Fortunately, those planes were not very good at it. After bombing the Military Co., Ltd., they did not continue to throw bombs, but instead threw down countless leaflets of persuading surrender around Changsha City, and then left.

Soon, the director of the Military Costume Bureau appeared in front of Tan Yankai with a sad face. As he expected, almost all the guns and ammunition purchased in the warehouse were destroyed in the bombing, and less than one-tenth of them were intact. Hearing the news, Tan Yankai sighed and felt a little relaxed in his heart: he could finally not go to war with the Northern Army with just a legitimate reason! But after the Northern Army headed south, how should he handle himself?

With such questions, Tan Yankai sent away the military uniform director who was already commanding the commander-in-law. He was about to return to the study to find several aides to discuss how to deal with the current situation. The concierge suddenly reported: "Report to Master, Mr. Zuo Gongxian Zuo, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, and Mr. Zeng Guangxi, Director of the Finance Department, came to visit and claimed that there were important matters to discuss. Master, are you not seeing me?"

Tan Yankai was a little puzzled: these two people are from the Hunan-Xiang family and are quite famous in the province, so they were able to reach this high position. However, their political attitude is very elusive. They neither support the revolution nor follow Yuan. They even only have official exchanges with themselves, and have no connections with them, and they have a bit of a unique taste. Today they suddenly visited together and said they were discussing important matters. What does it mean?

Despite his doubts, Tan Yankai politely welcomed the two into the study. After greeting, he asked, "Brother Zhizhong, my brother, I heard that the two of them have important matters to discuss, but I don't know what's going on?"

Zuo Gongxian did not answer the question: "Brother Zuan has been supervising Hunan for disarmament and has been diligent in his work and loved the people, so that Hunan can recover after the chaos. Everyone in the province is grateful. If it is time, Brother Zuan may not be unable to make some achievements, but it is just that the weather is not off. This year, there was a heavy rain in the spring and summer, followed by hail and severe cold, which caused the people to be displaced and starved to death by countless people on the ditches and roadsides. It is really difficult to be extremely difficult. These are natural disasters, and Brother Zuan can still make excuses to avoid his crimes, but what about the current **?

"Since Zeng Wenzheng practiced bravely to quell the rebellion, Hunan has always been good at fighting. It has scattered bandits, destroyed Nian Army, eliminated the Hui Rebellion, and made contributions to the Hunan Army. However, once and forth, there are only the first division of the Hunan Army led by Zhao Yiwu (Zhao Hengti) in Hunan, as well as three newly organized infantry regiments and an artillery battalion. The new recruits are not worthy of dependence. The total number of veterans is less than 10,000, and they must also be stationed in various prefectures, prefectures and counties in the province. How to deal with the tiger and wolf army in the north? I am afraid that once the battle begins, the land of the three Hunan and four rivers will suffer. The degree of misery is a hundred times greater than that of the previous natural disasters. How will Brother Zuan face the 20 million elders in the province by then?"

Tan Yankai smiled bitterly and said, "How should Mr. Tan easily start a quarrel? Things have become the current field. It's really a matter of love! When Mr. Tan witnessed such a situation, he wanted to maintain it with all his might, and he was like being in a thorny bush and could not use his hands and feet at all. He wanted to resign on his own initiative, but he was afraid that the position of governor would be entrusted by the traitors, and he would even poison the elders of the Sanxiang. He could only learn from Mr. Li Wenzhong (Li Hongzhang) of the previous dynasty and try his best to be a papermaker!"

Zeng Guangxi interrupted, "This is the fate of Li Wenzhong's tragic fate! He actually knew that the Qing Dynasty was already terminally ill and hopeless, but he was just loving the old grace of the Qing Dynasty. He couldn't bear to let go of those bricks, tiles, tiles, bottles, jars, and tried his best to survive until the oil was exhausted and the lamp was gone. But what was the final result? Ten years after Wenzhong passed away, the Qing Dynasty collapsed and turned into ashes. Therefore, wise people should not only do what they should do, but also judge the situation and choose the good ones to follow them!"

To judge the situation? Choose the good one and follow it?

Tan Yankai suddenly remembered that the two people in front of him were not only from famous Hunan families, but also from the first batch of graduates of Jingshi University, and they were Sun Yuanqi's direct disciples. Could it be that they were lobbyists for Sun Yuan?

Although the information shows that they have never had any contact with Sun Yuanqi, who knows whether they have communicated in private? Even if there is no contact, the relationship between teachers and students cannot be separated. Moreover, the two of them have a moderate and unparty political attitude in the province can be fully understood as keeping a low profile and waiting for the time being.

The more Tan Yankai thought about it, the more he felt it made sense. He sighed and replied in a low voice: "After all, Tan is just a scholar, and it is not enough for him to be the governor to be the governor. It was just a coincidence and was pushed to this position by others. I, the governor, did not deserve the name at all. Not only did I not have a soldier in my hand, but I could not speak and act independently, and I could not be independent at the mercy of others. Just like this, Tan disagrees with the announcement of independence this time. Regarding my original intention, I respect President Yuan and Premier Sun and have no intention of confronting the central government.

"It's just that since the assassination case of Song Dunchu and the aftermath of the big loan case, violent party members rushed to call and forced me to call on a telegram to resist the central government. Seeing that they ignored the situation in Hunan, Tan tried to sacrifice the people of the province in exchange for revolutionary victory, he also opposed it several times. They ignored it at all, and regarded Tan as a "party traitor" and even threatened with assassination with bombs. Later, seeing that the threat was invalid, they wanted to replace Tan and elect the young and energetic Tang Guiliang (Tang Python).

