Chapter 134: The Dutchman's Protest

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"Your Excellency President, on behalf of the Netherlands, I would like to protest against the behavior of Qin Yu, commander of the 27th Division of your country, in Mukden, because his interference has seriously affected the normal operation of the Dutch Consulate in Mukden, which is an insult and provocation to my Netherlands."

Kolos was very angry and accused Qin Yu to Yuan Shikai, Westerners are bold and direct, but as a consul, he writes his emotions so unabashedly on his face, obviously there is a bit of contrived elements in it, but Yuan Shikai also wants to borrow a big loan from the Great Powers to unify the Republic of China, and now Sun Wen has lowered his head, and he has become president as he wished, but the Kuomintang is still the first party in the Republic of China, and its influence cannot be underestimated, if Song Jiaoren wants to engage in the cabinet of what responsibility is really successful, It can directly shake his supreme power as president.

With these factors in it, Yuan Shikai also forcibly suppressed his unhappiness with Kolos.

"Mr. Consul, don't be angry, I'll send someone to Fengtian to investigate and see if Qin Yu of the 27th Division really has the behavior of embarrassing your consulate, if this matter is serious, I will definitely reprimand him severely." Yuan Shikai's words were not leaky.

"Your Excellency the President, do you still need to investigate this matter? If it weren't for Qin Yu's interference, how could those merchants in Mukden not sell anything to our consulate? All refuse to engage with our diaspora? Kolos was obviously not satisfied with Yuan Shikai's procrastination.

"I'll send someone to figure everything out, and I don't need Mr. Consul to teach me how to do things." Yuan Shikai's face sank, the Netherlands is just a small country in the West, and what he said just now was already polite, it doesn't mean that he is really afraid of the Netherlands, no matter how weak the Republic of China is, it is a thousand miles away. A large country with a population of tens of thousands. Where can the Dutch consul be allowed to put his nose on his nose like this, "I see that when Mr. Consul points out my subordinates, he should also send someone to investigate whether the consul of your country in Mukden has done something wrong." ”

Kolos was obviously bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, seeing the impatience on Yuan Shikai's face, Kolos stopped being tough, and said a few more words before leaving.

"The president has just gotten his wish. What's going on again? As soon as Kolos left, Xu Shichang came in with a document, and just saw Yuan Shikai with an unhappy face, and couldn't help asking.

"Big brother, you don't know what to do, the position of the president looks quite beautiful, but when you really sit down, you realize that some messy things in Ludao are really embarrassing, the Kuomintang in the south has not been solved yet, and this kid Qin Yu is making trouble for me in Fengtian City again." Yuan Shikai stroked his forehead and said.

"There are still a few talents among the Kuomintang, but the plate is too big. Some people of all religions and nine streams are mixed in it, and sooner or later there will be chaos. Xu Shichang nodded, in order to overthrow the Qing government, the Kuomintang gathered all the power that could be used, and rushed to the hospital when he was sick, as long as the strength of the enemy of the Qing Dynasty was almost used, it was naturally impossible for all of them to be people who were committed to revolution, when the Qing government was still there. I can still maintain an approximate goal.

But now that it is the Republic of China, some of the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods in it will inevitably expose their ugly faces. Because of the meritorious work of the revolution and the guise of a legal identity, Yuan Shikai has a good influence in the local area, Yuan Shikai has just become president, and his influence is only limited to a few northern provinces, and it is beyond the reach of the south. Naturally, it is impossible to take care of the local area. However, once there are any natural and man-made disasters in the local area, the central government still has to pay money to relieve the disaster.

Such a thankless thing will not be comfortable for anyone who touches it.

"What trouble did Qin Yu cause to the president again?"

"What's the trouble? It's nothing more than hearing that the Dutch killed some Chinese on the Nanyang side, and I think that the Dutch are just soft persimmons that are strong from outside, and I want to take care of them. He didn't dare to take drastic actions, so he used his influence in Mukden to block all supplies to the Dutch Consulate. "When he became the president, the next step was to gradually bring the provinces of the Republic of China into his rule, Yuan Shikai had already laid out his eyeliner in the remote northeast, and Fengtian, which was close to the capital, would certainly not be an exception.

"Although it is a trivial matter, it can also be seen that Qin Yu's influence on Fengtian has indeed reached a considerable level, and Qin Yu has the ability and temper. If it is used well, it can become a great help to the president in the future, and if it is not used well, the disaster is not ordinarily big. Xu Shichang said in a condensed voice.

"Well, Qin Yu wants money and money in Fengtian and even the entire Northeast, and no one can compare with his influence, so it is definitely not possible to forcibly pull him down, and there is something he has to do." Yuan Shikai said.

