"I tell you, as the saying goes, a slap in the face can't make a sound. Let me tell you again, neither the South nor the North has an absolutely correct position. Mr. Song once told me that politics is a kind of negotiation. It is precisely because the North and the South have their own
They all have their own opinions, and each has their own interests. Only if both parties can take the initiative to give in can negotiation be possible. I can honestly say that we in Beiyang may not all be enlightened people, but we may not have any enlightened people either.
But can you guarantee that the South's propositions are all right, all good, and all selfless?" Yuan Su did not look very fierce, but showed a very serious look.
Zhou Baolin originally wanted to retort a few words, but after listening carefully to Yuan Su's words, he felt that he really shouldn't be too impulsive on this issue. After all, he is a common man and does not fully understand national politics and those revolutionary principles.
, it’s just that I have such a lofty belief in my heart.
What's more, Yuan Su's words are very pertinent and clear. "One slap can't make a difference" and "Both the north and the south have their own interests." A slightly more mature person can understand that these words are correct.
He cannot ignore those simple and obvious things because of his lofty personal beliefs and beliefs. As Yuan Su said, how much can he, an outsider, really know about the internal conflicts between the north and the south and the internal situation of the Beiyang government?
After a long pause, Yuan Su took a deep breath and said meaningfully: "Those who are in power in Beiyang are all old people. It is natural that their thoughts cannot be connected with this era. But we young people will not follow them.
They are so stubborn and stubborn. I personally firmly believe in what Mr. Song said. Many things cannot be forced together, just like two rocks. Only by polishing their respective edges and corners can they be put together."
Zhou Baolin let out a long sigh, his expression looked solemn. He wanted to say something, but he stopped.
Yuan Su continued: "We in Beiyang have some young people who are willing to use sandpaper to polish rocks, but what about those southern revolutionaries in your eyes? In addition to blindly insisting on their own ideas, they do not understand and are unwilling to change.
How many people are willing to step forward and find ways to mediate themselves and think about ways to work around it?"
Zhou Baolin still didn't speak. In fact, he was just a fringe revolutionary. He didn't know anything about the previous revolutionary factions such as the Tongmenghui, the Sun Faction, the Huangsong Faction, and the Guangfuhui. What he accepted was only a general revolutionary proposition, which was the so-called
Republic, min zhu, hopes to improve the entire country and nation.
What Yuan Su said sounded very reasonable, and it also hinted that the North and the South had insider information about each other. Unfortunately, for him, it was still impossible for him to rely on Yuan Su's words alone to win the war.
Just listen and believe it. After all, the credibility of today's bureaucrats in the hearts of the people is too low, and many sweet words are nothing more than inducement or further deception.
Slowly letting out a breath, Yuan Su actually understood very well in his heart, so he said: "I don't care what you think, and I don't care whether you are afraid of death, but in my opinion, even killing you will not alleviate the situation in Henan Province.
The current situation in the country. I would like to keep you here so that you can witness with your own eyes the efforts of the young Beiyang faction like us. Maybe it can change your deep-rooted old ideas, which will definitely play a certain role in alleviating the conflicts between us."
Zhou Baolin's brows moved slightly, and his face showed something strange. He looked at Yuan Su and said, "It seems that you are really thinking about something?"
Yuan Su said calmly: "It depends on people. I will do what I can."
Zhou Baolin said calmly: "Well, I'll wait and see."
In the evening, Yuan Su summoned a group of officers from the regiment headquarters and decided to set off for Shangqiu tomorrow. As for Zhang Zhenfang's urging from Kaifeng, he could only delay it for a while, and in this regard he needed the assistance of Commander Lin of the 58th Regiment.
Later in the evening, he found Captain Lin and told him his plan to return to Shangqiu tomorrow. At the same time, he also asked Captain Lin not to pursue Zhou Baolin's matter.
Captain Lin naturally looked embarrassed, hesitating and hesitating for a while, neither daring to refuse nor agree.
Yuan Su told the other party that no matter what messages, orders, or notices were sent from Kaifeng, if the 58th Regiment could not solve the problem, it would be directly pushed to Shangqiu. If there was any responsibility, he, Yuan Su, would bear it.
, but I will resolutely take away Zhou Baolin and some of the prisoners tomorrow.
After hearing this, Captain Lin really had no choice but to agree temporarily. Anyway, as long as the responsibility was not borne by himself, he would not receive the credit at worst.
That night, Yuan Su had some discussions with Wen Qin and Du Yu. They would not take away all the prisoners. After all, four hundred people was not a small number. Even if they were brought back to Shangqiu, they would not be able to properly resettle them.
The author considered that the 58th Regiment had to take some credit this time, so it was still necessary to leave some prisoners and hand them over to the 58th Regiment.
