※, Zhou Xuexi, deputy director of the Ministry of Occupation, and Zhu Qifeng, general director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, are not joint dragons:,:. Zhou Xuexi is the only opposition party in the National League. , and Zhu Qifeng, like Xiong Xiling, are both non-party and non-factional people, and the two have known Xiong Xiling for many years. In the past, when the Manchu court did not fall, they were colleagues in the officialdom, so the relationship was closer.

At the beginning of the year, the congressmen started a "liquidation campaign" to liquidate some officials and businessmen in the former Qing officialdom and their backstage, the main purpose is to recover the "national property" that these countries have taken as their own, and the main focus of the attack is the steamship shipping industry. And Sheng Xuanhuai's steamship China Merchants is the focus of the focus.

As the widow of the former Qing Dynasty officialdom, Xiong Xiling also knows a little bit about the inside story of the steamship China Merchants Bureau, the steamship transportation company from the very beginning of the "official" to the later "official supervision and commercial office" and then to the current "private" There are many strange places, intriguing, when the Qing court did not fall, there was a royal history trying to track down how a government-run enterprise that consumed millions of taels of official silver became a commercial enterprise, but every time it was traced to Sheng Xuanhuai's head, it would be gone, if it was not for the revolutionary explosion, and the United Front quickly came to power, I'm afraid that this steamship China Merchants has really become the family industry of his Sheng family.

As a result, the congressmen coaxed together, and as soon as they investigated, the shady layers of the steamship China Merchants Bureau were revealed. And Sheng Xuanhuai, who has always been good at dancing in officialdom and shopping malls, couldn't dance this time, and when he saw that the momentum was not good, he immediately smeared oil on the soles of his feet and slipped away.

A few days ago, the Ministry of Justice issued a general order against Sheng Xuanhuai and others. Although there may be a lot of appearances, everyone in this officialdom understands that Sheng Xuanhuai is in a slump, and in the future. He also no longer wants to stay in China, I am afraid that exile abroad is his only way out.

But now no one knows where Sheng Xuanhuai is hiding, in the concession. has already gone abroad, so about Sheng Xuanhuai's whereabouts are now a hot topic in officialdom.

Although Xiong Xiling doesn't know where Sheng Xuanhuai is hiding now, one thing is clear, that is, the "liquidation campaign" against former Qing officials and businessmen launched by congressmen this time is actually releasing a signal, and this signal is also released to those congressmen who have a lot of money to see. Breathe out of one nostril with the president. Either. In a word, many of those rich members of Congress have a handle, and if they refuse to cooperate with the president, then the president will hold this handle and then use it at will, and the excuse is high-sounding.

That's right, Sheng Xuanhuai's end is not because he has money, nor because he once had a holiday with the United Front. The only reason why he was finished was that he wanted to oppose the president, because at the beginning of the year, when the United Front General Affairs Committee was electing a new chairman, this Sheng Xuanhuai jumped out without knowing what to do, and tried to squeeze out Zhao Bei by pushing Li Yuanhong and Tang Hualong to participate in the chairmanship competition, although his conspiracy was ultimately defeated. However, this move further shows that he is jealous of Chairman Zhao.

Knowing this, we can understand why the members of Congress who are loyal to the president want to take advantage of Sheng Xuanhuai, which can be seen as both an action by the president to consolidate his power and a demonstration by the United Front to kill chickens and monkeys.

Apparently. Both the President and the United Front have achieved their goal. Since Sheng Xuanhuai was forced to leave, there has been a peaceful atmosphere in this parliament, and even those congressmen who are usually quite active have closed their mouths and began to seek full cooperation with Li Yuanhong, the president of the Senate. As a result, the various bills presided over by Li Yuanhong were all passed by a large number of votes, and those bills were basically put forward by President Ze Gexiao.

Most of the members of Congress are handsome, and a few diehards can't become any climate, which shows the president's poison.

