"I understand what Huizi means," Liang Qichao smiled and asked, "It's just that I don't know if Huizi is bent on persuading, can the president do it intentionally?" ”

"I also made a statement to the president a few days ago, taking this great opportunity to restore my Han family crown, but the president still refused." A hint of loneliness appeared on Yang Du's face.

Yang Shuoming noticed that although Cai Yi was silent on the surface, he was carefully observing Yang Du's expression, as if he wanted to judge whether what Yang Du said was the truth.

"Oh? What did the president say? Skinny? Hu Ying asked.

"I said at the time that I hoped that the president would put the world first, determine the national system as soon as possible, and not lose the popularity of the people. When the President heard this, he was very angry and immediately rebuked me: 'What is there about me to be sorry for 40,000,000 of my compatriots who have to push me into the fire pit?' Yang Du replied, and Yang Du's disappointment and confusion at this time were overflowing, indicating that he was not making things up there, but telling the facts.

"I saw that the president was angry, and I didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so I could only come out."

"The skin is sincere, very touchable, but too skeen." Cai Yi smiled and said, "The president has always known people well, so he shouldn't blame the emperor." ”

"I'm not worried that the president will blame me, but I'm just worried that if the opposition party comes back from overseas, demagoguery with revolutionary rhetoric, and this great opportunity is lost, the country will no longer be able to say peace." Yang Du sighed.

"With the 'Preparatory Security Council' and our people, we can't make big waves against the party." Liang Qichao showed an unfathomable smile, "Unless we have internal chaos first." ”

Hearing Liang Qichao's words, Yang Du's face changed, but he didn't speak, but raised his glass and turned to Cai Yi and Yang Shuoming.

"This time to resist the invasion of the Japanese invaders, Songpa and Hanzhi have the greatest credit, and after the success, they don't care about personal gains and losses, and are willing to set an example for my Chinese military circles, I Yang Du admires it to the fullest!" Yang Du had already drunk a lot just now, and at this time, because of his excitement, his face flushed, and the hand that raised the glass also trembled, "I toast you two with a cup!" ”

"Mr. Yang drank a little too much, I'll do it for this cup." Xiao Saihua, who was sitting next to Yang Du, smiled and snatched the wine glass from Yang Du's hand, "I'll give a glass to the two generals." ”

"Xiao Saihua really deserves to be the confidant of the blue son, haha." Hu Ying saw Xiao Saihua thoughtfully wiping the sweat beads on Yang Du's forehead with a handkerchief, and laughed.

"I'm afraid the two generals won't be able to drink any more." Xiao Fengxian looked at Cai Yi, who smiled at her and nodded. Xiao Fengxian immediately raised her wine glass and said to Xi Xue, who was sitting next to Yang Shuoming, "Let's do this for the two generals too." ”

Listening to Xiao Fengxian's words, Yang Shuoming turned his head and looked at Xi Xue with a concerned gaze.

In later generations, Yang Shuoming has always had an instinctive respect for girls, and he has always been in love with his beloved wife Huang Yunzhi at home, and he respects each other like guests, so he put some "good habits" he developed at home on this beauty beside him. Because Xi Xue had drunk a lot of wine just now and hadn't eaten much, his instinctive love for girls was unconsciously stimulated at this time.

Xi Xue met his gaze, her eyes faintly flickered, she looked at him, and suddenly showed him an extremely amazing smile, then turned her head and raised her glass with Xiao Fengxian.

Watching the three women raise their glasses and drink together, the people present cheered again.

Yang Shuoming looked at her intently, and the love in his eyes made Cai Yi can't help it.

"It seems that Hanzhi feels very sorry for this Xixue girl." Cai Ye said with a meaningful smile.

Listening to Cai Yi's words, everyone at the banquet also laughed.

"Are you alright?" Hearing Cai Ye say this, Yang Shuoming asked for a good job, he stretched out his hand, gently held the other party's delicate and delicate twing, and asked with concern.

Xi Xue shook her head slightly, smiled at Yang Shuoming, let Yang Shuoming hold her hand, and stretched out her other hand to gently brush the hair on her sideburns.

"I didn't expect this pretty girl to be able to charm Hanzhi." Hu Ying said with a smile.

