I heard that this was personally ordered by Yuan Shikai, who was sick and went to bed again, saying that the generals in East China did not need to be rewarded by the central government, but only Xia Jun was rewarded.

Yuan Shikai naturally knows better than anyone that the East China Political Axe is a system that completely reads beyond the Beiyang Political Axe, so it is nominally okay for the Central Political Axe to be rewarded, but in fact it will cross the line.

At this time, there was chaos in Beiyang, internal affairs were mainly presided over by Xu Shichang, and militarily from the three major factions were combined into two major factions, Feng Guozhang and Cao Kun, the two direct alliance leaders, reached a consensus, Feng Guozhang once again sat on the throne of the direct alliance leader, and Duan Qirui's Anhui family looked weaker.

In such a situation, there is no way for Beiyang Political Axe to unify and reward the soldiers participating in the war with the East China Political Axe. Then each one will be sealed! The Beiyang political axe will be sealed by Xia Jun again.

Yuan Shikai knew that he was dying, so he made a special seal on Xia Jun, not only as General Jianwei, but also as the king of East China.

This is Yuan Shikai's arrangement, after his imperial dream was shattered, even Yuan Keding's hope for hereditary president was completely gone, and what Yuan Shikai could do at this time was to ensure that the Yuan family's wealth continued.

Yuan Shikai is not greedy for money, and the Yuan family's assets are very small, mainly because the assets are used by Yuan Shikai to buy people's hearts, and the Yuan family's assets are only more than two million at this time.

Compared with Xia Jun, a super rich man who owns the sole shares of East China Group and many other private enterprises, it can only be said that he is a small thing, and there is no comparable surname at all. However, in terms of the quality of surnames, there is no comparable surname between the two sides, Xia Jun's assets are all used for development, and the money earned is also invested in development, while Yuan Shikai is used to buy people's hearts, the purposes are different, but they are all for their own great cause.

Yuan Shikai was afraid that the Yuan family would be liquidated after he left, especially the Southwest Protector [***], who had called for confiscating the Yuan family's assets before, and the most effective way to avoid being purged was to have a good relationship with the most powerful person in China in the future.

The most powerful person in China in the future is undoubtedly Xia Jun, and there is no other candidate. He had to admit that this young man had abilities that he did not have, and at the same time had a better era than him.

At this time, Yuan Shikai often wondered, if he was born forty years later, would he have the same opportunity as that young man? At least it is impossible for me to embark on the route of this life, but I may not even be able to achieve the achievements at this time.

…… The reward of the Beiyang political axe immediately caused a fierce debate, and some people thought that Yuan Shikai was not qualified to be the king, because he was no longer the emperor, and the king was also illegal.

However, most people feel that Chairman Xia deserves to be crowned king, and no one stipulates that Beiyang political axe cannot be crowned with such a title, and it is only a title, and there is no feudal reality, which is a continuation of the tradition.

In this controversy, the opposition is weak, and the people of the eastern provinces are angry that the person who claims the emperor is not the chairman! Now that he is crowned a king, it can be regarded as a consolation prize, and whoever dares to oppose it will be in a hurry.

In the end, even the media ignored the opposition and published only those voices in favor, so that after a brief debate, an atmosphere of singing and dancing was restored.

It seems that after this reward, the people of East China have improved a lot of their views on the Beiyang political axe.

At this time, the East China political axe was also advocating the system of joint autonomy, which was a system centered on the central government.

Nominally, of course.

But in fact, it is controlled by the East China political axe.

With the East China political axe, the Beiyang political axe can't collapse if it wants to! This will become Xia Jun's gorgeous coat for reading talents. Look at it! The central government is making a bright boil, you have to make a bright cook to find the center! The East China political axe is just a local surname political axe! Moreover, all provinces and localities in East China have made open cooking.

Xia Jun's reading is to engage in the packaging of a local political axe, with a puppet central government on the top, and a real open cooking construction on the bottom, but the East China political axe in the middle is Xia Jun's reading area, which can sanction the central government and control the local government.

In this way, there will also be a fair and honest reason to keep out those who want to squeeze into this area of power, and be truly invulnerable.

Xia Jun received this reward from Yuan Shikai, and he did not refuse, but accepted it calmly, this is just a title, specific money or something, Yuan Shikai knows that Xia Jun can't look down on that little money, and it is not beautiful to give it.

Since Yuan Shikai is so generous, Xia Jun can't help but express it, and privately sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai, telling him that he would take care of the Yuan family.

Yuan Shikai, who was in Yanjing, received a telegram from Xia Jun, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally could go with peace of mind, recalling that he had been the emperor for two months, and it seemed that his life was worthwhile, the only regret was that the man of the Yuan family still couldn't last 58 years old.

On the morning of the sixth day of the first lunar month, news came from the Xinhua Palace that Yuan Shikai, the president of the Republic of China, passed away at the age of 57.

I actually went at this time, and after nine days, it was the time for the East China Political Axe to hold a state banquet.

Early in the morning, Bai Wensheng came to report the situation to Xia Jun, and when people didn't know the situation, Xia Jun already knew the situation in Xinhua Palace.

