Chapter 227 Foreigners' "Return to Politics"

Maybe Lu Guangxuan wants to be president, and Duan Qirui also wants to be president.

But everyone must face the reality that China's new army was completely founded by Hu Chuyuan. In China's current political pattern, all those who can be useful are also Hu Chuyuan.

In the past two decades, Hu Chuyuan has paid not only hundreds of millions of taels of silver, but also more than one billion taels of silver, involving all aspects.

It is impossible for China to be without him now.

Even if he doesn't want to be the chief assistant, prime minister and president, and just wants to be a purely patriotic businessman, everyone can't tolerate this incident, let alone accept it.

Whether Hu Chuyuan is willing or not, if he wants to realize the dream of a strong China, everyone must force him to be president.

He just doesn't do anything in office, which is a hundred times more powerful than others.

His name, prestige, achievements, connections, funds, vision... are the best insurance for a powerful country.

China doesn't need anything now. He just needs to sit in the position of president. As long as he sits in this position, others will not dare to have evil thoughts, the place will not dare to engage in secession, and military generals dare not dream of warlords.

As long as he sits in this position, no second person dares to take this position.

As long as he sits in this position, even if Emperor Guangxu is under house arrest, China's political situation can be stabilized, and administrative officials will continue to do their own affairs.

Hu Chuyuan knew this in his heart. He knew that he had no choice.

Although he doesn't want to continue to be the first assistant and prime minister, and turn to do something he likes... But he really can't let it go. He can't watch China enter the era of competition.

Lu Guangxuan, Li Kaiye, Duan Qirui... are not people who can deter others, and they are far behind.

To be honest, all three people can't add up to half of Hu Chuyuan, which they also know in their hearts.

Hu Chuyuan agreed to the mutiny, but he did not intend to go north to the capital to directly force Emperor Guangxu to completely decentralize power.

His relationship with Zai Ting is actually very good, and the cooperation has been very good in recent years.

As we all know, Chen Shanyuan is the clearest.

Since Hu Chuyuan agreed to the mutiny, but he only had another plan for the specific work, everyone could only continue to do what he said. Duan Qirui was responsible for leading the army to take the railway north to meet the Tongzhou Zhili Division controlled by Lu Guangzuan.

The four divisions of the New Army were surrounded near the capital division in a few days. One division was responsible for going north to Jinzhou and curbing Ronglu's Northeast Corps to the south.

The attitude of Zaitian and Zhang Zhidong was tough. They refused to give up. In the end, they could only attack the city and enter from Chaoyangmen. Soon, a large-scale mutiny broke out within the Beijing Division Corps, and several young non-commissioned officers of the Han Banner rebelled.

Things are out of control.

At the last moment, Emperor Guangxu was still sending a telegram to Hu Chuyuan to come back to control the situation, but he could not contact Hu Chuyuan. Zhang Zhidong also sent a dead man to leave the capital to find Ye Fu, but there was still no follow-up.

On the contrary, Ling Chang and Rong Lu contacted Hu Chuyuan, because Hu Chuyuan did not really leave Dezhou for Laiwu, but continued to stay in Dezhou. They found Chen Shanyuan and reluctantly sent a telegram to Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan received a telegram. In the face of Ronglu, who had a good personal relationship with him, he really couldn't say anything at this time. He could only reply to appease Ronglu and let Ronglu sit and watch the situation with him. At this moment, he really couldn't do anything.

Bullshit.

Rong Lu received the telegram and was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He knew that even if Hu Chuyuan was the mastermind behind the mue, he was deliberately indulgent.

Lu Guangsuan engaged in a mutiny, which was not the first time.

Duan Qirui is two different things. Without Hu Chuyuan's consent, will Duan Qirui follow Lu Guangxuan?

However, it is precisely because he knows Hu Chuyuan's attitude that Ronglu dares not act rashly. He knows more well how capable Hu Chuyuan is than Emperor Guangxu. He really makes Hu Chuyuan anxious. When Hu Chuyuan waved up, he will change the emperor.

Ronglu was in a dilemma. He obviously had military power and did not dare to really attack Jinzhou. He could only fight air cannons for a few days and nights outside Jinzhou.

On June 4, when there was no hope for Ronglu, Emperor Guangxu was forced to accept military advice and announced the implementation of a new constitution. Manchu and Han were equal, civil rights were free, and all rights were completely transferred to the Prime Minister's Office. The establishment of the Beijing Division was cancelled, and the 10th Zhili Division was responsible for guarding the Beijing Division.

Except for the last few suburbs, all Manchu noble titles were cancelled, and all the Manchu cities were ordered to be demolished. The Manchus chose their own jobs and stopped all subsidies. All the additional land occupied by Manchus were returned to the political axe, and all the Manchus were disbanded within a time limit.

