Chapter 374: Persuasion

Although he didn't have much contact with Yan Shao, Cai Ye could also see that Yan Shao's remarks were very sincere, so after a little hesitation, Cai Ye still promised Yan Shao to stay and recuperate, and then go out of the mountain to help Yan Shao after his body was almost recuperating...

Yan Shao was naturally very happy about this, and asked people to go to the summer resort in Chengde overnight to clean up there, and let Cai Yi live in it after the consultation meetingβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” In this era, Yan Shao knew a lot of people with the name of the Dao, but there were very few people who could fight, and there were only a few people such as Cai Ye, Jiang Baili, Wu Peifu, etc., especially these three people, Yan Shao naturally didn't want these three rare animals to lose one due to illness...

However, all this needs to wait until the end of the consultation meeting, because at the meeting, Cai Yi, the governor of Yunnan, must come forward, and Yan Shao also needs his help.

The reason is also very simple, at this time, Yan Shao occupied twelve of all the provinces in the country, and another 12 were in the hands of local powerful factionsβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” if you count Li Xiehe's Shanghai, it would be thirteen.

12 to 12, at least theoretically speaking, the two sides can be said to be a draw, at this time any amount of force is the last straw that crushes the camel, not to mention that there may be two...

Needless to say, Tang Jiyao came out of his hands, and Cai Ye will always have some influence. And now many of the officers Tang Jiyao used to rule Guizhou are also officers of the Yunnan Army, and Cai Ye has a huge influence on him, if it is said that it is after Cai Ji dies, it will be forgotten, but now he is still alive and well, and few of these officers from the Yunnan Army dare to oppose him...

"I'll send a telegram to Guizhou to persuade him..." Here, Cai Ye also got up and spoke.

Although they have only been together for a few days, this time Cai Ye has thoroughly felt Yan Shao's sincerity, and this is also a matter of benefiting the country and the people. Naturally, he is willing to help Yan Shao in this matter.

"That's good." This is the right matter, and Yan Shao is not willing to delay, so he did not persuade Cai Yi. "I'll leave this matter to you, Brother Songpa..."

"Hmm..."

Nodding and shaking hands with Yan Shao, Cai Ye turned around and left the living room.

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In the Guizhou Military Government, Tang Jiyao was reading the newspaper that had just come over not long ago. It is carrying out a series of major events that have happened in recent times.

"This year is really amazing..."That's right, it's true for Tang Jiyao, originally he thought that it would be amazing enough for him to be the governor. Who would have thought that there would be so many things this year.

"Xiaoshun, pour me a cup of tea..."Looking at the newspaper in his hand, Tang Jiyao raised his voice.

"Yes, Governor." Heard Tang Jiyao's orders. The servant, who had been standing outside the door, hurriedly replied. Then pour him a cup of tea as he instructed.

"Hmm..."After taking a small sip, Tang Jiyao waved his hand. Let's go down..."

"Yes!"

That is, when Xiao Shun withdrew from the room, the housekeeper in charge of the house suddenly ran in. "Master, Cai Dudu in Beijing has a telegram for you..."

"Oh?" Hearing that it was Cai Yi's name, Tang Jiyao hurriedly stood up from his chair. "Give me..."

"Yes..."

The housekeeper took two steps forward and handed over the telegram that Cai Ye had sent him.

Unpacking the telegram, Tang Jiyao read it carefully, but he didn't read it for a while. His face just changed. "This..."

The above content is very simple, it is to persuade him to put the interests of the country first. Adopt a pro-Yan Shao attitude at the later CPPCC meeting.

Of course, if it's just like that, it's nothing, the problem is that it also says that Yan Shao intends to talk about the resumption of power at the Political Consultative Conference, that is, to abolish the post of governor, and the existing governors, including Cai Yi and Tang Jiyao, must choose between the governor or the military, and it is impossible to have two systems as in the past, and they are like the emperor of the soil in the local area...

"What the hell is going on...", frowning, Tang Jiyao was a little confused, he couldn't figure out why Cai Ye had just gone to Beijing not long ago, and he actually stood on Yan Shao's side.

However, he quickly made the decision not to react to the telegram and wait and see how the others reacted...

"That's it..."Thinking so, Tang Jiyao put the telegram on the table.

But at this moment, the butler just now suddenly ran in again. "Governor, there are many officers who are anxious to see you..."

"See me?" Tang Jiyao was a little puzzled again, and he didn't understand what was going on today, but he still nodded and said. "Alright, let's let people in..."

"Yes!"

With that, the butler walked out of the house again, and about a few minutes later, more than a dozen officers from the Yunnan family walked into the room. "Dudu, have you received the telegram from Dudu Cai?"

As soon as he entered the room, one of the officers at the head spoke.

Hearing the officer say this, Tang Jiyao's face stiffened, and he didn't know how to answer, and seeing his expression, most of the officers standing opposite already knew it...

