Chapter 194 Joint Electrification

When Tang Shaoyi and others were in a daze with a joint telegram from various forces in Sichuan, in the presidential palace in Beijing, Yuan Shikai, the provisional president of the Republic of China, was also in a daze with a transcript of a telegram with the same content.

The content of the telegram was not complicated: first, it demanded that the presidential office revoke the appointment of Zhao Erxun and at the same time revoke the appointment of Zhao Erfeng, and second, it asked the Constituent Assembly to set up a special tribunal to try the butcher Zhao Erxun on charges of "war crimes" and to give justice to the people of Sichuan.

This is the following offense, Yuan Shikai was trembling with anger.

That's right, one of the purposes of his Yuan someone's appointment of Zhao Erfeng as the "Governor of Western Sichuan" is to divide the power of Commander-in-Chief Zhao! Why do you Zhao Bei want to be the "King of Sichuan" when you are the "King of Hubei"? If you are really asked to stew Hubei and Sichuan, you will really become a warlord who can't be defeated, how can President Yuan Da sleep peacefully?

But Yuan Shikai really didn't expect that his appointment telegram had just been sent out for only two days, and people from up and down Sichuan had come to show him his face!

If this is left behind, it will be a rebellion.

But the revolutionaries just have this bowl of rebellious rice, forcing people to be anxious, it's a big deal to make the Manchu rebellion and then make your Yuan Xiangcheng rebellion!

This is called the "Second Revolution", and this is what the newspapers of the Republican Army shouted in the last time there was an incident in Qizhou! However, at that time, people wanted to create a rebellion against the British and a rebellion against the British.

Yuan Shikai regretted it a little, but since the appointment of the unification has been sold, this face will not be able to be pulled down, if he compromises with the revolutionary party in this matter, then next time I don't know if these guys who are afraid of chaos in the world will be killed in the presidential palace.

Holding the transcript for a moment, Yuan Shikai settled down and slapped the manuscript on the desk in front of him.

"Chi-an. You draw up the telegram right away. Tell the Constituent Assembly that no special tribunals should be established under any circumstances! Zhao Erxun and Zhao Erfeng have already done it anyway. Now it's a republican hero. They are all flag people. Nowadays, the republic zhèngfǔ pays attention to the 'republic of the five ethnic groups'. zhèngfǔ can not be without flag people. The Zhao brothers became republican zhèngfǔ local officials. The banner people will no longer be hostile to the republic. There is no need to reconsider the matter, and the president has made up his mind. The Constituent Assembly is now only concerned with constitutional matters. You don't have to worry about anything else. ”

Standing on the side, Zhao Bingjun heard Kai's words and hurriedly took out a pen and paper. But not before he could start drafting. The phone rang on the desk, and Shikai picked up the microphone. After listening to a few words. Impatiently scolded: "You tell him." You don't have to go to the presidential palace, don't worry about it. After handing over the errand of the Bank of Communications, he immediately went south to Shanghai. This public debt is a matter of equal importance. You can't be sloppy. The errand was done properly. This position of the Treasurer is his land! ”

Yuan Shikai snorted angrily and pressed the microphone to glance at everyone present.

The people below were holding their breath. He sat down as if he was listening to the president's teachings.

"If you have anything to do, you can call and ask. Ask for instructions on the left, ask for instructions. Without the president, you won't be able to do things? ”

Yuan Shikai's anger has not disappeared. Stood up and paced a few steps in front of the window with his hands behind his back. Looking at this group of cronies and staff, they sent a prison sāo. This rìzi comes. He was much more grumpy. Maybe he didn't realize it. But his subordinates all noticed President Yuan's emotional catharsis.

A few days ago, because of the slow expansion of the Beiyang Army, Yuan Shikai deliberately called a few old people from the Beiyang station to count them, which was unimaginable before, most of the people in Beiyang knew that the military discipline in the Beiyang Army was strict, but that refers to the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers, for senior generals, Yuan Laoshuai has always been kind, especially those old subordinates when training in small stations, Yuan Laoshuai is even more careful.

Yuan Shikai was not happy, and the senior generals of the Beiyang Army were not happy, even the small soldiers in the army were also angry in these rì, a few days ago, the garrison of Nanyuan also made a fuss, and the rebels even released their guns, which was impossible to happen in the past, because the previous Beiyang military salaries were allocated by the Qing court, whether the military salaries were borrowed from foreign debts or scraped from the ground, it was not about the Beiyang Army, the Beiyang Army only received the military salaries and issued them to the officers and soldiers, but now, since the Qing court has fallen, Then this problem of raising military salaries will be solved by Beiyang.

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

Finance, this is a big problem, not only stumped Xiong Xiling, but also stumped Yuan Shikai, foreign debts can't be borrowed, local taxes can't be collected, Yuan Shikai is the clever woman who has no rice to cook!

In the final analysis, the current resentment in Beiyang is all about the revolutionary party in the south, ~ The negotiations between China and the state incident have not yet ended, and the political situation in Sichuan has made President Yuan upset, so it is no wonder that he will be angry at his subordinates.

"The call just now was from Liang Shi, and now at this time, Xiong Xiling still has the leisure to take care of Zhao Erxun's affairs, could it be that in his opinion, personal friendship is more important than national affairs?" Yuan Shikai walked back to the desk, did not sit down, and continued to send sāo.

