The differences and contradictions between Yuan Shikai and Hu Feng of the Southern Revolutionary Party became more and more thorny. The Zhuo Ming Party had to speed up the pace of the coalition and try to control Yuan Shikai with the National Assembly, so the League and the Restoration Society had to quickly elect the leader of the coalition party, but because they were also divided among themselves, they could only rely on the support of local powerful figures.

Now among the revolutionary forces in the southern provinces. As long as the Republican Army clearly expresses its support for one side, then the other side will naturally retreat in the face of difficulties.

Because of this, Song Jiaoren decided to go to Wuhan in person to persuade the commander-in-chief to send a telegram to support the League. Of course, he made two preparations for going to Han this time, if Zhao Bei refused to support the Alliance, Song Jiaoren also had a backup case.

"The commander-in-chief is right, as a cadre of the Restoration Society, he should support the leader of the Restoration Society, but now that the Alliance and the Restoration Association have intended to merge to form a joint political party, then whether it is the Alliance or the Throat, the Restoration Association will be dissolved soon, and in the future, the Commander-in-Chief and Song will be the comrades of the Party at the time, therefore, you are not electing the party as a member of Ran Xianfu, but as a member of this united party, you are electing the party leader."

Although Song Jiaoren's words were very reasonable, Zhao Bei did not agree with the selection of this party leader, and he insisted that this era was not the era of party politics, not to mention, Li Suhe and Xiong Chengji rushed to Wuhan, not only to discuss with him about dealing with Yuan Shikai's disarmament, but they also shouldered the mission of lobbyists, but what they hoped the commander-in-chief would hold for a long time was the Guangfu Society.

"The election of members of Congress is very important. Now the republic intends to disarm, but it favors one over the other, and only cuts the southern army, not the northern army. This is the result of the excessive power of the president, and only Congress can check the power of the president. Only Congress can treat the North and South armies fairly. As for the leader of the reorganized coalition party, it seems that it is better for ordinary party members to nominate the leader, and Gao, as a local military and political leader, does not seem to be able to come forward directly. ”

Seeing that Zhao Bei couldn't make a clear statement for a long time, Song Jiaoren could only sigh in his heart.

The League is fighting this idea of electing the party leader, one party member, one vote, whoever gets the most votes will be the party leader, but the problem is that the Liberation Society does not care about this method, because this method is unfair to the Liberation Society, compared to the Alliance, the Liberation Society is small and falls behind in terms of influence and the number of members, so this method of promotion can only be cheaper for the Alliance. %%Browser Input-8.%%

The method proposed by the Liberation Association was to form a Ilren Election Committee, whose members were all members of the small parties that participated in the United Party, and the League and the Liberation Association did not participate, and the Committee elected the party leader.

But the League would not agree to this approach. Because most of the small parties were formed by local constitutionalists, they were suspicious of the League's small "equal land rights" program. Although the program will certainly be revised after the merger, the prejudice will still be there, so if this election method is used, the Liberation Society, which advocates not changing land rights, will definitely be superior.

As a result, the old debate on whether it was the Alliance or the Liberation Association did not agree with the push-off plan proposed by the other side. But this coalition party must be formed, so the leader of this party must be determined as soon as possible.

Since this method of recommendation did not work, then it could only rely on the strength of the powerful faction, so the Alliance and the Restoration Society each pulled a group of Fang Shizhuo factions to support their own side, and the Alliance first attracted the Gongjin Association. Hunan Dubei Sun Wu of the Communist Advancement Association has clearly expressed his support for Mr. Sun of the Alliance as the party leader, and then the Tongyue Association took the line of the Henan Endeavor Association, and Yang Wangpeng, the leader of the Endeavor Association, also supported the Alliance in his personal name, and then Yan Xishanhuan and Li Liejun of Jiangxi, both of whom are cadres of the Alliance, and naturally will not breathe out of the same nostril with the Guangfu Society, although they did not send a telegram to make it clear that Xinghuan is only because Zhao Bei did not express his position, so the basic question now is, which side does Commander-in-Chief Zhao of Zhao Bei support?

Zhao Bei was a member of the Liberation League, and it seemed difficult to get him to support the League, but he was the most powerful figure in the revolutionary forces in the south. Hunan's Communist Advancement Association, Henan's Endeavor Association, Jiangxi's Zai Xishan and Li Liejun were all supported by him, it can be said that Zhao Bei's attitude is directly related to the attitude of the Shiran faction in these places, if Zhao Bei sends a telegram to support the Guangfu Society, then who can guarantee that the powerful factions in Hunan, Henan, and Jiangxi will not change their positions?

Therefore, Zhao Bei's statement is important to the British, and if he clearly expresses his support for the Restoration Society, the Alliance can only retreat from the difficulties.

The purpose of Song Jiaoren's trip was to persuade Zhao Bei that, according to his first plan, even if Zhao Bei could not support the League, he should at least remain neutral in this matter, as long as the Republican Army stayed out of the matter. The Restoration Society is powerless to return to heaven. If the first option does not work, implement the second option.

"The commander-in-chief does not know that this work, where party leaders are elected by party members from all over the country, will not work at all, and now they can only be elected by powerful figures in various provinces. Governor Sun of Hunan had already sent a telegram announcing his support for Mr. Sun's appointment as party leader in the name of the Communist Advancement Association, and as long as the commander-in-chief sent another telegram, the overall situation would be settled.

Song Jiaoren said.

"That's right."

Zhao Bei pondered for a moment, stood up, paced a few steps, and made up his mind.

