Chapter 223: Confrontation
Although Nanjing in January is not as cold as in the north, the air is humid, so it is not necessarily too bad. The weather is cold, and pedestrians on the streets are naturally rare.
On the streets of Nanjing, a car is slowly moving towards the wharf.
Because the road is relatively smooth, coupled with the rubber tires of the car and the shock absorption system that is good in this era, the car drives very smoothly.
On both sides of the road, ordinary pedestrians were not at all curious about the car.
After all, it is Nanjing, one of the most important cities in the south, and although there are not as many cars as in Shanghai, they are not uncommon, and over time the residents here will get used to it.
What's more, the car that just drove by is still the most common 'raindrop' car in China, and the car is originally a very expensive 'toy', yes, a toy, after all, this thing is too expensive, 3, 4,000 US dollars, that is seven or eight thousand or even more than 10,000 silver dollars.
At that time, Zhang Jian set up a Dasheng yarn factory in Nantong, and the profit in the first year was only tens of thousands of yuan, and Ford's starting capital was only more than 25,000 US dollars when he founded the automobile company in 1903.
At least in the country, who would take so much money to buy a car if it weren't for the fact that there was nowhere to spend it.
But when the Rainstone Automobile Company was founded and the civilian car Raindrop was introduced, the situation gradually began to change. 700 dollars, which is more than a thousand, less than 2,000 silver dollars.
Such a large sum of money is naturally not a small amount, and it is naturally not something that ordinary people can imagine. In this era, ordinary people only earn 3 yuan a month, and more than 30 yuan a year. It may be even less, more than a thousand silver dollars, and it is not enough to save for thirty years without eating or drinking. Also give at least fifty or sixty years ...
In other words, this kind of thing, which can be regarded as a civilian car in Europe and the United States, is still expensive for ordinary people. But at least for the average wealthy person, it's not something they can't afford.
In the homes of ordinary landlords, there are not tens of thousands of yuan that have been saved over the years, not to mention those who are officials. Therefore, this kind of car has become common in China. Now the monthly sales of automobile companies in China have increased from one or two hundred, three or four hundred to more than 500 today. Although this figure is still insignificant compared to Europe and the United States, it is at least good.
It is also because of the general relationship between automobiles that the common people no longer feel as new to this kind of thing as they did at the beginning.
However, at this time, the people on both sides of the road did not know the way. The car that had just passed them was carrying not the businessmen or tycoons they had imagined, but the people who had contributed to the uprising.
Sun Wu...
Inside the car, Sun Wu had a gloomy face and didn't say a word.
Be that as it may. But anyone who knows him well knows it. This is the manifestation of his extreme angerββββββ in fact, ordinary people are like this.
"Minister Sun, what do you think of this?" Sitting opposite Sun Wu, Sun Faxu said softly.
"What else can I do..."After a moment of silence, Sun Wu said coldly. He Huang Keqiang didn't agree, I can't go over and beg him..."
This time the restoration of Nanjing established a provisional government, and Sun Wu originally wanted to come to the door to ask for the position of vice minister of the army. Yes, Sun Wu is very arrogant, but he also knows that there is a big gap in influence between him and Huang Xing. Therefore, the position of Minister of the Army, if Huang Xing becomes the prime minister or vice president. He still has some hopes, now that Huang Xing has become the minister of the army, he can only retreat to the position of second minister.
Sun Wu is still very confident in winning the position of vice minister of the army.
After all, no matter what, he is also the first martial artist among the three martial arts of Shouyi, and he is still qualified to sit in this position.
In fact, Liu Chengyu, a senator from Hubei at that time, once suggested to Sun Wen, "It is advisable to pet the generals of Wuchang and not to resent." When preparing for the establishment of the government, Yu Youren also interviewed Huang Xing and proposed to pay attention to Comrade Shouyi in Wuhan.
It's just that Sun Yat-sen had just returned from abroad at that time, and he didn't know much about the situation in China, so Huang Xing ruled mostly on personnel. And Huang Xing himself was extremely unpleasant to the Wuhan revolutionaries because of what happened in the Yangxia Defense War.
As a result, except for Li Yuanhong, who was elected vice president with no real power, none of the nine governors participated in the Wuchang uprising, and although five of the nine deputy governors were from Hubei, none of them participated in the Wuchang uprising.
