It was a bit awkward to hold a meeting of the provisional government in the Hankow concession, and Wuhan was now at war—————— although the Hu military government had signed an armistice with Yuan Shikai.

Moreover, now that the revolutionary party also had the city of Nanking in its hands, it did not think much about it, and the provincial delegates in Hankow had already agreed to move the venue of the meeting to Nanjing.

However, before that, the provincial deputies had also made a resolution, that is, they decided to first formulate the organizational outline of the provisional government, elected Lei Fen, Ma Junwu, and Wang Zhengting as the drafters of the organizational outline, and made the decision that 'if Yuan Shikai is anyway, he should be elected as the provisional president', and this outline was adopted the next day.

The outline of the organization of the provisional government, which is divided into three chapters and consists of 21 articles, was announced on the same day with the signatures of all the provincial deputies. At the same time, it was decided that Nanjing would be the seat of the provisional government and that the provisional government would be a presidential republican government. Delegates from all provinces will gather in Nanjing within seven days, and if representatives from more than 10 provinces arrive, an extraordinary presidential election meeting will be held.

At the Hankou wharf, after the decision had already been made, the representatives of the provinces in turn boarded a passenger ship belonging to the Wuhu Group.

On the deck, a representative surnamed Zhao from Guizhou walked over and said to Zong Wudao with a smile. "I'm really bothering you this time..."

When the representatives of several other provinces heard this, they also came up and agreed.

The location of the provincial meetings this time, and the ships they took to Nanjing, were almost all sponsored by the Yushi group, and even their residence in Hankou was provided by the Anhui military government, so they naturally did not mind saying something good to Zongwu.

"Where...," Zong Wu smiled. Can do something for the revolution. This is the honor of our Anhui military government. ”

Just as Zongwu and the provincial representatives were greeting each other, a whistle came from the passenger ship, and then the passenger ship slowly sailed away from the dock. Then drive in the direction of Nanjing.

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The surface of the Yangtze River is sparkling, several small boats drift past the passenger ship, you can clearly see a few fishermen wearing people, but you can see that these fishermen do not plan to fish—————— it is not surprising, after all, it is now December, and there can be a few people who will still fish in this season.

The fishing boats were full of people.

"Probably a manned river crosser," he sat by the window inside the passenger ship. Zong Wu thought secretly in his heart.

In the non-fishing season, making money by crossing the river with people is already a more reasonable explanation that Zong Wu can think of.

But he pondered in Zong Wu's heart. When these fishermen were making much money in the winter, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the cabin, followed by a whisper outside. "Is the sect minister here?"

"Here, wait a minute...", jumped out of bed. After putting on his shoes, Zongwu walked to the side of the cabin. "Who is it?"

"Contemptible Mu Xinmin..."

"Mu Xinmin?" Zong Wu hesitated. He remembered that Mu Xinmin was a member of the Communist Association, and he seemed to be a cadre, but he didn't remember much else.

But in any case, the door always had to be opened first, and he was not worried that the people outside would be against him, after all, the ship was theirs, although there were no soldiers on board. But there were quite a few sailors, and there were many bandits in those years. So there are usually a lot of guns on the ship, and if someone dares to make trouble on the ship, he is definitely tired of it.

"Wait a minute...", Zong Wu hurriedly opened the hatch, and soon, he saw a young man in his early 30s standing outside the door, looking at him with a smile.

And after seeing the young man, Zong Wu also confirmed that the person in front of him was indeed Mu Xinmin of the Communist Association.

"I wonder what's the matter with Mr. Lu Daomu?" Stretching out his hand to invite him in, Zong Wu asked a little strangely.

"It's nothing, I just want to talk to Minister Zong about the current situation..."Smiling, Mu Xinmin looked at the environment in the cabin, and after finding that the layout of Zongwu's cabin was similar to that of himself and representatives of other provinces, Mu Xinmin nodded secretly.

