Let a few attachés accompany you. Song Jiaoren held a shallow boiled foreign cloth for two years... Sadly and indignantly, he walked up to the podium, unfolded the light sè jacket, and showed it to the constitutional agents and members of the political party delegation in the auditorium.

Only then did everyone see that the dress was stained with blood, and under Song Jiaoren's guidance, everyone vaguely saw two bullet holes, one on the shoulder and the other on the waist, no need to explain. Everyone had already guessed who the owner of the dress was.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the top worn by Premier Tao of our party when he was assassinated, the Si people have passed away, but the murderer's viciousness can be seen only from this top, although Premier Tao is dead, but the god is immortal! At the time of Premier Tao's assassination, Song was by his side and was able to listen to Premier Tao's earnest teachings when he was dying. Premier Tao knew that he would not survive, so he dictated that he left two copies of the will, one of which was left to his family members. It will be handed over by Song himself, and the other copy will be left to the comrades of the party, which is a political will. Now, in his capacity as the acting prime minister of the party, Song has read this political will in public to set the record straight. ”

Li Jiaoren remembered the leader first, handed the bloody coat to an attaché, and then took out a note from his pocket, unfolded it, and read it aloud to everyone.

Tao was seriously injured and died, and he knew that he would die. However, the affairs of the party are really not at ease. The party has not been in existence for a long time, and the people's hearts have not yet gathered, and if there is a change, it may fall into the strife of various factions and delay the key affairs of the parliamentary election. If he is elected, he hopes that the comrades of the party will abandon their prejudices and take the new party leader as the sole leader and the future of the country as the only goal. ”

Hearing this, the auditorium suddenly became eerily silent. Everyone held their breath and wondered who Tao Chengzhang would recommend to take over the post of party premier, after all, he died for the cause of his party, and the candidate he recommended held the moral high ground, and if he ran for party leadership, this person was likely to be elected much higher than other candidates.

When Song Jiaoren read this, he also paused slightly, looked around the auditorium, and then read out the name of this successor candidate.

"Zhao Zhenhua, secretary general of the party, since the revolution, has taken the lead, is willing to be the pioneer of the revolution, and has made great contributions to the cause of the revolutionary republic, and is indeed a model comrade and a pioneer of constitutional government. Remembering his outstanding merits and expectations, Tao recommended Zhao Zhenhua as the successor to the party premier! ”

Everyone looked at Song Jiaoren on the rostrum dumbfounded, and a few people subconsciously touched their ears.

Tao Chengzhang recommended Zhao Bei to succeed him as party premier? Did you hear that right?

How old is Zhao Bei? Twenty-six, or twenty-seven? At such a young age, he became the leader of the "largest party in China". This is indeed a little unbelievable, not to mention, the leader of this coalition party will also participate in the official presidential election, if elected, he will be the first official president of the Republic of China!

The official president in his twenties" makes those congressmen and committee members who have white hair feel embarrassed.

Although the election of the president of the Republic of China does not stipulate the age of the candidates, it is a president in his twenties. It's an exaggeration.

Looking at the recent history of the world, it is really rare for such a young leader of a republican state to be, especially since this position is still elected by election, and it is no wonder that everyone suspects that they have heard it wrong.

In order to help everyone confirm that there was no problem with their hearing, Song Jiaoren read Tao Chengzhang's political will again.

There was silence for a moment, and then there was another commotion in the auditorium, and although everyone was whispering from below, no one publicly expressed an opinion on it.

People from the Restoration Society completely agreed with Tao Chengzhang's political will, after all, Zhao Bei was also a cadre of the Restoration Society, and he contributed a lot to Tao Chengzhang's appointment as the party leader, and he succeeded him as the party leader. Whether it is legal or human, it is reasonable.

However, some of the people who came from the League were very dissatisfied with Tao Chengzhang's political will, and they thought that once Tao was gone, Mr. Sun, the leader of the League, should naturally succeed him as the party premier, and even if Mr. Sun was unwilling to take over, then there were still many suitable candidates for the Liberation Society and the Alliance. For example, Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren of the Alliance. As well as Zhang Taiyan and Li Zanhe of the Restoration Society, in terms of qualifications and popularity, they are all qualified to succeed as party leaders. And more importantly, they're old enough!

