After Yang Du finished speaking, he leaned out slightly, and said in a low voice: "Qiao Shuai, the new policy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at the beginning, now it seems that it has achieved a lot of results, such as the Hanyang Iron Works, the Sichuan Arsenal, and those new schools, including the Beiyang New Army, are all the results of the new policy, but we have entered the era of the Republic of China, but we are not as good as the Manchu Qing in terms of construction, isn't this a strange thing, I thought about it before and after, it is the reason for many constraints, so I think the monarchy and constitutional system seems to be better than the Ming Boiled Republic!" ”

After finishing speaking, Yang Du stared at Qiao Yu tightly, wanting to see any unusual look on Qiao Yu's face, but Qiao Yu didn't have any changes, just took a sip of tea slowly, "Mr. Yang, even if you really need an emperor, you can't be the emperor of the Manchu Dynasty!" ”

After Yang Du heard this, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he looked very excited, obviously Qiao Yu had already expressed his tendency, of course, Yang Du would not be naïve to think that Qiao Yu was telling the truth, but as the most influential person in the southwest, being able to say this kind of thing is also a great support for the great cause in Yang Du's heart.

Now looking at the various local forces in China, with Li Yuanhong's Hubei Governor being replaced by Duan Qirui, Beiyang has controlled the general trend of the world, and only the southwest is left, and now Qiao Yu has also relented, it seems that the dream of President Yuan becoming Emperor Yuan is not far away!

"Qiao Shuai, you can have this insight is really superior, I dare to assert that the land of China in ten years will be the best time for you to show your talents, the president is already old, and often tells us that the future still depends on young people with outstanding abilities!"

Speaking of which, Qiao Yu is already very clear, speaking of which, the age gap between him and Yuan Shikai is really big, the two of them are destined to be characters of two eras, Lao Yuan should have the mind to take Qiao Yu under his command, even if Lao Yuan really ascends the throne of the emperor, then Qiao Yu should not be able to run to the position of ruler, it is indeed better than a patrol envoy.

Speaking of which, Lao Yuan's thoughts about Qiao Yu are no different from his thoughts about Tao Chengzhang and Song Jiaoren, that is, he hopes that they can balance the increasingly disobedient Beiyang system, but the first two have already died, where can Qiao Yu not know in his heart!

In fact, Lao Yuan and Yang Du's abacus is absolutely wrong, although the age gap between Qiao Yu and Yuan Shikai is too big, but both of them are the leaders of a big faction, Beiyang is all over the world, the Sichuan system has deep roots, and the development momentum is amazing, Qiao Yu and Yuan Shikai have huge forces behind them, and it may be too difficult to turn their backs on the faction, so Qiao Yu cannot be owned by Yuan Shikai, and Lao Yuan is also destined to be the president of Beiyang, and he can't be the president of China!

"Mr. Yang, you have a genius who has insight into world affairs, China does need a strong man to stand up, concentrate all forces in one place, quickly achieve industrialization, strengthen the country and enrich the people, but Mr. Yang, you may have overlooked one of the most important issues, Chinese is the most suitable country to implement the Ming Cook system, which is not the same as the West!"

Yang Du's eyes widened suddenly, "Qiao Shuai, where did you start with this?" The important condition of the open-boiled republic is that the people's wisdom is opened, the overall improvement of the education level is needed, and the spirit of the rule of law is needed. ”

"Hehe, Mr. Yang, Ming Cook is a game played at the elite level in any country, and the national election is just a pretense, even ordinary people will not elect a farmer as president! And China has been a huge empire compared to Europe combined, and the management of such a large dynasty is definitely not something that an emperor can complete, and must hope for a huge bureaucratic system, so China has always had a tradition of elite governance, and this central dynasty has too many advantages over the surrounding barbarians, which determines that China will focus its main attention on itself, because as long as there are no loopholes in the internal affairs of the central dynasty, foreign enemies have no chance at all, In other words, as long as we can solve our own problems, we can surrender without a fight! Qiao Yu couldn't help but observe Yang Du's face while speaking, obviously Yang Du's face was not good-looking.

China's national conditions are completely different from foreign countries, China itself is a world, as huge as the West's world system, Europe is about the same size as China, but there are dozens of countries, and there are countless nobles, so if every European country wants to develop, there must be a strongman to appear, lead the country to compete with foreign countries, and rely on war to achieve national strength, so Europeans are essentially eager for strongman politics.

It was only after the Industrial Revolution that Westerners had the power to control the world, and they suddenly realized that if they did not limit the huge imperial power, they could only bring about brutal wars in the end, which in turn led to the emergence of the Ming Cook Thought.

China is the complete opposite, if China wants to be strong, it must be able to do it through internal reforms, such as the rule of Wenjing, such as the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, foreign wars are not the theme of the operation of this empire, and governing the country requires the imperial power and the relative power to form a balance, that is, the prototype of an elite boil.

