Yang Du is a rare political talent. But compared with Liang Shiyi, Yang Dushu was very angry. In that year, Yang Du and Liang Shiyi were admitted to the 1903 special economic department at the same time, Liang was the first, and Yang was the second; In the cabinet of Yuan Shikai in the late Qing Dynasty, Liang was the vice minister of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, and Yang Du was the vice minister of the school department. But after entering the Republic of China, Liang has always been proud, holding real power, and is Yuan Shikai's right-hand man, known as the "God of Wealth" and "Second President". The reason why there is such a big difference in their careers is: Liang is exquisite, good at observing words and colors, and seeing the wind and rudder; Yang Ze is talented, eloquent, and angry.

At this time, in order to support the first merit, Yang and Liang were very happy.

Yang Duzhishu is angry because he wants to be a ** and wants to set up an archway. There was once a legend that after the establishment of the Preparatory Security Association, Yang Du, Hu Ying and others came to Jinyuxuan in Zhongshan Park in Beijing to gather, and there was an allusion to the words of "lackeys".

Hu Ying took the lead and said: "Everyone outside calls us lackeys, are they lackeys?" ”

Yang Du said: "Those who are afraid of being scolded are the wishes of the country, how can they let the world happen." We advocate the imperial system and implement the salvation of the country, and we ask ourselves if we are not ashamed, how can we be compassionate to others. Even with the word 'lackey', I am not a dog, and I can't go. ”

Sun Yuyun said: "I'm not, my will is set, life and death are based on it, my dog wants a dog, and I have to go." ”

Yan Fu said: "I compromised, the dog is not a dog, and he will go." ”

Hu Ying said: "Then I will be a dog and a dog, and I will also go." ”

The next day, the story of the "lackey" spread all over Tianjin and Beijing. Tianjin's "Guangzhi Daily" published a cartoon satirizing the Hongxian Emperor's system - "Lackey Picture". In the center is a caricature of Yuan Shikai, wearing a crown on his head, wearing a dragon gon and sitting with an arch. The Quartet is four dogs, and the painting is the four major generals of the Preparatory Security Association who are drummers for changing the national system and restoring the imperial system - Yang Du, Hu Ying, Sun Yuyun, and Yan Fu. This cartoon ridicules Yang Du as the head of Yuan Shikai's lackeys, the so-called dog-headed military advisor Yang Ye.

In fact, at this time, Yang Du thinks very highly of himself, and he wants to be the first hero of Hong Xian and realize his dream of being a prime minister. He and Sun Yuyun, Liu Shipei, Li Xiehe, Hu Ying, Yan Fu and other six people were called the "Six Gentlemen" by the people of the time. He is still secretive about the call of the imperial system, and he has to cover it up under the so-called "public opinion", while Liang Shiyi does not care about these at all, but makes a noise.

Liang Shiyi does not talk about his attainments in finance and economics, and his relationship with Yuan Shikai alone is not comparable to ordinary people. Lao Yuan has many wives and concubines, and his family has a large population (127 people), and he is often annoyed by some family trivialities. At that time, there was no mature management method for reference, otherwise a corrupt official in later generations would have been able to manage his lover in an orderly manner with MBA methods.

Liang Shizhi, as a strategist, once came up with the idea of "paying salaries" to Yuan Shikai's wife and concubines: 80 to 100 yuan per person, depending on the day of entry; For each son, 3 yuan per month (changed to 6 yuan after entering Zhongnanhai), Yuan arranged for the second aunt Tai Li (Yuan Keqi's mother) to keep the silver ticket, and report to Yuan every month as a payroll; The fifth aunt Tai Yang keeps the name seal and stamps it every month. In this way, the financial accounts will be separated, and the household expenditure will be much more reasonable. Lao Yuan was happy and relaxed, and secretly praised Lao Liang for being a first-class player in the financial industry.

At this time, Lao Liang was at a low point in his life: after the promulgation of the Yuan Ji Law, due to the replacement of the responsible cabinet system by the presidential system, President Yuan set up a political hall under the presidential palace to replace the previous State Council, Xu Shichang served as the secretary of state, Yang Shiqi and Qian Nengxun were left and right respectively, as a result, Liang Shiyi lost power for a while, had nowhere to live, and finally only won the post of tax supervisor, which made Liang Dacai very annoyed. The misfortune is that the Suzheng Department (a product of the Yuan Ji Law, equivalent to the Imperial History Observatory of the former Qing Dynasty, which specializes in impeaching officials at all levels) put forward the "Three Long Participation Cases" and the "Five Roads Great Participation Case" at this time, which made the transportation system up and down, and everyone was in danger.

The so-called "three chiefs of the case" refers to the impeachment of the deputy minister of the army, Yu Shuzheng, the deputy minister of communications, Ye Gongqiu, and the vice minister of finance, Zhang Arc, and Ye Gongqiu and Zhang Arc, both members of the transportation department; The "Five-Route Case" refers to the cases of fraud and fraud in the five major railway bureaus of Jinpu, Jinghan, Jingsui, Shanghai-Nanjing, and Zhengtai, and the spearhead is directly aimed at the transportation department. In this case, Liang Shiyi, the bigwig of the transportation department and the prime minister of the Bank of Communications at that time, was of course inextricably linked.

For Zhang Hanqing, a hairy boy, even if he is the son of Zhang Zuolin, the king of Fengtian, Liang Shiyi didn't pay attention to it. As for Zhang Hanqing's reputation in Beijing, he didn't care about it. A latecomer who has learned from the end of school and who knows what major military affairs are, and who talks about the military on paper will make a mistake. Cai Songpo and Jiang Baili want to push the backwards, don't be so desperate!

