Lao Yuan's first impression of Yang Xiaolin was fat! He was really fat, especially that belly, when Yuan Shikai stretched out his hand to him, Yang Xiaolin couldn't even tell which of his hands and his belly was closer to him.

Feng Guozhang is right, Yuan Shikai came to see him this time to prepare a real family gathering, behind Yuan Shikai there are only two people who seem to be from the army, one is Lei Zhenchun, and the other person is not familiar to him.

These two people followed Yuan Shikai on the left-hand side, and on the right side of the old Yuan was obviously his family, the nearest young man was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with crutches and glasses, if he guessed correctly, it should be the Yuan Keding who later wanted to be the prince very much.

Yuan Zhongzhen also followed behind Yuan Shikai, but her eyes only glanced at Yang Xiaolin, and then drifted to the side.

Yang Xiaolin and Yuan Shikai's hands finally clasped together, and the corners of his mouth were also raised high: "Lord Governor!" I have admired the Governor General for a long time in Liaodong, and I can see it today, three lives are lucky, three lives are lucky! ”

The fat on Yuan Shikai's face was crowded together, and his thick palm slapped Yang Xiaolin's side: "The master is polite, come, let me introduce you, Zhenchun, you have already seen it, this is Duan Qirui, my most haode brother!" ”

The person standing next to Yuan Shikai was upright, with a standard military posture.

After the greetings, Lao Yuan took Yang Xiaolin's arm and walked forward, and the others followed behind them very consciously, and kept a distance of more than ten steps.

Lao Yuan didn't immediately tell Yang Xiaolin about something they were eager to talk about, but first asked about Liang Qichao's situation: "Boss, how is Gong Ren in your health?" ”

"Fortunately, Ren Gong was a little tired some time ago and looked a little thinner, but there was nothing wrong with his body."

Lao Yuan sighed. It sounded more like a piece of relief: "I have been friends with Ren Gong for more than ten years, and when you tied him up to Liaodong, I was really anxious. ”

Yang Xiaolin said softly: "Don't worry, Governor, I will take care of Ren Gong." ”

Yuan Shikai nodded: "I don't know what the family wants, Ren Gong's greatest wish in this life is to establish a school in our Qing Dynasty that is exactly the same as the West." My Shandong University Hall has already begun to be built, but he is reluctant to come back, saying that you are doing the same good there. I'd love to go to your Liaodong and see what the situation is like there. Weishenme will let Ren Gong choose to stay. ”

Yang Xiaolin glanced at Yuan Shikai: "Governor." I have now established more than 100 primary schools and more than 30 middle schools in Liaodong, and if everything goes well, the first university in Liaodong will be established by June this year. ”

Yuan Shikai was shocked when he heard this, knowing that he was also doing such a thing. Moreover, when he had more resources than Yang Xiaolin, it took him three years to complete the construction of some small and medium-sized schools, and he did not form a complete education system.

Yuan Shikai was silent for a moment: "Do your primary and secondary schools charge tuition?" ”

Yang Xiaolin shook his head: "No." ”

Lao Yuan smiled after hearing this: "Okay." Good! In the current situation, only by not charging tuition fees can the situation be opened. I'm doing the same here. You're one step ahead of me, though. Education is the hope of the future, and for the sake of the future, it is appropriate for us to tighten our belts a little. ”

What he said made Yang Xiaolin a little stunned, and his heart was also surging. If he's not mistaken. Sun Wen and Yang Xiaolin talked several times, and they always asked him to make a revolution and rebel, and never asked about education.

And as soon as Lao Yuan met, he talked to himself about his hopes for the future, and said such things, Yang Xiaolin felt that this was very inconsistent with Yuan Shikai's image left in history. …,

Yuan Shikai obviously saw Yang Xiaolin's surprise, and said with a smile: "The head doesn't have to look at me like this, I used to have this expression of yours, I was really surprised to hear Zhenchun come back and say that you established a school in Liaodong!" That's when I thought, if we can, we should talk about it. ”

Yang Xiaolin said: "What the governor said is that our days are destined to pass like this, and now I only hope to use our efforts to exchange for a new tomorrow for the children." ”

Yuan Shikai snorted: "You went to Shanghai for a period of time Liaodong fought well, that Cai Songpo is a talent, Zhishang Songyuan suffered a few losses in his hands, and now the Japanese seem to be ready to cooperate with the Russians." Moreover, the imperial court is also putting pressure on Zaitao, and Tie Liang offers to cooperate with the Japanese and the Russians to exterminate you, you have to be careful not to let all your efforts during this period of time be destroyed by artillery fire. ”

Yang Xiaolin knew that the Japanese and Russians might join forces against him, and he had been prepared for this. But now that he heard what Yuan Shikai said, he realized that the Manchu Qing Dynasty also planned to intervene.

His brows couldn't help frowning, and he asked rhetorically: "Governor, will the Manchu Weishenme attack me in such a hurry?" You must know that beating me now will make them lose a little bit of the people's heart. ”

Yuan Shikai smiled: "They don't care about these anymore. Tie Liang is a very smart person, he knows that even if there is still a little bit of popular support, as long as Sun Wen burns a fire, he can't resist it. Therefore, now in Tie Liang's view, if he wants to keep the Qing Dynasty, he can no longer expect us Han people to do anything to them, and he wants to win the support of Japan and Russia. ”

Yang Xiaolin's heart was angry when he heard this, Tie Liang's abacus he understood, and the Manchus themselves knew that the country could not sit still, and at this time they did not have a good time to reflect on things Weishenme would be like this, on the contrary, they colluded more closely with foreigners, and wanted to use the liliang of foreigners to strangle the Chinese revolution, these people really deserve to die.

