Tao Chengzhang's affair not only caused the League to lose such an important city as Shanghai, but also the murder of the leader of the Restoration Society also greatly affected the reputation of the League, and Sun Yat-sen himself was suspected of being the mastermind behind Tao Chengzhang's murder.

For this reason, at least for a short time, the work of the League is to eliminate the impact of this incident, and even the current Northern Expedition is a little neglected.

In the Shanghai Military Governor's Mansion, after assuming the post of Shanghai Military Governor, Li Xiehe also met a guest with a special status...

"Congratulations to Governor Li, I believe that Governor Li will be able to comfort Mr. Huanqing's spirit in the sky by serving as the Governor of the Shanghai Army..."

If it weren't for the fact that in order to avoid the armed conflict between the Liberation Society and the Alliance, Li Xiehe took the initiative to lead the army to withdraw from Shanghai, and it would not be Chen Qimei's turn to be the governor of the Shanghai army.

Now that Li Xiehe has served as the governor of the Shanghai army, naturally many people have come to congratulate him, and Peng Shan's presence in it is not conspicuous.

"You should also be congratulated, isn't it...", Li Xiehe said and glanced at Peng Shan coldly.

He didn't know Peng Shan's identity, and his contact with him was also after Tao Chengzhang was killed.

After Tao Chengzhang was killed, the first piece of evidence collected by the Special Affairs Bureau was not sent to Zhang Taiyan's home, but to his Liberation Army headquarters.

Lee See-ho is not a power-hungry person, and if it weren't for that, he wouldn't have contributed the most to himself. In order to avoid an armed conflict between the Liberation Society and the Alliance, he took the initiative to withdraw from the Shanghai urban area and went to the Wusong area of the northeastern suburbs to organize another military and political sub-government.

Later, after the success of the North-South negotiations. Li Xiehe even took the initiative to resign. On the one hand, the reason for Li Xiehe's self-liberation of the army was that he thought that the revolution had succeeded, and on the other hand, he was also impressed by the fact that there were many soldiers and generals at that time, and many people supported the army and respected themselves, and the situation was unstable, and the masses of the people were eager to reduce the army and reassure the people. Therefore, Li Xiehe's resignation was praised by public opinion circles at that time. "The Times" and "Minli Bao" both used the titles of "Li Xiehe's Successful Retirement" and "Commander Li's Lofty Grace and Bright Virtue" to praise his achievements and serve as a mirror for those who pursue fame and fortune.

Li Xiehe resigned from the army. But the prestige in the army is still very high. In April 1912, Huang Xing, who was left behind in Nanjing, appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the Yangtze River Naval Division. But Lee has decided to quit the military. Before Huang Xing resigned to stay in Nanjing, Li also resigned from this position. After that, Yuan Shikai also wanted to appoint Li as the chief inspector of the Yangtze River Naval Division, but Li insisted that he had been ill for a long time and was too weak, and shifted his focus to industry and cultural and educational undertakings, which is obviously not comparable to other 'revolutionaries'.

To be honest, Li Xiehe really doesn't want to clash with the alliance, and if it weren't for that, he wouldn't take the initiative to back down. It's just that he and Tao Chengzhang were originally close friends. If he hadn't been invited by Tao Chengzhang at the beginning, he would not have returned to the Restoration Society.

Now that the evidence is conclusive. Tao Chengzhang was indeed killed by someone from the Alliance, how could he not stand up...

Just for the person in front of you...

Although it was the evidence collected by the person in front of him, and the favorable situation created for him, he made a lot of efforts in the process of seizing Shanghai, but he didn't dare to worry about the person in front of him at all, but he could feel that the organization behind him was afraid that it was far away...

As if seeing Li Xiehe's scruples in his heart, Peng Shan smiled slightly.

Needless to say, the importance of this place in Shanghai is not a good thing for Yan Shao, whether it is in the hands of the League or in the hands of Yuan Shikai.

What is the reason why the Alliance can become the second largest force after Beiyang? One is the prestige it has accumulated over the years, and the other is the enormous power it has.

