Duan Qirui was angry, but how could he talk about these literati as a martial artist, and Yuan Shikai didn't help each other, and soon Duan Qirui was speechless, not that Duan Qirui had no reason to say, but that the chicken and the duck talked about it, and he couldn't say it at all.

"Recently, Mr. Goodnow published a "Republic and Monarchy", Yang was greatly impressed after reading, the article analyzed the reasons for the wealth and strength of the world powers with a large number of data, and also used a large number of facts as evidence, reasonable, can be called a masterpiece, for the current situation in the country, Mr. Goodnow also analyzed, the republic and the monarchy have made a lot of comparisons, in fact, the monarchy is more suitable for my Chinese national conditions!"

Seeing that Duan Qirui was no longer entangled in the previous issue, Yang Du began to throw out the next topic.

"How did this make it so difficult for us to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and how could we embark on this old road?"

Yuan Shikai's eyes flickered, and he finally spoke.

"The president is only afraid of misunderstanding, the defeat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, not the defeat of the system, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty has ruled in the country for more than 200 years, has long been exhausted, the Manchus have become a heavy burden on the country, several foreign wars and almost all invincible, exhausted the people's expectations, the Qing royal family is short-sighted and wrong in decision-making, naturally it is gradually drifting away, and now the president dominates the country, the prestige of the people is not comparable to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the officials of the presidential palace are inspired by the president, but also work hard to make the country strong, day by day innovation, Under the training of Hefei, the Beiyang army is no longer the green camp hill of the year, and over time, what is the reason to regain the glory of the ancestors? ”

"No, no, the old man is laughing, how can the old man dare to covet the artifact, the words of the blue son can't be spread outside, otherwise he won't be drowned by the spitting stars of the whole country!"

Yuan Shikai hurriedly excused himself, but his tone was not so resolute.

"Yang Huizi, you traitor! Are you equipped to be a sinner for the nation and the nation? How many years has the president led the brothers to separate and work hard, and this is the current situation, so that your years of hard work have been in vain, do you want to mislead the president and let the president suffer eternal infamy? ”

Duan Qirui slapped his seat and wanted to rush up to beat Yang Du, but was persuaded by a crowd, and Yuan Shikai's face became even darker.

"Zhiquan (Duan Qirui), why be angry, why be angry, Huizi is what he said, the old man is well-informed, how could he do such a thing, Huizi, don't you hurry up and apologize to Zhiquan, can this kind of joke be made casually?"

"The president, it's not that he has any opinion on the president, but that Yang Huizi's words are too shocking, if it spreads, it will trap me in Beiyang, and where will the president's first famous name, this traitor, I can't wait to eat his flesh and drink his blood!"

Although everyone tried their best to persuade him, Duan Qirui was still indignant, not because of how progressive Duan Qirui's thinking was, but because he knew in his heart that the country had finally ended thousands of years of feudalism, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was really disappointing.

It is not for nothing that there are no people in China who support the traditional imperial system, but it is also the small group of people who have been advocating a constitutional monarchy, and the strength is insufficient, and the powerful factions, all strata, progressive organizations, intellectual groups, and foreign students all over the country do not hate the feudal system!

As long as Beiyang dares to brave the world's condemnation and restore the imperial system, Beiyang will instantly become a street rat and everyone shouts and beats, and the remaining bit of orthodoxy will also disappear, and Beiyang's cause will fall apart predictably!

A meeting broke up before it was even a topic.

Duan Qirui was able to reach today's status, naturally it was impossible for him to have no political acumen, if he didn't have Yuan Xiangcheng's support, he wouldn't dare to borrow his guts. The central meeting made a lot of nonsense.

So he called Xu Shizheng and other henchmen to discuss countermeasures.

Now that he did not explicitly support Yang Du at the meeting, Yuan Xiangcheng would definitely be resentful, and he would have to consider a way out.

"Dashuai," the thinker Xu Shizheng spoke first, "Today you didn't clearly express your support for Yuan Xiangcheng, Yuan Xiangcheng will naturally be dissatisfied with Dashuai, and you must consider countermeasures?" ”

"What do you think?"

Xu Shuzheng, the word is Zheng.

"Why not follow Yuan Xiangcheng's old wisdom, after arranging the brothers of the army, resign and go into hiding, when Yuan Xiangcheng really does such an unwise thing, there will definitely be many people in Beiyang who are dissatisfied with Yuan Xiangcheng, when the time is ripe, the marshal can go out of the mountain to turn the tide, then the identity of a national hero can not escape, the marshal can also smoothly receive the inheritance of Beiyang, expand his own power, Yuan Xiangcheng didn't do this?"

"But how should the army be arranged?"

