Chapter 426 Revealed

In January 2nd year of the Republic of China, there were three main things that domestic newspapers paid attention to. The first was the general election of the parliament; the second was the case of bribery by officials in the west; and the third was the discussion on the "division of military and civilians" caused by the Jiangxi mutiny.

Song Jiaoren presided over the *** and became the most eye-catching figure of the party. He was determined to build China into an independent, prosperous and powerful bourgeois democratic republic. In order to lead the whole party to win the victory of the parliamentary elections, he organized a complete party cabinet to prevent the dispute between the president and the cabinet from happening again. For this reason, he personally went around to arrange elections in various provinces and even even the old mother and wife who had been separated for eight years had just met each other and lived for a day.

After Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai completely suppressed the Democratic Party's momentum, news of the victory of the *** primary election came from the southern provinces. He was so excited that he hurriedly said goodbye to his relatives and continued to deploy local elections. He went through Jiujiang to Nanchang, then to Changsha and Hankou, and finally took the Beijing-Han Railway to Henan first, and then went to Xi'an to personally direct the elections of Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Every time he went to a place, he would meet with the *** people and local celebrities and give passionate speeches. His words were so fierce that it was so fierce that the tabloid reporters secretly rejoice that there were some news. News:

He first criticized the central government for internal affairs, such as the internal affairs of the government, "The fiscal situation has reached extreme chaos. The government has no plan for the future of finance. It only knows that it depends on large loans and thinks that it is appropriate to make up for the gaps... In terms of diplomacy, it is passive and perfunctory and has no certain policies, which leads to the Mongolian and Tibetan issues that shock the whole country... Such a government is actually not as good as a public-spoken government, but a government that is regressing."

When he was asked in Hankou why he was not in Wuchang and Chongqing to win votes, but went to Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, Song Jiaoren was immediately displeased and mocked the West and Li Han, "the separatist land was not known to have a country", "ignoring the law, not democracy, suppressing domestic parties in the development of the West, but his Republican Party had room for survival. Although he had the achievements of construction, he was proud of his contributions and was not the heroes..." If he had not been worried that Li Han would ban the development of Shaanxi and Gansu, he would have been more powerful in his criticism.

Song Jiaoren has two magic weapons in his hand, one is to promote democracy, especially parliamentary democracy; the other is to promote autonomy, especially local autonomy. Words like "Our first proposition is in the cabinet system, in order to create parliamentary politics" and "About centralization and decentralization, I strongly advocate local autonomy, making it the center of politics (this time, I won't mention separatism)" are all from his speech. He also clearly distinguished: "These propositions are by no means private opinion, but a major issue related to whether a complete republic can be built. They must be clearly written into the future constitution..."

Finally, it was emphasized to organize the *** Cabinet. Song Jiaoren accused the Northern Government of the Communist Party of China and explained the political views of the people, and ultimately to organize the "National Cabinet". He said without any concealment: "For the sake of the present, we must organize and improve the government... and if the government is perfect, we must have a political party cabinet. Now we are in this position." In order to awaken the attention of the people, he commented in a sharp tone: "Although the revolution is successful today, it can only refer to racism, and the purpose of the political revolution has not yet been achieved."

Song Jiaoren's above words and deeds aroused hatred by the Beiyang group represented by Yuan Shikai. The Beiyang system was established on the basis of feudal priesthood. He was not familiar with political arguments at all, and he followed the feudal independence. The dictatorship was particularly not allowed to criticize the government. Although Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui and others went abroad to study, they were all military. They advocated powerful politics and were also very disgusted with politicians like Song Jiaoren. In a letter to Zhang Zhenfang (Yuan Shikai's second brother's wife and brother) Yuan Shikai said: "The one who hates the most is Song Jiaoren."

However, even though he said that, with the help of mastering the center and having checked the general results of the election from the data fed back from various places, Yuan Shikai ordered people to bring huge sums of money to Xi'an, Shaanxi to meet Song Jiaoren, hoping to buy him.

