After autumn, the temperature begins to gradually cool.

The light rain outside the window was still dripping, the light outside the small room was very dim, and the light in the house was even darker, although it was only five o'clock in the afternoon, but the electric lights in the house had been on for a long time.

Li Yuanhong got up from behind the desk, walked to the window, looked out the window, and then looked back at the wall clock on the wall, there was still a period of time before the end of work, and the official business had basically been handled, and the rest of the time seemed to be passed with the radio, so Li Yuanhong walked to the sofa in the corner of the office and sat down, and reached out to turn on the switch of a tube radio next to the sofa, and then pressed the electric lock on the side of the coffee table with his hand, and after a while, the secretary walked into the president's office.

"Sir, do you have something to order?"

The secretary found Li Yuanhong resting on the sofa with his eyes closed, listening to the news broadcast. So he asked in a whisper.

"Well, please pour me a cup of tea, black tea is fine Li Yuanhong didn't open his eyes, just nodded

The secretary quickly brought tea for President Li, closed the curtains, and then walked out of the office, and gently closed the door, there was no sound in the office except for the sound of the radio, the walls of this office were actually soundproofed, and the thick oak door also served as soundproofing.

"According to the latest news that this station has just received, the League of Nations Assembly has formally held a vote this afternoon to arbitrate the dispute in New Guinea, and passed the condemnation of Japan by an absolute majority, and demanded that Japan immediately withdraw its Japanese troops into the Papua region and restore the local democratically elected government. The governments of Australia and other countries have made it clear that they will further promote the action of the League of Nations, and if the Japanese government refuses to withdraw its troops from the Papua region, the international community will impose an embargo on Japan's steel, oil and other strategic materials.

Now that we've followed the international news, let's focus on the domestic news. Although the National Assembly and the Presidential Office reaffirmed their pro-people stance on the petition issue half a month ago, most of the veterans did not leave the Gyeonggi area immediately, and most of them still gathered in the counties around Gyeonggi, built sheds to live, and asked for government relief. The government will subsidize the return journey.

In addition, as a precaution, the government seems to be showing signs of increasing troops in Gyeonggi; according to our reporters stationed in Tianjin, since yesterday, a number of Marine Corps units have arrived in Tianjin, fully equipped, and they should have come on the orders of the President to strengthen military defense measures. ，”

The international news broadcast on the radio is just like that, Li Yuanhong did not pay too much attention to it, on the Papua issue, the Japanese government's appearance is indeed too ugly, Li Yuanhong is biased towards Australia in this international dispute, in addition to worrying about the further expansion of Japanese forces in the South Seas, Li Yuanhong is also out of consideration for showing goodwill to Australia, Australia has a developed agriculture. However, the industrial system is incomplete, and it is a very good emerging market, and Li Yuanhong hopes to support the Australian government's proposition in exchange for concessions on tariffs and market issues, so as to solve the growing problem of domestic industrial product backlog.

But in the subsequent domestic news, Li Yuanhong smelled a hint of unusual smell. "I didn't order the Marines to arrive in Tianjin

Li Yuanhong felt very strange, so he opened his eyes. Stood up, walked to the desk, picked up the phone, shook the switchboard, and ordered the operator to connect to the Admiralty, as the president of the Republic of China, Li Yuanhong knew very well that in addition to his ability to mobilize the Marine Corps, the Admiralty also had this power, since Li Yuanhong himself did not give an order to transfer troops, then the only explanation was that those Marines were ordered by the Admiralty to be transferred to Tianjin.

In the face of the president's questioning, Chief Tang strongly denied that he issued the order to dispatch the marines to Tianjin, but Li Yuanhong is the president in the end, such a large-scale troop transfer operation, the president did not know in advance, and no department informed the president of this information, this matter is quite strange, Li Yuanhong was very angry, and decided to investigate to the end, so he ordered Tang Xiangming to put down the work at hand, first to figure out this matter, to see if someone was falsely passing on the order, Or the journalist fabricates the news, whatever the reason, the perpetrator must be severely punished.

There is no behavior more excessive than challenging the authority of the president, Li Yuanhong can't tolerate someone making small moves behind his back, otherwise, he, the president, will really become an ornament, and considering that Tang Xiangming is the chief of the navy, what he says may not be the truth, so Li Yuanhong

However, when the phone was turned to the Military Intelligence Bureau, Li Yuanhong was told by the officer on duty that the director Tian Jinfu was not working in the bureau at the moment, and as for where he went, the officer on duty did not know, and Li Yuanhong could only hand over the investigation task to the deputy director to deal with.

