Chapter 19: Zhang Xun's Stratagem

Today, the Japanese who came to Xuzhou Daotai Yamen to meet Zhang Braided Shuai have a great background.

Among these Japanese was Major General Yoshiichi Tanaka, deputy chief of staff of the Japanese Army, who had come to Xuzhou on the secret order of Japanese Prime Minister Masashi Terauchi, who had just come to power. There is also an "old friend of the Manchu Dynasty", known as the "mainland ronin" Kawashima Naniwa, that is, the adoptive father of the famous female spy Kawashima Yoshiko. And accompanying them on their visit was an old Chinese man around 60 years old, wearing a long robe and horse coat, and a five- or six-inch-long pigtail on the back of his head. And the purpose of these three visiting hand in hand is naturally to restore the Qing Dynasty that has just fallen a few years ago!

After a few like-minded "friends" sat down in the living room of the Yamen of Xuzhou Daotai, they were naturally harmonious.

Zhang Xun sat on the chair at the top, laughing so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, and he beckoned his messenger to serve tea to everyone. Japanese Major General Yoshiichi Tanaka also looked as if he had just won the jackpot, smiling, but looking a little obscene (not insulting, it's really good-looking, you can look at the photo if you don't believe it). Kawashima Naniwa, on the other hand, did not look like a ronin at all, but rather a rigid old pedant, with round eyes framed by black wood, and a slender horse face with a somewhat dull expression, as if he had not yet come out of the shadow of the failure of the "Second Manchurian Independence Movement".

As for Kang Shengren, he can only be said to be excited, his pair of small eyes are full of essence, and he happily looks at Zhang Dashuai of the pigtail army, probably from the braid on the back of his head, he sees the hope of the restoration of the Qing Dynasty!

When the tea was finished, Zhang Xun waved his hand, and the messengers and maids who were waiting for them all disappeared automatically. Then I saw Zhang Dashuai smiled and arched his hand at several visitors: "General Tanaka, Mr. Kawashima, Mr. Nanhai (Kang Youwei), I also know the intention of your visit, and I Zhang's wish," he said with a braid, pinched a big white braid in his hand, and smiled: "I'm afraid there is nothing in China that I don't know." So let's stop beating around the bush, what do we have to say...... In the past, the palace guard was still there, and we couldn't live with others, besides, the Beiyang at that time was not something that our 60-odd battalions of braided soldiers could shake. But now that the palace guard is gone, the people in Beiyang are also disheartened, the current situation is not as good as day by day, I don't know how much worse it is than the days when there is an emperor! I estimate that the common people are now fed up with the sins of the republic, and they should miss the emperor. Ladies and gentlemen, isn't that the truth? ”

"It makes sense, it makes sense! Now that the general trend of the republic has gone, the restoration of the Qing Dynasty is exactly what the people want, as long as the handsome man ascends to the heights, the world will respond to it! Kang Youwei's reaction was the most enthusiastic, and as soon as Zhang Xun's voice fell, he jumped up and echoed loudly.

The Japanese Tanaka Yoshishi glanced at Kang Shengren and said in somewhat stiff Chinese: "The Japanese Empire is also deeply disturbed by the chaos that has intensified in China since the Republic of China - such chaos has seriously affected the interests of the Empire in China, so the Empire also hopes that China can restore the stability it had before." This is said insincerely, China can have such a chaotic situation, they Japanese are indispensable. He smiled and continued, "However, we should still think long-term about the operation of restoring the Qing Chamber, after all...... Zhang Dashuai's troops are not enough to fight all the way from Xuzhou to Beijing, right? ”

Zhang Xun smiled and nodded: "As long as the people's hearts are still towards the Qing Dynasty, I have a way to take down this Beijing City, but which side of Japan's friends will stand at that time?" ”

Hearing Zhang Xun say that there was a way to take Beijing, Tanaka Yoshiichi's eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly, the smile on his face became even brighter, and he nodded busily: "There is no doubt that the Japanese Empire must be on the side of the Qing Dynasty." Saying that, he paused again and asked, "I don't know, what is the way Zhang Dashuai can take Beijing City?" Can you tell us a thing or two? ”

Zhang Xun saw Tanaka's puzzled look, and he laughed hehehe: "What's the way...... It's on top of the current battle between the government and the court. ”

"The battle between the government and the court?" Kawashima Nani, who had not spoken, muttered in a low voice, he had been planning the "Manchurian" thing since the Republic of China, running back and forth between the Mongolian nobles in Inner Mongolia and the Qing Dynasty relics in the northeast, and once raised a small army, but it was wiped out by the Feng army not long ago. And this time I came to Xuzhou to contact Zhang Xun as a representative of several Qing Dynasty relics in the northeast, and at the same time wanted to sell his methods to this loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty.

