Xiao Zhenlei and Song Jiaoren and others came with great sincerity, just to reach a consensus on the issue of dealing with the Qing court.

Song Jiaoren first proposed that the basic condition for the alliance between the two sides was that they must work together to overthrow the Qing court, because only by overthrowing the Qing court could the political ideas of their respective parties be realized and the people could be saved from fire and water.

At the same time, Xiao Zhenlei also put forward two conditions: first, to immediately stop the situation of mutual hostility between the two sides, and second, to fully guarantee the equal rights of both sides in dealing with the Qing court. To ensure equal power between the two sides in politics, there is no question of who is the main and who is the auxiliary. In order to protect their own security, when confronting the Qing court, the members of both sides can continue to maintain their secret identities, and if they know the identity of the other party, and at the same time know that the other party is threatened, they have the obligation to find a way to notify the other party to withdraw to safety.

On the basis of the other party's agreement to these two conditions, Xiao Zhenlei put forward his own principles: First, on the issue of dealing with the Qing court, if the two sides have different opinions, they can put them aside for the time being, and there will always be the same views and opinions. Second, after the success of the first party, both sides have their own political rights, and the League cannot set aside the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society to form a political regime on its own. Third, the two sides could reach a consensus on the issue of dealing with the Qing court and reach a reunification, but the two sides were relatively independent and could not interfere in each other's internal affairs. Fourth, both sides can win the support of overseas Chinese and foreign countries that have a friendly attitude toward our country, but they must not betray their national sovereignty and sign any unequal treaties with foreign forces, otherwise they will be spurned by the people of the whole country.

Song Jiaoren agreed with the two conditions and four principles put forward by Xiao Zhenlei, and Tan Renfeng, who accompanied him, also put forward two requirements: first, the fight against the Qing court requires activity funds and financial support, and the implementation of an armed uprising requires the purchase of guns and ammunition. Second, the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society is required to disclose to itself the specific ** forces it has mastered, and hand over the command of these ** forces to the leadership of the Alliance.

For the other party's first request for financial support, Xiao Zhenlei said that it was negotiable, but on the second request, Xiao Zhenlei refused, the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society must not make the ** power that he has mastered open and hand over the command to the Alliance, he proposed that the cooperation and alliance between the two sides are on the basis of equality, both unified and independent. This ** force was built up with the hard work of the Iron-Blooded National Salvation Society, and the Iron-Blooded National Salvation Society has enough talents to command and play an important role.

In fact, Xiao Zhenlei is both looking forward to and very careful about the cooperation with the Alliance, mainly because the members of the Alliance are uneven and complex, many people are opportunists, not really for the sake of faith, and some people do not hesitate to take any means to achieve their political goals, which is extremely disgusted by Xiao Zhenlei, and they also like infighting and cannibalism internally.

Since Xiao Zhenlei resolutely did not agree to hand over the command of the army, Song Jiaoren and others could only put this request aside for the time being and go all out to obtain financial support from the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society. Song Jiaoren enumerated the general situation of the League in various parts of China, and said that it was in urgent need of funds to support the localities and be ready to launch an uprising at any time.

Xiao Zhenlei said that the alliance would revolt hastily without a detailed plan and action plan, saying that this was an extremely irresponsible attitude towards **, and this was a joke about the lives of ** soldiers, and hoped that the other party would pay enough attention to this aspect.

Chen Qimei didn't care, he said** is to shed blood, sacrifice is inevitable, I am dead, and there are descendants! It is necessary to give the Qing court sufficient deterrent power. He stressed that the League was preparing to hold a major uprising in the south recently, and that it was extremely short of funds, weapons, ammunition, and food, and hoped that the Iron and Blood Salvation Society would provide two million taels, and at the same time, in order to cooperate, the Iron and Blood Salvation Society would also start an uprising in another place to cooperate with the League's uprising in the south.