What is the revolution for? One is the country and the nation, and the second is the official position and money.
There are very few truly selfless revolutionaries, at least at this time, the vast majority of revolutionaries are not only for the country and the people, but also for the victory after the success of the revolution. If this were not the case, there would not have been so many contradictions later.
However, when he rushed to Nanjing, he touched the ash of his nose, which made Sun Wu how not to be angry.
"Yes, how can that Jiang Zuobin be able to sit in the position of the deputy chief..."Secretly observing Sun Wu's face, Sun Faxu hugged him and said. With all due respect, you are indeed inferior to Huang Keqiang in terms of Minister of Influence, but you are too much more than this Jiang Zuobin, and he is not qualified for this position of deputy minister at all..."
Hearing Sun Faxu's words, Sun Wu nodded in agreement, but his face became more and more gloomy.
Seriously speaking, Jiang Zuobin, who served as the deputy secretary of the army this time, was actually a very good person, and the first disarmament conference of the League of Nations was held in Geneva, and Jiang Zuobin attended the meeting as the representative of China, and spoke in Chinese, which was also the first time that Chinese speech appeared at the meeting of the League of Nationsββββββ the standard languages at that time were English and French, so this was also the first time that the third language appeared in addition to these two languages.
The problem is that although Jiang Zuobin also made a lot of contributions during the Xinhai Revolution, he was obviously not as big as Sun Wu and others, but Huang Xing used the reason that he was not qualified enough when he opposed Sun Wu as the deputy commander of the army.
At that time, Sun Wu, Deng Yulin and Jiao Dafeng were often hungry in the most difficult times, and even pawned their clothes for the sake of the revolution. The three of them wore a long gown, and the three of them wore it together. The undershirt was taken off when sleeping, and Sun Wu's wife Li Yunqing washed and dried it for everyone, until the sun came out to dry. They can get up and go out.
This situation was not alleviated until Liu Gong also joined the Communist Association and donated 10,000 yuan, and later Sun Wu was injured in his hands and face because of the explosives used in the uprising (although it was because Liu Gong's younger brother Tai Er actually smoked next to the explosives), so although Sun Wu, Zhang Zhenwu and others were not very good, they did make great contributions to the revolution.
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Seeing Sun Wu's annoyed appearance, Sun Faxu was ostensibly aggrieved for him. But in the bottom of my heart, I secretly smiled.
Because Sun Wu's current appearance is exactly what he wants to see.
"Minister Sun, here are some words. I don't know if I should talk about it or not..."After a deep groan, Sun Faxu said softly.
"Oh?" Sun Wu was stunned. "Mr. Sun, please say it directly, it doesn't have to be like this..."
"That's right, among the nine ministers of the Provisional Government this time. None of them are from Hubei. Although six of the nine deputy ministers are, none of them have participated in the first uprising, which shows Huang Keqiang's prejudice against my Wuhan family, and now President Sun Da trusts Huang Keqiang very much, and this Huang Keqiang was with us when he defended Yangxia...... In this way, it will be very difficult for our revolutionaries in Hubei to come out..."
"Yes..."Sun Wu also agreed very much with Sun Faxu's words, and the current situation is already obvious, because Huang Xing's face was lost when he was in Wuchang. greatly offended him, although now people are not looking for them to settle accounts. Of course, this is also because he doesn't have this ability for the time being, but it's probably not easy to get any benefits from him.
"So, there are only two ways to reverse this situation now..."After speaking, Sun Faxu peeked at Sun Wu and found that he was listening very seriously. One is to go to Huang Xing to make amends for the Wuchang incident, I have heard that Huang Keqiang is a good compliment, as long as he says more nice words, I think he will not be so embarrassed by our Hubei revolutionaries..."
In fact, with Huang Xing's flattering character, if Sun Wu really apologized for Wuchang's affairs, maybe Huang Xing would really forgive them. It's just that he said that, but Sun Faxu didn't think Sun Wu would take this suggestion.
Sure enough, after hearing Sun Faxu's words, Sun Wu first snorted coldly, and then said coldly. "What kind of method is this that Mr. said, if you want me to make amends to Huang Xing, this is absolutely impossible!"
