Chapter 275 Outside the Xihua Gate

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The most important event at the beginning of May was the Sino-German joint military exercises, which were mainly a game of international politics, and the construction of municipalities directly under the central government, which was an important prelude to continuing to deepen domestic reforms.

Yan Xishan is not very happy sitting on the train, he is not the kind of person who has the courage to open up, so after leaving his hometown base in Shanxi, he always feels unsteady, what is Beijing? Not to mention the intertwined roots of conservative forces, it is still a region where foreigners and Japan are eyeing each other, and although the mayor of Beijing is at the same level as the governors of various provinces after the change to a municipality directly under the central government, and is not used by non-Kuomintang officials, it should be regarded as a descendant of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, but how do you feel that something is always going to happen?

He sighed and began to pack his belongings as the train approached Beijing Station a little bit.

In addition to the people he brought, there is also a "transfer student" who came to Beijing to take up his post this time, this overseas Chinese son named Liao Zhongkai, the new director of the Beijing Municipal Finance Bureau, and a student of the fourth political training class of the State Society, but surprisingly he is not a member of the National Party but a sworn enemy, the Kuomintang Party, after the high-level leaders of the Kuomintang were exposed one after another scandals and colluded with Japan collapsed, it was he who took the lead in the Kuomintang to put forward the idea of giving up controversy and comprehensively cooperating with the National Society, and also took the initiative to go to the Kuomintang political training class as an officer of the Kuomintang to study.

After Henan and Shaanxi revealed that they had taken advantage of the crackdown on bandits to carry out land reform, the whole country criticized him, but he openly expressed his support in the capacity of the Kuomintang and even wrote an article pointing out that it should be implemented throughout the country in order to achieve equal land distribution and increase peasants' enthusiasm for farming. This kind of statement offended many conservatives and gentry of the KMT, and Hu Hanmin and others, who did not dare to return to China in Singapore, even scolded him as a traitor to the KMT.

Yang Qiu dared to boldly send a member of the Kuomintang to Beijing to serve as the director of the municipal finance bureau, not only telling the world that he only used people based on their talents, but also released the idea that he did not want to completely kill the Kuomintang, and even more used the Kuomintang to contain himself and not to make a black hand on finances. With the 6th Infantry Division of the Jin Army handed over to Wu Peifu, who was bent on washing away his shame, and the Finance Bureau was a member of the Kuomintang, he, the former governor of Shanxi, understood the great separation of powers between the three powers of Yang Qiu.

"Zhong Kai, don't look at it." Yan Xishan took a deep breath and beckoned Liao Zhongkai, who was reading the newspaper, to get out of the car. At least the mayor of Beijing still has a lot to do, especially after Tianjin was also changed to a municipality directly under the central government but did not send a mayor, he, the mayor, should actually be said to be the highest government official in the greater Beijing-Tianjin area, and he has finally taken an important step into the central government compared to the previous nest in Shanxi.

As soon as the group stepped into the station, Yan Xishan saw Duan Qirui, whose chest was full of "fragments", come to greet him with officials at all levels and military dignitaries from the Beijing Left-behind Mansion, and there were even a few foreigners mixed in.

"Baichuan, I'm finally looking forward to you." After Duan Qirui changed into the standard military uniform of the National Defense Force, he still hung the fragmentary medals of Beiyang all over his chest, and he was dizzy in the sun.

"Xishan has seen the commander." Yan Xishan hurriedly took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "It's really a sin to let you wait for me here, a sin." ”

"Hehe, it is said that Baichuan you only govern Shanxi in an orderly manner, and we must continue to work hard when we come to Beijing to take up our post today, and the huge Beijing and Tianjin are the roots of our people, and they can't decay anymore." Duan Qirui has something to say, what do you mean by "the roots of our people?" "Obviously, he was dissatisfied with being transferred, and asked Yan Xishan to continue to protect the remaining old and young in Beiyang, but the more he did this, the more Liao Zhongkai secretly laughed, no wonder they all said that the three heroes of Beiyang were the most stubborn and self-serving, and they obviously couldn't fight Yang Qiu but wanted to use this way to hint, wouldn't it be even more annoying and disgusting.

