1083908 Far Eastern Maniac Chapter 3 Tuogu

There is a newspaper office on the side of the street, which is the main newspaper office of "Suncheon Times".

"Shuncheon Shibao" is a Chinese newspaper run by the Japanese in China, reporting news in a Chinese tone, but the stance is Japanese; this newspaper is ostensibly run by Japanese businessmen, but in fact, its direct backing is the Japanese government's foreign affairs department, and the political stance it reflects is actually the political position of the Japanese government.

It is precisely because of this background that the Suncheon Times newspaper maintains close ties with Japanese officials. The fact that the newspaper was able to obtain first-hand information and confidential information from Japanese diplomats in China was often the first to receive first-hand information, and at the same time, it also became a "well-informed" newspaper in the industry, and reporters from other newspapers were always waiting in front of the newspaper every day. They used money to buy some of the little clerks in the newspaper office and bought some of the latest news from them.

Now, this group of journalists, as usual. Still gathered in the teahouse diagonally opposite the newspaper building, chatting, while waiting for the small staff of the "Shuncheon Times" to enter the teahouse, as long as the two sides meet and shake hands in the teahouse, the transaction is completed, and then these small newspapers without background can publish the news that cannot be obtained through official channels in the first time.

However, the reporters who were waiting in the teahouse soon noticed something different from usual, and they waited until almost noon, and did not see the small staff of the Suncheon Times leave the newspaper building, and the main entrance of the newspaper was also closed. This is a bit strange, but the sound of a printing press can be heard behind the side door of the newspaper building, indicating that the newspaper printing house is still running.

While the reporters in the teahouse were inquiring about each other, the side door of the Suncheon Times newspaper was suddenly pushed open, a horse-drawn carriage drove to the door, and porters began to load the bundled newspapers from the newspaper printing house onto the wagons and prepare to transport them to the various newspaper distribution points.

The reporters in the teahouse rushed out and surrounded the carriage, and one of them gave the porter a silver dollar, who quickly threw a bundle of newspapers over, and the reporters grabbed the newspaper and went back to the teahouse. I dropped the newspaper, but I saw that the headline on the front page of the newspaper was particularly eye-catching:

"Yuan Shikai, the provisional president of the Republic of China, was paralyzed by a stroke!"

Everyone looked at each other in shock, and then went into detail. This news was obtained by a Japanese reporter from the Japanese Legation in China, and there seems to be no doubt about its authenticity.

The reason why the junior staff of the "Suncheon Times" did not dare to visit the teahouse today is probably because they were warned by their superiors.

Yuan Shikai was suddenly paralyzed by a stroke, which was obviously big news, enough for the Shuntian Times to monopolize it, which is why the newspaper was so in such a hurry to print a page, and refused to even sell the news to Chinese reporters.

"Hurry up and report back to the museum!"

Someone shouted. The reporters came to their senses, grabbed a newspaper each, and then dispersed, and the guests in the teahouse curiously picked up the newspapers they had thrown down, and they were all stunned by the headlines in the newspaper.

For half a day, the newsboys all over Beijing were selling different newspapers with the same news.

"Yuan Xiangcheng, the provisional president of the Republic of China, suffered a stroke!"

"While presiding over the State Council yesterday, President Yuan Da suddenly fell into a coma, but although he was treated, he has regained his senses. However, his mouth could no longer speak, and his legs could not walk, and Chinese and foreign doctors were helpless. ”

"This morning, President Yuan Da took his fingers as his pen; Entrust state affairs to Xu Gong Shichang, the governor of the three eastern provinces! ”

British Minister Zhu Erdian and Japanese Minister Ijiin Hikoyoshi have respectively visited the Presidential Palace and expressed their approval of President Yuan Da's nomination of Xu Shichang to take over state affairs.

By the evening, most of the residents of the capital had learned that Yuan Shikai had suffered a stroke and was paralyzed, and with the issuance and implementation of the curfew, the news was basically confirmed. Since the war between the north and the south, there has never been a curfew in the capital. Now the sudden announcement of a curfew can only prove that the news in the newspaper is true, and Yuan Shikai is indeed unable to handle state affairs.

After the curfew was imposed, there were no pedestrians in sight on the street, and there were patrolling soldiers and patrol officers everywhere, and there were sentry posts and barricades at the intersections, and there were no roads operated by the Gyeonggi Garrison Command. Even high-ranking officials of the Beiyang government could not pass it.

A horse-drawn carriage drove slowly down the street. He was stopped by soldiers at the last intersection. A man stepped down from the carriage and handed over a passage slip. However, it was too close to the presidential palace, and the officers leading the team did not dare to be careless, so they made a special phone call. The report was reported one by one, and this toss was more than ten minutes, and in the end, the presidential palace specially sent a carriage over, and across the roadblock, Yuan Shikai's second son Yuan Kewen shouted at the stopped carriage.

