Recovery!

For China in 4602 Yanhuang, I am afraid that there are no two words that can shock the world more than these two words, and the rivers and mountains that were once enslaved by the Manchus have been restored almost overnight.

In just a few months, the process of national liberation came a little suddenly, even too quickly, so that in the short term, the people could not even adapt to this change.

People lamented the suppression of the Han people, the ferocity of the people, and longed for "recovering the old things". But after the rivers and mountains were recovered, this kind of "restoration of old things" fell silent.

"Seeing the prestige of the Han officials again, Eguan Bo belt", may be a wish of the people before the recovery, but the fact is not so, first cut the braid and then the horse coat, but with the ruling axe imitation of military uniforms, after the production of new clothing for officials to wear, this desire is so boring.

In order to promote Han clothes and new clothes, the ruling axe released a book on customization, which listed in detail the basic styles, plate sizes, production techniques, accessories pictures, etc. of various uniforms, so that the people and officials could find their favorite tailors to make satisfactory clothes according to the map.

The horse coat was abolished, and the collision between the Han clothes and the new clothes was staged on this land, and in Nanjing, the emerging national capital, it was even more visible, and in Nanjing, a city where the existence of tens of thousands of military and political officials made people "have a sense of re-seeing the prestige of Han officials", the difference between officials can often be distinguished from clothing.

Most of the young political axe civil servants wear the new style of clothing that imitates military uniforms launched by the ruling axe, this new style of clothing, whether it is a regular dress or a formal dress, adopts a waist slim design, highlighting the physical beauty of the wearer, and the vast majority of people are directly customized in the ready-to-wear store, and the fitted clothes are worn on these officials, so that these young people are much more handsome, plus several new hairstyles are customized, and it shows the spirit of the officials.

For the outside world, whether it is the public or foreigners, they have the most contact with those young affairs officials, under the backdrop of new clothes, the good temperament after half a month of military training, but for them to earn the title of "the most handsome official in the East".

However, this is only limited to young people, for those who find it difficult to get used to the stiff collar of the new clothes and the military-style style buckles, for them, the loose Han clothes are more popular, and the "re-seeing the prestige of Han officials" can be seen again in these older officials.

Most of the political officials in Nanjing are very young, and the older officials, except for those non-official members of the advisory office, are mostly from the former Qing Dynasty.

These officials have to show the "prestige of Han officials", the new dynasty uses the old officials, and the old officials do not speak of the old dynasty, this is a rule. For these officials, their status in the new dynasty is extremely embarrassing. In the special capital of Nanjing, a group has been quietly and invisibly formed.

For these former Qing officials, there are only two people who can be called their leaders, one is Zhang Zhidong, who entered the cabinet in the morning and evening, and the other is Yuan Shikai, who has been favored despite some ups and downs.

A few months ago, Zhang Zhidong and Yuan Shikai were the two pillars of the Xinjiang ministers after the death of Li Hongzhang and Liu Kunyi. On Qingwang, Zhang Zhidong was born in Hanlin, served as the chief examiner of academic politics for several times, and was respected by the world's corporal doctors, far above Yuan Shikai; In terms of strength, Yuan Shikai created the Beiyang New Army, opened the door to fame and fortune, and was attracted by heroes and heroes at home, thieves and dogs, and Zhang Zhidong was beyond the reach of Zhang Zhidong.

But now, all this has long become a thing of the past for the two of them, and now Zhang Zhidong is a ruling axe to consult the government and participate in military and political affairs, while Yuan Shikai is hanging the post of vice chairman, and after being snubbed for two months, he has only recently participated in the military aircraft.

Zhang Zhidong is more honest and honest officials, after the uprising in Wuchang, he went to Nanjing to take office, there is no real estate in the city, the ruling axe will buy a spacious courtyard for it in the Yongxing District next to the ruling axe, since Zhang Zhidong showed his rumors of worshipping the prime minister in the cabinet, almost every day in front of this house is full of traffic, but most of the officials who come here are the former Qing officials who have formed their own party.

On this day, Zhang Zhidong occasionally flipped through the "Guangfu Bao" and found a news item in the lower left corner of the front page, saying that the national constitutionalism movement was very hot, and Yang Du, president of the Constitutional Association, Tang Hualong of Hubei, Zhang Jian of Jiangsu, and others jointly issued a statement, suggesting that the imperial court should popularize constitutional knowledge throughout the country, so as to reduce obstacles and facilitate the implementation of constitutionalism.

