In mid-October 1917, when the Fujian anti-bandit operation was in full swing, Chang Ruiqing received a telegram from Beijing, and the War Department ordered him, the Fujian military affairs supervisor, to report on his work in Beijing!

Entering Beijing to report on their work was originally the duty of the feudal officials, but Chang Ruiqing smelled a trace of an unusual smell from such a seemingly ordinary order. This may be a conspiracy against yourself! Maybe it's just Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng testing their reactions...... After all, he is still the Fujian military affairs supervisor appointed by the Beiyang government! How can you not even dare to go back to Beijing?

After receiving this order, Chang Ruiqing immediately convened a meeting of his henchmen and subordinates, analyzed and judged the shape of Beijing and the current whole country for several days, and finally made the decision to go north at a later date! However, before going north, Chang Ruiqing still had to make necessary arrangements for the situation in Fujian, taking into account all kinds of unfavorable situations that might occur.

On October 18, 1917, at the gate of the Fujian Military Supervision Office in Fuzhou, a brand-new black car stopped. This is Jin Yongyan's car, and in the entire Fujian army system, only Chang Ruiqing, Wu Shi, Bai Chongxi, Wang Junhao, Lu Yixuan, and Jin Yongyan are equipped with cars. And Jin Yongyan's car imported from the United States is undoubtedly the highest-class ...... Who made him the principal of Chang Ruiqing and others?

Although his position in the Fujian Army was not the highest, he was a highly respected figure. When he stepped out of the car, Wu Shi had been waiting at the door with a smile for a while.

Jin Yongyan said with a smile: "Yu Xun, why did you, the deputy superintendent, stand at the door and do the job of welcoming guests?" ”

Wu Shi smiled: "Principal, look at what you said, you are our principal, what should the students not do when they stand at the door to greet the principal?" If it weren't for the rumors outside right now that someone was plotting to assassinate Yaoru, he would have personally come out to greet him right now. ”

Jin Yongyan frowned slightly. He had just returned from Guangzhou yesterday, and as soon as he entered Fuzhou City, he found that the atmosphere here had become tense again. The inventory of the Min army at the gate of the city was very strict, and trained soldiers could be seen everywhere in the city. It turned out that there was news of the assassination of Chang Ruiqing!

The two of them were speechless all the way, and they walked to the small living room outside Chang Ruiqing's office, Bai Chongxi, Wang Junhao, and Lu Yixuan. And Ren Yijiang was already waiting there, and when they saw Jin Yongyan coming in, they got up and saluted him.

"What's going on. Are you all sad? Could it be that the suppression of bandits is not going well? After several people sat down separately, Jin Yongyan asked with a frown.

Wu Shi sighed: "It's quite smooth to suppress bandits, but now what makes us worry is a telegram from Beijing asking Yaoru to report to Beijing!" ”

Jin Yongyan sneered and waved his hand: "I should be a big deal." Just find a reason to push it off...... We now have more than 40,000 troops, and Beijing will never dare to remove Yaoru from his post. ”

Bai Chongxi took over the topic with a wry smile: "Headmaster, we also mean the same, but Yaoru has to go north!" ”

Jin Yongyan was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "Why?" ”

Bai Chongxi sighed. Just as he wanted to answer, he saw Chang Ruiqing striding in from outside, and while walking, he was still talking to Chen Duxiu beside him in a low voice. He seemed to have heard the conversation between Jin Yongyan and Bai Chongxi, and as soon as he entered the door, he said with a smile: "Principal, I must go to Beijing, and I have to stay there for a while." ”

"Still a while? What to do here in Fujian? Where is Guangdong......" Jin Yongyan didn't say anything, but subconsciously glanced at Chen Duxiu.