Although he admires the president very much, Xiong Xiling also understands that the premise of this is based on the president's effective control over the army. Even the formulation of a new policy must take into account the interests of all parties, and this is the main reason why the Manchu court has never dared to make a fuss about Sheng Xuanhuai, Sheng Xuanhuai is the backbone of Beiyang, and moving Sheng Xuanhuai is equivalent to moving the Beiyang group, this kind of risk The Manchu court does not dare to take it, so it can only rot day by day, until it is rotten. Eventually, it was replaced by other forces.

Now that Beiyang has disappeared, the united front is in full swing, and President Zhao's prestige is unmatched, it is under the protection of these preconditions that congressmen dare to make a fuss about Sheng Xuanhuai, and others dare not point fingers at this article, after all. The teacher is famous.

With the overthrow of Sheng Xuanhuai, the center not only consolidated its authority, but also recapitalized the steamship China Merchants Bureau, and although it was finally decided to hand it over to private management, it also relied on this capital reorganization to receive a sum of money for China's most needed industrial construction.

Sitting in the reception room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Xiong Xiling discussed with Zhou Xuexi and Zhu Qifeng the current situation of "harmony in one class" in the Congress. Several agreed that a strong opposition in Congress was unlikely, at least in the near term, and that even if the presidency had arrived, Mr. Zhao would likely be re-elected, provided he ran for the presidency.

"Bingsan, you have studied the constitution more thoroughly than me, tell me, how many terms can the president be re-elected? Zhou Xuexi asked Xiong Xiling.

Xiong Xiling smiled and said: "As far as I know, the constitution of the Republic of China does not stipulate that the president can be re-elected for several terms, so if the president of his family does well and is supported by the people, there is no problem in being the president for a lifetime."

"Oh? ”

Zhou Xuexi and Zhu Qifeng both nodded thoughtfully. And then nothing was said.

Xiong Xiling changed the topic with interest. But it didn't last long. A few more people rushed to the reception room, Duan Qirui, commander-in-chief of the 6th Army, Tang Xiangming, commander-in-chief of the navy, Tang Shaoyi, chief of foreign affairs, and Wu Tingfang, and the four of them arrived almost front and back. This time with the day,; The negotiation of the two envoys, the negotiation lineup of the Chinese side can be called quite luxurious. Almost all the heads of the ministries were dispatched at the same time, which can be seen. China attaches great importance to this diplomatic negotiation.

In fact, this diplomatic negotiation began the day before yesterday. However, at that time, it was basically the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that was talking to the Japanese. The general and deputy directors of the various ministries did not know the details of the negotiations and did not know where the negotiations had progressed, so the first thing Tang Shaoyi did after entering the reception room was to go to the military and political figures present to report on the details of the negotiations two days before.

Perhaps the British government is urging the situation, or perhaps the Japanese government is really anxious to calm the situation on the Korean Peninsula. The negotiations. Japan's diplomatic envoy has accepted in its entirety the two terms of negotiation proposed by US Minister Stade. The Japanese Government also put forward two additional conditions: First, it demanded that the Chinese side "acquiesce" to Japan's practice of setting up the "Kwantung Office" in the Luda leased area, and that it would no longer dwell on this issue, and the Japanese side also promised not to treat the Luda leased land as a colony, and as for the matter of extending the "lease period" of the leased land. Further consultations could also be made; Second, the Chinese side must take all anti-Japanese groups and organizations in Korea in China, and promise not to interfere in the affairs of the "Korean Governor-General" in the future.

As for the first condition put forward by the Japanese side, although Mr. President was very unhappy, it was only persuaded by Tang Shaoyi. The president finally agreed, but Mr. President could not fully accept the second additional condition put forward by the Japanese side, and the president clearly told Tang Shaoyi that it was okay to disguise the DPRK's anti-Japanese groups and organizations in China. However, it is basically impossible to get assurances from the Chinese side that they will not interfere in North Korean affairs, because in President Zhao's view, China and North Korea are neighbors, and Japan has a large number of troops on the Korean Peninsula. So, unless Japan also makes the necessary commitments. In exchange for China's trust, otherwise, the president will never agree to this condition.

