Yan Fu's main task in Shanghai was to solve the problem between the Beiyang and Nanyang sailors, and the side task was to try to contact Wang Youhong, the governor of Jiangsu.

With the People's Party's march into Zhejiang and Guangdong, the Beiyang Army that fought against the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army in the two places was completely annihilated, and the Beiyang Army presented a great collapse. The hardcore Beiyang Army fled to Fujian, but the Beiyang Army recruited locally still tried to hold the city.

Yan Fu originally did not quite agree with He Rujie's plan to transport troops from the sea to Fujian, and he did not dare to fully trust Sa Zhenbing of the Beiyang Naval Division. Transporting troops by sea is a good idea, but it must be based on the ability to secure shipping lanes. The navy of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, not to mention that compared with the Japanese Navy and the British Navy, and compared with the current Beiyang Naval Division and the Nanyang Naval Division, it was a situation in which it was unilaterally beaten.

A ship can carry thousands of people, and the army can be sent to the sea without sea cover, and if Sa Zhenbing turns his face and refuses to surrender, and a few shells pass, these thousands of people are likely to be wiped out. Since its founding, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army has fought so many battles across thousands of miles. Less than 50,000 comrades died in the battle. The loss of 5,000 troops at a time is a matter of minutes. With these 5,000 men, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was even able to penetrate all the way from the border between Zhejiang and Fujian. The military plan based on believing in Sa Zhenbing was too risky, and Yan Fu naturally refused to agree.

As an internal response, Sa Zhenbing's attitude is becoming more and more positive. Yan Fu could think of the reason for the transformation of his old classmate and old comrade-in-arms. In addition to the cities of Zhejiang, which had already been occupied, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army had already conquered Guangdong on September 1, after two days of hard fighting. captured alive a large number of leading figures in Guangdong, including Zhang Renjun.

The only non-People's Party-controlled ports that the Beiyang and Nanyang Fleets could go to in China were Shanghai and Fujian. Sa Zhenbing used to say some salty things, but now he has only discussed how to implement the treatment given by the People's Party to the Beiyang and Nanyang sailors.

Yan Fu also made it clear that the attitude of the People's Party was that the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army must capture alive Feng Guozhang, the overseer of the southeast. Feng Guozhang is absolutely not allowed to escape from the country. For this reason, Sa Zhenbing specially sent He Rujie to negotiate with Yan Fu about the matter.

He Rujie raised Sa Zhenbing's question, "Why can the People's Party let Sun Yat-sen go, but not Feng Guozhang?" Is it because Sun Yat-sen was also a revolutionary party? ”

"This has nothing to do with Sun Yat-sen's background." Yan Fu replied decisively, "What Sun Yat-sen has done so far is a personal act. Whether he took refuge with the Japanese, or set up his own government. In this era, Sun Yat-sen and his followers were their own choices. They may have made a lot of promises and owed a lot of money, but it was a civil dispute at best. And as far as we know, Sun Yat-sen made a promise to be an official at that time, and those people were willing to pay for it themselves. But Feng Guozhang is different, he participated in Operation 412 and owed countless blood debts. Feng Guozhang did not kill people himself, but he instructed many people to massacre the masses. This is the reason why we can ignore Sun Yat-sen, but we must not let Feng Guozhang go. ”

Seeing that Yan Fu's attitude was so firm, He Rujie thought for a while, and after thinking for a while, He Rujie finally said what Sa Zhenbing was really worried about, "Mr. Yan, in 412 this time, the sailor also did something because of Feng Dujun's order. If someone wants to pursue this matter, it is impossible for the sailor to completely rely on it. But I don't know how Mr. Yan is going to treat the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division? ”

"Did you personally participate in the massacre?" Yan Fu asked.

"Of course not, but we are involved in transporting troops." He Rujie replied that the Beiyang and Nanyang naval divisions were both under the British tutelage, and the navy still followed the knightly style of "wearing white gloves". Because of the specific issues that are almost completely different from the army's salaries and the price of operating weapons, the navy and the army have always been incompatible. The navy is adrift at sea, and often after being on the ship, it can't get off for months, and it doesn't have time to participate in the army's. The massacre commanded by Feng Guozhang had nothing to do with the Nanyang Navy Division. Not to mention that at the time of the 412 massacre, the entire fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division was still on the Tianjin side.

However, Sa Zhenbing and He Rujie are not children, and the so-called crime of wanting to add is unexcused, not to mention that the People's Party's attitude towards eliminating Beiyang is so firm. At this time, because the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army did not have a navy, it had to be polite to the Beiyang and Nanyang naval divisions, and after taking over the warships, it was not impossible for the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army to turn its face and deny people. At that time, you could find a random reason to clean up these people in the navy.

Of course, Yan Fu can understand the worries of the Beiyang and Nanyang Naval Divisions, the current development trend of the situation, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army can kill Feng Guozhang only by relying on the army. It is impossible for the sailor to save Feng Guozhang's fate, and Sa Zhenbing and He Rujie have no intention of defecting to foreigners, so the sailor can only consider his own safety after surrendering. So Yan Fu said patiently: "Ru Jie, I have repeatedly said the attitude of the People's Party, if you don't believe it, I can't do anything." What I can guarantee is that as long as the sailors did not participate in the personal slaughter, but only in the troop transport. Then we will not hold the sailor responsible. If the sailor's obedience to Feng Guozhang's military dispatch is regarded as the sailor's great crime, don't you think it's ridiculous to do this, Ru Jie? ”

