Before coming, Fang Jianxiong held a one-night meeting with his three main staff members to discuss the question of what strategy to adopt in the peace talks between the north and the south. Han Yan, who was born in Beiyang, pointed out that Yuan Shikai was ambitious and ambitious in the world. The so-called negotiation of peace is likely to figure out guò negotiation and get something that cannot be obtained on the battlefield. In the current situation, Yuan Shikai undoubtedly won the support of the British, the Yangtze River valley is the traditional power of the British, the foundation of the Anhui army is in Anqing and Wuhu, once the British intervene, the battleship sails into the Yangtze River, the Anhui army can not resist. So, it's time for proper contraction.

Li Muyan's point of view, no matter from which aspect, is still the strongest in Beiyang at the moment. At this stage, it is not appropriate for the Anhui army to fight too hard with Beiyang. Don't look at the Anhui army's successive victories, in fact, the material consumption is also very large, and the troops are also Chapter 55 The North and the South Discuss Peace (2) The Black House vs Bodhisattva is very tired and needs some time to rest. Since Yuan Shikai wants to talk, let's talk about it, anyway, there is nothing beneficial, and he can't agree to it.

Zheng Quan basically means the same thing, the foundation of the Anhui army is still too shallow, and it is time to take the opportunity of the peace talks to rectify the internal government and smooth out various relations. You can't really let the constitutionalists control the provincial government, right?

Synthesizing the views of the three people, Fang Jianxiong made a decision to take advantage of the buffer opportunity of the peace talks, Zheng Quan and Han Yan stayed in Anqing, and seized the time to rectify various departments within the government. Sun Yuyun, the new governor, actually used the excuse that he didn't see him, and he really used himself as a dish. After this while, the council held to elect him.

Seeing Li Yuanhong and Tang Shaoyi standing side by side from a distance, Fang Jianxiong sped up his pace and got off the boat, and bowed his hand from afar: "Brother Song Qing, I have heard of a great name for a long time." Finally met. It's just such a grand welcome, and Jianxiong can't afford it. ”

Li Yuanhong was wearing a military uniform, with a slightly chubby physique, if it weren't for the military uniform, he would be like a very ordinary business gentleman. A smile that seemed to be no threat to anyone hung on his face. "Li Bodhisattva" is really not called in vain.

"Brother Fuguo went to the front line to fight, Yuan Hong just sat in Wuchang to enjoy the victory, Brother Fuguo returned triumphantly, how can he not welcome it?" Li Yuanhong Chapter 55 The North and the South Discuss Peace (2) The Black House vs Bodhisattva stepped forward and spoke, very politely. Next, I introduced a few people around me. There are Sun Wu, Jiang Yiwu, Ju Zheng, etc., all of whom are major members of the Hubei Military Government.

"This is Li Siguang, Minister of Industry!" When Li Yuanhong introduced the last one, Fang Jianxiong's eyes did not move. stared at this thin man for a while, Li Siguang!

"Hmm, what's wrong?" Li Yuanhong was curious, Fang Jianxiong quickly put away his greedy eyes, and said with a smile: "Jianxiong is very interested in people who are engaged in industry. All of them are more respectful. ”

Li Yuanhong was immediately relieved and quipped: "I see, the good business that Fuguo has run in Wuhu is well known to the world. However, don't dig into the corners of Hubei industry. ”

Fang Jianxiong hurriedly said: "Where, where." How so? "Actually, I said in my heart, it's not weird, Lao Tzu finally saw a cow mentioned in a primary school textbook, can I not dig it?

Li Yuanhong finally raised his hand and pointed at Tang Shaoyi and said, "This is Tang Shaochuan, the leader of the Northern Peace Deputies." ”

"You're polite!" Tang Shaoyi bowed his hand, and Fang Jianxiong returned the salute with a smile: "You're welcome!" Neither of them seemed to have much to say hello. After exchanging glances, there was no intention of intersecting again.

