"Luo Fengge, what do you want to do?" Yang Du saw the muzzle of the black hole of the Makqin heavy machine gun, although he was also extremely frightened in his heart, he still couldn't suppress it and asked loudly in an angry voice.

Luo Fengge smiled, stepped forward leisurely, played with the horsewhip in his hand, walked in front of Yang Du with a smile, arched his hand, and said, "I have given Yang Xiangye a salute." I was ordered by Shangfeng to come to protect Yang Xiangye's family, the subordinates were rude, and if there was anything inconsiderate in the courtesy, please forgive Yang Xiangye. ”

"You're here to protect me?" Yang Du laughed angrily, "It's really unheard of!" Besides, whose orders are you? ”

"There was a mutiny in Tongzhou, presumably Yang Xiangye has heard about it." Luo Fengge smiled and said, "This mutiny is all because our Chinese military and people hate the imperial system and longing for the republic, so there is this change, and one or two lawbreakers take advantage of the institution to incite and want to plunge the country into turmoil. Yang Xiangye's family has a big business, and in order to prevent someone from embarrassing Yang Xiangye, the head of the War Department specially arranged for himself to lead a team to protect him. Please don't be afraid, stay at home with peace of mind, don't go out, all the necessary expenses will be arranged and reported by me, and will be provided by the Quartermaster Department of the War Department. ”

After listening to Luo Fengge's words, Yang Du understood what was happening, and he was angry for a while.

"If someone in Yang Xiangye's mansion doesn't listen to the advice and goes out without permission, there is chaos outside, and once there is a fatal accident, I will not be responsible." Luo Fengge patted the horsewhip in his hand, looked at Yang Du, and said meaningfully.

Yang Du heard the threat in Luo Fengge's words, and his face instantly turned blue.

"I heard that the assassination of the emperor this time was done by the people in the guards around him, alas, I really know people and don't know my heart!" Luo Fengge pretended to lament sadly, and then changed his words, "Chief Duan specially confessed that in order to prevent the same thing from happening to Yang Xiangye, Chief Duan deliberately asked him to take over the security of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and all the weapons and ammunition of the Prime Minister's Mansion are in my hands. This is for the sake of Yang Xiangye's safety, and I hope Yang Xiangye can cooperate. ”

After Luo Fengge finished speaking, he didn't wait for Yang Du's answer, he waved his hand behind him, and the army soldiers under him stepped forward one after another, forcing the guards of the Yang Mansion to surrender their guns.

The face of the captain of the Yang Mansion changed greatly, he turned his head to Yang Du and cast an inquiring gaze, Yang Du sighed, remembered his family, shook his head hatefully, and signaled him not to make unnecessary resistance.

"Yang Xiangye is really a handsome man who knows the times, so it's okay." Luo Fengge couldn't help but smile when he saw Yang Du's movements.

Luo Fengge's soldiers stepped forward to surrender the guns of the Yang Mansion guards, and Yang Du turned around with a dejected face and returned to his room with heavy steps.

Zhu Qichao, who had been hiding in the room and didn't dare to show up, saw Yang Du coming back and immediately greeted him.

"We can't get out, can we?" Zhu Qichao saw Yang Du's depressed face at this time, as if he had aged ten years all of a sudden, and his heart couldn't help but feel cold.

"It's Duan Zhiquan...... It's over, it's all over......" Yang Du slumped in his chair and muttered.

"I knew this was the case, I shouldn't have kept Duan Zhiquan in the first place......" Zhu Qichao, who was born in a literati, may have learned that what he said was a little inappropriate, and he sighed and sat down beside Yang Du.

"Why don't they understand! Today's imperial system is completely different from previous dynasties! It is a constitutional monarchy, and constitutionalism is fundamental! Yang Du shouted in despair, "What is the contradiction between the constitutional monarchy and the Mingzhu Republic?" And now the precedent of armed political disputes has been reopened, and later careerists will rise up and follow suit! I, China, have since become the hell of Shura! It's all gone! ”

Listening to Yang Du's shout, Zhu Qichao thought of the future and fate of the country, and also sighed.

