In the few days when Xiao Zhenlei solved the remnants of Jin Yunpeng, the fifth town of Beiyang, Sun Wen had already assumed the post of president of the Nanjing Provisional Government in Nanjing on January 1, 1912, Sun Wenti yì was appointed vice president by Xiao Zhenlei, who was on the front line, and invited the representatives of 17 provinces to hold an election. The feelings of the heroes of the first righteousness should be taken into account and respected.

After reading the telegram sent by Xiao Zhenlei, the delegates of the 17 provinces all expressed their appreciation for Xiao Zhenlei's humble and upright character, which made Xiao Zhenlei's image in the eyes of the revolutionaries instantly taller, especially in today's revolutionary party and Yuan Shikai's struggle for power and profit, Xiao Zhenlei's noble sentiment of giving up self-interest for the sake of the overall situation has made many revolutionaries, non-party personages, and constitutionalists think that Xiao Zhenlei is a person who is sincere and selfless for the Chinese revolution, and the hearts of these people are gradually moving closer to the iron-blooded National Salvation Party.

Sun Wen, Huang Xing and others and the representatives of 17 provinces called back to Xiao Zhenlei, highly praised his high style and bright festival, and then elected Li Yuanhong as vice president.

Then the provincial delegations also sent a joint telegram to Li Yuanhong: "The provincial congresses decided on January 2 to elect the provisional vice president, that is, the meeting for the election of the provisional vice president will be held at 10 a.m. on the 3rd. I was elected. In addition to the notice to the whole country, and by the special commissioner of the Association to the provinces on behalf of the province (the form of signatures is hereby submitted to Junjian!) Also welcome. ”

The Nanjing Provisional Government also sent a telegram to Li Yuanhong: "Today, the Senate elected vice president, and after a full vote, I was elected to the office. We celebrate the future of the Republic of China. ”

10 p.m. on January 1. Sun Wen assumed the post of provisional president and proclaimed the founding of the Republic of China. He also made an oath at the conference: "Overthrow the Manchurian autocratic government, consolidate the Republic of China, and seek the happiness of the people." The public will of the people should be followed in order to be loyal to the country. Serve the public. After the autocratic government fell, there was no turmoil in the country, and the Republic of China stood out in the world, recognized by the nations, and Si Shiwen should be relieved of the post of provisional president. I swear to the people. ”

However, after he drew up the cabinet list, he remembered that he had forgotten Xiao Zhenlei and the iron-blooded National Salvation Party, and he encountered a problem, it stands to reason that he hoped that Huang Xinglai would be the chief of the army and chief of staff, after all, Huang Xing's qualifications were here. But now most of the military power of the revolutionary army is in the hands of Xiao Zhenlei, not only that, but the seat of the provisional government is also Xiao Zhenlei's territory, and Huang Xing has no military power in his hands, if Xiao Zhenlei is allowed to be the chief of the army and chief of staff. I'm afraid that Huang Xing will feel uncomfortable, and other comrades will also be dissatisfied, but if Huang Xing is made the chief of the army and chief of staff, will the army be dissatisfied because of this? You must know that the revolution has not yet succeeded!

Come and think about it. Sun Wen couldn't sleep, so he called Huang Xing and others to his room to discuss, and asked Huang Xing and others for their opinions on the matter of the army chief. Huang Xing himself did not care about the position of army chief, he said: "I did not contribute much to the revolution itself. At most, he has been running outside for several years, compared to Xiao Huanyu who led the army to the Northern Expedition. As far as the restoration of the fertile soil of China is concerned, I have done too little, in my opinion, I will appoint Xiao Zhenlei to the post of army chief, right? I would like to be the second minister".

Although the rest of the Alliance Association was a little reluctant, the person concerned, Huang Xing, said so, and they were not good at objecting. So Sun Wen asked people to send a telegram to Xiao Zhenlei and appointed him as the chief of the army.

Xiao Zhenlei was delaying time with Yang Du when he received the telegram, he read the telegram and asked people to call back that he was still shallow in the army, and his experience and experience in commanding battles were insufficient, and he was too young to convince the public, and the telegram also said that Huang Xing had commanded many revolutionary uprisings, and enjoyed high prestige in the military circles of the country and even the world, and he elected Huang Xing as the chief of the army, and he was willing to be the deputy commander, otherwise he would not accept it! In addition, he elected Sa Zhenbing as the chief of the navy, Cheng Biguang as the vice commander of the navy, and Tang Qianming as the commander of the cruiser fleet.

Xiao Zhenlei's humility once again won high praise from the revolutionaries, the southern constitutionalists and the provincial deputies.

So Sun Wen immediately appointed Huang Xing as the chief of the army, and Xiao Zhenlei as the deputy minister of the army and chief of staff. Of the nine ministers and vice-ministers of the Cabinet, one-third each is the League, the Iron Salvation Party and the Constitutionalists.

After Xiao Zhenlei saw the reply, he immediately appointed Jiang Baili as the deputy chief of the staff and asked him to lead the guards south to Nanjing to form the general staff.

