In the winter, Guangzhou gradually became cooler, and the golden sycamore leaves flew down. Sun Yat-sen and Deng Keng walked and talked. Not long after Chen Jiongming took over Guangdong, Sun Yat-sen also arrived in Guangzhou City at the end of 1920 and came to pick the fruits of the revolution.

"Zhongyuan, this time the Guangdong army successfully returned to Guangzhou, and you officers and soldiers have worked hard." Sun Yat-sen said slowly.

"We officers and soldiers follow Mr. Zhongshan's revolution, and we are obliged to do so." Deng Keng said solemnly. Deng Keng knew that Mr. Zhongshan, along with Tang Shaoyi, Wu Tingfang and others, came to Guangzhou to reorganize the military government and serve as the Grand Marshal. He then appointed Chen Jiongming as the governor of Guangdong and commander of the Guangdong Army. In this busy schedule, he summoned himself and must have important matters to discuss.

Sure enough, Sun Yat-sen quickly got to the point: "After returning to Guangdong, the Guangdong Army was reorganized, and the entire army was reorganized into 3 divisions and 16 brigades, and the number was expanded to 10,000, which had a certain scale. However, since most of the Guangdong Army units were incorporated by the remnants of the enemy army, the original basic team was complex in categories, and they also helped Fujian. After two victories in the return to Guangdong, they gradually became arrogant and corrupt and degenerate. As a result, the traditions were gradually weak. I was worried about this. Our team must be different from the warlords' troops. Zhongyuan, you understand military affairs and are loyal to the revolution. I came to you and wanted to discuss with you. I hope you can choose the one with better quality on the basis of each unit and form the first division, and you will also serve as the division commander to strengthen the military and political training of the troops and make them a model division of the entire army. I wonder what to do?"

"What the sir said is very true, the students will do it." Deng Keng agreed readily.

After Deng Keng received the order, he was determined to rectify the First Division. He remembered the young brave and ideal officers that emerged in this battle, so he personally appointed a group of vibrant officers and young officers from the Army Academy to serve in the First Division to form a new Guangdong Army First Division. The First Division had four regiments under his command. Zhang Fakui was appointed as the deputy captain of the division headquarters and was promoted to major. Later, he was transferred to the battalion commander of the 27th Guerrilla Battalion of Li Anbang's troops; Xue Yue was appointed to form a machine gun battalion and served as battalion commander; Li Zhangda and Ye Ting were appointed to form engineer battalion, and were appointed as chief and deputy battalion commander respectively; Deng Yanda and others were appointed as staff officers.

At that time, the First Division had the following new characteristics different from other troops: First, it attached importance to the training of cadres at all levels, and purposefully organized officer education camps, sergeant teaching battalions, etc. to carry out rotation training for middle and lower-level officers; Second, in military academics, practical emphasis on formal coaching; Third, it attached importance to political and ideological education; Fourth, it attached importance to social common sense education; Fifth, it was piloted production education.

After many aspects of reorganization education, the First Division of the Guangdong Army has made great progress. The old officers and soldiers have eliminated the habit of decadence and debauchery, actively studied, strengthened training, strictly abide by discipline, and united with sincerity. For the entire team, the combat movements and standard coaches are very skilled, and have developed tactical ideas with strong fighting spirit. The mental outlook is completely renewed, and it has indeed played an exemplary role and has been praised by all parties. The First Division of the Guangdong Army has trained a large number of talents for the National Revolution, including Li Jishen, Deng Yanda, Chen Keyu, Xue Yue, and Huang Zhenqiu.

, Zhang Fakui, Huang Qixiang, Yu Hanmou, Li Hanhun, Chen Mingshu, Jiang Guangnai, Cai Tingkai, Dai Ji, Li Zhangda, Ye Ting, Liang Hongkai, Chen Jitang, Deng Shizeng, Deng Longguang, Miao Peinan, Li Yangjing, Xu Jingtang, Xiang Hanping, Zhu Huiri, Qian Dajun, Chen Cheng and Luo Zhuoying, all served in the First Division (except Li Jishen, Dai Ji, Qian Dajun, and Chen Cheng, the rest were from Guangdong). Later, they all became senior generals of the National Revolutionary Army, and many became powerful and well-known figures in modern China in the future.

Looking at the vegetation that still retains its lush color under the cold wind, Sun Yat-sen also felt that the weather in the south is gentle, unlike in the north, and even in the cold winter, it rarely snows.

Sun Yat-sen walked in the courtyard with Deng Keng, saying, "What's the situation in Guangzhou City?"

"Under the arrangement of Commander-in-Chief Chen, everything is in order and the big chamber of commerce is very supportive." When talking about his immediate boss, Chen Jiongming, Deng Keng couldn't help but be flirting with joy. In his mind, Chen Jiongming was always the person he admired the most.

Facing Deng Keng's answer, Sun Yat-sen smiled: "It's so great, Jingcun and I are as close as brothers. I'm relieved to entrust Guangzhou to him. If you go back, please inform Jingcun. At the extraordinary parliament held in April, I will fully support him."

"Yes, Mr. Zhongshan." After receiving the reply, Deng Keng bowed and retreated.

Because of the convening of the extraordinary Congress, the positions that were previously hastily decided must be approved at the Federation of the Senate and the House of Representatives to be considered effective. Before that, everything was just an agent position. For these powers, there were naturally some open and secret struggles. As Sun Yat-sen, who is the most politically authoritative, everything is in his control.

With Deng Keng's departure, Sun Yat-sen met another person, which was the Sun's best friend Hu Hanmin who had been staying in Guangzhou before. Since following Sun Yat-sen to the north without success, he has returned to Guangzhou to continue to make efforts to accumulate strength. As a chess piece buried here by the "Father of the Nation", Hu Hanmin's actions were planned for Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary cause. Whether it was to accumulate wealth by any means or to win over local strong people through political activities.

