The Republic is so violent

Chapter 102 The Qimen Weapon (1)
01 Golden Cicada Escapes Shell Sun Yat-sen

In Xiyin Hall, Zhang Jian met Zhao Fengchang.But as we know, Zhao Fengchang did not intend to restore the stability of Wuchang. On the contrary, he persuaded Zhang Jian to give up the idea of ​​a constitutional monarchy, and everyone came together for a republic. When the Qing Empire is killed, there will be plenty of money to make. What are you anxious about?

Zhang Jian had no choice but to write in his diary:
Absolute strings cannot be tuned, dead ashes cannot be burned.

It means: ... if it is unstable, then it is unstable. First republic, and then make money, that is the only way to go.

So Zhang Jian lived in Xiyin Hall and worked as Zhao Fengchang's secretary. First, he wrote to General Tie Liang of Jiang Ning and Zhang Renjun, Governor of Liangjiang, advising them to recognize the situation, not to listen to Xiaoxiao's advice, not to be an enemy of the people, and to give up the stupidity of armed intervention in Wuchang. Ideas, join the tide of the republic as soon as possible.

It is conceivable that Tie Liang and Zhang Renjun must have cried when they received this letter.This Zhang Jian is really funny. A few days ago, he was still crying and making noise here, demanding armed intervention in Wuchang, and now he suddenly said that we should give up the stupid idea of ​​armed intervention in Wuchang... There is really nothing to do with this weirdo.

Zhang Jian's joining Xiyintang directly promoted the process of the Chinese republican revolution. The directors of the provincial advisory bureaus all followed Zhang Jian's lead. After receiving his letter, they immediately contacted the revolutionaries and declared independence.Because Xiyintang has implicitly become the political center of the Chinese revolution, governors from all over the country have come to Xiyintang to report.According to the documents, those who reported to Xiyintang and accepted Zhao Fengchang's arrangement included: Huang Yanpei, Song Jiaoren, Wu Zhihui, Wang Jingwei who had just been released from prison, Dai Jitao, Hu Hanmin, Tan Yankai, Li Liejun, Bai Wenwei, Xu Shaozhen, Li Shucheng, Hong Chengdian, Li Xiehe, Huang Yu, Huang Xing and Sun Wen, leader of the Revolutionary Party.

Even Sun Yat-sen had to go to Zhao Fengchang's gate to be an servant, but there was no way out, because before Sun Wen returned to the country, he encountered too many obstacles.

Speaking of the Revolutionary Party of the Tongmenghui, as early as after the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising, a large number of party members fled to Tokyo, all of them were discouraged, and no one asked about party affairs.

On June 6 of that year, Party member Tan Renfeng proposed to Sun Wen a suggestion to improve party affairs, and Sun Wen nodded in agreement.So Song Jiaoren went to Sun Wen excitedly to discuss how to improve the party affairs.But he never expected that when he saw Sun Wen and talked about it, Sun Wen sneered and said:

The League has been abolished, and those who are strong can stand alone.

Song Jiaoren was stunned when he heard this, and asked why.Sun Wen still sneered and said:
Party members attack the prime minister. Without a prime minister, there is an alliance?The funds are raised by me, and party members have no right to intervene, so why insist on criticizing?

What Sun Wen meant was: My old grandson got all the money for the Tongmenghui. How could you, Song Jiaoren, have anything to say?
Song Jiaoren lost his temper, so he went to Tan Renfeng to reason.So all the party members came to quarrel with Sun Wen together.Tan Renfeng relied on the old to sell the old, and said angrily:

The Tongmenghui is a joint organization of people with lofty ideals across the country, why should one person cancel it?The prime minister has no regulations to punish party members; Tokyo does not agree with Tao Chengzhang's reasons, so why blame party members?Since the money is a direct campaign, but it is raised in the name of the public, if there is any expenditure, all should be given to it, so why not ask?

It means: Old Sun, what qualifications do you have to cancel the League?When Tao Chengzhang of the Restoration Society scolded you, we didn't scold you too. Isn't that interesting?Why are you blaming us now?Besides, the money raised by the League is raised in the name of the organization, so why do you spend it alone without letting everyone ask?