"The beginning of the armed political dispute was the battle of Ganning, and some people said at that time that this was the source of the country's chaos, and in the next few years, there should be a big chaos, and now it is as it is......"

"It's okay if you Duan Zhiquan don't agree with Jun Xian, what is the difference between you coming to such a hand now and seizing power in the name of the fake revolution against the party overseas! Aren't you afraid that you will become a sinner for the ages of my China from now on? Yang Du slammed his fist on the table, and all the tea bowls on the table were shocked to the ground and shattered.

"Don't be impatient, let's talk about this now, let's think about whether there is anything we can do." Zhu Qichao couldn't help but be startled when he saw that Yang Du's punch had actually cracked the precious rosewood table, and blood was oozing from his hands, and he immediately stopped his grief and comforted him, "Can you contact a loyal patriot to stop him Duan Zhiquan from usurping power." ”

Listening to Zhu Qichao's words, Yang Du nodded, he took a deep breath, and it was easy for him to calm down from his furious state.

"Yang Hanzhi is now supervising the Guangxi division to quell the rebellion, Chen Er'an is now sitting in Sichuan, and there are 700,000 people in our European navy and army, and the giant ships ordered by Yang Hanzhi in the United States have also entered the navy, and now the British are stationed, if the news can be spread out, let them find a way to return to the division to quell the rebellion, or they can turn the tide." Zhu Qichao was a little sick and rushed to the doctor's advice.

"Both of them are far away now, and they can't quench their thirst." Yang Du shook his head, his face turned miserable, and said, "Duan Zhiquan is the first general in Beiyang after Emperor Daxing, and there are many old generals in Beiyang who obey orders, and his strength should not be underestimated. Even if Chen Er'an and Yang Hanzhi got the news and sent troops to come, if they really fought, the country would definitely fall apart. ”

"Are we going to sit back and die?" Zhu Qichuan said sadly.

"We're not standing on our backs, and we're not going to be on our toes." Yang Du gradually had an idea in his heart, and his expression changed to calm again, "Since he Duan Zhiquan wants to make a career, then I should help him." ”

"What does the Lady want to do?" Zhu Qichao asked in surprise.

"If he wants me to give power, I'll give it to him." Yang Du pondered for a while and muttered to himself, "However, I have to give him some advice." ”

Yang Du stood up, looked at the blue sky outside the window, took a long breath, turned around and took the pen and paper, and began to write hard.

At this moment, there were several crisp gunshots in the distance, Zhu Qichao was startled, but Yang Du didn't hear the gunshots, and devoted himself to writing.

Horse Hutong, Yang Shuoming's mansion.

"Ma'am, there's a gun going on outside!"

Yinfeng heard the gunshots coming from outside, and said to Huang Yunzhi in some panic.

Huang Yunzhi also noticed the gunfire just now, although she was also very nervous in her heart, but she didn't have any panic at this time, she just nodded, took a "head pick" from the side of the bed, and put it on her body, and the maids around saw her movements, and just like her, they took their respective pistols and hung them on their bodies.

At the beginning, many of these beauties were given to Yang Shuoming by Yuan Shikai and his son, but I don't know what kind of bad taste, when Yang Shuoming was free, he did not enjoy the joy of hugging them left and right, but according to their different interests and hobbies, they taught them what they wanted to learn. Of course, there is one thing that is compulsory for beauties, and that is shooting.

Since then, there have been constant gunshots in the Fuma Hutong, which surprised the people around them at first, thinking that there was always a gun in the Yang Mansion, but later they learned that it was the beauties of the Yang Mansion practicing guns.

Under Yang Shuoming's training and training of pure bullet feeding, the marksmanship of the beauties of the Yang Mansion is already comparable to that of veterans who have served for many years.

And Yang Shuoming's surname and way of doing things have also had an important impact on them.

Huang Yunzhi looked down at her son Yang Zhaozhong, who was snuggled up to her, and the boy, who was only 4 years old at this time, saw the beautiful aunts around him check a shiny Browning pistol and wear it on his body, his eyes were full of curiosity.