It is not surprising that the so-called injustice is not a widow, although the ship is the ship of the Yushi Group, and from a certain point of view, it can also be called the ship of the Anhui Military Government or Zongwu, but if everyone sits on the ground, but someone can sit on the chair, there will always be some people who feel unhappy.

If Zong Wu was still the immature young man he was many years ago, he might go to first class, and if he could be like Yan Shao, he could also do the same without caring about other people's opinions. But he couldn't after all, so after getting on the ship, he just asked the captain to arrange an ordinary cabin for him, in fact, it was not just him, even Li Guoyun.

After all, Zongwu is Yan Shao's cronies, even if something goes wrong and offends someone, Yan Shao will bear it for him—————— as long as he can bear it.

On the other hand, Li Guoyun, since he decided to side with Yuan Shikai, Yan Shao's relationship with him has changed. When you usually contact each other, you have to be careful about whether the other party will find a way to deal with you, let alone ask someone to help.

After entering the cabin, under Zong Wu's instructions, Mu Xinmin sat on the chair.

"That's the case..."After a deep groan, Mu Xinmin spoke. I believe that Minister Zong is also very clear that in addition to holding a meeting to prepare for the establishment of a provisional government in Nanjing, another point is to elect a provisional president..."

When talking about this, Mu Xinmin's face not only became a little gloomy, but his voice also lowered a lot. "There is actually only one purpose for Mu to come this time, that is, to ask your government to stand on the side of our Hubei military government when electing the president, and the efforts made by our Hubei military government in this uprising are believed to be seen by the whole of China, and it is reasonable that the position of this president should belong to our Hubei military government..."

"Naturally, if your government can stand on the side of the Eze military government, we will definitely not forget those friends who helped us..."

Hearing that Mu Xinmin came to talk about this matter, Zong Wu was a little stunned.

The Kyojinkai was originally separated from the League. After the establishment of the Gongjin Association, its members gradually returned to China from Japan to develop members of revolutionary organizations and carry out revolution. Its main targets are in the Yangtze River basin, and occasionally in Guangzhou, Guangzhou, such as Zhang Boxiang's activities in Sichuan. In 1908, Deng Wenhui set up branches in Jiangxi, but his development did not go well in most areas.

Later, the Hubei Gongjin Association was greatly developed, and a branch was established by Sun Wu in 1908, headquartered in the French Concession of Hankou, and there were communication points in the major cities of the two lakes.

However, after 1909, Sun Wu and other cadres of the Communist Association found that the members of the secret society were not disciplined. And overconfident use of riot tactics led to the failure of several uprisings, such as the Guangxi uprising, so Sun Wu decided to change his course. Began to absorb members of the new army in Hubei. He also tightened the rules of the Communist Party of China to make the organization more tightly organized, and at the same time began to cooperate with other revolutionary organizations.

It should be said that this change was successful, because many times members of the Brotherhood are indeed prone to bad things. That's exactly what happened. This makes the difference between the Communists and the Alliances quite large.

Back when the Association was first formed. Huang Xing once asked Jiao Dafeng, one of the founders of the Communist Association: "Why is it different? Jiao Dafeng replied. The alliance will raise its toes to soothe, so it is urgent, not daring to be different. Huang Xing said: "If this is the case, there are two unifications in the revolution, and who will be the right one for the two unifications?" Jiao Dafeng smiled and said: "Before the soldiers rise, why hurry?" On a different day, I will be attached to the public, and I will be prosperous. The public should also attach himself to me. ”

This shows the problems between the League and the Alliance, but what really made the Association and the Alliance completely turn their faces. But it was what happened in Wuchang at the beginning.

Huang Xing was already good-looking, Sun Wu and Zhang Zhenwu had lost his face in Wuchang, and they already had a deep grudge against each other. Although Huang Xing may not forgive Sun Wu and Zhang Zhenwu as long as they are willing to apologize, the latter two obviously do not intend to do so.

If this is the case, then the Communist Association led by Sun Wu and Zhang Zhenwu is actually on the opposite side of the Alliance led by Huang Xing.

