Representatives of Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Britain lodged a strong protest with the Chinese delegation, demanding that China's political axe immediately find out about the catastrophe that shocked China and the rest of the world and give satisfactory explanations to the victim countries and the whole world.

Zhang Huaizhi, the overseer of Shandong, who rushed to Yanjing ahead of schedule to attend the National Congress, became the focus of attention and accusations at home and abroad, and the serious banditry that had existed in Shandong and Henan provinces for many years, as well as the annihilation between the garrison and the bandit forces, were widely published by Chinese and foreign newspapers, and this unfortunate Shandong warlord was frightened to the point of being at a loss.

After Zhang Huaizhi urgently asked to see Duan Qirui, he didn't care about the upcoming meeting and his own activities and determined to go further, so he returned to Shandong overnight, dispatched troops, and personally led the 10th Brigade of the 5th Division under his command, as well as the newly formed 1st Division of Zhang Zongchang's Lu Army, which was stationed in Luxi to prevent Duan Qirui, and slaughtered the southern Lunan territory, hoping to reduce the diplomatic influence as much as possible through vigorous and ruthless anti-bandit actions, and get rid of the major responsibility of "raising bandits for self-respect and [***] incompetence" that many domestic newspapers angrily accused.

However, no matter how much pressure the central government of Yanjing was under pressure, the first national congress, which had a bearing on the fate of the country and the nation, was held as scheduled thanks to the joint efforts of the various factions in Beiyang, the Mingzhuo Party, which had become the largest party in China, and the Kuomintang (KMT), which was gradually recovering its vitality.

The meeting was very enthusiastic from the first day, and Acting President Xu Shichang, Premier Duan Qirui, and First Vice Premier Xiao Yimin all made reports at the meeting.

In all the reports, only Xiao Yimin's report was concise and concise, and the large number of data listed by Xiao Yimin made the more than 1,500 delegates at the meeting refreshing, and the current situation of the entire country in all aspects, the development achievements and huge development potential in the past few years were really displayed in front of everyone, and won the unanimous recognition and respect of the participants, so that Xiao Yimin's 35-minute report was interrupted by eight warm applause of more than 1,500 delegates for more than one minute.

On the second day of the meeting, the whole situation began to change, except for the "Press and Publication Law" and the "Labor Security Law," which were approved by the majority of deputies to pass legislation and implement them, the other bills were subject to fierce debates, and the major factions and camps in China's political arena were instantly displayed at a glance.

Seeing that the struggle between the various factions attending the meeting was becoming more and more intense, and there was a danger of breaking up unhappily and completely getting out of control, Xiao Yimin suddenly issued a statement of withdrawing from the competition for the post of president and prime minister, which shocked all the deputies and all circles at home and abroad, and all the quarrels and attacks disappeared with it, and the meeting was able to return to the track of reason.

A week later, it was said that Tokyo, Horikawa Garden Villa.

In the meeting room of the emergency meeting, more than a dozen elite figures of the Chinese Revolutionary Party who had been exiled here sat in a circle, most of them on the wanted list of China's political axe, all of them restless, with different postures, without the red-faced arguments and accusations that were not uncommon in the past, and without the enthusiastic scenes of endless talk and generous speeches, the atmosphere was so heavy that it was doubly depressing, and no other sound could be heard except for the slight sound of turning the newspaper.

After Wang Jingwei finished reading the third Yuewen newspaper in his hand, he was no longer in the mood to exchange readings with other people, read the contents of other newspapers, lowered his shiny and undisturbed head, pondered for a long time, and after a long time, he still did not see anyone expressing his opinion, and even Sun Wen, who was sitting on the main seat, kept his lips closed and his face full of grief and indignation, and there was no sign of speaking.

"It's not okay to go on like this!"

Li Liejun's angry roar broke the silence, shaking everyone's ears and roaring, and Hu Hanmin, who was about to communicate with Ju Zheng next to him, almost fell off the chair.

Li Liejun Huo Ran stood up, glanced at everyone, and talked eloquently: "The development of the domestic situation has greatly exceeded our expectations, not only did not there appear the north-south split that we expected, but because of Xiao Yimin's rapid retreat, all factions of the national conference reached a reconciliation, and the meeting was continued and successfully concluded.

"During the six-day meeting, although some friends and political axes frequently exerted pressure on the central political axe of Yanjing, as well as the various efforts of our party comrades hidden in the central political axe, they failed to prevent this extremely important meeting from proceeding, resulting in Duan Qirui ascending to the presidency as he wished, and the battle for prime minister shockingly fell into the hands of Zhang Lan, the leader of the Mingzhu Party. No one had expected this situation in advance, and it was too heavy a blow to our party! ”

Everyone nodded in unison, echoing the sound one after another.