Fang Jianxiong first went to Li Yuanhong's Governor's Mansion, and Li Yuanhong's old trick was repeated. I got a horse and asked Fang Jianxiong to get on the horse and said, "Yuan Hong leads the horse for Commander Fang!" Let the people of Wuchang see the great heroes of the revolution. ”

Fang Jianxiong scolded in his heart, "Ciao! "Are you Huang Xing when you are a laborer?

"Let's ride, Brother Song Qing, please get on the horse first." Fang Jianxiong's historical knowledge told him that this thing is not a good bird. How did Zhang Zhenwu die in history? Fang Jianxiong happened to know. When dealing with this guy, you have to have eyes in the back of your head.

The two rode side by side to the Governor's Mansion, and Tang Shaoyi and the others returned to their residences first.

Li Yuanhong entertained guests in the study. After closing the door, the group waited. Only then did he say earnestly with a stern face: "Yunnan Governor Cai Yi is here, Brother Fuguo might as well take a look at this first, and then we will talk about something else." ”

Li Yuanhong handed over a telegram, Fang Jianxiong took it and looked at it, the core content of Cai Yi's telegram was five: "First, the name of the country is set as the Republic of China, second, the national system is a constitutional monarchy, third, the establishment of a strong central government, fourth, the demarcation of local areas, the establishment of a metropolitan governor to manage military affairs, and fifth, the reduction of administrative areas." ”

"Cai Songpo is far away in the southwest and worries about the country, and I respect him very much." Fang Jianxiong said with a smile on his face, Li Yuanhong is an old man, seeing that he was insincere, he said with the most sincere smile: "Why do you have to do this to help the country?" There are no outsiders at the moment. Yuan Hong's proposition has always been to emulate the United States as a form of government, and everyone in the world knows it. I say this in front of people, and I say this in private. ”

Frankly speaking, if he didn't know that this thing was not a good bird, Fang Jianxiong would definitely be cheated and take him to count the money. When this guy speaks, his tone and demeanor are so sincere, let alone people, stones can be moved.

"Jianxiong is a soldier, and after the restoration of Anhui, he has always advocated the principle of soldiers not interfering in politics, and he has done so. Naturally, some people will worry about what kind of government the country will adopt, and I just need to care about the war. Fang Jianxiong replied quietly, basically without leakage.

Li Yuanhong's heart was blocked, if he couldn't talk about this, let alone anything else. Seeing that this meeting was a bit deadlocked, Fang Jianxiong changed the topic and said: "The peace between the north and the south is imminent, Jianxiong doesn't know, why don't you negotiate peace in Wuchang, you have to go to Shanghai?" In this matter, I am afraid that there is something strange, and the alliance will control the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, and I am afraid that it will not be allowed to do so. ”

Li Yuanhong and Shanghai's struggle for dominance seems to have failed at present, and Fang Jianxiong is mentioning this at this time, obviously not revealing the scars. Rather, it refers to something else. Li Yuanhong squinted his eyes and glanced at the face of the young man on the opposite side who had a clean chin and looked a little jerky and couldn't see any emotion, and said in his heart, how could this kid be like an old thief?

But thinking about the things he did, Li Yuanhong didn't underestimate this kid.

"The appeal of the alliance is huge, so what can I do? Yuan Hongzheng wanted to inform Tang Shaoyi that the place of the peace meeting was changed to Shanghai. Li Yuanhong made a generous appearance, but in fact he reached a compromise with Shanghai. Huang Xing gave up the position of generalissimo, and Li Yuanhong took the place. Moreover, the generalissimo did not take up his post in the capital of the Provisional Government, and the deputy marshal acted as his agent. As a matter of fact, Li Yuanhong refused to leave his hometown of Wuchang, and the military government, which was reorganized only a few days ago, completely grasped the military and political power in his hands.

"Hehe, in that case, Jianxiong also agrees to negotiate peace in Shanghai." Fang Jianxiong began to pretend to be stupid again, Li Yuanhong was really angry, how could this kid be like an iron lump? I can't get anything out of it.

