Fengxian Jiangshan

After the United States entered the war, Germany's defeat was set. Everyone knew that the Germans could not survive. Countless commentators were staring at Germany, wanting to see how the empire ended.

Facts are always unexpected. On October 1918, 10, the German Naval Command ordered the German High Seas Fleet in the Port of Kiel to go to sea to fight the British army. If it failed, it would "sink with honor".

The 8 sailors in the port of Kiel, weary of war, refused to weigh anchor and put their warships out of fire.Although resistance by the sailors forced the German naval authorities to withdraw their orders, the sailors were persecuted and hundreds were arrested.

The pent-up anger of the soldiers finally broke out, and on November 11, the sailors took to the streets of Kiel to demonstrate against the naval authorities and demand the release of those arrested.The demonstrations then developed into an armed uprising. The sailors disarmed the officers, quickly occupied strategic locations, and took control of the entire city.

Workers responded with an armed uprising and established a majority government.By the evening of the 4th, Kiel and nearby suburbs were occupied by rebels. On the 5th, the city of Kiel went on general strike to support the sailors' uprising. The sailors' uprising in the port of Kiel became a signal of the outbreak of the November Revolution in Germany, and the revolution spread rapidly across the country.As of November 11, armed uprisings had taken place in almost all major German cities, established majority party organizations, and held most of Germany in their hands. [

Known as the November Revolution, this uprising not only scared away Kaiser Wilhelm II, but also the Entente.The majority party in Russia has already made them burnt out, and now Germany has this kind of problem again. If the majority party controls Germany, it will be a doomsday for the entire Western world.

The Entente bloc also immediately abandoned the war.They don't want to "persecute" the Germans anymore, and the original Junker aristocratic group in Germany is also extremely afraid of the majority party. They quickly formed a new republic government, took charge of the power of Germany, and decided to sit down with the Allies. In front of the negotiating table.Accept the fate of failure.

The two sides fought a bloody battle for more than four years, and it ended in such a dramatic situation, which greatly exceeded the estimates of all political commentators, and the whole world was shaken, even China in the Far East was no exception.After all, China is a member of the Allied Powers, an out-and-out victorious country.Including the Beiyang "government", they all feel that this is a rare opportunity for the rainbow to recover the lost power and realize the recovery of the salted fish.

When the news reached Fengtian, Lao Zhang was also alarmed, and he summoned all the civil and military officials under him.They also specially asked Chang Yinhuai to invite Zhang Tinglan and Wang Yongjiang. Wang Yongjiang is Zhang Zuolin's big money manager, and Zhang Tinglan is the number one think tank, and he knows the international situation best. Lao Zhang rushed to let them go, but also wanted to do something.

On the way, Wang Yongjiang asked: "Zhuoyan, the war is over. What do you think we should do?"

"Mr. Minyuan, we know what the big powers say. Don't expect to treat China equally. Those unrealistic ideas are of little value. The most realistic thing is to go to Europe to buy industrial equipment and talents. Germany and Austria-Hungary The empire is finished. The two countries have very strong military strength and a lot of talents. If we can get some, we will be able to develop. In addition, Britain and France are also seriously damaged. Let's find a way, take the opportunity to get some technology, and make the Once we have these things in our hands, after another three to five years of development, our foundation will be stabilized."

Hearing Zhang Tinglan's idea.Wang Yongjiang nodded: "Zhuoyan, although I don't know much about international affairs, I am familiar with the three eastern provinces. It really takes a while to settle down and practice internal strength, but in my opinion, our commander seems to have something else. Got an idea!"

Wang Yongjiang sighed slightly. As the leader of the Fengjun, Zhang Zuolin was competent most of the time, but there was only one thing, which was his ambition. Especially in the recent period, the strength of the Fengjun has expanded, and Lao Zhang himself has also begun to expand. Everyone in Fengjun realized it, and Wang Yongjiang was also a little worried.

