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No. 11 Iron Lion Hutong, Beijing, where Duan Qirui's Prime Minister's Office is located.In the Qing Dynasty, there were three mansions here: Prince He's Mansion in the east, Belfisu Mansion in the middle, and Princess Hejing Mansion in the west.The predecessor of Prince He Mansion was Bei Ziyun Mansion.In the 1733th year of Yongzheng ([-]), Hongzhou, the fifth son of Sejong, was rebuilt as Prince He's Mansion.Belle Feisu Mansion was the mansion of Prince Gong Changying in the early Qing Dynasty.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, all the buildings in the two mansions were demolished, and three groups of buildings with brick and wood structures were rebuilt: the main building in the middle is a European classical gray brick building, and there are one building in the east, west and north.There are rockery and running water in the mansion, which makes it a very livable place.

But now the owner who lives here has been unable to fall asleep in such a livable environment. Duan Qirui has suffered from insomnia for several nights in a row. He just asked his secretary to invite Xu Shuzheng, the chief of the army, to come over. Some things still need to be discussed. discuss.

"Yezheng, I'm so annoyed. The current situation doesn't seem to be going in a direction that is beneficial to us. Cao Zhongshan, Wu Ziyu, and Feng Huanzhang are now letting Lu Jianzhang play tricks on them, and they are all concentrated in Baoding Mansion The army, it seems that we have the upper hand in this battle, but I really don't know what to do. You know, the third division and the No.11 division are elites in all battles, and they are by no means newly organized by us to participate in the battle. The army can take care of it." Duan Qirui, who is quite deep in the city on weekdays, finally spit out the bitterness that has been brewing in his stomach for many days to Xu Shuzheng, his confidant.

Xu Shuzheng's brows were frowned subconsciously. Speaking of it, it was his own ineffectiveness that caused the current situation.Facing the aggressive direct lineage a few days ago, Xu Shuzheng still thought after much deliberation that he should carry out a beheading operation to suppress the opponent and avoid the civil war in Beiyang. Only in this way can he go all out to complete the unification.The head to be beheaded is naturally not Cao Kun. Although this old boy is the current nominal boss of the Zhili, if the Zhili's idea is all taken by this old boy, the Zhili doesn't have to worry about it.Therefore, the one who really deserves Xu Shuzheng's effort to get rid of is none other than Lu Jianzhang, the leader of the direct military division.

The operation went very smoothly. Lu Jianzhang was tricked by Xu Shuzheng into the Tianjin Military Salary Preparatory Office of the participating army. According to the plan, he was to be killed on the spot.However, an accident happened during the action. The moment Xu Shuzheng's guard aimed his gun at Lu Jianzhang, a bullet shot from outside and hit the guard impartially.Immediately afterwards, someone threw a grenade in, Xu Shuzheng's other guards hurriedly dragged Xu Shuzheng, and then suddenly a group of people climbed over the wall and started a scuffle with Xu Shuzheng's guards.In the melee, Lu Jianzhang survived a catastrophe and was rescued by these unknown people. Xu Shuzheng was also killed and wounded nine guards.After Lu Jianzhang narrowly escaped death, he was determined to make trouble with the Wan Clan, and the conflict between Zhi Wan and Wan Clan never ceased.Thinking of this, Xu Shuzheng was very angry, but because he did this without telling Duan Qirui, he didn't dare to speak out.All I can do now is to comfort Duan Qirui, and then cheer him up to tide over the difficulties.

"Mr. Duan Zhi, don't think too much about this matter. If you fight against the outside world, you must first secure the inside. Now that we have reached the point where we cannot unify without balancing the lineage, let's hold our breath and fight. After the fight, we will go south." I can feel at ease."

