Several people are very concerned about the political situation. Zhang Taiyan's words were tight, especially Xiong Chengji's performance was the most intense.

Mr. Zhang's analysis is not unreasonable, at this time, Zhao Zhenhua held a birthday banquet, and its purpose was by no means simple. Zhao Zhenhua is very open-minded, the biggest difference between him and the group of politicians of the Beiyang Group back then is that he can unite all the people and forces that can be united, he will not turn away potential political allies because of past contradictions, and he will not deliberately alienate this person because of the differences in political views with the other party in the future, as long as the people and forces that can be used, Zhao Zhenhua can use this. You've worked with him for many years, and you know it as well.

Now, the world economy is in the Great Depression, the domestic economy has not been able to boost, the people are complaining, whether it is rich or poor, they are not doing well now, the so-called "people's minds change, at this time, this child, Zhao Zhenhua suddenly invited people from all walks of life to the banquet, what is the idea, we really need to explore. ”

Speaking of which, Xiong Chengji glanced at Zhang Taiyan and gave him a suggestion.

"Mr. Zhang, since Zhao Zhenhua dares to send the invitation to you, and he specially sent Zhan Peihan to deliver the invitation, then, you might as well plan and go to the banquet, I will accompany you, let's go and see the Western scenery over there in Xishan, and see what kind of medicine Zhao Zhenhua sells in this gourd, if it is a good medicine that is beneficial to people, we might as well give him a cheer, but if he sells poison that will harm the ages, then we will wave our flag and shout. Prevent him from pouring this poison on the people. Mr. Zhang, what do you think of this method? ”

Zhang Taiyan thought about it and couldn't help but praise: "Wonderful! It's wonderful! I think Aigone has suffered a lot over the years, and the more thoroughly he has seen this political matter. That's right, we just want to beware of Zhao Zhenhua taking advantage of the people's current "people's mind-changing, anxious psychology" to seek improper political interests for himself. Okay, I'll get ready right away. In two days, when the matter here is settled, I will go to Xishan in Beijing with you to see what kind of medicine Zhao Zhenhua sells in this gourd.

Seeing that Xiong Chengji and Zhang Taiyan were somewhat of a cup bow snake shadow, Zhan Dabei thought that the two of them were a little nervous, so he reminded them.

"Two. Don't you really see Zhao Zhenhua as a conspiracy villain? At that time, the British newspaper said that he wanted to learn from the dictator and dictator of Mexico, Diaz, and retreated behind the scenes to control the new president, but later facts proved that Zhao Zhenhua not only did not interfere in state affairs, but also assisted the central government to reorganize the Ministry of National Defense, and the Minister of National Defense was replaced by a civilian official. The military power is basically civilian officials, and now it is civilian officials who govern the country, just by virtue of this, how can Zhao Zhenhua be a dirty and shady person? Besides, according to the law, Zhao Zhenhua certainly has the right to participate in this presidential election. When he retired, he never said that he would no longer participate in politics in the future. ”

As soon as Zhan Dabei's voice fell, Zhang Taiyan over there shook his head again and again, and said: "Pei Han, although it is not advisable to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, we are not spending the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. We are taking precautions before they happen. Zhao Zhenhua is a rare genius. I admit this, but such people can even be understood by the ancients, the so-called "capable ministers who govern the world." "The traitor of troubled times" is not only talking about Cao Cao, but also an ancient genius like Zhao Zhenhua.

As for the military aspect, although I am a layman and don't know much, there is a truth that I understand, if it is counted from the time when Xu Shichang went down and Zhao Zhenhua took over as vice president, then Zhao Zhenhua has been sitting on the throne of the president for nearly 20 years, and 20 years is enough time for him to install more cronies in the army, and these people are here. Even if the Minister of Defense is a civilian official. So what can it change? Does President Loei dare to risk mutiny and dismiss those generals and colonels? On the contrary, in order to sit firmly in the country, President Li Da can only continue to give benefits to these generals and colonels, and the benefits are given, but people may not appreciate it, why? Because it was not Li Songqing who promoted them at the beginning, but Zhao Zhenhua, not to mention, when the Ministry of National Defense was reorganized, the officers complained a lot, but they were all aimed at the central government, not at Zhao Zhenhua. If the democratically elected government wants to completely transform the military, it will not succeed without more than a dozen years of work. This requires patience and a stable domestic and international environment. It is undeniable that according to the law, Zhao Zhenhua still has the right to continue to participate in the presidential election, but as a powerful person who wants to win the wind and rain, he had better set a good example for others instead of continuing to perform on the political stage, this country no longer needs heroes, what this country needs most now is a system, and Zhao Zhenhua, as the person who created this system, cannot take the lead in destroying this system, after all, this system is not fully mature now, and there is still the possibility of being destroyed, And the people who pose the greatest threat to this fragile system are the people who created it themselves. If Zhao Zhenhua jumps out to compete for power with others at this time, then he is a conspirator, and if he can stay away from the political whirlpool at this time, then I must admit that he is the first great man who has never been seen in the ages. ”

