After Shandong's independence decision was made, Cao Zhongkun of Hebei Province also convened a provincial council in Baoding, and Wu Jingfu blocked the meeting place with two companies of soldiers and cut off traffic. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Under the threat of bayonets, the parliamentarians voted unanimously to support the formation of a joint province of Zhili with Shandong and Jiangsu to form a federation of Zhilu and Suzhou.

The two sides have signed mutual assistance treaties in various fields, including military and economic fields, stipulating that if one side is in trouble, all sides will contribute. The most intuitive advantage is that Shandong agrees to train to Baoding, and is willing to sell some grain at a fair price to solve the problem of grain shortage in Baoding.

As for the government, it is natural that it will not recognize the validity of this federation, but the problem is that the effectiveness of the government is also highly doubtful. It was logical for Xu Juren to succeed Feng Yuzhang as president, but his appointment was not approved by the National Assembly for the reason that the parliament could not be opened.

The original 800 Arhats have been abolished several times, but now only more than 500 seats are retained, and according to the regulations, at least 250 members of parliament must participate in the convening of the National Assembly. However, the Shandong legislators fled en masse, and then called on their friends by telegram to all the legislators, calling on them to pay 100 yuan for each of them as long as they were willing to come to Shandong. All expenses during the period in Shandong will be reimbursed by the Shandong Provincial Government.

Duan Zhiquan was very willing to spend money on the Anfu Club and bribed the councillors on a large scale, but the non-Anfu Club members lived very hard, and the cars, horses, and tea were all reduced to two yuan, and as for the regular salary, they were also in arrears for a long time. Compared with the high price offered by Shandong, the non-Anfu parliamentarians made a decisive decision to maintain the dignity of their parliamentarians and the sanctity of the people's residence.

In the Anfu Club, there was a factional struggle because of the seizure of Lu property and the closure of Siheng, Gonggong, Jiao and Zhengyuan Jingcheng branches. Now that all the major banks in the capital have been seized, the Sino-Qatar cooperative bank, which Duan Zhiquan strongly supports, has refused to recognize the validity of the deposit certificates of other banks, and the savings of these parliamentarians have been turned down overnight.

The Tea Society and other organizations were greatly dissatisfied, and some people were disheartened by the Duan Cabinet because the Meng Siyuan case was too ugly, and on the day of the National Assembly, the Ping Society organized a garden party, and a large group of members went to Beihai and did not go to the meeting. Later, the military and police invited them to the meeting, and they barely gathered the number of people at the meeting, and the parliamentarians refused to sign and express their attitudes/Wang Geng had no choice but to do it himself, and there were 327 members of the meeting that day, and Xu Juren agreed to take over the presidential vote 425. Later, the Telegraph Bureau received a number of telegrams from parliamentarians saying: I did not attend the meeting, where did I get my signature?

Xu Juren, who came out in a hurry, is not so much the president as the unlucky guy who is used to fight the thunder. After taking office, he was forced to sign a thorough investigation order and an investigation order for the economic cases of the three banks of the Communist Party, Jiaotong and Siheng, and then it was the Shandong Yi Governor Order and the Promotion Order. In one fell swoop, 20 divisions were organized in Shandong, and dozens of middle- and lower-ranking officers in Shandong were appointed to the posts of division and brigade commanders.

The order was issued, and the next day the newspaper published a response, "The official government is illegal, and the order is invalid." "The leaders are Xia Manjiang, Wu Jingfu and other military cadres appointed by the government. The plan to provoke civil strife in Zhilu did not work.

Immediately, the Huguang patrol and the Hubei overseer Wang Zichun sent a telegram to support the self-control of the Zhilu United Province, and said that Huguang would consider joining the ranks of the United Province in the next step. The two Guangxi provinces toured Lu Ganqing, sent an extra-long telegram of more than 800 words, quoted scriptures and classics to support the idea of self-control by the provinces, and suggested that the five provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangdong, and Guizhou should form a southwestern self-control alliance and decide their own destiny. Of course, the most important point is to serve as the leader of the alliance, otherwise the alliance will be illegal and the vote will be invalid.

In the Iron Lion Hutong, Duan Zhiquan felt like he was sitting in a troubled city, and the attitude of the provinces was mostly in favor of self-control, although the Taixi countries claimed absolute neutrality on the surface, on the other hand, they refused to recognize the illegality of the Zhilu Federation, and the countries continued to buy Lu goods, and the trade with Shandong continued. If this trade is to be cut off, there is no way to blockade the port of Shandong, but the Admiralty of the Republic clearly lacks such strength.

Fuso, which had taken the initiative to lend money before, was suspected of going up the wall and withdrawing the ladder at this time, and Rizhiyi stressed that Fuso strictly adhered to neutrality and would never send a navy to support such an operation. Subsequently, Duan Zhiquan also learned that Albiang gave Fusang a solemn warning, prohibiting Fusang from affecting Albiang's interests in Lu. At present, a rice riot composed of peasants is breaking out in Fuso, which is obviously not suitable for enmity with Albiang, and this navy cannot be counted on, and Shandong's foreign trade cannot be controlled.

The domestic plan to confiscate Lu products has also failed to achieve the expected results. Taking Anhui, where Sang Zi is located, as an example, Lei Zhendong personally went to Anhui to sit in the town and assist Fu Liangfu in arresting people. As a result, only two or three kittens were detained, and a number of empty houses were emptied. All the big fish slipped through the net, and none of them were taken. As for the industry, it is either worthless and clumsy furniture and houses, or there are foreigners in the property, and the Lu property is wrapped in foreign shares, and whoever dares to confiscate it may cause international disputes, and who dares to call the shots.

