10871908 Far Eastern madman

It's late summer. Ma Bu is about to enter the noon of the tattoo and Wen Huai is Mu", but even if he was sitting in the house, he could also feel the heat steaming outside.

This is Beijing, the presidential palace.

As the acting president of the Republic of China, Xu Shichang is sweating profusely, half of it is hot, and the other half is anxious, although the electric fan on the table in front of him is still blowing, but the beads of sweat are still rolling down his neck and into his clothes one by one.

Can you not be in a hurry? Now the presidential palace of the Republic of China has been besieged by people, and the people besieging President Xu Da are not outsiders, but they are all the families and bereaved families of the fallen officers and soldiers in Beiyang.

Xu Shichang is a clever person, and now he has no idea, but he has been an official for so many years, and his political struggle experience is also quite rich. And that person is definitely not a person from outside the Beiyang Group, that person must be a person from Beiyang, or even a Beiyang veteran.

Who will be the Beiyang Chinese who instigated the Beiyang remnants to make trouble? Xu Shichang thought hard.

Duan Qirui? It is very likely, because it was the same General Duan of the War Department who had been vigorously opposing the appointment of Chairman Zhao of the United Front as Vice President of the Republic of China. It's just that it's hard to speak alone, and it can't solve the current military situation in Beiyang, so it can only make small moves and use the Beiyang remnants to make trouble, so as to put pressure on Xu Shichang and force him to veto the proposal to let Zhao Bei serve as the vice president of the Republic of China.

But this plan is contrary to Xu Shichang's plan, and it is also contrary to the plan of the British minister, and the possibility of success is extremely small, so whether it is Duan Qirui is the whole thing. Xu Shichang is not very sure now.

Apart from Duan Qirui, who else in the current Beiyang Group dares to challenge President Xu's authority? Xu Shichang looked around, and finally focused on Yuan Shikai, who was lying on the sickbed.

Now there is only Yuan Shikai who has the courage and strength to challenge Xu Shichang's place in the Beiyang Group. Although he was paralyzed by a stroke, Yuan Shikai has given up the position of president of the Republic of China to Xu Shichang, but this does not mean that Yuan Shikai has completely lost his power. Every major decision Xu Shichang made was actually forgiven by Yuan Shikai in advance. Even the north-south peace talks were nodded too much by Yuan Shikai on the sickbed.

But. There is only one thing that Yuan Shikai doesn't know now, or in other words, Xu Shichang thinks that Yuan Shikai doesn't know, this matter is the nomination of Zhao Bei as the vice president of the Republic of China, the British minister did not tell Yuan Shikai about this matter, Xu Shichang did not tell Yuan Shikai, and Xu Shichang also used the reason of "not disturbing President Yuan Da's recuperation". The generals and officials of Beiyang were strictly ordered not to disclose the news to Yuan Shikai, at least not to let Yuan Shikai know that Zhao Bei was about to become the vice president of the Republic of China before the National Assembly convened.

But this is only theoretical, in the end, has anyone told Yuan Shikai the news that Zhao Bei is about to become the vice president of the Republic of China, Xu Shichang really can't guarantee it, after all, this is Yuan Shikai's Beiyang, not his Xu Shichang's Beiyang, as long as Yuan Shikai does not die for a day, this Beiyang Army is the "Yuan Family Army" Beiyang General is the "Yuan Family General" Their allegiance is still the Yuan Xiangcheng who can't even speak.

After the presidential palace was fenced off, Xu Shichang specially asked Yuan Shikai's eldest son Yuan Keding, but the other party told him that Yuan Shikai did not know the details of the peace clause between the north and the south, and never took the initiative to ask, it seems that Yuan Shikai has decided to let Xu Shichang preside over the matter.

But is Yuan Keding telling the truth? In this regard, Xu Shichang cannot guarantee it, after all. When the British minister and the ministers of other countries threatened Yuan Keding to "voluntarily give up" the power to be president, Xu Shichang also watched from the side, but he didn't even say a good word for Yuan Keding, Yuan Keding could not have no opinion, and it was logical to deceive Xu Shichang.

