In the quiet night, I suddenly remembered the sound of music playing on the piano, which was the song "Have a Safe Journey". Of course Fang Jianxiong knew who played it. He glanced at his watch and saw that it was already 11 o'clock at night.

Seeing his expression, Dou Qingmei laughed softly and said: "That foreign lady lives in the yard next door. She bought the piano just in the afternoon. I heard her playing this piece of music all the time in the evening. It sounded good, but it was too sad. It was so late at night.

Yes, my heart feels tight when I hear it.”

No matter how stupid Fang Jianxiong is, he can see what the little girl is thinking. Unfortunately, in this era, marrying a foreign woman is undoubtedly a troublesome thing, not to mention that if this foreign woman enters our family, she may only be a concubine.

Scheer is one of Fang Jianxiong's most trusted assistants. Regarding Alice's issue, Fang Jianxiong does not dare to have too many ideas, at least not at the moment.

When the song ended, the lights in the distance went out, as if a star in the sky was extinguished.

The girl sat blankly in front of the piano. Her parents behind her looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

……………………

The tripartite talks are still continuing. The delegation headed by Wang Zhengting has repeatedly elaborated on the views of the autonomous region at the meeting. It insists on overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty, establishing a republican system, insisting on national unity, and opposing any form of split. It insists on democratic governance and opposes any form of dictatorship.

. These three points were adhered to and received good response from all walks of life after being published in the newspaper. Wang Zhengting also warmly invited friends from all walks of life to go to the autonomous region to see the current government structure.

The Qing government refused to submit, and the tripartite talks were intermittent and inconclusive. Voices from all walks of life were reported in the newspapers. There was Zhao Erxun, the governor of Northeast China who preserved the Qing Dynasty to establish the constitution. Sun, the interim president of Nanjing, told a reporter from the Continental News: Yuan Shikai is implementing it.

If Yuan Shikai still serves the Manchu Qing Dynasty, I will not give in easily. "All the land defense soldiers of the three eastern provinces" sent a telegram saying: The Qinwang Army of the three eastern provinces has been organized and ready to go.

Listen to Jun's orders.

Empress Dowager Kiyotaka Yu held another imperial meeting, and there were many disputes but no result.

On January 26, Peng Jiazhen injured Liangbi and died two days later. As the strongest adherent of the Manchu Qing regime, Liangbi's death was enough to scare the Manchu nobles and keep them awake at night.

After Fang Jianxiong heard the news, he sent out a telegram to condemn the incident, saying: All such actions are suspected of harming innocent people. What our revolutionaries are planning is nothing more than serving the country and the people. Today, the assassination is carried out for political purposes.

How is hurting the innocent different from harming the people? Also known as: Jianxiong took upholding the republic as his own duty, and has been reluctant to leave the Manchu Qing Dynasty. General Yu led his troops to the north, urging the Qing Dynasty to abdicate.

On the same day, Cai E, the governor of Yunnan, sent a message to the tripartite talks: He was willing to personally lead elite troops to join Hunan, Hubei and Anhui and join forces in the Central Plains.

On the same day, a business negotiation was underway in Wuchang. Provisional government representative Chen Jintao and the chairman of Miller Bank negotiated a loan of 10 million yuan from China Merchants Bureau as collateral. In fact, before coming to Wuchang, Huang Keqiang and Chen Qimei had contacted the Japanese.

Mitsui & Co. did not agree. Okura & Co. was willing to negotiate a loan using the railway between Shanghai and Fengjing as a guarantee.

Financial issues have always been the Achilles' heel of the Nanjing Provisional Government, and Fisher's attitude at the negotiation table was arrogant.

Chen Jintao is struggling to support himself and is unsustainable. This great traitor in history has not yet had the opportunity to fall into the arms of the Japanese. But from the bottom of his heart, Chen Jintao is more willing to negotiate with the Japanese. It is not that the Japanese money is easy to fool.

But the Japanese are pretending to maintain some face. Unlike Fisher, who pointed out unceremoniously: "Steamship China Merchants Co., Ltd. has been losing money for many years and is far behind Swire Shipping in the competition. Do you think that this chairman does not understand China?"

What?"

After a lot of wrangling and back-and-forth, Fisher finally made a final condition: "Meile Bank is discussing the possibility of financial cooperation with the United Autonomous Region, and there is not much idle funds. If you can accept the investment, I am willing to pay five

The price of one million yuan is to acquire 51% of the shares of China Merchants Group. If it is a mortgage loan, then there is no need to discuss it."

After saying this, Fisher stood up and left without any dignity, leaving Chen Jintao in a daze.

However, after talking for a whole morning, the first day of negotiations ended here, and the final result seemed to have come out. Chen Jintao could only telegraph Nanjing and wait for news.

Fisher got off the negotiating table and immediately reported to Fang Jianxiong's residence.

"We all know Nanjing's trump card. They are determined to gain control of China Shipping Merchants. Mortgage loans are meaningless, and the Nanjing Provisional Government does not have much time to exist. Therefore, any future project negotiations will take the acquisition of holdings as the bottom line." Fang Jianxiong listened to the report.

After that, I told Fisher directly.

"No problem!" Fisher always stood and spoke respectfully. In private, he never sat down and spoke easily in front of Fang Jianxiong. As time went by, Fang Jianxiong, who became more and more powerful, became even more aura in his gestures. This Fei Shier

Scheer can clearly feel that China is not a country like the United States after all.

