Signing in the Republic of China: starting from a foot patrol

Chapter 331 1 piece of news makes the old man choked up

Capital

The direct leader Cao Kun Cao Zhongsan, who had just finished his breakfast, got up and came to the courtyard. The servants at the side quickly straightened the rattan chair and helped Cao Zhongsan to sit down.

Immediately afterwards, the maid handed Cao Zhongsan the newspaper that had just been delivered today. This was an old habit of Cao Zhongsan. After breakfast, he took a look at today's newspaper.

Scanning the content on the first page hastily, Cao Zhongsan was about to turn to the second page, and then the next second, his brows frowned suddenly, his face changed, and the act of turning the page stopped immediately.

Cao Zhongsan's eyes quickly settled on a piece of tofu block news in the lower right corner of the first page:

"Three days ago, Lin Hongfei, the governor of Lingnan Province, met with Xiang Xinrong, the special envoy of Mr. Yixian. The two sides discussed the domestic situation. Please wait for the further report of this newspaper!"

It was such a brief piece of news, but it was like a thunderbolt in Cao Zhongsan's heart, and it directly dispelled the remaining trace of sleepiness in his mind!

Soon, Cao Zhongsan summoned several confidants and direct backbones, and then pointed to today's newspaper and said:

"Lin Hongfei has dealt with Nan Bian'er, what do you think of this matter?"

When everyone heard the news, except for a few people who had read the newspaper in advance and were mentally prepared, the rest of the people were shocked, and one of them panicked:

"Lin Hongfei has won the true biography of Wu Ziyu, he can be called a mighty general, and he has many soldiers under his command. If he goes to the south, it will be very bad for us!"

"No, you can't let Lin Hongfei get in touch with Nan Bian, old man, I think Wu Ziyu has to come forward and persuade Lin Hongfei."

"That's right, Wu Ziyu is Lin Hongfei's elder, so he will definitely settle this matter!"

While everyone was talking, another person said thoughtfully: "I don't understand, logically speaking, Lin Hongfei is Wu Ziyu's nephew and son-in-law, and his right-hand man, Wu Yongquan, is Wu Ziyu's own nephew."

"Besides, his promotion all the way was promoted by our direct line. We let him reach the high position of a provincial military governor at a young age. Our direct line has never owed him anything."

"Then why did he flirt with Nan Bian'er? Could it be that Nan Bian'er has done him any favors?"

Hearing this, someone retorted: "I don't think it's possible for Nan Bian'er to give him any benefits. Sun Yat-sen has just returned to Guangdong and Guangxi not long ago. He has no soldiers, no money, no official position and no territory. What can he give Lin Hongfei? At most It's just a blank check."

"I don't think Lin Hongfei will choose to defect from our direct lineage and join the south for a short-term producer."

"I think Lin Hongfei must have been wronged for doing this..."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Cao Zhongsan and several people who knew the inside story became a little strange, and these words also reminded Cao Zhongsan that it seemed that he had completely angered Lin Hongfei by not handing over Shaanxi Province to Lin Hongfei.

Moreover, he overestimated Lin Hongfei's endurance too much. He thought he could suppress Lin Hongfei and let him swallow the bitter fruit and suffer unspeakably.

But now it seems that Lin Hongfei reacted very quickly. He had just let Yang Keji and Wei Jiaxing go to Shaanxi Province to take office, and Lin Hongfei got in touch with the south after changing hands.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhongsan's expression turned ugly. Since Lin Hongfei had the guts to contact the south, Yang Keji and Wei Jiaxing didn't know what they would suffer when they arrived in Shaanxi Province!

However, before Cao Zhongsan could think about it, someone below said in an irritable tone: "This Lin Hongfei really crawled out and turned his elbow outward!"

"Then Sun Yat-sen has directly opposed us many times, and he dared to do such a thing."

"Old man, please give an order. This Lin Hongfei must not stay anymore. He must be driven out of Shanling and Lingling provinces!"

As soon as these words came out, someone immediately objected: "Don't forget, Lin Hongfei is a tough guy, and Liu Zhenhua's Zhensong Army can't even hold two or three rounds in front of him."

"Who do you think will lead the troops to defeat Lin Hongfei with full confidence?"

"What's more, there is Wu Ziyu standing behind him. Do you think Wu Ziyu will sit back and watch Lin Hongfei go down?"

When the man heard it just now, he immediately responded: "It's okay if you don't say Wu Ziyu, but I want to ask Wu Ziyu face to face, how he disciplines his family."

"A niece and son-in-law, a nephew, actually did such a thing now, Wu Ziyu must take the lead in cleaning up the house!"

Seeing the crowd getting louder and fiercer, a man with a mustache sitting next to Cao Zhongsan put down the teacup in his hand and said:

"Stop quarreling, quarreling, can you come up with an idea?"

Gao Canghui, Cao Zhongsan's direct confidant, he has a lot of seniority in the direct line, so when he opened his mouth, everyone fell silent.

Seeing that the crowd was no longer noisy, Gao Canghui continued: "You guys are arguing, it's nothing more than two attitudes, one is to fight, and the other is not to fight."

"Whether to fight or not to fight, in my opinion, it is better not to fight!"

As he spoke, Gao Canghui looked at Cao Zhongsan at the side, and explained: "Old man, the two provinces of Shaanxi and Mountains are extremely critical. If you go south, you can enter the two lakes, and if you go east, you can go directly to Shanxi and Henan."

"That is to say, once we start a war with Lin Hongfei, Lin Hongfei can completely echo with Sun Yat-sen from Guangdong and Guangxi, attacking Hunan Province and Hubei Province from the north and the south."

"Even if Lin Hongfei doesn't attack the Lianghu area for the sake of Wu Ziyu's face, he can still go east and attack the Yu Province area."

"Currently, although we know from the newspapers that Lin Hongfei has contact with the South, who can guarantee that Lin Hongfei has no contact with other forces in the country?"

"Take the Feng family as an example. As far as I know, Zhang Xiaoliu of the Feng family has two confidants, one named Ma Yuechuan and the other named Jin Lianshan. These two are classmates and close friends with Lin Hongfei."

"Who can guarantee that Lin Hongfei has no connection with the Feng faction? If he attacks from Yu Province to contain it, the Feng faction goes south and enters the customs again, and Guangdong and Guangxi will send troops to contain the two lakes."

"At that time, we will be fighting on three sides!"

"You say, if this is the case, what chance do we have of winning?"

"Which one of you has the confidence to defeat Lin Hongfei!"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd didn't speak any more, and all of them looked dignified and serious.

Cao Zhongsan also changed his expression slightly, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "Canghui, what do you think should be done?"

Gao Canghui didn't hide anything, and said straightforwardly: "It's very simple, conferring officials and honoring titles, and winning people's hearts. We can't stop Lin Hongfei from contacting Nanbianer, but we can at least prevent Lin Hongfei from defecting from his direct lineage and seek refuge in Nanfang!"

"This···"

Cao Zhongsan showed a bit of embarrassment, and he also understood what Gao Canghui meant, but he just appointed Yang Keji and Wei Jiaxing to serve in Shaanxi Province, and now he wants to hand over Shaanxi Province to Lin Hongfei. ?

Seeing Cao Zhongsan's dilemma, Gao Canghui said again: "Old man, don't worry, rewarding Lin Hongfei is just a way to appease him. I have another plan, which can make Lin Hongfei internally disintegrate and collapse on his own!"

"Oh?"

"really?"

Hearing this, Cao Zhongsan became interested!