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Because Yuan Shikai wants to get more accurate information from Chen Wenqiang, a more real bottom line and principles. And Chen Wenqiang also needs to get more information about Yuan Shikai's way of thinking and various ideas or means for the future.

Peace talks are the trend of the times, but compromise is not surrender, and it is impossible for both sides to accept.

At the welcome banquet, Chen Yuan was quite polite, in the eyes of outsiders, the atmosphere was harmonious, but he didn't know that the two had already clashed, and Yuan Shikai was a little behind.

This can't be said that Yuan Shikai is a guy who is easy to deal with, it can only be said that Chen Wenqiang is cheating. Using his ability, although he could not detect all of Yuan Datou's thoughts, a little hint and clue was enough for him to take the lead in the conversation. At the same time, every time Yuan Shikai changed his thinking or mood fluctuations, he explored more clearly and grasped it more clearly.

There is no one better at negotiation than Chen Wenqiang, and he has basically benefited from this ability to get to where he is today. Whether it is clever tongue, or vertical and horizontal, or seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, he is becoming more and more skillful and sophisticated.

That night, Chen Wenqiang and Yuan Shikai had not so much a long talk as an argument, quarrel, and scolding. There were even a few people who vaguely heard the topic, and the voice was obviously Chen Wenqiang who was bigger and more confident.

Take the lead, rightly be strong, Chen Wenqiang is young and strong, and of course the quarrel is not weaker than Lao Yuan.

"Restrain your armament, ah, whose armament are you restraining from? Do you want to be the president of the North, or the president of the whole country? With your Beiyang Army, which can only be the eagle dog of the Yuan family, can you resist foreign aggression? Are you willing to let the Beiyang Army pay for the country? In terms of serving the country and the people, the revolutionary army with faith and pursuit is 100 sets stronger than the Beiyang Army......"

"With your feudal and rotten thinking, you are not worthy of being president at all. Look at your messy men, there are many male thieves and female prostitutes. You still think that you are the people of the world. There is no one who cannot be bought with officials or money. If you can't act meritocracy, if you can't rule the country by law, if you can't reverse the corruption of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, you will be a fart president? With that, you still have to fully control the power to appoint officials, and dream about it! ”

"Government is government. When the president does the right thing, he represents the government; If you make a mistake, the government will not admit it, refuse to pass it, and even want to impeach you and drive you out of office. This is a republic, this is democracy. ”

"You think you're a god, I don't think you're even smart. Let's just talk about reining in armaments, do you know the current trend of the world? The great powers are all building up their armaments and expanding their troops to prepare for war, not to mention our weak country, which is full of dangers. ”

"What. Membership, you say? The revival society wants comrades with new ideas and like-minded ideas, but it is not just a dish that is dug into a basket. Are you still not happy to be elected interim president? I know how the real president of the republic is elected, it is a popular election, and it is not something that the representatives of the provinces can do. Temporary, because of the current conditions, it is unconstitutional. Of course, there's still plenty of time. The temporary period may be set at two, three, or even four years. Formal presidential elections are then held in accordance with the Constitution. ”

"The setting up of the war zone has been discussed and studied by many experts, including foreign friends, and is also in line with the current state of the country. For example, the key theaters, northeast, northwest, southwest, and north, were aimed at Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and the Germans in Qingdao. As a military man. You should be clear about which areas I'm referring to. That's right, it's Tibet, Yunnan, Guangxi, Manchuria, Mongolia, and Xinjiang, and you won't know that these countries are all eyeing each other and will keep making small moves. ”

"Abolish the post of Metropolitan Governor and implement the separation of military and political affairs. This can not only suppress the ambitions of the soldiers, but also control the army with food and wages. Success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He. The Beiyang Army supports you today for their own interests; In the future, can you guarantee that they will not abandon you? When it comes to abiding by the law and serving the country and the people, the selfless revolutionary army may be your reliance. Of course, the premise is that you, the president, are indeed dedicated to the public and are fighting for the country and the nation. ”

"You must take an oath, and the soldiers must also take an oath, and if you violate the oath, the whole world will fight against it."

"You now have the opportunity to be China's 'Washington', and in the future, students will have you in their textbooks, sculptures will have you, and it is your own choice to leave a name in history or to leave a stench for thousands of years."

