39 bright sword

Bai Yu is a horse for Tang Jin. Li Xiang's large living room of Luoqishan Villa is as magnificent as a traditional Chinese temple, elegant and implicit in luxury. Under the bright light, the governor Li Yuanhong, Tang Hualong, Wu Zhaolin, Zhang Zhenwu, Jiang Yiwu, Xiong Bingkun, Liu Gong and other ministers of the twelve ministries, as well as Feng Xiaoyu, Tie Gongqi, Zeng Gao and Li Xiping, the senior civil and martial arts senior members of Li Xiang, and Ding Wenjiang and Li Siguang, who are newly recruited from Nanjing, a total of more than 30 Hubei. The positions of government departments and regional officials are clear.

At the meeting, Feng Xiaoqi made a long report to Li Xiang, who had just returned, and more than 30 officials from various departments and regions of the State Council. The Ezhou government has achieved gratifying results when Li Xiang left. It can be said that it has overfulfilled the tasks assigned by Li Xiang.

Li Xiang, dressed in a simple military uniform, leaned lazily on the sofa, biting a cigar and spitting fog. Driven by Li Xiang, everyone who smokes in the venue has no scruples to put on a cigarette and let the smoke cover the room. People who are afraid of smoke can't stand the spitting of many smoke guns, so they have to sit in front of the window or near the door.

After listening to Feng Xiaoyu's report, Li wanted to take the hot milk from the housekeeper's sister. He turned his head and asked Tie Gongqi, "Lao Tie, now you are in charge of the logistics of the revolutionary army. How much food is stored in Hankou now?"

Tie Gongqi said hurriedly, "I am now in charge of industry and commerce. Because I used to be in charge of general staff logistics, now I don't care about the affairs of general staff logistics. Now that the military and politics are completely separated, I dare not touch this hand, so the matter of military supplies is not very clear. If you ask private merchants to store grain, I know that there are about 15 million stones in the hands of the eight major merchants in Hankou.

Tie Gongqi is a very smart person. Seeing that generals such as Zeng Gao and Li Xiping came to see him tonight, it was expected that Li wanted to use troops in the west. However, Li Xiang's subordinates of the martial arts team are very clear, so he is very restrained and never asks about the Military Affairs Department.

Zeng Gao gently flicked the ashes and said with a smile, "Zhao Jia, the largest grain merchant in Hankou, is now the quartermaster supplier of the Ezhou Revolutionary Army. The marshal can rest assured that the army's food supply is very stable.

In Hankou, which has experienced the war of 1911, it can still accumulate 15 million stones of grain, which is not a small number. It is enough to see that the eight major business gangs in Hankou radiate the vast commercial channels of the nine central provinces of China. How can they have such a strong ability to recover blood?

Li Xiang felt much more secure. He stared at the crowd for a long time and said abruptly, "I think more than 10 million stones of grain are almost enough. In those years, when Zuo Zhongtang Pingxi borrowed only seven million stone grain from the east and west, he couldn't count on the money of the Qing court, so he still did it. Now our 10 million yuan of Xizheng public bonds have been sold out, and the military expenditure is enough.

Wu Zhaolin said loudly, "Once the Western Expedition is defeated, you can still afford the 10 million public debt?"

Li Xiang said calmly, "If everyone is as afraid of failure as you, the Wuchang Revolution will not succeed. The popularity of Western Expeditionary Public Debt is representing the people's trust in our Ezhou Revolutionary Army.

"Li Shuai can't rejuvenate the army again." Wu Zhaolin stood up violently and said, "Wuchang has no choice but to do justice. The fierce battle with the Beiyang Army has exhausted its financial resources. Now there is a truce between the north and the south, and the peaceful negotiation to solve the national and physical problems. The ruling area of Ezhou and France has just recovered a little peace. It is the time for the people to live and work in peace and contentment. Somehow they have to rejuvenate the army. They can't make the people live a peaceful life. Stable years?"

"I am for the complete Western Expedition of China's sacred and inviolable territorial sovereignty!" Li wanted to say coldly, "We can't rule Ezhou, regardless of the deep heat of the people in the Western Regions!" When I came back, I heard that you spread rumors everywhere against the Western Expedition, saying that I would definitely go out this time, but there are some?"

"Yes!" Wu Zhaolin replied anly, "I can't tolerate your conceit, poor soldiers and blasphemy, dragging the Chinese people to an eternal place."

"Wu Zhaolin's words are biased!" Zeng Gao said, "You don't see the world situation well enough. European powers are full of contradictions. If they go to war with China for the northwest border, their own backyard will be on fire. This is also the most fundamental reason why the Chinese revolution was vigorous, and the great powers did not send troops to interfere as they did during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but declared "strictly guarding neutrality". Li Shuai can only gain the upper hand in the collision with the great powers by seeing the weaknesses of the great powers.

Li Xiang was embarrassed by what Wu Zhaolin said. After a great explanation, he said it well. His face turned back and sneered, "You must not have read the People's Daily published by Xinhua News Agency, otherwise how could you say such childish and ridiculous words? To tell you the truth, I marched to the west for national unity. I don't care about any great powers in the first place. Even if I fight with the great powers in the northwest, I'm not afraid! The northwest border is turbulent, and the separatist forces are ready to move. Nanjing and Beijing are unable to take care of it, so let's take care of it. What's wrong with you, Wu Zhaolin? You don't even understand this?"

