Zhu Erdian had to go to Yuan Shikai again, Lao Yuan was also in chaos at this time, Chen Eun did not open up the situation in Sichuan, not a tael of silver was shipped to the central government, and other provinces also followed the same example, shirking in every way, Lao Yuan couldn't wait for a long time, the southern disarmament has reached the most critical moment, Tao Chengzhang sent a report almost every day, asking Lao Yuan for silver, and the south, as a piece of old Yuan's heart, really needs to be solved quickly.

As soon as Zhu Erdian came this time, he felt the enthusiasm of Lao Yuan, and Zhu Erdian, the old fox, was not so anxious, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, your Excellency, ancient China has been reborn and has become a Mingzhu country, which is really gratifying, and the imperial political axe is very willing to expand cooperation and exchanges with your country!" ”

Lao Yuan smiled and said: "It is a blessing for the country to be able to get the support of the British Empire, I don't know if Mr. Minister has any advice?" ”

"I can't talk about advice, it's just a little suggestion, the Tibetan province is related to the security of India, an important colony of the British Empire, and your country's actions have caused many Tibetans to retreat to India, causing social instability in India, which the imperial government does not want to see!"

Zhu Erdian spoke eloquently, without the slightest guilt, and interpreted the shamelessness of politicians to the extreme, obviously it was you British who were plotting against you, but now you are pretending to be very innocent, as if there are two faces.

Lao Yuan sighed slightly: "Your Excellency, the old man in Tibet is also beyond the reach of the whip, and he can't do anything!" ”

Zhu Erdian sneered slightly: "President, now that the disarmament of the south has reached a critical moment, I am afraid you cannot do without the support of the imperial political axe!" ”

Lao Yuan was bitter in his heart, his life was firmly grasped by others, and without the loan of the Four Nations Bank Group, he couldn't even control the proud soldiers and fierce generals in Beiyang, let alone those unruly characters in the south.

"Your Excellency, Tibet Province is China's territory, this point is non-negotiable, and the rest is easy to handle!"

As soon as Zhu Erdian saw Lao Yuan say this, he had a bottom in his heart, and Britain now understands that it is still difficult to swallow Tibetan Province in one bite, so Zhu Erdian's main task has become to protect the current pro-British aristocratic upper class, and after Lao Yuan's attitude is loosened, Zhu Erdian will be easy to do.

"Your Excellency, the British Empire has always advocated fairness and justice, and it does not have any intention of coveting your territory, I am just thinking about the safety of India, I suggest that your country can stop the advance in Tibetan Province, control the garrison to less than 3,000 people, and maintain the existing administrative system of Tibetan Province to the greatest extent, as long as you can agree, we can continue to cooperate!"

After hearing this condition, Lao Yuan kept thinking about it in his heart, although Britain was aggressive, but under the low eaves, he had to bow his head, and thought of this and said: "Your Excellency, I will immediately send a telegram to Qiao Yu, and ask Britain to persuade the Bank of the Four Nations to provide a loan of one million pounds for the demobilization of the southern army!" ”

Zhu Erdian thought about it, and immediately nodded in agreement, after reaching this agreement, Lao Yuan still has to find a way to appease Qiao Yu, now the Sichuan army is advancing in Tibetan Province, and he wants to make the Sichuan army obedient with a paper order, I'm afraid there are still difficulties, and I have to plan a good life.

Lao Yuan picked up Chen Eun's telegram again, and carefully pondered the way, but at this time, an alarm suddenly came from Nanjing, and Tao Chengzhang, who was left behind in Nanjing, sent a telegram to Lao Yuan and urgently asked for help.

It turned out that Tao Chengzhang only saw the army on the one hand, and strengthened the building of the unified party on the other, and achieved great results, and faintly had the posture of the first major party, so Tao Chengzhang also had full confidence in seizing the prime minister's throne in the future, but after some calculations, Tao Chengzhang believed that the unification party could not only rely on the support of several governors of Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and that if it wanted to truly limit Lao Yuan's rights, it was necessary to have an army, and only with a gun could Lao Yuan's ambitions be restricted.

