Chapter 89: To Each His Own Way (9)

Although Fang Jianxiong didn't say it explicitly, Jiang Fangzhen understood that whether it was Beiyang or the provisional government, Fang Jianxiong had to clean it up. How to clean it up, Jiang Fangzhen doesn't care, and he can't care about it.

"The current peace with Beiyang is definitely short-lived, even if we don't fight Beiyang, sooner or later they will come to fight us. It's just to see if Yuan Shikai has the ambition to gnaw hard bones first. Fang Jianxiong made a summary, and after Jiang Fangzhen determined that Fang Jianxiong had the intention of unifying the whole country by force, he suddenly became arrogant, and said with a smile: "The national defense army will be invincible!" ”

This military genius, who has historically lacked a stage to display his military talents, is completely different in this time and space.

The Alliance was busy establishing a provisional government, while Fang Jianxiong was busy unifying the two provinces.

On January 1, 1912, Sun went to Nanjing, and at 10 o'clock that night, he announced his inauguration as the provisional president of the Nanjing Provisional Government. Vow: Overthrow the Manchurian government, consolidate the Republic of China, and seek the happiness of the people. The public will of the people, the truth is loyal, and the service is for the public. When the government fell, there was no chaos in the country, the Republic of China stood in the world, recognized by the nations, and Si Shiwen should be relieved of the post of provisional president. I swear to the people!

For Yuan Shikai, the provisional government can be said to have been established in disregard of Yuan's opposition, which is an act of breaking the contract. Telegraphed to Tang Shaoyi: "Stop the discussion." He also openly questioned the Provisional Government of the South, "What is the purpose of electing a president?" If the National Assembly resolves to establish a constitutional monarchy, will the government, i.e. the president, be abolished? ”

No matter how Yuan Shikai tossed and opposed, the provisional government was still established. Can't wait, regardless of the establishment of a qiē.

Can't wait to understand, regardless of a qiē where to start? The most important cornerstone of a government is embodied in two points, the first is the army. The second is fiscal. The moving army that the provisional government could command was nothing more than the Jiangsu First Army after the expansion of the original Ninth Town, as well as the Shanghai People's Army, even if it was the Shanghai People's Army, there was an important imaginary enemy, Tao Chengzhang set up another mountain. openly engaged in the restoration of the Volunteer Army in Shanghai, which can be described as Chen Qimei's sleeping on the side of the couch. And this first army, which still lacks a large number of grassroots officers, has gone to seek refuge in Fang Jianxiong, a reactionary warlord.

Not to mention the finances, counting on borrowing! The premise of borrowing. That has to be recognized by the Great Powers!

On the 2nd, Sun sent a telegram to all provinces, announcing that the Republic of China would switch to the Gregorian calendar, with November 13, 4,609 (i.e., November 13, Xinhai year) as the New Year's Day of the Republic of China. Sun issued his first appointment, Hu Hanmin as secretary general of the presidential office.

Blame for Yuan Shikai. Sun called back to clarify the "misunderstanding". It is said: If the power of the king does not work for the war, and the will of the people is achieved, then the post of president is a public opinion. And said: Wencheng is recommended by various provinces. The oath is there, and the heart is here. Every day.

This day is destined to be very lively, Yuan Shikai called Wu Tingfang. The truce lasted until 15 January. In other words, after the fifteenth, he can continue to fight. This confidence is probably related to Fang Jianxiong's agreement to a three-month truce. On this day, fifteen generals of the Qing army, including Jiang Guidi, Feng Guozhang, Zhang Xun, Cao Kun, and Zhang Zuolin, jointly sent a telegram to the cabinet, "vowing to fight to the death against the republic, and asking the ministers to withdraw 30 or 40 million taels of cash deposited in the bank to pay military expenses." ”

What does this telegram mean? The Manchurians were still very rich, but the money was deposited in foreign banks. Who are these relatives and nobles, the descendants do not know the specifics. All in all, it's a lot of money.

