In fact, the main reason why he wanted to cooperate with the Liberation Society was that Li Zhigao was short of talents, and he wanted to absorb the talents of the Liberation Society, especially educators, and he also wanted to make arrangements in advance to prepare for the upcoming Xinhai Revolution.

Li Zhigao said that there are many choices, it seems that there is not only one object of the Liberation Society, but in fact, there are not many groups he can choose to cooperate with at this time, even if Yin Ruizhi does not come over, he will take the initiative to find someone to contact the Liberation Association in a few days.

The reason why Li Zhigao chose the Restoration Society is because although the strength of the Liberation Society is not the most powerful anti-Qing organization at present, it has always been good, and it is the best choice at present, at least this organization will not cooperate with Yue himself, even if the organization cannot develop, and will not betray the interests of the country and the nation in order to fight for power and profit.

This is different from the Alliance, which is actually a union of multiple organizations, but perhaps there are many people in it, and the thinking is chaotic, and it can be said that in order to seize power, it can be said that unscrupulous means. For example, the leader Sun Moumou, for the sake of victory, did everything to make a big deal in the party, asked others to listen to him, once he failed, he refused to admit defeat, and even the country could be sold casually in order to seize power, such as the "Zhongyue Covenant" that he did with himself after his defeat, which was no better than the 21st article, but unfortunately because of the shame of His Holiness, both sides later tried their best to question or dilute this history, but unfortunately the truth cannot be erased.

In the 80s of the 20th century, because of the declassification of the archives of the Mitsui Foundation, "The Document Attached to the Marquis Inoue's Family", it was exposed that the Nanjing political axe headed by Sun Yat-sen at that time "leased" Manchuria (the three eastern provinces) to the Yue Ben in exchange for the support of the Yue Ben.

It should be said that in the academic circles of later generations, except for disgusting right-wing groups with ulterior motives, normal scholars are still worthy of learning and recognition in terms of academic research, because they have a higher degree of freedom and rigor.

According to the information, in order to obtain a loan from Yueben, Sun Guofu discussed with Yueren on February 3, 1912 when he was discussing cooperation with Hanyeping Company, Sun Yat-sen secretly discussed with Sen Ke, the manager of Mitsui & Co., and others, and offered to "lease" Manchuria (the three eastern provinces) to Yueben in exchange for financial assistance to China's "revolutionaries". At that time, Sun Guofu once said that if the 10 million yuan loan could be allocated by February 8, Sun Yat-sen promised to sever the peace talks with Yuan Shikai, and he himself or sent Huang Xing to Tokyo to conclude an agreement with the government to "lease" Manchuria.

It was at that time that Huang Xing began to fall out with him, but he didn't make it public because of his personal feelings, but Tao Chengzhang was not, he, a nationalist, was even more angry when he found out, and said everywhere that Sun Guofu took his own money and betrayed the interests of the country to others, which annoyed the Sun family, especially Chen Qimei, who was only the head of Sun Ma, and finally caused himself to be killed, and as soon as Tao Chengzhang died, the Restoration Society lost its core soul figure, and it could no longer form a climate, and the members gradually dispersed, and finally let the League become a monopoly. Eventually, the Kuomintang developed.

That is to say, the character of many people in the alliance is really enough, and there is almost no bottom line for power, even Yuan Shikai is not as good, relatively speaking, the Restoration Society is relatively pure, it is a typical populist and nationalist, even if the organization can't seize power, it will not betray the country to seek glory, which is what Li Zhigao admires the most.

In addition, those organizations of the League are generally more powerful in Guangzhou and other southern regions, but in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui regions, it is still the Guangfu Society that has the greatest strength. For example, during the Xinhai Uprising, Zhejiang, Nanjing and Shanghai were mainly fought down by members of the Restoration Society, but later the fruits of the revolution were stolen by the Alliance, for example, Shanghai was stolen by Chen Qimei, and Nanjing and Hangzhou were easily plucked by the Alliance.

The reason why it is so easy to be picked is also related to the relatively simple nature of the people of the Restoration Society, who are mainly petty bourgeois educators and intellectuals, such as Cai Yuanpei, Tao Chengzhang, Zhang Taiyan and others, all of whom are born as educators, and are not the same thing as Sun Wen and Chiang Kai-shek who play with fake academic qualifications.

Since they are mainly intellectuals, it is decided that the minds of the members of the Liberation Society are relatively simple, although they also play assassination, but they have a bottom line than the alliance, that is, because they are simple, it is so easy to give up the territory that they have worked so hard for, and they are not too attached to power, just for the sake of the Republic of China in their minds.

With strength, little selfishness, simple blood and not betraying the country, such a combination of populism and nationalism is the object that Li Zhigao hopes to cooperate with the most, and even Li Zhigao is confident that as long as he performs well, it is not impossible to swallow the Liberation Society.

At this time, it is the lowest period of the Liberation Society, and it is the time when people are most needed to support, and it is a relief to cooperate with them now.