Xu Shichang said, "What is so important? ”

"This is a secret letter sent by Qin Yu from Fengtian City, afraid that the telegram will leak the news, and specially asked people to send it to the capital by train, although the Qing Dynasty has fallen, but there are still a group of people who are unwilling, those people in the Zongshe Party want to make Mongolia independent, and some Japanese also want to intervene in it, and the Japanese have already looked for Qin Yu." Yuan Shikai said, "Qin Yu has done a good job in this matter, at least in terms of right and wrong, he knows how to do it, which is much stronger than some people in the south, in order to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, anyone dares to cooperate." ”

"The Japanese are also involved?" Xu Shichang frowned, if it was those people from the Zongshe Party, it would not be a problem at all, but after the Japanese, the situation was completely different, the Zongshe Party was nothing more than some Manchurians who were unwilling to lose the country, they had sunset, but once they had the support of the Japanese, they would want people and guns. Even if you can't really make any kind of Manchurian independence, just a military rebellion, it is enough to make the central government anxious. Answer: Shichang has been an official in Beijing for many years, and he is well aware of the poor situation of the central government's finances at this time.

"In general, there will be no accidents, the Japanese have become more and more presumptuous in the Northeast in recent years, and the great powers are also keeping an eye on it, and Japan must also take into account the reaction of the great powers if it wants to do it, but there are always some radicals in the Japanese army who may not be so peaceful. What really worries me is that on the Tsarist side, the Manchurians can't afford to make a big deal in the northeast. However, Mongolia is far away from the fortress, and there is a Russian side that is quietly thinking about it, and if it really wants to make trouble, the disaster is even greater than the Manchurian and Mongolian independence planned by the Japanese. ”

Yuan Shikai can sit in today's position, and the overall situation is not comparable to ordinary people, for the Northeast. Mongolia's hidden dangers are seen very thoroughly, and the Kuomintang in the south has not stopped at this time, which has involved a lot of his energy, so even if Qin Yu has some excessive actions, Yuan Shikai will only open his eyes and close his eyes, as long as the situation in Manchu and Mongolia is stabilized first.

"Since it wants to contain Japan, Tsarist Russia's ambitions in Northeast Mongolia are inseparable from the patrol army in Northeast China. The central authorities do not have so much energy to take into account the situation outside the Guanxi at present, but it is also necessary to prevent these old Liao troops from sitting on a big side. Xu Shichang suggested that Qin Yu and Wang Huaiqing were closer, but in fact, they were not close to him, and they had not had much contact in the Northeast before, and Xu Shichang would not give up the policy of centralization for Qin Yu.

"Well, I already have a candidate in my heart, and Qin Yu is also capable of being the governor of a province. But if you put him in Fengtian City, you really can't get rid of it, anyway, he's still young now. If it can stand the test, it will be of great use in the future. Yuan Shikai thought about it for a moment and said, with Qin Yu's ability and prestige, it is completely enough to become the position of Fengtian Overseer, and Yuan Shikai temporarily suppressed it. However, it also agreed to Qin Yu's application to add a mixed brigade establishment in Benxi. This undoubtedly makes Qin Yu's strength to a higher level, but as long as he is not a local overseer, and when he integrates the domestic forces in the future, Yuan Shikai believes that Qin Yu will be a practical person, at least from the current attitude of Qin Yu towards the Japanese, it can be seen that Qin Yu is still a passionate Chinese in his bones.

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"I can't imagine that Lao Yuan still picks on the position of this Fengtian Overseer and doesn't let it go." Qin Yu's decision on Yuan Shikai was expected. It's a bit of a loss, although he is now the uncrowned king of the entire Mukden Province, but with the title of Overseer, many things that were originally troublesome will become much easier. It seems that Lao Yuan is determined to give the position of Overseer to someone else, who will it be?

Qin Yu hugged his chest and looked at the little new green outside the window, falling into deep thought. It took a long time to come back to his senses, and finally he had another mixed brigade in his hand, so that he had a 27th division in his hand, a cavalry brigade in Taonan, and a mixed brigade in Benxi. Of course, for the time being, there are still less than 10,000 people under his hands, and it is not possible to fill up the troops in three or two months. But once the troops are reorganized, Qin Yu's military strength will stand alone. Even if the Japanese want to move themselves, they have to weigh it.

And what Qin Yu values more is not this mixed brigade, but the heavy industry that is gradually emerging in Benxi. With Benxi Iron and Steel Plant as the core of hardware processing, the value of an industrial base is obviously far from being comparable to that of a mixed brigade.

"Knock knock..."A sharp knock on the door pulled Qin Yu's thoughts back.

"Master, there's movement over there in Tongliao!" Chen Tao stood at the door with a dusty soldier.

"What's the matter?" Qin Yu asked.

"Master, there is movement over there in Tongliao, Wu Junsheng took it and rushed to Fengtian City." Before Feng Linge led his troops into the city, Qin Yu had already lost a move, for Wu Junsheng, a threatening old officer, Qin Yu was careful, and he had already sent his eyes out, Chen Tao had only begun to take charge of the internal intelligence agency in the past two days, and first paid special attention to some potential opponents of Qin Yu in Fengtian Province, and finally captured the first important piece of information.

"Really? In this way, Wu Junsheng is not willing to be lonely, he didn't want to give him money before, this time he went to Fengtian City to join in the fun, so don't blame me for being ruthless, Ding Cheng! ”

"Humble duty!"

"Call Yang Xing over to see me."

"Yes, Master!" (To be continued......)