"Mr. Biaofang, why do you have time to come to me, isn't there something wrong with education?"

Zhang Lan has been conscientious since he became the Minister of Education, both in character and ability, Qiao Yu values him very much, but he didn't expect him to come to visit him.

"Governor, there is nothing big about education, but I found that the newspapers are full of articles to punish Zhao Erfeng in the past few days, and the people have also been mobilized, and there is a lot of anger that does not get rid of Zhao Erfeng, and it is not enough to make the people angry, Luo Lun also found me, and he wants to forcibly pass a bill in the parliament to execute Zhao Erfeng, in my opinion, Zhao Erfeng is loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he is also innocent, and the governor does not have to be too sheltered, but it will cause people's hearts to be unjust."

"This is what Luo Lun asked you to come?"

"No, this is my own coming, Sichuan has finally settled down, the Constitutional Party's power is not small, everyone had better work together to build Sichuan, if you rush into infighting, I am afraid that a good new deal will also be affected, but it is not beautiful!"

Qiao Yu shook his head slightly: "Mr. Biao Fang is not that Qiao Mou has to defend Zhao Erfeng, it's just that he regained the lost territory in Sichuan, and his credit is in the country, this kind of character died in our hands, and the matter of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company is not as simple as you think!" ”

Zhang Lan was also shocked, earlier he had heard about the issue of the shares of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, but he was indignant at the time, so he didn't think about it in detail, and now he heard this question from Qiao Yu's mouth, Zhang Lan seemed to know that the problem was not so simple.

Qiao Yu took out a document and handed it to Zhang Lan, "Take a look at the table, this is based on the accounts of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, the Sichuan-Han Railway Company has received a total of nearly 10 million taels of shares since its establishment, the former Sichuan Governor Duan Fang embezzled more than 3 million taels at will, Pu Dianjun, Luo Lun and others embezzled 3.5 million taels of silver to go to Shanghai to speculate in stocks, and last year's stock market crash suddenly came to naught, plus the silver they usually squandered, now there is almost nothing left over from the Tangtang Sichuan-Han Railway Company. ”

Zhang Lan looked at these thin pieces of paper, as if they had a thousand weights, and was dumbfounded, he never thought that the Sichuan-Han Railway, which was regarded as the hope of the people of Sichuan, would be such a situation, and nearly 10 million taels of silver would be gone.

"How dare they do that? This is all the hard work of the people! ”

"The facts are all here, these accounts were obtained by Zhao Erfeng when he raided the headquarters of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, otherwise how could those people be so anxious to kill Zhao Erfeng?"

Zhang Lan thought about it for a while, and knew that he had been deceived, and even had a feeling of ridicule: "Is the dignified road protection movement actually promoted by these moths to cover up their crimes?" I still want to ask for the people's lives, but I'm just a fool who has been deceived! ”

"The Qing court has created evil, and it is time to die, but the blood and sweat of the people can not be coveted like this, and the railway is also the hope of Sichuan, I am ready to control the family property of those major shareholders, all confiscated, try to make up the shares, and the remaining part is guaranteed by the military and political axe, in short, the people must not be allowed to suffer, the Sichuan-Han railway must also be repaired, the Yucheng Iron and Steel Plant is still being established, as long as the construction is successful, we will be able to produce rails, and it will be much easier to build the road at that time!"

After knowing this result, Zhang Lan also resolutely supported the attack on the Constitutional Party, but he still had some scruples, "The power in the hands of Governor, Pu Dianjun and others is not weak, so we still have to act cautiously!" Beware of them jumping off the wall. ”

Qiao Yu nodded, Zhang Lan's prestige was not low, and he was arrested by Zhao Erfeng together with Pu Dianjun and others, now that he can stand on his side, the odds of winning are greater, "Mr. Biao Fang, you first publish the loss of tens of millions of shares in the newspaper, and then I will send someone to investigate publicly, control those major shareholders first, and force Pu Dianjun to comply!" ”

The next day, the Sichuan Times ran a column headline "Tens of millions of shares disappeared for no reason, and the blood and sweat of the Sichuan people may come to naught!" The article introduced the number of leased shares collected by the Sichuan-Han Railway Company over the years, which reached about 10 million taels cumulatively, and after the military and political axes controlled Sichuan, the Sichuan-Han Railway Company only had less than 400,000 taels left on its books, and the rest of the shares were gone.