"Yang Du, Yang Huizi, what does he mean by this constitutional guild?"

Putting down the newspaper, Zhang Zhidong muttered to himself.

The top three in the economic special department of the former dynasty, the first class in the recruitment examination of civil servants in the ruling axe, and the later constitution three texts left a very deep impression on Yang Du in Zhang Zhidong's heart. On the one hand, it made him confirm that Yang Du was outstanding in learning, and later Yang Du went to England to lobby his wife, but it made him see that Yang Du was doing things well, and he concluded that Yang Du was a talent urgently needed by the country today and should be reused.

However, the ruling seems to have some complaints about it, and he does not mean to reuse him for the time being, Zhang Zhidong naturally knows what the ruling axe is to blame, and the family affairs of the ruling are not what he, a foreign minister, can interfere in, in Zhang Zhidong's opinion, wait and then make suggestions to the ruling government and reuse Yang Du, but now Yang Du is here to make the Constitutional Association, but it makes Zhang Zhidong muttered in his heart.

Since the establishment of the ruling axe, with the establishment of local advisory bureaus, the trend of constitutionalism has spread throughout the country, and even the ruling axe has set up an advisory office, and it seems that it is really ready to accept the constitution. At first, Zhang Zhidong was quite dissatisfied, but later it made sense that he wanted to govern and accept it. It is a fact that Ben, Britain, and Germany have adopted a constitutional system, and the country has become stronger, which shows that the constitutional system does have its advantages.

What's more, at the beginning of the uprising, he promised him to reinstate the Zhou ceremony, propose an advisory house, and invite social elites to discuss state affairs, which can collect the hearts of the gentry in the world and stabilize the people's hearts.

For Zhang Zhidong, who will ascend to the pole of ministers in his later years, of course he will act according to the intention of the ruling party, but Zhang Zhidong understands that he knows very little about constitutionalism. To run constitutionalism, we must first understand constitutionalism; Constitutionalism is a foreign thing, only for those who have drunk foreign water, Yang Du is a good candidate, but this good candidate, and now he has established a constitutional guild here, but he sees some threats, and it is also to himself who is in power.

"Could it be that this Yang Du went to England and learned something new?"

Zhang Zhidong thought so, and the servant reported.

"Vice Chairman Yuan is here."

Listening to the servant's report, Zhang Zhidong thought that he had come well, and was about to talk to him about it, so he got up and came to the gate to greet him.

Yuan Shikai came to see Zhang Zhidong every once in a while, sometimes there was something, sometimes it was chatting, Zhang Zhidong never went to the door to greet him, at most he only stood by the door of the study and waited, usually sitting still, when Yuan came in, he casually pointed to the low stool next to him with his finger and said a word lazily.

"The consolation court is here, sit down!"

This time he went to the gate, which made Yuan Shikai a little flattered.

"Oh, this autumn wind has just risen, Nanjing is by the river, the autumn wind is wet and cold, why did you come to the gate!"

Yuan Shikai said, and walked forward quickly to support Zhang Zhidong.

"Come into the study, if you have a wind, you can't afford it later!"

Although Zhang Zhidong has not yet entered the cabinet to worship the prime minister, but Yuan Shikai knows that Zhang Zhidong likes to be called Xiangguo, and it seems that the ruling has a promise to the past, in Yuan Shikai's view, this is probably the outstanding place of the government, the ruling axe has long been spread throughout the country, three years along the old law, two years of transition, this is along the old law, naturally to find those who are familiar with the old law, Zhang Zhidong whether it is prestige or talent, I am afraid that it is the most suitable person to be in the center of the regulation of all parties, and in the eyes of the outside world, the ruling reuse of Zhang Zhidong This former dynasty is undoubtedly the manifestation of belly.

"Sit down!"

After entering the study, Zhang Zhidong pointed to a chair with a scarlet hala cushion beside him and said to Yuan Shikai. I also sat down on the old rattan chair where I usually sit. The servant quickly brought a bowl of hot tea.

It has only been two months since he arrived in Nanjing, and compared with his arrival in Wuchang, Zhang Zhidong looks much thinner and older, with a long and sparse beard, although white but significantly shiny, and still looks old and strong.

"Comfort Court, what's the matter?"

