Both the borders of Northern Ji Province and Western Guangdong Province maintain a state of high alert with heavily armed defenses. It seems that peace and tranquility have returned to the world, but in the eastern part of Hualan Kingdom, it is full of blood and rain.After wiping out all Hualan communist forces from the army with the help of the Wenhai ship incident, Jiang Ruiyuan finally showed his fangs.

As early as after the Wenhai ship incident, in order to control the newly controlled areas, the Eastern Guangdong military government moved the entire government headquarters to Hanxia, ​​and began to transform the military government into a democratic government.It seems that the democratic republic idea of ​​the National Congress Party is about to be achieved, and the revolution seems to be about to succeed, but in fact this is just a smokescreen for Jiang Ruiyuan to paralyze the leftists of the National Congress Party and the Communist Party.Sending those revolutionary veterans to the distant Hanxia, ​​Jiang Ruiyuan no longer had any force to restrain him. He himself strengthened his control over the army in eastern Guangdong, and at the same time began to actively prepare to plan an uprising.

After Sun Wenhai's death, Jiang Ruiyuan implemented the policy of abandoning the red and joining the Japanese, and began to contact the Japanese government.Being able to tap the corner of Hualan Kingdom is a timely rain for Wa Kingdom, which has been overwhelmed by the Western Special Zone.After Jiang Ruiyuan took the initiative to contact, Biao, the Minister of Finance of the Wa State, even came to Hualan State in person and had a secret meeting with Jiang Ruiyuan.

In order to get the strong support of the Wa Kingdom, Jiang Ruiyuan completely lost his humanity and national dignity. He even offered to say: "I understand the important political and economic relations between Mingbei and the Wa Kingdom. I think the problem of Mingbei must be given special consideration. I appreciate the speech of Foreign Minister Coinhara, and if Wa country correctly evaluates our doctrine and struggle, I am willing to shake hands with Wa country to make peace."

Not long after the two men talked in secret, Jiang Ruiyuan expressed to Edo Chitaro, the Consul General of the Wa Kingdom in Hangzhou, that he was willing to reconsider the conflict between the two countries, and even restore the various rights and interests of the Wa Kingdom in Hualan Kingdom that had been taken back by the original Hualan government because of the Sino-Japanese War. The unpaid Boxer indemnity is also willing to continue to pay.

Relying on the written guarantee issued by Jiang Ruiyuan, Waguo paid a large amount of loans for Jiang Ruiyuan through Zhengjin Bank.The money is stored in the Woguo Zhengjin Bank, and Jiang Ruiyuan can withdraw it at any time.With this huge sum of money, Jiang Ruiyuan began to recruit troops and buy horses and officers from all sides, and gathered a large number of rightists of the National Congress Party ready to attack at any time.

After entering April 1927, Jiang Ruiyuan had made all preparations and was ready to act at any time.Everything is ready only due to the east wind, and this east wind will come soon.The breakthrough point was quickly chosen as Hangzhou City in Ninghai Province. After the establishment of the Hualan Republic, Zhao Shouhong began to export more and more industrial products from Zhongchuan Province relying on Guanghai City as an outlet to the sea.

Although the Western Special Zone later had new ports in the Gulf of Aden, Zhainiyang, and Kokang Province, Guanghai City became more and more prosperous because of the multiplied industrial capacity and the low cost of Longjiang shipping.Relying on the radiation effect of the economy, Hangzhou City, which is only a few hundred kilometers away from Guanghai City, quickly developed due to its geographical advantages.

Although the city of Hangzhou was originally prosperous, it relied on its silkworm weaving ability. However, with the crazy expansion of the raw silk industry in the Japanese country, several large companies in the Japanese country quickly annexed most of the silk near Hangzhou by relying on unfair competition in price. The weaving industry caused a sharp drop in Hualan's domestic raw silk production.

Although Zhao Shouhong counterattacked and replaced raw silk with nylon, which caused a lot of turmoil in the economy of Japan, it also completely destroyed the raw silk industry in Hangzhou.If this situation continues, the city of Hangzhou will slowly sink, but the industrious Hangzhou people will soon find a new point of profit growth.

