Under the recommendation of Xu Shaozhen, Xiao Zhenlei met with Mr. Zhang Jizhi, Zhang Jian was the last champion of the imperial examination in the late Qing Dynasty, and his literary style was respected by the world, but he took industry as the idea of saving the country, founded the textile school, the ocean school, and opened a precedent for China's textile higher education; For the first time, a cotton textile raw material supply base was established to improve cotton and promote planting; Based on our hometown, we have made great efforts to develop the practice of modern textile industry, and have made important contributions to the development and growth of China's national textile industry.

Mr. Zhang Jizhi advocated "industry to save the country" and "education to save the country", and organized many factories, enterprises, and educational and cultural undertakings. Although his "industrial salvation" could not save old China from peril, it was conducive to the social, economic and cultural development of that time. He belonged to the leader of the constitutionalist faction, and presided over the petition movement of the parliament three times, but the Qing court finally came up with a royal cabinet, and then announced the nationalization of the railway rights, which made him extremely angry, and he was also very disappointed in the Qing court.

Cheng Dequan was still very loyal to the Qing court at this time, and was not moved by Zhang Jizhi's words, Xu Shaozhen is an indecisive person, and he has not seen the shape clearly until now, although he knows that the Qing court is already very dangerous now, but he doesn't dare to bet, since Xiao Zhenlei and Zhang Jizhi are both people who seek change, he thinks it is better to introduce them to each other, maybe they can find a resonance point.

The meeting between the two was very pleasant, they had a common topic, Xiao Zhenlei was also a pragmatic person, which made Zhang Jian very happy, Zhang Jian first put forward his own political viewpoint, that is, a constitutional monarchy. And said that China has a history of more than 2,000 years of feudal dynasties, and if it suddenly enters the republic directly from the feudal dynasty, it will make the people at a loss, and it may cause great turmoil, although Xiao Zhenlei thinks that this idea is a bit too conservative. But he said that although he did not approve of a constitutional monarchy, but favored a republic, this did not prevent the constitutionalists and his iron-blooded National Salvation Party from reaching an agreement on some aspects, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and there are also Conservative Party, Labor Party, Royalist Party, and so on in Western countries, and they are not coexisting in the same country.

Xiao Zhenlei's honesty made Zhang Jian extremely appreciative. thinks that he is very sincere, and Zhang Jian himself is a pragmatic person, and the two quickly found the same views and opinions together.

After a period of exchanges and negotiations, Zhang Jian, as the leader of the constitutionalist faction, reached a joint intention with Xiao Zhenlei's iron-blooded National Salvation Party, and the constitutionalists economically supported the iron-blooded National Salvation Party in the army. If one day, the Qing court falls, the iron-blooded National Salvation Party wants to support the constitutionalists in politics, so that the constitutionalists can have a place on the political stage, and Xiao Zhenlei deeply agrees with this.

In a conversation, Xiao Zhenlei asked, "Mr. Ji Zhi, if Shanghai is recovered." Who do you think is the most appropriate person to be the governor? ”

Zhang Jian thought for a while and said: "Shanghai Tang is a place where there is a hodgepodge of political forces and the financial center of the country, so it is very important. I think of course it's better for you to be the governor of Huanyu, you have military power in your hands, and your Twenty-Three Mixed Association is the closest to Shanghai Tang, once something happens to Shanghai Tang, your Twenty-Three Mixed Association can rush over to control the situation as quickly as possible, and it is logical to take over the right to Shanghai Tang! ”

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm willing." But some people may not be willing, if Chen Qimei's gang of the Alliance Association does not get the rights. And those people of the Liberation Society, will they give up? There is no unity of thought in the League. Moreover, the members are complex, good and bad, and it is very easy to infighting. It is not difficult to control the situation in Shanghai by force, and it is not difficult to maintain the stability of the market, I have already left enough troops in Shanghai, and I don't need the 23rd Mixed Association to recover Shanghai, and the 23rd Mixed Association has more important tasks, the difficult thing is how to deal with the people of the Alliance? After the recovery of Shanghai, we will definitely have to free up our hands to deal with the Qing court forces in other places, what if they make trouble in the rear? It is not possible that before this revolution has succeeded, I will kill them on a large scale, and the words will fall into the mouths of others, and it will not sound good to say them! ”