"Army Chief Duan Qirui, barely qualified; The chief of the navy, Cheng Biguang, is really good enough to lead the navy, do you have no opinion? I don't think there should be. ”

"Tang Shaoyi is considered your cronie, right? Well, let's not talk about this for now, as long as he is really talented, the foreign minister is not impossible. As for the deputy minister, Lu Zhengxiang is a person without party affiliation, I think it's okay. ”

"The chief justice must be well versed in Chinese and foreign laws, and be self-disciplined and upright, and Wang Chonghui is the most suitable person."

"Hey, Old Yuan, where are you going? We're not done yet! It's still early in the night! Quick, sit down, you'll have to hear me break it open and crumple it before you understand, don't you? ”

"Hey, Lao Yuan, why are you in a hurry? At such an old age, it hurts a lot! ”

"Hey, Lao Yuan, you said that you are sixty years old, and your ambitions are still so big, who do you earn to earn it for? Take a step back and open the sky! ”

Yuan Shikai regretted it very much, he didn't expect Chen Wenqiang to be such a scoundrel, he regretted giving the order, no matter how noisy it was, as long as he was sure that his life was not in danger, he would not come to disturb their night talk. It's good now, Chen Wenqiang locked the door inside, laughing and grinning for a while, scolding and damaging for a while, and grinding hard bubbles for a while, which tortured Lao Yuan to the point of dizziness. But he couldn't pull off this face, and shouted for help outside.

However, after the initial torture, Yuan Shikai also heard a lot of news and heard a lot of behind-the-scenes secrets that would not be discussed at the negotiation table. When Chen Wenqiang showed Yuan Shikai the agreements drafted with Germany, the United States, Britain, and France, he also had to admire Chen Wenqiang's diplomatic methods.

"Look, is this what you, and your guys, can do?" Chen Wenqiang smiled, did not hide his smugness, and said: "If I didn't have a good habit of respecting the elderly, I would have to grab the position of president." Lao Yuan, do you think I will do a better job than you? ”

"Then you can be a good person, don't talk about respecting the elder." Yuan Shikai blew his beard angrily.

"Okay, you're going to hold a press conference tomorrow, you know that term, right? Good, good, even if you know. At the press conference, you said that you were old and frail, and that your mind was confused. is really unworthy of the great responsibility, willing to elect Chen Wenqiang as the president, and determined to be a new citizen of the republic, abide by the law, and have no two hearts. Chen Wenqiang took it upon himself to cross-legged and said with a smile: "How is it." Don't dare! Duplicity, don't know you yet? ”

Yuan Shikai rolled his eyes for a while, and when he saw Chen Wenqiang blocking the door, he sighed helplessly and said: "Wenqiang, to be honest, I really admire your talent and ability, and no one can compare to you if you can handle diplomacy like this." If you can help me sincerely. This vice-president—"

"Stop." Chen Wenqiang waved his hand, interrupted Yuan Shikai, and said, "You want to win me over, but it's not sincere at all." Do you know what the vice president does, you know that you don't understand, and you still think that it is the president's deputy, under one person, above ten thousand? ”

Yuan Shikai blinked. If you don't understand, don't ask.

"The vice president has a virtual position in the government, except as a substitute for the president's accidental death. And worry about everything. Like most presidents, you'll be reverent of a figure second only to you. Because, for the president, having a vice president by his side is equivalent to a daily reminder that he could die at any time. And that's not all. There may be some people who are comfortable with death, but they don't have someone waiting to succeed him. Chen Wenqiang explained to Yuan Shikai with a smile and paused. He made another joke.

"The head of a family may write his will without flinching, but if someone says to him that when he dies, the person next door will become the father of his children and the husband of his wife. Then he'll be colorless in no time. Speaking of this, Chen Wenqiang couldn't help laughing, and kept shaking his hands while laughing, "Offended, offended, a joke, Lao Yuan, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously." ”

Yuan Shikai had already understood that the vice president was the president's unexpected heir, but he was made to cry and laugh by the latter analogy, shook his head helplessly, and said: "Let this guy be the vice president, can I live long?" Then what official position do you want, don't tell me you're not ambitious! ”

"Everyone has ambitions, but there are big and small." Chen Wenqiang smiled slyly and said, "The Secretary of State seems to have been tailor-made for me, and as the president's deputy, you should also need my intelligence." ”

"Why not fight now?" Yuan Shikai looked at Chen Wenqiang thoughtfully.

