Chapter 233 Ding Family Garden Reunion

The next day, the National Congress continued, and the vice presidential election was put on the agenda. However, Wu Shaoting did not attend the conference on that day. He and Song Jiaoren came to Dingjia Garden on Changjiang North Road and came to find Huang Xing.

Huang Xing was playing chess with Chen Jiongming in the small pavilion in the back garden. This scene really surprised Wu Shaoting.

When is this now? Huang Xing and Chen Jiongming played chess here without caring about the world. Does it mean that the establishment of the National Congress and the National Government are so indifferent? Wu Shaoting's understanding of Huang Xing is limited to the literature in history textbooks, so he is not clear about the relationship between Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen when the establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China.

But Wu Shaoting knew that Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen were always compared in middle school history textbooks. These two names often appear together, so many people mistakenly believe that Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen were friends in times of distress and had a lifelong soulmate. In fact, from the beginning to the end, Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen's political views were quite different. In the second year after the Xinhai Revolution, the two parted ways.

When Huang Xing saw Song Jiaoren and Wu Shaoting walking along the corridor, he put down the hesitant chess piece in his hand and said to Chen Jiongming: "Jingcun, the shock is coming."

Chen Jiongming turned around and looked over, then stood up and greeted him.

Huang Xing also stood up lazily, calmed down his emotions, and walked over with a seemingly slight smile.

"Zhenzhi, I heard you were in Nanjing yesterday. I was planning to see you at night, but the fisherman said you had an appointment with the president tonight." Huang Xing said steadily.

"Yes, I planned to come to find you last night. After all, it was my first time meeting Mr. Sun, so I had to wait until today. Brother Keqiang, Brother Jingcun, you really stunned me. The Presidential Palace is lively all day long, but you are playing chess here. Is it because there is something to worry about?" Wu Shaoting asked seriously.

Huang Xing, Chen Jiongming and Huang Xing all changed slightly, and then they all changed into a teasing and depressing expression.

When Wu Shaoting saw this, he became even more curious and asked: "Brother Keqiang, Brother Jingcun, what's wrong with you? If it was because of the Vice President's affairs, I had already explained it to Mr. Sun yesterday. The Vice President's nomination has surprised me. With my qualifications, how can I take this great task!"

Huang Xing smiled awkwardly and said, "Zhenzhi, don't guess. I fully agree with anyone who is the vice president."

Wu Shaoting said again: "But even if the President elects me as the deputy chief of the Army, I have given up. He also said that Jingcun, Yuyan and others are more suitable than me."

When Chen Jiongming heard these words, he smiled gratefully.

Huang Xing sighed and said, "Zhengzhi, these are not the key points."

Song Jiaoren also said, "Yes, you'd better not ask too much, this matter has nothing to do with you."

Wu Shaoting was worried when he saw them all like this. He said seriously: "Keqiang, Jingguan, Dunchu. Although I am not a person in the political circle, at least we have completed the Guangzhou First Rebellion together. No matter what, we were all comrades-in-arms. It is not easy for the revolution to develop today. The establishment of the provisional government is a new chapter in our new China.

If we, the revolutionary heroes, have hidden feelings, then who will the new government rely on to maintain it?"

His words were spoken with great sound and scheming, as if they were a revolutionary righteous accent.

Huang Xing, Chen Jiongming and Song Jiaoren looked at each other. They could not say Wu Shaoting's words that moved them, but they also felt Wu Shaoting's passion and sincerity.

"Sincere, come, sit down first. You have been here for so long, but you haven't invited you to take your seat yet!" Huang Xing calmed down and took Wu Shaoting to the previous pavilion.

Everyone sat down, and Huang Xing continued: "There are so many things that we are struggling with, which makes us feel very uneasy about the provisional government... Alas, you can just know some things, don't say them out loud. After all, in this sensitive time, we should still put the overall situation first and not let outsiders know that our Tongmenghui is in a bad relationship."

Wu Shaoting nodded and promised: "Brother Keqiang, don't worry, if you don't treat me as an outsider, how could I do such a stupid thing!"

Huang Xing continued: "What worries me the most is that the coalition forces of the five provinces are about to collapse. I have always advocated arbitrarily attacking Beijing and completely eliminating the Qing regime. However, since the revitalization of Hefei, there have been many internal conflicts among the coalition forces of the five provinces, and other provinces have successively stopped food and wages. Fortunately, the logistics of our Guangdong army has never been interrupted, otherwise I am afraid that the coalition forces of the five provinces will not even be able to fight Nanjing."

Chen Jiongming sighed and said, "After all, the food and salary of our Second Division depends on the shock of your turnover in Guangzhou, otherwise we would be as embarrassed as other provinces."