His young mind still doesn't understand what is happening in front of him.

At this time, the housekeeper hurriedly walked in, and saw a room of beautiful women fiddling with firearms, and couldn't help but be startled.

"Any news?" Huang Yunzhi stroked her son's forehead and asked the housekeeper.

"There is a group of soldiers outside, and the leader of the team claims to be Madame's younger brother and wants to see Madame." "He's waiting in the living room right now." ”

Listening to the housekeeper's words, Huang Yunzhi couldn't help but be slightly stunned, she thought about it, patted the child's little hand, and motioned for the child to go to Yinfeng.

Yang Zhaozhong obediently ran to Yinfeng's side, Yinfeng picked up the child, she heard the housekeeper's words just now, and the original worried expression on her face became soothed.

Huang Yunzhi and the housekeeper came to the living room together, and a young officer in army uniform was standing next to the Duobao Pavilion, carefully looking at the models of warships displayed on it, and when he heard the footsteps behind him, he immediately turned around.

"Sheng Xiang?" Huang Yunzhi looked at the tall, black and thin young officer, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"Sister." Huang Shengxiang hurried up to meet him, and when he saw the eye-catching "head handle" on his sister's waist, he was stunned at first, and then smiled.

"How long has it been since you were transferred to the War Department, and there has been no news from you," Huang Yunzhi took her brother's hand affectionately and sat down, "This Yanjing City is so big, it's so difficult to see you, what are you busy with?" ”

Compared with his brother Huang Shengyun, Huang Shengxiang is more calm and introverted, does not talk much, is not as impulsive as Huang Shengyun, and looks weaker at a glance.

"This is a letter from the chief of the War Department to his brother-in-law," Huang Shengxiang said, "and my sister will relay the full text of the letter to my brother-in-law on the radio." ”

Listening to Huang Shengxiang's request, Huang Yunzhi was obviously a little surprised, she hesitated for a moment, and took the letter from Huang Shengyun's hand.

"Chief Duan? Is it General Duan Zhiquan? Huang Yunzhi did not open the letter immediately after receiving it, but asked quietly.

"Yes." Huang Shengxiang nodded, he saw the doubt on his sister's face, and explained, "There has been a mutiny in Tongzhou, the emperor has been killed, and in order to prevent turmoil in the capital, the War Department has declared martial law on the capital. In order to prevent the lawbreakers from disturbing my sister, Chief Duan specially ordered me to lead a team to come to protect me. ”

"That's right." Huang Yunzhi's expression turned to calm and calm, she opened the letter, and while looking at the content of the letter, she asked casually, "How did Chief Duan know that there is a radio station here?" ”

"Due to the mutiny in Tongzhou, the telegraph line of the War Department was cut off by the rebels, and the radio station and my brother-in-law could not be contacted. Huang Shengxiang looked at his sister and said, "The military situation is urgent, and I ask my sister to put national affairs first." ”

"Don't worry, I'll arrange for someone to send the letter now, it's just that such a long letter, it will take a little time to translate it into a special password, I will try to let them hurry up, and strive for your brother-in-law to receive it today." Huang Yunzhi read the content of the letter, put the letter back away, and said, "Chief Duan wants to abolish the imperial system and recreate the republic, your brother-in-law will be very happy." ”

"Then there's Sister Lao." Huang Shengxiang said.

"By the way, Chief Duan instructed that due to the implementation of military management, it is best for my sister and the people in the house not to go out in the past few days, if you need anything, just tell me, and I will inform the Quartermaster Department of the War Department to handle it immediately." Huang Shengxiang said, his eyes fell on the large repeating pistol next to his sister's waist, "My people are stationed opposite, if the guards in the house are not enough and ammunition, tell me too, and I will arrange it immediately." ”

As soon as Huang Shengxiang's words fell, Huang Yunzhi heard a strange sound of metal rolling outside, and her brows couldn't help frowning.

