Chapter 087 The Battle of Two Forces

The slogan of the independent army is "King Qin Baohuang"! The spearhead pointed directly at the Empress Dowager Cixi. Once the Empress Dowager Cixi is unfavorable to the emperor, the independent army will go north to King Qin!

Of course, the strength of the independent army is extremely weak. Tang Caichang has more than 100 human guns in his hands, and it is still an illegal organization. With this number of people, it is impossible to protect the emperor.

Tang Cai often thought about strengthening his self-reliance, and his thoughts came together with the revolutionaries.

If revolutionaries want to build their own armed forces, they can only fight for the Jianghu gang. Tang Cai often also wants to win the support of the gang and strengthen his strength.

In this way, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang generation, the revolutionaries and the self-reliant army crashed into the car, and both sides extended olive branches to the Jianghu gang.

The revolutionaries want to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, and the independent army wants to defend the court. Originally, this should be two tit-for-tat forces.

However, both sides are illegal organizations in the Qing Dynasty and are not allowed by the people in power of the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the ultimate purpose of the two is the same - to strengthen the country and enrich the people. Moreover, the strength of both sides is very weak, and everyone also understands that if there is a conflict between the two sides, it can only hurt both sides, and the benefits are those Qing nobles.

Therefore, the relationship between the two sides is extremely delicate. In various gangs, people with independent troops often crash into cars. You lobby, and I also lobby. The two sides know that they have different aspirations, but they are also polite. Sometimes, they have to help each other. And those gangs also took advantage of the differences between the revolutionaries and the self-reliant army, and maintained good relations with both sides.

This is the relationship between Tang Cai and Qiu Jin. Qiu Jin is a firm revolutionary, and Tang Cai is often a hard royalist. However, in Shanghai, the two shuttled through various gangs, competing with each other, blushing and thick necks and not giving in to each other, but in private, they cherish each other.

This time, Sun Wen returned to Shanghai to plan the armed riots of the revolutionaries, which could not be concealed by Tang Caichang. Because the backbone of the riot is still those gangs, among which the most important force is Zeng Guozhang. Zeng Guochang and Tang Caichang were also friends. Zeng Guochang couldn't figure out the difference between the independent army and the revolutionary party. He thought that both of them were an anti-Qing family, so he told Tang Caichang the news of Sun Wen.

Tang Caichang's mission is to protect the emperor. Of course, he does not agree with Sun Wen's riot to overthrow the Qing court. He was very prestigious in the gang. Hearing that Sun Wen came back, he tried his best to lobby the gang not to cooperate with Sun Wen. Without the support of the gang, revolutionaries have to think about things and have no hope of success.

As a result, Sun Wen has been in Shanghai for more than a month and has been busy persuading the gang and Tang Caichang all day long. The uprising has been delayed again and again. If it continues like this, I'm afraid it will be yellow.

Zhou Charter listened to the dialogue between the two women and nodded secretly. It seemed that the Qing Dynasty was really time for the mountain rain to come and the building was full of wind.

Since Zhou Charter came to the Qing Dynasty, he was first busy with his life, and then fought with the Japanese in the dark. He has been fighting for survival and has not seriously thought about politics. However, from his experience on the battlefield, he felt the corruption and incompetence of the Qing Dynasty, but he did not think about how to end this corruption and incompetence.

Now, so many brothers died on the battlefield against Japan. As a result, the Empress Dowager Cixi was ungrateful and blackmailed him behind his back. Zhou Charter recalled the experience in the past year and finally realized that the Qing Dynasty needed a thorough change!

It's just that Zhou Charter doesn't know which kind of change is better.

The revolutionaries took a violent revolution, completely overthrew the Qing court, and established a republic, which seemed to be once and for all. However, after experiencing the Zhou Charter of the First Sino-Japanese War and the tragedy of the war, he began to doubt the violent revolution. He knew that according to the course of history, in the early 20th century, China would experience a 1911 Revolution and end the rule of the Qing Dynasty. After that, China not only did not immediately get rich and strong, but also fell into the quagmire of warlords and could not extricate itself. In decades of warlord melee, the people suffered and the people were miserable, and China's status in the world plummeted and humiliated!

The prudent practices of the Weixins seem to prevent violent bloodshed on the people. However, how successful is this change under the imperial system? Is Emperor Guangxu really an emperor who can bear the heavy responsibility of China's transformation? If the change fails, the corruption of the Qing Dynasty will continue! Moreover, Zhou Charter also knew that a few years later, Wuxu's transformation vigorously appeared on the historical stage, but ended in tragedy!

Two roads make Zhou Charter a headache!

Is there a third way to go?

Zhou Charter sympathizes with the Revolutionary Party and the Newists, but it is difficult to choose between the two.

When Qiu Jin talked about Tang Caichang, he shook his head and sighed, and Tang Qunying also sighed,

Qiu Jin said with hatred, "These days, your stubborn brother has been competing with us. Wherever Mr. Sun has gone, your brother will follow. Mr. Sun has finally persuaded those party members. As soon as your brother goes, things will be yellow! Mr. Sun went to Shaoxing the day before yesterday and contacted the elder brother there. Your brother went to Shaoxing yesterday. Your brother has this spirit, so it's better to keep it and do something useful! Go and rebel against several Qing barracks! Why can't you get along with us! I think he is the eagle dog of the court!"

