The boiling elections for the Senate and House of Representatives have finally come to an end, and the KMT has become the largest party in Congress, beating the alliance of the Republicans and the Unionist Party. Zhou Xuexi, chief financial officer, and Lu Zhengxiang, minister of foreign affairs, held final negotiations with representatives of the banking groups of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China at the HSBC building in Yanjing. The negotiations went very hard, and the representatives of the two sides talked until the early morning of 27 July before they finally agreed on the specific terms.

In the loan contract, the five-nation banking group promised to lend the Republic of China 25 million pounds sterling at an annual interest rate of 5% for a period of 47 years; The bonds were sold at a 10% discount, less a 6% commission, which equaled only £21 million; If the previous advances, the loans from banks in various countries and the repayment of the demobilized troops in various provinces are deducted, after seven percent of the deductions, Yuan Shikai actually got less than 10 million pounds, but the repayment of principal and interest when due will be 67.89 million pounds, and the conditions of this normal loan contract are even harsher than those of Gengzi's indemnity.

As a guarantee for the contract, there are many conditions attached to the "big loan for the aftermath", the first is that it must be guaranteed by China's salt tax, customs tariff and the central government axe tax designated by the four provinces of Zhili, Shandong, Henan, and Jiangsu, and secondly, the bank group also enjoys various priority rights, supervision rights, audit rights, and human rights.

When the news of the aftermath of the big loan has been signed is announced. First of all, they were questioned by the Congress, and Zhang Ji, chairman of the Senate of the Kuomintang, and Wang Zhengting, vice speaker of the Senate, sent a telegram to the whole country, saying that the large-scale loan for the aftermath should be signed without the approval of the Congress, which is undoubtedly absurd and ridiculous in regard to the Congress as nothing. Subsequently, Huang Xing, Bai Wenwei, Li Liejun, Hu Hanmin and others also sent telegrams one after another, reprimanding Yuan Shikai for illegally borrowing money and flouting the legislature.

When the news was announced, the whole country was in an uproar, it is natural to borrow money to repay benefits, and it has to be supervised and used by foreign devils? Is there any reason for this?

From Yanjing to Nanjing, protests and demonstrations spread all over the country, and the eight generations of Yuan Shikai's scolded ancestors were not stable, and the cries of "Han annihilation" and "traitor" were higher and higher. Who in this year of Chinese understands the "international accounting principles" and treats international borrowing as if ordinary people live at home, and neighbors borrow some firewood, rice, oil and salt from each other, I borrow one scoop of rice from your house, and I can pay you back two scoops, but you can't care whether I cook dry rice or cook porridge.

In Zhongnanhai Huairen Hall, Yuan Shikai and a group of civil and military personnel in Beiyang were eating hot pot. I heard that the old man got a lot of money, Duan Qirui, Cao Kun, Duan Zhigui, Feng Guozhang, Zhang Xun and others all gathered in Huairentang, and the Beiyang generals have not been here for a long time.

Yuan Shikai's forehead was sweating, and he looked at a telegram while eating, his face was cloudy, and finally he fell on the table with a bang. "I've fucking seen through it now. Sun Wen and these people are also troublemakers on the left and on the right, and they have no other skills except for trouble. Listen, what Sun Wen said in the telegram that 'there is no other way than to resign from the public today', and what did he say, 'I will oppose the determination of the monarch and the public one person in the past, and there will be no turning back', listen, is this a human word? Fuck, to this day, he still wants to force me to abdicate, and Wang Ba is determined to fight with Lao Tzu! ”。

After the Song case, Duan Qirui, who replaced Zhao Bingjun as premier, said with a cold face: "This is rebellion!" Sun Wen is so rampant, he is a civilian, and he actually uses force to coerce the head of state! ”

Cao Kun, who had just returned to Yanjing from Manchuria, shook his head and said: "Talk nonsense with him, the president will give him a warrant, and I will take the sons of the third division to destroy him!" Xiao said that he had been wiped out by our Beiyang, and it was a piece of cake to cook a traitor! ”

Cao Kun took the third division out of Manchuria, originally planning to preserve his strength and pretend, but he didn't expect Wu Peifu, who served as the forward, to lead a regiment and fight with the Fourth Garrison Brigade of the Railway. The third division is the elite of Beiyang, and the equipment training is the best in Beiyang, and Wu Peifu's regiment is the elite of the elite, and more than half of the heavy weapons of the third division are equipped in one regiment. The Fourth Railway Garrison Brigade was only a local garrison of the army, and Wu Peifu crippled the Fourth Railway Garrison Brigade in the first battle.

The victor was not held accountable, Cao Kun was awarded two awards of 50,000 silver, and Wu Peifu was promoted to brigade commander and awarded three medals. With this credit, Cao Kun's confidence in speaking is stronger than before.

