Beiyang reactionaries

Then he sighed and said, "Look, this is the biggest problem. If Guizhou is lost, Qianjun is a vagrant, and he can only wander around. He depends on this person today, and others tomorrow. He Wang Wenhua is also a hero in Guizhou, and this is what he lost in Guizhou." End. Our Hunan Army can't do this."

"Yes, Master."

Zhao Hengti really sighed and sympathized with Qian Jun.

Qian Jun has been a lame army since its birth.The governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou in the Qing Dynasty paid the most attention to Yunnan.After the Revolution of [-], the Dian army entered Guizhou in a large scale and took control of Guizhou's military administration.Later, although Tang Jiyao left Guizhou and accepted the position of governor of Yunnan, he kept remote control of Guizhou's military affairs.

After finally looking forward to the downfall of Tang Jiyao, Duan Xun rose strongly again in the southwest.Qian Jun still couldn't get rid of the fate of being controlled by others.Learning from the past, Zhao Hengti only had one idea at this time.

That is death, and I have to die in Hunan.

The roots of the Hunan Army are in Hunan.A troop without roots is a bum.

"Go, you represent me to Baoqing."

"Teacher..."

"Go to Deng Hanxiang. Tell him that my people are going to evacuate Lingling, and I am going to hand Lingling over to them."

"Why? General, why not tell Gui Jun?"

Ye Kaixin didn't understand very much.

Duan Xun had just recruited a large number of officers from the Hunan Army, which dealt a heavy blow to the Hunan Army.If you don't retaliate at this time, of course you are not strong enough to retaliate.But even if there is no retaliation, the relationship between the two sides is very bad, and the two sides are hostile.

How can this be the case at this time.

Lingling, this is a very important place.

Even if Lingling is really let out, he should tell Gui Jun.That idiot Tan Haoming was terrified and ran directly from Hunan to Guilin.But Lu Rongting is a very ambitious person, much stronger than Tan Haoming.It is impossible for him not to see the role of Lingling, and he will definitely not give up Lingling.

Lu Rongting would probably be very happy if the Hunan Army gave up Lingling.

And although the Hunan Army and the Gui Army were having an unpleasant quarrel, no matter what the current situation is, the Hunan Army and the Gui Army are allies.It is justifiable to give up the position to the Gui army.If it was given to Duan Xun's troops, it would feel nondescript.

"Hmph, Gui Jun?"

Zhao Hengti sneered.

"Lu Rongting's troops in Hunan were also disastrously defeated this time. Whether they can keep Guangdong is still a problem. Anyway, no matter who takes this Lingling, it is not ours. Since we can reach an armistice agreement with Wu Peifu, we will maintain the peace with Duan Xun. It's okay to be friendly. Duan Xun will appreciate it when he gets Lingling, and it can be regarded as a friendship. You go."

"Yes."

On May 1918, 5, Zhao Hengti, who was originally stationed in Lingling, withdrew from the first temporary division of the Hunan Army.On the third day after the temporary First Division of the Hunan Army withdrew from Lingling, the First Army Special Operations Brigade led by Liu Duanshang entered Lingling.

163 international students

"Brother Shu Yong (Ren Hongjun), you have returned to China."

Shanghai.

A very ordinary house.

Yang Xingfo opened the door, and there stood a man in his thirties, wearing small glasses and a small beard.As soon as he saw this person, Yang Xingfo happily stepped forward and hugged him.

"Hongfu (Yang Xingfo), I have graduated and I just returned to China."

Ren Hongjun also gave his old classmate a hug.

Ren Hongjun had just returned to China, so he came to find his alumnus Yang Quan from Cornell University, also known as Yang Xingfo.Ren Hongjun and Yang Xingfo are very familiar, because they are both students studying in the United States and studying together at Cornell University.At this time, there were not many students studying in the United States, and even fewer at Cornell University.Therefore, these international students will stick together outside and are very familiar with each other.

At that time, everyone believed that the reason why China was backward was because China's science was backward.Especially after seeing an industrial powerhouse like the United States, they are even more eager to realize China's industrial backwardness.

Therefore, these people put forward the slogan of "saving the country through science".Therefore, in the summer of 1914, several Chinese students studying abroad at Cornell University in the United States decided to create a monthly "Science" to introduce science to China.

Yang Xingfo is the editor of this "Science" monthly magazine.

After Yang Xingfo graduated from Cornell University, he received a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University. He has just returned to China for less than a year.Ren Hongjun also just returned to China after receiving a master's degree in chemistry.

"Welcome, welcome. Come in."

"kindness."

While entering the room, Ren Hongjun said to Yang Xingfo: "Hongfu, how did I hear that you left the Hanyang Iron Works. Didn't you turn down many invitations at that time, and you must go to the Hanyang Iron Works?"

Very puzzled.

Yang Xingfo has a master's degree in business administration from Harvard, which is quite high in China today.Therefore, when he returned to China, many departments invited him.This includes government agencies, enterprises, and schools, but Yang Xingfo finally chose Hanyang Iron Works.

In fact, it is their dream to put it bluntly.

Save the country by industry and save the country by science.

