Yuan Shikai was anxious during this time, and a series of events caused by the assassination of Song Jiaoren brought his prestige to a freezing point. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On October 6, in the auditorium of the former Finance School, in the hall of the National Assembly, the members of the two houses sat nervously in their chairs, because there was a large group of people outside the Congress, claiming to be a civic group, and surrounded the entire Congress.

The group shouted, and on behalf of the people, they demanded that the legislators elect Yuan Shikai.

At the end of the first round of voting, Yuan Shikai did not reach the legal 3/4 majority, and the second round was still the same, and the third round of voting had to be held. It was getting late, the parliamentarians had not eaten a drop of water, they were thirsty and hungry, they couldn't hold it anymore, they shook their heads and sighed, their faces were full of helplessness, and they filled in the ballots and elected Yuan Shikai as president. When they were released, it was 10 p.m.

"What a joke, Yuan Shikai is at this level?"

Yang Chao couldn't believe that this was Yuan Shikai's means, even if it was bought with money, it was better than using this method.

Maybe he thinks too highly of Yuan Shikai, in the Manchu court, playing with Zaifeng's group of people, Yuan Shikai's power tricks can really work, but playing this kind of party politics, Yuan Shikai is obviously not good.

Such an election will naturally arouse criticism, and Brother Pao was the first in Japan to express his opposition, saying that he would not recognize this illegal election.

The newspapers in the domestic concession also criticized it, but the big boss didn't care anymore, he realized that playing this kind of politics was too complicated, too troublesome, and too a headache.

In the past, if you want to be an official and climb up, you only need to bribe a person like Yixuan, and you only need to deceive the emperor, but now you have to buy at least a few hundred parliamentarians, and you have to deceive the whole world, Yuan Shikai thinks it's better than the kind of Fang Shi in the past.

After using this means to get the presidential throne, Yuan Shikai once again had the constitution on his head.

On October 14, the draft constitution of the Temple of Heaven was taken out of draft, with many restrictions on the power of the president, which greatly dissatisfied Yuan Shikai and forced him to revise it, but because the GM Party members were the majority in the constitutional drafting committee, he did not accept Yuan's demands.

On October 30, the third reading of the constitution was completed, and on November 3, it was submitted to the Constitutional Assembly for promulgation. On November 4, 1913, Yuan Shikai ordered the dissolution of the GM Party, the disqualification of the GM Party members, and the confiscation of their credentials.

The battle between Yuan Shikai and the Congress was very fierce.

"Big brother, big brother, where are you going to force all the GM Party to Brother Cannon!"

In fact, at this time, most members of the GM Party did not agree with Brother Pao's concept of continuous revolution, just like the program and oath of the Guangfu Society where Cai Yuanpei, Tao Chengzhang, Qiu Jin and others belonged was "to recover the Han nationality, return my mountains and rivers, promise the country with their bodies, and retire after success", and most of the people of the League were actually only the first goal of the Qing Dynasty.

Now that they have overthrown the monarchy and formed a parliament, it is time for constitutionalism, so why should they make a revolution?

Therefore, even if it is believed that Yuan Shikai assassinated Soong Jiaoren, the GM Party still insists on maintaining the parliament in Beijing, formulating a constitution, and limiting the power of the president.

But Yuan Shikai directly disbanded the GM Party, which is to force this group of people to follow Brother Pao and force this group of people to revolutionize.

Yang Chao could only sigh, it seems that the big head brother is not suitable to lead China. In the past, I thought that the eldest brother later became the emperor only because he was confused by his son and instigated by his subordinates, but now it seems that the eldest brother chose to become the emperor, I am afraid that it is his own political ambitions. Because he simply doesn't understand, can't, and doesn't want to play party politics.

Just when Yang Chao was watching the political struggle in Beijing with a cold eye, the eldest prince Yuan Keding came to Shandong again.

"Still want to buy a gun?"

Yuan Keding came to buy guns again this time, after Yang Chao's Northeast Army was reduced from one million to 300,000, a large number of surplus materials were bought by the big brother, and there were almost seven or eight hundred thousand rifles in total, but I didn't expect the big brother to buy guns.

But Yang Chao didn't care and just asked, "Is there any money?" ”

Yuan Keding smiled: "Yes, yes." ”

Yang Chao couldn't help but wonder: "Borrowed money again?" Whom to borrow? ”

In the past two years, the eldest brother has been constantly borrowing money, recruiting troops, and expanding the army, and the Beiyang Army is now 500,000 troops.

Yuan Keding said: "Looking for a foreigner to borrow?" ”

Yang Chao sighed: "What kind of collateral do you take?" ”

Yuan Keding said: "Coal mines in Shanxi. ”

Yang Chao was stunned: "Yan Xishan has taken refuge in President Yuan?" ”

After the Xinhai Revolution, Yan Xishan rebelled in Shanxi, and then became the overseer of Shanxi, and since then he has ruled Shanxi for 40 years, and finally it was the Japanese and Taizu who drove Yan Laoxi away, he is a famous Republic of China tumbler.

The reason why he can not fall is because he will speculate, he is an old man of the Alliance, but he has always stood on the side of Beijing, when Brother Cannon launched a war, he spoke in support of Yuan Shikai, when Yuan Shikai was called emperor, he was the first to celebrate, but this team obviously stood wrong, because Yuan Datou died after being emperor for more than 100 days, and then he was scolded for more than ten years.

Yan Xishan is also a capable person, unlike Brother Pao, those people's eyes are always directly focused on the supreme power, staring at the throne of the president, but Yan Xishan is at ease to be a local governor, and the iron bucket operated by Shanxi has not experienced war for decades, and when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Shanxi was a major industrial province second only to the Northeast.

