"Xiao Si, this is today's newspaper," Xu Wenfu, who teaches at Huishan Normal College, returned home and handed over a few newspapers he had bought that day to his daughter, who was already pot-bellied.

"Oh, school ends so early today. Is there any news of the war? ”

"The march is fast, the momentum is like a bamboo, Cullen has been surrounded, and it is ready to go down." Xu Wenfu sat down at his daughter's desk, "It's really a great joy to lift the hearts of the people, and the students are marching to celebrate." I didn't attend, so I came back early. ”

"Ah, show me."

Xu Wenfu thought of the joy and excitement of the teachers and students of the school when they heard the news of the dispatch of troops to Mongolia to quell the rebellion. With the news disclosed in the newspaper, it turned out to be as smooth as this! In just seven days, the rebels' lair, Cullen, has been surrounded! This sparked unprecedented patriotic fervor among students and citizens, who may not have understood the significance of Outer Mongolia or even where Kulen was, but the Wehrmacht's feat of stopping the division of Gong Jinou won the hearts and minds of the people.

"Either way, it's a great event to be written in the history books. The Manchus did not dare to do this no matter what. "Zhonghua Daily" also published a poem written by him, which is quite Tang Dynasty poetry, perhaps someone caught the knife on his behalf......"

Xu Sizheng looked at the poem on the front page of the just-published "China Daily":

The desert is thousands of miles and the white clouds are low, and the high-spirited army songs scatter the horses' hooves.

The maritime affairs have only heard that Qiongbei has been received, and the heavenly soldiers have reported to Liaoxi.

The spring breeze blows the grass, and the sunset deserted city shines on the banner.

Su Wu was the most depressed in his life, and he was old and listened to Zheng Xi in his life.

"I don't see it that way. Since he can make "Linjiang Immortal" that describes the charm of a dream in the Red Mansion, this poem is actually nothing ......," Xu Wenfu said. "The spring breeze and sunset couplet are particularly exquisite, and they have won the charm of Tang people's poetry. Hugh Yan immediately won the world, and since ancient times, heroes have interpreted poetry. ”

Xu Si didn't speak, slowly put down the newspaper, looked at the window, she knew that her father was very excited to appreciate the last two sentences of the song "Linjiang Immortal": Convey the heart and feel first, and say that the dream is ancient and modern. Unexpectedly, now he has a lot of opportunities and leisure to write poetry...... I felt like I heard a passionate military song...... Towards the vast wilderness, towards the high hills...... It was that unforgettable military parade that aroused her strong interest in that person.

Xu Wenfu continued. "Listen to the old man at the end! It was Li Ling, who had no choice but to surrender to the enemy. Rejoice under the nine springs. To take back Outer Mongolia is to regain the hearts of the people. You didn't see the fanaticism of the students, Ning Shijun rode alone to break through the pass, and the victory on the northern line was behind, the founding of the country. Sure enough, it's different......"

The Ning Shijun crossing the pass on his own that Xu Wenfu mentioned was a sea confrontation that had just happened. After the Chinese New Year. Navy Commander Official Shi Jun took Zai Ze to visit the United States. Welcomed by the US government and the public, President Taft personally received Ning Shijun, and the two sides picked up the naval cooperation that had been interrupted due to the fall of the Manchu Dynasty. Negotiations and secret treaties were signed on special loans, the purchase of ships, the training of personnel, etc. After the Russo-Japanese War, the growing Japanese Navy saw itself as an imaginary enemy in the Pacific with the U.S. Navy, which had a serious conflict of interest. It has been confirmed that the Japanese Navy is preparing to start construction of as many as six battleships (the intelligence work of the Americans is not bad, from 1910 to 1917, Japan built nine battleships, namely Yamashiro, Ise, Hyuga, Nagato, Fuso, Kongo, Hiei, Haruna, and Kirishima, of which the last three battlecruisers were later made with additional construction budgets) The Americans were naturally willing to support the extremely weak New China Navy in order to achieve the goal of containing the opponent. When Ning Shijun briefed the US government on the preparations for the founding of the People's Republic of China and its foreign policy, he received the support of the US government and Congress, and the industrial and commercial cooperation that had been carried out was a huge lubricant for the relationship between the two countries, and the United States urgently needed China to further open up its market to solve the crisis of the growing surplus of products. As for naval cooperation, the Americans are even more welcome, and the Chinese Navy is still a doll that has just learned how to walk, and it does not pose a threat to US interests at all. Buying a warship? Okay, no problem at all, buy in the form of a loan? Absolutely.