The "Zilin Xi Bao" also jumped out to join in the fun, publishing editorials attacking Sun's dictatorship and practicing oligarchy. The Nanjing Provisional Government was not a government owned by the people, ruled by the people, and enjoyed by the people.

Fang Jianxiong, who was in Wuchang, was not missed by Sun, and a telegram also came. The words are earnest: The Republic of China was established smoothly, and the conquest of Brother Gayin was also successful. Now the post of deputy commander of the army, Wen recommends his brother to appoint, and I hope not to shirk it.

When Fang Jianxiong received the call, he was at a meeting of the dignitaries of the two provinces, glanced at the telegram and did not speak, and continued the meeting.

The content of the meeting mainly included several points: First, in the shortest possible time, unify the military orders and government orders of a province in Hubei. At present, there are many large and small military governments in various parts of Hubei, and it is very much a bit of a sense to occupy the mountains as kings. When the Beiyang Army called, these people had no intention of sending reinforcements. Now that the Beiyang armistice has been suspended, Fang Jianxiong demanded that these military sub-governments step down automatically, and the decree should be attributed to the provincial government. Obviously, it is not possible to come to the soft, but to come to the soft and hard together to have an effect. Second, now Sichuan is in chaos and there are many military governments. Fang Jianxiong sent Li Xiaochuan to lead Leng Yu's special mission and the Fourth Division into Yichang to monitor the movements in Sichuan. Along the way, by the way, I asked the military governments in various places to consciously close their doors and close their businesses. The head of the original military government came to Wuchang to wait for the new government to be assigned. The defense of Bengbu was handed over to the Sixth Division, and Huyan Aobo was kicked back to Bengbu. Third, it was announced that the cancellation of one qiē centijin in Hubei Province would be cancelled, and all centicards would be forcibly cancelled within one month. Fourth, the two provinces have made five-year compulsory education compulsory.

After the topic was cleared without suspense, Fang Jianxiong picked up the telegram on the table, read it with a smile, and handed it to Li Yuanhong on the side and said, "Brother Song Qing, Sun wants the two provinces to recognize his provisional government." A deputy army commander wants to send him down, but he is very generous. ”

Everyone laughed for a while, and Li Yuanhong also laughed dryly twice before saying: "Does Fuguo want to admit it?" Or don't admit it? ”

Fang Jianxiong glanced at Li Yuanhong, who was full of earnestness, and did not wait for an answer, for fear that Fang Jianxiong would be recruited, Sun Baoqi, who was afraid that Fang Jianxiong would be recruited, said first: "I can't admit it, once I admit it, the name of righteousness will be Nanjing's." ”

Fang Jianxiong glanced at Li Yuanhong meaningfully, and then smiled unhurriedly: "The teacher is right, the whole country is electrified, Anhui and Hubei provinces do not oppose the Republic of China, but only recognize a Republic of China that unifies the whole country." As for the Nanjing Provisional Government, we do not oppose, do not recognize, and do not interfere. ”

When Li Yuanhong was a little disappointed, Fang Jianxiong smiled and said: "Brother Song Qing, I think you are suitable to be the president of the Republic of China!" ”

Not? Li Yuanhong's eyes didn't roll a little, what do you mean? It's a pity that Fang Jianxiong didn't continue, Li Yuanhong felt like a cat scratching in his heart, fidgeting.

The first few days of 1912 were marked by many important events, and the Provisional Government of Nanking was established at the beginning of the year. On the 3rd, Xu Shaojiao was appointed commander of the Nanjing garrison, and Niu Yongjian, Wen Zongyao, Wang Jingwei, Wang Zhengting, and Hu Ying were appointed councillors. Sun hired Zhang Zongxiang and the Japanese Terao Heng and Yoshiichi Viceshima as legal advisers, and Inuyang Yi as political advisors. Provincial representatives are referred to as the heads of departments.

