Lu Zhengxiang was appointed as the General of State on June 29 of the first year of the Republic of China. On July 18, the Senate voted 74 times to appoint him as Prime Minister. Passed on the day to the total. He delivered his inaugural address in the Senate.

Because Lu has an international reputation, the parliamentarians think that they must have high opinions, but they are all disappointed after Lu Zhengxiang's speech.

Lu Zhengxiang said in his speech: "Zhengxiang went to your hospital for the first time today to meet with the gentlemen, and it was also the first time to work directly with the gentlemen, and Zhengxiang was very pleased. In the past 20 years, Zhengxiang has always been outside, and this time he has come back, and it is a new atmosphere. When I was in the ocean, although I had 20 years, I still wanted to be in my country, and I never forgot it.

"The three-year term of office of the minister has not yet been stipulated, so in 20 years, it is rare to have the opportunity to return to China. However, every time I meet Chinese people in foreign countries, or nobles, or merchants, or students, or laborers, they all deal with it. Because Zheng Xiang likes his own people very much. This time I came back, my own friends are very few, and I still hope that the gentlemen will treat Zhengxiang with their own people when Zhengxiang is abroad, and Zhengxiang is very honored.

"In 20 years, I returned to China for the first time only three months, and I was only in Beijing for two weeks. The second time I returned to China, it was the year before last, around November in my country. When he returned, he had little contact with people from all walks of life, and people from all walks of life looked at him as a strange person.

Zhengxiang is reluctant to eat flowers and wine, unwilling to compliment officialdom, and relatives do not contact, saying that Zhengxiang does not quote his own people and refuses to borrow money, so he is extremely cold in the social field. This time, he was unwilling to compliment the officialdom and did not quote his own people and refused to borrow money, so he actually asked him to do a great thing, and he thought to himself at night, and today is one of the happiest days in his life.

"When I was in a foreign country, I didn't know that I had a birthday, because my mother died quite early, and this time it can be described as a day of auspicious rebirth. The above words are not in the official business."

The parliamentarians were in an uproar when they heard Lu's speech, where is this the inaugural report of the prime minister?

As far as Lu Zhengxiang's original intention is concerned, he wants to face the House of Representatives with a sincere heart. This is a colloquial confession from the heart, not pretentious, not pretentious. If you do it abroad, you will definitely be very popular, it will make people feel friendly, and you will quickly get closer to others. However, Lu Zhengxiang is not abroad, but at home. In China, doing a lot of things seems to have formed a fixed pattern. For example, on such a serious occasion as employment, how can it be family-like? Even if it's not clichés, official words, you have to say something about it!

Lu Zhengxiang was appointed as the chief cabinet officer. It has already been passed by the Senate, which is already a fait accompli, but now many lawmakers are proposing to reconsider the cabinet president. Candidates for management.

However, there are also advocates for Lu Zhengxiang to give it a try, and the reasons are:

(1) Lu Zhengxiang's inaugural speech in the Senate was not a formal expression of political views.

(2) The current situation is better than nothing, Lu Zhengxiang's cabinet has not yet been formed, it has not been tested, and there is no way to distinguish between good and bad.

(3) Lu Zhengxiang recounted his life, did not gamble, did not do birthdays, and saw that he was not pretentious or deceitful.

After hearing about this later, Yuan Shikai made it clear that even if he was not good at speaking, "it is not necessarily enough to serve as the president. Reason. Bismarck's face turned red as soon as he arrived in parliament, but Bismarck was a great statesman."

He emphasized: "Lu Zhengxiang received 74 affirmative votes in the Senate, and if he overthrows his president because of a single seat. Wouldn't the 74 affirmative votes on that day be a blind count. ”

Although Yuan and some senators had the above ideas, when the Senate voted the next day and the list of cabinet members proposed by Lu Zhengxiang was submitted to the Senate for a vote, the majority of the members did not trust the Senate. reason, in one go, rejected all the list of six cabinet members proposed by Lu Zhengxiang.

Lu Zhengxiang has not yet passed the state minister. The addiction of reason will taste first when the total. When did Lu Zhengxiang, who has been gentle and elegant abroad for a long time, see such a formation, and he was so frightened that he was admitted to the hospital. In fact, it is also faceless. After he was admitted to the hospital, he refused to come out even if he died.

After the Senate rejected the list of new members of the Lu Cabinet, the members of the League believed that Yuan Shikai's "transcendent cabinet" line would not work, so everyone sang the "cabinet of party responsibility" again.

There are those who advocate the formation of a cabinet by Soong Jiaoren, others by Li Yuanhong, and others by the coalition of the League and the United Republican Party. The other faction advocates the formation of a cabinet by Tsai, because Tsai is a unified Republican, and his ideas are close to those of the Republican Party. The League will also introduce Cai as a comrade. When Cai Ye came out to form a cabinet, the League and the United Republican Party would give their full support, and the Republican Party would have no way to oppose it.

When the issue of forming a cabinet was brewing, two major events took place in the international community: First, the signing of the "Japan-Russia Alliance Treaty" was signed, and in the past, Japan and Russia were opposed to each other and monitored each other's aggression against China, which was beneficial to China. The alliance between Japan and Russia, united as one, can work together to carve up China, which is a great disadvantage to China.

Another thing was the British declaration of absolute freedom of movement in Tibet. Due to the stimulus of these two diplomatic incidents, Lu Zhengxiang formed a cabinet to save the day, because Lu Zhengxiang is good at diplomacy, which is in line with the needs of reality.

At the same time, some members of the Senate also believe that they should make compromises, while others, such as Sun Yuyun, believe that the president can dissolve the Senate, and it is better to have no Senate than to have no Senate.