Because Guanghai City was built as a material distribution center for the Western Special Zone, a large amount of imported and exported goods circulated here, and many of them were sent to various parts of the country.However, the entry and exit of the Western Special Zone is relatively strict, and many merchants have been turned away. It is difficult to buy countless goods in Guanghai City.Some quick-witted businessmen discovered business opportunities. They had the commercial franchise to enter the Western Special Zone, so they were able to purchase almost unlimited domestically-needed commodities from Guanghai City.

They also do not carry out long-distance transportation. In order to save transportation costs, they simply sell them in the city of Hangzhou, which is close to the special zone.These products are of better quality than those in the Western Continent, and the price has been reduced by almost half due to Hualan Country's low labor force and short transportation distance, so the products are very popular.

Because of the emergence of these commercial activities, Hangzhou City gradually prospered again.The industrious Hangzhou people quickly built a large number of service industries such as material distribution markets and inns in the city, attracting more businessmen to do business here.Later, the business of Guangming Group Company in Guanghai City gradually expanded, and began to release downstream industries to the private sector, and making accessories for Guangming Group Company became a very profitable business.

The residents of Hangzhou City quickly discovered business opportunities, and soon established a large number of small factories in the vicinity of Hangzhou.These Hangzhou people who have made money from business and trade began to invest funds in factories, using cheaper local labor to produce some unimportant small accessories for Guangming Group.

Although the profits of these things are not high, the bright group company is in great demand, and it never deposits money from downstream companies. It is a good reputation of cash on delivery, which makes the small factory flourish.By 1927, more than a thousand small factories had been established inside and outside Hangzhou, becoming the largest industrial base for Guangming Group outside the Western Special Zone.

The prosperity of industry has created a large number of industrial workers. After more than ten years of development, the number of industrial workers here has exceeded 10.Relying on the existence of these workers, the Hualan Communist Party has a hotbed for development.The brutal exploitation of workers by the capitalists pushed them into the ranks of actively participating in the revolution.After the Northern Expedition attacked Zhili, the workers' organizations here also responded positively. Under the leadership of the Hualan Communist Party, they destroyed the rear transportation hub, burned grain and ammunition warehouses, and dealt a major blow to the Zhili army.

After the Northern Expedition invaded Ningjiang Province, the workers in Hangzhou City even launched an armed uprising in response to the Northern Expedition.It can be said that among all the big cities in the country, the foundation of the Hualan Communist Party in Hangzhou is the best, and the party organization here is also the most complete. Each factory even has a worker picket team to deal with possible counterattacks by the warlord forces.

Chapter 35 Compromising Chen Qingtong

In order to stir up the workers' resistance and take the opportunity to suppress the Communist Party, Jiang Ruiyuan first secretly mobilized his two most trusted divisions to Hangzhou City, and firmly controlled the city defense and various important places in the city. On April 4, Jiang Ruiyuan suddenly issued an order. In the name of the war emergency, he asked the picket team in Hangzhou to hand over their weapons to supplement the front-line troops, otherwise they would be punished for illegal mutiny.

Jiang Ruiyuan's rude request was immediately protested by the majority of workers, but Chen Qingtong, who was at the top of the Communist Party, was relatively weak.He believes that the revolutionary situation is very good, and this good opportunity to eliminate the warlords cannot be given up because of the disputes between the parties, so he advocates patience.

In order to let the National Congress eliminate the "gap" and continue the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Chen Qingtong even went to Hanxia in person and found Wang Zhaoming, the vice president of the Hanxia Nationalist Government.Wang Zhaoming pretended to appease Chen Qingtong, claiming that this was just the nervousness of some people in the National Congress Party. In fact, the top leaders of the National Congress Party unconditionally supported the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

In the end, Wang Zhaoming changed the subject again, claiming that in order to unite the various factions in the party and to make the KMT and the Communist Party cooperate more closely, he suggested that the workers' pickets in Hangzhou hand over their weapons so that the Xishan Conference faction could not find an excuse.Chen Qingtong believed that such a strategy was feasible. As long as the two parties could be united and the Northern Expedition continued, the Communist Party would be willing to make concessions.

