Chapter 403: Curse
Wang Yongan wanted to keep a low profile, but he was in an important position, and he couldn't keep a low profile at all, and there were far more people attending his wedding banquet than when he first married Yuan Shikai's daughter Yuan Nianzhen, the reason for this was that Wang Yongan was just Wang Yongtai's staff at that time, and now Wang Yongan is the Jiangbei Protector Envoy, the people in the rivers and lakes are called the king of Jiangbei, the change of identity means the change of status, and the change of status also means the change of treatment, no, almost all the people with heads and faces in the two rivers have come, and even the people of the southern revolutionary government have sent people to send congratulatory gifts, Not to mention Yuan Shikai's people, and even Yuan Keding brought Wang Zhaoming (Wang Jingwei), who had assassinated the regent Zaifeng, to the wedding of his brother-in-law in Yangzhou - this sounds a little awkward. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Wang Yongan was curious about how these two came together, Yuan Keding said with a smile that he and Wang Zhaoming were both brothers of the opposite sex, and this time he came to Yangzhou, not only to congratulate Wang Yongan on his wedding, but also to send Wang Zhaoming to Nanjing, Sun Yat-sen came back from the United States, and Wang Zhaoming naturally wanted to go to his teacher.
Yuan Shikai made two preparations, fighting and wooing at the same time, hoping to send Wang Zhaoming back to repair relations with the Southern Revolutionary Army. Politicians are like this, there are no permanent enemies, and there are no absolute friends, there is nothing wrong with Yuan Shikai's approach, but it looks very awkward, if people with poor political acumen will think that Yuan Shikai has done much.
The first time I saw Wang Zhaoming, I was moved by this handsome guy's sharp and enthusiastic words, Wang Yongan listened to him impassionedly talk about how to build China and how young people struggled, and I couldn't help but think of a line from Chen Peisi in the Spring Festival Gala that year: "I always thought that only someone like me could rebel - I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it - you Zhu Shimao, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, also betrayed the revolution!" β
Wang Zhaoming is definitely an idealist, like his teacher Sun Yat-sen, and idealists often go to two extremes, either extremely patriotic, or extremely traitorous but think they are patriotic. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, this monarch was still competing with Jiang Zhongzheng for the leadership of the Kuomintang Party, and when he gradually felt hopeless, he resolutely decided to take refuge in the Japanese and establish a new government of the Republic of China. Wang Zhaoming believed that Japan was stronger than China in all aspects, so he thought that relying on the powerful Japanese and relying on the strength of the Japanese could establish a brand-new Republic of China, but he did not want to gradually go to the abyss. Later, Wang Zhaoming suffered from osteoma, and before his death, the Japanese asked Wang's puppet government to sign a declaration of war against the United States on behalf of China, and Wang Zhaoming could not help but sign a declaration of war against the Allied countries: "From today onwards, Britain and the United States are in a state of war, and they should be aware of their full efforts and cooperate with their friendly Japan." However, when the Japanese asked Wang puppet government to send troops to the Pacific theater, Wang Zhaoming still refused this request, he thought that it was enough to pay lip service to support Japan, and if he really sent troops to the Pacific theater, once Japan was defeated, the Americans would definitely take the opportunity to send troops into China. However, it is unforgivable that he betrayed his country for glory for his own selfishness.
Wang Yongan knew in his heart what would happen to Wang Zhaoming in the future, but he couldn't break it, after all, Wang Zhaoming's surrender to the Japanese was something that happened in the "future", and his appearance had already affected the "future", and even Wang Yongan confidently believed that with his China, the "future" would inevitably not have a war of resistance against Japan.
"It's better to have a war of resistance against China in Japan in the future." Wang Yongxin thought proudly.
It is true that Wang Yongan's current success has given him the capital to be proud, and at the same time, he has suddenly been touted at home and abroad, believing that he is the most influential person in China in the future. Japan's most influential "Kyoto Daily" commented on Wang Yongan: "The most influential people in the Qing Empire are undoubtedly Yuan Shikai and Sun Yat-sen, but Yuan Shikai is fifty-three years old, and according to rumors, the Yuan family has a life expectancy of no more than sixty years due to genetic diseases; Sun Yat-sen is forty-seven years old, but he is only the leader of the anti-government democratic spirit of the Qing Empire, and there is no real allegiance to him from the army. But Wang Yongan's birth, so that everyone can't help but sigh, only twenty-four-year-old Wang Yongan has become a gradually rising giant mountain between Yuan Shikai in the north and Sun Yat-sen in the south, in history Liu Bang, Xiang Yu, Zhu Yuanzhang and other emperors from the Jianghuai region, and as the real king of the Jianghuai region, the future of Wang Yong'an, the Jiangbei Protector can not help but make people speculate, after Yuan Shikai is getting old and Sun Yat-sen is gradually ordinary, who is the real Qing Empire. β
The title of this article is "On the Future of the Qing Dynasty", and on the occasion of Wang Yongan's wedding in Yangzhou, Yuan Shikai sat on the sofa, opposite Zhao Bingjun, Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen, and his subordinates quietly looked at Premier Yuan and the Japanese article in Premier Yuan's hands. The translation of the entire text was Lu Zongyu, who was proficient in Japanese, and Zhang Zongxiang, one of Yuan Shikai's secretaries, stood behind Yuan Shikai with a frown.
Duan Qirui saw the corners of Yuan Shikai's eyebrows twitching, and sneered in his heart, no one knew better than him how angry Yuan Shikai was in his heart at this time-when Yuan Shikai was angry, the corners of his eyebrows would twitch unconsciously, similar to the unconscious shaking of muscles.
This article not only exalted Wang Yongan, but also belittled Yuan Shikai, especially how they could write the curse of the Yuan familyβit is said that the men of the Yuan family did not live to be sixty years old, and Yuan Shikai's great-grandfather, Yuan Yaodong, died just after he was 40 years old; His uncle and grandfather, Yuan Jiasan, died of illness in 1863, and he was the longest-lived member of the Yuan family, and he only lived to be 57 years old; Yuan Shikai's biological father Yuan Baozhong was 51 years old, his successor father Yuan Baoqing was only 49 years old, and his cousin Yuan Baoheng only lived to be 52 years old. After the living Yuan family made some statistics on the lifespan of the deceased ancestors, they came to the conclusion that the maximum life limit of the Yuan family man was 57 years old.
So some people said that the people of the Yuan family were deeply cursed, and no one lived longer than 60 years, which was just everyone's private remarks, but they did not expect to be published in a grand manner by the "Kyoto Daily", the largest media in Japan in circulation--What do the Japanese mean, are they doing business with Wan Yongan, an immature little fox?
Yuan Shikai fell into deep thought, occasionally raised his head, and asked, "Is there any news about Jiangbei?" β
Wang Shizhen said: "Wang Yongan, the envoy of the Jiangbei Protectorate, proposed to extend the eastern section of the Bianluo Railway to Haizhou, Jiangbei, and proposed to build it by private ownership. β
"Bang!" Yuan Shikai slapped the table and said coldly: "Jiangbei is really rich, it is really rich to build a railway with sole proprietorship!" β
Duan Qirui said pointedly on the side: "There are people in Jiangbei, who have money and time......"