He has money, soldiers, and territory, but he lacks talent, especially a large number of intellectuals, and this has seriously restricted his development, because whether it is opening a factory, running a school, or training the army, he needs a large number of intellectuals to act as the backbone, but it is obvious that there are too few local intellectuals. The Liberation Society has no money, no territory, and no soldiers, but there are people, a large number of intellectuals, so that everyone can complement each other, and the two sides should hit it off.

Li Zhigao is confident that as long as the leaders of the Liberation Association come over and see all this, they will be willing to cooperate with him, because just as he has no better partner, they have no better choice.

In this way, everyone listened to this song repeatedly all the way, thinking about their own thoughts, and as time passed, they soon came to the gate of Taiping Mansion.

As soon as the soldiers guarding the gate saw the convoy, they immediately sent someone over to inquire without saying a word, and after confirming that it was Li Zhigao himself, they immediately saluted and let them go.

Yin Ruizhi also saw that not only the soldiers were standing upright and saluting, but even most of the pedestrians on the side of the road automatically stood aside and bowed to the convoy, which was obviously a spontaneous and natural behavior, not forced by others.

"I'm not surprised that you're loved by soldiers." Yin Ruizhi said softly, "But why are these ordinary people so good to you?" ”

"It's simple, because I cracked down on the local tyrants and bullies in the city, and I also exempted them from a lot of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, such as the city gate tax, I exempted them all." Li Zhigao said, "Without the underworld forces, and without so many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the people will naturally thank me for my goodness." ”

"Tax-free? So what do you do to raise soldiers? ”

"What do you take to raise soldiers? You don't know I'm a businessman, do you? My soldiers are supported by the money I earn. By the way, theoretically, I still have the identity of the acting commander of the patrol battalion, and I have a patrol battalion under my command, which should be allocated by the governor's yamen, but I have not seen a military salary of one or two silvers so far, and the salary is in arrears for almost two months, so all the soldiers are currently supported by me privately. ”

"You ......" Yin Ruizhi was stunned, and finally shook his head, "You do this, does the prefect know?" ”

"Lord Prefect, does he know or not, what is the difference?" Li Zhigao smiled.

"So, then he didn't say anything? Aren't you afraid that he will play and join you? After all, you didn't rebel. ”

"That's what you say." Li Zhigao smiled, "To tell the truth, Lord Prefect Wang has already participated in me, but he just hopes that Lord Governor will send troops over and wants to suppress me, not to take me away." It's a pity that there are no soldiers to send above, and there is no way to take me, as long as I don't rebel, I will acquiesce in my existence. Since then, this Lord Wang has finally cleared his head and no longer bothered me. Because he understands that he really angered me, whether I rebel or not, he will not benefit at all, it is better to be like now, everyone turns a blind eye, he doesn't care about my business, I also give him some face, the well water does not interfere with the river water, how good. ”

"I see, that means you can have the current situation, in the final analysis, because you have money?"

"That's right, the point is that I'm rich!" Li Zhigao nodded with a smile, "Regardless of whether the revolution is revolutionary or not, if you want to succeed in doing things, the most critical and prerequisite point is to have money, and only with money can you do good things." There are many reasons why you have failed in the past, but in the end, you don't have any money. ”

Hearing Li Zhigao say this, Yin Ruizhi was speechless for a while, so he had to change the topic and said: "By the way, why aren't those ordinary people afraid of being soldiers?" When I came, I saw that they were talking and laughing, and they kept saying hello. ”

"It's very simple, because my soldiers don't collect city gate taxes, don't eat and take cards, they are only responsible for maintaining law and order and road safety, and they will also help the people a little bit, such as pointing out the way or something."

"I don't collect city gate taxes, I don't eat and take cards, I am only responsible for maintaining law and order and road safety, and I will help the people a little favor?"

"yes." Li Zhigao smiled, "All my soldiers are well-fed and well-dressed, have sufficient salaries, have clear rewards and punishments in the army, have high discipline requirements, have a gendarmerie patrol to grasp discipline, and have special instructors in the company-level troops to watch, which can be described as a multi-pronged approach." There are so many measures, so the old custom of soldiers eating and taking cards is not at all. This soldier doesn't eat and take cards, and if he doesn't harm the people, the people are naturally not afraid, is this still strange? ”

"A good one that doesn't harm the common people." Yin Ruizhi shook his head, "But now there are very few soldiers who can do this, and even the new army can't fully do this, how did you let them do it?" ”

"Give me the money."

"It's money again!" Yin Ruizhi was annoyed, "You only have money in your eyes, can't you do things without money?" ”

"Hehe, of course, not only to give money, but also to give the soldiers a sense of honor and mission, although it is only at the beginning." Li Zhigao smiled, "As long as you give them all these things, plus strict restraints, they will all behave like this." ”

"What is the sense of honor and mission? How to give? ”

"Well, I can't say it in a few words, I'll personally take you to my barracks to live in my barracks for a while another day, you can feel it for yourself, and you'll understand it then, don't worry now." Li Zhigao smiled, and then stepped on the brakes, "Okay, the place is here, it's time for us to get out of the car." ”

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