Near the Shinkatsu Gate, there is a very common wine tea "Hui※

Like all the teahouses in the city, the current teahouse is also closed with the door, and even the signboard has been put away, but this does not mean that there is no one in the teahouse, in fact, the current teahouse is full of people, most of whom are tea customers, they have been staying in this teahouse since last night, after the curfew began, people and vehicles were closed to the street, and the tea customers could not go home, so they could only stay in the tea house, and gather under the electric light with the shopkeeper, the buddies and other tea customers to ponder what was happening in the city.

Luckily, the teahouse had a tube radio that was in good working condition and there were no power outages, so the tea drinkers could get the latest news from the radio and calm their panicked hearts a little.

At present, a speech is still being broadcast on the radio, which was delivered to the public by Zhao Zhenhua, the former president of the Republic of China, on Radio No. 1.

"At this moment, I fully understand the fear and anxiety in the hearts of all of you, and like many people, I am now worried about the future of my country, and I hope that the government will understand the worries and fears of the people against the backdrop of the turbulent world situation and the sluggish world economy.

On the other hand, as a former president of the Republic of China, I am also well aware of the difficulty of governing the country. Due to historical reasons, our country is too far behind the advanced countries in the world in modern times, although after the republic, all our people have caught up, and used the opportunity of the European war to rapidly enhance the national strength and national status, but we should also see that even so, our country is still lagging behind the advanced countries in the world, our country is still a big agricultural country, although the industry has made great progress, but the domestic market demand is still narrow in the face of the depression of the world economy, exports have plummeted, industry has withered, and now the country's economy has a crisis. This is very detrimental to the life of the people, from the standpoint of ordinary citizens, the anger of the people can be understood, but I must also remind all citizens that when a country encounters a crisis, the most important thing is not to make trouble, but to calmly face the crisis and seek a way out of the crisis, in this regard, "we must rely on the central government, so I now strongly recommend that all the people remain calm and understand the difficult situation of the central government in the crisis, at this time, what we need is not anarchism, It is the unity of the whole people, which is more needed

The first radio station is located near Desheng Gate, originally just a private entertainment radio station organized by Peking Opera ticket holders, and later because of the operation quite well, it was injected by the chaebol, and then gradually developed into a comprehensive radio station, with many listeners, and for the sake of business strategy, the radio station often organizes some prize listening activities, and the prize is often a domestic tube radio.

In fact, the tube radio in this teahouse was won by the owner in a prize listening event, which is usually used to solicit business, and now, this tube radio has played a role in stabilizing people's hearts.

"Zhao Zhenhua has entered Beijing, this situation will soon calm down, right?"

"Of course. Zhao Zhenhua's prestige is unmatched, and this speech emphasizes the interests of all parties, the government understands the people, and the people understand the government. ”

The audience in the teahouse was talking and was speculating whether Zhao Bei would rush to the Capitol immediately when they heard the screeching sound of brakes coming from the street.

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Listening to the sound, there was more than one vehicle that braked suddenly, and several guys in the teahouse looked into the street through the crack in the door, and saw several luxury cars parked in front of the two-story building not far from the teahouse, and the Western-style two-story building was the broadcasting building of the First Radio Station, and Zhao Bei's speech just now was broadcast with an antenna from that place, and like other radio stations in the city, now, the First Radio Station was also guarded by Wehrmacht troops, and a barricade was set up at the entrance of the radio station, and machine guns were set up on the barricades, the soldiers were loaded with guns and murderous.

Now, the cars with special license plates and passes issued by the Martial Law Command on their windshields are parked in front of the barricades, and several people are being interrogated by the soldiers.

The second lieutenant officer who led the team looked at the passer's ID, quickly handed it back, and then stood up and saluted one of them.

"I don't know what Premier Tang has to do here? The station is now under the control and protection of the military, and no one is allowed to enter the station without an order from the Martial Law Command. small

Listening to the second lieutenant officer's words, Tang Shaoyi felt a little crying and laughing, and couldn't help but ask: "Since you also know that no one is allowed to enter the radio station without an order from the martial law command, why can Zhao Zhenhua give a speech on this radio station just now?" I had been to the martial law headquarters just now, and they told me that Zhao Zhenhua had not been there, so it was obviously impossible for him to get a permit

Tang Shaoyi asked, the second lieutenant officer was a little embarrassed, and after thinking about it, he had to say, "The commander-in-chief is a lifelong senator of the National Assembly and a lifelong adviser to the presidential office, and this status is enough to be worthy of the order of the martial law command." Besides, the commander-in-chief had never walked into the radio station at all, and what the radio broadcast was actually just a tape he had sent.

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"I knew it must have been an audio tape, talking for half an hour, without a word of nonsense in between, and without a moment's pause, which was obviously recorded a long time ago."

Tang Shaoyi didn't dwell on this small topic, and asked the good officer: "After Zhao Zhenhua left the station, in which direction did he go?" ”

The officer pointed to the avenue to the right and said, "I left from that side, but where to go." I really don't know Tang Shaoyi's second and second heads, I didn't dwell anymore, I turned around and got into the car with the attaché, and told the driver to drive on the road with tears in my mouth, as for where to go, he didn't know, just asked the driver and the attaché to go all the way to observe the situation on both sides of the road.

