January 1, 1912 ().

The city of Nanjing is very lively, hundreds of thousands of reinforcements from all directions finally have something to do, the copper whistle urging early in the morning comes and goes, and when the people are sleepy-eyed and are awakened, they find that these soldiers who have been waiting for more than half a month actually put on new clothes, pick up brooms and buckets and start to sweep the road, paint slogans, and many people also hold colorful ribbons and big red flowers to hang up.

In the past few days, the news of Mr. Sun's return has been in an uproar, and seeing this scene again at this moment, many people vaguely guessed that this time the Qing Kingdom was really going to change! Some elderly people can't even hold back their excitement, since the Qing Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing, the city of Nanjing, which is in a tiger position, will finally get rid of the embarrassing status of accompanying the capital and prosper again.

At ten o'clock in the morning, gongs and drums sounded in front of the Nanjing Governor's Mansion, the Yangtze Riverside salute sounded in unison, and after the guards in white uniforms fired three shots into the air, Mr. Sun Wen appeared on time in front of tens of thousands of people watching the ceremony, and walked to the rostrum in warm applause, and the huge iron horn spread his voice to all corners of the world.

The first row sat naturally all the high-ranking party officials elected overnight, Yang Qiu was arranged in the second row, and the Hubei representative Ju also happened to sit on the side.

"Congratulations to the commander on his promotion to the rank of patrol envoy ()."

"Mr. Juzheng, don't be polite, let's call me Chenhua."

Although Yang Qiu said it politely, Juzheng has lost his original freedom, he is one of the people who witnessed the rise of this young man, from the 4 standards more than two months ago, to the current military and political power of the three provinces! The speed of soaring is rare in the world, and there is inevitably a trace of awe in my heart.

"It's finally today!" Looking at the somewhat haggard face in the center of the rostrum, Yang Qiu couldn't tell what it was like in his heart. Three thousand years of feudalism have finally said goodbye to the country, but what about the future? The battle between the president and the parliament, the battle between the North and the South, the partisan fight, and the chaotic warlord fight. I've come this far, how do I end it?

Ju Zheng saw that his eyebrows were tightly locked, and his heart was not high, and he was curious: "What is Inspector Yang thinking?" ”

"I'm thinking that if we want to truly realize a republic and realize the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people. How much more we still have to go. Yang Qiu took off his military hat and dusted off the colored paper and scraps, put it back on and turned his head and asked, "Remember Mr. Juzheng, you studied law, right?" Is there any interest in serving as the chief justice of the three provinces? ”

Ju Zheng smiled dumbly, and finally knew why he could rise, and ran to the inauguration ceremony of the president to dig people, and it is estimated that it is the first one! He was indeed a little tempted by the position of the chief justice of the three provinces, but when the government list was discussed last night, he had been appointed as the deputy minister of the interior, so he could only apologize: "Thank you for the good intentions of the patrol envoy, Ju Zheng has been appointed as the vice minister of the interior." ”

"It's a pity." Yang Qiu said three words, and he didn't know if it was a pity that he didn't succeed in recruiting or because of Ju Zheng's talent, but it was a pity that he only served as an inconsequential deputy minister of the Ministry of the Interior.

A round of applause interrupted the two men, who were thinking about each other, and after the inaugural speech, the new government immediately announced the list of the first government while the iron was hot. In addition to Sun Wen as the interim president, there have been subtle changes because of the appearance of Yang Qiu. Governor Li Yuanhong became the vice president, and there was no mention of whether he was concurrently the governor of Hubei. Tang Hualong's Minister of Civil Affairs was replaced by Tang Shouqian,

Judging from this list, except for Li Yuanhong, who served as the vice president in name only, and Yang Qiurong, who was appointed as the tour envoy of the three provinces, the three provinces of Hubei, Hunan and Sichuan were almost wiped out! In particular, in Hubei, the land of the first righteousness, in addition to a few dispensable deputy ministers, even Tang Hualong, one of the pillars of the constitutionalist faction in South China, was abandoned. What is even more concerning is that in the national defense force in South China, which is the only one in South China that can defeat the Beiyang Army, there is actually no one who holds an important military position, not even the general staff! It makes people faintly feel the mystery inside.

"Mr. Juzheng, this list was drafted by Kegong, right?" After announcing the list, Yang Qiu got up and glanced at Ju Zheng lightly.

The latter hurriedly defended Huang Keqiang: "This is based on the opinions of the provincial representatives. ”

"The provinces? Very good. In the future, the civil rights and interests of our three provinces will depend on the great efforts of Vice President Li and Mr. Ju Zheng. After Yang Qiu finished speaking, he and Wang Zhengting got up and left. Ju Zheng looked at his back, and there was always a feeling of numbness in his scalp. Civil affairs rely on themselves and Li Yuanhong to fight, what about military politics?! Is it too much to exclude the Wehrmacht, who have made great contributions, from the military headquarters?

