Of course, everyone doesn't know that Zhao Bei at this moment. The heart is playing a fierce three.

Tao Chengzhang recommended Zhao Bei to be the leader of this coalition party, no matter what the considerations, it actually pushed Zhao Bei to the forefront, and he must make a choice as soon as possible.

The main purpose of the League and the Liberation Association is to win the Diet elections to be held in the near future, to win the majority of seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives in the Diet by relying on the strength of the people, and then to control the Diet, and to form a cabinet of party responsibility in the actual sense to contain the power of the president.

The person to be restrained by this coalition party is Yuan Shikai, and this villain is also the main enemy of Zhao Bei, in this matter, the interests of Zhao Bei and the coalition party are the same, the difference is that Zhao Bei's military strength is relatively strong, and the coalition party lacks sufficient military strength, so it is best for the two sides to join forces to deal with Yuan Shikai together.

Taking advantage of the "Hunan-Guizhou Incident," the revolutionary forces in the south finally joined forces and formed a rebel army, which not only quelled the Hunan-Guizhou Incident, but also took this opportunity to integrate political forces and form the Kuomintang, and this united political party finally completed formal unification.

The Kuomintang's wishful thinking was to take advantage of the favorable situation of the victory in the war of rebellion to seize power in the parliament in one fell swoop, and to spy on the throne of the official president, and weaken Yuan Shikai's power through parliamentary struggle.

But as a traverser, Zhao Bei is not optimistic about this means of struggle, he only believes in strength, believes in the military power in his hands, and moreover, Yuan Shikai in history did not put the Congress in his eyes, and this President Yuan also believes in strength.

As two strongmen who believed in strength fought between the North and the South, and only the weaker political forces had to turn their attention to the non-military path, this coalition party was formed to try to have a sufficient say in the Diet before the balance of power between the North and the South was disrupted.

Out of his own strategic considerations, Zhao Bei took a supportive stance against this coalition party, but this did not mean that he gave up the means of military struggle, which was still his main means of seizing power in the country.

After some time ago, Yuan Shikai had already learned Zhao Bei's methods, and Zhao Bei also figured out the details of Yuan Shikai through temptation.

The current Yuan Shikai has limited strength, if Zhao Bei can concentrate his forces to carry out a military strike that destroys the Beiyang Army under his command. It may not be impossible to win, but it must also pay a large price, and it may even be a lose-lose situation, allowing other forces to take advantage of the situation.

Zhao Bei can also adopt a policy of rest and recuperation, occupy the southwest half, develop industry, strengthen the strength of the army, stabilize the rear base areas, rely on the vigor of the emerging forces, gradually exhaust the opponent's strength in the low-intensity struggle with Xi Shikai, and then wave the Northern Expedition to complete the goal of controlling the power of the whole country at a relatively small cost and in a long time.

One is a short-term strategy, the other is a long-term strategy, which strategy should be adopted, it depends on the development of the international and domestic situation, if the situation allows, the long-term strategy can be immediately changed to a short-term strategy.

The crux of the matter is that Zhao Bei can use the policy of recuperation and recuperation to enhance his strength, and Yuan Shikai may not be idle, while the strength of the Republican Army increases, the strength of the Beiyang Army is also increasing, so. How to develop and expand his own power while limiting Yuan Shikai's power was a difficult problem in front of Zhao Bei.

According to Zhao Bei's strategic plan, the time to seize national power was preferably before the outbreak of the First World War, so that he could make full use of the First World War to create a good opportunity for China to develop its industry, and take advantage of the opportunity of the European powers to look east to support their own industrial groups. Moreover, if the national power had been seized before the outbreak of the First World War, since the European powers had not yet been involved in the war and were able to confront the forces in the Far East, then it was unlikely that Zhao Bei's seizure of power would have been interfered with by the Rì side, and the European powers would not have been able to take decisive action against Zhao Bei because of the tensions in Europe, so it should have been Zhao Bei's seizure of power

Plan.

But if Yuan Shikai's strength is too strong, then Zhao Bei's seizure of national power will have to be postponed until after the outbreak of World War I, taking advantage of the outbreak of World War I and the fact that the European powers can no longer pay attention to the Far East. Seek a strategic decisive battle with Yuan Shikai and defeat the Beiyang Army in one fell swoop. But if this time is chosen to seize power, then Zhao Bei will have to face the fierce rì Ben, losing the checks and balances of the European powers, it is entirely possible to take aggressive actions against China, the historical "Twenty-one Articles" is a clear proof! Therefore, this plan to seize power is the next policy.