Sun Wen was so red-faced and speechless that he said: "This matter... Let's talk about it after we have a meeting tomorrow."

Everyone believed in Sun Wen, so they went back to prepare for the meeting, and came back the next day. They were surprised to find that Sun Wen had disappeared and left without saying goodbye.

Where did Sun Wen go?
He went to Colorado, USA, and got a job washing dishes in a small Chinese restaurant, so he no longer interfered with the revolution.

02 Empty President
According to the "History of the Chinese Nationalist Party" written by Mr. Mao Jiaqi, after Sun Wen mysteriously disappeared in Tokyo, the party members had no choice but to kick Sun Wen away to start a revolution and form the Central Yangtze River Branch of the League. Hu Hanmin, a member of the party, opposed it and was scolded by Tan Renfeng. They got bloody sprinklers, and the two of them almost lost their lives.But since then, the Central League has blossomed, instigating the first Uprising in Wuchang to succeed in one fell swoop, and the revolutionary situation improved in an instant, which was beyond Sun Wen's expectations.

Sun Wen, who was in Colorado, USA, heard the news and hurriedly sent a message to Huang Xing, claiming that he would go to various countries to borrow money and bring a large sum of money back home.

So Sun Wen went straight to Washington and wrote to US Secretary of State Knox, requesting to meet and talk.Never thought that wicked Yankee Knox pretended not to receive the letter, leaving Sun Wen helpless.

If the United States is not good, then take Japan first.

Sun Wen found the Japanese Consulate in the United States Eitaro Tsuruoka, hoping that Japan would openly invite him to visit Japan in order to create international influence.The fellow in Hegang heard the request and said, "Wait until I ask the country for instructions...then I will hide and never see each other again."

Japan was not strong enough, and Sun Wen was not discouraged at all. He went straight to London, England, and sent a telegram to British Foreign Minister Gray, promising that the revolution had won. I wrote back.

Gray said: Sun Wen is a theoretical politician who likes to talk big. Britain will remain neutral. The British government has no objection to Mr. Sun returning to China for a short stay via Britain and the British colony of Hong Kong.

If the UK doesn't give money, then go to France.

In France, Sun Wen met Simon, the manager of Agricole Bank, and proposed to borrow money.Simon shook his head: No, no, no, no, there is plenty of money, but I won’t lend it to you.

Look at this French guy, it's really annoying.

Sun Wen was in a hurry, and changed his statement. He wanted to borrow money in the name of China's repayment of Boxer indemnity, and he could also use mining tax and land tax as collateral.The Frenchman replied politely: I really can't understand a word of what your Excellency said.

No more mantras.

It doesn't matter if there is no mantra, go back to the country, go to Zhao Fengchang, let him solve the problem.

But after Mr. Sun returned to the country, the residence where he stayed was very important—he lived in the home of Ying Kuicheng, a member of the Gongjin Association, and all expenses were covered by Ying Kuicheng. Cheng hired an assassin to kill Song Jiaoren, the leader of the Kuomintang. Mr. Sun was furious, accused Yuan Shikai of being the murderer, and launched a second revolution.

Before Ying Kuicheng killed Song Jiaoren, everyone was still in harmony and came to reconcile, so they all went to Zhao Fengchang's home to wait for orders.In Zhao Zunyue's "Xinhai Revolution in Xiyintang", it is recorded that Sun Wen went to Xiyintang to report to Zhao Fengchang the next day after arriving in Shanghai:
...Mr. Sun Yat-sen met Zhao Fengchang when he first returned to China, and talked about how the people's livelihood was declining and how to save the people from difficulties and crises.Sun immediately made a bold statement, saying that the land tax of the whole country should be exempted now.Zhao Fengchang immediately stopped Sun's statement and told him: Taxes are the source of military and administrative expenses. You have just returned to the country, and your words have attracted the attention of all parties, so be careful not to say them lightly.

Later, when discussing preferential treatment for house cleaning funds, Sun Yat-sen suddenly said: Why not give 1000 million a year?Zhao Fengchang stopped and said: "This should be submitted to the National Assembly for resolution, and it cannot be decided by one or two people."

