The Progressive Party and the Kuomintang have always been in a state of opposition, and the two parties have always been in the Diet as long as the other side agrees with something, the other side will definitely oppose it. On the other hand, if one side is against the matter, the other side will definitely vote in favor. That is to say, it is often said that it is for the sake of pro and for the sake of opposition.

This time, the Kuomintang was wiped out, and the Progressive Party did not fall into the ground. Instead, the rabbit died and the fox was sad and behaved very coldly.

Although Liang Qichao's face-to-face request to Yuan was fruitless, he made a second effort. It was when this issue was discussed at a secret meeting of the State Department that fierce opposition was expressed.

He believed that Yuan's order to dissolve the Kuomintang had not been approved by the State Council, and advocated the resignation of the entire cabinet as a protest against Yuan.

For his proposal, everyone was silent and looked at each other. Xiong Xiling, who was sitting in the chairman's seat, was also expressionless and noncommittal.

Seeing everyone's appearance, Liang Qichao already understood in his heart, he looked at everyone and shook his head.

Some people thought that Liang Qichao would resign personally, but he didn't.

Liang Qichao didn't speak again, and his proposal had to be dismissed.

Another leader of the Progressive Party, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tong Hualong, also expressed great indignation at the dissolution of the KMT, especially the members of the National Assembly who revoked the KMT.

He said that the qualifications of parliamentarians should be resolved by the Congress itself. It is not lawful for the president to send the military and police to intervene, and if he believes that some members of the parliament are suspected of being in disorder, he should submit conclusive evidence and ask Congress to deal with it in accordance with the law.

Accordingly, he instructed the Secretariat of the House that the notice of future meetings of the House should be sent as before, regardless of whether he was a member of any party.

At the same time, he also went to the presidential palace to negotiate directly with Yuan, demanding the return of the certificates and badges of the "undisturbed" congressmen so as to avoid congressional disassembly.

Before the presidential election, Yuan Shikai was extremely respectful every time he saw Speaker Tang, and the so-called obedience to his words. This time, President Yuan changed as a person, and when he saw Tang Hualong, the speaker of the House of Representatives, he just glanced at him coldly, and without saying a word, Tang Hualong only ended up unable to step down.

The Progressive Party did everything in its power to ask Le Yuanhong, who was nominally the leader of the Progressive Party, to negotiate with Yuan, hoping to save the ruptured situation. Li Yuanhong did not disappoint everyone, and actively campaigned and appealed to save the Congress. However, Yuan Shikai didn't give face to the vice president at all, although he didn't say anything unpleasant, he just ignored it.

Some members of the Progressive Party began to gloat over Yuan Shikai's dissolution of the Kuomintang. , thinking that the Kuomintang was dissolved, they would be a one-party monopoly at the Second Congress.

When the second meeting could not be formed, I saw the seriousness of the problem. Some people may have seen that Yuan Shikai's defeat of the Kuomintang was killing two birds with one stone, in addition to bringing down his political rival Kuomintang, but also to bring down the Congress.

No matter which way you look at it, the remaining members of Congress have reached a consensus ,—— save Congress.

They considered two remedial measures, one of which was to seek to reinstate some of the reclaimed certificates and badges as parliamentarians. If the first step is not successful, they will come to the second step and add from among the alternates, and a quorum has been filled.

On 7 November, the remaining members of the Senate and the General Assembly held a meeting and agreed that Wang Jiaxiang and Tang Hualong, chairmen of the Senate and the General Assembly, would come forward to meet Yuan Shikai. Discuss the maintenance of the National Assembly. Screening of members who have had their badges and badges confiscated is required.

If one of the following three circumstances is true, the membership of the council shall be reinstated. The first was those who had left the Kuomintang before the Battle of Hukou, the second was that there was evidence to prove that they opposed the Jiangxi uprising, and the third was those who had joined other parties.

These three opinions are reasonable and legitimate, and on the same day, Wang Jiaxiang and Tang Hualong went to meet Yuan Shikai. Also went with Liang Qichao, Zhang Jian, etc.

Wang Jiaxiang talked about three points on restoring the qualifications of some legislators.

Tang Hualong said to Yuan Shikai bitterly: "Whether the crime of the congressman should be deposed is in the law, whether the president can depose the congressman, the matter must be different, or there is no excuse to serve the Congress, and no parliament is not constitutional." Now that the constitution has not yet been completed, the National Assembly has actually been suspended, how can the public be in charge of the Republic of China? ”

Liang Qichao and Zhang Jian also put forward their own opinions, urging Yuan Shikai to support the work of the National Assembly and restore the normal operation of the National Assembly as soon as possible.

Yuan Shikai just wanted the Congress to be unable to function, and of course he couldn't agree to the demands put forward by the Congress. However, the opinions put forward by these people were irrefutable, and after thinking for a long time, they said that these specific matters should still be verified by the State Council.

When a few people went to look for Xiong Xiling again, Xiong Xiling was not there several times. finally found Xiong Xiling, but Xiong Xiling changed his polite, modest and cautious style in the past, and became unreasonable, who can figure out such a complicated situation.

A few people said, what are the complexities of these problems, isn't it easy to figure out?

Xiong Xiling insisted on it, but he couldn't figure it out, and in the end he didn't explain any reason at all, and ordered several people to be expelled.

Angry, Wang Jiaxiang said that they want to fight against the country. Business. Total. initiating recall proceedings.

Xiong Xiling sneered at each other, saying that the two houses of you can have a meeting? Wang Jiaxiang couldn't say a word.

Several people used to have a good personal relationship with Xiong Xiling, but this time they formed a grudge.