On the first day of February, Bai Lang joined forces with Wang Chuanxin, Song Laonian, Li Hongbin, Wang Zhen and others in Nanyang, including Wang Chuanxin, Lu and Bao, and more than 4,600 people. Taking advantage of the move of most of the Henan Army to Nanyang, Xinyang and other places, he unexpectedly counterattacked Tang County for the third time, and wiped out most of the mixed 59th Regiment of Wang Tianzong's troops in one fell swoop, seizing a large number of rifles, machine guns, cannons, and bullets. After the war, the bandit army in the headquarters increased to more than 3,000, and he was firmly in the first bandit leader in Henan.

Without anyone knowing it, on February 2, a fleet of ships rushed from Sichuan to dock in the construction of Wuchang. Under the dark night, under the strict protection of a team of cavalry, they rushed to Wuchang City. On the same day, Yuan Shikai summoned his staff to discuss secretly, and Li, Hu and Bai shot to the central government to send them to Beijing and newspapers in various places in Tianjin.

After the telegram of Li, Hu and Bai was reported to the newspapers, although it attracted the support of the *** people and local provincial governors, it was strongly discussed by provincial legislators, constitutional celebrities and ordinary people. However, as the first general election of the Republic of China was about to end, most of the domestic eyes were still on the general election on February 4, and Yuan Shikai's method of diverting the public's attention was not successful.

Two days later, the election that the Chinese people have been paying attention to officially ended. In the primary and re-elections of the Senate and Houses, *** won an overwhelming victory. Among the 596 seats in the House of Representatives, *** won 324 seats, accounting for 54%. Among the 245 seats in the Senate, *** also occupied 81 seats and 33% of the proportion. Together, the two houses won a total of 405 seats, which is the biggest winner of this election, accounting for 48% of the 841 seats, about half. The three major Republicans won only 232 seats, of which only four Republicans participated in the competition as individuals and won seats for Congress.

The victory of this election still ended with various constraints from the central and local governments. Although it failed to reach more than half of the status, the number of seats occupied exceeded that of any other political party, almost twice that of the Republican Party, the other three parties of the Democratic Party. The victory of the *** election made the whole party happy. The *** members were very happy when they heard the news. Members from all over the country rushed to inform that the whole country was full of firecrackers. On the same evening, under the suggestion of several veterans, the Constitutional Discussion was established in Beijing. For a time, there was a stance to lead the domestic politics and confront Yuan Shikai's Yuan family's central government.

Several happy and sad, the victory of the *** highlighted the failure of the Democratic Party. Originally, the Democratic Party thought that relying on Liang Qichao's prestige and the reputation of constitutionalists in the former Qing Dynasty Advisory Council, coupled with the open and secret support of the Yuan Shikai government, and the Republican Party also voluntarily gave up the right to vote in the five western provinces and gave the seats of the congressmen in the province to the Democratic Party. With this kind of support, Liang Qichao even believed that even if he lost to the ***, it would be only a 50% or 50% of the two, and there was not much difference between the two. But reality gave them a ruthless slap, and the Democratic Party did take the second seat, only

However, the results were pitiful. In the past few months of the election, Liang Qichao and his disciples traveled around the country, delivered dozens of speeches, and even fought several times with the *** campaign, but in the end they only won 108 seats, including 57 of which were Hubei, Sichuan and *** provinces, and 6 of Gansu and Shaanxi each. In other words, if it were not for Li Han's help, he would probably have only less than 40 seats left, especially in the distribution of members of the Congress, which represents the most important public opinion, he has only won 3.2% of the seats in total, losing to Song Jiaoren.

As soon as the election result came out, it immediately caused other controversies, mainly about how the Congress enacted a law? How to formulate a constitution? In these two aspects, the *** people had a fierce debate with Yuan Shikai's forces. The day after the election result came out, the *** newspaper (a new position of radical revolutionaries) organized a welcome congression in Shanghai and issued a "Declaration on Welcome the Congress", proposing that the Congress convene itself, hold a preparatory meeting in Shanghai first, and then hold a founding meeting in Nanjing, believing that this would maintain the security of the legislature, prevent Beijing's interference, and allow members of parliament to freely agree on the constitution and elect the president.