The main reason is that Sun Yat-sen's Mieqing is in front of his eyes, and his emotions are still in a state of excitement.All of these can be seen that the revolutionaries are frank and open-minded, but they are not yet accustomed to governing the way. Fortunately, they are more alert and obedient, so as not to cause disasters...

After Xiyin Hall adjourned, Sun Wen returned to his apartment, and the party members continued the meeting. At the meeting, Song Jiaoren believed that China should not implement a presidential system, but a cabinet system. Sun Wen disagreed, and the two had a big quarrel. Live happily in quarrels.The next day, the representatives of various provinces in Nanjing sent Ma Junwu and led a six-member detachment to find Sun Wen. Mr. Chen Pengqi compiled the "Long Chronicle of Sun Yat-sen", which described the incident in detail:
The representatives said: The delegation intends to elect Mr. as the interim generalissimo. What do you think, sir?

Sun Wen replied: If you want to elect, you can choose the president, and there is no need to elect the generalissimo, because the generalissimo is not the head of state abroad.

It is conceivable that Sun Wen's request caught the representatives by surprise.It is obvious that the north-south negotiations are in progress, and whether China will implement a constitutional monarchy or a republic is still unresolved.It was precisely because of the suspense in the national system that the representatives wanted to promote Sun Wen as the generalissimo, leading the southern army and the northern army to be the best.But Sun Wen suddenly proposed to become the president, which made the representatives embarrassed:

The representatives said: The Organizational Outline of the Provisional Government, which was decided at the Representative Council, originally stipulated the election of the President, but Yuan Shikai’s representative Tang Shaoyi, when he went to Hankou to try to negotiate a peace, said that if the South could elect Yuan as the President, Yuan could also agree to a republic.Therefore, the representative will decide to leave this post for the time being.

Sun replied: That doesn't matter, as long as Yuan Zhen can support the republic, I will let him.But the president is the president, and the temporary words are not necessary.

Sun Wen further increased his request, not only to be the president, but also not to use the word "temporary".In addition, the Revolutionary Party has already released rumors that Sun Wen brought back tens of millions of dollars and hundreds of warships from the United States. With such strong strength, is the Southern Army still afraid of the Northern Army?
How do the representatives know that the so-called tens of millions of dollars and hundreds of warships are purely non-existent?In addition, before Sun Wen returned to the country, Chen Qimei had already secretly ordered Chiang Kai-shek to shoot and kill Tao Chengzhang, the only revolutionary leader who could stand against Sun Wen, so Sun Wen was elected as the interim president as he wished.

When the interim president Sun Wen was born, the representatives realized that the military dollar was a nonsense, and they were all in a hurry.Seeing this situation, Sun Wen's Xiangshan fellow villagers and party members stepped forward one after another to cover up for Sun Wen. Sun Wen was overjoyed and declared to entertain everyone for dinner.All the villagers were overjoyed and went to the banquet one after another, but after the dinner, they wiped their mouths and were surprised to find that Sun Wen was penniless, and everyone had to pay for the meal themselves.

From then on, Mr. Sun Wen's fellow villagers from Xiangshan ran away when they heard of Sun Wen's name, and never dared to touch Mr. Sun again.

But Mr. Sun took the presidency lightly with empty hands, but made several people embarrassing and annoyed endlessly.

03 Fake Foreign Devil Tang Shaoyi

The most awkward and awkward person for Sun Wen to take the presidency is Tang Shaoyi, the envoy from the north.

Speaking of Tang Shaoyi, he was the earliest child of the Qing Empire to study in the United States. During his stay in the United States, he was nicknamed "Ajax" and lived in the great American writer Mark?Twain's next door, often open PARTY, and Mark?Twain's daughter danced tap dance, and ended up imbued with ideas of Western capitalism. The imperial court was aware of this, worried that US imperialism would compete with us for the next generation, and ordered the young child to return to China.

After returning to China, Tang Shaoyi once went to North Korea Customs to take up a post, carried a shell gun, and joined forces with Yuan Shikai to fight against the five Japanese masters. He is a Chinese hero that the Japanese are extremely envious of.This time he served as the envoy of the peace talks between the North and the South. The imperial court had already drawn up a draft agreement of 22 articles, calling for the establishment of a constitutional monarchy.But Tang Shaoyi didn't even look at it, and just threw the court's draft into the wastebasket.