"Then I will nominate Mr. Tao of the Restoration Association to be the leader of the party, I am a member of the Liberation, I can't turn my elbows outward, and I can't forget my roots. Two days ago, Governor Xiong talked to me about this, but he didn't say it explicitly, but as a Mi Composite Bureau, he also agreed that Cadre Xiao should be the party leader. ”

"Always looking for orders, hanging weight!" Tan Renfeng stood up and wanted to persuade again, but was persuaded by Song Jiaoren on the side.

"If this is the commander-in-chief's sincere words, please also ask the commander-in-chief to send a telegram immediately to clarify his position, so as not to have too many dreams at night."

Song Jiaoren's words not only confused Zhao Bei, but also made Tan Renfeng feel uneasy

Seeing that both of them were confused, Song Jiaoren explained: "Actually, I have agreed to this walk, and Mr. Sun also knows that the congressional election cannot be delayed, so he does not want to delay the matter of the party leader for a long time. Before I came, Mr. Sun Zhuo instructed me that if the commander-in-chief supports Tao Xian'an as the party leader, then ask the commander-in-chief to quickly send a telegram. Chen Yingshi and the others should be able to retreat in the face of difficulties. ”

Zhao Bei and Tan Renfeng were both surprised, but both of them were calm and didn't ask any more questions, Tan Renfeng frowned and thought, Zhao Bei was also thinking about it.

In fact, in Zhao Bei's view, if it weren't for Yuan Shikai's eagerness to disarm, the Alliance and the Liberation Society would not have decided to elect the party leader so quickly.

According to Zhao Bei's original strategic vision, he hoped that Yuan Shikai would still regard the southern revolutionary forces led by the League as the main opponent as he had done in history, so that the two sides would be lacking. The commander-in-chief can benefit from Wang Ren, but Xu Dou has never been able to catch up with the changes, after the "Xinzhou Tower", Zhao Bei's series of actions have won the hearts of the people and exercised the people's morale, but at the same time he had to make himself jump to the front and confront Yuan Shikai head-on, although both sides showed more restraint. But after all, Yuan Shikai has been in the political arena for many years, and it is impossible to see that the commander-in-chief of Chu has a great momentum, so it is really difficult to say who is the most dangerous enemy in the current Yuan Shikai's heart 4 Feng, in case Yuan Shikai turns around and deals with Zhao Bei first, then the fisherman will benefit from the people of the Alliance.

Therefore, in Zhao Bei's view, the best response now is to bring the Alliance and the Restoration Society together. Form a political alliance, even if it is a loose alliance, but as long as it can cause trouble for Yuan Shikai and attract Beiyang firepower. This is enough, not to mention, the "parliamentary struggle" was originally one of the means of struggle against Yuan determined by Zhao Bei, the center is not easier to control than the local, local councilors, but the parliament is not so easy to control. This involves a competition of interests between various localities, and neither one will give up their own non-political struggles between the east and the west, coastal and inland, and will always be an expression of economic interests.

As a member of the Liberation Society, Zhao Bei only supports the idea of the Liberation Society, and must not support the Alliance. Originally, he was not a member of the Alliance, and he had fans with some senior cadres of the Alliance on the issue of "embracing his nose" Yuan Shikai, so even if he changed his position to support the Alliance, he would not be able to gain the trust of the Alliance, but if he supported the Restoration Society, it would be different, this move would only further strengthen the good impression of the members of the Restoration Association towards him, and at the same time, it could also eliminate some of the previous "misunderstandings" The so-called killing two birds with one stone, why not?

Not to mention, once this coalition party was formed. Zhao Bei naturally has a group of supporters within the party, which is also conducive to his future strategic planning.

Therefore, Zhao Bei's decision to support Tao Chengzhang as the leader of this coalition party can be seen as his overture to the Restoration Society, and it is also the right choice for his small strategic planning.

"Since Mr. Sun is so concerned about the overall situation, I can't embarrass my comrades. In this way, I ordered someone to go to the newspaper and publish a notice in my personal name to support Mr. Tao as the leader of the party. ”

Zhao Bei finally made up his mind, although it was only a few faint words, but it was full of weight.

In this era, in addition to Yuan Shikai, the most important person in China's Anli faction is Zhao Bei, and his words directly ended this party leader dispute.

The commander-in-chief understands the righteousness, and Song admires it. The concubine also has to visit Li Huangling, Chi's Republican Progressive Party has now set up a shelf, but if the power is weak, if he participates in the congressional election, I am afraid that he will not do anything, it is better to join this newly formed United Party, so that he can be invincible. ”

"Oh? I just don't know if Li Huang is willing or not, for the sake of this Republican Progressive Party, he has been busy in the recent period.

By the way, I don't know what the name of your coalition party was? Zhao Bei asked casually.

As a matter of fact, a few days ago, Li Yuanhong took a telegram from Song Jiaoren to ask Zhao Bei, and the telegram said that it was the matter of inviting Li Yuanhong to join the newly formed coalition party, and Li Yuanhong could not make up his mind. asked Zhao Bei for advice, but the commander-in-chief was also ambiguous, which made Speaker Li quite tricky.

"This newly formed coalition party represents the interests of the people of the county, hence the name," said Soong Chiao-jen of the Kuomintang.

"Oh."

The commander-in-chief just smiled faintly and did not comment at all.

The trajectory of history seems to have turned back, but time has changed a little.

But the butterfly's wings have taken it by storm. The trajectory of history has been blown beyond recognition.