Chapter 3 Red Revolutionaries?

After the discussion, the love of the big guy seems to be getting lower and lower, and no one has much hope for the future of the country! However, it is not surprising that these people have such thoughts, and the current situation in China is indeed a bit bad! With Yuan Shikai's dream of being emperor completely shattered, the country that originally seemed to be unified by Beiyang inevitably fell into division! Even within the Beiyang group, which maintained its position as the central government, there were signs of warlord secession. Now there are three major factions of the so-called Anhui faction, the direct faction, and the Feng faction of the fake Beiyang...... What's even more troublesome is that Beiyang is not just divided into several large blocks, but into countless small plates, and any division commander or mixed brigade commander is a prince! The troops in their hands are their private property, even if it is Duan Qirui, the prime minister and minister of the army, who does not know these warlords, he can't command a single soldier, this situation is completely a copy of the Tang Dynasty feudal town!

And the Sichuan, Yunnan, Gui, Jiangxi and other armies in the south are simply "rebel towns", and a while ago they even held out an old-fashioned old Qing relict Cen Chunxuan as a banner to oppose Yuan Shikai as the emperor! The decrees of the central government have long been ineffective with them.

But what worries people more is the imperialism of the great powers. China's chaos in this way certainly has Yuan Shikai's failure to govern, the warlords' selfish desire to support their troops and self-respect, and the internal response of the poor and weak national conditions since the late Qing Dynasty. But imperialist oppression is indeed an important external cause of this situation! Everyone knows that behind the warlords in China, including the Anhui clique that governs Beijing, there are one or several great powers who are there to support them! While supporting the warlord forces, these powers used one unequal treaty after another to completely lock China in the quagmire of poverty and division...... I'm afraid that any force that has the potential to unify China will be the target of their vigorous suppression, right? After all, a unified China will always have to fight for a little bit of national power and a little bit of interests from them! And a China that is forever chaotic and weak is what truly meets the needs of the great powers.

At a time when everyone is feeling pessimistic and disappointed. Chang Ruiqing stood up suddenly, with a face that was already quite majestic, and he looked like he was iron-blooded, and waved his hand very imposingly, and said loudly: "There is nothing to be afraid of the great powers!" Aren't they themselves caught in the blood of a world war? When this bloody battle is fought, the four European powers of Britain, France, Germany, and Russia will inevitably be greatly damaged! Their oppression of China will never again be as strong as it was before the war...... And we in China actually have a way to get back our rights and interests from the hands of the great powers little by little! ”

At this, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "As it is now, of course, relying on blind weakness and compromise will not be able to win back rights and interests! Hum! In fact, most of these so-called powers are masters who bully the weak and fear the hard! As long as we find the right way, we will not be afraid to fight against them, and only when we dare to fight against the great powers will it be possible to save the fate of the country and the nation in the future! This is also the duty that history has entrusted to our generation of soldiers! In the end, he glanced at the comrades around him with a meaningful gaze, and said word by word: "What the great powers are afraid of is indeed not our weak army, but the Chinese red revolutionaries who really dare to fight them by violent means and are everywhere, but they cannot be seen or touched!" ”

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Xu Shuzheng put on a straight military uniform again at this time, and walked with an old man in a robe and a horse coat in the garden of the War Department in Tieshi Hutong, Beijing. And the Beiyang officers who came and went in the War Department stood up and saluted when they saw that the old man was all far away, and then made a detour, as if they were afraid of disturbing his walk. In the Beiyang War Department, the only person who can have such a status is naturally Duan Qirui, the prime minister and chief of the army!

Although he has already paid homage to the prime minister and concurrently served as the chief of the army, it seems that he is extremely powerful, but this Prime Minister Duan Da's face today is full of gloom. After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, raised his right hand and waved it lightly, and the entourage who followed him and Xu Shuzheng immediately turned around and withdrew dozens of steps away.

Duan Qirui walked into a small pavilion, sat on a stone bench, and sighed: "Gong Bao has only been gone for a few months, and our Beiyang system is already about to fall apart!" We don't know how many more armies we can manage? ”

Xu Shuzheng looked at Duan Qirui, who was full of tiredness, and gritted his teeth: "Old Zhi, after the old man left, the hearts of the Beiyang group were a little scattered, but it has not yet reached the point where it is difficult to clean up. The current situation is entirely caused by the fact that the outside is heavy and the interior is light, and the central authorities do not have enough troops. If the central government can have an elite army in its hands, the cohesion of the Beiyang group will definitely be restored, and with these hundreds of thousands of tigers in Beiyang, it is also possible to unify China by force! ”

Duan Qirui's face was grim, and he asked lightly: "Do you agree with the theory of participating in the war to save the country?" ”

Xu Shuzheng nodded silently and said in a deep voice: "Old Zhi, apart from this method, can we have any other way?" Now that the central government has no money and no soldiers, why should the governors of the overseers and towns obey us? If we want to regain the prestige of the central government, we must have money and soldiers in our hands! But where does the money come from? Where do the soldiers come from? The students felt that there was only one way to participate in the European competition. ”

After hearing this, Duan Qirui was silent for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "I also understand this truth, but the matter of participating in the European war is not something that I, the prime minister, can decide!" Can the other side of the presidential palace agree? Can those Kuomintang MPs in the National Assembly agree? They are now colluding with us, doing everything against us, and they will definitely do their best to oppose anything that goes to war. ”

Xu Shuzheng sneered and waved his hand: "What's the use of a few idlers who have no soldiers and no power?" I think the key to participating in the war is still the great powers, as long as Britain, France, and Japan are willing to support us, Li Bodhisattva and those Kuomintang parliamentarians still dare to oppose it? Even a few Overseers in the Southwest didn't have the guts to play against the Great Powers! ”

"Anglo-French...... Again, do you think they are fools who will be deceived by the blank checks we will write? Duan Qirui shook his head: "From the Qing Dynasty to the present, when have we deceived the great powers?" Aren't they all about letting them play around? Therefore, when dealing with the great powers, we must not have the intention of coaxing and playing with others, if we want Britain and France to support us in organizing and training the army to participate in the war, then we must sincerely participate in the war. Again, do you understand? ”

"It's a big deal, let's really go to war!" Xu Shuzheng's face showed an impatient look, he paced, and said loudly: "Old Zhi, there are people in China, what about sending hundreds of thousands to Europe?" As long as the great powers are willing to support our reunification of China, I think the price is worth it! ”

"Really going to war?" Duan Qirui's face flashed a little solemn, he had already fully understood the bloody and fierce European war through the information sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If hundreds of thousands of squadrons really go to the European battlefield, they will not be used as cannon fodder and consumed? In the end, don't be a bamboo basket for water, right?

"Old Zhi, it's worth it even if you kill hundreds of thousands of people!" Xu Shuzheng patted his thigh and continued to persuade: "It's not an overnight thing for us to recruit and train the army to participate in the war, why does it take a year?" At least for this year, Britain, France, Japan, and Russia will support us, and the central government also has an army of hundreds of thousands of people in its hands...... Not to mention leveling down the chaotic party in the southwest, dealing with those young people in Beijing, and then reining in the hearts of the people in the Beiyang system, it is still barely possible. And the great powers can't call us for nothing, right? In exchange for China's hundreds of thousands of troops, they have to loosen the unequal treaties that are pressing on us a little, which can be regarded as you have won back the national power from the foreigners! It is also of great benefit to you and the prestige of the center. ”

Duan Qirui frowned again and pondered for a long time before he muttered, "Again, let me think about the matter of participating in the war." Oh, by the way, what do you think of those cadets who taught the War Department? ”

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