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Zhou Enlai already understood in his heart that the leftists of the Kuomintang seized this opportunity and took advantage of the difficulties encountered by Feng Yuxiang to take advantage of the opportunity to raise their own arms.Obviously, Hu Jingyi is the best target to win over, because this person is originally from the KMT.He was recruited by Wu Peifu as a general of the Jingguo Army in Shaanxi. He has the same background as Yang Huchen, but Yang Huchen has now been moved by the Communist Party's proposition and stands firmly with the Communist Party.

But how should we treat Deng Yanda's little trick now?After all, they were not poaching the corners of the Red Army. The National Army was originally a loose coalition. Strictly speaking, Hu Jingyi was Feng Yuxiang's ally, not his subordinate.The current situation is obviously not good for Feng Yuxiang, and it is normal for him to find his own way out.

"Then have you noticed anything unusual about Hu Jingyi's troops?" Zhou Enlai suddenly thought of something: "I mean, how is their supply situation now?"

Gu Shunzhang slapped his head and shouted: "Yes, yes, yes. They don't eat cornbread anymore, they eat rice and white noodles, and they still have light hair. It seems that Hu Jingyi has been bought by the Kuomintang! Should we take action?"

"Bought by the Kuomintang?" Zhou Enlai shook his head: "He was originally the Kuomintang, so let's not force him to do so. By the way, these things will end with me. You don't want to talk about it everywhere, do you understand? There is Teko to be prepared for emergencies."

Zhou Enlai also knew that the leftists of the Kuomintang were going crazy thinking about guns every day, and the leftists of the Kuomintang would not use force against the Communist Party. They used arms to contain the rightists of the Kuomintang.But, where did this group of poor leftists get their money?Could it be given by the right wing of the Kuomintang?Zhou Enlai couldn't figure it out, so he just stopped thinking about it and waved Gu Shunzhang to leave.

After talking with Gu Shunzhang, Zhou Enlai summoned Chen Geng, the head of the cadre regiment. This cadre regiment is the most elite unit in the Red Army. It is composed of experienced veterans. The weapons are also very good and a lot of equipment A submachine gun purchased at a high price from Shanxi.This weapon quickly became popular among various warlords in China after the Laodaohe War last year. The first person in the north to successfully imitate the Thompson submachine gun was Yan Xishan from Shanxi. He now has military-industrial cooperation with the Kuomintang. Naturally, the relevant technical information can be obtained, so it was quickly made and sold for money, and some were sold to the Communist Party, and he has always had business contacts with the Communist Party.

"Report!" Chen Geng's voice came from outside the door.

"Please come in." Zhou Enlai called Chen Geng in and began to ask him about the situation of his security work and the measures to deal with emergencies: "Chen Geng, now the enemies seem to be united, and our regular army around Beijing is too Less, in case something happens, can the safe transfer of the central government be guaranteed?"

"No." Chen Geng shook his head frankly: "Now the residences of the leading comrades in the central government are too scattered. Some are in the city and some are in Xishan. And our regiment is only more than 2000 people. In case of any situation, we will always gather together. It can break through a bloody path, but if it is scattered everywhere, I am afraid it will not be able to form a fighting force."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Zhou Enlai smiled and said, "As long as you are in charge of the Xishan area, Ambassador Garahan said that comrades in the city can go to the Soviet Russian embassy for shelter if something happens. Can the Xishan Central Committee safely withdraw to Zhangjiakou? ?”

Hearing what Zhou Enlai said, Chen Geng felt relieved. He smiled and said: "That's no problem. There are no enemies or friendly troops between us and Zhangjiakou. They are all our own people, including comrades from the Peasant Red Guard. Let's go It's the safest place."

Zhou Enlai and Chen Geng studied in detail the transfer route of the central government and various plans to deal with emergencies, and only after they were sure that everything was safe did they let Chen Geng make arrangements.

The Communist Party has long been aware of the current weird situation, but the Central Committee of the Communist Party has serious differences on how to solve the current predicament.Zhou Enlai advocated taking advantage of the opportunity that the enemy's deployment was not in place to move troops to Beijing, help Feng Yuxiang reorganize the troops, replace unreliable generals, send a large number of Communists to the troops to take up important positions, and gradually revolutionize the Nationalist Army.Now there are three armies under Feng Yuxiang's subordinates, among which the Nationalist Second Army and the Third Army are not in Beijing, and these two armies are not under Feng Yuxiang's control.Therefore, there are not many Communists among them, and the [-] to [-] troops inside and outside Beijing are all Feng's direct descendants. Because Feng Yuxiang actively moves closer to the party, the Communists in these troops have a good foundation.So Zhou Enlai's plan is possible to realize, the key is to strike first.

