Beiyang governors want to follow the example of Chai Dongliang in Anhui and Jiangxi, but the land reform has just started two or three days by the landlords, Haoqiang joined forces to boycott, set up a few factories to engage in industry, before the start of the important positions were occupied by seven aunts and eight aunts, the factory is more like the yamen than the yamen, and none of them will make money.

Duan Qirui saw the disadvantages of government-run enterprises, and tried to let businessmen run their own enterprises in Zhili, and the government did not intervene, so it should be able to do a good job! Aren't the factories in Anhui, Jiangxi, and Shanghai all run by the merchants themselves!

They actually spontaneously colluded with the government, and these officials and businessmen deceived and dominated the market, and many of them even raised merchant groups, ranging from hundreds to more than 1,000 people, and went out for training every day, and the merchant groups wantonly purchased weapons from foreign banks and Wuhu and Shanghai arsenals, and some of them actually surpassed the Beiyang Army in terms of equipment.

Isn't it a big trouble for so many armed merchant groups to appear under the elbows?

As for the local councils, they were even more annoying, and the governors wisely sent troops into the local council to silence the noisy crows.

Duan Qirui, who was bent on making a career, had no choice but to be with the light, and also stuck his head in the sand as an ostrich, and lived one day at a time!

Duan Qirui couldn't figure out why Chai Dongliang was doing the same tricks and policies in Anhui, but he couldn't play it himself. Is it true that oranges are oranges in the south of Huai, and oranges are oranges in the north of Huaibei? Is there a problem with this northern feng shui?

Xu Shichang, Duan Qirui and others have already seen that Yuan Shikai will not have a few days to live, and no one will have the ability to maintain the unification of Beiyang after his death, even if this unification is only a formality. Even if Yuan Shikai is not dead now, this unity is closely based on his personal prestige. The Jianghuai Army's Dagukou resistance made Chai Dongliang's prestige reach its peak, and there was no one in the country who could compete with it. Chai Dongliang's ascension to the throne of the president is only a matter of time.

However, the Jianghuai army entered Yanjing City, Chai Dongliang became the president by mutiny, and Beiyang took the initiative to give way, and Chai Dongliang succeeded him as president, the difference is big.

If Beiyang takes the initiative to abdicate, Chai Dongliang inherits the legal system of Beiyang, and if the Jianghuai army enters Yanjing City, then the legal surname of Beiyang Political Axe no longer exists, and Duan Qirui and Xu Shichang are worthless.

It is unrealistic to expect Yuan Shikai to abdicate voluntarily, so we have to hope that it will be time for him to die, and at the same time, the successor will be Duan Qirui, Xu Shichang or Wang Shizhen and other Beiyang veterans. In order to save the Beiyang group, these people will take the initiative to give way to Chai Dongliang, so that Beiyang can end up decently, and at the same time maintain some vitality for the Beiyang group, and maybe there will be a chance to make a comeback in the future.

If the name on "Golden Harvest Jinjian" is Yuan Keding, then the joke will be big!

The political wisdom of this eldest prince is probably not as good as that of Tianqiao's storyteller, and if he succeeds him as president, then Beiyang will really be uprooted by the Jianghuai Army.

"Ahem!"

There was a sharp coughing sound from the second floor, and the voice was very hoarse, which made people worry.

"The President is awake!"

The people downstairs immediately dressed up, no matter what, they still had to do face work, Yuan Keding secretly wiped his eyes with the back of his hand that had been smeared with chili pepper water, and his eyes were suddenly red and swollen.

Shen Wuniang walked down from above, her eyes were also red, and it seemed that she had cried, Xu Shichang hurriedly asked, "How is the president's health?" How much did I use for breakfast? ”

Shen Wuniang sighed: "Thank you for your care, President He, he, he's fine." ”

These words revealed three points of sadness and seven points of helplessness, and everyone knew that it seemed that Yuan Shikai's body was enough to choke. Yuan Keding limped upstairs with a cane, but was stopped by Shen Wuniang: "Eldest son, the president is not a guest now." ”

Yuan Keding hurriedly roared with a white face: "I am his own son, not a guest!" Why, Lao Tzu is seriously ill, so his son can't see him? ”

The old housekeeper also came down from above, and said with a sad brow: "The filial piety of the eldest prince is commendable, but the eldest president said that no one will be seen today, please go back to the prince, and come back tomorrow to say goodbye." ”

Xu Shichang smiled bitterly, grabbed Yuan Keding and said, "Eldest son, let's go back and let the president rest." ”

Yuan Keding was worried about the content of "Jiahe Golden Jane", and pushed Xu Shichang away: "No, I have to see my father today, I see who dares to stop me!" ”

"The eldest prince, please come back, if the president has something to announce, he will send someone to spread it!" The old butler just didn't give way with a cold face.

"Get out of the way!" Yuan Keding shook his hand with a cane and knocked it on the old butler's head, and blood suddenly flowed down.

"Eldest son, you're too much of a bastard! Is the Yuan family really out of order? Xu Shichang said angrily.

In the big family, the subordinates who have served the elders have more face than the masters of the younger generations, this is the rule, unless one day the young master becomes the master, he has the right to send the descendants of the older generation. But they generally maintain a superficial politeness, otherwise they will be looked down upon. Xu Shichang was born in Hanlin, so he naturally can't see this.

Yuan Keding was also anxious for a while, and when he saw the old man's forehead bleeding, he also panicked, and he was stunned that his ability to climb the stairs was not up or down.

"Dogs, they are all immature dogs!" Yuan Shikai's roar came from upstairs.

