Just as Yuan Shikai and his advisers were discussing countermeasures, public opinion in the south was in an uproar, it turned out that the members of the Restoration Society had deep feelings for Tao Chengzhang, and he died so miserably, so naturally he couldn't stand it anymore, and stood up one after another, demanding that the political axe thoroughly investigate the case and avenge Tao Chengzhang.

Moreover, the claim that Yuan Shikai is the mastermind behind the scenes is very loud, and even the young officers in the Liberation Army even want a second revolution to hit Yuan Shikai, and the people of the League Association, which was already in decline, also jumped out at this time, and Li Liejun, Hu Hanmin and other local officials also made small moves.

The whole group of mountains and rains in the south is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, Zhang Taiyan frequently invited the old man of the original Restoration Society, and he directly pointed the finger at Sun Wen and his family, thinking that it was their hand, but because the assassin was not caught for a long time, there was no strong evidence, and Zhang Taiyan's own ability was insufficient, so he was unable to reverse the overall situation at all, so he only made a mess.

After several discussions, Lao Yuan decided to appoint Song Jiaoren as the commissioner of the Tao case, and he was fully responsible for the handling of the Tao case, and at the same time mobilized Feng Guozhang to lead the army south, directly stationed in Nanjing, to stabilize the situation, it stands to reason that Lao Yuan's approach is understandable, but because of the use of the army, all walks of life in the south are jumping to their feet and scolding, Lao Yuan is ill-intentioned, and wants to purge the forces of the revolutionary party.

Since Lao Yuan has bad intentions now, it proves that he is a villain, since he is a villain, Tao Chengzhang was killed by him, under this strong logic, newspapers from all walks of life in the south have published articles accusing Lao Yuan, and many students have also taken to the streets to hold demonstrations, in addition to the troops in the south who were ready to be cut off have picked up guns again.

Zhang Zhenwu and others, who were caught by Tao Chengzhang, also rushed out, and the whole posture of the north and the south was going to war again, after Lao Yuan got the report, his heart became more and more depressed, he was too much of a big president, and foreigners bullied him, and those ordinary people also dared to run to the street to curse themselves, how could they still have decency, he had already appointed Song Jiaoren to investigate the case, he was a member of your revolutionary party, are you still not satisfied, do you still want Sun Huang to investigate the case? I didn't do it myself, I did it myself.

At this time, Lao Yuan's mind couldn't stop shaking the majestic scene of the Taihe Palace, the president was not as good as the emperor after all!

The south became a pot of porridge, and Lao Yuan was more and more short of money, so now he could only pray for the British to increase the intensity of loans, and Lao Yuan invited Zhu Erdian to Zhongnanhai.

However, at this time, Zhu Erdian did not have the politeness of the past, and his face was arrogant, he had already received the news that Luo Changqi had organized a trial meeting, and Gongjue Jiebu was hanged, and at the same time severely punished a large number of rebels, and the captured rebels were all used as hard labor to build the road between Sichuan and Tibet.

In addition, Liu Xiang, the general of the Sichuan army, led the army to attack several times, and broke all the rebel strongholds around Lhasa, and now only one is still under the control of the rebels, but it is also crumbling, the originally lively Tibetan Province has fallen into such a situation, where to put the face of the British Empire, and the aristocratic upper echelons of the Tibetan Province will still believe in the British Empire, so Zhu Erdian is actually angry to President Yuan.

"Your Excellency, the resurgence in the south of your country has seriously affected the commercial interests of the British Empire in the Far East, and I hope that your country can resolve it as soon as possible, so as to avoid unnecessary disputes!"

"Mr. Minister, it's not that I'm unwilling to safeguard the interests of the British Empire, it's just that the southern rebels have been wantonly slandering and spreading rumors, and Yuan's ability is limited, so he really can't control it!"