The news of the establishment of Sun Wen as president by the provisional central government in Nanjing spread rapidly from Nanjing, and telegrams began to be sent to the whole country, and even newspapers in Europe and the United States began to focus on the future political trend of this country with a population of 400 million.

Of course, some people are happy, and some people are worried, and Tang Hualong is one of them.

In the small conference room of the Hubei Consultative Bureau, Tang Hualong glanced at Li Yuanhong, who was sitting by the brazier reading the telegram, and sneered twice and deliberately said: "Governor Li, you still miss Chenhua very much, and I propose to let you be the vice president. Hehe, in the future, you will be one person under ten thousand people. ”

Tang Hualong has reason to be angry, he is too angry during this time! After the victory of Okurayama, the other side almost completely forgot about him, the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Build railways, open banks ̈ negotiate with the north, and do business with foreigners! These should have been the affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs or the Governor's Office, but now they are being taken care of by others and don't even greet them. The most hateful thing is that the Southwest Bank, simply took a gun and let the governors of the three provinces forcibly pass, and also insisted that all local income must go to the bank first, which is equivalent to using a bank to completely kidnap the three provinces!

With this bank, finance and civil affairs are equivalent to being completely hollowed out ()! Do you want them to do it? As the tax revenues in various places begin to be recovered one after another, if you don't take back the right to do so, you might as well simply go home and sell the baked cakes! So he was anxious and worried, and finally waited for Sun Wen to come back, but he didn't expect the news that Yang Qiu was appointed as the patrol envoy of the three provinces came next! This time, he was completely excluded from the list of the new government, but it was Zhang Jizhi and Tang Shouqian who became ministers! This makes the same pillar of the constitutionalists, where will he put his face in the future? Thinking about it all because Yang Qiu was too strong and offended the central government, the anger in his heart finally broke out.

Li Yuanhong laughed dryly, but the bitterness in his heart could not be expressed, Yang Qiu's recommendation of him to be vice president seemed to be a good thing, but the problem was that this telegram was actually sent by Nanjing first, and the water in it was deep. Where is Nanjing obviously reminding himself that he will be set up immediately, so that he can find a way to get back the power. In the past, he still had the heart to fight, but now he has a . It's completely time for the gun to speak, and it's ridiculous that this person still wants to move Yang Qiu, isn't this asking for hardship.

Of course. He won't remind him, anyway, this thing can be the best, and if he can't make it, he can pick it up and clean it up, he sighed deliberately: "This Chenhua, isn't this the governor on the fire to roast, the person who is in Li's army can be the governor of the capital, and he has already stained everyone's light, how can he rule the whole country?" No. 1. I'll have to get a telegram back in a while, and he's not allowed to mess around. ”

Seeing that he continued to pretend to be confused and didn't answer, Tang Hualong sneered: "Li Du, do you really think this is kind? Yang Qiu, he's going to put you to death! I invite you to Nanjing to take up your post, and I don't mention the position of governor at all! Now the north is undecided, Yuan Gongbao is still watching left and right, the Yangtze River is already completely the world of the party, Lin Shuqing has made such a great contribution to the restoration of Nanjing, and he has only been the governor for two days and abdicated and went to northern Jiangsu, if you go, wouldn't you be at the mercy of them? ”

Several parliamentarians were also angry: "What does this Yang Qiu do to us? Leave everything to us to run for officials in Shanghai, and now he has become a patrol envoy of the three provinces, but he has made you the vice president in name only! Won't I have to look at his face in the future? ”

Tang Hualong's nemesis Xia Shoukang said even more simply: The governor has decided, while he has not returned, he should immediately write to Nanjing to cancel his three provinces tour envoy power, as long as the governor starts with you, I am willing to sign the letter of the people of the three provinces and sue together. ”

The Book of the People of the Three Provinces? What year, this thing is more than a hundred thousand barrels?! Of course, Li Yuanhong couldn't do such a stupid thing, so he secretly glanced at Wang Anlan. The latter knew his thoughts, and taking the gun back to the drawer that day was his last Jin Jue, and now Yang Qiu's power had become impossible to move at all, so he immediately got up and said: "Everyone, please go back first, this matter is so important that Li Du has to think about it for two days." ”

Xia Shoukang and the others saw that Li Yuanhong didn't say anything, so they had to go to see Tang Hualong, who turned around and walked out of the conference room with resentful eyes. As soon as they left, Li Yuanhong immediately breathed a sigh of relief and sighed, "Jingbo." Let's go, pack up our things, I'm afraid we won't stay in Hubei for long. Wang Anlan saw that he was depressed, and said with a smile: "Li Du, don't be discouraged, Tang Hualong and others will not give up, seeing that the power of affairs is taken away, I am afraid that there is still room for change in this matter." ”

"Hehe, then wait while cleaning up."