"Zhantang, what's the situation in Guangzhou?" Although the question asked was the same as that for Deng Keng, Hu Hanmin was Sun Yat-sen's confidant, and Deng Keng was Chen Jiongming's confidant. How could he be the same?

Unlike Deng Keng's appearance of politeness, Hu Hanmin is really working for Sun Yat-sen, so he naturally does not talk about those useless scenes, but says valuable news: "The original gang has not changed much, they are all our old acquaintances, and they can still ensure smooth information in the channels for obtaining information. The Guangdong Chamber of Commerce and the Huo Family are all very close to Jingcun, and seem to be willing to accept us."

Sun Yat-sen said: "Those business groups that only care about personal small profits will be difficult to achieve great things. I don't need to pay attention to. Is there anything else worth paying attention to in the new people?"

Hu Hanmin said: "It is worth paying attention to by a new organization. The member structure has been roughly evident, but we are not very clear about the strength and purpose of their entire organization."

"Oh? This is a very interesting thing. Does it have any impact on us?" After only less than two years of leaving, the upper structure in Guangzhou has not changed much, so Sun Yat-sen is very interested in this newly rising small team, and also wants to see if there are any places to use.

Seeing that Sun Yat-sen was very interested, Hu Hanmin naturally wanted to explain in detail: "At the beginning, I knew they were from Jingzhao Yin, and one of them came to Guangzhou with a letter of introduction from the local commissioner Zhang Yinyin to join the Chinese Revolutionary Party we formed."

"All of them are our party members?" After hearing this, Sun Yat-sen laughed meaningfully, because if he were young people in the party, Sun Yat-sen was confident that his political qualifications were enough to win over these valuable people.

"Not, there is only one person named Zhong Yang who is a member of our revolutionary party, and the rest are non-partisans. The main ones worth paying attention to are two people, one is Chen Ze and the other is Liu Jinyang."

"Are they?"

"Yes, because Chen Ze's Tianyu Technology Company has mastered many production technology, it has close interest exchanges with major chambers of commerce. Liu Jinyang's Xinghua Chamber of commerce is mainly excellent in trade and political connections. Even I myself have close interpersonal relationships with Liu Jinyang."

"What about Zhong Yang? What does he do?" Sun Yat-sen asked, but the main meaning was to see if he could win over the other two through Zhong Yang.

"He doesn't have any outstanding features and usually rarely appears in public. He thinks he is obsessed with technology and has always been classical culture. Recently, he established a classical culture researchers association and served as the president. Although he joined our party, he seems to be not enthusiastic about the revolutionary cause. He just asked Liu Jinyang to send us a large amount of political donations, and there is nothing else to say. By the way, there is another thing that must be reported to you."

"What's up?"

"As far as I know, Zhong Yang and Liu Jinyang have secretly approached Chen Jiongming and sent a large number of high-quality arms."

"This is something!" After hearing this, Sun Yat-sen had to pay attention to Zhong Yang and his group of people. It is not a big deal to get arms in this era, but not everyone can do it if they can get a large number of high-quality arms. If Sun Yat-sen now has a stable source of arms, he can build his own army immediately without looking at the faces of warlords such as Chen Jiongming.

Even Sun Yat-sen had to be cautious about such information: "Is the source of the information accurate?" Unlike other materials, you can still get food as long as you are willing to spend money. However, things like arms cannot be bought with money, and they are strictly controlled everywhere. Zhong Yang and Liu Jinyang were able to get such a batch of arms under Mo Rongxin's nose and sent to Chen Jiongming. In the eyes of anyone, it is definitely not to be underestimated.

"The news is reliable, and after our eyewitness in Guangzhou City, we can know that Chen Ze's Tianyu Technology definitely has a secret arms production line. Moreover, whether it is Tianyu Technology or Xinghua Chamber of Commerce, they have been purchasing iron ore and making gunpowder, so I think they are objects worthy of attention."

"Zhantang, I feel deeply relieved that you did a good job in this matter." First, he praised Hu Hanmin, and then Sun Yat-sen began to sigh again: "The great cause of revolution is difficult. First, the Yuan thief steals the country's important weapons, and then the internal struggle of the Beiyang warlords. Now, everything in the south is still unstable and he misses the opportunity for the Northern Expedition. If there were all patriots like Zhantang who were worried about national affairs, why would the situation be so deteriorated?"

Faced with Sun Yat-sen's anxiety, Hu Hanmin had to play comforting: "Sir, why should we be anxious? We are united as one, why worry about whether a big thing will be accomplished?"

Having said that, both Sun Yat-sen and Hu Hanmin had already felt the helplessness and wandering feeling that lacked the basis of force. Without his own army in his hand, everything would be over. It’s a pity that Sun Yat-sen did not notice this back then, trying to inspire warlords from all over the world to follow with a clever mouth and the identity of a revolutionary important member. Unexpectedly, what he waited for was disappointment again and again.

This time the Guangdong army returned to Guangdong, according to Sun Yat-sen's intention, he wanted to make a concerted effort to carry out the Northern Expedition. Unfortunately, Chen Jiongming was unwilling to advance north and just wanted to make a good foundation in Guangzhou first and then make a plan. Moreover, unlike Sun Yat-sen's strong advocacy, Chen Jiongming was more inclined to join the provincial autonomy and took a moderate route.

Sun and Chen have known each other for decades in their personal relationship, and can be said to be close friends who share weal and woe. However, they are mortal enemies who are difficult to ease when choosing the revolutionary path.

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