Chapter 92: The Reactionary Warlord Careerist (Part II)

Douglas understood that Fang Jianxiong was willing to cooperate, but held the lead. The inability to control foreign capital is greatly less attractive. However, Fang Jianxiong's conditions are indeed very attractive, and the fields of railways, coal, steel, and mines are really good projects for the large amount of money that the United States cannot invest.

But there is one premise for these cooperations, that is, Fang Jianxiong, a warlord, can always be strong, and even control the country. Douglas did see this ambition from Fang Jianxiong. And the strength of this young man is expanding at an unimaginable rate. In just over a month, he has already occupied the land of two provinces. More crucially, he defeated the army of the number one force in the country.

"What if it's a sole proprietorship?" Douglas still had a hint of luck in his heart, Fang Jianxiong shrugged his shoulders and expressed helplessness: "If you are a sole proprietorship, it's not impossible, but it's limited to manufacturing." ”

"I get it, I'll need a few days and then we'll talk."

Fang Jianxiong got up and made a gesture of please, Douglas stood up to say goodbye, and Fang Jianxiong politely sent it to the door before coming back. Sun Baoqi flashed out from the side, and had been listening just now.

"To help the country, Americans are not here to do good deeds." Sun Baoqi reminded that Fang Jianxiong still trusts this teacher's eyesight. Nodding his head, he said: "Geographically speaking, one day in the future, once China rises, it will be the only country that can threaten the hegemony of the United States in the world." The other one is Lao Maozi. ”

Sun Baoqi didn't understand it very well, and he wondered in his ignorant heart, how could he talk so far. Fang Jianxiong continued: "Fortunately, the current United States does not have the consciousness of world hegemony, and the current hegemon is still British, and this trend should continue for 30 years." Time is running out. Teacher. Although the cost is huge, but I really don't have a very good way, this country must complete the reunification in the shortest possible time, and then it is to concentrate a qiē national strength, use a qiē means, and catch up with the pace of the world. ”

Fang Jianxiong said with a surge of pride. With a powerful wave of his hand, it seemed that a bright future was in front of him.

The shelves of the Wuhan Council have finally been erected, and the members of the team are all the original councilors. Fang Jianxiong did not say anything about this, Tang Hualong took a group of gentry and invited Fang Jianxiong to attend the inauguration ceremony of the parliament.

Fang Jianxiong seemed to be happy. He also made a brief speech, saying: The Hubei Parliament was established, and strictly speaking, the parliament is the provincial council and the highest authority in a province. You will shoulder the responsibilities of electing the Chief Executive, legislating and supervising the work of the Government. The future of the people of Hubei is in your hands, please.

This speech. appeared on the front page of the day's "Dahan Daily". On the adjacent page is a telegram from Fang Jianxiong to the Nanjing Provisional Government. "The establishment of the Republic of China Yu wished, but the ink of peace between the north and the south did not dry the hope of peaceful reunification of the country, and the provisional government was created, and Yu did not dare to agree. It is hoped that the north and the south will reach an agreement this morning to establish a unified Republic of China. ”

On the same page, there is also a list of heads of departments of the Nanjing Provisional Government. The list is the best feature. Except for Tang Qianming, the deputy head of each department, they are all members of the league. Only three of the Governors are members of the League. However, the trick played by the alliance is to choose the name of the chief and the means of the second chief. Although the old man is the chief executive, he is actually Zhang Qian and Tang Shouqian. After staying for a few days, Cheng Dequan simply said that he was sick and did not take office. Therefore, the Provisional Government was nicknamed the Cabinet of Vice-Ministers.

As soon as this electricity came out, the world shook. The two provinces jointly declared that they would not join the coalition government, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Nanjing Provisional Government.

The Shanghai and Nanjing press circles frantically reprinted this telegram, and the "Zilin Xi Bao" once again jumped out and clamored to criticize the list of heads of government departments published by the Nanjing Provisional Government, saying: The Nanjing Provisional Government has practiced the dictatorship of a few people in the name of the Republic of China. It is very likely that Hubei and Anhui provinces saw this trend and announced that they would not join the provisional government. According to reliable sources, Fang Jianxiong, the actual controller of these two provinces, supported Yuan Shikai as president.

What's even funnier is that the provinces elected Li Yuanhong as vice president, Tang Hualong as the chief of the establishment department, and Tang Qianming as the vice minister of the navy. These three simply issued a joint statement and telegraphed: Talent is insufficient, dare not take office!

It's so shameless!

The newspapers were so excited by these moves that they reprinted the reports one after another, making a lot of money without mentioning them.

Xie Yu, the independent head of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, sent an urgent telegram to Wuchang, saying: The Shanghai Governor's Office asked for the Manufacturing Bureau several times, but the Ministry of Labor refused. In the past few days, hooligans in many places have picked quarrels and provoked trouble, and several members of our department have been injured after going out to procure.

After receiving the telegram, Fang Jianxiong and Sun Baoqi, Li Muyan, Han Yan, Zheng Quan and others discussed party affairs, and after everyone read the telegram, Fang Jianxiong sneered: "After reading it, what do you think?" ”

"I can't imagine them doing this!" Sun Baoqi sighed, Han Yan used to be a member of the Alliance, so he bowed his head and said nothing. Li Muyan said politely at all: "Just call back to warn Chen Qimei that the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is a trophy of our army, and no one is allowed to touch it." ”

"A mere warning may not work, the marshal has just telegraphed not to recognize the Nanjing Provisional Government. I'm afraid someone will misread it! It is better to go to the newspaper first and expose their deeds. Zheng Quan still has a steady style and cautious advice.

