Chapter 251 The North’s Reaction

Five days later, Wu Shaoting received a telegram from Shanghai on the ship returning to Guangzhou. The shooting at the Shanghai Railway Station had made breakthrough progress. An antique businessman reported clues to the police station in the public concession. Following the clues, the Shanghai Governor's Office and the police station arrested two people involved, one was Ying Guixin, the boss of the Shanghai Qing Gang, and the other was the shelling murderer. This news surprised Wu Shaoting. The murderer of the shooting in history should be the Samurai Yingcai, why has he become the murderer of the shelling case now? (Samurai Ying, please pay attention to Phoenix TV Song Jiao.

According to the assassination case, this person may not be the real murderer. Another day later, Jiang Zhiqing sent a private telegram to elaborate on the investigation of the assassination case. The telegram provided a new situation. Ying Guixin admitted to planning the shooting of Song Jiaoren during the interrogation, but insisted on denying the shelling of the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway Hospital and was completely unaware of the shelling case. Samurai Ying admitted to the main man in the shelling incident, but during the interrogation process, many descriptions were reversed and there were many doubts. According to the investigation, Samurai Ying had joined the army in Shanxi, but did not understand the operation of cannons at all.

After reading the telegram, Wu Shaoting also frowned and murmured to himself: "Impossible, Wu Shiying cannot shell the hospital. Since he is not a gunman at Shanghai Railway Station, it is even more impossible to plan the shelling. This guy is just a rustic bun!"

Deng Keng asked strangely: "Governor, do you know this person?"

Wu Shaoting was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know you, but less than three hours from the shooting to the shelling period, Wu Shiying was Ying Guixin's follower. If he had not had Ying Guixin's support, where could he get a local cannon? Ying Guixin could admit that he had planned the shooting case, so there was no need to conceal the shelling case. This shows that Ying Guixin really didn't know about the shelling."

Deng Keng nodded and said, "Yes, there are too many doubts."

Wu Shaoting pondered for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and said, "The shooting case and the shelling case were instructed by two different groups of people to plan, so it must be like this. Samuraiying might be an insider. Shi Yuan immediately replied to a telegram to Shanghai, asking Keishi to find a breakthrough from Samuraiying."

Deng Keng was a little suspicious, and he asked carefully: "Governor, Jiang Zhiqing is from the Shanghai Governor's Office, and we have no right to order him. What's more, since we have all left Shanghai, let me leave this matter to Governor Chen and others. Even if the telegram is sent, I'm afraid it won't be effective."

Wu Shaoting originally wanted to scold Deng Keng, but when he looked back, what Deng Keng said might not be wrong. Chen Qimei had a grudge against his overreach of power in Shanghai, so why bother to have another incident? In fact, he already knew that the conscript behind this incident was either "right" or "reverse". Now there have been two different attacks, and perhaps both "right and negative" may be involved. This matter is only possible by yourself.

He pondered for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Then let's do it for now."

On March 7, Wu Shaoting arrived in Guangzhou. At this time, major newspapers in Guangzhou had reported on the assassination of Song Jiaoren in Shanghai for a long time. The Information Department of the Governor's Office also deliberately used the Guangzhou Daily and Guangdong Revolutionary Weekly standing on the government to promote Wu Shaoting's heroic rescue of Song Jiaoren. Therefore, on the dock of Wu Shaoting's ship, many citizens came to greet him, cheering loudly for Governor Wu's reputation.

Wu Shaoting maintained a kind side in front of the people, waved his hand and bowed to thank him. When he returned to the Governor's Office, he immediately changed his face. Lei Liefeng convened the General Office's General Office's General Office's General Office's General Office to hold a meeting to strengthen the equipment of the Third Division of the Revolutionary Guangdong Army and the re-arrangement of the First Division, which seemed to be a trend of a war. This action caused tension among the Governor's Office. Wu Shaoting analyzed the situation to everyone, and believed that there would be a major change sooner or later, and everyone had to follow the orders to execute.