Yan Xishan is also exquisite, how could he not hear his words, and said after a perfunctory sentence: "Although Commander Duan is relieved to take office, since the president appointed Yan as the mayor of Beijing, how can he say that he must keep this acre and three points of land and make some achievements." Although everyone in the world knows that he was arranged by Yang Qiu, it was pushed to Li Yuanhong, which means that if you have any grievances, go to the president, don't compete with a small mayor like me.

The corners of Duan Qirui's mouth twitched a few times, and it was not good to have a seizure when there were many people at the moment, so he only took his hand and said that he wanted to wash the dust for the new mayor, and Yan Xishan couldn't pull his face to refuse, so he took Liao Zhongkai and others to prepare for the banquet, but just after getting on the body, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly sounded ().

"Brother Baichuan, Japan has been separated for a few years, and you are still the same."

Yan Xishan hurriedly turned his head, but saw Kenji Tohihara, who was short in stature, with a round face and a pinch of mustache under his nose, appeared behind him at some point.

"Tufei-kun? When did you come to Beijing? ”

Yan Xishan did not expect to meet Kenji Dohihara in Beijing, two old classmates of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, when Kenji Tohihara was studying in Japan, Kenji Tohihara still pestered him to learn Shanxi dialect, he himself went to Tohihara's home as a guest, and also discussed the relationship between Japan and China many times, and can be regarded as a relatively good friend.

"I came here last year." Kenji Dohihara avoided his current job, and only said that he was a military attache in the legation, and finally he deliberately used a Shanxi accent and asked with a smile: "Brother Baichuan, do you think my Shanxi dialect is okay?" I've been practicing for a long time since you left Japan. ”

"Good. It's smoother than I said, and it would be more authentic if you came to bubble in two jars of old vinegar. ”

"No, no, you can spare me." Hearing the name of the old vinegar, Kenji Dohihara felt numb, because Yan Xishan brought a small jar of aged vinegar from his hometown when he first entered school, and he was deceived into pouring a bowl in order to learn Chinese culture, and as a result, he felt numb on his tongue for several days, so that he didn't get a drop of vinegar after that.

Said kindly: "I haven't seen you for many years, Brother Baichuan is now the mayor of Beijing, and it just so happens that I will also stay here for a while, and I hope to take care of it." Yan Xishan has no doubt about it, in his eyes, Kenji Tohihara is a very good person, and he likes Chinese culture, so the more they chatted, the more energetic they became, and they also introduced Liao Zhongkai, who graduated from Waseda University in Japan, to him.

This scene made Ji Fucheng, who came to greet him, couldn't help frowning secretly, he didn't expect Yan Xishan to have such a good relationship with the Japanese, and couldn't help but secretly wonder if Yang Qiu was wrong, and whether arranging him in Beijing would cause a collaborator incident in the end.

Just as Kenji Dohihara and Yan Xishan were chatting happily, all the way to the reception banquet prepared by Duan Qirui for the new mayor in the same car, another black Ford sedan also slowly drove towards Xihuamen ().

Xihuamen is the place where Lafayette and the emperor fled after the Eight-Nation Coalition entered Beijing, and today it is crowded with a lot of people, and at the front is a row of powerful eunuchs, one of them carries a big burden, which is full of royal antique treasures, and there is a revolver thrown in the wall last night in his waist. Behind them, the little emperor had changed into a eunuch outfit, looking at the two eunuchs and the eunuchs around him with ignorance and still very curious, touching this and grabbing that from time to time, and wanting to play with a gun.

Iktan hurriedly pressed down the naughty little emperor and asked, "How is it?" Can the car come? ”

"Not yet, sir."

