After Feng Guozhang entered Beijing, the first thing he did was to send a telegram to Li Yuanhong in Fuzhou to persuade him to reinstate again. He also sent Tang Hualong, the chief of internal affairs, as his representative to the president, and went to the palace to thank the Qing court for congratulating him on his ascension to the presidency. Subsequently, he invited Wang Shizhen and Duan Qirui into the presidential palace to talk about the past feelings of the 'Beiyang Three Heroes' and the deep friendship between them. During this period, President Feng Da said very cordially: "Our three old brothers are one branch, regardless of the president, the prime minister, and the general minister, and we only want to work together, and there will be no more disputes between the government and the court from now on." ”

The high-profile of "the government and the hospital are one, and the inside and outside are united" is loud. But Feng Guozhang forgot that the current Republic of China is a cabinet system, and the president of the cabinet system can no longer act as recklessly as Emperor Hong Xian, and he is the only one. He is not the second Li Yuanhong. He is a powerful figure with an army, territory, power, and ambition no less than Duan Qirui, and he will never be willing to be an active stamping machine like Li Yuanhong. Therefore, when dealing with the Prime Minister's Office where Duan Qirui was entrenched, a big contradiction broke out within three days.

This Qi Rui is not a very diligent prime minister, most of the affairs are entrusted to his cronies Xu Shuzheng, and Xu Shuzheng is a guy who is arrogant and arrogant.

On the third day of Feng Guozhang's entry into Beijing, Xu Shuzheng took a letter of appointment and asked Feng Guozhang to stamp the presidential seal, Feng Guozhang asked about his whole person's resume, Xu Shuzheng replied with a blank eye: "Now that the cabinet system is implemented, why do you bother to ask!" I'm busy, so hurry up and get stamped! What kind of person is Feng Guozhang, even Emperor Hong Xian has never given face, where has he suffered such neglect, he immediately overturned the table, tore the appointment letter to shreds, and let Xu Shuzheng blow him out, and then he was very angry, and said to the left and right: "This Xu Xiaofan is so arrogant, he is afraid that it is Duan Qirui in his eyes, where is my Feng Guozhang!" If he does not teach him a lesson, I am afraid that this president will not be able to do well. That night, he ordered Xu Shuzheng to be dismissed from all positions and driven out of Beijing. After Duan Qirui knew, he was taken aback, rushed to the presidential palace late at night, waited for more than an hour, and then entered through the small door, and when Feng Guozhang got up, it was already more than three o'clock in the morning.

After having such a lesson, the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion have a lot of rules when they go to the Presidential Palace, because Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang have the same opinion on many things, or they have already been discussed, so there is still a lot of harmony between the government and the court. Beiyang has expressed unanimous optimism about this.

Who knows that the development of things has greatly exceeded people's expectations, or that the outside world is developing too fast, forcing people inside to constantly make choices to hurt each other, since Zhang Xun's restoration, Sun Monkey set up a banner of protecting the law in Kunming City, and recruited many old parliamentarians, convened an extraordinary Congress, formed a military government to protect the law, and denied Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang the positions of prime minister and president. In this regard, the two old brothers immediately waved their iron fists and fought in Hunan, Lu Rongting and Tang Jiyao just used Sun Monkey as a guise to rush to fight for power and profit, where were they really willing to fight hard with the elite of the Beiyang Army, and soon Tang Jiyao sent an envoy and Feng Guozhang to seek the conditions for a secret peace between the two sides, and this kind of thing was hidden from the ordinary people, from Sun Monkey and the bandits, and from the two forces of Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui. As a result, an irreversible rift appeared during the honeymoon period between the prefectures and hospitals.

Duan Qirui pulled a long face and said to Feng Guozhang: "Fourth brother, is this true?" Are you going to make peace with those rebellious ministers and thieves in the southwest? ”

Feng Guozhang glanced at him and said, "Qirui, it's really not a matter of always fighting, what about the country's economic construction?" What about China's international image? You and I, as stewards of the whole country, can't think too much about it! In fact, it's nothing to think about, when Emperor Hongxian didn't make trouble with the imperial system, people listened to the arrangements of the central government, if it weren't for those bastards who pleaded with Boss Yuan to make trouble with the imperial system, they wouldn't have fallen out with the central government! According to the meaning of the fourth brother, if they can discuss with the central government well, they will not fight this battle if they can not fight, so as not to hurt the vitality of the country and not be good for the country and the people. ”

