Chapter 159 Limited Democracy System

Yuan Shikai ordered people to assassinate Song Jiaoren, and then killed Chen Qimei. He also used a lot of money to buy the former Kuomintang members of the National Congress, asked the Congress to amend the provisional constitution, expand the president's power, and finally used the powerful Beiyang Army in his hands to turn the new democratic republic into a political under his control alone. Finally, Sun Yat-sen was furious and sent a second domestic **, but because the Kuomintang was in the thirteen provinces in the country at that time, only the Anhui Governor and Jiangxi Governor announced their support for the Second ** and sent troops to the North, which led to Sun Yat-sen's final defeat and was chased by Yuan Shikai to flee to Japan. He hid for several years before returning to China.

This is the result of Sun Yat-sen's excessive belief that the republic can quickly achieve the results in China. Li Tiancheng knows very well the specific process of this historical event, and of course he will not make the same mistake. If he chooses to realize the democratic republic in China as soon as possible, if someone takes advantage of the opportunity like Yuan Shikai and usurps the fruits of the ** through various illegal means, it will be a historical regression for the entire **.

Therefore, he was worried that someone would imitate Yuan Shikai and proclaim himself emperor in the south or implement long-term political politics again. Since Li Tiancheng was very clear about this, he should hold power tightly in his hands for a long time. When the awareness of the domestic people is raised to a certain level, the domestic political atmosphere tends to ease, and reactionary hostile forces collapse one after another, everyone can truly use the votes in their hands to elect leaders who truly represent public opinion, without any dirty incidents such as Yuan Shikai's election bribery and assassination of political opponents.

History has proved that democracy is not absolute. If it is used by others to cancel or weaken the content of the constitution that restricts the president's power, it will immediately become ** politics. Therefore, in this chaotic historical period, Li Tiancheng did not have enough confidence to promote democracy, and he still needed to wait for a long time. He had to explain this to Sun Yat-sen and wake him up.

After hearing Li Tiancheng's words, Sun Yat-sen's heart suddenly trembled. He had never thought about the question raised by Li Tiancheng. He just wanted to realize the democratic republic system in China as soon as possible and form a clean and honest government, so that his ideals would be fully realized. But what Li Tiancheng said would be someone who would use democratic opportunities to gain personal status, which was something he had never considered. In his heart, he immediately looked up to Li Tiancheng a little bit higher. He did not expect that a young man who was over 20 years younger than him had such profound foresight and outstanding knowledge. He suddenly felt a strong sense of awe at the person on the other end of the phone. After a little silence, he slowly said: "The worries mentioned by Mr. really sound a little reasonable. Let me consider them again. Maybe as Mr. said, did Sun be a little too hasty?"

"Please tell your colleagues to your party to think about it carefully. I said that this situation is absolutely possible. We must not be too hasty about the Democratic Republic and cannot eat hot tofu in a hurry. If your party can agree with my point of view, the next thing we will do is easier to cooperate with." Li Tiancheng continued to remind.

"If we can reach an agreement on this point, then I have another suggestion on the issue of cooperation, that is, we must use the situation of constitutionality to force provisions. In a certain period of time, there will only be two people who are qualified to run for president, that is, Mr. Sun and I. Apart from you and me, I can't believe that anyone can guarantee the implementation of the democratic republic system. If your party can agree to my extra request, I will definitely convince my colleagues to merge with the Guangzhou government according to my teacher's wishes." Li Tiancheng then added.

"So, Mr. Li has no objection to the cooperation between the two governments. It's just that with this additional condition, Sun will go down and discuss it with his colleagues. He will give him a clear answer within three days. Please wait for three days and we will have an answer." After Sun Yat-sen was reminded by Li Tiancheng, he immediately fell into confusion. He had a simple thought about the republic, thinking that as long as the republic is realized, the people will be masters of the country and no one can re-enter the road of **, but he overestimated the binding force of democracy on individuals. He did not understand enough about the strong shocks and the possibility of historical regression in China, a corrupt society that has been around for thousands of years, suddenly entered a democratic republic, and he lost his opinion for a moment.

"Okay, Mr. Sun goes down and think about it carefully. If we follow what I said, we will just temporarily hold power in our hands, and there will be a day when the democratic republic is realized. Please believe Li's words. Like Mr., my pursuit of the people's mastery of the country will last forever." Li Tiancheng finally summarized the words.

