The summer of 1927 A.D. arrived before I knew it.

In Yanjing Zhongnanhai, the sound of cicadas has been squeaking, and it seems that there is no time to stop. This summer is so hot and humid that I can't even feel the slightest chill when standing on the water's edge, there is no wind, and the branches of the big weeping willows by the lake only occasionally swing.

Probably affected by the hot weather, Zhang Zuolin's mood has been particularly irritable recently, and when he is free, he walks a few steps around the water of Zhongnanhai to relieve his mood a little. It's just that seeing the Son of Heaven with this carved fence and jade stopping, he is about to change hands by Zhu Yanchang, and it is not a taste in my heart.

This Yanjing City's surname Zhang has been more than two years, and the career of China's top leader in the past two years seems to have some taste after the start of the Second Russo-Japanese War. First, he sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, then opened the Seven Powers Peace Conference to mediate the war, and then signed the "Asian Peace Treaty", and finally even Mongolia was recovered! At least the Soviet Red Army is rolling up and leaving, and as for the central army not being able to enter for the time being, it is nothing, anyway, there are more places where the central army cannot go now. But the old Zhang family's country has just improved, and Sun Cannon in the south wants to come to usurp the throne again! Moreover, he sent a representative to "invite" Zhang Zuolin to serve as the vice president of the Republic of China...... The end is finally a little stronger than that Pu Yi.

Now the two Kuomintang representatives, Luo Yaoguo and Wang Jingwei, have arrived in Zhongnanhai at this time. In the living room of Jurentang, he is drinking tea and "chatting" with Zhang Xueliang, Zeng Qi, Yang Yuting, the head of the cadre department, and Wu Peifu, who acts as a peacemaker, talking about the general trend of the world!

…… Luo Yaoguo and Wang Jingwei are both full of confidence now. In fact, the general trend of the world has long been clear, and Sun Yat-sen is already the trend of the times to sit on that chair. At present, the Kuomintang soldiers are strong and strong, and not long ago they defeated the Soviet Red Army! Who would dare to compete in China? Now, after mediating the war with the Soviet Union and signing the "Asian Peace Treaty," the three powers of Britain, the United States, and France have already clearly expressed their support...... However, the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union, which had an ambiguous attitude, were already in a lose-lose situation after the Soviet war, and they could only nest in their nests and lick their wounds at this time, and they could not stop the ambitions of the Kuomintang at all.

The three people of the Feng Department do not have the grief of the ministers who died in the country, this is probably the difference between the Republic of China and the Empire, right? The number one in the Republic of China state is theoretically only a manager and not an owner. Since the Republic of China, many people have sat in this seat, and they have temporarily lost the throne, as long as they retain their strength, it cannot be said that there is no chance of turning the book in the future. Isn't the current Kuomintang a living example? During the Xinhai Revolution, he was a temporary president, but his strength was not good, so he had to give it to Yuan Shikai and Beiyang. So there is nothing to give up the presidency, the key is to maintain strength! Keep the northeast nest of the Feng department, the Zhili and Chahar in the Guan, and the elite of the three or four hundred thousand Feng army. Well, it doesn't seem to be very elite, but it has to be kept.

Sitting between the Kuomintang representatives and the Feng representatives was Wu Peifu, the "peacemaker" this time, who had planned to die on the battlefield of resistance against Russia. It turned out that the sun really came out of the west...... This Russian coward was actually defeated! There's a credit to his third division! Thinking of these, Wu Yushuai was both proud and a little regretful. If only he had been in the Third Division at the time, even if he sat in the division headquarters and didn't say a word or give an order, it would have been good.

At this time, Wu Peifu coughed lightly and broke the somewhat awkward silence: "Mr. Sun is already a well-deserved leader of China now, presumably Zhang Yushuai will not object, right?" ”

Zhang Xueliang on the side smiled very calmly: "That's natural, my father has long hoped that Mr. Sun can come out and lead everyone to maintain the situation." It's just that...... At that time, the state affairs were difficult, and Mr. Sun's health was not good, so he could only be maintained by his father's encouragement, and finally fulfilled his mission. ”

Listening to the tone of this, it seems that this turning point in China is due to the good leadership of their father and son...... But that's right, now Yanjing is propagating that General Zhang Xueliang personally deployed and commanded, and led the soldiers to fight bloodily and won a great victory in Manchuria! At present, Zhang Shaoshuai is a national hero in the eyes of hundreds of millions of people, and I don't know how many girls in the north are overwhelmed by his heroism!

Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly, and echoed: "What the young marshal said is extremely true, no matter what, our China began to revive when Zhang Dashuai was the head of state, and history will not forget this." And now Zhang Dashuai is willing to give up the position of head of state for the peaceful reunification of the country, which is even more meritorious. ”

...... "Zhang Dashuai, our view of this empire is that the false name of the head of state can be allowed, but the army and financial power of this territory must be maintained. Otherwise, it is not said that it is unloading the mill and killing the donkey, at most it is just to give your father and son a mouthful of peaceful rice to eat, where is the majesty of being lonely in the south now? ”

Sakanishi Rihachiro didn't know when he appeared behind Zhang Zuolin, and now he is no longer the military attache of the legation in China, but transferred to the reserve and became a member of the House of Nobles of the Parliament. I don't know why, he doesn't go back to his book to discuss national affairs now, but stays in China and continues to act as a strategist for Zhang Zuolin.

Zhang Zuolin glanced back at his "friend" Banxi, and smiled deeply: "I know what Mr. Banxi said, the territory army is the foundation of me Zhang Zuolin, and it is not a big deal if Yanjing City is not famous." I plan to wait for the matter here to be over, and then I will lead the troops out of the customs and go back to my hometown in the northeast, so as not to suffer in this steamer-like Yanjing City! ”

Hearing that Zhang Zuolin planned to lead the troops out of the customs, Banxi's face suddenly flashed a trace of gloom, but in an instant, he smiled again: "The marshal's words are wrong, and the marshal's thoughts now are the same as Tokugawa Keiki before the fall of the war in the year of Wuchen in my country, thinking that as long as he resigns from the post of general of Zhengyi, he can protect the territory of the Tokugawa family." As a result, Emperor Meiji abolished the shogunate and ordered Tokugawa Keiki to resign from the government, that is, to deprive him of all official positions, and to confiscate the hereditary domain of the Tokugawa family for more than 200 years! ”

Zhang Zuolin was stunned when he heard the "resignation and land"! If they give up the title of the central government, then they will be subordinates! Sun Cannon only needs a piece of "royal order" to remove him from his own position, and then send Luo Yaoguo to crusade with a large army, and this consequence can be understood with his toes.

Rihachiro Sakanishi smiled and said eloquently, "The situation that Tokugawa Keiki was facing at that time was similar to your current situation. It is naturally unrealistic to continue to maintain the status of the general of Zhengyi. But he should never have come and left, thinking that he would be able to return the great government. ”

"How?" Zhang Zuolin's eyes suddenly lit up, staring at Rihachiro Sakanishi, waiting for the next words.

Sakanishi smiled slightly: "It's good that Tokugawa Yoshiki returned to the government, but he should never give up control of Kyoto!" Kyoto and the Emperor should not be allowed to fall into the hands of the Shogunate, let alone withdraw from the decision-making level of the central power. If the shogunate army was still in control of Kyoto at that time, and Tokugawa Yoshiki was still involved in the formulation of major policies, would there still be any edict of resignation and resignation? Can the Shogunate army defeat the shogunate army without the name of the emperor? ”

“…… Now it is the trend of the times for you to give up the position of the central government, even the great empire is powerless. However, your army must not leave Zhili, nor can you give up Yanjing City! As long as Yanjing and Zhili are in your hands, the central political axe of the Kuomintang will have to rely on you to maintain it. In this way, they will naturally not dare to rely on the status of the central government to deprive you of your territory and army! ”

"But...... Can Sun Yat-sen agree to this? After hearing Banxi's idea, Zhang Zuolin just shook his head: "Now one of their divisions is stationed in Harbin, staring at my lair all the time, and there are still twenty divisions in the south." And Henan is now the territory of the Kuomintang, and they are close to Yanjing City! How can we resist with the strength of our affiliation? ”

