Chapter 22 Do You Want to Replace Soldiers with Work?

"Gong Zheng, you said that Zhang Braided Shuai mentioned it to you...... Restoration of the Manchus? ”

Chang Ruiqing stood in a luxurious suite in the Xuzhou Garden Hotel and whispered to Xu Shuzheng, who was sitting on a sofa.

He came back to Xuzhou on official business, so he only stayed in the Changjia compound for one night, said goodbye to his parents early the next morning, and returned to the garden hotel where Xu Shuzheng and his party stayed in Xuzhou City.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he saw this deputy chief Xu, he heard a shocking news from the other party, Zhang Xun actually asked Xu Shuzheng about his views on the restoration of the Manchu Dynasty at the reception banquet last night! These Beiyang warlords are really lawless to the extreme, and such a rebellious matter is also openly discussed.

Xu Shuzheng smiled coldly, and a trace of disgust slipped across his face: "He Zhang Shaoxuan has more than sixty braided soldiers at the head of the battalion in his hand, what dare he not say?" What don't you dare to do? The theme of the Xuzhou meeting of the Overseer Corps this time is probably going to change from discussing participation in the war to discussing restoration! ”

"Gong Zheng, what should we do then? Do you want to persuade the other Overseers to support the war? Chang Ruiqing's face was hesitant, Zhang Xun's restoration, he had seen a lot in various books in his previous life, but the ins and outs of this matter seemed to be hidden in the fog of history, and no one could tell what was going on. There are also some theories that point the finger at Xu Shuzheng in front of him, saying that this farce of restoration was planned by him behind the scenes, and the purpose was to expel Li Yuanhong and the National Assembly, who were against Duan Qirui's State Council system...... But looking at the posture in front of you, it doesn't seem to be quite like it.

"You sit down and talk first," Xu Shuzheng waved his hand at Chang Ruiqing: "Of course, the matter of participating in the war will continue to advance, even Zhang Shaoxuan himself has not expressed any objections to this, but he just refuses to send his Dingwu army to Europe." Saying that, he sneered: "As long as his pigtailed soldiers are willing to go to Europe, we can't let them go, dragging a tail behind their heads, and don't make people laugh off their big teeth?" ”

Chang Ruiqing sat down opposite Xu Shuzheng, and he frowned: "What about the restoration?" ”

"What to do? Pretend you didn't hear it! Xu Shuzheng glared at Chang Ruiqing.

"Just let him mess around like this?"

"So what? Is it difficult to send troops to rebel? Xu Shuzheng snorted coldly: "The braided soldiers of the sixty-third battalion can be called brave, and recently Zhang Shaoxuan has been recruiting troops near Xuzhou, and it is estimated that it will not be long before there will be hundreds of battalion heads!" How many soldiers does the central government have? Can you beat him? ”

Chang Ruiqing only smiled a few times, at present, around Beijing City, there is only one army 13th division belonging to the Anhui system, but the strength of more than a dozen battalions! Moreover, in history, Li Jincai, the commander of the 13th Division, also participated in the restoration of Zhang Xun half-pushed. As for the two direct divisions, the 8th Division and the 12th Division, they participated in the rebellion of the horse factory in history, but they were only sent after receiving 600,000 oceans from Duan Qirui! And the opponent is only 10 battalions of pigtail soldiers, with a total of 4,300 people, not hundreds of battalions here in Xuzhou! In history, Zhang Xun's soldiers who stayed in Xuzhou, and finally under the leadership of his subordinate Zhang Wensheng, defected to the Anhui system after the failure of the restoration.

Chang Ruiqing took a breath and persuaded again: "Gong Zheng, if this pigtail handsome is just casually talking, forget it, the students are afraid that there will be real trouble." ”

Xu Shuzheng smiled: "Causing a mess? He Zhang Shaoxuan really dared to play the banner of restoring the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he was a street rat...... This emperor can't even be Yuan Gongbao, and he still wants Pu Yi to be a teenage kid? Yaoru, do you really think he's a fool? He also went on to show his loyalty to the court, and recruited some old and young relics from the previous dynasty to beat the side drum for him, and maybe he could also collect some yellow and white things from a few palaces that were still dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Period. ”

Xu Daci took a deep breath and looked at Chang Ruiqing: "Yaoru, if you have this spare time to ponder Zhang Shaoxuan, let's think more about participating in the war." In the past two days, I have come up with a new method -- replacing soldiers with workers, and we can propose to Britain and France to send hundreds of thousands of laborers to Europe to help dig trenches and repair fortifications, in exchange for a part of the profits. At the same time, he can say to the overseers, "We don't send troops, we send only laborers...... So they're embarrassed to object again, right? ”

Historically, China's participation in World War I was the form of "replacing soldiers with workers", and before China officially entered World War I, it began to recruit laborers one after another, and finally 150,000 Chinese workers participated in this world war! But apart from the wages of Chinese workers, China has received nothing in return.

