108871908 Far Eastern madman

Since Song Jiaoren led the southern peace delegation to Beijing, he has spent most of his time in Beijing, staying at the Liuguo Hotel some time ago, and now living in an ordinary hotel in the inner city.

Receiving a call from the Presidential Palace, Song Jiaoren was quite surprised, because Xu Shichang wanted to invite him to the Presidential Palace for a talk, although the confidential officer who called said it was very simple, but Song Jiaoren basically understood what Xu Shichang wanted to talk to him.

Xu Shichang is most concerned about the "impeachment of the president" by the Congress, Xu Shichang is the president, once he is impeached by the Congress, then he must automatically resign in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, and then the legal successor will take over the post of president of the Republic of China, and in accordance with the order of succession. In other words, once the "impeachment of the president" of the National Assembly is passed in the Senate and the House of Representatives, then Xu Shichang is not the president of the Republic of China in the legal sense, whether he resigns or not. The current vice president will automatically become the president of the Republic of China. Exercising the supreme power of this country.

As the only candidate for vice president determined by the North-South Peace Talks, Zhao Qi was officially sworn in as vice president of the Republic of China in Zhengzhou on the morning of the same day that the "parliamentary impeachment case for the president" broke out.

In other words, once Xu Shichang steps down, the person who will replace him as the president of the Republic of China will be Zhao Bei.

Although the foreground performers of the "impeachment of the president" in the Congress are Li Yuanhong and Tang Hualong, as long as they analyze it a little, it will be clear that they are just puppets performing in the foreground, and the person who manipulates them can only be Zhao Bei, and then in connection with the degree of "coincidence" between Zhao Bei's oath of office and the outbreak of the impeachment case, almost all Chinese in Beiyang think that this is a small conspiracy of Zhao Bei, and Song Jiaoren, who is a member of the United Front, also thinks so.

Song Jiaoren believes that perhaps Zhao Bei has set up such a bureau from the beginning, and from the beginning he didn't want to be the vice president of the Republic of China, he wanted to be the president. He played the real presidential power, so he decided to step down Xu Shichang through legal means, and it is precisely because of the legitimacy of this means that even if the Beiyang clique loses this battle, there is nothing to say, if they dare to use force to maintain Xu Shichang's presidential position, let alone whether they can win the war, just the public opinion and the people's hearts have already been lost. After all, Xu Shichang swore allegiance to the law at the presidential inauguration ceremony a few days ago with the text of the constitution in his hand.

Gao Ming, this is Song Jiaoren's only evaluation of the "impeachment of the president" in the Congress, in addition to admiring Zhao Bei, he is also more vigilant, because he has found that Zhao Bei is very familiar with the law. Unlike the politicians in the Beiyang Group, who are half-understood, you must be cautious when playing the law with such a person, Song Jiaoren can play legal tricks with Beiyang politicians, but he can't play with Zhao Bei.

On the one hand, of course, he hopes that the United Formation will ascend to the sky and occupy the presidential throne in one step, so that it will be more convenient for the implementation of the policy, but on the other hand. He doesn't think Zhao Bei is a suitable candidate for president, it's not that he doubts Zhao Bei's ability, but he is worried about Zhao Bei's strength, such an all-rounder who is proficient in military, politics, diplomacy, and law and has a very strategic vision, once he grasps the supreme power, then, he will become more difficult to restrain Now, Zhao Bei can play law and procedures with Beiyang and Xu Shichang, and in the future, he may not play with others like this, because as a superior, there is no need to talk about any "procedures" with his subordinates. Yuan Shikai was such a pound villain at the beginning. Military and political strongmen.

More importantly, according to the Constitution, the presidential term is five years, and now, Xu Shichang has just assumed the presidency, once Zhao Beixian replaces Xu Shichang as president, then, the remaining five years of presidential term will be completed by Zhao Bei, five years. For a military and political strongman, it is enough for him to do a lot of things, not to mention, Zhao Bei is still the chairman of the United Front, and the party, government, and army are all in charge, and such a small military and political strongman is definitely not a blessing for the country.