"From the Sui and Tang dynasties began the imperial examination system, and then the Song Dynasty was the scholar and the king ruled the world together, and in the Ming Dynasty, there was even the idea of a virtual monarch, and along the way, the Chinese have been looking for a tool to restrain imperial power, and after the concept of the Ming Boiled Republic was transmitted, Chinese readers immediately accepted this view, which is the best way to solve the dispute between the Chinese monarch's power and the relative power, which is to completely eliminate the monarchy!"

Qiao Yu said that a layer of delicate sweat appeared on Yang Du's head slightly, and Yang Du's heart couldn't help but torture himself, what Qiao Yu said was the fundamental difference between China and the West, is the monarchical constitutional system he advocates wrong?

"Qiao Shuai, don't you think that the constitutional monarchy system is more suitable for the current China than the republic?"

"Mr. Yang, it's right to be suitable, but whether it can be achieved is another thing!"

Yang Du was silent, Qiao Yu knew that Yang Du was a great talent, and he also knew that he would not change his opinion because of his few words, so Qiao Yu smiled: "This is just my immature opinion, Mr. Yang should be a reference, but you can rest assured that I still support the president, and I can also guarantee that Sichuan will never take the lead in the future!" ”

Yang Du left Sichuan with a full stomach, Yang Du still attaches great importance to Qiao Yu's words, Qiao Yu can get huge benefits among the powers, which proves that this person's vision is far beyond the characters of this era, Yang Du kept asking himself in his heart, whether he can implement the monarch's constitution!

Yang Du had just arrived in Yanjing, and before he had time to report his trip to Sichuan to Yuan Shikai, a major event appeared in front of Yang Du, and just two days earlier, Minister Zhiyi submitted a treaty to Yuan Shikai, which was divided into five paragraphs and 21 articles.

At the same time, after entering 1915, the European powers were now busy with war, and last year Britain was able to intervene in the issue of the Hanyang Iron Works, but now the British did not have this kind of energy, and the frequent attacks of German submarines have made the British frequent crises in the sea lines of communication, which are almost difficult to maintain, so they have given the British an opportunity to take advantage of.

Compared with the 21 articles in the original history, the current conditions of the book have a lot of places for Sichuan, and in the third paragraph, the book requires that the Yucheng Iron and Steel Plant be jointly established, and the Hanyeping Company will be completely handed over to the management of the company, and the railway power from Wuchang to Nanchang, Nanchang to Hangzhou, and Nanchang to Chaozhou.

These two requirements are moving the interests of Sichuan, Hanyang Iron Works has moved most of them to Sichuan, but there are still a large number of factory machines, but also able to produce pig iron, wrought iron, can provide a large number of raw materials for the steel industry, learn the lessons of the last conflict, to Hanyang Iron Works directly into the hands.

And Yucheng Iron and Steel Plant is the core of the industrialization of Southwest China, and it is said that this is actually the joint venture between China and China, which is equivalent to getting the lifeblood of Sichuan into his hands, and there is no doubt that it will provoke the crazy opposition of the Sichuan Group!

The Sichuan-Han Railway was built to Wuchang, and if the right to build the road from Wuchang to Nanchang was obtained, it would be possible to directly enter Sichuan through the railway, and the army would be able to drive straight into Sichuan through the railway, and the security of Sichuan would be challenged like never before.

After Yang Du saw this treaty, he was also shocked, saying that he wanted to get the rights of Shandong, but also to gain control of Fujian, and to expand the power in the Northeast and Inner Mongolia, and also asked China not to lease the coastal islands to other countries, and said that the joint police have been arsenals, if these conditions are agreed, there is no doubt that China will become a colony monopolized by Yueben, Yang Du has the dream of becoming a strong country, how can Yuan Shikai agree to this kind of treaty.

"President, this kind of treaty of death cannot be agreed, otherwise the dignified China will really be doomed!"

After Yuan Shikai saw the twenty-one articles, he instantly aged a lot, "Huizi, even if I die, I can't agree to this kind of treaty, it's just that people are under the low eaves and have to bow their heads, if we don't agree, is there any other way?" ”

Yang Du looked at the article carefully, and then slapped his thigh suddenly, "President, I have a way, you see that although this treaty is harsh, there are several articles that have touched the interests of Sichuan, such as the issue of Hanyang Iron Works and Yucheng Iron and Steel Plant, and the railway from Wuchang to Nanchang, as well as the joint arsenal, because of the steel problem, Sichuan has already met with Yuben twice, Sun Wen sold Hanyang Iron Works once, last year's iron ore dispute was another time, and this time the gun was pointed at Yucheng Iron and Steel Plant, In addition, if the railway is repaired to Wuhan, it will be connected with the Sichuan-Han Railway, and there is also the problem of co-operating an arsenal, the scale of the Sichuan Arsenal is the largest in the country, and these requirements will force Sichuan to work hard, I think as long as the content of the treaty is secretly sent to Chengdu, I think Sichuan will go crazy! ”

Yuan Shikai's eyes also appeared bright when he heard this, Yang Du's vision was much stronger than Yang Shiqi and others, if he could pull Sichuan in, he would be able to fight against the pressure of Yueben with himself, and he would be able to share a lot of pressure!