When Han Zheng was worried about his team, an incident in Shanghai affected him intentionally or unintentionally.

In an attic in the Shanghai Public Concession, representatives of the North and the South were on one side of the negotiating table, and there was some tension.

Yang Du was the negotiator in the north, and Wu Tingfang was the representative in the south, and the two sides accumulated good momentum and prepared a new round of war of words.

Due to time reasons, both sides know that this should be the last round of this negotiation, three rounds of negotiations, the two sides still can not reach an understanding and agreement on their respective requirements, over time, no matter how good the personnel of both sides are, they also began to scold their mothers, at this time, the personnel of both sides are talking out of anger.

Wu Tingfang slapped the table angrily and said unceremoniously: "Brother Huizi, what is your opinion?" The concessions we have made in the south have been enough, and Mr. Sun has declared that as long as Lord Yuan can make the abdication edict of the Qing Dynasty and make the country truly realize the Republic of China, Mr. Sun is willing to resign from the position of president and hand over to Lord Yuan Gongbao, doesn't it still reflect our sincerity? Do you really plan to accompany the Qing Dynasty to perish together, to fall into the national righteousness, and to support the Manchu Qing Dynasty? The Republic of China has become a general trend, do you want to become the public enemy of the whole country?! ”

Wu Tingfang has been physically and mentally exhausted in the past few days, and the north just won't let go, so Wu Tingfang has already opened his mouth without any scruples to say that he is a qualified negotiator.

On the other side, Yang Du Yang Huizi didn't care, and even drank a glass of foreign wine leisurely, and then said slowly and casually: "Brother Wenjue, where did you start talking about this?" If we don't have the sincerity, how can we be here and negotiate with you South? You just seized on the point of letting Lord Yuan take up a post in the south and make a big fuss, isn't it suspected of being coerced? Besides, you should know that the situation in the north is tense, and Lord Yuan is urgently needed. You don't take it for granted that as long as the Qing family abdicates, it will be a republic, right? You also don't have to forget, even if the Qing family abdicates, they still have tens of thousands of Praetorian Guards in their hands, and there are some people in the court and Tie Liang who sing against Lord Yuan from time to time. We admire President Sun's willingness to resign as president for the sake of the country, but why are you still clinging to a few positions and unwilling to let go? Besides, if Lord Yuan goes to the south and gets sick or something due to the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, which causes a misunderstanding among the northern soldiers and hits Nanjing, wouldn't it cause misery? ! I also want to tell you one thing, your own current south is also a local internal turmoil, if our Lord Yuan takes this pick, won't we need the north to clean up the mess you left behind? ”

When Wu Tingfang heard this, he hated it in his heart, how could the south not know that the Praetorian Guards of the Qing Court were scattered sand, and there were only 15,000 people in total, and he didn't know that he was not full of members, but now it was good, the Praetorian Guards had achieved a gorgeous turn in the other party's mouth and turned into a strong division.

If he is really a strong teacher, can Yuan Shikai have the leisure to send someone here to negotiate? And what else did the northern military misunderstand, what is this not a threat?

"Now that the Qing Emperor of the North has not abdicated, has the promise made by Lord Yuan been fulfilled until now? Now that you have opened your mouth and asked for almost all the important positions of government departments, how can this show your sincerity, since you said that the northern soldiers fought in Nanjing, do you think that the southern soldiers are muddy? Can't we fight the north in the south?! We are not afraid of you when we come to negotiate, but because we don't want to consume China's vitality!! ”

Wu Tingfang was also angry, otherwise how could he say such a thing at the negotiation table with his temperament? It can be seen that there has been no lack of anger in the past few days. It was not that he was unaware of the situation in the south, the lack of military salaries, and the internal factions competing for power and profit.

But now, how Wu Tingfang gives in, once he gives in, he will become a sinner of the revolution, and he will not have the face to see his former comrades and friends again.

Yang Du sneered and said, "Brother Wenjue, it's not interesting for you to say this, isn't it for the sake of China's future and the current situation that we came to negotiate?" Since you are going to fight in the south to our north, what else is there to say, we will see you on the battlefield, let's go-" Yang Du didn't wait for the other party to say more, and walked out with people to take care of himself.

"You-" Wu Tingfang was furious, but when he saw that the other party had already walked away, he couldn't do anything about it, so he could only leave with someone.

It seems that a war between the north and the south is inevitable, what you can't get at the negotiating table can only be grabbed on the battlefield, politics always carries a veil of moderation, once torn, what remains is nothing more than naked greed.

Two days later, the National Presidential Palace in Nanjing.

Sun Yat-sen had been sitting there for a long time, still silent without saying a word. Huang Yunsu next to him is an old man who follows Sun Yat-sen, although his ability is not very strong, but he is loyal to Sun Yat-sen.

Huang Yunsu knew that the president was worried about the outcome of the negotiations held in Shanghai, and the news that came back a few days ago was not very good, the two sides could not reach an agreement on key issues, and the negotiations almost reached a deadlock many times, but he wanted to persuade the president to feel at ease, but he didn't know where to start, so he could only do a good job in his duties and save the president trouble.

Sun Yat-sen quietly thought about his own thoughts and the future of the country.

He himself has fought for the revolutionary cause of the country to this day, but he cannot see the direction in which the future of the country will go, and he knows that there are many people with different minds within the present provisional government, some of whom are secretly in contact with the north, and they rejoice when it comes to peace talks; There are also those who, due to their interests, cling to their positions and only manage their own one-third of an acre; Of course, there are genuine revolutionaries, most of whom are hot-blooded young people, but who can listen to them.