"Uncle Yan Shi, Kewen is late, so I've kept you waiting."

A middle-aged man got out of the carriage. It was Yan Xiu, he walked to the barricade and asked in amazement, "Kewen, why are you here?" ”

"My father is now unable to govern, and now that the situation is tense, the Gyeonggi Garrison Command can only open the road to this point, and if you go any further, you will have to order it directly from the presidential palace. Uncle Yan Shi was not the first to be stopped here, Zecai, and even Zhao Zhi'an, who went out to make contact, was also stopped here. ”

Yuan Kewen pulled Yan Xiu, and the two walked through the barricade. got into Yuan Kewen's carriage.

After entering the carriage, Yuan Kewen instructed the coachman to speed up and rush to the presidential palace.

"How is Ling Zun's illness now? I once waved the phone to the presidential office, but the other end said that I couldn't talk on the phone. Yan Xiu asked.

"My father is now not only unable to speak, but also unable to walk on his legs, in the morning, his arms can still be raised, and he can write by hand, but now, his left arm is unconscious, although his right arm can still move, and his mind is also sober, but how long it can last, even the British doctor can't say."

Yuan Kewen's words surprised Yan Xiu, he calmed down, and said: "According to foreign medical theories, this stroke is caused by a brain disease, Ling Zun has never had a brain disease before, how could he suddenly have a stroke?" ”

"It's hard to put into words. At the end of the day, it's all in a hurry. Although the newspaper said that he fainted while presiding over the State Council, in fact he fainted while presiding over the military meeting; not long ago, Henan suffered a fiasco, and my father's spirit was very depressed. There was a major attempt to advance northward, and Huangguan was lost. A brigade commander of the Ninth Division also announced a unilateral truce with the Southern Army in northern Henan, these bad news came one after another, even the prime of life may not be able to withstand it, not to mention that my father is already in his twilight years, this urgent fire attack heart, he fainted, this faint is a night, the British, French doctors said that the skull should be cut open by surgery, so as to lead the treatment, but they can not guarantee that the spear will be lost, as a result, no one is willing to bear the burden of the public to drag it until dawn, my father woke up by himself, he does not believe in Western medicine, insisted on being treated by Chinese medicine. As a result, others are even more afraid to speak. ”

Yuan Kewen sighed as he spoke, and when he said that, he choked up.

"Who is in charge of the military now?" Yan Xiu asked.

"My father took his finger as a pen and appointed Zhang Yunnong and Zhang Xiaozhun as the commander of the Gyeonggi garrison, and Duan Zhiquan and Duan Qirui as the deputy commander of the Gyeonggi garrison. Now the military of the north is jointly responsible for the two, but. Zhang Yunnong could not command the Beiyang Army, in fact, it was Duan Zhiquan who had the final say

"Yan doesn't know anything about military affairs and politics, but I don't know why Duan Zhiquan asked me to go to the presidential palace? The adjutant he sent over was also ignorant, and only gave me a passage slip. "Strict cultivation

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"Actually, it was my father who invited Uncle Yan Shi to meet at the presidential palace, and I had something important to entrust."

Yuan Kewen stopped talking, glanced at Yan Xiu, and said, "When the president recommends it, Uncle Yan Shi understands." ”

Due to the curfew, there were no people on the streets, and the carriage went very fast and arrived at the presidential palace in a few minutes. Yan Xiu and Yuan Kewen got out of the carriage, changed to a light and open-top carriage and entered the heavily guarded presidential palace, and rushed to the east wing of Jurentang where Yuan Shikai lived.

The atmosphere in the room was solemn and depressing, except for a few staff members of the presidential palace, the people present were basically Yuan Shikai's family members, several of his concubines were accompanied by the sickbed, and their children were also present. The eldest son Yuan Keding and below, all had tears in the corners of his eyes, but even those underage Yuan Shikai's children did not dare to cry, obviously they were warned, at this time, Yuan Shikai really can't be stimulated anymore.

Yuan Kewen led Yan Xiu to Yuan Shikai's sickbed, bowed his head, and whispered in Yuan Shikai's ear: "Father, Uncle Yan Shikai is here." ”

Yuan Shikai's eyes were originally closed, but when he heard Yuan Kewen's words, he slowly opened his eyes, raised his hand with difficulty, and pointed to Yuan Keding, who was standing next to him, the corners of his mouth moved, but he couldn't speak.

Yuan Keding wiped his tears and walked to the desk. Picked up a few letterheads on the table, walked back to Yan Xiu, and handed them to Yan Xiu.