The "Wang Chen Conversation Minutes" which was the result of the compromise of the Communist Party was signed by both parties, forming a document similar to a treaty. The veteran faction of the Communist Party began to call on the workers to hand over their weapons to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding among revolutionary comrades .

Zhou Wuhao has already seen Jiang Ruiyuan's conspiracy, and he also knows that the other party will definitely not let it go. Once the workers who support the Communist Party are disarmed, they will inevitably be counterattacked and liquidated.Zhou Wuhao fought fiercely against Chen Qingtong's compromise and concession. He directly criticized Chen Qingtong as a capitulator at the party meeting and an unconditional ally of the National Congress Party.

It's a pity that Chen Qingtong and other old-fashioned factions hold most of the power in the party, and for the purpose of disrupting Hualan, Ma Lin, a representative from the Third International, even supported Chen Qingtong's opinion, and called Zhou Wuhao a radical troublemakers.

A fierce conflict broke out between the veteran faction and the young faction at the party meeting. Zhou Wuhao knew that the crisis was at hand, so he refused to give in to his opinion, and severely criticized the veteran faction's surrender thinking.It's a pity that although Zhou Wuhao's faction has a large number of people, their positions in the party are not high.

Zhou Wuhao knew in his heart that the crisis of the Communist Party was imminent, and the only thing that could stop it was Li Zhao, the leader of the Northern Communist Party who had always supported the young faction.Because the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was carried out in the south, Chen Qingtong, who was elected as the general secretary of the Communist Party, was the main contact person, while Li Zhao in the north always insisted on mobilizing workers in Beihua City and did not go to the south.

Li Zhao, an outsider, sees the real thinking of the National Congress very clearly.He knew that Sun Wenhai's policy of uniting the Red Union and the Communist Party was not an outdated expedient measure. This was a compromise he made in order to gain national power as soon as possible.In fact, Sun Wenhai does not like utopianism from the bottom of his heart, and he is not willing to cooperate with the Communist Party forever. Therefore, when he is dying, the successor Sun Wenhai chooses will always be hostile to the Red Union and the Communist Party. Jiang Ruiyuan.

Li Zhao felt very urgent about Zhou Wuhao's request for help. He decided to leave for the south immediately and tell Chen Qingtong Chen about his strength.It's a pity that something happened in Beihua City before Li Zhao left.It turned out that after Feng Yuxiang's troops took control of Zhili, the Central South Army began to oppress the direct troops of Qilu Province from the north and the west, and the battle between the two sides was quite fierce.

In order to crush the Zhili army as soon as possible and join the Northern Expeditionary Army, Feng Yuxiang devoted all his troops, vowing to eliminate the Zhili warlords in Qilu Province.Under the leadership of Feng Yuxiang, who is good at fighting, the Central South Army marched forward triumphantly, and soon reached the city of Jinan.

Just when the Central South Army was about to win and joined the Northern Expeditionary Army in Qilu Province, Zhang Zuolin in the north suddenly moved.In the Zhifeng War, although Zhang Zuolin won the final victory, the benefits he recovered were not much.

Relying on the border trade with the Western Special Zone, the Feng family has made a lot of profits.With this money, the Feng line was able to support a huge army, and finally defeated the Zhi line army.But in order to win as soon as possible, the Feng faction reached an agreement with Feng Yuxiang to let him occupy the southern part of Zhili and Beihua City in exchange for the opponent's counterattack.

Feng Yuxiang was completely disappointed with Cao Kun because of the election bribery.After negotiating terms with Zhang Zuolin, he really fought back, occupying the south of Zhili and conquering Beihua City.However, after respite, the Zhili counterattacked in one fell swoop, expelling Feng Yuxiang to Central South Province, and reoccupied the southern part of Zhili.

That was the territory assigned to Feng Yuxiang, and the Zhili did not move forward after occupying this place, and the Fengli was happy to pretend not to see it.After all, those places had been agreed upon when the two parties were negotiating the price, and they belonged to Feng Yuxiang.Even if the Feng Faction conquered those places, they would have to be handed over to Feng Yuxiang.

