Zhang Hanqing dared to be so sure, he was completely betting on the group of people in the Guannei.

According to the general trend of history, as well as some of the foreshadowing he has done for it, Zhang Xun has no reason not to do something. Zhang Hanqing's biggest move since the crossing is just to make visible progress in the rural areas of Northeast China, but it has little impact on the national situation.

Zhang Xun with 5,000 people, was able to drive from Xuzhou to Beijing without hindrance all the way, under the banner of "mediating the dispute between the government and the court" is on the one hand, the strength of the Anhui system is on the other hand, and the idea of replacing Li Yuanhong with the direct line is also very important. Otherwise, there is no reason for him to "sit" so safely through Shandong, the territory of the Anhui system, Hebei, and the direct territory of Beijing.

On the surface, he is a big boss, but he can also think of it with his toes, this father who has been in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China for decades, would launch a mutiny so easily? He wouldn't have acted rashly until he had seen how deep the pool was.

The plan of action was set a long time ago: enter Beijing to force Li Yuanhong to dissolve the National Assembly as a condition for mediation, and wait for an opportunity to restore. When Zhang Xun arrived in Tianjin, Li Yuanhong had already drawn up an order to ask acting Premier Wu Tingfang to countersign it, but he was refused---- Wu was a Kuomintang, and of course he had to maintain his reputation and integrity, and he could not pinch his own way back, after all, the Kuomintang still had to rely on its control of the National Assembly to retain its influence politically.

Then, Jiang Chaozong, who was the commander of the infantry at the time, became acting prime minister on June 12, and then countersigned the order in the face of the world's condemnation. This led to the dissolution of the National Assembly of the Republic of China for the second time since Yuan Shikai became emperor, and public opinion was in an uproar. At that time, the members of the National Assembly who had taken refuge in Shanghai sent a joint telegram opposing Jiang Chaozong on the grounds that he was not a cabinet member and could not be appointed as acting prime minister.

Such an obvious political failure, not only Jiang Chaozong couldn't see it, but Feng Delin, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't see it, but thought that the opportunity had come. When Jiang Chaozong had just become the acting prime minister, he took his eldest son Feng Yong and once again ascended to the threshold of the Jiang family.

Speaking of which, since the two elders made an appointment with the two families to marry Qin and Jin the year before last, many things have happened in the middle, which has seriously affected the smooth progress of the happy event. First of all, the Hongxian Empire ended in a farce, and Jiang Chaozong was also wanted, which shattered Feng Delin's dream of using the Jiang family to improve his status, and naturally, this further enthusiasm was suspended.

Now, Jiang Chaozong has become the acting prime minister, although Zhang Hanqing, who knows the history of the Republic of China, knows that he is just a hurried passerby, but Feng Delin doesn't know, and thinks that he has caught up with a good opportunity: there is a future prime minister in the middle of the court, see how Zhang Zuolin is still dominant? He even couldn't wait to settle the relationship between the two families.

During the Republic of China, the matter of strong alliances went to the sea, such as Yuan Shikai and Li Yuanhong, Sun Baoqi (former prime minister) are sons and daughters, his eldest son Yuan Keding's wife is the daughter of Hubei Overseer Wang Zhanyuan, and his righteous daughter is married to Duan Qirui; Zhang Zuolin's family includes Bao Guiqing, Song Wenyu and so on.

Jiang Chaozong was deeply pleased with the arrival of this strongman outside the Guan, and he was very fond of the young and handsome Feng Yong---- can be called the two handsome guys outside the Guanwai with Zhang Hanqing, will it be bad? Feng Delin came with a shy face, and he agreed with a smile. Could it really be that Feng Yong was blindfolded by him? Of course not! Politicians will not judge people by their appearance like this, and there are two reasons why Jiang Chaozong is so happy.

One is Feng Delin's military power, which is the greatest reliance on political struggles in troubled times. Feng Delin wants to borrow Jiang Chaozong, why is the latter not like this? Beizhen Guannei, day and night are coming.

The daughter of Jiang Chaozong, Jiang **, is not good-looking, of course, this is an implicit statement. In the city of Beijing, people who can be the right family with Jiang Chaozong will not use marriage to get married to him, because since Lao Yuan went, Jiang Chaozong has lost power. Now that Feng Delin, a strongman outside the Guan, has taken the initiative to show goodwill, what can he handle? With this in-laws, he also has a psychological comfort in the prime minister's seat, right?

So the two families exchanged birthday stickers so happily, which can be regarded as a family appointment. Because it was a temporary motion, it was inevitable that he felt that it was too hasty, and Jiang Chaozong also temporarily invited several capable cadres and friends in the government to spend a passable evening, so the news of the two sides signing a family for children and daughters spread in the Beijing officialdom.

In this regard, the arrogant Feng Yong was of course unwilling. He and Zhang Hanqing were born in the same year, with the same word Hanqing, both of them are talented and have a brilliant family background. As long as you are willing, there are naturally countless beautiful female moths who are like fighting fires, who wants the person next to the pillow to be mediocre or even known as a saltless woman? However, although he has always had his own ideas, he has always respected his father. In front of outsiders, Feng Yong would not object to what he promised.

On the way back to his residence, Feng Yong was very dissatisfied with this family business, but Feng Delin comforted: "Marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person, as long as the family background and character are passable, as for beauty and ugliness, as long as I sit in the top spot of Fengtian City for my father, it is not a problem for you to marry as many beautiful women as you want, and there is no limit to the concubines of our Republic of China." ”

It seems that the strongmen outside the Guanwai have the same understanding of marriage. At the beginning, Zhang Zuolin said this to Zhang Hanqing, fortunately, Feng Zhi was finally proven not to be a village girl, or at least a very good-looking village girl, otherwise Zhang Hanqing would regret it for the rest of his life.

