Chapter Fifty-Six: Red Becomes Famous

There was a sound on the floor, and then the door of Duan Qirui's study was pushed open with a bang.

In the study, Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng were still wondering what the red revolutionaries were. The two looked up together, and saw Duan Qirui's brother-in-law, Wu Guangxin, standing there with a flushed face, holding a newspaper in his hand, pointing at the two of them, panting loudly.

"Shiba, Shibazumi, something happened! The emperor, the emperor has been taken captive! ”

Before Duan Qirui could react, Xu Shuzheng stood up suddenly, walked in front of Wu Guangxin in a few steps, grabbed the newspaper in his hand and saw that it was a Tianjin edition of "Ta Kung Pao", and the front page was prominently published in black and bold font: "The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Armed Forces - Red Brigade Claim: Emperor Xuantong is in their hands!" ”。

Below the headline is the general story of what happened written by the editor of Ta Kung Pao, and it turned out that a mysterious person called Ta Kung Pao's newspaper office in the early hours of this morning, claiming to be the spokesman of the Red Brigade, the revolutionary armed force of Chinese workers and peasants! According to this person's claim, last night, one hundred and eight Red Brigade soldiers, disguised as eunuchs, broke into the Forbidden City from the Shenwu Gate of the Forbidden City, and destroyed Emperor Xun of the Qing Dynasty, who was planning a plot to restore the Qing Dynasty. Pu Yi was arrested on the spot! And the Beijing correspondent of Ta Kung Pao also got the rumor that "the emperor may be missing......

Xu Shuzheng handed the newspaper to Duan Qirui with both hands, and smiled bitterly: "Zhi Lao! What kind of red brigade is this really daring, tying up the emperor and asking people to call the newspaper office...... I've never seen such an arrogant kidnapper! ”

Duan Qirui smiled slightly, took the newspaper and looked at it, and threw it on the desk: "I'm afraid people kidnapped the emperor not for a few small money, right?" Now it's okay, the banner of the Red Brigade is erected! Then he sneered a few more times: "It's good to save those Manchu widows and young people from always thinking that I am the emperor kidnapped by Duan Zhiquan." ”

Wu Guangxin was also stunned when he heard this, walked up to Duan Qirui, and laughed in a low voice: "Zhiquan...... Could it be that this emperor was really not kidnapped by you? ”

At this time, Duan Qirui's brows tightened, and he glanced at his brother-in-law: "Zitang, how can you have such an idea?" How can I, Duan Qirui, also be a person who has received the emperor's favor...... Besides, I've never heard of this red or anything! ”

"Haven't heard of it?" Wu Guangxin picked up the newspaper, turned a page, pointed to a piece of article on it and said with a smile: "Zhiquan, this is an article about the Red Revolution written by the editor of Ta Kung Pao after consulting Mr. Zhao Junda, president of Peiyang University...... This red revolution began to become popular in Germany, France, and England, and several of the big leaders of the red revolution in the world were Germans! Mr. Zhi, when you were studying abroad in Germany, you really didn't hear of it? ”

Duan Qirui touched his beard, as if he was recalling what happened in Germany back then, and he still shook his head after a while: "I can't remember, I really can't think of any red revolutionism, and this is not taught in the German ** school...... That's right! This red brigade or something, could it be that Germany is behind it? ”

I don't know how Duan Qirui thought of it, but Xu Shuzheng and Wu Guangxin both nodded approvingly when they heard it. Xu Shuzheng said: "It's possible, it must be that the Germans heard that we were going to send troops to Europe to participate in the war, so they supported China's Red Rebellion Party!" ”

Wu Guangxin also said: "Zhiquan, it's one thing for us to oppose the restoration of the Qing Dynasty, but the matter of kidnapping the emperor can't be taken on the body, we must find a way to pick it up!" ”

Duan Qirui nodded, deeply convinced. Beiyang is not the Kuomintang after all, the Beiyang bigwigs are all important ministers of the former dynasty, how to say that they have also received the emperor's favor, if they are involved in such a bullying thing as kidnapping the emperor, but they will be "Beiyang to ask for it"!

