As for Yuan Shikai, from a historical point of view, he is not a monarch in his bones, this person was born in an old bureaucratic family, rose in the military circles, and knows little about the general trend of the world, although he has trained the new-style Beiyang Army, but that does not mean that he is a new-style figure, from beginning to end, he is an old-style bureaucrat, even though he presided over the "new policy" and "preparatory constitution", but this does not change the atmosphere of the old era that he has been immersed in the officialdom for a long time, and the constitution he wants is to limit the rights of the Manchu emperor. And not his Yuan someone's right.

This person was able to rise in the political arena at the end of the Qing Dynasty, not because of how talented he was, but precisely because there was no one in the court, and the Qing court had no choice but to use it.

In Zhao Bei's view, Yuan Shikai is a talent as an official, but he can't be the head of state in the new era, because he can't see the general trend clearly, and if he can't see the general trend clearly, he will be confused by the small profits in front of him, and it is difficult to bear the burden of the founding of the country.

But the traverser is different, the general trend of history is written in the history books, and it is difficult to see clearly, which is very important, which can greatly make up for the lack of talent.

In the Xinhai Revolution in history, Yuan Shikai took advantage of the situation, put the president for life and did not do, but performed a farce of the president becoming the emperor, and finally ended in failure, the damage caused to China was very far-reaching, Yuan died, the Beiyang group split, these different military groups each sought the backing of the powers, and the powers also actively supported the agents, since then the warlords of the land of China have been disturbed for more than ten years, and lost the most valuable development opportunity, it can be said that Yuan Shikai as a short-sighted old-style bureaucrat, He should be blamed for all this, he had the opportunity to be a Napoleonic strongman, but he did not seize this opportunity to leave a name in history, but put himself in the position of being referred to by thousands of people, which is not only the tragedy of his Yuan Shikai, but also the tragedy of modern China.

Now, now that Zhao Bei has crossed over to this era, he will never allow this tragedy to happen again. Therefore, no matter what, it is necessary to prevent Yuan Shikai from taking power, at least, not watching him hold power in the whole country!

If China in this era needs a short-lived era of warlords, then this era can only and must be created by Zhao Bei, and he will take the initiative.

However, due to the fact that the current historical trajectory has changed a lot, and the situation is very different from that of the Xinhai Revolution, Zhao Bei felt a little at a loss for a while, hesitating not knowing where to start, how to develop his own power while limiting Yuan Shikai's power? It wasn't until a few days ago that he slowly straightened out his thoughts, and a preliminary idea appeared in his mind, but this plan was too risky, and he had not yet decided whether to implement it.

Seeing that Zhao Bei was silent, and everyone didn't dare to interject, Yang Du waited patiently for a while, so he had to break the silence by himself and said, "Commander-in-chief, I guess Yang's words touched you." Although the republic is good, it is not in line with the national conditions, and although the constitution is not satisfactory, it can avoid chaos in the world. Now that the imperial court has promised to quickly determine the monarchy and constitution, it is already in line with the will of the people of the world, why bother to hold on to a 'republic'? You revolutionaries advocate 'racial revolution', but you have to look at the time, aren't the banner people Chinese? The slogan 'Expulsion of the Tatars' could certainly stir up popular fanaticism, but this slogan gave the Japanese and Russians a chance! Now those 'Eight Banners outside the Guan' are screaming fiercely, and the princes on the Mongolian steppe are also jumping up and down, is there no shadow of the great powers behind this? Now that the constitution is in sight, as long as the state system is certain, the great powers naturally have no excuse to instigate and meddle, so this 'revolutionary' argument can be put to rest. ”

Zhao Bei sighed secretly, what Yang Du said may not be unreasonable, but this could not shake his determination, so he said quietly: "Huizi, what you said is not entirely right. In fact, there are quite a few people who are willing to revolution, and those who are too poor to live prefer a republic to an emperor rather than an emperor. ”

Yang Du snorted and said disdainfully: "Those reckless bandits rebelled, just to grab silver and official hats, they know what 'republic' is?" Let them build a republic will only be a non-donkey and non-horse, which will only increase the laughter. ”

This is true, history has proven―――――― although the main responsibility is not on those green forest heroes.

