Zhu Erdian had to go to Yuan Shikai again. Lao Yuan was in chaos at this time. Chen Huan did not open up the situation in Sichuan. No one or two silver was transported to the central government. Moreover, other provinces followed suit and refused in every way. Lao Yuan had been unable to wait any longer. The disarmament in the south had reached the most critical moment. Tao Chengzhang sent reports almost every day to ask Lao Yuan for silver. As a part of Lao Yuan's heart disease, the south really needed to be solved quickly.

This time when Zhu Erdian came, he felt the enthusiasm of Lao Yuan. Zhu Erdian, the old fox, was not so anxious and said with a smile: "His Excellency the President, the ancient China has been reborn and has become a democratic country. It is really gratifying. The imperial government is very willing to expand cooperation and exchanges with your country!"

Old Yuan smiled and said, "It is a blessing for the country to be able to get the support of the British Empire. I wonder if the Minister has any advice?"

"It's not a question of advice, it's just a little advice. The Tibet region is related to the security of India, an important colony of the British Empire. Your country's actions have caused many Tibetans to retreat to India, causing instability in India. This is something the imperial government doesn't want to see!"

Juerdian talked freely without any guilt, and played the shamelessness of politicians to the extreme. It was obviously your British plot to be ill-gotten, but now he pretended to be very innocent, as if he had two faces.

Old Yuan sighed slightly: "Mystery, I am beyond the reach of Tibetans, and I can do nothing!"

Juerdian sneered slightly: "President, the disarmament in the south has reached a critical moment now, and you may not be able to do without the support of the imperial government!"

Old Yuan felt a lot of pain, his life was firmly grasped by others. Without the loan from the Four-Country Bank Group, he could not even control the arrogant soldiers and generals in Beiyang, let alone those rebellious figures in the south.

"Your Majesty, Tibet is China's territory. This is not negotiable, and the rest are easy to deal with!"

When Zhu Erdian saw Lao Yuan say this, he felt confident. Britain now understood that it was difficult to swallow Tibet in one bite. Therefore, Zhu Erdian's main task has become to save the current pro-British aristocratic upper class. After Lao Yuan's attitude was relaxed, Zhu Erdian would be easier to deal with.

"His Excellency the President, the British Empire has always advocated fairness and justice, and has no intention of greed for your territory. I am just thinking about the safety of India. I suggest that your country can stop its march in Tibet, control its garrison to less than 3,000 people, and at the same time maintain the existing administrative system in Tibet to the greatest extent. As long as you can agree, we can continue to cooperate!"

After hearing this condition, Old Yuan kept thinking in his heart. Although Britain was aggressive, he had to bow his head under the low eaves. He thought of it and said: "Mr. Minister, I will immediately generate electricity for Qiao Yu, and I also ask the UK to persuade the four-country banking group to provide a loan of one million pounds to dismiss the southern army!"

Zhu Erdian thought about it and nodded immediately. After reaching this agreement, Old Yuan still had to find a way to appease Qiao Yu. Now the Sichuan Army is advancing rapidly in Tibet. If he wants to make the Sichuan Army obedient, he may still have difficulties and must plan it well.

Old Yuan picked up Chen Huan's telegram again and thought about the solution carefully. At this time, an alarm suddenly came from Nanjing. Tao Chengzhang, left behind in Nanjing, sent a power to Old Yuan and asked for help urgently.

It turned out that Tao Chengzhang met the army while strengthening the construction of the unified party, and achieved considerable results, and he had a faint sense of the situation of the largest party. Therefore, Tao Chengzhang also had full confidence in seizing the throne of prime minister in the future. However, after some planning, Tao Chengzhang believed that the unified party could not rely solely on the support of several governors from Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. If you want to truly limit Lao Yuan's rights, you must have an army, and only with a gun can you limit Lao Yuan's ambitions...

