142 beacon smoke rises again (continued)

But what else can we do?

Li Yuanhong kept asking himself, and his face was uncertain, and he could no longer take care of the noise outside the Red Building.

He didn't do anything wrong! Don't you always do this for thousands of years? Reading history in the middle of the night, speculatively, and taking history as a lesson, Yuan Shikai, the powerful minister who can deal with China's rivers and mountains today is the central military and political power. I can't talk about Sun Cannon and Huang Daring. The south seems to be lively, but it's just a mob. He asked Yuan Shikai for peace and saved the Wuchang revolutionary fire. He could not go to Lingyan Pavilion, and he also came to the end of a white-faced treacherous minister!

Now the people of Wuchang say that he is a rough bald fat man, a fool who is cowardly hiding under the bed, a devil who turns his face and kills people after the revolution, and "the "bad guy" who usurped" the fruit of the victory of the revolution.

What a great injustice! He dared to swear to God that he was not willing to sit in the governor of Hubei at the beginning.

At the beginning, because of rumors, Wuchang hurriedly raised justice, and none of the leading officers in the revolutionary party were there. The Literature Society and the Communist Progressive Association fought in the open and dark, and neither could out a candidate with enough reputation and qualified candidates. Whoever came out to take the lead, the other side would not be convinced. However, Li Xiang, the real meritorious man in Wuchang, doesn't have many reputations. He is smart and doesn't want to wade into the pool, but Tang Hualong, who has ulterior motives, and other well-known constitutional tycoonents in the country, take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. Therefore, the Consultative Bureau elected a "third party" from morning to night's political meeting, and no one's mouth is easy to argue. The Chinese people's eclectic "harmony" politics have always been like this. Therefore, such a big piece of pie in the sky will eventually hit the fat face of Li Yuanhong, who has never thought of revolution. Can he not open his mouth and catch it?

At the first moment, he was indeed very shaken, and even said that he was "forced" helpless on several phone calls with the Qing army officer sent by Yuan Shikai to persuade him to surrender.

Wang Yujia, the 8th Association of the 4th town of Beiyang, was ordered by Yuan to call Li Yuanhong: "Are you Song Qing? You and I are both from Hubei. We are all united. The court is not thin with you. Why did you do this unjust thing and turn Hubei upside down? Now Hankou and Hanyang are in our hands. Although this place is separated by a river from Wuchang, the Yangtze River cannot stop us from moving forward. Now show Anmin as soon as possible, and you want the place to restore order immediately. Let's take care of it for us to deal with it. If you do it right away, our feelings will still be the same. As for the court, we also say good things to you. If you hesitate and our army arrives, it will be really difficult for us to do it.

Li Yuanhong listened to the call. In line with the principle of leaving more retreat, he couldn't wait to answer, "I'm an honest person, you know. This is not what I did. They used my name to mess around. The notices were drawn up by them. Not only did I not know in advance, but I haven't looked at them since I wrote them. I am a complete puppet. It's really wrong for you to put this account on my head today. If you cross the river, I can talk to you."

Li Yuanhong's phone number was intercepted and cut off by Yan Xunfu, a staff officer of the spy department of the Military Order Department of the Governor's Office and a member of the Communist Progressive Association. Yan immediately came to the governor's office and scolded Li Yuanhong for not being with the enemy. Li Yuanhong's face was red and silent. After a while, he smiled and said to Yan Xunfu, "Forget it, forget it. You don't have to say it. Please don't tell anyone else." Yan agreed and didn't mention it to others.

As the situation became clear, he also changed step by step, and he became a "thief ship". Even if he fled from Wuchang, he did not want to defect to the enemy, but to hide and have a look. At that time, the independence of the provinces rose, and it was not only Li Yuanhong who rebelled. Even if Wuchang is defeated, he can still go somewhere else. More importantly, he, who is familiar with history books, has also figured out Yuan Shikai's mind - self-respect. He knew that with his own existence, Yuan Shikai could be more important in the court.

For Yuan Shikai, he retained Wuchang and left a territory for the revolutionary army. In addition to showing his tolerant attitude to the outside world, the most important thing is to retain the opponent of the peace talks, proving that the strength of the revolutionary army cannot be underestimated, so that he can continue to squeeze the Qing court, so as not to break through Wuchang and others.