When Yuan Shikai heard this, Zhang Huang was shocked and anxious, asking for a solution to eliminate the party members. The first person who came out to speak for Yuan Shikai was Sun Yujun, a former member of the Tongmenghui. He issued a telegram against the arbitrary transfer of the parliament. He said that he would convene the parliament by himself and choose the location of the parliament by himself, that is, to change the capital. If he wanted to use the power of the parliament, the government would move to the south before it would... Since Sun and Huang entered Beijing, the opinions of the north and the south have been negotiated. Now this proposal has only caused the hearts of the people of the north and the south to feel a sense of dissolution, and the influence has greatly affected the country's division... The radicals refuted Sun Yuyun's telegram, and the two sides launched a fierce debate.

After the election results were announced, the disadvantages of the mixed party members in *** have been revealed. Many speculators who were involved in *** and tried to use the help of *** to form a cabinet to make a single official and half-time position to jump out and fight with other forces in the newspaper. Although *** has many people, there are even more opponents, including many great figures, such as the leader of the *** Party, Zhang Taiyan. The articles that wrote articles to attack *** in the newspaper are his most powerful firepower.

Taiyan and the predecessor of the ***, Tongmenghui, have always had grudges. How could he not do a big deal when he seized this opportunity? So he wrote an article to attack the *** from top to bottom, including assassinating Tao Chengzhang, extorting Shanghai national capitalists in the name of revolution, attacking Chen Qimei and others for corruption. Sun Yat-sen attempted to give up the rights and interests of the *** family (referring to Sun Yat-sen's original plan to rent Manchuria to exchange for loans) and so on. The firepower and ammunition have made the momentum rise steadily.

After the Congressional election, *** did commit public anger, which caused many domestic forces to panic. Many democrats believe that *** paid too much attention to party interests and ignored national interests, such as advocating the bill to move south to the south, which in their opinion was a move to split the central government and cause confrontation between the north and the south. For example, after becoming the largest party, *** promoted the responsible cabinet in the newspaper industry in a long and long way, requiring *** to organize a complete party cabinet, and even publicly mocked the weight of other parties. Of course, there was some jealousy contained in this verbal battle that swept across various forces in the country, and there was no lack of force behind it, such as... Yuan Shikai!

Although the country is now involved in mutual attacks, it has gained an overwhelming advantage in the parliamentary election. In particular, Song Jiaoren spared no effort to attack the central government in order to obtain more votes during the election, from civil to diplomacy to military policies, and even scolded the cabinet as Yuan Shikai's "puppet cabinet", and even attacked him because the president's power was not restricted, which eventually led to his power increasing, and he was almost scolded for being independent.

In addition, the establishment of the parliamentary movement southward and constitutional discussion meeting caused by radical parties in the *** *** has undoubtedly caused Yuan Shikai to be very uneasy. He had no doubt that once Song Jiaoren formed a cabinet, his power would be constrained. So he secretly ordered the dispatch of troops to prepare for a big battle, but the secret recruited only Yang Du and asked him what he should claim.

Yuan Shikai has many pens and his staff is even more large in scale. However, Yuan Shikai never wanted to trust others easily, just like Li Han. He had suspicious points in his subordinates Zhao Bingjun and others, just because he was afraid that because he tasted the benefits of power, his subordinates would have a second thought.

Chen Huan and Yang Du are two confidants under Yuan Shikai who know how to figure out his meaning the most. However, compared to Chen Huan, he undoubtedly believes in Yang Du more. Because under his command, only Yang Du agreed 100% with his centralization and authoritarian rule. Although Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui and others were openly responsive, they did not completely want him to be an independent person. Therefore, they always thought that although Yang Du and several generals under him, such as Duan Qirui, Duan Zhigui, Feng Guozhang, etc., were a bit dirty. They even looked down on each other with Chen Huan and others. Yang Du was straightforward and ignorant and sleek, offended the whole people of the Beiyang Group, but Yuan Shikai was very appreciative of Yang Du and was particularly generous. Although Yang Du had any opinions, Yuan Shikai pretended not to know. If there was a political incident that needed to be discussed, he was still eager to come.

"Xizi, come on, come on, come on, come on warm. It will take another month for this ghost weather to take off your cotton jacket, don't get frozen!" He was holding a volume of salt administration exams sent by Xuzhou to take seriously, but suddenly he heard the servants outside the door call, and when he looked up, Yuan Shikai saw Yang Du coming, he quickly got up and left his seat, and asked Yang Du to sit down.

