As mentioned earlier, under the New Testament, the legislature was unicameral and was named the Legislative Yuan.

Before the establishment of the Legislative Yuan, Yuan Shih-kai established the Senate on June 20, 1914, to act as the Legislative Yuan.

He appointed Li Yuanhong as president and Wang Daxie as vice president, and all 73 political participants were directly appointed by the president.

Most of the political officials appointed by Yuan Shikai were high-ranking officials and nobles of the Qing Dynasty, and these people were all over 60 years old. The relatively new characters are Liang Shiyi, Liang Qichao, Sun Yuyun, Yan Fu, Yang Du, Liu Shipei, etc.

Before the establishment of the Senate, Yuan Shikai had sent a number of drivers to Dalian and Qingdao to promote driving with his handwritten letters.

The letter said: "The proclamation of the republic is a change of government, not the death of the Qing family; I hope that we will not take this as a burden, and go out together to save China from danger. ”

In the list of political participants, there is Qu Hongji, who served as a military aircraft in the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu. He was sometimes surprisingly confused, and once mistook Liang Shiyi for Liang Qichao's brother.

At this time, Qu Hongji was also in his sixties, and they all knew that he and Yuan Shikai were former political enemies, and they were brought down by Yuan Shikai with conspiracy. In order to please Yuan Shikai, some people tried their best to prevent the use of this so-called political garbage person, saying that Yuan Shikai was asking for trouble. I feel that it is really unnecessary to ask Qu Hongji to participate in politics.

Yuan Shikai smiled silently after hearing this, in fact, he was trying to use this incident to show his tolerance.

Some people are worried that Qu Hongji will not go out of the mountain, and Yuan Shikai is bored with himself.

But he heard Yuan Shikai say disdainfully: "What? Do you think he doesn't do it? It was he who asked his wife to come to Beijing to ask for this mission. ”

A constitution drafting committee was set up in the Senate, and the drafting members were: Liang Qichao, Yang Du, Yan Fu, Ma Liang, Li Jiaju, Wang Rongbao, Da Shou, Shi Yu, Wang Shicheng, and Zeng Yijin.

Yang Du, Liang Qichao, Liang Shiyi, the relationship between the three is somewhat special. Yang Du and Liang Shiyi were in the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu's economic special science hall examination, Liang Shiyi was the first in the examination, and Yang Du was second.

Both of them were confusedly attached by Qu Hongzhen's military machine to the "Kang Liang Yu Party" and did not dare to retest.

Yang Du and Liang Qichao drafted the constitution for the five ministers as gunmen when the five ministers went abroad to inspect the constitution in the third year of Guangxu.

At this time, the three of them were in Yuan Shikai's government. Work together under the house. In the past, young talents have now become middle-aged people with gray sideburns, and they can't help but feel some emotion every time they are in the opposite direction.

In particular, Yang Du and Liang Qichao have always had an indissoluble bond with the Constitution. At first, he was a gunman who drafted the "Manchu Constitution", and then he was also a member of the drafting committee of the "Republic of China Constitution". It's just that I don't know if they know that the so-called "Constitution of the Republic of China" is actually Yuan Shikai's Yuan Family Constitution.

Li Yuanhong picked up the gavel of the president of the Senate, and then he realized that the so-called Senate was a royal organ for the emperor. He began to feel confused about his situation. But he has been caught in the net, and he has the pain of not being able to help himself.

He repeatedly asked to travel abroad, or asked to return to his hometown of Huangpi to take care of housework, trying to jump out of the palm of Yuan Shikai's hand, but Yuan Shikai certainly would not let him go.

Although he saw that Li Yuanhong might not dare to stand up against him, Li was a good idol, and if he was used by the Kuomintang or other people with ulterior motives, there was still something to call for.

The so-called binding tiger is easy and difficult to control the tiger, although Li Yuanhong is not a tiger, but he has the appeal of a tiger, so he comforted him with warm words.

Li Yuanhong naturally knew that he couldn't leave without quitting, and there was no way to break through the wall and fly away, so he had to "hmm...... Not...... Good...... good", like a clay sculpture of the Bodhisattva, neither expressing an opinion nor speaking.

When Dafan reaches Yuan Shikai's status and power, there will always be some people who are trying their best to flatter, and there is a tendency to attach inflammation. These people are very brainy in order to compete for favor.

At this time, I don't know who started and began to talk about Yuan Shikai's presidency.

The best part is that there is this story:

At the beginning of the third year of the Republic of China, Lu Mou, the governor of Chengkou County, Sichuan, made a statement asking the president to set the term of office for life.

Yuan saw this and was furious, and was about to issue an order to take over the county magistrate to show that he had no intention of becoming president for life.

A strategist next to him whispered to him: "Isn't this going to discourage the people who really support the president?" ”

Yuan Shikai suddenly realized when he heard this, and immediately handed over this article to the government on March 8. The government gazette published it, and ordered the civil and military governors of all provinces to express their opinions on this article. So, the first to hand in the paper was Ni Sichong, who had the nickname of Yuan's pioneer, and he praised him.

In July, Goodnow, the president's political adviser, made a statement arguing that the presidential election law needed to be amended.

Because this election law is based on the Senate and the House of Representatives as the electoral organs of the president, and the new law adopts a unicameral system, the Senate and the House of Representatives no longer exist.

