After all, Zhang Zuolin still did not surrender to the south. After Yan Xishan changed the flag and announced the revolution, Zhang Zuolin took office as "Grand Marshal of the Army and Navy of the Republic of China" in Peiping, kicked the Beiyang government aside, and officially announced the formation of the Anguo Military Government.
He finally got his wish and became the "head of state" of the country.
Principal Chang, who had always had a tacit understanding with Wang Zhaoming, probably reached some kind of secret agreement with Zhang Zuolin, suddenly suspended the Northern Expedition, decided to march westward, and joined forces with Feng Yuxiang to attack the Wuhan National Government. Wuhan also gave up the Northern Expedition and made an effort to march westward, hoping to first
Solve Principal Chang.
Feng Yuxiang was a man of many talents and tried to please both sides, but he refused to send troops and simply sat back and watched the fight between tigers. So Nanjing and Wuhan were afraid of each other and at the same time ceased war to guard against each other, but no one dared to take the lead.
Yan Xishan in the northwest is also preparing for war. Because the south has entered a stalemate, the main force of the Fengjun army in the north has finally been freed up. Although Zhang Zuolin has always expressed his desire to form an alliance with Yan Xishan, it is possible to form an alliance today and send troops to deal with him tomorrow.
The south was divided and hostile to each other. Everything was developing according to Zhang Zuolin's plan, but Sun Chuanfang ruined his good deeds. Sun Chuanfang couldn't wait to regain his territory. When Principal Chang was stationing troops to deal with Wuhan, Marshal Sun suddenly crossed the river to sneak attack on the empty army.
Nanjing.
When his hometown was attacked, Principal Chang finally became angry and turned around to divide his troops for the Northern Expedition, planning to kill Sun Chuanfang first.
What was originally a good war situation is now a mess. All parties are on guard against each other, attack each other, and form alliances with each other. You unite with me, I unite with you, you betray me, and I betray you again. It is no longer clear who is the enemy and who is.
friend.
The major powers are completely confused and they are both happy and worried. They are happy that a divided China is easier to control than a unified China, but they are worried that if the war continues, their interests in China will be greatly damaged.
At the family dinner of the British Consul General in Tianjin, Roger smiled and asked: "Zhou, can you still distinguish the situation now?"
"The situation is very clear." Zhou Hexuan said.
"It's clear?" Roger said, spreading his hands, "I can't figure out the relationship between them anymore. Nanjing and Peiping are secretly allied, but they attack each other; Nanjing and Wuhan are allies in name, but they also plan to attack each other; the Northwest Army and the hostile
Nanjing and Wuhan in China are all allies, but they have been standing still; Shanxi nominally supports the south, but actually unites with the Northwest Army, and seems to plan to form an alliance with the enemies in Peiping... Oh my god, you Chinese really know how to fight, I think I can
Dazzling."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "I recommend you to read two books."
"What book?" Roger asked.
Zhou Hexuan said: "Sun Tzu's Art of War and Thirty-Six Stratagems."
Roger nodded and said, "I'll find it and read it."
Zhou Hexuan dipped his fingers in wine to draw a simple map on the table, and said: "Our Chinese Go game pays attention to the layout of the official pieces. At this moment, the chess pieces have been laid out. The real two sides playing chess are actually the northern military government and the southern revolutionary government. The whole situation has entered the middle stage.
At the end of the game, there was just a small accident. There were two chess players from the South, and they started fighting because they had different opinions. The key now is the South. As long as the South can reach an agreement, the whole game will be alive, and the rest is just
It’s just a matter of how it ends. This is called the general trend, and the Chinese believe in following the trend.”
"The more you talk, the more confused I become." Roger doesn't understand Go.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "In other words, as long as Nanjing and Wuhan reconcile, Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan will definitely stabilize their position and attack Fengjun, leaving Zhang Zuolin with only one way to retreat."
"Do you think Nanjing and Wuhan can reconcile?" Roger frowned.
"Let's wait and see," Zhou Hexuan stopped talking and asked, "Mr. Consul, how is the waterway management plan going?"
"We have already come up with a rough plan, we are just waiting for the cooperation of the Tianjin local government." Roger smiled.
Because it was related to their own interests, all the concessions in Tianjin were very united. Even Japanese businessmen agreed to use the tariffs in three years to issue public bonds. They hired water conservancy experts and quickly came up with a Haihe River management project plan. They planned to imitate the Qing government in 1760 in Triangle Lake.
The method of flood detention and silt release is to divert the water from the Yongding River into the Tuhe River area in northern Tianjin, allowing sediment to accumulate and clear water to be discharged into the Jinzhong River.
After the general plan was drawn up, specific plans began to be formulated, which were divided into three major items and more than 20 sub-items.
