Chapter 192 Chess Pieces

The commander-in-chief's face was not good, and Zhao Erxun stretched out his hand to pick up the telegram.

Although the telegram is an official article, the meaning revealed between the lines is very clear:

"Since the first day of the Wu Dynasty, the dynasty has been sluggish, although there are people with lofty ideals who have succeeded one after another, but the national situation is decadent, the cover of the Qing room is not human can save it, the war of Xushen, the southern monarchs rose in the cloth, and the danger was in the fight, and the perpetrators of the 'help Han and Qing Dynasty, the establishment of the republic' are just, and now the Qing family has been overturned, the republic of the five ethnic groups, although it is the Ding Revolution weather, but everything is complicated, internal and external troubles, not the same heart, the cooperation of the five ethnic groups is not enough to save the country.

Thanks to the trust of the people, Yuan temporarily usurped the position of president, at this critical time of survival, he also felt like walking on thin ice, trembling every time, always taking the welfare of the people ~ as his own responsibility, and always taking the stability of the republican form of government as the top priority, those who are in favor of the republic will obey virtue, and those who are hostile to the republic will be threatened.

Qiandian's so-called appointment of the Zhao brothers to govern western Sichuan was indeed not a rise of Yuan at a certain time, but a deliberate move. Since the establishment of the Republic, forced by the situation, Yuan had to rely on the might of the army, flatten the side, the founding of the country, the war between the north and the south continued, the war was endless, and the people suffered from the war for a long time. Sichuan is the country of abundance, but the battle of Sichuan has been more than a month, the second army of the founding of the People's Republic of China has won the battle, everywhere has been frightened and frightened, the military power is within reach, all bow down to obey orders, this is a good opportunity to appease the public with virtue, the so-called 'steel and softness' is at this time.

Zhao Erxun and Zhao Erfeng are the banner people, but one person is in front anyway, and one person is in the back, and he is by no means a stubborn person, Chuanbian and Qinghai-Tibet have always been dissatisfied with the king, and the Tusi and the head people everywhere only obey the Layan, and they are still perfunctory to the Qing Dynasty, let alone the republican zhèngfǔ? The Zhao brothers have been in charge of Sichuan for several years, changing the land and returning to the stream, founding new schools, building factories, and setting up mines. Sichuan is restored, and the republic will still implement the new policy, and the so-called 'Western Sichuan Governor's Office' is set up for the implementation of the new policy in Sichuanbian and Qinghai-Tibet. ……”

Looking at this telegram sprinkled with thousands of words, Zhao Erxun's originally hanging heart suddenly put down the telegram and put it on the stone table, and hummed unhurriedly.

"Yuan Xiangcheng is a steady person."

"Don't talk about it! What about you, what collusion do you have with Yuan Shikai? What kind of drama are you singing? ”

Without waiting for the commander-in-chief, Tian Jinfu, the captain of the hair team, had already rushed into the pavilion, pointed at Zhao Erxun's nose and scolded.

"What kind of drama do you sing? If you talk about singing, the ground. I'm afraid that Yuan Xiangcheng and the old man together don't sing as well as the commander-in-chief. ==First. Fa == After the Qizhou incident, the husband saw clearly the commander-in-chief's ability to act. If Yuan Xiangcheng is compared to the white-faced Cao Mengde. Then the commander-in-chief is the one who sang white-faced and red-faced. A few were electrified. gathered the spirit of the people in the world together. When to win the world is only a matter of the commander-in-chief's thoughts. ”

"It's over. Prized. I'm not the same as the foot. Not comparable. It's an officialdom drama to sing at the foot. I sing about national drama and value self-interest. I value righteousness. ”

Count a few words towards Zhao Erxun. Zhao Bei sat down on a stone bench with a sinking face. To get back to the point: "Don't talk about Sirash to answer my questions." Are you and Yuan Shikai pimped to be British? This is a question related to the future of your family, and I will answer it later. ”

Zhao Erxun said: "Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Your Excellency is anti-British, anti-rì. Of course, let those ignorant people shout loudly. But how can the British provoke them? Your Excellency is aware. There are a lot of British land-making guns in the old man's patrol battalion. That's where the British sent it. More than 5,000 strokes were sent back and forth. There are also a couple of cannons. The British were all there for revenge. If I were Your Excellency. Now is the time to think about how to get along with the UK in the future. Popular sentiment is good. But now the world has changed. Foreign guns and cannons are much more powerful than popular people. Back then, the Boxer was even higher than you. Isn't it still defeated by foreigners? ”

"Speaking of which. Pimping between you and Yuan Shikai is really British zhèngfǔ! ”

Zhao Bei sneered. The image of the old fox in Zhao Erxun's officialdom suddenly collapsed. In its place is a rat in a fox's skin.

