The title of Hand Gui is the veteran general of the Yi Army. He and the queen of the household once served as the governor of Anhui. Relying on Nian Zhen Shihuo to actually control the provincial politics of Anhui, when the Beiyang Group was in power, Jiang Guidi mixed very well, but the good times did not last long, when the United Front came to power. He immediately began a large-scale "reduction of feudal domains", so in that vigorous "military-civilian partition" movement, Jiang Guidi could only hand over military power under the coercion of the two sets of means of the central civil and military. Then he hung up the signboard of "General Affairs Committee of the United Front of the National Assembly's Senior Staff" and went to Beijing to mess around, but as a semi-literate person from the ranks, Jiang Gui couldn't recognize a basket of characters. In Congress, he is a wooden stake, except for occasionally going to Congress to sit, he is dedicated to running his industry.

Jiang Gui doesn't talk about any strategy in the war, he talks about brute force, and he does the same thing when he runs the industry, not only he uses brute force to run the industry. His group of sons and nephews in Anhui's hometown also use brute force to run the Jiang family's industry, with years of accumulated interpersonal relationships and strong financial resources, coupled with illegal means such as abduction, coercion and coercion, the Mei family's industry in Anhui covers the whole province, especially ten places as the foundation, which is also in line with the idea of the big old man of the Mei Gui question, nothing is more reassuring to have land, there is a risk of loss in operating enterprises and factories, and there is a risk of losing money in the investment financial industry, or the land is the safest, as long as someone comes to undertake the tenant, There is no worry about not being able to collect rent, and now that the demand for agricultural products in the cities is soaring, the annexation of rural land is indeed the most cost-effective investment.

In this process, the bottom of the society suffered the greatest and deepest damage, and the benefits were only a handful of local tyrants and inferior middlemen, as well as the village bullies and corrupt officials who depended on them.

Although Jiang Gui is a big boss, he also has a set of small abacus. According to his arrangement, the land under his name and the name of his clan was transferred to the name of the tenant, so that due to the central "Small Farmland Bracelet Exemption Law" on the small farmers' caring land tax collection policy, the Jiang family needs to pay more than half of the field tax. Moreover, in order to evade the supervision of the tax inspectors, Jiang Guidi not only wantonly bribed the tax inspectors on a large scale, but also finished the local officialdom up and down; under his leading role, many local tyrants in Anhui Province followed the example and used money to buy roads, and half of the officialdom in Anhui Province became a miasma, deceived the superiors and subordinates, and was unscrupulous, and formed a group of local tyrants and inferior Zhong with Jiang Gui as the soul figure, and they even formed a political organization and infiltrated the united front.

But after all, the hoe society was formed, and through this rural grassroots organization, the center learned about the situation and was extremely angry.

On the one hand, the actions of these local tyrants and shoddy officials have corrupted the social atmosphere and corrupted the rule of officials. On the other hand, it has led to the drastic land annexation in Anhui Province and the gradual deterioration of social order.

Therefore, Zhao Bei had to take time out of his busy schedule to order the Supervision Office to set up a task force and send it to Anhui to investigate Jiang Gui's problem, and took advantage of the opportunity of the United Front to remove Jiang Guidi from his post as a "general affairs member" and only retained his false title of "senior member of the National Assembly." After careful investigation, the team quickly figured out the situation of Jiang Gui's tenants, and immediately summarized the situation to the center, and in accordance with the center's order, with the assistance of the local hoe society, quickly launched a "legal land division movement" According to the name of the owner on the title deed, Jiang Guidi's land was all divided to the tenants who owned the title deed.

It is precisely because of this that Jiang Gui riveted Zhao Bei. He was also the commander of the Yi Army back then, and he used his power to privately buy a batch of firearms and ammunition, which were stored in the Jiang family manor, although there were a lot of them, but the family members he raised in Qin were not enough to start a rebellion, but someone gave him an idea and asked him to contact Xiong Chengji, because Xiong Chengji was in a very stiff relationship with Zhao Bei because of political matters at that time. The two seem to be in danger of parting ways.

At first, Xiong Chengji was not enthusiastic, but at that time, he saw the differences between Zhao Bei and him in terms of political ideas, and he had not yet made up his mind to arm Zhao. And in his opinion, Jiang Guidi was not his fellow traveler, and the foundation of cooperation between the two was very thin, so Xiong Chengji did not agree to Jiang Guidi's proposal at that time.