Yang Du felt a fever. Although Yuan Shikai did not fully meet his image as a "wise ruler" in his mind, he had the kindness of knowing him. He also knew that Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Zhao Bingjun, Chen Huan and others slandered Yuan Shikai in front of him every few days, but he did not shake Yuan Shikai's trust in him at all, so he always showed great loyalty.

"President, are you asking me for something?"

"I'm in trouble and need a great sage in urgent need." Yuan Shikai was not vague and pointed out his own dilemma. The Congressional election has come to an end, accounting for nearly half of the Congress's top so strong. What should he do if he enters the cabinet in the future?

Yang Du pondered for a long time and said, "This is indeed a troublesome thing, and I'm afraid that ordinary methods will not work."

The meaning is very clear!

Yuan Shikai laughed and patted his shoulder. Yes, he was no longer the same as before. He got enough loans from foreigners and ordered a batch of arms from foreigners to deliver them. Since they could not control the will of the party members, they could only be tough.

However, although he thought so, he was also concerned about his image. To put it bluntly, he still wanted to establish a chastity arch for himself. Therefore, he wanted to find Yang to come here this time, but he still hoped that he could give himself a way to try not to reduce his image in the hearts of the people.

"Song Dunchu didn't know how to polite him. I had a few good intentions and hinted that he could provide funds for his post in the future, and that the amount was only clear. He also promised that he would be the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. However, after the formation of the cabinet in the future, I would negotiate and nominate important cabinet members with him to fully support the administration of the Presidential Office in terms of internal affairs. He said, "Why do this cabinet be a cabinet of public opinion or a cabinet of democracy?" Yuan Shikai seemed extremely disdainful, "Now that the people of our country have not yet opened up, how many literate people do the people have? If this country is commanded by them, no matter how big the ship is, it will happen sooner or later, and it should be led by capable people!"

"The party members are determined to pursue changes in Europe and the United States, but they do not know that they have experienced hundreds of years of evolution to become today. They are desperate and destined to do good things into bad things. Unfortunately, the party members are all stubborn. Even if we told him that the road is not clear, he only remembers his choice and insists on hitting a way to the wall. The president, I'm afraid that we can not use many means besides being prepared!"

Although Yang Du disdas the party members, he has some knowledge of the European and American systems. Therefore, looking at the eyes is much more profound than those of some party members who believe they know European and American laws!

"Um!"

Yuan Shikai nodded, "It's a pity that there are so few people in the world who have such knowledge!"

He smiled, and suddenly thought of the young man, and his face became gloomy.

Could it be that he chose to give up the election because he saw this?

The question in his heart became stronger and stronger, making him feel like a piece of cotton stuffed into his chest, and his breathing became uneven.

"President, we can't just stare at the ***..." Yang Du said with a long voice, "After all, *** is taking the route of elite politics, most of them are literati, and they can't escape your palms when they are well-managed. It's just that the one in the local area who dares to attack the gang of parliamentary members in the parliamentary election. She is stupid and hasn't guessed what his move means until now?"

Now the five western provinces are connected together. Although the only areas that can be discussed in prosperity are Hubei and Sichuan, the joint military governments of the five western provinces of Li Han seem to be larger than the central government. Not only Yuan Shikai regards that person as a lifelong enemy, but his group of staff also treats Li Han in some places. Yang Du is the one who is most worried about.

"He? Li Han?"

After muttering silently, Yuan Shikai smiled and said, "Don't worry, if we don't cause trouble for him in a short period of time, Li Han should be glad that he can't do anything about his energy now!"

Yang Du was stunned. Seeing Yuan Shikai seemed to be in a good mood, he lowered his voice and asked, "Did the President fall into a chess piece?"

"No, someone has given birth to a son on his behalf, I'll just give some advice!"

He was in a good mood and smiled and said, "Xizi, you don't have to worry about Li Han. He has a lot of trouble now, but he doesn't have the time to make trouble. Our central government has not taken down his strength intact, but it's not easy to deal with ***. If I keep getting stronger and his power cannot grow, it will be time to deal with him after I get ***!"

