176 a cannon

Yuan's house in Xila Hutong, Beijing.

This white world, Qionglou Yuyu, how is it like the world?

A gust of wind blew, and a few scattered snow floated down and hit Yuan Shikai's fat face. It was so painful that he couldn't help shivering and returning to the study from under the eaves of the patio.

There are piles of telegraphs and ultimatums gathered from all over the place on the bookcase, all of which always remind Yuan Shikai that his small house is gradually replacing the central position of the Forbidden City. But at this moment, he lost a trace of pride, and his mind was a little deeper.

Without looking at it, he picked up the top newspaper and walked to the warm house. There are two pink-like little maids waiting at the door. The twins are only fourteen or fifteen years old. Her skin is as white as jade. When she smiles, there is a shallow dimple on the left side of one cheek, and the other is on the right. The two identical twin maids are both rare to see the enemy's little beauties, and the most rare is the pair of jasper. This is the most useful one in front of Yuan Shikai.

Seeing Yuan Shikai coming in, they wink. The guards waiting in the study outside were all the children brought by Yuan Shikai from the wall. They had a tacit understanding of their eyes, so they bowed silently and retreated knowingly.

Yuan Shikai sat down on a chair near the kang and unfolded the roll of newspaper. It looked like this roll of newspaper was the People's Daily. The room was warm, and I felt hot all over for a while. I don't know if it was because I saw the nonsense reports in the newspaper, or because the room was too hot, I couldn't help unbuttoning the fur with my hands.

The two twin little girl behind her came over and bowed her head to relieve him. That kind of soft and careful appearance made Yuan Shikai feel itchy with an evil fire. Push down the sisters tonight? Thinking that Zhou and Hong's second aunts will definitely make trouble in the harem, and this evil fire suddenly leaves only cold wind and snow. If you have too many wives, it's also troublesome! Let's solve the trouble at hand first. Yuan Shikai's hand holding the newspaper was also tight.

Those enemy guards outside the door stood upright. Although it was already bright, the wind and snow kept. A burst of piercing cold wind blew with snow powder, and the guards secretly shrank their necks under the beach sheepskin collar.

When it was a little boring and dull, I heard the sound of footsteps rushing straight in from the door. Everyone's eyes turned around and saw the eldest son and Yang Du strode in side by side. Next to them was a series of Goshha who invited them. Both of them didn't look at it, and their faces turned red. The white breath exhaled was thick and urgent.

Goshha, the bodyguard who got up, was guessing, what happened to the eldest son and Mr. Yang? Where did the revolutionary party come to start the ups again? Or is that madman Li restless?

At this time, Yuan Shikai was wearing a blanket on his leg and sitting on the lounge chair. He was also wearing a purple fox leather sleeve cage. There were two beautiful little girl kneeling under her feet, gently pinching his feet. And the two identical twin little maids stood behind his back and pounded him on the shoulder. Yuan Shikai's eyes were faked, and he didn't know if he was still thinking about pushing down his sisters.

"It's so cold, Mr. Yang..." The voice at the door sounded. Before he finished, Yuan Keding and Yang Du waved their hands and went into the study and lifted the curtain into the inner room.

Yang Du is a staff member and politely salutes Yuan Shikai. Yuan Keding, who was impetuous, raised a pile of hairy paper in front of his father: "Father, have you seen a new newspaper today?"