After the car started, Tang Shaoyi sighed, very emotional about Zhao Bei's prestige, the second lieutenant officer on the radio was only in his early twenties, when Zhao Bei commanded the army to fight in the south and the north, he definitely did not catch up, and the order to promote the rank of second lieutenant was definitely not approved by Zhao Bei, but such a young officer, the reverence for Zhao Bei was almost instinctive, which could not help but make Tang Shaoyi feel awe, and also fully understood Li Yuanhong's worries.

In fact, when Li Yuanhong heard this recorded speech at the Capitol, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and called Tang Shaoyi over and asked him, did Zhao Bei do this to indicate that he planned to take advantage of the chaos in the city to prepare for a coup d'état?

Tang Shaoyi is not as pessimistic as Li Yuanhong, he believes that the reason why Zhao Bei made a recorded speech is not to prepare public opinion for launching a coup d'état, but to control the situation from developing to the point of being out of control, which is actually to relieve Li Yuanhong of the current predicament, and it also further proves that Zhao Bei is definitely not a bystander in this matter, although Zhao Bei is "secluded" in Xishan, but he is always paying attention to the situation in the capital, otherwise, he would not have pre-recorded this recorded speech.

Even as a conspirator, Zhao Bei showed his "magnanimity" at every turn, and perhaps for him, the situation has developed to this point. It's already possible to mediate, and you don't have to wait for the situation to deteriorate before you come out to clean up the mess, after all. If an armed conflict breaks out in the city, it will also be detrimental to his taking over power and will damage his prestige.

To tell the truth, from the very beginning, Tang Shaoyi doubted Zhao Bei's role in this veteran's "big march" incident, after all, he was a person in the bureau, Tang Shaoyi knew Zhao Bei's style and character better than ordinary citizens, as the prime minister, after Zhao Bei went into the wilderness, Tang Shaoyi also secretly discussed with Li Yuanhong many times why this military and political strongman would take the initiative to cede power, at the beginning, Tang Shaoyi was also the same as Li Yuanhong, thinking that Zhao Bei was tired of politics, but it was not until the outbreak of the Great Depression that they suddenly woke up.

It must be admitted that Zhao Bei is a very resourceful politician, he skillfully dodged an unmanageable economic and political crisis, and at the same time used this opportunity to further enhance his prestige in the eyes of the people, enhance his glorious image, and then, through political low-key, confuse a large number of political enemies and friends, so that many people mistakenly think that he is really tired of politics, and even Tang Shaoyi once fell into this fog.

Now, Tang Shaoyi and Li Yuanhong have come to their senses, and they realize that as the next presidential election approaches, Zhao Bei's once-calmed ambition has begun to beat strongly again, and all signs indicate that Zhao Bei intends to revive the political arena.

In fact, Li Yuanhong was very panicked, he was afraid that Zhao Bei would hide a killing move, so when he summoned Tang Shaoyi alone, Li Yuanhong clearly told Tang Shaoyi that if Zhao Bei really wanted to regain power, Li Yuanhong could take the initiative to resign, but hoped that Zhao Bei would not take any "drastic measures"

However, in Tang Shaoyi's view, Li Yuanhong was frightened, he was shocked by the decisive style of the "Far East madman", and his sense of awe of Zhao Bei was further strengthened, counting on such a weak president, it is impossible for the government to grasp the initiative.

It is precisely because of this that Tang Shaoyi volunteered to come to meet Zhao Bei, firstly, to euphemistically reveal Li Yuanhong's meaning to Zhao Bei, and secondly, to explore the details of Zhao Bei.

However, as Li Yuanhong's staff analyzed, Zhao Bei himself may not be at the First Radio Station, with his usual style of doing things, he will not be so careless as to trap himself in a building, and sure enough, as expected by the staff, Tang Shaoyi failed to find Zhao Bei on the radio station, and he could not rush back to the National Congress Building to return to the president as soon as possible.

Tang Shaoyi could only take a stupid way to look for Zhao Bei's traces along the road, his intuition told him that Zhao Bei was likely to go to two places, one place was the martial law headquarters, and the other place was the place where veterans gathered, and now, the martial law headquarters has been "assisted by the presidential palace guard" Zhao Bei may not go, so the most likely place to meet Zhao Bei is the place where veterans gather.

But such an aimless blind search is not a way, Tang Shaoyi finally decided to use the phone to ask around, and in the end, he learned that the place with the most veterans is the Temple of Heaven in the south of the city, so Tang Shaoyi gave an order, and the convoy turned around and went straight to the Temple of Heaven. The Temple of Heaven was originally a place for the emperor to worship the heavens in the imperial era, a sacred area, and civilians were forbidden to set foot in it, but after the republic, it was converted into a park, and civilians could visit here, and later the south of the city was turned into a commercial area, so the Temple of Heaven became a good place, and there are always many tourists here on holidays, and now the weather is getting cooler, it is a good season to visit, but because of this veterans' "march" action, the Temple of Heaven has also become a place where petitioners gather, like other attractions in the city, not only that, Many people even set up simple tents here to house their family members who followed them into Beijing, and it was impossible to keep this kind of place quiet and tidy, so when Tang Shaoyi's motorcade arrived near the Temple of Heaven, the first thing they saw was a few puffs of black smoke that rushed into the sky.

Tang Shaoyi was startled, hurriedly ordered the driver to stop, then got out of the car and walked into the park surrounded by bodyguards.

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