Chang Ruiqing smiled and said, "Mr. Chen is his own person. ”

Jin Yongyan lowered his voice and said: "Guangdong will change hands at the end of November at the latest!" Mr. Sun has already made up his mind to take Guangdong before the Gui warlords betray the Dharma Protection Movement! At that time, the troops of Zhangzhou and Xiamen also drove to Guangdong. There is taken over by our army! ”

"That's good news!" Chen Duxiu clapped his hands. laughed and said: "This time, both Guangxi and Fujian will be controlled by the revolutionary forces!" ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled and said, "So it's foolproof that I go to Beijing!" As long as Mr. Sun controls Guangdong, Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng will not dare to touch me anymore, otherwise Fujian and Guangdong will really be connected. ”

Chen Duxiu was stunned when he heard this: "Yaoru, do you mean that Fujian will not participate in Mr. Sun's revolution here?" ”

"Don't participate! The time is not yet ripe. Chang Ruiqing said very simply, and the time was indeed not ripe.

Chen Duxiu continued unrelentingly: "Yaoru, how can the time not be ripe? We already have three divisions of the army. Mr. Sun now has 30 battalions of the Cantonese Army, two divisions of the Dian Army, and a brigade of Zang Zhiping...... The total number of troops is not less than 50,000. The two sides together are 100,000 troops, which is enough to resist the attack of the Beiyang warlords! ”

Chang Ruiqing waved his hand very resolutely: "Now is not the time to turn against Beiyang." At present, the main task is to run Fujian well, and there is still a lot of work to be done in the future...... It will take at least two or three years of painstaking management to give us the strength to sweep the world. As he spoke, he looked at everyone with blazing eyes: "Everyone, now arrange what will happen after I go north." ”

Chang Ruiqing's prestige is increasing at the moment, as long as he makes a decision, others will only have to do it, from this point of view, he is really a dictator!

He paused slightly, and then said: "The first is to suppress bandits, there is nothing to say, that is, to eliminate evil!" Try to wipe it out as much as possible.

followed by Zhangzhou and Xiamen...... Jiansheng, you take the second division to be stationed in charge, but your troops can't interfere with the civil affairs of Zhangzhou and Xiamen! Mr. Chen, you go and discuss with Zhang Junmai and Pan Yucheng to draw up a list of officials at all levels in Zhangzhou, Xiamen, and other counties, as well as the township governments and Yaoru Primary Schools in those territories, and all the systems are the same as in other places in Fujian.

The third is the rural economic census, which is the preliminary work for us to govern the rural areas of Fujian in the future and carry out rent and interest reductions, and you must fully cooperate! At the same time, there is also the preparation for the establishment of fishery and peasant associations in various places, Mr. Chen, although this matter is mainly based on Mr. Pan, but you also have to participate, and the cadres of the peasant associations must also go through the training of the cadre school. ”

After he finished speaking, several people present were taken aback. Bai Chongxi and Wang Junhao are okay, they are from other provinces, and they are responsible for leading troops, so they have little to do with rent and interest reduction. But Wu Shi's family was a big landlord, and when he heard this, he immediately asked, "Yaoru." What do you mean by rent and interest reduction? ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled and said lightly: "It's nothing, it's just an improvement policy that gives profits to poor peasants." With this policy. The peasants of Fujian will support us, and with the support of the peasants, we will be able to raise a huge revolutionary army and defeat the forces of a warlord. Unify China! ”

Wu Shi didn't object, but frowned and said: "The poor peasants hate the poor peasants for their heavy rents and high profits, and if we can really succeed in reforming, the poor peasants in Fujian will certainly support us." It's just the gentry of Fujian, no. It is the landlords and gentry of all China who will oppose us! Because we have cut off other people's financial routes......"

Chang Ruiqing smiled bitterly and sighed: "If you oppose it, oppose it, this is the most acute place of social contradictions in China, if we don't make a fuss, there will definitely be other forces to use it in the future, I'm afraid it will be more radical, and then it will not be a matter of blocking a little money!" ”

As he spoke, his tone deepened again: "Establish and consolidate local political power, and improve rural society." Establish a system of national education and mobilization. There is also the construction of the China ** Industrial Group...... This work cannot be done in two or three years! Only by doing a good job in these aspects can we truly turn Fujian into a base camp for us to seize the national political power! And I went north this time, in fact, it was also for us to seize the layout of national power in two or three years, and it was a very important bureau, so I had to go! ”

This statement is tantamount to giving a timetable for the seizure of power in the whole country! Several people present fell silent all of a sudden. His eyes were fixed on Chang Ruiqing. For his words, these few people. Including Chen Duxiu, they are a little skeptical. It's 1917, two or three years later. That is, 1919 or 1920...... At that time, will they be able to rely on the power of Fujian Province, and perhaps Sun Yat-sen, an ally, to overthrow the Beiyang government, which has hundreds of thousands of troops and is supported by the imperialist powers?

