After the conquest of Guangzhou, the whole province of Guangdong also fell into the sphere of influence of the revolutionaries. But for various reasons, the Xu Shichang government in Beijing still nominally represented China, and the situation of the revolutionaries in Guangdong during this period was extremely difficult.

During the Civil War and the warlord war, the diplomatic corps of the great powers in China reached an agreement with the governments of the north and south of China, and 13 percent of the remaining tariffs were handed over to the military government in Guangzhou. However, after the revolutionaries conquered Guangzhou, the great powers went so far as to say that the military government in Guangzhou could only represent Guangdong, not the southwest, so they stopped allocating the money.

In response to this incident, the foreign minister of the junta, Wu Dinh Fang, repeatedly protested to the consular corps of various countries, and when the protests were ineffective, Minister Wu even threatened the foreign powers that if they did not allocate funds, the military government would send troops to take back the autonomy of the customs.

Unexpectedly, Britain, the United States, and other powers actually dispatched a large number of warships and threatened to bombard the city of Guangzhou as a threat of force.

The great powers deceived people too much, but for a while there was nothing they could do, and the new government was only temporarily settled, and it was not capable of continuing to fight against the foreign powers. The only way to continue the negotiation is to go ahead.

In the afternoon, Mr. Sun, who had been busy for a long time, called Huang Ke, who was now the commander of the newly formed First Army of the Revolutionary Army, and soon after Sun and others arrived in Guangzhou, Huang Ke and the more than 4,000 people he had recently recruited were reorganized into the newly formed First Army of the Revolutionary Army.

After Huang Ke arrived, after Mr. Sun invited him to take a seat, he asked him about some recent military training: "How are the preparations of the New Army?" Is there enough military spending now? ”

When asked these questions, Huang Ke's face showed a little embarrassment: "I don't dare to slack off in the slightest in military training, and I use the first training method of foreign military, there is no doubt about this. It's just that the funding is a bit overwhelming. ”

After listening to Huang Ke's words, the expression on Mr. Sun's face became more solemn: "Just say, you have trained as a revolutionary army, and you don't have to worry about money." ”

Huang Ke squeezed out a smile: "Before, the revolutionary army only had more than 1,000 people, and we could barely maintain it by relying on the capital supply of Guangdong and overseas Chinese businessmen. But now that the revolutionary army has been reorganized, on the one hand, the people of the merchant group are not willing to pay so much money. In addition, the number of people has increased by four at once. Not to mention guns and ammunition, just eating and dressing requires a large amount of money. The last appropriation is now running out in less than a month. ”

"In this case, you go back to Mr. Zhong Kai and ask him to think about raising money. To carry out the revolutionary cause, the army is absolutely indispensable. ”

After Mr. Sun finished speaking, Huang Ke nodded and said, "Sir, I have a suggestion that I don't know if to say or not?" ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!" Since there was a gap with Chen Jiongming, Mr. Sun has valued Huang Ke more, this person not only has the talent of a general, but most importantly, he has a heart that is loyal to the revolution and wants to enrich and strengthen the motherland.

"We often have problems with funding right now, and the main reason for this is that our government is overspending too little and too little. Therefore, we must expand our income, and to increase our income, we must set up a government that is recognized by outsiders, so that we can not only increase our income, but also be able to propagate our revolutionary ideas to the outside world, and make institutional preparations for the Northern Expedition in the future. ”

Huang Ke finished his opinion in one breath, and Mr. Sun was quite satisfied after listening to it. Unexpectedly, this coincided with his thoughts, and now Xu Shichang's Beijing government as the president represents China, which makes the revolutionary party in Guangzhou suffer a lot of passivity.

"Huang Ke, what you said is very good, and I have this intention. Only when a formal government is established can it be justified. After Mr. Sun said that, he looked at Huang Ke and said, "Huang Ke, you said that you went abroad since you were a child, did you not have a word when you named it?" ”

Huang Ke was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that during the Republic of China, people with identity and status would also take a word when choosing a name.

"I've been abroad since I was a child, and my parents didn't have any ideas, so I didn't pick up words." Huang Ke prevaricated.

Mr. Sun thought for a while and said, "The ancients said that the young name should be crowned, and I think you should take one." ”

Huang Ke nodded: "Sir, why don't you please give me a word?" ”

Sun stood up and meditated for a while and said: "You have the ambition to serve the country at a young age, and you should take the revitalization of China as your own responsibility, I think you will be called 'Xinghua'." ”

"Xinghua" Huang Ke chewed repeatedly in his mouth, this name would be ridiculed if it was placed in his own era, but in this era of turmoil and chaos, this name still gives more meaning.

