The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

After all, Zhang Zuolin did not bow his head to the south. After Yan Xishan changed his banner and announced the revolution, Zhang Zuolin became the "Marshal of the Army and Navy of the Republic of China" in Beiping, kicked the Beiyang government aside, and officially announced the formation of the Anguo military government.

He finally got his wish and became the "head of state".

Principal Chang, who had always had a tacit understanding with Wang Zhaoming, probably reached some kind of secret agreement with Zhang Zuolin, suddenly suspended the Northern Expedition, decided to march west, and joined forces with Feng Yuxiang to attack the Wuhan Nationalist Government.

Wuhan also gave up on the Northern Expedition and made an effort to march eastward, wanting to deal with Principal Chang first.

Feng Yuxiang is slick and pleasing to both sides, but he just refuses to send troops, and it is obvious that he sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight. So Nanjing and Wuhan were afraid of each other, and at the same time they ceased fighting to guard against each other, but neither of them dared to take the lead.

And Yan Xishan in the northwest is also preparing for the war, because the south has entered a stalemate, and the main force of the Feng army in the north has finally found time. Although Zhang Zuolin has always expressed his desire to form an alliance with Yan Xishan, it is possible to form an alliance today and send troops to deal with him tomorrow.

The south was divided and hostile to each other. Everything was developing according to Zhang Zuolin's plan, but Sun Chuanfang ruined his good deeds. Sun Chuanfang couldn't wait to restore his territory. When President Chang stationed troops to deal with Wuhan, Sun Dashuai suddenly crossed the river to attack Nanjing, which was empty of troops.

When his old nest was attacked, Principal Chang finally got angry, and turned around to divide up the Northern Expedition, planning to destroy Sun Chuanfang first.

The originally good battle situation is now a mess. The parties guard against each other, attack each other, and form alliances with each other. You unite with me, I unite with you, you betray me, and I betray you. It is no longer clear who is the enemy and who is the friend.

The powers of various countries can't understand it at all. They are both happy and worried. They are happy that a divided China is easier to control than a unified China, but they are worried that if the war continues, their interests in China will suffer greatly.

At the family banquet of the British Consul General in Tianjin, Roger asked with a smile: "Zhou, can you still distinguish the situation now?"

"The situation is very clear." Zhou Hexuan said.

"Understood?" Roger spread his hands, "I can no longer understand the relationship between them. Nanjing and Beiping are secretly allies, but they attack each other; Nanjing and Wuhan are allies in name, and they plan to attack each other; the Northwest Army and the enemy Nanjing and Wuhan in China are all allies, but they have been standing still; Shanxi supports the South in name, but actually allies with the Northwest Army, and seems to plan to form an alliance with the enemy in Peiping... Ooooooh, you Chinese really know how to fight, I can see it Dazzling."

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "I recommend you to read two books."

"What book?" Roger asked.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Sun Tzu's Art of War and Thirty-Six Strategies."

Roger nodded and said, "I'll find it and read it."

Zhou Hexuan drew a simple map on the table with his fingers dipped in wine, and said: "Our Chinese game of Go pays attention to the layout of officials. At this moment, the chess pieces have been laid out. The two sides who are actually playing chess are actually the military government in the north and the revolutionary government in the south. The whole situation has entered the middle stage." At the end of the game, there was just a small accident. There were two chess players in the south, and they fought because of disagreement. The key now lies in the south. As long as the south can reach an agreement, the whole game will work. It’s just how to end. This is called the general trend, and the Chinese believe in following the trend.”

"The more you talk, the more confused I become." Roger doesn't understand Go.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "That is to say, as long as Nanjing and Wuhan reconcile, Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan will surely attack the Feng army with a stable position, and Zhang Zuolin can only retreat and leave the customs."

"Do you think Nanjing and Wuhan can reconcile?" Roger frowned.

"Let's wait and see," Zhou Hexuan stopped talking, and asked instead, "Mr. Consul, how is the waterway management plan going?"

"I have come up with a general plan, and I just wait for the cooperation of the Tianjin local government." Roger said with a smile.

Because it was a matter of their own interests, the concessions in Tianjin were very united, and even Japanese businessmen agreed to use the tariffs after three years to issue public bonds. They hired water conservancy experts and quickly produced a proposal for the Haihe River treatment project. It is planned to imitate the method of the Qing government in 1760 to detain floods and release silt in Sanjiaodian Lake, and divert the Yongding River water into the Tahedian area of ​​Jinbei, so that the sediment accumulation and clear water can be discharged into the Jinzhong River.

After the general plan was drawn up, specific plans began to be formulated, which were divided into three major items and more than 20 sub-items.

