15 humility

In the middle of the night, Li Xiang returned to his residence. The Narcissus had not slept yet and was still sorting out the documents. The military and government of Hubei and Shaanxi provinces came together, and the Northern Expedition was about to begin, and there were more things to ask him for instructions.

"Go and have a rest." Li wanted to sit on the chair and smiled and said, "I'll do these by myself. Anyway, I have to approve them."

The narcissus blinked her sleepy eyes and said, "I've seen all these. Let me tell you that it will be faster. Also, you came back so late today. How's it going?

"A complete success!" Li wanted to smile happily and said, "I wanted to plan for the formation of the Anxi Revolutionary Army after the end of the Northern Expedition, but today I talked to Sun and Huang about the serious crisis in the northwest border. Because it involves the diplomacy of other countries, the alliance has many taboos about this. If it is delayed for a long time, there may be many changes, so this matter is urgent."

The land in the northwest is vast, and almost half of China is large. The Anxi Revolutionary Army was established. Is Li Xiang's power comparable to that of a small Hubei marshal now? Half of China is under his control. In such a huge market, Li thought that the capital group that had just emerged behind him would be ecstatic. So when he heard that Li Xiang was ready to set up the Anxi Revolutionary Army, Narcissus couldn't help asking happily, "What are you going to do?"

"No hurry, sit down and talk." Li wanted to wave his hand and said, "I thought about it carefully on the way back and had some ideas. We were responsible for the two Northern Expeditionary Army. At the same time, we had to form an Anxi Revolutionary Army to send troops to the northwest. When we fought, we opened three fronts at the same time. When the front was spread out, we found that we were expanding so fast that we were short of people, money, and everything. However, with the establishment of the Anxi Revolutionary Army, the treasury of the Nanjing Provisional Government is empty, and it can't give us military funds. The current budget of the Ezhou Military Government cannot spend such a large amount of special military expenses in the short term. We have to find another way.

Narcissus smiled and said, "If you can ensure that the land obtained from the expedition will be ruled by Ezhou, and the rights and interests of roads, mines and economy belong to the people of Ezhou, I will have a way to raise military expenses for you."

Li Xiang's eyes lit up and said with a thief smiled, "Fortunately, I have a little selfishness. Today, I asked the president to revise the Ezhou Treaty Law and change the first chapter: "When the Republic of China is founded" to 'When the Republic of China is fully established'."

"This explanation about 'When the Republic of China is fully established' is broad. As long as China's sovereignty has not been recovered and its territory is incomplete, it cannot be regarded as complete establishment!" The daffodils laugh like a fox.

Li thought that the revised "Ezhou Treaty Law" was used to fight against Yuan Shikai's back road in the future. He didn't expect it to be useful, so he nodded and said, "If you have solved the military expenditure, you still need soldiers. I have already discussed this. Although the Shaanxi People's Army has just been adapted, they are all well-trained new troops in the former Qing Dynasty. Their combat effectiveness is not bad. They are sent to the battlefield to run in, and we will completely digest this force.

The water fairy laughed and said, "There is no room for children's play on the battlefield. The leaders of the Shaanxi Brother Association obviously dare not resist us. To ask them to guard Tongguan is to guard their own door. They work very hard, but if they go on the Western Expedition, they may not be willing. They just need to do small actions and make them stumble behind their backs. We Anxi. The revolutionary army is miserable."

"No." Li wanted to frown and said that he still had this self-confidence. It is only a matter of time to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, and they are still at war with Yuan Shikai. At this time, they have no second choice but to change their future in front of me. More importantly, there are a group of allies in the Shaanxi People's Army. As long as the Nanjing Provisional Government gives an order, they will definitely obey.

Narcissus frowned and nodded for a long time.

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In the negotiations between the North and the South, Yuan Shikai has always opposed the implementation of the republic and firmly advocated the constitutional monarchy. In a letter to Liang Dingfen, he expressed his loyalty to Geng Geng Geng in the Qing Room, saying, "I will never live up to the orphans and widows". Shortly after he arrived in Beijing, on the day he issued an edict that allowed the people to cut their braids freely, on the way out, Shi Xu pointed to the braids behind his head and asked with a smile, "Brother, what do you plan to do about this? What should I do?" He also replied solemnly, "Brother, don't worry, I still cherish him very much and always try to protect it!" Therefore, some people who expressed distrust of Yuan Shikai were very happy and said, "Yuan Gongbao will never be Cao Cao!"