"Thank you, Mr. Sun" After Huang Ke greeted him for a while, he discussed with Mr. Sun about the establishment of a new government, and after discussion, Mr. Sun said politely: "Xinghua, there is one more thing I want to get rid of you to do." ”

"Mr. just said" Although I don't know what the specific matter is, Huang Ke can still see the trickiness of this matter.

Sun said meaningfully: "You know, the balance of the three layers of tariffs promised by the great powers in advance has suddenly changed; Wu Tingfang also protested many times, and even tore his face with some consulate people...... The great powers are aggressive, and I would like to take back the customs and other powers now, but at the moment we are limited. So I want you to go to the consuls of various countries again. ”

Huang Ke understood that this matter was indeed very tricky, and the unequal contracts signed by the imperialist powers with the Qing government were now being used to blackmail the Chinese, in fact, they were deliberately making excuses for not paying these three layers of tariffs. It is not enough to rely on those merchant groups, and the tariffs must be withdrawn in the future.

Gritting his teeth secretly, Huang Ke said firmly: "Sir, please rest assured, Xinghua will do his best!" ”

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Soon after, the Canton Revolutionary Government was formally established. When deciding on the name, Huang Ke participated in it, he believed that a democratic republic should be established in the future, and now it is a revolution, and only a revolutionary government should be established.

At the inauguration ceremony, Sun served as a very big president, and the reason why it was very big is because it was not legally elected, so it was called a very big president.

At the inauguration ceremony, President Sun changed into the "national costume" designed by Huang Ke, and when everyone appeared wearing this kind of stand-up collar clothes, it was indeed very fresh.

"In the future, this is the standard male clothing for our government and Chinese formal occasions, and this clothing is called 'national clothing'" At the beginning of his speech, President Sun explained the clothes on his body. Huang Ke, who was standing on the side, was naturally a little embarrassed after hearing this, this was plagiarism.

After a brief speech, the president issued a declaration of the new government, in which "the Northern Expedition to unify China" and "the Beiyang government formed by Xu Shichang and others are illegal" became the focus of attention.

The declaration was loud and sound, and won the approval of many patriots, but it made Chen Jiongming, who wanted to be in a corner of peace, feel a little unhappy.

At the meeting, Chen Jiongming was the only person who still wore an old-fashioned military uniform, and he was annoyed that he was not appointed secretary of the army this time.

Originally, Chen Jiongming controlled a large number of armies and served as the governor of Guangdong Province, so he should be the most powerful person in the newly formed government, but because he was not enthusiastic about the Northern Expedition, he repeatedly shirked the march to Guangxi, and he could not transfer troops. In desperation, the new government appointed Huang Ke, who supported the revolution and the Northern Expedition, as Minister of War.

Politically, Chen advocated the autonomy of the provinces, and ideologically regarded the Cantonese army as his personal armament, and regarded Guangdong as his private property. The overwhelming majority of the people in the new government believed that the Guangdong army should be a revolutionary army, that Guangdong should be the base of the revolution, that the revolutionary cause should not be left in a corner of peace, and that all human, financial, and material resources should be concentrated to engage in the Northern Expedition.

But Chen Jiongming opposed the Northern Expedition, and in this way, the up-and-coming Huang Ke became the new Minister of the Army, after all, he held a tiger and wolf army of more than 5,000 people in his hands.

A man who had just reached the age of thirty became the Minister of the Army, comparable to Zhou Lang back then.

However, Huang Ke didn't care about all this, and a few days after the establishment of the new government, people came to Huang Kexiguan's house to say goodbye. Fourteen boys smiled, and the congratulatory letters at home were about to pile up.

Huang Ke scolded angrily after seeing it: "It's all taken out and burned, a bunch of villains who smuggle their beards and shoot horses." ”

As soon as Zhao Xiaowan saw this situation, she knew that Huang Ke must have fallen out with Chen again outside. She was relieved that Fu Wangshan and Zhao Tinghui both sent generous gifts, and Huang Feihong and others also sent congratulatory letters.

As soon as he heard this, Huang Ke immediately sat up.

For these friends in distress, Huang Ke naturally did not dare to slack off, he picked up the pen and ink and replied to the letter one by one. Huang Ke ignored the others, the new first army of the revolutionary army already has a scale of 5,000 people, and now it will continue to expand the army, and the lack of grassroots officers made Huang Ke have the idea of wanting to establish a new military school.

But now that all this costs money, after thinking about it, the only way to find a foreign devil is to find it.