Chapter 47: Restoration and the Red Flag II
Hearing the call of the emperor and the concubine, the audience in the opera garden didn't bother to watch Sun Juxian singing in the stand, and they all turned their eyes to Zhang Xun. Of course, there are still some old-fashioned Manchu widows and young people who still knelt down seriously, as if the Qing Dynasty was still there!
Zhang Xun was smiling, his face was light, he stood up and arched his hand at a few bigwigs of the Beiyang family around him, and said with a smile: "Therefore, the lord has a call, Xun will come when he goes, don't go, don't go, let's not get drunk tonight." β
Wang Shizhen, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Tianjin Temporary Garrison, who was sitting at the same table as Zhang Xun, rolled his eyes: "Shaoxuan has not forgotten his old master, and he is really a model for us." β
Zhang Xun smiled and waved his hand, and Premier Li Jingxi also echoed beside him: "In the future, Shaoxuan will simply live in Beijing City, and he can also come and go often in the palace, just want to see him every day." β
"I want to do so, but there is a lot of trouble in Xuzhou, and I can't leave." Zhang Xun laughed, and swept the people around him with the corner of his eye, including Jiang Chaozong, the commander of the infantry army, Chen Guangyuan, the commander of the 12th Army Division, Li Jincai, the commander of the 13th Army Division, and Wu Binghu, the director of the Beijing Division Police Department, all of whom were full of smiles and nodded yes...... It looks like they're nostalgic for their old master.
Zhang Xun stood up with the support of a few small messengers, walked to the eunuch who had passed the edict, bowed respectfully, and said, "Take the order." Then he turned to the crowd and said, "I'll come as soon as I go, and you can wait a moment." After speaking, he smiled and walked towards the rest room specially prepared for him in the Jiangxi Guild Hall - when he entered the palace, he saw that the little emperor Pu Yi was going to change into the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty as usual, and Zhang Xun was going to change his clothes.
As soon as Zhang Xun left, several Beiyang bigwigs at his table began to discuss.
"Now that our Beiyang is a three-legged situation of Zhang Shaoxuan, Duan Zhiquan, and Feng Huafu, the three parties are holding each other back, and it is estimated that it will always be peaceful for a while, right?"
"It should be a few years of peace, the Republic of China is now fighting wars every year, and the life of the common people is not as good as that of the Qing Dynasty."
"This ...... Zhang Shaoxuan won't have any problems entering the palace now, right? β
"Questions? What could be the problem? It's not going to talk about restoration...... Zhang Shaoxuan can't decide this matter alone, can Feng Huafu and Duan Zhiquan agree? β
"Also, when the Qing Dynasty fell, Feng Huafu and Duan Zhiquan did not make a lot of efforts, if the emperor came back, sooner or later they would have to settle accounts after the autumn, and the two of them would not agree."
"Isn't this enough, they don't agree, what can you do by relying on Zhang Shaoxuan alone? I see that the rumors outside are all unremarkable, I don't believe it! β
At this time, in a room on the upper floor of the Jiangxi Guild Hall, Zhang Xun hurriedly walked in, and the corridor outside the house was guarded by the guards of the pigtail soldiers. Inside the room, his confidant Bai Baoshan, nephews Zhang Biting and Zhang Minzhai, and several staff members were already standing and waiting.
Watching Zhang Xun come in. All the henchmen knelt down and said, "Welcome to the handsome." "It's all the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Xun's eyes also flashed with excitement, and he waved his hand hurriedly: "Get up, get up, tell me how things are ready?" The old man is about to enter the palace to face the saint, and ask the emperor to restore the will of the Qing Dynasty, and when the time comes, we will control the city of Beijing as soon as possible! β
The general Bai Baoshan stood upright, patted his chest and promised: "Back to the commander, the seventeen battalion leaders (excluding Zhang Xun's first battalion guards) are ready, as long as the commander gives an order, he can control all the key points in Beijing City!"
