Yang Du's complaint about Peking Opera was justified, and in the relevant regulations on the development of cultural undertakings issued after the founding of the People's Republic of China, "Peking Opera" was clearly listed as a cultural cancer that the revolution must eradicate, and caused an internal uproar.

Of course, this regulation is also out of Lu Liang's selfishness, in fact, Peking Opera and other local operas are just the way people leisure and entertainment in ancient times, and they have nothing to do with cultural tumors and the like. However, the idea of "national quintessence" instilled since childhood made Lu Liang have a strong rebellious mentality, this kind of national quintessence is just a comrade psychology used by high-ranking officials and nobles to fill the ugliness in their hearts, where can it be called "national quintessence"? What role does it play for the progress of the country and the nation? Even a little technological progress should be more "quintessence" than it! A patriotic song can also inspire the fighting spirit of the Chinese people! A pop music can also soothe people's hearts, so what is the "quintessence" other than men pretending to be women and women dressing up as men?

"What has been passed down from the ancestors, it is impossible for him Lu Liang to completely eliminate it with a single document, but he is arrogant and powerful, and he can occasionally play with children's temper." Feng Guozhang commented with a smile.

"I don't know who it is! With a tiger and wolf like General Feng, he can protect my Beiyang country for thousands of years, and if the palace guards the dragon chair, he can command the army to quell the bandits and return the Taiping of China. There are only two audiences in the courtyard under the stage, Yang Du and Feng Guozhang, and they are not afraid of being heard by outsiders.

"How do foreigners deal with this?" Feng Guozhang said one thing he was most worried about, although Duan Qirui and his ilk were opposed, Yuan Shikai said that the emperor and these people would never raise troops to rebel. But the attitude of foreigners cannot be unscrupulous, and people in the Beiyang system know that the reason why Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang Group can rise is because of the support of foreigners.

"The Far East is a mess. The foreigners are too busy to take care of themselves, and the Japanese are confronting the Chinese army in Shandong, and they will definitely withdraw their troops after the Russians open the passage of the Liaoxi Corridor, and these two countries are now thinking not of confronting the Chinese state, but of fleeing for their lives from the Chinese army, and they do not care about the changes in our internal system at all. As for the top powers, the English and the French. After losing the naval battle, they lost the right to intervene in the Far East, and they no longer counted. So, let's have the final say in our own affairs! ”

Seeing Yang Du's complacent look, Feng Guozhang was like going up and slapping him twice, without the support of foreigners, how many days would the Beiyang Army last? Without the Beiyang Army, Yuan Gongbao had to be taken down even if he became the emperor, had he ever been an emperor?

Feng Guozhang guessed correctly, these people just wanted to be addicted to the emperor. The temptation is too great to be worth the risk. The general trend is that Feng Guozhang will not be ignorant, and after expressing his support to Yang Du, Feng Guozhang left the Yang Mansion. On the way back, he kept thinking about what Yang Du said, those top powers have lost their right to speak in the Far East, Lu Liang and his Chinese army are really fighting for the Chinese people, such a government and army are much stronger than the Beiyang Group!

The support of the Second Army was enlisted. Yuan Shikai's preparations for the emperor's proclamation were transferred to the open side, and he even instructed Yang Du, Sheng Xuanhuai and others to set up an "imperial committee". Specially use the pen of the literati to shout and cheer for the emperor. After the abdication of the Qing Emperor, the Beiyang clique controlled all corners of society, so there was almost no opposition, and in order to complete it before the Chinese army defeated the Allied forces, the Imperial Commission accelerated the process of proclaiming the emperor.

On July 20, the Imperial Council organized a campaign of 10,000 people in the capital, which was composed of 10,000 marchers from the National Assembly, universities, people's petition groups, the Imperial Council and representatives of various provinces. More than four-fifths of them were ordinary people hired by the Imperial Council for one tael of silver per person. After the procession arrived at Yuan Shikai's official residence, Yang Du, the representative of the procession, handed over the letter of recommendation of the people, but Yuan Shikai immediately sent it back and issued an order to "push it again".

After three round-trips, Yuan Shikai accepted it, saying, "The world rises and falls." It is the responsibility of the husband to be patriotic, and to be the back of the people? However, the responsibility is heavy, how to benefit the people's livelihood, how to revitalize the country, how to refresh politics, and how to enter civilization. The previous honest statement was not for humility, but because of the tracing of the text, there are those who can't be themselves. But the stricter the people's rebuke, the more eager they expect, so that the son cannot be extricated and cannot be avoided. "It means that in order to save the country and save the people, I have to be the emperor!

The ceremonial guards, palaces, and royal regulations prepared for the emperor were hastily completed within two days, and Yuan Shikai's eldest son, Yuan Keding, persuaded his father to adopt a Japanese or German-style monarchy, and Yuan Shikai was also very impressed by the strength of Germany and the monarchy.

On July 22, Yuan Shikai accepted the emperor's honorific title and established the Chinese Empire, with 1906 as the first year of Hongxian, the implementation of a constitutional monarchy, the establishment of Xinhua Palace, and the drafting of the "New Imperial Norms".