This electoral law stipulates that when the president and vice president are unable to exercise their powers for any reason, the president and vice president shall be appointed by the state. Business. Total. The new covenant law has changed the official system. Affairs, Hospitals and General. Reason doesn't exist anymore.

The amendment to the Presidential Election Law was in line with Yuan Shikai's intention, and he submitted Dr. Gu's statement to the Senate and instructed the Senate to amend the Presidential Election Law.

Liang Shiyi, the supervisor of the Taxation Department and the political counselor, adhered to Yuan's will and put forward a proposal to amend the presidential election law in the Senate. On August 18, 1914, the Senate recommended that the President submit the proposal to the Legislative Council, which would draft and approve amendments to the Presidential Election Act.

On August 26, 1914, the first meeting of the French Council was convened to amend the law on the election of the great president.

The meeting held that in amending the law on the election of the president, "it is advisable to pay attention to the spirit of the republic rather than to generalize the form of the republic, and it is advisable to refer to the legacy of the country rather than to smear the red tape of foreign countries."

Although the Covenant Conference was Yuan Shikai's legislative tool, people always had thoughts, and the progress of things did not satisfy Yuan Shikai in everything.

Yuan Shikai did not attend the meeting, but controlled it at all times through his cronies, that is, his mouthpiece and agent. After many meetings, it was until December 28. The Covenant Law finally amended the presidential election law into a bill that Yuan was completely satisfied with and served Yuan's dictatorship.

The amended "Great Presidential Election Law" was promulgated and implemented by Yuan Shikai on 29 July, and the "Presidential Election Law" enacted by the National Assembly in October 1913 was repealed at the same time.

Under this new electoral law, the presidential term was changed to 10 years, with no restrictions on re-election. During the presidential re-election period, if the Senate deems it "politically necessary", the President may be re-elected without the need for an election.

The presidential successors are recommended by the incumbent president, and the pre-written book is "Jiahe Golden Jane, Covered with the National Seal, and Hidden Golden Stone House". There are three keys, one of which is held by the President, the President of the Council, and the Secretary of State. It is not allowed to be opened in normal times, and must be taken out and handed over to the election committee before the election.

The presidency is limited to those who have reached the age of 40 and have resided in the country for at least 20 years. The incumbent President may remain elected. The presidential election will be organized by 50 members of the Senate and 50 members of the Civil Court. The Vice-Presidents are also nominated by the incumbent President, who are eligible for election as the President.

According to this election law, not only can Yuan become president for life, but also create a hereditary president of the Yuan family.

At this time, Yuan was over 50 years old, and the presidential term was set at 10 years, and if he was still alive after the expiration of his term of office, he could be re-elected through an election or a vote in the Senate.

If he does not survive, or if he is old and "tired", he has already reserved an heir. It is said that he pre-filled the names of Yuan Keding, Yuan Kewen, and Yuan Kequan on the Golden Harvest Golden Jane, and the selection was all his next generation.

In this way, the Republic of China has almost become the Yuan dynasty.

This election law is the exclusive election law created by ancient and modern China and foreign countries, and it is modeled on the law of the feudal emperor Kangxi, and the name of the heir is written in advance, and the seal is hidden behind the plaque of the Zhengda Guangming Palace.

They should turn the legislature into their own royal instrument and use this royal tool to formulate and revise laws at will, so that the laws will completely meet their own needs. Yuan Shikai found a way to deal with the "democratic republic" and the "country under the rule of law".

Listening to the sycophants all day long, desperately shouting that he is the only person who "stabilizes" China, "Who is Yuan Shikai in the world today"? At this time, Yuan Shikai was really complacent, how comfortable he was.

However, Yuan Shikai also has a particularly troublesome matter. Because at this time, at the junction of Henan and Hubei, there was an armed force against Yuan Shikai, and the trouble was becoming more and more fierce.

This is the early years of the Republic of China, a flash in the pan, coaxing the Bai Lang Army at home and abroad! Its appearance is like a legend, like a romance, and like a myth.

The leader of the Bai Lang army is Bai Lang. Who is Bai Lang?

It is recorded that Bai Lang (1873-August 1914), the word Mingxin, was a native of Daliuzhuang, Baofeng, Henan. Born in a peasant family in Daliu Village, Xixi, Baofeng County, Henan Province. I like to help the poor. When he was young, he studied for more than a year, and when he was a little older, he worked as a farmer at home. His family was weak and was often bullied by the landlords of his village.

Regarding the Bai Lang uprising, it is said that in the 34th year of Guangxu (1908), Bai Lang was falsely accused of imprisonment by Wang Qi, the landlord of the village, and was released after selling 100 acres of land to bribe officials. Later, he took his horses to a horse team in Yu County, and returned because he was blackmailed, and went to Liangwa, and the horses were snatched away by the township team. Lang has been innocently victimized many times, and his anger is unusual. At that time, there was a severe drought in the county for many years, and the hungry people were everywhere, and many people turned to Lang and persuaded him to come out to "make trouble". Lang's wandering was undecided, and it happened that the county government arrested the plasterer hired by his sister's family in the city in the name of bandits, and robbed him of the property stored in his sister's house, so he became angry and started an incident in October of the third year of Xuantong (1911).

It is also said that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Bai Lang served as a staff officer under Wu Luzhen, the commander of the Sixth Town, and after Wu was assassinated by Yuan, he and Wang Tianzong, the hero of Zhongzhou, fell into the grass in Songshan Mountain, claiming to be the governor of the Central Plains Fuhan Army.