His eyes emitted a murderous intent: "What if I win against them?" ”

Yuan Shikai smiled: "If the boss wins, then things will be much simpler." You killed the 100,000 army under Zaitao, and the defense of the Qing Dynasty was gone. Did you know that after your meeting in Shanghai, Tie Liang sent the Eight Banners to form an overseer army into various military towns in the south to supervise the Han Chinese in those troops? ”

Yang Xiaolin understood what Yuan Shikai meant, the current Liliang of the Qing Dynasty was mainly Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army, Zhang Zhidong's new army, and the troops in the hands of Zaitao and Tieliang. And Sun Wen shouted, Tie Liang was already very worried about the new army trained by Zhang Zhidong in the south. He didn't dare to use these people.

The Beiyang Army only listened to Yuan Shikai, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not move them, if they killed Zaitao again, the huge Qing Dynasty would be a lamb waiting to be slaughtered!

Yang Xiaolin slowly turned his head and stared at Yuan Shikai's eyes: "Lord Governor, the hundred and so many people under Zaitao are not a threat to me, I am confident that I can defeat them, but I want to know." After I defeated Zaitao. What kind of attitude will adults have. ”

Yuan Shikai saw Yang Xiaolin say this, suddenly stopped, and waved his hand behind him. The group of people who had been following them immediately retreated, and Yang Xiaolin knew that only the two of them could hear what they were saying now.

Yuan Shikai put his hands on his belly: "Master, can you tell me what you and Sun Wen said?" ”

Yang Xiaolin said: "Sun Wen said that he wanted to make a revolution in the south. Let me respond to him, he said that if I took the first shot, the foreigners would not recognize me. ”

Yuan Shikai's eyes were full of smiles: "Then what do you mean?" ”

Yang Xiaolin didn't hide it from him: "I decided to give him two chances." ”…,

Yuan Shikai smiled after hearing this: "If it's me." I won't give him a chance! ”

Yang Xiaolin didn't take Lao Yuan's words to heart, because Yuan Shikai was an ambitious person, and it was normal for him to slander Sun Wen. Just when he wanted to continue to ask himself what Yuan Shikai would do if he killed Zaitao. Lao Yuan took out a letter from his arms: "This is written by the Japanese to Sun Wen, you can take a look." ”

Yang Xiaolin was stunned for a moment, took the letter from Lao Yuan's arms, and after reading it, his face really changed! The letter said something very simple, that is, to tell Sun Wen that Japan would support Sun Wen's revolution. Sun Wen was provided with funds and weapons, and four Japanese who knew China very well were specially sent as Japanese representatives to join the League, which was called a good name to help Sun Wen revolutionize.

Japan didn't have much to provide supplies to Sun Wen, but they directly sent people to participate in the Chinese revolution, which was a bit beyond the bottom line.

Yuan Shikai said: "I don't know if Sun Wen will agree, so I killed someone." ”

Yang Xiaolin put the letter away: "Killed in Dalian? ”

Yuan Shikai smiled: "You saw it." In addition to the fact that we all attach importance to education, there is another thing we have in common, you don't want to use the Japanese and Russians to divide the land in Liaodong as the king, and I don't want any country to participate in our affairs. I have already told Sun Wen very clearly, he can rebel, but if he does it by the hands of foreigners, I will destroy him. ”

Yang Xiaolin said hatefully: "I'm just afraid that Sun Wen won't give up." ”

Yuan Shikai said: "As long as you win Zaitao, we can make him die." ”

The corners of Yang Xiaolin's mouth slowly bloomed into a smile, and Yuan Shikai was finally about to say what he wanted to do, which was also the answer that Yang Xiaolin had always wanted to get: "The governor made it clear." ”

"It's very simple, after winning Zaitao, the army will overwhelm Beijing City!"

Yang Xiaolin now understands that Lao Yuan still thinks that he can take over the Manchu Dynasty by himself. Unlike Yuan Shikai in history, who used revolutionaries to force the Qing Dynasty to abdicate, he wanted to use himself this time.

This old guy wants to be a bitch and set up an archway, he wants the Manchu Dynasty but doesn't want to do it himself, let Yang Xiaolin suppress Beijing City, there are many things he can do.

Compared with Sun Wen, Yang Xiaolin seems to be better utilized, first of all, Yang Xiaolin has soldiers in his hands, which can cause more pressure on the Manchu Qing. Also, even if Yang beats the ghost very popularly, he is also a bandit who wins the hearts of the people.

Perhaps many Chinese now support Yang Xiaolin, but if the country is really defeated, few people are willing to let a bandit man be the leader of China. Not only do foreigners not agree, but perhaps those industrialists in China will not either.

Before Yang Xiaolin could speak, Yuan Shikai patted him on the shoulder with his thick palm: "Don't worry, as long as we join forces, we will definitely succeed." When the time comes, the position of the chief of the army will be yours! And the ability to be in charge is outstanding, and when I Yuan someone cleans up the country and stabilizes the country, you will definitely be the most suitable successor. ”

Yang Xiaolin smiled, the cake that Lao Yuan gave him was bigger than what Sun Wen gave him, Sun Wen only agreed to the position of army chief, and Lao Yuan promised to let him take over the position of the future president. What does this mean? This shows that Yuan Shikai is inferior to Sun Wen in this regard, and he regards the new China that is about to be established as his own, and he can give it to whomever he wants.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Yuan Keding standing in the distance, but he was afraid that he really did what Lao Yuan said, and the first one who didn't let go of himself was that guy, and maybe, Yuan Shikai would not let himself live until he could take over.

The smile on his face was already very bright, and Yang Xiaolin finally said, "Okay, the governor is waiting for my good news." (To be continued)