Although he had this concern, Xu Shichang still warned Yuan Keding that he could not tell Yuan Shikai the news that Zhao Bei was about to become vice president of the Republic of China now, so as not to aggravate Yuan Shikai's condition.

Xu Shichang was still afraid that Yuan Shikai would be angry to death. He and Yuan Shikai have been old friends for many years, and he has changed the post of the brother, this relationship is certainly one of the reasons why he does not want to see Yuan Shikai die now, but this is not the main reason, the main reason is that Xu Shichang is now completely unsure of the overall situation of Beiyang, if Yuan Shikai dies suddenly, the last hope to maintain Beiyang will also come to naught, then, the Beiyang Group will definitely fall apart, this is not determined by people's righteousness and morality, but by people's interests, Beiyang people, All have their own interests. Even he, President Xu Shichang and President Xu, has his own little abacus.

The current situation in Beiyang is very similar to the Manchu officialdom in the days before the death of the Empress Dowager Cixi last year. Almost all of them are looking for a way out for themselves. Looking for a backer, Yuan Shikai was also looking for a way out for himself back then, so there were rumors that the Beiyang Army might support Prince Qing's son Zaizhen as the emperor, and this directly led to Prince Qing being transferred to supervise the mausoleum work, for the Manchu court, in that situation at that time, any rumors must be highly vigilant.

Now, Beiyang has also appeared this kind of "green and yellow" situation, on the one hand, Yuan Shikai can not govern, on the other hand, Xu Shichang can not control the overall situation, no wonder the people below are panicked, everyone has their own interests, for the people in Beiyang, now Beiyang has reached the time of life and death, survival, or unite to tide over the difficulties. Either the tree will fall and scatter, and everyone will take care of each other. Find your own future.

If the Beiyang Army had not been defeated in Henan and Zhili, then the Beiyang people might have been able to unite. Tide over the difficulties together, but the problem is that the Beiyang Army was defeated, and it was defeated very badly. Several people realized that there was a serious problem. That is, Beiyang is already a strong outsider, and instead of guarding this dead tree and finishing it together, it is better to find a way to find a tree whose branches and leaves are not so withered and abandon it, so as to take a breath first.

As a result, the "reverse Yuan faction" of Sheng Xuanhuai, Liang Shizhao and others appeared, and the "self-made proposition" of the first army of Beiyang southward appeared

Faced with such a situation, Xu Shichang has no confidence in reviving Beiyang, and now all he is doing is to maintain the situation. In his heart, he regarded himself as the pillar of the Qing court, Li Hongzhang, who was a "tinker", and he Xu Shichang is also doing the work of a tinker now, if the house is going to collapse, the tinker is powerless.

What's the hardest thing to clean up? The most difficult thing to clean up is the human heart. People's hearts are scattered, no matter how you are a king and a wizard of officialdom, you are powerless to return to the sky, you can only float around with the general trend of history, like a dead leaf floating in the wind, where it falls.

What Xu Shichang is encountering now is such a situation, he can't help himself, but he is unwilling.

If the Beiyang remnants who are now besieging the presidential palace are really instigated by Yuan Shikai. Then this is very intriguing, why didn't Yuan Shikai directly tell Xu Shichang that he didn't want to see Zhao Bei as vice president of the Republic of China? Why did he take such an indirect way to put pressure on Xu Shichang?

Perhaps, Yuan Shikai felt that he was not sure to subdue the entire Beiyang high-level, so he borrowed the power of the Beiyang remnants to occupy the commanding heights of public opinion?

Or, this matter is not out of Xi Shikai's plot, and there is someone else behind the scenes?

Annoyance to annoyance, doubts to doubts, the most important thing now is how to deal with the aftermath.

