With a soft sound, Chang Ruiqing put Sun Yat-sen's handwritten letter on the desk in front of him, and looked at the few people in front of him with blazing eyes.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Sun wants to invite me to Guangzhou, what do you think?"

The letter was sent to Fuzhou by Xie Zhi, secretary general of the Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen's office, and Jiang Jshi, deputy minister of the War Department of the Protector Military Government. In his letter, Sun Yat-sen invited Chang Ruiqing, a member of the revolutionary party, to secretly go to Guangzhou to discuss the reorganization of the revolutionary party and the Kuomintang...... However, our Chang Da warlord is not a three-year-old child, so he can naturally break Sun Yat-sen's true intentions, he saw Chang Ruiqing "abandoned" by Beiyang, so he wanted to pull people in.

After settling Jiang Jshi and Xie Zhi, Chang Ruiqing immediately summoned Wu Shi, Bai Chongxi, Wang Junhao, Lu Yixuan, and Jin Yongyan, the real core generals of the Fujian Army, to his headquarters to discuss major matters. Now the few of them are sitting opposite Chang Ruiqing.

Hearing Chang Ruiqing's question, several people didn't speak for a while, as if they were thinking hard. After a while, Jin Yongyan broke the silence: "Yaoru, go over there in Guangzhou, or not, it's all up to you." What are your goals? If it is to dominate one side and be a hero in troubled times, then it is better not to go to Guangzhou. If you want to unify China and become a great man of the future country, then going to Guangzhou is also a shortcut. It's just that...... Mr. Sun's situation is very complicated, and we will have to spend a lot of effort on fighting for power and profit in the future. ”

Chang Ruiqing nodded silently. The Kuomintang is indeed a hodgepodge, there are all kinds of people, there are many kinds of people, there are many top talents in this era, but also many things are not enough. A fool with more than enough to lose. Now, although he has secretly joined the revolutionary party, he also uses many figures with revolutionary party and Kuomintang backgrounds. But after all, he is still outside the circle of the Kuomintang. He did not participate in the intrigue within the Kuomintang.

Wu Shi has also been a member of the revolutionary party for a long time, and of course he could not agree with the "confluence of Fujian and Guangdong". At this time, he said loudly: "What the principal said is wrong, the battle for hegemony in troubled times has been sailing against the current since ancient times, and if you don't advance, you will retreat!" There has never been a long-term corner of peace, so our goal can only be to unify China, and we must not dominate one side! ”

"If you want to unify China, you don't have to take refuge in Mr. Sun, right?" Wang Junhao interjected coldly: "With the method we have implemented in Fujian, if we develop for another two or three years, I am afraid that we will not have the strength to replace Beiyang?" ”

Wu Shi frowned and shook his head slowly: "Yaoru's methods are good, but these methods are not our patents!" Mr. Sun's side can follow suit. Aren't his Guangdong Army and the Yunnan Army stationed in Guangdong being organized into a Protector Army according to the Fujian Army's method? Wait until the reorganization of Mr. Sun's Protector Army is completed. The reunification of Guangdong is only a matter of time...... Guangdong's financial and material resources are several times greater than ours in Fujian, and if we can raise tens of thousands of soldiers in Fujian, Guangdong will be able to raise more than 100,000 soldiers! Will we be able to deal with Beiyang and Mr. Sun at the same time? ”

Chang Ruiqing's gaze turned to Bai Chongxi, the "little Zhuge " who had been bowing his head and being silent: "Brother Jiansheng, what do you think?" ”

Bai Chongxi raised his head and met Chang Ruiqing's gaze. He said calmly: "Yaoru, our opponents are not only Beiyang and Mr. Sun, but also imperialism!" They are now unwilling to return even a single customs office to China...... If China really shows signs of reunification and strength, how can they turn a blind eye? Yaoru, we must not underestimate the difficulty of reunifying China! ”

"Then how should we deal with the complicated situation in Mr. Sun's place?" Wang Junhao retorted coldly: "As the saying goes, it is better to be the head of a chicken, not the tail of a phoenix!" If we take refuge in Mr. Sun, can we still keep the Fujian Army? Can we continue to control the military and political power of Fujian Province? Brother Yaoru worked hard to rectify Fujian to the current situation, and all of a sudden it was all cheap outsiders! ”

Bai Chongxi shook his head and did not debate with Wang Junhao. Instead, he looked at Chang Ruiqing fixedly. Our Chang Da warlord's expression can only be described in one sentence now, that is, his mood is invisible, and no one can see what he is thinking in his heart?