As long as you have a little strategic vision, you will not hesitate to choose the best strategy.

Zhao Bei is a traverser, familiar with the general trend of history, in terms of strategic vision, there are really few people in this era who can surpass him, so, if possible, he will definitely choose to seek a strategic decisive battle with Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Group before the outbreak of World War I, and defeat this huge military and political group that has dominated China's modern history for decades in one fell swoop.

But in order to do this, it is necessary to relieve the worries, otherwise, Zhao Bei's actions are likely to give those careerists a chance, and if the military operation fails, the situation will be even more chaotic, and it will give the great powers a chance to take advantage of.

The concern for the future is that the local powerful factions that are now all over the country, as well as those political parties with all kinds of strange and bizarre political views, if they cannot be brought under the control of Zhao Bei, they will become thunder that can explode at any time. Seriously hindered Zhao Bei's actions.

It was out of this consideration that Zhao Beicai took advantage of the Junxian Party in Hunan and Guizhou to take action against the Communist Party, "The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind." ** Starter, hand. Through a series of yīn schemes and yang schemes, the two provinces of Hunan and Guizhou fell into the hands of the commander-in-chief, and the remnants of the Communist Party were insignificant, and all that remained was to completely digest them and transform them into the strength of the Republican Army.

After solving the problem of the Communist Advancement Association, Zhao Bei will continue to digest the powerful forces in the south, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, this is only the first step, and then it will be the turn of the powerful factions in Jiangxi, Guangxi and other places.

If the situation does not change dramatically. Zhao Bei planned to spend one to two years bringing the region south of the Yangtze River under his rule, and then use a year to recuperate and adjust his foreign policy. He swore in the Northern Expedition before the outbreak of World War I. led the republican army to attack the heart of Beiyang. Kill the whole thing.

But now, the situation has changed drastically, and Zhao Bei has to re-examine his strategy to see if he can fine-tune the original strategy and further advance his time to seize power in the country.

The key to the change in the situation is this telegram jointly signed by Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren, which is on the telegram. They have made it clear that if Zhao Bei decides to take over as the leader of this coalition party, then the candidate of their League will automatically withdraw from the race, so that Zhao Bei only needs to compete with Zhang Taixi of the Liberation Association and Zhang Hanfang of the Constitution to compete for the position of leader, but Zhang Taixiao and Zhang Tomb are both in the eye..."Because the members of the party delegation of the League will vote for Zhao Bei, and Zhao Bei will definitely win the party leader election."

In other words, this is called "what everyone expects", which is also the original words in the telegram of Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren.

However, Zhao Bei was not carried away by this compliment, he knew very well why the League was so eager to establish a party leader, and he also understood why they pushed themselves to the forefront at this time.

In a few days, the official election of the National Assembly was just a dozen days away, and the registration of voters in various places was nearing completion, when Tao Chengzhang was suddenly assassinated. For this catty. The coalition party is undoubtedly a heavy blow, and they are worried that the coalition party will split and lose some of the votes, so. They must identify a new party leader as soon as possible, and this person must be "quite desirable"

"Quite expected" This is just a high-sounding excuse, everyone understands in their hearts that the reason why Tao Chengzhang became the leader of the party is not because of anyone's popularity, but because of the support of local powerful factions, and the support of Zhao Bei is the most important. Now that Tao Chengzhang has died, if Zhao Beilai is the party leader, I am afraid that the only way to maintain this loose political alliance is to maintain it.

With the support of Zhao Bei's Republican Army, this coalition party has the confidence to confront Yuan Shikai head-on.

Therefore, as soon as Tao Chengzhang's political will was announced. The majority did not object.

However, "no opposition" does not mean "all support", in fact, many people regard Zhao Bei's appointment as party leader as an emergency measure. After all, the party leader has a term of office, in the eyes of many. It is completely possible to regard Zhao Bei as a transitional figure, and once the small party group wins the congressional election, as soon as the term of office expires, they can use their votes to elect Zhao Bei again.

Zhao Bei can guess the thoughts of those party members, but he is not worried, after all, he has strength in his hands, and in this era of relying on the barrel of a gun to speak, the political party will only become a pawn in the hands of a military strongman. Not the other way around, so as long as he can become the leader of the party, even if his term is only one or two years, he has absolute confidence to transform this coalition party into a puppet and a puppet in his hands.

If you become the leader of this coalition party. Zhao Bei will have one more trump card in his hand, and that is

Yes.