On this day, the new army of Luanzhou in Zhili revolted and established the Northern Revolutionary Military Government.

On the one hand, he continued peace talks with Yuan Shikai, and on the other hand, Sun sent a telegram to Chen Jiongming, the acting governor of Guangdong, on the 4th, saying: No matter how peace is negotiated, the Northern Expedition will not be slack. On the second day, the 4th, the Luanzhou uprising, the rebel troops launched an attack on Tianjin and failed miserably! The head was cut off to the ground.

The Provisional Government, which was struggling to move forward, issued a "Foreign Declaration" on 5 July, recognizing the interests of various countries in China and the indemnities paid by the previous DPRK, and protecting them. At a time of great difficulty, the poster industry began another war of words.

It was still the head picked by "Zilinxi Daily", and some articles of "Market Hundred States" were reprinted, and they were still paid. Although it's old news, it's because the newspaper isn't? Moreover, this newspaper has always liked to point fingers at domestic politics and has a great influence.

As soon as this head was opened, a wave of press speculation about the private life of the revolutionary party was brought up. Entertainment gossip has never lacked a market. The contradictions between the Liberation Society and the Alliance were also turned out to be copied from the cold rice. What is playing with women with the funds raised by overseas Chinese, at that time, there was no talk of Bao Xiaosan, anyway, it was to spend all day and wine with the hard-earned money of overseas Chinese.

For a while, if the newspapers did not publish these lace news, their sales were affected.

The Shanghai Navy government's issuance of public bonds and military bills, this disguised plunder, originally aroused discontent on the ground in Shanghai. Now the press is overwhelmingly reporting negative news, although there is no name, readers are automatically linked, the name of the governor of Yangmei is far and wide, and it is known to all ages in the market, which has become a good joke for the people after dinner.

Some of them are well-founded, and some of the reports are directly made up stories and written with news as fiction. So-and-so revolutionary leader, how was he when he was in exile in Japan, his pocket was full of overseas Chinese silver dollars, and he was merry everywhere. Well, those revolutionary actions in China are all about letting other people's children bleed, and he can't hurt a single hair. There are also small newspapers that compile the story of Yangmei Dudu into a long novel and serialize it. said a certain governor, why did he get bayberry sores back then? This is a ...... with a story.

In this situation, the various measures launched by the Provisional Government were drowned out in the press by a flood of lace news. The Provisional Government was very passive, and although the "Minli Bao" repeatedly wrote articles to wash the floor, the results were very poor.

On the contrary, the "Declaration" started again, in response to the original "Minli Daily" smearing Fang Jianxiong, the Yin family sisters and Tang Qunying jointly wrote an article, starting from the beginning of seeking revenge for Qiu Jin and Fang Jianxiong for help, and talking about how much strength Fang Jianxiong had contributed to the revolution that they knew, as well as the various acts of loving the people and saving the people of the Anhui Revolutionary Army in Wuhan. In the article, Fang Jianxiong endured humiliation, how he worked hard for the revolution, and how he did not hesitate to suffer for the relief of the victims. Well, two porridges a day! That's the beauty of showmanship. The three female revolutionary parties were still too simple to see the reactionary nature of Fang Jianxiong clearly.

The article jointly signed by the three of them caused a huge response, especially since the people in Shanghai had all seen Fang Jianxiong's soldiers. If you want to say that those people are soldiers, the soldiers of the Shanghai Navy Government are local ruffians and bullies. The major newspapers in Shanghai have compared the Fang Department with the Chen Department, and this comparison is simply miserable.

This is true in Shanghai, and it is also true in Nanjing. The Nanjing press was soon influenced by Shanghai, and reprinted and reported on related matters. The people of Nanjing have seen the demeanor of the Anhui Army, and as long as there is praise for the Anhui Army in the newspapers, they will buy it very well. (Site. Your support is my biggest motivation. )