Chapter 274: Unification of the country

After the "second **", Yuan Shikai used hooligans and ruffians to pretend to be the "civic group" CAO to conduct the election, and the chairman of the Senate, Zhang Ji, and other members of the Kuomintang were humiliated and walked away, but after all, the majority of those who coveted fame and fame were the majority, so there were still the most Kuomintang members in the parliament at that time.

However, although these people are greedy for money, it does not mean that they will help Yuan Shikai, but they will pick their noses and eyes horizontally and cause trouble for Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai also had a headache for these mischievous Kuomintang parliamentarians, but before the time came, he had to endure it first. When Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and others openly made 1uan in the south, some of Yuan Shikai's eager subordinates suggested that the Kuomintang be disbanded immediately, and some even volunteered to lead troops to arrest these "1uan parties". Yuan Shikai was furious when he heard this, and reprimanded: "Don't come nonsense"

Lao Yuan is not stupid, the Congress has not yet elected him as the official president. If the Kuomintang is dissolved, the National Assembly will not be able to meet, and the election of a big president will not be possible, but it will be even more troublesome.

As the saying goes, "It's not that you don't report it, the time has not come", and when Yuan Shikai gets the official president in his hands, he will find fault with the Congress. Yuan Shikai put on Lao Hua glasses and hid in the presidential palace to study the "Provisional Covenant", trying his best to find a reasonable and legal excuse. The hard work paid off, and he really had to find out the Mao problem in Congress, that is, the "Great Presidential Election Law".

Article 30 of the "Provisional Constitution Law" stipulates that the provisional president has the right to "promulgate laws", but at that time, the National Assembly was urged by Yuan Shikai to be in a hurry, so after formulating the "Great Presidential Election Law", it was directly published in the political gazette, and it was not in the hands of Yuan Shikai. The parliamentarians didn't think much about it at the time, Yuan Shikai must have no opinion, this is a good thing for him. Yuan Shikai remembered this incident in his stomach at that time, but he was in a hurry to turn positive, so he temporarily forbeared.

A few days after becoming the official president, Yuan Shikai ordered the presidential office to give a message to the Congress, saying that the process of formulating laws in the Republic of China should be divided into three processes: "proposals, resolutions, and promulgations", and that the Congress would rashly announce the "Great Presidential Election Law" without the presidential palace, which is not only a contempt for the authority of the president, but also an act that infringes on the president's right to publish and violates the "Provisional Covenant Law". At the end of the address, Yuan Shikai also asked the congressmen to give a reasonable answer immediately. Yuan Shikai quoted scriptures and scriptures in his speech and quoted the "Provisional Covenant Law", which is really straightforward and not ambiguous at all.

At this time, the members of the National Assembly were busy discussing and considering the draft constitution of the Republic of China, and they did not have time to hold a special meeting to discuss President Yuan Da's message.

Lao Yuan found the negligence of the Congress, naturally refused to give up, Xiang Zhuang Wujian intended to Pei Gong, his real purpose was to revise the "Provisional Covenant Law", the system stipulated in the Covenant Law is the responsible cabinet system, the president is basically a vacant position, the legislative power is in the hands of the Congress, and the executive power is mainly held by the cabinet, which is what makes Yuan Shikai the most dissatisfied.

Two days later, Yuan Shikai saw that there was no official reply from the Diet to the message, and his move was like a mud cow entering the sea without a trace, and he couldn't help but be very angry. Subsequently, Yuan Shikai ordered the State Council to send Yang Du and eight members to the Congress to intervene. Yang Du and the others were naturally high-spirited when they received the presidential order, and then they entered the congress with great courage and high spirits, wanting to ask for an explanation for the president.

When Yang Du and others came to the National Assembly, the Constitution Drafting Committee was conducting the first reading and review of the draft Constitution of the Republic of China. Yang Du was proud, so he gave a new message to the speaker. In this address, Yuan Shikai not only stated the content of the previous message, but also proposed that the State Council should be notified in a timely manner when the National Assembly convenes in the future, so that people can be sent to attend the statement at any time. This time, Yuan Shikai's fox tail finally came out, which is the interference of the executive power in the legislative power.

After circulating the message, the members of the National Assembly were very surprised and inexplicable, and replied to Yang Du and the Eighth Committee members: "The power to legislate in the Republic of China lies in the Congress, and it is not subject to executive interference. It is illegal for you to come to Congress, and please go back and tell the President to retract his order. ”

Yang Du didn't care about any legislative, executive or other things, and then took out a document to the speaker, saying, "The president still has a message, you will know it after reading it." ”

At this point, it became clear. After the parliamentarians circulated it, they saw that the document was written in black and white, and the following articles were clearly written:

1. Article 33 of the "Provisional Constitution" is changed to "the President may formulate official rules and regulations, but the Senate shall resolve them" to "the President may formulate official rules and regulations", ---- administrative system and regulations have nothing to do with the Senate and the House of Representatives.