Knowing this, he also understands the contradiction in Song Jiaoren's heart, so far, he has not decided how to choose, whether to join the side of "Ren Xu" or join the side of "Ting Xu". Or is it "outside-neutral", as some do?

Xu Shichang ordered the confidential officer to call Song Jiaoren and invite him to the presidential palace for a talk, which made Song Jiaoren's mind lively, and Yuan Chi understood that maybe now is a good time to make a bid, because in the United Front, there are still many constitutionalist parliamentarians like him, as long as these people stand up for Xu, then this "impeachment of the president" will not be passed in the Congress, perhaps, now is the time for the constitutionalists in the Congress to show their strength.

"Xiaoyu, bring me my newly made dress, as well as those leather shoes, polish them better."

Song Jiaoren left the hotel phone room, returned to the room, and called an attaché.

"Sir, aren't you going on an outing with your friends today? How can you dress so formally? ”

The attaché brought clothes and leather shoes, and began to shine the old leather shoes with a brush, and asked a few questions as he wiped them.

"Xiaoyu, you can push my shoes for me for today's entertainment, just polish them. Don't be too careful, I'm going to the presidential palace to meet President Xu, I'm in a hurry. ”

Song Jiaoren said as he picked up the dress, but there was a smile on his face.

"Sir, you have been frowning for the past few days, why are you so happy today? Are we going back to the South? The attaché polished the shoes. Squatted down and put it on for Song Jiaoren.

"Xiaoyu, you have been following me for so long, and you are very neat in doing things, but this problem of asking questions cannot be changed. Actually, I went to meet with President Xu today to bargain with him, and now the Congress is going to impeach the president, President Xu is a little worried, so please let me talk to him, this is a good opportunity for our Congress, we can use this opportunity to let the people see the power of our Congress, and we can also take this opportunity to bargain with President Xu. ”

Song Jiaoren glanced at the attaché with a smile. This person's name is Yu Wenzhi, a native of Taoyuan, Hunan. He was a fellow villager and studied at the Provincial Normal School. Originally, he was a party assistant of Li Yuanhong's Republican Progressive Party, and was later recommended by Li Yuanhong to Song Jiaoren, because he was diligent and a fellow villager. Therefore, Song Nu'er has always been very serious and cautious about the release of the four friends, staring at this 07 attaché, basically taking him with him all the time. Yu Wenzhi was surprised: "Listen to what Mr. means, you seem to be planning to support Xu, and yesterday you complained that Xu Shichang was in a state of mind and refused to abandon his prejudices against the Congress." ”

Song Jiaoren shook his head and said: Xiaoyu, there are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies in the political struggle, now the situation is chaotic, and the rise of martial arts is very worrying, literati like us cannot fight with martial arts, and can only maintain a balance between the forces of all parties, only in this way can we make a difference. You have to remember that there is no perfect person in the world, people have their own interests, and the same is true for leaders, and the best way to protect the interests of all people is to constantly compromise through negotiations. That's what it means. ”

Yu Wenzhi nodded blankly, his mind was a little confused for a while, waiting for him to clear his mind. found that Song Jiaoren had walked out of the door.

With a few attachés, Song Jiaoren got into a carriage sent by the presidential palace and went straight to the presidential palace.

On the way, Song Jiaoren didn't say a word, thinking about how to bargain with Xu Shichang and Beiyang Group. In order to fight for greater power in Congress, his attachés and aides did not say a word, and the carriage was very quiet.

Soon arrived at the presidential palace, Song Jiaoren took the attachés into the presidential palace, but Yu Wenzhi returned to the hotel under the pretext of dizziness, Song Jiaoren planned to send an attaché to send him back to the hotel, but was politely declined.

Yu Wenzhi returned to the hotel, paced back and forth in the room, and left the hotel shortly after. He hired a horse-drawn carriage and rushed to Dongjiaomin Lane, entered the embassy area with a passport, and then went to the German Legation in China, and after more than 20 minutes, he left the legation exhausted, with a telegram in his hand, and returned to the hotel in a horse-drawn carriage.