In fact, the contradiction between Huang Xing and Sun Wu has existed a long time ago, and even before the Wuchang incident, as early as the defense of Yangxia, Huang Xing had advocated making every effort to recover Hankou, and refused to disperse his forces. Sun Wu believed that the 20,000 people of the People's Army should not be deployed in Hanyang, but should be divided into Caidian and other places in the upper reaches of Hanyang, and supported Wu Zhaolin and opposed the attack on Hankou.
Later, Huang Xing counterattacked Hankou without unifying internal opinions, but returned with a disastrous defeat, and the contradictions within the Nationalist Army were greatly deepened.
Sun Wu and Li Yuanhong and other factions were mostly Hubeiese, and they were at odds with Huang Xing, while Jiang Yiwu's faction, mostly Hunanese, was clustered around Huang Xing. Moreover, after Huang Xing became the commander-in-chief during the war, Sun Wu was also very jealous of him, and once publicly said that Huang Xing was just a preemptive, but in fact did not understand military affairs.
With these contradictions, coupled with the fact that Huang Xing was dissatisfied with the Communist Association when it was first established, and later the Wuchang incident happened, not long ago when he was begging for the deputy commander of the army, because Huang Xing touched the ashes of his nose, and now he wants him to make amends to Huang Xing, which is naturally not acceptable to Sun Wu.
"Since Minister Sun doesn't want to be like this..."Sun Faxu slightly. At present, although Nanjing has become the place where the central government is located, Wuchang is the place of righteousness after all, and its important position in the eyes of the southern provinces is by no means inferior to Nanjing. β
"This..."After listening to Sun Faxu's words, Sun Wu, who was still angry, suddenly sobered up a lot. After all, they are all revolutionaries, so if they do this, will they..."
"They are all revolutionaries," Sun Faxu laughed, his face showing disdain. Dare to ask Minister Sun. When you asked for the post of deputy chief of the army, did he, Huang Xing, and Huang Keqiang, think about the fact that they are all revolutionaries? Have you ever thought about the merits of Wuchang's first righteousness? β
This time, he didn't get the vice minister of the army but touched the ashes of his nose, which was the thing that Sun Wu was most angry about. Now that he heard Sun Faxu talk about this matter, the anger that had calmed down slightly suddenly became strong, but he was still a little hesitant in his heart.
It is not surprising, after all, the Communist Association was split from the Alliance, and Jiao Dafeng, who had said to Huang Xing who was more prosperous, would have the League and the Communist Association attached to him, had also died in the Xinhai Revolution, although Sun Wu was angry. But it may not be possible to make such a determination.
However, at this time, Sun Faxu was sitting on the side, but he kept sowing discord, plus Sun Wu had a gap with Huang Xing, and he was just touched by the ashes of his nose. The mind that had been a little hesitant suddenly became firm.
"So what to do?"
Seeing that Sun Wu had finally made up his mind, Sun Faxu was also overjoyed, and hurriedly replied. "At the moment, Vice President Leo is only a vice president, but the world thinks that he is the founder of the revolution. The reputation is in no way inferior to that of Sun and Huang. As long as there is the support of the vice president..."
As long as there is Li Yuanhong's support, then Sun Wu will have the capital to compete with Huang Xing.
On the contrary, if there is the support of Sun Wu, the first righteous and three martial arts, Li Yuanhong's capital will also become abundant, and this matter can be said to be mutually beneficial to both sides.
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After listening to Sun Faxu's words, Sun Wu suddenly opened his mouth.
That's right, since Huang Xing doesn't like him, then he will follow Li Yuanhong. After all, they are all Hubei people no matter what. There is a natural layer of intimacy in itself.
Therefore, after making a decision, Sun Wu immediately sent a telegram to Li Yuanhong, who was far away in Hubei, through the telegraph office. And talked about it on the telegram, and at the same time declared that he was willing to assist Li Yuanhong.
Sun Faxu was simply sent by Li Yuanhong in the past, and now Sun Wuhui decided to do this, although it was expected by Li Yuanhong, he still felt overjoyed.
In the Governor's Mansion of the Hubei Army, looking at the telegram that had just come back from Nanjing, Li Yuanhong looked at the people beside him with a happy face. "Good, good!"