The Sichuan-Han Railway has always been one of the most sensitive issues in Sichuan, for which the people of Sichuan did not hesitate to rebel against the Qing court, but when the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty collapsed in Sichuan, the issue of the Sichuan-Han Road was put on hold, and no one mentioned it anymore, and the people of Sichuan even had a feeling of being fooled.

Suddenly students, workers, peasants, teachers have taken to the streets, began to demonstrate, there is a great reproduction of the original road protection movement of the grand occasion, Sichuan has been disturbed, Nanjing has been disturbed, Yanjing Yanjing is the same, the Forbidden City is shrouded in a thick cloud, all the children of the Eight Banners are like mourning, not long ago the Empress Dowager Longyu has handed over all the power to Yuan Shikai, at the same time the regent Zaifeng also resigned from the throne, returned to the palace and closed the door.

Lao Yuan monopolized power, so he sent Tang Shaoyi to negotiate peace with the southern representatives, and at this time came the news that Sun Wen was elected as the interim president, and the vice president was taken away by Li Yuanhong, Lao Yuan suddenly panicked, the position of the president has been occupied, do you still have a play? Hurriedly gathered all the major strategists under his command to discuss countermeasures.

Yang Du also got the news from the south earlier, and after knowing Yuan Shikai's worries, he said with a smile: "Xiangcheng doesn't need to panic, but should be happy, although Sun Wen was elected as the interim president this time, but the two provinces of Sichuan and Hubei, plus Song Jiaoren of the Liberation Society and the Alliance, all strongly advocated that Xiang Cheng should be the president, and only nine of the seventeen provinces voted for Sun Wen, which shows that even the southern provinces where the revolutionary party is all over the country think that Xiang Cheng is the best candidate for the president, this is the general trend of the world!" ”

Yuan Shikai thought about it for a while, and his face also showed joy, but he was still a little worried: "Huizi, you see that the south has established a political axe after all, how should we deal with it?" ”

"Change the national system and quickly execute the monarchy!"

There is no doubt that this is only the first step to force the Qing court, first to implement the constitutional monarchy, and then to force the Manchus to give up their rights and finally abdicate, the old Yuan felt that things should be done sooner rather than later, and could not wait any longer, once the south settled down, there was really no place for itself, so Yuan Shikai instigated the gentry, political axe officials, and overseas Chinese from all over the country to write a letter together, urging the Qing court to change the political system quickly.

Since the beginning of the Wuchang Shouyi, the magnificent Forbidden City has been shrouded in a thick cloud, miserable and miserable, the Empress Dowager Longyu held the little emperor in tears throughout the whole day, and the royal nobles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty also had different views, such as Yixuan, an old man who was serious and advocated conforming to the will of the people, at least being able to save the surname, while Zaitao, Liangbi, Shanqi and other young Zhuang factions were resolutely opposed.

The two factions quarreled again in the Taihe Palace, and Zaitao took the lead in speaking: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty, although the thieves are big now, but I have three hundred years of kindness in the Qing Dynasty, and there are no longer a few loyal ministers and righteous people, and we can fight again, and the foreigners are also willing to support us, it is a big deal to cede some land, and we can always keep the position of the Ninety-Five, which is better than a grasshopper who has no power and no power!" ”

"Hmph, foreigners will be able to listen to you, and now that you are separated from Germany everywhere, there is no army at all and still obeys our command, how can you fight!"

"Lord Qing, are you still from the Qing Dynasty? Do you still have Jiangshan Sheji in your heart, persuade the master to surrender, you are the second in Zhou Zhou! ”

"The old man is loyal, but he doesn't want to make senseless sacrifices!"

"As a descendant of Aixin Jueluo, even if he dies on the battlefield, he is also a glorious ancestor, and he will not disgrace the entrance hall!"

"Then where do you put the Queen Mother and the Emperor? Do you want your master to die with you? ”