In the final analysis, Zhao Erxun's insight is nothing more than that, and the commander-in-chief made a big fuss about the "Qizhou Incident", although it is to gather the people's morale and support, but this is not the only purpose.

Zhao Erxun is the same as Yuan Shikai, they are both confined to this era, and their vision can never go beyond this era, or even beyond the country's borders.

As long as the vision is not comparable to that of the commander-in-chief, they will always fall behind!

Zhao Erxun was a little chilled by the commander-in-chief's laughter, and said boldly: "The British just hope that the commander-in-chief will not go crazy, now the British zhèngfǔ is an adult who does not care about the villain, if the British are forced to be anxious, I am afraid that the change of Gengzi will be repeated, Britain is not better than rì, Britain is an empire, rich and rich, only one finger can overturn you." ”

"Okay, okay, don't show off your knowledge."

Zhao Bei waved his hand to stop Zhao Erxun from continuing, and pointed to the telegram on the stone table.

"If I guess correctly, the British zhèngfǔ's wishful thinking is to use your Zhao brothers to control western Sichuan and form a flank containment of the republican army, and then there will be the Beiyang Army in the north and your Zhao brothers' 'Western Sichuan Governor's Mansion' in the west.

Seeing the commander-in-chief speculating like this, Zhao Erxun frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Actually, the old man also thinks it is strange, at that time, the British consul only said that I should submit to President Yuan, but did not say that he wanted to promote me as the official of the republic, this matter is quite puzzling, to be honest, the old man does not understand what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of this President Yuan. ”

"Oh? You've cleared yourself up. ”

"Believe it or not. To tell the truth, the old man has long been tired of officialdom, if it weren't for the court's attention, the old man would have retired a long time ago. ”

"Phew! There is a name and a good place in the officialdom, and you worms will get tired of it? Now is not the time for you to pretend to be high! ”

Zhao Bei snorted coldly, stood up, and said word by word: "I will tell you clearly, you want to rely on a so-called 'Western Sichuan Governor' to maintain your dynasty and resist the revolutionary forces, you are delusional!" Sichuan was recovered by revolutionary soldiers, you gang of yīn plotters, old and young people don't want to go down the mountain to pick peaches, as long as I don't agree, this 'Sichuan Western Governor's Mansion' is a white dream! Don't think that the British will support you, the revolutionaries, and be afraid that our strength will not only come from foreign guns and cannons, but also from the people, from those thousands

The toiling masses who have been brutally oppressed and despised by you! also comes from a wealthy family, but in fact he is a good gentleman who is the target of extortion and extortion by you worms! The task of our revolutionaries is to unite these different strata of the people, and to bring this dying country on the road to great power with our hard work and sweat, with our blood and unyielding fighting spirit! This is a great cause, and it is by no means understandable to you bugs and speculators! On this road to a strong country, the only leader can only be me, Zhao Bei, Zhao Zhenhua! Anyone who stands in my way will be kicked away by me! ”

Speaking of which, the commander-in-chief was a little murderous, and Zhao Erxun and Zhao Wudou beside him both had their faces changed.

Tian Jinfu on the side also pulled out two box guns in a timely manner, opened the nose of the machine, and aimed the gun at Zhao Erxun, as long as the commander-in-chief gave an order, the "Senator of the Western Sichuan Governor's Office", who had not yet officially taken office, was probably about to rise to the west of the sky.

The commander-in-chief looked at the German-made box gun, and then at Zhao Erxun.

"As for you, Zhao Erxun's killing of revolutionary aspirants is only one of your crimes, and you can't get out of it on the issue of Sichuan Railway's shares! More than 10 million taels of road silver, and now, there are less than 6 million taels left, where is the rest of the silver? That's all the people's fat and people's ointment! The telegram said that you are an 'uprising', and I don't care about this matter, but the deficit of this road money is enough to send you back to the West! Even President Yuan Da can't excuse you! ”

"Commander, simply, just pull it out and kill it!" The fierce and vicious captain of the guard also shouted at the right time.

"I'm dying!" Zhao Erxun closed his eyes.

"The madman is going to soar."

Zhao Wudou took a few steps back to the side, and when he also closed his eyes, he remembered the note that Zhao Erxun had instructed him to hand over to the commander-in-chief, and he was very curious to know what was written on the note.

But the two of them waited for a long time and did not hear the gunshot, and when they opened their eyes in surprise, they were surprised to find that the commander-in-chief had walked out of the pavilion with the captain of the guard, and walked towards the garden gate without looking back.

