During the few days that Wang Yongan was hiding, the domestic political situation was turbulent, and although the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Divisions, known as the "Four Towns of Jiangbei", did not intend to immediately go north, there was no doubt that they were extremely sensitive at this time.

Yuan Shikai immediately realized that after Wang Yongan's assassination and whereabouts were unknown, any stimulation of these four forces would detonate the sense of resistance in the Jiangbei region, and the Jiangbei army was not afraid of the Beiyang army, so Yuan Shikai sent a telegram to the four army divisions in Jiangbei indicating that he would definitely investigate the assassination of Wang Yongan, and hoped that at this moment, the Jiangbei army would not be instigated by villains to destroy the republic, so as not to make eternal mistakes.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai also summoned the bureaucrats of the Jiangbei department and promised them that he would never harm the interests of the Jiangbei department, and that the assassination had nothing to do with the Beiyang system, but someone was sabotaging the republic and destroying unity.

In the end, Yuan Shikai sent a telegram angrily saying that some people wantonly sabotaged state institutions and assassinated officials of the republican government in order to obstruct China's republican system and hinder China's development, and that they must be severely punished.

Of course, although Yuan Shikai's statement is very hard-spoken, it actually has no content, and no one knows how to condemn it, and it is not as purposeful as shrews scolding the street.

Although Yuan Shikai's remarks were to divert everyone's attention, some people thought that Yuan Shikai was insulting the revolutionary party and hinting to others that the revolutionary party was an assassin, which caused the dissatisfaction of the revolutionary party. Although the revolutionary party was not in power, many revolutionaries served as newspaper editors or reporters, so the revolutionary party's newspapers began to refute Yuan Shikai, believing that Yuan Shikai was the mastermind behind the scenes, and he had long been in conflict with Wang Yongan. For the sake of sales, many small newspapers wantonly speculated about the mastermind behind the assassination of Wang Yongan, and most of them pointed directly at Yuan Shikai, and some people even dug out that Yuan Shikai married his daughter who had tuberculosis to Wang Yongan, the purpose of which was to let his daughter's tuberculosis infect Wang Yongan and kill Wang Yongan.

A small newspaper is a small newspaper, in order to increase sales, any lace news dare to be written, the eldest son Yuan Keding just came back from abroad, after reading the newspaper, he was so angry that he almost let people dismantle the newspaper, his sister and Wang Yongan are in love, where did they use their daughters to harm people. At the same time, newspapers from all walks of life in Jiangbei and newspapers from all walks of life in the south also began to criticize the government's incompetence, believing that the assassination of the vice minister of the army and the envoy of the Kawabe Economic Strategy had actually taken place in the dignified capital of the country, which was simply an ominous omen for the rebirth of the country's generals and demons.

Yuan Shikai knew that he had carried the black cauldron, at this time he was the person who didn't want Wang Yongan to have an accident, he finally transferred Wang Yongan away from the central government to the riverside, and finally split the "four towns of Jiangbei" into two, but he didn't expect that Wang Yongan was assassinated at this stall, and there was nothing worse than this news.

Yuan Shikai was also greatly annoyed by the wanton speculation of newspapers attacking the government, and he ordered the closure of some newspaper offices, which provoked more newspaper media to fight back. The newspaper completely forgot how it attacked Wang Yongan in the first place, and at this time, in order to discredit Yuan Shikai, he said that Wang Yongan was a national hero for resisting the Japanese army, as if they had never scolded Wang Yongan.

After three days of arduous investigation, Zhao Bingjun, the chief of internal affairs, finally found some clues, this group of assassins came from Fengtian and Rehe, a total of four elite soldiers, a total of forty-three people, the weapons in their hands are all carried by themselves, so they cannot distinguish the owner. After assassinating Wang Yongan, the Assassins immediately chose to return to Guanwai, and Yuan Shikai ordered the Fengtian general Zhang Zuolin to pursue the assassins with all their might, and arrest the murderer. But for the mastermind behind the scenes, Zhao Bingjun and other Beiyang police systems have not been able to find it for the time being, and even at this time, someone published in the newspaper that the mastermind behind the scenes is Zhao Bingjun, who specializes in doing dirty work for Yuan Shikai, which makes Zhao Bingjun so angry that he almost vomits blood.

Yuan Shikai naturally did not believe that Zhao Bingjun had done this, he knew that Zhao Bingjun was not stupid, and the assassination of Wang Yongan would cause much harm to Yuan Shikai and the government of the Republic of China, but he was very dissatisfied with Zhao Bingjun's behavior of allowing him to privately order the police to enter the foreign concession to arrest newspaper reporters, thus triggering protests by the British and French ambassadors.

On the third day, the "Asia Daily," which was run by the Japanese, reported one after another: If the "Four Towns of Jiangbei" rebelled, how the Beiyang Army would be treated, how the troops should be deployed, and how the Beiyang Army should give advice on how to destroy the four towns of Jiangbei by simulating the battlefield.

At the same time, the commanders of the four army divisions of the Jiangbei National Defense Army also immediately went to Xuzhou for a meeting to discuss how to deal with the changes at this time, and they were also worried that the Beiyang Army would attack themselves, and set a plan, if the "Four Towns of Jiangbei" had any losses, they would join forces with the Northern Expedition, and recommended Wang Yongan's brother Li Yao to serve as the temporary commander of the crusading army.

Li Yao obviously knew that his ability was mediocre, and the four division commanders recommended him not because he could serve the public, but because he was old enough, had good popularity, and was self-aware, so Li Yao also took over the task as a matter of course.

Yuan Shikai's original focus was to move the presidential palace to Zhongnanhai, but it was delayed because of the assassination of Wang Yongan, and at this cold winter, it was the tension in the country that was colder than the weather.

And in private, Yuan Shikai also immediately convened the officers to discuss the next changes, although he temporarily pacified the "Four Towns of Jiangbei", but who knows if they will change their minds and whether they will suddenly choose the Northern Expedition.

Because it was a secret meeting, it was chosen at 10 a.m., and the martial law in Jingshi was not only because of Wang Yongan's assassination, but also because Yuan Shikai wanted to control Jingshi, so as not to use this meeting to spread rumors.

Xu Shichang, Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun, Duan Zhigui, Qu Tongfeng, Jin Yunpeng, Li Chun, Wang Zhanyuan, Wang Chengbin, Tian Zhongyu, Chen Huan, Xu Shuzheng, Huang Bo, Wu Peifu, Yuan Naikuan, Yan Xiangwen, Wang Huaiqing, Wang Tingzhen, Cai Chengxun, and other colonels and generals and relevant personages arrived at the presidential palace and came to the conference room one after another. The conference room was tightened with black curtains, so that it could not be seen from the outside, and the guard officer Yuan Jiashu was ordered that no one should approach the conference room within twenty meters.

Yuan Shikai walked into the conference room accompanied by Yang Du, Liu Shipei, Li Xiehe and He Jie, among whom He Xie was reused because he persuaded Wang Yongan to surrender to Yuan, but because of his young qualifications, he could only rank last among the staff officers, but he also successfully replaced the position of the staff officer Hu Ying. (The main reason is that Hu Ying is a member of the alliance and switched to Yuan Shikai, and Yuan Shikai does not trust him very much)