Zhang Zuolin would not do business at a loss. He did not make such a meaningless sacrifice, but let Feng Yuxiang fight for it himself.After Feng Yuxiang rested in Central South Province for two years, he took advantage of the opportunity of the Northern Expedition to conquer the Southern Zhili area in one fell swoop, and severely suppressed the Zhili.The living space of direct lineages is getting smaller and smaller, and they are about to perish.

Zhang Zuolin was afraid that the Northern Expedition would target him after the Zhili lineage was wiped out. That's why he showed his favor to the Japanese people and asked them to help him transport troops. As a result, it almost caused a catastrophe and caused the Japanese and the Western Special Zone to start a secret war again.This time Feng Yuxiang suddenly assembled his forces and pushed southward, trying to wipe out the Qilu army directly under the city of Jinan.

In order to share this pressure, Zhang Zuolin suddenly dispatched a large army, conquered the weak Beihua City in one fell swoop, and quickly controlled the rear of the Central South Army.Feng Yuxiang was caught off guard, and the army had no choice but to withdraw from Nanzhili and retreat towards Central South Province.

Beihua City was quickly occupied by the Feng army. Soldiers with bayonets began to search for members of the Congress Party and the Communist Party from house to house. Even Feng Yuxiang was stationed and those who expressed support for him were arrested.Li Zhao and other Communist Party members who had not yet left Beihua City were caught off guard and had to hide in the Red Union embassy.

Unexpectedly, Feng Jun ignored the international conventions and sent troops directly to attack the Red Alliance embassy, ​​not only destroying it and expelling all the Red Alliance diplomats, but also arrested Li Zhao and others and shot them to death at Caishikou.Li Zhao's death completely shattered Zhou Wuhao's hopes, and the crisis of the Communist Party was inevitable.

The first thousand and thirty-six chapters are tough bones

Jiang Ruiyuan quickly took action. Under Chen Qingtong's urging, the workers turned in all their weapons before the 11th.The workers' picket team was disbanded, and the 4 workers in Hangzhou City had no ability to resist. In the early morning of April 12, [-] troops supporting Jiang Ruiyuan suddenly entered Hangzhou City, and together with the two divisions stationed here, launched a large-scale raid in the city.

In the dark night, a bloody storm erupted in Hangzhou City, and all the leftists of the National Congress Party and Communist Party members here were arrested.Those activists among the workers were arrested by the army according to the list, and then they were taken directly to the street and shot without trial. For a while, the streets were filled with corpses, the crying and shouting shook the world, and the whole city was bleeding into rivers.Many soldiers and ruffians took this opportunity to smash around, looting all the shops and burning them down. Many merchants' goods yards in the city were looted or burned, and the whole city fell into chaos.

After dawn, Jiang Ruiyuan's troops began to escort the captured Communist Party members and leftists of the National Congress to the bank of the Qiantang River in batches, and shot them to death on the bank of the river.After the bodies of these people were confirmed dead, they were kicked into the river to feed the fish.For a while, the Qiantang River was blocked by corpses, and the tens of kilometers of the river exuded a strong smell of blood.

The April [-] counter-revolutionary coup in Hangzhou City was a signal, which marked the end of the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and the advent of Jiang Ruiyuan's reign of terror.A few days later, large-scale raids began in areas controlled by the National Army across the country.The Communist Party members who were originally on the bright side were slaughtered in large numbers. Many people took the opportunity to avenge their personal revenge, identified their enemies as Communist Party members, and killed innocent people with the help of the National Army's butcher knife.

The entire eastern region of Hualan Kingdom was plunged into white terror, and the Communist Party members and the leftist members of the National Congress Party were facing annihilation.Because the Communist Party has already spread the olive branch that the Western Special Zone once extended, they have a good impression of the industry in the Western Special Zone.In this counter-revolutionary coup, the safest place in the entire country is probably the original leased land of the Western Continent in the major cities of Hualan, which has become a warehouse for the distribution of materials in the Western Special Zone in Hualan.

The vicious national army did not dare to offend this place, because some people with no eyesight had already become a lesson for the past. They were sieved with submachine guns by the guards of the Western Special Zone stationed in these places.Killing soldiers without any explanation to the garrison was something that only the Western Special Zone could do in Hualan.