For this reason, when Tao Chengzhang cut off the army, he deliberately kept his Restoration Army as much as possible, and vigorously abolished the army of the Tongmenghui. In addition, the funds were insufficient, the army of the Tongmenghui and other forces became more and more resentful, and the conflicts between the two sides became increasingly greater.

Moreover, since Tao Chengzhang showed his desire for the army, Zhang Jian and others began to gradually alienate from Tao Chengzhang. They absolutely did not want to see Tao Chengzhang embark on the path of the second Yuan of Lao Yuan. The Restoration Association and the Unified Party faced the first crisis after its establishment, but Tao Chengzhang was completely unaware of it.

Just over ten days ago, a man came back from Shanghai. Once he arrived in Nanjing, he gathered his old subordinates together and even shouted the slogan of the Second Revolution. Not only did he overthrow Beiyang, but he also pointed the finger at the Restoration Association, saying that they were Old Yuan's accomplices, and this person was Zhang Zhenwu.

This person is from Hubei, a general of Sun Wen and his group. He worked hard during the Wuchang Uprising and fought with Beiyang. He had great ability. Out of fear, Li Yuanhong also learned from Qiao Yu's method and sent Zhang Zhenwu and his generals to Nanjing, in the name of supporting the revolution, but in fact he kicked him away.

However, Zhang Zhenwu is not easy to deal with. After coming to Nanjing, he actively cooperated with the main figures of the Tongmenghui and expanded his strength. A general and the school group had grown to more than 6,000 people, comparable to a brigade. Although Nanjing began to lay off troops on a large scale, Zhang Zhenwu was determined to resist and was a thorn. He went to Shanghai not long ago and conspired with Chen Qimei for a long time. He bought a large number of arms and returned, and the school group became stronger and stronger.

After returning, Zhang Zhenwu contacted the former subordinates of the Tongmenghui everywhere and resolutely resisted the sanctions.

"You are all discerning people. We relied on the army to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. Now Lao Yuan has the power. The Consolidation Party in the south is willing to be Yuan Shikai's lackeys and will attack us revolutionary heroes. What is disarmament? One is not to lay off the Beiyang Army, the second is not to lay off the Restoration Army, and the third is not to lay off the Southwest Army, but we will lay off our revolutionary army. They are pretending to be public and private. If we tolerate it now, we are afraid that we will not be able to resist when Lao Yuan becomes the emperor in the future. I have contacted Shanghai Governor Chen Qimei, Jiangxi Governor Li Liejun, and Guangdong Governor Hu Hanmin. Everyone has this view. We must not wait any longer. We must act decisively and safeguard the results of our revolution!"

Zhang Zhenwu's speech received strong support from members of the Tongmenghui. After the unification of the north and the south, these people were increasingly marginalized. They originally planned to form the Kuomintang and seize power through political parties. However, due to insufficient figures coming out to take the lead, the Tongmenghui became increasingly declining, and many members joined the Unified Party, including Song Jiaoren.

Now that Zhang Zhenwu took the initiative to come out, he naturally received praise from the Tongmenghui, and they all shouted to fight. At this moment, a team of military and police suddenly broke into the foreign building where they were gathering and caught them all on the spot. Zhang Zhenwu did not expect that the other party would dare to take action, but it was too late. Tao Chengzhang had decided to use a thunder strike to completely take down the Tongmenghui.

After capturing Zhang Zhenwu and others, Tao Chengzhang was satisfied and immediately mobilized the generals of the Restoration Army to surround the camp of the school regiment to completely disarm them. Tao Chengzhang entered the campground of the camp under the guards.

"Dear soldiers of the generals and the generals, Zhang Zhenwu made a ill-gotten plan and bought munitions privately and turned a deaf ear to the disarmament law. I removed Zhang Zhenwu's military power as a left-behind Nanjing. Now everyone who voluntarily goes home can get ten yuan!" Although he was voluntarily disbanded, Tao Chengzhang did not give everyone any other choice. Because the generals and the generals had no leader, they had to admit defeat. Tao Chengzhang was proud, but he didn't know that a huge crisis was approaching him!

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Chapter completed!