Chapter 391 Wu Shaoting’s Conditions

Wei Rucong sighed and said, "But after all, our number is lost, and the title of governor cannot be guaranteed, and even the province has to be ceded. What is the difference between such a result and losing? How can outsiders look at us with a victorious eye?"

Wu Shaoting smiled and shook his head, saying, "The views of outsiders are not important, what is important is the views of the Beiyang Army. I dare say that this battle is considered to be aware of the strength of our Guangdong Army. Xiao Yaonan was defeated two consecutive times and was captured again. Cao Kun was forced to resign. Tang Tianxi and Fu Liangzuo suffered a great loss. In the future, when the Beiyang Army meets our Guangdong Army, they will be three points before the battle."

"But outsiders only think we..."

"If they can go, they can cover up the strength of our Guangdong army, which can be regarded as more or less confidential military strength. This makes people all over the world think that our Guangdong army is in a slump. Now the Beiyang army is stationed in northern Guangdong, and other warlords dare not touch our Guangdong. Let's develop with peace of mind and gradually accumulate stronger strength. By the next opportunity, we can shake the whole world."

"So that's it..." Wei Rucong nodded thoughtfully. He had to admire Wu Shaoting's way of thinking very advanced. He could even ignore personal honor and disgrace and carefully master the interests of more powerful. He sighed secretly, no wonder I, a teacher, want to help students. It's really the next wave of the Yangtze River pushes the previous wave!

Afterwards, Wu Shaoting comforted the officers of the division headquarters with kind words, asking everyone to be calm and restrain their emotions first.

But in the afternoon of the same day, several telegrams and phone calls came to the division headquarters. The generals and officials from various positions demanded that such conditions be rejected. Even if the bloody battle was in full, it was much more honorable than cede the land and seeking peace. Among these officers who petitioned, a considerable number were students from the Whampoa Military Academy. Although they hoped to be able to fight, they were definitely not such an unfair and unjust truce, which was even more shameful than defeat.

Faced with such a fierce petition, Wu Shaoting was not angry, but felt very pleased. In his opinion, the purpose of cultivating military talents loyal to him was perfectly achieved. These young officers with passion, passion and faith showed their unique side when everyone was eager to stop fighting and rest, which was precisely because they dealt with their unique beliefs and values.

When dealing with this issue, he did not verbal orders, but just took out national justice to tell the truth. The significance of the second revolution is no longer important. What is really facing the country is the Outer Mongolia and the Ultimate incident. We must not give up more practical rights and interests because of a momentary anger. He emphasized that the reason why we would rather accept such humiliating conditions and reach a ceasefire as soon as possible is not because we fear Beiyang. First, we cherish the Guangdong Army soldiers fighting for most of the past six months, and second, we hope to use this to express the Guangdong military's support for the central government's sending troops to Mongolia and Ultimate.

"At this moment, the Chinese should be unanimous to the outside world and ignore the national territorial integrity for the sake of civil war. I, Wu Shaoting, are not a great saint, and I am far away from the southern border and cannot lead my troops north to suppress the rebellion. All I can do is to end this cruel war as soon as possible so that the central government can deal with the *** incident wholeheartedly. I hope you can understand, Shaoting thanked him with shame."

Under such reasons, these passionate young officers could only choose to accept it. After all, their beliefs originated from the dream of saving the country and revitalizing the country. When the country is in trouble, they cannot fulfill their responsibilities in southern Xinjiang, so they have to fulfill their wishes in an indirect way.

After several days of discussion, Wu Shaoting, Wei Rucong and Mo Qingyu, who was lying on the hospital bed, formulated the conditions for Guangdong. On this issue, Wu Shaoting should have negotiated with the military government and senior officials of the Governor's Office, rather than just two division commanders decide. After all, this is a negotiation condition related to the overall interests of Guangdong.

However, Wu Shaoting felt that the truce could not be delayed for too long. The sooner the resolution would be, the more beneficial it would be to Guangdong. If he went back to Guangzhou to argue with the bureaucrats, he would be afraid that he would not be able to make any mistakes without ten days or half a month. As the governor of Guangdong, he could represent the interests of the whole of Guangdong alone, and it would not matter to explain to the military government and the governor's office.