"Congratulations to the vice president, as long as the first of the three martial arts of the first righteous army is willing to join us, the vice president will have a greater grasp of confronting Nanjing..." Seeing that Li Yuanhong was so happy, a staff member standing aside said with a smile.
"Yes, Huang Xing is really stupid to treat the Hubei people so harshly, but we also thank him, if it weren't for him, it wouldn't be so easy for us to win over those revolutionary parties..." Tell me, what's next? β
"Next, the provisional government has newly created, and many positions have already been given to the people, in other words, there will be no fewer people who have not received positions like Sun Wu, and we can take this opportunity to win over these people..."Hearing Li Yuanhong's words, the staff twisted their beards and said softly.
Hearing his words, Li Yuanhong also nodded in agreement.
After all, what Huang Xing didn't like was the Hubei Revolutionaries, and Sun Wu was not the only one in the Hubei Revolutionary Party, and some Hubei soldiers in Nanjing, such as Tang Keming from Hubei, Xia Zhankui, and Xia Zhankui, from Huanggang, were also resentful of the provisional government because they did not get the desired military position, and "they all used Sun (Wu) as a strange commodity to cater to him."
In addition, Sun Faxu lobbied in it, so Sun Wu, who was supported by these people and secretly sponsored by Li Yuanhong, went to Shanghai to carry out activities, contacted Liu Chengyu, a senator from Hubei, who was frustrated in the provisional government, and established a democratic society in Shanghai in January 1912 with Li Yuanhong, Tan Yanhong, Zhang Zhenwu and others.
After the establishment of the Minshe in Shanghai, Sun Wu set up a branch of the Minshe in Wuchang, with Li Yuanhong as the chairman, and openly sang a contradictory tune with the League, and Wuhan seemed to confront Nanjing. Shi Gongjiu and Liu Chengyu, members of the old league in Nanjing, were originally senators of the provisional government, but because of their grievances with Huang Xing, they also supported Sun Wu.
Later, Sun Faxu, the Hubei representative of the Nanjing Conference, returned to Wuchang, and at a meeting presided over by Li Yuanhong, Sun Faxu said how Sun Wen bragged and how the Nanjing government betrayed the country. Instead of stopping it, Sun Wu said, "The Nanjing government is so corrupt, I would rather recognize Yuan Shikai than Nanjing."
It can be said that it was precisely because of the gap that occurred in Wuchang that it led to serious splits and antagonisms among the revolutionary parties.
More than a year later in history, Zhang Taiyan also believed in a letter to a friend that the reason why "the world is turbulent, and the party is like fire and water" is because Huang Xing did not reuse Sun Wu.
Zhang Taiyan wrote a letter to the Kuomintang in Shanghai in 1913 to put it more bluntly: "Since Wuhan advocated righteousness, there was a slight struggle for power and a different status, so they divided political parties, the conditions were the same, and the doors were divided, and the brothers in the past are now enemies." To order the traitor to take advantage of the room, sit on high power, the world is turbulent, in vain Huang Keqiang, Sun Yaoqing and the two princes are turned against each other, the provocation has been completed, and there is no way to fill the gap. β
Naturally, it is impossible for Wuhan to be all inclined to Sun Wu or Li Yuanhong, after all, in addition to a communist association in Wuhan, there is also the existence of a literary society, and the most important thing is that Jiang Yiwu, the leader of the literary society, is from Hunan, while Huang Xing is aimed at the Wuhan Revolutionary Party, and Jiang Yiwu is not close to him. And for the discord between Ning and Han, the members of the original alliance were also quite dissatisfied, so it didn't take long for Huang Shenqian to take the lead.
On the night of February 27, 1912, Huang Shenqian gathered thousands of people, including the Heroes Association and the Literary Society, to attack Sun Wu's house. Because Sun Wu's cronies learned the news in advance, Sun Wu went to Hankou to avoid it, and Sun Wu escaped, and this is a very famous movement to reverse Sun in history...
This infighting among the Hubei party members eclipsed the name of the first uprising of Xinhai and Wuchang, and Wuhan also lost the ability to compete with Nanjing. But something happened shortly after, and the reputation of the entire League was tarnished a lot... (To be continued......)