Walking into the room, Yu Wenzhi continued to pace back and forth in the room, reading and reading the telegram, and finally lit the telegram with a match and burned it in an ashtray.

Song Jiaoren's meeting with Xu Shichang lasted for several hours, and by the time he returned to the hotel with his attaché and assistants, it was already afternoon, and Xu Shichang not only invited them to dinner in the presidential palace, but also gave Song Jiaoren several impromptu paintings and calligraphy. The two sides obviously got along happily, which can be seen from the excited expression on Song Jiaoren's face, and it is clear that the negotiations were successful.

Yu Wenzhi did not participate in the talks, so he naturally did not know the content of the talks, he just prepared steaming coffee and black tea for everyone, Song Jiaoren was excited and did not forget Yu Wenzhi's dizziness, and asked a few words with concern, but Yu Wenzhi said that his head was no longer dizzy.

Xiaoyu, you bring a pen and paper immediately, I will draw up a telegram, and then call someone to invite a few reporters. I'm going to put a statement in the newspaper. I would like to call on members of Congress to put aside their prejudices and work together. Block" impeachment of the president. Pass. Now President Xu Da has promised to cooperate fully with Congress in the future. Song Jiaoren said excitedly.

Yu Wenzhi said: "Xu Shichang is just a verbal promise, Mr. doesn't have to take it seriously. ”

"Xiaoyu, for politics, you still lack the heat, now, Xu Shichang is the most suitable president, and it is the most beneficial to the Congress, if he is impeached, the Congress will really become a decoration, a puppet in the hands of military and political strongmen."

Song Jiaoren took a cup of black tea brought by Yu Wenzhi and took a few sips with a smile.

Several other people were also excited, all standing at the table, watching Song Jiaoren draft the telegram, but Yu Wenzhi volunteered to invite reporters.

However, Yu Wenzhi went for almost half an hour, Song Jiaoren and others waited left and right and didn't see him come back, and were about to look for it, but found that they were a little delirious, Song Jiaoren arrived first, and then his attachés also fell, only one person who drank the least tea barely walked to the door, but when he opened the door, Yu Wenzhi stood outside the door and smoked.

"Xiaoyu, we" The man didn't finish speaking, and the person had already arrived.

Yu Wenzhi dragged the man into the room, closed the door, looked at the teacups on the table, sighed, took out a pistol from his pocket and put it on the table, and found a rope to tie them up. He sat down on the couch, smoking cigarette after cigarette and holding the pistol beside him, and so on until it was dark.

After dark, several strong men checked into the hotel. But they didn't stay in their room for long, they quickly went to Yu Wenzhi's room, and used ropes to put Song Jiaoren and the others who had woken up from the window down, and someone outside the hotel answered and loaded Song Jiaoren and the others into the carriage. Then drive to the flag people gathering area in the north of the city.

In the middle of the night, several gunshots rang out from the Banner People gathering area. Then it all fell silent.

Yu Wenzhi stayed in the room, continued to smoke, and when he heard the gunshot, he closed his eyes in pain, and after a few minutes, he opened his eyes and looked at Song Jiaoren's half-used briefcase and muttered to himself.

"I'm sorry, sir, you were wrong. This country can only be saved by a military and political strongman, because this is an era when might is right, we don't have time to wait for the people to slowly wake up, we need a strong leader. Anyone who betrays the leader is our enemy. This is the political struggle, if I had a choice, I would rather stay away from politics, but now, I can't stay away from politics, I can only choose betrayal. ”

Official history records that "late one night in early autumn, Song Jiaoren, the drafter of the constitution of the Republic of China, was shot dead in a remote alley in the northern Qiren settlement in the inner city of Beijing. Moreover, several of Song Jiaoren's attachés also disappeared, and their whereabouts became a mystery of a pound of history.

There are some doubts about this case, but both the Beiyang side and the United Front side have maintained considerable restraint in this regard, and they have not delved into it, Xu Shichang only said four words lightly after learning the news of Song Jiaoren's assassination:

"Song Yuchu is a scholar, and scholars should not be in politics. I'm also a scholar, and I shouldn't be in politics. ”