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"Good, good! What a Red Brigade! ”

No. 7 Molière Road, Shanghai, in a garden villa. A middle-aged man, patting the desk, seemed to be unable to sit still anymore, stood up and walked around quickly. This middle-aged man was about 50 years old, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, with a mustache, his face was slightly sallow, but his expression could not hide his excitement, and he was holding a yellow copy newspaper in his hand.

In the study, there is also a person wearing a green cloth robe, with a pair of particularly wide frontal bones, and rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose, which looks like a white-faced scholar at a glance. The white-faced scholar smiled at the middle-aged man and said, "Mr. Sun, the actions and ideas of this red brigade seem to be quite consistent with ours, do you think we can send people to the north to contact and develop them into our people?" ”

This middle-aged man turned out to be Sun Yat-sen!

He waved his hand: "Zhantang, the contact is certain, but I am afraid it is not so easy to develop them into our people, after all, their ideas are not completely consistent with ours. ”

"Zhantang" is the name of the white-faced scholar, this person's surname is Hu, his name is Hanmin, and he is Sun Yat-sen's number one henchman! As soon as Sun Yat-sen received reports from Beijing and Tianjin on "Zhang Xun's restoration" and "the kidnapping of the emperor", he immediately brought him to discuss.

"Sir, what do you mean ......"

Sun Yat-sen frowned slightly, a little hesitant: "If this red brigade is really like what Ta Kung Pao said, they should be socialists or more radical socialists, and their set is not very suitable for China's national conditions." ”

Hu Hanmin smiled: "Sir, then we will send someone north to contact them, and it is good for the two sides to form an alliance." By the way, now that Zhang Xun is in Beijing and restoring the Manchu Dynasty, this is also a rare opportunity for us, especially in Guangdong...... If the war goes on, we'll have an excuse to recruit troops! ”

"The army, we want to recruit our own army......" Sun Yat-sen stopped and looked fixedly at the southwest direction outside the window. According to the caliber of later history textbooks, Sun Yat-sen did not seem to know how to develop his own armament, and it was not until later that the Whampoa Military Academy was opened with the help of the Chinese GCD and the Soviet Union.

However, real history often does not develop according to textbooks. Sun Yat-sen is not a fool, he will not understand the road to power from the barrel of a gun? In fact, Sun Yat-sen's skills in fighting are indeed not good, but he is no less thoughtful than anyone else! Even now in Shanghai, he has an armed force that is still loyal to him—the Yunnan army in Guangdong (pulled out of Yunnan by the opportunity of opposing Yuan's protectorate) under the control of Sun Yat-sen's henchman Li Liejun...... When Sun Yat-sen was alive, this army was basically obedient and helped Sun Zhongshan to conquer the west. Moreover, the division of Zhu Peide (Fang Shengtao) was even more loyal to Sun Yat-sen and the later Kuomintang reactionaries, no matter how you say it, it should be regarded as Sun Yat-sen's reliable arm!

The "Protector War" triggered by Zhang Xun's restoration gave Sun Yat-sen a second opportunity to develop the armed forces of the lineage, and the famous Cantonese system in history was developed by the 20 battalions of the people's army recruited by Sun Yat-sen's forces in Guangdong, among which Xu Chongzhi was a loyal follower of Sun Yat-sen.

Sun Yat-sen turned around abruptly and said to Hu Hanmin: "You immediately prepare, leave for Guangdong as much as possible, and then telegraph to Li Liejun to let the Yunnan army stationed in Guangdong prepare for the Northern Expedition." Also, who will do the matter of going north to contact the Red Brigade, do you have any suitable candidates? ”

Hu Hanmin lifted the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said thoughtfully: "Most of our comrades are southerners, and I am afraid that there is no way to go in Beijing and Tianjin...... By the way, it seems that there is a comrade surnamed Jiang who followed Xu Ruwei (Xu Chongzhi) to Weixian County, Shandong Province last year, and served as the chief of staff of the Northeast Army of the Chinese Revolutionary Army for a few days. ”

Sun Yat-sen waved his hand: "You said Jiang J Shi, right?" Okay, this person is good, let him go to Beijing to find a way, if he can contact the Red Brigade, try it, and see if they have any intention of working with us? ”

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