Since he decided to sign a big loan with foreigners before the end of the month, he has been in a good mood. He raised his hand and stamped his feet and had a look of rejuvenating after he was in the stable. He often chatted with people and kept joking and stooling.

Yang Du Zhiwei hurriedly asked him with a smile, and then he took a few documents from the table and threw them to him.

"Look at it yourself. I just wanted to cause some trouble for him to make his life less comfortable, but I didn't expect that I would encounter such a good show. If I don't sing a few sentences on stage, it would be too cheap. Just watch it!" Yuan Shikai also likes to listen to operas, and the last sentence was sang in a singing style, which shows that he is in a very good mood.

Yang Du suddenly realized it when he saw it. After savoring it, he laughed at the three wonderful words.

It turned out that although he reached a hidden deal with Li Han at the end of last year, Yuan Shikai saw his potential and was worried that he would become his main opponent in the future. So he thought of causing trouble for Li Han, not letting his power develop so quickly. President Yuan's methods were naturally extraordinary. He first sent people to Gansu, secretly promised to support some money, and finally instigated some local Hui people to rebel, trying to shake Li Han's rule in Gansu. In addition, he also sent people to bribe the generals under Li Han, but he did not expect that the dispatched subordinates accidentally discovered that there was still power.

After contacting Li Han's generals and inquiries, he finally confirmed that the force was not someone else, but the Black Dragon Society established after the transformation of Xuanyang Society, which had fought several times in North Korea. The Sino-Japanese War in 1894-1895 was really fierce. Not only were the two teams fighting on land and sea, but the spies and counter-spionage organizations of the two countries also fought fiercely. The Leshantang in Hankou was removed at that time, and many spies in the Beiyang army lost their heads. Yuan Shikai personally experienced the scene at that time, but he was not unfamiliar with the useful methods.

So, he simply ordered his subordinates to use a knife to kill people, and decided to borrow the knife from the *** man to cause trouble for Li Han. With the introduction of several people who were already tempted and moved, the *** man finally met some of the commanders under Li Han's command, but he didn't know that the *** could even say that the *** could follow the gang of MPs. If Li Han hadn't been more ruthless and his hawks had a sharper nose, he would have been afraid that the five western provinces would have lost this title in the future.

However, although Li Han had temporarily calmed down the ***, the foundation instability and internal turmoil caused by swallowing five provinces and regions in a year and a half is enough to make him unable to separate himself in a short period of time. Now, it is the best time to solve the ***.

"What kind of trick does Xizi have to solve my worries?"

"this..."

Yang Du frowned. It is not easy to be a saint... But everyone wants to be a saint, and Yuan Shikai is no exception. He pondered for a while and had to say, "If the people have no objections, then there is only one choice left, that is, to overwhelm the seat of the parliament. Parliamentary politics needs to occupy a majority to rule, at least to get the majority support; but this does not mean that the largest party must form a cabinet. In the century-long democratic process of Western countries, there are many losers who have the status of the largest party and the formation of cabinets. President, ***

Even though he won the largest party, he still has a little gap from half. Therefore, it depends on whether we are still faster. Ren Gong said it at the beginning, but it is ridiculous that he still used the one he used decades ago. How many people in China can accept his theory? If the Republican Party had not been withdrawn and given up the seat, the Democratic Party would have been ugly. Over the past few days, *** has repeatedly advocated the establishment of a complete party cabinet, and it is unlikely that it would be possible to unite with the party forces. President, your hope will be placed here."

"Welcome other parties?" Yuan Shikai reminisced for a long time, "Now, there are more political parties than the eight major hutongs. What do you mean is to win over those messy parties, which will lead to the hutongs being unable to obtain more than half of the seats in the end?"

Yang Du nodded, "I know the president doesn't like political parties, but now the people in China are staring here. If we want others to believe, there is only one way. The Republican Party has given up this election and can temporarily put it aside. The remaining dozens of forces in all sizes and sizes are stronger than the ***. With Xizi, it is best for the president to come forward in person and form a new Democratic Party, a party with more seats in Congress than the ***. You also know that other places abroad have two round dealers, and the situation of one dominance is just like the current ***, and it is not welcome in China!"