Pressing down the microphone, Li Yuanhong paced back and forth in the office, pondering the matter of the marines assembling in Tianjin, he always felt that there seemed to be a conspiracy here, but what kind of conspiracy it was, he really didn't know, he could only guess.

"Could it be Zhao Zhenhua's trick?"

It's no wonder that Li Yuanhong is suspicious, combined with Zhao Bei's performance some time ago, Li Yuanhong's speculation is also somewhat reasonable, before and after the veterans' march incident, Li Yuanhong has dispatched a large number of troops to the capital, the purpose is mainly to protect his own safety, then the same, Zhao Bei also has sufficient reasons to take corresponding actions, after all, the date of the next presidential election has been set, the general election is approaching, the more at this time, the more you need to be cautious, according to the current situation to analyze, The next presidential election will be the fiercest electoral struggle, and it is hard to believe that there will be a harmonious atmosphere after the election begins, because in this country, the constitutional system is not very stable, and the military is the foundation to ensure normal order, and even if the president is elected by the people, he must always grasp the military power.

With Zhao Bei's influence in the army, Li Yuanhong fully believed that he could "escort" the troops installed in the Wehrmacht to "escort him" to offset the strategic advantage created by Li Yuanhong's transfer of troops to Gyeonggi.

However, this is just Li Yuanhong's speculation, whether it is a villain's heart to spend the belly of a gentleman, it is difficult to say now.

Gathering his mind, Li Yuanhong pressed the electric bell on his desk, called the secretary, and asked him to invite Rao Hanxiang, the chief of staff of the president, to recommend.

Rao Hanxiang was in the office next door, and in less than a minute, he followed the secretary into this diamond-shaped office and met Li Yuanhong, the president of the Republic of China.

"Mr. President called me over, what do you order?" Rao Hanxiang asked.

"Is there too much garrison in the Gyeonggi area now? Shouldn't some be transferred out? At present, some citizens are ignorant and accuse the central government of abusing its power and using military means to intimidate the people. What I mean is that it is better for the center to take the initiative to take a step back, to show goodwill to the people, and to retreat as advance, so as not to be used by careerists

Li Yuanhong stated his plan, but was opposed by Rao Hanxiang.

"At this time, you must not take the initiative to show weakness, that will only increase the confidence of the enemy. Song Qing doesn't have to worry about public opinion, as long as it is manipulated properly, public opinion can also be reversed. Rao Hanxiang said.

"Su monk, I just heard a news on the radio that some Marine Corps troops have arrived in Tianjin to assemble, this matter is very strange, I always worry that this is a conspiracy, the purpose is to muddy the waters of Gyeonggi, so that they can fish in troubled waters

Li Yuanhong analyzed it seriously, and Rao Hanxiang over there also frowned.

"Mr. President, don't worry, if this is just news made up by reporters, the government naturally doesn't need to panic, and if it does, the government doesn't need to panic, as long as the Gyeonggi garrison doesn't move, even if it's a conspiracy, the government can maintain the situation, and since it's the Marines who came. Then the president can also directly give an order to the troops, telling them to turn around and go back immediately, or stay in Tianjin, and not leave Tianjin without an order

Seeing that Rao Hanxiang was so calm and methodical, Li Yuanhong also quickly calmed down, nodded, picked up the phone, and shook the Admiralty, asking the Admiralty to immediately issue an order to carefully count the Marine Corps units that had arrived in Tianjin, and wait for further orders.

Li Yuanhong was also at a loss just now, so he didn't think about it, now that he has been reminded by Rao Hanxiang, then a stone in his heart will naturally fall, and the rest is to wait for the reports of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Admiralty to come.

Now that the matter seemed to have been partially resolved, Mr. Li sent Mr. Rao out of the presidential office, but before leaving the office, Mr. Rao asked a seemingly unrelated question.

"I wonder if President Loei has changed his mind? In the next presidential election, is President Lebanon really determined not to seek re-election? ”

"I have made up my mind, and when my term of office expires, I will immediately go to the opposition for the people and no longer participate in political activities, Li Yuanhong replied very seriously. Rao Hanxiang saw that Li Yuanhong had really made up his mind, so he could only sigh in his heart, then said goodbye and left the president's office.

"He didn't change his mind, and I didn't change my mind

After just saying these two words, Rao Hanxiang immediately hung up the phone, and at this time, the sky outside was completely dark, and the autumn rain had completely stopped.

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