Zhou Charter nodded secretly. He didn't see Tang Caichang at the Datong Hotel yesterday. It turned out that he went to Shaoxing to go against Sun Wen. It seems that Sun Wen, whom the court has been longing for, is now in Shaoxing.

Tang Qunying sighed, "Sister Qiu, ten cows can't bring back what my brother decided, but my brother is not a court eagle dog. He didn't go to the court to report Mr. Sun."

Tang Cai is often old-fashioned, but he is aboveboard. Qiu Jin knew that she had made a mistake and had to say, "Qunying, you still advise your brother that he can't go that road at all!"

"If I could persuade him, I would have persuaded him." Tang Qunying shook his head.

The two were talking and suddenly heard footsteps not far away.

Zhou Charter hurriedly fell down and dared not get out of the atmosphere behind the rockery.

In the willow shade next to the venue, two people came out. One was Shi Zhongji, the owner of the Inn, and the other was Jiang Naiwu, the porter. The two were sweaty and dusty.

Qiu Jin saw Shi Zhongji and hurriedly greeted him: "Mr. Shi, why are you here?"

Shi Zhongji gasped and said, "No, something's wrong! The gathering virtuous inn was found by the Qing soldiers!"

Qiu Jin and Tang Qunying were both shocked: "What's going on?"

Shi Zhongji hurriedly surrounded the Qing soldiers and gathered at the Xian Inn to arrest people.

Tang Qunying was very puzzled: "You mean, you were arrested, so how did you get out?"

Shi Zhongji also looked confused: "We are also inexplicable. The Qing soldiers captured us into the patrol camp and soon released us."

"Did the Qing soldiers let you go? Did they say anything? Qiu Jin asked.

"They didn't say anything, just told us to go quickly."

"Do they think they have caught the wrong person?" Tang Qunying said.

Shi Zhongji shook his head: "They found the gun in Jijuxian Inn."

"What!" Qiu Jin was shocked: "It's not good! You must have been followed, where's Zhao Han?

Before returning to China, Zhao Han joined Sun Wen's Xingzhong Association and was one of the core members of the Xingzhong Association. After returning to China, he acted secretly as a journalist. This time, when Sun Wen returned to China to plan an uprising, Zhao Han also contacted the four parties to prepare for the uprising. Because of her special identity and British nationality, Zhao Han was responsible for dealing with the inconvenience of many revolutionaries.

Shi Zhongji shook his head and said, "At the beginning, we also thought it was the Qing soldiers who released a long line to catch big fish. After being released from prison, they did not dare to gather the xian and did not contact any comrades. Zhao Han returned to the concession, and the remaining eight of us stayed in Zhabei for two days. As a result, there was nothing strange around us. That's why I came to you with Jiang Naiwu.

"Are you sure no one is following you?" Tang Qunying asked.

"Fine!" Shi Zhongji said, "There is nothing abnormal in Zhabei. When we came from Zhabei, we were also extremely careful along the way. We circled around and found no suspicious stalkers."

"This is strange. Why did Yan Qionglin come to arrest Cao for you?" Tang Qunying asked.

Qiu Jin said slowly, "According to your statement, the Qing soldiers's action is rapid and well-planned. None of the comrades in the gathering of the virtuous have run away, and they don't even have a chance to resist. This shows that the government knows the situation of gathering sages well, and there must be government spies in the gathering sages!"

"Miss Qiu is right. When the Qing soldiers rushed in, the target was extremely clear. They caught our people, but they didn't catch any passengers." Jiang Naiwu said, "Damn, there must be someone inside us who told the secret. Which bastard is it? I have to scrape him!"

Qiu Jin said, "However, the Qing soldiers arrested you and let you go. If this is not a trap, there is only one possibility. There is also our comrades in the government!"

Shi Zhongji nodded: "This is completely possible. Has Mr. Sun already made arrangements? Miss Qiu, you are the person next to Mr. Sun. You should know who it is, right?

Qiu Jin shook his head: "If Mr. Sun has installed an insider in the government, how can Mr. Sun talk nonsense about such a confidential matter?"

"Yes, right!" Shi Zhongji said, "Miss Qiu, this time Jiang Naiwu and I came here, and we were quiet along the way. However, I found that the atmosphere in Shanghai was not right. The Qing soldiers seem to have strengthened their vigilance and strengthened their troops at traffic intersections, docks, government officials and other places. Just now, Daotai Yumen Street was suddenly under martial law, saying that two revolutionaries had been arrested.

Tang Qunying said, "We already know this matter. The so-called revolutionaries arrested by the Taoist government are not our people at all. I heard that there are two people without braids on their heads. These Qing soldiers are also stupid enough. How can the real revolutionaries take the initiative to cut their braids? Isn't that waiting to be caught? However, the Qing soldiers have indeed been mobilized frequently in the past two days, as if they were facing a big enemy. I'm worried whether they know that Mr. Sun has arrived in Shanghai.