Hanyang Iron Works, which is part of the Hanyeping Company.This is a company that is well-known in China and even in the whole of Asia.What's more important is steel, which is the most important thing in industrial countries.For Yang Xingfo, who wants to save the country through industry and science, there is no place more worthy of his visit than the steel factory.Therefore, Yang Xingfo Club had many requests, and finally chose Hanyang Iron Works.But just after Ren Hongjun returned to China, he heard that Yang Xingfo had resigned from Hanyang Iron Works, which made him very puzzled.

"angry."

"what happened?"

"Sit down first, I'll make you tea."

Yang Xingfo poured a cup of tea for Ren Hongjun, then sat down, and said, "It was too simple. I thought it was too simple before I came here. I have always heard that Yuan Shikai signed the '21', because the opposition was too strong, so I didn't It is fully implemented. But what is the use. I went to work at Hanyang Iron Works this time. Do you know what is going on there? Hanyeping Company is no longer our Chinese enterprise, and is completely controlled by Japanese businessmen. Brother Shuyong, then But Hanyeping Company is almost the only iron factory in China. But it is not in our hands, but in the hands of the Japanese. Do you know how I feel? Do you know the anger in my heart?"

"In this European war, the prices of all resources have increased. Hanyeping Company has also made a lot of money. I work in the accounting department of Hanyang Iron Works. In the past four years, Hanyeping Company's profit has exceeded 2000 million. Isn't it true? Do you think Hanyeping Company is very powerful? No, if you really think about it, you will definitely be as angry as me, wishing to smash the Hanyang Iron Works."

"Han Yeping Company owes countless debts, mainly money owed to Japanese businessmen. The Japanese stipulated that Han Yeping Company should use pig iron, iron ore, and coal to repay the debt. And the pig iron, iron ore, and coal used to repay the debt The price is determined by the Japanese side. Do you know the price of iron ore used by Hanyeping Company to repay debts in the past few years? It is lower than the market price before the start of the European War, that is, four years ago. During these four years During the year, Hanyeping Company sold more than 100 million tons of iron ore to Japanese merchants. The Japanese merchants didn’t have to do anything, and they could earn more than 1000 million yuan by reselling the iron ore directly. And if these iron ores were refined into The sale of pig iron can generate hundreds of millions of dollars in income. Not only iron ore, Hanyeping Company produced 70 tons of pig iron in the past five years, of which 20 tons were sold to Japan at a price lower than the market price four years ago. You Do you know how much money was lost in this item? It’s more than 2000 million. Do the math yourself, this should have been the profit of Hanyeping Company. The money should have been reinvested in the company’s expansion, but it was all called The Japanese took it."

Hearing Yang Xingfo's words, Ren Hongjun opened his mouth wide and was shocked.

After the outbreak of the European war, the prices of all raw materials rose all the way.Not to mention pig iron and coal, I don't know how much it will cost.However, Hanyeping Company's market price is actually lower than the market price four years ago, which is estimated to be only one-third or one-half of the current price.How much money is lost.

No wonder Yang Xingfo left Hanyang Iron Works.

"It's not just that, the people from Hanyang Iron Works have engaged in serious corruption. The main reason is that the ownership of Hanyeping Company is very vague. On the surface, it is still a factory in China, but Japanese businessmen have great power inside, almost controlling Hanyeping. The affairs of the company. So the relationship inside is very complicated. That is, because everything is expensive during the war, Hanyeping Company can still make money. As long as the war ends and the price drops, Hanyeping Company will inevitably go bankrupt.”

"However, this is not the problem of Hanyeping Company. Northeast and Shandong mining rights and road rights are all sold to the Japanese. Our customs is in the hands of the British. China is currently in the Civil War. You know what is the most ridiculous thing Is it? The Dharma War breaks out, regardless of whether it is the Beiyang Army or the Southern Army, most of their weapons come from Japanese weapons. Both sides buy weapons in Japan and then fight each other.”

Ren Hongjun looked at the excited Yang Xingfo and remained silent.

Ren Hongjun is different from Yang Xingfo.Yang Xingfo only participated in the vigorous Revolution of [-] after the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising.After the peace talks between the North and the South, that is, after Yuan Shikai became the president, he went to the United States to study.

However, Ren Hongjun was from the Tongmenghui in his early years, and he was not just an ordinary Tongmenghui, but a very famous revolutionary party in Sichuan.And Dan Maoxin, Wu Yuzhang and other Sichuan revolutionaries are close friends.

Before the Revolution of [-], he also once served as the president of the Sichuan branch of the Tongmenghui.When the Sichuan Revolutionary Party rioted, Ren Hongjun trained talents for them, developed the Revolutionary Party, and delivered weapons to them.It is a revolutionary party with very deep qualifications.

Moreover, when Sun Yat-sen was the interim president in Nanjing, Ren Hongjun once served as Sun Yat-sen's secretary.After the North-South peace talks, Ren Hongjun also went to the United States to study, and obtained a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Cornell University in the United States and a master's degree in chemistry from Columbia University.

What was Ren Hongjun's purpose back then? It was to establish a republic and to make China prosperous and strong.But now it is the seventh year of the Republic of China, and the country is becoming more and more chaotic.