Rihachiro Sakanishi sneered: "Naturally, you can't resist by relying on the Feng family, but don't forget that there is also GCD!" There are no eternal enemies in the world, as long as the interests are the same, enemies who do not share the same sky can also join hands! ”

“gcd！” As soon as Zhang Zuolin heard these three words, his face sank after brushing it, GCD has not made him less troubled in the past two years, and now the Feng Department has made it so bleak, half of the reason is the endless workers' movement and peasant uprisings in the Central G! The taxes on the territory of the Feng Department can't be collected, and the "bandits" can't be suppressed, and now they still have to cooperate with them to deal with Sun Cannon?

"No, aren't you supposed to be mortal enemies with GCD? Didn't Nosaka and Katayama of this GCD and Kim Jae-bong of North Korean GCD just hit a target for you? Why are we going to Liang again? Zhang Zuolin asked with a gloomy old face.

Sakanishi Rihachiro laughed embarrassedly twice, shook his hand and said, "Of course, our empire is going to eliminate the GCD in our country...... But the situation with GCD in China is different. They are now the only force in China that can pose a threat to the rule of the Kuomintang! If the Feng faction wants to continue to survive in China's political arena, it must unite with the Chinese government. This is not only the opinion of the Great Empire, but also the meaning of the Soviet Union! ”

USSR! Where is this? Zhang Zuolin shook his head suspiciously, turned around, and continued to enjoy the waterscape of Zhongnanhai.

…… The negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Feng faction proceeded unhurriedly, and after a few more days, representatives of other Chinese factions also entered Yanjing one after another to discuss the great cause of changing the dynasty.

Speaking of the current factions in China, in fact, the Kuomintang, GCD, the Youth Party, the Feng Department, and the four major factions have enough weight to speak. As for Jin Yan, Duan Wan, and Wu Peifu, who lost all his territory and only had one division of soldiers left, they were all just a pile of bitter bones in the grave. However, Feng was very courteous to them. When a few "dry bones" entered Beijing, the Qianmen Railway Station was full of lights, the red carpet was paved, and the honor guard and military band blew and beat to greet them, and the father and son of the old Zhang family were also neatly dressed and stood on the red carpet to greet each other...... I don't know if I want to live another addiction to the head of state?

One day in July of the 16th year of the Republic of China, this scene was staged again at Qianmen Railway Station. Entering Beijing today is Comrade Li Lsan, a representative of the Chinese GCD.

Now he is the leader of Zhong G, and during this time, Zhong G is also carrying out a power reshuffle. Qu Qbai, who had neither military power nor the favor of the Soviet Union, finally stepped down without any suspense, and was replaced by Comrade Li Lsan, a revolutionary who was born in the workers' movement. In addition, Xiang Zhongcheng, who was born in the working class, also entered the Politburo and became a core member of the Central G, specializing in the workers' movement. Zhou Elai and Mao ZD retained their positions, after all, the Chinese Red Army was brought up by the two of them. The commanders and fighters of the Chinese Red Army did not have the same high consciousness as the Soviet Red Army...... For example, now the Daxinganling Soviet area is not splashed with water, and no one dares to pay attention to the Soviet representatives! Whoever heeds it may be a Trotskyite in the blink of an eye!

Regarding his mission to enter Yanjing this time, Li Lsan said that Li Lsan had no direction at all. In June, the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China had just expelled Chen Duxiu, who had committed the mistake of "right-leaning capitulationism", from the party in accordance with the spirit of the instructions of the GC International! Isn't Chen Duxiu's right-leaning capitulationism just a participation in bourgeois political axe? Everyone knows that they went to participate on the instructions of GC International! And now...... He, Li Lsan, received instructions from the GC International to come to Yanjing to discuss the issue of participating in the "bourgeois" coalition political axe! If there is something next, do you want to become Chen Duxiu's second?

Thinking of the faint schadenfreude reaction of Mao Zd and Zhou Elai when he announced this instruction at the Politburo meeting, Li Lsan had a very bad premonition.

