In Beijing, the people who are going to die are still trying to die.

What is good at the top will be very bad at the bottom.

Looking at all provinces across the country, in addition to a few cronies who have a bad relationship with Yuan Shikai, such as Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui, they also dare to say a few words, almost no general stupidly said that he opposed Lao Yuan as emperor, and even Yan Xishan, who was not born in Beiyang (it seems that Lao Yan was in favor of everyone during the Beiyang period) and Zhang Zuolin also actively persuaded him, how could Yang Du, as the imperial literati of President Yuan, be willing to be the queen of others? The Preparatory Security Committee led by him jumped up and down, desperately trying to drum up and down Comrade Yuan to be the emperor. There is no way, under the pressure of Liang Shiyi's "National Petition Group", he can't work hard if he doesn't work hard!

Zhang Zuolin of Fengtian also lived up to his preface, expressing his support for Yuan Shikai with practical actions, and the demeanor of the rivers and lakes that he could do it was clear at a glance. At the end of August, when the National Congress was held in Mukden to vote on the issue of the national system, Zhang Zuolin led a large group of people, loaded with guns, to monitor the vote, and the result was that "all" voted in favor of the monarchy. Another bigwig in the same city, Feng Delin, saw Zhang Zuolin like this, in order to curry favor with Yuan Shikai and cooperate with Duan Zhigui, he had no choice but to jointly submit a "petition for changing the national system" with Zhang Zuolin in the name of the Northeast Army and celebrities from all walks of life in politics and business, so as to create public opinion for Yuan Shikai to become emperor.

This made Lao Yuan feel very pleased, and he also had a tendentious opinion on the conflict story between Zhang Hanqing and Duan Qirui's nephew Duan Hongye a few days ago: Zhang Hanqing is a heroic son of his father, and his uneven personality is in the same vein as his father's temperament, which increases his love for him. As the saying goes, "Zhizi is suspicious of his neighbor", I guess that's what I said, right?

Fighting for a woman can play this truth, if Zhang Hanqing knew, he would probably be speechless.

General Tongwu and Yan Xishan, the superintendent of Shanxi's military affairs, first provided 20,000 yuan in silver to the Preparatory Security Council, and then sent a telegram to persuade him, belittled the Xinhai Revolution as "an expedient procedure in the era of the old and new brothers", believing that "it is absolutely inappropriate to follow the republican system with the feelings of China", "it is not enough to strive for strength unless militarism is enforced, and if you want to enforce militarism, you must first follow the constitutional monarchy", and demanded that "the republic be abolished and the imperial system should be implemented, and the imperial system should be used to implement constitutional government", and begged Yuan to ascend the throne and claim the emperor "with great talents, take advantage of the great momentum, and resolutely take it upon himself to save the country and save the people." Useless and humble". Yuan couldn't help but be overjoyed after reading it, and the reply was "quite insightful".

In September, Duan Zhigui united with Guangdong Longjiguang and other generals of 24 provinces, and secretly presented Yuan Shikai to "quickly ascend to the throne":

In September, Xu Lanzhou, commander of the First Division of the Army stationed in Heilongjiang, sent a telegram to persuade him to advance.

In September, Feng Delin, commander of the 28th Army Division stationed in Mukden, persuaded him to advance.

Zhu Qinglan, the right general stationed in Heilongjiang and Zhen'an, persuaded to advance.

General Meng Enyuan, stationed in Jilin, persuaded to advance.

Cao Kun, the commander of the garrison in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the general of Huwei stationed in Yuezhou, Hunan, persuaded him to advance.

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As soon as the Hongxian Imperial System was introduced, he was scolded and condemned by the whole country, and was scolded as a traitor in his hometown, and his former friend Liang Qichao called him "a lowly and shameless, creeping and moving woman".

The word 嬖人 originally referred to "the side room that the gentleman loves". Yang Du is a man with eyebrows, and Lao Yuan has never had any scandals about good male style, only another explanation is more reasonable "the courtier favored by the monarch".

