Jiang Zuobin arrived in Europe as a military delegation leader of the Republic of China. He witnessed France's defeat with his own eyes. At the Embassy in Berlin in Germany, the Minister to Germany, Yan Huiqing specially held a dinner to welcome him.

As the backbone of the Beiyang diplomatic system, Yan Huiqing did not belong to the Li Yuanhong faction, but during Yuan Shikai's administration, the Transportation and Diplomacy Departments, which were very talkative in the political arena of the Republic of China, were relatively more inclined to Li Yuanhong. In the eyes of these people, the warriors of the Beiyang tribe who played a dominant role in the Republic of China government only knew how to dance guns and sticks, shout and kill all day long, which was inconsistent with their interests. Therefore, between Duan Qirui and Li Yuanhong, they liked to choose the weaker Li Yuanhong as their partner, so that they would have a greater say in the government's formulation of national policies.

Although Yan Huiqing was far away in Germany, he was also very clear about the situation in the country: the center was divided into two factions, one was led by President Li Yuanhong, who advocated reconciling conflicts between the north and the south. The other faction was led by Duan Qirui, one of the main figures of the Beiyang faction, and advocated the suppression of the "rebellion" in the south by force. Yuan Shikai's chess was the stinking trick of the emperor. After his death, the southern provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Hunan declared independence in the name of protecting the country, but after the death of Lao Yuan, warlords from all over the country still refused to obey the central government and used various excuses to separate the local area.

Among them, Tang Jiyao in Yunnan was the most powerful. The Yunnan Army had been controlling Guizhou as early as the 1911 period. Now it controls most of Sichuan and continues to interfere in Sichuan affairs. Guangxi Governor Lu Tingrong took the opportunity to drive away Long Jiguang during the War of Protecting the Country, control Guangdong, and extend his hand to Hunan.

Now there is a big fight between the Presidential Office and the State Council in order to solve the problem in the south. In this time and space, since Xu Shuzheng had great hope for the labor force participating in the war in Europe, Duan Qirui's side seemed to be much more tolerant than another historical period. Although the struggle between the palace and the court was sharp, it was not yet a thankless incident by Xu Shuzheng to force the palace. The "Shishou Zhang" naturally had no chance to create a farce of restoration.

However, both the government and the court have now set their sights on the Chinese Workers' Legion, whose scale and number have expanded rapidly.

With the fall of France, about 350,000 Chinese workers recruited by Britain, France and other countries to the French front line fell into the hands of Li Haidn. In addition, nearly 200,000 Chinese workers on the front line who were "captured" from the Russian battlefield, the number of Chinese workers in the Austro-Hungarian Empire was nearly 600,000. The Chinese workers in the Austro-Hungarian Empire was organized into three armies, but Li Haidn created a super-large organization of the 3rd Brigade and Ninth Regiment system for the Chinese workers in accordance with the organization method of the US Expeditionary Force. In addition to auxiliary arms such as artillery, engineers, and baggage, each Chinese workers' division has about 45,000 people. The entire Chinese workers' division currently has a total of 14 divisions, which doesn't sound like a lot of troops, but in fact, the total strength of the Chinese workers' division is even greater than that of the Ukrainian Legion in the Austro-Hungarian Army.

The government and the courts of the country faced each other in a tit-for-tat way. Although Li Yuanhong was at a disadvantage, he was not powerless to fight back. After all, from a legal perspective, the president had greater power than the prime minister. If Li Yuanhong really wanted to dismiss Duan Qirui, there was a possibility. It is hard to say who would win or lose in the end. Yan Huiqing's diplomatic department did not belong to Li Fang or Duan Fang. Although he felt transcendent, he was also a little confused about who he wanted to support.

At the embassy banquet, Jiang Zuobin also saw Jiang Fangzhen, the former director of the Education Department of the Army and former principal of the Baoding Army Officer School who had been missing for many years and studied in Germany.

Jiang Fangzhen was very enthusiastic about his scholars. In the early years of the Republic of China, he served as the principal of Baoding Military Academy and the acting principal of the Army University. At that time, Yuan Shikai reused a group of new people to serve as senior army officials, intending to weaken the power of the increasingly large Beiyang Division. However, when Jiang was the principal of the military academy, Duan Qirui, who was in charge of the Army Department, saw these new soldiers disliked and opposed them everywhere. Due to Duan's constraints, he was very unhappy as the principal, and even caused a suicide incident. In the end, Jiang Han was angry and resigned.

Jiang Zeng served as Chief of Staff of the Protector at the invitation of his old friend Cai E, but as Cai E's illness worsened, he accompanied Cai E to Japan for medical treatment and immediately handled the funeral. At this time, the Sichuan incident was controlled by Tang Jiyao of the Yunnan Army, so Jiang Fangzhen naturally could not return to Sichuan. So at the appointment of Li Yuanhong, he served as the military advisor of the Presidential Office, and then went to Germany to study in the name of military investigation.

In terms of faction, Jiang Fangzhen, Cai E, Dai Kan and others are all students of Liang Qichao. They are figures of the Liang faction, but Jiang Fangzhen has a deep grudge with Duan Qirui and is also a person Li Yuanhong strives for.

Jiang Zuobin entered the small living room of the embassy. Suddenly, Lan Tianwei, the general of the Tongmenghui, was also present.

"What? Yuyan, was it very surprised?" Lan Tianwei smiled at Jiang Zuobin, who was a little confused.

"Where, where, but I was really surprised to see Brother Ji Hao here." Jiang Zuobin smiled. Lan Tianwei was the kind of heroic figure. At that time, Lan Tianwei, Wu Luzhen, Zhang Shaozeng and Jiang Zuobin were all military backbones of the Tongmenghui who were infiltrated into the Qing army, and they all had a lot of military power.

Jiang Zuobin was the director of the Army Department in the former Qing Dynasty. Wu Luzhen and Zhang Shaozeng were both the commander of the same town, while Lan Tianwei served as the new army in Shenyang and was the main figure during the Fengtian Uprising. Now, Wu Luzhen has long turned into a dry bone, and Jiang Zuobin and Zhang Shaozeng are becoming more and more like bureaucrats. Only Lan Tianwei, who took Yuan Shikai's allowance to him "founding fathers", traveled around, and from time to time, he also loyally helped Sun's "revolutionary cause".

A few people said a few words and sat down in the living room.

"Yu Yan, you are coming this time with a big reputation. You have brought about half of the General Staff." Jiang Fangzhen is a standard soldier. Even if he sits on the soft sofa, he maintains a very formal military posture and is meticulous.

"Brother Baili, I'm making you laugh. Brother is just ordering to do it this time." Jiang Zuobin said with a smile. Li Yuanhong's purpose of controlling the Chinese Workers' Legion cannot be easily disclosed.

"Take it down, this time you probably don't want to drink, but you're trying to play a small fan." Lan Tianwei has always been straightforward, "Brother Baili has set up an 'European Research Association' among European officers. Besides, most of the officers sent by your General Staff and the Army Department have been his students, so this matter cannot be concealed by him."

Jiang Zuobin had long heard of the "European Affairs Research Association" organized by Jiang Fangzhen among the officers who went to Europe. This is an activity that everyone discusses and studies the military, politics, economy and other policies of the European powers. However, Jiang Fangzhen was very popular with the Austro-Hungarian emperor. Not only did he meet him many times, but he also gave him the organization and organization of the Chinese Workers' Legion to coordinate. It can be said that Jiang Fangzhen had a great say in the organization and training of the Chinese Workers' Legion.
Chapter completed!