"Nothing, coming out of the ruling axe. Passing by the house, take a look at Lao Xiangguo by the way. It's a few days later, so you should take care. ”

Yuan Shikai replied casually, although it was between words, but after arriving in Nanjing for the first time, he finally had a little hope for the future, and now he is in power to invite himself to join the military and political affairs, but he knows that at this moment, he must be cautious and be a careful person.

And this time he is specifically exploring the thoughts of this "Xiangguo" about one thing, and today he is in power to look at the news of the establishment of the "Constituent Association" in the Guangfu newspaper, and only said one sentence: "So many people, I didn't expect this Yang Du to run to the front!" ”

Yuan Shikai listened to this sentence, and spent the whole day thinking about the meaning of the words of the ruling party, and now he doesn't understand this ruling party, although he doesn't know about it, but he also knows that this ruling is definitely different from what the outside world says, he implements the constitution, half of it is what he wants, and the other half, how can this ruling not have the heart to monopolize power?

Yang Du is now advocating the British constitution and practicing a false monarchy, but it is not the reverse scale of the ruling party, Yang Du doesn't even know what the ruling party wants, the ruling will be constitutional, but the promise is to say that the constitution is established to establish a mud bodhisattva there, but it is better to be a lifelong president.

The two chatted first, and slowly got into the topic, but this topic was inadvertently introduced by Zhang Zhidong.

"Now there is a lot of trouble among the people about constitutionalism, and constitutional groups have been set up in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, Guangdong, and Fujian, have you heard of it?" Zhang Zhidong touched his sparse white beard, and looked at Yuan Shikai with dim old eyes, he was more willing to listen to Yuan Shikai's opinion than those young people of the Restoration Society.

"I know a little bit about it later."

Yuan Shikai, who had no intention of calculating, heard this, and hurriedly put his hands on his knees, and his waist was very straight.

"However, the constitution is a matter of the ruling axe, and there is no need for them to fool around."

That being said, they also have good advice. Today's "Guangfu Bao" published a piece of news that Yang Du is preparing to establish a national constitutional convention and proposes to set up a constitutional training center in various provinces to teach the people the constitutionalism of eastern and western countries. ”

"It is good to preach to the people that the constitutionalism of the eastern and western countries is good."

Yuan Shikai smiled bitterly, looked at Zhang Zhidong and continued.

"Old Xiangguo, you know, Yang Du and those people are thinking in their hearts that they are constitutional hypocrites, if he acts as a hypocrisy, this will put the ruling power there! Although he will not care about the amount of government that allows people to do things, it is difficult to achieve the power of the country to the Council, although there are wise people from all over the country in the Council, but when all parties have different opinions, it will be difficult to decide for a long time, and I am afraid that the country will be chaotic. ”

Seeing Zhang Zhidong stroking his beard and nodding, Yuan Shikai took the opportunity to give Zhang Zhidong a high hat.

"Old Xiangguo, if you preside over the government, with the meritocracy of the old Xiangguo, you can protect the country, but this constitution has a lot of constraints, if the Advisory Yuan drags down the decision of the center, even if you have the talent to reach the sky, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the pillar."

"The comfort pavilion is worried!"

Zhang Zhidong, who received this high hat, stopped touching his beard, and a rare look shot out of his eyes.

"But the ruling government has already agreed to his constitution, and the ruling party will not break its promise, if it is really as Yang Du and others advocated to establish a constitution and act as a hypocrisy, I am afraid that the country will really be in chaos by then!"

Seeing Zhang Zhidong agreeing with his own meaning, Yuan Shikai knew that he was right, after hearing the ruling say that sentence, he pondered the intention of the ruling to say those words, and today to visit Zhang Zhidong, also to find out some meaning from him, he has been in the ruling axe to consult the military and political affairs for a longer time than himself, and the ruling is quite dependent on him, the two have talked about this matter, if it is ...... "Old Xiangguo, the reason why Yang Huizi can advocate constitutionalism and win the support of others is because of the situation, most of the people in the Restoration Society are young people without history, I don't know the disaster behind the constitutional hypocrisy! ”

When Yuan Shikai said this, he had his own considerations, in his opinion, the ruling is unwilling to act as a hypocritical monarch, even Yang Du and others said that it is impossible to go to heaven, and the martial arts cannot suppress the Wen, which is the foundation of his past military command, but if the Wen suppresses the Wen, in the end, it depends on who has the military power in his hands.