However, soon after, Xiong Chengji changed his mind, and by that time, he had already parted ways with Zhao Bei and was determined to arm Zhao to overthrow, considering the lack of strength of the constitutionalist faction, he could only contact Jiang Gui, the Manchu widow who didn't even understand what constitutionalism was.

Xiong Chengji learned this trick from Zhao Bei. Just like Zhao Bei and Song Jiaoren to form a united front back then, its purpose is to unite all the forces that can be united, and it has a bit of a taste of using the way of others to govern their bodies.

It's just that compared with Zhao Bei's back then, the strength of Xiong Chengji and Jiang Gui's alliance is inevitably too weak, and there are more ghosts inside, so they haven't had time to act. The plan of action was leaked, and even the identities of the two leaders were revealed.

"Ajine, you seem surprised? Not bad. I do know that the Anhui internal response of your constitutional party is Jiang Gui's question, and I also know that there are still a large number of local tyrants and inferior people in Anhui waiting for you to move. Then, they will work together in northern and southern Anhui to provoke a "Zhushen Revolution"

Zhao Bei raised his head and looked at Xiong Chengji, who was standing opposite, and was obviously very shocked to see that his face was cloudy.

Zhao Bei also sighed in his heart, Xiong Chengji did not hesitate to cooperate with a group of local tyrants and inferior middle for the sake of his constitutional ideals, which is somewhat ironic, but then again, why didn't Zhao Bei do this back then? The difference is that Zhao Bei has always only used his allies as tools, and will not be led by his allies, but now, Xiong Chengji not only cannot use his allies as tools, but is led by the nose by the "allies", according to the exact information obtained by the intelligence department. Once the constitutional party launched an anti-Zhao riot in Anhui, it would be the local tyrants and inferior who would play a leading role. Instead of a constitutional party group, Xiong Chengji just exists as an idol, an idol used by local tyrants and inferior officials to confuse the constitutionalists.

Zhao Bei can imagine the scene when the local tyrants rebelled against Zhao, a scene he had seen in modern history books. He is no stranger, and he also understands how this situation will have a negative impact on the domestic situation. He once thought that he could use the opportunity of the great industrial exhibition to unleash the enthusiasm of the owners of large real estate into industry, but now it seems that the greed of men is endless, and even if they play with the law, they will not obey this legal order, they want to make their own laws, and this law is of course for them.

Seeing Xiong Chengji sitting back, Zhao Bei stood up, looked at the garden by the pavilion, and then said a few words lightly.

"Akane, you almost went astray, those people are using you against the revolution and you are leading them as revolutionary comrades, if I hadn't reminded you, you might well have gone from a revolutionary to a tragic figure, many times, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel, and the current situation in this country is not suitable for idealists. The country can only be led by the realist seem. In fact, the whole world is ruled by realists

Zhao Bei turned around and saw that Xiong Chengji was still sitting still, and in the distance, several guards were running towards the pavilion with food boxes, and Qin Sihu, the captain of the guard who had been guarding the pavilion, was standing on the steps and looking at Xiong Chengji, his face full of sympathy.

An idealist with lofty ideals. It is ironic that he has to rely on a group of conservative forces in society to realize his ideals. And it really deserves sympathy.

"Zhenhua, let me ask you, is it your order to order the Ministry of Internal Affairs to go to Dongcheng Ertiao Hutong to arrest people?"

Xiong Chengji raised his head and asked a question, which was also one of the reasons why he rushed to the presidential palace this time.

"Yes, the order was given directly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs by me. However, I didn't expect it. You also had a meeting there, Lu Jianzhang didn't arrest you, this is his caution, but it is also what I told you, without my orders, including the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you are not allowed to move your thumb Zhao Bei nodded, which can be regarded as a bright bottom.

"So, who is the traitor of the Constitutional Party?" Xiong Chengji asked again.

Zhao Bei grimaced, shook his head, and said, "I won't answer this question, but I can tell you clearly that in your constitutional party, there are people from the Military Intelligence Bureau and people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Your every move is under the watchful eye of the center, and you have no chance of success, so. Listen to my advice and give up. Flavor root. I have always regarded you as my friend, I am a high person, I used to say that the emperor was a lonely person, now, I am also a lonely person, I have a lot of things in my heart to tell my friends, but I can't find many true friends, I hope you can be this true friend, help me govern the country together.

