Wang Zhenyu is actually from the future. Although he accepted the appointment of the Beiyang government, it does not mean that he gave up everything he had already obtained. Huang Shaohong's led Servants Department was left in Anjiang and relied on this institution, no matter where our classmate Wang Zhenyu is located in China, he can still control the major and minor affairs of the Hunan-Guangxi local government and the National Socialist Party with ease.

  And the logistics supply of the Mass Youth Army was also firmly controlled by Wang Zhenyu, so even if a new military governor were to be appointed, it would be impossible for him to take over the Mass Youth Army.

  Of course, the danger still exists. After all, people's hearts are separated by a layer of skin. If something goes wrong within the Youth Army, things will be very troublesome. So, the role of the three major intelligence agencies comes into play. All military and political officials in key departments are actually under the triple surveillance of the intelligence agency. Any unusual movement will be discovered, and then special agents will break in and announce your arrest.

  After making such meticulous arrangements, Wang Zhenyu had no choice but to head north despite his unease.

  The Beiyang government sent a special representative to escort Wang Zhenyu north to take office. This representative is also a historical celebrity, the current member of parliament Yang Yongtai.

  Yang Yongtai, who had just turned thirty, had fair skin and a handsome appearance. His every move was elegant and refined, like a scholar. The glasses on the bridge of his nose added to his good looks, giving him an air of sophistication. In short, this old fellow didn't look at all like the dark-skinned, thin, and rough-featured Guangdong tycoon that Wang Zhenyu had imagined.

  "Wen Zheng, my younger brother, I've been thinking about the heroic deeds of Wang Zhenyu, who pacified Xianggui during the Xinhai Revolution. Today, I finally met him and indeed he is a majestic and promising young man. It's an honor for me to accompany such a great hero on his journey north to take office. I'm truly grateful and it's not in vain that I've lived this life." Yang Yongtai's eloquence helped bridge the distance between himself and Wang Zhenyu with just a few words of small talk.

  Wang Zhenyu smiled wryly and said: "Thank you, Honorable Councilor. I'll be grateful if you can take care of me when I'm struggling to make a living in the capital city from now on."

  Yang Yongtai, however, seemed not to have heard and just looked around, saying: "Amazing, amazing! I didn't expect that the small Anjiang City would be managed by Brother Wen Zheng into a magnificent scene. The temples in Beijing are too small to hold Brother Wen Zheng's Buddha statue. I hope you will help me out when the time comes."

  This chief advisor of the Kuomintang must have meant something profound, otherwise why would he say such words as "the temple is small but the Buddha is big" at their first meeting? Wang Zhenyu couldn't figure it out for a while and simply stopped thinking about it.

  "Brother Changqing's welcome banquet is ready, please come and join us. In two days, we'll head north together, it won't affect your work."

  "Very well, very good, then I, your foolish brother, will humbly obey."

  On December 1, 1913, the leaders of the National Socialist Party and the Youth Army, as well as all students from the military academy, and officials from the Hunan-Guangxi joint government, either voluntarily or were forced to come to Anjiang Wharf to bid farewell to General Wang Zhenyu who was about to take office in the north.

  Wang Zhenyu, accompanied by his entourage and Beijing government envoy Yang Yongtai, a total of more than 40 people, boarded the Yuanjiang cargo ship at Anjiang. Ye Ziyun cried so much that she was almost incoherent, but after repeated persuasion from her elder sister, she finally didn't cry to death and wanted to go north together.

  Standing on the deck, Wang Zhenyu bid farewell to his family and said with a tinge of sadness but still in high spirits: "Let Changqing brother laugh at me. It's been just over a year since I got married, and my child can't even call out 'dad' yet. Otherwise, I would definitely bring my wife and child together on this mission. So please forgive me for not being able to do so, and I ask that you convey my apologies to President Yuan."

  "Haha, General Wang is being serious again. It seems that President Yuan has been waiting for no one else but you." Yang Yongtai stared at Wang Zhenyu's eyes with a very strange gaze, as if trying to see through something, which made Wang Zhenyu feel quite uncomfortable.

  "Brother Changqing, please don't mention the title of 'Da Shuai' in front of me or behind my back. I can now leave my post and head to Beijing to await orders. This title has nothing to do with me anymore. But I'm not sure what Brother Changqing means by his words, it seems he's only speaking to me alone."

  Yang Yongtai showed a profound and mysterious expression, saying: "General Yu still doesn't trust Yang. In fact, Yang is not a person of President Yuan, but as a member of the parliament and not from the same party as President Yuan, so I was sent to take risks. It seems that General Yu really doesn't know he's in danger."

  Wang Zhenyu felt a chill run down his spine when he heard this. He also knew that going to Beijing was like entering a tiger's lair, extremely dangerous. He said it wasn't true, but as someone who had been in power for a long time, he couldn't be fooled by just a few words: "Brother Chang, Wang Zhenyu is just a martial artist, and I also have great respect for President Yuan. There's no need to keep testing me like this."

  After finishing speaking, Wang Zhenyu's face turned iron-green as if he was really angry.

  Yang Yongtai didn't show any tension and just smiled lightly: "Mr. Zhang Xueji, I'm afraid we've met before."

