China in 1919 was a year of sharp turmoil, in the first half of the year China experienced the bitter blow of the failure of the Paris Peace Conference, the people gathered great resentment, the Chinese have never been so eager for reform, must change, only thorough reform China can regain new vitality, China can get rid of the fate of being enslaved and enslaved, can embark on the road to becoming a strong country.

The Western republican model has lost its charm, China has begun to pay more attention to other trends of thought in the world, and the idea of the Russian majority party has given hope to China, which may be a new path that China should learn, so various groups came into being, and at this time, the Battle of Northern Burma broke out, and the southwest relied on its industrial strength accumulated over the years to defeat Britain in one fell swoop, recover 70,000 square kilometers of territory, and take back the concession area, this huge victory shook the whole of China.

Prior to this, the tour of the three eastern provinces enabled Zhang Zuolin to successfully capture Hailan Pao, and he had already launched an operation to recover the Outer Northeast, and Zhang Zuolin was able to have enough strength to carry out the operation of recovering the country, which was completely inseparable from the assistance of the southwest, and it was with the air force assistance of the southwest that Zhang Zuolin was able to annihilate the defenders of Hailan Pao in one fell swoop.

Suddenly, the Chinese discovered that the southwest had embarked on a road to strengthening the country, that this road was completely feasible, and that fruitful results had already been achieved, unlike the majority of the party's ideas that stayed on paper, and this was a practical method.

The auditorium of Sichuan University was once again full, as the academic center of Sichuan, politicians often like to give speeches and expound political ideas here, and Qiao Yu once again delivered an important speech here.

"Students, I have talked about the importance of industrialization here, and repeatedly said that only by truly completing industrialization, we can really stand up, today here I still want to talk about this issue as always, in this military conflict in northern Myanmar, we can already see the changes that industrialization has brought to us, China has its own powerful air force, not only can protect our airspace, but also has the strength to destroy any invading enemy, has its own tanks and combat vehicles, can produce its own large-caliber artillery, it can be said that in [*** For the first time, the team caught up with the footsteps of the great powers in weapons, this is the victory of China's industrial workers, this is the victory of China's engineers and scientific researchers who are struggling in the front line of production, it is their efforts that make the Chinese [***] people do not have to use flesh and blood to fight steel, do not have to use their chests to fight against artillery, there are many people who have come out of Sichuan University, they are your senior brothers, and you are about to fight for the strength and prosperity of the country, here I suggest that you give you applause, you are the hope of China's future! ”

Sichuan University auditorium in the thunderous applause, this is indeed a proud moment, Sichuan University has three batches of graduates out of the campus, including more than 3,000 science and engineering students, most of these people are used as the backbone of future scientific research to cultivate, now the proportion of Chinese skilled workers in factories in southwest and other places has exceeded seventy, scientific research personnel also accounted for more than forty percent, this achievement is far beyond expectations, the importance of science and engineering talents has definitely played a huge role.

The social atmosphere has also changed dramatically, those old-fashioned readers who can only sell words are no longer the center of society, they can no longer get that kind of crazy attention, the popularization of compulsory education has made the number of readers more and more, readers are no longer a sacred identity, there is nothing great about being able to write words, this society needs doers.

"I want to emphasize that with the end of the world war, China's industrialization has reached an important juncture, the strong foreign demand of the war has disappeared, China's products have to compete with the products of the great powers, we need enough markets, and more than eighty percent of the domestic farmers are still very poor, simply unable to consume, it can be said that China's industrial development has reached a bottleneck, can break through, China has hope to enter the ranks of industrial powers, that is, we often say the great powers, if China fails, Then we will still face the crisis of national extinction, this is not alarmist, but a fact, as long as we understand China's current national conditions, we can recognize ourselves.

Today I want to talk about how to overcome this difficulty, looking at all countries in the world, in the process of industrialization, no country has a population of more than 100 million, as the saying goes, the ship is small and good to turn around, so their industrialization road seems to be much easier, of course, there are many problems, the difficulty is huge, the people have paid a painful price, China has a heavy historical burden, all places, the development of various ethnic groups is seriously uneven, and there is even slavery, so the resistance to industrialization is unprecedentedly huge, Moreover, our international environment is completely different from that of the European and American powers during the industrialization period, and now the world has been carved up, and a world war has broken out, so we are facing ten times more difficult, a hundred times more difficult than Europe and the United States!

Therefore, I think China must abandon the Western-style open-boiled republican path of multi-party rotation in power, adhere to the one-party system, and use strong administrative power to promote the process of industrialization, for the simple reason that our resistance is too great, and we must concentrate our efforts; We are pressed for time and must not afford to delay; Our national situation is very complicated, if the opposition party is allowed to exist, they will not only involve energy, but also are likely to become a tool for the great powers to interfere in the division of China, this force leading the country to carry out industrialization must be the unified Ming Cook Party, in the local elections that just ended not long ago, the United Ming Cook Party won an absolute majority, for the United Ming Cook Party is both a trust and a spur, I myself also deeply feel that the burden on my shoulders is heavy, the success or failure of the nation is in the hands of our generation, the responsibility is not heavy.

