The dining room of the Guest House faces the back garden of the Guest House. For many politicians and gentry in Beijing, being able to have a meal here, even if it is just a simple meal from the State Council, is enough for them to publicize their numbers to the outside world.

On the same day, if they can take a photo with the owner before leaving, they will often put the photo in the most conspicuous place at home or in the office.

For many people, this small restaurant is a symbol of "identity and status", but for the owner here, for Li Zicheng, this is just a place to eat. From here, you can enjoy the garden through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Enjoying the beautiful scenery while enjoying the food and the scenery is a good enjoyment, but most of the time, it is difficult for him to enjoy this kind of comfort.

As usual, he was not the only one in the restaurant. Although his cabinet members did not come today, Zhang Yilin, the leader of the National Socialist Party Congress, came to visit him again.

"Okay, there's no need to mention that matter again. You've already read the newspaper. It's true and false. I don't want my personal issues to become everyone's talking point!"

Almost as soon as Zhang Yilin sat down, Li Zicheng took the initiative to say that the incident he was referring to was the news about him and Lu Qiyu that had been in the newspapers recently. Compared to him, people undoubtedly regarded Lu Qiyu more.

At first, when people were surprised by Lu Qiyu's beauty and when they learned that her uncle was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, they didn't notice anything. But then they found out that Lu Qiyu had been engaged and had escaped from the engagement.

But it stirred up a piece of news like a wave in the sea.

Although I never thought that newspapers in this era would be so gossipy, those news are really annoying. However, it is undeniable that Li Zicheng does not deny that he is full of affection for Lu Qiyu. At first, it may be because of her appearance.

, but now, it is more because of her character, which is different from women of this era. Her character is extremely independent. In comparison, this is undoubtedly an extremely valuable quality.

"ah……,"

After being slightly startled, Zhang Yilin sighed in his heart. The Prime Minister refused to talk about this matter, which at least showed his attitude. It is said that the Prime Minister once invited Lu Qiyu to come to the official residence for dinner, but he was rejected. It can be imagined from this.

, The Prime Minister is afraid..., but since the Prime Minister is unwilling to talk about this matter, there is no need to talk about it anymore. Compared to the Prime Minister's personal affairs, he has more important things here.

"Prime Minister, recently... the president has frequently met with representatives of the constitution-making representatives from various places. Now, some of the constitution-making representatives have expressed their own opinions on the constitution-making..."

Listening to this report, Li Zicheng's nose twitched, sighing at his own sensitivity. He was silent for a moment, and then asked. "According to the current results of the constitutional representatives of each province, the National Socialist Party's constitutional representatives account for all

43% of the constitutional representatives. We do not have an advantage.”

At first, Li Zicheng did not expect that the National Socialist Party could occupy 43% of the seats. When it reached this number, he was even happy. But now it seems that he was happy too early.

At that time, on some issues, it was far from being as simple as he imagined, especially when Yuan Shikai started to become active.

"If I'm not wrong, now Yuan Shikai... he should have made some empty promises to those people!"

"Prime Minister, Yuan Shikai differs from person to person. His current focus is on the representatives who participated in the formulation of the "Tiantan Constitution" and "Convention Law". As for the representatives of both parties, the former cannot accept the latter, and the latter is unwilling to accept the former. Therefore,

, the meeting has not yet started, internal conflicts have already arisen, and the president’s skill can be said to be a powerful move! However, on the other hand, he also reminded non-National Socialist representatives through the generals of the northern provinces to pay attention to their positions, so..."..."

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After a pause, Zhang Yilin added.

"It can be said that the situation is not optimistic!"

His words first made Li Zicheng silent for a while, and then made him laugh.

"The situation is not optimistic, Zhongren, but after all, there are still some people who want to get things done!"

"Ah, there are many such gentlemen, but there are also no villains. This is inevitable. Therefore, if the estimate is correct, if this continues, soon, once the Constitutional Convention is convened, it will be very

It may be dragged on indefinitely, after all..."

Looking up at the Prime Minister, Zhang Yilin said with regret.

"If a province is not passed, then the provisions are not good. According to this principle, it will be difficult to formulate a constitution that satisfies everyone in just a few years!"

Until now, Zhang Yilin is a little annoyed every time he mentions this constitutional principle, because this is the principle proposed by the prime minister in front of him. It is he who opposes "the minority obeys the majority" because "there is no minority in the constitution" and "any disputes"

"All discussions will benefit the country and the people", but now this is simply "making a cocoon".

"At least two years, no two years, I am afraid it is simply impossible to come up with a constitution that is in line with the republican spirit and in the interests of the people. In short, as I said, I know that we need a constitution, a constitution

It can restrain the fundamental laws of the country, but on the other hand, I have to ask a question, do we have that long?"

Time, the most stressful thing now is probably time. God has not given me too much time. On one side is the tension of time and the urgent need for a constitution in the future situation of the country. But on the other side? It is the need to formulate a constitution.

Considering that there are too many issues and too many interests need to be coordinated at the same time, all of which require debate, compromise, and negotiation. The reason why we emphasize jurists or lawyers as representatives of the constitution is very simple. Compared with most

Chinese people are better equipped with legal knowledge. At the same time, more importantly, they know better about compromise, and they also know that compromise is an art.