Although there are many revolutionary organizations in China today, in the eyes of many Chinese people, the League has become synonymous with a revolutionary party, and it has become like this because of the accumulation of the past many years.

It is also because of this accumulation that many of the recovered provinces in the south have become the territory of the League, and even in many provinces where constitutionalists or former Qing bureaucrats are governors, the League has great influence.

Using Tao Chengzhang's matter, it was just right for Yan Shao to weaken the power of the Alliance.

Whether it's in terms of influence, or in terms of strength.

Needless to say, the murder of the leader of the Liberation Society, this kind of thing is definitely a huge blow to the prestige of the Alliance. Although Shanghai is only a small dot from the map, but the significance is no less than that of ordinary provinces, Chen Qimei's departure is naturally a good thing for Yan Shao, but if the position of the most post-Shanghai military governor still falls into the hands of the Alliance, then Yan Shao's matter can only be regarded as half of the success, or worse, the most difficult will fall into the hands of Yuan Shikai.

At the beginning, Yan Shao proposed the three stages of military administration, discipline administration, and constitutional government, and now he has officially entered the military and political stage, that is, to sweep away all local warlords.

And Yuan Shikai's Beiyang is obviously one of China's biggest warlords, and in a sense he is Yan Shao's real opponent. After all, although the alliance is powerful, but the dragon and snake are mixed, basically a group of rabble, there is no unity at all, compared to Beiyang seems to be much more united, the only shortcoming is that it is too affected by the former Qing Dynasty, and it seems a little dull...

For such a powerful force, if Shanghai falls into the hands of Beiyang, it will be a great gain for it, and in fact, Beiyang will not be able to let Shanghai continue to be in the hands of the Alliance. After all, in Yuan Shikai's opinion at this time, the Alliance would be his biggest enemy.

However, if Shanghai falls into the hands of the Restoration Society, and because of the matter of Tao Chengzhang and Chen Qimei, there will be a great contradiction between the Liberation Society and the Alliance, then many things may have other changes, at least Yuan Shikai will not be so anxious to hold Shanghai in his own hands, and this will also have room for Yan Shao to exert himself...

In addition, Anhui is inside the Yangtze River after all, and many places need Shanghai to connect with the outside world. There is also a lot of room for cooperation between him and Lee Seop-hwa in the future.

However, at least for the time being, Yan Shao does not plan to inform Li Xiehe of his identity.

Although Yan Shao helped Li Xie and a lot in the Shanghai incident, the relationship between the two was not so close after all. No one knows whether Lee Xie Ho will reveal the matter to the Alliance.

Because of the incident in Shanghai, the alliance can now be said to be gritting its teeth at the person who exposed everything, especially Chen Qimei, who lost the post of governor of the Shanghai army, can now be said to be very down.

The representatives of the provinces in Nanjing have been asking Sun Yat-sen to give an explanation, that is, to hand over the murderer. Now Wang Zhuqing has been handed over and executed, but Chen Qimei fled to Japan with his little brother Jiang Zhiqing. Now I don't know where the road is hidden by the Alliance.

The problem is that some things can't be avoided by hiding, not to mention that there are some people in the alliance who have long seen Chen Qimei as unpleasant, and they also feel that he should be handed over.

It's just that Chen Qimei is Sun Yat-sen's confidant and right-hand man after all. It was impossible for Sun Yat-sen to hand him over, so at the meeting, he just excused himself and said that no one could be found, and this was another blow to Sun Yat-sen's prestige.

If Li Xiehe revealed the news at this time, it was difficult to say whether the alliance would be angry with Yan Shao.

At present, the three divisions of the Anhui Revolutionary Army have just finished training. Just out of the available status. If you want to really reach the level of the new army, I am afraid that it will not take half a year, and this is because of the advantage in equipment.

And the civilian army on the Nanjing side has at least 100,000 or 200,000, even if Yan Shao is not afraid, it will be very difficult to deal with. What's more, doing so will only cheapen Yuan Shikai, this kind of thing Yan Shao won't do...

Naturally, Li Xiehe may not betray Yan Shao, but the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, and it is better to be careful in everything.

So at least until Yan Shao's strength is stable. He doesn't plan to reveal his true identity.