Yuan Shikai said to Liang Shiyi, secretary general of the Presidential Office: "You go and tell those Kuomintang parliamentarians that I, Yuan Shikai, can't listen to people to make trouble, and if he Sun Wen dares to use guns and artillery, or organize another political axe, I will send troops to conquer, and there is absolutely no room for appeasement and annihilation." ”

Liang Shiyi felt a little difficult to put words, and asked tremblingly: "President, this is too direct, right?" ”

Yuan Shikai replied angrily: "Tell those bastards plainly, just say what I said, I am responsible for this!" ”

Xu Shichang interjected: "President, if you want to do good this time, I'm afraid it's unlikely, and you must be ready for war." ”

His Royal Highness Duan Zhigui, the new governor of Heilongjiang, picked his teeth and sneered: "What Old Ju said is reasonable, how can we and the Kuomintang urinate in the same pot?" We shouldn't have negotiated peace with the south in the first place, and if we wiped them out in one go, we wouldn't have had so many troubles today. ”

Feng Guozhang glanced at Duan Qirui, and then stood up: "President, I ask Ying to go on the expedition, and I will behead Sun Wen and Huang Xing to dedicate to His Majesty, if you can't succeed, you will be willing to be dealt with by military law!" ”

"My old Zhang is close, let's go!" Zhang Xun's face flushed with excitement, and his pigtails swayed.

"My third division has just practiced with Xiao Yueben, this time let me Lao Cao go on the expedition!"

The generals of Beiyang asked for help one after another, volunteering to attack the southern army, Yuan Shikai laughed, his mood had not been so bright for a long time. With a huge sum of 10 million pounds in hand, the divided Beiyang was instantly glued together, and Yuan Shikai seemed to have returned to the era of the small station, and he was so happy to be like an arm to Beiyang!

Yuan Shikai found that Xu Shuzheng, the deputy minister of the War Department, had been eating vegetables with his head down, as if he had come to make soy sauce, and he was unhappy in his heart, but he also knew the skills of this Xu Xiaofan, and knew that he must have an idea in his heart.

"Again, you can talk about it too."

Xu Shuzheng raised his head and answered with a wine glass: "President, are you calling me?" Your wine is so good! ”

Yuan Shikai smiled: "I'll give you a few jars when I go back." ”

Duan Qirui glared at Xu Shuzheng: "Another Zheng, carefully lose your honor in front of the president." ”

Yuan Shikai shook his hand and pretended to be generous: "It's not in the way, it's not in the way, and Zheng, you are our Zhou Lang in Beiyang, and now it's time for you to make an idea." ”

Xu Shuzheng said with a smile: "You are the president, the appointment and dismissal of officials is the power granted to you by the "Provisional Law", see who is not pleasing to the eye and let him get out, what's the trouble in this matter?" ”

Duan Qirui said with a straight face: "Youzheng, don't mess around, you don't know, the governors in the south are in their own way, where will they obey orders?" ”

Yuan Shikai understood, he slapped his hand and said: "If you have a good plan, I will remove the two bastards Hu Hanmin from Guangdong and Tan Yanmin from Hunan." ”

Xu Shuzheng clapped his hands and smiled: "The president is wise!" ”

Zhang Xun looked confused: "President, Vice Minister Xu, what are you doing?" Confused my old Zhang! ”

Yuan Shikai laughed: "I told you a long time ago that you have to study the "Temporary Covenant Law" well, you just don't take it seriously??? Didn't Congress say that I was overstepping my authority by not borrowing money through them? Then my removal of a few governors is not overstepping my authority, right? If Hu Hanmin and Tan Yanmin obediently get out, then we will not be bloodless, if they are reluctant to give up the chair under their butts, then I will be famous! ”

Cao Kun also laughed and said: "The president is wise, and Vice Minister Xu is wise!" Why don't the president remove Lu Rongting from Guangxi, Sun Daoren from Fujian, and Chai Dongliang from Anhui, and replace them all with people from Beiyang, won't the world be peaceful? ”

Zhang Xun pouted and said: "Others say that Chai Dongliang in Anhui is not easy to deal with!" ”

Cao Kun gave him a blank look: "Are you scared of him in Bengbu?" Scared? Your Jiangfang battalion can't do it, and it doesn't necessarily work with my third division! ”

Xu Shuzheng smiled faintly and said, "Senior Commander Cao, how is the engineer battalion of your third division?" ”

Cao Kun was confused: "My sappers are good!" ”

Xu Shuzheng breathed a long sigh of relief: "Then I will rest assured, please build a bridge over the Yangtze River with sappers, and then you can go straight to Anqing and capture Chai Dongliang alive!" ”

One sentence made everyone stupid, building a bridge over the Yangtze River? Easier said than done! Only then did everyone think of the Yangtze River moat, especially Feng Guozhang, who gasped several times. When he was in Wuchang, his army crossing the river was beaten by the Yangtze River sailors, which was called a miserable! Thousands of wooden ships were used as toys by several ironclad warships, and the cruisers didn't even bother to use their cannons to directly smash the wooden ships apart with underwater ramming.