Especially when he knew that Pan En, the president of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hankou, sent the armistice clause to the military government, he must "memence the governor of Li". Wu Zhaolin asked if he could affix the seal of the acting commander-in-chief, and the answer was "the seal of the governor". Yuan Shikai and the imperialists have clearly said that "the peace" is based on him as the general representative of the negotiating party, which makes Li Yuanhong more fearless. In particular, the foreigner's recognition of his status twice has made his status unshakable. He shows a sharp and downward and proud attitude. They look down on the revolutionaries even more.

So far, he also regretted the "gaffe" of the previous statement of "unconditional peace" in his English newspaper.

However, something happened that broke Li Yuanhong's beautiful dream and his position was unstable.

On October 12, 1911, on the day the armistice agreement between the two warring parties in Wuhan came into effect, Nanjing was captured by the revolutionary army.

In this way, the morale of the revolutionary army camp rose, and the spirit of being hit by the fall of Hanyang and Hankou reappeared.

A name that has gradually faded and disappeared among the people suddenly became dazzling. Li thought, Marshal Li reappeared in everyone's sight.

Li wanted to make a deafening roar and carry out the revolution to the end! Hubei, which was shrouded in the clouds of the North Sea, broke the clouds and fog, and the morale of the people boiled in an instant! This is tantamount to a loud slap in the face to Li Yuanhong, who "bears humiliates and bears heavy burdens, grievances and seeks peace"!

Li Xiang is going to take this opportunity to turn over. What on earth is he wrong?

Maybe this era has really changed!

Those previous means, such as the art of emperors and the art of killing dragons, have become so unrealistic.

There was silence in the conference room. I don't know how long it took. When everyone here felt stiff all over, they heard Li Yuanhong exhale a turbid breath. Hearing the noise, they had been waiting anxious for a long time. Relying on Li Yuanhong's confidant officers of the Red Mansion Military Government, the constitutional legislators immediately straightened their stiff bodies.

I only heard Li Yuanhong say slowly: "The military and the people are so fierce. In addition to complying with the public opinion and carrying out the revolution to the end, what else can we do? Minister Sun, what are you looking at?

Sitting there, Sun Wu jumped up and turned his heart upside down. Now we have to comply with the public opinion and carry out the revolution to the end! You should know that the loudest shouting in public opinion is to ask Li Xiang and Li Marshal to take over the power of Hubei! Li Yuanhong has been more stinking than the shit in the pit because of the "negotiation". Now he doesn't want to decentralize power, but he has to decentralize power. Now he just wants to let Xian Li think about it and get a little face back. It can be said that he is Sun Wu, and he will never agree! He punched and kicked in Wuchang, almost offended the former revolutionary comrades, expelled Li Xiang, forced Huang Xing away, and excluded Jiang Yiwu, Liu Gong, etc. All these disgraceful events have his figure, but such efforts are just such a situation. How hard it is for this power! How can you be willing to let go!

Sun Wu's eyes were as cold as electricity. He looked directly at Li Yuanhong's small triangular eyes and smiled gloomyly: "Li Du. If you want to let go now, isn't it too naive to think about it? Li wanted to fight for the good future of the revolution with his head, but it was broken by your hand. Will he hate you? Huang Xing suffered such a big defeat in Xiaogan. Do you dare to say that you didn't pull your hind leg behind him? During the period of Huang Xing's leadership alliance in Hubei, he was constrained everywhere. How could he not doubt it? Jiang Yiwu, Liu Gong and other righteous party members have been excluded everywhere in the military government. Will they hate you? Listen to the rumors outside the Red Mansion. What do you say about you? Once these people regain their power, will they let you go? Think about it yourself..."

Sun Wu's words were not only aimed at Li Yuanhong, but also knocked on everyone's hearts, and their breaths became heavy. They had to reconsider for the sake of their own lives. Only cooperate with Yuan Shikai and sing the drama of the alliance under the city to the end!

"Li Du, the Armistice Agreement was signed under the guarantee of the British consul! We go back on our word. We are afraid that it will cause unhappiness to foreigners and cause diplomatic disputes. Foreigners will find excuses to send troops to interfere. The story of Taiping Heaven is in front of us!"

"Li Du, the Beiyang soldiers are strong artillery, the army suppresses the city, and Wuchang is in danger. If we want to carry out the revolution to the end, we will be the first to have bad luck!"