"Why don't you shoot, sir? Can he swallow this breath? Zhao Wudou walked up to Zhao Erxun and asked in a low voice.

Zhao Erxun replied, just sighed, looked up, and saw that the stone table was sprinkled with scraps of paper, and reached out to pick up a few pieces and put them together, only then did he recognize that this was the note he ordered Zhao Wudou to hand over to Zhao Bei, and now it has been torn to pieces by the commander-in-chief.

Seeing that Zhao Erxun was picking up the scraps of paper, Zhao Wudou hurriedly stepped forward to help, but Zhao Erxun flicked his hand and let the scraps of paper spill on the ground.

"Wudou, do you understand why Yuan Shikai asked the third master to be the 'governor of western Sichuan'?" Zhao Erxun asked Zhao Wudou.

Zhao Wudou shook his head, nodded again, and said, "Is it that the third master has returned to the republic?" Is this a condition for conversion? ”

Zhao Erxun smiled bitterly: "If it's so simple, it's good, at least my Zhao family won't be wiped out." It's a pity, there has never been such a simple thing in this officialdom, now, the master I am a chess piece, and the third master is also a chess piece, we are all involuntary chess pieces, whether we are dead or alive, but we are in the hands of others. ”

Zhao Wudou didn't understand, and was asking, but saw four guards coming over, all with short guns on their waists, and their faces were cold.

Four guards walked into the pavilion and divided into two groups, one on the left and one on the right, standing beside Zhao Erxun, and one of them said to him: "Commander-in-chief order!" From now on, the four of us will be your personal guards, whether it is eating, going to the toilet, sleeping, or walking, we will follow us left and right, and we will not leave an inch! You can't even die without an order from the commander-in-chief! ”

Zhao Erxun was stunned for a moment, then sneered, and he immediately understood the commander-in-chief's intentions.

The commander-in-chief will not kill him casually Zhao Erxun, after all, now that the republican era has just begun, Yuan Shikai has sent a telegram announcing Zhao Erxun's "uprising", and using this as an excuse to appoint Zhao Erxun as the "Senator of the Western Sichuan Governor's Office", the current Zhao Erxun is considered an official of the republic, at least legally, if this charge of "killing officials for no reason" is confirmed by the commander-in-chief, it will seriously damage his reputation.

Killing Zhao Erxun requires an upright reason.

That's right, Zhao Erxun is a banner man, and the revolutionaries hate him to the core, and Zhao Erxun is not an uprising at all, he just surrenders, but this is not the best excuse to kill Zhao Erxun, the commander-in-chief said well, now is the republican era, everything must be lawless, and the brute force that does not law will only give people a mouthful, and the gains outweigh the losses, because the revolutionaries themselves are advocating the rule of law, and they can't slap themselves in the face? Although strength is everything in this era, and the law is worthless, it is still necessary to do enough work on this face.

Although the commander-in-chief is a "madman", there is still a difference between this madman and a madman, a madman knows what can and cannot be done, and the madman does not care about this, the madman only wants the pleasure of the moment, but the madman must also consider the interests of the future.

Zhao Erxun must live now, as a sinner, it doesn't matter when he dies, because he is now a pawn, a pawn that can't help himself, a pawn that is held in the hands of the commander-in-chief.

When this chess piece is useless, when is the death period of this chess piece.

Zhao Erxun's heart was desolate.

He first became President Yuan's chess piece, and then became Commander-in-Chief Zhao's chess piece, and unconsciously became the decisive force in this chess game, thinking of this, Zhao Erxun couldn't help laughing.

"Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai, you use my Zhao brother's net worth to gamble with others. It's just a pity, although you, the old fox of officialdom, are scheming, but this madman is not a fool, and you Yuan Shikai are considered to be opponents in chess. ”

However, laughing and laughing, Zhao Erxun is still a little puzzled, the surrender conditions he agreed with Yuan Shikai through the British consul were just to save the lives of the family, but now, Yuan Shikai has laid out such an unpredictable chess game, which makes people think hard.

This chess game actually started a long time ago, and the opponents were President Yuan Da and Commander-in-Chief Zhao.

In the previous paragraph, the "~ state incident", that was the first game of chess, the commander-in-chief won a game of chess by virtue of the people's morale and people's hearts in the chess game, and now, President Yuan put another game of chess, waiting for Commander-in-Chief Zhao to respond to the chess, to see if he could pull back a game, this time, President Yuan has set up two chess pieces, one of these two chess pieces is called Zhao Erxun, and the other is called Zhao Erfeng.

As for the chessboard, it is the country of abundance in Sichuan, and it is the land of China!