Zhang Zuolin touched his beard and thought for a long time, and said: "Fuck it, I didn't expect this little brother to develop like this four years ago, he didn't recruit him four years ago, what about four years later?" By the way, Lingge, what's the matter with the Hongmen Banquet you said? Shall we invite him? If Xiusheng dies in our place, it won't work, if there is an ambitious guy under him in the name of revenge, we will shoot ourselves in the foot. ”

Yang Yuting said with a smile: "June 16th is the sixtieth birthday of Meng Enyuan, the overseer of Jilin, if Wang Xiusheng dies in Jilin......

"What if he doesn't come?" Zhang Zuolin asked.

Yang Yuting's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "Didn't Meng Enyuan launch an agreement, our four northeastern provinces are jointly guaranteed?" That is all representatives from all over the country to participate, this time you can take this opportunity, you can come forward, come to a Meng Dujun, Zhang Dujun, Jiang Dutong, Wang Dujun, the four marshals to have a meeting. How could a person with a good name like Wang Xiusheng not come? If he doesn't come, won't he give face to the three families? If he doesn't come, it means that he has a ghost in his heart and wants to do something to the three families, so the three of us can join forces to deal with him together, divide Heilongjiang and then eliminate the big trouble in the hearts of the three families. ”

"Good idea." Zhang Zuolin laughed and said, "Neighbor Ge, I will leave the assassination of Wang Xiusheng to you." ”

Yang Yuting shook his head and said, "We can't do this assassination yet." ”

Zhang Zuolin said curiously: "What do you mean? ”

"This has to be done by the Japanese, or the Russians, and we have four companies in the Northeast. How can you do cannibalistic things? Yang Yuting blinked and smiled, and then Zhang Zuolin understood what he meant, and laughed.

"Extra! Extra! General Shangwu created another miracle and took the Middle East Road in four days, but was forced to return it by the government! ”

"Extra! Extra! In ancient times, there were twelve gold medals to summon Marshal Yue, and now there is a Beijing government that orders General Shangwu to return the railway! ”

"Extra! Extra! South Cai Ye has passed away, and North Shangwu has been broken! ”

The streets and alleys of the country. Everywhere, wherever there is a newspaper, people gather. Only when they gather together, one thing must be discussed, and the martial general Wang Maoru. Wang Maoru, known as the handsome man, returned the recovered territory to the Russians at the request of the Beijing government and foreign powers.

"Shame of the country, shame of the people!" On the campus of Peking University, an angry gentleman stood on the podium, originally going to talk about economics today, Professor Li Yinglie was holding a textbook, sloppy beard, wearing a black cotton robe, and came in a hurry in the morning as if he had just washed his face. Putting down the textbook, watching the news of the "Yanjing Times" intently, he suddenly slapped the table and roared angrily.

"Professor, what's wrong with the professor?"

Lee Young-yeol waved a newspaper. He asked, "Students, do you know the main points of the recent news in China?" ”

A student immediately stood up and shouted, "I know, Wang Dashuai has recovered the Middle East Road!" ”

"You were the news two days ago, and now Wang Dashuai has returned the Middle East Road to the Russians!" Another student said.

"Huh?" The following students have a lot of discussions.

Li Yinglie said: "The warlord is unreliable, the warlord is unreliable." The newspaper said that at the strong request of the great powers of various countries, the Chinese Government ordered Wang Maoru, the general of the Hei Provincial Overseer, to return the Eastern Railway to the Russian Provisional Government. Students, students, if others want us to pay it back, will we pay it back? Do foreigners one day look at us unpleasantly and want us to die, and we will die too? ”

"No!" The students roared.

Li Yinglie said again: "The railway must not be returned, it must not!" We want to march, we want to protest, we want to protest against the traitorous behavior of our government, why should the great powers return the king and the overseer? Can national interests be given to and fro? And what about the fallen warriors? How do the people around the China Eastern Railway explain? So how do our people explain? ”

"Protest, protest!" The students were quickly mobilized and stood up to protest against the government's move to return the Russian railways. Soon, this wind was linked, not only Peking University, Yenching University, Zhili Institute of Technology, Beijing Normal High School, Beijing Women's University, as well as Tianjin, Shandong, Shanxi, and Fengtian universities, all mobilized to protest against this move by the Beijing government, and marched in front of the presidential palace to demand that the government retract the order.

At the same time, the Beijing government is also in a hurry, President Li Yuanhong convened his subordinates to discuss how to deal with the mess caused by Wang Maoru, this kid is really unsafe, it is better to withdraw directly, but why should he be withdrawn? Wang Maoru occupied the Middle East Road because he was invited by the commander of the Middle East Railway, Daleyan, and he was friendly and helpful, which even the great powers knew. Moreover, Wang Maoru's occupation of the Middle East Road has caused a sudden explosion of national self-esteem and an unprecedented expansion of national cohesion. This kid is obviously getting the benefits of this hand, and he is pushing the trouble to the government. The partiality government has not yet moved him, and he is now a national hero. Li Yuanhong hurriedly found Duan Qirui to discuss how to solve this matter, Duan Qirui was also confused, and said: "Let me think about this matter, he almost caused a war between us and our allies, and the root cause is not small." ”

But who would have thought that a few days later, students and workers would launch demonstrations to protest against the return of the Middle East Road to Russia by the Beijing government, and more than a dozen cities across the country would jointly launch demonstrations to protest the government's weak behavior.

