The words of the eldest prince, Lao Yuan did not say no. Yuan Keding is bent on being his crown prince, of course, he can't see many things clearly, and besides, he is not a qualified politician in the first place. From a father's point of view, he is not a man who can achieve great things.

The mere fact that his measure is too small is fatal enough.

Duan Qirui and Li Yuanhong, these veterans represent the Beiyang system, and they are the capital they rely on to settle down, Yuan Keding doesn't respect them very much on weekdays, and always uses the power of the hidden prince to pressure them. can be the three heroes of Beiyang, how can he not know that he can underestimate two catties?

Forget about others, anyway, I am gradually hollowing out their power. But he has no mercy for his brother, which is too much to say.

His younger brother is his second son Yuan Kewen.

Even if Yuan Keding's leg is not lame, Yuan Shikai's favorite "prince" is still Yuan Kewen. It's a pity that he doesn't want to enter politics and starts to be an idle prince in advance to avoid trouble, and he often speaks out and admonishes, and repeatedly violates his own taboos.

For example, when he heard about the matter of claiming himself emperor all over the country and knew the elegant meaning, he openly sang the opposite tune out of place, and wrote two poems that were famous in the capital, I remember one of them was written like this:

At first glance, the micro-cotton is strong and self-defeating, and the ancient Taiwan is a mausoleum.

Bo Fei is too liquid, and the clouds rise and the cliff is about to rise.

Occasionally, he heard the resentful flute in the far forest, and turned the lamp in the bright room alone.

It is very stormy in the high places, and it is not to the top floor of the Qiong Tower.

If it weren't for him and himself, Lao Yuan would almost clap his hands, the poem is really a good poem, but this is an obvious anti-poem that pours cold water! What is the meaning of "the wind and rain in the high place, don't go to the top floor of the Qiong Tower"? Isn't it good to be an emperor!

For this, the eldest son copied it to himself, is it to prove something? In the Jingshi, which is full of secret agents, does this kind of thing still need him to deliver letters to himself so quickly? What he has to do is to persuade the second brother not to disobey his will, minimize the impact of the situation, and be a good brother and brother!

"O Keding, Germany is too far away from us. Wilhelm II was an ambitious man, and he wanted to expand his influence in the Far East, so it was he who needed us, not us. Actually, I care most about the attitude of the Japanese people. Yuan Shikai said.

"Oh, the Japanese, the Japanese are absolutely supportive of my father." Yuan Keding hurriedly took a few newspapers, pointed to the contents and said, "This is the content of the "Shuntian Times" in the past few days. ”

"Shuntian Times" was read by Yuan Shikai every day, because this newspaper not only had a large circulation, but was also a Chinese-language newspaper run by the Japanese in Tianjin, from which we could see the movements of the Japanese government.

"Britain is a constitutional monarchy, and the sun never sets on what it is today; Japan is a constitutional monarchy, and the country prospers in a corner. In today's China, the republic has fallen into death, and only by restoring the dynastic system can we promote the story of China. "That's the headline for three days.

"The wind of constitutional monarchy is gradually increasing, and the people are excited, which means that there is hope for prosperity. The president should obey the mandate of heaven and accept the will of the people. "Here's the editor's note for four days...

It seems that public opinion is really on its side, and in this way, the biggest concern is solved. It's understandable to think about it: Japan and the United Kingdom are both constitutional monarchies, and they have no reason to oppose themselves, right?

As the first person in the Republic of China, and with a heavy army, he has the right time and place, and now it seems that only people are missing.

People and what? In my own heart, it was pushed by everyone. In the government of the Republic of China, there are many civil and military ministers who express their resolute opinions on the hint of being the emperor, and even Duan Qirui, the chief of staff and Vice President Li Yuanhong, who have been with him for many years, directly expressed their opposition, even if they said that they can "enter the court without trending and praise without fame" when they go to the court in the future, which makes Lao Yuan undecided.

Yang Huizi also handed over a message to his father, saying that heroes of ancient and modern times are regarded as extraordinary things at this extraordinary time. Now that the world is in the heart, my father should continue to make decisions, and he will suffer from it. Yuan Keding borrowed the mouth of others and pretended to be alarmist.

"Yang Du is still so enthusiastic!" At the mention of him, Lao Yuan finally showed a hint of happiness. Among the many civil servants and strategists, it was Yang Du who was the first to advocate the implementation of a constitutional monarchy in China. As early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, when he was sent to Tokyo, he clearly expressed his political views. He debated several times with Sun Yat-sen on the Chinese revolution in Tokyo, "gathering for three days and nights, Manchu, Han and Chinese countries, and not being prepared; Reform the pros and cons, speak freely. Zhang Shizhao mentioned in "The Beginning and End of Friendship with Huang Keqiang" that he did not approve of Sun's revolutionary ideas, but he introduced Huang Xing to Sun Yat-sen and promoted Sun and Huang cooperation. Soon the China League was established, Sun Yat-sen invited Yang Du to participate, he refused to participate, willing to do his own thing, he said: "My lord is a constitutional monarchy, I will succeed, I wish Mr. help me; Mr. called for the national revolution, and Mr. Cheng should abandon his ideas to help Mr. Work national affairs, and don't interfere with each other today. ”