Fang Jianxiong sneered: "What kind of work is this, and the next work is still to come." Zhejiang Governor Tang Shouqian was elected as the chief of transportation, and the position of governor is afraid that it will be a fight, and it will take one or two lives. ”

Sun Baoqi said with deep feelings: "Tang Shouqian may not be willing to be the chief minister, in my opinion, I am afraid that the people of the Alliance want the position of the governor, so they changed their ways to get Tang Shouqian." ”

Fang Jianxiong raised his hand, and everyone quieted down before saying, "Order: The second division immediately boarded the boat and rushed to Wuhu." The 3rd Division, which remained behind, quickly assembled towards Wuhu. Ordered the Huyan Department to go south and arrive at Pukou. Order all warships of the Admiralty to sail to Wuhu at once. Adjutant Duan Feng quickly recorded, and when he handed it to Fang Jianxiong to sign and was about to go out to send a report, he was stopped by Fang Jianxiong and said: "Duan Feng, prepare a telegram to the Shanghai Governor's Office, just say that there have been rampant water bandits around Wuhu recently, and our army may have some military arrangements, please Chen Dudu tell Nanjing, don't cause unnecessary misunderstandings." ”

At the sound of the order, the Wehrmacht sprang into action. The fanfare is naturally not hidden from the eyes of outsiders. Fang Jianxiong didn't intend to hide anything, just to let some people know. Within three days, two divisions were assembled in Wuhu, and the vanguard advanced to the Dangtu border. Fifteen warships of the navy gathered in Wuhu, and a mixed brigade in Bengbu headed south along the Jinpu Road. Jianxiong put on a posture of looking at Nanjing.

When the news spread, the press once again exclaimed that after Fang Jianxiong refused to recognize the provisional government, there was a high possibility that military action would be taken against the provisional government. "Minli Bao" wailed: This reactionary warlord!

So how many soldiers are there in Nanjing? At present, only the second division of the first revolutionary army of Jiangsu after the expansion of the original ninth town, the first division has crossed the river to the north, joined the army of Lin Shuqing Town, and clamored for the Northern Expedition. With the strength of one division in Nanjing, it is simply impossible to match Fang Jianxiong's two well-equipped infantry divisions and an artillery division equipped with heavy artillery.

The sky over Nanjing has changed drastically, and the war clouds are thick! The provisional government urgently transferred the first and third divisions of Jiangsu from Suzhou and Yangzhou, and the independent division of the Northern Expedition of Guangdong returned to Nanjing to prevent Fang Jianxiong's sudden uprising.

Sun urgently convened a meeting of military commanders, and Army Chief Huang Keqiang, Vice Minister Jiang Zuobin, Nanjing Garrison Commander Xu Shaojiao, Northern Expeditionary Army Commander-in-Chief Lin Shuqing, and First Division Commander Shen Tongwu attended the meeting.

The true face of Fang Jianxiong, a reactionary warlord, has been exposed, and this person's fake revolutionary face can finally not be hidden. Now that the revolutionary Provisional Government is being pressed against the troops, we must give a strong response, comrades. Army Chief Huang Xing was very excited, his voice was excited, and his hands were fluttering, as if he was going to tear Fang Jianxiong to pieces.

"The chief is right, Fang Jianxiong, a warlord, poisoned the revolutionary army as early as when he was in Zhenjiang." Lin Shuqing has new hatred and old hatred, and when he talks about Fang Jianxiong's teeth, the roots are itchy.

"Please give the president's order, and the rest can launch an active attack!" Yao Yuping, an independent member of the Northern Expedition in Guangdong, stood up directly and roared impassionedly. He brought 8,000 people, but he refused to cross the river in Nanjing. The reason is that the military salary cannot be paid, and his subordinates wander around the city of Nanjing every day and do a lot of bad things that make the people of Nanjing gnash their teeth.

Xu Shaojiao, commander of the Nanjing garrison, and Shen Tongwu, commander of the first division of Jiangsu, did not say a word, looking down at the floor.

"Gu Qing, you are the commander of the garrison, you can talk about it." Sun had no choice but to name him, and the others shouted and shouted to kill, just shouting two sentences, and anyone could do it. Xu Shaojiao's attitude, which really had actual influence on the First Army of Jiangsu, was decisive.

Being named, Xu Shaojiao had no choice but to raise his head and look at Sun Dao expressionlessly: "President, I was judging just now that once our army fights with Fang Jianxiong's department, there is a few percent chance of victory. ”

"What? Xu Guqing, are you afraid of Fang Jianxiong? Lin Shuqing spoke strangely, and he didn't have a good impression of Fang Jianxiong at all.

Xu Shaojiao didn't look at him, and slowly snapped his fingers and said, "I'll settle accounts for everyone first." The defenders of Nanjing currently have the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd divisions of Jiangsu, and the 1st independent division of Guangdong. Each division has about 8,000 men, with a total strength of more than 30,000 troops. The cannons add up to about fifty, mainly small cannons of 57 and 37 calibers. This is also thanks to Fang Jianxiong's generosity, when the Eastern Expedition was made, the capture of Nanjing was returned to the Ninth Town. ”

Everyone was speechless, Xu Shaojiao's face sank, and he opened his mouth to continue. (Site. Your support is my biggest motivation. )