Chen Zikun and Mrs. Sun Qingling took another car with Mrs. Sun and then rushed to the Prime Minister of Tieshi Hutong, where Lu Zhongan, a famous doctor in Beijing, was invited to treat the Prime Minister.

After the Chinese medicine doctor heard about it, he comforted the patient a few words, walked out of the ward, frowned tightly, and immediately surrounded him to inquire about the condition, Lu Zhongan shook his head and sighed: "The disease is terminal, there is no cure." ”

Wang Jingwei was a little emotional: "The prime minister is the leading figure of the Chinese revolution, he can't go, please ask Mr. to use medicine to prolong his life, even if it costs a lot." ”

Lu Zhongan said: "The life span is over, even if Hua Tuo Bian Que is reincarnated, it is estimated that there is still half a month to live, if there is anything to arrange, I will prescribe a few pairs of medicines here, try to continue my life." "After that, a few flavors of medicine were prescribed, all of them were thousand-year-old ginseng He Shou Wu, Ganoderma lucidum snow lotus, etc., most of the intellectuals knew some techniques of traditional Chinese medicine, and it was convenient to know that Lu Zhong'an's medicine was convenient to know, this is a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

The high-ranking figures of the Kuomintang have basically gathered in the house in Beijing's Tieshi Hutong, but except for Mrs. Sun and the guard Huang Luyao, people such as Wang Jingwei and Sun Ke are polite and distant from him, after all, Chen Zikun is in a sense a "traitor" to the Kuomintang, and now he is a warlord and belongs to the ranks of the enemy.

Chen Zikun didn't care, comforted his wife for a few words, and then left, returned to the Ziguang Depot to call Baoqing and his family, and said very solemnly: "I have something to discuss with you." ”

Baoqing and Xing'er glanced at each other, looking quite uneasy.

"I have been in other provinces for a long time, and I don't care about taking care of the industry, so I want to transfer the car factory to you." Chan said.

Baoqing hurriedly said: "How do you say this, the car factory was founded by you, and the cars you started with are all you tried to buy, how to say that it will be transferred, if you are troublesome, we can help you save the money." ”

Xing'er also helped: "Da Kunzi, can't you trust the two of us, what's wrong with you in other provinces, keep it for you to operate properly, and nothing can go wrong." ”

Chen Zikun said: "I don't mean that, isn't this a lot of burdens and thoughts, and I now have a big business, not bad for such a thing, seeing that the child in the apricot belly is about to come out, you two can't always work for others No, although this car factory is set up by me, but it depends on the hard work of the two of you, so I will simply transfer it to you at a discount. ”

Baoqing looked at Xing'er, and Xing'er nodded and said, "Since Da Kunzi said so, let's take it down." ”

"That's okay, let's take a good inventory, now the car factory has more than 100 foreign cars, and the family has a big business, and the accounts are not easy to calculate." Baoqing also agreed, he knew that it was just Chen Zikun's kindness, and it would be boring to insist on not accepting it.

After dealing with the affairs of the car factory, Chen Zikun did another thing, and changed the house in Dongwenchang Hutong into a dormitory for young students, specially entertaining poor students studying in Beijing, which won him some praise, and Beijing Daily reporter Ruan Mingchuan reported one after another, praising Chen Zikun as a representative of the enlightened new general.

Duan Qirui, the interim consul, also summoned Chen Zikun, this is the first time Chen Zikun officially met Duan Qirui, in the past, Duan Qirui was the emperor of the government, Chen Zikun was just a grass people, but today's status has shrunk to the point where he can almost fight against the court, which is really embarrassing when you think about it.

The ruling government is not located in Xinhua Palace, but in the Iron Lion Hutong where government offices gather, Duan Qirui is dressed in a black satin horse coat and a blue cloth robe, looking like a kind old man next door, occasionally showing a trace of domineering between his eyebrows, but it is also fleeting, after all, it is not the period when the Anhui system is in power, and now the national army and the Feng army control the national government, and it is difficult for Duan Qirui to show his ambitions in the middle.

The atmosphere of this meeting was very harmonious, because Chen Zikun's father-in-law, Yao Qizhen, was the chief of communications of the Duan cabinet, and it can be regarded as having some origins, Duan Qirui sat on a chair and talked eloquently, talking about the grim situation facing the government, talking about various international observations, clear and organized, quick thinking, although not as infectious as Sun Wen, but also sincerely admirable.

"Zikun, I heard that you went to visit Sun Wen, how is his condition?" Duan Qirui suddenly mentioned his new neighbor who lived in Tieshi Hutong.

"Mr. Sun's condition is worrying, I'm afraid time is running out." Chan said.

Duan Qirui sighed and shook his head: "Sun Wen has meritorious service to the republic, and he has wanted to be unified, if it weren't for him, the country would have been unified a long time ago, the warlords would have been purged a long time ago, and the government would not borrow money everywhere to fight, making the treasury empty and the people living poorly. ”

Chen Zikun said: "Mr. Sun's ideal is right, but the timing is not right. ”

Duan Qirui said: "As a descendant of Yan and Huang, who doesn't want the country to be rich and strong, who doesn't want to abolish the unequal treaty, but I don't have that strength, when Little Japan proposed 21 articles to President Yuan, I immediately proposed to raise troops and fight to the death with Japan, and even the mobilization order was issued, but in the end the president still succumbed, so angry that I resigned to thank the world, and then the president insisted on not agreeing to the 21st, and also issued a letter to all the ** civil officials, bitterly stating the humiliation of the country, these, how can Sun Wen and others understand. ”

Chen Zikun couldn't answer, so he could only nod slowly.

