Chapter 3: Red Revolutionary?

After the discussion, the mood of the big guy seemed to be getting lower and lower, and no one had much hope for the future of the country! However, it is not surprising that these people have such ideas. The current situation in China is indeed a bit bad! With Yuan Shikai's dream of emperor completely shattered, the country that seemed to be unified by Beiyang inevitably fell into division! Even the Beiyang group that maintained the central status also showed signs of warlord separatism. Now there are already three major factions of the so-called Anhui, Zhi, and fake Beiyang Fengtian... What's more troublesome is that Beiyang is not just divided into several large pieces, but into countless small sections. Any division commander or mixed brigade commander is a prince! The troops in his hands are their private property. Even if it is the Prime Minister and Minister of the Army Duan Qirui, if he does not pass these warlords, he will not command a soldier. This situation is a completely replica of the Tang Dynasty's vassal states!

The Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Gan and other troops in the south were simply "rebellion towns". A while ago, Cen Chunxuan, the old former Qing Dynasty legitimate, took out a banner to oppose Yuan Shikai as the emperor! The central government's decree had no effect on them.

But what is even more worrying is the imperialism of the great powers. China is in such chaos, although Yuan Shikai's incompetence, the selfish desire of warlords to hold troops, and the internal response of poverty and weakness since the late Qing Dynasty. However, the oppression of imperialism is indeed an important external cause of this situation! Everyone knows that the warlords in China, including the Anhui group in charge of Beijing, have one or several powerful powers supporting them! While supporting those warlords, these powerful people have used one and one unequal treaty after another to completely lock China in the quagmire of poverty and division... I am afraid that any force that may unify China will be the target of their efforts to suppress it? After all, a unified China will always fight back a little national power and get back some benefits! And a China that is always chaotic and weak is truly in line with the needs of the great powers.

Just when everyone was feeling pessimistic and disappointed, Chang Ruiqing suddenly stood up, with a face that was already quite majestic, looking like a harsh look, and waved his hand with great momentum and shouted: "There is nothing to be afraid of the great powers! Are they now trapped in the blood sea of ​​world war? When this bloody battle is over, the four European powers, Britain, France, Germany and Russia, will inevitably be greatly damaged! Their oppression of China will no longer be as powerful as before the war... And we China actually have a way to fight back the rights and interests from the great powers!"

Speaking of this, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Like now, relying on weak and compromise, of course, you cannot fight for rights and interests! Humph! In fact, these so-called powerful people are all bullying the weak and afraid of the strong! As long as we find the right solution, we are not afraid of fighting with them. Only when we dare to fight against the great powers can we save the fate of the country and nation in the future! This is also the responsibility of history to give us this generation of soldiers!" Finally, he glanced at the comrades around with a seemingly profound gaze, and said word by word: "What the great powers are afraid of is not our weak army, but the Chinese red revolutionaries who are truly brave enough to fight with them by violent means, and are everywhere, but invisible and invisible!"

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At this time, Xu Shuzheng wore a straight military uniform again. In the garden of the Army Department of Tieshizi Hutong, Beijing, he was walking with an old man in a long robe and jacket. The Beiyang officers who were coming and going inside the Army Department stood attentively and saluted from afar when they saw the old man from afar, and then took a detour, afraid of disturbing his pleasure in walking. And in the Beiyang Army Department, only the Prime Minister and Chief of the Army, Duan Qirui, who had such a status, naturally, was the Prime Minister and Chief of the Army!

Although he has been appointed as the Prime Minister of the State and has also served as the Chief of the Army, it seems that he is extremely powerful, but the face of this Prime Minister Duan is full of gloom today. After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, raised his right hand and waved it gently, and the following behind him and Xu Shuzheng immediately turned around and retreated dozens of steps away.

Duan Qirui walked into a small pavilion, sat on a stone bench, and sighed: "After Gong Bao had been walking for a few months, our Beiyang system was almost at a disintegration! I don't know how many more troops can our Army Department manage?"

Xu Shuzheng looked at Duan Qirui with fatigue and gritted his teeth: "Old Zhi, after the old man left, the people of the Beiyang group were dispersed, but it has not reached a point that is difficult to deal with. The current situation is entirely caused by the emphasis on the outside and the inside being neglected, and the central government does not have enough troops. If the central government can have an elite soldier in its hands, the cohesion of the Beiyang group will definitely be restored. With the hundreds of thousands of tigers in Beiyang, it is also expected to unify China with force!"

Duan Qirui looked grim and asked lightly: "Do you agree with the theory of participating in the war and saving the country?"

Xu Shuzheng nodded silently and said in a deep voice: "Old Zhi, can we have other methods besides this method? Now the central government has no money and no soldiers, and the governors and governors from all over the country should obey us? If we want to re-establish the prestige of the central government, we must have money and soldiers in our hands! But where does this money come from? Where can the soldiers come from? The students feel that there is only one way to participate in the European war."

After hearing this, Duan Qirui was silent for a while, and finally sighed: "I understand this principle, but I, as the Prime Minister, can decide on the matter of participating in the European War! Can the other end of the Presidential Palace agree? Can the Kuomintang members in the parliament agree? They are now colluding together and do everything right with us. They will definitely oppose the matter of participating in the war."

Xu Shuzheng sneered and waved his hand: "What's the use of a few idle people who have no soldiers and no power? I think the key to participating in the war is the great powers. As long as Britain, France and Japan are willing to support us, Li Bodhisattva and those Kuomintang members dare to object? Even the few governors in the southwest do not have the courage to play against the great powers!"

"British, French... Youzheng, do you think they are fools and will be deceived by the blank checks we issued?" Duan Qirui shook his head: "When did we deceive the great powers from the Qing Dynasty to now? Didn't they just let them play around? So when can we deal with the great powers? If you don't have the intention of coaxing and playing with others when dealing with the great powers, if you want Britain, French to support us in the training of the war army, you have to join the war sincerely. Youzheng, do you understand?"

"At worst, we'll really go to the war!" Xu Shuzheng's face showed an impatient look. He paced and said loudly: "Old Zhi, there are many people in China. So what if you send hundreds of thousands to Europe? As long as the great powers are willing to support us in unifying China, I think this price is worth it!"

"Really join the war?" Duan Qirui's face flashed a bit of solemnity. The bloody and intense European warfare he had already fully understood the information sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If the team of hundreds of thousands of Chinese New Zealand really went to the European battlefield, wouldn't it be consumed by others as cannon fodder? In the end, it would be a waste of money in the bamboo basket?

"Old Zhi, it's worth it to wipe out hundreds of thousands of people!" Xu Shuzheng patted his thighs and continued to persuade: "It's not a matter of recruiting and training the war army overnight. It takes a year, right? At least in this year, Britain, France, Japan and Russia will support us, and the central government also holds an army of hundreds of thousands of people... Not to mention destroying the rebellious parties in the southwest, dealing with the villains in Beijing, and then gathering the hearts of the people in the Beiyang system can barely do it. And the great powers cannot use us in vain, right? In exchange for the hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops, they have to relax the unequal treaties pressing on us a little. This can be regarded as your revenge of national power from the foreigners! It is also of great benefit to enhancing your prestige and the central government."

Duan Qirui frowned again and thought about it and did not speak. After a while, he murmured: "Yuzheng, let me think about the participation in the war again. Oh, by the way, what do you think of those military academy students who wrote letters to the Army Department?"
Chapter completed!