"Chief Zhang, are you here to be a lobbyist with the president?" This time, Fengtian's announcement of entering the customs immediately attracted the attention of the whole country, and for lobbyists, some Qin Yu could avoid it, and some had the need to meet him.

Zhang Guogan, the chief of agriculture and commerce in front of him, is a man with a lot of style, and he is in the prime of life, only in his early forties, and he will inevitably have a place in the officialdom of the Republic of China in the future, and Qin Yu is very respectful of such a person.

"Yu Shuai Mingjian, the current situation in Beijing is not easy to come by, if the Feng army and the participating army fight each other, I am afraid that even the last bit of vitality of the Republic of China will be corrupted." Zhang Guogan nodded and said, "For this reason, the president specially sent Zhang to persuade Yu Shuai, hoping that Yu Shuai can stop fighting in order to maintain the unity of the Republic of China and the unity within Beiyang." ”

"Unity within Beiyang?" Qin Yuwan smiled, "Is there still unity within Beiyang now?" The presidential palace and the State Council are out of harmony, if it weren't for Fengtian's first quarrel this time, I'm afraid Wu Ziyu would also have a stalemate with Duan Hefei. ”

"Although there are internal quarrels, no matter what, we can always maintain the current situation of peace. Otherwise, once the war starts, the vitality of both sides will be greatly damaged, and what will the Republic of China take to defend the border in the future? Zhang Guogan asked rhetorically.

"Duan Hefei's temper is too rigid, he would rather bend than bend, and now that he has an army of 100,000 in hand, it is absolutely impossible to back down on the Beijing issue. As long as Duan Hefei and Xu Youzheng still control the power in Beijing, Fengtian will not be able to sit idly by. You go back and tell the president, if you don't break it, you won't stand it, and when you pack up the troops that participated in the war, the government order will be able to travel freely and there will be no hindrance. The president is still the president, and the existing laws of the Republic of China can operate better, as long as the starting point of the decree is good. The Northeast Army will be able to maintain the authority of the Presidential Palace. ”

Zhang Guogan's eyes flickered, "Is what Yu Shuai said true?" ”

"Naturally, although I am the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, I have the governors of each province to perform their duties for local governance. The Northeast Army has never interfered in local government affairs, otherwise it would be such a big stall. Where can I manage it alone, let alone the rich side, immigrants millions. There is a consultative bureau in the governance of officials, and there are a number of officials in each county, city, and province who are staring at the mistakes of officials. Parliamentarians waiting for promotion. It also saves me a lot of trouble. By next year, opium cultivation in the Northeast will be completely eradicated, and on the whole, as long as it is beneficial to the overall situation, I will be able to get through it. If you want to talk about the sense of power, I do have it, but in general, it can be regarded as a rule. Just like Chief Zhang, you oppose the State Council's decision to cede the Phoenix Mountain Iron Mine to the Japanese, this is the backbone. The conscience that an official of the Republic of China should have. Even if such a person is in a hostile position in the future, I respect him. Qin Yu smiled.

"It's a matter of duty. Where can you afford such praise from Yu Shuai. Zhang Guogan smiled modestly, shook his head and said, "Although Duan Hefei, Xu Youzheng and others are too arbitrary, but to say that Yu Shuai's entry into the customs is completely out of public intentions, I'm afraid it's not necessarily true." I don't know what Yu Shuai's requirements are, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, it is better not to fight this battle or not. ”

"The requirements are very simple, the Republic of China does not need so many troops, disband the army that participated in the war. Zhang Jingyao has been in trouble for many years, and he must be punished for serious crimes, even if he is shot, it is not an exaggeration. Chen Shufan's work in Shaanxi has also caused a lot of trouble, and his dismissal from his post is light. Since Duan Hefei is in the wilderness, don't put it off, Prime Minister Taishang is not so easy to be. ”

Qin Yu made such a request, not really because Duan Qirui was unhappy. However, Duan Qirui is too old in the Beiyang system, if he stays in the political position, the impact will be too great, after all, the tiger is dead, for this Beiyang tiger, the position is low, and the position is even higher.