After hearing him say this, Duan Qirui was more angry than he was, and said, "Fourth brother, how can you think so?" ”

Feng Guozhang said: "Why can't I think so! ”

Duan Qirui said fiercely: "Lu Rongting, Cai Yi, and Tang Jiyao are all people who fought against the central government and plotted to divide the country, and at the beginning, they just rebelled against the central government. In the humble opinion of the younger brother, the rebellion in the southwest must be clear! The authority of the central authorities must be strengthened in the unity of force. ”

Feng Guozhang said: "It was originally to protect the country, but now it is to protect the law, if you restore the temporary covenant, won't there be so much trouble?" ”

Duan Qirui said: "The prime minister is responsible for the country, and the temporary law was not applicable to the country before, so that there was a scandal such as Zhang Xun's restoration, and now there is a farce of the military government of the protector of France, it can be seen that the temporary law is the source of chaos in China, and it must not be restored, let alone restored, after all, Sun Monkey does not need a temporary law, why let us use it!" ”

Feng Guozhang thought for a while, sighed and said: "Qirui, what you said is very reasonable, everyone knows that any Dharma protector is just a name, and in private, it is these old brothers who make trouble for those provinces, it's too ugly!" It's still more expensive to be harmonious! ”

Duan Qirui said angrily: "You are my fourth brother, so I will discuss everything with you, you must know that now the cabinet system has the final say, and the fourth brother may not look down on the four pieces of land in the southwest, but how many brothers in Beiyang are waiting for these provinces to satisfy their hunger." You are really a full man, and you don't know that a hungry man is hungry. For the sake of the fate of these brothers, it is necessary to arm a crusade against the southwestern rebellion! Fourth brother, it's not good if you just stamp it! ”

Feng Guozhang said angrily: "Duan Qirui, you don't take Lao Tzu as Li Yuanhong, he is a stamping machine, Lao Tzu is not, as long as Lao Tzu is the president for one day, Lao Tzu will definitely not allow you to come nonsense." ”

"Humph! Then you don't want to be the president! After Duan Qirui finished speaking, he left angrily.

Feng Guozhang smiled angrily and said: "Duan Qirui, let's see if you can't be the prime minister first or Lao Tzu can't be the president first!" Let Chen Zhiji's rabbit cub see me! ”

After a while, Chen Zhiji came to Feng Guozhang with a yawn and said, "Dad, what do you call me?" ”

Feng Guozhang saw that he was so angry that he had no energy, so he kicked him to the ground and said, "Give Lao Tzu some spirits, I have an errand to be handed over to you!" ”

Chen Zhiji hurriedly got up and said, "Dad, please speak." ”

Feng Guozhang said: "You go to Hunan to help me exercise Wang Ruxian, Fan Guozhang, let them jointly call the main peace!" ”

"This ...... I'm afraid it's not good, but the prime minister has wanted to fight for a long time! Chen Zhiji scratched his head and said, "I'm afraid my son-in-law's errand is not easy to do!" ”

Feng Guozhang snorted coldly and said, "Idiot! Who is Duan Qirui? Who is Lao Tzu? Who can you rely on? ”

Chen Zhiji hurriedly said: "Dad, you're right, it's the son-in-law who is stupid. I'm ready to leave tomorrow morning. ”

Feng Guozhang sneered: "Tomorrow? I'm afraid I won't be able to get out of the city tomorrow, so you can leave now. If you don't have enough money, I'll just call you. If you drag mud and water, be careful, Lao Tzu can't kill you, but he can send you to the front line in Hunan! ”

Chen Zhiji shuddered and said, "Dad, you are angry, son-in-law will go!" But Madame......"

Feng Guozhang said: "Where I should be Lao Tzu to say, don't worry about you!" Chen Zhiji trotted out of the presidential palace, and before he had gone far, he saw a column of prime minister's guards rushing towards the presidential palace, so frightened that he did not dare to slack off, and left Beijing overnight and ran towards Changsha.