Chang Yinhuai led them to the Tiger Hall, where many people had already gathered, including Wu Junsheng, Zhang Jinghui, Zhang Haipeng, Kan Chaoxi and others. In addition, Sun Liechen just came back from Rehe and arrived at the Tiger Hall. Zhang Zuolin was blushing Sitting in the middle, seeing Zhang Tinglan and Wang Yongjiang arrived, he said with a smile: "Minyuan and Zhuoyan have arrived, I just have a telegram for you, take it and have a look!"

Wang Yongjiang took it over and saw that it was Duan Qirui who sent it. The main content of the letter was to ask Zhang Zuolin to send a representative to discuss how to deal with the problem of the war. There were two main tasks. Rights, the other is the issue of interfering in the Russian Civil War. Now that the Allies have sent troops, the Beiyang "government" does not want to fall behind.

Fengjun's prestige is very high. In terms of strength, he can already compete with Beiyang, and he sent troops to Hailanpao early. Both of these problems cannot do without the participation of Fengjun.

Wang Yongjiang and Zhang Tinglan read the telegrams, and then returned them to Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin glanced at the crowd, and said, "Everyone, the old Duan is going to take back the rights of Germany and also wants to send troops to Russia. What do you think? Can we take advantage of this opportunity to cause a little trouble for Lao Duan and make him lose his prestige?"

Yuan Jinkai on the side suddenly smiled and said: "Commander, I think this is a good opportunity. The big powers will never easily give up the benefits to the Beiyang "government". In this way, he will be reviled by the country, let's see if he still has the face to continue to be the prime minister?"

After Yuan Jinkai finished speaking, Wu Junsheng also said with a smile: "Commander, people who are familiar with the situation in Japan have revealed to me that the Japanese want to occupy Shandong permanently this time, and they are unwilling to return it to China, and Beiyang wants to take advantage of this situation." The next chance is to go back to Shandong. If Lao Duan has no way to take back Shandong, we will mobilize all kinds of forces to pull Lao Duan down. If Lao Duan succeeds by chance, he will also have a grudge against the Japanese, and we can take the opportunity to replace him. No matter what loss."

Wu Junsheng showed a smug smile while talking, looking like he was holding Zhizhu, but Zhang Tinglan thumped in his heart. He never thought that the group of veterans in Fengjun would have such a wishful thinking. The head was suddenly disappointed to the extreme.

Zhang Tinglan felt more indignation about the Shandong issue, dissatisfaction with the great powers, and desire for power. Zhang Tinglan was eager to improve his industrial strength with all his strength.Strengthen your armaments so you can take back power from the great powers.But these old-school figures are not. They think this is an opportunity to keep the old Duan from stepping down, and they want to fight against Duan Qirui.

In fact, this is also the fundamental difference between people like Zhang Tinglan and Wu Junsheng. Zhang Tinglan looks at issues more from a national perspective.But Wu Junsheng and others are more concerned with Feng Jun and their own small calculations.Emphasis on internal fighting, light on external fighting, the pattern is different, and the results obtained are different.

Moreover, Zhang Tinglan also caught a trace of important information from Wu Junsheng's words. Old Wu had communicated with Japan and knew that Japan was not going to return Shandong.This is not a trivial matter. What Zhang Tinglan hates the most is the collusion between Fengjun's top brass and Japan. Now that Lao Wu has this sign, how can Zhang Tinglan be happy.

What worries Zhang Tinglan even more is whether there is any conspiracy involved. After all, as long as the Japanese are involved, nothing good will happen.Zhang Tinglan was already a little nervous. [

At this time, Lao Zhang's eyes fell on Zhang Tinglan, and he said with a smile, "Zhuoyan, what do you think?"

When asked about himself, Zhang Tinglan had to answer. After thinking for a while, he said, "Marshal, the two things Duan Qirui raised are urgent matters. If you can provide some help, I will try my best to help Lao Duan and take back some of the country's sovereignty. It can also boost the morale of the people. If you use this as a means to attack the old Duan, I am afraid it will make people think that Fengjun is ignorant of the general situation and disregarding the overall situation, which is not beautiful."