"Do you have any thoughts on Mr. Kawashima?" Zhang Xun knew that this Kawashima had a close relationship with several Manchu princes and was considered his fellow practitioners, so he was also very polite to him.

Kawashima sighed, revealing a solemn expression: "Zhang Dashuai, I think that the biggest difficulty in restoring the Qing Dynasty at present is that Emperor Xuantong is being charged by the Beijing government, the emperor lives in the Forbidden City in Beijing, surrounded by the army of the Republic of China, and His Majesty does not even have the most basic personal freedom. In such a situation, even if someone in the local area raises the flag of rebellion, it will not be able to get an adequate response because there is no emperor to call for it, so the first task of restoring the Qing dynasty should be to rescue the emperor himself from the control of the Beijing government, take him to Xuzhou, and then ......"

Zhang Xun smiled and waved his hand to interrupt Kawashima Nani: "You don't need it, you don't need it, didn't Zhang say that you can take Beijing City with full certainty?" All you need is for the Japanese side to cooperate with Zhang's arrangement a little, and there will be heavy thanks afterwards. ”

Seeing Zhang Xun's confident look, Tanaka Yoshiichi and Kawashima Naniwa glanced at each other and stopped talking, while Kang Youwei became more excited and began to chant poems against each other, touting Zhang Dashuai one by one......

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With a long hiss, the train slowly approached the platform with its tumbling steam. The platform was already full of officers at all levels of the Braided Army who came to greet him, as well as the celebrities and gentry in Xuzhou City, and Zhang Xun himself was dressed in a straight Beiyang tweed general uniform, holding a Western-style command knife in his hand, surrounded by a vote of generals and messengers, standing there calmly and reservedly. Looking at his face, there seemed to be a trace of anxiety hidden in the excitement. This time in Xuzhou is the third meeting of the Governors, today is Duan Qirui's representative Xu Shuzheng, he came to the meeting to lobby the overseers to support the central government to declare war on Germany, and he Zhang Xun Zhang Dashuai, but want to this Xuzhou Overseers meeting, test the views of the marshals on the restoration of the Qing Dynasty!

As soon as the train stopped, I saw Xu Shuzheng's military uniform straight, wearing German-style cowhide riding boots, and walking down with a group of attachés. Today, he also changed his stereotypical image, a chubby face was full of smiles, and when he saw Zhang Xun from a distance, he arched his hands and walked over with a smile. Zhang Xun also smiled and returned the salute: "Brother Zheng again, I finally looked forward to you!" What we want to discuss at the meeting of the Overseer Legion is to oppose the Kuomintang and support Duan Zhilao, you are a celebrity in front of Duan Zhilao, just to give your brother some guidance, how to help Duan Zhilao sweep away those chaotic parties with bad intentions now! ”

Xu Shuzheng heard Zhang Xun's words and said with a smile: "Xuan Shuai, since your old man wants the little brother to give an idea, then the little brother is not welcome, now we Beiyang want to sweep away the chaotic party in the southwest, and the key to unifying China is to declare war on Germany as soon as possible!" Zhang Xun was stunned for a moment when he heard this (pretended to be), and blurted out: "This southwest chaotic party is not supported by Germany, how can it be said that the key to sweeping away the chaotic party is to declare war on Germany?" ”

Xu Shuzheng said with a sincere face: "Xuan Shuai's words are wrong, although the chaotic party is not supported by Germany, but the environment that produces the chaotic party can only be changed by participating in the European war...... We participated in the European war, and we are naturally allies of Britain, France, Russia, and Japan, and in order to allow us to send troops to help the war with peace of mind, they must also relax a little bit of the treaties tied to us, right? As long as the power of the country can be restored little by little, and the center can regain its prestige, the chaotic party will naturally have no excuse to demagogue, and we will be able to win without a fight! ”

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