After Zhang Taiyan finished speaking, Xiong Chengji over there also echoed.

"In my opinion, the reason why Zhao Zhenhua ended his politics early and handed over power to the National Assembly and the democratically elected president was probably premeditated. Before the end of the European war, Zhao Zhenhua had foreseen the economic depression in Europe and the world, although after years of hard work, the world economy has not seen a big improvement, Zhao Zhenhua may have seen the crisis that others have not seen, so he took the initiative to abdicate and make way for Xian, and threw this potato that has not yet been hot to others. The current situation may not have been what he foresaw back then. ”

"Not really. Weigen, what you said is too suspenseful, could it be that Zhao Zhenhua really has the ability to predict the future? The legend of the foolish man and the woman in the countryside is just the worship of the ignorant to the powerful, but I don't believe in that. ”

Without waiting for Zhan Dabei to refute, Zhang Taiyan shook his head again and again, and did not believe Xiong Chengji's words at all, indeed, Zhao Bei took the initiative to hand over power, but the real explosion of the world economic depression was in, vomit, years, and there was a gap of more than a year in between.

"It's just my guess."

Xiong Chengji sighed, since the other party didn't believe his guess, then he didn't plan to continue this topic, but he still had doubts about it in his heart, in fact, if you think about it carefully, you can understand Xiong Chengji's thoughts, since the explosion of "Wushen Grass Life", Zhao Bei has a very mysterious prophetic ability in almost every influential big event. And he is also good at Jiazhizhou's last ability, which is ahead of others, but what caused Zhao Bei's amazing prediction ability, Xiong Chengji really can't figure it out, and in the end, it can only be attributed to Zhao Bei's ancient genius's world-class talent.

"It's better not to guess, so as not to make those ignorant people worship Zhao Zhenhua more deeply.

The quality of our people is not high, and it is easy to be confused by others, and we must be cautious about this. In the past, emperors and generals used superstition to fool the people, but now, we should use science and system to open up the wisdom of the people, only in this way can the country be stable for a long time, and the people can truly determine the direction of their own lives. ”

Zhang Taiyan sighed, in the past few years, he studied Chinese studies, while studying the modern political history of the West, he has a lot of experience in this, this is actually called Zhao Bei to force, when Zhao Bei retreated to advance, to shorten the political period as a means to dismantle Zhang Taiyan's hard-to-organize national constitutional movement, since then, Zhang Taiyan finally realized that if you want to fight with Zhao Bei, it is not enough to rely on the set of Chinese studies, but also to learn from Western modern politicians, the so-called "spear to attack the shield of the other" since the constitutional concept is imported from the West, then, Zhang Taiyan plans to start from here to enrich his knowledge.

"So, Mr. Taiyan said that he was going to Xishan for a banquet? If I make up my mind, I'll send a telegram to Xishan. ”

Perhaps because he felt that the conversation here was too conspiracy, Zhan Dabei was a little unaccustomed to it, so he found a way to talk and asked Zhang Taiyan's thoughts, so he left in a hurry and went to the telegraph office to shoot telegrams.

After Zhan Dabei left, Zhang Taiyan's two proud disciples blamed the teacher for speaking out of proportion, and told Zhao Bei in front of Zhan Dabei that his edge was too exposed.

Faced with the blame of the proud disciple, Zhang Taiyan not only did not get angry, but laughed.