Now that the Russian majority party also advocates a one-party rule and wants to use strong political power to build Russia into an industrial country, is the idea of the United Cooking Party and the Russian majority party the same? No! Definitely not!

The majority party in Russia has taken extremely brutal measures against the opposition, dividing the people into different classes, and using the form of struggle to solve domestic problems, resulting in a large number of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, and a large number of political persecutions, which China absolutely cannot appear, because China is a big country with a population of more than 400 million, and even one-tenth of it will have as many as 40 or 50 million.

Therefore, under the condition that the unified Mingzhuo Party is in power with one party, it must give full play to Mingzhuo, take care of the interests of all people as much as possible, focus on the long-term and development, neither be held hostage by public opinion, nor can it insist on going its own way, resolutely eradicate things that must be eliminated in society, such as slavery, and show absolutely no mercy, only give principled guidance to the development mode of various localities, do not interfere in specific affairs, fully carry forward the creativity of hundreds of millions of Chinese people, and let China embark on the fast track of industrialization and completely get rid of colonization. The fate of enslavement, become a powerful nation that can control its own destiny! ”

The purpose of Qiao Yu's political speech at Sichuan University is very clear, that is, to tell the world that the Sichuan clique is no longer satisfied with a corner of peace, and must begin to move towards the supreme power in China and change the fate of the country in its own way.

And Qiao Yu once again moved out the political proposition of the unification of the Ming Cooking Party, that is, to issue a conscription order to all political forces, if you are smart and choose to obey, then you can still retain some power, if you are obsessed, there is only one way to be completely eradicated, Qiao Yu's arrangement for many years has had an effect.

On the third day just after Qiao Yu's speech, Hunan Governor Tan Yanhong, Hubei Governor Xia Douyin, Shaanxi Governor Chen Shufan, Gansu Governor Zhang Guangjian, and Xinjiang Provincial Governor Yang Xinxin jointly issued a telegram to hand over the army under their control to the Southwest Army for unified reorganization.

Zhang Zuolin praised the assistance provided by the southwest to recover his homeland, believing that Qiao Yu was a figure who could really change the fate of China, and that the three eastern provinces were preparing to invite the Unified Mingzhuo Party to establish a branch party department.

What was even more unexpected was that Yan Xishan, the overseer of Shanxi, also stood up at this time and invited the Unification Mingzhuo Party to establish a branch party department in Taiyuan, and the same invitation was also issued by Chen Guangyuan, the overseer of Jiangxi, who first expressed his gratitude to the southwest for helping to expel the British concession from Jiujiang, and then strongly hoped that the southwest could also incorporate Jiangxi into the economic development system, so that Jiangxi could be connected with the two lakes and Sichuan.

The situation of forcing the palace caused by the collective statement of this local official has been very clear, that is, Qiao Yu wants to lead the Sichuan system to take Beiyang instead, but this expulsion is peaceful, not a form of war, but the pressure caused by it is also very terrifying.

Duan Qirui, who is in the whirlpool, has the greatest pressure, and in all fairness, Duan Qirui has achieved some results since he came to power, especially the recovery of Outer Mongolia and Tangnu Wulianghai, the plus points for Duan Zhengaxe are huge, and the march into the Outer Northeast is also inseparable from Duan Qirui's support.

However, due to the clumsiness of civil affairs, the people's livelihood in the northern provinces is getting worse and worse, and the huge financial pressure on sending troops has made Duan Qirui breathless, and the situation in Russia is changing three times a day, Duan Qirui obviously lacks a grasp of the international situation, and does not know how to deal with it, and Feng Guozhang, another general in Beiyang, is already seriously ill and is about to die.

Beiyang is now divided into two factions, Duan Qirui's Anhui group has occupied a lot of resources because of problems such as sending troops to Mongolia, and the balance between the two factions has also been broken, and the dissatisfaction of the direct generals with Duan Qirui is becoming more and more serious, and now Feng Guozhang is seriously ill again, without his suppression, the contradictions within Beiyang have also been highlighted, and people's hearts have begun to disperse.

"Ruling in power, Commander-in-Chief Xu sent information that Russia's Kolchak has been defeated and the army has retreated from Omsk, Commander-in-Chief Xu asks you what to do!"

China's action to recover Outer Mongolia is to take advantage of the weakness, now that the majority of the party has won the decisive victory, what should China do, has become the most urgent thing in front of Duan Qirui, once the Russian civil war ends, the conflict between China and Russia will inevitably break out, does Beiyang have the strength to resist the majority party like a wolf and a tiger, if it can't change itself, what should it do?

After thinking about it and thinking about it, Duan Qirui ordered Yang Du to come over, Yang Du was also taken aback when he saw Duan Qirui, Lao Duan's hair is mostly gray now, and it seems that he is really exhausted, to the extreme.

"Mr. Huizi, you and I are old acquaintances, I don't want to hide it, I'm ready to retreat, although Yanjing is good, but it is not a place to live for a long time, the leaves have to return to the roots, I have never thought so much about my hometown in Hefei since I entered the army, this position is still a young person to sit, I will delay the country if I sit down."

Duan Qirui looked gloomy and continued: "Mr. Huizi, I know that you and Qiao Yu are still in contact, and I will be relieved if he can treat the old man in Beiyang fairly!" ”

(To be continued)