Although all the representatives of the provinces have not yet arrived in Nanjing, in fact, everyone knows very well what they are doing in Nanjing. First, it is natural to prepare for the establishment of a provisional government, and second, to elect a great president for this provisional government, which is equivalent to electing a temporary representative to each province.

At present, there are three popular candidates for this representative, the first is Huang Xing, although the performance of this old man in Wuhan is really not very good, but as the first doer in the alliance, Huang Lao Man still has many supports.

The second is Li Yuanhong, Li Yuanhong's reputation is not as good as Huang Xing, but he is the governor of the Hubei army after all. Wuhan is the land of the first righteousness, occupies an important position among the provinces, and many provinces even regard the Hubei military government as the central government, so many provinces still support the Wuchang line headed by Li Yuanhong, which is also the later dispute with the alliance for what Wuchang line is qualified to have.

The third, of course, is Yuan Shikai.

After all, in any case, Yuan Shikai is also the 'future president' by the default of the revolutionary party, and Yuan Shikai is also supported by constitutionalists everywhere, and his influence is definitely not inferior to the first two, or even higher than the first two combined.

As for what Mu Xinmin did not go to find Li Guoyun, but came to find Zong Wu.

Originally, the contradictions within the Anhui military government were not known to the outside world. However, Wang Zhuhuai of the League was already secretly in contact with Li Guoyun, and after arriving in the Hankou Concession, Zong Wu and some others had always been detached from Li Guoyun and other constitutionalist figures, so the representatives of other provinces already knew the reason for this as long as they inquired a little.

Nominally, Li Guoyun was the deputy governor of the Anhui Military Government, and his status was above Zongwu. But Zong Wu is an old man who has been following Yan Shao during the group period, while Li Guoyun is a member of the constitutionalists, and he also has a leg with Yuan Shikai, if he really runs to find Li Guoyun, I am afraid that not only Yan Shao will not help them, but will stand on Huang Xing's side.

How to choose in this case, the people of the Hubei military government naturally understand it very well.

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In fact, they don't have much opinion on Huang Xing becoming the president, Mu Xinmin doesn't have much opinion, after all, the Communist Association is also separated from the Alliance. But since they had already made enemies with Huang Xing when they were in Wuchang, it would not be a good thing for them to make Huang Xing the president.

Therefore, in this matter, the Wuchang family decided to compete with Huang Xing. This is also the reason why Mu Xinmin will come over.

In fact, not every member of the Communist Association stood on the opposite side of the League, and after the Xinhai Revolution, some members of the Communist Association chose to join the League. Some of them have left politics since then, and the rest have surrounded Li Yuanhong.

And Sun Wuhe and the Mu Xinmin in front of him are undoubtedly the last one, for them, it is obviously unacceptable for Huang Xing to serve as the president.

"This kind of thing..."After listening to Mu Xinmin's words, Zong Wu smiled bitterly. Brother Mu, this kind of thing is not something I can decide..."

Leave aside who he leans towards for the time being. After all, such a big matter as electing the president is not something that he, the minister of civil affairs, can decide, and if he makes his own decisions, then he, the minister of civil affairs, will probably come to an end.

"Minister Zong is humble..."Mu Xinmin smiled. Who doesn't know that the Minister of the Dao Sect is a close confidant of Yan Dudu. What you say, Governor Yan will definitely consider it, and I am not here for anything else, mainly to hope that you can convey this matter to Governor Yandu. Please believe it. As long as it is done, our military government will never forget this kindness..."

Of course, Mu Xinmin knew that Dao Zongwu couldn't decide, and he didn't plan to let Zongwu make a decision this time—————— even if he did, what was the use of not nodding Yan Shao.

Naturally, even if you know that this is the case, you always have to be tactful when you speak.

"That's okay..."nodded happily, anyway, it was just to convey it, and Zong Wu had no pressure. Wait for the ship to arrive in Nanjing. I sent a telegram to the Governor and conveyed to him the proposal of your military government. But brother will say it first, I am only responsible for conveying, whether the governor will agree to the last one, brother dare not guarantee..."

