The rain in the northern Jiangsu area has been continuous. When Yuan Su led the third regiment's teams to enter the port city in batches, the harbor weather combined with the gloomy and rainy weather, and an unprecedented dampness suddenly swept over.
The advance response team was a reconnaissance team from the 9th Battalion of the Third Regiment. The reconnaissance team arrived one day in advance and made various arrangements for negotiation and reception with the local county government. As a result, when Yuan Su's large troops arrived one after another, they could quickly
They were soon assigned to a place to stay. The regiment headquarters was temporarily set up at the county guest house, while Yuan Su's camp was at the Hong Kong City Chamber of Commerce Building.
There have been some firefights here before, but they were not big scenes and only seven or eight shots were fired.
Some of the revolutionary troops in the port city were arrested and are now being held in the county jail. Others either surrendered and accepted reorganization, or escaped without a trace.
It is precisely because of the weather that Yuan Su decided not to go to Yancheng for the time being. Regardless of whether the superiors will urge him or not, he now has a legitimate reason to refuse. The port city is connected to Huai'an by an official road, so transportation will not be a problem. Once the opportunity arises,
When they are mature, they will be transferred directly to Huai'an and no longer need to pay attention to the situation in Yancheng.
Just after establishing a foothold in the port city, the communication room connected the telegraph line, and immediately received a message from bei jing. After translation, the correspondent handed the message to the adjutant Du Yu, who forwarded it to
In Yuan Su's hands.
Yuan Su was originally waiting for the telegram in the lounge, but what he was waiting for was news from Huai'an, Xuzhou and Suxian. Today is the third day since he left Jinan. There is already a lot of fighting in Nanjing, Hubei, and Hunan.
News came one after another the day before yesterday and yesterday that the forces of the revolutionary army fighting Yuan in Central China have almost disappeared.
It was estimated that this civil war, which was a high-profile but small-scale affair, would come to an end in a few days. Naturally, he had to pay more attention to the situation in Huai'an and Huaibei.
Du Yu walked into the lounge. Yuan Sugang was about to stand up and ask, but Du Yu spoke first and said: "Captain, there is a message from bei jing. It is from Lord Gao Jianyang."
Yuan Su was slightly startled. As early as ten days ago, he sent Gao Jianyang to Baoding and Tianjin to inquire about information. Although he gained little, he was not in a hurry to let him return. In addition to inquiring about information, Gao Jianyang also
I am responsible for recruiting technicians for chemical plants, so I should still be working on this matter during this time.
"Oh, why did Gao Jianyang go to Bei Jing again? Is there any progress?" he asked unhurriedly.
"Master Gao said in the telegram that he had inquired about Mr. Song's current whereabouts, and also said that the previous conflicts in the Congress were deliberately instigated by someone." Du Yu lowered his voice and said very solemnly.
"What?" Yuan Su's face suddenly became serious, and he quickly reached out to get the message.
Quickly skimming through the message, he realized that Gao Jianyang had been busy with recruitment and inquiring about further information during this period. Just the night before yesterday, Gao Jianyang came into contact with some people during a meeting to recruit chemical technicians.
Foreigners, through foreigners, heard that there seemed to be news about Song Jiaoren in the Beijing University campus. So the next morning, in the name of recruitment, he came to the campus near the campus. It was a duli apartment. There were not only military uniforms nearby.
Soldiers patrolled, and there were even suspected plainclothes detectives monitoring the area.
Gao Jianyang failed to meet Song Jiaoren in the end. He only vaguely saw Song Jiaoren's figure from a long distance away.
Despite this, I still got some useful information. It is said that Song Jiaoren had been secretly under house arrest in the Presidential Palace. Not long after the crisis in Congress, Yuan Shikai specifically consulted Song Jiaoren's opinion on his residence, so he finally changed it to bei jing.
On the university campus, occasionally some university lecturers, professors, deans and other scholars can still come to the apartment to meet with Song Jiaoren through arrangement or invitation.
Just last night, Gao Shun had a special meeting with a lecturer at Beijing University who had just met Song Jiaoren and learned some gossip from him. Although the lecturer was not sure about this information personally,
It can be regarded as a breakthrough point. It turns out that the president had no intention to detain Song Jiaoren from the beginning to the end. It was just because of a sudden accident in Congress that the president was remonstrated by the "so-called" joint representatives of other parties in Congress, demanding a strict investigation of the Kuomintang membership.
Membership qualifications and background.
Of course, this is obviously not as simple as "strictly investigating Kuomintang members". The reason why someone dares to stand up and challenge so openly must be that someone is behind the scenes, and on the other hand, it is a deeper hint. That is, if the president does not
If we start to suppress the Kuomintang, the Congress will inevitably become one-sided.
Whether these messages are true or not, as well as the "joint representatives", "behind-the-scenes instructions" mentioned in the messages, etc., are all impossible to verify and speculate.
Yuan Su put down the message in his hand, took a deep breath, and a frown formed between his brows.
He originally thought that he could put this matter aside for the time being, or that there were more important things to do at the moment. After all, he was still a low-key person, and it was difficult to intervene in national-level political events.
However, the message sent by Gao Shun is obviously a new direction of speculation, which more or less explains the current internal contradictions in the Beiyang government and the inside story of the contradiction between the north and the south. As he had expected before, it is obvious that his uncle Yuan Shikai has no intention of dealing with Song Jiao
No matter how thoughtful you are, you would not be so reckless and suddenly create a "Congress crisis" incident. This not only seems too low-level, but also full of loopholes.
Furthermore, judging from the situation introduced in the telegram, his uncle Yuan Shikai was still trying to appease Song Jiaoren in all aspects, not only allowing him to choose his own place to live, but also allowing him to interact with some people in the cultural and educational circles. To a certain extent,
Said, this is not a complete house arrest.
"Captain, in my opinion, it is better not to investigate this matter further. Even if we find out a reason, it has already happened and the north and the south are at war, so what is the use?" Du Yu waited aside for a long time and saw
Yuan Su's face became increasingly ugly, and he couldn't help but persuade him.
"No, you don't understand. This matter may not have any effect now, but it will definitely become an excuse in the future." Yuan Su said with a deep expression.
"I'm not afraid that at this time, the more we investigate, the more trouble we will get into." Du Yu said with a sigh.
"Although what you said makes sense, you can't do nothing just because you are afraid of causing trouble. You should immediately reply to Gao Jianyang with a message and ask him to do what he can. It is best to meet Mr. Song in person and listen to Mr. Song.