And...... For Yuan Shikai, this is also an opportunity, an opportunity sent to him by others, and all he needs to do is to show loyalty to the ruling government, but what is hidden behind this loyalty, I am afraid that only he can understand.

"Hey, I once said to the ruling that although young people are strong in blood and easy to recruit, they have limited experience, you see in the ruling axe, the military and political departments, all of them are a group of hairy young men in their twenties, and there are a lot of internal and external discussions!"

Zhang Zhidong sighed, and had a lot of whispers in his heart about the young people who were in power.

"Old Xiangguo,"

Yuan Shikai deliberately lowered his voice.

"It is precisely because of the limited experience of young people that the ruling has to rely on the country, although the ruling is both talented and virtuous, but after all, it is still too young, and China still has to rely on the pillar of the old minister!"

When these words were spoken, Yuan Shikai muttered in his heart, young people, if there were no young people, I am afraid that the ruling country would not be stable for a long time, although such young people are not experienced, but they are better than loyalty, and they do not have the oil and slippery after more than ten or twenty years of officialdom experience, and they have always said that the decrees of the ruling axe are one and the same, and they strictly abide by them.

"I'm an old pillar, so I can last a day! Although the government uses young people greatly, young people also have the benefits of young people. ”

"Of course, old Xiangguo,"

Following Zhang Zhidong's words, Yuan Shikai took the initiative to express his opinion.

"The people in the Restoration Society, with limited experience, are in power and trapped by state affairs, and have no time to take care of the Restoration Society, so the old minister country can take on the responsibility of leading the Restoration Society!"

The half-squinted eyes suddenly opened at this time, and Zhang Zhidong stared at Yuan Shikai.

"Comfort Pavilion ......"

"Lao Xiangguo, now Yang Du and others are respected for advocating constitutionalism, all because of the confusion of speech, and the restoration and popular election advocated by the Guangfu Association in the past were used by Yang Du and others to confuse the public, and they will not blame Yang Du and others for being in power, but Lao Xiangguo, as the pillar of the country, is planning for political affairs and national affairs, and he should guide the Guangfu Association and propose a constitution to attract the people, so as to stabilize national affairs!"

Yuan Shikai looked loyal when he spoke.

"Old Xiangguo, now is not waiting for me, next month, the delegation will be in Shanghai, to various countries to inspect the political system, to wait for the delegation to return, if the gentry of the whole country, all believe in Yang Du Constitutional Gongquan advocated, afraid of the disadvantage of state affairs, although the restoration will be scattered, but all over the country, if the Xiangguo line to the lead, with the restoration of the society as the core in various places to preach the constitution, can be set in state affairs!"

Zhang Zhidong didn't react, just half-squinted and listened, and when he finally opened his eyes and looked at Yuan Shikai, he said a word to him with endless deep meaning.

"That is, the Restoration Association will implement the constitution, but the constitution is always a hypocrisy, this hypocrisy is not a mess of the monarch and the ministers, and it is definitely not done by the people and ministers.

Originally, Zhang Zhidong always looked down on Yuan Shikai, who was born in the army. However, Yuan Shikai made a series of courteous gestures after taking office in Nanjing, but his contempt for Yuan Shikai gradually weakened, on the contrary, because the two were both former ministers of the former dynasty, but the heart of helping each other in the same boat gradually increased.

Listening to his words, although he felt that it was not good, he thought that Yuan Shikai was worried about his own phase, so he said this.

Zhang Zhidong's refusal did not stop Yuan Shikai, but continued to persuade him.

"The old prime minister, like the republican presidential cabinet and two systems, there is also a difference between the constitution!"

When he spoke, Yuan Shikai took out a book from his pocket, and after arriving in Nanjing, on the one hand, while making friends with people from all walks of life, because the post of vice chairman of the NPC was not famous, Yuan Shikai took the opportunity to study new studies, especially the systems of various countries, and even worshiped a few foreign Western seats.

And it was the original research that came in handy today, after coming out of the ruling axe, Yuan Shikai first returned to the mansion and thought for an hour or two, and then came to Zhang's mansion with this book.

"Old Xiangguo, if it's okay in the past few days, please read this book, and you will understand what Shikai said!"

When he handed the book to Zhang Zhidong with both hands, Yuan Shikai had a smile on his face.

(To be continued)