After Sun Yat-sen hung up the phone, what Li Tiancheng said echoed in his ears, and it could not be dissipated for a long time. He was silent and completely silent. He did not expect that Li Tiancheng would look at the problem so far, as if this person really had the ability to predict the unknown. He thought that if this person had not been able to subtly understand the mystery implicit in things, how could he achieve such great achievements at such an age? He began to feel sincere admiration for Li Tiancheng and no longer thought that he was just a twenty-three-year-old junior.

"President Sun, what do you mean by Li Tiancheng?" Sun Yat-sen finished the phone with Li Tiancheng in the office. Chen Qimei, Song Jiaoren and Huang Xing had been waiting outside the door, and then walked in and asked.

They saw that Sun Yat-sen seemed to be in a moment of contemplation, with confusion written on his face, as if he couldn't figure out something.

"He agreed, but put forward a harsh condition." Sun Yat-sen then raised his head and preached to the three of them seriously.

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"What, he actually made such a proposal. This is contrary to the democratic and free thought we advocate. The law should stipulate that as long as citizens of the Republic have the right to participate in the presidential election, how can we restrict those who run? Isn't this a change of direction?" Huang Xingyuan's rolling face suddenly tensed up and his face darkened.

"Yes, Mr. Sun, Li Tiancheng didn't want to hold power tightly in his hands and deceive us all into his banner for his use. We will have no way out by then." Chen Qimei also expressed her confusion.

The reactions of the three of them were all within Sun Yat-sen's expectations. Then Sun Yat-sen repeated the words Li Tiancheng analyzed to him to them. After hearing this, the three of them looked at each other and became even more confused. They shook their heads from time to time to express their confusion.

"This is not the reason why Li Tiancheng deceived us, right?" Song Jiaoren lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked at Sun Yat-sen and asked.

"I think it shouldn't be. Judging from his proposal, he allowed me to be a presidential candidate with him. At least this is not his own **. It is me who implements ** with him. This means that this person is not a person who wants to be the emperor himself, but really wants to realize democratic politics in China. Otherwise, how could he invite me to control the government's power with him? If he really wants to be an emperor, he can be like Yuan Shikai and call himself emperor alone, so he doesn't have to let me run for president with him and share his supreme power." After thinking for a long time, Sun Yat-sen felt that Li Tiancheng was still sincere, otherwise he would never have made such suggestions to let others share power, so he explained.

"This is the first time I heard of this system. If you two run for the presidential rotation alone, how long will this period be? How long will it take to achieve a true democratic republic?" Huang Xing was a little confused. It was indeed the first time he heard someone cleverly combine ** and democracy, and he was immediately confused.

"Li Tiancheng's troops are very powerful. His artillery firepower is so powerful that one division can deal with two to three Qing soldiers. He also has powerful weapons such as navy and Tang-class submarines. His total force has exceeded 100,000. If he sends troops to attack the Guangzhou government, we may not be able to resist. His proposal of cooperation will definitely be a person who is very wise and does not want the war and chaos in the south to continue, causing the people to be displaced and the lives of life. At least it means that he is still a kind person. Otherwise, he will definitely raise troops to attack and forcefully unify the south by force. You and I will still be ruled by him at that time." Sun Yat-sen continued to explain.

"Li Tiancheng meant that he had to wait until China was fully unified and all local opposition forces were wiped out. No one had the strength to hinder the realization of democratic republics. He would hand over the power in his hands and let all the people choose leaders who were satisfied with him. This day seemed very far away. At least he had to solve the Manchu-Mongolia issue and Yuan Shikai, and expel the Japanese from China." Sun Yat-sen then explained that in his heart, Li Tiancheng's suggestion was quite pertinent, because he did not intend to monopolize power, and let the Tongmenghui completely obey his orders.

In fact, if Li Tiancheng had not considered that the Japanese entered China on a large scale more than 20 years earlier than the July 7 Incident in history, and his personal admiration for Sun Yat-sen from the bottom of his heart, he would not have made such suggestions.

If the Japanese had not intervened, he could have been able to sway northern China, and several southern provinces would have been as simple as taking things out of their pockets. He also believed that Sun Yat-sen would not choose to fight with him in the end, because the long-term political goals of the two were consistent and they would inevitably unify China through negotiations. But at that time, the conditions that Li Tiancheng could make would be very harsh, that is, he was the master of his own country, and Sun Yat-sen could only be the second place.

But now the situation has become more complicated, and he must try to win the Guangzhou National Government in the south as soon as possible to move closer to him, because his next goal is to implement new education on a large scale within his ruling area...
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