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"Old Zhi, Chang Ruiqing's call back has arrived, and he said that he will leave for Beijing on the same day!"

Duan Qirui raised his head suddenly, looked at the beaming Xu Shuzheng, let out a long breath, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. Fu Liangzuo and Duan Zhigui, who were sitting on their knees in the study, glanced at each other. They all came to discuss with Duan Qirui about launching an attack on the southwest on all fronts. Hearing that Chang Ruiqing, an "uncertain factor", was going to come to Beijing soon to report on his work, the expression on his face was also relieved.

As Duan Qirui's confidants, of course they know Duan Qirui's situation now. The battle between the north and the south has reopened until now, and it seems that it is quite smooth. However, Duan Qirui's side had exhausted all means, but the battle did not achieve a decisive victory...... Although the southwest side has lost a lot of territory, its strength is there! The total strength of the Gui, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hunan and other armies is still above 100,000, which is not inferior to the Beiyang Army that entered Hunan!

What's even more troublesome is that President Feng of Beiyang still sings a high tune of "peaceful reunification" from time to time. No one knows whether those direct descendants who are charging on the Hunan front line will once again support Feng Guozhang's plan for peaceful reunification after the war has reached a stalemate?

In this case, these staff members around Duan Qirui naturally thought of Chang Ruiqing in Fujian! He now claims to have three divisions of troops! Although they are all newly formed troops, they should not be elite, but the number of thirty or forty thousand people is there. If it can cooperate with the main force of the Beiyang Army on the Hunan side to attack Guangdong, it should be able to defeat the southwest before the internal changes in Beiyang can be repeated.

It's just that Chang Ruiqing, who supports the army and is self-respecting, will obey the order, and everyone is bottomless. Only Xu Shuzheng insisted that Chang Ruiqing was credible, and proposed that Jian Yiyi call him back to Beijing to report on his work, so that he could arrange tasks in person.

Duan Qirui took the telegram, read it at a glance, nodded with a smile, and said to Xu Shuzheng: "Another Zheng, as you expected, although this Chang Yaoru is ambitious, he has no objection. ”

Xu Shuzheng smiled, with a confident look: "Old Zhi, who of our generals in Beiyang does not have the ambition to dominate one side at the moment?" This Chang Yaoru is certainly a little anxious, but he still has the ability. The military administration of a province in Fujian has now been completely controlled by him, and he has also used a poor province like Fujian to raise three divisions of soldiers! We should still make good use of such talents. ”

"Hmm." Duan Qirui raised his eyebrows: "But with Chang Yaoru's current strength, I'm afraid we won't be driven in vain, right?" ”

Xu Shuzheng waved his hand indifferently: "It's a big deal to give an overseer, my subordinates have thought about it, this time I will first give a commander-in-chief of the Guangdong and Fujian Army, let him attack Liangguang, and then allow a Guangxi overseer to him." ”

"Guangxi Overseer, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?" Fu Liangzuo on the side frowned, and reminded in a low voice: "The Liangguang patrol envoy gave it to Cao Zhongshan. The Guangdong overseer also wanted to take charge of himself, and the Guangxi overseer was arranged for Wu Ziyu. ”

Xu Shuzheng sneered: "What's wrong?" He Cao Zhongshan didn't have the ability to rely on the Third Division to take two Guangzhou, and asked Chang Yaoru to send troops to help in the war. How can you not divide a little fertilizer? Otherwise, Chang Yao is as willing to exert his strength? ”

"It's better to give the Fujian Overseer to Chang Yaoru." Duan Zhigui thought for a while, and also proposed to build yì: "Fujian is richer than Guangxi, Chang Yaoru will definitely be happy." ”

Xu Shuzheng shook his head and said with a smile: "The local forces in Guangxi have always been unruly and difficult to govern. Chang Yaoru's thunderous means are needed! And Fujian has been straightened out by him, and whoever goes to be the overseer is the same. Therefore, I proposed that Liu Ziying (Liu Guanxiong), the chief of the navy, be appointed as the overseer of Fujian and the patrol envoy of the Fujian Sea, and give the chief of the navy to Cheng Hengqi (Cheng Biguang) and let him bring the naval fleet back. ”

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"General Yaoru, international negotiations are based on strength. We, the diplomats, are just trading on the basis of the country's strength, and although we can win the country's rights and interests in a certain way, we can't do without the premise of national strength......"