"Congratulations to Hanzhi, next time I come, there should be a beautiful woman waiting for me." Zhang Shaozeng also smiled.

"Did you hear that, I'll recognize you alone in the future." Yang Shuoming looked at Xixue with a face full of spring and said with a smile.

"As long as the general summonses, you can listen to orders at any time." Xi Xue nodded and replied softly.

"By the way, you don't need to call me general in the future." Yang Shuoming smiled and let go of her hand, "I am no longer in the military now." ”

Listening to Yang Shuoming's words, except for Cai Yi, Yang Du and Chen Eun, the rest of the people were involuntarily slightly stunned.

"Hanzhi is no longer supervising Shandong, is he?" Yan Fu lifted his glasses and asked.

Yang Shuoming smiled and nodded.

"Since the president has transferred Hanzhi to Beijing, he must have another important use." Xia Shoutian said.

"The president entrusted me with the charge of national industry." Yang Shuoming replied with a smile.

Listening to Yang Shuoming's words, Liang Qichao's gaze involuntarily turned to Cai Yi, who did not notice the teacher's gaze at this time, but played with the wine glass with his fingers, with a casual expression on his face.

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate for the president to arrange it like this." Zhang Shao once said, "Shandong is my Chinese ancestral land, there must be a capable general stationed, although Han Zhi is young, but the military knowledge is far above the generals, should let Han Zhi guard Shandong." ”

"I'm a soldier who left home halfway, and military affairs are not my forte, but setting up an industry is actually what interests me." Yang Shuoming shook his head and said in a sincere tone, "The president has arranged it like this, and I actually can't ask for it. ”

"If you Yang Hanzhi are not good at military affairs, we all have to roll up and go home." Zhang Zuolin said in a muffled voice.

Chen Eun looked at Yang Shuoming, as if he wanted to find out the clues that he was insincere, but he looked at it for a long time, but he still didn't find anything.

Liang Qichao looked at Yang Shuoming, and then at Yang Du, as if he understood something, and his originally somewhat solemn expression unexpectedly relaxed.

"Hanzhilian is such an elite soldier, and he has put a lot of effort into it, don't you think it's a pity to entrust others so much?" Liang Qichao asked.

"The army is the army of the country, not my private soldiers, as long as they can fulfill their duty to protect the family and defend the country, whoever will lead it will be the same." Yang Shuoming smiled and turned his gaze to Cai Yi, "What does Songpo think?" ”

"What Han Zhi said is extremely true." Cai Yi nodded, and Zhengse said, "Actually, Hanzhi took himself as an example and made a good start for our Chinese soldiers. ”

Hearing Cai Yi's answer, everyone at the banquet nodded yes, but a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Liang Qichao's eyes, although it was fleeting and almost no one noticed, but it still let Yang Shuoming see it.

It was this short moment that Yang Shuoming had a clear judgment on the realm of Cai Ye and Liang Qichao.

After the success of the Xinhai Revolution, Cai was once elected as the governor of Yunnan by the military, political, business and academic circles of Yunnan. After the establishment of the Republic of China, Cai Ye asked to be relieved of his position as governor of Yunnan, and then came to Beijing at the invitation of Yuan Shikai.

The reason why Cai Ye is like this is because he saw that China might fall into the abyss of warlord chaos, and in order to correct the shortcomings of military interference in politics, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his power and set an example.

Yang Shuoming knew that the most popular version of Cai Ye's dismissal and entry into Beijing in later history books and works was that Yuan Shikai was not worried about Cai Ge's defense of Yunnan, so Cai Ye was transferred to Yanjing, took away military power, and put him under house arrest. And according to his current understanding of the influential figures of this era, such as Cai Ye and Yuan Shikai, this statement is actually not accurate.

In Yuan Shikai's mind, the post of army chief has always been optimistic about Cai Yi, Cai Yi is the governor of Yunnan, he really can't rest assured, but if he is transferred to the head of the military and political affairs, so that Cai Yi Chu is promoted, he has no direct military power and is responsible for building the army, and then a henchman is sent as a deputy commander to monitor him at any time, which can not only strengthen Yuan Shikai's own personal force, but also build a strong army. For Cai, building a modern national defense is his highest goal. This is because whether it is to eliminate national thieves at home or to resist foreign powers, it is necessary to start with military training and training of military personnel. Although Cai Yiping said that although he was taciturn and not good at talking and laughing, he had a sharp vision and profound insight, and he did not see through what Yuan Shikai wanted to build, which was only an army for personal power, not a military force for the country, but he wanted to plan what he planned and turned private into public, and used Yuan Shikai's strength to complete the goal of national defense modernization.