"What is the situation now, the country is poor and weak, the old and the new are alternated, and there are many problems!" Chen Wenqiang spread his hands and said: "So we need an old and serious middleman to take the lead, and after one or two terms, the country is stable, and the people's wisdom is developed, which is the time for our young people to come to power and compete for the throne!" ”

"Intermediary, are you talking about Yuan?" Yuan Shikai asked quietly.

"It could be you or someone else." Chen Wenqiang did not give Yuan Shikai any arrogant capital, and said lightly: "When everyone can't talk about peace, they will have to fight again, but we don't think so." As long as the peace talks do not break down, it is not a problem to talk for a few years, but how long can the finances of the north be supported? Reunification is not only a matter of force, but also political and economic unity. If we don't fight and don't make peace, we will develop separately without a truce, and if we look at it in a few years, I don't believe that the North can win over the South. ”

The development of the north is indeed far inferior to that of the south, and Yuan Shikai only relies on a few strong armies. Yuan Shikai also saw this clearly and knew that procrastination was not good for him.

"Your conditions are too harsh, do you want me to pinch my nose and admit it?" Yuan Shikai snorted and said, "If all your conditions are agreed, it is not appropriate for this great president." ”

"You think it is harsh, but we think it is reasonable, and it is based on the provisions of the constitutions of various countries, even if it is put on the table, it will not cause criticism." Chen Wenqiang said unhurriedly: "It's only to blame you for being too old-fashioned and thinking of the president as similar to the emperor." Even in a constitutional monarchy, the emperor is subject to the constitution and parliament, not to mention the fact that the emperor is only a symbol of the state and has no real power at all, as in the case of the United Kingdom. ”

"At the end of the day, you still don't believe me, and you're making all kinds of rules." Yuan Shikai argued: "If the president has no authority, the government has no authority."

"What do you want to be authoritarian for?" Chen Wenqiang asked sharply: "What does the government's authority have to do with you?" Let you do whatever you want, let you be nepotistic, let you be corrupt and pervert the law, let you confer male thieves and female prostitutes as high-ranking officials, this is the authority you want? Since you can't do even the most basic limits of power, there is no need for peace talks. You're good to go. ”

suddenly turned his face, which made Yuan Shikai a little dazed. Just now, he was about to leave several times, but he was pulled by Chen Wenqiang with a dead face, why is it abnormal now?

Yuan Shikai was stunned, but Chen Wenqiang didn't wait for him. Get up and put on your coat, take a step and walk out.

"Hey, Wen Qiang, what are you going to do?" Yuan Shikai hurriedly stretched out his hand to greet him.

"Send a telegram to the revolutionary army in the southwest to act immediately and immediately destroy the fifth town of Beiyang." Chen Wenqiang said expressionlessly: "Then the Eighth Town of Hubei, the two mixed associations in Hengyang, and the two mixed associations in Guangdong all went north to face the Beiyang rebels who colluded with Japan and plotted to split the country. After a pause, Chen Wenqiang continued to say coldly: "Tomorrow I will hold a press conference at home and abroad to tell the world that Yuan Shikai, an old bureaucrat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, is frantically trying to be a president who has no power restrictions and is like an emperor. Yuan didn't know what democracy was at all, and his mind was full of feudal poison, but now he has shown his original form. You just wait for your reputation to be ruined and stinking for 10,000 years! In addition, I will also order the assassination team to carry out unlimited operations, and all Yuan's lackeys will be killed! ”

After speaking, Chen Wenqiang didn't give Yuan Shikai a chance to speak at all, opened the door and walked out quickly, slamming the door shut.

Ay! Yuan Shikai seemed to be awakened by this loud noise, and when he looked up again, there was no longer Chen Wenqiang. This has changed too much, and at first he felt that Chen Wenqiang was rushing to the peace talks, why did he suddenly turn his face ruthlessly?

Is there really going to be a war? Yuan Shikai touched his bald head and suddenly realized that the Beiyang Army was not ready. All because he didn't want to fight to the death with the revolutionary army at all, because he wanted to use the momentum of the revolutionary army to force the Manchu Qing to step down, and because he wanted the revolutionary army to cooperate with the Qing emperor to abdicate. Up to now, not only has the revolutionary army in the three towns of Wuhan been continuously strengthened, but the partial division has also entered Shandong and occupied Jinan, and the situation of the Beiyang Army can be described as very unfavorable. (To be continued.) )