102 Prepared

The narcissus smiled and gently relaxed her five fingers, and the pipa sounded more and more. First, I played a "Pre-Banquet Music", and then the main song was "Farewell My Concubine". The music was sometimes like a cracked stone through the clouds, sometimes like running water, sometimes like ten thousand horses galloping, and sometimes like sobbing.

Li Xiang sat at a long table with a map with Zeng Gao and Li Xiping, listening to music and discussing. Li thought that he was not a saint. He worked so hard just to live such a leisurely life, so that the Chinese people could live such a leisurely life.

"Because the preparation time for the Ili Uprising is relatively sufficient," Zeng Gao said, "And because the propaganda work of the revolutionaries is in place, the revolution has received a positive response from the local Hui people. The violent dong troops composed of soldiers and civilians of Han, Hui and other ethnic groups were divided into five routes, attacking targets such as the General's Office, the Deputy Capital Office, the East Gate, and the South and North Armory respectively. Zhirui mobilized the Manchurian army to resist. Hao Kequan led a team to attack the general's mansion. With the assistance of Li Mengbiao, he captured the general's mansion. Zhirui hid while pretending to be dead, and then was arrested and shot. Yang Zhenxu personally guided the old Manchurian camp and made an appointment to protect the city street. The old Manchurian camp returned to the station. Feng Temin and Hao Kequan led the iron-blooded regiment to attack Beiku, which was stubborn and strong resistance from the Xinman camp.

Li wanted to hear this, so don't turn around. But he heard Zeng Gao say, "Beiku can't be attacked for a long time. There are Manchu and Mongolian flags to train troops outside, and there is a garrison sign seven or eight kilometers away. At this time, it is still difficult to predict the victory or defeat of the sky. Therefore, Yang Zhenxu came forward and asked Guangfu, the former general of Yili, to come forward to mediation. Meng Kutai, the right-wing leader of the New Manchurian Camp, came from Guangfu and asked him to persuade the Beiku soldiers not to resist. Therefore, Meng Kutai went to Beiku to persuade and enlighten the officers and soldiers of the Xibo Camp, so that the Xibo officers and soldiers of the Xinman Camp who were firmly guarding the Beiku stood on the side of the rebel army. At this point, the war was over. The Ili Xinhai Revolution was successful.

Li Xiping continued: "The insurgent army controlled Huiyuan City. The next morning, in the name of Guangfu and Yang Yuxu, the leaders of the rebel army, representatives of local groups, the new Manchurian battalion coordinators, Zuo Ling and the leaders of the four battalions, including the Xibo Camp, the Sauron Camp, the Chahar Camp and the Elut Camp, and gathered at the Huiyuan City Chamber of Commerce for consultation. The "Five National People's Association" was established by Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Xi and Wei. Yang Zhenxu was elected as the president of the Han Manchu-Meng Hui-Tibetan Five Ethnic Joint Progressive Association. He asked Guangfu to be the governor of the new governor of Yi.

Li Xiang suddenly stood up and said with a ferocious smile, "The purpose of the revolution is to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and seize power, for which we will not hesitate to sacrifice blood. Now, if the highest position of governor is ceded to Guangfu, isn't it taken from the Manchu people and returned to the Manchu people? Did the members of the Ili League party's head be kicked by a donkey or caught in the door!"

"Handi-in-chief!" Zeng Gao couldn't laugh or cry, followed Li Xiang's words and said, "They just detailed the interests according to the current situation. On the one hand, they can 'in the name of An Yili and the brave heart of the Eight Banners', and on the other hand, they can 'contact Yuan Dahua and Chang Geng in their name to seek the opportunity for the revolution to advance east'. The real power of Yili's new government is still in the hands of the revolutionary He Jiadong and Feng Temin.

"Hm?" Li wanted to sit down slowly and asked with a calm face, "Is it also 'the president takes the name and the second chief takes the truth'?"

