Chapter 3: Power Up
On October 14, Xia Jun ordered the radio station to send a telegram to the whole country, Fujian's independence, Fujian's autonomous government reorganized the "East China Provisional Government" and sent the "Letter to Chinese Compatriots" and the "Fujian Declaration of Independence" to the whole country.
"Tell me of 400 million compatriots in China. Since the fall of Ming Dynasty, the Han family has fallen into the Tartars. It has been 268 years since the time has passed. The Tartars slaughtered my ancestors and destroyed my Han people's clothes and clothes. All of us, such as Yan and Huang, should not forget the blood feud of the Han family's ancestors... Now the revolution is like a beacon, and there are countless Han men. Why do the Tartars make horses and cows? We should rise up and expel the Tartars and restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties in China..."
Fujian's independence attracted countless attention in an instant. Britain, the United States and Japan each had their own opinions on Fujian's independence. The United States was happy to see a pro-American force rising in the Far East, which could help the United States compete with Japan. Japan felt a little worried. The United Kingdom was sandwiched between the United States and Japan, and its views on the Fujian autonomous government were very complicated. The Qing court suddenly became panicked and immediately urged the First and Second Army of the Beiyang Army to set off at a speed.
When the Beiyang Second Army was passing by Anyang, Henan on the Beijing-Han Railway, officers at all levels asked to get off the car and pay homage to Lord Yuan Shikai, which made Feng Guozhang very embarrassed. Finally, he persuaded them to stand by on the spot, and he went to see Yuan Shikai on behalf of everyone.
Feng Guozhang brought his men to Yuan Shikai's mansion. When he saw Yuan Shikai, he talked about the current situation with Yuan Shikai. He casually picked up a letter from the table and said, "This guy is really troublesome. He keeps urging me to come out!"
Feng Guozhang glanced at the letter, which had the words "Zhuerdian" written on it. Feng Guozhang naturally knew who Zhuerdian was. Yuan Shikai had Zhuerdian's support, which was equivalent to having Britain's support.
"I am willing to follow the Lord forever and die for you." Feng Guozhang hurriedly knelt on the ground and expressed his loyalty. Yuan Shikai nodded with satisfaction. He supported him at the beginning, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and Wang Shizhen. Judging from Feng Guozhang's current performance, he could still control it.
However, Feng Guozhang and Liangbi are sworn brothers and often sway between Liangbi and Yuan Shikai, which Yuan Shikai also knows.
"Sir, what should we do this time?" Feng Guozhang asked Yuan Shikai for advice.
"Let's go slowly, wait and see." Yuan Shikai said to Feng Guozhang in a mysterious way. Feng Guozhang understood it.
Then Yuan Shikai passed a message to Yili through his sworn brother Xu Shichang, asking the court to appoint him to go south to attack the rebels.
Zaifeng received the remarks and reluctantly appointed Yuan Shikai as the governor of Huguang on October 14, and also suppressed bandits.
However, Yuan Shikai looked down on the position given by Zaifeng, but began to bargain with the Qing court, claiming that his foot, which was determined by the imperial court, had not yet healed.
Yi Li couldn't help but wonder, what's going on with this guy? It was obviously his own intention, but when he achieved his goal, he started to pretend.
Yi Li immediately sent Xu Shichang to Anyang, Henan to find out the situation. Xu Shichang came to Huanshang Village, Anyang, and often talked with Yuan Shikai until late at night.
A few days later, Xu Shichang returned to Beijing and pretended to be angry and said to Yi Li: "Yuan Shikai is really ungrateful and has put forward the conditions."
Yi Li asked quickly: "What are the conditions?"
Xu Shichang stammered and said Yuan Shikai's conditions. Yuan Shikai's conditions were mainly organized by him to organize the responsible cabinet and grant him full authority to command the military in the front.
According to Yuan Shikai's conditions, not only Yi Li's cabinet prime minister could not be successful, but even Zaifeng's regent could not continue.
The reason why Yuan Shikai dared to put forward such conditions was naturally because the Qing court could only rely on the Beiyang Army at this time.
Since Feng Guozhang returned to the train from Yuan Shikai's home, the Beiyang Army stopped directly between faith and Xiaogan, and no matter how Yinchang urged him, he refused to move forward. No one obeyed his command, which made Yinchang so anxious that he was sweating but helpless, so he could only curse himself in anger.
As for the navy, Sa Zhenbing brought warships into the Yangtze River because he was a Mongolian, and Li Yuanhong, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, was his disciple. Facing the letter written by Li Yuanhong, Sa Zhenbing was in a dilemma and fled in a few days, ignoring this matter.
As for the naval officers and soldiers on the warships, most of them had been exposed to progressive ideas. Although they were shelling the revolutionary army every day under the command of the Qing court, most of the shells were shot into the water, or they were fired in places where no one was on the land. The artillery fire seemed fierce, but no shot could be hit.
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Fujian, Fuzhou Pier!
A notice was just posted on the dock, and it immediately attracted the attention of dock porters and some merchants.
"Who knows how to read? Come and read what is written on it for everyone?" The porters at the dock were wiping sweat under the scorching sun, but couldn't understand what was written on it.
"It is said that the East China Provisional Government was established and Fujian will be independent from now on. Men are not allowed to keep braids, and the restoration of the clothes and clothes of Han people..."
Xu Chongzhi and other officers in the tenth town stood on the dock and looked at the notice, feeling very uncomfortable. In just a few days, Fujian was fully independent. They were losers in this change. They did not gain any benefits in this change and were facing the end of being expelled.
"Let's go! This is not our world." Xu Chongzhi said to the officers around him. Soon a group of people got on the boat, and the porters behind him moved their surname Li onto the boat.
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"Head of the First Nations, the digital newspaper has been posted below. This battle captured more than 23,000 Qing troops, including 3,000 temporary towns in Ningde, and turned against us. More than 6,000 soldiers were captured in Fujian. The prisoners of war camp asked the head of state to indicate the handling method." You Zhengbin reported to Xia Junhui.
"Distribute all the travel expenses to be dismissed back to their hometowns. Those who don't want to go back will arrange a job for them." Xia Jun thought for a while and said, it's useless to keep these prisoners, and it's better to dismiss them. As for some soldiers from other provinces who are inconvenient to go back, it's easy to arrange a job for them. Now construction is everywhere, so you don't have to worry about not having a job.
"In addition, as the Minister of Administration, you must establish an administrative system as soon as possible and maintain social order." Xia Jun explained to You Zhengbin.
"Yes! Head of State." You Zhengbin replied seriously.
At this time, Xia Jun had occupied the entire Fujian, but the administrative system had not been fully established, and all kinds of work were waiting to be solved.
Because Xia Jun had fully captured Fujian, the territorial points and the points of the captive Qing army accumulated a total of nearly 30 million points.
Xia Jun's next target is Zhejiang. The two temporary engineers have been on standby for a long time and are waiting for Xia Jun to attack Zhejiang with an order.
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Chapter completed!