The eldest son of Tang Caichang, a famous political activist in the late Qing Dynasty, was only 27 years old at the time, as the governor, so as to achieve the goal of rushing troops to the north. Later, some party members were worried that the change of the supervisor would lead to unstable people and would be disorganized, so they rejected the proposal. However, in order to prevent Tan from contacting the north, they actually replaced all the servants in our mansion and monitored them all at all times so that the subordinates could not communicate with the central government. I am afraid that at this moment, there were people outside the study room to eavesdrop!

"At the government affairs meeting that decided whether to be independent, the Yangtze River Inspection Commissioner Tan Shiping (Tan Renfeng) actually attended the meeting with a pistol. As soon as the meeting began, he pulled out his pistol and slapped it on the table, saying, "If anyone does not agree with independence today, I will give him this thing!" Seeing that he was doing this, who would dare to make a sound? He had to pass the resolution on independence hastily.

"Now that's the matter, everyone outside the Governor's Office has hung a banner to fight against Yuan's army. It's too late to regret it! But I really don't want to confront the central government, and I don't want the people of Hunan to be poisoned by this army. If the central government's army is coming to the Hunan border, Tan will order them to put down their guns and refuse to resist. Tan has prepared the potion. If the party members force them again in the future, Tan will commit suicide by taking poison to thank the world!"

Zeng Guangxi sneered: "Before visiting Divine Tan, Zeng just heard that our Hunan Military Uniform Bureau was bombed by a Northern Army plane and all the guns and ammunition were damaged. Now, there is no money in purchasing, and the second is that there is not enough time. I am afraid that Divine Tan will not ask them to put down their guns and give up their resistance. They have no guns to hold on and no ammunition is available, so how can they resist?"

Tan Yankai suddenly blushed and after a long time he put on a sentence: "Although there are no guns or bullets in the army, our Hunan Army still cannot be underestimated. Haven't my brother Houchen heard the ancient saying "Although Chu has three households, Qin will be destroyed and Chu will be destroyed?"

Zuo Gong waved his hand to stop Zeng Guangxi's rebuttal and said calmly: "The dispute between verbals is futile. Let's talk about the people's sentiments and opinions of Hunan for the Northern Expedition to fight Yuan! Let's talk about the military first. The elite of the Northern Army cannot tolerate Zuo, especially the aircraft under Prime Minister Sun, who were awarded special honors in the Battle of Mongolia. Even if they are brave and good at fighting like Russian soldiers, they have to retreat to the capital. Can the number of soldiers in our Hunan Army be? Brother Zuan also has a scale in his heart, thinking about what's the chance of victory? Today, the plane threw an ammunition to all the guns and ammunition of our Hunan Army turned into ashes, and his morale has plummeted. If the two armies meet in the future, Brother Zuan thinks how to fight the enemy?"

Tan Yankai was speechless.

Zuo Gong continued: "So, talking about the business world. First, the business world is afraid of the chaos in social order after the war, and harassment and robbery are inevitable, which affects the normal operation of shops; second, if the army is raised in the Northern Expedition, the army must be strengthened and a large amount of military pay is spent. This huge amount of military pay will eventually be passed on to them through heavy taxes. Therefore, they will definitely strongly oppose the Northern Expedition to fight against Yuan."

Zeng Guangxi said: "It's not a 'meet', but 'already'! I heard that a few days ago, thousands of merchants and civilians in Changsha held a meeting to openly oppose independence to fight against Yuan, claiming that if there are any assistance to the funds and donations in the future, they will refuse to accept it and fight to the end!"

Zuo Gongxian said again: "Let's talk about the academic community. Mr. Sun has no reputation in the academic community, especially in establishing compulsory education, which benefits tens of thousands of students in Hunan and Hunan, and thus benefiting thousands of families. Such kindness is tantamount to recreation and praise is heard all over the world. Now I am afraid that when Mr. Sun calls out, students in the province will rush to get up and become enemies with Brother Zuan. Do Brother Zuan agree?"

After hearing that it was the academic community, Tan Yankai couldn't help but nod.

Zuo Gongxian continued: "There is also the agricultural boundary. Mr. Sun exempted taxes in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, vigorously promoted the benefits and eliminated the disadvantages, and established countless industrial and mining enterprises, which significantly improved the livelihood of people in various places. According to reports, a large number of poor people in western Hunan moved to Sichuan. Moreover, the compulsory education invested in and established not only allowed countless peasants to enter school to seek knowledge, but also improved the lives of poor families on the other hand. At present, Hunan Province is suffering from floods and hunger. Zuo asserted that most farmers in the province are hoping that Mr. Sun would take over Hunan, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "looking at the clouds and colorful things in a drought"!"

Then Zuo Gongsheng changed his tone: "Of course, the Kuomintang can gain a foothold in Hunan, but it also has its own foundation. In Zuo's view, it is mainly political and industrial circles. It is not necessary to say that the industrial circle strongly supports the Kuomintang mainly because Long Yanxian (Long Zhang) and others vigorously organize propaganda. Among them, Long Yanxian's personal reputation accounts for the majority. To a large extent, the industrial circle is because they believe that Long Yanxian supports the Northern Expedition and anti-Yuan. Moreover, their propaganda itself does not have much substantive content, but just draw a big cake to satisfy their hunger. Sooner or later, there will be times when they wake up hunger."

"In general, although the political and industrial circles have a strong presence in the provincial capital, they cannot be compared with the large number of business, academic and agricultural circles in the province. Moreover, their strength is higher than all propaganda. Under the premise that the military circle is vulnerable, no matter how powerful the political circles and industrial circles are, they will still be unable to escape the fate of a crushing defeat!"

The advantages and disadvantages of the list are nothing more than preparing for negotiation. Since you are going to showdown, there is room for bargaining!
Chapter completed!