After the dissolution of the National Assembly, Yuan Shikai promulgated a "? As the constitution of the Republic of China, the "Constitution" stipulates that the president has the overall power to rule, and all internal affairs, foreign affairs, military affairs, the formulation of the constitution and the official system, and the appointment and dismissal of all powers, are exclusively held by the president, and such a president has no more power than the emperor in the past. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But Yuan Shikai just wanted to be the emperor.

In January, after he took hundreds of officials to the Confucian Temple to worship Confucius, there was a rumor in Beijing that Yuan Shikai wanted to be the emperor, obviously Yuan Shikai released it to test the people's feelings, and Feng Guozhang immediately rushed to Beijing from Jiangnan and asked him face to face.

Yuan Shikai also swore that everything was a rumor, he said that what is the difference between his monopoly of power and the emperor, and their Yuan family is short-lived, and most of the royal family has no good results, so it is impossible for him to die to cause disaster to his family.

So Yuan Shikai is clear in his heart.

Yuan Shikai is constantly preparing and is more active than in history, I don't know if it is because of Yang Chao's agitation.

His foreign advisers expressed their views in the newspapers, saying that China's historical background was the most suitable for the imperial system, and it was his American advisers who said this, while the Japanese said that China and Japan were close to each other, and that China, like Japan, was suitable for the imperial system and for a constitutional monarchy, and their arguments were also recognized by the British.

In addition to building momentum, Yuan Shikai signed a treaty with the foreigners, and sold the right of way and mining rights in various places, and the British even wanted the right to build a railway in Tibet, and they didn't know what they really planned to do with the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

The former treaty was naturally for the purpose of obtaining loans, but there was also a hope of being recognized by various countries, and even the latter purpose was stronger, for which Yuan Shikai always refused to make enemies with Japan, and even returned a number of factories that had been stolen from the Japanese to the Japanese.

Yuan Shikai also bribed the gentry in the local area, and formed a petition group in various provinces, asking Yuan Shikai to determine the national system as soon as possible and ascend the throne as emperor.

The momentum of Yuan Shikai to become the emperor has been clearly seen by the whole country.

Yang Chao didn't expect Yuan Shikai's desire to be so strong and move so fast, in order to cooperate with Yuan Shikai, he let the Japanese go again, and did not do it for the time being, planning to give him a big gift when Yuan Shikai ascended the throne.

Yuan Keding arrived in Shandong in May, and first secretly tested Yang Chao's attitude.

Yang Chao had already guessed Yuan Keding's intention, and even wore the yellow vest that Zaifeng rewarded him to show his support for the imperial system.

Yuan Keding quickly turned from dark to light, and made it clear whether Yang Chao would be on the table if Yuan Shikai ascended the throne.

Yang Chao said that of course he would support it.

Yuan Keding also expressed his hope that Yang Chao would enter Beijing, which was the best support for his father.

Yang Chao told Yuan Keding that he was afraid, President Yuan would assassinate, but if President Yuan became Emperor Yuan, he would not be afraid, he would definitely go to Beijing to congratulate him in person, after all, you have no jokes, after becoming the emperor, Emperor Yuan will not be able to assassinate, that would be too cheap.

At the same time, Yang Chao also pretended to persuade Yuan Keding to give preferential treatment to the Qing family, pretending to be a traditional minister who was accommodating to the Manchus.

Yuan Keding left satisfied, and took away the 100,000 ocean check that Yang Chao gave to Zaifeng, Yuan Keding regarded this as Yang Chao's guilt for Zaifeng, the abolished emperor, because of his support for his father, and Yang Chao was more relieved, believing that this was a traditional figure who was committed to the imperial system, not Brother Pao's traitorous party.

With Yang Chao's guarantee, Yuan Shikai is completely relieved, in recent years, he has strategized and suppressed the forces of the revolutionary party in several southeastern provinces, and has trained 3 million new troops, of which 2 million are his new model army, the leader is still the famous Cai Yi, who thinks that Cai Yi, who has absolute control over Yunnan, also supports him, and the whole country may oppose him is a Guangdong, as for Feng Guozhang's people, although some reluctance, Yuan Shikai can still rest assured that they will not stand on the opposite side, There will be no direct objections.

So Yuan Shikai felt that the time had come, and he wanted to ascend the throne as the emperor and restore the imperial power.

Yang Chao watched coldly as Yuan Shikai buried his foundation step by step, and even added fuel to the fire, because he knew that it was time for him to stand in the foreground.

After the fall of Yuan Shikai, who else can China have the ability to clean up the mountains and rivers except Yang Chao.

In the original history, it was Duan Qirui who came out of the mountain, and the Beiyang forces completely suppressed the revolutionary party, and in this time and space, Duan Qirui's qualifications and strength can be compared with Yang Chao?

As soon as Yuan Shikai fell, it must be Yang Chao, but unfortunately, Yuan Shikai Ling Zhidi didn't see this.

Of course, Yuan Shikai didn't have much correct information for him to judge, his son jumped up and down, and even printed fake newspapers for Yuan Shikai to see, making Yuan Shikai think that the people who agreed with the imperial system were still the majority, and he also wanted to be a founding monarch and start a Yuan dynasty, so he was more willing to selectively believe these fake news.

In fact, the people of the world have no special feelings about the imperial system or the republic, and the common people do not have such high political enthusiasm, and the most important thing is the social elite, the emerging capitalists in the south, the traditional old gentry, and so on.

In the final analysis, Yuan Shikai wants to be the emperor, and the people who support and oppose it are only five or five, and most of them don't care.

Therefore, only strength determines success, but Yuan Shikai thought that he had an army of 3 million, but in fact, he didn't know how much combat strength he could have.

In May, Yuan Shikai set up the "Imperial Preparatory Office", and at the end of May, Cai Ye quietly left Beijing and ran to Yunnan.

It took a month to rectify the force, and at the beginning of June, Cai Ye raised the banner of protecting the country, and wanted to fight for the personality of 40,000 people.

Cai Yi's teacher Liang Qichao did not support Yuan Shikai, as early as the beginning of the year, he resigned and ran to the French Concession in Tianjin, and every day in the newspaper against those imperial factions, publishing unfavorable news for Yuan Shikai.

As soon as Cai Ye returned to Yunnan, Liang Qichao also went immediately, and agreed with his students, "If things don't work, I will die, and I will never die; If it is also profitable, we will retire and never be in the court. ”

Liang Qichao is better than his teacher Kang Youwei, and he is also more backbone than Brother Pao's long-distance revolutionary army, with the determination to die if he fails and never flee, and if he succeeds, he will retire, and he will not be an official, and actively help the student Cai Ye plan military aircraft.

If you want to say which army has the most combat effectiveness among the armed forces of the revolutionary party, there is no doubt that it is the Yunnan army built by Cai Yi.

The Dian Army, which was led by officers from Yunnan Jiangwutang, was also the only army in the Xinhai Revolution that formed a revolt.

When Cai Ye was ready to stop, the Yunnan march marched to Sichuan with high morale, and the war to protect the country began. (To be continued.) )