  Wang Zhenyu heard the name and immediately looked at Yang Yongtai, trying to see something on his face. This Zhang Xueji was appointed by Sun Yat-sen as the commander of the Xiangxi Anti-Yuan Army during the Second Revolution. As a result, he was placed under house arrest by He Jian according to his own wishes as soon as he got off the boat. After the Beijing government recognized its punitive action in Guangxi as lawful, Zhang Xueji was escorted out of the country. Wang Zhenyu still thought that this matter had been handled very cleanly. Why did the special envoy representative of the Beijing government in front of him seem to know everything clearly?

  "Don't worry, General. I just said that although I am an envoy, I am not under President Yuan's command. In the past, I was a follower of Mr. Song and joined the Nationalist Party, now known as the Constitutional Protection Party. To be strict, this time in Western Hunan, I am running for Mr. Sun."

  Wang Zhenyu immediately understood what the situation was. Yuan Shikai, ah Yuan Shikai, even such an important task could be muddled and handed over to his opponent for execution. No wonder history would end in tragedy in the end. It's really that he couldn't see people accurately.

  Wang Zhenyu looked at the increasingly distant Anjiang dock and the crowd of people seeing him off, and said in a very calm tone, "Mr. Sun is still the same, whenever something doesn't go his way, he runs overseas."

  Yang Yongtai couldn't help but hear the sarcastic tone, and he smiled awkwardly: "As long as there are green hills, we don't have to worry about no firewood to burn. Mr. Sun is also for the future of this country. Look at Yang now, isn't he still living in seclusion in Beijing and Tianjin, pretending to be a hermit?"

  "Snail House" Wang Zhenyu, who had watched a TV series of the same name, couldn't help but tremble in his heart. Has the Beiyang government already started speculating on land prices in Beijing? I've never heard that history has such an episode.

  "How is the housing price in Beijing, Mr. Yang?" Wang Zhenyu asked in a very out-of-place tone. No way, I have to know that after the leadership of a certain party in later generations, the land price of Beijing can buy the entire United States.

  Yang Yongtai suddenly felt a bit dizzy, this King Dashi's thinking was also too fanciful.

  "Hmm didn't pay much attention anyway it's not expensive"

  "The government doesn't sell land? But I've heard that President Yuan is in dire need of money." Wang Zhenyu asked in surprise.

  "Haven't heard of it, besides, all governments have masters, how can they be sold? What right do they have to sell?" Yang Yongtai's motherboard almost burned out.

  Wang Zhenyu smiled and covered up the surprise in his heart. This is also too unscientific. The infamous Beiyang government in history actually didn't make a fortune from real estate, it must have used very direct methods to extort money from the people. No wonder it collapsed so quickly in history, too reckless and too blatant.

  Wang Zhenyu even started thinking about whether he should buy more properties in Beijing ahead of time and wait for their value to appreciate.

  Forget it, in case the whole family is suppressed as counter-revolutionaries because of this, it's not worth it.

  "Mr. Yang, what's on your mind? Just say it out loud. Wang is now an ordinary person with no official position, so he can't take offense if you speak frankly."

  Yang Yongtai said in a low voice: "Mr. Sun hopes that you can join the Nationalist Party and continue to fight against Yuan Shikai with him, otherwise China's democracy and prosperity will be out of the question."

  Wang Zhenyu coldly snorted and sarcastically said: "Yuan Shikai is indeed a tyrant, so after Mr. Sun overthrows Yuan Shikai, what kind of program will he have? Won't he also continue to be a tyrant?"

  In his later years, Sun Yat-sen was determined to transform the Kuomintang from a loose political alliance into a centralized and militant party. To this end, he employed every means at his disposal, including signing pledges in blood, but with little success. It wasn't until he turned to studying the most advanced Soviet Union that he achieved a historic breakthrough. Unfortunately, he didn't live long enough to fully realize his vision, leaving Chiang Kai-shek to complete it. As for democracy, it's said that many years later in China, it became a synonym for reactionary, corrupt, divisive and conspiratorial forces, so much so that no one dared mention it anymore.

  Yang Yongtai naturally had to explain a few sentences for Sun Yat-sen: "How can Mr. Sun say that as long as we overthrow Yuan Shikai, this solitary traitor of the people, and then restore the Provisional Constitution, we will follow the path of capitalism?"

  "Next, we'll be rich and powerful, right? Now I finally understand why Mr. Sun, a revolutionary like him, is being ridiculed as "Sun the Big Cannon". Indeed, your slogans are loud and clear, but have you taken a look at the national situation? What about the situation of the powerful countries? Especially in terms of economic support from Japan for the Nationalist Party, what kind of calculation are they making? Having revolutionary ideals is good, but without effective means to achieve them, that's just being overly ambitious and harming oneself and others."

  Yang Yongtai's expression changed and he said: "Commander Yu, during the Xinhai Revolution you were on the front lines in Hubei resisting the Qing army, and during the Second Revolution you also responded to the call to overthrow Yuan. Why are you now criticizing Mr. Sun so severely? Could it be that you have really defected to Yuan Shikai's side? How can a person be so changeable?"

  Looking at the guy who was called the Confucius of this generation in history, he actually had such an idealistic and passionate side. Wang Zhenyu burst out laughing: "Next, are you going to take out your weapons to eliminate harm for the revolution?"

  "Assassination is an extreme measure, it's ridiculous that you would resort to such a despicable tactic. Yang Yongtai has always been above such things." After saying this, Yang Yongtai turned his face away in anger.