Sun Yuyun (1869-1924), formerly known as Duoqi, the word Zhuru, the name Shaohou, also known as the Xuan, was a native of Shouzhou, Anhui Province, and a political dignitary of the Republic of China. In 1906, he went to Japan and joined the League as an officer of the General Affairs Department of the Headquarters. In 1907, he returned to China and instigated an uprising of the New Army, and was arrested. He was released after the Wuchang Uprising and was appointed deputy secretary general of the Zhejiang Allied Army Headquarters and governor of Anhui. Later, he went to Beijing and served as a member of the Provisional Senate, the speaker of the Covenant and French Treaty Council, and a member of the Senate and Political Affairs. In 1915, he participated in the initiation of the Preparatory Security Committee and supported the restoration of Yuan. In July 1916, he was wanted by Peking ** and later pardoned. In 1924, he was invited to Henan Military Affairs Inspector Hu Jingyi, and later died in Kaifeng.

That's for later.

Because the Senate vetoed six new cabinet members of the Lu Cabinet, a major crisis broke out in the Congress and the Senate, and all sides made many criticisms of the Senate's actions, and Yuan Shikai also used all means to exert pressure on the Senate.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai entertained all the parliamentarians and talked about the international crisis and the danger of not being ***.

At this time, there were many strange telegrams and leaflets, some of which were said to kill the speaker of the parliament, Wu Jinglian and Gu Zhongxiu, some were said to use ** against the parliamentarians, and there were anonymous phone calls to the House of Representatives saying that the military and police were going to riot.

Because of this strange threat, many senators who lived in the School of Finance secretly moved out and did not dare to appear in the Senate.

In addition to issuing public telegrams, the Military Police Council also held special meetings. Military and police officers of the intermediate level and above attended the meeting, and the mood in the meeting was very fierce, believing that the Senate had misled the country and should be resolved by force, and finally resolved:

(1) Ask the President to persuade the Senate again;

(2) The public representative went to Mr. Lu. reason, please dispel the resignation;

(3) If the Senate remains stubborn and does not vote for concurrence, the President shall be requested to dissolve the Senate. Finally, he issued a statement saying that he knew that the military and police should not interfere in politics, but he had to stand up for the future of the country.

The next day, more than 40 representatives of the military and police went to China. Business. Courtyard Lu. Lu Zhengxiang wore a tuxedo, and shook hands with the guests, asked for names, and greeted the guests in the style of a diplomat.

Yu Dahong, a representative of the military and police, first delivered a speech, saying: "The current diplomatic crisis is not a general crisis. Although there is resistance outside, please total. This is the meaning of the entire military and police circles.

"Originally, our military and police circles did not want to interfere in politics, but we are also a member of the people, and the country has reached such a point, and we have the duty of the people, so we cannot but have this, not to mention that the reunification of the north and the south can be achieved because the soldiers of the north and the south take the country as the premise and cannot bear to meet each other, causing chaos in the country and suffering for the compatriots.

"Today if the total. As soon as the reason goes, the state will collapse, foreign disasters will invade each other, and the scourge of war will be inevitable, so we came to see the president. Reason, please excuse me. ”

Lu Zhengxiang replied: "Since I was a student in my teens, I originally wanted to sacrifice my life to do my best for the country, and this ambition has remained unchanged for decades, until today, so although I resigned repeatedly during the Tang Cabinet era, I was still ordered to stay in office until today, which is the evolution of this kind of thinking. Thank you very much for your kindness.

"I have been in a foreign country for many years and have not seen a soldier against the country. Business. The sincerity and kindness of the staff made me not only grateful, but also touched. In the future, I will do my best to serve, even if I sacrifice my reputation, status, and life. I would like to ask you to convey my message to all of you in the uniformed community, and I thank you very much. ”

This scene was very moving, and according to a representative who later recalled that the general manager of foreign affairs. He was very sincere, but he did not dare to be flattering in his speech, and it was no wonder that the Senate was disgusted, for his words were not out of the earthy sound, and his voice was low, and his grammar was a foreign Chinese organization, so that if you did not listen carefully, you would not be able to understand its full meaning.

Before the second vote in the Senate to vote on the members of the Lu Cabinet, the four giants of the Beiyang military system: President Jiang Guidi of the Yijun Army, Admiral Ma Jinxu of Zhili, Director of Law Enforcement Lu Jianzhang, and Duan Zhigui, Commander of the Gongwei Army, invited Chen Ce, a member of the League, to have a banquet for senators, journalists, and politicians at the Anqing Hall. Among them, a female leader was also invited, Ms. Shen Peizhen, the captain of the Women's Northern Expedition of the Revolutionary Army.

Chen Ce delivered a speech, he said: "Today's master has the four giants of the military world, and because the contemptible people are more familiar with the gentlemen, they invite the contemptible people to be listed as the masters for introduction. I would like to invite Mr. Sun Shaohou to serve as interim chairman. ”

Sun Shaohou is Sun Yuyun, he stood up to give a speech, thanking the host for his hospitality, and at the same time hoped that this kind of gathering should be held more often, which can not only communicate the opinions of all parties, but also avoid many unnecessary misunderstandings. Then Lu Jianzhang, one of the hosts, gave a speech.

Lu is very good at talking and speaking very movingly. Lu Jianzhang's words moved the listeners, and the participants secretly said: If the State Council. If the person surnamed Lu (referring to Lu Zhengxiang) has the eloquence of this surname Lu, the Senate will definitely not have such a bad impression, and this ** crisis will not occur.