Republic of China 1927

() "Father, father!" Seeing that old man Du kept his eyes closed and ignored him, Du Yan became flustered. It seems that this time he really pissed off old man, otherwise, even if old man was angry, he might just scold him. .

"Hey!" After a long time, old man Du slowly opened his eyes, sighed and said, "You are still on this road, and it's only a few years too late!"

"Father, how can this world allow us to run our business with peace of mind and serve the country..." Du Yan said generously: "If we don't realize the unification of the country, and don't defeat the great powers that are rampant in China..."

"You want to join the army and serve the country, I support you!" Old Man Du suddenly interrupted Du Yan with a slight smile.

"Father, you said you support me joining the army?" Du Yan was stunned for a moment. The long speech he had prepared hadn't been used yet. In his memory, the old man strongly opposed his going to the military academy, otherwise he wouldn't have single-handedly Arrange to send myself to study in the United States.

"Well, I remember you grabbed a foreign gun when you were catching Zhou." Mr. Du said with a smile: "I have liked to dance with guns and clubs since I was a child. Maybe I can really be a general!"

"Thank you, father. Now I feel relieved." Du Yan was overjoyed when he heard that. It would be much more convenient to have the support of the old man.

"Tell me about your plan?" Now that he decided to support his son, Mr. Du began to help his son plan.

"I haven't made up my mind yet. As soon as I return to China, I will go home to see you." Du Yan shook his head and said, "I intend to listen to your suggestion."

"That's good, that's good." Hearing what Du Yan said, Old Man Du said with satisfaction: "You just came back, the situation outside is too complicated and changes too fast, so you must be cautious."

"However, being a father still has something to do with being in the military. After the Chinese New Year, I will help you clear up one or two, and you should be able to find a good job." Mr. Du stroked his beard and said, "But you gave me an honest job a few years ago. Stay home."

"Father, you don't have to worry about it. I already have a place to go, but I haven't decided where to go." Du Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "We'll talk about it after the new year!"

"Oh, let's talk about it." Mr. Du asked enthusiastically when he came.

"Father, just read these two letters." Du Yan took out two letters from his pocket and handed them to Mr. Du.

"Bring me the reading glasses." The old man took the letter, pointed to the desk not far away, and ordered. Du Yan hurriedly found a pair of reading glasses from the drawer of the desk and handed it to the old man.

"Not bad, not bad. With this letter of recommendation and some old friends who are my father, I should be able to find a good background with Zhang Yuting." Mr. Du said with satisfaction after reading the first letter. Shi Zhaoji's recommendation letter.Shi Zhaoji spent many years in the former Qing and Beiyang regimes. He was not only influential in the diplomatic circles, but also well-connected in the political circles. In addition, he worked in the Northeast in his early years and was in charge of epidemic prevention (he once extinguished the plague) and had a good relationship with Zhang Zuolin.

"It's just how did you get Shi Zhaoji's recommendation letter?" Mr. Du put down the letter and asked inquiringly, "This is not a small face."

"Thanks to Boyue and Uncle Jiang!" Du Yan said with a slight smile. Before returning to China, Jiang Wei took him to visit Shi Zhaoji, and the talk was more speculative, so this letter of recommendation came about.

"I see, look at my memory." Only then did Mr. Du suddenly realize that Shi Zhaoji is Tang Zhaoyi's nephew and son-in-law, and Tang Zhaoyi and Jiang Wei's old man Jiang Yisheng are both Yuan Shikai's staff, and the relationship between the two has always been good. Naturally, he would visit this elder brother when studying abroad.

"Who is this Situ Meitang?" Old Master Du took out another letter and said slowly, "I still think highly of you."

"A friend I met in the United States, the boss of Hongmen Anliangtang in the United States." Du Yan said lightly.

"Hongmen Anliangtang? I've never heard of it..." Mr. Du shook his head and said inadvertently with a disdainful expression. After all, Hongmen has become a gathering place for hooligans in China at this time.

"This man is anxious for public good and righteousness. He is the leader of overseas Chinese in the United States. He supported the revolution in many ways before and after [-]. He made great contributions to the founding of the Republic of China." Du Yan explained indifferently: "The key is that Mr. Situ and KMT leader Sun Wen, Wang Jingwei, Hu Hanmin and others are extremely close."

"So he is recommending you to the National Revolutionary Army in the south?" Old Man Du asked in a low voice, becoming serious all of a sudden.

"Yes." Du Yan nodded vigorously and said, "In America, they invited me to participate in KMT."

"You agreed?" Mr. Du asked nervously.

"No." Du Yan shook his head and said, "At that time, I hadn't come to reply to them, so I went back to school, and I didn't contact them again after that."

"That's good, we must be cautious about this partisan dispute." Mr. Du said with a sigh of relief: "It's not that I have any prejudice against kmt as a father, but I just think that some of their practices in the south may be a bit too much, let's talk about Soviet Russia. What kindness do you have?"

"I didn't expect Father to see the current situation so thoroughly!" This time it was Du Yan's turn to be surprised. Unexpectedly, the old man knew a lot of things while living in a small town at the foot of Yishan Mountain.

"It's such a big stall at home, I don't even know about it." Mr. Du sighed, "The current situation is changing every day. Who would have thought that the National Revolutionary Army, which was originally trapped in Guangdong and Guangxi, would make such a big noise in just half a year. Come."

