were tired, but there was no expression of complaint.
These people, except for Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui, who came over halfway, all started as a soldier with Wang Sirui, and they know what all this today represents?
It can be said that the efforts of these people are not only for the Chinese nation, but also for themselves.
No one complains, because they know that if they complain now, then in the future, they will be in a lower position than everyone else here.
In fact, the high-level of power is working hard for themselves, and as for the sake of the nation and the people, it is purely for the people to hear.
If they can do that, then unless they can go back to their homes and farm after victory, everything will be clouds.
"Zhiquan, you have been staying in the capital, tell us what happened recently?" Feng Guozhang asked with some itching in his heart.
Originally, Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui were still at odds with each other, but since they took refuge in Wang Sirui, Wang Sirui separated the two, one is the army, the other is artillery, two completely different arms, which makes them completely incomparable, and they often have to cooperate in combat, so the relationship has eased a lot.
At least, if the two meet again now, they won't snort coldly.
"There are a lot of small things, but there is only one big thing." Duan Qirui deliberately sold Guanzi.
"What's the big deal? Hurry up! ”
"That's it, you don't sell off."
Seeing that everyone's appetite had been lifted, Duan Qirui smiled, and then spoke: "Our goal is about to be achieved, but I don't know exactly when it is, it should be in the near future." ”
"What?" Feng Guozhang was stunned suddenly, and then a feeling of joy suddenly occupied his whole body.
What is their purpose? It can be said that the whole world knows that it overthrows the Qing Dynasty and replaces the Qing Dynasty.
Listening to Duan Qirui's meaning, is the commander planning to take this step? So in this case, these people here are the founding fathers, how can Feng Guozhang not be surprised?
And after hearing this news, even Wang Shuqi, who had behaved most calmly in the past, had a slight tremor on his face.
He didn't expect that they would really be able to come this far, and they would be able to really overthrow the Qing Dynasty.
Suddenly, it seemed that yesterday they were still a small team of only a few dozen people, and they were still ambushing the Eight-Nation Alliance near the Pingjin Railway, and even ambushing a transport team, they still needed to rack their brains to find a way to make up for the disadvantage of their lack of troops.
But looking at today, they have a million troops in their hands, and even in the next few years, the strength of the Han army will be able to exceed three million.
It's all so nihilistic, so unreal.
"Hehe, you said that if the commander becomes the emperor, what will he do with us?" Wu Zixuan asked excitedly.
What he cares about most is his reputation, the higher the name, the more he will pull the wind when he goes out, what was the reason for defecting to Wang Sirui back then? Isn't it because you're looked down upon by the Boxers?
And the most direct result of being looked down upon is that he can't get what he wants.
Obviously, I went with more than 100 people, but in the end? But let him be a small soldier, how could Wu Zixuan bear it?
Thinking about it now, even Wu Zixuan himself often praised himself when he was alone, and couldn't help but praise himself twice, if he hadn't defected to Wang Sirui that day, how could he have today's status?
If you go home in the name of a founding father at that time, don't you envy the dead villagers?
Tsk, that feeling, just thinking about it makes me feel very cool.
"I think I'll be crowned king." Feng Guozhang muttered secretly, in all dynasties, aren't the founding fathers with the highest merits all kings?
"Hehe, if I really want to be crowned king at that time, I am willing to sell this throne to the commander and let him convert it into cash for me." Duan Qirui smiled and responded.
Feng Guozhang looked at Duan Qirui as if he was looking at an alien, and was shocked, this didn't seem to be the Duan Qirui he knew.
"I said Zhiquan, why haven't you seen you for half a year, but you have become a money fan? Is the throne important or the money important? Besides, how much do you think it takes to buy a throne? You're just embarrassing the commander-in-chief. Feng Guozhang said.
"It doesn't matter how much it is, the problem is that you have to have the life to be the prince. In all dynasties, how many of those founding fathers who were crowned kings would have a good end? Maybe we don't have any unusual thoughts now, but there is also a saying that the ass decides the head. If you have an abnormal idea at that time, how difficult will the commander be?
So, I think it's better to have money, it doesn't matter if the country doesn't have money, I can ask for it in batches. Just give me a little enough money every year, and when I die, let my descendants receive this money, and as long as the country does not die, my descendants will never be short of money to spend.
Compared to the throne that can lose its head at any time, I think it's better to have money. Duan Qirui said.
In fact, it was not just Duan Qirui's personal thoughts, he once tested Wang Sirui, but Wang Sirui took those kings with different surnames in the Qing Dynasty back and forth to him.
Duan Qirui was so smart that he instantly understood what Wang Sirui meant, so taking advantage of this opportunity, Duan Qirui quietly revealed this matter to the few people who were most likely to be crowned kings.
If you want to cut off the idea of cutting them off now, instead of bringing yourself the disaster of killing yourself in the future, it is better to be honest now, as long as you have money and no power, as long as they don't get online, the rest of the things will be easy to say.
"Uh...... Also, even Wu Sangui was taken down by the Qing court, although we are different from Wu Sangui, but we still have a real ass to decide the head, so if you say it, the money is still good. Well, I've decided that I'll build a big house in my hometown and live comfortably. Feng Guozhang was even more afraid.
There are some things that cannot be explained.
There have been too many such cases in history, that is, the princes of those royal families sometimes have difficulty protecting themselves, let alone those with different surnames?
Duan Qirui's words made everyone dispel this idea, if you can get the position of the prince, you have to have the life to sit.
They don't dare to take risks, they don't dare to put their children and grandchildren in it.
Of course, Duan Qirui, who is smart, will actually mistake Wang Sirui's meaning, in fact, if Wang Sirui really became the emperor, then he would really crown these people as kings.
And Wang Sirui also has a way to prevent them from making trouble in the future, so Wang Sirui is not worried about this problem at all, what he cares about is that these people who follow him to fight the country must not be neglected in the future.
"Commander to ......" one of the guards pushed the people in the conference room and shouted loudly, and the discussion in the room instantly fell silent. (To be continued.) )