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While Peng Shan was smiling there, Li Xiehe was also wondering which power the young man in front of him belonged to.

"The Alliance? Apparently it won't be. The biggest loss this time is the Alliance, but it's not completely impossible, after all, there are many factions within the Alliance, plus I've seen Chen Qimei's style, and there are a lot of people who don't like him...

Beiyang, if it is really Beiyang, you can come to the door openly, there is no need to hide your head and tail so much...

In that case, I'm afraid it's the local factions, such as the constitutionalists, or..."

"Li Yuanhong..."

There will be enmity with the alliance, and he has the ability to do so, in Li Xiehe's opinion, it seems that only Li Yuanhong, who is located in Hubei and is now vice president, has the ability to do so, and only he has the reason to do so.

And even if he doesn't want to do this, I'm afraid that the people under him will force him to do it, after all, the contradictions between the Wuchang family and Nanjing are very deep. Moreover, some time ago, Hubei was also shouting very much, and in the preconceived situation, Li Xiehe soon thought that he had already known the origin of Peng Shan.

"It turned out to be someone from Li Yuanhong, Hubei..."

Seeing Li Xiehe looking at himself with a clear look, Peng Shan was also inexplicable. "Could it be that this guy already knows where I came from?"

I thought so in my heart, but Peng Shan was somewhat unconvinced.

However, since the matter had been completed, Peng Shan did not plan to continue to stay in the Shanghai Military Governor's Mansion, so he just exchanged pleasantries with Li Xie and then turned around and left.

On the other hand, Li Xiehe was also thinking about whether to leak the news to the Alliance. Li Xiehe is not a person who is greedy for power, and he also attaches great importance to the overall situation, if it were not for Tao Chengzhang to stand up and fulfill his wish, he would not stand up and take over Shanghai.

It's just that the Restoration Society and the Alliance will continue like this, after all, it is not what he wants to see, and if there is an opportunity to ease relations with the Alliance, he is unwilling to let it go. He knew very well how much the League hated the man who shook it all out right now...

However, after hesitating for a while, Li Xiehe still shook his head and sighed. "Forget it, after all, people have helped me a lot in this matter anyway, and I can't get over it with my conscience if I sell them like this..."

After talking to himself, Li Xiehe picked up the teacup that was placed aside.

At this time, a subordinate suddenly ran in from outside, and hurriedly said after seeing Li Xiehe. "Governor. There's another guest outside..."

Hearing that another guest came to the door, Li Xiehe was also a little helpless. "There are so many guests here...", said Li Xiehe, and put the teacup back down. Let's go and get someone in..."

The position of the governor of the Shanghai army is not easy to sit in, and Li Xiehe is also very clear about this. Fortunately, there is no one around him to help him, after all, the Restoration Society has been established for so many years, and it is impossible for him to be the only one in his pocket.

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At the same time as the big changes took place in Shanghai, Yan Shao was also relieved to see that things were indeed as he expected.

"That's fine, and Shanghai is much stronger in the hands of the Restoration Society than in the hands of the Alliance and Yuan Shikai..."

If you really want to talk about it, in fact, the one who should be most grateful for this matter is Yan Shao.

After discovering that Yan Shao and Lu Ying had hooked up. Elaline and Caterina were going to give him some good looks. Although they had a premonition that there would be today, if there was no punishment, what if Yan Shao found a few more in the future?

It's just that many big things happened in a row later. The two of them had to shift their energy to these things, and when they were done, the anger in their hearts had been reduced a lot, and they were even a little hesitant about how to punish Yan Shao.

It was supposed to be according to their intentions. Naturally, Yan Shao was to be severely punished. Only in this way can Yan Shao learn a lesson.

But for now...

Yan Shao naturally didn't know about this, if he knew the truth, I am afraid it would be a cold sweat, but at the moment he still has many things to be busy with, such as the configuration of the army.

"Now that the training of recruits has ended, and the three divisions have been full, although there are still some arms purchased from abroad that have not arrived, can they be configured according to the original plan?"

In the conference room in the Governor's Palace. Fu Xiuming asked with a straight face.