At this moment, there was a hurried knock at the door, Li Yuanhong was unhappy, but he still spoke calmly: "Come in." ”

It was Secretary General Yang Yulong who came in, and said with an angry face: "Governor, Commander Fang, I just received the news that Chen Qimei booby-trapped Tao Jun, chief of staff of the Zhenjiang Military Government, to protect the Shanghai Military Governor's Mansion. Chen Qimei didn't give a reason and openly shot and killed comrades in the Governor's Mansion. Tao Junbao's brother wrote an article in the newspaper to express his grievances. ”

Li Yuanhong's face changed, and he refused to go to Nanjing to take up a post, because he was worried that he would be harmed by the League.

Fang Jianxiong's white face changed a few times in an instant, and finally he sneered a few times, but did not express his opinion. Li Yuanhong didn't speak, and after Yang Yulong withdrew, Fang Jianxiong said lightly: "Brother Song Qing, I'm afraid this Shanghai is like a tiger's den in Longtan now." ”

Li Yuanhong said: "Judging from Yuanhong, it won't be enough." Tao Junbao was afraid that he was in the way of other people's affairs, so he was poisoned. ”

Fang Jianxiong picked up the teacup and blew it unhurriedly, but instead of drinking it, he put it down, staring at Li Yuanhong's hypocritical face and said, "From Jianxiong's point of view, you and I are both people who are in the way." ”

"Hahaha!" Li Yuanhong suddenly laughed on his back, he finally heard something interesting, and this conversation could be continued. "Fuguo, Ming people don't say secret words, I will never leave Wuchang. I don't know if the Anhui army, which supports the country, will leave Hanyang? ”

What is the Anhui Army of Fuguo? This shows that Li Yuanhong regards Fang Jianxiong as his own kind, and in fact, this view is correct. Fang Jianxiong's essence is now a warlord, but he is not the same as other warlords.

"It's easy to say, but the Anhui army has paid a lot, so you can't just go, right? In this way, I don't hide it, I want the Hanyang Iron Works, and when I leave, I will leave a regiment of troops in Hanyang, just look at the Iron Works. ”

Li Yuanhong breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned and said, "Hanyang Iron Works, that's Sheng Xuanhuai." He had a contract with the Japanese, and the Hanyang Iron Works was dedicated to supplying low-cost pig iron to Japan's Yawata Steel. Brother Fuguo occupied the iron factory, and I am afraid that the Japanese will not be able to agree. ”

Fang Jianxiong was also stunned, he didn't expect this question to come out. After thinking about it, he said: "I'll find a way to do this, in short, Hanyang Iron Works is bound to win." ”

Li Yuanhong felt that he didn't have to pay anything, and his heart was a little unsteady, how could Fang Jianxiong be so easy to deal with? Originally, he didn't plan to mention Sheng Xuanhuai to Fang Jianxiong, but he was worried that this kid would go to Hanyang and know the truth, but it would not be beautiful, so he simply told the truth.

was thinking about how to find out this, but Fang Jianxiong said: "I formed a Republican Party in Anhui, and it is foreseeable that the League will definitely engage in a so-called political party ruling system." I don't know if Brother Song Qing has the idea of joining our party? ”

Li Yuanhong was furious in his heart, but he laughed dryly twice on his face. Fang Jianxiong didn't care about his anger at all, sooner or later, his heart would be labor-capital. Don't think Hanyang is so easy to let out.

"What do you think about the matter of peace? Yuan Hong thought that the Yuan family was cunning and could not be trusted. It is necessary to continue to achieve results in the military, and this waist pole is hard enough. ”

Fang Jianxiong also laughed dryly when he heard this: "Our army is tired and recuperating, let's let Nanjing and Shanghai go to the Northern Expedition." "I said so on my lips, but in my heart I secretly scolded Li Yuanhong for not being a thing, expecting Lao Tzu to fight for life and death, it's best to fight with Yuan Shikai and go bankrupt, right?

The two talked nonsense at will, and Fang Jianxiong excused himself from the fatigue of the journey and went to rest first. The place of stay is actually separated from the northern peace delegation. It seems that this was also deliberately arranged by Li Yuanhong!!