Yang Du struck while the iron was hot, and said: "I know that the commander-in-chief has stayed in a foreign country and has a republican heart, but the commander-in-chief must also know about the British constitutional monarchy, compared with the French Revolution with a sea of corpses and blood, the British 'Glorious Revolution' is the right way." Is it better to be constitutional or republican? The commander-in-chief is wise and martial, and he should understand. Today's China can no longer afford to be chaotic, and if it is chaotic, it will be wiped out. ”

Zhao Bei said: "Mr. Huizi is serious. So many revolutionaries have gone forward to kill one after another, and these people are the backbone of China, and with them, China will never lose the country, but only the phoenix. ”

"Gone astray." Yang Du shook his head and sighed. "It's a pity that those people, many of whom stayed abroad, could have used the knowledge they learned to save the country and the people, but they were deceived into becoming assassins, and they paved a shortcut for others to be promoted and made rich with their own blood."

Why is this so awkward?

Zhao Bei touched his chin and said, "You can't say that, without their enthusiasm, how can you wake up the sleeping people?" If the people don't wake up, it will be up to you constitutionalists to ask grandpa to sue grandma, when will the Qing court agree to your request for constitutionalism? Without this 'Wushen Revolution', how could the Qing court be in a hurry to issue a constitutional edict? You, you have taken advantage of our revolutionary party, and without us, where would you have a place for the constitutionalists to speak? Don't forget to dig wells when drinking water, when you Junxian faction drank the seemingly sweet Junxian spring water, did you ever think that the spring water was exchanged for the blood in the neck of the revolutionary? ”

This is a heart-wrenching statement, and everyone frowns at the moment, but if you think about it carefully, Commander-in-Chief Zhao is right, without this revolutionary army, how could the Qing court be so easy to speak? At that time, Zhang Jizhi and they went to Beijing repeatedly to present their feelings, asking the Qing court to establish a constitutional monarchy, his knees were broken, and his head was dizzy, but in the end, he was exchanged for a perfunctory sentence of "preparing for the constitution", and in the end, he was escorted back to his hometown from the capital by the officials, but now that the revolutionary army is together, the Qing court immediately changed its face, and it was to issue an edict to quickly establish a constitutional, and it was to invite the constitutionalists to go to Beijing to discuss politics...... People are all forced out, and the national policy of the imperial court is the same, no one will rein in their horses until they are on the edge of the cliff.

To use a Western adage, it is: crisis precedes management.

But how could Yang Du give up easily? At the moment, it was a bitter heart, so I sent Zhao Bei to kneel and kowtow.

Zhao Bei tasted a few Longjing, looked at Yang Du's mouth full of white foam, shook his head secretly, put down the teacup, raised his hand, and said, "Mr. Huizi, you don't have to say it anymore." I know that you are not speaking for the Qing court, but for the sake of the people of the world, although I do not agree with your thoughts, but I respect you as a person. Our revolutionary army is doing revolution for the benefit of the people of the world, not for personal promotion and wealth. Since the people of the world are now determined, I can't disobey the hearts of the people in the world, so let me think about it, and consult with others to see whether there are more people who support the republic or those who support the monarchy. Of course, I must also open the conditions, if Yuan Xiangcheng really wants to establish a constitutional monarchy, he cannot but express his sincerity to the revolutionary army. ”

"Conditions? It is good to say, although the commander-in-chief spoke, Yang went to Xiang Cheng and said, and Xiang Cheng conveyed it to the imperial court. Yang Du's heart was relieved and he agreed.

Will Yuan Shikai agree to a constitutional monarchy? Joke! He wished that the revolutionary army and the Qing court would fight to the death, and then profit from it. Of course, if the constitutionalists support him Yuan someone to be the emperor, he will definitely be happy, but even if it is his Yuan family, I am afraid that there is nothing to do with the constitution.

What's more, even if he agrees with Jun Xian, I, Zhao, still don't agree!

"I haven't figured out this condition yet, I'll tell you when I think about it. Huizi, you might as well spend a few more days in Wuhan, walk around, take a look at the weather of our revolution, and then compare it with the weather in the capital, and see whether the revolution is better or better. ”

Zhao Bei was secretly amused in his heart, but there was an indifferent expression on his face, he took out the wall watch in his pocket and glanced at it, picked up the horsewhip from the coffee table, put on his military hat, stood up, arched his hand to everyone, and said: "Several, the famous dishes of Xiangxiang in Tan Mansion will be tasted another day, and Zhao still has important things to do, so I can't accompany you to drink and write poems." Leave. ”

Drinking you may become, poetry? It's a bit overwhelming. Although several people were unimpressed, they also hurriedly stood up and sent Zhao Bei out of the warm pavilion.