Walk out of Qingfeng Hutong and alley. Xiong Chengji looked back at the depths of the alley, and Yang Wangpeng's shadow was no longer visible, only the car of the German Legation in China was parked there alone.

Looking up at the sky, the scorching sun was already showing its power, and the temperature was gradually rising, and it didn't take long for people to sweat.

Xiong Chengji sighed, turned around and walked onto the street, waited at the corner of the street, called a rickshaw, and instructed the coachman to take him to Zhang Jian's apartment.

Zhang Jian is the vice president, and he is a wealthy man, living in Beicheng, a long distance from Qingfeng Hutong in Nancheng, where Yang Wangpeng lives, and it takes a long time for the rickshaw to arrive there, which is enough for Xiong Chengji to sort out his thoughts.

The current situation is clear, there are few people who are willing to support Xiong Chengji's position, since last night, Xiong Chengji has begun to connect in tandem, but he has hit a wall one after another, and he also hit a wall when he went to Yang Wangpeng just now. Obviously, there are still many smart people in this world, who can recognize the situation clearly, and will not rush to the windmill for a vague constitutional ideal, and they can adapt to the times better than Xiong Chengji.

Xiong Chengji also felt that he was a little simple and ridiculous, playing the knight who rushed to the windmill for the sake of an illusory ideal, perhaps in the eyes of others, he was a little stupid, a little "ignorant of current affairs".

But what can other people's perceptions change? They can change themselves, but they can't change Xiong Chengji, because Xiong Chengji is such a person, an idealist, a person who can sacrifice everything for his ideals.

Li Yuanhong is unwilling to be a person who defends the constitution, Tang Hualong is not willing to be a person who defends the constitution, and now Yang Wangpeng has also rejected Xiong Chengji's request for an alliance.

In the face of a stronger and stronger president, Xiong Chengji's current strength is too weak, he tried to find all possible potential allies, but he couldn't find it, the previous ** party members have now turned into politicians or speculators, and there is no difference between the Beiyang politicians back then, the ideal has become worthless in them, compared to them, those too simple** young people seem to be as "stupid" as Xiong Chengji.

Xiong Chengji now doesn't want to mobilize those simple ** young people to go against the president, on the one hand, those young people now admire the president very much. On the other hand, Xiong Chengji is not willing to use the enthusiasm of those simple young people to instigate them in a politician-style manner, let alone ruin their good future because of this incident.

After thinking about it, Xiong Chengji finally decided to use politicians to deal with politicians, so he chose Zhang Jian, although he had never had anything to do with Zhang Jian, but now he decided to try his luck and see if Zhang Jian was willing to form an alliance with him.

In this way, Xiong Chengji rushed to Beicheng in a rickshaw with a heavy mind.

"Sir, it's time to get there."

The coachman's shout pulled Xiong Chengji out of his contemplation, and when he looked up, he was indeed near Zhang Jian's apartment, but there were military police standing there, and the coachman did not dare to get too close, so he could only stop the rickshaw on the side of the street.

Xiong Chengji stepped out of the rickshaw, gave the driver the money for his feet, and then took off the Western-style cool hat on his head. Walked straight to Zhang Jian's apartment.

The military police guarding in front of the 'gate' of Zhang's Mansion didn't know Xiong Chengji, so they stopped him as a matter of course.

"I am Xiong Chengji, vice minister of heavy industry, and I have important matters to discuss with the vice president."

Xiong Chengji handed over his business card, and the military policemen took the business card to discuss it, then handed the business card into Zhang's mansion and told Xiong Chengji to stand on the side of the street and wait.

Xiong Chengji waited on the side of the street like this, and it wasn't until five minutes later that Zhang Jian's housekeeper hurriedly walked out of Zhang's mansion with Xiong Chengji's business card and walked to Xiong Chengji.

"Deputy Chief Xiong, I'm sorry, my lord has occasionally felt cold in recent days, and it is inconvenient to see guests, if you really have important official business, you might as well write a note, I will hand it to you, if you just come to see the lord, the lord said, he understands it, the doctor said that the wind cold may be contagious, so you don't have to go in and take risks."

Cold? Occasional wind chill in this kind of weather?

Xiong Chengji smiled bitterly, this kind of excuse can be found, Zhang Jian can no longer be counted on, his vice president really can't do it for long, but I heard that he is about to become the director of the water conservancy department, in charge of the national water conservancy industry, I am afraid that he really does not have much heart to care about the president's training.

"In that case, I won't bother the vice president. Ask the housekeeper to pass on a message to the vice president, and say, 'Constitutionalism is in jeopardy,' if no one dares to come forward." Then, we can only watch the constitutionalism die. ”

Xiong Chengji said a few words to the housekeeper, but when he saw that the other party had a blank face, he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, shook his head, and turned around and left Zhang's mansion.

