Chapter 402 Tang Xiangming's Methods

During the day, the remaining generals of the Southern Expedition Army in the guesthouse were all worried and nervous. Only then did they see clearly what Tang Xiangming was like. It turned out that everything yesterday was just the plan made by Tang Xiangming. They didn't know what the three people were taken away would end. What they were even more worried about now was whether their end would be the same as these three people. Some of them could not help but regret it. It would have been too worth it to have caused the current crisis for the sake of power and profit.

At noon, the servants at the guesthouse still prepared lunch, but no one could drink as happily as yesterday.

Until evening, Tang Xiangming appeared in the guesthouse and anxious everyone again.

Standing in the center of the guesthouse hall, he said slowly with a bit of arrogant contempt and a smile of the winner: "Everyone, Mr. Tang, this governor, was not cheated by sweet words, nor was he bought with money and bribes, but me, Mr. Tang, earned it with great painstaking efforts. Don't think that Mr. Tang is a junior. He has no fame in our Beiyang government. What I hate most in my life is that he is a subordinate and does not respect his superiors. This always makes me confused with the great rebellion!"

The generals present held their breath and disappeared yesterday's arrogant attitude. For a moment, everyone didn't even dare to take a breath, for fear that Tang Xiangming would be charged with being ruthless.

Tang Xiangming said again: "But don't worry, Tang is not talented, at least he has learned the learning of Confucius and Mencius, and knows the black and white of right and wrong. The Central Committee has already known the conspiracy you in Shaoguan, and is very angry. The special commissioner will go south here soon. If someone asks about the crime, he will not be as polite as I am today."

Everyone was wondering: Are you fucking polite?

Tang Xiangming glanced at everyone coldly and said in a calm voice in a threatening voice: "Since the superiors are going to pursue it, I must hand over a few people here. Wang Fengquan, Li Zhiming and Dai Wenjue took away in the morning. I know they are the masterminds of this time, but I don't know if it's enough to hand over only three people..."

When the generals of the Southern Expedition Army heard this, everyone's expressions changed drastically. Tang Xiangming was clearly attacking them!

"Governor Tang, what are you going to do? We... we didn't retreat in time, because there was no order from above. In any case, we were waiting for your instructions from Governor Tang." Wu Weiguo said calmly, but his head was already covered with cold sweat.

"Waiting for my instructions? Commander Xiao asked you to retreat, why were you disobedient?" Tang Xiangming asked coldly.

"This... Governor Tang, he... He... Xiao Yaonan was just a prisoner who was released. He also wrote an open letter to slander the Beiyang government. There were rumors that he was going to be held accountable. How could we obey the orders of a traitor? Besides... Besides... Besides, we in Hunan Province are not without a chief officer. Governor Tang, you are the chief governor of our province!" Wu Weiguo said quickly.

When Tang Xiangming heard this, he felt extremely proud, and he wanted this sentence.

"Captain Wu is a sensible person. I wonder if everyone else understands as well as Captain Wu?" He glanced at the others coldly and asked with a slow attitude.

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood and quickly expressed their feelings:

"I understand, but I understand very well. In the future, only Governor Tang will follow the horse. Wherever Governor Tang pointed, the young people will fight wherever they are. There is no other way."

"Yes, yes, yes, only Governor Tang's leader is the leader."

"This time, Wang Fengquan and the others are the culprits. Governor Tang's punishment is reasonable, and the brothers are convinced."

"From the future, we will support Governor Tang with all our might."

Tang Xiangming was satisfied. Today he wanted to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys and let these soldiers know their methods. After this move, he knew that these people would not dare to do anything randomly. Even if they were allowed to return to the military camp, these people would always be convinced. As the governor of a province, he controlled the military salary and the support of officials and gentry from all over the country. I wish these big-headed soldiers would not be unwilling to accept it.

A few days later, all the southern expedition troops in Shaoguan retreated to Lechang to gather. Tang Xiangming tied up Wang Fengquan, Li Zhiming and Dai Wenjue, who had been beaten to death, and handed them over to the Central Commission for Disposal. Of course, in order to handle this matter as soon as possible, there would be no exaggeration, he deliberately sent a confidant to accompany him and bribed the special commissioner for 5,000 yuan.