At that time, Hong Kong's "Huazi Daily" revealed: Before leaving, Yuan Shikai called Tang Shaoyi over and told him: Xiao Tang, please remember. Our bottom line is that we cannot make any concessions except for democracy. Any condition can be compromised.

Tang Shaoyi said excitedly: "OK, you can just look at mine..." While speaking, Tang Shaoyi cut off the braids on her head with a click, and put on a suit, tie, French leather hat, and woolen coat.Seeing this, Yuan Shikai exclaimed in surprise: What a fake foreign devil... I don't understand, the current situation is so critical, why is this Tang Shaoyi so excited?

Not only Yuan Shikai was stunned, but when the representatives from the north and the south met, all the people present were shocked.

The negotiator in the south was Wu Tingfang, an old diplomat. He used to work as an apartment in Shanghai, but the governor of the Wuchang Revolutionary Army insisted on hiring him with a high salary and asking him to come out to negotiate.The person who went to invite was Chen Qimei, the leader of the Youth Gang. At that time, Chen Qimei came to the door with a business card. When she mentioned this, Wu Tingfang was shocked.

You know, Wu Tingfang and Chen Qimei have never known each other and never interacted with each other. At this time, Chen Qimei came to the door suddenly and made such a big request. How could Wu Tingfang dare to agree?Reject immediately.

Seeing that Wu Tingfang was not going out of the mountain, Chen Qimei couldn't explain to everyone when she went back here. In desperation, she knelt down outside Wu Tingfang's door with a plop.If Wu Tingfang didn't come out to negotiate, he wouldn't get up.

This is the reason we mentioned earlier that after the mysterious death of the hero Huo Yuanjia, Chen Qimei did not say to find a way to find out the matter, but was unable to kneel outside Wu Tingfang's door.

With such a big man kneeling outside her house for no reason and unable to get up, Wu Tingfang had no choice but to bite the bullet and come out to negotiate.When he appeared on the stage, his dress was in sharp contrast with Tang Shaoyi.Tang Shaoyi was dressed as a standard fake foreign devil, while Wu Tingfang was dressed in a long robe and mandarin jacket. The hearts of the people present kept drumming: Which of these two live treasures represents the revolutionary party?Why is it that the special envoy from the imperial court is dressed more powerfully than the revolutionaries?

Tang Shaoyi first expressed his stance: republican democracy, we people from Beijing have no objection.

Wu Tingfang: ...It's good, it's good...Then what else are we talking about?
Tang Shaoyi: Let’s talk about the Qing court. If there were no Qing court, we would republic immediately, but the problem is that the Qing court is here, you can’t pretend not to see it, so we have to...

Tang Shaoyi hadn't finished speaking here, when a big news suddenly broke out in Jianghu, that Sun Wen had taken him by surprise, caught him off guard, sat on the throne of the President, and organized a temporary presidential palace in Nanjing.At that time, Tang Shaoyi was dumbfounded: This, this... How can I explain this to Yuan Shikai?
At this time Yuan Shikai had sent a congratulatory message:

It is impossible to predict the national referendum on the issue of the monarchy and the republic, and I dare not hear about the provisional government.

On that day, 47 Beiyang soldiers, headed by Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang, jointly energized and wanted to fight the Nanjing government to the death.

Facing Beiyang's provocation, Sun Wen responded with a contemptuous sneer.

It came just in time, the revolutionary army was about to launch a northern expedition.

04 Sun Wen's Strange Weapon

Sun Wen was sworn in as President in Nanjing, and immediately swore to the Northern Expedition.

Raise a rebel army, go straight to Beijing, and wipe out Yuan Shikai's Beiyang army!

Facing such a powerful Beiyang Army, why did Sun Wen have such confidence?
Because he designed a strange weapon unheard of in the history of military warfare:
Airship bomb!

The design of this kind of weapon is that a hot air balloon is launched into the sky, and a huge bomb is suspended below. It floats along the wind towards the city of Beijing, and it floats to Yuan Shikai's home in Beijing. Completely resolved.