Shaking his head, Li Zicheng answered the question himself without waiting for Zhang Yilin to answer.

"We don't have that time!"

“But can we draft a constitution hastily?”

"cannot!"

The answer is self-questioning and self-answering. It seems to give a contradictory contradiction that cannot be resolved.

Moreover, just as Zhang Yilin said, Yuan Shikai is now using the "Tiantan Constitution" that he once could not accept and the "Convention Law" that he secretly authorized to formulate, and using these two groups of people to create contradictions among the constitutional representatives, which means

, it will take at least several months to resolve this issue alone. If these two groups of people are not allowed to reach a consensus, the prospect of the Constitutional Convention will be worrying...

The tightness of time, the need to formulate a constitution... thinking about it, Li Zicheng fell silent.

"Well... how to solve this problem is indeed a very troublesome problem?"

Although he didn't know why there was such an urgent need for a constitution, Zhang Yilin, who noticed the Prime Minister's words, still said after a moment of silence.

"I personally feel that if we can use some methods... maybe there is still hope!"

"Oh? What are some ways."

When asking the question, he noticed the change in Zhang Yilin's expression. Li Zicheng waved the waiter in the restaurant and left.

"explain."

Li Zicheng asked as he put down the chopsticks in his hands and leaned back on his seat.

"Tell me your method,"

Seeing that he still seemed to be hesitant, Li Zicheng added.

"It's nothing, I told you before. You can speak freely here with me?"

"Prime Minister,"

Hesitating, Zhang Yilin looked at the Prime Minister and said tentatively,

"Prime Minister, you should know that no matter what kind of candidates those constituent representatives are, in the end, once the Constitutional Convention ends, to some extent, it means that they will lose their jobs."….

"Oh? Unemployed?"

Slightly stunned, Li Zicheng seemed to understand what Zhang Yilin wanted to say.

"However, in the State Council and the provinces, we can provide them with many positions, some of which can be said to be..."

Noting that the Prime Minister's expression didn't seem to have changed much, Zhang Yilin emphasized.

"The social status is very high, and the treatment is also very generous!"

There are many positions in the State Council. No one can doubt this. Especially as agencies are established in various provinces, those positions are not only prominent, but also excellent. This "excellent" does not only refer to

The generous salary, no matter how it is controlled, is always somewhat "superior". In fact, even as a close confidant of the Prime Minister, Zhang Yilin has arranged for some friends to enter relevant institutions under the State Council. Sometimes, politics is always like this, or

You just go with the flow, or...

However, Zhang Yilin's suggestion silenced Li Zicheng. His suggestion was very straightforward. It was nothing more than bribery, directly using a job with "high returns" as bribe, thus making the constitutional representatives fall to his side, and

Rather than being Yuan Shikai's "gun", the State Council was more proactive and direct in setting up institutions than Yuan Shikai. This was necessary to expand power, and this directly brought about another result-the State Council has more

Job opportunities.

If those job opportunities are used to bribe...political nobility? Is there such a thing as nobility in politics? If so, why did you set up a "special fund" in Huaihai Bank? Isn't it just to bribe others? However,

All of this, according to Zhang Yilin's suggestion, was not bought with money, but with government positions. For a moment, Li Zicheng hesitated, would introducing this bad habit into the government...

For a few days——

In the past few days, Lu Qiyu has been living in dire straits.

From the banquet a few days ago, as the lady invited by the Prime Minister, she began to attract attention. Almost the next day, the newspaper published a photo of the guy inviting her to dance, as well as the two dancing and enjoying it on the terrace.

After the photos of fireworks, that afternoon, that afternoon, Mr. Ma asked someone to break off the engagement. He was not at all as "arrogant" as before.

But before she could get over it, incidents of escaping from the engagement and annulling the engagement began to appear in the newspapers. Suddenly, she became more visible, and what was even more annoying was that the guy actually wanted to invite him to the official residence for dinner without any consideration.

, she refused directly.

She knew that maybe, she would affect his reputation.

After these things happen, people have two reactions.

Some people felt extremely sympathetic to her, and some even applauded her courage to escape from the marriage, and even blessed her and him. Although his words that night made her surprised and blushing, and she was completely embarrassed.

She didn't know what to say. But only she knew that there were not many possibilities between her and him.

On the other hand, many women were very angry with her, thinking that her face was the best tool to deceive men's feelings, so they started to add jealousy and talk about her escape from marriage and her abdication.

Anyway, in the end, she became a "bad woman".

There are also some newspapers that love to sensationalize news. They have started to broadcast this series of news. They have made a series of detailed reports from the beginning to the present, including why she ran away from marriage. They also drew relationship diagrams and explained them better than

She, the person involved, needs to know better.

But God knows, those so-called "news" are simply fake and made up by someone. And these fabricated news are the most hurtful things. Those tabloid reporters even dug up the fact that she once taught in Lianyungang.

The experience in the book made her even more jealous by saying that she had always had ulterior motives towards the Prime Minister...
To be continued...