As soon as the "Order" was issued, the whole country was in an uproar.

Once upon a time, there was such a decree in China that Manchu people were actually deprived of all privileges. This is really a few families happy and a few worries!

The Manchu landlords soon launched large and small riots across the country. Except in the northeast, there was not much climate. The new army did not have a new order, and no one dared to act rashly. The governors and magistrates everywhere did not know the new attitude of Hu Chuyuan and the Prime Minister's Office, nor did they take tough measures.

However, after all, Manchu people are just full people. The total number is too small. Millions of people want to compete with hundreds of millions of people, which is undoubtedly a dream.

What really fought back against the Manchus was the revolutionary armed forces of the Chinese League Associations in various places. The Han troops who quickly led the peasants, hooligans and other forces gathered under the banner of this wave, and rushed into the cities all over the country, and the result was just a river of blood.

What is really and most surprising is that abroad, including Britain, France, Germany and Russia, the European and American powers have felt unprecedented surprise. They responded at the fastest speed, denying the legal surname of the military and political axe led by Lu Guangzheng, Duan Qirui and Lv Han, and withdrawing the minister to China, demanding the restoration of the imperial system and re-ensure of Manchu government. The right.

The word proposed in Japan is "return to the government of the Qing Dynasty".

At this time, Hu Chuyuan was still in Texas.

All kinds of information were collected into his hands, which made him clearly realize that most of the Allied countries were to go to war with China on this grounds, and all of this was originally expected by Hu Chuyuan. He had always believed that Russia and France needed an opportunity to intervene in China's internal affairs.

Now, they have given the Alled Countries a chance.

... Texas is a good place.

There are not only oil, natural gas and geothermal heat, but also the famous Texas black pottery. Today, with the expansion of the export scale of handicrafts, Dezhou black pottery has become a kind of national handicraft promoted by Shandong. It has excellent texture and exquisite craftsmanship. More than 600,000 pieces are exported every year. In particular, black pottery in the style of bronze is well received in foreign markets. In recent years, a lot of black pottery art has also emerged in Texas. Master.

In the Texas magistrate's office, Hu Chuyuan got some exquisite Texas black pottery for making tea and playing.

He likes these ethnic handicrafts. They belong not only to the place, but also to this nation and country. They represent the image of China. When you see these black pottery handicrafts, you will think of China and a Chinese black pottery city called Texas.

I heard that Hu Chuyuan is in Texas. Many black pottery masters are making a few works of art that can represent their highest level, and then try their best to give them to Hu Chuyuan... The truth is too simple. He is the most famous top collector in China. As long as he is interested in his works, he is willing to collect his own works. In the rich country villa, the value of that person will immediately skyrocket tenfold.

Today, Hu Chuyuan received a very strange black pottery bookcase, 1.3 meters high, 3 meters long, polished on the surface, using a variety of techniques such as carving, relief and layer-by-layer flower carving. It can be seen that the producer has made a lot of efforts in this large black pottery work weighing 238 kilograms, at least two years in Turn around it.

The most commendable thing is that the firing heat and polishing skills have reached a peak level, without any burning spots and defects.

Rare.

Rare!!

Hu Chuyuan was very happy. He played with black pottery, purple sand pottery and white pottery for so long, and it was also the first time he had seen such a large and exquisite shape.

But he is not happy. On this exquisite work of art worth at least tens of thousands of yuan, there is also a new report compiled by the Privy Council and the Secret Bureau, as well as a joint diplomatic announcement on this black pottery book case.

Russia and France said that the three countries jointly asked the military and political axe to "return to the government" and ask Emperor Guangxu to be in power. They did not recognize the existing political axe. If they did not return to the government, they would not rule out the use of force.

Britain, Germany and the United States only expressed concern.

France also asked China to compensate the citizens, missionaries and the people of France and other countries for compensation caused by the Yihe Boxing Movement, and to compensate four million yuan to the French political axe at a time.

Four million yuan is nothing. Every year, China can earn at least 20 million yuan of foreign exchange just by exporting black pottery. France is still one of the major importers and collectors.

Money.

There is no shortage in China.

Sitting in the lounge chair, Hu Chuyuan slowly thought in his heart.

Opening the appearance, what he saw was the truth of the Ally's attempt to invade China. For the three countries of France and Russia, this is an unprecedented God-given opportunity. China's internal political situation is chaotic, and the main division has been transferred to the northwest. As long as a small part of the military force is sent from the northeast and Vietnam at this time, it can gain a lot.

Of course, Hu Chuyuan is not afraid to fight this battle.

Although China's new army has only 31 divisions, the total number is only 450,000. Once it expands... the speed will be very amazing.