But Jiang **'s appearance is simply a heaven and a place compared to Feng Zhi, and the most regrettable thing is that Feng Delin has not been able to sit in Fengtian King throughout his life in history, so he has been quite wronged by Feng Yong's most youthful ten years... It is estimated that this is also the most depressing thing in Feng Yong's life, right? A gentleman is better than a daughter, for the Feng family, who was born as a bandit, a marriage is a marriage, and he can never regret it again.

However, what is destined to miscalculate is that Jiang Chaozong was opposed by many parties, and he stepped down after only 12 days as acting prime minister. It is difficult to adapt to falling from the peak to the mortal world all at once, so Zhang Xun sent people to contact him to restore, and he hurriedly agreed---- he was counting on the merit of being able to rise again. In order to make his weight more sufficient, Jiang Chaozong spared no effort to persuade Feng Delin to participate. In his opinion, with Zhang Xun's morality and Feng Delin's strength, he is full of confidence.

Zhang Xun did not refuse to come anyway, and he happily made a wish to Feng Delin as an official, saying that as long as he could firmly support it, a governor of the three eastern provinces would not be able to run away afterwards. Feng Delin was also blinded by the bright prospects, and also strongly supported his future in-laws, saying that he would personally express his position with actions.

The Braided Army came to Beijing on the 14th, but it has been many days but has not moved, at that time, it was worried that the Congress was still there, and the legal status of the Republic of China had not been shaken. Although Jiang Chaozong was prime minister for a very short time, he did a "good thing": he terminated the existence of the National Assembly. Now, as long as the hypothetical president Le Yuanhong agrees to resign, everything will fall into place.

Zhang Xun was very ambitious, because many people endorsed Li Yuanhong for his resignation: Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun, and Zhang Zuolin all sent representatives to contact him in advance, and Anhui, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Feng, Zhejiang, and Fujian also successively announced independence to show their support. However, when it came to Beijing to contact "old friends", those old friends were very enthusiastic about getting rid of Li Yuanhong, but most of them were silent about the restoration, or they were concerned about it, which made Zhang Xun a little confused, and thought that they were inconvenient to come forward to support it because of their face.

After more than ten days of preparation, Zhang Xun finally couldn't hold it back. On June 30, he finally waited for Zhang Zuolin's "ultimatum" message to be sent, and he thought that this was his support for his plan, so he felt that the time had come, and decided to start immediately in order to avoid too many dreams at night.

At this time, it was late, and at this time he was still inviting famous actors to sing in the Jiangxi Hall, because it was a temporary motion to enter the palace at night to invite Pu Yi to go out of the mountain to restore, so in order to have a good time to live a good life, he also temporarily moved the finale of Mei Lanfang, who had the best friendship, to the front. After listening to Mei Lanfang's play, he ordered his army to secretly drive to the position outside Beijing and make temporary plans. In fact, there is nothing to be done, just to give orders---- specific action plan has already been set, just waiting for orders.

I heard that he did not return to his apartment until 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and at the same time, the staff officers in his headquarters came in and out, and were frequently deployed; Strategists and aides are listening to the speech of Kang Youwei, the leader of the royalist party. According to the arrangement, he will use the method of surprise attack to capture the thief and capture the king first, and solve the mind of the Beijing city garrison.

So he arranged an order for his "pigtail soldiers" to "invite" Wang Shizhen, commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Tianjin Provisional Garrison, Jiang Chaozong and Chen Guangyuan, deputy commanders, and Wu Binghu, director of the Beijing Police Department, overnight, and suddenly announced: "This marshal led his troops into Beijing this time, not for someone to mediate, but for the holy restoration and restoration of the Qing Dynasty." Then he told everyone that this evening, he had entered the palace to face the saint, held a "pre-imperial meeting", and decided to ask the emperor to restore the throne tomorrow morning. He asked sharply, "What do you think?"

Wang, Jiang, Chen, and Wu were shocked by this sudden incident. Wang Shizhen boldly asked, "Have the provinces and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs been contacted?" Zhang Xun replied: "Diplomacy is indeed certain. Feng Guozhang and Lu Rongting both expressed their praise and called to urge. The provincial overseers were also unanimously supportive. ”

Jiang Chaozong knew the inside story and agreed at the moment, while Wang Shizhen and the others were silent. Zhang Xun said again: "I am determined to do it. If you agree, then open the gates of the city, and let my soldiers and horses in. Otherwise, please go back to your own arrangement and fight to the death! Wang Shizhen and the others looked at each other, not daring to say anything, so they could only acquiesce.

Zhang Xun then ordered the city gate to be opened, and all 5,000 "pigtailed soldiers" entered the city. Then, Zhang Xun put on a blue gauze robe, a yellow coat, and a red-topped flower feather, and led Kang Youwei and Wang Shizhen, Jiang Chaozong, Chen Guangyuan, and Wu Bingxiang civil and military officials to enter the palace by car, and it was already early in the morning.

The last emperor Pu Yi, who had received the news, came to the Yangxin Palace to summon Zhang Xun and others under the guidance of Jin, the two concubines of Yu, Taibao Shixu, and the master Chen Baochen. Pu Yi, who has abdicated for 5 and a half years, does not feel much about being the emperor again, after all, he is only 12 years old now, but the emperor's teachers, horses and supporters are all excited, and some even cry with joy. When Zhang Xun saw that the little emperor was sitting on the dragon chair, he immediately threw off his horseshoe sleeves, led everyone to prostrate on the ground, and bowed three times and nine times to Pu Yi.

It was around 3 a.m.