Out of this consideration, when Tao Chengzhang cut the army, he deliberately kept his recovery army as much as possible, and vigorously reduced the army of the first series of the League, coupled with the lack of funds, the army of the first line of the League became more and more resentful, and the contradictions between the two sides became bigger and bigger.

Moreover, since Tao Chengzhang revealed his desire for the army, Zhang Jian and others began to gradually distance themselves from Tao Chengzhang, they absolutely did not want to see Tao Chengzhang embark on the road of Lao Yuan's second, and the Liberation Society and the United Party faced the first crisis after its establishment, but Tao Chengzhang was completely unaware.

Just ten days ago, a person came back from Shanghai, and as soon as he arrived in Nanjing, he gathered the old department together, and even shouted the slogan of the second revolution, not only overthrowing Beiyang, but also pointing the finger at the Guangfu Society, saying that they were Lao Yuan's accomplices, and this person was Zhang Zhenwu.

This person is a native of Hubei, is a cadre of Sun Wen's line, in the Wuchang Uprising has made efforts, and also fought with Beiyang, the ability is not weak, Li Yuanhong out of jealousy, but also learned Qiao Yu's method, sent Zhang Zhenwu and his generals to Nanjing, in the name of supporting the revolution, in fact, it is to kick him away.

However, Zhang Zhenwu is not easy to deal with, after coming to Nanjing, he actively cooperated with the main figures of the alliance to expand his strength, a general school regiment has grown to more than 6,000 people, comparable to a brigade, although Nanjing began to reduce the army on a large scale, but Zhang Zhenwu is resolutely resistant, is a thorn, not long ago went to Shanghai, and Chen Qimei conspired for a long time, purchased a large number of arms back, the strength of the school regiment became stronger and stronger.

After his return, Zhang Zhenwu contacted the old department of the League and resolutely resisted disarmament actions.

"You are all clear-eyed people, we relied on the army to overthrow the Manchu Qing, now that the old Yuan has taken power, the recovery of the south will be the Constitutional Party willing to be Yuan Shikai's lackey, wantonly attack us, the revolutionary heroes, what is disarmament, one does not cut the Beiyang Army, two do not cut the Liberation Army, three do not cut the army in the southwest, just dismantle our revolutionary army, they are fake public and private, if we tolerate it now, I am afraid that we will not be able to resist when Lao Yuan becomes the emperor in the future, I have contacted Chen Qimei, the governor of Shanghai, Li Liejun, Governor of Jiangxi, and Hu Hanmin, Governor of Guangdong, everyone agrees that we absolutely cannot wait any longer, and we must act resolutely to safeguard the achievements of our revolution! ”

Zhang Zhenwu's speech won the strong support of the members of the League, who were increasingly marginalized after the reunification of the North and the South, and originally planned to form the Kuomintang and seize power through political parties, but because there were not enough people to come forward to take the lead, the League became more and more declining, and many members joined the United Party, including Song Jiaoren.

Now Zhang Zhenwu took the initiative to come out and naturally won the appreciation of the alliance, and shouted and beat one after another, at this moment, a team of military police suddenly broke into the western-style building where they gathered, and caught them all on the spot, Zhang Zhenwu did not expect the other party to dare to be ruthless, but it was too late, Tao Chengzhang had already decided to use a thunderbolt to completely take down these alliances that jumped up and down.

After capturing Zhang Zhenwu and others, Tao Chengzhang was complacent, and immediately mobilized the Guangfu Army to besiege the camp of the school regiment to completely disarm them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Zhang Zhenwu plotted against him, privately purchased military fire, and ignored the disarmament decree, I relieved Zhang Zhenwu of his military power as a left-behind guard in Nanjing, and now everyone who voluntarily goes home can get ten oceans!" Although it was voluntarily disbanded, Tao Chengzhang did not give everyone any other choice, and the school group had no choice but to admit it because of the leaderlessness of the dragons, Tao Chengzhang was complacent, but he didn't know that a big crisis was approaching his head!