Xu Shichang immediately informed Yuan Shikai of the situation at the court. At this time, Lao Yuan did not expect that Chongqing's business community would actually cut off Duan Fang's supplies. Originally, since the Sichuan Road Protection Movement broke out, Lao Yuan knew that his opportunity had come.
The Manchu and Qing aristocrats could only play tricks and conspiracies. When fighting a war, they were just a bunch of losers. The most important Beiyang New Army was in Yuan Shikai's cuff. Without the support of Lao Yuan, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties could not even mobilize their troops.
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However, Lao Yuan only regards the Kuomintang as a bunch of rabble. The uprisings have failed frequently in the past few years, which makes Lao Yuan look down on these people even more. Lao Yuan always pays attention to a plan before acting. After ten uprisings full of loopholes, it is better to tolerate it once and issue a warning.
A fatal blow, if you don't even understand this, how can you threaten yourself?
But now Chongqing's actions have put Lao Yuan under pressure. Lao Yuan's intelligence is much stronger than that of the Qing court. Yuan Shikai clearly knows that Chongqing is now de facto independent, but he has not clearly raised the flag of rebellion. With Lao Yuan
Naturally, things are not that simple when looking at the status of the Chongqing Chamber of Commerce. The Chongqing Chamber of Commerce represents the local constitutionalist forces. Originally, this force was scattered in various provinces and had little military strength. It could only rely on other forces and find it difficult to stand on its own. However, the emergence of Chongqing
Given this situation, will the Constitutional Party emerge?
Lao Yuan can look down on the Revolutionary Party, but he absolutely dare not underestimate the Constitutional Party. It is not enough for Lao Yuan's Beiyang Group to have the power it has today just relying on the army of the Six Towns. In fact, there are many bureaucrats, gentry and businessmen attached to it.
This gave Lao Yuan enough confidence. If all the constitutional parties in the world could be integrated, they would definitely be a force that Lao Yuan could not contend with.
"Gong Bao, are you worried that this move in Chongqing will breed the ambitions of the constitutional parties in the world?"
"Xingcheng, what the Constitutional Party lacks is a leader. It is said that Qiao Yu is not old, but he is really ruthless. It seems that cutting off Duanfang's supplies will easily anger the Qing court, but in fact the Qing court has no ability at all.
Dealing with him can actually win the hearts and minds of the people in Sichuan. The court can only appease him now, but cannot destroy him. In time, this man will become a thorn in his side!"
"Xiang Cheng, Qiao Yu is a young man in his early twenties after all. He may have some military strategy, but he doesn't know the world's situation so clearly. In my opinion, it must be the idea of the Chongqing Constitutional Party. I will go there right away.
Take a look at Sichuan to find out the local situation clearly, and pay a visit to Qiao Yu to understand his thoughts. Then you can report the actual situation in Sichuan to Xiang Cheng!" The speaker was Yang, another important counselor of Yuan Shikai.
Du, this is also a strange person in the Republic of China, who will be the drummer of Junxian in the future.
Yuan Shikai nodded slightly. Yang Du was right. No matter how much he guessed here, it may not be accurate. Sichuan is the place where the road protection movement was launched. If he could understand the situation in Sichuan, it would be of great help to his next action.
So he nodded and said: "Xizi, I'll give you a hard time. It's best to find out the situation in Sichuan. There is some chaos there. I will send you four bodyguards, so be careful!"
This is the brilliance of Yuan Shikai. At this time, instead of saying what to do, he was concerned about Yang Du's safety. How could he not make Yang Du grateful? Just a few words made Yang Du feel warm in his heart.
"Thank you Xiang Cheng for your concern. I will definitely bring the Qiao family over to support Xiang Cheng!"
Yang Du issued a military order and first followed the Beijing-Hankow Railway to Wuhan, preparing to transfer to Chongqing. As soon as he got off the train, Yang Du bought a newspaper and opened it at will. The most popular one was the one reporting on the road protection movement in Sichuan.
incident, reporting on how much achievements the militia had achieved, how many Qing troops were annihilated, and how many states and counties were occupied. It was also accompanied by various comments, and so on. However, there was also a leaflet sandwiched in the middle of the newspaper.