Unlike Yang Shuoming, a "prophetic" traverser, Cai Ye now sees the danger of warlord secession caused by military interference in politics and military privatization, so he wants to set an example to correct it. And the reason why Yang Shuoming, like Cai Yi, gave up military power and was willing to be an example is because, as a traverser, he clearly understands the serious drawbacks brought about by the failure to realize the real "nationalization of the army" in later generations due to "the party is in the country" and "the party commands the gun".

On the goal of realizing the "nationalization of the army", Yang Shuoming and Cai Ye have a high degree of consistent thinking.

However, Liang Qichao, Cai's teacher who broke away from the royalists and followed Yuan Shikai, ignored these obvious facts and was obsessed with the struggle for power, so he was dissatisfied with Cai Jie's answer to Yang Shuoming's words.

"Hanzhi town guards Jiangxi, only more than a year, there are many achievements, if you can be in charge of the national industry, unhindered, free to carry out their own aspirations, should have great success." Yang Du said.

"Although Hanzhi is a talented man and presides over industrial construction, it can be said that he is very good, but if he wants to be unhindered, he is afraid that it is not easy." Liang Qichao said, "Nowadays, strong neighbors are looking at each other, and there are rebels against the party, and it is still difficult for the president to be unhindered, let alone Hanzhi." ”

"It is said that Russia is too busy with the European war to take care of our country," Yang Du said. ”

"The overseas opposition party has now fallen apart, and with a little more effort, it can be dissipated into nothingness." Hu Ying said confidently, "As far as I know, Sun Wen and Huang Xing have broken up and parted ways, Huang Xing is now in the United States to investigate, I heard that he has joined our country's 'National and Social Ming Cooking Party', it seems that he wants to come back and admit his mistakes to the president, and I am planning to write to the president to pardon him." ”

Thinking that Huang Xing actually listened to his own persuasion and joined the "National Socialist Party" established by himself and Jiang Xueying, Yang Shuoming also showed a look of relief.

"It's so good, Keqiang has lost his way back, it's a thing to celebrate." Cai Ye said.

"In this war against the Japanese, the members of the Huaxing Liberation Second Society were unwilling to help the abuse, and the alliance established by Sun Wen in this book has collapsed," Xia Shoutian said. ”

"In fact, in our country, there are not a few people who are inclined to the monarchy." Yan Fu said, "After this defeat, my country's national shame has snowed a little, and many people overseas have changed their minds. ”

At this time, listening to the somewhat cloudy conversations of these Chinese political bigwigs, Yang Shuoming's heart became bright for a while, and the questions that the teachers couldn't answer in history class before have now all been revealed.

In the textbooks of later generations, the six gentlemen of the "Preparatory Security Society" headed by Yang Du have always been white-faced clowns in the so-called "mainstream view of history". They advocated the restoration of the imperial system and went against the trend of history, but not only did they help Yuan Shikai, but they were finally nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

But is that really the case in history?

From what he said just now, Yang Shuoming could already hear that the "Preparatory Security Association" was actually helping Yuan Shikai, and it was a big favor. For these literati politicians, theoretical achievements are nothing more than a side hustle and cover. Their real identity should be Yuan Shikai's advisory. And each of them has a different division of labor.

Since Yang Du is an excellent political activist himself, judging from his current actions, he should be responsible for liaising with powerful military figures, while Hu Ying is likely to be responsible for liaising with overseas political dignitaries (such as Huang Xing), while Yan Fu should be in charge of the domestic constitutionalists, and Li Xiehe, Liu Shipei, and Sun Yuyun should also have their own special responsibilities. All in all, the purpose of the "Preparatory Security Council" was to promise the exiled forces of the original southern factions, except for Sun's Chinese Revolutionary Party, to return to the domestic political arena through various political operations, in exchange for their support for Yuan Shikai's political axe.