Xiao Zhenlei's words made Zhang Jian feel quite tricky, and he frowned and said, "What does Huanyu think should be done?" Chen Qimei didn't learn any military affairs in Japan at all, and he was not a half-ass, so he could lead troops to fight when he became the governor? ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and said: "I think so, the League will indeed make great contributions to the revolution, if you don't give them some positions, you can't say it, since that's the case, then we will simply be generous, and we will recommend Chen Qimei as the governor of Shanghai, our side mainly controls the army and financial power, these two aspects must not be compromised, for the League of people, I am not at ease, only control the military power and financial power, the League will not be able to leave us alone to form a cabinet to govern, Mr. Ji Zhi thinks?" ”

"Not bad, not bad!" Zhang Jian nodded, "In that case, then let Chen Qimei be the governor of Shanghai, and we will grasp the military power and financial power of the two sides, just now you said that the 23rd Mixed Association has other tasks?" I don't know if it??????? ”

Xiao Zhenlei said: "Once Shanghai is recovered, will Jiangning have no reaction?" Zhang Renjun, the governor of Liangjiang, and others are very strict against the Ninth Town of Nanyang, and Xu is not our people, and he is still a little undecided, I dare not put all my hopes on him, if the Ninth Town of Nanyang fails because of his hesitation, my 23rd Mixed Association must take Jiangning as quickly as possible, and stabilize the situation, the Ninth Town of Nanyang is extremely complicated, full of various revolutionary organizations, these people do not belong to the same camp, and it will definitely be extremely chaotic at that time."

Zhang Jian saw that Xiao Zhenlei had already taken everything into account, and he became more and more convinced in his heart that he was a person who could achieve things, and his heart to cooperate with the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party was also firmer.

Xiao Zhenlei said: "Now all over the country has set off a road protection movement, among which the Sichuan side is particularly fierce, I got the news, all parts of Sichuan have been in chaos, the Baolu comrades association has taken over the pole, the Qing court's rule in Sichuan has been in jeopardy, I guess that the Qing court is likely to draw troops from the surrounding areas into Sichuan to suppress recently, and from the Hubei side to draw troops into Sichuan is the fastest, once Hubei's troops are empty." The peripheral organizations of the Alliance, the Communist Association and the Literary Society, are afraid that they will not be able to sit still, and there may be something going on at that time, so we must be prepared at any time in the past few months! ”

Zhang Jian sighed when he heard this: "I didn't expect Huanyu to see the situation so clearly, it seems that it is right to unite with your iron-blooded National Salvation Party." It's up to you! ”

"Let's work together!"

After Xiao Zhenlei returned to Suzhou, he immediately ordered the army to conduct closed intensive training during this period, and no one was allowed to ask for leave or go out without permission, and if there was any violation, all would be dealt with strictly.

Later, Xiao Zhenlei called Chen Jizu, who was secretly recruited by the commander of a town's troops. This town has not yet been known to the outside world, and of course the government does not know, so there is no number, it is all raised by Xiao Zhenlei alone, and there are more than 14,000 people in this newly recruited town. Scattered in three secret stations. Xiao Zhenlei was temporarily named the Forty Towns of the New Army, and after half a year of conscription and half a year of training, he was basically ready to become an army.

"Sir, Chen Jizu is here to report!"

Xiao Zhenlei motioned for him to sit down, got up and poured two cups of tea on the table, sat opposite Chen Jizu and asked, "How is the situation of the troops now?" Is there any slack in training and thinking? ”

"Report to the sir, there is no slack, even though the training is all over now. However, since we received an order from our commander the day before yesterday to intensify the training, we have formulated the contents of the intensive training, and we have already begun to implement them. This is a detailed training plan, please take a look at it! As he spoke, he handed Wen Jiàn his hands from under his armpits.

Xiao Zhenlei took the text and opened it and read it roughly, and after reading it, he closed the folder and motioned him to sit down, saying, "Very good, anytime, anywhere." The army cannot carry it, and when they are not training, they can arrange some leisure activities, cultural activities, and study for the soldiers. It is not possible for the soldier's brain to be idle, but once the man's brain is idle. It's easy to think about it, this is an extremely bad phenomenon in the army, and we must resolutely put an end to it! ”

"Yes, sir!" Chen Jizu got up and agreed, and sat down again.