He was silent for a moment, and suddenly smiled faintly: "It's just to go to Guangzhou to meet Mr. Sun, and you don't want to take refuge in the Protector Military Government immediately...... Now is not the time to go to war with Beiyang, and the shape of the country is not allowed; Second, neither we nor Mr. Sun have put the internal situation in order. Now I can't be sure that I can win. As for whether we want to cooperate with Mr. Sun, let's look at the future. If Mr. Sun's Protector Army can really be reorganized according to the method of our Fujian Army, the local government in Guangdong can also be established according to the method of Fujian...... Then we might as well join forces with him, as for the internal problems of the Kuomintang, hehe, there are struggles where people are! I'm not worried about that. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly smiled faintly: "Mr. Sun's strength is also half a pound and eight taels with us, even if Guangdong is pacified, it is not much stronger than us...... If he wants to win me in, why should he give me the position of deputy marshal of the Protector Army, right? This position can be advanced and retreated, maybe it will be corrected one day, don't you say? ”

Several people looked at each other, and they all felt that Chang Ruiqing's wishful thinking was really not good, and there was no problem with a deputy marshal, maybe he could also serve as a minister of war or something. But if you want to straighten it out, I'm afraid it's not so easy, Sun Yat-sen is only 53 years old now! I just married a 23-year-old new lady two years ago, and my body is good! There is no problem in living for another twenty years, unless you Chang Ruiqing makes a black hand and harms his old man like you did with Li Houji......

Chang Ruiqing stared at everyone for a long time, and suddenly said to Bai Chongxi: "By the way, Brother Jiansheng, you told me last time that Jiang Jishi intended to worship me?" ”

Bai Chongxi nodded: "There is such a thing." ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled faintly, stood up, and said with a smile: "This is exactly what I want, Brother Jiansheng, let's go to see Jiang Jshi and Xie Huisheng together, and by the way, I will worship Jiang Jshi again, and he will be our Kai-shek brother in the future." ”

Bai Chongxi was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "Yaoru, do you want to form an alliance with him?" Do you think Jiang J Shi is reliable? ”

Chang Ruiqing waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's not a question of reliability or unreliability, it's a matter of form!" Although Jiang Jshi is now the deputy head of the Army Department of the Protector Army, he is still very isolated within the Protector Army, and the main body of the Protector Army is, after all, the Guangdong Army. But Jiang J Shi is a Zhejiang! And the seniority is low, and it is certain to be squeezed out by a Cantonese vote. So he must be in great need of foreign aid like us now. ”

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"Old Zhi, this is the secret telegram sent by Sa Dingming from the horse......"

Xu Shuzheng took a telegram and hurriedly walked into a conference room of the War Department at No. 2 Tieshi Hutong. In this not very spacious conference room, there were a bunch of people who were listening to Duan Qirui's instructions and assigning tasks.

"Has the unit receiving the arms arrived in Qinhuangdao? Don't think that Mukden is the head of the Beiyang and it's fine, Fengjun must be careful there, they have a closer relationship with the Japanese than us! The Japanese are not responsible for delivering the goods...... That batch of arms is the root of our turnaround! ”

"Recruits can almost start recruiting, recruiting 40,000 people first, and recruiting 10,000 from each of the four provinces of Shandong, Zhili, Henan, and Anhui...... All of them must be simple peasants, and those people are obedient and easy to train...... In addition, the selection of middle- and lower-ranking officers must be done well. All the fourth and fifth students of Baoding who are suspected of disrupting the party will not be used! I would like to be selected from the ranks. The most important thing is reliability, do you understand? ”

"The "Regulations of the Army Participating in the War" should also be formulated as soon as possible, and it should be done in accordance with the methods of the "Fujian Army Regulations"! The army participating in the war is a new army, and it must have a new atmosphere, but it can no longer be a private army! ”

It turned out that Duan Qirui used the "Xiyuan loan" to purchase a batch of ordnance from Japan, which was to be transported to Qinhuangdao in two days. With this batch of ordnance. Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng's descendants of the armed forces - the army participating in the war will also be greatly expanded! Duan Qirui is also rare today, and he is arranging the matter of receiving arms and recruiting soldiers.