Manxing the Han Dynasty, restoring China. On the fifteenth day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, slaughter all the Tartars! There are sixteen words like this written on it...
Yang Du's heart suddenly moved when he saw this. It seemed that the situation in the three towns of Wuhan was more serious than he thought. Ever since Duan Fang led the army into Sichuan, the important town of Wuhan seemed a lot empty. Various revolutions
The groups posted slogans and distributed leaflets everywhere. Although the Qing government frequently suppressed them, it was difficult to put an end to them.
The traditional Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching now, and it seems that the three towns of Wuhan are peaceful, but Yang Du has too much dealings with the Revolutionary Party Alliance, especially since Huang Xing was able to get acquainted with Sun Wen because Yang Du introduced him, so Yang Du has a lot of influence on the Revolutionary Party.
The behavior style is very familiar. The calmer it is, the greater the danger it contains. And as the Sichuan uprising grows in scale and momentum, Hubei, which is already extremely unstable, will not remain indifferent.
At this time, the two lakes were the regions with the best industrial foundation in China. This was all due to Zhang Zhidong. Hubei had developed education, gathered a group of new literati, had the largest industrial zone, and had a relatively strong workforce.
, the more he understands the importance of Wuhan, the more he feels that an uprising is very likely to break out here. In Wuhan, Yang Du truly felt what it means to be in danger of coming.
However, Yang Du had no feelings for the Qing Dynasty for a long time. He was looking forward to the chaos in the world so that he could assist the new master to pacify China in one fell swoop. Just like Japan's Meiji ministers and Germany's Prime Minister Bismarck, they were famous in history and stayed in Wuhan for two years.
That day, Yang Du took a boat directly into Sichuan.
At this time, Qiao Yu is making the final sprint, trying his best to expand his power. The machine repair shop promised by Germany has been built. At the same time, Germany has also shipped two bullet production lines, established a weapons repair shop, and sent a large number of German troops.
Engineering and technical personnel assisted Qiao Yu. Today was the groundbreaking ceremony, and both Qiao Yu and Wei Si were present.
"Qiao, the situation has changed so fast. You are now the master of this city. I look forward to your greater progress!"
"Thank you Consul General for your help. Germany's support is my biggest help!"
Wei Si suddenly smiled and said: "Qiao, Germany can actually provide you with greater help, such as military help!"
As soon as Qiao Yu heard Wei Si's words, he immediately guessed Germany's plan in his mind. As expected, all the great powers have no good thing. The Germans are now going to make conditions for themselves. Military help? It's nothing more than dispatching
They are just some advisory officers, but the army is Qiao Yu's lifeblood. He will never allow others to get involved, especially when the foundation is not yet solid. Now that the German officer team is introduced, it is likely to affect his control of the army.
, and will also send wrong signals to other powers, making them mistakenly think that they have completely fallen to Germany, which will undoubtedly cause endless trouble.
"Mr. Consul General, aren't we just accepting military help from Germany? Are we still going to sell me some new weapons? If you can help me build an arsenal, that would be a dream!"
Qiao Yu chose to play dumb. Wei Si shrugged slightly: "Qiao, there are still too many things involved in the arsenal. I'll talk about it later!"
"Reporter Lu, aren't you looking for news materials everywhere? Why do you have time to come to me again? I have read the newspapers recently. Your articles are very popular, easy to understand, and full of emotions! I believe if
If someone knows that this is the work of a beautiful woman, it will definitely cause a sensation!"
Lu Wanqing casually sat across from Qiao Yu and sighed: "I don't want to do this anymore! I feel a little sorry for my conscience!"
Qiao Yu was stunned for a while. This girl's thoughts were really strange. How could a reporter with such good intentions have anything to do with her conscience? "You don't have a fever, why do you sound like nonsense!"
"You are talking nonsense. I feel that reporters are using other people's misfortunes in exchange for fame and profits, and I can't help those who are hurt. I am just like someone like you who plays power. You say this