When Chang Zhenbang and Lu Xiaozhu were talking about their relationship as husband and wife, when you were talking to me, Dong Zhen's voice suddenly came from outside: "My lord, the president sent an urgent telegram. ”

Chang Zhenbang was about to gallop when he suddenly heard this kind of unhappy thing, and said very unhappily: "Is there anything that can't be said tomorrow?" Adults are busy. ”

Lu Xiaozhu smiled when he heard this, stretched out his hand and gently pushed him, and said, "You, what are you doing?" He's a big president! The original emperor, it's not good to be sluggish. ”

Chang Zhenbang put Lu Xiaozhu in his arms and said, "Are you my wife?" Of course it's more important than him, the president is in office for five years, and he takes over Li Yuanhong's position, whether he will be a problem next year, and you will be owned by me for the rest of your life. ”

"Go!" Lu Xiaozhu gently pushed Chang Zhenbang and said: "It's a pity that you don't belong to me alone, okay, let's talk about these words later, you go to see the president first to find you something?" ”

Chang Zhenbang sighed, and reluctantly got up on Lu Xiaozhu, and said, "After reading it, I don't know if I can come back." ”

Lu Xiaozhu smiled: "This should be what I'm worried about, you have three wives and four concubines, so you may not sleep with me." ”

Chang Zhenbang kissed her lightly on the lips and said, "It's a pity that you are the most reluctant person I love." ”

Lu Xiaozhu blushed and said, "You too." Go for it! ”

Chang Zhenbang reluctantly put on a piece of clothing, discounted Hache pushed the door open, Dong Zhen hurriedly handed over the telegram, Chang Zhenbang lazily opened it, sleepy, and immediately went to the study in a hurry, Lu Xiaozhu saw that he was only wearing a piece of clothing, he couldn't help but worry, picked up a set of clothes from the cabinet and asked Dong Zhen to send it over.

Dong Zhen pushed the door in, but saw Chang Zhenbang pointing his head with his finger, thinking about the telegram, looking puzzled, Dong Zhen sighed helplessly, the official position of the adult is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more things, and the common people have fallen a little benefit, but it is a pity that Mrs. Xiaozhu gets together less and leaves. In the past, he didn't see each other three or four times a month, he really doubted Chang Zhenbang's feelings for his wife, but when he saw Mrs. Fluttershy opposite, Mrs. Hongyun couldn't see him once a month, she felt that the official did something a little worthless, the so-called family and country affairs, the family is in front of the country, and the family is not well managed, how can the country be managed well?

"Why are you here?" Chang Zhenbang glanced up at Dong Zhen and said a little tiredly.

Dong Zhen said: "Mrs. Xiaozhu asked me to send some clothes for adults. ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Put it down, go back and tell Mrs. that there is nothing important, let her not worry blindly, go to bed early." ”

Dong Zhen nodded and said, "The slave knows." ”

Chang Zhenbang sighed, and asked Ma Ben to go out and invite Tang Baichuan from the Guangzhou Military Academy overnight, and handed over Feng Guozhang's telegram and said: "The president really promoted me, while asking me to go to Guangxi to hook up with Lu Rongting and Long Jiguang to stop the disputes in Guangxi." On the one hand, let me join forces with the southeastern provinces to oppose Premier Duan's military conquest, which is not a good thing to do. ”

Tang Baichuan glanced at Chang Zhenbang and said: "These two things are not difficult in the eyes of the seventh brother, and they are easy to do. ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Third brother, our rebel army is now dominating the three provinces of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian, and the forces and Tang Jiyao are still among the two princes, which still arouses the suspicion of many people, and it is easy to appease the disputes in Guangxi, which is in line with President Feng's proposition, I am afraid that the Chinese people in Beiyang are suspicious of us, he Feng Guozhang is the old man of Beiyang, and he is naturally not afraid, we are not the same, as for the tandem of the southeastern provinces, it is even simpler, after the Nanjing Conference, the people in the southeastern provinces have been replaced by Feng Guozhang's cronies, these cronies are all looking forward to the president, But why didn't the president directly let them go to the book, but let Lao Tzu connect with him? ”

Tang Baichuan smiled: "Why is this? ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "The third brother also knows that we are now strong and strong, which still makes Feng Guozhang suspicious, if it is in tandem with the southeastern provinces to oppose Premier Duan's unification by force, then the two brothers are afraid that there will be no dispute between the palaces and hospitals, and they will clean up us together." ”

