Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Zhang Xueji stared at Wang Zhenyu dumbfounded. He was not a fool, let alone a political imbecile. Sun Yat-sen sent out most of the characters who played the role of the white wolf.

Zhang Xueji's conclusion to Wang Zhenyu's words just now was that Wang Zhenyu was extorting benefits, and he made it clear that he wanted the territory of Guangdong.Zhang Xueji can't be the master here. Although the territory of Guangdong is not in the hands of Sun Yat-sen, it can't be said that it is in the hands of Long Jiguang, the governor of Guangdong, because there is a problem of actual control.

The simplest example is that although Long Jiguang is known as the Governor of Guangdong, his total number of troops is only about 5000. Moreover, because there are too many opponents in Guangdong and their strength is too great, these troops are all centered in Guangzhou. Honestly shrunk in the Pearl River Delta region.And Sun Yat-sen is indeed a man of prestige. In Guangdong, all kinds of forces recognize this golden signboard. Even in Guangzhou, the powerful business groups support Sun Yat-sen (of course they still "rebelled" later. ).This made Long Jiguang, a native of Yunnan, helpless, and he who occupied Guangzhou had nothing to gain except money. The army had not expanded in recent years, and it was still a group of Yunnan soldiers.It's not that the Cantonese are unwilling to serve as soldiers, but that Long Jiguang doesn't trust them, let alone use them.

The most tragic thing is not the underground order. In Huizhou, Meizhou, and Chaoshan area, the Cantonese army headed by Chen Jiongming and a lot of his brothers are entrenched there, watching Long Jiguang in Guangzhou.Just like a tiger grinding its teeth, as long as Long Jiguang showed an opening, they would pounce on him ferociously and bite him hard.

This is the situation in Guangdong. Although Zhang Xueji knows very little, he also knows that this is a place that Mr. Sun must fight for. It is impossible to grant this place to Wang Zhenyu.

But the task still needs to be completed. In Zhang Xueji's view, Wang Zhenyu's willingness to raise conditions is a huge improvement. At least one thing can be confirmed, Wang Zhenyu will not work for Lao Yuan, and he may even ask for Lao Yuan's life.So as long as an agreement is reached on the basic point of anti-Yuan, then the next step will be easy.Zhang Xueji's wishful thinking was to recruit people into the gang first. As for the conditions, they could be negotiated, exchanged, or even not fulfilled. Anyway, the Chinese Revolutionary Party had already made many promises that could not be fulfilled in the end. I don't care about one more.

"What Wang Dashuai said is very true. It is my generation's wish to shed blood for the interests of the nation and the country, but funding is still indispensable. Mr. Sun also agrees with this. You may not know that Mr. Sun is currently in Japan. We are working hard to raise military expenses through donations from overseas Chinese and international friends, so if you have any specific requests from the commander-in-chief, you can mention them, and I will pass them on to Mr. Sun."

Wang Zhenyu took a look at Zhang Xueji and thought, the international friends probably include the Japanese Black Dragon Club.These Japanese have always been betting on both sides, with only one purpose, and that is to prevent any faction from being able to complete the unification of China.Western powers also acquiesced to this, but later in 19', Britain had lost its dominance over the world, and China's interests were also violated by Japan, so it had to acquiesce in the Kuomintang's Northern Expedition to complete China's Unification, in order to contain Japan's aggressive expansion, of course, these are all things to come!But there is one thing Wang Zhenyu is clear about, that is, in order to gain the support of Japan, Sun Yat-sen even promised his Japanese friends that as long as Japan would help him to rebel against Yuan, then China's inherent territory according to the historical tradition was only [-] provinces.Since Sun Dapao can even send out to Northeast China, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet and other places in exchange for support, then a mere Guangzhou is naturally no problem. Of course, this also has a premise. You must have enough strength, otherwise Sun Yat-sen will not be as good as yourself Reliable to hold.

Wang Zhenyu laughed: "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Serving the country is the unshirkable responsibility of every passionate man. How can I ask for anything here? It's just that marching and fighting is not a child's play. It really needs a lot of material guarantees, which is true. It needs the support and help of revolutionaries.”

Zhang Xueji felt that Wang Zhenyu was about to fall into the trap, and was about to open his mouth, but he heard Wang Zhenyu say: "But Brother Xueji, please forgive me, Wang is going to sue for a crime, my wife is not feeling well today, Wang must go back and take care of her. As for mutual assistance and cooperation, I entrust my secretary-general, Mr. Yang Yongtai, to discuss with you. It is enough to seek common ground while reserving differences, but we must be sincere. After all, what we are going to cooperate with now is a very risky thing. No jokes."

Zhang Xueji felt depressed for a while, as if he had phlegm in his throat but couldn't spit it out and had to swallow it back disgustingly. My wife feels unwell and you want to resign?You, Wang Zhenyu, have to be more professional if you find an excuse.But if you think about it carefully, this is what it should mean. If you talk to Wang Zhenyu directly, then there is no room for maneuver.So Zhang Xueji could only stand up and nodded casually, saying: "My brother and sister are not in good health, so naturally I have to take care of one or two, and I wish you a speedy recovery. I will reach an agreement with Mr. Yang Yongtai on the specific cooperation matters as soon as possible. Master, don't worry."