Yuan Shikai took a long breath, looked at his son, glanced at Yang Du again, waved his hand, and the maids serving behind him immediately retreated. It seemed that he had known that they would come. He knocked on the same piece of paper on the blanket and said with a wry smile, "Why didn't you look at it? The People's Daily shouted loudly. Hankou, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, five major cities, and places with post and telecommunications are all delivered... Yesterday, on the Jinghan Railway Line in Hubei Province, from Wushengguan to Xiaogan, three divisions under Li Xiang's command suddenly attacked the garrison of Beiyang Railway Station at night. Li Shang resolutely tore up Zhu Erdian, the British minister in Beijing, and ordered Ge Fu, the British consul in Hankou, to come forward to Wuchang on October 10 to mediate for peace and first discuss the armistice agreement between the north and the south. Until dawn today, the situation suddenly changed. At present, the two armies are fighting fiercely in Hubei... In the place where the atmosphere is opened, I don't know how many local constitutional committee bosses, Yanyan revolutionary self-prouded manure, are looking at this newspaper for his reputation as a madman! After that, large newspapers, small newspapers, foreign newspapers, and Chinese newspapers continued to send detailed reports from the local area. Among them, the report is the most detailed, and the news is the most violent. The People's Daily, the first organ newspaper of the madman Li! Li Shuai firmly opposes the humiliating peace and wants to carry out the revolution to the end! Crazy Li, in order to cater to the psychology of the public, the People's Daily's boasting report on the war is surprisingly fast. The People's Daily has already designed the end of the war with a limited nose, and two versions of the war report taken by the First Army from Hankou..."

Yuan Keding shouted, "Father! So you are still sitting here? The sky in Hubei has collapsed!"

Yang Du next to him said with a headache and said with a wry smile, "Sir, the enemy newspapers of the Democratic Party have always liked to exaggerate to confuse the people. This report is a little true and needs to be verified. Do we still have enough to fight with the revolutionary party? I have been in Dongyang for a few years, and I meet them every day. They can't understand any virtues, but they will deceive the hearts of the people!"

Yuan Keding ignored it and just said to Yuan Shikai: "Father, the revolutionary government of Li Madman issued the Declaration on Carrying the Revolution to the End, declaring that the Hubei Revolutionary Army will never give up any part of the destination of the revolution. In case of counter-revolutionary counterattack, it can only implement the revolutionary power to fight! The Chinese revolution was forced by the endless reaction of Beiyang. Li Yuanhong signed an alliance with Beiyang in Wuchang, which was really a great shame and humiliation of the Great Revolution. He had to resist, resist violence and carry out the revolution to the end!

He said too quickly and almost choked. He spread out the newspaper in a calm way and continued, "At the same time, Li Kuanzi also answered reporters' questions to the press in his official newspaper People's Daily! Look, the reporter asked: What is the significance of the Beijing-Han Railway War in this revolution? Li Madman said: This should be evaluated by the history of a hundred years later. But I believe that history will give us a fair evaluation, a very high evaluation. For the ideal of a nation, the belief of a country, and the determination to carry out the revolution to the end, all the sacrifices we have made are worth it. Our efforts will be recorded in history, and our honor will be recognized by the nation. Our revolutionary army carried out an active large-scale campaign attack behind the enemy, and carried out a large-scale campaign attack on the various traffic lifelines of the enemy. Because of this battle attack, the Beiyang enemy-occupied area will be reduced and the revolutionary-occupied area will be expanded, which is the beginning of the transformation of the Hubei war situation. The victory of this battle will create a new situation for Hubei, and this new situation will contain more enemy troops and block the enemy from making a positive attack on our revolutionary independent province, so as to lead the whole nation to carry out the revolution to the end! Father, look, how arrogant! In his eyes, our Beiyang is fish, crazy. Father, the whole world is watching. We can't show weakness. We must fight. He is crying for his father and mother!"

Yuan Shikai just listened quietly, and Yuan Keding continued to make noise: "Just reading this newspaper, the situation of the enemy in Hubei is not as easy as Duan Qirui said. Li madman said: This battle is to greatly reverse the momentum of the Southern People's weak peace, improve the confidence of the military and civilians in the country in the revolution, and severely crack down on pessimism and disappointment. Our high revolutionary sentiment has received a warm response from the people in the Hubei enemy-occupied area, and it is very huge even in the rear of the enemy. The influence of ; our determination and perseverance to carry out the revolution to the end, and the deterrence given to the Beiyang enemy will gradually appear... We strive to expand the achievements, and expand the great victory currently obtained on the Beijing-Han Railway to all fronts, to the Northern enemy, the struggle against the Qing court and the imperialists. Go to all directions. With the offensive in military and traffic warfare, we will carry out political, economic and cultural attacks to strive for greater and more victories and defend our revolutionary bases. If we can continue to win a huge victory in the traffic war, we can maintain a favorable situation on the battlefield in Hubei and seriously attack the Beiyang enemy. Father, no matter how true what Li Madman said is, it is true that Hubei has become a pot of porridge. Duan Qirui lost his power and seriously dereliction of duty. He must apply for it!"

