Chapter 419: Small Actions (I)

The roar of the steam engine. A tugboat puffed out of the harbor with black smoke and headed for a passenger ship that was slowing down outside the port, both ships flying the five-color flag.

This is Tianjin Dagu, the most important commercial port in Zhili and even the whole of northern China, there are many ships entering and leaving the port every day, relying on a few tugboats to divert water and pilot, and the work efficiency of the port is not high.

The tugboat docked the passenger ship, and with the assistance of the tugboat, the passenger ship finally sailed into the harbor and docked at a pier, and before the passengers could start disembarking, they heard the sound of military music coming from the pier.

The passengers stood on the side of the ship and looked out over the wharf, and saw some soldiers in procession, and a military band, and on the pier pier there was an archway with a banner hanging on it, on which were written several golden letters:

"Welcome members of Congress to Beijing and Tianjin!"

The passengers inquired with each other and learned that there were dozens of members of Congress among the passengers who were on the same boat with them. They were invited to the Beijing-Tianjin area at the invitation of Zhao Bei, President of the Republic of China, and their main task was to prepare for the upcoming relocation of the National Assembly to Beijing.

Under the curious eyes of the passengers, Tang Hualong, speaker of the House of Representatives, led dozens of congressmen to follow the second mate of the steamer from the VIP passage to the pier and walk up to the pier.

They were greeted by several central delegates sent from Beijing, among whom Isaac Zhenbing had the highest position and the most prominent position, and he was now not only a senior adviser to the Admiralty, but also a close friend of Admiralty Chief Tang Xiangming, who in turn was Tang Hualong's younger brother.

After Sa Zhenbing greeted Tang Hualong and others, he 'handed over' a handwritten letter from Tang Xiangming to Tang Hualong.

"Tang Zhuxin is busy with the affairs of the Admiralty and can't come here, so I write a letter and ask me to 'handover' Speaker Tang." Sa Zhenbing pointed to Tang Xiangming's letter and said.

Tang Hualong opened the letter, hurriedly glanced at it a few times, raised his head and smiled faintly at Sa Zhenbing, and said: "The new experience is insufficient, the matter is not deep, the 'door' G president trusts, he is in a high position, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, and in the future, the affairs of the Admiralty will have to rely on Brother Ding Ming's assistance." Brother Ding Ming still needs to promote the juniors. ”

Sa Zhenbing also smiled and said: "Tang Zhuxin is doing things safely, he is still competent in the affairs of the Admiralty, if you talk about experience, he has studied the navy in a foreign country, it is enough, as for prestige, just cultivate it slowly." Now the president of our Republic of China is only twenty-seven years old, but he 'plays' Beiyang in the palm of his hand, and the future is terrifying. ”

Seeing that Sa Zhenbing seemed a little lonely, Tang Hualong changed the topic very interestingly.

"Brother Ding Ming, the congressman went north to discuss politics, and the center sent a few members to come over to greet him, why did you come and pick us up?"

"Originally, the center did arrange it like this, but just in time for me to go to Dagu on business, Suo 'sex' simply appointed me the name of 'welcome ambassador' and asked me to pick you up."

"Oh? Brother Ding Ming went to Dagu on business, I'm afraid it is also an errand of the Admiralty. ”

"Yes, the Admiralty intends to reorganize the Navy and build the best naval school, so it sent me over to choose a site. Other than that. I'm going to go to Qingdao in a while, but that matter is confidential, so it's inconvenient to tell you. ”

Sa Zhenbing stopped talking, Tang Hualong didn't ask, the two walked down the trestle hand in hand, and took a carriage to the railway station under the escort of the army.

With Sa Zhenbing and Tang Hualong in the same carriage as Rao Hanxiang, he is now not only a member of the House of Representatives, but also as the plenipotentiary representative of the Senate Speaker Li Yuanhong to assist Tang Hualong, Rao Hanxiang and Sa Zhenbing are not strangers, "Wushen **", Sa Zhenbing led the Qing army river defense fleet to Wuhan to deter the ** force, Rao Hanxiang went to Sa Zhenbing's flagship as Li Yuanhong's lobbyist, and brought a personal letter from Li Yuanhong, although Sa Zhenbing confiscated the letter, but also met Rao Hanxiang, Sa Zhenbing was very surprised that this person could rise to prominence so quickly, so he kept talking to Rao Hanxiang while sitting in the carriage, talking around the trap to see whose path Rao Hanxiang was taking.

Whose path could it be? Rao Hanxiang has always been Li Yuanhong's chief of staff, and Li Yuanhong is a close confidant of Zhao Bei, the president of the Republic of China.

As Li Yuanhong's constitutional "comrade", the reason why Tang Hualong was able to serve as the speaker of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly was also inseparable from Li Yuanhong's great help, but without Zhao Bei's nod, Tang Hualong would not have been able to be the speaker. Tang Hualong was very clear about this, so when Zhang Jian's group of members of the Constituent Assembly opposed the move of the National Assembly to Beijing, as the speaker of the House of Representatives, Tang Hualong resolutely opposed it, and it was with the support of Li Yuanhong and Tang Hualong that the National Assembly was able to move to Beijing.

Because of this, the current Li Yuanhong and Tang Hualong have been regarded by some congressmen as Zhao Bei's "second generals", and the group of congressmen of the Constituent Assembly have even called them Zhao Bei's "lackeys".

Li Yuanhong did not mind the accusations made by some congressmen, but for the sake of safety, Li Yuanhong still asked Tang Hualong to lead the congressmen to Beijing to fight the front station, while Speaker Li continued to stay in Shanghai to suppress the parliament so as not to cause trouble.

