Chapter 198 I'll tell him, stop ()!

January 29, 1913.

Today is the Lunar New Year, the streets and alleys of Tianjin have raised a strong festive atmosphere, the overwhelming snow has not slowed people's expectations for the New Year, three months ago after the southwest storm in the whole of China once again entered a beautiful period of peace.

After the drastic changes in Xinhai, people's minds have become the unanimous idea of the whole country. Compared with the south, the north has a stronger flavor of the New Year, although the days are tight, but the north is quite stable under the control of Yuan Shikai, so people are not so welcoming to the vigorous revolutionary wave in the south, and even faintly hostile.

For example, at this moment, on the dock of Tianjin, there was a sea of people, and the three countries that served as mediators in the talks, Britain, the United States, and Germany each sent a large number of marines to separate the crowd, and now they don't want Yang Qiu and Song Jiaoren to have an accident here.

The inner circle of British and American soldiers was a hundred soldiers of the guard company, and the special status of Tianjin made it impossible for them to wear guns, but they still held military spurs in their hands and formed a solid human wall with their bodies, and the inner circle of Lei Meng and other personal guards were even more careful to prevent the scene in Hankow. Dozens of Chinese and foreign reporters all focused on the two people who walked down the gangway, but Yang Qiu, who has always liked to take the opportunity to promote himself and the southwest, did not accept the interview this time, and got into the car specially used by the United States for this meeting.

"See? This pomp has overtaken the president, and those soldiers, Lao Tzu has never seen a ruffian standing so straight. ”

"Look, look, it's the Southwest King who drilled the car door, right? So young? I look like I'm in my early twenties, could it be that Wuqu Xing is really here? ”

"Fuck Wu Quxing, if you really have this old beard, why didn't you come when Gengzi Nian foreigners bullied us? In my opinion, people just have the ability, don't you see that the southwest and the two lakes are very stable? A lot of mud legs like ours have been allocated to the land, and if you don't have the strength to build a railway, open a mine, and give ten pieces of silver a month. ”

"I said you're on the other side! Are these Southern Barbarians reliable? It's not a miasma of smoke in the south, doesn't it have to come to our side? At the beginning, there were hundreds of thousands of bullshit revolutionary troops in Nanjing, according to what you said, the wife should have been peaceful, but when it came to his own people, he robbed his own people ()! There was a mess, and a fire almost burned half of the city of Nanjing, and in the end, President Yuan allocated money to disband the army. You say that the southwest is good, but they will make a small fuss? Tens of thousands of people have been slaughtered by your southwest king, and there are not a few who have been expelled from them! Do you still think this kind of person is good? Phew! According to me, President Yuan should be the president in this world, at least we can live a peaceful life for a few days. ”

In the crowd, everything you said and I said was collected by Ma Kui, although many things were spread badly, but on the whole, it could be seen that there were more people in the north who supported Yuan Shikai, frowning and just about to change places, Chang Si, who came with him, suddenly quietly pulled him and snorted at a few people wearing sheepskin jackets.

"Look at the dress is the beard outside the gate."

"Don't care who it is, send someone to bite it and find out." The stakes are so high that Ma Kui didn't dare to slack off, Chang Si's fingers behind his back moved slightly, and a few coolies dressed as gangsters squeezed over.

Yang Qiu's northward movement is so important, the entire national defense force has been mobilized, although the Yangtze River Gang has been disbanded, but the old foundation of the Southern Gang is still there, and this time Miao Luo sent a special telegram to the court for Yang Qiu's safety and asked for a Hongmen order, so almost all the forces that can be mobilized in the entire north have come here. After seeing these suspicious people being targeted, Ma Kui shook his old cotton robe, clasped his sleeves with his hands on his sleeves, and disappeared from the crowd watching the excitement.