Li Xiping replied: "The chiefs of all battalions are still in their original positions; the Xinman Battalion and Xibo Battalion are disarmed; the rebel army, the military standard battalion and the town standard battalion are jointly integrated into the 'First Division of the New Yi Army', and Yang Zhenxu is the division commander; the Yili Provisional Government is formed and telegraphed to the Nanjing Republic of China Government. At the same time, the whole country was telegramed to announce the establishment of the new governor's government, Guangfu as the governor, Yang Zhenxu as the head of the general headquarters, Hao Kequan and Li Mengbiao as the chief and deputy ministers of the military affairs department, Feng Temin as the foreign minister and minister of civil affairs, Li Fuhuang as the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, Feng Dashu as the president of the Pingzheng Yuan, and He Jiadong as the chief of staff and the minister of finance. Huang Lizhong is the Deputy Minister of Finance.

"The composition of the officials of the New Ida Governor's Office includes three parts: revolutionaries, old soldiers, and old officials. Although the revolutionaries occupy many important positions, the head of government is held by the former General Guangfu of Ili. Now Yili is the same as Nanjing at the beginning, and the fruits of the revolution are hard to protect!" At this point, Li Xiang looked very excited. He picked up a cup of herbal tea and drank it all. He sneered, "The telegram is Wanxiangchun, which is still in Ili, asking Yili's new government to cooperate with the Anxi army to enter Xinjiang!"

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Yili raised his righteousness and telegramed to the whole country, announcing the establishment of the new governor's government, which caused a great shock to Yuan Shikai. In his opinion, Yili and Lanzhou respond to each other, posing a great danger to Xinjiang. Moreover, from the map alone, the power of the Li maniac who occupied the three provinces of Hubei, Qinlong has expanded to an alarming extent. If Xinjiang is captured again, the huge territory cannot be ignored. So that night, he summoned Liang Shiyi, Hu Weide and Yang Du's three counselors. Originally, I wanted to listen to their countermeasures again, but the three of them fell out first.

"President," Liang Shiyi said, "I remember that during the Battle of Hubei, Yang Du once said that the madman Li was not worried about how to deter the Qing court and advocated the withdrawal of Duan Juntong from Hubei. Now the madman Li has developed to this point. After swallowing Qin Long, he peeked at Xinjiang, and even Mengzang, which was ambitious! You should ask Yang Du to make this clear!"

When Yuan Shikai looked at Yang Du, he saw that his head was already sweating. However, Yang Du was not surprised by the change, and soon calmed down and said with a faint smile, "The president knows from beginning to end about raising the bandit and self-respect."

Huvid said coldly, "The president also doesn't know."

"I have had a long relationship with Sun, Huang and other revolutionaries in Japan, but those who have studied in Japan, who does not have socialize with the revolutionaries? Don't talk about it." Yang Du laughed and said, "Since I was guilty when I advocated the withdrawal of Duan Juntong's troops, why did you impeach me in front of the president today? You should have understood why you hide your head and tail like this? I don't know how you agreed in private - to bully me or the president? If you bully me and go to my private residence, Yang Du is willing to be bullied; if you bully the president, what is the crime?

"All shut up!" Yuan Shikai ran away from the topic at the beginning, and his heart was fury. He stared at the three people angrily and said, "It's out of the word! I called you here to discuss Yi Li's righteousness and Li's madman. I don't want to hear you attack each other!" With that, he slammed the paperweight on the case.

Yuan Shikai exerted his power, and Liang Shiyi was not afraid. He hurriedly said, "I'm talking about the crazy man about Li. Yang Du has a close relationship with the revolutionaries. Who knows if he accepted their bribes and came back to bully the President. He strongly withdrew his troops, causing the madman Li to raise a tiger. Seeing that Xinjiang fell into the mouth of the madman tiger and wolf again, this The minister of a troubled country should really vote for the tiger and kill him to thank the world!"

"Is there such a thing - have you been bribed?"

"No!" Yang Du stiffened his neck and replied, "Liang Shiyi is going to kill people with a knife today, but in order to disagree with the retreat of the army, he asked the president to make the decision for the inferior position!"