Zhang Xun smiled with satisfaction: "Okay, good...... As long as Beijing is in hand, the next thing will be easy to do. Li Jincai, Chen Guangyuan, and Jiang Chaozong are all grass on the wall, and when the time comes, I invite them to the mansion, and they will naturally support the restoration. Feng Hejian is far away in Nanjing, and his hand can't reach into the Beijing Division, Duan Zhiquan ......" said he looked at his nephew, Zhang Minzhai, the head of the guard battalion: "Is Chang Ruiyuan back?" β
"I came back, and I also brought a handwritten letter from Chang Ruiqing and Xu Shuzheng's warrant...... One of his regiments of soldiers deployed in Fengtai was under Xu Shuzheng's orders, and he himself was the only one who was the only one who looked forward. β
"I see." Zhang Xun smiled with emotion: "He is also a true man who has not forgotten his old master!" Then he took the letter from his nephew's hand and glanced at it: "But a regiment of soldiers, let's leave it in Fengtai first, and wait for Duan Qirui to enter the palace to admit his mistake to the emperor and seal the official, he will naturally be able to use it for the imperial court." β
Bai Baoshan patted his chest and said with a smile: "Dashuai, if this surnamed Chang doesn't know how to lift again, his subordinates will bring a few battalion leaders to bring him, He Lao Dashuai is so attentive!" β
Zhang Xun waved his hand: "Baoshan, we only brought 18 battalion heads into Beijing this time, this bit of troops looks quite bluffing, and I am afraid that I will not be able to withstand the consumption when I really fight, so it is better not to use force or not to move...... Okay, the old man will change his clothes and prepare to go to the palace to see the emperor, you should also go down and prepare. β
This Zhang Xun was preparing to change his clothes and enter the palace to see the driver, and in a courtyard in the south of Beijing, there were also a few people who were closing the door, planning to break into the palace and rob the driver! It was Wu Shi, the head of the four King Kongs under Chang Ruiqing, as well as Meng Li, a former eunuch who participated in the Red Revolution, Tang Jiu, the guard next to Chang Ruiqing, and Ren Yijiang, the backbone of the Red Brigade.
Zhang Xun listened to the play in the Jiangxi Guild Hall, and the news that someone from the palace summoned Zhang Xun, they already knew it here! The Beiyang warlords of this era basically did not have much sense of secrecy. The Red Brigade sent a few eyeliners to keep an eye on Zhang Xun's actions, but they didn't know what Zhang Xun would say to the little emperor after entering the palace.
Wu Shi frowned, his face was solemn, and he asked Eunuch Meng, "Brother Meng, do you have a way to find out the content of the conversation between Zhang Xun and the little emperor?" β
Meng Li sneered and shook his head: "Comrade Shiren (Wu Shi), don't say that I have been kicked out of the palace, even if I am still on an errand in the palace, it is impossible to know so much." β
Wu Shi patted his head, and Yoko, who was a little embarrassed: "We are now ready to fly, if this Zhang Xun does not make a move to restore for a while, we will rashly rob the little emperor...... I'm afraid it's not easy to do! As he spoke, he looked up at the window again, and said to himself: "Why hasn't Comrade Zuo Min (Chang Ruiqing)'s order come down yet, should we do it or not?" β
As he was talking, there was a knock on the door of the courtyard. Wu Shi glanced at Tang Jiu, and without saying a word, Tang Jiu took out the shell gun, loaded it and pinched it in his hand, and then ran out to open the door. Standing outside the door was another of Chang Ruiqing's guards, Hu Roller Blind, who was dressed up as a handlebar and drove a cart pulled by a mule to Fengtai and Beijing to play the role of liaison officerβa radio station had not yet been invented in those days.
As soon as he walked into the house, Hu Rolling Shutter gave Wu Shi the latest order: "Comrade Shi, Comrade Zuo Min's instructions: The Red Flag Operation will start immediately, and the action will start tonight!" β
As soon as he said this, the question of whether to start acting or not, which had been discussed, no longer existed. Today's Red Brigade, as well as the Iron and Blood Comrades Association, are nominally discussed by several executive members, but in fact they are Chang Ruiqing's words, and his words are the final word.
Wu Shi took a deep breath and began to assign tasks: "Meng Li, Tang Jiu, Yijiang, the three of you are in charge here, and the three of you are each in charge of a team, so that everyone can prepare for tonight's action!" And then when I come back, I still have some important things to do. As he spoke, he said to Hu Shutters, "Use your car to take me to a place." β
"Got it!" Hu Roller Shutter nodded heavily, but did not ask the other party where he was going. When he came, Chang Ruiqing had already instructed him to listen to Wu Shi's arrangement, and Wu Shi asked him to go wherever he wanted, without asking why......
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