They will come to Tang Jiyao because Cai Ye also sent them a telegram.

For Tang Jiyao, since the incident in Guizhou, he knew that the ambition of his old subordinate was too great. It was not impossible for him to give up the rights of the current emperor, but it was definitely not an easy thing to do, so he sent a telegram to the others.

Tang Jiyao can become the governor of Guizhou mainly for two reasons, the first is that Liu Xianshi and Ren Kecheng and others fell out with Zhang Bolin and others in order to fight for power, so they need the support of external forces, at this time Tang Jiyao and the Dian army, who were planning to enter Sichuan through Guizhou, became their target, so they reached an agreement with Tang Jiyao, as long as Tang Jiyao helped them kill the revolutionary party, they would elect Tang Jiyao as the governor of Guizhou.

The second is the military strength that Tang Jiyao now masters.

Whether it is Liu Xianshi or Ren Kecheng, there is no doubt that they are not good men and women. If Tang Jiyao entered Guizhou alone, he would definitely be eaten by these guys, and there would be no bones left, so there was only one reason why Tang Jiyao could sit so firmly in Guizhou. That is to rely on the Dian army under his command.

The problem is that these Yunnan troops are basically brought out by Cai Yi, and they are greatly influenced by Cai Yi, if it is in peacetime, it will be okay, and now Cai Yi personally sent them a telegram, how could they disobey the order, so the telegram had just received and they had already run to Tang Jiyao to put pressure...

"Alas..."Seeing that they were all staring at his subordinates, Tang Jiyao sighed. I'm afraid I can't delay this matter...

"Received..."Despite the bitterness in his heart, Tang Jiyao still forced his mouth to speak. I've already decided, and I'm going to stand with the Governor..."

He's figured it out. Now in the situation, Yan Shao has an absolute advantage, and this advantage is even much stronger than Yuan Shikai's. If he agrees with Cai's proposal, then at least he will have a chance to be a provincial governor or a division commander or something, but if he chooses to oppose it. I'm afraid I won't even have this position...

At the same time, he also made a decision in his heart. If everything is really as Cai Ye said, then he chooses to continue to serve in the army. That's right, although the oil and water in the army is definitely not as good as in politics, but who knows what the situation will be in the future, as long as there is an army in his hands, if something happens in the future, he can get back what he lost.

In turn, if he goes to do that what the governor is. In the future, maybe they will end up with Zhang Bolin...

I didn't know what Tang Jiyao was thinking about in his heart, after hearing him say that he was willing to support Cai Yi. The officers all cheered.

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Just as Tang Jiyao was announcing his decision, in Shanghai, in the Shanghai Military Governor's Mansion, Li Xiehe was talking with a strange young man.

"It's been three days, I don't know what Governor Li thinks? Please rest assured, the president will never treat your council badly...", the palm of his hand slid on the table, and the young man said mildly.

Shanghai, the financial center of the Far East, does not seem to be very large, but in fact its importance is even higher than that of some remote provinces, so if Li Xiehe can support him in this matter, then Yan Shao's resistance to the consultation meeting will be much smaller.

After all, there are a total of 13 provinces (cities) on the opposite side, of course, you can also say that there are thirteen potential forces, and Yan Shao's side already has 12 provinces, if 3 of the 13 on the opposite side can be transferred to Yan Shao's side, then the contrast of strength is 15 to 10, and Yan Shao's side has strict discipline, strong military strength and a more united whole, and what about the opposite side? 10 provinces, but they are divided into 10 factions, and the slightly closer ones are Cai Yi and Tang Jiyao's level...

In fact, if he just uses his strength to deal with this matter directly, Yan Shao also has a great chance of winning, but after all, he has to prepare for the Qingdao battle that may appear next year, so he is naturally unwilling to waste too much effort on this matter, and if one of them is not dealt with well, as a result, when the Qingdao battle starts, Yan Shao has not been able to clean up those guys, so...

It's impossible to hold Qingdao...

That's why Yan Shao asked for the support of Cai Yi and Tang Jiyao, and at the same time, he also sent people to Shanghai, because according to the analysis of the Special Affairs Bureau, among the many local powerful factions, Li Xiehe is the most likely to support him...

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€¦ Does President Yan still need my Li Xie's support..."Listening to the words of the young man opposite, he pursed his lips, and Li Xiehe sighed.

Nature is needed...

Hearing Li Xiehe say this, the man smiled slightly. "Before I left, the president had said in a telegram that Li Dudu was indifferent to fame and fortune, and if you used power and wealth, not only could you not convince you, but it was also an insult to you, so the president just hoped that he could convey his words and asked Li Dudu to put the interests of the country and the nation first......... The great powers are not good men and women..."

"I believe that Li Dudu should be very clear about the situation in China, and I won't say much here, just looking at those foreigners enjoying all kinds of privileges on our Chinese soil, does Li Dudu feel willing?"

"So the president hopes to get the support of Li Dudu at a later meeting, so that the president can be free to make China a strong country..."