Zhu Erdian used to deal with these bureaucrats in China when he was in the Qing Dynasty, and he was familiar with their surnames, and Lao Yuan was playing Tai Chi with himself again, and wanted to kick the ball outside, Zhu Erdian smiled slightly: "Your Excellency, not only your country, but also the imperial political axe is extremely disgusted with the rebels, and the empire is willing to support you to take decisive measures to restore order in the south, and can even let the Yangtze River Fleet provide you with some necessary help!" ”

Lao Yuan heard this, his face immediately showed joy, if you want to enter Nanjing, you must cross the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River is in the hands of the British, and now the British are willing to provide support, that is the best, but Lao Yuan has long known that there is no free lunch, the British have been plotting against Tibetan Province for a period of time, compared to this time is also asking for the interests of Tibetan Province.

"Thank you Mr. Minister for your generosity, Yuan is grateful!"

"The president doesn't need to be grateful to me, I only hope that the president can agree to withdraw all the Sichuan troops to Sichuan, allow the autonomy of the Kaze region, and at the same time allow British merchants to do business in Kaze!"

Zhu Erdian put forward his own conditions, Lao Yuan thought about it repeatedly in his heart, the British had the ambition to swallow the entire Tibetan province in one fell swoop, and now with the victory of the Sichuan army, the conditions of the British have become much more pragmatic, just to ask for the Kaze region, but this selling an inch of territory is also a betrayal, Lao Yuan has to think about the risks, after a while, Lao Yuan sighed.

"Mr. Minister, the sovereignty of Tibetan Province is in China, and there must be a garrison, otherwise I will not be able to explain to the people, but the number must be controlled!"

Zhu Erdian saw that he had indeed reached Lao Yuan's bottom line, and it was not good to continue to persecute him, so Zhu Erdian nodded and agreed, and the two sides reached an agreement, Lao Yuan immediately sent a telegram to Qiao Yu to ask him to withdraw his troops back to Sichuan, and at the same time sent a telegram to Chen Eun, asking him not to confront Qiao Yu again, so as not to cause turmoil in the southwest.

Qiao Yu has begun to yearn for the withdrawal of troops in Sichuan, but the road in Tibet Province is too difficult, they marched rapidly when they entered Tibet, but it also took nearly two months, or under the condition that the preparation is very sufficient, otherwise the time spent is even more amazing, after a trip, Qiao Yu is more determined to build a road to Tibet Province, mainly in accordance with the original tea horse road expansion, the minimum requirement is to be able to send ammunition supplies, otherwise the conditions of the army stationed in Tibet Province are too difficult, which simply could not maintain a large-scale garrison.

When he received Lao Yuan's telegram, Qiao Yu had not yet arrived in Qamdo, but news from the south had come one after another, and the Beiyang Group was indeed the incompetent root inherited from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it was completely defeated on the propaganda station, and the southern capital pointed the spearhead of the Tao case at Lao Yuan, which Qiao Yu did not expect.

At the same time, what made Qiao Yu even more disappointed was that the United Party had fallen into a split with the death of Tao Chengzhang, and it turned out that this party could not withstand any storms at all, on the day Tao Chengzhang was killed, Hunan Governor Tan Yanmin announced his withdrawal from the United Party, followed by Li Yuanhong, as well as Cheng Dequan and others, with the withdrawal of these people, the huge United Party suddenly fell to most of it.

Zhang Taiyan put all his energy on revenge, and he didn't have the energy to take care of the internal problems of the United Party, the original members of the League withdrew from the United Party again, and the cruel fact made Qiao Yu completely lose confidence in the road to constitutionalism, this ancient country has too many residues and remnants, where will a group of old-style bureaucrats cultivated by the Manchu Qing Dynasty really support the cause of Ming Cooking, they are just trying to obtain greater benefits under the banner.

Now that Tao Chengzhang is dead, they all feel cold, whether it is Yuan Shikai behind them or not, they all chose to protect themselves, and the thriving United Party was instantly scattered.