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head when he heard this: "I can provide some support in terms of funds, but it is impossible to ask for two million taels at a time, no one's money is blown by the wind, this is the collective property of the ** comrades of our society, I can't give away this money casually, in addition, your alliance will hold an uprising, we express our support and understanding, but we think that the conditions for the uprising are not yet ripe, and just messing around casually will only lose ** strength and increase casualties, in my opinion, the life of every ** comrade is precious, I hope that you can think carefully about this matter, and even if you want to do something, you must plan it foolproofly. ”

Chen Qimei said stiffly: "Since Brother Huanyu just said the principle that you can't interfere with the other party, and our alliance will do something, it has nothing to do with the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society." Brother Huanyu, don't worry about that, no matter whether you are willing to cooperate with us or not, our move this time has become a foregone conclusion, and the arrow is ready to fly, and we have to send it! Brother Huanyu, let's talk about how much financial support can be provided to us? ”

Tan Renfeng saw that the two sides had different opinions on one point, and hurriedly played a round: "Since you have different opinions on this point, it is better to put it aside for the time being, or finalize the matter of financial support first, Brother Huanyu, what do you say?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said: "Okay, you put forward two million taels of financial support, this is a bit of a lion's mouth, after the rubber stock boom, the market is tightened, and there is basically no silver between the banks, you can go to the banks in Shanghai to inquire, including foreign banks, you can take out two million taels at one time, which is very little, and now I can only take out 100,000 taels at most to support you, and you must also agree and stop sending people to mix into our sphere of influence to engage in rebellion, co-optation and other behaviors!" ”

Song Jiaoren thought for a while and agreed: "Okay, we can promise not to send people to rebel and co-opt your forces and members, but the funds you provide are too small!" ”

Chen Qimei also said: "That is, last time you donated two million taels to the disaster in northern Jiangsu and the epidemic prevention in Northeast China, why were you so generous at that time?" Is it so stingy to cooperate with us now against the Qing Dynasty? ”

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand and said: "Several, this is not a matter of stinginess and generosity, our concepts are different, in our hearts, the people are in the first place, people in the disaster area and the plague outbreak area are dying of disease and starvation at any time, time is urgent, human life is critical, even if we are bankrupt, we must make up enough silver taels to solve the urgent needs of the disaster area and the plague outbreak area, and the last donation has made us very angry." For the sake of the joint efforts of both sides, this time you proposed to provide financial support, although it was very difficult for us, we still gritted our teeth and were willing to support you for 100,000 taels, which is already the greatest sincerity we can come up with! ”

Tan Renfeng said with a smile: "Since Brother Huanyu is in difficulty, then we can't be strong, so let's do it, we don't want two million taels, just one million taels, what do you think, I believe that with your Xiao Huanyu's strength, just one million taels is nothing, right?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei said with a straight face: "Several, it seems that I need to remind you that it is not that we are begging to unite with you, the alliance was proposed by you first, the reason why we agreed is because it is good for fighting against the Qing court, and at the same time it is beneficial to both of us, it does not mean that we have the obligation and must give you money, I just said, I promised to support you 100,000 taels is the greatest ability, this is friendly support, not the money we owe you, I hope you can put yourself in the right position!" ”

Chen Qimei was about to say again, Song Jiaoren waved his hand to stop him, and said to Xiao Zhenlei: "Okay, we do have some difficulties for strong people, you can support us 100,000 taels, I express my gratitude, we basically agree to the few conditions and principles you put forward just now, but we put forward a request for you to hand over the command of the army under your control, and Brother Huanyu did not agree, this point, Brother Huanyu should think about it again, after all, there are many military talents who graduated from military schools in our alliance, These people are undoubtedly stronger in military talent than those who have never entered a military academy on your side, after all, it is not easy to form the other party's ** force, and it is not easy to put them in the hands of people who have not studied military command in the system, which is also a kind of irresponsibility for the lives of ** soldiers, what do you say? ”

Xiao Zhenlei lit a cigarette, smoked it, exhaled the smoke and said, "How can Brother Dun Chu conclude that we can't command the army well? Is it possible that only those who have entered a military school can command a war? General Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty has never undergone systematic military study, and he still fights the Huns all over the place to find teeth? Who would dare to say that he did not have military command talents? If you want me to say that there are few generals who have undergone systematic military study and can compare with him, right? ”

"This" the three were speechless.

