After Yuan Shikai was sent to North Korea, almost everyone thought that he had been marginalized, even he himself was no exception, although out of fear of the laws of the republic, or the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Yuan Shikai was still able to do things seriously, and completed the task assigned to him by Li Hui well, and did not dare to bend the law for personal gain, but the enthusiasm for that period of time was gone, which can be seen from the fact that he has exceeded 200 pounds of weight. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But in this mentality of eating and waiting for death, Yuan Shikai suddenly received a telegram asking him to return to China to report on his work, because of the experience of some former colleagues, Yuan Shikai thought that he was also going to be purged (in fact, those guys deserve it, but Yuan Shikai, who is psychologically dark, will be suspicious of the published criminal evidence, and always feels that it is "a crime that you want to add, and there is no excuse." ”。 He was almost frightened and absconded abroad, but considering the pervasiveness of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the cruel methods of the fugitive officials, coupled with his current bloated body size, it was really difficult to escape, so he still didn't dare to do that after all, he could only board the passenger ship bound for Nanjing in a gloomy mood.

At this time, the central authorities had moved to Wuhan, but the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River had not yet been completely dredged, and the deeper seagoing ships could only sail to Nanjing, so Yuan Shikai could not reach the destination directly, so he had to change ships again and take a river boat to Wuhan in Nanjing, and the journey took many days. However, this made Yuan Shikai gradually feel at ease, if Li Hui wanted to kill himself, he could do it when he returned to the country, and he couldn't bring it to the capital.

But Yuan Shikai didn't completely put his mind at ease, until he saw on the dock in Wuhan that he came to greet him was actually Zhang Jian, the former champion of the Qing Dynasty who had a master-apprentice relationship but had already turned against him, Yuan Shikai showed his joy, knowing that what was waiting for him when he returned to China this time should be a happy event, and it is likely to be a big happy event.

At that time, Yuan Shikai and Zhang Jian turned against each other, mainly because he turned his back on Wu Changqing, who had a good relationship with him, after he went to North Korea to get his will, and turned to Li Hongzhang, Zhang Jian was ashamed of himself and cut off his robe and broke off relations with him.

After the outbreak of the Yiwei Revolution, Yuan Shikai made great contributions in time anyway, and his status rose instead of falling compared with the previous Qing Dynasty; However, Zhang Jian was sent to accept ideological transformation as a representative of the old literati because he was the champion of the former Qing Dynasty, but Yuan Shikai did not lend a hand, but avoided it. If Zhang Jian only despised Yuan Shikai before, then from then on, there was undoubtedly a little more resentment.

However, Yuan Shikai never expected that Zhang Jian not only quickly ended the so-called "ideological transformation", but also quickly reused, and was promoted to the minister of water resources in just half a year. Yuan Shikai immediately changed his attitude, and cheekily sent someone to send a congratulatory gift, so enthusiastic that it was as if the previous festivals never existed, but Zhang Jian was not so forgetful, he directly returned the congratulatory gift sent by Yuan Shikai, and the congratulatory letter was not opened......

Zhang Jian hated himself so much, but he came to the dock to greet him, there were only two possibilities, one was that he issued an order from above and asked Zhang Jian to come over, and the other was that his position would be greatly improved, and he would be promoted to the height that Zhang Jian, a member of the second grade, had to bow his head and stutter. Well, these two are actually the same thing, so that the above can send a second-grade master to greet him, and he can at least be promoted to the first grade, that is, to enter the ranks of Jiuqing! After thinking about this, Yuan Shikai's once-dead heart of fame suddenly came to life again......

However, Rao was mentally prepared, and when Li Hui said the arrangements for him, Yuan Shikai was so surprised that his mouth opened wide, and the fried peanuts he had just put in his mouth fell out ......

"W-What? Let me be the prime minister? Yuan Shikai only felt that the hairs on his body stood up all of a sudden, the scope of this promotion was too great, and Yuan Shikai was not an ink artist until now, how could he be qualified to become a prime minister under one person and above ten thousand people? Could it be that Li Hui is testing himself?

Seeing this, Li Hui smiled and said, "Wei Ting doesn't need to be surprised, in fact, with your ability and performance, I have already planned to be of great use, I sent you to North Korea before, on the one hand, because there is no more suitable candidate, on the other hand, I also want to test you, I want to become our comrade, I can't stand the grievances." ”

Yuan Shikai broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, and couldn't help but secretly congratulate himself that he was afraid that the Ministry of Internal Affairs would come to the door and didn't dare to be too lazy, otherwise he would regret his death. However, thinking that he had actually reached the pinnacle of power (Li Hui's position was too secure, the prime minister naturally became the highest peak that others could climb.) Even if Yuan Shikai was in the city, there was a faint look of excitement on his face.

Li Hui saw Yuan Shikai's reaction, but he did not regret his decision. Although it is easy to become a hidden danger with great ambition, Yuan Shikai has no foundation in the new regime, and Li Hui has so many biochemical soldiers to form a solid foundation, so he is not afraid of his undesirable thoughts; Under this premise, being ambitious is an advantage, because being ambitious means being more aggressive, which can somewhat balance the shortcomings of the biochemical cadres who are not active enough.

However, Li Hui also didn't want Yuan Shikai to overturn the national policy he had formulated and create another set, which was not the authority that the prime minister could have, so many things needed to be made clear to him in advance.

After listening to Li Hui's explanation, Yuan Shikai's fiery heart quickly cooled down, Li Hui not only pointed out the general direction, but even many specific policies clearly ordered him not to change without authorization, it seems that the power of this prime minister is not as great as he originally thought. However, Yuan Shikai, as an old general of the former dynasty, is satisfied enough to have such a position, strictly speaking, Li Hongzhang in the past is not as powerful as Yuan Shikai in the future, after all, there is only one Yuan Shikai on his head, and there are only two people who can wrestle with him, and Lao Li Even in his heyday, there are at least two on his head, and those who can wrestle with him, even if only Hanchen have several......

What's more, after Yuan Shikai took office, he didn't have to "follow the rules" in everything, and in some aspects, Li Hui still allowed and even encouraged Yuan Shikai to make changes, such as diplomacy......

In the special period when Li Hui grasped it, the Huaxia Republic was extremely tough on the outside world, and even the invincible British Empire was defeated and had to cede land and pay reparations, but Li Hui hoped that after Yuan Shikai came to power, he would be able to show himself as a peace-loving person. Yuan Shikai understood as soon as he heard it, isn't this a singing white face and a red face? It's just that he doesn't understand, why wait until he does it, can't he do it before? (To be continued.) )