Although Zhao Bei had already decided to use this coalition party to "occupy the parliament" to contain Yuan Shikai, the coalition party at that time was only his ally, not a subordinate, and could not do it like an arm. Now that the coalition party has elected Commander-in-Chief Zhao as its leader, this is not an alliance, but a relationship between superiors and subordinates.

He holds the party and government in one hand and the military power in the other. Is the commander-in-chief still far from the world's rìzi?

Of course, this coalition party is a complex party with mixed members, and it is expected that such a rabble, united purely for the purpose of "occupying the Congress", wants to take this pound. The country leads the road to a strong country. It's tantamount to a fool's dream, such a coalition party is still a vote, but if it is said

"Strong fighting collective" is a joke.

But in the eyes of the commander-in-chief, even a bamboo basket and a straw sandal have their usefulness, and the coalition party can naturally come in handy, using this coalition party not only to control the parliament and occupy the commanding heights of public opinion and morality, but also to quickly extend the commander-in-chief's influence to the provinces.

Imagine when huge busts of the commander-in-chief would be hung in the party offices of the provinces. What would that look like?

The party, government, and military are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Therefore, Zhao Bei was very moved by this little suggestion to take over as the party leader.

But since it's on the cusp, there are still concerns.

In the past, Zhao Bei only regarded this coalition party as an ally, standing behind it to support it. Let it face Yuan Shikai's Beiyang bayonet. Although Yuan Shikai will still regard Zhao Bei as an opponent, as long as the coalition party in front of him is not subordinate, the commander-in-chief can use it to disperse Yuan Shikai's firepower.

But once took over this coalition party. As its party leader, Zhao Bei stood in front of the stage from behind the scenes, and he had to face Yuan Shikai's devouring eyes, and Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Group would also concentrate all its firepower on Zhao Bei's side.

In the past, Zhao Bei was just jumping around in front of President Yuan Da as a domineering soldier, but now, he actually controls the party affairs of the "largest party in China", and has already brandished a big knife and rushed to President Yuan Da, can Yuan Shikai not be in a hurry?

Dogs jump over the wall in a hurry, and people rush to the house.

Yuan Shikai, who had an army of more than 100,000 troops, occupied the central position, and had the support of Britain and Britain, once he launched a rush, no one knew when he would take decisive action and solve the problem with the force he had always obsessed with.

If there is a full-scale war between the north and the south now, although Zhao Bei is ready to fight, but now his strength is limited after all, and it is difficult to say whether he can win completely, and the integration of local powerful factions has not been completed, and a careless will be a catastrophe.

Therefore, whether to take over as the leader of this coalition party, Zhao Bei was a little hesitant for a while.

Zhao Bei hesitated, but the others did not.

Xiong Chengji was the first to approve the proposal that Zhao Bei take over as party leader.

"It's best for the commander-in-chief to take over as party leader. I raise my hands in favor, and don't forget, so am I

"One of the ten secretaries-general is a veteran of the Liberation Society, and my words carry a lot of weight in the party."

Xiong Chengji's words caused a burst of resonance, and Lan Tianwei and Jiang Fangzhen also echoed it, although they also knew that the commander-in-chief had always emphasized that "soldiers should stay away from politics," but no one could deny that the commander-in-chief himself was also one of the "ten secretaries-general" of this coalition party, and that middle-level and lower-level officers should stay away from politics, but as senior officers, they could not get rid of politics anyway, and this was a reality that was not determined by people's will.

Zhao Bei didn't speak, pacing around the conference room, weighing the pros and cons, the conference room suddenly fell silent, and only the footsteps of the commander-in-chief could be heard.

It took a long time for Zhao Bei to make up his mind.

"On my behalf, I would like to ask you to send telegrams to the delegations of the League and the Liberation Society, respectively, and tell them about the succession of the party leaders. I have to think it seriously and consult with Li Huang Chen, and I will give them an answer tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. ”

The commander-in-chief's words not only surprised Xiong Chengji, but most of the others were also a little strange.

Although the coalition party once invited Li Yuanhong's "Republican Progressive Party" to join, Li Yuanhong weighed it again and again, but did not agree, so his Republican Progressive Party is now outside the coalition party and is ready to attack the upcoming parliamentary election alone, and there were even rumors some time ago. He said that Li Yuanhong intends to participate in the official presidential race.

Therefore, the matter of the successor to the leader of the coalition party has nothing to do with Li Yuanhong at all.

Why, then, did the commander-in-chief go to consult with Li Yuanhong on this issue?

The crowd really couldn't guess the commander-in-chief's thoughts.