It was easy to wait until Duan Qirui finished the task before Xu Shuzheng handed over the secret message. During these days, Xu Shuzheng has also kept a low profile. Chang Ruiqing said that he picked it up with one hand, and now he has "betrayed" Beiyang, even if Duan Qirui doesn't blame him, he always feels that he has neglected it. Although he is still Duan Qirui's number one confidant, he also knows that his prestige is not as good as before, and many people are complaining about his confusion behind his back. It's a big thing to spoil Beiyang!

And these days, his main energy is also on how to bring Chang Ruiqing down. On the one hand, he formed an alliance with the Fujian Navy and appointed Sa Zhenbing as the patrol envoy of the Fujian Sea, so that he could continue to stay in Mawei and wait for the opportunity; On the one hand, he sent a secret envoy to Fujian, and took his handwritten letter to the generals of the Fujian Army, wanting them to launch a coup d'état to overthrow Chang Ruiqing! But all these letters. In the end, they all fell into the hands of Chang Ruiqing, and most of the secret envoys he sent went to the military prison of the Fujian Army...... And today, there is even more unexpected bad news from Sa Zhenbing in Mawei to Beijing.

Duan Qirui was busy, sitting there still a little excited, looking at Xu Shuzheng's face was pale, and he was still holding a newspaper in his hand, his heart sank: "Zheng again, what's wrong?" ”

Xu Shuzheng looked left and right, they were all Duan Qirui's henchmen, so he took a deep breath and said hatefully: "It's a secret telegram sent by Fujian Sa Dingming, and the Yongfeng gunboat from Guangdong suddenly arrived at Mawei Port!" ”

The naval academy and shipyard in Mawei Port and Mawei are now under the "condominium" of the navy and the Fujian army, and Chang Ruiqing did not drive away all the navy personnel, but let his army take over the defense of Majiang and did not allow Beiyang warships to dock...... Of course, the warships of the Beiyang side did not dare to come to Fujian. In addition, the 1.5 million "co-payment" originally promised to the navy has also been written off and no longer fulfilled, so the relationship between the Fujian Navy and Chang Ruiqing has almost broken down.

After listening to Xu Shuzheng's report, Duan Qirui was not interested in reading the telegram anymore, he raised his eyebrows: "It's all expected, he refuses to go into the wild now, so naturally he can't play the banner of our Beiyang anymore...... But so what? Our Chinese affairs, in the final analysis, are still strength! Now that the Japanese arms are almost here, the next step will be to train the new army, and when the army participating in the war is formed, it will send troops to bulldoze Fujian and Guangdong! ”

Xu Shuzheng only nodded, he also knew that what Duan Qirui said was the only way now, but he always felt a little up. The current shape is really too bad for Beiyang. As soon as the two customs offices in Fujian and Guangdong were lost, the Beijing government lost more than 20 million yuan in revenue a year! Coupled with the support of the local concessions to form international business groups and compensate for the "red disaster losses", there is not much left of "Guan Yu", the biggest financial source of the Beijing government!

At the same time, on the books of Fujian and Guangdong, there are more than 20 million yuan a year, plus the various financial revenues of the original two provinces. Sun Yat-sen and Chang Ruiqing's forces can have an income of 50 or 60 million a year, which is not much less than that of the Beijing government!

Even if the military training is completed. Will Beiyang really have the strength to bulldoze the southwest? Also, with the current financial revenue of the Beijing government, does it still have the financial resources to support so many Beiyang Army?

As soon as he thought of these questions, Xu Shuzheng felt a burst of brain pain......

Duan Qirui probably also saw Xu Shuzheng's thoughts, he raised his head and smiled at his number one henchman: "Don't worry about financial matters, Liang Yansun will definitely have a way, after all, we control most of China, no matter how bad it is, it will not be compared to Fujian and Guangdong provinces, right?" Besides, I'm not the prime minister anymore, and I, the army chief, just need to train the army well. With a strong army, are you afraid that you will not have money? ”

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Gurgle, grunt. The sound of clogs tapping against granite tiles came from outside.