2. Article 34 of the Provisional Constitution is amended to read: "The President pro tempore may appoint and dismiss civil and military personnel, but the appointment of state officials and ambassadors must be approved by the Senate" is changed to "The President appoints and dismisses civil and military personnel"-

This deprives the Senate and House of Representatives of their right to participate in personnel appointments.

3. Article 35 of the Provisional Treaty Law is amended to read: "The President pro tempore may, with the consent of the Senate, declare war and make peace and conclude a treaty" with the words "the President declares war and concludes a treaty"

Foreign wars and foreign affairs such as foreign affairs are also under the control of Yuan Shikai.

In addition, Yuan Shikai also proposed in his address that in the extraordinary period of "public security, defense, and disasters," the president should have the power to take special measures and enact laws, and only need to recognize them when the Congress convenes.

The legislators were surprised when they saw this, and Yuan Shikai's proposal was completely presidential and even similar to the constitutional monarchy, which was almost completely different from the responsible cabinet system advocated in the current draft constitution.

The Constitution Drafting Committee has almost finished drafting the draft constitution, so how can it give in to President Yuan's demands at this time?

At that moment, the parliamentarians said to Yang Du and the eighth committee member: "We are in the process of reading the draft constitution, and we can only be attended by members of the National Assembly. As for the statement of the President on behalf of the President, it is even more inconsistent with the constitution of the Covenant, and I ask you to respect yourself."

After all, the parliamentarians went so far as to leave Yang Duba and just review the draft constitution by themselves. Hang them out.

On the part of the Congress, after being forced by Yuan Shikai, it accelerated the progress of the review of the draft constitution, and within a few days the draft constitution entered the second reading stage. After Yuan Shikai learned through various channels that there was no big difference between the draft constitution and the "Provisional Covenant Law", he immediately sent several secret telegrams and secretly arranged them.

Although the Beiyang generals have long claimed to be a system, they still agree with the revision of the "Provisional Treaty Law", if the Kuomintang controls the Congress, military salaries will become a big problem in the future, and if you want to be promoted to the official position and make money by fighting as a soldier with your head

A few days later, telegrams from the governors and generals of the Beiyang system came in like a snow, all of them supporting Yuan Shikai's reasonable demands and accusing the Congress**; There are also a few henchmen of Yuan Shikai, who directly proposed in the telegram to abolish the Constitution Drafting Committee, abolish the Constitution, dissolve the Kuomintang, and dissolve the Congress.

Blocking people's money is like killing their parents, and the Beiyang generals have long seen that these Kuomintang parliamentarians are not pleasing to the eye, and it is easy to have an opportunity to kick these stumbling blocks to Java as soon as possible

The winter in Beijing was cold, the faces of pedestrians were hurt by the powdery snow in the wind, and the jackdaws in the trees seemed to be unable to bear it, and flew from tree to tree with a wail.

In 1912, the Provisional Government of the Republic of China in Beijing began to prepare for the National Congress of the People's Republic of China, and selected the former Finance School as the foundation site for the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives is composed of two parts, east and west, and the east is a courtyard surrounded by the original buildings of the Finance School, such as the I-Building, the Renyi Building, the Lizhi Building, and the Xinzizhai Building. The western part is the newly built House of Representatives, commonly known as the "National Assembly Field".

The "National Assembly Hall" is a square building, sitting in the north and facing south, three floors high, the appearance of the building is simple, made of gray bricks, and it has been well preserved so far. The main hall is square, with a rostrum in the center of the north side, and the seats in the meeting hall are arranged in a fan shape, and there are seats on the east, west and south sides of the upstairs.

Yuan Shikai openly dispatched military and police officers to ask the legislators to revise the Constitution of the Republic of China, which had been basically finalized. The parliamentarians in the early years of the Republic of China were all mules with tempers, leading and fighting backwards, where to eat Yuan Shikai's set? Undaunted by external pressure, they insisted on passing the third-reading procedure of the draft constitution and preparing for its promulgation by the National Assembly. Since the draft constitution was drafted mainly in the Temple of Heaven Prayer Hall, it is also known as the "Temple of Heaven Constitution". The draft constitution largely upholds the jīng deity of the Provisional Covenant Law, consisting of 113 articles in 10 chapters, which advocates a responsible cabinet system and strictly limits the powers of the president and his State Council.

