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The door was open, and the new Western lamp made a subtle "hissing" sound under the transmission of electricity, and the night seemed to be so quiet except for the repeated pacing in the courtyard.

Although he is an old man with gray temples in front of him, his facial contours are clear, giving people a sense of strength that is old and undecrepit, and he has always maintained the habit of taking a walk before going to bed for many years, and it is said that Li Hongzhang also had such a habit before his death, however, today his footsteps are obviously much more disordered.

Yuan Shikai stopped, looked back at the house, the brightly lit hall did not make any sense of excitement, if it weren't for his strength, how could Wang Gu's foreign affairs in the capital be so smooth, the street in front of the Daqing Gate had been installed with Western street lamps last year, and the foreigners' newspapers were also appreciated, but these icing on the cake couldn't get into the eyes of those people after all, what they wanted was the power in his hands.

Minister of the Cabinet Administration, Minister of Military Aircraft, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang, Minister of New Army Training, Governor of the DPRK He can make the power-hungry Empress Dowager Cixi work hard to envelop her, and be careful everywhere

The strange political atmosphere is like the weather that suddenly falls over the city of Beijing, which catches people off guard. Standing tall above him, the regent of the prison state with an unprecedented history of the Qing Dynasty, will be like Dolgon two hundred years ago who sent batches of dissidents to the guillotine, Rao is the ups and downs of Yuan Shikai did not dare to guess, and the successive bad news is that such a trend is becoming more and more obvious.

The source of the fear is really due to his attachment to power, or whether he is hiding all the birds of Yasukuni's capable ministers as the outside world has said, and perhaps even he himself can't tell.

This year's winter seems to be extremely cold, just after standing for a while, Yuan Shikai felt that his legs were a little cold, and just wanted to continue his activities, a hurried shout came from outside the courtyard gate.

"Dashuai, something happened, something happened"

Suddenly startled in his heart, after two or three breaths, Yuan Shikai quickly regained his composure expression, and rushed to the person without hurrying and scolded with a smile: "Bingjun, how can you say that you are also the right attendant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs now, why are you still in such a panic." ”

The predecessor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was the Daqing Patrol Police Department, and Zhao Bingjun, Yuan Shikai's henchman who had jurisdiction over thousands of police officers in Beijing, is not an exaggeration to say that he is the head of the police.

"Dashuai, Bingjun can't take care of it so much, today there is a message in the palace that there are two blind imperial historians who impeach Dashuai, and the excerpts are handed to the regent."

"What charges?" His face sank, Yuan Shikai asked vigilantly, out of intuition, he smelled a hint of something different, the excerpt of impeachment itself is not painful, it is not that he has not encountered it before, but this timing seems to be too coincidental, Yuan Shikai never believes in coincidence, what appears in his eyes is the invisible hands behind the excerpt.

"I don't know, the palace is pressed." Sighing, Zhao Bingjun said helplessly, uncertain things are the most unsettling, whether it is a sword to seal the throat or quenching poison, unknown things will always make people feel some out-of-the-ordinary fear.

"Dashuai, this is not the only bad thing." After a pause for a long time, Zhao Bingjun rubbed his hands a little unbearably and coldly, and then a solemn look appeared on his face, "I heard from the people of our War Department that Zai Feng is asking Zai Tao Yulang and them to train in secret, as if training the new army." ”

Zhao Bingjun's news was like a sharp blade, at this moment Yuan Shikai felt in a trance that his whole body was full of cracks, and the cold wind penetrated through his brain, from North Korea to Beiyang, the natural composure cultivated by years of strategizing seemed to shake a lot

"Dashuai, what should I do? We've got to figure out a way? ”

Yuan Shikai didn't answer, he slowly turned around, watched the bleak moonlight fall on the top of the Beihai Pagoda in the distance, stared for a long time, and sighed heavy and weak.

"I'm afraid this Beijing city is not very peaceful."