"It's the tanks coming," Huang Shengxiang noticed the strange expression of his sister's expression, and immediately explained, "They only stop outside the mansion and won't come in." ”

"What? Tank? Huang Yunzhi asked a little strangely, "What is a tank?" ”

"It's a tracked ironclad chariot, the kind designed by my brother-in-law back then." Huang Shengxiang smiled and said, "For the sake of secrecy, the British called this kind of ironclad chariot 'tank', and our troops in Europe later followed this name, and it became 'tank' when it was passed on to China." Therefore, the ironclad chariot is unimpeded in the flat and wide land, so the Chinese translation is 'tank', that is, the meaning of 'frank road restraint'. ”

"That's great, this kind of ironclad chariot can be a hundred, and I'm relieved to have them here." Huang Yunzhi said with a smile, "Mr. Duan is really thoughtful. ”

After chatting a few more words with her younger brother, Huang Yunzhi took Huang Shengxiang to the telegraph room in the back hall, handed over the letter written by Duan Qirui to Yang Shuoming, and immediately compiled and sent it.

About three hours later, the letter was translated and sent, and after making sure that all this was done with his own eyes, Huang Shengxiang asked for the original copy of Duan Qirui's letter, and then got up to say goodbye.

After sending off her younger brother, Huang Yunzhi returned to her room, quickly took out a pen and paper, and began to quickly write down the content of Duan Qirui's letter from memory.

Guangxi, Guiping, Nanzhili patrol envoys.

"The War Department did not contact us through normal communication channels, but sent a telegram through the radio station at my home," Yang Shuoming saw that several subordinates had finished reading the long telegram, and said with a smile, "It seems that Chief Duan is trying to 'rebuild the republic', but he has good intentions." ”

"This is what you told me about 'tyrant politics' before, isn't it?" Tang Jing sneered, "'Rebuilding the republic' is a good thing to say, but I'm afraid it's not as good as a constitutional monarchy." ”

Listening to Tang Jing's words, Xu Yuanjin just smiled and didn't speak, while Chen Jiongming and Cheng Biguang's faces had become quite ugly.

For the two learned soldiers of the new school, they knew quite well what "tyranny politics" meant.

"Tyrannical politics" refers specifically to the rule of reading talents established by those who have obtained power by illegal means, also known as "unlimited rule of reading talents". The term "tyrant" was not originally used in a pejorative sense, and the tyrant politics of early Greece played a positive role in purging the remnants of the clan system, but it often did not last long in the turbulent tide of political struggle. Aristotle once asserted in his analysis of "tyrant politics" that the most logical way to maintain rule is to practice benevolent government, but it is absolutely impossible for tyrants to practice benevolent government, because this contradicts the essential need of tyrants to use power to obtain benefits.

For Yang Shuoming, who is a "descendant of history", he knows more clearly about the harm and deception caused by "tyranny politics".

In order to consolidate their rule, tyrants often have their own set of methods, one is to divide the people and prevent them from forming a unified consensus, for which it is necessary to restrict public opinion. The second is to intimidate the people, using the so-called "unchanged for a thousand years" and "one-size-fits-all" criterion, and using a firmly controlled army to achieve intimidation. The third is to remove the threat, which has evolved from the Aristotelian assassination of citizen leaders to the Twelve Golden Men, and a policy of foolishness to control anything that might form a weapon.

Throughout Chinese history, since the Qin Dynasty, no dynasty has been able to escape these three inevitable tricks!

Now, Duan Qirui, who chooses to follow the same path, of course, cannot escape the inevitable law of the rise and fall of the dynasty!

And in the end, after the tyrants lose their hearts, the last lingering breath will only make the choice of making new changes more difficult, and the strong need for self-respect will eventually lead to the complete loss of control of the army's power, and careerists will sniff out the use value of the army from it, so that Cao Ying, who "coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes", was not the first, and would definitely not be the last! Yang Shuoming thought of the society in which informatization accelerated and opened up, and his heart couldn't help but feel a heartache.

He knew that it could be assumed that the pre-1966 national leadership party had tried to adopt a new system to escape this inevitable historical fate, but after 1976 there was a complete reversal, and that unprecedented "revolution" did not bring a new idea and a new form of government to China. Rather, it has degenerated into another round of dynastic change!

(To be continued)