This project is extremely large and covers a wide area, stretching from Kunergang River in the east, to the east of Xianhe Village in the west, to Liu'anzhuang and Xiaodian in the south, and to Liuzhaozhuang and Eryanzhuang in the north. The total budgeted cost is more than 1.07 million yuan. Today,
Engineering companies such as Yihexiang, Tongyicheng, Daxing Civil Engineering, Qichang, Far East, and Yongtai are bidding for the contract.
Such a large-scale water conservancy project naturally requires the cooperation of the Tianjin local government.
At this time, Chu Yupu was stationed in Jiangbei Daidai. After repeated telegrams, Chu Yupu responded impatiently: "As long as I don't pay for it, you can do whatever you want."
After receiving the promise, local officials in Tianjin immediately took action. They sent the water conservancy department to contact foreigners and jointly established the Haihe River Cleaning Committee. Various meetings and discussions followed, which lasted until July. Wang Zhaoming was in Wuhan to "clear the Communist Party", and Tianjin's
The water conservancy project has not started yet.
Zhou Hexuan did not wait to come to provide work-for-relief, but instead invited Zhong Guanguang, the acting president of Peking University, to come.
…
Zhong Guanguang rushed to the newspaper office in a hurry and said as soon as he met: "Principal Zhou, I'm here to ask for money from you."
"The Ministry of Education has not allocated funds?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Zhong Guanguang complained bitterly: "It's not that there is no funding again, it's that there has been no funding. The teachers haven't received their salary for four months. I didn't want to trouble you, but I really can't stand it. It's the end of the semester now, and the students have left school.
But the teachers refused to leave, each one clamoring to wait for the rice to be cooked."
"How much does it cost?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Now that Zhang Zuolin has established a military government, the Beiyang government has become a complete decoration. Not to mention allocating funds from the Ministry of Education, even the Ministry of Education's own personnel cannot receive salaries.
Zhong Guanguang calculated: "Now we have accumulated 30,000 yuan in teacher salary arrears. I don't want to think too much. I just need 10,000 yuan to tide over the difficulties. You can go to Zhang Zuolin to intercede and let him leak some from the military expenses."
"
"I'm not his father, how can I get money?" Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly.
In his heart, he despised Zhang Zuolin. Lao Zhang managed his one-third-acre land in the northeast quite well, but after entering the customs, he only focused on fighting and ignored the civil affairs. To put it bluntly, Zhang Zuolin did not regard Zhili as his own.
The land does not care about the life and death of civil servants and ordinary people.
Do you still want to be the "head of state"?
It’s not like him to act like a pie!
Nowadays, ordinary civil servants in the central government wish that Zhang Zuolin would get out soon, and a new owner might be able to replace their wages.
"well!"
Zhong Guanguang shook his head and sighed, waving his hands and saying: "That's all, I won't embarrass you, let everyone just hold on a little longer."
Both of them fell into silence.
At this moment, Zhang Leyi came in with tea: "Mr. Zhong, please have tea."
"Thank you." Zhong Guanguang picked up the tea cup and drank some milk, finally feeling cooler.
Zhou Hexuan introduced: "This is my fiancée Zhang Leyi, who is also my secretary."
Zhong Guanguang was stunned for a moment, then he clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Congratulations!"
Zhou Hexuan ignored his congratulations, but gritted his teeth and said: "Let's do this. I will personally borrow 10,000 yuan to give to the school. You can use it first, and wait until the government has the money."
"How...how can this be done?" Zhong Guanguang quickly refused.
Zhou Hexuan smiled instead: "It's okay. I also made some money selling bellybands in the south. Plus the royalties from writing books, I can be considered a rich man. Haha."
Zhong Guanguang saw that Zhou Hexuan did not seem to be hypocritical. He stood up and bowed with a solemn expression: "Thank you so much! Mingcheng, you will always be the president of Peking University at any time. I thank you on behalf of all the teachers and students of the school."
"It's not that serious. It's just a loan that needs to be repaid." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Both of them knew in their hearts that they might not be able to repay the money.
Zhong Guanguang was moved by Zhou Hexuan's selfless spirit and said: "I started a factory in the early years and still have some coffin books. I also loaned 5,000 to the school."
"Sir, you are so righteous!" Zhou Hexuan said, clasping his fists.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, feeling quite close to each other.
Zhou Hexuan immediately wrote a cash check for 10,000 yuan. Zhong Guanguang had no intention of staying and returned to Peiping with the money that day.
Zhang Leyi joked: "My dad will not do this kind of loss-making business."
"So I'm not qualified to be a businessman, so I'd better just write books honestly." Zhou Hexuan laughed at himself.
Zhang Leyi asked: "Are you inspired again?"
"That's right. "Novel Monthly" urged me to publish a new work as soon as possible." Zhou Hexuan nodded.
