When Yuan Shikai came to the East Chamber, he saw a person walking around outside the door, also wearing a small hat in a green coat, and a big hat on the outside, so he greeted him and said: "Huizi, at this juncture, everyone else is avoiding me, but you are running openly, but do you think the top on your head is too comfortable?" ”

The person who came to the ground and said: "Yuan Gong is noble, Yang has always admired, the so-called 'adversity sees the truth', if Yang was hiding at this time, he would not have rushed back from Dongying to assist Yuan Gong." ”

This person's name is Yang Du, the word is white, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan, is the proud protégé of the great Confucian king of the world, he is obsessed with the study of the emperor, Liu Guangdi and Yang Rui in the "Six Gentlemen" when the Wuxu change law is his fellow brother, before the Wuxu change, Tan Sitong, Tang Caichang and others held a school of current affairs in Changsha, Yang Du also entered the classroom to listen to the class, and since then has formed an indissoluble bond with the "Restoration".

In the nineteenth year of Guangxu, Yang Du was admitted to the examination, but after repeated attempts, after Gengzi years, he wanted to change his mind, so he studied in Japan at his own expense, until the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu, the imperial court held a special economic department, Yang Du returned to China to take the exam, and was able to take the second place in high school, in front of him was Liang Shiyi, because the leader of the "Restoration Chaos Party" Kang Youwei's original name was Kang Zuyi, when Cixi asked the Minister of Military Aircraft what was the origin of the champion of the first place, the Minister of Military Aircraft had to say nonsense that Liang Shiyi was a relative of Liang Qichao in order to make a difference. And the last word of the name is the same as Kang Youwei, the so-called "Liang Tou Kangwei", must not be a good person, as a result, Cixi was furious, ordered the investigation of the minister of reading the papers, and canceled the fame of everyone, so that Yang Du's "list eye" could not be done, and because he had attended the current affairs school, he was a student of Tan Sitong, Tang Caichang and others, and the imperial court wanted to strictly deal with the "remnants of the chaotic party", Yang Du was disheartened, and he lost his fame, and then went east to Japan again to continue his studies.

During his study in Japan, Yang Du successively became acquainted with Liang Qichao, Huang Xing, Wang Zhaoming, Cai Yi and others, and his thinking became more and more radical. The Qing court announced that it was "preparing for the constitution", and sent five ministers to go abroad to inspect the constitution, and the five ministers were not familiar with the constitution, so they naturally could not write an inspection report, so they had no choice but to send the attaché Xiong Xiling to Japan to ask Yang Du for help, Yang Du was not polite, and brought in Liang Qichao, the "leader of the chaotic party", to write together, and then, a thorough and proper constitutional inspection report was placed on Cixi's imperial case, so the guiding principles of the Qing court's constitutional new policy were actually written by two "chaotic parties", and this secret officialdom is well known. Only Cixi was kept in the dark.

Yang Du also took advantage of this and became famous, known as the "Junxian standard-bearer", his name soon spread to the ears of Yuan Shikai, who presided over the new policy, Yuan Shikai, who wanted to rely on the constitution to limit the monarchy's power, had the heart to accept this person, so he contacted Zhang Zhidong to jointly play, and promoted Yang Du as the Sipin Jingtang, and was promoted by the Constitutional Editorial Museum, and taught the benefits of constitutional monarchy to the banner people in the palace, and later Yuan Shikai extended him into the curtain, Corporal Lixian, poured his heart into the knot, Yang Du was grateful inexplicably, and the person who died as a confidant died, and since then he has become Yuan Shikai's right-hand man, Most of the new policy measures introduced by Yuan when he was in charge were made by him.

Yang Du pointed to Yuan Shikai's broken forehead and asked, "Yuan Gong, what's going on?" ”

Yuan Shikai smiled bitterly, touched his forehead, and said, "It's a long story, let's go into the house and talk." ”

The two entered the East Chamber, Yang Du took off his coat, took out a letter, and said: "I didn't come alone today, this is Yan Fansun's letter, Yuan Gong can take a look at it first." ”

Yan Fansun is Yan Xiu, who also served as Yuan Shikai's staff, was born in Hanlin, and later became an official for Yuan's Baoju, and now he is a squire in the school, and the relationship with Yuan Shikai is extraordinary, and Yang Du can also be discussed.