However, he couldn't refuse Zhang Hanqing's visit, but he still had Zhu Qichao's face, because Zhang Hanqing came under the banner of Zhu Qichao. Liang Shiyi was originally going to let him sit down and leave, as an elder, etiquette can't be lost---- in fact, he was curious about what Zhang Hanqing told him straight to the point----, "there are two things about his benefits", but when is it, it's still time to add to the chaos!

Therefore, for Zhang Hanqing's courtesy, he only said "um", and said slowly: "Hanqing's little friend said that he wanted to give two benefits to the old man, I don't know which two?" Let's listen to it, I also have a relationship with your father, I don't want to come, and I want the son of the deceased to carry me, I'm really ashamed! ”

The words of the political tumbler were a bit heavy, and I don't know whether it was anti-awakening or sarcasm, which made Zhang Hanqing sincerely afraid: "Lord Shibo, Xueliang was just inspired by his father's advice. There are two things that may be beneficial to my uncle. Two things, one is the name, which can solve the current crisis; Second, for profit, the uncle's industry can be expanded to the Northeast and profit. ”

Liang Shiyi was a little interested, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at Zhang Hanqing, "Oh, what's in danger of me?" I would like to hear about it. ”

Before Zhang Hanqing came, he had already made the grievances between Lao Liang and Lao Yang clear, and he naturally seemed confident when he spoke. He was not in a hurry, and talked eloquently in front of this big member of the Republic of China: "Shibo is bullying his little nephew and ignorance." Now the capital is boiling, and the bigwigs of the traffic energy department are all caught in the big case, if they can't recover the situation in time, they will be wiped out. Is the uncle confident, or is he at the end of his rope? Xueliang didn't dare to speculate. But Xueliang also has a way to let Shibo survive this difficulty and take advantage of it. ”

Liang Shiyi was silent, and his heart was already urgent: "If the nephew has any way, you might as well talk about it in detail." ”

Zhang Hanqing smiled slightly and said: "Now there is a good way to get out of the predicament, as long as Shibo can work hard to persuade according to the president's thoughts, why worry about this injustice?" ”

Liang Shiyi smiled bitterly, thinking that it was such an idea! You say I haven't thought about trying? Everyone in the world knows that Yang Du was praised by the president as a "genius of the world" because of this, and I am now involved, isn't it just making wedding clothes for others? did a good job, the credit is all Yang Du's, but it has fulfilled him. Therefore, the enthusiasm is not high: "This matter has been presided over by Yang Huizi, and his 'Preparatory Security Meeting' has made a lot of noise, how can I show my ability?" ”

At this time, persuasion was already a fashion, and even many people who opposed the imperial system, either to save their lives or to give up fame and fortune, joined this craze against their will. Even Duan Qirui, who had been dismissed as the army chief because he did not agree with Lao Yuan's claim to be emperor, could not escape the pressure, and was persuaded in the name of "General's Mansion", because he still had Lao Yuan rewarding him with the position of "managing the affairs of the General's Mansion".

At the beginning, Duan Qirui and Liang Shiyi agreed: "I am a writer and a martial artist, and I must not approve of the imperial system and mistake the Yuan family." Now that Lao Duan has relented against his will, Liang Shiyi saw that if he didn't follow the trend, he might be out, and he wouldn't be able to control the original agreement so much. However, obviously, Lao Liang hadn't pulled down his face at first, and the others were already far ahead of him, if he didn't exert his strength, it would be too late when the overall situation was timed. Liang Shiyi's current pain point is that there is no chance to enter, he has been worried about how he can win Lao Yuan's favor again? As for the impeachment case, for him, who has been in politics for a long time, as long as Lao Yuan approves of him, these are not things!

Zhang Hanqing smiled. The people of this era are really "simple", or the people in front of them still fail to see through the essence of things. For Lao Yuan, it doesn't matter who does it, it doesn't matter what method is used, the key is to be able to achieve results. The public opinion propaganda of the "Preparatory Security Council" has been fruitful, but how to make the people, or the representatives of the people, ---- members of the National Assembly, gladly accept it, is still far from being encouraged. There is a way that Xiucai rebelled for three years. The momentum caused by Yang Du and others is big, but there is still the last fire. If Liang Shiyi can smash this matter firmly, what is Lao Yuan's dissatisfaction with him?

He smiled and said: "The strength of the 'Preparatory Security Association' has been weakened, and at this time, Yang Huizi and they still want to pull their pants to cover their faces, but they don't want to tear off this cloth in shame." Shibo can implement it straightforwardly, Xueliang----Oh no, my father came up with a way, we pulled up a team, called the 'Citizen Petition Group', and directly put this matter in prison." Although the little nephew is not talented, he also dares to recommend himself and make it louder in Beijing. ”

"Citizens' Petition Group"? That's a new formulation. Judging from the name, the "Preparatory Committee" is a preparatory organization, while the "Citizens' Petition Group" really implements the matter. Liang Shiyi's heart moved, and his tone softened: "Yang Huizi is also convening all parties to make a review of the dishes, but the progress is not much, I don't know what Han Qing thinks?" ”

Any thoughts? You can't do it both *** and tree archway! In modern society, in order to cheat elections, it is not that no one has studied some methods. The "donkey-elephant dispute" in the United States and the "empty-handed barricades" in Taiwan and the ROK can be called the quintessence of modern elections, and they have resorted to all kinds of means, such as spreading rumors and causing trouble, creating things out of nothing, pointing fingers at Huai, stumbling and trapping, making false accusations, slandering, and so on. As for whether the dish is cooked, no serious person pays attention to it, and everyone cares about "whether it is effective".