Duan Qirui said: "Later, when I became the prime minister of the cabinet, I understood the suffering of the president, China has been weak for a hundred years, and it cannot be changed overnight. Soviet Russia's water rifles were brought in by boats, and Russian advisers commanded the Whampoa student army to fight, Sun Wen wanted to bring the country to the fire pit, and the Soviet Russia's set of things without a king and a father, although it can demagogue people's hearts, is purely a drink to quench thirst. Remember, Zikun, you must not be deceived by them. ”

Chen Zikun said: "I remember. ”

Duan Qirui knew that he was also insincere, but these words had to be said after all, and it was snowing outside, and the temperature in the house dropped a little.

"Open the door, let's enjoy the snow." Duan Qirui said, and asked his subordinates to bring a copper stove for burning charcoal, which was placed in the center of the house to keep warm, and talked about Xu Shuzheng's recent visit abroad.

"When he was visiting Italy, Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini met with him, which ended in only three minutes.

Duan Qirui mentioned Xu Shuzheng, his eyebrows danced, his face was excited, and he finally said: "Zikun, you Zheng is a person who is proud of his talents, in fact, his heart is not bad, what he does is for the country and the people, there are some unpleasant things, I apologize to you for Youzheng, I hope you can ignore the past suspicions, let's work together to build the country, what do you think." ”

Chen Zikun understood that Yang Yuting was entrusted by Xu Shuzheng to try to kill himself The matter has spread all over the city, Duan Qirui apologized to himself on his behalf, this favor is big enough, he said angrily: "If you kill me Chen Zikun can save the country, this life should be given to Brother Youzheng, but I am a Jiangdong supervisor, and my subordinates are only tens of thousands of old and weak, how can I be compared with Feng Huanzhang and Zhang Yuting, and it is useless to kill me." ”

Duan Qirui said: "Zikun is in full swing in the southeast smoking ban, and Shanghai has become a demilitarized zone, which is a great achievement for the country and the people, and I see these in my eyes. ”

Chen Zikun smiled: "Leave it to Zhilao's arrangement." ”

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A few days later, news came from Tieshi Hutong, Sun Wen's condition worsened, his body temperature increased, and people were delirious, Chen Zikun quickly rushed to Xingyuan after receiving the call, and the courtyard was already full of people from all sides, including old acquaintance Song Ziwen, and Song Ziwen's brother-in-law Kong Xiangxi and others, the prime minister was critically ill, everyone was in a heavy mood, and even the greetings were waived.

It didn't take much effort, a team of people came in outside, it turned out that Duan Qirui came to visit Sun Wen in person, Kong Xiangxi came forward to receive him, and after asking the prime minister, he politely refused Duan Qirui's request to go to the sickbed, and Duan Qirui had to leave gloomily.

Sun Ke snorted coldly: "The prime minister didn't come when he entered Beijing, didn't come when he stayed at the Beijing Hotel, didn't come when he stayed in Union Hospital, and now he is seriously ill, but he came, it's not to gloat to see the excitement." ”

The other Kuomintang members were also indignant, and Chen Zikun only learned from listening to their discussions that Sun Wen had been at odds with the ruling government since he entered Beijing, and that reunification was far away, and his depressed mood was also one of the reasons for the aggravation of his illness, so it was no wonder that they resented Duan Qirui so much.

After waiting in the courtyard for a while, everyone couldn't hold back, and pushed Wang Jingwei, Sun Ke, Song Ziwen, and Kong Xiangxi to go in, and asked for the premier's guidelines, Chen Zikun and others were still waiting in the courtyard, for a long time, hearing Mrs. Sun's choked voice, everyone thought that the prime minister had gone, and they all shed tears, and after a while, Wang Jingwei and others came out, saying that the prime minister was fine, please rest assured, let's disperse.

A few days later, Chen Zikun received a phone call again, and the voice on the other end whimpered, saying that Mrs. Sun had asked him to go to the trip quickly.

Chen Zikun immediately rushed to the Iron Lion Hutong, the atmosphere in the line was solemn, and when he entered the ward, he saw a circle of people standing next to the couch, his expression was solemn, Sun Wen was half lying on the bed, signing his name on the will, after signing, everyone present signed one by one as witnesses, and passed it to Chen Zikun but handed it directly to the next person.

Sun Wen's eyes were blazing, he glanced at every face in the room, and said slowly: "I gave up the two Guangxi and Guangxi this time and went straight to Beijing, in order to seek the peaceful reunification of the whole country. The unified approach is to convene a national assembly ......"

The voice became weaker and weaker, and gradually lost his breath, and the doctor came in and checked the pupils with a flashlight, telling everyone to go out so as not to disturb the patient's rest.

Chen Zikun walked to the corner of the courtyard to smoke, and before he finished a cigarette, he heard a cry from the house, he snuffed out the cigarette butt and sighed: "An era is over." ”