After listening to Yuan Shikai's words, everyone

What was the matter on the phone just now? Zhao Erxun used to be the three eastern provinces + Xiling did a financial supervisor under him, Zhao Erxun is Xiong Xiling's top boss, the Qing court sent five ministers to go abroad to inspect the constitution, Zhao Erxun recommended Xiong Xiling as an attaché, so he has the grace of knowing Xiong Xiling, and it is no wonder that Xiong Xiling will care about Zhao Erxun now, in fact, Xiong Xiling has written a letter and made a telegram some time ago, urging Zhao Erxun to change his position as soon as possible and favor the republic, but the problem is that Zhao Erxun is stubborn, and others can only change in vain.

However, Zhao Erxun is Zhao Erxun, Xiong Xiling is Xiong Xiling, Yuan Shikai is most concerned about the issuance of public bonds now, in contrast, Zhao Erxun's affairs are just minor details, the reason for fighting is not for Zhao Erxun, but for the face of the president, but also for the interests of Beiyang.

What are the interests of Beiyang now? It's finance!

Whether the public bonds can be issued smoothly is directly related to the stability of the Beiyang Army, without military salaries, not only the new army has not been settled, but even the current troops are difficult to maintain, public bonds are the top priority in the current Beiyang government affairs, Yuan Shikai even replaced Xiong Xiling with Liang Shi to preside over the rectification of the Bank of Communications, the purpose is to enable Xiong Xiling to put all his strength on the matter of public bonds.

The republican zhèngfǔ grass creation, everything is thousands of things, and the reason is not clear, but the revolutionaries in the south and President Yuan Da are not of the same mind, which makes Yuan Shikai even more haggard.

After the "Qizhou Incident", the position became a little delicate, in this matter, President Yuan Da lost too many points, and the cheap Commander-in-Chief Zhao went, and the center only left a task to negotiate with Rì, but this task is not easy to complete, if it is not good, it will be infamy, the center has to carry the black cauldron, President Yuan Da also has to carry the black cauldron, and the cheap ones are still the revolutionaries in the south.

At present, not only the central authorities are anxious to establish their prestige, but President Yuan Da is also anxious to establish the authority of the president, and it is necessary to take measures to divide and disintegrate the local powerful factions to prevent them from taking advantage of the chaotic situation to further expand and become warlords on one side of the separatist side.

Therefore, the appointment of the "Governor of Western Sichuan" will come out, of course, there is an article behind this appointment, but few people know about this article.

Although some aides at that time had opposed the appointment, fearing that they would give people an excuse to attack the president and further weaken the president's prestige, President Yuan stubbornly insisted on his position on this matter because of the support of the British minister.

Zhao Erfeng was a banner man, and he appointed a banner man as the governor of western Sichuan, which was to anger those radical revolutionaries.

Now, the worries of those aides have become true, and the powerful faction in Sichuan clearly opposes the appointment of Zhao Erxun and Zhao Erfeng, and President Yuan Da's face is slapped, so it is very necessary for President Yuan Da to fight back.

But it is far from enough to rely on a telegram to counterattack, because the other party's telegram is a joint electrification, which is much stronger than Beiyang's electrification in terms of momentum.

And everyone noticed that there was no name of "King of Hubei" Zhao Bei on this joint telegram, which is very puzzling, it is said that the appointment of the "Governor of Western Sichuan" is to divide the power of Zhao Bei, and his "Governor of Sichuan" cannot be done, so he must be very dissatisfied with this appointment, but why is he not signing the joint telegram now?

Just as everyone was speculating, the phone on the desk rang again, this time Yuan Shikai didn't answer, Cai Ting stood up boldly, picked up the microphone, listened expressionlessly for a moment, put down the microphone, walked to Yuan Shikai and whispered a few words.

"Just a lama, you just need to make a trip." Yuan Shikai waved his hand, Cai Tinggan comprehended, and hurriedly left the conference room.

At this time, Zhao Bingjun had already prepared a draft of the telegram and showed it to Yuan Shikai.

"In addition, if we urge the Constituent Assembly again, the constitution has not been established for a long time, and not only the president is dissatisfied, but even Mr. Song Jiaoren of the League is also very dissatisfied."

Yuan Shikai picked up the brush, revised a few places on the telegram draft, and gave a few words.

Zhao Bingjun left the conference room with the telegram draft, and the conference room was quiet again, and the meeting room was peaceful.

"Don't sit here in a daze, hurry up to Dagu, the two British ships are about to arrive, and the two ships have also set sail from Lushun, and the ships are loaded with munitions**, not to be sloppy, this is the equipment of the ten divisions of the Beiyang Army, ordered with a lot of money, if there is a bad pool, you will come to see me with your own heads."

Yuan Shikai looked at several generals in military uniforms, who hurriedly stood up and reluctantly exited the conference room.

These people left on the front foot, and Cai Ting walked back to the conference room on the back foot, still holding a telegram copy in his hand.

"The telegram just copied from the telegraph room is a secret telegram taken by Zhao Bei, the governor of Hubei, I wonder if the president personally translated it?" Cai Tinggan asked.

"You translate."

Yuan Shikai took out the key, opened the British safe behind the desk, took out the code book and handed it to Cai Tinggan.