Accompanied by Sa Zhenbing, Tang Hualong led the parliamentarians to the railway station, where the special train sent from Beijing had already arrived, and on this train, Tang Hualong met two acquaintances, but they were Zhang Zhenwu and Pu Dianjun, who also returned to Beijing by this special train.

Zhang Zhenwu is okay, Tang Hualong is just acquaintance. There is no 'friendship' with him, but Pu Dianjun is different, Tang Hualong and Pu Dianjun are both strong generals of the Constitutionalist in the late Qing Dynasty, the two not only met very early, but also worked together after **, after the establishment of the Congress, Pu Dianjun once had the possibility of serving as the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, but later because of the outbreak of the assassination of Japanese politician Ito Hirobumi, Pu Dianjun was transferred by the center and tried the case with Zhang Zhenwu.

"Where did this come from, two? The assassination of Hirobumi Ito. It's not over yet, is it? Tang Hualong sat down beside Pu Dianjun and asked why the two were in Tianjin.

Pu Dianjun smiled bitterly, pointed to the 'messy' hair, and said, "We just returned to Dagu from Lushun and were about to take a ride back to Beijing. No, this hair has not been combed for many days, today I took a boat to Dagu, I originally planned to stay in Dagu for a few days to rest and rest, but just off the boat, before we had time to catch our breath, President Zhao Da called us on the train with a telegram, but we did not expect to meet Brother Jiwu on this train. ”

"Lushun? You don't try the case in Beijing, what are you going to Lushun for? Is it to collect evidence? ”

Tang Hualong's curiosity was raised, so he began to dig into the bottom of it, wanting to 'find out'.

The assassination of Ito Hirobumi was by the North Korean An Chonggen, who was caught by the Beiyang Army during the assassination, and this political assassination case can be said to be conclusive evidence, and it is said that the trial should have been completed a long time ago, but the problem is that because the assassinated person was a veteran of Japanese political circles and his status was not trivial, the trial of this assassination case became quite difficult, and the case has not been concluded until now, which is in sharp contrast to the high efficiency of Pu Dianjun and Zhang Zhenwu when they tried the "Sichuan-Han Road Deficit Case."

Pu Dianjun sighed and said: "There is no need to collect any more evidence, the assassin was seized on the spot, and the pistol used in the murder is also stored in the Ministry of the Interior, as for the witnesses, there is no shortage of witnesses, there is no suspense in this assassination case, and the assassin also confessed, but the problem is that the Japanese are just unwilling to let our Chinese court try it, and then the British minister came forward, and finally made the Japanese nod their heads, and promised to organize a Sino-Japanese joint court to try the case, and the trial venue is located in the east." Jiao'min Lane, but the domestic situation changed abruptly some time ago. Yuan Xiangcheng died of illness, Xu Juren went into the wilderness, and the United Front came to power, so the Japanese were worried that this case might not be able to be tried, so they wanted to set up this court in Lushun, and this time we went to Lushun to discuss this matter with the Japanese. ”

"This should be a matter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, right? Why are you two going to do it? Tang Hualong asked again.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has long been left alone in this matter, they are angry at both ends, the Japanese on the one hand, and the party on the other, they are unwilling to exonerate themselves, so they throw this hot potato to the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Justice is also unwilling to take responsibility, so they simply 'handed' it over to the two of us to deal with it with full authority."

Pu Dianjun said this and pointed to Zhang Zhenwu, who was sitting opposite.

As long as the Sino-Japanese Joint Tribunal is not dissolved, the Japanese can try this assassination case wherever they want, but Zhang Zhushan does not agree, he insists on trying it in our place in China. In fact, isn't Lushun our place in China? Although it is a Japanese leased land, it is not Japanese territory after all, so why not try the assassination case in Lushun? Zhushan, should we be flexible? ”

Zhang Zhenwu frowned and said, "Boying, what you said is not right! Lushun is indeed our place in China, but our Chinese laws cannot be exercised in Lushun, which is related to judicial sovereignty, how can it be flexible? Be flexible, be flexible, if everything is so flexible, why should we ** party members overthrow the Manchu court? Back then, wasn't this how the Manchu court was flexible with foreigners? But in exchange for the loss of national sovereignty and the contempt of the 'sick man of East Asia'. Now that the republic has been established, we must not only not give up an inch of land, but also regain judicial sovereignty. ”

"Look, look, here again, here again! The strength of the country and the awakening of the people are not a day's work, and we cannot eat hot tofu in a hurry; now, the international situation is delicate, and we should still be cautious in matters involving foreign 'diplomacy'. ”

Pu Dianjun looked at Zhang Zhenwu and smiled bitterly, looking helpless.

"The two don't have to argue. In my opinion, how to handle the Ito Hirobumi assassination case, whether the Japanese say or not, the President of the Republic of China has the final say. Tang Hualong nodded, looked at the two, and saw that they were also nodding again and again.

"Not bad. Let President Zhao decide. Pu Dianjun said.

"Then, after we return to Beijing, let's start preparing for the court." Zhang Zhenwu said seriously. "The so-called 'judicial sovereignty' was originally Zhao Zhenhua's proposition, and he would certainly not allow the establishment of a court in Lushun to try this case, and he would not even agree to hear the assassination case of Ito Hirobumi in Dong'jiaominxiang."

Tang Hualong and Pu Dianjun 'exchanged eyes', both of them frowned, they knew that Zhang Zhenwu's words were very reasonable, and it was almost impossible to get Zhao Bei to agree to try the assassination of Ito Hirobumi outside of judicial sovereignty.

Zhao Bei has his own principles and positions, before, he could not interfere in the affairs of the center, but now, he has sufficient strength and reasons to interfere in the affairs of the center.

Moreover, referring to Zhao Bei's high posture when dealing with the "Qizhou Incident", no one dares to guarantee that the president of the Republic of China will not make some small moves in this assassination case, after all, he is a "madman from the Far East".