Zhang Jian also wanted to stay out of the matter, a huge country, and he couldn't find a few politicians who were willing to form alliances, and the sense of powerlessness in Xiong Chengji's heart was even heavier, and he was walking with heavy steps.

Rushing back to the apartment in despair, Xiong Chengji walked back to the study, threw the Western-style cool hat on the desk, and then sat down in front of the desk in a depressed manner, raised his weak hand, opened the 'drawer', took out the stack of drafts that had been written for many days, put them in front of him, and flipped through them, but he couldn't concentrate on the 'spirit' at all, and the words full of eyes seemed to have become the faces of vulgar market figures, laughing at his pedantry.

"Smack!"

Xiong Chengji slammed the stack of drafts on the table, stood up angrily, and walked around the study with his hands behind his back. He didn't stop until a guest visited.

The guest was Xiong Chengji's former ** comrade in the Liberation Society, and he also participated in the Anqing Shouyi Uprising that year, and served as the chief civil affairs officer for a period of time after the establishment of the republic, and later became Xiong Chengji's important assistant, specializing in assisting him in sorting out the party affairs of the United Front.

"Ajin, now that others can't count on it, what should we do?" The guest asked Xiong Chengji.

Xiong Chengji smiled bitterly and said, "What else can I do?" Others can't count on it. We're going to do it all on our own. ”

"Alone? But with our current strength, how can we beat Zhao Bei? He doesn't even have to send out the army, just relying on the strength of the presidential palace guard is enough to wipe us out, if we do it alone, it's just an egg hitting a stone, and the balance of strength is too great. ”

"So what? When Anqing rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, wasn't there a huge disparity in the balance of forces? Xiong Chengji asked rhetorically.

"Alas. Weigen, don't forget, the Anqing Uprising back then, if Zhao Bei had not responded in the city, it would never have succeeded, but now, who can be our internal response? Besides, now is different from the time of the former Qing Dynasty, the former Qing Dynasty was tyrannical and unreasonable, the sky was angry and resentful, and our ** party members got into trouble, so we could naturally respond to all calls, but now? Although it is not yet possible to say that the world is under great control, but after all, the people have some hope, who is willing to follow us to rebel with their heads? ”

"I don't want to rebel, I just want to persuade Zhao Zhenhua to turn back and not be obsessed. If necessary, I am willing to awaken his conscience with my sacrifice. ”

"Conscience? Ajigen, are you confused? How can a politician, a warlord, have a conscience? ”

Perhaps seeing that Xiong Chengji seemed to be a little dizzy, the guest did not dwell on this topic, and quickly changed the conversation and put forward a suggestion.

"Ajine, now we can't find allies everywhere in the country, you see, are we going to look for them abroad? For example, the British, the Japanese? ”

"British? Japanese? ”

Xiong Chengji was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly shook his head and said, "The British are busy with European affairs now, and it is impossible to be distracted. As for the Japanese, they are now China's enemies, so how can we go and form an alliance with the Japanese? Although Zhenhua has gone astray, at least one thing he is right about is that he is safeguarding national sovereignty and dignity, and it is precisely by virtue of this that he is so popular. Aren't we politicians too? ”

"Ajine, isn't what we're doing now the work of politicians?" The guest was a little stunned.

"No, we can never be politicians, we are **, and always have been."

Xiong Chengji sighed, he suddenly found that what he did today did have a bit of a politician's taste, but he didn't want to admit it, in the final analysis, he always felt that his starting point was different from that of politicians, politicians were for their own interests, and he was for the interests of this country and the interests of all the people of this country.

Perhaps seeing that Xiong Chengji was a little lost, the guest also sighed and said: "Weigen, since you don't want to go to the British and Japanese for help, then, let's just give Zhao Bei a 'draw' salary!" ”

"The bottom of the kettle 'pumping' salary? How? Xiong Chengji raised his eyebrows.

The guest raised his right hand, made a chopping gesture with his palm, and said, "Kill Yang Du!" ”

"Kill Yang Du?" Xiong Chengji's brows furrowed again.

"Yang Du is now jumping up and down, organizing the Association for the Promotion of Discipline and Administration, willing to be Zhao Bei's minions, and despised by people with lofty ideals in the world, and now killing Yang Du is equivalent to pulling Zhao Bei's hind 'legs', which is conducive to us to gain time to organize forces, otherwise, once the discipline and government are established, the general trend has gone."

"Kill Yang Du? The last time he was assassinated in Nanjing, the security has been strengthened since then, and the defense is tight, and it is not easy to assassinate him. ”

Xiong Chengji stood up, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, but he couldn't make up his mind in his heart.

"Ajin, what did we do back then? The assassination of the five ministers who went abroad to investigate the constitution and the assassination of the governor Enming, how could the defense of these bigwigs not be tight? Speaking of which, the League also learned from us, although now