Twenty East, I only ruled for twenty years, and after that, I returned to constitutional government

Xiong Chengji was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Zhenhua, the matter has come to this." We can't be friends anymore. If you make a scene, why bother? That's it, that's it. You win. Go ahead, I will no longer engage in any armed uprising, and as for me, please put me in the prison of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I would rather be imprisoned with my naïve comrades who regard death as their home. ”

Zhao Bei also smiled bitterly and said, "Taste root." Why bother? I can ask you to be the head of the Ministry of Heavy Industry and preside over industrial construction, and your revolutionary enthusiasm can be completely stunned in industry. ”

"Nope. I don't know anything about industrial construction, so I can go and become a blacksmith. Let me be the head of the Ministry of Heavy Industry, I don't have that talent, you can ask for another master. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Chengji stood up. glanced at the guards who were serving food, then walked up to Qin Sihu and said, "Captain Qin, you send a soldier to wave me to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I want to report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the charge of "premeditating armed rebellion."

Qin Sihu opened his mouth, a little at a loss. I had to look at Zhao Bei.

Zhao Bei walked over. patted Xiong Chengji's shoulder and sighed, "Weigen, don't be obsessed. If the center doesn't hold you accountable, why should you embarrass the center? You can rest assured, those arrested "constitutional parties." People will not be sentenced to heavy sentences, as long as they repent, they can go back to the frontier for two years at most, as for you. You are a revolutionary hero, if you are caught now, it will be a heavy blow to those young people who once admired you, so, I hope you can turn back, even if you are not willing to be the head of the government, you can also study the revolutionary history of the late Qing Dynasty, now the center plans to set up a late Qing Dynasty revolutionary history research society, if you want, you can be the president, devote yourself to the study of history

Xiong Chengji was a little speechless, Zhao Bei had already given him face, no matter how interesting he was, he really had no way out, then the constitutional cause would really be hopeless, and all the efforts they had made before would come to naught.

"The rest of the constitutional party, you don't want to pursue Xiong Chengji said.

"Yes, as long as they don't take action. I will not pursue those who have not yet been arrested. But. Jiang Guidi's gang can't let go, they are different from you, they represent the most backward and conservative forces in this country, and they must be completely defeated. Zhao Bei nodded.

"Well, I ask to go abroad and study European constitutionalism

Xiong Chengji came up with his idea, this is a temporary idea, there is no long-term plan, he just wants to go abroad, calm and calm, to tell the truth, after this long talk with Zhao Bei, his thoughts have become confused, and his position is not so firm, he really needs to go to a new environment to calm down. "Going abroad?.

Zhao Bei pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"Well, the center will give you a name, send you abroad at public expense, study the constitutionalism of various countries, and return to China in the future, you will be the center's constitutional adviser. But there is going to be a war in Europe, so I suggest you go to South America first, which is also said to be a constitutional government, so you go there and then go to the United States, and as for Europe, you should wait until the war is over. ”

"Thanks for the reminder. Zhenhua, hello for yourself, I'm leaving. ”

Xiong Chengji arched his hand at Zhao Bei, then turned around and walked out of the pavilion.

"Mikane, aren't you going to stay and drink with me?

Zhao Bei followed a few steps and shouted while standing by the pavilion.

"Nope. I'd better wait until I return to China, then. Maybe we'll all change our minds

Xiong Chengji turned around and glanced at Zhao Bei. And then he didn't look back.

Qin Sihu hurriedly ordered a soldier to follow and see him off. Then he walked to Zhao Bei's side and asked, "Commander-in-chief, you just let him go?" ”

"How about not leaving? Forced to pull him to drink? ”

Zhao Bei sighed, walked back to the pavilion, and glanced at the exquisite wine and food on the table. He picked up his glass and took a sip of the wine.

"Smack!"

Zhao Bei slapped the wine glass back on the table, then turned his head and left, he didn't want to drink this wine.

The two former revolutionary comrades officially parted ways in this way, when will they be able to meet again. But no one knows, and they don't want to think about the future, the future is uncertain, and everyone can only do it themselves.