Yuan Shikai suddenly turned his head and asked Yang Du with a smile, "Xizi, how did you explain it in Hubei?"

Yang Du said: "Duan Juntongpai telegram explained that after the main force of the third town entered the north area of Lidian, it began to attack, occupied the mountain position in turn, and finally re-occupied Lidian, which was captured by the bandits. In the future, although the main force of our army will continue to attack, it is difficult to attack the enemy positions built with danger. It continued until this morning to capture the main part of the position, cross the railway, defeat the enemy, and continue to go south. The main force of the sixth town first defeated the enemy behind Xiaochang, and then entered the Anlu area. I'm ready to start this morning to attack the enemy position in Dabie Mountain. It was not until the evening that part of the key points were occupied, and the front was in a state of stalemate. I'm going to attack again, and the tenacious enemy positions will be broken one by one... The war seems a little difficult, but it has made progress, and I have always taken the initiative. The newspaper of Crazy Li's newspaper is so exaggerated, and it does not say that it has recaptured the two important towns of Xiaogan and Hankou, but more harassment like small bandits on the Beijing-Han railway line. The Beijing-Han Railway is so long that it is inevitable that it will not take care of the enemy. It can't be said that Duan Juntong's duty... The Beiyang Army suffered a loss in the Yangxia battlefield, and now it is holding its breath. Now that it's a little cheaper, why don't you take this opportunity to point fingers and brag! Anyway, standing and bragging is not breaking the law. Anyway, if you are hung up by these big-spoken revolutionary parties, there is no light, and the momentum is not small... Do you know what Sun Yat-sen's nickname is? His fellow Cantonese villagers said: Zhongshan is just a cannon! Cantonese cannon is bragging! Can you see who the revolutionary party is? It's just a loud blout! Crazy Li is just bragging. It's no big deal.

Yuan Keding fell aside and said, "Mr. Yang, it doesn't matter when the sky falls! Li Madman, a few days ago, he shocked the world by shelling the five-nation joint fleet of foreigners in Hankou and became a star of the revolutionary trend in 1911. After that, some hot-blooded young people defected to Hankou, and some people were worried about his future. However, the ups and downs of 1911 are changeable, and the heroes are surging. Just as people gradually forget the former heroic story of Li Madman, he suddenly shocked the world again because of this matter! He is crazy, but our Beiyang is shameless! Who in the world doesn't know that Crazy Li is peeing on our heads? Under the current situation, it is no longer possible for us not to fight. But once there is anything wrong with the war, let's plan hard and put it into the water! We will provoke Xiao Li crazily, and we will never fail!"

Yuan Shikai just smiled.

Yang Du also smiled faintly: "Big prince. You must be right. Now we are not the madman Li, nor the timid Li, but the Nanjing Provisional Government! Nowadays, it is not only the Li madman's family that is the enemy of our Beiyang Army. They look around. It is more difficult, but it is not as powerful as the Li madman... At present, it is the most urgent thing for us to maintain local order, consolidate military groups, unite the feelings of all walks of life, and increase the strength of the north. We should take advantage of the opportunity of the complete armistice between the two sides to carry out a fierce suppression of the 'revolutionary' warriors in the northern provinces in the name of bandits. Mr. Yuan doesn't think so!"

