Chapter Twenty-Eight: Fire and Merge

"Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan" is a famous article in "Spring and Autumn". The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info mainly tells the story of a life-and-death struggle between Zheng Zhuang Gong and his younger brother Gongshu Duan in the first year of Lu Yin (722 BC) in order to seize the throne of the monarch. Zheng Zhuanggong designed and deliberately connived at his younger brother Gongshu Duan and his mother Wu Jiang, and his younger brother was arrogant, so he wanted to seize the throne of the monarch, and Zhuang Gong used this to crusade against Gongshu Duan. Zhuang Gong complained about his mother's partiality and moved his mother to Yingdi. Later, I regretted it, and Uncle Ying Kao persuaded me, and the mother and son got back together.

Wang Shizhen means that the opponent can make mistakes, and then the opponent can be eliminated justifiably. Yuan Shikai is also a person who reads poetry and books, so he naturally understands what Wang Shizhen is talking about. He was very satisfied with this answer, so the old god said: "Then everything will be left to the secretary of employment." ”

Now in Beijing, the most important are the three major forces. Among them, the strongest is, of course, headed by Yuan Shikai, with the Beiyang Army of Dragons, Tigers, Dogs and a large number of cadres below. The weakest was Dong Fuxiang's Gan army, and the army that Dong Fuxiang brought into Beijing was only a little more than 10,000. Although the soldiers of the Gan Army had bad military discipline, they were not under the Beiyang Army in the place where they fought bravely, and they suffered heavy casualties in every battle, so now there are only seven or eight thousand left. In addition to the Beiyang Army and the Gan Army, there is also a force called the Zongshe Party.

The Zongshe Party is naturally related to the Manchu royal family. Although this sign has not yet been officially hung up, those ministers of the main peace faction, and many young Manchu nobles have joined in and mixed together. These people were the backbone of the Qing royal family and nobles, such as Liangbi, Yulang, Pu Wei, Zaitao, Zai Ze, and Tie Liang, and they were very hostile to and even hated Yuan Shikai, who had the strongest military force in Beijing. There are many people who have given the nickname "Living Cao Cao" to Yuan Gongbao behind their backs, and their attitude towards Yuan Shikai can be seen from this nickname alone.

Just like Wang Shizhen and Yuan Shikai estimated, these people are now as anxious as ants on a hot pot. The Manchus have reached this point, and they can still nominally rule the old empire of millions of square kilometers, relying on the name of righteousness and Cixi's extraordinary skills.

Now the tide of nationalism is surging, and the name of righteousness has been shaken by the slogan of "driving out the Tartars and restoring China," and it has long been impossible to fool the people of the world. Their only hope is that the queen mother who has been hanging the curtain on the world for decades, relying on her prestige and political skills, can also make the governors everywhere honestly lie in wait. However, now the Empress Dowager Cixi is dead. Immediately afterwards, even Emperor Guangxu died.

So........... Who cares about their bunch of water dogs! It was Dong Fuxiang, after hearing about the death of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, he immediately closed the barracks and put on a posture that I am not easy to provoke and don't come to beat me.

Therefore, Liangbi and others have to consider a question: what should they do next? Waiting for Cao Cao to squeeze them out of the country's decision-making layer little by little?

We know that no reactionary force is willing to withdraw from the stage of history. Even a chicken has to "coo" a few times when it is killed. Although Liangbi and the others are full of people, they are much stronger than monkeys. If the difference between the Manchus and the Han is removed, in terms of personal ability alone, Liangbi, who is the backbone of the Zongshe Party, is still very good, and it is more than enough to be a regiment leader or something.

It's just that what they want to do now is to seize China's supreme power. The difficulty factor of this kind of thing is too great, and it is not something that people like Liangbi who have never worked at the grassroots level can play. From the beginning of their conspiracy, to the process of their tandem, and the final launch, all of them were actually under Wang Shizhen's surveillance. Even more deadly, they had a traitor. Well, it's really a traitor.

Although that person is a Manchu prince, he has always been with Yuan Shikai. When the broken ship of the Qing Dynasty was about to sink in the wind and rain, it was normal to change the door and change the thighs to hug. Then how did Liangbi and the others ever think that there would be such a person among their thanks? They were still full of grief and indignation to keep the foundation of the previous king, but the people at the top were intrigued, and there was no shortage of enthusiastic people at the bottom, but they couldn't use it. Like them, failure is normal, and success is surprising.

After Yuan Shikai secretly passed the anger with Dong Fuxiang, when Liangbi and others launched a forbidden army to exterminate these so-called rebellious ministers and thieves. The Beiyang Army and the Gan Army made a big move, capturing the Forbidden City, the Armory, the Military Aircraft Department, Shangshutai and other places one by one.

Liangbi and the others changed their faces, and asked Yuan Shikai, who was sitting in the chair expressionlessly, "What does Yuan Gongbao mean by this?" We have called you to discuss the enthronement of the new king, what are you bringing so many people in for? ”

Yuan Shikai didn't speak, and there was a person beside him who arched his hand and stood up, it was Wang Shizhen, who was known as the "Dragon of the Beiyang". Wang Shizhen said to Liangbi without fear: "Lord Yuan heard that there were people in the palace who were in turmoil, so he sent troops to capture the rebels. ”

"Then you just catch the party, why did the Beiyang Army come to this venue?"

"Because many of you here are chaotic parties!"

Liangbi was dumbfounded, this refers to the matter of the deer as a horse, and Yuan Shikai can play so skillfully. He was anxious and angry, and shouted: "Yuan Weiting, the bones of the first emperor are not cold, are you about to make a mess?" ”

Yuan Shikai still didn't speak, and watched Liangbi jump up and down like a monkey with a pitiful gaze. Wang Shizhen frowned and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please be decent." ”

Liangbi roared angrily and wanted to rush forward. However, he had only just had this idea, and before he could turn it into reality, he was pressed to the ground by two soldiers wearing the uniforms of the New Army. His face was smashed on the cold ground, and Liangbi felt unparalleled pain. This pain is both physical and spiritual. He clearly knew that Yuan Shikai, who had done such a thing, would not be able to be pressed to the ground by them. And this semi-colonial feudal country, which their ancestors had built by slaughter, was about to perish.

"Who is it? Who betrayed us? Liangbi shouted hoarsely, "Let me be a ghost." ”

"Why bother?" Wang Shizhen said: "It doesn't mean much to you if you know, so let's save some effort." If you have this mind, it is better to explain your problems well, so that you can give your family a way to live. ”

"Alive?" Liangbi said miserably: "It's better to die than to live like that." ”