"As long as Minister Zong can convey the words, Mu will already be very happy..."

Seeing that Zongwu agreed, Mu Xinmin's face was overjoyed.

Of course, he knew that it was not so easy for Yan Shao to stand on the side of the Hubei military government, so while laughing, Mu Xinmin also thought in his heart. "Now for the negotiations..."

After greeting in the cabin for a while, Mu Xinmin got up to say goodbye.

Representatives of more than ten provinces on the entire ship, he still has several places to go, so naturally it is impossible for him to stay here in Zongwu all the time.

After sending Mu Xinmin away, he sat back on the bed, and Zong Wu was also distressed.

He could never have imagined that before he arrived in Nanjing, the people of the Hubei military government had already had a conflict with the League. "In this way, how can the revolution succeed..."Saying this, Zong Wu moved a pillow from the corner of the bed, and then the person pillowed it, and by the way, he also pulled out a novel from the side—————— this time the novel was not written by Yan Shao, although the novels that Yan Shao wrote 'copying' are of good quality, but they will always be boring, this time Zong Wu is looking at the mysterious island written by Versailles.

Because of Yan Shao's relationship, almost all the officials in the military government are more fond of reading, and they always bring a few novels with them when they go out, especially for entertainment.

It's just that Zong Wu had just looked at it for a while when he heard a knock on the door outside.

"Who..."There was a hint of impatience in his voice, but Zong Wu still sat up from the bed, then put on his shoes and walked out of the door, without waiting for the other party to answer and opened the door. Are you..."Looking at the middle-aged man standing outside the door, Zong Wu hesitated.

It's not because he doesn't recognize each other, it's precisely because he knows each other that he is like this.

Because the other party was a person from the Alliance, Zong Wu remembered that his name seemed to be Yao Yan.

Although he already had some premonitions in his heart, after seeing Yao Yan, Zong Wu still asked softly. "May I ask who you are here this time?"

"Won't you invite me in and sit down?" Yao Yan didn't directly say what he meant, but replied like this.

"I'm sorry..."Zong Wu also noticed that something seemed wrong with him, and hurriedly apologized, and at the same time stretched out his hand and motioned for him to follow him into the room.

After motioning for Yao Yan to sit down first, Zong Wu took out a few fruits from the cabinet on the side.

"I don't know what Brother Yao is here for?"

"Yao's purpose for coming this time is very simple..."Picking up a fruit from the table and playing with it in his hand, Yao Yan laughed softly. I believe that Minister Zong should be very clear about what will happen after arriving in Nanjing..."

Yao Yanlai's purpose is the same as Mu Xinmin's, hoping that when the president is elected, the Anhui military government will be on his side. Naturally, Yao Yan also made some promises when he said this, after all, if there is no benefit, who will be on your side?

I couldn't laugh or cry in my heart, but Zong Wu still spoke. "I'm sorry, Brother Yao, I can only convey this matter to our Governor on your behalf, otherwise, I can't make decisions for our Governor..."

"We?"

Although this can also be used in the alliance meeting, Yao Yan was keenly aware of the difference, and after hearing Zong Wu's words, he didn't say anything, but asked directly.

"That's the case..."Touching his neck with his hand, Zong Wu said helplessly. Just now, Mu Xinmin from the Communist Association also came, so..."

Unexpectedly, but also expectedly, Yao Yan didn't say much, just looked up at Zong Wu. "Then I don't know what the Dao Sect Minister's answer is?"

"My answer is the same as that I did to you, I will convey it to the Governor for you, and then the Governor will be in charge..."

Nodding. "That's good..."Since he already knew that the people from the Lu Dao Advancement Association had already come, Yao Yan naturally wouldn't say anything, and for him, the most important thing now was that Zong Wu didn't promise anything. As long as he doesn't agree, then he has a chance... (To be continued......)