In the early morning, the chirping of pigeons cuts across the skyline of the forty-nine cities of Beijing. This chirping of pigeons in the early morning may be the characteristic of this city. It is like this all year round, year after year. In the writings of some literati, this dove chirping seems to have become

The symbol of Beijing.

However, what is different from the past is that at this time, even though Beijing has passed through late spring and entered midsummer, the air in Beijing still makes people feel a bit chilly to the bone. The reason is very simple. People have always been worried about

The "rumors" were finally confirmed - Prime Minister Lee was attacked!

Official news not only confirmed this previous "rumor", but what is even more worrying is that a newspaper in Tianjin reported that "Prime Minister Li has returned to Lianyungang aboard the battleship "Pinghai"."

"Build the plank road in the open and cross Chencang secretly!"

At this moment, people finally thought of a long-standing idiom, and also understood why Li Zhiyuan was in Tianjin in the past few days, as if nothing was wrong, attending the completion ceremony with the president with a smile on his face, and then visited,

It was an inspection again, and he had been waiting for a long time.

you do not say!

In Tianjin, there are only three and a half divisions of the Jiangsu Army, and some border guards and local provincial armies are also mixed. Although they are organized into five divisions, they are mixed with sand and are obviously unreliable, at least.

If he shows his instability, the President will have almost thirty divisions waiting there, so he has no chance of winning.

Returning south to Jiangsu, it is also not safe to go through Hebei and Shandong. If you want to return south safely, you may have to find another way. The only way is by sea. But on the sea, in the past year, Prime Minister Li Ke has sent all foreigners to the south.

After being offended once, those foreigners are eager for him to step down, so how can they help him?

So, naturally, he secretly transferred the battleship "Pinghai" from Qingdao. Before the battleship "Pinghai" arrived at Dagukou, he kept waiting, pretending, and pretending not to care about it.

It seemed that the president really believed it. As soon as the "Pinghai" stopped at Dagukou, the president was dumbfounded. You must know that Dagukou was attacked by Gengzi, and the fort could be destroyed at the request of foreigners.

It was completely folded and had no fort. No one could stop the "Pinghai". So the President hurriedly returned to Beijing. The first thing he did upon returning to Beijing was to make an appointment with the Chief of the Army.

And what about over there?

Prime Minister Li Ke calmly boarded the "Pinghai" and sailed away in a grand manner. This time, I am afraid it will be more misfortune.

And in Beijing, there are many people saying something: The President will be defeated for two reasons. First, the President has transferred the army to Shandong and other places, and I am afraid that the war with the Jiangsu Army has not yet started. Then

The army and navy from the neighboring countries escorted the army to land at Dagukou and approach the capital. At that time, what will the president do to fight with them?

If the president surrenders in Beijing, what will happen even if there are millions of troops on the front line?

For a time, as the hearts of the people in the capital were fluctuating, some people with quick eyelids had already begun to think about a way out and prepared to welcome the "new master". However, those people from all walks of life who originally gathered in the capital were all worried about the Chinese general.

Chaos and worry, for a while, there were calls everywhere, all of which were to persuade the president and prime minister to focus on the overall situation and not to act out of emotion. What's more, some people began to invite friends to go to Lianyungang.

Li Zicheng was persuaded to put the overall situation first.

"President, aren't you worried?"

Looking at the calm and composed President, Liang Shiyi said with concern.

In the eyes of the outside world, Yuan and Li had broken up. At first, Liang Shiyi was also shocked by the news, but after the president invited him to Tianjin, he realized that this was just a "robbery" arranged by the two of them.

"Bureau", and what is the purpose of this "Robbery Bureau"? It is just to rob the "floating wealth of Shanghai's maritime merchants".

Two days ago, public bonds began to collapse, and now, the price of public bonds has plummeted. The manager of the Shanghai Branch of the Bank of Communications mentioned in a telegram that 78 out of 10 foreign banks on the Bund in Shanghai have collapsed. During this period, many banks have also collapsed, and even

Even large foreign banks like HSBC suffered heavy losses from this "public debt speculation". As many as a hundred branches have closed down across the country. This time, not only did the foreign banks that once monopolized China's trade suffer heavy losses, a large number of them went bankrupt and went out of business, and even those monopolized banks went bankrupt.

China Finance's foreign banks are also in a precarious situation as they cannot bear the burden. It can be said that they are just on the verge of breaking out.

On the contrary, the Bank of Communications has made an unprecedented huge profit this time. Although the more than 70 million public bonds were originally purchased at half price, they were only "semi-distributed", but now the Bank of Communications has sold them through the sale.

The bank issued public bonds and obtained more than twice the profit. It can be said that this time, the Bank of Communications not only took a big bite of fat from those foreigners, but the fat was even a little bit unsustainable. Too much profit is also worrying.

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And the reason why this unprecedented profit was achieved was not because of the drama co-starred by the president and the prime minister. Without this scheming, how could the public debt, which had soared crazy under the control of those foreigners, have plummeted?

But if this cruel trick comes true...

Although he was quite prejudiced against Yuan Shikai, if Liang Shiyi had to choose, he would still choose Yuan Shikai over Li Zicheng. After all, he had had decades of friendship with the former, but they did not have much friendship with the latter.

Moreover, he disagreed with some of the practices of the State Council. Too many provisions there treated people as "prisoners". In Li Zicheng's words, "Preventing officials is like guarding against thieves!", "Thieves bring disaster to the whole family.