Count Masatsuki Templei raised his head from the official document and rubbed his eyes. There aren't many people who walk swaggering around the Prime Minister's Mansion in clogs, but it seems that the behind-the-scenes general came to meet him at the residence...... It seems to be a little earlier than the agreed time.

The prime minister, who looked a bit like a catfish and was nicknamed "Yokai" by the Japanese people, stood up from the small office on the second floor of the prime minister's residence in Kasumigaseki and walked to the door. The secretary outside heard the Prime Minister's footsteps and pushed the door open.

Terauchi Masatakeshi looked up in the direction of the corridor and saw an old man in a kimono and clogs, who looked extremely tall and burly among the Japanese, striding over with another short old man in a suit. They are none other than the head of the Black Dragon Society, Toyama Mitsumitsu, and the leader of the Japanese Kuomintang, Inu Yangyi.

The three old men, all of whom were already old, bowed and greeted each other at the door of the prime minister's office, and then Terauchi Masayi invited the two into the office, and after the guests were seated, the temple instructed the secretary to serve the best Chinese tea. Then he looked at the two people in front of him with a smile: "Toushan-kun, dog-raiser." I have already had a private exchange of views with several cabinet members regarding the Japan-Russia-China Triple Alliance...... This can be considered, but it cannot be reckless, and the Reich cannot lightly offend Britain and the United States in Soviet Russia without the great interests that have been determined, so the Reich is still ready to send an intervention force to Russia at the right time! ”

"Intervention Army?" Toushan Man and Inu Yangyi glanced at each other. They all looked a little confused.

Terauchi Masashi smiled and nodded: "It's the Intervention Army!" Britain, the United States, and France have already reached an agreement that as long as Soviet Russia dares to sign a peace treaty with Germany, it will send troops and armed intervention to overthrow the Soviet power and support responsible Russian political forces to come to power. And we, Japan, must follow the British and American lines on this issue for the time being...... So we may have to send an intervention force to Vladivostok! ”

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, what conditions did Britain and the United States offer us?" Inu Yangyi asked.

"Conditions? He didn't give any conditions, he just wanted us to send troops, but he didn't say anything good for us......"

Masaki's tone was steady, and he couldn't hear any joy or anger. Touyamaman seemed to understand what the prime minister meant, he smiled and asked, "There are no conditions, just let us take it ourselves, right?" Your Excellency Prime Minister, do you think Japan has any chance of seizing all of Siberia? ”

Terauchi Zhengyi waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Impossible, impossible, Britain and the United States will not agree to us occupying so much Russian territory...... And the Russians are not so easy to deal with, don't forget about the Russo-Japanese War! The empire spent 2 billion yen and sacrificed nearly 90,000 soldiers to barely win, and Russia is not a branch after all!

And the royalists in Russia are all very stubborn guys, and it's hard to say whether they will agree to cede land to Japan! Perhaps the Bolsheviks would have spoken better...... But it's too early to make a decision, it's better to let the Russians shed a little more blood in their own civil strife, if only the Russians could drain all their blood! Then we will be able to swallow a piece of land that belongs to Russia with confidence and boldness! ”

Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan has embarked on the road of external expansion, and in the choice of expansion direction, it has always aimed at China, a large and weak country. The Japanese are still a little afraid of Russia's "steam steamroller", and even if they win the Russo-Japanese War, they do not dare to think anything wrong about Russia's territory.

But now, the October Revolution and the ugly drama of the upheaval in January seem to have given Japan a godsend to covet the territories of the Russian Far East. The whole of Japan began to be a little nervous, but deep down, there was always some apprehension, for fear that the war of interference in the Russian Revolution would become another extremely tragic Russo-Japanese War......

Therefore, the current mentality of the Japanese is that they want to make a profit in the Russian Revolution, but they are afraid that they will pay a huge price, and in the end they will be empty! Therefore, after Terauchi Masatsuki learned that the Bolsheviks might cede land to Japan in exchange for Japan's "alliance", he naturally started to think about stepping on two boats with one foot.

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