Xu Shizheng carefully considered it, and then said cautiously:

"The generals under the commander have General Duan Zhigui, Jin Yunpeng, Ni Sichong, Fu Liangzuo, etc., and now Chen Xuan occupies the southeast, this place does not need to be considered, even if we win, we will also suffer heavy losses, the gains outweigh the losses, the power of the Liangguang Revolutionary Party is not small, it is also a mess, even if it is in our hands, it is difficult to play a role overnight, and it will even involve a lot of our energy, the barren northwest does not have to be considered, and now it is best to take Shanxi as a base, Yan Xishan in Shanxi is a wall grass, naturally dare not put it right with us, And this old boy's ability to develop the place is not small, if the handsome take Shanxi, with the resources of Shanxi can be foothold, but also can peep into the northeast, Shandong is our territory needless to say, at the same time to the Zhili Henan two lakes penetration, and when the time comes, the territory we occupy is the essence of the country, why not? ”

"However, we don't have a foundation in the two lakes, Jiangsu, Henan, and Zhili, how to operate, Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun, and Wang Shizhen are not easy to mess with, Zhang Zuolin in the northeast was born as a bandit, and he has no faith, so he is afraid that it will not be easy?"

"This is true, but the marshal is still in the position of the minister of the army, and the right to transfer officers is still in the hands of the marshal, we can form an alliance with Feng Guozhang, and then the resistance of others will not be so great?"

"Okay, you make a detailed plan, and I'll study it!"

Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui are planning for their future, and other powerful factions are not the same, and Xiao Jin of Annan also tasted the sweetness in the First World War.

The scale of the war in Europe was something that no one expected, and as the number of countries participating in the war increased, more and more troops entered the war, and the war in Europe became bigger and bigger, and with it staggering casualties.

But Pandora's box is opened, it's too late to brake, either you die or I live, anyway, there is no second way to go, until one side is beaten down.

Britain and France had a request for Xiao Jin's Qin, so they also began to actively contact the officials of Qin, and were even willing to recognize the existence of Qin when Xiao Jin paid a certain price, and now the three parties have entered the stage of peace negotiations.

Germany and other allied countries directly recognized the existence of Qin, sent consuls to each other, and constantly lobbied Xiao Jin to join the allies, and at the same time purchased a large number of military supplies, which greatly alleviated Xiao Jin's finances.

Xiao Jin did not agree but did not refuse, and has been in contact with the Allied countries led by Germany, and the Entente led by Britain and France did not see it right, because the outbreak of the European war, a large number of colonial troops have been transferred back to China to participate in the war, and France's colonies in Asia have been swallowed by Xiao Jin.

And part of Xiao Jin's army has entered the British colony of Burma, you don't have to think about it to know what Xiao Jin's plans are, now the British Asian colonies are empty, and there is no successor, India is the jewel in the crown of the British Queen, if it is lost, the face of the empire will be lost.

As a result, the British began to actively negotiate with Xiao Jin's Qin state, recognizing the existence of Qin as a sovereign state, but had to compensate the French.

Of course, this compensation is also symbolic, that is to say, Xiao Jin bought the French colonies in Asia with money, the French wanted to cry without tears, they couldn't beat Xiao Jin, and it was impossible to send reinforcements from the country, and now the boss couldn't protect himself, so he had to endure it in humiliation.

But it was impossible to admit that the Qin were impossible, and they still wanted to wait for the war to end and return to Asia.

As for the many warlords in the country, they are trying to expand their strength, and now that foreign weapons are not easy to buy, they turned to Chen Xuan and Xiao Jin, who have the ability to produce weapons, Chen Xuan's arsenal is closer to them, and the reserves are relatively large, so a large number of gold, silver, antiques, calligraphy and paintings poured in, and Chen Xuan's financial inventory became more and more powerful.

The key is that these powerful warlords are not picky eaters, but they also have no picky eaters, so Chen Xuan's team began to change clothes on a large scale, and many of the equipment in active service were eliminated and all sold, helping Chen Xuan save a lot of money.

Although there were still a lot of rebellions in the Xia Kingdom of Nanyang, with the opening of highways and railways, the Xia Kingdom had greater control over various places, and Chen Xuan sent Chen Guangfu to the Xia State to begin the currency reform of the Xia State, that is, to unify the currency of the Xia State, and at the same time, the Xia State also began to print paper money experimentally, which was circulated in the Xia State and the country.

Chen Xuan directly refused to print his own head on the banknotes of the Xia Kingdom, but used the national flag of the Xia Kingdom as the pattern of the phoenix, and the back was the palace architectural pattern of the Xia State regime, with a face value of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 yuan, etc., and there were also banknotes with the same face value as the corner.

Now the southern section of the Far Eastern Railway is in the hands of Chen Xuan, and the Nanyang waters are obstructed by Japanese warships, so Chen Xuan began to vigorously emigrate to Suiyuan and Mongolia, and formed a huge team to Suiyuan Mongolia and other places to plan and build.

Suiyuan and Mongolia have been building railways and highways for the past two years, although it is impossible to open the whole line to traffic, but some sections of the road have been used, so a large number of refugees and industrial goods have also entered the grassland, and at the same time brought back livestock skins and various rare minerals and so on.

With the entry of domestic capital, a large number of people have given birth to a large number of markets, so many domestic chaebols have begun to invest in the grasslands to set up factories.

With the reconnaissance and assistance of airplanes on the grassland, the life of the horse bandits could not go on, and they all went to good jobs, some entered factories, some entered farms invested by domestic chaebols, and some entered the army as cavalry.