However, this correct idea was categorically rejected by Chen Duxiu, who was somewhat right-leaning. His idea was to rely on Feng Yuxiang to unite the second and third armies of the Kuomintang, and then unite with the Kuomintang in the south to jointly restrain the reactionary warlords.Pinned the hopes of defusing the reactionary warlords' attacks on Beijing and Chahar on the Kuomintang's new northern expedition in the south.Moreover, he was also worried that if the reorganization failed, the national army in Beijing and the surrounding areas might be forced to rebel, and the Red Army would be attacked from both inside and outside, making the situation even more critical.

Chapter 0133 coup (eleven)

Beginning in mid-February 1925, representatives of various factions from all over the country came to Beijing one after another, preparing to participate in the "Political Consultative Conference of Various Factions" to discuss major national affairs and political reforms and to form a coalition government.

At the same time, the foreign missions who had been in Tianjin for a period of time also chartered a special train and returned to Beijing in a mighty way.According to the agreement they reached with Feng Yuxiang’s authorities, the missions were still allowed to bring a large number of guards, but these armed personnel were not allowed to patrol Dongjiaominxiang after they arrived in Beijing, and could only be responsible for defending their respective embassies.

In a luxury compartment of the special train, envoys from Britain, the United States, France, and Japan used this rare opportunity to gather for another political consultation meeting to discuss how to carve up China's sphere of influence.In the last round of wrestling between countries, Japan obviously suffered a loss, and this time they want to get enough supplements.

In the present period, Japan's industry is still dominated by light industry, and heavy industry cannot yet compete with Britain, the United States and France.Therefore, after the national government in the south established an independent customs area and closed the door to impose violent taxes, Japanese light industrial products almost said goodbye to the southern Chinese market with tears in their eyes.However, due to the acceleration of industrialization in southern China brought about by protective tariffs, it cannot bring many orders to Japan's heavy industry. In this regard, Europe and the United States are now significantly more competitive than Japan.Moreover, the European and American powers can provide loans to the national government in southern China to purchase their machines through their powerful financial systems, which Japan cannot do at all.

However, Japan will also receive reasonable compensation for its losses. For example, in the negotiations to carve up China's sphere of influence, the British, American, and French powers all wisely chose to continue to nest in the south.They need Japan to resist Soviet Russia in the north, so that they can protect their vested interests in the south and ensure the stability of their colonies, which can be said to serve multiple purposes.

"The British government supports a responsible government composed of powerful factions in northern China to lead the country, but the national government in the south still needs to have considerable independence. The British government opposes the new government in the north to unify the south by force." The words of the British minister Marklei are always high-sounding, even if they carve up semi-colonies.

Kenji Fangze nodded with satisfaction after listening to the British guy's statement: "The Japanese government believes that Mr. Duan Qirui can lead this government, and General Zhang Zuolin and General Wu Peifu can be important members of this government. Only in this way can China's stability be maintained, and Protect the interests of foreign powers in China. Similarly, the Japanese government firmly opposes the southern Nationalist government’s use of force to unify the north! This is the Japanese government’s bottom line!”

Fangze's words are very serious. Since the southern independent customs area has swept Japanese goods out of the market, the Japanese government's attitude towards the Kuomintang has obviously changed. They have now not allowed the Kuomintang to reunify the north. If North China is like the South With the withdrawal of tariffs independently, the Japanese market has not been lost?Such a situation is unacceptable whether it is a hot-headed Japanese military officer or a sophisticated Japanese politician.

The British Minister Mike and the American Minister Shulman glanced at each other. They have now basically figured out the bottom line of the Japanese.They want to monopolize the market in northern China, and perhaps seize territory and resources from northern China.But right now Japan will not threaten the interests of the British and American powers in China.