This project is extremely large and involves a wide range, from the east to the Gang'ergang River, to the east of Xianhe Village in the west, to Liu'an Village and Xiaodian in the south, and to Liuzhao Village and Eryan Village in the north. The total budgeted cost is more than 1.07 million yuan. Currently, Yihexiang, Tongyicheng, Daxing Civil Engineering, Qichang, Far East, Yongtai and other engineering companies are bidding for the contract.

Such a large-scale water conservancy project naturally requires the cooperation of the Tianjin local government.

At this time, Chu Yupu was stationed in Jiangbei for the first generation. After repeated telegrams, Chu Yupu responded impatiently: "As long as I don't pay for it, you can figure it out."

Local officials in Tianjin were promised, and immediately took action, sending water conservancy departments to contact foreigners, and jointly set up the Haihe River Reorganization Committee. Then there were various meetings and discussions, which dragged on until July. Wang Zhaoming was in Wuhan to "Qing the Communist Party", and Tianjin's water conservancy project had not yet started.

Zhou Hexuan didn't wait to come to provide relief with work, but instead waited for Zhong Guangguang, the acting principal of Peking University.

...

Zhong Guanguang rushed to the newspaper office in a hurry, and when they met, he said, "Principal Zhou, I'm here to ask you for money."

"The Ministry of Education didn't allocate any funds?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

Zhong Guanguang complained bitterly: "It's not that there is no funding, it's that there has been no funding. The teachers haven't received their salaries for four months. I didn't want to trouble you, but I really can't make it through. Now it's the end of the term and the students have left school However, the teachers lingered and waited for the rice to be cooked one by one."

"How much does it cost?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

Now that Zhang Zuolin has set up a military government, the Beiyang government has become a complete display. Not to mention asking the Ministry of Education to allocate funds, even the Ministry of Education's own people cannot get wages.

Zhong Guanguang calculated: "Now I owe the teachers 30,000 yuan in salary, and I don't think too much about it, as long as I have 10,000 yuan to tide over the difficulties, then you can go to Zhang Zuolin to intercede and let him leak a little from the military expenses. "

"I'm not his father, how can I get money?" Zhou Hexuan smiled wryly.

He despised Zhang Zuolin in his heart. Old Zhang managed his one-acre and three-point land in the northeast quite well, but after entering the customs, he only cared about the war and ignored the civil affairs at all. To put it bluntly, Zhang Zuolin did not regard Zhili as his territory, and he did not care about the life and death of civil servants and ordinary people.

So you still want to be the "head of state"?

He doesn't like pie!

Now ordinary civil servants in the central government wish Zhang Zuolin could get out sooner, and a new owner might be able to repay their wages.

"well!"

Zhong Guanguang shook his head and sighed, waved his hands and said, "Forget it, I won't embarrass you, let everyone hold on."

Both fell silent.

At this moment, Zhang Leyi came in with tea: "Mr. Zhong, please drink tea."

"Thank you." Zhong Guanguang picked up the teacup and drank it, finally cooling down a bit.

Zhou Hexuan introduced: "This is my fiancée Zhang Leyi and also my secretary."

Zhong Guanguang was taken aback for a moment, then cupped his fists and smiled, "Congratulations!"

Zhou Hexuan ignored his congratulations, but gritted his teeth and said, "How about this, I personally loaned 10,000 yuan to the school, and you use it first, and wait until the government has money."

"This...how can this be done?" Zhong Guanguang hastily refused.

Zhou Hexuan laughed instead: "It's okay, I also made some money selling bellybands in the south, plus the manuscript fee for writing books, I can be considered a rich man. Haha."

Seeing that Zhou Hexuan did not appear to be lying, Zhong Guangguang stood up and bowed solemnly, "Thank you so much! Mingcheng, no matter what time you are, you are the permanent principal of Peking University. I thank you on behalf of the teachers and students of the whole school."

"It's not that serious, it's just a loan and needs to be repaid." Zhou Hexuan laughed.

Both of them knew in their hearts that the money might not be repaid.

Zhong Guanguang was moved by Zhou Hexuan's selfless spirit, and said: "I opened a factory in the early years, and I still have some coffin books. I will also lend 5,000 to the school."

"Mr. Gao Yi!" Zhou Hexuan clasped his fists and said.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, quite a sense of confidant.

Zhou Hexuan immediately wrote a cash check for 10,000 yuan, and Zhong Guanguang didn't want to stay, so he returned to Peiping with the money that day.

Zhang Leyi joked: "My dad would not do this kind of loss-making business."

"So I'm not qualified to be a businessman, so let's write a book honestly." Zhou Hexuan laughed at himself.

Zhang Leyi asked: "Are you inspired again?"

"That's right. "Novel Monthly" is in a hurry, so I want to publish a new work." Zhou Hexuan nodded.