Wang Zhenyu nodded and left, and Yang Yongtai also said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Zhang, according to the commander-in-chief, our secretariat arranged for you to rest in the VIP room on the ninth floor of the newly completed Yuanjiang Hotel. The evening meeting will also be held in the reception room of the Yuan Jiang Hotel."

Zhang Xueji naturally expressed his thanks very politely, and then followed the reception staff to the Yuanjiang Hotel by car.

Yuanjiang Hotel was built with reference to the pattern of Shanghai Huizhong Hotel, but it covers an area of ​​3000 square meters and a construction area of ​​'000 square meters.It is a ten-story brick-wood mixed structure with a total height of 49 meters.The exterior is in the architectural style of the Renaissance.The outer wall is made of white clear water bricks, inlaid with red water bricks as the waistline.The doors and windows have arc arches and flat arches.The main entrance is a revolving door.There is a garden on the roof, and a baroque pavilion is built on the east and west sides of the garden. In summer and autumn, you can sit in the pavilion on the east side and watch the Yuanjiang tide.The pavilion is connected to the semicircular wall at the northeast corner of the building, making the building look more upright and luxurious.There are 300 rooms in the Yuanjiang Hotel, each of which has sanitary facilities, but almost half of the rooms here are long-term chartered by military and political officials, wealthy businessmen and celebrities of the Hunan-Guangxi local government.After entering the door, there are stairs with wooden handrails, and the carvings on them are very delicate.The ground floor is a large restaurant, which can accommodate more than 500 people for meals at the same time.The hall is surrounded by teak wood walls, and the flat ceiling is decorated with plaster carvings.Usually the hall is separated by screens, and when the screens are removed, it becomes a large auditorium, which can be used for large gatherings.

Yang Yongtai is not interested in watching this now, he still has some ideas about Wang Zhenyu arranging himself to talk about this matter.Firstly, I was touched, that the commander-in-chief actually entrusted me with such an important matter, that is a trust; secondly, this matter is very confidential, how well I handle it will directly determine my position in the commander-in-chief's heart, so my heart is heavy .

Yang Yongtai took out his pocket watch and looked at it. There were still five or six hours before the evening meeting. He still decided to exchange opinions with the commander, so that he could grasp the bottom line when negotiating.

When Yang Yongtai walked into the living room of Wang Zhenyu's official residence, he found that the commander-in-chief and Ye Zuwen were already sitting on the sofa, as if they knew he would come and were waiting for him.

And Wang Zhenyu watched Yang Yongtai walk in with a blank face, laughed and said to Ye Zuwen: "My father-in-law, my judgment is right, I said that Changqing will definitely come to take care of me. If you lose, follow the agreement , your vineyard in Hongjiang is mine now."

Ye Zuwen suddenly touched his head and smiled: "Your way, you must have counted on Changqing's coming to make a bet with me, Wenzheng, you are handsome after all, how can you be such a rascal? "

Yang Yongtai looked at the Weng and his son-in-law, as if he was gambling with himself, but it didn't matter, as long as the two of them were in a good mood, his errands would probably be much easier to handle. . .

"Changqing, no matter how we talk about the issue of Guangdong, there is one basic point that we must grasp. We must win Guangzhou, otherwise the development of Guangxi in the future will be very dangerous. If we cannot control the outlet of the Youjiang River, we will only rely on the railway Take Fangcheng Port, that place is not comparable to the port in Guangzhou. Moreover, the tax in Guangzhou is also a huge subsidy for our finances, so we must take Guangzhou." Ye Zuwen put forward his own views from the perspective of a businessman.

Wang Zhenyu didn't say much. He looked at the map and said, "Heyuan, Meizhou, and Chaoshan are all given to them, and Fujian is also given to them. As long as we get stuck in Huizhou, Guangzhou will be fine. Of course, we don't take it for nothing. We can give it to them. The civilian army in Fujian has 50 guns and [-] rounds of ammunition, and even recognized Sun Yat-sen as the leader of this movement to protect the country. No need to talk about it, what they can give is nothing more than the help of the party under their name Let's defeat Long Jiguang and take Guangzhou. I have a way to deal with these parties. Without their cooperation, I can take Guangzhou, but it may take more time and trouble. As for Huizhou, there is no need to talk about the result. Come out, it’s not too late for us to talk.”

Yang Yongtai nodded, and after listening to the words of the commander-in-chief and Mr. Ye, he had a general idea about this negotiation, but he still expressed a worry: "Marshal, if Sun Wen and the others don't follow the agreement with us what to do?"

Wang Zhenyu said with a smile: "What does that matter? I didn't intend to make an agreement to talk about it. What China talks about is strength, and these agreements are only needed by the weak..."

Yang Yongtai also laughed when he heard that. . .