Duan Qirui shook his head: "Going south, it's easier said than done? How strong is the army in the south that it can fight against the Germans? Did you read the telegram at noon today? Our Minister Hu Weide told us in black and white Well, the Southern Expeditionary Army helped the French wipe out more than 30 German troops in one go. You must know that the German Army is the most powerful existence in the world. Can our Beiyang really defeat those southern troops and unify the country? "

Xu Shuzheng gritted his teeth and said: "I don't know the specific situation, but the combat effectiveness of the southern army was obviously improved after being armed by Britain and France. If they are really strong enough to easily wipe out hundreds of thousands of armies of great powers, then we They should have been wiped out during the War to Protect the Nation. Mr. Zhi, we can no longer hesitate now, we just want to take advantage of the opportunity of these hundreds of thousands of expeditionary troops in Europe to complete the unification of the whole country, and wait for us to defeat the Nationalist Government in Nanjing Afterwards, no matter how strong these expeditionary forces come back, they can only accept our adaptations, and not only will they not harm us, but they will become part of our national defense force, and we don’t have to be afraid of the Japanese and Russians in the future.”

Duan Qirui's eyes lit up, but he said sadly: "It's not easy, let's get rid of Cao Zhongshan and the pig-like idiots first, it's already at this time, we Beiyang still don't forget our internal strife."

When Xu Shuzheng heard this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. . .

On May 5, in far away Europe, in Paris, the capital of France, leaders from the Allied Powers gathered together to celebrate the great victory.Hu Weide, the Chinese Minister to France, was also invited, and for the first time, he was placed on the rostrum. This was the most elated day for Hu Weide since he served as the Minister to France.Both the British Prime Minister Lloyd George and the French Prime Minister Clemenceau personally came to hold the hand of the Minister in France and walked to the rostrum, which made the Japanese diplomats very dissatisfied, and secretly scolded these Westerners for being too practical .

The politicians of these allied countries are not realistic. The wars of the past three years have exhausted everyone's mental strength and mental strength. Millions of people were killed and injured, a large amount of supplies were wasted, and a huge amount of money was spent like running water.Among other things, just this time, blind cats led dead mice to arm hundreds of thousands of Chinese and transport them to Europe to fight. It cost about 30 million pounds, of which [-] million pounds was an interest-free loan that was repaid [-] years later. , This is still a loan, it is completely free.

"Gentlemen and ladies, the good news I just received is that the coalition forces under the command of our Marshal Pétain have just recovered the Principality of Luxembourg, and once again severely damaged the damned Germans!" Prime Minister Clemenceau's loud voice echoed throughout the banquet hall sounded.

Everyone at the scene spontaneously gave out cheers and applause. Not far from the banquet hall was the Champs Elysees. Hundreds of thousands of excited French people flooded the streets to celebrate the victory of the Verdun counterattack.From time to time, fireworks rise into the sky and bloom, and the whole Paris is immersed in a festive atmosphere. . .

At the Wuchang Grand Wharf in Wuhan, Tang Shaoyi, Secretary-General of the Government Affairs Council of the Nanjing National Government, took her son-in-law Gu Weijun and daughter Tang Baoyue off the ship with a lot of frustration.For the world, the political center of the unified South China is Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, but for Tang Shaoyi, a high-level figure in the national government, the political center of South China is definitely Wuhan.The highest power is not controlled by Sun Wen, the nominal chairman of the national government, but has always been firmly controlled by Wang Zhenyu, a soldier.However, Tang Shaoyi, who had served as the prime minister of the Beiyang government, was fond of Tang Shaoyi. This Marshal Wang seemed very open-minded. At least he was different from Yuan Shikai, who liked to exercise power in those days. He basically did not intervene in financial and personnel issues in Nanjing.Generally speaking, as long as the struggle of the various factions in Nanjing remains within the scope of coexistence, this person will not make a move. However, through the matter of Wang Jingwei, everyone knows that Marshal Wang has a temper. Once he makes a move, there is no room for it.In this way, although the Nanjing National Government did not have much decision-making power on military and diplomatic issues, the government was relatively independent in other departments.