He raised two fingers and said, "In the peace with the south, the key figures are actually Zhao Gongfengchang and Zhang Gongmeng, and the second bus is affectionate. Mr. Zhang once recommended Mr. Zhao to go to Shanghai to hold foreign affairs, and there were many people in contact with Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Cheng Gongdequan, the governor of Jiangsu Province, Tang Gongshou Qian, the governor of Zhejiang Province, and several other governors in the south have friendship with Zhao Gong. Zhang Gong is a new figure who advocates industry to save the country. Sun Yat-sen, Hu Hanmin, Wang Jingwei, Chen Qimei and others not only admire Zhang Gong, but also admire and attach great importance to him. In order to get familiar with the situation, they have a lot of things to ask Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Zhang often plots against Mr. Zhao. Zhao Gong is a southern strategist who is expected by the people in the south and has insight into the overall situation. When Duke Zhao and Duke Yuan were training the enemy in a small town, it was appropriate to have teachers and students, and he would be able to move with affection and know it with righteousness. Moreover, Zhang Gong, Tang Gong and Cheng Gong were originally constitutional or more enlightened court officials, but now they are purely looking at the wave of demand for a democratic republic, which is uncontrollable, so they turn to the side of the independent province. If the Qing Dynasty can abdicize, implement a democratic and republican government, and Yuan Gong, who has always been trusted by them, holds the highest power, this is not what they have been looking for for a long time.

The whole room listened to this speech. Even Yuan Keding had no voice, showing a thoughtful look.

Yang Du looked pale and just looked at Yuan Shikai: "After the formation of Yuan Gong's responsible cabinet, the most important thing is to hold the military power of the Qing court in your own hands, which is the most practical basic problem. If you can't control the army, it is useless to preside over the responsible cabinet. Therefore, while Yuan Gong is forming a cabinet, he must take full control of the military power in the north and the capital. He has obtained the full power of moderation and dispatch of Beiyang towns in the Kinki and Jiang Guiti of the Yi Army, but there is also Tao Beiler, the Minister of Military Advisory Office in Beijing. The commanding imperial guard, this imperial guard in Beijing is enough to make us dare not act at will. This imperial guard was formed after the regent and deposed Yuan Gong. It can be said that the purpose of organizing this army is to protect the relatives of the Manchu people. The guards are full of people. They are well-paid, well trained and well equipped. In order to remove the threat of the enemy of the imperial guard, Yuan Gong can suggest to the Qing court that in order to boost the morale of the revolutionary army and encourage morale, the imperial guard should advocate and demonstrate, and the royal ministers should also set an example for their subjects, so the royal ministers should lead a part of the imperial guard to the south. Our topic is very open and upright, and the Qing court has to listen to it! But such a proposal is enough to scare Tao Beile. Tao Beile was known to be as timid as a mouse. As soon as he heard that Yuan Gong wanted him to be handsome, he immediately found the Prince of Laoqing with his tail and begged him to interced with Yuan Gong, which was exempted from his 'military service'. Who doesn't know that among the royal families of Manchuria, Prince Qing is the most intimate with Yuan Gong. If Prince Qing is greedy for money, we can do what we like. Tao Beile's request was in line with our hope. We agreed not to adjust Tao Beile to go to the front line. At the same time, we also accepted Tao Beile's resignation as the minister of the Military Advisory Office, and immediately recommended our Lord Xu Shichang to succeed the Minister of the Military Advisory Office. Therefore, the command of the Imperial Guard was also transferred from the royal family to Yuan Gong, waiting for the return of Feng Gong. Then the guard can be rectified.

The room was suddenly awe-inspiring, and Yuan Shikai just closed his eyes and listened quietly. After a long time, he shook his head gently: "Feng Guozhang is back, and I still want to have a good talk with him. The command of the imperial guard is not a small thing!"

Listening to Yuan Shikai's self-talk, Yang Du smiled and said nothing. Yuan Keding, who was beside him, was stupid at this time.