After Li Yuanhong squinted his eyes and smiled and returned to the house, Tang Hualong also returned to his office, and as soon as he sat down, he heard a knock on the door, and he slapped the table and scolded: "Go across the river!" Don't bother me. ”

"Hehe, isn't this Minister Tang? This matter cannot be done across the river. ”

Tang Hualong was too familiar with this voice, and his face changed in fright without even looking at people, and he got up and pointed at the person whose fingers trembled: "You one. How did you get back?! Sun Wu walked across from him with a big grin, put his disguised wide-brimmed hat on the table, and took out a letter: "Isn't Minister Tang welcoming me?" I've got good news for you. ”

"Alright. I don't care what you're doing, leave quickly, this place is no longer the Wuchang of the day, let those who are soldiers see it will still affect me, go quickly! Tang Hualong didn't answer the letter, got up and looked outside to urge him to leave. Seeing this, Sun Wu sneered heartily, pretending to take back the letter and pressed his hand on the unwritten envelope: "Minister Tang doesn't even want to read Kegong's letter?" ”

"Kegong?!" Tang Hualong still didn't believe it, and asked, "Didn't Yang Qiu order you to wait and study hard at home?" How do you have a letter from Kegong? ”

Sun Wu pushed the letter in front of him and said, "Minister Tang will know after reading it." ”

Tang Hualong hurriedly opened the letter and read it, and the more he looked at it, the worse his face became. The content of the letter is very simple, meaning that he was not arranged to be the minister of the central government this time because Nanjing was not at ease with Yang Qiu, so Sun Wu was sent back to do the work, hoping to cooperate, and after the matter was completed, he would definitely be nominated to be the minister of civil affairs and the governor of Hubei ().

Work? What else can be done to get Sun Wu back?! So after reading the letter, Tang Hualong's hands trembled, this letter is really hot! It's not that he doesn't want power, and he doesn't want to be ridden by Yang Qiu for the rest of his life, but now there are all soldiers of the National Defense Army outside, and there are tens of thousands of them in the three towns alone! If this leaks out, his net worth and life will be ruined!

And this letter is also very problematic, with his understanding of Huang Keqiang, he will definitely not write this kind of letter, if he really wants to engage Yang Qiu, why should he be appointed as the patrol envoy of the three provinces? Most likely, this letter was written by someone below him who saw him troubled.

Sun Wu saw his thoughts, put on his hat and said coldly: "Believe it or not, it's Minister Tang's business, it's just a messenger." But there is a saying that in the front, this time is different from the past, if Minister Tang is willing to be a slave for a lifetime, then it will be as if he has not seen anything. After the deed is completed, we will still nominate you to be the minister and the governor! One more thing. I can get past the guards outside, and if I'm not sure, can I come back? Minister Tang, don't forget one. Yang Qiu's two hardcore divisions are still outside, and the fourth division is also training in the Hanchuan area. Gongwei Three Towns is the third division! ”

"The third division is, the third division!" Tang Hualong muttered to himself and sat down. Sun Wu didn't say much, if he didn't have any ability, how could he pass the interrogation of the guards outside? And most of the people in the three divisions are party members, Zhang Tingfu, Xiong Bingkun, He Xifan, and so on! They are all the party members who have ever made the most trouble, even if the nearest Fourth Division ̈1 has Deng Yulin as the chief of staff! These people were all Sun Wu's comrades at the beginning, and now that the Central Committee has established, Yang Qiu and Yuan Shikai have become thorns in the side of the party. Even if Huang Keqiang doesn't want to, I'm afraid that the people below him have already had this kind of thought, so no matter whether this letter is true or not, it is certain that someone wants to attack Yang Qiu!

What's more, in recent years, the party has used this kind of means to deal with things, has it been rare? How many big people across the country fell under guns and bombs?!

Although it was cold and windy outside, there were traces of sweat on Tang Hualong's forehead, and after struggling for a long time, he took out a match to burn the letter, and said in a low voice: "Yesterday. They told me that Yang Qiuyi. Scheduled to return to Hankou in 10 days, there will be a welcome patrol on the China Merchants Wharf. Rite. After saying a few words, he seemed to draw all his strength and slowly leaned back in his chair.

"Thank you, Minister Tang." Sun Wu narrowed his eyes and quietly closed the door...... Clear