The negotiations between the two sides of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China reached a principle agreement to submit the issue of the national body to the provisional parliament for a vote. The membership, time and place of the Congress have not been decided due to the persistence of the Qing Dynasty. During the dispute, Nanjing set up a provisional government and elected Sun Yat-sen as the interim president. The next day, Yuan Shikai suddenly withdrew the qualification of Tang Shaoyi's representative and negotiated directly with the representatives of the civilian army by telegram.

After Tang Shaoyi resigned as a representative of the north, Wu Tingfang and Yuan Shikai launched a war between the north and the south around the three issues of the armistice withdrawal, the National Assembly and the provisional government. The arguments were very fierce.

In the quiet Sira Hutong, the thick door of Yuan's house suddenly opened, revealing the light inside. It was particularly clear in the dark alley. Yuan Shikai personally sent a yellow-band prince out, polite and polite and socializing, which was unprecedented.

Today, Pu Wei, the little prince of King Gong's Mansion, came to visit Yuan's house. He only heard that he was still there before leaving and said, "With Cheng Dequan, Tang Shouqian, Wu Tingfang, etc., they are willing to betray the court, not to fight against them, but to make peace with them. And among the ministers, they are either dead or fled or rebel, and those who are absent are not simple to make up for. Wouldn't it be better to change through the ages?"

Pu Wei has always said like this, because he attacked Wang Jue at a young age, and he was quite ambitious and talented, and there were few things to do. When he attacked the knight, Li Hongzhang was still in the throne. Every time he met him, he always shouted "Shao Tsuen", so one day Li said to Pu Wei with a straight face, "Ring Zu Lao Gong Wang is here. Under his love, he always calls me Lao Zhongtang. The little prince probably doesn't know!" He has such a personality that he doesn't get along well with his relatives and nobles.

When the so-called Wang Mang Qiangong was not usurped, Yuan Shikai also replied humbly at this time: "Shikai is favored by the country and will definitely preside over the constitutional monarchy. However, the southern army is strong, and people's hearts are exhausted. I am weak and short of soldiers. What can I do if I don't have enough ordnance? Then he sighed and whispered, "The prince will never be so bad."

Hearing that Yuan Shikai doesn't want to complain, no matter how hard Pu Wei is, he should know that Yuan Shikai will rebel!

"Xiang Cheng, I still hope you don't want to learn from Cheng Dequan, Tang Shouqian, Wu Tingfang and so on!" After saying that, Pu Wei got into the carriage with the help of the old housekeeper and left.

Looking at the carriage going deep into the darkness of the alley, Yuan Shikai's face became gloomy in an instant. He turned around and walked in quickly, throwing off a hard stick: "Close the door!"

Yuan Keding chased his father's buttocks and said, "Since Jiang Guiti, Feng Guozhang and others published a joint telegram, they have supported the constitutional monarchy and opposed the republican regime. The minds of the clans came to life again. I heard that Liangbi planned to form the Zongshe Party.

Yuan Shikai has the support of foreigners, and he has so many friends in the civil army that he can influence the actions of the civil army. Those revolutionaries who changed from the original constitutionalists have understood that Yuan Shikai was their hope; this hope was later transmitted to some naive republicans. Therefore, this resolution was made on the side of the civilian army: as long as Yuan is in favor of the republic, the republic will soon succeed; as long as Yuan is willing to do it, Yuan can be the first president. This is in line with Yuan's ideal. What's more, around the retired regent, there is a clan force that has always been hostile. Whether he wins the Revolutionary Party or loses to the Revolutionary Party, this force will not forgive him. The birds are all hidden, and the Aixinjue Luo family has always been like this. He decided to accept this condition, but considered the disposal of the room.

Yuan Shikai said calmly, "Don't worry, I have a way to treat them!"

Yuan Shikai first thought that the south was easy to move, quite to the south, and after the south elected the president, he suddenly saw that the north and the south were finally two families, and did not want the power of the south to grow. If the National Assembly was established, it would eventually be held hostage and could not get rid of it. He decided to start with the Qing Dynasty. First, he coerced the princes, then coerced the Qing emperor, and then threatened the empress dowager, and calculated her psychology. He baited him with preferential conditions to promulgate his own abdication and organized the provisional government with full authority.