Yuan Shikai opened his eyes and was shining: "Ke Ding, contact Jin Yunpeng, the general councilor of the First Army, to go north as soon as possible and lobby the generals of the Beiyang army to make them understand my will. On the other hand, we should also secretly send Liao Yuchun to Shanghai as a representative of the northern army as soon as possible to secretly contact Huang Xing and strive for negotiations; Wang Jingwei You must grasp it well for me. He is also the key..."

He turned his eyes and looked at Yang Du: "Xizi, you and Shaochuan, prepare for it. I'm going to ask the Empress Dowager to ask you to be the official and representative. Zhao and Zhang Ergong, I will say hello.

After Yuan Shikai released the list of new cabinet, Zhang Jian specially sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai: the monarchy is constitutional, which is suitable for a small and pure-blooded nation, and the descendants of Emperor Shenwu of Japan are all generations; democratic republics are suitable for the country, different races, and different customs. The 25 states of Switzerland are federal, and the United States are beautiful. Forty-eight states are the United States. The rule of democracy and republic is best known as Ruimei, and both countries are good laws. Today's call of republicanism is uncontrollable; the fierce and urgent progress of the people, to the point of blood, think that the demand, the love of governance, pitiful and especially respectable. Today, it is a full plan, a Han plan, a Mongolian Tibetan plan, and an inductive republic as a welfare. Only a few officials in the north, who fall in love with their private tricks and forget the great danger of the country, still maintain the constitutional monarchy. However, this fallacy is different from the whole country, and it can't solve the problem and delay the disaster. It is said that it is appropriate to follow the return of heaven and man at this time, thank the position of the emperor, bow down to the wishes of the group, and recognize the republic. Xi Yao Chanshun, Shun Chanyu, personal and concessions, thought it was a beautiful talk for thousands of years... The order of the Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce did not dare to worship.

Although Zhang Qian resigned from Yuan's cabinet to show his opposition to the imperial system, he did not say that he would send it to his old Yuan. Coupled with Zhao Fengchang's relationship, Lao Yuan was not afraid of whether he could attract the top industrialist at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Yang Du hit it again and again: "Mr. Yuan, don't worry."

Yuan Shikai smiled and said, "Xizi said that we should consolidate our territory. This is very good. If you don't win, you should worry about losing first. In case we can't make peace, we can also fight against the revolutionary army according to several northern provinces. I ordered: Cao Kung and Lu Yongxiang led the third town to attack Shanxi, first occupied the Niangzi Pass, then fell into Taiyuan, and then divided their troops to plunder the north of Jinnan Yan. Zhang Xiluan became the governor of Shanxi. At the same time, Qi Yaolin replaced Bao as the governor of Henan and ordered me to search for the Revolutionary Party. Sun Baoqi, the governor of Shandong Province, was forced to declare independence due to pressure from the members of the alliance and the gentry of the Council. I sent Zhang Guangjian and Wu Bingxiang to Shandong to incite Wu Dingyuan and Zhang Shuyuan, the fifth town, to oppose independence. Sun Baoqi must be forced to cancel the fake independence, and then immediately send the fifth town to the states and counties to suppress the Revolutionary Party. He ordered Ni Sichong to lead his troops to attack Taihe and Yingzhou in northern Anhui. Zhao Yi and Zhou Fulin led the Yi army to attack Tongguan from western Henan, and the Shaanxi Revolutionary Army must be eliminated. I want to send Zhang Zhenfang to take the role of the governor of Zhili, strictly control the territory of Zhili, and must suppress the aftermath of the Luanzhou Uprising ins instigated by the Zhili Revolutionary Party as soon as possible.

Finally, Yuan Shikai muttered, "If Duan Qirui can't calm down the madman in Hubei as soon as possible, then get back to me!" Crazy Li is not afraid, but it looks really disgusting.

With that, he kneaded the newspaper on his knees and threw it into the fiery red carbon basin in front of him.

(Won the scene: How much is the effect? My brother is working hard! It's up to you...

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