Tang Baichuan said: "The seventh brother can also see it thoroughly, Feng Guozhang's move makes us in a dilemma, and if we advance, we will suffer from suspicion, and we can't say that Beiyang Yunnan will join forces to do us, and if we retreat, the overseers of the surrounding provinces will look down on us, and the Xiaoxiao in Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian will be ready to move again." It's hard to find something! So the third brother should go back to sleep. ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled bitterly: "When is this, where can the little brother still sleep!" Could it be that the third brother has a way? ”

Tang Baichuan smiled: "No way, what should I do about these two things." You just said that Beiyang Feng Guozhang Duan Qirui side, but you forgot the reflection of the southwest side, Guangxi is Lu Rongting's lair, he is determined to monopolize it, that Long Jiguang is also the overlord of Guangxi, these two people can't be at peace with each other, if you really appease, Tang Jiyao in the southwest will be in trouble with you, if you can't appease, the southwest and south will be eyeing Guangdong, so this matter can't be done no matter what, unless we are strong and strong, and there are enough soldiers and horses to conquer Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces in one fell swoop, But at present, we are not Tang Jiyao's opponents, if there was no chaos and strife in Guangxi, Tang Jiyao's Yungui soldiers would have fought a long time ago. Won't we be so comfortable in operating Guangdong and Jiangxi, and conquering Fujian, we can only use procrastination for today's plan? ”

"Drag?" Chang Zhenbang frowned, and asked curiously: "Third brother, how to drag it out?" ”

Tang Baichuan said: "Don't ask above, let's not move, ask above, let's move slowly, that's it, now the situation is turbulent, three changes a day, maybe in a few days President Feng has a new idea?" ”

Chang Zhenbang nodded and said: "This is a good idea, but Feng Guozhang is not a fool, I am afraid that it will not be reasonable for us to be perfunctory here, and it will also disgust Li Chun, Chen Guangyuan and other local Beiyang forces." ”

Tang Baichuan said with a smile: "Seventh brother, you are honest, who said that we are perfunctory, from tomorrow we will send envoys to Guangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang." ”

Chang Zhenbang suddenly realized, and said with great interest: "Third brother, let's talk about it carefully, I think it's a little interesting." ”

Tang Baichuan said with a smile: "In order to express his determination to resolve the disputes in Guangxi, the envoy of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian specially appointed his cousin Zhang You to go to Lu Rongting in Liuzhou and Longjiguang in Nanning to mediate. ”

Chang Zhenbang laughed after hearing this: "It's so good, it's best for you to do this, it's time for him to get some oil and water." Third brother, you are really good at choosing people. Next, it's time to send people to Jiangsu and Zhejiang! ”

Tang Baichuan said: "Jiangsu and Zhejiang still have to trouble the adults to go in person." ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Since the third brother thinks I'm suitable, then I'll go for it." ”

Tang Baichuan said: "The seventh brother has a hundred hearts to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and ninety-nine of them should be put on the relationship of wooing, half of them are for fun, and half of them are the call to welcome the president, and they must not be forgotten." ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Then the matter of Yuejiang will be entrusted to the third brother." ”

Tang Baichuan said: "Before the seventh brother leaves, he might as well appoint Zhu Fuquan as the anti-smoking governor of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian provinces, and be fully responsible for opium affairs in the three provinces." ”

Chang Zhenbang frowned, a trace of excitement appeared on his face, and said, "Third brother, but you want to cut off Yungui's tobacco soil?" ”

Tang Baichuan said: "The seventh brother said that he laughed, one more person smoked big smoke, one less person cultivated and tile, one more household declined, one less family paid taxes, one more soldier smoked opium, and one less pawn maintained the family and country. The hundred-foot room, burned with the smoke of the crack, is an official who must not be observed. Even if there is no Yungui side, Baichuan can't sit idly by. ”

Chang Zhenbang was unconsciously moved when he heard this: "The third brother is really compassionate, but I'm afraid I will offend a lot of people by doing this." ”

Tang Baichuan said: "If all the tobacco is cut off at once, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian will inevitably be turbulent, why don't we first cut off the tobacco soil of Yungui and slowly cut off other tobacco soil, if the tobacco soil is really broken, the vast open space in Luoxiao Mountain is where we can make a great difference." ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Just do what the third brother wants!" ”

This book originated from reading books