Since the establishment of the new army, Hu Chuyuan has always adhered to the strategy that the army is a military academy, specially recruiting young people between the ages of 18 and 22 for long-term training and education, and implementing a large-scale rotation system, adopting the policy of temporary squad leaders, platoon commanders and company commanders, training a large number of army youth among these 450,000 people. Year-old officer.

Over the years, all provinces have adopted new-style officer education. The old six schools have been gradually upgraded to Fuzhou Ship Administration University, Nanchang Army College, Changsha Artillery College, Jiangning Artillery College, Fuzhou Army College, Tianjin National Defense University, and Xuzhou, Dalian and Guangzhou also have new military colleges.

Abroad, the Army Academy of the University of Auckland and the University of Virginia has been recruiting Chinese students. In China, young officers have also been sent to the German Army Academy in Berlin, the German Army Staff University, and the British Royal Naval Academy for further study.

Hu Chuyuan dare not say much. Within a year, he can expand the army to 1 million people and the navy to a total of 750,000 tons.

Of course, he can not fight.

If he signs a long-term military alliance agreement with Britain now, the war can be temporarily avoided... The problem is that there are too many drawbacks after all, especially considering the long-term cooperation between China and Germany.

In the past two decades, the number of German-speaking students trained in China has been very large, accounting for about 30% of the proportion of high school students and foreign language majors.

China learns from Germany... Or plagiarizing the German Empire is a big national policy policy, which will not be changed because Emperor Guangxu is under house arrest.

If Sino-German relations can be maintained, there will be at least 40,000 Chinese students going to Germany in the next 20 years, and the changes they can bring to China will be huge.

At present, Germany's university education is indeed the first in the world, and the first choice for studying abroad in the United States and Japan is also Germany.

Hu Chuyuan's heart is entangled, and he constantly carefully speculates about the pros and cons in his heart.

Do you want to fight or not?

This is indeed a problem!

He refused to stand up to organize a mutiny at the beginning. First, he had no "reason". Emperor Guangxu gave him all the power. What he lacked was the last military power. He really did not have a "reason" mutiny. Second, he had to wait for the change of the situation. He hid behind his back, so he could see the change of the situation more clearly, which was easier. Respond; Third, he also considered the possibility of foreign politics. If he directly led the mue, he would lose the room for manoeuvre, and China would also lose the room for manoeuvre.

Just as Hu Chuyuan was thinking about all this, Sun Yuanheng, Lan Jianshu and other people came in. Lan Jianshu took a step forward and said to Hu Chuyuan, "Your Excellency, it's time to go back to Beijing."

Hu Chuyuan hummed slightly and looked at Sun Zongyuan in the crowd.

This person is indeed his confidant.

A true confidant.

Whether Hu Chuyuan is ready to do good or bad things, Sun Zongyuan has been standing behind him to give advice.

Everyone has their own ideals.

For Chen Shanyuan, Chen Shanyuan gradually had his own ideal, and his ideal was to follow Hu Chuyuan to establish a republic, but Hu Chuyuan may not really think so.

Even if you think so, Hu Chuyuan's estimate is for a very long time.

In the matter of Yihe Boxing, Hu Chuyuan can basically be sure that Chen Shanyuan's confidential bureau consciously hides part of the information related to Yihe Boxing, or consciously ignores it, creating opportunities for the final mue.

Hu Chuyuan can't say that because of this, it means that Chen Shanyuan is no longer loyal to him.

Just like Dai Li and Jiang Zhongzheng, the intelligence leader and the boss may not always be so close. Fortunately, Hu Chuyuan has several intelligence agencies in his hand, but the domestic intelligence agencies only have a secret bureau for the time being.

After that, Hu Chuyuan must still retain another set of intelligence agencies in China and Chen Shanyuan to restrict each other.

Sun Zongyuan may not be suitable for this job, but Sun Zongyuan is indeed a good confidant.

At this time, Sun Zongyuan also looked at Hu Chuyuan silently, hoping that Hu Chuyuan would return to the capital as soon as possible to end the military change.

If Hu Chuyuan can return to the capital, he can at least keep the constitutional system, otherwise he will force Lu Guangqian and others to make a complete revolution. If so, it will do more harm than good.

At this moment, it is really an internal and external trouble.

Hu Chuyuan did not get up and continued to sit on the lounge chair, thinking silently... The French, myself and the Russians really found the right time, but they just found the wrong opponent. At this time, can China be intimidated by sending two warships or sending 100,000 troops?

Don't joke.

Times have changed, and the thinking of the French and Russians is still in 1880.

Since only through war can he prove his strength and prove China's strength, then... Hu Chuyuan hopes to fight a big war that is enough to convince the world.

(to be continued)