This time, Yuan Shikai not only failed to achieve the goal, but the new constitution has even more severely restricted the power of the president and the cabinet

Seeing that the Temple of Heaven Xiancao was about to be announced, Yuan Shikai couldn't hold it anymore, and he made the last ruthless move???? kettle bottom netbsp; This made the parliamentarians extremely angry, and they collectively ran to the prime minister's residence, surrounded Premier Xiong Xiling, and demanded that he give an explanation, which made this Hunan genius Xiong Fenghuang anxious.

After Song Jiaoren was assassinated, Premier Zhao Bingjun resigned due to illness in order to avoid suspicion, and Duan Qirui, the chief of the army, temporarily replaced the post of prime minister. After Yuan Shikai suppressed the "second **", the white wolf raised troops again, Duan Qirui was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression and sat in Xinyang, Henan, and Yuan Shikai instructed the Progressive Party to launch Xiong Xiling to form a cabinet. Xiong Xiling was formerly the chief financial officer in Tang Shaoyi's cabinet, but this time he coerced the forces of the Progressive Party to recruit celebrities such as Liang Qi, Zhang Jian, and Wang Daxie, and formed a cabinet known as the "first-rate" talent.

Xiong Fenghuang was proud for a few days, and he put on such a bad thing, according to his original intention, he would never agree with Yuan Shikai, but he had no choice but to have a handle in the hands of Lao Yuan, so he had to cry out in vain.

Forty-four-year-old Xiong Xiling was wearing a green cloth cotton robe, and the wrinkles on his face were like wild chrysanthemums blooming, but the middle-aged man had already seen his old age, and sitting with him was the famous Liang Qi.

"Premier Xiong, at this time, you have to calm down, you go to appease the Congress, and I'll go to the president to talk about it, I support the presidential system, but Yuan Shikai is so nonsense, I categorically can't tolerate it" Liang Qimian sank like a railway.

Yuan Shikai used the military ruffian to elect him as the president, which had already made Liang Qi very dissatisfied, this time he actually arrested Yao according to the prescription, and concocted it again, and this time it was even more excessive, it turned out to be Chi 1uo1uo's interference in the legislative power.

Xiong Xiling wanted to echo the voice, but suddenly saw a sandalwood folding fan on the table with extremely beautiful carving, so he swallowed the words and saliva on his lips, he remembered that last night, the director of the Military and Political Law Enforcement Department, Yuan Shikai's henchman Lu Jianzhang came uninvited, and handed him a stack of documents, and after reading the content on it, Xiong Phoenix's frightened cold sweat broke out. Lu Jianzhang threw down the document and left without saying a word, but Xiong Xiling already knew his intentions.

At this moment, he can't wait to slap himself a hundred times, and one misstep becomes a thousand years of hatred, being caught by Yuan Shikai with xiao pigtails is not fun, not to mention that he Xiong Phoenix is a generation of literary leaders, this face is really unbearable. Xiong Xiling was also unlucky, he had been the chief financial officer in Tang Shaoyi's cabinet for a few days, and when he resigned, Yuan Shikai specially appointed him as the commander of Rehe in order to entrap him, in order to show his respect. What is Rehe? It was the summer resort of the former Qing emperors, so after Xiong Xiling arrived in Rehe, he also moved the office into the Chengde Summer Resort. However, in the former emperor's palace, there are too many treasures in the palace and have not been cleaned up, so it is inevitable that there are some suspicions of melons and plums.

Once Yuan Shikai's henchman Jiang Guidi came to visit, Xiong Xiling entertained him well, and secretly gave Jiang Guidi a folding fan of Emperor Qianlong as a gift to Jiang Guidi when he parted. Jiang Guidi was a rough man who didn't know what to do, so he gave this folding fan to Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai is a knowledgeable person, he immediately sent someone to investigate secretly, and now the summer resort has stolen a lot of treasures, and Xiong Xiling was caught by Yuan Shikai.

There are shortcomings that are pinched, in addition to obeying Yuan Shikai's words, where can Xiong Phoenix's backbone be hard?

Seeing Xiong Xiling's stumbling appearance, Liang Qi had no choice but to pause and plead repeatedly, but this great talent in Hunan made up his mind, Xu Shu entered Cao Ying without saying a word, and Liang Qi could only leave with his sleeves slugging.