The Manufacturing Bureau received an order from the Nanjing government to customize two hundred bombs with a diameter of [-] inches, a height of [-] inches, a weight of [-] pounds, a pointed top and a round bottom, shaped like a gourd.At that time, the technician of the manufacturing bureau looked at the blueprint for a long time, and asked: This kind of bomb is not difficult to manufacture, but it is very expensive, and the effect is not good when it is blown up. It is better to use firecrackers.At first glance, it was designed by a layman who doesn't know anything.Also, you said that you would use balloons to float these bombs to Yuan Shikai's house in Beijing...but I was wondering, does he know the way to these balloons?How do you know that the balloon will definitely float to Yuan Shikai's house?What if it floats to the homes of ordinary people and explodes with a bang?

Someone from the Nanjing government said: What are you talking about?What is your attitude towards the Northern Expedition?This bomb was designed by the President himself.

The technician said: No matter who designed it, the balloon is unlikely to know the way...

Someone from the Nanjing government said: Do you know that Pan Yueqiao, a big star in the entertainment industry, has received [-] guns and is going to lead the most beautiful and most beautiful Huadan Wusheng to participate in this Northern Expedition in person.

The technician said: Pan Yueqiao is an opera singer, and he wants to take Hua Dan to fight, this...but such a balloon may not know the way.

A person from the Nanjing government said: Do you know that the Women’s Northern Expedition Jagged Corps has been established, as the saying goes, the male rabbit’s feet are swollen, the female rabbit’s eyes are blurred, two rabbits walk side by side, and An can tell whether I am male or female—what else do you have? Doubt?

Technician: ... It's not about the rabbit, I mean, the balloon bomb doesn't know the way, and it will blow up to the homes of ordinary people.

A person from the Nanjing government: Do you know that Yang Yide's death is approaching.

Technician: ...Yang Yide?What is Yang Yide?

Someone from the Nanjing government threw a thick stack of "Minli Daily" in the technician's face: You have a good look at it yourself, and you don't believe that you dare to argue with the president.

The technician opened the newspaper suspiciously, and put it down after reading it: OK, OK, OK, can I lose?The bombs designed by the President must know the way and people. I will definitely do my best to make these bombs, and I will definitely.

What kind of news was published in the newspaper to scare the technician into such a state?
05 Being Played Miserably by Party Members
In January 1912, "Minli Daily" published a large article about the incident of Tianjin party members attacking and killing Yang Yide.

Speaking of this incident, Ying Kuicheng, the number one heartless underling under Sun Wen, did it.It is said that when Shanghai was liberated, militiamen surged like clouds and waves, and their numbers were endless. They all blocked the door of the governor Chen Qimei to ask for a salary. Among them was Wang Zhongsheng, the leader of the militia army, who was the most fierce. He put a gun on Chen Qimei's head. Chen Qimei was forced to pay 3000 yuan.Then Wang Zhongsheng knew that Chen Qimei would never let him go, so he fled to Tianjin by boat.

Sure enough, Chen Qimei was furious and ordered his spy chief Ying Kuicheng to resolve the matter.In response to Kui Chengduan's many tricks, he sent an anonymous telegram to Tianjin police officer Yang Yide, saying that Wang Zhongsheng, a rebel party, had sneaked into Tianjin and asked the authorities to arrest him quickly.

Yang Yide is a general under Yuan Shikai in Beiyang, and Tianjin is the gateway to Beijing, so Yang Yide did not dare to neglect after receiving the telegram, and immediately led the army and police to board the ship. It was shot.

After the incident, "Minli Daily" published a large mourning article, denouncing the reactionary culprit Yang Yide's crime of killing our revolutionary comrades.Chen Qimei also went to Wang Zhongsheng's memorial service in response to Kui Cheng, and delivered a eulogy, shedding tears in person.

Then the party members made a big fuss and entered Tianjin to swear to kill Yang Yide.First, someone threw a bomb on Yang Yide, but Yang Yide ran away without the bomb.Immediately afterwards, the party members flamboyantly planted explosives in front of Yang Yide's house. Yang Yide's guards stepped forward to intervene with guns, but a group of party members jumped out and shot at the guards with guns.

(End of this chapter)