Chapter 231: Changes and Changes (Part 2)

"Although the current internal and external situation is not good for the Beiyang Army, their strength has not been damaged at all, and we cannot have an absolute advantage." Song Jiaoren touched the two beards on his lips and said in a deep voice: "In my opinion, it is time for us to have a good talk with Weng Chen. Now letting Weng Chen put pressure on the Beiyang Army is much better than the direct pressure we put." Just as he was speaking, he saw Ma Jinchun on the side frowning and said nothing, so he asked curiously: "Deputy Commander, do you have any other ideas?"

Ma Jinchun pondered for a moment, and then said bluntly: "I am not very clear about your political negotiations, but judging from the military strategy I am good at, Outer Mongolia was tempted by Russia to be independent, which may not be a bad thing for the Beiyang Army."

"How do you say this?" Song Jiaoren and Chen Fan said in unison.

Ma Jinchun then expressed his thoughts, his thoughts were almost the same as Xu Shuzheng. Hearing them, Song and Chen couldn't help but take a breath and glance at each other, they all felt the shock in each other's eyes.

Song Jiaoren closed his lips, stood up, walked back and forth in the house for a few times, and finally set his eyes on the newspaper, and then said, "If it is really as Brother Ma speculated, the current situation will be extremely unfavorable to us..." As he said, he tapped the table several times, and ordered with a serious expression: "Brother Ma, you should contact General Cai E and Governor Li immediately, and say I have something to discuss." Then he said to Chen Fan: "Ziyu, go and meet Chen Weng and try to convince him to support us in subsequent negotiations. Even if it doesn't work, I hope he can look like he supports us on the surface. In addition, if Mr. Xu comes out of seclusion, I hope we can be the first to see him."

When Chen Fan heard Xu Changqing's name, he couldn't help frowning. Although he was unwilling to do so, he knew that now was not the time to express his opinions, so he didn't say anything more. He stood up and walked out quickly with Ma Jinchun.

After nightfall, the servants of the Chen family lit the candles on the inner courtyard porch and the lights of the stars not only did not add a hint of warmth in the entire deep mansion, but instead added a gloomy atmosphere. Although the entire courtyard seemed empty and without any defense on the surface, if you look closely, there would always be some figures standing there motionlessly in the corners of some courtyards, looking around with eagle-like eyes vigilantly, without letting go of any suspicious person or thing.

The Chen family's backyard, which was originally extremely quiet these days, has become less peaceful since the daytime. The few independent courtyards that rarely contacted suddenly became visiting relatives and friends who had been together for a long time, and seemed extremely enthusiastic. Even Chen Deshang, the direct head of the Chen family, who rarely appeared, wandered in various courtyards abnormally after returning to the courtyard, and did not stop until night. What is puzzling is that there are two more people who go to various forces to live in the courtyard with Chen Deshang, and that is, the Huang family, the owner of this generation of charity house.

Since Xu Changqing saw the news of Outer Mongolia independence and wanted to prompt the negotiations between the forces in the north and the south to be completed as soon as possible, Chen Deshang took on the role of contact person to explore the bottom line of negotiations of all parties and arrange meetings between the two parties. As for Xu Changqing's unwilling to be too involved in secular affairs, the Huang brothers and sisters acted as their own verbal talk and met with Chen Deshang. In addition to his own factors, Xu Changqing's decision was also to let the Huang brothers and sisters take over the Yizhuang lineage as soon as possible.

With Chen Deshang in advance, the inner activities of the representatives of the major forces in the north and south were clearly understood. Her mediation of the negotiation conditions proposed by the forces in the north and south was also extremely smooth. Except for some political concepts, most of the other substantive conditions have been agreed upon. Next, we will wait for the formal negotiation between the two sides to be confirmed tomorrow. During the afternoon's running, compared with Muna Shaoyan in Huangshan, Huang Juan seemed remarkable. Formerly because of her grasp of people's hearts and the natural magical power of the Eye of the Sky, she often gave Chen Deshang some appropriate suggestions at critical moments. These suggestions allowed Chen Deshang to coordinate the forces of all parties, so that all parties could reach a preliminary agreement before tomorrow's negotiations, and accelerate the pace of peace talks between the north and the south.

Although the preparations before the negotiation went very smoothly, and all forces accepted the identity of the Huang brothers and sisters as Xu Changqing's representatives, such as Li Yuanhong and others, still expressed their hope to meet Xu Changqing before the formal negotiations. For this reason, Chen Deshang asked Huangshan to return to the mountain to ask Xu Changqing's opinions. After thinking about it again and again, Xu Changqing nodded and agreed to meet the representatives of all parties in the evening.

"I'm going to bother you today." After nightfall, Chen Deshang learned that Xu Changqing had arrived at the gate of Chen's house, and hurried out to greet him and led him into the main hall of the inner courtyard, saying: "I didn't expect that things will be resolved so smoothly today. It seems that the formal negotiations will go very smoothly tomorrow, thanks to the help of the two young gentlemen."

Xu Changqing smiled indifferently, reached out to touch the heads of the Huang brothers and sisters on both sides to show their appreciation, and then said, "The most important reason why things went so smoothly is that both sides did not want to continue fighting, and they knew each other's bottom line in advance and would not make excessive demands." As he said, he frowned again and said, "But don't think that the next thing will go smoothly. After all, you mentioned just now that after the establishment of the new Chinese regime, the position of the head of the family has not been decided yet? This position has a great relationship, and both the north and the south will never give in easily."

Chen Deshang's nerves that had just soothed were tense again. Although he was the head of a family and a businessman, before that, his identity was first of all, the descendants of Yan and Huang, and a middle-aged man in China. No matter how he valued interests, he would take it as the bottom line without damaging the national system. He knew very well at this moment that if a confrontation occurred in the north and south, for a businessman like him, he could make a fortune in war. The large amount of medicines and gauze accumulated before could be sold at a high price, but Yu Guo was harmful and useless. Especially in the surrounding areas around China, when the war in the Central Plains lasts and the intervention of foreign forces, he would be rebellious, and the whole of China would be in danger of fragmentation. Even if he became the richest man in the world, he would probably be a piece of fat meat slaughtered by everyone.
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