Judging from the current situation, the results achieved by the "Preparatory Security Council" are still quite remarkable, not only successfully laying a political foundation for Yuan Shikai to implement the imperial system, but also dividing and suppressing Sun Yat-sen's Chinese Revolutionary Party to the greatest extent, and due to the intervention of Yang Shuoming's "butterfly", history has undergone major changes, Yuan Shikai has reached the standard of "being the emperor" because of his victory over the relationship between Yuan Shikai and the prestige of the emperor, and for him, the domestic public opinion trend has also become more favorable than the history of the original time and space. After the failure of the invasion of China and the forced signing of a peace treaty with China, support for the Chinese Revolutionary Party has been greatly reduced, and the Chinese Revolutionary Party can no longer pose a threat. This may also be the reason why Yang Du is now interested in Yuan Shikai to claim the emperor.

However, judging from Yang Du's previous refusal to be the emperor, Yuan Shikai seems to be still full of fear of being the emperor, which also confirms the inaccuracy and distortion of the description of Yuan Shikai himself by the "mainstream view of history" in later generations. At least from the current point of view, Yuan Datou does not seem to be as stupid and stupid as the textbooks say.

So far, Cai Ye and Liang Qichao have given Yang Shuoming the feeling that there is no resistance to the abolition of the republic and the implementation of a constitutional monarchy in China, and it can even be said that they agree with it.

"England is rich and strong with a monarchy, and the United States is rich and strong with a republic, and it is difficult to conclude whether a republic or a monarchy is superior or inferior." Cai Yi smiled and said, "My generation of soldiers only knows how to protect the family and defend the country, as for how to change the national body, it is beyond our means." Isn't it, Hanzhi? ”

"Exactly." Yang Shuoming understood what Cai Yi meant, nodded, and followed his words.

Listening to Cai Yang's words, Liang Qichao smiled and nodded.

"If the president really makes up his mind to change the national system and change the republic to the imperial system, this post of prime minister of the Chinese empire must be the only one." Liang Qichao turned his gaze to Yang Du and said with a smile.

"Of course it's good to be like this," Yang Du smiled and met Liang Qichao's gaze, "As prime minister, Yang doesn't really take it to heart, what Yang thinks in his heart is to save the country with the monarchy." As for Yang himself, the little baron, there is one. ”

"With Liang Rengong's great talent, it is more than enough to be a prime minister." Zhang Zuolin said with a smile, "If Zai Tian knew people in the former Qing Dynasty and appointed Liang Rengong to preside over national affairs as the prime minister, maybe he would not be able to reach the Republic of China at this time." ”

Listening to Zhang Zuolin's slightly flattering words, a hint of arrogance flashed in Liang Qichao's eyes, as if he was the current prime minister of the Chinese Empire.

At this time, Yang Shuoming already understood why Liang Qichao suddenly turned to oppose the Hongxian Empire in the original historical time and space, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and he woke up a lot.

Sure enough, it's better to believe in books than to have no books! Yang Shuoming sighed secretly in his heart.

After the banquet dispersed, Yang Shuoming returned home, and everything that happened during the banquet still lingered in his mind.

"Looks like you're not drinking less."

Several maids stepped forward to change Yang Shuoming's clothes, Huang Yunzhi smelled the strong smell of wine on his body, and said with a smile: "The one who drinks with you must be a top brand, right?" ”

"She's a nice girl, and she's a good drinker." Yang Shuoming touched his forehead and smiled bitterly, "And you can sing well after drinking." ”

"So you're feeling good?" Huang Yunzhi's beautiful big eyes narrowed dangerously, "Have you already combed her hair?" ”

"It doesn't feel good at all." Yang Shuoming didn't hear what his beloved wife's last sentence meant, he shook his head, and his eyes somehow showed a trace of sadness.

"Buying laughter is a painful experience, an insult to a woman's surname, an insult to a person's surname, and an insult to oneself." Yang Shuoming remembered the experience of chatting with those young ladies (also known as "stumbling women") as friends when he went to the nightclub song hall to "experience life" in later life, and thought of today's banquet, and couldn't help but sigh heavily.

(To be continued)