From this period of history, it can be verified that he is by no means a villain who uses the imperial system to get lucky, so Yuan Shikai also trusts him very much. Therefore, in the fourth year of the Republic of China, Yang Du, Sun Yuyun, Liu Shipei, Li Xiehe, Hu Ying, Yan Fu and others jointly organized the Preparatory Security Committee, and served as the chairman of the board, advocating a constitutional monarchy, arguing "Which is the right thing to study in China from the academic point of view?" ”

At this time, when the domestic national salvation movement was in full swing, Yang Du, a theoretician of the Hongxian Empire, attributed the fundamental problem of the indignation of the negotiations with Japan and the country's lack of prosperity and strength to the constitutional monarch. He implicitly acknowledged that the problem of national poverty and weakness, as represented by Article 21, needed to be solved by the monarchy. On May 31 of the same year, Yang Du presented the "Theory of Saving the Country by the Monarchy and Constitution", "If China does not abolish the republic and establish a monarchy, there will be no hope for a strong country, no hope for a rich country, and no hope for a constitution...... Therefore, exercising the cause of constitutionalism with the power of autocracy is an excellent opportunity for the Holy Emperor to establish a great cause. ”

I don't know if it's a show or really sympathy, Yuan Shikai praised it after reading "The Theory of Saving the Country", called it "Famous Words of Wisdom", and personally gave a plaque inscription, giving Yang Du "Kuang Dynasty Yicai". Ignore Liang Qichao's "murmur". At this time, the Sino-Japanese Treaty of the Fourth Civil Republic had only been signed for a week, and the ink had not yet dried.

Speaking from the heart, Yuan Shikai wanted to be the emperor, and it was not a whim. As early as four years ago, when he took office as president, his pomp was no different from that of a new emperor. Later, by squeezing out the Kuomintang and the Congress, and then amending the Constitution, he could become an indefinite president and directly designate a successor president, basically making the position of president hereditary, and only having a name different from that of the emperor.

This approach was met with opposition to a group of dissatisfied, especially the Kuomintang. But how can the scattered opposition parties influence the overall situation? However, the fermentation of this 21 article is nerve-wracking: Originally, it was just a move by the Japanese government to take advantage of the danger of the countries in the European war that had no time to take care of others, and it endured humiliation and made concessions, but some people with good intentions linked the current tide of the imperial system with it, saying that they betrayed the country in order to obtain the permission of the Japanese government to claim the title of emperor, and they could not bear this charge! At present, there have been some rumors about this statement on the market, but the 21st Chinese government did not dare to refuse it openly, and the constitution is its original intention, and there is no such shop after this village, which is really a headache!

Now Wenchen has expressed his position, but there is still no news from the military generals that Lao Yuan Zhi relied on, which makes him uneasy. Changing the national system is a very important thing, because not long after the abdication of the Qing Emperor, there are still remnants of feudalism in the hearts of the people of the past two thousand years. Even so, he still guarded against the dissatisfaction of some people, although his control over the central government was unprecedented in the past ten years or even the following decades.

Cai Yi, who once posed the greatest threat to the governor of Yunnan, was ordered to go north to serve under his nose as General Zhaowei of the General's Office, deputy head of the Model Officer Corps, supervisor of the Economic and Boundary Bureau, and general clerk of the Generalissimo of the Army and Navy (similar to the Central Military Commission).

He first sent his confidant Zhang Xiluan to control the military affairs of Fengtian, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, and then transferred General Zhangwu and Duan Zhigui, who was acting in charge of Hubei military affairs, to prevent local officials from taking root in the land.

For Zhang Zuolin, Yuan Shikai is wary, this is his consensus on all local generals with heavy troops. Although Zhang Zuolin is also a generation of heroes, in the end of Yuan Shikai I, he has never blatantly confronted the central government. At the same time, Yuan Shikai also believed that he could control Zhang Zuolin, after all, Zhang Zuolin's strength was limited after all, and he only had one division's strength.

Even so, Yuan Shikai was still at ease with Zhang Zuolin, the popular king of Fengtian. He transferred Feng Delin to the commander of the 28th Division, and awarded Feng the rank of lieutenant general in the army. He also transferred the ambitious commander of the First Division of the Army, Xu Lanzhou, to be stationed in Heilongjiang to prevent Zhang Zuolin from sitting in the northeast. At the same time, Meng Enyuan, who is stationed in Jilin, is not easy to follow. Zhuhao is juxtaposed in the Northeast, and Zhang Zuolin is even more low-key.

It seems that he has been wary of him too much. The tiger father has no dogs, his son Zhang Xueliang is really good, but he has this kind of insight at a young age, and it is really rare to know that he will never betray the country. Some words are said by oneself, others just listen to the scene, but do you know what is going on in your heart? Only by using someone else's mouth to tell his own heart, and this other person is still a very influential person on the side, this statement has some meaning.

The child's mouth begged for the truth, Yuan Shikai wanted to meet this young man with extraordinary insights, Guoshi!

The world is decided, and the princes return to their hearts. At this moment, Yuan Shikai looked forward to his pride, thinking that he was a figure chosen by Heavenly Fortune and could change the course of history as he wanted. He always looked up at the sky and asked the vast earth, who is the lord of the ups and downs. Who in the world knows what is on his mind, and who dares to say it?

In fact, who doesn't know? At least, Zhang Hanqing is clear, clear, and treasured about this process.