Hearing the old man's voice, Yuan Keding was frightened and had no master, limped away with a cane, and Shen Wuniang said with concern: "Uncle Liu, does it matter?" I'll send someone to get a doctor for you!" ”

The old butler, not knowing whether it was pain or heartache, sat on the steps and wept bitterly, and suddenly the scene became extremely embarrassing. Xu Shichang and the others are not leaving, nor are they staying.

After a while, I saw an officer with a full beard walk in, followed by a literati with a slightly rickety waist.

"Malone Mark? Brother Xingcheng, why are you here? Duan Qirui was shocked.

Ma Long glanced at him, and said coldly: "The president has an order, Ma Longbiao led the headquarters to enter the king of Beijing Qin, why, the chief does not agree?" ”

Duan Qirui was choked and speechless for a long time, and the literati behind him was naturally Yang Shiqi, a famous scholar in Sizhou, and he came over to play a round: "Zhiquan, don't mind, Master Ma is a military general, and he doesn't read much!" Then he glared at Ma Longbiao: "Is there any high and low, just talking to Chief Duan?" ”

Ma Longbiao said stiffly: "In the eyes of Lao Tzu, there is only Li Zhongtang in front, and now there is only President Yuan, who they ask me to respect, I will respect whoever I want, if anyone eats a bowl of noodles and the bottom of the bowl, I will not give face to the king of heaven Lao Tzu!" ”

Ma Longbiao was originally Li Hongzhang's guard captain, Li Hongzhang originally wanted him to go to the northwest to be a general soldier and commander, but Cixi was blocked back with a word: "There are many generals in the northwest, and I am afraid that the country will be troubled in the future." ”

Li Hongzhang weighed the weight of this sentence, so he had to let Ma Longbiao always be a Goshha leader by his side, and he was recommended to Yuan Shikai until he died, and he has been serving as Yuan Shikai's guard commander, after the establishment of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai made him the commander of the Beiyang Second Division, stationed in Baoding. Ma Longbiao has never participated in the infighting in Beiyang, and he has long been forgotten by everyone.

Yang Shiqi was angry because of Yuan Shikai's opposition to the internationalization of the Manchurian and Mongolian issues, and returned to his hometown in Sizhou to study and farm, and went to live for the rest of his life.

Unexpectedly, at this juncture, these two people came to Yanjing together.

There was not much time, and I saw a veteran with white hair coming to the presidential palace, and his arrival made Yang Shiqi, who had no one in his eyes, also bow his hand: "Brother Hanqing is also here?" ”

The old general was wearing the uniform of an army general, and said with a smile: "Brother Xingcheng came to escort Lin Quan, how dare I not come?" ”

Jiang Guidi, an army general, the veteran of the Huai Army, this is also the person left by Li Hongzhang to Yuan Shikai, some time ago, he took the Yi Army to exterminate the white wolf, and he was just transferred to Rehe as the commander of the capital and the military commander of the Yi Army. Jiang Guidi joined the Twist Army at the age of sixteen, and at the age of twenty, he took refuge in Monk Greenqin as a centurion, and Zhang Lexing, the leader of the Twist Army, was captured by him. In the fourth year of Tongzhi, he was transferred to the Yi army of the white-haired general Song Qing, he was an authentic old Beiyang person, Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen, and Feng Guozhang among the three heroes of Beiyang were all his juniors, and his qualifications were even older than Yuan Shikai.

Although the Yi Army is not the establishment of the six towns of Beiyang, and its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Beiyang Army, there are 100,000 people, and many ants bite and kill elephants. What's more, now that Beiyang is falling apart, there are very few people who can command a division, often they can't supervise the division commander, the division commander can't control the brigade commander, and the Yi army is the only one who is the seventy-year-old general.

The 100,000 old-fashioned armed Yi army is already the most powerful force in North China!

"General Jiang, Master Ma, Mr. Xingcheng, the three of you go upstairs with me, and the president has been waiting for you! Ju Lao, Chief Duan, and Vice Chief Xu, please come back, the president will summon you in the next two days! Shen Wuniang quietly gave the order to evict the guest.

Xu Shichang was bored, and said with a wry smile: "Zhiquan, and Zheng, let's go." ”

Yang Shiqi and the three of them went upstairs, he hadn't seen Yuan Shikai for a while, he was startled at first sight, Yuan Shikai's face was blue, his whole body was swollen and terrifying, his skin was almost translucent, and his eyes were even more dull.

Yuan Shikai barely wanted to support his body from the couch, but was resolutely pressed down by Yang Shiqi, and he choked and said: "President, your illness cannot be delayed, you have to be cured!" ”

Yuan Shikai's lips trembled, and he squeezed out a smile with difficulty: "I know my illness, and it won't help me to take any medicine." ”

Ma Longbiao gritted his teeth and said: "Those rabbit cubs of the Jianghuai Army are bullying people like this? Lao Tzu gave up this life to fight with them, and if he wanted to move the president, he passed the second division of Lao Tzu first! ”

Yuan Shikai waved his hand weakly: "Okay, you can't beat others!" I asked you to come over to suppress Yanjing City, and not to let the young people have a chance. ”

Ma Longbiao nodded and said: "Don't worry, president, I am your watchdog, whoever dares to make a mess say it, I will bite him to death!" ”

Yuan Shikai looked at the three of them and said solemnly: "Beiyang bears me, but I, Yuan Shikai, can't bear Beiyang, haven't you always wanted to know who is written on the "Jiahe Golden Jane" in the Jinkui Stone Room?" I'm going to show you all today! ”

Yang Shiqi was shocked, according to the "Presidential Election Law", the Golden Stone Room can only be opened after the death of the president, and the name on the "Golden Harvest Golden Jane" is the secret of the country's No. 1??? Yuan Shikai is explaining what happened in the future!

(To be continued)