But now Yan Laoxi, a miser, actually mortgaged the coal mines in Shanxi to foreigners to exchange loans for Yuan Shikai, which is not a small investment.

"Yan Dudu is a handsome man who understands current affairs."

Yuan Keding said with a smile.

Yang Chao said: "That's good." I don't know how many guns Yuan Gongzi wants to buy? ”

Yuan Keding said magnificently: "500,000! ”

"Good! This is long overdue. According to this official, President Yuan should form a two-million Beiyang Army, so who would dare to rebel? ”

Yang Chao encouraged Yuan Keding.

Yuan Keding nodded violently, but he was not so bold: "One million is not too much, it can suppress that group of anti-thieves." ”

Yang Chao said: "Yes." It costs money to raise soldiers. ”

Yuan Keding was deeply touched: "It's better to be Lord Yang, don't panic when you have money in your hands." ”

Yang Chao hurriedly waved his hand: "Wherever I have money, I borrow it, and just repaying the interest is hundreds of millions a year!" ”

Yuan Keding swallowed his saliva, he always thought that Yang Chao was too wasteful to use so much money to build a factory, if it was used to recruit troops? Yuan Dagongzi felt that it was better to let Yang Chao build a factory.

Although Yang Chao released some uncomfortable arguments in the newspaper from time to time, in general, he still stood with Yuan Shikai, such as when Brother Pao was on the Northern Expedition, he was killed by Yang Chao in Shandong. Especially after that, as long as Yuan Shikai has the money to buy, Yang Chao will supply more or less guns and ammunition.

"Do you want a cannon?"

After finalizing the rifle deal, Yang Chao started a new business.

"No, no need!"

Yuan Keding shook his head, to deal with the army of the artillery party, it was enough to have a gun, it was a group of rabble.

Yang Chao looked expectant: "How about a thousand doors?" ”

Yuan Keding insisted: "Don't, don't." Don't want any of them. ”

Yang Chao regretted for a while.

"If Yuan Gongzi wants to make a fortune, tell President Yuan that he has a deal of 100 million taels of silver, see if he dares to do it!"

Yang Chao said suddenly.

Yuan Keding was stunned: "What kind of deal?" ”

He was very interested, and now his father has mortgaged everything that can be mortgaged, and he doesn't want to think about the tariffs, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty will sell them out, and any mining taxes and salt taxes left, as long as they can get money, they will be mortgaged out to get cash. Now that even the coal mines in Shanxi have been mortgaged, there is really no new source of income.

I have to say that what the big head brother accepted is really a mess, the country is reluctantly and passively entering the modern era under the aggression of foreigners, but the modern state institutions have never been established, which is not a bad thing for Yang Chao, at least he has built so many factories, except for a factory tax managed by the customs, other taxes and fees can not be collected at all.

It's just that the big brother probably doesn't have the interest in patiently forming any modern government agencies, what he wants is to seize power, what he wants is to kill all opponents, and he will expand the army and increase his strength after deducting some money.

Therefore, the big brother is really short of money, and this is a good time to induce him.

"Rob the Japanese!"

Yang Chao said.

"Ahh

Grand Master Yuan was stunned and began to shake his head: "Lord Yang said that he was laughing. ”

Yang Chao smiled: "Don't laugh." You don't know that the Japanese have established dozens of silk reeling factories in Shanghai and Suzhou, not to mention the annual income, and those factories are worth 50 million. In other places, the factories add up, and there are no less than 50 million! There are also Japanese shops and foreign shops all over the country, which will not be less than 100 million. As long as President Yuan dares to rob it, the 100 million share is still guaranteed. ”

In the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese seized the right to open factories in China's major ports, and over the years, the Japanese built a lot of factories in the south of the Yangtze River, among which the spinning mill and the silk reeling factory, especially the silk reeling factory, were also very profitable.

Although the Japanese vigorously developed the silk industry after the Meiji Restoration, Japan is already the largest exporter of raw silk in this era, but Japanese silk is not as good as Jiangnan silk.

This is something that can't be helped, it's not that the Japanese don't know how to raise silkworms, it's not that the Japanese have bad machines, it's really not good for water and soil. The silk in the Huzhou area of Suzhou in the world is of good quality, white and flawless, bright in color, while Japanese silk is gray and Indian silk is yellow.

Local Chinese businessmen took the raw silk produced in Huzhou and took it to the World Trade Fair and won the gold medal.

Hundreds of years down, in the end or the ancestors left behind the things are competitive, but it is a pity that China has the best raw silk raw materials, but the world's first raw silk exporter is still Japan, I don't know how to operate in the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China only knows the scuffle, no one has the patience to do the silk industry.

On the contrary, the Japanese took advantage of their privileges to build dozens of factories in the south of the Yangtze River, processing high-quality raw silk from Chinese silkworm cocoons, and constantly accumulating funds for their industrialization.

Yang Chao had already seen that if the Japanese factories could be confiscated and handed over to the capitalists in Jiangnan to operate, the national industry in Jiangnan would immediately increase tenfold.

As for the Japanese shops, foreign banks and even banks, Yang Chao didn't care too much.

Yuan Dagongzi was also greedy, but he felt that Japan was not easy to provoke: "It's not appropriate to act rashly at this time." ”

Yang Chao said: "This is the right time, if you miss this village, you won't have this store." ”

Yuan Dagongzi asked, "Why?" ”

Yang Chao said: "The Japanese occupy our land, isn't this the best reason, we have enough reasons to use the Japanese factories to compensate for the losses." ”

Yuan Dagongzi was a little afraid: "Then what if the Japanese call?" ”

Yang Chao patted his chest: "My 300,000 Northeast Army is not a vegetarian. ”

Yuan Dagongzi was relieved: "Then what should we do?" ”

Yang Chao said: "First of all, break off friendship with Japan!" (To be continued.) )