Li Yuanhong sneered and glanced at everyone here. What they care about is not the revolution, but the power in their hands. He has experienced the changes of this era, feels sad for these people, and also sad for his belated awareness. They are all people who are destined to be abandoned by the times.

He finally knew that Li Xiang wanted to become the hope of the public!

He said slowly, "In the final analysis, it's not that you are not up to the bottom!" I was blocked in front of my house by the Beiyang Army. We can't beat the Beiyang Army. Since someone is willing to take the lead and carry out the revolution to the end, why don't we let them go? I see, it's not less troublesome. Let's watch the bustle of Wuchang City. It's the Yangtze River. Do you really think that the Beiyang Army can fly over with wings? At worst, we are moving to the Hongshan headquarters. Nanjing has been restored. Sooner or later, the reinforcements will arrive. How many days can Yuan Shikai support Manting?

He paused and said, "The revolutionary people have always been broad-minded. If I ask again, they may not make it difficult for you."

"Li Du!" Someone suddenly burst into tears. After all, he was his confidant who had been favored for many years. Looking at his boss's decline and still thinking about them, he couldn't help but be moved: "In this revolution, we are also the rebellion of the whole court. We also fought with our heads. There is no merit and hard work... Li Du is still in such a situation now. But there are no people inside and outside... At the beginning, they fought with the Beiyang Army in Hankou. It's good to die. It's easy to die, and it's still the revolutionary martyr who died!"

Li Yuanhong waved his hand indifferently, but just met Sun Wu's unwilling eyes: "Minister Sun, let go, this war has nothing to do with us. This war is not the beginning of you and me, but the credit we grabbed. We insist on mixing in this war. Up to now, this embarrassing situation has nothing to do with us. That's it. Let's see what kind of ending Li Xiang can draw for this war in 1911? Look at the vigorous year of 1911, where will the revolutionary road that swept the country go?

This sentence seemed to hit Sun Wu's heart with the empty palm of the twelve successes, making his whole body shake. His tricks and unscrupulous efforts were torn to pieces by Li Yuanhong. He looked at Li Yuanhong sadly and indignantly, but what he saw was the faint and tired face of the bald fat man. Li Yuanhong was already frustrated. Sun Wu's face was as pale as a dead man, and he walked out of the conference room like a walking corpse.

Looking at Sun Wu's lonely back, they didn't know what it was like.

Li Yuanhong quietly told his subordinates, "Later, go to Ewind, a famous reporter of the Mainland Daily. Danger, I want to make another statement and appeal to newspapers around the world: Request Guangzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai to give reinforcements to Wuchang! The National Revolutionary Party unites! Firmly oppose the preservation of the imperial dynasty! I am in favor of the republic and carry out the revolution to the end! I take back my claim that I have made clear after the loss of Hanyang to accept Yuan Shikai's constitutional monarchy.

"Li Du? ..." Didn't Li Yuanhong slap himself in the face?

Li Yuanhong ignored it, "Is there the whereabouts of Feng Xiaoyu?"

"He has always been in Wuhan."

"Let's invite him to receive the military government."

Li Yuanhong was really frustrated. Without Li Xiang, maybe the war in Hubei would have another ending. Yuan Shikai's calculation was carried out without resistance. Hubei no longer had the courage to fight to the death of the Beiyang army. There was no doubt that he sat as a revolutionary leader. History is so uncertain, full of variables, and has countless results. He just grasped a variable in history and became the governor of Hubei. Yuan Shikai also grasped a variable in history and turned upside down in the north. Li Xianghe did not seize a variable of history and completely lead history to another result. And now the result is that he will never do anything again.

The big guys really rolled their eyes at this time. The noise outside was so loud that they wanted to cry even more. Wealth and power come and go quickly. If you have it and lose it like this, you will never have it, and you will feel better.

At this time, Jiang Yiwu, Liu Gong, Zhang Zhenwu, Wu Zhaolin, Cai Jimin, Gan Jixi and others came in in a hurry. Their hats and military uniforms were pulled in a mess, and several of them still had bruises on their faces, as if they had been touched by bricks, and their faces were also unlucky. They all became the pond fish that suffered from the middle. On the way to the Red Mansion, they suffered a little loss.

Seeing several people sitting here, they were as dull as wooden chickens, and the appearance of a prime minister was not moving. Jiang Yiwu and others were suddenly not angry.