"Not bad, not bad. He is worthy of being my disciple, and even the teacher was pointed at by you and told him that he was not. It seems that you can become a teacher, and in the future, if someone asks me who my proudest disciple is, I will say that it is you two. ”

Xiong Chengji had the same worries as those two, and asked: "After all, Zhan Peihan is the editor-in-chief of the "Pioneer Daily" and a high-level cadre of the United Front, and he is an adversary with the National League, will he tell Zhao Zhenhua about the conversation just now?" After all, Zhao Zhenhua is still a party councilor of the United Front. ”

"No, it won't. I know Zhan Peiqing, he and I are old friends, and he is a fair and honest person, so he will never make a small report. Besides, even if our conversation leaked into Zhao Zhenhua's ears, he laughed at most, we are just helping literati and politicians, with no power and no army in our hands, Zhao Zhenhua will never embarrass us because of a few unpleasant words, he has always been very good at setting up archways. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Taiyan stood up and instructed his disciples to bring paper and pencil and set them on the table, Qian Xuantong studied ink for him, and Wu Chengshi laid paper for him.

"Mr. Zhang, what are you?"

Xiong Chengji was a little puzzled, and didn't understand why Zhang Taiyan suddenly wanted to write.

"You can't go to a banquet empty-handed, right? Even Zhan Peiqing's year-old friend who came to see me didn't forget to bring me some mountain goods, I went to celebrate Zhao Zhenhua's old Taishan birthday, how could I go empty-handed? I'm just one. The literati with clean sleeves are not like Feng Guozhang and Xu Shichang, who can go to the banquet with priceless gifts, I think about it, and I only have a bald pen, so I just write a letter for him and send it. ”

After speaking, Zhang Taiyan wrote quickly, and finished writing a word in a moment.

Xiong Chengji was very surprised when he saw it, and said, "Didn't you give this painting to the old birthday star?" ”

"Of course not. We went to the banquet in front of Zhao Zhenhua's face, as for the old birthday star Gui Geng this year, what does it have to do with us? Zhang Taiyan put away his pen and looked at the words, quite proud.

"Your word has a deep meaning, Zhao Zhenhua must be able to understand it, I'm afraid that he will pretend to be confused." Xiong Chengji sighed.

"I'm not afraid that he will pretend to be confused, as long as this word appears at the birthday banquet, I am not afraid that the people will not know, as soon as the people know, he Zhao Zhenhua will have to be more restrained, otherwise, how can the archway he erect not stand?"

As soon as Zhang Taiyan's words fell, the room suddenly became dark, the lights went out, and the curtains were drawn on the windows, which was from the poor light.

"There's a power outage again." Zhang Taiyan sighed and instructed his disciples to open the curtains, and the room lit up.

"Are there frequent power outages?" Xiong Chengji asked casually.

"It's only recently that the power outages have started to occur frequently. Since the central government announced that it would rectify the nation's electricity industry, several local private power mills have begun to slack off their work, and they do not want to be integrated into the state-run power grid. Zhang Taiyan said.

"Some time ago, as soon as the state-run railway plan was thrown out, it was the same situation, because the price was not negotiated, many private railways also began to slack off, and the railway management also accused the central government of taking the lead in undermining the Antitrust Law." Qian Xuantong interjected.

"In the final analysis, it is still the word of profit, the central government values this word, and private enterprises also value this word, which is like breaking the wrist, depending on whose arm is thicker, as for the trust or not, it is just a memorial arch."

Zhang Taiyan sighed, walked out of the house, and stood at the door to look, and now several newspaper reporters were rushing out with cameras.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Taiyan stopped a reporter and asked.

"Just now, the police in front of the city hall took action and dispersed the crowd of demonstrators, and now the crowd is coming towards us, and we are going to interview." After the reporter finished speaking, he hurried out of the newspaper office with his camera on his shoulder.

Zhang Taiyan and Xiong Chengji were also very surprised, so they didn't delay, hurriedly followed, walked a little way to the south, and then saw the demonstrators.

"Hit the big guy politics! Fight for civil rights! ”

"Hit the men's supremacy! Fight for women's rights! ”

The slogans shouted by the people were different, the slogans written on the slogans were also different, some were for universal suffrage, some were for women's right to vote, some were demanding that the city government lower local tax rates, and even some beggars demanded the abolition of discriminatory laws and gave beggars legitimate begging rights, in short, it was hard to believe that these demonstrators had a unified command.

As for the personnel, they are also of the same class, both young students and middle classes, and even more so as to workers and vagrants, which can be distinguished by their clothing, and it is clear that for the first time all strata of society have united on their own strength.

But are they really united by "their own strength"? At the very least, Xiong Chengji and Zhang Taiyan are skeptical, arguing that the demonstrations may not be as simple as they seem.

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