Chapter 138: Put it down gently

Nanjing has a headache about how to deal with the assassination case. The north accelerates the Qing court to abdicate, but the three provinces in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River have vigorously opened the prelude to the great change because of the administrative powers that shocked China. What will it bring to South China in the end? Even those who launched this change cannot predict.

With Tang Hualong being arrested and Hu Ruilin resigned, the two most important constitutional leaders in the upper reaches of Yang Zijiang collapsed, and countless constitutionalists and conservatives who were involved were in a state of panic. Especially when Yang Qiu issued a telegram to the political reform, from Chengdu to Changsha, from Chongqing to Wuchang, there were cheers one after another, and countless angry eyes were cursing secretly. A conflict between a new policy and vested interests began to ferment slowly. The initiator Yang Qiu stepped up the speed to dispatch troops and generals, and also began to outline the last step of his rise.

On the Wuchang Wharf, the naval camp Jianghan gunboat was hung with flags, and the streets were lined with gongs and drums and colorful flags were flying. Hundreds of Hubei officials came here to see off for the new vice president of the Republic of China and former governor of Hubei Li Yuanhong.

Li Yuanhong still had the calm expression of a clay Buddha, but he felt as uncomfortable as if he was dead. The Vice President... To put it nicely! After President Sun came to power, he abandoned the parliamentary system proposed by Song Jiaoren, implemented the presidential system and took all the power in his hands. The Vice President was just a vase decoration. But what can we do now? After Tang Hualong fell, the Hubei constitutionalists only had the last breath. Tan Yankai from Hunan was a typical fence-bearer, and Deng Xiaoke from Sichuan was simply a puppet established by Yang Qiu. Otherwise, how could he compete with Pu Dianjun and others with his qualifications? It would be too late to regret it now. If the party members recommended him as the governor and took advantage of Sun Wu's power and took advantage of Sun Wu's power to take down this young man, would he still be today?

Li Yuanhong has experienced a lot from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. He understood that politics is like this. If he can't defeat the other party, he has to endure it. Once it is activated, it will be a life-and-death battle. Behind Xiaocang Mountain, no one in the three provinces can shake this person. It is even more impossible after he goes to Nanjing. It is better to take the initiative to transfer power to go to Nanjing for retirement earlier. Thinking of this, he sighed quietly, turned his head to Yang Qiu and said, "I don't know when I will come back when I leave this time."

After experiencing so many political ups and downs, Yang Qiu was already as hard as iron and smiled and said, "Does the Vice President remember the pistol I gave you? Yang Qiu's words today are here, one day is the superior, and the rest of his life. No matter in the future, it is Nanjing or Beijing, if someone makes things difficult for you in the temple, Vice President, as long as you send a telegram to me, I will never give up!"

Li Yuanhong knew that Yang Qiu was going to use his own confrontation against the Beiyang Group, which must come to power, but he was very pleased to have this guarantee. As long as he maintains this close relationship, even if Yuan Shikai becomes the president in the future, he will not be able to do anything to him. Being a stable vice president in this life is no problem, so he showed up very simply: "Does Chen Hua have anything to say to me to bring to Nanjing? I can't move Huang Yiou, but Sun Wu and the others can still speak. Nanjing is still waiting for news from you now. According to you, whether these people are exiled overseas or..."

“There are Chinese people overseas.”

Yang Qiu's faint sentence determined the life and death of Sun Wu, Zhang Zhenwu and others. Li Yuanhong nodded with relief instead: "Chen Hua did a good job. The first time he can be forgiven, the second time... that was to blame himself!"

"Vice President Li is very wise and please tell the President on my behalf. Yang Qiu never thought of separating China. If the Northern Expedition is confirmed, I will definitely send troops to cooperate." After solving the matter of Sun Wu and others, Yang Qiu immediately asked Chen Guofu to hand in a check of 300,000 from the Southwest Bank: "This is my little intention. Nanjing does not know when it will be paid for political wages. You should collect it as daily expenses first." Li Yuanhong knew about Nanjing's financial difficulties, so he did not refuse to let Wang Anlan put it away and smiled: "Chen Hua probably already has a new governor in Hubei, right? Tell me, Li is not yet in a state of confusion, and he still knows who is better for the country! It is still possible to recommend a governor in Hubei."

"Although the governor is my Han name, he is now a republic, so I think the name governor is better." Yang Qiu had long wanted to remove the governor, a noun with a strong feudal flavor, and smiled and said: "The nominee is Li Shixing, who is a disciple of Mr. Zhan Tianyou. He is 27 years old and graduated from Harvard Business School in the United States."

"Okay, I'll write it down."

Li Yuanhong wrote down this strange name and walked towards the warship. He was about to step onto the gangway when he suddenly looked back and said, "Mr. Sa, the teacher, wrote me a letter. He invested in the purchase of ships and national justice. Chen Hua did a good job! Although you have made three policies now, it has too big troubles! There must be twists and turns. Since Chen Hua decided to do it... be ruthless and faster! I hope that when Li retires and returns to his hometown, he will see the best Hubei!"

These few words made Yang Qiu slightly stunned. In a second thought, he understood the thoughts of this person with mixed praise in history. Although he was forced away by himself, he did not change the Chinese people's thoughts of loving their hometowns. He experienced the disastrous defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. Seeing the reality of the weak country in the late Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang generation was very conflicted. On the one hand, he hoped that the country would make changes, so he sympathized with the revolution, and on the other hand, he was afraid that he would fall into turmoil from now on, and instead aggravate the suffering. It was not until now that he was about to leave that he finally expressed his feelings.