"I don't understand the situation at home and abroad." Li Xiping, with a neat military appearance, listened for half a day and said slowly, "All I know is that as a soldier, no matter how powerful the enemy is, I must have the courage to show my sword!" The Ezhou Revolutionary Army did not show its sword spirit, and the three towns in Wuhan had long been occupied by the Beiyang Army. Without the spirit of swordsmanship, will the foreign devils be afraid of us and change our concession? Our Western expedition this time is to show our sword to the great powers!"

Li Xiang couldn't help laughing in his heart. This Li Xiping is really ambiguous. I don't know how many people he scolded in this sentence.

"This army has an indomitable spirit. It will overwhelm all enemies and will never be subdued by the enemy." Seeing that Wu Zhaolin was embarrassed, it was inconvenient to say at this time, so he got up and yawned, "Whether it's the main battle or not, I'm not guilty. It's getting late. Let's end the meeting. Feng Xiaoqi, Tie Gongqi, Zeng Gao and Li Xiping, as well as Ding Wenjiang and Li Siguang, and there are still things to discuss with you. Everyone else will break up.

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In the Forbidden City, in the Dongnuan Pavilion of Yangxin Hall, Empress Dowager Longyu sat on the kang near the south window and wiped her eyes with a handkerchief. The young emperor Puyi sat on the right side of Empress Dowager Longyu and looked curiously at a strange thick old man kneeling on the red felt mat on the ground in front of her, which was also full of tears. The little emperor looked very puzzled and didn't understand why the two adults were crying.

At this time, there was no one else in the hall except the three of them, which was very quiet. The fat old man sniffed loudly and spoke, saying words that the little emperor didn't understand at all.

Yuan Shikai secretly reported to the empress dowager in the name of all the state officials, saying that there was no other way out but to implement the republic. The most horrible thing for the Empress Dowager in the secret play is these words: "The navy is full of rebellion, and there is no natural danger. How can we use the six towns of the army to defend Beijing and Tianjin? Although it is the relocation of the Zhou room, there is no longer a compatible place. "In the friendly countries of the East and the West, there are people engaged in mediation. I am only engaged in political reform. If I wait for a long time to fight, it is inevitable that there will be no interference. And the people's army must also have bad feelings for the court. Reading the history of the French Revolution, if you can follow the public opinion as soon as possible, how can the descendants of Louis have a legacy? ......”

"...Louis XVI was pushed to the guillotine for treason!" Yuan Shikai acted as a storyteller, wiped his tears and talked about the story of the French Revolution: "That was January 21st of the Western calendar, and in a few days, it will be the anniversary of the death of the French emperor. The weather in Paris, France, is the same as that in Beijing. It is snowing heavily and extremely cold! But the crowd of people in the Revolutionary Square is turbulent, and the atmosphere is so jubilant and exciting. King Louis XVI was taken to the guilloion. Louis XVI personally participated in the design of the guillot. In order to accelerate the killing efficiency of the guillot, he also ordered people to change the guillot into a triangle. Unexpectedly, Louis XVI himself was finally sent to the guilloin of his own design! Louis XVI was pressed on the guilloin by the executioner, and the huge guillote hung with thick fingers of ice. In this way, he cut it off with a click in the cheer of the French people!"

Yuan Shikai suddenly stopped, and the Empress Dowager Longyu was so "clap!" by him. I was so scared that I couldn't cry.

The poor young and ignorant little emperor was still clapping his hands and said innocently, "Well said! What happened later? Come on, come on!"

The Empress Dowager Longyu hugged the little emperor and cried even more sadly.

"The old minister obeys the order!" Yuan Shikai smiled gidly: "Louis XVI landed like this! Poor, King Louis insisted that he was innocent until his death. He was escorted here by the commune at ten o'clock in the morning. His arms were tied behind his back and he walked to the guilloin. At this time, he shouted, 'I died innocently. I forgive my enemies, and I hope my blood can calm the anger of God. Knowing that Louis XVI was in danger, he never had the courage to reform, and even had to sharpen his mind. In the end, the hall is full of gold and jade, and you can't keep it. Rich and arrogant, blame yourself.

Empress Dowager Longyu burst into tears after hearing Yuan Shikai's scare.

Yuan Shikai finally tried his best to say, "With the existing military and financial resources, I can't fight. If it is often implicated, there will be a day of internal collapse, and the crowd is crazy and intoxicated with democracy... People's hearts are scattered, such as a broken river, and there is no way to control it."

The Empress Dowager Longyu cried, "What do you think you should do, that is, how to do it." No matter what the overall situation is, I will not blame you, nor can I blame you.

The fat old man Yuan Shikai cried, "I and other ministers of state are in charge of administrative matters. When it comes to the royal family's safety plan, you should ask the royal family's close friend to the prince. In terms of the political system, it should have been a constitutional monarchy, but now it can't be done, and the revolutionary party refuses to admit it... If the war starts, after the defeat, the royal family cannot be preserved. This matter is related to the safety of the royal family. The Empress Dowager still summoned the princes of the royal family, held a decisive meeting, and quickly determined a plan to calm down the military disaster and obey the hearts of the people.

Yuan Shikai was scared and persuaded, and played for a long time. Finally, he sobbed and said, "My mother and son are hanging in your hands. You have to handle it well. You always teach me that my mother and son are all right. The royal family is fine, and I can't take care of the ancestors." Sad words, I can't bear to read them.

Yuan Shikai withdrew from the Dongnuan Pavilion and scared Longyu like this. He couldn't help but be a little proud. When he walked out of the Yangxin Hall, his footsteps were light.

Yuan Shikai looked back at the Yangxin Hall again, and immediately took advantage of the public opinion to get out of Donghua Gate. The guards supported and defended them, and the guards were very strict. On both sides stood soldiers and stood with guns, and some of them did not dare to make a sound.