On that day, the floating corpses almost blocked the surface of the river, and the blood stained the Yangtze River a piercing red!

"Again, let's talk about it, I know you must have a plan!" Yuan Shikai said with a smile.

Xu Shuzheng looked at Duan Qirui: "It's not that there is no way, but I'm afraid that Premier Duan will be wronged!" ”

Duan Qirui said seriously: "If you can share the worries of the president and contribute to our Beiyang, Duan will not hesitate to break his bones." ”

Xu Shuzheng shook his head and smiled: "That's not necessary, but I don't know if you can give up the throne of the prime minister." ”

Duan Qirui said sternly: "Now is the time when the country is in danger, Duan is not afraid of death, why not regret the false name of the prime minister?" ”

Xu Shuzheng patted the table and said, "Okay, the prime minister is really the pillar of our Beiyang!" Then I'll get straight to the point! The Kuomintang won this election, and they should have formed a cabinet! It's just that Song Jiaoren's death is unclear, and this matter has been delayed. Chai Dongliang is the vice chairman of the Kuomintang, so it is better to invite him to Beijing to form a cabinet and let him be the premier of the state. Premier Duan was aggrieved and became the chief of the army. If Chai Dongliang becomes the prime minister, this military power will naturally be handed back, the president is the generalissimo of the navy and army, and he is naturally in charge of the army, and the prime minister of Chai Dongliang's cabinet is in charge, isn't the world too peaceful? The remaining few shrimp soldiers and crab generals, if they are willing to obediently go home to retire, if they don't go, then start a crusade! ”

The Beiyang generals applauded in unison and praised Xu Shuzheng's clever plan.

Duan Qirui said even more impassionedly: "Last time, Mr. Yang Xingcheng persuaded Chai Dongliang to hand over the salt policy of Lianghuai with a three-inch tongue, which made the aftermath loan smoothly implemented!" Duan is not talented, and he is willing to give him the position of prime minister in exchange for peace in the world! ”

Everyone praised Duan Qirui's high style and brightness in unison, and Yuan Shikai had a smile on his face, but a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Okay, this matter is settled, and Zheng, you and Zhiquan discuss a charter to come out and show me, if you need anything, just tell me!" Yuan Shikai instructed.

Xu Shuzheng and Duan Qirui said in unison: "Thank you, President!" ”

After eating, everyone retired, Yuan Shikai left Xu Shichang alone, and the next person presented Yuan Shikai with Jasmine Dragon Ball and soaked Xu Shichang in the dragon well before the rain.

Yuan Shikai said while drinking tea: "Brother Juren, what do you think of Xu Shuzheng's strategy?" ”

Xu Shichang said with a smile: "You might as well give it a try, and if you can't succeed, it's up to fate." ”

Yuan Shikai sneered: "He and Duan Qirui sing double reeds, when I am a fool?" Not to mention whether Chai Dongliang will be rare as a nominal prime minister, even if he is willing to come to Yanjing to take office, he will not arrange a reliable person to guard his lair for him? Xu Shuzheng saw that there must be a big war between us and the south, so he asked Duan Qirui to resign as prime minister and become the chief of the army again, not only to sell Chai Dongliang a great favor, but also to let them seize the military power??? If Chai Dongliang is willing to be the premier of the state, as long as the battle starts, the military salary, grain, and baggage will all be allocated by the War Department, and the Beiyang people will inevitably rely on Duan Qirui and his Xu Shuzheng's snort, and their hands can reach into our Beiyang divisions, and if Chai Dongliang and I make trouble, I will rely on them even more! ”

Xu Shichang was shocked and said: "Comfort Pavilion, you have to take precautions early!" ”

Yuan Shikai snorted: "Let them make trouble, I'll see what tricks they have to play!" It's not time to clean them up now, let them bounce for a few days! Now our primary enemies are still Sun Wen and Huang Xing! ”

Xu Shichang nodded and said, "That's right!" Xu Shuzheng is also a little clever, first withdrew Hu Hanmin and Tan Yanhong, and cut off Sun Wen and Huang Xing's wings. ”

Yuan Shikai looked up to the sky and laughed wildly: "How can such a little trick hide the mouth of the world? Where is it so simple to remove the two governors for no reason? Xu Shuzheng is also a small fan, and he dares to pretend to be Zhou Lang in the world! After laughing, Yuan Shikai said gloomily: "It's a pity that Xingcheng is gone, and I feel like I've lost an arm!" ”

"Weiting, then you don't plan to remove Hu Hanmin and Tan Yanmin from their positions as governors?"

Yuan Shikai said coldly: "Not only do I have to withdraw the two of them. Even Huang Xing's army general has to be removed from him! Brother Juren, look at it, I, Yuan Shikai, am not old and confused! ”

His small eyes flickered with cold light, as if he was a tiger ready to be devoured by a man in time and space!

(To be continued)