Chapter 137 North-South Reaction

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Nanjing ().

In front of the former Jiangfang Army Fort Battalion, Xu Shaozhen, escorted by several officers, walked into a position controlled by the National Defense Army. He is here to appease today, and hopes that everyone can turn hostility into friendship and resolve disputes together, and not make trouble to the point of fighting each other.

As soon as I walked to the outer circle, I saw that the three Makqin heavy machine guns in the position had been loaded with ammunition belts, and the German-made pointed bullets with copper shining on the bullet belts were stacked in layers in the ammunition boxes, in addition to this box of bullets, there were more than a dozen boxes of bullets behind each machine gun squad. In addition to the three heavy machine gun squads, eight Madsen light machine guns supplemented the dead ends, and the soldiers were all German-made 98 rifles, and the bullets were all German-made pointed bullets. Don't say that he can't figure this out, many people are crazy to guess, what is Yang Qiu's relationship with the Germans, he can buy so many arms, the most important thing is where did he get the money?

All the German-made equipment had already made the eyes of several Jiangsu officers red, and when they saw that they had started to distribute lunch, they were directly green. Because they saw that the logistics officer with the armband was priing the wooden box with a few soldiers, and after opening it, he poured out a large pile of canned foreign beef. That's too extravagant, isn't it? Did he, Yang Qiu, dig a gold mine, and actually directly supply the troops with canned foreign meat! Damn, Lao Tzu's troops fought to the death, and there were only three bowls of clear soup noodles every day.

Xu Shaozhen finally did not lose his temper and continued to walk forward, but he stopped just a few steps ahead, and saw a young officer taking advantage of the meal time to lecture the soldiers.

"Changing the centigold to commercial tax may seem like a different name, but it's actually very different. Let me give you an analogy, if you buy kerosene in Shanghai and sell it in Sichuan, you will have to pay a cent of gold when you arrive in Hubei, you will have to pay a cent of gold when you go to the river, you will have to pay a cent of gold when you go to Hunan, and you will have to pay it when you unload the goods in Sichuan! It's been handed over four times before it's sold. But what about after the unification of the commander? You only need to pay once in Hubei, and then with the list of taxes paid in Hubei, all the way to Sichuan, no one can overcharge along the way, how much can you save? ”

"Instructor, according to what you say, isn't the commander at a loss? How can it be enough to fund so many babies to go to school? One soldier became worried.

"It's enough for you to eat two less cans of Citi beef ()."

"Haha."

The instructor laughed a few times with the soldier and said, "The commander is not a trader, so how can he lose or lose." Why did the commander do this? In fact, it is clear who the saved money ends up in. The first province of money is given to merchants, but merchants can't make all the money, if they want to buy more people, they have to lower the price, so that they can afford to buy more people. The people can afford it, so there are more people who do business, and when they do business, the tax will be collected, and the tax can be used to subsidize the doll's reading, and the people don't need to provide the doll to study, they can save a lot of money, and the money can buy things. And the agricultural tax, this time it will also be cut by half! In this way, the common people will have more income from farming, and they can also save more money to spend. ”

"Instructor, why do we sound like tongue twisters?"

"Yes, it's a tongue twister, but for whom?" The instructor suddenly strengthened his tone, waving his arm very incendiaryly: "For the people of our three provinces!" Now that the whole country is in chaos, Beiyang is not dead set on being a Tartar lackey! I also want us Han people to donate taxes and pay to feed the people who are not full of production! Therefore, our defense forces must support the commander to do a good job of this decree, to put it mildly! Who feeds us? It's the commander and the people of the three provinces! What is the slogan of our Wehrmacht? Defend the country! This home is the home of thousands of ordinary people in the three provinces, and it is the home of Uncle Chen and Second Uncle Wang next door to you! If we help those gentry continue to exploit, are we still worthy of wearing this dress? ”

"Support the commander's decision, this time if anyone doesn't open his eyes and wants to make trouble for the commander and doesn't obey the decree, Lao Tzu will be the first to kill him!"