For this riot, Zhao Shouhong had foreseen it a long time ago, so as early as the Wenhai ship incident and Li Zhilong took refuge in the special zone, the warehouses in the western special zone had strengthened their guards.Scattered shops were shut down, and all personnel were concentrated in the large material storage area, where there were well-trained guards with sufficient guns and ammunition.

When Jiang Ruiyuan started to take action in Hangzhou City, the warehouses in major cities received orders from the SAR government, requiring them to use the cement and steel bars in the goods to build solid cement fortifications in the border areas of each warehouse.Everyone put in their labor in order to complete these fortifications as soon as possible, and the guards also began to be on duty day and night, and then prepared to deal with emergencies.

As expected, an emergency happened. After the right wing of the National Congress brandished a butcher knife and massacred those with different political opinions, a large number of survivors began to rush to these material storage areas, including Zhou Wuhao and most of the young people. Communist Party members, what they entered was the largest material storage warehouse in Nanhua City, which was originally a concession area of ​​more than ten countries.

"We must catch Zhou Wuhao. As long as we can kill him, the young Communist faction will have no leader. Our next actions will be much easier." Jiang Ruiyuan issued such an order after seeing the information sent by the secret service.

He Yingqin, Jiang Ruiyuan's confidant, was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat: "The president calms down, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run. The Western Special Zone is not easy to mess with. Now Zhou Wuhao has entered the material storage warehouse, and we have no way to get him out."

"Mother Xipi." Jiang Ruiyuan scolded: "Anyway, sooner or later we will turn our backs. I don't believe that Zhao Shouhong will fight us for a small commercial land. You send your cronies to arrest people, remember not to touch this reserve area As long as Zhou Wuhao is caught, he will withdraw immediately. I believe that the Western Special Zone has no losses, and I am sorry to embarrass us, after all, Zhou Wuhao who was arrested is not a member of his Hualan Pioneer Party."

"Yes, I'll do it myself right away." He Yingqin had no choice but to take his guard company to the special zone's material storage area on the bank of the Longjiang River.

This warehouse is a special zone and a cargo distribution center for the area around Nanhua City, responsible for the sale of goods within hundreds of kilometers around Nanhua City.Because the products of the Western Special Zone are in high demand, this place is full of traffic on weekdays, and the queue for wholesale products can be lined up at Yuhuatai.However, since the leftists of the Congress Party launched a coup, these formerly prosperous SAR industries have closed their businesses one after another and no longer sell any products.After the closure, the place was not deserted, but became more busy. Strong fortifications were gradually repaired. Guards with live ammunition patrolled the vicinity all day and all night, and looked outside the warehouse very vigilantly.

Knowing that this was a tough nut to crack, He Yingqin thought it was better not to fight if he could not fight, so he only took the guard company and bravely came to the gate outside the reserve area.Seeing an army approaching, the sentinel on the watchtower near the gate immediately shouted through the electronic loudspeaker: "Where are you from the army, stop immediately. This is the land owned by the Western Special Administrative Region. If you dare to move forward, it will be regarded as a violation of the dignity of the Special Administrative Region." defiance, we have the right to shoot back."

He Yingqin had no choice but to stop when he heard that the other party was going to shoot.After discussing, he took two disarmed guards and walked towards the gate.A soldier in the lead raised a white shirt as a white flag, and they walked forward slowly and shouted: "Brothers, don't shoot, we are ordered to come to contact you. This is our new Minister of Defense of the Nationalist Government." , I want to see the person in charge here. Please rest assured, we are not hostile, we just want to talk."

The two guards repeated this sentence loudly as they walked, and the sentry on the watchtower had to suspend shooting and sent someone to call the person in charge here.Sun Xize's eldest son and Sun Liren's eldest brother, Sun Tongren, was in charge of business activities in Nanhua City.

As the eldest son in the family, Sun Tongren inherited his father's business and entered the Hanxing Group Company to manage the industry very early.Because he was open-minded, learned and flexible, he quickly became the deputy manager of the business department.

Chapter 37 Stern Rejection

The number of deputy managers in the business department is the largest, because Hanxing Group has a huge industry and many things to manage, and these deputy managers are all in charge.What Sun Tongren was in charge of was the material distribution center of Nanhua City.

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