Chapter 102: The Liberation Society
Yu Peilun originally came to Wang Dongcheng to ask for supplies, of course, he didn't have much hope, but even if he couldn't get the supplies, he would scold Qiao Yu and get angry, but as soon as Wang Dongcheng said this, Yu Peilun suddenly didn't know how to refute, the two sides are not all the way at all, we are opponents, we are all fighting for power in Sichuan, you failed, it's not bad if you don't kill you, do you still want to get benefits?
Yu Peilun became more and more disheartened, and left Wang Dongcheng's place directly, and left Wuchang overnight, and before him, Xiong Kewu had already left Wuchang in the name of going to Nanjing for help, and the remaining thousands of soldiers were all absorbed by Li Yuanhong.
After Wang Dongcheng left Wuchang, he also went directly to Nanjing, he had received a telegram from Xiaoxiang and Zhou Daiben, and now Nanjing City is making a mess for the election, originally Nanjing wanted to elect a generalissimo to lead the provinces, at first everyone voted to elect Huang Xing as the generalissimo, Li Yuanhong as the deputy marshal.
But it was opposed by the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army, why would the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army oppose it? In fact, most of the people of the Liberation Society are opposed behind the scenes, although Tao Chengzhang, the head of the Liberation Society, and Sun Wen are both revolutionary parties, but Tao Chengzhang is dissatisfied with Sun Wen's revolutionary strategy, and also despises Sun Wen's personality, and set off an anti-Sun wave twice, and finally rebuilt the Liberation Society, reading the portal.
After the first uprising in Wuchang, the contradiction between the Restoration Society and the League was even greater, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Restoration Society contributed the most, but the Shanghai Governor fell into the hands of Chen Qimei, and the Jiangsu Governor also returned to the old bureaucrat Cheng Dequan, Tao Chengzhang was greatly annoyed by the behavior of the League to pick peaches, if Huang Xing was elected, the central political axe would completely fall into the hands of the League of Directors, so the Restoration Society strongly advocated the election of Li Yuanhong as the generalissimo.
The reason is also very good, how can Huang Xing be the general of the defeated army in Hanyang and serve as the leader of the revolution? The provincial deputies also felt that it seemed inappropriate to elect Huang Xing, and Huang Xing himself knew the shame and resolutely resigned, so he had to change the position of the two people and let Huang Xing be the deputy marshal, and at the same time, because Li Yuanhong could not do without Wuchang, Huang Xing acted as the generalissimo.
But Huang Xing is also a figure, and there are also a group of supporters under him, how can you be at the mercy of the dignified revolutionary leaders, so these people ran to the representative meeting and shouted, Nanjing City was in chaos for a while, Huang Xing resolutely did not go to Nanjing to take office, and immediately fell into a stalemate, and it happened that at this time came the news that Sun Wen was about to return to China, everyone should not fight at a glance, or wait for Sun Wen to come back to preside over the overall situation.
At this time, Wang Dongcheng's representative Qiao Yu came to Nanjing, his identity is different from those temporarily elected representatives, he is a real power figure in Sichuan, one of the core of Qiao Yu Group, and a wealthy businessman, has great influence on both political and business circles, so Wang Dongcheng received the attention of various factions as soon as he arrived in Nanjing, and he also began to take the initiative to contact the Liberation Association and the Constitutional Party according to Qiao Yu's intentions, and strive to form a pan-Yangtze River Alliance.
When Qiao Yu captured Sichuan, he carefully assessed his strength and knew that he would not be able to join the whole country in a short period of time, but in order to avoid all kinds of political struggles that undermined the constitutionalism of the Ming Dynasty in the early days of the Republic of China, Qiao Yu wanted to establish a huge alliance, relying on this alliance to coerce Yuan Shikai, so that he did not dare to act recklessly, and at the same time suppressed the Sun Wen lineage, who was also extremely keen on power.
After looking at the overall situation, Qiao Yu selected three allies, Li Yuanhong of Hubei, Tao Chengzhang, chairman of Guangfu, and Zhang Jian, leader of the Constitutional Party.
Li Yuanhong has a very high reputation, as long as he has enough strength to compete with Yuan Shikai, Tao Chengzhang's Restoration Society has a huge influence in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and at the same time, the Restoration Society can become the prototype of the formation of a political party in the future, Zhang Jian is a party leader with no small reputation and strength, if these forces are kneaded together, they can even suppress Beiyang.
However, Qiao Yu did not have much hope for this alliance, because the four families each had their own interests and had too many differences, but Qiao Yu only did his best to obey the mandate of heaven, try his best to promote constitutionalism, and avoid the division of China.
Of course, Qiao Yu's main task at present is to fully develop Sichuan, Zhang Lan after talking with Qiao Yu, stayed up several nights in a row, and formulated a new education development plan, the plan is divided into two parts, one is a long-term plan, it is planned to spend 30 years to reduce the illiteracy rate in Sichuan to less than 20 percent, comprehensively establish a modern education system, and cultivate a large number of talents in various industries.
The short-term plan is to universalize basic education within five years, to establish more than 10 primary schools in each county to ensure that more than 60 percent of school-age children can be enrolled, and at the same time to establish corresponding junior high and high schools, in addition to five universities and 10 colleges, to ensure that 20,000 people can enroll in school.
Although this is a five-year goal, it will cost nearly 10 million yuan a year, accounting for almost one-third of Sichuan's fiscal revenue.
The establishment of universities also focuses on science and engineering, among which in 1912 to start construction are Sichuan University, Yucheng University of Technology, Chengdu Jiaotong College, Yucheng Business School, Yucheng Light Industry and Technology College, two universities and three colleges.
In particular, the most important Sichuan University also focuses on science and engineering, while Yucheng University of Technology simply establishes itself as a science and engineering school! It seriously stimulated the superiority of the old-fashioned scholars, and they scolded Sven for sweeping the floor, insulting the sanctity of the university, and the old Confucian of several councils had a desperate posture with Qiao Yu, and Qiao Yu was too lazy to bother these people to speak, so it was better for the council to raise their hands to vote.
Fortunately, the industrial and commercial groups now occupy a lot of advantages in the parliament, plus Zhang Lan has also contacted many new-style literati, and Qiao Yu's authority has successfully passed the bill, and next year he will spend 8 million yuan from the treasury to develop Sichuan education.
As usual, Sichuan's education development bill has also attracted nationwide attention, and for a time, the dispute between arts and sciences has become the hottest topic in the country after the north-south debate.
"Qiao Dudu is really a young hero, he has successively launched new policies to develop Sichuan, and it must not be long before Sichuan will become a place to look up to the whole country!" It was Tao Chengzhang who spoke, and after hearing that Wang Dongcheng came to Nanjing, Tao Chengzhang and Zhang Taiyan came to visit together.
"President Tao, you are polite, you are a tiger who made the Manchus lose fear, a revolutionary hero, and Qiao Dudu also greatly appreciated the characters in the world when he mentioned them to us!"
Tao Chengzhang heard Wang Dongcheng talk about his nickname, and he was also relieved, it seems that he is not only famous in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Zhang Taiyan also heard the meaning of friendship in Wang Dongcheng's words, Zhang Taiyan is very keen on education, and has a lot of good feelings about Qiao Yu who can launch a bill and develop education just after taking office.
"Minister Wang, now that the Republic of China is about to be founded, I don't know what Qiao Dudu thinks?"