Schulman nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "The de facto partition of China between the North and the South is the only solution that meets the interests of all parties at present, and it is also a necessary means to contain communism." What Schulman did not say is, Partitioning the North from the South is also the best way to contain China's rise.Half of China will never threaten the interests of the United States, so the United States is willing to help him achieve certain developments to contain communism.Obviously, the excessive revolutionary enthusiasm of the Kuomintang some time ago has frightened the conservative forces in the United States.

"France also thinks this is a good way, which can not only guarantee the interests of the big powers, but also contain Soviet Russia." France is now the echo of Britain and the United States in East Asian affairs. Mr. Hugo expounded with elegant expressions and elegant French Reached the highest state of the answering insect.

"Japan hopes to obtain complete freedom of movement in North China. This is a necessary means to curb the development of communism." Minister Yoshizawa spoke very slowly. This is the new request of the Japanese government, complete freedom of movement!

As soon as these words were uttered, the ministers of Britain, France and the United States were slightly taken aback. They did not expect that Japan's ambitions would be exposed so quickly.Complete liberty naturally includes the liberty to divide the territory, and this question is too sensitive.And now, Japan is linking this requirement with the containment of communism.Obviously, this communism not only refers to Chahar, but also includes Soviet Russia!

"No! The United States cannot support this request." The first to express objection was American Minister Shulman: "If Japan does this, it will have disastrous consequences. Not only will communism not be contained, but it will gain more benefits." soil for development."

"Britain also hopes to maintain China's territorial integrity, which is stipulated in the "Guangzhou Secret Treaty." Ma Kelei hesitated for a while and followed up to express his opposition, but he quickly added: "In addition, Japan The UK will not object to any request."

The respondent Hugo immediately expressed his objection following the statement of the British and American ministers: "Territorial issues will stimulate the nerves of Chinese nationalists. Why would Japan do this? With a market as large as half of China and such abundant resources, is it true that Japan Still not satisfied?"

Dividing China's territory has always been Japan's national policy. There are no different opinions in Japan on this point, only radical and prudent.The Japanese Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa is actually a radical, so he took advantage of this time when the powers needed Japan to expel the revolutionary regime occupying Beijing, and tested the attitude of the British and American powers.Seeing that the European and American powers did not support it, Fangze knew that the time was still premature, so he immediately denied it calmly: "Freedom of action does not refer to the division of China's territory, but refers to the imperial army's participation in the attack on the Chinese Red Army in Chahar. , I hope everyone can support it.”

"What?" The ministers of the three countries exclaimed at the same time: "Aren't you afraid of Soviet Russia's interference?" Regarding this issue, the governments of the four countries have already expressed their attitude to Soviet Russia, opposing all foreign troops to participate in the Chinese civil war.Now Japan is going to renege on its promise and become fat. If Japan sends troops, then Soviet Russia is likely to send troops too. This will definitely be a disaster, and it may cause another world war.

"The imperial army will wear the military uniform of the Chinese Fengjun and secretly participate in this military operation to ensure the victory of the war!" Yoshizawa Kenkichi threw out Japan's plan: "There will be [-] officers and soldiers and a heavy artillery regiment participating For the attack on the communist base in Chahar, the Imperial Army will put on the uniforms of the Fengjun Army and fight together with the Fengjun Army! In this way, Soviet Russia will have no excuse to send troops. Moreover, this operation will be concluded quickly!"

"A quick fix?" French Minister Hugo shook his head. How could the French believe in a quick fix?Let's fight!It's the endless work of digging trenches and repairing fortifications. How can this job be so fast?

"Yes." Fangze Qianji smiled mysteriously: "Most of Feng Yuxiang's generals have been bought by Zhang Zuolin. As soon as the war starts, they will defect. In this way, Beijing and Zhili will be captured soon, and then only The Communist Party and the Red Army fought alone in Chahar. The Imperial Army is confident that the war will be ended before Soviet Russia reacts. However, the Empire of Japan hopes that General Zhang Zuolin will be the leader of China in due course."

Ma Kelei thought for a while and then asked: "Does the appropriate time mean the end of Duan Qirui's term of office?"

"No, the Japanese government believes that General Zhang Zuolin should replace Duan Qirui when he is no longer suitable for this position, and not wait until the end of his term." Yoshizawa Kenkichi's understated tone seemed to be talking about a trivial matter, such as replacing A piece of clothing, not to overthrow a country's leader.