Wu Shaoting smiled and said, "You are bleeding on the front line and fighting for your life. If I don't do anything in the back, I will have no face to meet you again."

The three of them felt very relieved after hearing Wu Shaoting's words.

Huang Xing said: "Once the coalition forces of the five provinces collapsed, the only one that could continue the Northern Expedition was our Guangdong Army. In the past few months, our Second Division suffered heavy casualties. Although some soldiers were added on the way, their combat effectiveness had dropped significantly. Moreover, the southerners were not convinced by the soil and soil of the north, and the soldiers were in a bad mood."

Chen Jiongming sighed: "After the establishment of the Provisional Government, the domestic call for overthrow of the Qing government will inevitably rise. At that time, the President had to order the Northern Expedition. Who else could be able to execute the orders besides our Guangdong Army? Perhaps talking to Governor Chen, the Shanghai Army can also be counted. How can these two groups of people deal with the six towns in Beiyang?"

Wu Shaoting let out a long sigh and murmured: "Not to mention the six towns in Beiyang, I'm afraid that just one of the fifth towns in Shandong will be a tough one. I also heard in Guangdong that Feng Guozhang's second town has also arrived in Shandong."

"Yes, so we are very worried now that the revolutionary army in various provinces is not united and cannot carry out actions in a uniform manner. It is not just around the corner to overthrow the Qing government." Huang Xing said helplessly.

Wu Shaoting thought to himself: It seems that Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren and others didn't know what Sun Yat-sen was going to discuss peace with Yuan Shikai. He was hesitating whether to hint about peace between the north and the south, but after thinking about it, he thought it would be better to forget it. Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen's two factions should develop as they should, and he just needs to sit and watch the changes.

"Brother Keqiang, what if the Qing government survives? The provinces in China have been fighting and responding to and supporting the Nanjing Provisional Government. The empty regime in Beijing has fallen into betrayal of relatives and will sooner or later be defeated." Wu Shaoting said in consolation.

"That's right, time is endless. The reason why the provinces responded to the call of the Provisional Government is that they hope that the Provisional Government can unify the country. If the temporary government does its best, they are afraid that the provinces will lose confidence." Huang Xing said heavy.

Wu Shaoting realized at this time that Huang Xing's reaction was not slow, but it was just blinded by the general environment. He believed that it was already commendable to consider the future stalemate of the North-South relationship in less than two days after the establishment of the Provisional Government, which shows that Huang Xing has been exploring solutions to the problem.

He sighed slightly and said helplessly: "Brother Keqiang, if you have such a feeling of worrying about the country and the people, you must be a pillar of the country. But some things have been foregone conclusion, and the best way is to let things go."

When Huang Xing heard Wu Shaoting say this, he couldn't help but feel very disappointed. What is in front of him is a national event. How could he let it develop so irresponsibly? But he also knew that Wu Shaoting was just persuading him, and finally shook his head depressedly and did not say anything more.

At this time, Song Jiaoren said: "It is not only the matter of the coalition forces of the five provinces, but also the National Congress."

Wu Shaoting glanced at Song Jiaoren and said that the agenda of the Congress this morning was to decide on the vice presidential election. Song Jiaoren, the senior executive of the Tongmenghui, should be present, but Song Jiaoren came with him to see Huang Xing at Ding's Garden, which was enough to explain the problem. He pretended to be solemn and asked: "Dunchu, do you think the atmosphere of this Congress is in harmony with the spirit?"

Song Jiaoren smiled helplessly and said, "Shocked, do you feel this too?"

Wu Shaoting nodded and sighed: "It seems to be a grand meeting, but when I attended the first day, I felt that there were too many unrealities. In short, I can't say it in detail, it's just a feeling."

Song Jiaoren said deeply: "That's right, but this is just a little worrying about me. There are still many minor matters, but... I don't want to say more."

He never wanted Sun Yat-sen to be in power alone, so he insisted that the government system should adopt the Prime Minister's cabinet system. So many revolutionary patriots shed blood and sacrificed at home, and that Sun Yat-sen could enjoy his success after returning from a foreign country. This was unreasonable in any case. He did not oppose Sun Yat-sen's appointment as president, but he did not want to see Sun Yat-sen being too arbitrary, which would only have a negative impact on other revolutionary patriots in the country.

I originally thought that the representatives of each province would be the same as his idea. After all, his original intention was not to seize power. If he really wanted to be the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, he would not refuse fiercely from the beginning. His purpose was to unite the revolutionary forces of each province, create a fair and balanced central political environment, and to gather unified forces by winning over the representatives of each province to deal with the Beiyang military faction. Unfortunately, the representatives of each province actually rejected the Prime Minister's cabinet system, which moved and disappointed him.
Chapter completed!