Li Liejun continued: "In this way, our party's cause will be even more difficult, and the newly formed Yanjing Central Political Axe, through the reorganized Ministry of Justice and the newly established Central Supervision Yuan, has once again issued a wanted warrant for us with world surnames, and a number of criminal charges related to murder have been added to our heads. I can't even stay in the book, so I suggest that we stop thinking about any national affairs and discuss our own situation first. ”

After Li Liejun finished speaking, he sat down immediately, exhaled heavily, looked up at the ceiling above his head, and didn't care what others thought, after escaping to Yueben, he endured the complaints and accusations of the literati in the party almost every day, and seemed to have become the culprit of burying the revolution, making everyone dislike him, isolated, if it weren't for a personal guard by his side, I'm afraid there would not even be anyone to talk to.

None of the people in the congregation spoke, looked at each other for a while, and looked at Sun Wen on the throne again.

Seeing Sun Wen slowly turning to him, Wang Jingwei hurriedly stood up and coughed lightly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the reason why a revolution is a revolution means that it must endure the baptism of thousands of difficulties and dangers and even bloody rain, and it means that it must have the courage and spirit of Phoenix Nirvana to bring about the final success of the revolution.

"Although the current defeat is heavy, what is it compared with the hardships and hardships of our party and my husband's revolutionary career?"

The crowd was stunned for a moment, then echoed, and finally burst into applause.

Wang Jingwei shook his hair in a chic manner, his eyes became brighter and more determined: "General Xia Ru's opinion is very pertinent, we really need to consider our situation, it can be said that the personal safety of everyone here is related to the fate of our party!" However, before that, I think it is necessary to analyze the new situation in the country first, and only with a more in-depth study and analysis of the new situation in the country can we decide our next move. ”

"I agree!"

"Brother Zhaoming!"

"That's how it should be!"

Everyone agreed with Wang Jingwei's opinion, Li Liejun was once again met with a disdainful gaze, so angry that Li Liejun's face turned pale, if it weren't for the former commander-in-chief of the Yunnan Army on the side, Gu Pinzhen, who quietly held down his thigh, coupled with years of failure, he gradually realized the weakness of his surname, maybe he would have been angry and walked away on the spot.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded to Li Liejun apologetically, hinted with his eyes that he must not get excited, and then turned to Sun Wen, and was about to stand up and say a few words, Hu Hanmin beside Wang Jingwei had already taken the lead, and Chiang Kai-shek had to sit down again and make a deaf look.

Hu Hanmin, who was wearing a coffee-colored tweed suit, was short and thin, but his voice was extremely loud: "I believe that the current situation is extremely unfavorable to us, because of Duan Qirui's ascension, our party's power in the entire north will soon be hit by the disaster surname, you should be aware of this, whether it is Duan Qirui or Xu Shichang, or Feng Guozhang or Cao Kun, the attitude towards us has always been to wave a knife."

"The situation in the south is even more dangerous, for many years, we have been suppressed by the Mingzhuo Party and other coalition forces, and what is even more painful is that last month, Chen Jiongming, who became the overseer of Guangdong under the support of Xiao Yimin, brandished a butcher's knife and counterattacked, bewitched the people through public opinion, and provoked the misunderstanding and hatred of our party in the whole society, and then despicably and shamelessly killed more than 20 of our party backbones hidden in Guangdong on more than a dozen charges such as murder and arson, and imprisoned more than 100 party comrades, causing the revolutionary cause in the entire Guangdong to fall into the lowest ebb."

Everyone echoed it, and the atmosphere that had just eased down became solemn again.

Hu Hanmin raised his head with his chest straightened, his face full of sadness: "I agree with Brother Zhaoming's incisive analysis of the revolutionary situation just now, what is a revolution? The more difficult and dangerous the obstacles, the more we need to lift our spirits, move forward bravely without hesitation, and we must not be pessimistic and disappointed because of temporary failures! ”

There was another round of warm applause, and it seemed that everyone's spirits were lifted with Hu Hanmin's impassioned words.

At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek was more soberly aware that the defeat of the revolutionary party was inevitable, and he was also keenly aware that his attitude towards the Chinese Revolutionary Party and Sun Wen began to undergo subtle changes. However, the articles and commentaries published in this newspaper every day were enough for Chiang Kai-shek to see the attitude of the cabinet and the new trend toward China.

Sun Wen also has a very clear understanding of the difficult situation faced by his party, and what he is most worried about now is not the fiasco that has happened, but the question of whether he can continue to live in seclusion and accumulate strength before slowly planning for the future.

Looking at a pair of eager eyes, Sun Wen came back to his senses, and was about to open his mouth to make a summary, and after some earnest encouragement, he saw the door open, and Wu Tingfang, who had been sent to contact the students to raise revolutionary funds, hurriedly came in.

Wu Tingfang, who still had the residual snow on his shoulders, walked quickly in front of Sun Yat-sen, took a deep breath to calm his breathing, and reported an important news to Sun Wen: "Mr. Toushan Man informs that two hours later, two veterans of this cabinet will come to visit together!" ”

"Ah......h

Sun Wen subconsciously looked out the door, and in the empty yard, snowflakes were quietly falling.

(To be continued)