After several people left in a hurry, Xiong Xiling's face was gloomy and his mood was heavy. He stood in front of the window and watched a few people leave, watching them look excited, and kept pointing at his office, definitely not saying good things about himself. Xiong Xiling muttered a few words, no one heard what he was saying, but he could see him with tears in his eyes, and he looked more sad than Wang Jiaxiang and a few others.

However, he now has no other choice but to be an obedient lamb to Yuan Shikai.

Wang Jiaxiang and Tang Hualong followed the steps discussed by everyone, and when they saw that the first step could not be done, they took the second step and added them from the alternate members. This is also in line with the spirit of Yuan Shikai's order on November 4 for Yuan Shikai to dissolve the Kuomintang.

As soon as the Congress issued a notice, Yuan Shikai immediately instructed the Ministry of the Interior to telegraph to all localities. The co-optation of legislators is a matter of great importance, and all localities must not act on their own, but must listen to them. Central Government. Co-ordination of the government.

Seeing that the two steps could not be taken, Wang Jiaxiang and Tang Hualong had no choice but to inform the parliamentarians in Beijing that since the two sessions could not reach a quorum and could not be discussed, the agenda would be suspended from 14 July. The parliamentarians were unwilling to let Yuan Shikai bring down the parliament and rose up to fight.

On the 17th, more than 190 members of the House of Representatives submitted to **: "Questioning the impact of the recovery of the certificate badge of the Kuomintang legislators to the Congress"

The full text of the interrogation is as follows: "The Republic of China cannot live without a congress for a day, and members of the congress cannot be left in power. The abolition of the government is the general meaning of the world republic and the great scripture of constitutional government.

According to a recent newspaper, the president ordered the dissolution of the Kuomintang on November 4 and the confiscation of the certificates and badges of members of the National Assembly who belonged to the party. The party headquarters colluded with the chaotic party in the south and appointed by law to dissolve illegal associations by administrative order, and all the people of our country considered it legitimate, and the only members of the Kuomintang and the members of the Kuomintang who were affiliated with the Kuomintang were two different matters under the law, and their punishment could not be followed.

"If a member of the council is ordered to conspire with a disorderly party, and there is evidence, regardless of the party affiliation, they must be punished according to the law, otherwise they have nothing to do with the disorder, even if they belong to the Kuomintang, they cannot be implicated in the abolition. The two are of the same nature, that is, they cannot be discussed together.

"Article 8 of the Law of the House of Representatives provides that when a member discovers any doubt of his or her incompetence after a session, the members of each House may submit a request to the House for examination, which shall be resolved by the House of Representatives and a special committee of thirteen members shall be elected to examine it. Accordingly, doubts about the qualifications of members of the House of Representatives shall be evident in the provisions of the laws of the two houses of the House of Representatives. Now, on the grounds that a member of the Kuomintang has long since failed to claim to be a legally qualified member, is it not an infringement of the statutory authority of the National Assembly to examine the qualifications of the legislator on the basis of **? As for the recovery of the certificate badge, the disqualification of the legislator is directly ordered to be disqualified, and according to the "Covenant Law", the president does not have this privilege and does not know politics. The government resolutely came out of this, under what kind of law? This cannot but be doubted.

As a result of the order of 4 November, more than 300 members of the Kuomintang were abolished, and more than 100 were added the next day, thus exceeding half of the total number of members, and neither house could meet.

"Those who have long since left the party and joined another party, or who are known as being stable and have telegraphed to oppose the rebellion, will also be cancelled. Is it true that the government is punishing the suspicion of civil unrest? Then the evidence should be examined and submitted to the court for trial, and it should not be used in a general way, so that the number of members of the parliament is insufficient, so that it will not be dissolved in the name of dissolution, but in fact!

"Recently, there have been many newspapers about politics. The government will organize an executive committee to revise the Organic Law of the National Assembly and reorganize the National Assembly. Whether this kind of legend is true or not is not discussed. Is there a need for the National Assembly of the Republic of China? Is Congress justifying the law? This can not but doubt the second also. Parliamentarians and others have a deep hatred for the Kuomintang. When the government perfunctory the great man, he undermined his ideas and attacked him severely.

"And the mouth of the lake was in turmoil, and the world shook, and he was also electrified by name, and he was condemned for his crimes. Imamasa. The premise of the government to eliminate the black crowd and promote righteousness is actually in line with the aspirations of parliamentarians and others, and the only way to go is to be lawful? Is the way to help sincere? The crowd is suspicious, and it is difficult to remain silent. In accordance with Article 40 of the House Act, I am hereby asked to give a clear answer within three days. November 17, the second year of the Republic of China. ”

The "questioning" of the members of the House of Representatives demanded a reply within three days, but after half a month, there was no response.

More than 60 members of the Senate gathered together and also submitted a letter of question. The content is generally the same as that of the members of the House of Representatives, with special emphasis: "This matter has a major bearing on the state system and government of the Republic of China". If the government thinks that the Republic of China should still have a Congress, it will quickly cancel the previous order and meet each other to law. Otherwise, it is thought that Congress is in control. The implementation of the government's policy of prevention is what the form of government is, regardless of survival, and can be done at will. It is not possible to think of this, and what is the meaning of ridicule in the name of illegally making the parliament never meet, and not wanting to destroy the parliament? What is the intention? ”

The attitude is extremely tough.

The "questioning" of the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate not only did not come to an idea for three days, but they were simply lost in the sea. After repeated urgings and maneuvers in various directions, it was not until 23 December, nearly 20 days later, that the State Council made a reply.