According to the traditional view, the older you are, the more important you are, and as the leader of a party, it is natural that an older person should be in charge, and it seems strange to let a stunned man in his twenties seem to lead a group of rabble, no matter how he looks at it, even if this stunned young man is a revolutionary vanguard and a model of constitutional government.

"Stunned green" this metaphor Zhao Bei is well deserved, at least in the eyes of some serious people, Commander-in-Chief Zhao's move to provoke Britain and rì is indeed too reckless, although it turns out that his choice is correct, but now China really can't withstand too much tossing, this time the commander-in-chief took the risk successfully, then he will definitely continue to take risks. Who can guarantee that he has placed his bet in the right place every time?

This part of the cadres from the League believe that the reason why Tao Chengzhang left such a political testament is probably more due to the contempt and suppression of the League, and the multi-year conflict between the two revolutionary organizations cannot be eliminated in a short period of time, Tao Chengzhang will be prejudiced against the League, and some people in the League will also be prejudiced against him!

However, these people do not dare to openly oppose this political testament now, after all, Tao Chengzhang is the leader of the party, and he died for the interests of the party, generous and heroic, now is indeed not the time to expose the shortcomings, let alone infighting!

As for the small parties that joined the coalition party, they were even less assertive, and when they joined the coalition party, they came for the seats of the members of Parliament, and as long as there was someone who could lead them to "occupy the parliament", they would be satisfied. As for whether this party leader is surnamed Tao or Zhao, surnamed Sun or surnamed Huang, they don't care at all, and with Tao Chengzhang's political will, this catty. The successor party leader can be quickly determined to unite the scattered party members, so they have a wait-and-see attitude or a supportive attitude towards Zhao Bei's decision to take over as party leader, and there is no objection.

All parties had various considerations, but the final opinion was the same, that is, to ask Song Jiaoren to quickly take a telegram to inform Zhao Bei of the news of Tao Chengzhang's assassination, and to ask Commander-in-Chief Zhao to quickly decide whether to participate in the party leadership and campaign.

Gu Ran, as a necessary impartiality, the members of the political delegation were also more than three other candidates for party leadership, Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren were nominated by the League, and Zhang Taiyan was nominated by the Guangfu Society. Other small parties jointly elected Zhang Xiao, the top industrialist, to succeed him as party leader.

However, their hopes of election are far less than those of Zhao Bei. Because Zhao Bei not only has prestige, but more importantly, he has military strength.

While the members of the Kuomintang party delegation were discussing the candidate for party premiership, a top-secret telegram had been photographed in the remote city of Běijīng, but because it was a special password, the telegraph room could not be coded, so it could only be sent to the Ministry of the Interior, and the acting general Zhao Bingjun was in close proximity.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the original Ministry of Civil Affairs, although it is late at night, but Zhao Bingjun is unusual, still working in the ministry, so this coded telegram was sent to him as soon as possible.

Zhao Bingjun didn't dare to delay, quickly took out the code book from the safe, carefully Ze out the telegram, looking at the content of Naze, he sneered and tore up the telegram manuscript, threw it into the spittoon, picked up the phone on the desk, but hesitated slightly, pressed the phone down again, then stood up, left the office, went out of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, got into a four-wheeled carriage with the logo of the presidential palace, and went straight to Xiyuan Nanhai.

Xiyuan is the location of the presidential palace, and when he arrived at the presidential palace, Zhao Bingjun answered the secretariat's phone at the sentry. A moment later, Yuan Shikai's eldest son, Yuan Keding, arrived at the door in a light carriage and personally took Zhao Bingjun into the presidential palace.

Yuan Shikai, wearing a silk nightgown, met with Zhao Bingjun in the small conference room of the Presidential Palace.

"Hong Shuzu's gunmen successfully ambushed the Ministry of Industry in the French Concession, and both shots hit the vital point. Dow is gone, and the president can rest easy. ”

Seeing Yuan Shikai's face, Zhao Bingjun told him the news of Tao Chengzhang's assassination and death.

"Is the news true? The gunman's words are credible? Yuan Shikai was a little worried.

"Dow was shot twice and was not dead at the time. Later, he died in the French Concession hospital, the body has been moved to Nanshi, the Kuomintang has begun to arrange the mourning hall, Hong Shu Zuan dared to deceive the president? ”

"So, I'm relieved. I heard that the gunman was from the Yangtze River? What is it called? ”

Yuan Shikai leaned back and leaned back on the sofa. Close your eyes and let out a long sigh.

