After Qin Yu was busy with the affairs of Myanmar, he wanted to solve the Northeast problem, because he was going to hold a military parade on March 3 of the following year to demonstrate the strength of China, and by the way, to enhance the self-confidence of the people and deter other countries. No matter what, it is necessary to let the Northeast dissolve the government and recognize the Huaxia government, as for the fact that there is no time to fight with the Japanese now, without a year or two of development, Huaxia is not Japan's opponent, and neither the soldier's suzhì nor the navy is comparable to Japan, so he does not want to completely turn his face with Japan, and Japan will not attack Huaxia for no reason, after all, Huaxia's current cooperation with Germany and other countries is too scruples for them.

On December 21, 1912, the Huaxia government publicly stated that it had decided to negotiate peace with the Northeast government in order to avoid war, labor and loss of money and money, and hoped that the Northeast government would accept the peace talks. The next day, the Northeast Government expressed its willingness to accept peace talks, hoping that the Huaxia Government would show sufficient sincerity, and also demanded that Huaxia withdraw the national defense forces stationed in Chaoyang.

On the day that the Northeast Government said that it would accept the peace talks, Qin Yu ordered Chaoyang's 200,000 National Defense Forces to retreat to the vicinity of Jianchang, and then sent Tang Zhaoyi, who had previously worked in the Beiyang Government, to bring a group of personnel, who had basically worked in the Beiyang Government, so that they could have peace talks with the people in the Northeast very well.

Tang Zhaoyi took a train to Beijing with a group of personnel and then took a train to the northeast, Tang Zhaoyi was very nervous about this peace talks, after all, it was not in his own territory, and he would be killed at any time. Although Chairman Qin told him not to worry about blaming him even if the peace talks failed, he knew that the chairman was just comforting him, as an excellent diplomat, he was very familiar with the situation, and he also knew the importance of Northeast China to China, because Japan was watching there, and he also knew that Huaxia was not Japan's opponent now, so this time the peace talks would be extremely difficult.

Tang Zhaoyi sat on the seat of the train and looked at the regressive scenery outside the window and pondered, he had always thought that the Beiyang government was the central government of China, but he did not expect that under the siege of Beiyang and the revolutionary army, the East China government not only defeated the two major forces in one fell swoop and won the title of China, but also bankrupted the two governments. After the dissolution of the Beiyang government, he has always been very worried about his future, but he did not expect that the Chinese government would let him be the vice minister of foreign affairs of Huaxia regardless of his previous suspicions, and let him participate in the negotiations with Britain throughout the whole process. Now Qin Yu has appointed him to go to the Northeast for peace talks, if this peace talks are also successful, he will leave a strong mark in the history of China, but the hardships are also destined to make the Northeast trip not smooth sailing.

At this time, there was a fierce debate going on in the office of the Metropolitan Governor of the Northeast Government in Jilin City, because the acceptance of the peace talks was carried out by Zhang Zuolin on his own initiative, and Zhao Erxun and Xu Lanzhou did not receive the news, so they both came to question Zhang Zuolin's intentions.

"Why didn't the Metropolitan Governor inform us to accept Huaxia's peace talks, didn't he say that all major matters related to the three eastern provinces could only be carried out by you and me? I hope the Metropolitan Governor will be able to explain what the peace talks are all about. Zhao Erxun asked directly.

Xu Lanzhou didn't speak, because Zhao Erxun said what he wanted, and he also knew that Zhang Zuolin would definitely explain, unless Zhang Zuolin wanted to engage in internal splits.

Zhang Zuolin was very unhappy and said: "Can we fight against the National Defense Force without peace talks?" At present, the strength of the national defense force is not something that we can deal with, and the peace talks can also delay time and buy us more time to develop, at least we can have enough strength to protect ourselves during the peace talks. We will also negotiate in the face of opposition from the people inside and outside the Kansai area, and it is better to win some popular voices, which will also better consolidate our rule. ”

The two of them were also stunned after hearing this, before they were just in a hurry to question Zhang Zuolin and participate in the peace talks, they didn't expect so much, but now they think that they really deserve to be able to suppress them.

"That being said, there is no guarantee that the Wehrmacht will not attack us again during the peace talks, so how can we negotiate to dissolve the government and join them?" Zhao Erxun asked.