"Defending the family and the country has no two hearts."

"Long live the Wehrmacht, long live the commander!"

The soldiers were excited, and Xu Shaozhen and the officers were also a little excited. After the administrative telegram of the three provinces was sent out yesterday, the whole country was lively, and no one expected that a warlord-like martial artist would dare to directly cut half of the income of the three provinces so boldly, and also let students study for free, and slapped those who said that Yang Qiu was a martial artist. Thinking back to his side, there was even a little hot on his face, although after the establishment of Nanjing Zhengfu, it was also announced that he would cancel all the cents of the former Qing Dynasty, but the downstream provinces actually did not stop collecting them, because the taxes and cents were related to the life and death of the governors and armies of the provinces, who would dare to cut them easily?

After the excitement, he was also secretly worried, Yang Qiu had already shown signs of secession as the king, but no one could move him if the north was not peaceful, and now this telegram almost wiped out the hearts of the people in the three provinces. After this officer preached, the Wehrmacht must have followed him to the death, and after he beat up the local tyrants and bullies in the three provinces, I am afraid that the three provinces will be difficult to enter. The upper reaches of the Yangtze River are aggressive, and Xuzhou openly tore up the armistice agreement in Beiyang in World War I, will these two join forces through assassination? In the final analysis, it was Sun Wu who was stupid and gave Yang Qiu a chance to stand up for power.

Forget it, I'm just a soldier, so why bother with these chores. Xu Shaozhen sighed, and was just about to continue walking, when a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old officer came over with someone, and when he saw him, he immediately saluted: "Yu Dehai, the captain of the National Defense Force, has seen the commander. ”

After Liu Yingbu was forcibly disarmed in the north, Yu Dehai was a lot more stable, and he was not humble in the face of Xu Shaozhen: "Welcome Commander Xu to inspect." ”

"Commander Yu, how long will it take for your exercise to end?" Xu Shaozhen snorted and deliberately bit the word drill so as not to embarrass everyone. Yu Dehai immediately said: "Report to the commander, after the president gives an answer, we will immediately end the exercise." ”

Give an answer?! Xu Shaozhen snorted coldly in his heart and said, "Didn't the president already send a telegram to clarify that the incident had nothing to do with Nanjing?" If you continue like this, I won't be able to explain it, and if there is any movement, you must not be able to say anything about Inspector Yang's side. ”

At such a critical moment when he was heading north, Yu Dehai dared to disarm Liu Ying's brothers directly, not to mention that it still makes sense! So he said without giving face: "The president sent a telegram, and we also believe in the people of the president and Commander Xu." But we are soldiers, and military orders are like mountains, as long as the commander does not come to order for a day, we will be stationed here for a day, as for movement. Yu Dehai deliberately glanced at the river and the forts, the three gunboats and eight 120mm heavy guns that could turn their muzzles at any time, and said: Brother, I'm not afraid."

Xu Shaozhen was a little angry, this is Nanjing, not Hubei, he dared to be so arrogant with the fort and machine gun, and said coldly: "Commander Yu, you have to think clearly." ”

Yu Dehai and the soldiers of the Second Regiment were already furious, the commander led everyone to fight bloodily for so many days, and paid the price of 16,000 civilian soldiers to have a good situation in the south, the country has not yet been reunified, some people can't wait to kill him, how can everyone endure it? If it weren't for the strict order of the chief of staff not to enter Nanjing City, they would have thought about Qingjun's side, so they simply didn't bother to pay attention to the last sentence, and just replied: "Commander Xu, please go back, the duty of the brothers, let's wait for Mr. Binglin to bring those people to talk about it." ”

Zhang Binglin is coming? Do you want to bring Sun Wu and them here?! Xu Shaozhen was dumbfounded, his stomach full of anger turned into worry, this slap was too hard!

