"Please rest assured, Mr. Liao, Yan is quite supportive of your party's plan to use the law to solve the current problem, in fact, Yan also believes that this incident should be solved by the law!"

Sitting in the room arranged for Liao Zhongkai, after a while of greetings to cut to the chase, Yan Guang smiled at Liao Zhongkai and said.

didn't know that Yan Guang was the real culprit who killed Song Jiaoren, and Liao Zhongkai was naturally happy that Yan Guang was willing to stand on his side. However, when the two talked about military support, Yan Guang flatly refused.

"What Yan supports is only the legal struggle under the republican system, if it is to use force to seek power, please forgive Yan for not being able to support it..."

Hearing Yan Guang say this, Liao Zhongkai's face immediately became anxious. It is important to know that the purpose of his visit is not only to win the support of the National Socialist Party on the table, but also to support the military very much.

"Without enough military support, I'm afraid Yuan Shikai won't talk to us..."

Yan Guang knew this better than Liao Zhongkai, but he still smiled on his face.

"Isn't Yuan Shikai still willing to talk to you, in that case, why should Mr. Liao worry so much?"

"But now Yuan Shikai has signed a loan agreement with the banking group of five countries, which is clearly aimed at us..."

With the sterling borrowed from the loan treaty, Yuan Shikai can naturally calmly expand his armaments, and even let his 200,000 Beiyang troops that need a pull fee to use be pulled, which is naturally a very big threat in the eyes of the Kuomintang, but...

"Borrowing money? As far as I know, Yuan Shikai's loan was actually inherited from the former Qing Dynasty, which was used by the former Qing Dynasty to reform the currency system and expand industry, but after the former Qing Dynasty borrowed 10 million pounds from the United States, Britain, Germany, and France, it was overturned when only 100,000 pounds was received. Saying that, Yan Guang smiled at Liao Zhongkai. When Yuan Shikai's Yanjing political axe was established, Yanjing's finances were on the verge of collapse, and at this time, all provinces, including our Sichuan, could not send their finances and taxes to Yanjing, in this case, Yuan Shikai would find the Five Nations Consortium and inherit the contract signed by the former Qing Dynasty..."Yuan Shikai began to discuss the loan with the Five Nations Bank Group in February 1912, if he could have expected it a year ago to this day a year later, then he would not have died of depression a few years later.

Of course, this is not to say that Yuan Shikai did not think about dealing with the Kuomintang, but in Yan Guang's view, Yuan Shikai only wanted to weaken the power of the Kuomintang, and did not think about completely eradicating the Kuomintang. However, when Yuan Shikai found that the Kuomintang was really vulnerable in the Second Revolution (it was leveled in less than two months), Yuan Shikai had no reason not to be ruthless to the Kuomintang.

These are all things that Yan Guang read in history in later generations, and of course many of them were heard by the Military Intelligence Bureau, after all, in later generations, Yan Guang did not know much about the history of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

Put yourself in his shoes, if Yan Guang were Yuan Shikai, I am afraid he would do the same thing as him. In fact, if he didn't know that Yuan Shikai would choose to be the emperor in the future, and Yan Guang already had his own ideas, I'm afraid he would have stood on Yuan Shikai's side this time, just like Cai Yi in Yunnan...

You must know that in history, among the governors of 21 provinces in the country at that time, except for the four governors of the Kuomintang (Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Anhui), the governors of the other 17 provinces all agreed.

However, looking at Liao Zhongkai, who was speechless, Yan Guang, who already had his own thoughts, said slowly.

"Well, I can secretly provide three million silver dollars and ten thousand 1888 Commission rifles for support, but the rest will be forbidden..."

Since he wants to reap the benefits of the fisherman, Yan Guang always has to support the weaker side first, strengthen their courage, and even make them mistakenly think that they are actually inclined to them, so that they have some unlikely thoughts. As for three million silver dollars and ten thousand commission rifles? The former is only a small amount for Yan Guang, and the latter only needs to take out the old committee that had been used by the Third Division in the past and has now been replaced from the warehouse (in the former Qing Dynasty, the committee rifle equipped by the Third Division is now equipped with Mauser G98 rifles).

Sure enough, Liao Zhongkai, who originally wanted to continue to persuade Yan Guang, quickly thought that Yan Guang was actually inclined to them after hearing that Yan Guang was willing to take out three million silver dollars and ten thousand rifles.

"That's right, if Yuan Shikai really defeats us, the next target is obviously the Kuomintang Socialist Party, since this Yan Guang can take Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, then the truth of cold lips and teeth will not be understood..."

After leaving Liao Zhongkai's room, Yan Guang got up early on the second day, and Yan Guang went to Yang Du's place.

After meeting Yang Du, Yan Guang directly stated that his position was to support the use of law to solve the problem, and at the same time expressed it unequivocally. "The Song case should be punished by law, so the outcome of the trial is determined by law. Let's ask about the current situation of our country, the weak breath is the only one left, and the people and gentlemen of the state will work together, and they will be flawless to save each other, how can they be in the same room and call themselves to split! Whoever is the culprit is the enemy. If someone makes a mistake, it should be regarded as a public enemy of the whole country. (A statement issued by Cai Ye after the Song case, after which Cai Ye directly led the army into Sichuan to suppress Xiong Kewu who revolted during the Second Revolution.) ）

Everyone understands the truth of cold lips and teeth, and he doesn't have much expectations for letting Yan Guang stand on his side, not to mention that Yang Du is Yuan Shikai himself, so after hearing Yan Guang's answer, Yang Du just smiled and nodded.