At the beginning of the year, the entire First Division replaced German equipment, and the retired rifles were temporarily stored in the armory. Wu Shaoting quickly sent someone to contact Jiao Dafeng in Hengyang, Hunan, and decisively sold the batch of rifles to the Hunan Revolutionary Army at a low price of one or two yuan. Jiao Dafeng was very grateful for this and wrote a letter to thank him. Wu Shaoting did not take care of Jiao Dafeng, nor did he think that this batch of guns occupied the inventory, but was expected to happen in Hunan soon, and indirectly funding Jiao Dafeng to become the first barrier to block the Beiyang Army's southward movement.

As expected, two days later, the Shanghai Governor's Office released the final evidence of the assassination of Song Jiaoren, proving that the conspirator Ying Guixin had telegrams with the Presidential Palace Secretariat. This evidence quickly shocked the country. There were voices accusing the Beijing government of the whole country, and many military heads of the military government sent telegrams to rebuke Yuan Shikai. Sun Yat-sen took advantage of the situation to issue a statement to combat Yuan in Shanghai, revealing the ambitions of the Beiyang government's dictatorship, denounced Yuan Shikai's conspiracy to assassinate, and called on the whole country to safeguard the republic and launch a second revolution.

Huang Xing, Zhang Shizhao and other figures of the Kuomintang's civilized sect advocated the use of legal means to punish Yuan Shikai. They also asked Song Jiaoren what he meant. Song Jiaoren was hesitant at this critical moment, not only unwilling to give up his ambition to go north to form a cabinet, but also heartbroken by the conspiracy of the Beiyang government. Huang Xing did not want to fight, but his mind was very clear at this time. The Beiyang faction had already made military preparations in the past year, and the revolutionary army was in a mess and could not have hope of winning. Passing legal sanctions was to hope that the people of the whole country would unanimously recognize Yuan Shikai's face and try more time to prepare.

For a time, the Shanghai revolutionaries had different opinions and had no unified leadership and command, which led to uncertainty among provinces across the country.

On the evening of March 12, the General Office of the Presidential Office of the Beijing Presidential Office was very lively, and government officials at all levels were discussing what happened in Shanghai. Cao Rulin quickly walked in from the gate with a briefcase, walked through the people in the hall, and walked into the office inward. Everyone saw Cao Rulin passing by like a gust of wind, and couldn't help but feel curious. However, Cao Rulin did not stop at all in the middle and turned a blind eye to the people around him, so no one could ask.

When he arrived at the gate of the inner office, the attendant saw that it was Cao Rulin, and without any obstruction, he pushed open the door and let Cao Rulin enter.

Yuan Shikai sat behind the president's desk, his face looked very depressed and even a little angry. There was a cigar still smoking in the ashtray on the table. This was a Dominican cigar sent by the chairman of the French Oriental Bank in China, but Yuan Shikai did not take a few sips at all. He was upset now and almost reached the critical point of losing his temper.

There were several people in the office, namely Lu Zongyu, Lu Jianzhang, Zhao Bingjun and Yang Shiqi. These four people had different faces. Zhao Bingjun's face was the most ugly. He sat on the chair with his body shrank, as if he was being beaten up from the spirit.

After Cao Rulin came in, he originally planned to say hello to everyone. The people who could sit in this office were far more worthy of compliment than the small characters in the lobby outside. However, before he could make a sound, Yuan Shikai asked in a cold voice and said, "Runtian, have you agreed on Dongjiaomin Lane?"

Cao Rulin looked helpless and had to quickly walk to the president, opened his briefcase and took out a document. While handing over the document, he said: "The five-country bank group has already drafted a draft. HSBC and Oriental Huili Bank jointly raised a total of 4.53 million pounds of loans from Germany, Russia and Belgium, and Yokohama Masaki Bank planned a loan of 1.22 million pounds..."

Yuan Shikai interrupted Cao Rulin and said with a stare, "A total of less than 10 million?"

Cao Rulin was a little embarrassed and hurriedly said: "General Lu is still negotiating with foreigners in Dongjiaomin Lane. General Zhou asked Bei Zhi to come back first to inform us of the progress. He also said that this draft loan is the most beneficial to our China in comparison. He only needs to be mortgaged with the salt tax and customs duty of Zhili Province, which can be exempted from other costs."