Of course, He Rujie could see Yan Fu's impatience in his heart, in fact, he Rujie himself was annoyed by saying so much nonsense. However, many questions were not raised by Sa Zhenbing alone, the high-level leaders of the Beiyang and Nanyang naval divisions had already held a meeting, and a principled consensus was reached at the meeting to defect to the People's Party, but everyone had their own concerns, and He Rujie, as an intermediary, had to ask all the questions. After listening to Yan Fu's many answers, it can be said that he is not leaking, He Rujie is also quite admirable in his heart in the face of Yan Fu, an old man in his sixties, and young people may not be able to use this kind of energy to answer so many questions, He Rujie finally began to ask his doubts, "Mr. Yan, I personally only want to ask one question." Why didn't the BJP choose to settle accounts with us? ”

"Ru Jie, the style of our People's Party is to seek truth from facts. Among the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division and the Nanyang Naval Division, some joined the naval division to serve the country, and some of them were like me because their families were poor, so they could only go to the Nanyang Naval Division School, which did not need money. In the end, I did the work of a water master. I don't think there are any people here who joined the sailors because they wanted to be enemies of our People's Party, right? ”

"Of course, there is none." He Rujie hurriedly replied.

"So everyone joined the sailors before and stood on the opposite side of the People's Party, why should our People's Party settle accounts after the autumn? There is no such thing in this world. Yan Fu said.

He Rujie nodded again and again, this is indeed dignified. However, He Rujie did not relax for a moment, Yan Fu continued: "However, once the sailor defected to the People's Party, he became the navy of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. Then the navy is the navy of the People's Party, and it has to obey the constitution of the People's Party. The one-year transition period I mentioned earlier will definitely not break my promise. After one year, not only will the officers and men of the Navy Division be willing to stay in the navy or not, but we, the People's Party, will also choose officers and men who we think are suitable to continue working in the navy. At this time, it is definitely not that we have to settle accounts after the autumn, but since it is the navy of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, it must conform to the constitution of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. Please also ask Ru Jie to understand this, and also explain it to the officers and soldiers of the water division. ”

He Rujie's mood suddenly fell to the bottom with these words, the real idea of the Beiyang and Nanyang sailors is to be able to monopolize the sailors as they are now, and build the sailors into a territory controlled by this faction. Of course, they can be loyal to Yan Fu, loyal to the People's Party, and loyal to Chen Ke. But beyond the duty of allegiance, they did not want to give up the sailor. Yan Fu's words clearly show that this kind of thinking is impossible to realize. Even though he knew that Yan Fu's request was not too much, He Rujie still felt quite heavy in his heart. After all, everyone has been in the water division for so many years, and it is very difficult to be forced to leave. But this kind of thinking is really difficult to say, and finally He Rujie put forward a request, "Mr. Yan, can the transition period be extended to three years, at least two and a half years." ”

Yan Fu thought for a while and replied, "Two and a half years, it can't be longer." ”

He Rujie felt relaxed for a while, the one-year transition period was really unacceptable, and after two and a half years, the situation would be very different. Those who want to leave the sailor also have more time to find a way out for themselves.

After reaching an agreement, He Rujie could not wait to leave Shanghai and personally return to Fujian to reply to everyone, and he directly sent a radio report to Sa Zhenbing to report the latest negotiations. It was learned that Yan Fu would not deal with the crime of wanting to add to the sailor, and the transition period was extended to two and a half years. After a day of discussion, Sa Zhenbing conveyed to Yan Fu the decision to agree to the uprising. Of course, this is also conditional, because of the lack of materials and maintenance of the Beiyang and Nanyang naval divisions, most of the ships cannot be operated at all. Once the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army reached Fuzhou and Mawei, the naval division would surrender.

The central authorities were very pleased with the information transmitted by Yan Fu and immediately instructed Yan Fu to immediately finalize the details of the matter. At present, China's only remaining Beiyang and Nanyang naval divisions are very precious resources, and if the People's Party can obtain them, it will be a leap forward for the entire country's maritime system.

So in addition to getting full power, Yan Fu also got a lot of autonomy. After all, Yan Fu was born in the old navy, and the students are all over the Beiyang and Nanyang sailors, and Yan Fu knows the rules and various twists and turns.

Yan Fu quickly replied to an astonishing request, asking to lead a small army and a part of the silver dollars to Sa Zhenbing in Fujian in person. "Everything is risky, I'm old, and everything I've learned has been given to the students of the Naval Academy. When Feng Guozhang jumps over the wall in a hurry, he will definitely command the navy to do something crazy. If I can reduce some of the naval losses because I went to Fujian in person, then I am willing to take any risk. ”

Yan Fu was not only one of the veterans and founders of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army's navy, but also Chen Ke's teacher. Although everyone thinks that Yan Fu's idea is very right, it is a great benefit to be able to save one more warship at this time, even if it is a small warship. But in the face of risk, no one dares to pack a ticket. After all, no one wants to say that the value of a warship is more important than Yan Fu's life.

In the end, Chen Ke still made a decision, "Agree to Comrade Yan Fu's request, but this time tell the Fujian side that we will send troops from two regiments to Fujian by sea together, and ask them to be ready to respond." ”

After thinking about it for a day, Sa Zhenbing replied, "I agree that Mr. Yan and the troops of the two regiments will go to Fujian." ”

On September 9, 1916, a convoy of freighters and two Fujian patrol boats set sail from Shanghai to Fujian. The Fujian Navy Division successfully received this group of people to land in Fujian in accordance with the original plan.

However, on September 13, Yan Fu personally sent a telegram to the Wuhan Party Central Committee, "Our department has arrested Feng Guozhang on the 12th who tried to escape from Fujian by boat, and the troops have captured Fuzhou and the Fujian Governor's Office, and blockaded the port of Fuzhou with the assistance of the rebel navy." He asked the comrades of the army to quickly march into Fuzhou to help stabilize the local situation. ”