As soon as Liang Qi left, Xiong Xiling signed the order to dissolve the Kuomintang, and more than 300 military and police officers who had been waiting for a long time rushed to the Beijing branch of the Kuomintang on the inner street of Guang'an. After obtaining the addresses of the Kuomintang legislators, the military and police broke into the homes of each Kuomintang legislator in batches that night, and the first thing they did was to search for the badges and certificates of the deputies. If the councillors questioned and resisted the slightest, these eight old men would pull out their pistols and viciously threaten the heads of the councilors. This show has just met soldiers, where is there any reason to talk about.

At midnight, the military and police had already seized more than 350 badges and certificates of Kuomintang congressmen, and just when they wanted to go to the presidential palace to ask for merit and rewards, Yuan Shikai issued another strict order, asking them to continue to search for the certificates of congressmen who had left the party and crossed the Kuomintang before the "second **", and that they had to complete it that night. There was no way, these eagles and dogs had to continue to search door to door in the early hours of the morning, until the jī flying dogs in Beijing jumped, and the jī dogs were restless, and when dawn broke, more than 80 pieces were finally confiscated.

Lao Yuan did an arithmetic problem: if only more than 350 certificates of Kuomintang members were collected, the remaining members would still have more than half of the parliamentarians, and it would be possible to continue to meet; Now more than 80 members of the parliament who have left the party and crossed the party have been stripped of their qualifications, and now that most of the members of the two houses have been gone, the National Assembly will not be able to convene

The next day, the parliamentarians went to the Senate and the House of Representatives for a meeting, and the old man Qiu Ba, who had already been armed with guns, was standing guard here with a list, and everyone who entered must check the credentials of the members, so the certificates of the Kuomintang and its congressmen who have participated in the Kuomintang were confiscated by these people last night, where can they still enter?

There is a nickname in the Congress called "800 Arhats", which means that there are 820 people in the Congress, but last night the number of disqualified reached 438, and the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives are less than half. Now that the National Assembly is paralyzed, all the committees attached to it, especially the Constitutional Drafting Committee and the Constituent Assembly, will naturally be postponed indefinitely.

Yuan Shikai finally achieved his goal and kicked the congress away, and he wanted to build a congress and a constitution according to his own wishes

The remaining parliamentarians were angry and wanted to protest to the presidential palace, but they were quickly scolded back by the military police of the presidential palace: "Your parliament can't even meet, where is the protest?" Before these people could make any more trouble, Yuan Shikai simply didn't do anything, and issued an order of thousands of words to dissolve the parliament, and all the parliamentarians were dismissed and returned home. Lao Yuan's reason is also high-sounding: Since the National Assembly can no longer meet, how can the Republic of China give you a salary again? Even if there is to be another congression, it will have to be reconvened. As a result, the first National Assembly of the Republic of China also died after completing a serious task of electing Yuan Shikai as the official president.

Seeing that the wood has been completed, this group of parliamentarians can only consider themselves unlucky, not to mention losing their positions with an annual salary of 5,000 yuan in vain, and in the end, under the authority of those Qiu Ba masters, they only ended up receiving dozens of oceans of Sichuan capital to return home, which is really unlucky.

After Chai Dongliang, who was far away in Anqing, learned the news from the newspaper, he happily rode the sweaty BMW "Fire Dragon" and galloped back and forth in the compound of the Military Advisory Office more than a dozen times

Chai Dongliang has always been reluctant to unify China by force, at least not before the First World War, because the damage to the country caused by the civil war is too great. Although the cost of fighting a war abroad is very high, it will not destroy the domestic production and industrial base, nor will it cause too much fear among the people at home.

The Huaishang army attacked Anqing, and it took only half a day to destroy, and it took Chai Dongliang half a year to recover the economy

However, this time Yuan Shikai went against the grain, but gave him a golden opportunity

Chai Dongliang rode on the horse, thinking secretly in his heart, maybe the opportunity to finish his work in one battle was in front of him

If Yuan Shikai is eliminated this time, then the scattered Beiyang generals will have no choice but to obey under the military might of the Jianghuai army, as long as they allow themselves to complete the formal unification, then they will have enough confidence to rely on economic and political means to gradually mark the area under their control with a profound chai character

In this year of China, as long as the land reform is a big killer, who else can fight it? Others don't have enough funds to back them up, and they can't do land reform if they want to, but Chai Dongliang's biggest advantage is that he has a lot of cash on hand

Chai Dongliang sat on the horse and couldn't help laughing a little stupidly

Gao Chuguan secretly complained, it was bad, Du Du was really phlegm, and his saliva had already dripped into Xiong's mouth

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Author's words: From now on, history will be changed beyond recognition, and the party will not have to brag about it. In addition, I asked for a few monthly passes, the ninth book is a big seal, if the monthly pass is too ugly, it will affect the effect of this recommendation, thank you for the rice balls