Prime Minister Zhao Bingjun sighed and said hurriedly: "It's too little if there is less than six million. When I talked with representatives of the five countries last month, I emphasized that it must be maintained at least above the amount of industrial loans from the former Qing Dynasty."

Yuan Shikai turned around and glared at Zhao Bingjun, and said angryly: "You still have the face to say, "You have to do something simple, but you are so complicated, so I have to get the loan done in these few days! If you weren't the disaster star, I could have dealt with the foreigners for a longer time, so would I have to let them kill me for free?"

Zhao Bingjun quickly lowered his head, looking unbearable and did not dare to say a word.

"I'm so angry, I'm so angry." Yuan Shikai looked angry. After pausing, he turned to Cao Rulin and said, "You go to Dongjiaomin Lane again and tell Lu Zhengxiang and Zhou Xuexi that you will borrow 25 million for me no matter what, and you will get the first payment before the end of this month."

The others on the side showed a surprised expression after hearing Yuan Shikai's words. The loan of 25 million pounds was also a loan of 25 million, and in the case of unfavorable negotiations, how much national fiscal revenue projects would be mortgaged!

Although Cao Rulin did not have the huge reactions of others, he was still hesitant and asked carefully: "President, foreigners now know that there is a chaos in China. You have to borrow so much money in one breath. I am afraid that they will definitely raise the price, otherwise they will limit it to 10 million first..."

Yuan Shikai snorted and said angrily: "What do you know? You only get six million by borrowing 10 million. If you don't make a big deal this time, I'm afraid that the foreigners will not borrow money again. Just do as I say, let Lu Zhengxiang negotiate this matter with me within two days!"

Cao Rulin nodded, said nothing more, packed his briefcase and left in a hurry. For him, President Yuan's ability to raise the amount of loans to 25 million also means that his status in front of foreigners will be raised to the corresponding position. Why not do it?

After Cao Rulin left, the office was silent and the four of them stopped talking.

Yuan Shikai picked up a bowl of ginseng deer antler pearl soup that had already been cold on his desk and drank it all in one breath. He let out a long sigh and turned to Zhao Bingjun slowly. It was time to solve the problem of Song Jiaoren. Zhao Bingjun secretly glanced at Yuan Shikai, but was frightened by Yuan Shikai's gaze. He felt more and more furious in his heart, knowing that it was completely finished from now on.

"Zhi'an, you are so old that you don't have to use your brain to do things?" Yuan Shikai's voice was not very big.

"His Excellency President, there is something wrong with this matter." Zhao Bingjun quickly explained.

"I'm wronged? Are you still wronged?" Yuan Shikai asked with his eyes wide open.

"His Excellency President, I have followed your wishes from beginning to end, but..."

Yuan Shikai became irritated and hammered the desk hard, shaking a lot of things on the table. He cursed: "This old thing, do you mean I asked you to kill Song Jiaoren? Are you blind or deaf? When will I let you kill Song Jiaoren? I repeatedly emphasized that I asked you to teach Song Jiaoren a lesson, send someone to create a scandal, or rush into his house in the middle of the night to intimidate him. Did I say that I would kill him?"

Zhao Bingjun was startled, and at the same time he felt very wronged. He hesitated: "President Relieve the anger. I did make this arrangement, but the people in Shanghai didn't know what was going on, and they mistakenly understood it as assassination. I left this matter to Hong Shuzu, maybe his..." He didn't continue talking at this point.

Yuan Shikai's face was extremely difficult to see. Hong Shuzu was the younger brother of his sixth concubine. It was all because of this relationship that he could serve in the Secretariat of the Presidential Palace. Now Zhao Bingjun put the blame on Hong Shuzu again. Isn't it becoming increasingly difficult for him to clear him? His fat body was trembling violently and his emotions were boiling, but at this time he really didn't know what to say. Things were a foregone conclusion, and no matter how much he scolded, it was nonsense, and it was useless. Now the whole country thought that the Beiyang government was assassinating Song Jiaoren, and it was really unreasonable.

"You quit tomorrow and go back to retire." He said stiffly.
Chapter completed!