In order to show their sincerity, the Americans even said that they could sell an active cruiser of the US Navy to China at a low price, which was also the first warship purchased by New China for the Navy, with a displacement of 4,450 tons and carrying all weapons systems, at a price of $650,000 (to be deducted from the first phase of the special naval loan agreed). The ship was operated by US Navy officers and sailors to return to China. However, in the ocean west of Taiwan, it was unreasonably intercepted by the Japanese navy, and Fang Shijun ordered to rush into battle, resolutely breaking through the Japanese ship's blockade and returning to Guangzhou. This was a month ago, and it also caused a huge response from the people. Soon, the Wehrmacht's campaign to recover Outer Mongolia officially began.

"This qiē has nothing to do with us." Xu Si dropped the newspaper.

Mrs. Xu, who had just entered the room, heard her daughter's words, and stopped talking, and finally let out a long sigh.

"Sir, there is a guest ......," called Gu's mother, a maid who had been hired for only a month, outside the door.

"Guest?" Xu Wenfu was surprised, and then got up and went out.

There was a young man in civilian clothes standing at the gate of the courtyard, and when he saw Xu Wenfu, he let out a sigh, "Mr. Xu asked me to find it." ”

"My surname is Tao, you have found the wrong person." Xu Wenfu seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember who this person was.

"I met my husband many times when I was in Jinan. My surname is Jiang, and I am a subordinate of Mr. Long, and I came to pick up my wife into Beijing on the order of Mr. Long. ”

The person who came was Jiang Yun.

"What did you say?" Xu Wenfu was taken aback.

"Mr. Xu, my name is Jiang Yun, and I take care of the intelligence work for Mr. Long. Finally found Mr.'s family, is Mrs. okay? ”

Xu Wenfu remembered that when Long Qian went to Shandong University, he took this person with him.

"Did he call you? Why didn't he come in person? Xu Si stood at the door.

Jiang Yun was taken aback when he saw Xu Si, who was pregnant with Liujia, and then changed into an extremely respectful demeanor, "My subordinates have seen Madame." The founding of the People's Republic of China is imminent, and the handsome man has all the opportunities, and he really can't leave. So he sent his subordinates to come and pick up his wife into Beijing. As he spoke, he took out the letter hidden in his arms, "This is a letter from the marshal to his wife." ”

Xu Si didn't answer the letter, "I don't read it." You're so good that you've found this place. ”

"Madame, what's the matter? If the marshal knew about his wife's current situation, he didn't know how happy he would be......"

The Xu family left Shandong and did not know what to do. Long Qian was very anxious, Jiang Yun judged that the Xu family must have returned to Suzhou, but he couldn't find it, and it took a lot of twists and turns, and finally there was accurate news, after reporting to Long Qian, Jiang Yun went to Wuxi in person to pick up Xu Si into Beijing. To Jiang Yun's surprise, Xu Si actually had Long Qian's child.

"What is he happy about? He sent you to pick me up, in what capacity did I enter Beijing? Has he already divorced his original partner? ”

"Madame......"

"That's it. He won't take a break from his original partner because of me. But I will not give him a concubine. Broke up from Wuchang. I knew it was the result. I don't have anything to do with him anymore, and the child isn't his, so go back. ”

"Madam, the handsome man is too busy to leave. Otherwise, you must come and pick it up in person. Deign to come with me. It's Mr. Xu. Tsinghua University has been expanded into National Tsinghua University, and the Grand Shuai has instructed the Ministry of Education. I would like to hire Mr. Cheng as President of Tsinghua University. This time, we will go to Beijing together, and with Mr. Xu's great talent, we will be able to make greater achievements than Shandong University......"

Without waiting for Xu Wenfu to answer, Xu Si said coldly, "If my father is in love with power, why should he be incognito here?" Not to mention a university president, even if you give up the Minister of Education, my father will not go. It's a good time, please don't disturb my family's life anymore. ”

Jiang Yun didn't expect Xu Si to have such an attitude. Rao is that he has always been calm and calm, but now he is also a little messy. As Long Qian's absolute confidant, he knew that it was difficult for Long Qian to persuade Chen Shu to accept Xu Si, but he didn't expect Xu Si's asking price to be so high. Divorce Chen Shu? Are you kidding! Although Chen Shu is talented and difficult to match the second daughter in front of her, she gave birth to two sons for Long Qian, as well as Chen Chao's backer, and more importantly, Chen Shu is the recognized mother of the Mengshan Army General, and her name has been determined early, how can Long Qian do this unplanned thing at this critical time? What's more, Jiang Yun knows Long Qian's temperament very well, and he is by no means the kind of villain who abandons the chaff like a sloppy shoe. This time Xu Si was accepted into Beijing, in fact, it was a confirmation of the facts before the promulgation of the "Marriage Law" of the new dynasty, so as not to give authority to the people.