Jiang Yiwu patted the table and said, "Guys, everyone, go out and have a look! The officers and soldiers of the new military camp, the students and soldiers of the surveying and mapping school, the students who returned to their hometown from other places, the students of Liangjiang College, and the students of major primary schools in Wuchang, and the civil rights of the whole Wuchang City are outside the Red Mansion. Those soldiers pulled my neck and asked me if I wanted to be at peace! Ask if you want to sign an alliance under the city! Ask us if we are going to force General Li with the alliance!"

Everyone looked at each other and frowned even more.

Li Yuanhong said with a smile, "When the armistice agreement was signed, I was in Gedian. Pan En, a British man of Ge Fu's faction and president of the Chamber of Commerce of Nations, was accompanied by Sun Faxu, an adviser to the Hubei Military Government. Wu Zhaolin was found by Wu Zhaolin, and Jiang Yiwu, the host was your commander-in-chief. Even the governor's seal is the engraving workers in the city ordered by Gao Chu Huan, and it is quickly engraved according to the example of the governor's seal. Although Man Ting asked me to negotiate with me, I didn't know anything about this matter. Now I want to put all the responsibility on me. I'm sorry, I dare not agree.

Jiang Yiwu and others mocked Li Yuanhong, but they were frightened by Feng Guozhang's bombardment at that time, so they signed the alliance under the city. But Li Yuanhong, fifty steps, don't laugh a hundred steps. He abandoned the city and ran to Gedian, which was more unbearable than them. Moreover, he also acquiesced to "harmony", and regarded it as a stepping stone to stand firm.

Gan Jixi, who was not angry, looked up, but it was Li Yuanhong smiling. Everyone looked panicked and unlucky all day long. This has become a rough bald fat man in the mouth of the people in Wuchang, a fool who is timid and hides under the bed. After the revolution, he turned his face and killed people without blinking, and the "bad guy" who "weaped" the fruit of the victory of the revolution. At this time, it looks like a light cloud, like an epiphany.

When Gan Jixi saw Li Yuanhong like this, he was even more angry: "Captain, isn't it the one who decides to defend Wuchang? Why escape from Wuchang, listen to people's words, and go wherever he wants.

On the day of the loss of Hanyang, Li Yuanhong called the independent provinces and asked to send troops to assist Hubei: "Yuanhong was the governor and led the soldiers, and vowed to defend the overall situation." Gan Jixi poked at Li Yuanhong and came out in pain.

He was already disheartened. Li Yuanhong, who looked away from everything, flashed blue on his face. Unexpectedly, he slapped the case and scolded Gan Jixi angrily: "You young man repeatedly said fierce words, which is really incompetent. If you ask me as the governor, you should obey and don't say immoral words arbitrarily.

Everyone was speechless. Didn't they set a trap for themselves at the beginning? Who can you blame?

Zhang Zhenwu was so crazy that he wanted to smash things. He sneered and said, "Okay! Governor, please give instructions on how to deal with today's situation! You should also listen to what is shouting outside? After the revolution, the face-changing demon who turned his face and killed people without blinking an eye!"

Li Yuanhong was silent and suddenly laughed, so much that his little triangle eyes were full of tears: "This war has long had nothing to do with me. What else can I do in the future? Why do I still care about this! Aren't you all looking forward to the day when I fall? I'm determined to take the blame of the alliance under the city now. People have been trampled at the bottom. What else am I worried about? Now that Hubei is all about Marshal Li, I will keep my eyes open and watch how Marshal Li carries out the revolution to the end, and what kind of result should this Xinhai war end? ............I, Li Yuanhong, even in a few hundred years, will stare at the insidious and speculative! ............The form is better than people. You also have nothing to do with this war. The result of everything is to wait to see Marshal Li..."

Li Yuanhong said that everyone in the field changed color.

Three thousand miles away, they are looking for a marquis. They also carry their heads and hit a piece of sky in Wuchang with one hand and one foot. In a blink of an eye, it has turned into a spring dream.

The rest, whether it's praise or scolding. Who really understands the vicissitudes of this history?

Everyone is cold all over. Watching Li Yuanhong bow to everyone in awe. He staggered out, leaving a lonely winter figure at the door.

Only outside the Red Mansion was heard, and the people were shouting in unison: Carry out the revolution to the end!