Chang Ruiqing sighed: "They won't oppose it on the surface, but they won't really support it, alas, that is, they will do their best and obey the destiny of heaven......"

Obviously, the huge inertia of history will not be reversed lightly by a small Beiyang battalion commander, and the turmoil of "participating in the war to save the country" seems to have returned to the old path of "replacing soldiers with work." And the farce of Zhang Xun's restoration seems to be unfolding step by step.

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In the Xuzhou Daotai Yamen, that is, in the supervision office of Zhang Xunding's military army, there is a card game that has begun at this time. In the flower hall, on a mahogany Eight Immortals table, a battle of Fangcheng was being fought to the point where it was difficult to solve.

The gamblers on the card game, in addition to the owner of the Xuzhou Daotai Yamen, the Anhui overseer, and the Dingwu general Zhang Xun, there are also the governor of Anhui Province, the Anwu general Ni Sichong, and the Fengtian overseer and governor who came from outside the pass, and the Shengwu general Zhang Zuolin; Jilin overseer, Meng Enyuan, the right general of Zhen'an.

Now the four old foxes who have become fine, all seem to be high-rollers who spend a lot of money, one by one the mahjong cards are played out and taken in, and they don't look at it, and the four pairs of eyes that exude fine light are dripping and turning, and I don't know what they are thinking?

Unlike in the past, a large number of maids, servants, and messengers were waiting, but now in the flower hall, there is only one Zhang Xun's nephew, Zhang Biting, who is a battalion commander in the Dingwu Army, serving with tea and water on the side.

"Xuan Shuai, my old Zhang is a real person, so I have to say something." After a few rounds of mahjong, Zhang Zuolin, who had won tens of thousands of yuan, suddenly put down the mahjong tiles in his hand at this time, and looked at Zhang Xun with a sincere face: "I have no opinion on the restoration of the Qing Dynasty, and there will be no blind little rabbit cub in Fengtian Province who opposes it!" However, this Beiyang group has always been the only one that Premier Duan and Vice President Feng are looking forward to, and if it is not for the two of them to nod, it is best to think about this restoration in the long run. ”

Zhang Xun also put down the mahjong tiles in his hand, looked at Zhang Zuolin's loyal look, nodded solemnly, pointed to Ni Sichong beside him, and said with a smile: "Duan Zhiquan (Duan Qirui)'s opinion, you can ask Brother Danchen, he is a celebrity in front of Duan Zhiquan, Xiao Xu, who met with me last night, let's talk about the restoration to Xiao Xu." ”

Zhang Zuolin and Meng Enyuan looked at each other, they naturally knew that this Xiao Xu was Xu Shuzheng, Duan Qirui said the same master, if he agreed to the restoration, then Duan Qirui would 100% agree, if he objected, then most of the great drama of restoration would not be able to sing.

Zhang Zuolin smiled: "Then what did Xu Youzheng say?" ”

"Of course he agreed!" Ni Sichong touched his beard, glanced at Zhang Xun, and said with a smile: "Xiao Xu is about to break his leg in order to participate in the war during this time, what are people trying to do, don't they want to fight back a little rights and interests from the powers?" If this matter is left in the Qing Dynasty for a while, the Military Aircraft Department will discuss it, and take out an opinion and send it to Lafayette or the Regent, and it will be approved the next day. I don't think this republic is in line with China's national conditions at all, and it has to be an emperor! ”

Zhang Zuolin frowned slightly, hesitated, and asked again: "But when Yuan Gongbao wanted to be the emperor before, Duan Zhi was against it. ”

Zhang Xun smiled and waved his hand: "Why should Yuan Gongbao be this emperor?" He and we are both ministers of the same palace, if he can be the emperor, why can't I do it? Saying that, he arched his hand at somewhere in the air again: "But today's saint is different, that is the true dragon emperor!" ”

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