The original plan was to deploy the three divisions in three positions, but at that time, the Anhui Revolutionary Army had three divisions and one regiment. But in fact, there are only more than 12,000 people, which is equivalent to a division when it is full, so except for Zhang Ying, the commander of the first division, who went north to Waizhou with a target force, the others are all in Anqing for rectification...

First of all, now that the establishment of the three divisions has been fully established, it seems that it can be implemented according to the original plan.

"It's supposed to be like this..."Hearing this, Yan Shao also nodded. In addition to the original regiment, the second, third and fourth regiments were also transferred to Suzhou to garrison, Suzhou is the northernmost part of Anhui, as long as you hold there, there is no need to worry about what tricks Yuan Shikai in the north will play. After speaking, Yan Shao glanced at Zong Wu, who was sitting at the meeting table. In addition, how is the Ministry of Civil Affairs' promotion work in Suzhou? ”

"There's a lot of progress." Seeing Yan Shao asking himself, Zong Wu hurriedly spoke. "At present, the population in Suzhou has been almost registered, and the same is true of some surrounding counties and towns, only many relatively remote villages, which have not yet been registered due to lack of manpower, but with the current investment, the statistical work of Suzhou can definitely be completed within two months..."

"That's good..."Yan Shao nodded with satisfaction. As long as the statistical work in Suzhou is over, even if there is any war in the future, we can directly draw reserves from the local area, plus the fortifications being built in Suzhou, even if all the Beiyang is suppressed, Zhang Ying and they can go to the back to reinforce and catch up..."

At present, the peace talks between the north and the south are relatively harmonious. However, harmony does not mean that there is really no war, after all, the Qing family has not abdicated yet, so at least small-scale exchanges of fire in several other directions still occur from time to time.

Only at the junction of Anhui and the north, there has not been a single exchange of fire so far.

Of course, this is because a lot of Yuan Shikai's energy has been restrained by Nanjing, Hubei and other aspects, but the most important thing is probably that Yan Shao's identity as a constitutionalist is at work. Who is China's strongest support for Yuan Shikai now? It's constitutionalism! No matter what he thinks in his heart, Yan Shao always has the skin of a constitutionalist on his body, although Li Guoyun did not say anything bad about Yan Shao when he contacted Yuan Shikai, the most important thing for Yuan Shikai now is the peace between the north and the south after all, and find a way to remove the Qing family from the throne, Yan Shao's problem, let's talk about it later...

"In addition, in addition to the first division, the second division was transferred to Huizhou to garrison, so as not to have an accident, and if the third division is concerned, Anqing has my guards regiment here, basically there will be no major incidents, but there is always something to take care of, but the importance of Wuhu and Dangtu to the military government is self-evident..." Let the Third Division send a brigade to garrison Dangtu and Wuhu, and the remaining brigade will stay in Anqing, and if anything happens, it will send troops to help..."

The first division is the original Anhui New Army, the second division is the patrol battalion, only the third division is the old foundation, plus Wuhu and Dangtu are the foundation of Yan Shao, Yan Shao can only hand over Wuhu and Dangtu to the third division to garrison.

Fu Xiuming also knew this, but he didn't say anything...

On the other hand, after arranging the deployment of troops, Yan Shao also felt a little stretched.

Originally, according to Yan Shao's plan, Wuhu and Dangtu also gave at least one division of troops to garrison, and the same was true for Suzhou and Huizhou, not to mention Anqing. Coupled with a reserved mobile force, Anhui will be able to give at least five divisions to it.

It's just that there is a serious shortage of officers under Yan Shao's subordinates now, if you calculate it proportionally, experienced veterans are even more lacking than officers, and three divisions are already considered the limit, and if you want to expand it, you will have to wait at least a few months later...

And there is one more thing that Yan Shao needs to do at the moment, the political party...

Now that the peace talks between the north and the south have begun, I believe that it will not be long before Yuan Shikai will become the head of state and leader of this country. At that time, it will be time for political parties to come to power...

Reorganizing the existing Reform Society into a new political party is what Yan Shao is going to do. (To be continued......)