The residence of the Chinese delegation is still the Biyun Temple in Xishan outside Yanjing City, just like the last time during the Yanjing Revolution. As soon as Li Lsan and the others settled down, the chargé d'affaires of the Soviet Embassy in China, Zirnykh, hurriedly came to visit.

After a few words of greetings between the two sides, Zirnech explained his intention directly, it turned out that he was now here to convey verbal instructions to Li Lsan on behalf of GC International!

"Comrade L, GC International instructed Zhong G to maintain cooperative relations with the Feng Department in this meeting of the various factions in Yanjing. GC International believes that the greatest threat to the Chinese revolution is no longer the Feng warlords, but the Kuomintang reactionaries who rule most of China! Because there is more and more evidence that the Kuomintang reactionaries have taken refuge in Anglo-American-French imperialism and have become lackeys to safeguard the interests of imperialist colonies in Asia! We must now unite all the forces that can be united and wage a resolute struggle against it! ”

Li Lsan frowned slightly and nodded.

To be honest, his views on the KMT are now the same as those of the GC International. The "Asian Peace Treaty" proposed by the Kuomintang this time obviously betrayed the interests of the people of the Asian colonies, and at the same time betrayed the Chinese revolution with the aim of anti-imperialist and anti-feudalism!

"Comrade Zirnekh, does the GC International mean that we should oppose Sun Yat-sen's election as president of China at the meeting of the various factions?"

Listening to Li Lsan's question, Zirneh couldn't help frowning: "Judging from the current situation...... I am afraid that the Zhong G and Feng factions do not have the power to prevent Sun Yat-sen from getting the position of president. Moreover, even if Sun Yat-sen was prevented from becoming president, it would not have much impact on the reactionary acts of the Kuomintang to continue to betray the revolution and the Asian people. ”

The more Li Lsan listened, the more confused he became, and the words of the Soviet chargé d'affaires were really profound, I really don't know what they meant?

Seeing the other party's puzzled face, Zirneh shook his head slightly, and said something more clearly: "The first thing to stop at present is that the Kuomintang uses Sun Yat-sen's inauguration as president to expand its power. So the president can let Sun Yat-sen do it, but the Kuomintang army must all retreat across the Yellow River! The Kuomintang army cannot be allowed to control Yanjing either! Furthermore...... The customs of the North cannot be incorporated into the South China Customs Area! Moreover, the future finances of the central government must also be borne by the national government. Finally, the original order on the territory of China's various factions must also be maintained. ”

......, "Brother Fuwen, do you think we can help the prime minister sit on the throne of the president this time?" ”

Luo Yaoguo was sitting with Wang Jingwei in the café of the Six Nations Hotel at this moment, and there was a cup of fragrant coffee in front of both of them. After this period of getting along, the relationship between him and Wang Jingwei has improved slightly, in fact, the two of them have not had too many contradictions in the past, but Luo Yaoguo has some opinions on the disgraceful role he played in history.

Luo Yaoguo picked up the coffee and took a shallow sip: "There is no problem with the president, it's just ...... I'm afraid that the situation in the north will not improve because the prime minister becomes president, right? In the end, it is still necessary to solve the problem by force. ”

Wang Jingwei and Luo Yaoguo glanced at each other, nodded and smiled: "Since it is inevitable to fight in the end, why can't we do it earlier?" ”

Luo Yaoguo shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Wang has overestimated the strength of our party. It's no wonder that the battle of Zalainuoer is indeed a bit eye-catching. In fact, Mr. Wang didn't know that although this victory was brilliant, there were also many coincidences in it. First of all, the Russians have been fighting hard for a long time in Zalainor, and the consumption of the troops is not small, and they are already a tired division. Secondly, in this campaign, we used the latest tactics, which happened to be the old tactics used against the Russians, so it worked wonders. In the end, our 18th Division actually gathered the essence of the entire National Revolutionary Army, which was much stronger than the ordinary Soviet Red Army. This war is not a reaction between us and the actual combat strength of the Soviet Union, so we can only endure it now, and we must not overstimulate the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union, lest they join forces to interfere! ”

"But what if...... I am willing to support our Kuomintang people to control the Northeast? When he said this, Wang Jingwei's elegant face suddenly exuded a strange brilliance.

(To be continued)