The reason why Xiao Zhenlei is not the chief of the army is because he has long known that the Nanjing Provisional Government has no money, and when Nanjing was recovered, Zhang Renjun, Zhang Xun, Tie Liang and others had already swept away the official money of the government, and Lin Shuqing and others of the League took the lead in entering the city and carried out a large-scale looting, where did the provisional government still have money? Since there is no financial support from the local governments and the provisional government has no savings, it will be difficult for the government agencies to operate, because after all, no one can be noble enough to take out his own money and paste it upside down.

Since government officials can't pay their salaries, the army's military salaries and other expenses can't be raised, and the post of chief of the army department is completely sitting on the stove, and the army only asks for military salaries, so Xiao Zhenlei will not be stupid enough to sit on the stove and roast.

What's more, he has long known that cooperating with the Alliance will be completely unreliable, the internal struggle of the Alliance is fierce, it is too complicated, and not only will you not get any benefits from cooperating with these people, but will be dragged back by them, since the Alliance wants to be the boss, Xiao Zhenlei decided to let them be the boss to fight with Yuan Shikai, and after they can't do Yuan Shikai and run away, he will clean up the mess, and then re-form the government, and no one will drag back and gossip.

After the negotiations with Yang Du dragged on for three days, Xiao Zhenlei started negotiations with him seriously. Now Jin Yunpeng's fifth town is completely gone, and there is no enough army to resist the coalition army on the way to the capital, Xiao Zhenlei can even fight all the way to the Forbidden City, but the logistics do not allow it, and after more than a month of high-intensity combat, the soldiers are extremely tired, and the troops must be allowed to rest, otherwise it is easy to have an accident.

On January 5, 1912, Xiao Zhenlei officially sat opposite Yang Du, and Yang Du negotiated with Xiao Zhenlei on behalf of Yuan Shikai.

In fact, Yuan Shikai just thought that Xiao Zhenlei was a good soldier at first, and he found Cai Naihuang to be the backstage. After Cai Naihuang reported the matter to Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai sent someone to do a special investigation on Xiao Zhenlei, thinking that Xiao Zhenlei was worth cultivating, so he also secretly helped Xiao Zhenlei on his promotion path, but he didn't expect that in the end, Xiao Zhenlei was out of his control, so strong that he had to deal with it head-on, which can not but be said to be a kind of irony.

Xiao Zhenlei carried the teapot to Yang Du and his own teacups to boil water, put down the teapot and sat opposite Yang Du and said: "Mr. Yang, I see that you are also in a hurry, let's start, first of all, I will throw bricks and lead the jade, I only have four conditions, first, the six provinces in East China belong to me." Nominally, I am still under the leadership of the President. Second, after Yuan Gong became the president, if the national army was reorganized, the six provinces of East China would need the numbers of 20 divisions. Third, the navy has already been put under my command, and it is impossible to hand it over to Yuan Gong, if Yuan Gong wants to form a navy, let him figure out his own way, and don't fight my idea, I will not hand it over. Fourth, the emperor must abdicate, and there will be no emperor after that, just these four conditions. If Yuan Gong agrees, I will immediately order the troops to stop the attack, and respect Yuan Gong as the sole president of the Republic of China, and the two sides will immediately sign an armistice agreement. ”

Yang Du's face changed drastically when he heard this, the first three of the four conditions proposed by Xiao Zhenlei were beyond his authority, and in his opinion, Xiao Zhenlei's appetite was too big, if Xiao Zhenlei's conditions were met, Xiao Zhenlei would completely become a veritable king of the southeast, and he would inevitably become a big tail in the future.

Yang Du picked up the teacup and drank a few sips of water, calmed down the feelings in his heart, and then spoke: "These four conditions proposed by Commander-in-Chief Xiao, only the fourth condition I can agree, the first three conditions are beyond my authority to make, you see if this will work, I need to ask Yuan Gong for instructions, and after Yuan Gong replies to me, I will talk to you in detail!" ”

Of course, Xiao Zhenlei would not disagree, and nodded: "Okay, if Mr. Yang needs anything, he can speak at any time!" ”

After Yang Du left, he immediately took his entourage to the telegraph company opened by the foreigners in Jinan, where he sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai, reporting Xiao Zhenlei's conditions one by one, and asking Yuan Shikai to make a decision as much as possible to clarify the bottom line price that could be paid.

After receiving the telegram, Yuan Shikai, who was in the capital, looked at Xiao Zhenlei's waist and was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and scolded Xiao Zhenlei for being a wolf, not only did he not know gratitude, but he also bit it hard.

Angry, but this decision had to be made as much as possible and sent a telegram to Yang Du, because Yuan Shikai couldn't hold on, and the war with the Wuchang Revolutionary Party had already emptied the financial and ammunition reserves of his six Beiyang towns, and there was no longer the strength to continue to fight with Xiao Zhenlei, and the combat effectiveness of Xiao Zhenlei's descendant army really made him feel uneasy, although he still had a sixth town in Shanxi, but the sixth town had just fought with Yan Xishan and others, and his strength had declined. The most important thing is that the ammunition reserves are already strictly insufficient, and he can't fight anymore, if Xiao Zhenlei's army is allowed to hit the capital, his dream of being a big president is only afraid that it will be shattered, and he wants to come and go, he still made a final decision, and sent a telegram to Yang Du to tell his bottom line. (To be continued......) R1292