Xu Shuzheng thought for a moment, and proposed to Duan Qirui: "Why not take this opportunity to force the president to agree to send troops to Europe, as long as he agrees to send troops to Europe, I just want to form my own army to participate in the war, with the support of the Japanese arms, the army will soon be formed." ”

Duan Qirui thought about it and thought it was feasible, so he ran to Li Yuanhong and said: "If we want to calm this turmoil, unless we immediately join the Entente and let the people turn their attention to the European battlefield, in line with the principle of focusing on the overall situation, it is inconvenient to cause an internal war among the allies. ”

How could Li Yuanhong not know Duan Qirui's plan, whether it was false to participate in the European war, and whether it was true that he wanted to set up his own army, so he said: "Now that the country is in the ascendant, why bother to fight for the sake of a false name, it is better to solve the current turmoil first." It is up to Zhiquan to solve the problem of student trouble, as soon as possible, as soon as possible. Duan Qirui said that he would send troops to Germany again, Li Yuanhong talked about him left and right, and he always did not accept the invitation, so angry that Duan Qirui left the presidential palace, but he couldn't go back to the State Council, because the streets were full of marchers, so he had to hide aside, and if he was known to be the prime minister, he would inevitably be surrounded by the masses again.

Li Yuanhong did not agree, Duan Qirui wanted to force him to agree, so he announced that all the overseers and the capital would come to Beijing to participate in the plenary meeting, and the issue of declaring war must be solved. The other provinces sent representatives to Beijing to attend the meeting, with Heilongjiang represented by Zhang Kuian, the secretary general of the overseer, and Yang Yuting, represented by Fengtian.

At the beginning of April, Lenin, the leader of the Russian Bolsheviks, returned from Germany and published the "April Theses," the content of which demanded the formulation of a clear line and concrete plan for the transition from the bourgeois-democratic revolution to the socialist revolution, and clearly put forward the slogan "All power to the Soviets." In accordance with the instructions of the April Theses, the Bolshevik Party carried out organizational and educational work among the masses, leading the April demonstrations of the workers and soldiers of Petrograd. And the news reached the Far East, which, led by Slavin, immediately mobilized soldiers, workers, and Chinese workers to march to demand that Horvat and other representatives of the bourgeoisie leave the Eastern Railway and recognize the Soviet government. Naturally, this move was rejected by Horvat, who sent troops from Suifenhe to form an army of more than 10,000 men, ready to deal with the Soviet army. Not to be outdone, the Soviet army actively prepared, and the commander of the Military Council of the Far East Soviets, Liukin, organized nearly 20,000 armed workers and defective troops to confront the Horvat army.

Harbin is about to face another bigger battle, and the citizens of Harbin are leaving, and most of them have moved to Hulan, because Hulan is stationed in the Heilongjiang Army Provisional First Division, which can provide protection. Some of them were timid and moved directly to Qiqihar, which is the capital of Heilongjiang Province after all, and the army gathered, which made Qiqihar's housing prices rise sharply for a period of time.

But Lenin had not yet proposed armed struggle, and the Soviet workers' armed army, though large in number, was unprepared. Meng Enyuan and Guo Zongxi sent a letter to Horvat, proposing to send military police to Harbin, but Horvat refused.

On April 25, when Wang Maoru delayed the return of the Harbin-Hulan section of the Russian Eastern Railway, the Russian army Horvat was furious and gathered heavy troops to prepare for the recovery by force.

However, the Russian army is not monolithic, and when returning the railway, Wang Maoru carefully thought that it was the Soviet sappers who returned the railway, not the Russian army Horvat. Since it was returned to the Russians, and it was all the Russian Provisional Government, then the Soviets were also part of the Provisional Government, and it was also returned to them, and it was also returned to White Russia. Moreover, Wang Maoru also returned all the Red Russian workers, peasants, and soldiers prisoners to Slavin quite magnificently, and sent water, food, and ammunition, which was praised by the broad masses of the proletariat. Even Lenin, who was far away in Russia, sent a special letter of thanks to Wang Maoru. After the release of the prisoners of war, the Soviet sappers formed an army of more than 10,000 men, and there was still a strong armed force against Horvat's army. After consulting with Slavin, Lyukin decided that the Chinese government would have to return the railroad sooner or later, and that they would not dare to offend the powerful Russia, but that the railroad must be in the hands of the Soviets, so he regained the railroad while resisting Horvat's aggressiveness.