Hearing Qin Yu's request, Zhang Guogan smiled bitterly, disbanded the army participating in the war, and Duan Qirui completely went into the wilderness. With these two points alone, I'm afraid that Duan Supervisor will be able to burst into flames. Where is there still the possibility of sitting down and talking.

With Qin Yu's reply, Zhang Guogan returned to Beijing overnight, and appeared at Xu Shichang's presidential palace the next day.

"Qin Yu really said that? What do you think Qin Yu is like? Xu Shichang put down the teacup in his hand, and his face showed a contemplative look.

"Don't change a word, Qin Yu is quite a city government, but he is open-minded. The humble position is in his office, and all the soldiers and officials he sees all the way have no fearless looks, which shows that Qin Yu is quite courteous. Even if he was contemplating his position, he was not domineering. Compared with Duan Hefei, Xu Youzheng and others are easy to get along with. Zhang Guogan thought for a while and said.

"Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he will see the hearts of the people for a long time. At the beginning, Duan Hefei was not as rigid and self-serving as he is now, and he was nepotistic, but now he is going back more and more, but he is not as good as these young and backward generations. Xu Shichang sighed, Beiyang Dragon Tiger Dog, Wang Shizhen has no real power now, he is almost out of breath, Duan Qirui is stubborn, he has no knowledge of people, and there are few people under him who can do things. Feng Guozhang is seriously ill, and seeing that he can't last long, the provincial overseers are now separated from the central government, deducting taxes, and only thinking about sitting on one side and becoming a soil emperor. Seeing that the great shape of the early years of the Republic of China has now been corrupted.

"That's it, let them make trouble, now that Beijing is within the sphere of influence of Duan Hefei, it is not appropriate to make any moves, take a telegram to both sides, and say that I hope both sides will exercise restraint and value peace. First, qiē focuses on the overall situation of the Republic of China. ”

Zhang Guogan's heart was weak for a while, the message from the presidential palace was similar to a plea, the central government was weak, the local government was strong, and I didn't know when this situation would change.

Xu Shichang, who does not have an army in his hands, has not many choices to make, and relatively speaking, Cao Kun is in a lot of trouble. Whether to join forces with the Feng faction to expel the Anhui faction, or to fight the Feng army side by side with the Anhui faction, such a thorny question is really nerve-wracking. His general Wu Peifu advocated uniting Anhui to resist Feng, taking the opportunity to expand Cao Kun's position in the center and resist the strongest Feng army. At the same time as Wu Peifu was fighting, Cao Rui, Cao Ying and other people advocated joining forces with the Feng family, and the internal controversy made Cao Kun even more difficult to choose for a while.

And the Feng army, who broke through the barrier and went south, would not give him so much time to think about it. In the face of the aggressive posture of the Feng army, the Anhui army represented by Duan Qirui did its best to win over Cao Kun while also making an emergency move.

The first to lead the troops south was Yang Xing, a fierce general of the Feng army, for which Duan Qirui established the Dingguo Army in Tuanhe. He served as the commander-in-chief, and Xu Shuzheng served as the staff officer. Duan Zhigui served as the commander of the First Army. Qu Tongfeng was the commander of the Second Route Army.

In the afternoon of the same day, Mukden issued an ultimatum. Duan Qirui carried out an emergency mobilization of the participating troops in the name of the supervision of the participating troops, and the lower-level officers of the participating troops jointly submitted a letter requesting the announcement of the location and combat tasks.