With a whistle, Li Yuanhong, who was forcibly promoted to the position of governor of the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the reign of the Chinese political stage, ended his career in Hubei. At the same time, he nominated Li Shixing, who had never heard of, as the governor of Hubei Province. His departure also completely entered the Yangqiu era. In the afternoon of the same day, the three provinces' inspection commission moved to the Hubei Consultation Bureau, and Wuchang once again became one of the political centers of Hubei and even the entire southern China.

The next morning, Li Yuanhong arrived in Nanjing. To congratulate the Vice President on his appointment, Yang Qiu first expressed his kindness. He not only ordered the Second Regiment to return to his original station, but also sent another nationwide telegram, saying that the assassination was just the work of a small group of revolutionary traitors, and also said that the National Defense Forces had prepared for the Northern Expedition and could set off just by waiting for the orders of Nanjing.

Li Yuanhong also responded. When attending the cabinet and senator meeting that day, he immediately proposed to abolish the position of governor and replace it with a governor who is more in line with the Republic. At the same time, nominated the student of Zhan Tianyou, Li Shixing, who was never famous, became the new governor of Hubei. After receiving Yang Qiu's signal, these two things were almost unanimously approved after being proposed. Although everyone knows that this was Yang Qiu's instruction, who is willing to continue to confront him for this small matter? The most important thing now is how to resolve the assassination incident and give Yang Qiu an explanation, restart the Northern Expedition, which has already fallen into a standstill, and accelerate national unification.

Huang Keqiang had no time to care about the quiet changes in the Nanjing political circle after Li Yuanhong arrived. He was already in a state of trouble. On the one hand, the empty national treasury, on the other hand, the tens of millions of dollars needed for the Northern Expedition, and the involvement of his son and assassination all made him feel deeply tired. Sometimes when he sat down, he simply wanted to leave everything behind and return to Hong Kong to be a Yugong. When Song Jiaoren came to him to inform him of Li Yuanhong's proposal, he was also startled after pushing open the door. In just a few days, this tall and famous Tongmenghui tough guy, who had lost all his eyes, had a deep depression. When he opened his eyes, he could not help but care and said: "Keqiang, don't worry too much. Sun Wu and his friends' confessions, this child was blinded. I think Yang Qiu is not a good person to kill. There should be room for improvement in this matter."

Huang Keqiang has been physically and mentally exhausted recently. When he saw Song Jiaoren coming, he forced himself to cheer up and said, "I don't want to ask about Yiou's affairs. If you do something wrong, you should be punished. But now the Beiyang army is pointing to Huaiyin. The Northern Expedition is urgent. What do you think you should do?"

Seeing that he was unwilling to mention the assassination, Song Jiaoren agreed with his opinion and said: "Keqiang is right. If he can't join forces with the Northern Expedition, there might be some chaos. But how should the money be resolved?"

Huang Keqiang said: "I talked with the president yesterday. He thought he could use the call to Guangzhou Chen Jiongming and use the Guangzhou Railway as collateral. In addition, Jiangsu came out to take out the railway from Shanghai to Fengjing, and used these two to repay the loan of 6 million yuan from Japan. It would be repaid slowly after the taxes in various places across the country."

"Get the railway as collateral to the Japanese?" Song Jiaoren was not unaware of the current financial problems, but was still worried about using the railway as collateral. He said: "King Gong must think about it. Our current political affairs are only temporary. Yuan Shikai had called yesterday and said that he would speed up the persuasion of the Qing Dynasty. The power of the future will be given to him temporarily. If this matter is brought up, it may be very unfavorable to the future election."

"Do you still care about so much now?" Huang Keqiang smiled bitterly and returned to the topic of the assassination: "I heard that Li Yuanhong is here, did he bring Yang Qiu's message?"

Song Jiaoren nodded: "The message has been coming. Li Yuanhong has expressed that he must severely punish the main culprit to establish the prestige of the central government, and the second culprit... He did not mention it, but everyone's meaning is... Let Yiou and others return to Hong Kong and stop entering politics from now on." Hearing this, Huang Keqiang seemed to have all his strength drained. These words mean that Huang Yiou and others will withdraw from the political stage from now on, and as long as Yang Qiu does not fall for one day, they will never be able to turn over.

Seeing his expression of pain, Song Jiaoren also knew the pain in his heart, and stood up and said, "Keqiang, please have a good rest. There is no need to think about it anymore."

Shortly after Song Jiaoren left, Nanjing Zhengfu officially announced the results of the Hankou assassination case. Huang Yiou was dismissed and sent back to Guangzhou to be imprisoned. Deputy Navy Chief Tang Xiangming was dismissed and Yang Jingxiu took over. Wang Guangxiong took over as the commander of the First Fleet of the Republic of China Navy stationed in Shanghai. Finally, 17 masterminds of the assassination case, including Sun Wu, were sentenced to death for murdering a central official and counter-revolutionary crime.

Because Yang Qiu gently put down the assassination case, South China, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was once again restless because of two assassinations. On January 24, Liang Bi, a deadly tough member of the Qing Dynasty's fu-fi war faction, was killed by a bomb. The next day, Tao Chengzhang, the head of the Restoration Association, was most likely to take over as the governor of Zhejiang, was also assassinated and in a hotel.

Four major assassinations related to the Democratic Party broke out in ten days, which made many people feel disappointed with Nanjing, which still embraced the assassination politics. Just when the land of China was still turbulent and confused in the future, Yang Qiu began his first trip to the two provinces since taking office.

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