"Since it's a peace talk, we're going to drag it out as much as we can, and if we want the Wehrmacht not to attack, we'll have to pay the corresponding price, but the situation in the Northeast is very complicated, and I guess they don't want to wade into this troubled water, so don't worry." Zhang Zuolin said a little hesitantly, he felt that the Northeast is very complicated now, not only the three of them, but also the Russians and the Japanese are staring, once the Chinese government enters the Northeast, it may be attacked by Russia and Japan, and if it is not good, it will be equivalent to a war with the two countries at the same time, and the current Chinese government will definitely not be able to resist the blows of Russia and Japan, so he is not very afraid. Now he is worried that Zhao and Xu will directly defect to the Japanese, and even if the Wehrmacht does not enter the northeast, he will be finished.

At this time, Xu Lanzhou suddenly said: "Pay the price, I don't want to retire in Nanjing like the governors of the provinces in Guannei, the bottom line of the peace talks is to retain our power in the Northeast, we want the Northeast to be autonomous, there is no doubt about it at this time." ”

"Yes, power must not be handed over, otherwise we might as well go to the Japanese, they will definitely not dare to fight with Japan." Zhao Erxun's words made Xu Lanzhou and Zhang Zuolin stunned, it stands to reason that Zhao Erxun, who has experienced so much, should not say such shameless words as defecting to Japan, and now they can be sure that Japan must have some shady deal with Zhao Erxun. Xu Lanzhou didn't expect that the Japanese had already taken Zhao Erxun in silence, and if he also took refuge in Japan, half of the Northeast would be under the control of the Japanese, but he now has a good relationship with the Russians and keeps a certain distance from the Japanese.

"Hmph, take refuge in the Japanese, you can tell me, I will never buy the country for glory, I don't want to leave a stench for 10,000 years, and you are not unaware of the ambitions of the Japanese, so I advise you to keep a certain distance from the Japanese." Zhang Zuolin said angrily.

Zhao Erxun was also stunned when he heard that he betrayed the country to seek glory, but after thinking about it for a while, he put it down, he thought that as long as the Manchu restoration was successful, he would be a great hero, how could it be a traitor to seek glory, and it was not unheard of such a thing as land cutting, so he was still very calm.

"I also have bad news for everyone, I have received news that Japan will establish two divisions and three Korean servant armies in Korea, and that Japan has sent a division and a Kwantung Independent Mixed Brigade on the South Manchurian Railway. This was obviously against our northeast, so I decided to expand the army in the northeast again to twenty-five divisions, thirteen divisions in Jilin, six divisions each in Heilongjiang and Mukden, leaving one or two divisions in each province, and the rest to go to the Korean border and garrison at the junction of Mukden and Rehe and Zhili. Among them, there were 10 divisions of the Wehrmacht, three divisions in Heilongjiang and Mukden, and four divisions in Jilin, and nine divisions for the defense of Japan, one division in Mukden, and eight divisions in Jilin, and those in Heilongjiang were used to prevent the Russians. Zhang Zuolin said very cautiously.

"It's not enough, we are facing the Wehrmacht and the Japanese and Korean armies directly in Mukden, so I hope to be able to be promoted to eight divisions, and I will not be at ease without eight divisions." Zhao Erxun touched his beard and said.

Zhang Zuolin reprimanded angrily: "Just thinking about a large number of army expansions, do you want so many weapons and property?" Do you want soldiers to go up with swords and send them to death, I think six divisions are enough, the Northeast doesn't have to be so rich in the Guannai, and if you increase taxes, won't you push the people to a dead end? Besides, if you pull people to be soldiers, who will work for you, isn't this driving those merchants to the gate? ”

This is when Zhao Erxun also knew that he was indeed thinking too simply, even if the Japanese supported him again, they would not give him a few divisions of weapons, and with enough weapons for eight divisions, it would inevitably not be suspected, so he didn't speak.

At this time, Xu Lanzhou said: "The expansion to six divisions is just right, no matter how many troops I can't raise, the last expansion has already tightened my pants, so six divisions are enough." "The last expansion of the army did make him almost spend his inventory, after all, they have only been governors for about a year, and no matter how much they search, they can't find too much oil and water.

As for Zhang Zuolin's expansion of five divisions, he can't say that he is bitter, this is to smash all the funds he has looted in the northeast over the years, fortunately, there are countries such as Japan and Russia that can borrow, and it is not too large, otherwise he would not dare to borrow, these countries all eat people and do not spit out bones.

The three of them chatted for a while and went to have a meal and dispersed, in Jilin Zhao and Xu both had their own mansions, which were given to them by Zhang Zuolin when he established the Northeast Autonomous Government, but their families were not here, only a few servants were maintaining the cleaning of the mansion.