A few hours later, Yang Du sent the reply he received in Sichuan back to Yuan Shikai by telegram.

Although he regretted that Yan Guang did not stand on his side, because he had already made this kind of mental preparation, after receiving the telegram, Yuan Shikai only asked Yang Du to stay for a while and come back......... This is what Yang Du requested, after seeing the new scenery of Yucheng, Yang Du wanted to take a walk in Sichuan.

"Governor, these are the places that Yang Du proposed to go..."

In the office, Yue Chang handed a document to Yan Guang.

As Yan Guang expected, the documents listed are places such as the Sichuan Arsenal and the Qijiang Iron Works, as for Chengdu? Yang Du can only stay in Sichuan for a week, and if he wants to go to Chengdu, it will take 4 or 5 days just to go back and forth, so Yang Du gave up after a little consideration.

Putting the documents aside, Yan Guang said to Yue Chang.

"It's not unexpected, since the gentleman wants to go, you can arrange for two people to accompany him."

Hearing Yan Guang say this, Yue Chang nodded with both legs.

"Yes."

Nodding, Yan Guang continued. "Remember, don't let him see some of the more important things just yet."

"Specifically..."

"Something like 150 and 210..."

The 150-caliber cannon and howitzer trial-produced by the arsenal have been officially named the 1913-style 150-millimeter cannon and howitzer, and the 210-caliber howitzer is also named after the year and caliber. As for the nicknames or something, because these weapons are not yet installed, they can only be taken by the enemy after they are useful on the battlefield.

At the moment, Yan Guang doesn't want Yuan Shikai to be too vigilant about himself (although he is already very vigilant), but he doesn't want him to look down on himself, fortunately, in addition to the 150 and 210 caliber heavy guns in the arsenal, there are also 75, 105, and 120 caliber guns that can be taken out to show off. And although these three caliber guns are also extraordinarily powerful (Beiyang only has two calibers of 57 and 75), they will not be as dazzling as 150 and 210, and it is most appropriate to show off their strength.

Sure enough, after visiting the Sichuan Arsenal, although Yang Du was surprised that the arsenal could manufacture weapons such as Makqin, 75, 105 and 120 artillery, he only commented on the telegram he replied to Yuan Shikai, and proposed that the Beiyang Machinery Bureau should also have the ability to make cannons.

In addition to the Sichuan Arsenal, Yang Du also went to some other areas to take a look around, because now that the Chongqi Railway has been opened to traffic, Yang Du even took the train to Qijiang Iron Works to go sightseeing.

After staying like this for a week, Yang Du took a Mauser G98 rifle given to him by Yan Guang and returned to Hankou on a passenger ferry, and then returned to Yanjing by the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway. (At this time, the Jinghan Railway was from Hankou to Yanjing, and there was a Jinpu Railway from Nanjing to Tianjin.) ）

After Yang Du left, Liao Zhongkai also left, of course, along with him a Citibank check of 3 million silver dollars. Also in this period of Yucheng, Liao Zhongkai also walked around the places he was interested in like Yang Du, but under the arrangement of the Military Defense Bureau, the two never met.

Not long after Liao Zhongkai returned to Nanjing, Yan Guang had secretly sent 10,000 committee rifles to Nanjing.

After seeing the three million Citibank checks that Liao Zhongkai brought back, as well as boxes and boxes of guns on the ship, not only Liao Zhongkai, but even Sun Yat-sen, Chen Qimei and others thought that Yan Guang was actually inclined to them. Coupled with the strength of Sichuan described to them after Liao Zhongkai came back, they also had some confidence in fighting against Yuan Shikai.

Just when Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and others thought that they were not weak, after receiving Yan Guang's assurance, Yuan Shikai, who had been criticized, finally took action against the Kuomintang.

Yuan Shikai's first sword against the Kuomintang was to dismiss Li Liejun, the governor of Jiangxi, Hu Hanmin, the governor of Guangdong, and Bai Wenwei, the governor of Anhui, and then on July 3, Yuan Shikai sent Li Chun's division of the Beiyang Sixth Division into Jiangxi.

On July 12, Li Liejun, who had been dismissed, returned to Jiangxi from Shanghai under the assignment of Sun Yat-sen, and at the same time convened the old department at Hukou to set up a general headquarters against Yuan's army, and officially announced the Jiangxi Reading Force.

Thus began the second revolution in earnest...

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According to historical records, on the eve of the Second Revolution, the Kuomintang set up the Blood Light Regiment and the Hoe Annihilation Regiment in Yanjing and Shanghai. Among them, there were more than 70 sabotage and assassinations in and around Yanjing.

At the same time, Huang Xing also handed over Xie Zhi and Huang Fusheng 3,000 silver dollars to assassinate Yuan Shikai, but then he was betrayed by Zhou Yujue, a member of the Blood Light Regiment (the former secretary of Song Jiaoren), on May 11, the Yanjing Military and Political Law Enforcement Department investigated Xie Zhi, and took out bombs, explosives and wires at the same time...

On May 24, Xu Baoshan, the commander of the Second Army, was assassinated...

In addition to Yanjing and Shanghai, Tianjin, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, and Henan also had assassination activities...

(To be continued)