Next to the car, Zhang Xiaozhun didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he got in the car, except for Zhang Taiyan and Gu Weijun, who came to the meeting first, he was the only senior officer who accompanied him. Seeing him sitting next to him and his eyes drifting from time to time, Yang Qiu patted and smiled: "Don't be nervous, if you want to do it, it should be after the talks, the president still has the last glimmer of hope for us, otherwise he wouldn't have come to me at all." ”

Zhang Xiaozhun rolled his eyes, he was not as unscrupulous as Jiang Fangzhen, but this time he couldn't help it: "Commander, do you know that you want to deal with you?" Don't you think we're too boring? ”

Yang Qiu has a habit of always taking new generals and officials with him for a while, Zhang Xiaozhun has been here for almost two months, and he is the chief of staff of the guard division who has seen him a lot, so when he heard him rarely joked, he also smiled happily: "I want to go home for the New Year, can I not come?" It's the president who is invited, but don't forget that the person is the central government fu()! It is a right to transfer local officials to Beijing, and if I don't come, I will be weak-hearted and divided, and everyone in the world will poke my backbone. ”

Zhang Xiaozhun obviously won't be fooled by him, his heart is on you, and he can't think of a thousand reasons. Besides, how has the southwest ever obeyed the orders of the central government since it has grown? In turn, I was blackmailed by you several times. Jiang Fangzhen's words were probably directly spoken, he didn't dare to say this, but the words held back in his heart were really uncomfortable, and finally he had to ask euphemistically: "Commander, do you really think Yuan Shikai will compromise?" ”

"Yes!"

Yang Qiu narrowed his eyes slightly: "This is his last chance to delay, even if he sends someone to kill me today, he won't be able to move troops until two or three months of preparation, so no matter what we propose, as long as we don't touch his bottom line, we will agree." ”

Zhang Xiaozhun nodded, everyone knows that the one in front of him is the best at taking advantage of opportunities, a down-and-out Tang Jiyao has been used to the extreme, not to mention that Yuan Shikai is not ready at the moment, and he wants to delay, but there is one thing he can't figure out, according to his age, he still has enough opportunities to grow slowly, as long as he can do a good job in the southwest for three or five years, Beiyang, which lacks heavy industry, must not be an opponent, not to mention that there are rumors that Yuan Shikai has a physical problem, maybe Beiyang himself will be messed up, why does he want to take risks?

The more he thought about this, the more Zhang Xiaozhun felt as if he was stuffed with dozens of cats and kept scratching, and finally couldn't help asking: "Commander, Xiaozhun wants to ask what you are doing this time?" ”

"Runnong wears a military uniform, don't learn from politicians to go around in circles, although Yang is young and has great power, but it is not yet time to listen to words." The corners of Yang Qiu's mouth hooked slightly, and he looked at him and said in his heart This guy still asked, but he can hold it for so long and is obviously much quieter than Jiang Baili's guy. The two clear eyes also made Zhang Xiaozhun slightly ashamed, it turned out that people already knew their thoughts.

Yang Qiu's gaze was projected out of the car window through Zhang Xiaozhun, and the different bungalows seemed to make people feel like they were in a European town, although he didn't mind the appearance of Western culture and architecture on the land, he could still feel a deep sense of powerlessness in his body. He knows better than anyone that because he appeared and replaced the forces of Li Yuanhong and Tan Yanmin in the past, the Beiyang in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River was weakened very much, and there was no way to guarantee defeat him militarily, and the south could not reach the pocket finances facing bankruptcy, and there was a situation of dissatisfaction with the distribution of power internally, so Yuan Shikai was already in urgent need of external support ().

Although Zhu Erdian is maneuvering left and right, because the United States and Germany have caused a rift in the four-nation consortium, and the principle of unanimity with China exists in name only, the possibility of success in the aftermath of large-scale borrowing in the parallel world is very small.

Judging from the news sent back by Chen Haohui, Japan was already extremely dissatisfied with Sun Wen's delay in signing the agreement, so the ambitious Japanese would certainly take advantage of this opportunity to expand their interests in the north. Once Japan takes the Qingdao and Jiaoji railways next year, its influence will spread throughout Shandong, and the Manchurian and Mongolian spheres of influence will definitely double! European tensions have forced Britain and France to gradually shrink, which can be felt from the fact that Britain has continued to see itself growing without making a move, and a few years ago the Leizhou Peninsula alone was enough to trigger the Far East Fleet to launch an attack on Guangxi. The south is fundamentally pro-Japanese, and it is too far and too far away in the southwest, and if you don't act now, you can only watch the country fall into ruin.

