Chapter 42: The Party of Gentlemen
A hero with three gangs, more people can have great strength, Wu Jiaxiang found his friend Zhu Guangmu, a talented law student from Peking University who was about to graduate, and invited him to join the gang. At this time, Zhu Guangmu was thinking about what to do after graduation, he is also a hot-blooded young man, since Zhang Hanqing has a strong family background and inspiring ideas---- it is the dream of every man to become the founder of the party and establish a great cause. Therefore, even though Zhang Hanqing was only half an adult, three years younger than his age, Zhu Guangmu decided to join the group.
Knowing these two people is Zhang Hanqing's biggest gain in Peking University for a few months, and if nothing else, they are also one of his basic teams. said that it was the team, but it was actually his own idea, and there was still a way to go to really convince the two of them. Now, at best, one can only say that they are like-minded. Zhang Hanqing's deep heart confided in the two of them how to establish a political party that is advanced, self-purifying, well-organized and disciplined, and confided in the two of them for the first time.
As the wind of persuasion intensified, it eventually blew into the campus as well. Wu and Zhu are not like Zhang Hanqing from bureaucrats, and their vision is naturally not as far-sighted as Zhang Hanqing---- in fact, in any case, seeing a safe landing site in the whirlpool of history is Zhang Hanqing's strength, and the talents of this era are far inferior to him. They believe that the storm that swept the country has become a fact, that is, Yuan Shikai is very likely to succeed in the end. Well, if so, the dream of a BJP ruling that they have just trumpeted will be short-lived.
Therefore, when Zhang Hanqing met the two again one day, he obviously found that the state of the two was very low.
Zhu Guangmu sighed and said, "Han Qing, Zhong Xian, if the great president becomes the emperor, what is the point of us building this party again?" Mr. Sun's Kuomintang is so huge, didn't it become a picture overnight? ”
Zhang Hanqing is very optimistic: "If the president doesn't come here, I really can't know the way forward." The current development has made me see the changes in the future more clearly. I think that in a few months the situation will change dramatically, and then you will see. ”
Wu Jiaxiang admires his optimism, no matter what, what can deceive people has always been either a great traitor or a great good. With Zhang Hanqing's family background, there may be no place for him in the future Beiyang political arena. A little twist and turn made his mood change so quickly, but he was not as good as a half-old child who was nearly ten years younger, and he was ashamed of himself. "Don't regret it," he thought.
Zhang Hanqing didn't care about his "proton" identity, so he naturally ignored the possibility that Lao Yuan might send someone to monitor, so he didn't tell the two to pay attention to the impact. Greatly encouraged by the results, Wu and Zhu began to preach the theory of the People's Party among their classmates at Peking University, and many of them predicted that the old Yuan would become emperor. Soon, the news that Zhang Hanqing was not honest at Peking University reached Cai Yi's ears.
What is the nature of the problem? It's a great disrespect to the Führer! If it weren't for Zhang Hanqing being a half-grown child and Zhang Zuolin's favor in Yuan Shikai's heart at this time, I was afraid that the people from the Jingshi Law Enforcement Department would directly invite him to tea. As the head of the spy of the Republic of China, Lu Jianzhang knew the relationship between Cai Ye and Zhang Hanqing, and deliberately revealed the news to him, believing that Cai Ye was an understanding person and knew what he would do.
Cai Ye really found Zhang Hanqing, who didn't know that although he was cautious, he was "careless in making friends", and he had made more than a month of hidden achievements in vain. When Zhang Hanqing heard that his two new followers had shared their theory of Yuan's defeat with their classmates for free, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart and said: "These greenhouse flowers don't know the cruelty of political struggle at all!" Thinking about the White Terror back then, how many underground workers went to prison and threw their heads for this? Am I taking too big a step to do this in Beijing? ”
Cai Yi saw him pondering, and he was afraid that he didn't know the stakes, and he was still following the temptation: "If you are not careful, it will be a big thing." Your father is loyal to Lao Yuan, but you are secretly talking nonsense, what will Lao Yuan think in his heart? You have a keen sense of political smell, but you have a low eye and a low hand, and you are not a lady in employing people, which is a taboo for politicians! "If the king is not secret, he will lose his minister, if he is not secret, he will lose his body, and if he is not secret, he will be harmed, and he will be cautious and secret." You've heard that before, right? ”
Zhang Hanqing was convinced: "Uncle Cai Shi, I understand." This matter is too radical, and the stakes are too high, and it is really not appropriate to make such a big move at this time. From now on, I will only keep a low profile and never get involved in politics. ”
Cai Ye nodded, Zhang Hanqing can be as good as a stream, and it is also the virtue of a politician. However, he still said uneasily: "A smart and capable Han Qing, in Lao Yuan's heart, is by no means more than the nonsense Han Qing, and sometimes even has more doubts. Han Qing, I shouldn't have seen Hunting Heart for a while, and let you have a big face in the Navy and Army Command Office. You're famous, but when comes the danger. ”