This is wronged Yang Du: "I just found the right stage, what do I have to do with the concubine?" Moreover, he made such a great effort for the imperial system, but he did not achieve his goal of being an emperor, and even the founding father was not regarded as the founding father. His desire to use a constitutional monarchy to achieve the path of national salvation is only his personal ambition; Instigating Lao Yuan to become emperor is just a step to implement his life ideals, and in essence, he cannot be considered to be a fool. It can only be said that he used Lao Yuan to realize the dream of the value of life, and Lao Yuan gave him the stage of governance.

At this special moment, Yuan Shikai stepped up his precautions against all parties. The situation is so dangerous that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a white terror. Until President Yuan Da became emperor, public opinion was firmly suppressed: by November 3, the Ministry of the Interior banned the "Zhonghua Xinbao" from "selling and disseminating" outside the concession. On November 7, Yuan Ji's "Copyright Law" was promulgated.

For Feng Guozhang, who was clearly dissatisfied, Yuan Shikai was of course very uneasy. He took strict precautions. First of all, Wang Ziming and others were placed next to Feng Guozhang to monitor his movements; It is also rumored that Zhang Xun once received a secret message from Yuan Shikai, saying that Feng Guozhang was unreliable and asked him to supervise nearby. Not only that, after Yuan Shikai's nemesis Zheng Rucheng was assassinated, Yuan sent his confidant Yang Shande to lead the Fourth Division to Shanghai to monitor Feng Guozhang. Not long after, Lu Yongxiang was sent to lead the 10th Division to Wusong, also to guard against Feng Guozhang. Seeing this, Feng Guozhang understood that Yuan Shikai no longer believed in himself, and since then the relationship with Yuan's father and son has gradually become estranged, and he is no longer willing to work hard for Yuan Shikai. Soon, Yuan's father and son instructed Qi Yaolin, the governor of Jiangsu, to elect representatives and hold a vote to change the national system. When Qi appointed the delegates, Feng implied that all Overseer personnel should not be delegates, and that they would not participate in the voting activities. On the day of the vote, Feng Guozhang was ill and could not go; Qi personally went to the bureau to persuade him, and he reluctantly arrived, but he sat there and didn't say a word.

For those who have the meaning of "support", such as Jie Cai Yi, Lao Yuan did not relax his vigilance. Zhang Hanqing, who was hanging out with Cai Yi, often found that the people around him who were secretly staring at him changed and changed, and the number of people gradually increased, which made General Cai a little anxious, and it became more difficult for him to escape. I don't know if Zhang Hanqing influenced Cai Yi, or Cai Ye influenced Zhang Hanqing and affected himself again. Anyway, according to history, Cai Ye should have left Tianjin and fled to Japan on the grounds of medical treatment, but he never made the trip, which made him restless and felt that he should do something for the country.

Zhang Hanqing also felt that the situation was not good: his series of behaviors in Beijing had a certain influence in the military, political, and financial circles, and also affected Lao Yuan to be more wary of his intelligence, and there were more strangers around him. It seems that Lao Yuan has a good impression of him, but it has not affected his political judgment.

It stands to reason that Zhang Hanqing can be so favored by President Yuan Da as a young man, and he should be proud. But the thought of having a shadow by your side all the time, whether you eat, drink, or sleep, there are people snooping, is undoubtedly unpleasant. is like a star, who is exposed to the spotlight all the time, and even a little personal space is gone, and life is naturally boring (of course, it is not excluded that some people and things are deliberately exposed to the paparazzi to win attention, but Zhang Hanqing has no such habit).

Everyone from top to bottom felt that the situation was pressing, and naturally there was no anger in the city of Beijing. Cai Ye can only talk to Zhang Hanqing more often, trying not to participate in this crazy drama. It's because he is too jealous of Lao Yuan, it's time for Lao Yuan to relax his control. He was a little worried about Zhang Hanqing's sharpness during this time, and pulled Zhang Hanqing over and said: "Recently, Hanqing has been in frequent contact with military figures, and he has been suspicious of the president. Yesterday, I heard from him that he had ordered the Law Enforcement Department to set up a separate investigation team for you and me. It's up to you. ”

The situation was critical, Zhang Hanqing naturally accepted his kindness, nodded and said: "What Uncle Shi said is that Xueliang is here to concentrate on studying, and if he has the opportunity, he will defile himself like Uncle Shi." ”

Cai Ye heard that his old face was hot, and he fled in the wilderness.