When the "Zilinxi Daily" slowly published "The Rise of a Great Power: Portugal Chapter II", the "Beijing-Tianjin Times", which is a daily newspaper, has already been serialized for 14 issues. www.biquge.info The "Portugal Chapter", "Spanish Chapter", and "Holland Chapter" have all ended, and the "English Chapter" has also been talked about in the third episode.

Whether it's Spain, Portugal, or the Netherlands, it's a thing of the past, and when it comes to these countries, "The Rise of Great Powers" has attracted some people's attention, but it has not achieved a sensational effect.

Until the British chapter came out......

Tianjin Concession, Wei Mansion.

This is a small three-story western-style building, much more shabby than Chu Dashuai's mansion, where former Beiyang Government Premier Duan Qirui lived with his family.

Duan Qirui's life creed is "no smoking, no drinking, no prostitution, no gambling, no greed, no possession", and he was called the "six no-presidents", which is an alternative to the officialdom of the Republic of China. He didn't have a property until now, once Yuan Shikai gave him a house, but as soon as the old Yuan died, the son of the original owner came to the door with the deed, and Duan Qirui moved without saying a word.

But no matter how alternative and honest he is, there must be a gray income, otherwise he can't afford to support a five-room wife.

As a man, Duan Qirui's biggest failure is the instability of the back house. As soon as the fourth aunt got married, she had a sad face all day long, and when she asked, she knew that she had a crush, Duan Qirui had to endure the pain and cut her love, and married the fourth aunt like a daughter. And the rest of his wives and aunts all smoked big cigarettes behind his back. As long as Duan Qirui is not at home, several aunts will dress up in fancy ways, sneak out to watch movies, go shopping, listen to dramas, attract bees and butterflies everywhere, and often return home in the middle of the night.

The color of this hat, uh-huh.

Since Duan Qirui retired to Tianjin some time ago, he has devoted himself to Buddhism and ignored political affairs, and his only hobbies are Go and billiards.

At this moment, Duan Zhengzhi is playing chess, and his opponent is his son Duan Hongye.

On the chessboard, Bai Zi's big dragon qi was exhausted, and Duan Qirui was killed by his son without leaving a piece of armor. He pondered for a long time, then flipped the chessboard violently, and scolded angrily: "You bastard boy, you don't know anything serious, you will play chess." ”

Duan Hongye didn't dare to raise the bar with his father, and muttered in a low voice: "I can't afford to lose the stinky chess basket, and I can't afford to lose and I always play chess." ”

"What did you say?" Duan Qirui's nose was crooked, which was a precursor to his anger.

"No, nothing, hehe." Duan Hongye smiled and said.

The second aunt walked in and persuaded: "Master, don't be angry, this is today's newspaper." ”

"Well, put it down." Duan Qirui nodded.

Duan Hongye took the opportunity to get up and said, "Dad, you read the newspaper first, I have something to go out." ”

"Sit down!" Duan Qirui reprimanded, "What serious can you do? I warn you, if you get mixed up with Pu Yi again, beware of me breaking your legs. ”

"Huh." Duan Hongye could only sit back with a dry smile.

There are many four sons in the Republic of China, and the "Four Sons of the Republic of China" in the early 20s were Sun Ke, Zhang Xueliang, Lu Xiaojia and Duan Hongye. It's a pity that Duan Gongzi can't do anything other than Go, and he has become a playboy all day long, and his father has taken a back seat, so he has rarely received attention from the outside world.

As far as Duan Hongye is concerned, he doesn't care about any messy politics. Pu Yi is wealthy and generous, and often asks him to smoke a lot of cigarettes and play with women, and Duan Gongzi is of course willing to play with Pu Yi.

Duan Qirui no longer paid attention to his son, spread out the Chinese edition of the "Beijing-Tianjin Times", and directly turned to "The Rise of a Great Power: Britain Chapter III". This time the content is the British Glorious Revolution, and Zhou Hexuan analyzed the causes and consequences as usual, and added various interesting historical paragraphs.

When reading about Cromwell's military dictatorship, Duan Qirui couldn't help but think of Yuan Shikai and sighed: "Cromwell really ruled Britain, and he didn't dare to take the throne and become king himself." It's a pity that Yuan Gongxiong is talented and strategic, and he listened to slander and ascended the throne as emperor, and the great cause of the republic was ruined. ”

Duan Hongye was not interested in any of this, he sat there and played the endgame, playing chess with himself and having fun.

After reading the serial, Duan Qirui put down the newspaper and said: "This Zhou Hexuan has a lot of money and is a real talent. If I were still prime minister, I would certainly have recruited him as a member of the staff, and if he was capable enough, I would have entrusted him with important tasks. ”

Duan Hongye was addicted to smoking, yawned and said, "I know Zhou Hexuan, I saw him in the club last time, and the foreign devils appreciate him very much." ”

"That's for sure," Duan Qirui said with a smile, "The Beijing-Tianjin Times has a very high style, and he can publish articles on it as a Chinese, so naturally he has long been recognized by foreigners." ”

Duan Hongye said: "Speaking of Hexuan this week, there is another interesting anecdote. ”

"What's the anecdote?" Duan Qirui asked.

Duan Hongye is particularly familiar with gossip news, he said: "Zhou Hexuan also has a pen name Jin Yong, and he wrote a martial arts novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and many people in Tianjin are vying to read it. That Chu Yupu was not addicted to watching the serialized content, so he actually sent someone to arrest Zhou Hexuan and put him under house arrest to write a novel for himself. ”

Duan Qirui is an old man in Beiyang, and he looks down on Chu Yupu, a nouveau riche in the warlord world, and says disdainfully: "If you don't use talented people, you actually let him write novels to relieve boredom, Chu Yupu is so short-sighted." ”

Duan Hongye said with a smile: "Yes, Chu Yupu asked Zhou Hexuan to be his foreign secretary." ”

Duan Qirui was stunned by his son, and said angrily: "You can make more friends with Zhou Hexuan in the future, as for Pu Yi, you are not allowed to contact again!" Do you hear that? ”

"I heard that," Duan Hongye pursed his lips, and then smiled again, "I'm going to find Zhou Hexuan to play, I heard that he likes to play polo, and I happen to be good at it." ”

"Get out!"

Duan Qirui's nose was crooked again: "I know how to play all day long, can you do something serious?" ”

Duan Hongye fled in a haha, first recaptured his room and smoked a big cigarette, and then went out refreshed. He doesn't have much money on him, it's just a pretense to find Zhou Hexuan to play polo, and asking Pu Yi out to play together is the goal, and the generous deposed emperor is a Kaizi in the eyes of Duan Gongzi.

At this moment in Zhang Yuan, Kang Youwei read and read the newspaper in his hand, the British Glorious Revolution made him feel a lot, and the British welcomed back James II to inherit the throne, which made him vaguely see a glimmer of hope for Puyi's restoration.

"If history is a mirror, we can learn from the succession of the succession," Kang Youwei said, "and the success of King James II of England in seizing the throne is our example." If there is chaos today, the people think that it is a good time to take advantage of the chaos. ”

Pu Yi asked suspiciously: "Zhou Hexuan pointed out three paths to me, and he didn't seem to be optimistic about restoration, but asked me to give up my identity as emperor and start over." ”

Kang Youwei couldn't help but smile bitterly, with Pu Yi's weak ability and talent, no bones would be eaten to the bone if he defected, and only restoration was the right way.

At this moment, the eunuch reported: "Your Majesty, Duan Hongye Duan Gongzi asks to see." ”