The central commissioner confiscated as soon as possible. If such internal problems in the local government were really investigated, it would be very complicated. Since Tang Xiangming has been in contact with someone, he simply went with the flow. He traveled in Hubei for a few days and then took the prisoner back to Beijing.

After the storm subsided, Tangxiang Ming generals Wang Fengquan, Li Zhiming and Dai Wenjue were organized into guard brigades directly under his command. In accordance with the instructions of the Army, the number of the Southern Expedition Army was cancelled, and the remaining ten regiments of the Southern Expedition Army and the provincial reserve team were reorganized into three Hunan Army divisions, and all of them were transferred back to the province to resettlement. Later, he elected his fellow Hubei native Zhang Daolin as the governor of Lechang. In order to ease the confrontation with Guangdong, he only set up militia and police forces in Lechang, and no regular troops were arranged to settle in.

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-April. With the peace talks between the war in Guangdong, the Second Revolution came to an end.

The eyes of the whole country gradually shifted from the south to the north. The Mongolian rebellion and ******* incident that had been sensational not long ago gradually became the focus of people's attention. All forces are speculating whether President Yuan Shikai would abide by the agreement signed with Guangdong and mobilize troops to the north to deal with the major issues of national sovereignty. Many people think that this possibility is not small. After all, the election of the official president has entered the warm-up stage, and Yuan Shikai will inevitably do something that is beneficial to his reputation and a good excuse for winning the election.

Although Yuan Shikai's succession from the interim president to the official president was almost an irreversible ending, from the perspective of the emperor, doing anything requires a high-sounding reason. Even though Yuan Shikai had a strong old bureaucratic aura and did not care about false status, the Beiyang faction still needed to leave a rich mark in history, a commendable mark. In short, the recovery of Mongolia is always more beneficial than the Beiyang faction.

So not long after, informal news came from the Beiyang government that the President was preparing for the preliminary work of sending troops to Mongolia and had begun a first-hand investigation and negotiation method.

For a moment, the whole country was full of confidence in the recovery of national territory, which had become a symbol of proving China's self-improvement to the world.

At the same time, Sun Yat-sen and others began to restless in the apartment No. 26, Boai Road, French Concession in Shanghai, and the current situation in the country was becoming increasingly unfavorable for them. When the Guangdong War was still in peace talks, the revolutionary party had already seen signs of the general situation, and more people chose to leave other countries and temporarily avoid the storm of this period. However, Sun Yat-sen still had hope for Wu Shaoting, or his own beliefs, and chose to stay in Shanghai until today.

The Shanghai garrison commander Zheng Rucheng received an order from *** to quickly and decisively deal with the revolutionary party forces entrenched in Shanghai. With the changes in the war and the completion of the armistice in Guangdong, Zheng Rucheng's search in Shanghai became more and more fierce, but he has always had a bottom line, and it is not convenient to cross the concession to arrest Sun Yat-sen. The concession is a boundary, but in fact, the difficulty of this boundary is not enough for Zheng Rucheng. Either negotiate with foreigners or send spies to carry out missions in private, they can easily catch Sun Yat-sen. What's more, the person who leaked Sun Yat-sen's hiding place was the foreigners of the Concession Administration. Obviously, the foreigners did not want Sun Yat-sen, a hot potato, to continue to stay on their territory, so as not to induce unnecessary trouble.

Zheng Rucheng is not a fool, and even foreigners dare not take action. Is it necessary for him to act as the sucker?

You should know that Sun Yat-sen was the former interim president and the father of the revolution. He had taken photos with Yuan Shikai in the past and shook hands. He had great fame and influence both at home and abroad. If anyone dared to attack Sun Yat-sen, he would be impatient and even felt that his reputation was infamous for thousands of years.

Zheng Rucheng knew that although the order came from President Yuan Shikai, once he implemented this order, when the domestic uproar caused an uproar, Yuan Shikai would definitely push himself as a shield without hesitation. This is the same as the outcome of former Prime Minister Zhao Bingjun. Therefore, he would rather arrest middle-level cadres than touch Prime Minister ***.
Chapter completed!