Duan Qirui opened his throat and gave the soldiers one last lecture:

"Today, the Fengjun did not listen to the orders of the central government and went south alone, intending to obtain the central power through the guò war. Fengtian Qin Yu has always regarded my participation in the war army as a thorn in his side. A thorn in one's flesh. Now that the army is heading south, it is determined to disband our army that has joined the war, and if we do not win this battle, not only will the lives of someone be worried, but all of you here, all of you who participated in the war, will have a worrying future, and the fate of all officers and soldiers will be unimaginable, whether it is for the sake of the country. Or for the sake of individuals, we must all win this battle, and this battle will be won! ”

"This battle will be won, this battle will be won!"

The voices of the soldiers in the audience sounded like a tsunami, and the crowd was surging.

The situation was urgent, and soon Duan Qirui made the following arrangements for the participating army, Duan Zhigui 1st Army was under the jurisdiction of 11,000 people from the 3rd Division of Chen Wenyun's Participating Army, and 5,000 people from the 2nd Division and 3rd Brigade of the Participating Army transferred from Shandong. Wei Zonghan 9 divisions of 6,000 people. There were 11,000 people in the 4th Division of Fu Liangzuo who participated in the battle, and 8,000 people in the mixed brigade Chu Qixiang. and the participating army trained 3,000 student teams, mixed into the second brigade of more than 4,000 people Song Ziyang, a total of more than 47,000 people, to meet the northeast Feng army Li Yinpei's division.

Qu Tongfeng's division was 11,000 people from the 1st Division of the participating army, 11,000 people from the 5th Division of Jin Yunpeng and 8,000 people from Li Jincai's 13th Division. Liu Xun's 15th Division's 8,000 men were mixed into the 2nd Brigade Song Ziyang's 1st Brigade with 4,000 people, Dong Zhengguo's participating army was mixed into 3,000 people in the 3rd Brigade, and half of the Niu Qishun Supplementary Regiment was 3,000 people, and nearly 6,000 people from the 2nd Division of the Participating Army stationed in Jinan were ordered to rush to the battlefield at night, with a total of 59,000 people to meet Yang Xing, the main force of the Feng army that was heading south from Jingfeng Road.

It's day and night. Duan Qirui returned to Beijing from Tuancheng and convened a joint special meeting of all cabinet members and military and political leaders at the General's Palace, which was attended by more than 800 people. At the meeting, Duan Qirui was extremely angry and decided to petition the president to remove Qin Yu, Yang Xing, Li Yinpei and others. It will be handed over to him to investigate and deal with it personally. In the early morning of the next day, under Duan's manipulation, the State Council immediately convened an extraordinary meeting, and as a result, Yang Xing and Li Yinpei were dismissed, and Qin Yu was suspended from his post instead. It was handed over to President Zhu Shen of Justice and sent to the Presidential Palace for sealing.

"This, how does this call me Xu someone? It seems that you also want me Xu someone to make a stamping machine. What nonsense! When Xu Shichang got the dismissal document sent by Zhu Shen, his face immediately changed.

"President, I can't help it, this is the meaning of the State Council, and it is also the meaning of Duan Supervision." Zhu Shen said expressionlessly.

"The State Council has the right to negotiate this document, and I also have the right to veto it, and Duan Changchang has no right to participate in it. I can't stamp this seal. Xu Shichang shook his head and said.

During the conversation, Zhang Guogan ran in with a somewhat panicked expression, "President, it's not good." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Soldiers surrounded the presidential palace!" Zhang Guogan's forehead was covered with fine sweat, and he ran all the way just now, and he was out of breath.

"What, ridiculous, nonsense." Xu Shichang was furious, and after a long time, he sat back weakly, Xu Shuzheng broke the unspoken rule that Beiyang generals should not die, even if Feng Guozhang, the founder of Beiyang, was only living in Tianjin, and did not dare to come to Beijing, because he was afraid that Xiao Xu would be poisoned. No matter how hard the literati's pen is, it can't be as hard as the gun of a martial artist.