"Uncle Yan Shi, this is what my father just wrote with his finger as a pen, and handed it over to Uncle Yan Shi by name, please take a look at Uncle Yan Shi

Yan Xiu took the letterhead, and saw that the writing on it was very messy, and he couldn't tell that it was Yuan Shikai's handwriting, but now in this situation, it was very difficult for Yuan Shikai to write such words with his fingers.

After reading it carefully a few times, Yan Xiu had already understood that the words written by Yuan Shikai were actually a letter to Gugu.

According to Yuan Shikai's meaning, he hoped that Yan Xiu would take his underage children to study abroad. Use this method to stay away from the current political vortex and protect the Yuan family.

Obviously, Yuan Shikai's mind is indeed sober, he understands that if he can't afford to get sick, no one can support this situation in Beiyang, and if Beiyang collapses, then his family will lose protection, now. The only thing he could do was to entrust his children to a trustworthy person, who could not be a politician, let alone a Beiyang athlete, so he chose Yan Xiu.

Yan Xiu's ancestral home is Xijiang, but he lives in Tianjin, this person was born in Jinshi, and he has been edited by the Hanlin Academy. Later, he served as a scholar in Guizhou and went to Japan to study education. After returning to China, he was promoted by Yuan Shikai as a squire of the school. In the eyes of outsiders, Yan Xiu is Yuan Shikai's person, and he has a close relationship with Yuan Shikai, so he should be regarded as a person from Beiyang, but Yuan Shikai understands that Yan Xiu has his own position and proposition, and he is by no means the kind of politician who can be bought with money and official position, Yan Xiu has his own ideals, and this ideal is "education to save the country." For such a person, Yuan Shikai was very relieved, especially after the establishment of the republic, after Yan Xiu politely refused to serve as a senior government official, Yuan Shikai had a new understanding of this person.

Yan Xiu and Yuan Shikai got acquainted earlier, when they had served under Li Hongzhang's curtain, after Li Hongzhang died of illness, Yuan Shikai took over Beiyang with the support of the powers, Yuan Kewen was only eleven years old that year, Yuan Shikai had proposed to Yan Kewen for Yuan Kewen, and planned to let Yuan Kewen marry Yan Xiu's daughter, and the two families became in-laws, which was very common in Manchu officialdom. This can also be seen as Yuan Shikai's move to bring Yan Xiu, but Yan Xiu politely declined. This incident not only did not make Yuan Shikai angry, but made him have a deeper understanding of Yan Xiu's personality, and because of this, Yuan Shikai never regarded Yan Xiu as a subordinate or colleague, and even regarded him as a "confidant" in the usual sense. Instead, he regarded him as his bosom friend. You can support your friends after death.

For politicians, such acquaintances are rare.

Yan Xiu has been with Yuan Shikai for many years, and he knows the roots, how can he not know Yuan Shikai's thoughts? At this time, when I read the letter from Tuogu, I was also quite sad in my heart, so I walked to the sickbed, took Yuan Shikai's hand, and said slowly: "Yuan Gong, I understand your thoughts. Please rest assured that Yuan Gong will contact the study abroad matter immediately

The corners of Yuan Shikai's mouth twitched, and he hummed with difficulty. His eyes looked at Yuan Keding.

Yuan Keding walked up to Yan Xiu and whispered: "Uncle Yan Shi, what my father means is that if you agree, you will first bring Ke Rui, Ke Quan, Ke Huan, and Ke Qi back to Yan Mansion, I have ordered someone to pack up for them, and I have sent them to horse poison just now, and they can go with you immediately." This is the cost of their study abroad, and food, clothing, housing and transportation are all in it. You're in control.

As he spoke, he handed a bill of exchange to Yan Xiu. The amount is staggering, and it's not just about studying abroad

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Yan Xiu glanced at Yuan Shikai and saw that there seemed to be tears flickering in his eyes, so he hurriedly withdrew his gaze, stood in front of the sickbed, and slammed at Yuan Shikai, then turned around and strode out of the bedroom, but he didn't dare to turn his head back.

Before returning to Jurentang, there were already several carriages waiting, but before Yan Xiu got on the car, he saw a few catties. The staff of the presidential palace rushed over in a panic, and he grabbed a person to ask.

The man said, "The front-line battle report is coming again. Xuzhou is besieged by the Southern Army! It's Jiang Guidi and Zhao Wei's people. Now the situation is critical, and General Duan plans to transfer the First Army of Beiyang South to cross the Yangtze River and counterattack Xuzhou to the north, but His Royal Highness, but Duan Xiangyan and Duan Zhigui advocate moving the capital to Nanjing. Now the two of them are each pulling a group of people, and they are fighting for each other, and this matter can only be decided by the president. ”

Yan Xiu sighed, turned his head and glanced at the east chamber, he was faintly surprised. Feeling, perhaps, this is the last time he will see Yuan Shikai.