The difference from history is that Tang Shaoyi was recommended by Xiong Xiling to work in the South and found that the market in the South was bullish, and at the same time there was a shortage of diplomatic talents.For example, when discussing cooperation with Britain and France last year, it was actually Wang Zhenyu who came out to discuss cooperation in person, which opened the eyes of Tang Shaoyi who participated in the negotiations at that time.This government is led by Xiong Xiling to form a cabinet, and its power even exceeds that of the previous Hu Hanmin government. After all, both the Tongmeng faction and the Guangfu faction have now chosen to accept the cabinet led by the Progressive faction.Moreover, it is said that Xiong Xiling was also the benefactor of Wang Zhenyu when he made his fortune, so in terms of the army, Xiong Xiling's cabinet is also very supportive.In view of this, Tang Shaoyi wrote to her son-in-law Gu Weijun without hesitation, asking him to resign as the Beijing government's envoy to the United States and return to Nanjing to serve.Speaking of which, Tang Shaoyi's son-in-law was also snatched by himself. It is said that when Gu Weijun was very young, his first father-in-law, Zhang Hengshan, could tell from his face that this son-in-law must be extraordinary in the future, so he took advantage of his ignorance and ignorance. At that time, the son-in-law was settled, but he never got married. In 1912, Gu Weijun was introduced by his father-in-law Zhang Hengshan when he returned to China after receiving a doctorate in law from Columbia, and went north to meet Tang Shaoyi.Tang Shaoyi was the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time, and Gu Weijun became a third secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under Tang with the qualification of studying in the United States for a doctorate.As a young man, he met Tang Baoyue, Tang Shaoyi's daughter.Gu Weijun's handsomeness quickly touched Tang Baoyue's heart.Since then, the two have been inseparable.Later, Zhang Hengshan finally learned of his love history with Ms. Tang, his old face turned yellow, and he wrote a letter to Tang Shaoyi berating Gu Weijun, asking Tang to send Gu back to Shanghai.Tang Shaoyi was furious after reading the letter, and immediately called Gu to a reprimand and ordered him to return to Shanghai immediately.Although Gu was unwilling to leave Beijing, he couldn't bear the reproach of his conscience and the persuasion of relatives and friends, so he had to pack his bags and prepare to go south.Miss Tang immediately found out about the matter, and ran in front of her father crying, "If the child cannot marry Wei Jun, he must cut his hair and become a nun!" The father must intervene in this matter.At that time, Tang Shaoyi had been promoted to be the Prime Minister, and she always felt that she should not rely on her own power to snatch someone's son-in-law, so she refused.Ms. Tang still didn't give up. In order to demonstrate and intimidate, she ran to Baiyun nunnery outside Beijing, and asked someone to inform her father that she had chosen a date for hair loss, but Tang Shaoyi still ignored her.Seeing that this plan failed, the female childe tried another plan. She went back to the city and asked someone to inform her father that if she didn't agree to her request, she had to go to Bada Hutong (the old prostitute concentration area in Beijing) to do business, and hang up her current job. Gold signboard of Miss Prime Minister Rose.This sap really knocked Tang Shaoyi unconscious.He immediately invited his daughter back and announced "unconditional surrender".He sent a telegram to He Fenglin, Songhu Guard (Commander-in-Chief of the Garrison), asking him to take charge of Gu Weijun's divorce.As a result, He Fenglin happily took away the divorce letter, and Zhang Hengshan sighed: "I can only look at the face, not the heart." Soon he died of depression.Zhang Run'e lost all her thoughts and prayed to Buddha during the long fast, and lost her hair in the Lujia Guanyin Hall.Zhang Mou lost his hair, so Tang Mou can no longer be a nun.Less than a month after He Fenglin sent the letter of divorce to Beijing, in 1913, Gu Weijun and Tang Baoyue held a large-scale wedding at the Beijing Hotel.When this matter was sent to Wang Zhenyu's desk by the special agents of the Party Affairs Investigation Department, Wang Zhenyu sighed a lot. . .