The response conditions proposed by Wu Shaoting are as follows:

First, we must ensure that Wu Shaoting still serves as the governor of Guangdong and has leadership over the areas under Guangdong; the Guangdong military government and the governor at all levels will remain unchanged.

2. The Beiyang government is not allowed to attach other conditions beyond the existing conditions; the Guangdong military government is not responsible for the Yang army stationed in Guangdong, and the Yang army stationed in Guangdong is limited to military rights and interests, while the civil government rights and interests of the five counties in northern Guangdong are still under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong military government.

3. If any action is taken by the Yang Army stationed in northern Guangdong, including military, survey and other dynamics, it must inform the Guangdong military government in advance, otherwise the Guangdong military government has the right to interfere.

4. After Shaoguan was promoted to a municipality directly under the central government, the Guangdong military government was still responsible for the police work, and the Beiyang government must appoint Chen Guangbi, the former Shaoguan County Mayor, as mayor. Except for the Beijiang canal transportation tax, the rest of the tax administration in Shaoguan was handed over to the central government for disposal.

5. The Beiyang government recognized the legal status of Liu Guxiang, Liu Zhenhuan and Yang Ximin in northern Guangxi. With Wu Shaoting's recommendation, the Beiyang government should appoint Liu Guxiang as the Guardian of Guilin, Liu Zhenhuan as the commander of the Lijiang Guardian, and Yang Ximin as the general of the Guardian of Guilin.

6. The war in Zhangzhou, Fujian should be summarized within the Guangdong armistice agreement. Before and after the signing of the agreement, Li Houji stopped all military operations. At the beginning of the agreement, Wu Shaoting recommended that the Beiyang government appointed Xu Chongzhi as the governor of Zhangzhou.

7. This armistice contract is not treated as a victory or defeat, and the central government should handle the Outer Mongolia incident and the *** incident as the benchmark. Therefore, after the agreed armistice, the central government needs to publicly promise to quell the Mongolia and the *** problems.

After these conditions were drawn up, Wu Shaoting immediately sent them to Guangzhou and *** respectively.

After reading the agreement, the bureaucrats left behind in Guangzhou were all puzzled. The revolutionary Guangdong army had been fighting in Guangdong for so long. Not only did they not ask for official positions for their own people, but they recommended it to the irrelevant outsiders of Guilin and Fujian. What is the reason for this?

Wu Shaoting did not explain to Guangzhou. These were the strategies he and Wei Rucong and Mo Qingyu jointly planned. Now that the five counties in northern Guangdong have been controlled by the Beiyang Army, he would never be trapped in a corner of Guangdong. He took the opportunity to win over the forces of Guangxi and Fujian and attract foreign aid. Even if these people would not devote themselves to Guangdong, they could still support each other, making outsiders think that they were on the same front and dare not attack easily.

Three days after Cen Chunxuan received the telegram, he brought documents to the Presidential Palace to conduct final negotiations that night. It was already the 24th day of the first lunar month and the 12th day of the Gregorian calendar. This day had far exceeded Yuan Shikai's expected bottom line. Yuan Shikai had to admit that he had indeed underestimated the strength of the Guangdong army. If he had known that this would be the ending, he should not have thought about removing Wu Shaoting, but used Wu Shaoting and the southern warlords to kill each other. Unfortunately, the matter has come to this point. Although it was too late, the result was not too tragic, and he also had the opportunity to provoke hostility between Guangdong and southern provinces.

The negotiations lasted half an hour, and Yuan Shikai asked Cen Chunxuan to retreat for a while. He took Cen Chunxuan's file and read it repeatedly several times, and it felt uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly.

Also accompanying Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng, Yang Shiqi and Zhang Yiao were also involved in the negotiations.

Duan Qirui subconsciously glanced at Yuan Shikai's face and took the opportunity to say, "President, Wu Shaoting really takes himself seriously. It's already great to let him continue to be the governor. This kid is shameless and wants to recommend others. It's so arrogant."

Xu Shuzheng was once shamed in Guangzhou and was still thinking about this revenge in his heart, so he also agreed with his mentor Duan Qirui's words and said quickly: "Yes, President, look at this last article, 'Don't be judged by victory or defeat', 'The central government should handle the Outer Mongolia incident and the *** incident as the benchmark'. He is clearly arrogant."
Chapter completed!