Yuan Shikai, the emperor of the emperor, immediately ordered Foreign Minister Liang Dunyan to submit his credentials to Hua to discuss peace between the two countries, but Liang Dunyan refused. He, Tang Shaoyi and other officials resigned from their official positions on the day Yuan Shikai became emperor to show their dissatisfaction with the imperial system. It is said that the reason for President Lü Liang's anger was that Yuan Shikai preemptively proclaimed himself emperor, but then the rumors were refuted.

In fact, the reason for Lu Liang's anger is very simple, he likes the name of "Chinese Empire" very much, even if Hua will not adopt this name in the future, Yuan Shikai cannot be allowed to waste it!

In order to express Lü Liang's anger, the General Staff launched the Battle of Tai'an on the day Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor. On the one hand, it was a show of force, and on the other hand, the main purpose of the campaign was to eliminate the Japanese army on the periphery of Jinan and lay a good foundation for the capture of Jinan and the liberation of the entire Shandong Peninsula. In addition, more than 20,000 people of the remaining 1st Army of the Japanese army took refuge in the Yimeng Mountains, and as long as the Chinese army captured Tai'an and connected the battle line with the 1st Army and the 2nd Marine Division in the north, the Japanese army could be blocked in the mountainous area. Once the Japanese First Army came out of the mountains, it would be discovered by the Chinese army, and then mobilize troops to encircle and suppress it.

During the Battle of Xuzhou, the Japanese army sent a brigade to reinforce the troops, and after the defeat of Wang Shizhen, the Japanese army shrank its forces and set up a Jinan defensive circle based on Zibo, Tai'an, and Laiwu. However, after the defeat of the First Army, the Japanese army was insufficient, and Heze, Jining and other places south of Tai'an took the initiative to give up.

At one o'clock in the afternoon of the 22nd, the Seventh Army of the Third Group Army of the Chinese Army arrived in Qufu near Jining. The third division, the sixth regiment, the third battalion and the second battalion were connected to the task of searching for the Beiyang rout in the northeastern urban area of Qufu, after the battle of Xuzhou, a large number of rout troops fled to the north, and the Chinese army found a lot on the march, and it was best to let these people run around, and it was best to throw away their weapons and return to their hometowns, but most of them still held weapons, and it was very likely to evolve into bandits and bandits who occupied the mountains as kings, and became a cancer of public security in the future.

The platoon commander of the second company and the third platoon, Fat Hong, was injured, and a stray bullet hit the abdomen causing massive bleeding. Before Fat Hong returned to the team, he was temporarily commanded by the deputy platoon commander Gao, but Lao Gao's prestige was worse, such as the first squad leader Shuai Hu always found fault.

"Class one, go to that big yard and take a look!"

"Lao Gao, is there less people in our class, look at the big yard is at least hundreds of acres, and you can't find anyone in one class!"

"I said squad leader, why do you always discount the orders of my senior platoon commander! If you want to go, you will go, there is no quality of a soldier at all! ”

"Lao Gao, you are the deputy platoon commander, you can't call yourself the platoon commander. Don't talk nonsense if you don't know, this compound is not simple, see what is written on the door plaque? ”

"It's not like a word, why don't you write it well?"

"Lao Gao, you only learned the culture after enlisting in the army, people call it 'calligraphy', do you understand?"

"Calligraphy is just words that people can't understand? Shuai Hu, you city soldiers, don't always look down on us rural soldiers, after retiring from the army, I will at least be a village chief and cadre! Know no! ”

Xiao Jiang, the second squad leader next to him, interjected weakly: "What, Shuai Hu, I can't understand it either!" ”

"Okay, then I'll tell you about it. The word on the door plaque is called 'Confucian Mansion', Qufu Confucius, the descendants of Mr. Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period, isn't it amazing? Which dynasty and which generation have to be respectful to the Kong family, they are still the biggest landlords in Qufu, can they easily go in and cause trouble, and who will blame them when the time comes? ”

Lao Gao is an unconvinced character: "I don't believe it yet, the military order is like a mountain, even the emperor's family has to accept our inspection!" Also the Confucian family, handsome Hu said that all dynasties and dynasties have been respectful to the Confucian family, so when the Mongols invaded the Central Plains, the Confucian family was also treated favorably? When the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Kong family was also treated favorably? How could he, the Kong family, watch the aliens slaughter our Han people and be indifferent, but become bigger and bigger? I don't think this Confucian family is a good thing! ”

"Hey, Lao Gao's consciousness is good, more than two years of cultural learning have not been in vain!" Xiao Mao, another city soldier and the leader of the third squad, said: "Confucius's Confucianism was originally one of the doctrines of the Spring and Autumn Period, and was later deposed by the feudal rulers and respected Confucianism, which has been passed down for thousands of years. This Confucian Mansion is not a big deal, if you don't believe it, let's ask our superiors to see what the attitude is above! (To be continued.) )