Chapter 33: Opportunity to negotiate peace between the north and the south

The 1st Division of East China, the 2nd Division of East China, the 3rd Division of East China, and the 4th Division of East China (Architecture Division) began to march towards the Yingtan area. Zhejiang has no suitable place for training, and the population is relatively dense. Yingtan, Jiangxi Province was still a place with no people at this time, and Xia Jun placed the training place there.

As for mountain combat, several divisions are good at it because they started in Fujian, which is mountainous terrain, and there is still a lack of experience in plain combat.

Thirty Folk fighters took off from the airport and flew to the next transit field airport. The early aircraft were lighter in weight, so it was enough to use a field airport, and the requirements for the airport were not high.

The training in Yingtan is mainly for plain combat drills, as well as practices of tactics such as infra-cannon coordination, air-cannon coordination, and air-step coordination.

There will be a battle with Japan in the future, and the possibility of fighting in plains and hilly areas is the greatest.

During this month of tactical collaborative training, engineers, logistics and other units also participated in full. All residents in Yingtan's military drill area have been evacuated. This area of ​​about 200 square kilometers will be used as a special drill place in the future.

Xia Jun personally rushed to Yingtan to preside over this army-wide drill.

At this moment, Yuan Shikai from the north still did not completely control the power of the Qing court, because the Qing court still had the last ace - 20,000 imperial guards!

Most of the soldiers of the 20,000 imperial guards were Manchu and well-equipped, while most of the officers were from Manchu and Mongolia.

After the Beiyang Army turned against each other, the young and powerful factions such as Liangbi secretly formed the royal family and clan club, and soon planned a mutiny. On that day, gunfire was everywhere in Beijing. The imperial guards controlled the streets and alleys of Beijing. The soldiers shouted that they wanted to hang Yuan Shikai and other cabinet members on the city. Yuan Shikai did not dare to go home that day, so he had to hide in the Qing Palace of Yili.

Yi Li was the Iron Hat King appointed by the Qing court, and could enter and exit Beijing at any time. Yi Li quickly met Empress Dowager Longyu, saying that the consequences of the mutiny might cause confrontation between Han officials and let the revolutionary party take advantage of the situation.

Empress Dowager Longyu did not have the power and insights of Cixi, and she lived in the palace for a long time without caring about the government. When she heard that the revolutionary party was about to enter Beijing, she immediately summoned Liangbi, the leader of the royal family and clan party, to summon Liangbi, to the palace, and scolded Liangbi very much.

The next day, the Imperial Guards had to withdraw from Beijing one after another. Yuan Shikai had a plan at this time and suggested that the royal family should lead some Imperial Guards to the south, and call Zaifeng's younger brother Zaitao, the army minister, as the commander.

Zaitao is a drama, and is famous all over the country in acting monkey opera, but he is as timid as a mouse. When he heard Yuan Shikai call him the handsome man, he was immediately frightened and rushed to Yi Li to plead with mercy and wanted to resign from his position as the Military Command of the Imperial Guard.

Zaitao's request was exactly what Yuan Shikai wanted, and he immediately proposed that Feng Guozhang be appointed as the Military Command of the Imperial Guards, Feng Guozhang was Liangbi's brother and an acceptable figure of the Manchus.

Feng Guozhang was removed from military power in Hankou. After returning to Beijing, he did not go to Chahar as the governor, nor did he go to pay homage to Yuan Shikai.

A few days later, Yuan Keding suddenly visited and took the orchid book that Yuan Shikai received Feng Guozhang as his child. He called the fourth uncle the next time, saying that my father would regard the fourth uncle as his brother and would never forget the friendship of training in the small station.

Yuan Shikai was the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and actually asked for mercy. Feng Guozhang was so happy that Yuan Shikai knew Feng Guozhang's style very well. This person was often able to act decisively in small matters. He was known as Feng Manzi, but he was indecisive and hesitant in major matters.

Yuan Shikai asked Feng Guozhang to control the Imperial Guards at this critical moment, because the Beiyang Army's actions to force the Qing court to abdicate would soon begin.

Previously, Xia Jun had sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai, asking him to force the Qing court to abdicate as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in China.

Yuan Shikai understood that he could only follow the route designated by the East China Provisional Government, and the military strength of the East China Provisional Government was far higher than that of the Beiyang Army.

However, what made Yuan Shikai glad was that the temporary policy in East China was eager to stabilize the situation in China and could make concessions to him.

At the same time, the joint meeting of the governor's offices of various southern provinces held in Wuchang has also been held. After the Revolutionary Army successfully defended and Hanyang, the meeting was filled with the voice of the Northern Expedition.

But the representatives of the East China Provisional Political Department remained silent. The representatives of various provinces talked for a while, and all focused their attention on the representatives of the East China Provisional Political Department.

Without the support of the East China Provisional Political Department, it would be difficult for the revolutionary army to fight the northern expedition. The strong strength of the East China Provisional Political Department has been fully proved in the defense of Hanyang that the only one who can compete with the Beiyang Army is the East China Provisional Political Department.

"I would like to remind you that Japan has gathered heavy troops at the estuary of the Yangtze River. If there is a war between the north and the south, it will inevitably fight with the snipe and the clam to benefit, allowing Japan to take advantage of the situation. If you want to fight the north, my East China Provisional Government will not be with you." The representative of the East China Provisional Government said at the meeting, "What China needs at present is to stabilize as soon as possible. Only by engaging in peace talks with the Beiyang Army and forcing the Qing court to abdicate is the most correct choice."

With the statement of the representatives of the Provisional Political Department in East China, the meeting of various southern provinces hastily ended, and no one mentioned the Northern Expedition again. With the strength of the Revolutionary Army, it is obviously impossible to defeat the Beiyang Army.