"Madam, you can understand the difficulties of the handsome, the handsome man has no time to ...... for a long time."

The mist filled Xu Si's eyes, "I heard that the center has formulated the "Marriage Law" and will implement monogamy, I went, didn't it ruin the overall situation from the root?" Don't be embarrassed, go back and tell him, it will be a dream, and now that the dream wakes up, let him forget me, and I will forget him. I hope he will remember what he said to me and bring peace to all generations...... If he still remembers his original affection, please stop disturbing my life! I have already thought about it, it is very good to be a commoner in the peaceful and prosperous world, and I will do it as a commoner, but the peaceful and prosperous world wants him to give it. That's my last request for him. I want to make a decision early, it's useless to talk too much, so you can go back. ”

Jiang Yun was silent for a long time, bowed deeply to Xu Si, and left the courtyard without saying a word.

"Xiao Si......" Mrs. Xu hurriedly shouted when she saw her daughter turn around and go back to the house.

"Needless to say, Xiao Si is right to do this." Xu Wenfu stopped his wife, "She's right, don't say that we still have a small amount of family resources, even my teaching salary is enough to support the whole family." Xu Wenfu looked at this exquisite courtyard with two entrances, "What's wrong with being a civilian?" ”

"People are not ruthless, why bother thinking about this? Moreover, a child can't live without a father, right? Mrs. Xu had put that resentment away, and she was quite unimpressed by the choice of her daughter and husband.

"Later, I'll talk about it later. Xiao Si is very strong in her bones, don't force her. ”

Mrs. Xu walked lightly to the window and heard her daughter singing the song she often sang, "Prosperity is like a dream, and the world is clear to the heart." Why not fireworks in March down to the south of the Yangtze River. Listen to the rain hitting the plantains, and the fishing boats singing the evening ......"

Xu Wenfu beckoned to his wife, and the couple left the West Chamber where their daughter lived, "No matter what he does to Xiao Si, he is a great man!" You can see that he has taken over the country's power externally, promoted good governance internally, opened the National Assembly, revitalized education, ran industry, and suppressed the arrogant and strong. Xiao Sihui's eyes are like torches, but it's a pity that ......" Xu Wenfu stomped his foot, "fate is over, and it can't be forced." ”

Last year, after Xu Si suddenly repented of Jinan, Xu Wenfu and his wife were no longer angry with their daughter's elopement, and after listening to their daughter's plan, they thought about it for a few days, resigned as the president of Shandong University, and returned to Suzhou with the whole family. The Mengshan army has been established, and since it has decided to break away from that person, it is inconvenient to stay in Suzhou. So Xu Wenfu sold his ancestral home, came to settle in neighboring Wuxi, bought this exquisite small courtyard, and just prepared to build Huishan Normal School, Xu Wenfu assumed the name Tao Gu, because he said that he lost his diploma. Although he was proficient in several foreign languages, he could only work as a lecturer. Xu Wenfu wanted to say goodbye to his old life, so he naturally didn't care about treatment. What's more, he still has some funds in his hands to sell his ancestral property, and his life is safe for the time being. It's just that I never thought that my daughter was pregnant! For a time, it was very difficult for the Xu family.

Xu Si was still firm, "This is a gift from him." No matter how good it is, no. After following him once, there was finally a result. Am I going to marry again? The heroes of the world are just his foils. I'm not going to give in in my life......"

"What do you say when the child asks about his father in the future?"

"His father is dead. He or she is one of the countless soldiers of the Mengshan Army who died in the battle for the founding of the country, and he (she) will not be disgraced...... Let him grow up peacefully and be an ordinary person without illness and disaster. How nice! ”

"How unyielding? He is now emperor. But you will suffer incognito here......"

"Suffering? I don't think so. Mom, I followed him for three years, and I saw with my own eyes the difficulty of starting a business. Wind Knife Frost Sword. There is no room for ...... between life and death The hardships behind the scenery of the big guys. You won't understand. His heart is too big. pretending to be the whole world, I will not have status as a little woman. I know his temperament very well, and he will never give up his original match...... I was confused. Being fascinated by him was self-inflicted, no wonder he ...... You see, he will not be an emperor, the great man in his mind is not Emperor Qin and Han Wu, but Washington on the other side of the ocean. Perhaps our troubled country will have a new atmosphere in his hands. ”

Mrs. Xu thought that her daughter hated that person deeply, so she lived in seclusion here. People came to the door and sincerely took their daughter into Beijing. With that person's identity, what is a wife and a concubine? The daughter refused to be a concubine, she thought it was just a tantrum, who knew that she had already thought it through, and she had no resentment at all, and even ignored the soon-to-be-born child, preferring to live incognito all her life...... When you think of your child, do you really have to hide it from him or her? Let the child think that his father has already died in battle? If the child learns that his biological father is the founder of the new dynasty, how can he explain it?