"I think you'd better stay at home for a while, and wait until the situation is clear." Mr. Du handed back both letters of recommendation to Du Yan, took a sip from the teacup beside him, and said, "Whoever dies in the north or the south will return?" Not necessarily!"

"That's not true. The situation is already very clear." At this time, Du Yan retorted: "The south wind will definitely overwhelm the north wind within two years, and the entire China, at least the entire pass, will definitely be dominated by kmt."

"Oh, tell me!" Mr. Du put down his teacup and said, "At present, the southern army only occupies the six provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, and Fujian and Jiangxi. In terms of military strength, it is more than 30. In terms of international support, the southern army can only rely on Russia. In contrast, the Northern Army controls most of Northeast China, North China, and East China, with a military force of no less than one million and the support of all the great powers except the Russians.

"Father, you only see the power comparison on the surface. It seems that the north is still superior. In fact, the south is far better than the north in terms of disagreement, internal cohesion, and morale of the army." Du Yan analyzed one by one: "The three major powers in the north Fan, Wu Ziyu's elite was lost in the two lakes, and now the 10,000+ army left in Henan and northern Hubei is just a mob; On the Nanxun road, all the generals under his command have their own ulterior motives, and the two roads probably won't last this year..."

"Then there is still Zhang Yuting." Mr. Du refused to admit defeat and said, "Now Zhang's army occupies the Northeast, Zhilu, and Beijing and Tianjin. It can be said that the army is strong and strong!"

"Looking at the strength of a single family in the whole country, Fengzhang is definitely the strongest. The five provinces of Fengjihei, Rehe, and Chahar alone have more than 30 troops, and there are nearly 20 Zhilu coalition forces as wings in the pass. It is indeed A strong enemy of the Northern Expedition." Du Yan paused and continued, "It's just that after Guo Songling rebelled against Feng, most of Feng Zhang's elites were lost, and even a Christian Feng at the beginning of the year couldn't handle it. As for the father of the Zhilu coalition army, you don't know."

"A bunch of bandits!" Old Man Du cursed with a changed expression, "No, it's worse than bandits!"

"More importantly, there are many conflicts among the warlords of the Northern Army. Feng Zhangkong has hundreds of thousands of troops, and there is no room for them to use them in a short time. By the time Wu Ziyu and Sun Chuanfang can't hold back and ask for help, I am afraid that the strength of the Northern Expedition Army has already It has doubled." The more Du Yan spoke, the more vigorous he became, he simply let go and said, "Furthermore, Christophe Feng has made a comeback, sweeping from Shaanxi and Gansu, and pointing directly to Henan, the hinterland of the Central Plains, and Yan Xishan, another warlord in North China, is also eyeing him. The army suffered a setback, so with Yan Xishan's speculative personality, he must join the Northern Expeditionary Army."

"Listen to what my son said, the world will really be like this kmt in the future!" Mr. Du said helplessly: "Then you mean that you can only go to them, but I heard that the farmers' union and trade union in Hunan It's impossible to hand over..."

"There's no need to worry about it. I'm afraid this kind of thing won't last long." Du Yan thought for a while and said, "I don't want to join the Northern Expedition Army for a short time, and I'm afraid I won't be able to get reused if I go."

"Why is that? Didn't you say that Situ Meitang is highly valued by the leaders of KMT." Going around made Mr. Du dizzy. He first said that the Northern Expeditionary Army would win the world, and then said that he didn't want to join him.

"It's two different things. It's the same everywhere without a foundation!" Du Yan said helplessly, and he couldn't explain the deeper reason to the old man.At present, his situation is very simple. It is not a problem to be a rich man or a second-class citizen in the United States, but if he wants to save the country, protect himself, and do something, he must master a certain amount of strength. As a local tyrant in Luzhong, he has no connection or friendship with any party, and he just sits on the bench when he goes there, and joining a certain party is a job that is close to death.

"I don't know if you'd like to do this job or not. Although it may be a little inferior to you, it's still a way to lead troops." Old Man Du felt that Du Yan was planning something big, so he didn't ask in detail but only inquired.

"As long as there are soldiers to lead!" In the previous life, Du Yan had led soldiers, but now Du Yan really doesn't know what to do when he is free.

"Your father, I am now the chairman of the town's chamber of commerce. In order to maintain order in the town and prevent bandits from attacking, the chamber of commerce established a business group the year before last, but it has not been able to find a suitable head. Now you, Uncle Donglou Deqing from the family also wrote it." Mr. Du said bitterly, "It's just that the money is spent, but the team is not good enough."

"Business group? That's fine." Du Yan asked directly, "How big is it?"

"I don't know too well. At that time, we recruited 80 people, and now I don't know how many people there are." Mr. Du thought for a while and said: "The militia in the town has two to three hundred people, or the militia can also here you are!"

"Okay! It's just a business matter?" Du Yan was overjoyed, adding up to nearly half a battalion's strength.

"You have to take care of business matters as well." Mr. Du said without doubt, "I don't know how to ask you Donglou and Uncle Xifeng for advice."

"Keep away the keys to the warehouse. I'll go out for a walk. You are familiar with these account books here. I will send someone to call you when you have dinner in the morning and evening." Mr. Du saw that the time was almost up, and left Du Yan, who was full of worries, alone. walked out.