"Also, the South is ready to resist hard in the face of the intimidation of Beiyang generals." Yuan Keding hurriedly said, "Sun Dapao published a declaration. The generals and soldiers in the north are also ready to move. The governors of the southern provinces are even more eager to fight. At noon next to the military book, the war and electricity are galloping. The sound of the Northern Expedition to the Northern Expedition makes noise on the mainland, and he scolded his father as worthless. It is either that you are a slave, or you are a Chinese thief; a student who graduated from school, He is also willing to drop out of school and advocate a Northern Expedition; a civilized woman is willing to wash the fat and form a party's Northern Expedition; there are also student guards, women's elite military forces, and men's and women's red cross societies, which are numerous and numerous. Even the famous actor in Liyuan, Chuguan, also wants to take off this Youmeng's clothing, jump out of the Pingkang, and invest in the Northern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, and become a hero of the Northern Expedition and a female in the Northern Expedition. At the end, he is proud to take advantage of the shield and get up with his head. Is the class super pen, and the man is safe to use a hair cone? Mulan is on the expedition, and the new nation is a light woman. It's like a big stage. It seems to be directly pounding Huanglong, pointing to things..."

"Let's make noise, let's make noise. Don't be fierce. The princes raised in this cage don't know how to be afraid!" Yuan Shikai made the best use of the opportunity, but although he was in charge of heavy troops, he tried to avoid the name of Cao Mengde's bullying. Therefore, on the one hand, he threatened the northern forces to contact the south, and on the other hand, he threatened the southern forces to threaten the north.

Yuan Shikai opened the curtain, climbed into the hot pit, and sneered, "Has the Luanzhou mutiny been dealt with?"

"All three generals of the Democratic Party are martyred!" Yuan Keding looked a little excited, and his eyes flashed. "Wang Shi's second belt was captured by the soldiers of the third town, and the rest were scattered. After Wang Huaiqing sent troops to intercept and kill, they fled one after another."

Yuan Keding took out three telegrams.

Cao Kun and Wang Huaiqing sent a telegram from Luan Zhiqing's cabinet: Several battalions in Luanzhou suddenly clashed. At eight o'clock this morning, the Huai Army had subdued the chaotic troops. Luanzhou City and Luan Station are now Pingjing, and the whole territory of Beijing is quiet. It is known that the Ministry of Posts and Posts will drive as usual.

Another Wang Huaiqing to Chen Kuilong Dianyun: Governor Xian Chen's military appraisal: Now the Huai army of the township, and the army that arrived for the first time, took over the rebels in Luanxi in the middle of the night and won the victory. Huaiqing is in charge of the battle in Leizhuang. First of all, please take a look at it. Huaiqing knocks. Xiao.

Chen Kuilong sent his father Dianyun: Wang Zhenxiao said that at dawn on the 17th, seven people, including the rebel leader Shi Wang and staff officer Chen Hongqing, had been captured, and the pseudo-prints of the governor were found, and the remaining bandits fled. The whole line of Beijing and Feng has been cleared. The two armies of Huailu occupied Luanzhou City and the station at 8 o'clock in the morning, and all of them were flattened.

Yuan Shikai said with a long sigh, "The next step is to order Zhang Xun to counterattack Nanjing to test the power of the revolution. Then try to get the guarantee of the revolutionary army..."

In fact, this tacit understanding has already been formed, but Yuan Shikai still doesn't believe it.

Although the public telegrams of Yuan Shikai and Wu Tingfang are still talking about convening the National Assembly, this is just a confusing smokescreen. In fact, no one is going to convene such a meeting at this time. The substantive negotiations were carried out by secret telegram. Tang Shaoyi, who continued to stay in Shanghai, also secretly contacted Wu Tingfang. In addition, the North-South peace talks turned behind the scenes, and Yang Du and Wang Zhaoming became the main characters. The real problem of the negotiations between them is: under what conditions to end the Qing Dynasty and abolish the Nanjing government at the same time, so that all power belongs to Yuan Shikai. In cooperation with such negotiations, Yuan Shikai's backstage imperialism and his friends in the revolutionary camp unanimously mobilized, causing difficulties for the Nanjing government in all aspects, forcing it to go to the trap designed by Yuan Shikai, and prompting President Sun Yat-sen to give way to Yuan Shikai.

According to the plan, when Yuan Shikai did make it clear that the Nanjing government could not make a difference independently and got Sun Yat-sen's promise to give up his position, he could in turn exert pressure on the Qing Dynasty.