After Tao Chengzhang took down Zhang Zhenwu, the original members of the League naturally had a sense of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox, Li Liejun, Chen Qimei and others publicly condemned Tao Chengzhang, and the armies in Nanjing were also unstable, in order to cope with the current situation, Tao Chengzhang invited his old friend Zhang Taiyan to his home to discuss countermeasures.

Zhang Taiyan is still a literati in essence, his enthusiasm for education is far better than politics, although he went to Sichuan hastily, but he is very respectful of Sichuan's vigorous schooling, and believes that there is only one way to succeed in changing China, that is, education, so during this period of time, the United Party gained power, Zhang Taiyan called everywhere in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to establish schools and promote basic education, and he was very busy.

But the old friend, the old comrade-in-arms Tao Chengzhang was looking for him, he couldn't help but come, the two sat opposite each other, and Tao Chengzhang took the lead to speak.

"Brother Taiyan, now Nanjing is in chaos, I don't know if you have any tricks to teach me!"

Zhang Taiyan sighed: "You are still too anxious, it is good to cut through the mess quickly, but the alliance has a deep foundation over the years, and people like Song Jiaoren and others support us to engage in constitutionalism, but rashly attacking the alliance will easily arouse their disgust!" ”

Tao Chengzhang smiled slightly bitterly: "Taiyan, I'm anxious now, the army in Nanjing has not been able to be dismantled for a long time, the cost is huge and useless, Yanjing is not at ease now, it is said that Lao Yuan is discussing the issue of borrowing money for the aftermath, and Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi is also at odds with Lao Yuan, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that Yanjing's political axe will completely fall into the hands of Lao Yuan, at that time we are still talking about constitutional salvation, so I am in a hurry to solve the south, and then rectify party affairs, prepare to run for election, and get the parliament in one fell swoop, Only in this way can Yuan Shikai's power be limited! ”

Zhang Taiyan also nodded when he heard this: "That's right, it's just that this Chinese thing is too difficult to handle, but I think the issue of disarmament is still a matter of money in the final analysis, as long as you can get the money, you can demobilize these troops back to their hometowns as soon as possible." ”

"It seems that this is the only way, I will go to ask Lao Yuan for money!" Tao Chengzhang smiled bitterly: "How do I feel like a begging for food, Qiao Yu has spread out such a big stall in Sichuan, the money is like flowing water, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are richer than Sichuan, but I can't get money, it's really incomprehensible!" ”

"There is nothing incomprehensible, Qiao Yu holds the large and small industrial and commercial groups in Sichuan in his hands, relying on the support of these people, he naturally wants money and money, and he wants people, most of the power in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is still in the hands of the Constitutional Party, corrupt officials are rampant, checkpoints are everywhere, on the one hand, the people are oppressed, and on the other hand, the political axe cannot collect taxes, so it is naturally a difficult situation!"

Tao Chengzhang suddenly got up and stood up, and waved his arm vigorously: "Brother Taiyan, I only have one long-cherished wish in this life, which is to let the people of the world be fed and clothed, and no longer suffer from hunger. ”

Lao Yuan is also very concerned about disarmament, allocated a part of the tariffs to Tao Chengzhang, promised him as long as he borrowed money from the bank group, he would first support him to dismiss the army, without delay, after getting Lao Yuan's guarantee, Tao Chengzhang gradually had confidence, and successively reduced part of the army, and the rest of the army was almost rectified, just wait for the money to be able to be successfully dismantled.

After the disarmament matter had an eyebrow, Tao Chengzhang received an invitation to attend the inauguration ceremony of Nanjing Higher Normal School, the predecessor of Nanjing Higher Normal School was Liangjiang Normal School, and it was also the famous Nanjing University in later generations, Zhang Taiyan and others have been promoting the important surname of the university, especially the news that Sichuan University began to prepare for the establishment of a big shock to the education circle, but Jiangsu is not able to prepare for the construction of a comprehensive surname university for the time being, so it has to upgrade the original Liangjiang Normal School into Nanjing Higher Normal School. Since it was renovated and expanded, it didn't take much time, and now is the time for the name change ceremony.

Tao Chengzhang knew that this was a major event in the education circles, and he readily agreed, and he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to publicize his political ideas to the academic circles in Jiangsu and win their support.

On the day of the ceremony, Tao Chengzhang wore a straight suit, shiny leather shoes, looked heroic and chic, came to Nanjing Higher Normal School, at this time Jiangsu Governor Cheng Dequan, Zhang Taiyan, Song Jiaoren, and other celebrities from all walks of life gathered together, Zhang Jian also sent a congratulatory letter in Yanjing, Tao Chengzhang seemed very excited, personally unveiled the university, these students were also very interested in this Nanjing stay-at-home, invited him to give a speech.

Tao Chengzhang stood in the middle of the field and bowed deeply to all the teachers and students.

"Students, teachers, just half a year ago, the Republic of China was officially established, and the Manchu political axe that had been pressed on our heads for nearly 300 years was completely destroyed, and at the same time, the imperial system that had been oppressed on our heads for more than 2,000 years was also declared over, but does this mean that China can become rich and strong, and we can sit back and relax? Now it seems that it is far from being reached, the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty only opened the shackles on us, but we have been far removed by the great powers, and if we want China to become truly rich and strong, we can only catch up, and it may take us decades, or even longer, for China to really be able to fight against the foreign powers.

And China's future is in your hands, young students have knowledge, insight, and most importantly, full of enthusiasm to serve the country, in the process of overthrowing the Manchu Qing students, students actively participated in the army, put down the pen, picked up the gun, and fought with the Manchu Qing fierce army regardless of their lives, and in the future we will use knowledge to fight against the foolish and blind, and bring China into the real civilized world! ”

Tao Chengzhang spoke very emotionally, the students in the audience continued to report warm applause, after the end of the speech, Tao Chengzhang personally came to the students, and everyone communicated, the scene was very lively, and even someone took a notebook to ask Tao Chengzhang to sign the inscription, at this time no one noticed that a tall young man appeared at the back of the student team, only to see his eyebrows delicate, holding a black leather bag in his hand, and holding a book in the other hand, trying his best to rush forward.

Just a dozen steps away from Tao Chengzhang threw the bag in his hand violently, and then hurriedly bowed down and ran away quickly, Tao Chengzhang was talking only to see a black thing thrown over, subconsciously knew that things were not good, hurriedly prepared to escape, how to know that the side has been surrounded by students, the movement is naturally restricted, and the guards are a little far away, at this time can not be rescued, I can hear a loud bang, Tao Chengzhang is full of stumps and broken legs within ten steps, the sound of shouting shook the world.

Zhang Taiyan and the others were far away, although they were also affected by some of the impact, but there was no damage, but at this time they also seemed to be frightened stupid by the sudden situation, Zhang Taiyan ran to the center of the explosion frantically, and could only see a few pieces of broken steps of Tao Chengzhang's suit, and the rest were all stumps and broken flesh, which could not be distinguished at all.