Coming out of Baylor House, the streets were completely deserted, except for the bitter cold wind that penetrated and crashed against the wide palanquin with a heavy muffled sound.

In this case, Zaitao still sent a team of guards to escort Ye Kai home, the security of the capital is far from being comparable to the embassy area of foreigners, the revolutionary party stretched out the cold gun out of nowhere, but the crosshair has been pointing at the heart of the important ministers of the empire, and many officials fell under the guns in a daze, becoming victims of the cruel politics of that era.

Ye Kai can expect that tomorrow's pre-imperial meeting, there will be a fierce game, those Yuan Dang who were fed with silver by Yuan Shikai, sympathetic to Yuan Shikai's Hanchen, constitutionalists, Beiyang system, etc. will become the biggest obstacle to the killing of Yuan Shikai, on the contrary, the royal diehards headed by Xiaogong Wang Puwei, Zai Ze, Shanqi's royal enlightened faction, Zaitao, Zai Xun These young young Zhuang factions, I don't know what kind of rhetoric will happen under the Zhengda Guangming plaque, but unfortunately Ye Kai's official position is not high, I can't participate in this kind of imperial supreme meeting, so I can only "wait for good news" outside the main hall, and I can't see it with my own eyes, which is somewhat regrettable.

On the other hand, there is no need for Ye Kai to go, to stay or not, to kill or not, to put it bluntly, Ye Kai doesn't care at all,

If you don't stay, there will naturally be someone to fill the huge power vacuum that suddenly appeared, stay, the factions between the two groups will be more evenly balanced, objectively giving Ye Kai the space to display the art of power, both of which he can accept, but there is one thing Ye Kai always has a clear mind, and he always has to remember what he wants, no one wants to commit the stupid thing of being used as a gun, but it is not that no one has committed it, and everything will be meaningless before the interests are not put in his pocket.

Putting aside Yuan Shikai's question for the time being, Ye Kai completely relaxed, and leaned on the cushion of the sedan chair with satisfaction, today's harvest must be quite rich, just as business needs principal, the Royal Guard will become his biggest reliance in the future, Ye Kai also needs to use it to earn the first pot of gold in his life, and only with it can he climb up well.

For power, Ye Kai has always regarded him as an art, saying a joke, a weak-willed person may vomit at a glance.

Now, no matter in terms of qualifications, origin, official position, or even the minimum age, Ye Kai does not have the qualifications to become a political star, he needs to make some political allies as much as possible, for which he has already looked for a candidate, and he thinks that his conditions are attractive enough.

Of course, there will be risks, but since the choice has been made, which day is not walking on thin ice, risks are pregnant with countless contradictions, and there will be opportunities only if there are contradictions, just like a fly never bites an egg that has not been slit, Ye Kai has always regarded it as a guideline.

Gently relieved, Ye Kai calmed down, lifted the curtain with his hand and looked out, the Sijiu City under the dark night was so peaceful and pleasant, people could not feel the tension on the eve of the collapse of the building, just like the quiet night before the storm approached, what was needed was not fangs and sharp teeth, but the speed of the premeditated determination that had matched it.

Pour Yuan, train soldiers, but the bunches of waves under the huge waves that can still be seen in the past, the real danger is those who can't be seen. Whether to twist it on the imperial death clockwork, or to loosen the screw button carefully, Ye Kai has already begun to weave his net.

"My lord, the house has arrived" Before the guard could finish his words, he heard an anxious cry resounding, "Master! Master! You're back."

Ye Kai felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly came out of the sedan chair, glanced at the maid kneeling on the ground, and said sharply: "What's the matter?" Speak slowly! ”

"Madame's illness has occurred again, and the doctor is looking at it now, I'm afraid I'm going to ask for it."

It only takes a sentence to recover from a scheming conspirator to an ordinary man, Ye Kai suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness, Lan Niang's illness has been hanging for more than half a year, and the political situation in the previous dynasty has changed abruptly, at this time, what is more disturbing than a fire in the backyard?