And then what? After the end of the European war, when Britain and France returned to the Far East, were they willing to help themselves force Japan to withdraw? Absolutely not! The end of the European war will make the great powers even more crazy because of the huge losses! I wish to completely muddy the waters, and the huge surplus weapons of the European war will pour into the hands of domestic warlords at low or even unimaginable prices, and then it will be several times or even dozens of times more difficult for me to come back again, and I will also face the obstruction of the entire white world!

Facing Zhang Xiaozhun's eager gaze, Yang Qiu sighed in his heart: "Runnon learned to conduct in Japan and Germany, right?" Zhang Xiaozhun didn't understand why he suddenly asked this, but he still nodded.

"In that case, then I'll take the leap farmer's test." Yang Qiu looked out the window with a deep gaze: "Suppose that one day Japan will provide a loan of 100 million yuan and equipment for five army divisions in exchange for the Lushun, Dalian, South Manchuria and Anbong railways for a period of 99 years, double the economic zone of the South Manchurian Railway and build two new railways, and at the same time cede the island, and allow Japan to freely enter Manchurian and Mongolian mines, build houses and factories for industrial applications or cultivate farms, and obtain land ownership!" The Presidential Office, the War Department, the Admiralty, the Police, and other departments were all required to station Japanese advisers, and the Japanese garrison in North China was doubled, and the combined fleet entered Jinzhou, and finally the Qingdao and Jiaoji railways were obtained. ”

Every time Yang Qiu said a word, Zhang Xiaozhun's body trembled slightly, and when he heard that the Qingdao and Jiaoji railways were gone, he hurriedly interrupted: "Commander, how is this possible?" ()！ ”

"yes, no one thinks it's possible."

The long sigh made Zhang Xiaozhun more and more puzzled, if he was just assuming, then how much helplessness did he need to contain in order for such a young man who should have been complacent to make such a sigh?

"Baili should have told you that Japan has been in contact with us, in fact, what I just said is that Japan offered to exchange for loans and weapons, this kind of agreement is not only ours, but also the Kuomintang and Yuan Shikai have received it! Not long after you came back from Europe just now, the situation there should be very clear, once Britain, France and Germany go to war, Japan will definitely follow Britain and take the fortress of Qingdao. The Germans only had a few thousand troops stationed here, and it was impossible to stop it, and at that time, the leap farmers helped me calculate how many troops I needed to invest and how much time would it take to recover my homeland? Of course. Yang Qiu paused slightly: "We can also do nothing and continue the experience of the loss of the country after the Russo-Japanese War!" ”

Zhang Xiaozhun was dumbfounded by the question, if this assumption is true, then after getting a huge loan, Beiyang's strength will be strengthened, although there is heavy industry in the southwest, but neither the scale nor the ability can be compared with the current Japan, so once this agreement is reached, Beiyang can last at least two to three years! If the second hypothesis of the outbreak of the European war is also true, then the territory north of Shandong will be shrouded by Japan, and the resources of Qingdao and Manchuria-Mongolia will be stronger in Japan, and with a strong navy, it can easily cut off the Bohai Strait and Jinzhou, and it will support Beiyang to fight and reap the benefits! At that time, the Wehrmacht, which was located in the southwest, could only watch the land slowly fall.

"I'm coming! It is to tell the whole country that I, Yang Qiu, have done my best to be benevolent and righteous! Tell Europe, America and Japan that I am not afraid of him, both bright and dark! We in the southwest have the strength and ability to unify the whole of China! Whoever wants to bypass us alone to borrow money should be prepared to lose all his money! ”

Yang Qiu's eyes froze suddenly, and his tone was flying and agitated: "I'll tell him!" Stop, I promise him to continue to be the president! If he doesn't listen to the entire southwest and pay the sacrifice of a generation, he will not let the country continue to fall in the hands of our generation! ”……

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