"Oh! This country is really unlucky." Schulman seemed to be sympathetic to the world, or fake mercy. He shrugged exaggeratedly and said, "You are ready to overthrow General Feng Yuxiang before he becomes the leader. , and now it's Duan Qirui's turn. I think when Zhang Zuolin takes this position, you should prepare to overthrow his plan, right?"

Before a war has even started, the next war is already being prepared. It is obvious that Japan will be the biggest beneficiary of these wars, and all the sufferings caused by this will need to be borne by the Chinese people.

Chapter 0134 coup (twelve)

The calendar finally turned to March 1925, and an important turning point in Chinese history has arrived.

In another time and space, the KMT's Optimus Pillar crashed down on the 12th of this month, and his disciples and grandchildren will eventually pay an extremely heavy price in order to compete for the seat he left behind.However, in this time and space, according to Luo Yaoguo's internal information obtained through the telegram of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Sun Yat-sen's physical condition is still very good, enough to support the Kuomintang to continue to advance for a period of time.

March 25 of this time and space became a turning point in the history of this time and space because of two other major events. One is the convening of the Political Consultative Conference of various factions, and the other is, just look at the title.Because of these two events, China will have a political situation in which the South ruled the North and the North chaotic in the next 3 years.

The Political Consultative Conference of various factions is actually a monster, a monster planned by Luo Yaoguo, and it will be held many times in the history of China in this time and space.This time, known in history as the "First Political Consultative Conference of All Factions", it was held on March 1925, 3 in the lobby of the Yingbin Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The representatives of various factions who participated in this meeting were actually very few, with a total number of no more than 5 people, but more than 100 reporters from all over the world came, and the lobby of the Yingbin Building was crowded.

Today's conference is a stage for protagonists like Liao Zhongkai and Chen Duxiu to perform, and "little people" like Luo Yaoguo and Deng Yanda should naturally sit in the corner and whisper.Seeing the crowd of reporters, Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly, and said to Deng Yanda: "Brother Zesheng, did you see that? These reporters are probably the main target of today's conference, right? The Communist Party and Feng Yuxiang can use this rare opportunity to publicize their ideas and fight for Popular support, it looks like we're going to lose points here again."

Deng Yanda smiled wryly: "It's alright with you, after all, with such a large territory in hand, there are always people who come to take refuge in you. If you take refuge in you, you will have officials and pay. We will be miserable—" Deng Yanda shook his head and did not continue.

At this time, applause rang out in the hall. General Feng Yuxiang first stepped onto the podium and began to speak. He will be the supreme leader of China in the next few days. If you play well, there may not be no chance of a comeback in the future.

Feng Yuxiang is tall and tall, with a dignified appearance, and he has some leadership demeanor.At this time, he was wearing a plain gray cloth soldier's uniform and a somewhat worn-out soldier's cap on his head. His demeanor of sharing weal and woe with his subordinates probably won a lot of goodwill from the reporters.Feng Yuxiang first paid a standard military salute to everyone in the hall, and then he began to speak. He said: "This time our national army and the Communist Party have convened representatives of various factions across the country for this political consultation meeting. There are two purposes: one is to Consultatively organize a coalition government. Why do we do this? It is to eliminate civil wars, because the past government was neither elected by the people nor elected by various factions in the country, so it only represented a certain faction in the country and imperialism Interests! It cannot represent the country or the people, so it is opposed by other factions in the country, and civil wars have become frequent because of this, which has brought endless suffering to the people. This time our National Army and the Communist Party are determined to Change this situation, invite all factions in the country to participate in our government, and end the civil war!

And what to do after eliminating the civil war?It is not that I, Feng, will be the president, nor the Communist Party will be the bureaucratic bourgeoisie, but to prepare for political reform.The coalition government we are currently electing does not represent the people, because it is not elected by the people.The goal of our political reform is to return power to the people and realize constitutionalism. In this way, in the next year, the coalition government will fully solicit opinions from various factions in the country and come up with a method of convening a national assembly to elect the central government.After the central government that can truly represent the people is elected, the mission of our coalition government will be completed, and the future—”

Feng Yuxiang's speech was indeed very successful. You can tell from the frequent nodding of the reporters in the hall. It is estimated that the national public opinion in the future will be favorable to him.During the period of the Republic of China, the management of newspapers was very chaotic, and they basically wrote whatever they wanted. If they offended those in power, at most they would be shut down, and then they would write on another brand.Therefore, it is very important to win the favor of journalists. Only the rightists of the Kuomintang dare to risk the world's dissatisfaction and engage in news control in the political training area, blocking the way of speech. Therefore, the newspapers in the north basically do not speak for the Kuomintang.