Yuan Shikai frowned. He heard the advice in Yang Du's words and knew that he was persuading himself to do it directly and not go so many more paths. However, in the past year he was president, his reputation in China was generally very good. People have time to cherish their wings. No one doesn't want to be that saint. Yuan Shikai is a hero and wants to be a great hero that everyone admires.

Now pretending not to hear it, he said, "This is a good way. I will discuss it with Liang Zhuoru. Although we don't want to admit it, it is true that the party members have a propaganda. Looking at Europe and the United States, political parties will definitely appear in the end. If the first lobby of the Congress can be in our hands, a lot of resistance will be removed!"

Yang Du sighed, but in the end he was unable to change his decision. He had to try his best to analyze for him: "As I said before, Ren Gong coordinated the parties and merged them into the Democratic Party, and the President needed to match him to complete the process. In addition, his funds also came from financial appropriations. If he came to power in the future, he would definitely be a weak cabinet and would require the president's support..."

Yuan Shikai nodded. The reason why he agreed to cooperate with Liang Qichao, his former opponent was that he saw that even though Liang Qichao was the prime minister, he could only rely on his big tree due to his innate shortcomings. In that case, it was called the Cabinet of Responsibility, but it was actually under his control.

"But, the President, don't be too addicted to the party's theory. Only strength is the fundamental. Look at Li Han, if the troops in his hands are not taken away, even if the Republican Party has not won any seat in Congress this time, can anyone in the world underestimate him? It's better to solve the *** as soon as possible? If it's really not possible, the President, we can also cut off its wings first, such as the governors who mainly support the ***, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Guangdong... Li Songqing's military and civilian division can be used to copy it. Don't we have a reason now? Look, did Li Han take a telegram and assign military and political officials to his five provinces?"

Yang Du advocated the imperial learning. Although he knew a lot about political parties, he believed that governing troubled times still required a wise ruler. Therefore, he repeatedly woke Yuan Shikai up for fear that he would be addicted to the political parties.

Yuan Shikai reminisced for a while, suddenly his eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly, "Xizi's brilliant plan is very good!"

"Since that's the case, the fair boy will leave."

Yang Du left after saying that.

That night, Yuan Shikai called Liang Qiqiao's house to talk. No one knew about the content of the conversation, but when Liang Qichao came out, he looked excited, sweeping away the frustration and worries for several days. In the following days, the General Secretary, Socialist Party, Labor Party, Social Democratic Party and other forces received invitations from Liang Qichao, and there was another filthy inside.

Yang Du's note was finally heard by Yuan Shikai. In his heart, he was afraid of the three provincial governors of Li, Hu and Bai, who were born in the ***, and after taking advantage of the situation to solve the three provincial governments, the *** could only take the elite political route. Guangdong is located in the ***, so Yuan Shikai's methods could only be based on provocation. Knowing that in Guangdong Province, Chen Jiongming was in charge of military affairs and Hu Hanmin was in charge of civil affairs. He ordered Hu Hanmin to be appointed as the chief minister of Guangdong Civil Affairs and Chen Jiongming as the garrison commander of Guangdong, intending to alienate the relationship between the two.

If Yuan Shikai could only rely on provocation and temptation to deal with Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, he would be much more decisive in his treatment!

On February 11, Yuan Shikai ordered the appointment of Ni Sichong, the garrison commander of northern Anhui, and stripped Bai Wenwei of his position as the chief of the civil affairs of Anhui, who had been part-time. At the same time, he also used the excuse of the "Nanchang Mutiny" to accuse Li Liejun of his incompetence in the mutiny. With the help of the people's fear of war, he widely publicized that the division of military and civilian governance was the best way to resolve the division of domestic forces and local conflicts. At the same time, he used the excuse of the investigation of Huaiyan taxation and transferred a brigade to Xuzhou. Although Li Liejun figured out the background of the mutiny, he did not have the power to break with Yuan Shikai, so he had to endure the opportunity. He also saw that his old neighbor Li Han appointed the chief of civil affairs of five provinces in one breath, which was attacked by two major forces that might reach a cooperation agreement. At the same time, he also blamed himself for the mutiny, and took the initiative to request the division of military and civilian governance, and especially
Chapter completed!