There is no way to find out about the bribery. Yuan Shikai pondered for a long time, sat back, and suddenly smiled and said, "What a surprise. You three killed your head and cut your head first!" How can we work together? It's my idea to withdraw troops. What does it have to do with Xizi? Even if Xizi doesn't agree with the withdrawal of troops, I still want to do it! Are you going to be the culprit of me?" This was too heavy, and Liang Shiyi and Hu Weide hurried to apologize. But he heard Yuan Shikai say, "Why don't I know that the legacy of withdrawal is endless?" The birds are exhausted, and the good bow hides.' What else can I do if I don't do this? I just can't imagine that the madman Li seems to be crazy at every step, but he is very dangerous, but he accurately grasps my weakness and tries his best to expand his strength.

The three counselors were silent one after another.

"You were surprised to see the speed of his expansion, didn't you?" Yuan Shikai smiled indifferently, "I don't know if the madman Li is lucky. The blind cat pretends to be a dead mouse, or can really understand this chaotic situation. Because of the power, it's such a miracle?"

"Crazy Li... I really can't understand!"

"Foreigners praise him as the Eastern Napoleon!"

"What kind of broken wheel he is! After dissolving the Nanjing Provisional Government, I will pull out my hand to deal with him!" Yuan Shikai was angry in his heart, so he asked, "What should Yili do? Is it suppressing, caressing, or with?"

"Serc out!" Yang Du replied without hesitation. Just now, Hu Weid said that he had received a bribe. In order to confess himself, he deliberately said against Yuan Shikai's mind. No matter what Sun Dapao said in Nanjing, admitting that Yan Xishan's bandit army in Shaanxi has been a great concession for the people's army. Foreign ministers have long talked about it a long time. Since Yili still dares to rebel at this time, we can't show weakness.

Liang Shiyi said, "Yuan Dahua did not change his clothes. He still respected the Qing court and refused to declare the republic. Ili plotted rebellion, which was also reasonable. The president has sworn to support the republican. Why should he suppress Ili?"

Yuan Shikai listened to Liang Shiyi's words, nodded, and looked at Hu Weide.

"Yuan Dahua doesn't know the times. Why should we worry about him?" Hu Weide said, "What's more, a foreign land in Xinjiang is full of deserts and red land. In addition, the land is barren and sparsely populated. During the Qianlong period, Xinjiang was paced down, which consumed the strength of the whole country. By the year of the same reign, Zuo Zhongtang's western expedition only recovered thousands of miles of land and increased millions of expenses, which was really not worth the loss. There is a foolish opinion in the humble position. It's better to let the madman Li take it. Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang, barren land, and the border is in serious. Britain and Russia are staring at it and consumes a huge amount of national treasury every year. Li Madman takes these hot potatoes, just to increase the burden on him. We don't have to worry about him. Maybe in a few years, he will go bankrupt..."

Yuan Shikai listened and stood up and went back and forth a few times and said, "Let's leave the matter in Xinjiang alone?"

Yang Duming knew that Yuan Shikai would make such a choice, or defended his own point of view: "If strategically speaking, if you want to defend the capital, you must first protect Mongolia. If you want to protect Mongolia, you must keep Xinjiang; if Xinjiang is not solid, the Mongolian Ministry will be uneasy. The Russians are expanding their territory day by day, more than ten thousand miles from west to east, which is connected to our north. Only the middle section is covered by the Mongolian Department, and it is necessary to be prepared.

Yuan Shikai smiled. Yang Du's reason was a little far-fetched, but it was a seemingly irrepotent attitude with the revolutionary party. Everyone knows that Crazy Li loves to compete with foreigners, and he has a bit of his style in North Korea. If Xinjiang falls into his hands, only Russia will be in trouble. However, Yang Du is also right. If you want to defend the capital, you must first protect Mongolia. If you want to protect Mongolia, you must protect Xinjiang. Yuan Shikai couldn't make up his mind for a moment.

For a moment, the room was extremely quiet, and only the sound of Yuan Shikai's boots and the click of the self-ringing bell could be heard.

"President," Liang Shiyi suddenly broke the silence and said, "Let's urge Yuan Dahua to declare a republic first, and we can intervene in the next thing."

"Well, that's the reason--" Yuan Shikai said as he thought, "You call him immediately and ask him to make up his mind, restrain everyone, declare a republic, find a way to negotiate with Yili, and join hands to refuse the Anxi army from entering Xinjiang. After doing this well, I will guarantee him to continue to be the king of the northwest.

"Yes, yes, yes!"