In the end, Song Jiaoren said: "Since you have different opinions on this issue, then we will give up on this issue for the time being, as for other aspects, we have reached a consensus, about the news that we will raise in the near future, but also ask the elder brother of Huanyu to keep it secret, this matter is a matter of importance, once the news is leaked, the consequences are unimaginable!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei said with a smile: "Don't worry, I just know that you have a righteous deed in the near future, but I don't know where and when you launched it, I just want to sue the Qing court and have to believe it!" ”

At this time, the personnel of the two sides who took the minutes of the meeting were recorded, and Xiao Zhenlei and Song Jiaoren signed this memorandum on their respective written records as the first draft of the cooperation between the two sides, and the detailed terms and details of the negotiations will continue.

The next day, Xiao Zhenlei convened a high-level meeting of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society, and made a detailed report on the negotiations with the Alliance yesterday.

At the meeting, Xiao Zhenlei put forward several principled opinions on the cooperation with the League: First, in terms of the overall situation, our Iron-blooded National Salvation Society should seek common ground while reserving differences with the Alliance, and should be broad-minded, abandon past suspicions, unanimously confront the Qing court, and make appropriate concessions on some non-principled issues while adhering to the principle of independence and self-determination. Second, we must be both united and independent with the Alliance, because the composition of the Alliance is complex, their internal opinions are not unified, and each has its own thoughts and calculations. Third, it is necessary to unite and fight with the League, many people in the League look down on and do not want to see the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society, and are hostile to the Iron Filings National Salvation Society, for these people, the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society must fight against them, and at the same time pay attention to ways and means, the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society unites those progressive people in the League who sincerely serve the country and the people and look at the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society from an equal eye, and do not compromise with those who are hostile to the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society. Fourth, it is necessary to win the support of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese, but we must not lightly cooperate with foreign forces in politics, and even if we do, we must never concede any national interests.

In addition, Xiao Zhenlei also pointed out that in terms of its attitude towards other political forces and the people in China, the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society should win the support of other political groups, especially the political forces with republican aspirations and tendencies, as well as the constitutionalists who advocate a constitutional monarchy, which can be united with and can cooperate or unite with these political groups, such as the constitutionalists and the Guangfuhui.

For the people at home, Xiao Zhenlei's idea is to unite the progressive people, win over the middle people, and isolate the stubborn elements who oppose it.

These opinions were consistent at the meeting, and won the strong support of other members, in terms of theory, there is really no one more good than Xiao Zhenlei, and the secretaries who made the minutes of the meeting sorted out Xiao Zhenlei's speeches, and after the meeting, they should be printed and distributed to other members to read, and the spirit of the meeting instructions should be conveyed.

At the end of the meeting, Xiao Zhenlei proposed: "Our Iron and Blood National Salvation Society has been established for more than two years, and after two years of development and improvement, so far, although the organizational structure is not perfect, but there should be, and then we want to continue to improve the organizational structure, I propose to change the name of our organization to a certain extent, and change the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society to the Iron and Blood National Salvation Party, so that we can truly become a political party organization, I don't know what you think?" ”

Song Shijie nodded: "I agree with this, our organization has actually entered this role a long time ago, and now it is the right time to change the name of the political party." In addition, I also established a reorganization on the basis of the original Iron and Blood National Salvation Society to comply with the change of the name of the organization. The administrative level of the organization is divided into several levels, and the authority, tasks, and missions of the organizations at all levels are respectively determined, with the lowest level being the rural village level organization, the upper level being the town level organization, the higher level being the county level, the higher level being the prefectural level and the provincial level organization, and the highest being the central organization, and the provincial organizations must resolutely obey the leadership of the central organization. For detailed adjustments, I think it is necessary to conduct detailed deliberations and solicit opinions from the grassroots below! ”

"I agree!" R1152