Now that the North and the South have negotiated peace, and the newspapers have published the terms of the peace talks, and more importantly, Chairman Zhao, who was originally aggressive, has also given up the competition for the post of prime minister of the cabinet and promised to take up the post of vice president of the Republic of China, who is not worthy of the name. And once the cabinet is formed, the chaos caused by Yuan Shikai's insistence on going his own way will be officially closed, and the dying Beiyang can also take this opportunity to take a breath, so that the Beiyang Chinese can complete the transfer of their interests, and then. Whoever wants to take this center can take it, anyway, Xu Shichang is feeling exhausted.

But at this time, the presidential palace was besieged by a group of Beiyang remnants, and the other party's condition for withdrawing from the siege was actually to refuse Zhao Bei to serve as vice president of the Republic of China, if Xu Shichang agreed to this condition, then he would not only become a sinner of this country, but also a sinner of Beiyang!

Xu Shichang couldn't afford this responsibility, so during the half hour he sat in the office, he had been hesitating whether to take tough measures. Disperse the Beiyang remnants besieging the Presidential Palace.

Those Beiyang remnants have surrounded the presidential palace for three days and three nights, and this has not only caused trouble in the Beijing-Tianjin area, but has even made the press worry about Zhongzhong. Even the British minister was urging Xu Shichang to make up his mind as soon as possible and "use thunderous means to maintain the authority of the center." As for one of the protagonists of this matter, Chairman Zhao of the United Front also sent a telegram asking Xu Shichang if he planned to change his mind. Although it was not explicitly stated in the telegram, the meaning of the telegram was also clear, and Chairman Zhao was not uncommon at all The reason why this "vice president of the Republic of China" agreed to take up this post was entirely to take care of Beiyang's face, and more importantly, for the interests of the country!

Tian Xiaoyi was stunned, what was Zhao Bei's idea? That's fine. People do things, they are always virtual and real, fight with him, Beiyang has to be up to enough spirit, otherwise, Yuan Shikai is a lesson from the past.

Xu Shichang sat alone in the office. After pondering for a long time, I finally made up my mind, so I picked up the phone on the table and shook the presidential palace guard. On the other end of the line came the panicked voice of the captain of the guard.

"I can't stand the humble position, there are more and more people, and they are getting closer and closer to the cordon, if they don't do anything, they will rush into the public mansion!"

There were also shouts in the microphone, as well as the sound of whistles and gongs, which was the water and land dojo in front of the presidential palace, and now in front of the presidential palace, it is basically a temple fair.

"Don't use guns, or it won't be good to deal with the aftermath." Xu Shichang said a few words, sighed helplessly, and then pressed down the phone.

The British Minister, Mr. Jurdian, had some point. If these people continue to make trouble like this, the last bit of authority of the Beiyang Center will disappear. At that time, even with the support of the great powers, Beiyang will not be able to slow down.

Xu Shichang stood up and walked out of the office, but when the net went out, he saw a person walking inside, it was Jiang Chaozong, the commander of the infantry army, and like Xu Shichang, he was also sweating.

"President, give the order quickly, if you don't drive away, they will rush into the mansion! Now there are not only those Beiyang relics, but also a lot of people who want to fish in troubled waters, and the mung bean soup we sent over has not yet reached the main hand, so the gang of green skins have been snatched up, and they rely on us to restrain themselves, which is jumping up and down. If you can't make up your mind, let's ask Yuan Xiangcheng what he means? Jiang Chaozong said.

"Don't ask what Xiang Cheng means, I have just given an order to the guards to disperse the crowd."

Xu Shichang shook his head, but the voice fell, and he heard two crisp sounds of "pop" coming from outside the window.

Although he was not a soldier, Xu Shichang could also hear that it was a gunshot, and he was immediately shocked.

"You ordered the shooting?" Jiang Chaozong was also very surprised.

"Nope! In particular, I cautioned against shooting. ”

Xu Shichang's face turned pale and he glanced at Jiang Chaozong. is also pale, and both of them understand it in their hearts. If the guards really shoot at the Beiyang remnants, then not only will this aftermath be difficult to do, but it will also make political enemies seize the opportunity to attack the center.

Regarding the current situation, Xu Shichang has no confidence to deal with it.