This news made Xia Jun also look very stunned, he didn't expect Yuan Shikai to leave so early, according to the original history, Yuan Shikai could last a long time.

Did you kill yourself?

"That's not right! I didn't him. Xia Jun said to himself, after thinking about it for a long time, Xia Jun reacted that the problem may lie in the separation of military and government.

The success of the separation of military and government made Yuan Shikai's confidence swell and carry out the imperial system early, but as a result, he couldn't afford to get sick.

Xia Jun called Zhang Taiyan, Liu Yazi, and Tao Chengzhang and began to prepare for Yuan Shikai's funeral.

First of all, it is necessary to prepare a eulogy, which is what several people are good at, Xia Jun has no literary and poetry skills, and at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there are still a lot of poets, and many of the poems are not bad.

"The deceased is gone, let's write a better eulogy!" Xia Jun said to them, everyone nodded, and Liu Yazi smiled: "Don't worry, chairman, I can leave the eulogy to me." ”

"Chairman of the committee, now that Yuan Shikai has gone west, the aftermath of Beiyang is troublesome!" Zhang Taiyan said.

"It's not too much trouble." Xia Jun said indifferently, "Although we have not infiltrated the Beiyang political axe, in fact, we can completely control how the Beiyang changes." ”

"Wait and see what happens, so that you don't change to all changes." Tao Chengzhang smiled.

…… Soon after the news of Yuan Shikai's death came out, the East China Political Axe sent a telegram to mourn, and then Xia Jun sent a message of condolences again in his private capacity and sent a eulogy to Yanjing.

In Yanjing City, after Yuan Shikai left, people's hearts began to float.

Some people speculate whether the East China political axe will take the opportunity to replace the central government, and this idea is common, after all, who doesn't love the presidency? This is the leader of the nation.

At present, the East China political axe has comprehensively suppressed the Beiyang political axe from any aspect, and Xia Jun's desire to be president is a matter of one sentence, and no one can stop it. Even at that time, the Beiyang political axe can't say a word, and it has to be clearly powered to support.

Therefore, there are some people in Beiyang who are panicking, and many people want to take sides as soon as such a situation happens. Some people even began to stand in line in advance, and began to make frequent contact with the institutions of East China's political axe, hoping to lay some foundation to keep their future careers.

As everyone knows, the real intention of the East China Political Axe is to keep the identity of the local political axe, which is a challenge for the East China Political Axe.

To become the central political axe, it is too unchallenging for the East China political axe, whether it is from military or prestige, Xia Jun's words can make Beiyang disintegrate in an instant. The real challenge is to maintain the identity of the local political axe, which is the challenge faced by the East China political axe.

Knowing that Beiyang political leaders began to have frequent contact with institutions in East China, Xia Jun knew that the most important thing at this time was to stabilize the Beiyang political axe to avoid sudden disintegration.

At noon on the sixth day of the first lunar month, Xia Jun walked out of the East China Administrative Building as usual, and there was already a large group of reporters waiting there.

The order is still very good, unlike the scene where the paparazzi surrounded the celebrities, Xia Jun raised his hand to greet these reporters with a solemn expression on his face, and then asked, "Do you have anything you want to ask?" ”

"Yes, Chairman. When the whole country was immersed in the celebration of victory, President Yuan passed away suddenly, and what the people of our eastern provinces were concerned about was, how will we, the political axe of eastern China, view this matter? "The reporters unanimously referred the questions to the reporters of the Declaration, so the order was very good.

"The death of President Yuan, first of all, is a very sad situation for me personally, I have listened to President Yuan's teachings many times over the years, and I have also had contact with President Yuan beforehand, and I am a mentor and friend of Jun, and the death of President Yuan today really makes me feel sad." Xia Jun said with a sincere face, firstly, to respect the deceased, and secondly, to stabilize the Beiyang political axe.

After talking about his personal words, Xia Jun continued: "The opinions of the political axe in East China are unanimous, and they regret the death of President Yuan Da, and hope that the central government will elect a new president as soon as possible to stabilize the situation. ”

"Chairman, do you have any views on the contemptible belief that you are the only one in China who is the most suitable to be the new president?" The reporter continued to ask.

Everyone can't help but look forward to it!

"The president is the leader of a nation, and he should be held by a man of steady, and I am not old enough to take on this responsibility. At present, it is a local political axe, and it is not allowed to interfere with the measures of the central government. As for the selection of the new president, I think that Lai Gong can take on this important responsibility, as he was the leader of the Xinhai Revolution, and he was able to serve in terms of prestige, ability, and seniority. Xia Jun thought about the reason for a long time, thought of the reason that he was too young, and pulled Li Yuanhong in front of him as a shield.

Xia Jun's answer made the reporters present not take it to heart, after all, whoever asks this question will be humble, but it may not be taken seriously.

Although you often say that China is unified, in the eyes of the general public, China is not unified, and Beiyang has the name of the central government but not the reality of the central government, and East China surpasses Beiyang in terms of its jurisdiction, military, education, legal system, and social welfare. Didn't you think about bringing East China to the front at this time to run the whole country? ”

That's a sharp question!

Discord!

(To be continued)