Yiketan was also anxious, but he was afraid that these eunuchs would not be able to do anything at that time, so he said excitedly: "After a while of the trouble outside, you will rush out, even if the objects in this burden are given to you, those who are willing to go back to their hometown will not be investigated, and those who want to go to Lushun will naturally be greeted by someone who reports the name of the old man over there, and the emperor will promise not to forget you in the future." ”

"Minion, thank you, sir." How could the eunuchs have the heart to go to Lushun, what they think about is these good things in the baggage, this is a royal treasure that has money and nowhere to buy! People die for money, birds die for food, and they don't even have birds, so what's the big deal to fight, so they have said that they will cover for the emperor and protect them to get on the car smoothly.

Just when these eunuchs were showing their loyalty, a slight sound of cars suddenly sounded in the distance, and through the crack in the door, they saw a black sedan slowly driving towards Xihuamen, and the two of them suddenly raised their throats.

After the fall of Beiyang, the Wehrmacht quickly took over the defense of Beijing, first with the 2nd Brigade for several months, until the arrival of the National Guard and the 101st Division and then north to Mukden. In order to put an end to the previous theft and sale of antiques and other incidents, the Wehrmacht increased the supervision of the entry and exit of the Forbidden City, and after killing a group of people, this trend was finally curbed slightly, but there were still a lot of treasures flowing out in private.

Today's team leader is a squad leader, and the number of people under his command is significantly smaller than yesterday, and many people have been taken away to welcome and protect the new mayor, of course, the reason why people are drawn from here is not enough for outsiders ().

Beijing is no more than other places in the country, there are many dignitaries and nobles, so cars can often be seen, and the soldiers stationed at Xihuamen do not care too much, as long as the vehicles do not approach, but when the soldiers are vigilant, a large group of ruffians suddenly burst out of the oblique stabs in the distance, shouting and chasing and shouting, it looks like two groups of people are fighting for turf.

"Didi." The squad leader who led the team quickly whistled, and when he saw a few soldiers running over, he immediately shouted: "Go and control a few people, send someone to contact the patrol police, don't make trouble here." ”

The squad leader was afraid that something would happen here, so he wanted to lead people to stop these ruffians from fighting, but before he rushed to those ruffians, the closed Xihua Gate behind him suddenly opened, and seven or eight eunuchs with big burdens suddenly rushed out of it.

The attention of the soldiers guarding the door was on the ruffians in the distance, and they were about to be run away by these eunuchs when they couldn't get caught off, and their eyes were red when they saw them carrying big bags and small bags, if these things were scattered, they would be punished at the least, and the entire army would face a major punishment! So he hurriedly fired at the sky and told these eunuchs to stop.

As long as one piece of the royal treasure full of baggage is brought out, it will be a few lifetimes of eating and drinking, not to mention that there are still people inciting, so these eunuchs are dead, and they have taken out their pistols and shot at the soldiers while running. The crackling gunshots suddenly made a mess at the gate of Xihua, and the soldiers never thought that the eunuchs actually got their pistols, and several soldiers were hit immediately, and the rest immediately returned fire with guns to arrest them by force.

The squad leader thought that this was just an armed robbery with internal and external collusion, so he immediately organized everyone to pursue those eunuchs, and after a few more moments, the soldiers gradually reversed the disadvantage, and several eunuchs were killed. But everyone didn't notice that at the most chaotic moment, the car that seemed to be scared to stop on the side of the road just now suddenly accelerated to the gate of Xihua Gate, and after the wooden sentry box and a sentry were directly killed, several figures rushed into the car from inside the door again, and this scene suddenly made the squad leader red-eyed, and hurriedly shouted to block the car.

But it was too late, when several figures got into the car, several grenades were suddenly thrown out of the car, and in the violent explosion smoke, the Ford car, without any signs, suddenly accelerated in the direction of Dongjiaomin Lane.

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