Nanjing has not made up its mind about the result of the pop-up, and the tripartite talks met again on the 28th, but ultimately broke up unhappy. Following Fang Jianxiong's instructions, Wang Zhengting once again emphasized that any discussion must be based on the Qing Dynasty.

On the premise of abdicating the throne and establishing a republic, otherwise there is nothing to talk about.

In Nanchang, Zhang Xiaohuai, standing on the top of the city during the sunset, did not feel much joy. Under the city, the army was slowly entering the city. More than ten meters behind him, a group of former military government personnel did not follow Li Liejun to evacuate, but stayed.

.These people are mostly from the old constitutional party.

The former Governor-General Ma Yubao did not leave either. It was not that he did not want to leave, but he followed Li Liejun. I am afraid there would be no good results. If the National Defense Force had not moved south, the position of Governor of Jiangxi would have been Li Liejun's.

The National Defense Force once again proved its military strength. The Jiangxi Army left without a fight. Li Liejun led two divisions with more than 10,000 people to Nanjing via Zhejiang, under the banner of the Northern Expedition.

Ma Yubao didn't care what kind of banner Li Liejun was using. What he cared about was the outcome he would face. He had sent people to contact Fang Jianxiong before, but they didn't even meet. At that time, Ma Yubao didn't know that Fang Jianxiong had decided to send troops to Jiangxi. At this time, he knew it very well.

It's a pity that this territory has been named Fang. The 8,000 Jiangxi soldiers including Ma Yubao actually only have more than 3,000 rifles. The most powerful Li Liejun is gone, and he has nothing to say. Li Liejun's position in Jiangxi

His influence was still very strong, and he even took a division from Nanchang with him before leaving.

Jiangxi's victory without a fight once again demonstrated the weakness of the country's national defense and the weakness of the Nanjing Provisional Government. Zhang Xiaohuai was deeply worried about this. He was worried that Jiangxi was like this, but what about other provinces? This country is so big, in the true sense

It seems that the only modern army in the country is the 100,000-strong army under Fang Jianxiong. After seeing the armies of Western powers, Zhang Xiaohuai's worry has deepened. He is even more eager to speed up the construction of the National Defense Forces.

Fortunately, there is still Fang Jianxiong and the National Defense Force. They have realized that the country's military is lagging behind and are catching up.

Lin Huaichuan glanced at Ma Yubao, who looked anxious, and the Jiangxi military and political officials, walked to Zhang Xiaohuai and whispered: "Commander-in-Chief, it's getting late."

Zhang Xiaohuai continued to look at the last red clouds on the horizon, waved his hands lightly and said: "Let them go back and wait for the notice. Someone will come to talk to them in the evening."

Lin Huaichuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled, thinking of the increasingly gloomy face of that boy Zhao Hao. Why didn't this boy see it at first? He gained the commander's trust so quickly.

Zhao Hao, deputy director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, is on his way into the city at the moment. With the tacit approval of Marshal Fang, the Military Intelligence Bureau has developed rapidly. The Military Intelligence Bureau, which originally had only about 200 people, has now expanded to more than 500 people.

, there is another school in Wuchang with more than 300 students.

There is no doubt that this is a pretense, and it is essentially an intelligence talent training course run by the Military Intelligence Department. Regarding this training course, Zhao Hao made a report, and the final result was approved by the principal Li Muyan, and Zhao Hao is

Executive Vice Chancellor.

Ma Yubao was sent home by Lin Huaichuan. As soon as he sat down, someone announced at the door that a director of the "Autonomous Region Comprehensive Security Management Office" had arrived. The so-called Autonomous Region Comprehensive Security Management Office was naturally the external name of the Military Intelligence Bureau. It was always on duty externally.

, all use this statement.

When Ma Yubao heard the words "autonomous region", he broke into a cold sweat and ran straight out to greet him. Governor Ma was not stupid. He knew that if he followed Li Liejun, he would not be able to keep the little property he had plundered. If he stayed, it would be up to him.

Ma Yubao's eyes changed. In fact, Ma Yubao didn't want to ask for much. He just wanted his property to be undamaged, his home to be safe, and he to be a wealthy man with peace of mind.

The conflict between Ma Yubao and the Tongmenghui began with the dispute over the Minister of Internal Affairs. The Nanjing Provisional Government sent Xiong Yueshan to Jiangxi to take over the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Ma Yubao was not willing to be manipulated by others, so he refused. Afterwards, Ma Yubao's good days were basically over, and there were many allies in the Jiangxi military.

Members, all kinds of non-cooperation, all kinds of excuses. Ma Yubao is from Anhui, so

So he thought of Fang Jianxiong and secretly sent someone to contact him, but he didn't expect that there would be no results. (Historical books say that Ma Yubao conscripted and extorted money in Nanchang, which aroused public anger. He laughed at it. In history, Bai Wenwei killed Han Yan for the governor of Anhui.

If Ma Yubao doesn't know what's going on and takes the initiative to give up his position to Li Liejun, the final result may not be the second Han Yan.)

Zhao Hao walked into the door with cold eyes, glanced at Ma Yubao who was running towards him expressionlessly, and refused to enter the door with his hands behind his back.

"I am Ma Yubao. May I ask your Excellency..."

"You know too much is not good for you. I'm here to tell you that there are two ways before you. The first is to take your family and gold and silver and return to your hometown in Anhui within three days to retire. The second

Second, serve as the director of the Jiangxi Patrol Police Bureau." After Zhao Hao interrupted him directly, he set out the conditions.!~!
Chapter completed!