Officials are a disaster for a country, so we have to guard against them!" This method of treating officials as thieves and guarding them was no less than a kind of torture for him. Of course, the more important thing is that if Li Zhiyuan takes charge, he may not be able to appoint him.

An "old Beiyang" like him, at least, might not trust him.

Therefore, after thinking about it, as Li Zicheng was about to arrive in Lianyungang, he naturally became restless. However, in contrast, he noticed that the president seemed to have no reaction at all.

Don't take Li Zhiyuan's return to his "old nest" as a threat.

"Yansun, you only saw a little bit!"

After taking a sip of ginseng tea, Yuan Shikai said calmly.

"I only saw "the tiger returns to the mountain", but I saw "self-destruction of its own name"!"

As he said this, Yuan Shikai squeezed out some heartfelt laughter. If Li Zhiyuan had directly boarded the warship and returned to Lianyungang before the two acted in Tianjin for a few days, he would have been more worried than Liang Shiyi.

But now, he doesn't need to worry at all.

"Yansun. Look at the newspaper. Most of the news in the newspaper advises Li Zhiyuan to put national affairs first and not to go his own way. There are also people who want to organize a group to go to Lianyungang to lobby Li Zhiyuan. It can be said that now, Li Zhiyuan is

Thousands of people have pointed it out, but this great president..."

Smiling, Yuan Shikai half-closed his eyes and tapped the table with his hands very relaxedly. He seemed to be clicking on the scene there, with a very leisurely look.

"The President..."

Looking at the president's calm look, Liang Shiyi felt anxious in his heart. The newspaper was a newspaper, the electricity was electricity. In the end, strength did not speak for itself.

"Yansun, you don't understand Li Zhiyuan!"

While talking, Yuan Shikai let out a long sigh. Not to mention that Liang Shiyi didn't understand him, even he, Yuan Shikai, could not see through Li Zhiyuan. The two of them talked deeply all night in Tianjin, which gave him some new understanding of Li Zhiyuan.

I know, the reason why people can’t see through Li Zhiyuan is because he has too little selfishness.

Selfish!

Everyone has it, but how many people are there who would harm themselves for the public good? There are really too few people who would rather bear a bad name than do something for the country. If so. If Li Zhiyuan can always be like this

As long as he continues to be public-minded, he is still a...

Thinking about Li Zhiyuan's behavior of damaging his reputation this time in order to "avoid years of hard work being ruined," Yuan Shikai felt a little guilty for him. Maybe, from the beginning, he was just like Liang Shiyi, and he had already

You can read other people’s hearts with your heart!

"President, Shi Yi doesn't know much about Li Lianyun, but he knows..."

Liang Shiyi lowered his voice slightly and uttered a sentence.

"This power is a good thing after all!"

There were some other hidden meanings in Liang Shiyi's words, but at this moment he just clicked. Then he looked at the slightly stunned president and added another sentence.

"Even if Li Lianyun upholds justice this time, who knows whether he will..."

After pondering for a long time, Liang Shiyi stopped talking. After listening to his unfinished words, Yuan Shikai fell silent. After pondering for a long time, he said in an extremely affirmative tone.

"This time, no matter what, I, Yuan Xiangcheng, will not mobilize the army and make the world laugh at me!"

When Yuan Shikai said this sentence, he felt that the pressure in his heart seemed to dissipate with these words. What was that anger? He couldn't figure it out for a while, but he knew that this time, he was going to fight with

Li Zhiyuan compares his public spirit and his magnanimous behavior.

The reason why he is so sure is that in Yuan Shikai's view, perhaps this is the only thing he can do at the moment, and it is also what he must do to "maintain a high profile". If you want to pretend, then pretend it to the end!

"Yansun, now, that matter is about to be concluded. If there is still profit after the completion, let's see if any of the factories need money, give them a low-interest payment. This country is

, You are not strong without work! Li Zhiyuan has seen this clearly and from a far perspective. We must learn from others on this!"

After some instructions, Yuan Shikai closed his eyes and then added another sentence.

"Use corruption to counter integrity, and corruption builds integrity. Over at the State Council, why don't you be greedy? It's because they have money in their pockets! Okay, you can go down!"

After saying that, Yuan Shikai picked up the teacup, but did not drink the ginseng soup in it. He just held the teacup, obviously with the intention of serving tea as a farewell to the guests.

Liang Shiyi, who knew that the president was not willing to continue talking on this issue, sighed secretly in his heart and backed out. When he walked out of Jurentang and was about to get in the car, he looked at the 326 sedan and couldn't help but shake his head.

, why are his Li Lianyun’s things everywhere!

"Ouchu,"

Almost as soon as he entered Mu's office, Li Zicheng had a smile on his face when he looked at him.

"This time, we made a small windfall!"

"Yes, I made a fortune!"

Mu smiled and poured a cup of tea for the Prime Minister. This time he took the risk and the Prime Minister won the bet. To be precise, Zhou Zuomin won the bet.

“The restoration was done well!”

Li Zicheng's words made Mu Poru nodded. In the beginning, the company didn't even intervene. It all relied on Zhou Zuomin to operate it. Under his operation, not only did the bet win, but Huaihai Bank also made a lot of money.

A windfall.

"Prime Minister, there is a telegram from Shanghai. The profit is estimated to exceed..."

Mu held out a few fingers. Although he did not elaborate on the specific number of profits, Li Zicheng still knew what those three fingers represented. Thinking about this huge sum of money, he couldn't help but smile.

"It's good now, at least we don't need cash anymore!"
To be continued...