The North-South peace talks quickly unfolded under the help of Zhu Erdian, and at the same time, Xia Jun's temporary policy in East China opened up a negotiating table with Yuan Shikai under the help of Modoma.

Yuan Shikai did not take the Revolutionary Army seriously, and Xia Jun also did not take them as a wise man, and the negotiations between them were the main ones.

Xia Jun understood that as long as Yuan Shikai was stabilized, the situation in China could stabilize as soon as possible. Yuan Shikai also understood that as long as the temporary policy of East China supports him, the Southern Revolutionary Party was not worth worrying.

The peace talks between Yuan Shikai and Xia Jun continued, and there were some differences in the relationship between Yuan Shikai and Xia Jun's representatives.

Xia Jun's condition was to elect Yuan Shikai as the president, but the three provinces of East China, Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhejiang must be autonomous, and the Congress shall not interfere in the East China Autonomous Government. The East China Autonomous Government has the right to free foreign countries and sign various agreements and covenants with foreign governments.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai must work with the East China Autonomous Government to recover tariffs in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.

Moreover, if Yuan Shikai wants to make a loan, he must give priority to the provisional government affairs from East China. If Yuan Shikai wants to purchase arms, all office supplies, equipment, etc., he must give priority to the products of the government affairs from East China.

The current situation is becoming more complex. Western countries such as the United Kingdom support Yuan Shikai, while the United States supports the temporary politics of East China.

Britain wants to stabilize the situation in China as soon as possible, and the United States has no starting point to continue inciting China's civil war. Japan hopes that China's civil war will become more intense so that Japan can gain more benefits in China.

The UK also expressed slight support for the East China Provisional Affairs, because the East China Provisional Affairs is committed to stabilizing the situation at this time, which is consistent with the interests of the UK. However, the UK clearly realized that the East China Provisional Affairs is a force that is difficult to control, while Yuan Shikai is better controlled.

The United States does not have so many vested interests, and they value the market, so they only need cooperation, not control, and therefore support the East China Provisional Affairs.

Yuan Shikai was very hesitant about the demands of tariffs on the two provinces of Zhejiang to elect him as president after the interim government, as well as the requirement of tariffs on the two provinces of East China, and did not agree to this requirement at the negotiating table.

The negotiations between the two sides made no progress, and Yuan Shikai still had some luck in his heart, which was the lucky mentality of pacifying the three eastern Chinese provinces after becoming the president.

Xia Jun naturally looked at the fire, but he was not too anxious for the time being, because Sun Dapao was about to return to China. Next, Sun Dapao should be the temporary president of Nanjing! At that time, he was fanning the flames and igniting the fire, and then Yuan Shikai would be anxious.

On the other hand, on December 18, Tang Shaoyi and a team of hundreds of people held peace talks with the Southern Revolutionary Party represented by Wu Tingfang in Shanghai.

Wu Tingfang is the first person to study abroad at home in China. He obtained a doctorate degree and barrister qualification. He is the first doctorate in law in modern Chinese history and a barrister. He once served as a staff member for Li Hongzhang for fourteen years.

The first meeting of the North-South Peace Agreement between the two sides was talking about the ceasefire between the two sides. On the battlefields of each province, when and under what conditions were there.

Since Tang Shaoyi and Wu Tingfang are both from Guangdong and have worked in the same department, the negotiations between the two sides seemed harmonious and more like good friends sitting together and having something to discuss. A ceasefire agreement was reached soon. After Tang Shaoyi reported to Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai quickly gave a positive answer.

1 At the second meeting, the meeting discussed the issue of national system. Regarding constitutionalism or republic, Wu Tingfang proposed to republic, but Tang Shaoyi did not answer immediately, but instead proposed tactfully that if Yuan Shikai was allowed to be the president, the republic could be considered. Wu Tingfang was very wise and experienced. Of course he understood this, but he could not make the decision, so he was temporarily dealing with it. Tang Shaoyi also asked to report to Yuan Shikai, so the second meeting ended soon.

The three people who really can make a decision in peace talks between the north and the south, one is Yuan Shikai, one is Sun Yat-sen, and the other is Xia Jun.

Yuan Shikai had not yet agreed with Xia Jun. On December 25, Sun Dapao returned to China, and thousands of people went to Shanghai to greet him. At the same time, there were also Chinese and foreign media, envoys from various countries, etc.

As soon as he returned to China, Sun Yat-sen went to Nanjing at the invitation of Cheng Quande. Cheng Quande had already planned to join the Sun Yat-sen faction to prevent the liberation from settled the accounts with him in the future.

When Sun Yat-sen arrived in Nanjing, he suddenly felt that the situation was difficult. At present, they not only had to talk to Yuan Shikai, but also had to talk to the Baxing Party that developed from the Restoration Association.

The revolutionary forces in the south were divided into two factions, one was a faction dominated by the Wuchang Revolutionary Political Department and other provinces. Due to its lack of strength, they united and became a leader when he returned to China.

Another faction is the Provisional Political Department of the East China, led by Xia Jun, which controls the three provinces in central and southern East China and is also the strongest faction at present.

However, the temporary politics in East China is not politically active. They advocate peace talks between the north and the south to stabilize the situation in China. Under the advocacy of the temporary politics in East China, it is basically impossible for the north and the south to fight again.

Next, it depends on how the three parties seek the best interests in the negotiations.

When Xia Jun saw Sun Yat-sen returning to China, he knew that his opportunity had come. His requirements were not high, only demanding autonomy, tariffs, and government procurement of arms and other things, he had to consider the temporary policies of East China.

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Chapter completed!