Yuan Shikai took out the letter, read it in a hurry, and then lit a foreign fire, burned the letter, and said with a wry smile: "Constitutional, constitutional." The court forced me, and you also forced me, I might as well leave, so as not to become a mouse in the bellows, and get angry at both ends. You are very well informed, and now the 'telepathy' is known to the whole city of Beijing. ”

"There is no news in the officialdom that can be hidden, let alone this appalling electricity? Now it is not only the officials, but also the idle banner people, who are also talking about Yuan Gong being elected as the mastermind by the rebellious party. Yang Du stood up, walked a few steps in the wing room with his hands behind his back, stopped in front of a royal screen to the west, looked at the picture of "Hundred Birds and Phoenix" on the screen, and sighed: "The world returns to the heart, what does it mean that the world returns to the heart?" This is the heart of the world! ”

Yuan Shikai was stunned and said: "Huizi, don't you think that the chaotic party in Jiujiang City really supports me, right?" The rebellious party named Zhao Bei is insidious and cunning, he sent this telegram is a trick, not to admire me Yuan someone, besides, I don't know him. With that, with a wave of his hand, the butler withdrew with the servant and closed the door.

Yang Du raised his head, looked at the foreign light bulb on the roof, and said: "The world situation is changing with each passing day, and we are too far behind China and foreign countries. Walking back to the Taishi chair and sitting down, he looked at Yuan Shikai's eyes and said: "Now these banner people can't be counted on, in addition to setting up cages and sneaking birds, they are going to the teahouse to listen to the story, the stricter the prevention of our Han people, they are not enthusiastic about the constitution, when I teach them constitutionalism, the princes and Baylor are lying on the couch to listen to the lecture, I talk about foaming at the top, but they are discussing whether the Japanese tobacco is strong or the Indian tobacco is good. In the past, there was the Queen Mother of the West, and these flag people did not dare to be blatant, but now the Queen Mother is a child, you see, the flag people are jumping up and down one by one, eager to grab power. Now the new monarch's heir, Xiao Xiao has power, it won't take a few years, the power of our Han people will be swept away by this group of banner people, young and strong, relatives and nobles, when the time comes, let's just wait to be the second slave of the foreigners, the banner people are big slaves, and we Han people can't rob them. ”

"Skin, your mouth is getting poorer and poorer." Yuan Shikai shook his head and said. "How can I not know the root cause of the corruption of the state? Not to mention anything else, it is the flag salary, which consumes a small half of the national funds a year, but what is raised is a bunch of rice buckets with oily braids that can only be compared to anyone's! I understand this truth, but Yuan received the grace of the country, he was born in the Qing Dynasty, and he was a ghost of the Qing Dynasty in death, and if he wanted me to do something sorry for the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, then you might as well tie me up and send it to the revolutionary party. ”

Yang Du said: "We are not forcing Yuan Gong to do something rebellious, Yan Fansun clearly wrote in the letter, we just want to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to settle the matter of a constitutional monarchy as soon as possible." If the constitution is established, although some monarchy is deprived, but the national glory of the Great Qing State has not been destroyed by us, the Great Qing State is still the Great Qing Dynasty, but it is no longer up to the banner people and nobles to have the final say, then the national gentry have the final say, Yuan Gong has the final say, and the House has the final say! In the British 'Glorious Revolution', the successor was also a foreigner, so hundreds of years, the national throne has not been broken, and the throne is stable, which shows the benefits of constitutionalism. If the constitution is established, there will only be benefits and no harm to the Aixin Jueluo family, otherwise, they will wait to be guillotined by the revolutionary party. ”

"Gentleman, don't talk nonsense!" Yuan Shikai's face sank.

Yang Du did not stop talking, and talked eloquently: "Now there are only two roads in front of us Chinese: first, the revolution, like the French Revolution, is vigorous, killing the sky dark, the heads of people are rolling, the ground is full of blood, tossing the whole country for decades without stopping, and then starting from scratch to clean up the old mountains and rivers, as for cleaning up well or not, then two words; Second, the reform of the constitution, just like the British 'Glorious Revolution', the wind and drizzle, moisturizing things silently, listening to thunder in a silent place, suddenly looking back after a few years, but it has changed its old appearance into a new look, the country is strong and the people are rich, and it stands majestically among the great powers. Yuan Gong, the safety of the country depends on you, at this time, whether you can seize the opportunity depends on Yuan Gong! In the early morning, Yan Fansun came to me, discussed and discussed, now is a good opportunity to force the Qing court to establish a constitution, not to be missed, Yuan Gong should take advantage of the time to move, the joint meeting of the imperial court as soon as possible to establish a constitution, form a proposal to the court, promulgation of the constitution, so, the world will return to the heart, the revolution will naturally disappear, and then come forward to organize the responsible cabinet in addition to Yuan Gong, who else has this prestige? ”

Yuan Shikai held back his anger, his face changed and changed, and when he heard the back, he couldn't help it anymore, interrupted Yang Du's words, pointed to his forehead, and said: "Huizi, you just asked me what is going on with this forehead, I will tell you now, this is kowtowing in the Forbidden City, if it weren't for someone to help talk, it would not be me who you came to see today, but my head!" ”

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