Most of the prisoners he decided to take away were close relatives of Zhou Baolin, and some were officers of the civilian army. These people had some foundation. As long as Zhou Baolin could be persuaded to surrender, these people would definitely come in handy in the future.
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It was the afternoon of the next day when we returned to Shangqiu. As soon as we walked into the temporary headquarters set up by the Third Brigade in the city, Dai Fengxiang came to greet him with a message. Without saying any nonsense, Dai Fengxiang directly told Yuan Su that the message was
It was sent in the morning of Kaifeng. Zhang Zhenfang once again urged Yuan Su to escort Zhou Baolin there, and seemed to say out of appeasement that the Governor's Office had reported the battle situation in the past few days to bei jing, asking for credit for Yuan Su's third brigade.
After Yuan Su read the telegram in person, Dai Fengxiang quickly asked: "Commander, have you really caught Zhou Baolin? Is this a great achievement?" Although Yuan Su sent a telegram in Ningling County a few days ago
They went to Shangqiu to explain the matter, but because Shangqiu was busy dealing with post-war matters, Dai Fengxiang and Jiang Baili only heard that the first regiment was safe and the 58th regiment was safe, so they didn't take it to heart.
"That's true, but I have other plans for this matter. Ignore the urging from Kaifeng for now. I will call you back in person later. How is Shangqiu handling it these days? Is there any trouble?"
Yuan Su asked Dai Fengxiang.
"There was some trouble in Suiyang yesterday. Some refugees besieged the county government and wanted to grab relief supplies. Mr. Jiang decisively issued an order to send troops to suppress it and killed a person who was leading the rebellion. The matter has basically been resolved.
." Dai Fengxiang briefly talked about the matter first.
"How could such a thing happen?" Yuan Su and Dai Fengxiang asked with furrowed brows as they walked towards the office upstairs. In his opinion, since the government has promulgated rescue laws, they should also continue to do so in the past few days.
When a rescue station is set up, why do looting accidents still happen?
"The key is that we are currently too short of relief materials. After Shangqiu promulgated relief measures, many people from nearby towns flocked to our side. The tens of thousands of relief materials previously provided were a drop in the bucket. Mr. Jiang is now in Sui
Yang, he sent a message back yesterday saying that the official warehouse in Suiyang is empty." Dai Fengxiang said.
"Where are the follow-up relief supplies in Kaifeng?" Yuan Su asked.
"Yes, we are also asking this question. It stands to reason that you, the Governor, were in Ningling County before, and the materials from Kaifeng will pass through there, so you should be able to bring them back along the way." Dai Fengxiang said worriedly.
Hearing this, Yuan Su became somewhat enlightened, and then he realized that his previous inquiry was unnecessary.
He stayed in Ningling County for almost four days, but in these days, apart from sending messages urging him to escort the prisoners there, Kaifeng did not mention anything about aiding Shangqiu. He believed that this was definitely not Zhang Zhenfang forgetting what he had done before.
Zhang Zhenfang was very dissatisfied because he did not escort Zhou Baolin there, so he deliberately delayed the matter of aid supplies. I am afraid that even if he sends a message to urge him now, Zhang Zhenfang will only say
Send Zhou Baolin there first before considering the next step of delivering aid supplies.
Arriving at the office on the second floor, Yuan Su was silent for a while. He had not previously thought about relying entirely on Kaifeng's funding to respond to E-commerce Qiu's rescue policy. He just expected that Zhang Zhenfang had plundered a lot of private wealth and could steal some of it from the other party.
When you get out, you can take out part of it. Fortunately, Shangqiu is not too far from Huaibei, and there is Huai'an to the east. Huaibei and Huai'an are both prosperous places in the Huaihe River Basin. It is also possible to allocate materials from these two places to help implement Shangqiu's rescue policy.
It's not that difficult.
"Send a message to Huaibei and ask Guo Boji to allocate supplies from Huaibei as soon as possible. In the next few days, I will contact Huai'an and Luanzhou, and use the Governor's Office as a co-ordinator to coordinate various measures to assist Shangqiu." Yuan Su turned around.
, said to Dai Fengxiang.
"This is a way, but if Kaifeng doesn't find a one-step solution, it will end up being a long night and a lot of dreams." Dai Fengxiang reminded.
"I will handle this matter. For now, let's take care of the government affairs here in Shangqiu." Yuan Su said calmly.
"Yes. I will arrange the message right away." Dai Fengxiang nodded and said.
After Dai Fengxiang exited the office, Yuan Su thought deeply for a while. He knew that what Dai Fengxiang just said was right. Zhou Baolin should not delay the matter for too long. He had the same idea as Zhang Zhenfang that he must solve the problem as soon as possible.
The top priority is that he needs to make some achievements. On the one hand, he can change Zhang Zhenfang's intentions, and on the other hand, he can also get fu's support.dd