The President gave the Japanese Government a condition for reducing the number of Japanese colonial troops stationed on the Korean Peninsula. The total number of regular Japanese troops stationed on the entire Korean Peninsula was required to be no more than 20,000. Moreover, this figure must be monitored by an international investigation team, and at the same time, the Japanese Government must also reduce the number of "Kwantung Army" stationed in the Luda leased area to no more than 10,000. This number of troops must likewise be monitored by an international fact-finding mission. And this "international investigation team. It will be composed of diplomats from the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and France.

The Japanese diplomatic envoy was very angry about the President of the Republic of China's "non-division request", so at present, there are signs of a stalemate in the negotiations, and this is the main reason why Tang Shaoyi summoned the heads of various ministries. Since the abolition of the setting of the prime minister of the cabinet, Tang Shaoyi has actually assumed the function of the prime minister of the cabinet, among the ministries. Take him as well. But his position "is not right." "Not everyone is willing to buy it, if necessary, the president still needs to give an order, and today Duan Qirui and Tang Xiangming can rush to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on time. It's just an order to play.

After Tang Shaoyi reported on the negotiations, he invited everyone to express their opinions. Duan Qirui and Tang Xiangming did not have an opinion, so naturally they did not speak, but others advocated persuading the president to take a step back, after all, the concessions made by the Japanese government were very satisfactory, and with China's current national strength, it was indeed difficult to make up its mind to start a war with Japan.

The people had finished deliberating. After formulating a negotiation strategy, looking at the time, there were only a few minutes before the formal talks, so he followed Tang Shaoyi into the conference room, and when the Japanese representatives arrived, they used wheel tactics to engage the Japanese side in a war of words. The theory lasted for more than an hour, until the Japanese diplomatic envoy resigned. I had to retire and ask for instructions from China on how to deal with it. The general and deputy ministers of the various ministries of the Republic of China left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and collectively submitted a petition to Mr. President, urging the president to learn to "accept what he sees" in diplomatic negotiations. ”

When everyone rushed to the presidential palace. But now the control area in front of the presidential palace is crowded with young people. Some were handing out leaflets to the crowd, others were waving flags, and many of them were riding bicycles.

Among these young people, Xiong Xiling recognized several young people riding bicycles, who were the same young students he had seen in front of the Daqianmen railway station when he returned to Beijing, probably from Tianjin. The ones on his cars read "Hit the Great Powers." These are the people who put up the leaflets.

For the safety of the presidential palace, restrictions have repeatedly restricted traffic and gatherings, but now, so many young people are gathered here. This surprised Tang Shaoyi, Xiong Xiling and others, so they hurriedly sent someone to get in touch with the presidential palace. It was only after this inquiry that we found out why these young people had gathered here.

Xiong Xiling once thought that it was still for the boycott of Japanese goods, but when the confidential officer sent to return to the country, he realized that his opinion was very wrong, these young people came to the presidential palace not to boycott Japanese goods, and they were not all from Tianjin, these young people actually came from all over the country, but they were concentrated in Tianjin, and they rushed to the presidential palace today just to submit a proposal to Mr. President, and hoped that Mr. President could support their initiative.

The initiative of these young people is to organize young students from all over the country and form a patriotic organization of young people. This organization is called the "Iron Youth" or "Iron Youth League" for short.

Moreover, since the earliest proposal to form this organization was on the 4th of the Gregorian calendar month. Therefore. The youth also suggested that the day be designated as "Youth Day." "As a legal holiday.

"Hu Ran! Monkey business! ”

Xiong Xiling was unreservedly critical of the young people's actions, but before he could publicly express his opinion, the president's order had already arrived.

Not only did the president approve the youth initiative, but the president also personally supported the "Iron Youth League." Wrote a group song with a high battle omission. The name of the song is "Fourth of May".

Now the war songs of these young people only have lyrics, and as for the composition of the music, it seems that Mr. President himself presided over the matter

this president. It's really versatile.