"The gunman's name is Zhang Xiaolin, a native of Cixi, Xijiang, who lives in Hangzhou, and has participated in the Hangzhou Liberation War, and later had to leave Hangzhou because of the actions of the Restoration Society, and he is very dissatisfied with the Restoration Society, so this action to destroy the pottery is not only for justice, but also for personal grievances."

"Tell Hong Shuzu to give this Zhang Xiaolin a sum of money, tell him to go to the three eastern provinces to hide first, and when he has avoided the limelight, he will go to Tianjin. You find someone to give him a position in customs. Those who have meritorious service should still be rewarded. ”

Seeing that Yuan Shikai was in a good mood, Zhao Bingjun said: "Zhang Xiaolin is easy to say, but he is just a person from the rivers and lakes, all he does is a breath in his heart, a sum of money in his hand, it doesn't matter whether he arranges a position or not, and this person has never seen Hong Shuzu at all." The key is that the middleman Ying Guixin, he doesn't want money, he just wants to be an official. ”

"Ying Guixin also went to the three eastern provinces to hide, and when the limelight passes, you arrange specific matters."

At this point, Yuan Shikai stood up, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back for a few steps, and said, "Tao is gone." Even if the Kuomintang elects its leader, it will have to wait for a while, and I am afraid that it will not be able to catch up with the congressional election. By the way, Zhi'an, you immediately take a telegram to express condolences to Tao's bereaved family in the name of the presidential palace, and by the way, explore the tone of the Kuomintang. ”

Zhao Bingjun whispered: "President Junjian, the press has not yet learned of the news of Dow's assassination. The south has not sent a telegram, so it is not appropriate to act rashly at this time. ”

"Yes, yes! I'm almost confused, so I'd better wait for them to send a telegram. ”

Yuan Shikai smiled bitterly again and again, if there was no reminder from Zhao Bingjun, I am afraid that he President Yuan Da would not have recruited himself.

Just when Yuan Shikai was glad that he had a group of capable cronies, on the pier of Taikoo & Co. in the Shanghai Public Concession, several young people carried horse lanterns. Standing in the night, he waved to a small fishing boat in the Huangpu River, and on the back deck of the small scum boat was also standing a young man, dressed in short clothes and carrying a lantern, who also waved to several people on the shore.

The little ship faded away, and soon disappeared into the night.

Chen Qimei handed over the lantern in her hand to a companion and said to these young people: "Brother Jiang is here, he will not return to China in the short term, but fortunately, Sichuan has enough money, and it is no problem to live in Hong Kong for half a year." Brother Jiang's marksmanship is really good, he took the life of the pottery thief with only two shots, he is the first hero of our alliance, and it was he who saved our alliance.

Also, remember, the stakes are high. Don't keep your mouth shut, in case of leakage, although the world is big, I'm afraid there will be no place for us. ”

A few people nodded, and did not linger at the pier. Hurried out of the dock and rushed to a small hotel by the pier.

When I entered the hotel room, there was already a person waiting. As soon as the man saw Chen Qimei, he said in a panic: "Brother Yingshi, it's not good!" The pottery thief did not die on the spot, and left a political will before he breathed, electing Zhao Bei, commander-in-chief of the Republican Army, to succeed him as party premier. At present, the Kuomintang political party delegation has entrusted Song Yuchu and Huang Keqiang to jointly send a telegram to Wuhan, asking Zhao Bei and Zhao Zhenhua to stop. He took over as the leader of the party and led his party to the National Assembly elections. And compete for the official presidency! ”

"What?"

After listening to this person's story, Chen Qimei was suddenly shocked.

"Why doesn't the League nominate its own people?" Chen Qimei asked.

"Elected, there are two candidates. One is Song Yuchu and one is Huang Keqiang. However, in my opinion, they can't compete with Zhao Zhenhua. ”

"Why don't you recommend Sun Xianmu in terms of prestige and qualifications, who else can beat Mr. Sun? Could it be that Mr. Sun is not in China, so they forget about Mr. Sun? ”

Chen Qimei was unwilling, and said hatefully: "I thought that in addition to the pottery thief, the party leader would be the turn of the alliance, but who would have thought that the pottery thief would be so cunning that he would rather let an outsider serve as the party leader than let the alliance take the throne." Knowing that this is the situation, why should we be willing to be villains? ”

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