When Xu Shaozhen hurriedly returned to the presidential palace to report, Zhang Binglin also escorted Sun Wu and others to the Nanjing wharf. This news immediately detonated the city of Nanjing, and the presidential palace and senators were even more caught off guard, not thinking that Yang Qiu would throw this big trouble to Nanjing to solve, so Sun Wen had to hold an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss countermeasures.

In fact, there is nothing negotiable about this assassination case. Pretending to be a politician to assassinate a member of the Central Committee is a capital crime in any era! Especially now that the whole country has not yet been reunified, Nanjing urgently needs to establish its authority. What's more, Zhang Binglin not only brought the prisoner this time, but also brought a detailed confession, and I am afraid that he would have been pulled out and shot to death if he put it on others. But not this time, because Huang Keqiang's son is involved.

When Nanjing was anxious, Beijing Yuan Shikai was also a little irritable.

The palace has been crowded in the past few days, since it was rumored that he played to persuade him to abdicate and resign as prime minister, all forces have smelled that Cao Cao is going to move seriously, and the abdication of the Manchu Qing may just be a matter of blink of an eye, so not only is it not idle but it is getting busier.

Beijing in winter is difficult, the continuous heavy snow covers the land of Beijing, and the frightened Yuan Shikai has been unwell for the past few days, so he simply does not go out of the door. But don't think he's scared by the bomb, the ticking telegraph still tells others that this is still the political center of the North Center.

"This Yang Qiu is really a headache." Yang Shiqi sat by the brazier, he had an extraordinary status in the Yuan Mansion, so every time Yuan Shikai held a meeting, he would ask people to prepare a stool for him, and said: "As soon as this political telegram comes out, I am afraid that the hearts of the people in the three provinces will fall to him, and I am afraid that the tail will not fall in the future." ”

Duan Qirui has always been tough, and said coldly: "What's the tail that can't be dropped?" I don't believe that he really wants to abolish the money and start the school for free. He now has 100,000 people under his command, and this time he will expand the army by 12 regiments, and he will need more than 10 million troops every year just to feed the troops, which is nothing more than a fame and reputation! When he can't carry it out, I will expose him and let the whole country see his true colors. ”

Yang Shiqi looked at the tiger of the Beiyang and continued: "In the battle of Xuzhou, the south has been scared by us, and Yang Qiu has put high-profile pressure on Nanjing, this time I am afraid that Huang Keqiang will have to do something to behead!" In this way, his prestige must be greatly reduced, and without him, Sun Wen's generation is equivalent to missing an arm, and there are not many days left in the south. So you're going to have to be quick here, my lord! If it drags on for a year and a half, I'm afraid it will really have to be handed over to Yang Qiu. ”

Yuan Shikai has also been anxious these days, this assassination actually helped him a lot, but there were some things he couldn't say, and he deliberately sighed: "My Yuan family has been favored by the emperor for three generations, but now I want to do it myself." ”

Yang Shiqi knew his temper best, and persuaded: "My lord! At this time, if the Qing family does not abdicate, once Nanjing solves the matter of Yang Qiu, if it is necessary to redeem the voice, it is bound to go all out on the Northern Expedition. Shiqi asks for his life today, and the adults have made a decision early! ”

Chen Eun stood beside him, a little dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai's attitude at this time, but he had already promised to assist and had to say: "My lord, Nanjing and Hubei still have to use each other in the final analysis, so they will never completely turn their faces at this moment, which can be seen from Yang Qiu's handing over Sun Wu and others to them to deal with." Nanjing will also take advantage of this opportunity to ask Yang Qiu for the Northern Expedition, if Jinpu and Jinghan are launched at the same time, our troops may not be enough. ”

Yuan Shikai let out a long sigh first, turned the fire on the stove with tongs, and then pretended to make a decision: "That's it!" First send someone to talk to Yang Qiu about the replacement of Wushengguan and stabilize him for the time being, Jingzhong Liangbi will also do it, the old man will also be out this time, and I will give you a top when the sky falls. ”

With his words, all three understood that it was only a matter of time before the Manchus abdicated