Mrs. Xu was even more heartbroken for her daughter. She is a person who has come from the past and understands the pain of lovesickness. At that time, my husband had a very uncomfortable taste of staying overseas. But what the daughter will endure is an indefinite torment. Will that person send someone or pick up the daughter in person? She didn't think so. Everyone has face, and now that they are emperors, how can they lack women? Ruthless is the most emperor's family. As for the difference between the republic and the monarchy, which the two of them often discussed, she didn't understand. But he knew that it was the same whether he was called an emperor or a president. Family and country are all decided by one person, if each speaks its own reason, wouldn't it be chaotic? Mrs. Xu regretted letting her daughter study again, if the sage's words were not followed, she would be unlucky, and a woman who was not talented was virtuous. In the end, Mrs. Xu actually admired her daughter, the first is that her eyes are like a torch, and she has fallen in love with the future emperor at a glance, and the second is that she dares to refute the emperor's face, what is it? Fame and wealth are like floating clouds to me, but is this worth it?

"I support Xiao Si's decision. She's not a child anymore. Xu Wenfu naturally didn't know that his wife had countless thoughts in his mind in an instant, "This matter is urgent, it's not bad to let it go first." Xiao Si said that the new atmosphere is really extraordinary. ”

Xu Si said that Xu Wenfu saw the new atmosphere. The Wehrmacht sent troops from two directions, and the southern front was dispatched from Ulanqab, and the elite cavalry advanced and smashed directly into Kulun. In response to the strategy on the eastern front, Lushantun was heavily armed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, to strictly guard against possible military intervention by Russia, and sent another brigade of cavalry to the west, which had already crossed the Bayan-Ula Mountain, and was about to join the troops of the southern front in Kulen...... Since Zuo Wenxiang sent troops to Xinjiang, he has never seen the country so strong. Those who were deeply worried about the reaction of Tsarist Russia were dumbfounded, because the Russians had not yet made any move, but the suppression of the rebellion was a sure thing.

If the war in northern Xinjiang is too far away from the people in Jiangnan, there have been too many changes around us. Jiangsu is one of the first pilot provinces to implement five-year compulsory education, and teachers have suddenly become sweets, and normal schools that train teachers have received even more attention. The Huishan Normal College, which was established at the end of last year, has received sufficient funds, and the treatment of teachers is even more enviable. Xu Wenfu, as a lecturer, has a salary of 120 new Chinese dollars. The Xinhua dollar and the silver ocean were exchanged for huàn at a one-to-one exchange rate, and the silver ocean was still in circulation, but the salaries of all public servants, including the teachers who ate the financial meals, were no longer silver but new banknotes. According to today's purchasing power, Xu Wenfu's salary is enough to support a family.

The new government recently recruited people to go to the border, and each family was given 40 acres of wasteland, and a settling-in fee of 10 Chinese yuan was paid. What is even more attractive is that the government does not collect agricultural taxes for ten years, and all the income belongs to itself. Because there are many people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other provinces, so the early recruitment in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places, although the distant cold of Heilongjiang scared off most of the land-deficient farmers, but there are still people who signed up, it is said that the first batch is about to set off, from Haizhou to the northeast by boat.

Wuxi has been established as a city. The acting mayor was an officer who had come down from the army, had lost an arm, and was always dangling an empty sleeve. The biggest difference from the government in the past is that this gentleman is resolute and resolute, and he does not like to stay in the yamen and sit in the hall, but runs around with empty sleeves. At the beginning of his tenure, there were frequent movements, first dividing the area, restricting residents to sweep the streets near their homes and remove garbage, and offenders were severely punished. An old official retained by the city government ignored the decree of the new mayor and was fired, losing his job. Then the construction of public toilets, and then the theft of weapons from the garrison swept away the beggar gang that had been "entrenched" in the city for many years, the leader was shot, and the gang members were sent to the north to reclaim the wasteland, and the city was destroyed. After the promulgation of the provisional bill on land management tried by the Economic Bureau of the Military Commission, Jiangsu was also the first batch of pilot provinces, and Wuxi was the first batch of four cities in the province. This mayor surnamed Chu has some of the two hundred and five energy that northerners say, but many citizens like him and like him not to look like the mayor.

On the day that the Wehrmacht announced the reconquest of Kulen, the newspapers published an important news that the first National Assembly would be held in Beijing on April 16! The long-awaited founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China finally kicked off with the sound of good news from the Wehrmacht. (To be continued......)