Sun Yat-sen himself did not want to fight with the north, but the Western powers interfered everywhere, internal injustice, and the lack of military salaries led to the instability of the army's morale It was already obvious.

In fact, these are not Sun Yat-sen's most worried, he is most worried that the recent market has been one after another merchants refused to accept the resumption of tickets, at the beginning of the revolution, for a temporary measure and had to issue the resumption of tickets, but now the government has been established, still unable to cash not to mention, but still indiscriminately glowing tickets, many soldiers have also begun to refuse to recover tickets as military salaries, merchants refuse to accept.

Sun Yat-sen was in the United States for a period of time, studied the history of the United States, and he knew what this meant, which meant the loss of government credit, and once the government credit was completely lost, there was no need for this government to exist, so he wanted to use all means to curb this situation, but he was restrained everywhere......

At this moment, there was a soft sound at the gate outside, Huang Yunsu saw someone reporting outside, and hurried out, it turned out to be the Minister of War Huang Xing!

Huang Yunsu walked back to Sun Yat-sen's side and whispered, "President, Minister Huang is here." ”

Sun Yat-sen came back to his senses at this time: "Keqiang is here?" Come on in. He stood up again and greeted Huang Xing and welcomed him in.

Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen sat opposite each other, and on both sides of the coffee table in the living room, Sun Yat-sen first asked: "Keqiang, but what is there to say in the War Department?" ”

Huang Xing looked at Sun Yat-sen's haggard face with a complicated face, and said in a low voice: "The Shanghai negotiations are over. ”

"Did Wenjue come back? How's it going? When Sun Yat-sen heard the news, he immediately came to his senses.

"No result has been discussed, and the demands made by the north are too excessive, and we in the south cannot accept them. As for Brother Wenjue, he had done his best, but he said that he was sorry for the president's trust, so he had to stay in Shanghai and not want to come back. ”

Then Huang Xing told Sun Yat-sen the detailed news about the negotiations he had just gotten and the demands put forward by the north, and throughout the process, since he heard the news of the failure of the negotiations, Sun Yat-sen did not say a word, and listened to Huang Xing quietly. It wasn't until Huang Xing finished speaking that Sun Yat-sen sighed and said, "The state is in a difficult situation—"

After Huang Xing was silent for a while, he said with some hesitation: "President, I don't know if there are some things that should be said or not-"

Sun Yat-sen said: "What else are you polite to us? Let's put it bluntly, there is no one else here. ”

"Okay, then I'll say it," Huang Xing said: "We can't see the slightest sincerity in the north from this negotiation, and since it has come to this point, we shouldn't always think about negotiation." At the beginning, we first proposed that the negotiations were already at a disadvantage, and now that we can't negotiate, it is not impossible to fight. I know what you are worried about, worried that the military budget problem will not be able to support this war, and you have to worry about the reaction of various countries and the pain caused by the war to the people, but have you ever thought that once the harsh conditions put forward by the north are all agreed, won't it be even more despised by the north, the purpose of our revolution is to overthrow feudal rule and establish a new republic, and we now want to give the fruits of the revolution to a person who we don't know about ourselves, how can we be worthy of those heads thrown away for the revolution and the blood spilled?! ”

Huang Xing did not agree that Sun Yat-sen always had illusions about Yuan Shikai, and Huang Xing's post of Minister of War was also wanted by Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai wanted to proclaim himself commander-in-chief of the navy, land and air, how could he leave a Minister of War for the revolutionaries?

Huang Xing was not afraid that he would lose the post of Minister of War that Yuan Shikai had put forward, but in fact, Yuan Shikai now showed that he was not a revolutionary comrade at all, and his various methods were difficult to reassure, and now, Huang Xing only had worries about the future of the revolution.

"How did I not know this, but is it really only war that solves the problem? If we don't go to war, we will consume much less China's vitality. Sun Yat-sen sighed when he heard Huang Xing's words.

"From the beginning of the negotiations to the present, which point shows that he will be inclined to revolution, and he has not seized power everywhere, if the entire government is his people, how can the Republic of China be realized. President, if we don't fight, how can we achieve democracy? If you don't fight, how can you achieve freedom? If you don't fight, how can you achieve people's livelihood? If you don't fight, how can you drive out the Tartars? If you don't fight, how can you completely overthrow feudal rule? If we don't fight, how can we build a new China?!!! Huang Xing saw that Sun Yat-sen was still so gentle and gentle, he couldn't bear it anymore, and asked Sun Yat-sen with an angry expression.

Sun Yat-sen was suddenly a little dumbfounded, looking up at the good comrades and friends who were a little strange at this moment, he knew that everything the other party said was for the country, and he didn't have a little selfishness, but he had never seen this friend look so excited as he did now, was he really wrong?!

At this moment, Sun Yat-sen suddenly thought of his ideals when he first joined the revolution, the hardships in the revolutionary process, and finally thought of Huang Xing's six questions just now.

After being silent for a while, Sun Yat-sen finally stood up with a firm expression and said what Huang Xing had been waiting for for a long time: "Okay, then let's fight, and let the north see the determination of our revolutionaries!" Your six questions are right, let the north see that we are not afraid of them! ”

After saying this, Sun Yat-sen himself suddenly felt relaxed.