In the study of the ruling axe, only the sound of breathing could be heard.

Wearing an "official uniform" designed to imitate the ruling military uniform, Yuan Shikai stood at the table, looking at the ruling documents and reports that he was looking through, he had been standing for half an hour.

Half an hour, but this will be as long as half a century, although the fan in the room is turning, but Yuan Shikai, who is wearing this clothes, has been soaked with sweat in front of and behind him, and beads of sweat the size of beans poured out from the square round head and slid down his cheeks.

His legs were already a little sore, but Yuan Shikai didn't even dare to move.

Lying in front of the desk, Chen Moran didn't pay attention to Yuan Shikai standing in front of him, although he felt a little hot in a short-sleeved shirt, he was much better than Yuan Shikai.

Seeing that the ruling government has finished processing the documents on the table, the documents and reports are grouped into the basket on the table. Yuan Shikai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Just when he breathed a sigh of relief, Chen Moran poured himself a cup of tea, then lit another cigar cigarette, held the armrest of the circle chair with both hands, and closed his eyes with a cigar cigarette in his mouth, as if he had forgotten Yuan Shikai standing in front of him.

The abnormal behavior of the ruling made Yuan Shikai feel a sense of foreboding in his heart, and he understood that maybe the ruling wanted to give him a dismissal.

The fragrance of cigar smoke diffused in the room, smoking cigar smoke and drinking tea, Chen Moran did not raise his eyes to look at Yuan Shikai, until a cigar was about to be smoked, Chen Moran raised his eyes to look at Yuan Shikai when he was drinking tea.

"Comfort Pavilion, you're here!"

The voice was not loud, and the coldness mixed in the gaze only made Yuan Shikai's heart tremble. The sense of foreboding in my heart will be even worse.

Snuffing out the cigar in his hand and throwing it into the ashtray, Chen Moran then began to explain his work.

"Now the military in the north is pressing, and there are some people who don't think about the military, but go to hug those politicians, and they really forget their duty."

Saying that, Chen Moran's face became grim.

"Now in Nanjing, there are some people who think that if they engage in some conspiracy, they can hide from the world? Do you really want to try my sword? ”

It was not the questioning that made Yuan Shikai's heart tighten, he knew better than anyone that now that the ruling party is in charge of the military power, and his three towns have been divided into five divisions of sand by the ruling army, is that still the Beiyang Army? After transferring the 13 divisions to Pingjin from the ruling power, he lost the opportunity to argue with him.

In the past period of time, on the one hand, he had a close relationship with Sun Yat-sen, and on the other hand, he took the advisory office to ask for a referendum on the government, and when he contacted Sun Yat-sen, he did not forget to express his loyalty and say "the saint is the king".

And doing all this, all he thinks about is to protect himself. The cold voice of the ruling made him aware of the sudden change in the attitude of the ruling party towards him today, in the past, it was openly and secretly, but on the surface, it was more than affectionate, but this time, the cold and hard attitude of the ruling party, the threat in the words made his back cold, and a cold sweat gushed out.

"You were the first to ask for as much preparation as possible for a referendum! However, I need to make some preparations before the referendum, and I am going to send a delegation to go abroad for a year and a half to inspect the system, politics, military, economy, and industry of various countries. ”

Staring at Yuan Shikai with cold eyes, Chen Moran then asked.

"How? Comfort Pavilion! ”

"What the ruling government said is very true, since he should send a delegation to go abroad to investigate, thinking that he said that the referendum is accurate, and it is difficult for the ruling to see Shikai even if he shoots the horse."

Yuan Shikai nodded vigorously, what else would he dare to say, the words before the ruling had already been said very clearly, someone wanted to test his sword, who was this for? Yuan Shikai naturally knew that he was talking to himself, and Chen Moran, who was sitting on the chair, paid attention to Yuan Shikai standing in front of him, and when he found that his face was pale and his expression was very unnatural, he sneered in his heart.

"Weiting, you and Sun Yat-sen seem to have a lot of personal friendship!"

"The ruling party, Shikai and Sun, are just ordinary personal friends......"

"Oh, I see......"

Chen Moran nodded as if he had suddenly realized, and then frowned.

"I thought you had no personal friends, so I wanted you to invite Sun Yat-sen to join the ruling axe and go abroad with the group to inspect the countries, or I'll tell him in person when I go back!"

After saying this, Chen Moran looked up at Yuan Shikai and put on a dissatisfied look.

"Comfort pavilion, why are you still standing! Have a seat! ”

"Thank you...... Xie Zhengzheng! ”

Thanking him, Yuan Shikai sat in his heart and reflected on the meaning of the words of the ruling party.

I said that I was beating myself, and then I mentioned Sun Yat-sen going overseas, can I say ...... For a long time, for Yuan Shikai, although he is in Nanjing, but there is always a hidden unwillingness in his heart, decades of painstaking management, and the reality of falling short in the end will always make people unwilling, the reason why he befriended Sun Yat-sen is nothing more than to use the hands of the revolutionary party to disturb the pool of water in Nanjing, if you are lucky, maybe you can come to fish in troubled water.