Zhang Hanqing said that he was convinced. Cai Yi changed the subject: "I heard that you want to build a party, I am curious. The Kuomintang is so strong, and the result is that Lao Yuan is the president, and it is not because of the military power in hand. You are very talented in military affairs, and it is not difficult for you to become a pillar of the military world when you study in a military academy in the future, but why do you still do these unreliable things? ”
Zhang Hanqing restrained his smile and replied seriously: "Uncle Cai Shi, do you think that with today's China, even if Yuan Shikai is not keen on the position of emperor, the management of the country is appropriate?" ”
I really haven't thought about this question, Cai Ye is just a soldier, and his plan is only to strengthen the army and stabilize the regime through the army. He is a sincere person, he does not hide it from Zhang Hanqing, and he said honestly at the moment: "I haven't thought about this." Although the Kuomintang was ordered to dissolve and the National Assembly existed in name only, I believe that in such a large country as China, and in such a troubled era, there is a reasonable way for the central government to centralize power. ”
Zhang Hanqing shook his head: "I also agree with the centralization of power, but it is obvious that the current centralization of power is obviously insufficient!" The governors of each region also served as provincial governors, which laid the groundwork for future warlords. You have studied the history of China and know that China has been a country with a strong tradition of warlords from ancient times to the present. As long as there is an opportunity, there will always be a few grass kings coming out, and these people are a hidden danger to the country.
Even now, the president is mainly wooing the governors of the provinces with heavy troops, and he has the strongest military power in China at present.
And looking at the great powers of the world, where the country is stable, the command of the army is concentrated in the hands of civilian officials rather than military generals. Suppressing military force with literature is also an iron law of Chinese dynasties. As long as China's local military power is not concentrated in the hands of the state, this hidden danger cannot be eliminated one day.
Military personnel have a very different view of the world situation than civilian officials. Their mindset is guided by their professional experience, which I call 'professional extremism', and they are accustomed to looking at the structure, hierarchy, strategy and behaviour of the world situation from the perspective of their professional experience, and their main difference from the civilian government is that they habitually use their expertise to solve problems. All in all, they will place too much emphasis on the role of military force in policy. In the past, the warlords were self-respecting and committed crimes with soldiers, and this kind of thinking was at work.
Military personnel tend to be present-oriented. If there is a difference, there will be a problem, if there is a problem, it will be solved with action, and if the immediate problem is dealt with, there will be no problem if it is disposed of. In general, military deterrence and confrontation are the way they are accustomed to doing things.
Civilian officials include analysts, strategists, and diplomats. These people are more inclined to consider the overall national strategy. They know how to use diplomacy to achieve national goals and protect national interests. They pay more attention to grand strategy, the art of diplomacy. They can put aside disputes and seek common ground while reserving differences.
Therefore, unlike the efforts to win the support of military generals and the vigorous recruitment of military generals, I believe that while attaching importance to the armed forces, we should also pay attention to the building of the civilian ranks.
Whether it is a military or a civilian official, their skills are important to the country, and the task of the leader is to reconcile the two and maintain a balance. And the premise of this is centralization. It's a pity that President Yuan's centralization of power is to concentrate power on him alone, which is a typical autocracy, which is far from the call for boiling. I'm not saying that autocracy is bad, I just think that excessive concentration of power in one person will cause more harm if the situation changes.
Because people always have to die, even invincible heroes, there is always an eternal enemy he can't fight, and this enemy is called time.
Without a stable counterbalance of power, once he loses to time, it will cause unprecedented harm. If he is old and deaf, and makes a wrong choice that no one dares to point out, it will bring endless disasters to the country; If he does not relinquish power until his death, there will be unpredictable changes in the succession of power, which will also bring disaster to the country! ”
Isn't it? Isn't gerontocracy enough of the suffering it has brought to China? A loss of ** has set China back by 20 years, and Grandpa Mao, whom Zhang Hanqing admires the most, doesn't there also a situation where the hand-picked successor can't control the situation? In the end, it was the second-generation successor who learned from the painful experience and formulated a well-known retirement system for the central leaders, which made China's political operations overbalanced.
Cai Ye also understands the dangers of military attachés taking over politics, but it is the first time he has heard of such a clear analysis and summary by Zhang Hanqing. Seeing Zhang Hanqing speak the truth, he suddenly had a very relieved thought in his heart. Is my way not lonely? Or is it "talented people from generation to generation"? Or is it both? I couldn't tell for a while.
He had the heart to take the school exam: "So, Hanqing, what do you think is the solution to it?" ”
Not again! Zhang Hanqing has witnessed a hundred years for this, of course, there is a way. He took a deep breath and said clearly: "Party building!" Leave centralized power in the hands of the party! This party of ours is not a party of the same party and different parties, but a party of gentlemen! ”