Feng Yuxiang finished his speech amidst applause, and gave a very beautiful military salute to everyone in the hall. Then he stepped off the podium and returned to the rostrum. He looked like a seasoned politician, and he couldn't tell he was a warlord at all. .

Then the leader of the Communist Party of China, Chen Duxiu, gave a speech on the topic of anti-imperialism and the tasks of the Chinese revolution at the present stage. He said: "The reason why China is poor and weak is because of the exploitation of imperialism. The reason is that imperialism manipulates and supports feudal warlords to launch reactionary civil wars again and again in order to maintain and expand their interests in China. Therefore, anti-imperialism is the main task of our revolution at this stage, and in order to achieve this goal, we must It is necessary to unite, unite all parties, and unite to treat China equally and help China's advanced country, the Soviet Union. Only in this way can we crush the imperialist conspiracy. After the unite, what we need to do is to unite and truly unite China , instead of seizing a large piece of land and then closing the door to extort money, and using excuses to develop heavy industry and infrastructure. What is the difference between this and warlord separatism? So—”

"Did you hear that? Chen Duxiu is talking about you!" Deng Yanda glanced at Luo Yaoguo, who was indifferent beside him, and said again: "You are already stinking in the north now, and you are separatist, extortionate, and closed-mouthed. In this way What is the difference between you and the Beiyang warlords? Even if you build up heavy industry, even if you have 1000 million tons of steel, will the people get a share of the benefits? At that time, you will probably have to unify by force, just like Wu Peifu, right? "

"Yes! You are right!" Luo Yaoguo lowered his voice: "After reunification, we will still be imperialists! Just like Japan, Britain and France! Therefore, we are bad people! Hehe, don't look at me with such eyes, listen! Speech, uh, now he’s a guy with a cropped cut, five big and three thick, and the clothes are from the Fengjun, so he’s probably a good guy who robbed his house, right?”

"He said that Yang Yuting is a scholar, not a bandit." Deng Yanda knew that Luo Yaoguo was changing the subject, but it seemed that the one who wanted to be an imperialist just now seemed to have a good taste.

"Our Fengjun's idea is to fight against the powers outside! Eliminate the country's thieves inside!" Now Fengjun actually has a political opinion!Is there a chord in the brains of these red beards?Yang Yuting waved his hand at the reporter very proudly, and continued to speak: "Who is the so-called power? Britain, the United States, France, Japan and Russia are both, but should we fight against each of them? I don't think it is possible, it is unrealistic , we Fengjun are all real people, and we can’t compare to the Kuomintang and the Communist Party who say one thing and do another. You say that we are pro-Japanese, and you are right, we are pro-Japanese. Because in our opinion, although Japan is now powerful, it has not yet The foundation of our country is at stake, but what is the foundation of a country? Territory! If all the territory is occupied, the country will naturally die. And who occupies the largest territory in China now? Who is the most occupied Chinese territory in history? country too!

Representatives from all provinces, districts, and localities of the country came here for the meeting today, including representatives from Tibet!Why are they here?Because they are Chinese!Is a member of China's powerful faction!However, representatives from one place did not come, and that was Mongolia!Why don't they come?Because they have declared independence under the hostage of the Soviet Union!They now call themselves Mongolia!Not part of China anymore, the Soviet Union!This country that claims to give up all its privileges in China and return China's occupied territories has swallowed our 200 million square kilometers of land in one go!I don't know how many mouths there are in our country that can be annexed by this friendly country that is waiting for me on an equal footing?And here, someone wants to unite with the Soviet Union!They also accepted their aid, and what's more, they accepted the leadership of the Third International supported by the Soviet Union.What's this?This is the national thief!Today we are here with the army to save these national thieves who are about to be doomed. If they can repent and return to the patriotic side, we are still willing to support them to join the coalition government!If someone wants to use the coalition government to do something that betrays the interests of the country, our Fengjun will still attack him! "

"Wow! Wow! Wow—" thunderous applause!It seems that this group of red beards has become the biggest winner of this conference.