Embassies of various countries also sent diplomatic notes, demanding that the interests of their businessmen in China be guaranteed, otherwise they would refuse to lend money to the Kyodo government.

The plan to get a precious metal from several major banks was shattered by the empty treasury. Zhengyuan Bank's Beijing branch was closed for only two days, and it was forced to resume business under pressure from HSBC. Since the beginning of its establishment, Zhengyuan has had shares of Warby Bank and HSBC, and during the bankruptcy of Hongxian and the bailout of the market, it also introduced the shares of the Yankee and Capetian banks and chaebols, and it is a financial institution with an extremely complex shareholding mechanism. In just two days, it was sealed, and Duan Zhiquan attracted countless protests from foreigners, which made him anxious.

Shandong's layout, from the very beginning, has taken into account the possibility that one day it may go against the high-ranking people, and has a plan to prepare for this. There are too many people who rely on Shandong to make a fortune. In the local provinces, I don't know how many people take benefits from Shandong, make money and spend, and want to smash their jobs, which is destined to not be so easy.

Economic sanctions will not work, and in the end, the only way to destroy the Zhilu coalition will be by military means. But at the thought of facing Lu Jun, Duan Zhiquan's heart was inexplicably nervous.

Xu Youzheng was very comfortable, shaking the folding fan in his hand, looking like he was a bamboo in his chest. "Old Zhi, what's the hurry, these things should have been expected a long time ago. We have already taken over a few board axes in Shandong, and the next thing is the time to fight back. It wasn't difficult to clean him up at all, and our counterattack definitely surprised him. First of all, let's get our hands on it! ”

His finger pointed to the map, Duan Zhiquan looked over, and saw that the location he was pointing to was Jiangning, the capital of Jiangsu Province that had just been electrified to the whole country not long ago and was about to join the Zhilu Federation.

The summer night in Jiangning was more sultry than in the north, but Li Xiushan felt like falling into an ice cellar, and his body was cold. In the flickering light, he looked at the man in front of him, and the surprise in his eyes was far more than the anger in his eyes...... How dare you ......"

"Xiu Shuai, please forgive me. I am a communist soldier, and I should obey the orders of the government. Duan Zongli has already ordered that Xiushuai be dismissed from all his posts and that Jiangsu itself will elect a superintendent. You usually say that when you are united, you must respect the people and respond to the people. Isn't it the will of the people to elect an Overseer now? You're still in love with the stack, isn't that big? ”

"Qi Ying!" Li Xiushan's voice was a little louder, "I was born at Jinmen Wharf, and I never took the word life and death to heart. But I have a few words to ask you, when the fourth child wanted your life, the War Department ordered you to be arrested, who saved you and let you stay by your side. Who single-handedly promoted you and made you where you are today? In life, you must know what is grace and righteousness, if you dare to touch me today, the fourth child will never let you go! ”

The man opposite smiled coldly, "Of course he won't let me go, just like I don't want to let him go." Although Xiu Shuai kept me from dying, he also made me unable to stand out like a mouse. As soon as you leave your wings, you may be captured by the Lu army and beheaded, and executed like Zhang Zongyao. I've had enough of these days! I don't want to be a dog, I want to be a human, and I want to be a human being! You can eat and drink spicy food, marry your aunt's wife, I want to too! Xiushuai has been in charge of civil affairs in the past few years, and he is too far away from the army, and the brothers below are more willing to follow me than to follow you. I have troops, so why should I be afraid of Zhao Guanhou? He can't fight the capital while dividing his troops to fight me! Xiushuai, you can only blame yourself for what happened today. Zhao Guanhou sent someone to you, but you transferred him, otherwise, how could I have this opportunity. You are too scheming, you are afraid of becoming a puppet in Shandong, and you only want to use your own people around you. But I didn't expect that I am also a human being, and I also want to live a good life! ”

Li Xiushan looked at the muzzle of the other party's black hole and the silent aisle outside, knowing that the situation was already under Qi Ying's control. No matter how much you shout or stall, no one will come. Since becoming an officer, the Jianghu gas on his body has been gradually washed away. At this time, it was on the verge of despair, and the bloody and heroic nature that had disappeared was at this time, but at this time, it came back again.

He nodded and said: "You are not wrong, it is I myself who have no eyes, no distinction between friend and foe, and regard people like you as henchmen, but treat brothers as thieves." I deserve it! However, you don't have to be happy, the fourth child can't let go of Xu Youzheng, and of course, he won't let you go! I'm waiting down there to see how many more days you can live! ”

"Don't worry about Xiushuai, I have already prepared a suicide note for you, because I opposed the civil war, I committed suicide resolutely. He will work together to make a biography for Xiushuai, maybe, I will praise you a few words, please go on the road with peace of mind! ”

The next day, an eye-catching headline was published on the front page of Jiangsu's newspapers, Jiangsu overseer Li Xiushan committed suicide by drinking bullets last night, and Qi Ying took over as Jiangsu overseer and announced his withdrawal from the Zhilusu Federation. Jiangsu will always be loyal to the government and swear to defend the territorial integrity of the republic. Any warlord force that dares to disobey the orders of the government is a sworn enemy of Jiangsu!