Xiao Zhenlei thought about it for a while, took out a paper clip from the drawer of his desk, then opened it and took out a stack of papers, looked at it, handed it over and said: "This is the specific establishment of the forty towns, from you all the way to the appointment of the battalion-level commander below has been determined, after you go back, call a meeting of the officers, announce it, and then while training, you must determine the list of officers below the battalion level, this can be comprehensively considered from the two aspects of military command, combat skills assessment and ideological assessment, Report it to me within two months at the latest, understand? ”

Chen Jizu stood up and saluted: "Yes, sir!" ”

A few days later, Xiao Zhenlei and other news from the navy had an important response on this day, and the secretary Xiao Gao came to report: "Secretary-General, the people we sent to Xiangshan Port in Zhejiang Province have sent back the news, after these months of contact and ideological work, the officers and men on some ships of the main force of the Qing navy have revolutionary tendencies, and our people have reached a certain agreement with them, for example, Huang Zhongying, captain of the cruiser Haichou, said that as long as we vigorously support the construction of the navy and purchase new ships, they will support us. In addition, Ah Cheng and Bai Siqin sent a telegram from London, England, saying that they had contacted Cheng Biguang, captain of the cruiser 'Haiqi', who was visiting Britain, and he said ??????."

In May this year, because it was the birthday of King George, Cheng Biguang led the ship to visit the United Kingdom, and he is still in London. Since the First Sino-Japanese War, the Beiyang Fleet was completely wiped out, such as Lushun, Weihaiwei, Yantai and other places of the military ports were leased by the powers, the Qing court in recent years integrated the navy, divided into the Yangtze River Fleet and the cruiser fleet, because there is no port, the cruiser fleet can only find another port in Xiangshan, Zhejiang, Jiangnan Shipyard has been from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, to do maintenance work for the navy ships.

Xiao Zhenlei immediately asked, "Oh, how did he reply?" ”

"He said that he can't reply to us for the time being, but he is very optimistic about us, and if we get into trouble, he will send a report to the cruiser fleet to ask Huang Zhongying and others to support us!"

Xiao Zhenlei was extremely happy when he heard this, and said excitedly: "Okay, this is a good start, I ordered to go on, continue to do naval work, and send additional personnel to enter Jiangnan Shipyard, Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau and other places, once the situation changes, our people must quickly take over!" ”

Xiao Gao immediately made a note in his notebook with a pen and said, "Understood! ”

Xiao Gao said again: "There is one thing I don't know whether to say or not?" ”

"Say!"

"Yes!" Xiao Gao said: "Because the naval commander Sa Zhenbing is too senior in the Qing court, our people did not dare to contact him, but our people did have a certain contact with his chief of staff Tang Qianming, but the progress was not very effective, it is said that Tang Qianming's elder brother Tang Hualong is the chairman of the meeting of the provincial association of advisory bureaus, is a famous constitutionalist leader, and has a very good relationship with Zhang Jizhi, can we use Guò Tang Hualong to pull Tang Qianming in?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei was overjoyed when he heard this, "It turns out that there is still this relationship?" If that's the case, things will be much easier, I'll go to Zhang Jizhi and ask him to come forward to contact Tang Hualong, whether it can succeed or not depends on Zhang Jizhi! ”

After Zhang Jian got Xiao Zhenlei's meeting, he immediately got in touch with Tang Hualong, who immediately wrote a letter to his brother Tang Qianming, in which he persuaded him to recognize the general trend and respond immediately once the situation changed. Tang Qianming, who received his brother's handwritten letter, soon met again with the people of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party, and this time the two sides talked very happily, and the people sent by Xiao Zhenlei promised him that as long as the navy was attached, the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party would definitely add ships and ships to the navy, increase military spending, and gave a sum of money on the spot for the navy to pay salaries, which made Tang Qianming and Huang Zhongying and others see the sincerity of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party. Even if the navy is strong, it must rely on land to survive, and it can't always float on the sea, since the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing court has ignored the navy, and the military spending is often insufficient, and the ships added over the years are extremely limited, and they are all small ships, which don't play much role, without the support of enough military spending, the navy can't develop anyway, and Tang Qianming and Huang Zhongying also know that the iron-blooded National Salvation Party is rich, of course, it is better to live with the owner.

The relationship with the navy has made great progress, which makes Xiao Zhenlei feel a lot more relieved, as long as the Wuchang uprising starts, the navy can announce the change of banner in time. (To be continued) R640