"Zhuoyan, those who achieve big things don't care about small things. If you want to do big things, you can't care about small reputations." Wu Junsheng said from the side: "We want to bring down the old Duan. It is also to let the commander-in-chief rule the Central Plains. When we control the Once the government is in power, there are more things that can be done, and it is also a great thing for the people of the world.”

Old Wu wanted to continue, but Zhang Zuolin waved his hand to stop him.He smiled and asked, "Zhuoyan, besides assisting and supporting Lao Duan, what else are you going to do?"

"Commander, the defeat of Germany will inevitably lead to hardship for the people, the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the outflow of all kinds of talents. This is a rare opportunity for the rainbow. I think we should do our best to buy the bottom in Europe, get more technology and talents, and build up sea and air forces. , we should strengthen our defenses in border areas, improve both coastal defense and border defense, and make the Northeast as solid as gold."

"What Zhuo Yan said is also reasonable. You should be in charge of these two things for the time being. Especially when you go to Europe to buy machinery and equipment, you must arrange professional manpower. Zhuo Yan will take full responsibility for you. Other government affairs will be temporarily handed over to others."

Hearing Lao Zhang's words, although Zhang Tinglan's face didn't change much, but his heart was already a little turbulent. It seemed that Zhang Zuolin wanted to distract himself and not let himself intervene in this matter.

It is obvious that Lao Zhang no longer listens to what he says. In fact, it is right to think about it. How can a dignified tour envoy of the three eastern provinces, a generation of heroes, completely obey the proposition of a junior, especially after Feng Jun has a certain strength in his hands, Lao Zhang Definitely have an idea.

Zhang Tinglan was also a little lonely, not arguing about anything, but he was still thinking about it in his mind, he had to think about what was going on in front of him, and see what to do, which was in the best interest of Feng Jun.

Of course, the most important thing right now is how to buy Germany. Zhang Tinglan quickly found Kuang Rongguang, Xia Han and others, and the main figures in the industrial circles of the three eastern provinces were gathered together.

"Everyone, the war in Europe is over. This is our best chance. I am going to set up a special procurement group. The task is to go to Europe to get the technical equipment we urgently need, and then make every effort to recruit all kinds of talents."

"Zhuoyan, we have been waiting for this day!" Kuang Rongguang said with a smile: "I think there are two things that must be clarified, what we lack and what we can get from Europe."

"That's right, Mr. Kuang got the point right away." Xia Han said from the side: "Chemical industry, metallurgy, machinery manufacturing, medicine, automobile, shipbuilding, etc. are all industries that we urgently need to fill. I suggest Dong All the factories in the three provinces are united to form a purchasing group, write down all the technical difficulties they are facing, whether it is a lack of personnel or equipment, and then we will go to Europe to purchase with a purpose."

Zhang Tinglan nodded: "This proposal is very good. For the time being, we will divide the military industry and the civilian industry into two parts, make lists separately, and then go to purchase. In addition, we must be forward-looking. Some key technological breakthroughs may It has just appeared and hasn’t been taken seriously yet, so we have to take the opportunity to get it back, and it’s best to dig out talents to China together.”

Kuang Rongguang said with a smile: "According to Zhuo Yan, we will make preparations immediately, but I also want to ask Zhuo Yan to explain to me that such a large-scale operation will cost a lot of money. What are you doing?" How much are you going to pay?"

Zhang Tinglan stretched out his hand and shook it with a smile: "Five hundred million, Mr. Kuang, do you think it's enough?"

Although these people have all seen Zhang Tinglan's generosity, they paid [-] million at once, which is simply an astronomical figure. They all opened their mouths wide open, for fear that something might go wrong with their ears.

"Zhuoyan, are you sure you can come up with so much money?"

"Mr. Kuang, in fact, this is only the first batch of investment. If we can contact the German "government", the investment will increase!"

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