After listening to the words of the visitor. Li Xiehe was silent for a moment.

Seriously, Li Xiehe in history really had some indifference to fame and fortune, so after hearing Yan Shao's words. I was immediately convinced.

It's just that now he can't just take care of himself, and now he is the only remaining leader of the Restoration Society. And the Liberation Society is not the same as the Kuomintang, even if it loses the mainland, the Kuomintang can still operate in Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia and even the United States, but what about the Liberation Society? Compared with the Kuomintang, the Restoration Society does not have this condition.

If Shanghai is lost, the Liberation Society will probably have nothing, and it is more likely that it will suddenly become an insignificant small force. This is absolutely intolerable for Li Xiehe, who is doing his best to maintain Tao Chengzhang's legacy...

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Since he was able to come as a lobbyist, of course the young man had investigated it before he came, and he knew very well what Li Xiehe's doubts were. So he hurriedly spoke. "Please rest assured that the President has absolutely no intention of disfavoring the Liberation Society, and that your Council can set up a political party organization after the reform. In this way, the rights and interests of your party are best sought. To tell the truth, the organization of the party model in the past will not last long, and the mainstream in the future will be party politics, if Li Dudu is so self-conscious, even if he can still retain the military and political power in Shanghai, I am afraid that he will not be able to reverse the demise of the Restoration Society, so it is better to take this opportunity to exchange for the new life of the Restoration Society, so as to comfort Mr. Tao's soul in the sky..."

"Reform..."Hearing this, Li Xiehe's heart moved.

In fact, he also felt that the Restoration Society was indeed a little unsuitable for the current era. Not to mention anything else, it has only been a little more than two years since the liberation. How many of those miscellaneous political parties have been formed?

If this situation continues, I am afraid that it is really possible that as the young man in front of me said, it will not be long before the Restoration Society will cease to exist.

It's impossible to just get him to agree like that, so after a little silence, Li Xiehe spoke. "Can you make me think about it one more day..."

"Of course you can...", looking up, you can see that this is a very young face by the light. After all, we're not a one-shot deal..."

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At this time, in addition to Tang Jiyao and Li Xiehe, the people of the Special Affairs Bureau were also constantly persuading the warlords in the provinces, hoping that they could stand up and support Yan Shao's proposition in the later political consultations, that is, to regain most of the power to the central government.

The problem is that the current emperor of the land is used to it, except for a soldier like Cai Yi who is dedicated to the country, or a guy who is indifferent to fame and fortune like Li Xiehe, otherwise I am afraid that few people are willing to give up their position as the emperor of the soil...

However, the people of the Special Affairs Bureau are still attacking frequently, in vain to get some gains...

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While the people of the Special Affairs Bureau continued to persuade the local powerful faction, the others were not idle...

After a period of private loans from Yushi Bank, some results finally appeared on Chinese land at this time.

On October 27th, after getting a loan worth 200,000 yuan from Yushi Bank, three celebrities and gentry from Jiangsu Province purchased the equivalent value of ash factory equipment from the French foreign bank in Shanghaiβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” the reason why they chose the equipment of the French was because the bank made some recommendations when taking out loans...

At this time, the skills of the French will not be inferior to those of other countries, and Yan Shao has a close relationship with the French, since he has another opportunity to make money, why not give the French but give the relationship between Britain and the United States, which is not as good as his own...

To this, Ray? Naturally, Kopa was very grateful, but there was no reaction from Paris.

It's not surprising, after all, the loan has just begun, and although the Paris side has not heard about it, it is not unnoticed, but it is not too much to pay attention to it...

In addition to this ash plant in Jiangsu, similar factories have been launched in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Shandong, Hebei and Anhui provinces. Obviously, most people appreciate the prospect of the ash industry, and there is no way, who said that the government has promised to improve the country's infrastructure, and at the same time carry out a large-scale paving campaign...

With these projects there, the demand for ash from the government can be imagined, and at least there is no need to worry about losing money if you set up an ash factory at this time...

In addition to the ash, cotton textile, spinning, salt and other industries have also sprung up, especially in several provinces where capital is more concentrated, and twenty or thirty factories have emerged during this time...

It's just that...

Although there are many factories opened, no one knows whether these factories can be profitable in the end. To be honest, it's really not uncommon to build factories and then lose money in these years, so it's really not clear how much these factories can survive in the last days...

However, no matter what, industry always has to be developed, not to mention that as Yan Shao said at the beginning, 300 million is only, and he can afford to lose...

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is already the time that Yan Shao had booked, and at this time, the local powerful factions across the country have already arrived in Beijing in person or sent representatives, and even Yang Zengxin, who is the farthest away, has sent a few representatives out...

At the same time, outside the gates of the venue, countless reporters were also focusing their cameras on the building in front of them, and almost everyone in the country was watching the talks, because in some ways it was about the fate of the country... (To be continued......)