Although the two had an upright relationship, the conversation between the two was linked to what the previous ruling party had said...... Yuan Shikai, who was wearing formal clothes in an instant, suddenly had the illusion of falling into an ice cave, although it was the height of summer, he didn't feel a trace of heat on his body, and cold sweat couldn't stop surging from his forehead and back. He knew that everything he did could not be hidden from the eyes of the ruling party.

Looking at Yuan Shikai's appearance, Chen Moran did not relax his beating because of the fear on his face, but for the time being, let him breathe a sigh of relief, this braid was going to be pulled loosely.

"Comfort Pavilion, although you and I have the name of up and down, but in terms of age, you are like my brother,"

"I don't dare to ...... my job"

Yuan Shikai only agreed, and repeatedly thought about the meaning of ruling in his heart, but at least he vaguely felt that at least he didn't want to try his own sword with his own intentions, otherwise he wouldn't have said that, thinking like this, his heart naturally relaxed a little, and began to think about how to deal with the next words of the government.

"I treat Brother Yuan as a brother, but how do you repay me......

The originally intimate voice suddenly became stern, and Chen Moran stared at Yuan Shikai in front of him.

When he hummed this sentence coldly, as soon as he let go of his mind and was stirred by these words, Yuan Shikai was suddenly frightened and fell from his chair to the ground as if he was not possessed by his soul, if he said that ten seconds ago, he felt that he could guess that the meaning of ruling was to beat himself, but this sudden change in ruling made him beat the drum again.

"Execution...... Governance, Shikai is loyal to the government, can show the blue sky, absolutely ......"

"Blue sky! You still rely on the blue sky! ”

Questioning sharply, Chen Moran stood up and stared at Yuan Shikai who was kneeling on the ground.

"You are in Tianjin, making friends with ministers from various countries, and you intend to stand on your own feet with foreign countries, how can I not know? If it weren't for my thirteen divisions and army to force the border, how could you go south to take up your post! Is this your faithfulness, your goodness? ”

…… Walking in front of Yuan Shikai, Chen Moran couldn't wait to kick him when he spoke, to relieve the anger in his heart.

"Good! For the sake of the overall situation, since you came to Nanjing, I don't ask you how you came, whether you were forced to be helpless, or from the bottom of your heart, you came, I will continue to investigate, I asked myself and did it, but what is your loyalty? I was talking with those few people, how to make the republic and constitution immortal, and how to read my ruling axe, but I still didn't blame you! ”

When shouting training, Yuan Shikai was bitter in his heart, not so much because he was afraid of everything he did, he didn't hide it from the eyes of the government, for Yuan Shikai, in the official career and political arena, he saw personal grievances very lightly, the key is whether they can cooperate, and what will be the result of the cooperation between the two sides.

"Since you came to Nanjing, I have been giving you a chance, if you are more peaceful and keep the duty of the minister, how can you not be in power! You think that your three towns soldiers and horses are a thorn in my heart, a thorn in my eye, if I am even worried about your three towns soldiers and horses, what should I do, you ask yourself, after you come to Nanjing, you can one day guard the duty of a minister, okay! You don't keep the duty of the ministers, you talk to them about the republic, the throne, the constitution, this is China, not the Manchu Dynasty, I don't blame you, you pretend to be fishing and luxury, I don't ask you, you have this power and freedom! ”

"Governing, the world...... Shikai lost his surname"

Taking a deep breath, Chen Moran continued to speak.

"Even so, I still give you a chance, I appreciate your talent, even if it is your ambition, I can tolerate it, Xiang Shuai is old, and you are still young, he will work together with you and me to save China's crisis, but you, what do you want to be, like you said to the chrysanthemum twenty-five years ago, you can't be the emperor!"

"Death to the minister! Ministers are dead......"

When he was young, he and Xu Shichang said jokingly from the mouth of the ruler, only to be shocked that Yuan Shikai's soul was not possessed, and he hurriedly kowtowed.

"If you don't live up to me, I will live up to you!" After you came to Nanjing, someone asked me to kill you as an example! ”

In an instant, Yuan Shikai, who was kowtowing his head, felt soft in his heart, and his neck was cold to his throat.

"But I want to cherish the country, I turned a blind eye to all kinds of things before, you and Sun Yat-sen are indifferent, what you talk about, what you say, I can turn a blind eye, now China, how can there be a reason to be guilty of words, but Yuan Xiangcheng, ah Yuan Xiangcheng, I cherish what talent, you funded Yang Du to the UK, Yang Du persuaded Ji Li to give up the position of his wife, and secretly ordered others to usurp the text, saying that I Chen Moran is an ungrateful person, talking with Sun Yat-sen, anti-Chen should be the first to slander the reputation, I want to ask, where is your conscience!"

This will Yuan Shikai was completely paralyzed on the ground, he knelt there and forgot to kowtow, just stared at the ruling in fear, his lips trembled slightly, only then did he realize that the ruling was almost omniscient to him, even his so-called secret was just a joke in the ruling here.

"I ...... I ......"

Yuan Shikai, who finally muttered and opened his mouth to speak, looked at the anger in the ruling eyes, but he couldn't say anything. However, Chen Moran took out more than a dozen copies from the table and threw them in front of Yuan Shikai.

(To be continued)