At this time, in the cabin of the cruiser Hairong going north, Mr. Wang Shouchang, director of the Fujian Provincial Government's Department of Foreign Affairs, was dutifully explaining the common sense of diplomacy to Chang Ruiqing. In his early years, he was also a graduate of the Fujian Shipbuilding School, studied shipbuilding, and studied law and French in France. He became the director of the Hanyang Arsenal. Since the Xinhai Revolution, he has been serving in the local government in Fujian. After Chang Ruiqing took control of the Fujian military and government, he chose to cooperate with Chang Ruiqing at the first time, and this time he became one of the attachés who accompanied Chang Da warlord to the north, and it seems that he is quite dedicated to assisting Chang Ruiqing.

But Chang Ruiqing was still a little impatient to listen to it, about the diplomacy of the Republic of China, he didn't know how many research materials he had read in his previous life. It's been an "outside traffic" for a long time. This time, he took Mr. Wang with him, not to learn diplomatic knowledge from him. Instead, he wants to use his connections in the diplomatic community to help promote some negotiations with Russia!

The object of the negotiations was the Bolsheviks, who were about to take power in Russia in ten days!

Of course. Chang Ruiqing did not expect the Bolsheviks to make concessions to China on the territorial issue. Although Lenin had mentioned the matter of "abolishing the unequal treaty between China and Russia" and returning part of the territory, at that time the Russian Bolsheviks were in a disadvantageous situation in the civil war, and the land he planned to return was under the control of the White Army. But after the Bolsheviks won the civil war, these words no longer counted...... But this does not mean that China should do nothing in the midst of the turmoil of the Russian Revolution.

The first is Outer Mongolia, although this territory has been recovered by the Beiyang government, it does not mean that you can sit back and relax. Now it is just an army of 10,000 people hanging alone in the Mongolian steppe, and Lu Jianzhang is still lobbying in Beijing during this time, wanting Feng Yuxiang's army to be transferred out of Mongolia...... If this army leaves, there will only be four or five thousand people left in Mongolia, and even if there is no vacancy, such a small number of people will not be of great use! We must do everything possible to strengthen their strength, otherwise once this land is lost, it will not be so easy to recover it when we take power in the future!

In addition to Mongolia, there are also a number of unequal treaties between China and Russia that should also be abolished...... Of course, there is no territorial change! At present, China does not have the national strength to recover the lost territory in the Far East, and even Manchuria is always under the threat of the Japanese, so Chang Ruiqing does not have that kind of unrealistic idea.

However, the Middle East Road, Russia's concessions on Chinese territory, the Gengzi indemnity that China wants to pay to Russia, and so on, can still be abolished. Historically, after the October Revolution in Russia and before the upheaval in January of the following year, the strength of the Russian White Army had not yet risen, and the Russian Social Revolutionaries, Mensheviks, and the Cadet Party were all busy organizing the election of the "Constituent Assembly" in an attempt to regain power by legal means.

Therefore, the Russian Soviet government controlled by the Bolsheviks is the only legitimate government in Russia! As long as the Bolshevik Foreign Minister Trotsky agreed to return the Eastern Railway, give up the Russian concession in China, and give up the Gengzi indemnity, China would be able to regain a little bit of national power!

More importantly, the Beiyang government could also use this as an opportunity to maintain diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia and refuse to participate in the intervention forces organized by the Entente in the future to interfere in the Russian Revolution. And in Chang Ruiqing's plan, China should act as a bridge between the Russian Bolsheviks and Japanese imperialism ...

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