"President, Supervisor Duan punishes Qin Yu, his mind has been decided, if the President does not seal it, the army participating in the war tomorrow will be the first to fire in the direction of the Liuli River." Zhu Shen said in a gloomy tone, the implication is that the participating army has already punished the culprit at the expense of the war, and he, the president who has no power and no substance, is still a good acquaintance.

Xu Shichang hesitated for a long time, but finally stamped the presidential seal on the text sent by Zhu Shen with a blushing face. Xiucai met soldiers, he couldn't explain it reasonably, even if he was unwilling in a thousand ways, he couldn't talk to the big soldiers outside the presidential palace, these soldiers were just acting on orders, where would they take care of him, a president who had no power and no substance. It's really red-eyed, he is no different from a poor sour talent in the eyes of these soldiers.

………

"Big brother, what's the matter?" Zhao Jie rushed to the Overseer's Mansion, just recruited two beautiful women, and planned to share it with Zhao Kui, who knew that what he encountered when he first entered the mansion was Zhao Kui's bitter gourd face, and there were not many people who could stump Zhao Kui in Henan, not to mention that the recent 40 battalions of the Hongwei Army had been completed, and the Zhao family's power had risen sharply, what else could make Zhao Kui sad?

"Immortals fight, mortals suffer." Zhao Kui told Zhao Jie about the intention of coming from heaven just now. "This Feng army and the participating army are about to fight, if you support the Feng army, if the participating army wins, Henan will have no place for me Zhao Zhou people to stand in the future, and vice versa, you have trained the Hongwei army, and now you are also a person who knows the soldiers, according to you, which one is stronger, Duan Hefei or Qin Yu?"

"Big brother, what you said is really difficult for me, Duan Hefei has trained the army to participate in the war, showing off his military might, and when he held a brigade-level scale exercise, he also invited ministers and military attaches of various countries. I've also gone to see it, the equipment is indeed a lot stronger than the Hongwei Army, and even the foreign military attachés nodded and said that the troops will naturally not be bad, and they are really going to the battlefield, to put it mildly, the Hongwei Army may not be able to beat the other party's brigade, the gap is too big. However, the Feng army is known for its ability to fight, since its debut, the bandits, Meng Enyuan's Jilin army, Xu Lanzhou, Ba Ying's and others are all defeated generals, and even 100,000 old Maozi were defeated on the Middle East Road, with tens of thousands of dead and wounded. THE FENG ARMY CAN FIGHT, THE ARMY PARTICIPATING IN THE BATTLE IS WELL-EQUIPPED, AND I HEARD THAT IT IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH A BATTALION OF 105MM AND 150MM HEAVY ARTILLERY THAT ARE VERY ADVANCED AMONG THE POWERS. Zhao Jie shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"." Zhao Wei said angrily, and said a lot, which means that he didn't say anything.

"Big brother, I think this thing is still done, intercept Wu Ziyu's troops to go north, we are blocking Cao Kun's troops, and it doesn't hinder him from doing anything in Hefei." Zhao Jie's eyes rolled and he smiled, "Now Cao Kun is not static, no one can guarantee which side Cao Kun will favor, if Wu Ziyu does not go north, Qin Yu will also have to accept our feelings, and if he goes north, he will not offend Duan Hefei to death." However, since Qin Yu was promised to intercept Wu Ziyu's army returning to the north, he also wanted to ask for some color, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, and our Hongwei army can't be thugs in vain, right? ”

"It's still your kid's head," Zhao Wei patted his head and laughed, for Wu Peifu Zhao Qi, who has been stirring up trouble in domestic public opinion recently, is not used to it, a small division commander can blame the prime minister, and now he can commit the following crimes, even if there are indeed some places in Hefei during this period of time, if he is in a high position, I am afraid it will be the second Xu Shuzheng. How could you take him, the overseer of Henan, in your eyes? Relatively speaking, if Wu Peifu goes north, just blocking him in Henan, it is nothing, a small division commander, there are several in Henan. (To be continued......)