In the large conference room, the people did not divide into two sides like the usual negotiation meeting, and then began to compete for interests and so on, and after the people met, they did not mention the domestic situation at all, the war or the like, but greeted each other.

"Brother Shaochen, I haven't seen you for two months, you look like you're lucky again!" After Zhao Dongyun saw Wang Yingkai, he walked up and said hello.

Wang Yingkai also laughed and said: "Let my brother laugh, but you also know that my brother can't get rid of this look!" ”

When Wang Yingkai laughed, the flesh on his face trembled!

Many bigwigs in Beiyang are from military backgrounds, and most of them are still in their forties, so most of them are still relatively strong, but Wang Yingkai is an exception, he is a fat man among the generals in Beiyang, so many people have made fun of him over the years, and even people will jokingly call him a fat man.

"Ziyang, you are not authentic, you directly wrapped up the whole of Li Shunde, so that my brother and I almost didn't find a place to live!" Wang Yingkai had already walked up at this time, and then directly grabbed Zhao Dongyun's shoulders and walked over to the sofa.

The two people now look like old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time, and there is no indication that these two people have been waving against each other in the past few days.

Zhao Dongyun also smiled: "It's all the people below who are not sensible, otherwise they will leave a few suites for Brother Shaochen!" ”

Wang Yingkai said: "This is also what kind of hotel to live in Tianjin, if you and my brother and I go to Beijing, my brother is in charge of those palaces as you choose, you can live in which one you like, brother, I will send you directly!" ”

Zhao Dongyun listened to it and his face showed expectation: "Really? Then I'm welcome, I heard that the Haiyan Hall over there in Xiyuan is good, isn't it an old brother who can cut love? ”

"Haiyan Hall!" Wang Yingkai also smiled at this time, and an invisible frown flashed on his face.

Wang Yingkai invited Zhao Dongyun to come to Beijing and give it to the palace, which means to win over Zhao Dongyun, as long as you surrender to me Wang Yingkai and serve me as the lord of Beiyang, then I am guaranteed to be the same as the prince of the former Qing Dynasty, one person under ten thousand people.

However, in the face of Wang Yingkai's secret temptation, Zhao Dongyun refused without hesitation, and even directly revealed his desire to live in Haiyan Hall!

What is Haiyan Hall? The old site of this place is the Xiyuan Yiluan Palace, Cixi's residence, Gengzi was burned down by the Eight-Nation Alliance after the year, and then Cixi rebuilt a Western-style building on the original site after the Xin Chou year, but did not continue to live, but as a place to entertain foreign female guests, this building is called Haiyan Hall!

After Wang Yingkai led the army into Beijing some time ago, although he had not driven Guangxu and Cixi out of the Forbidden City for the time being, he unceremoniously occupied Xiyuan, and then lived in Haiyan Hall by himself!

This Western-style building is also quite important in the original history, after the Xinhai Revolution Yuan Shikai is here to live and work, and after the emperor accepted the courtiers' congratulations and worship here, after Yuan Shikai died, Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun and other successive Beiyang bigwigs who have been in charge of Beiyang are also living and working, since then this Western-style building has been the residence and office of the military and political leaders who control the Beijing Division, Li Zongren, Fu Zuoyi and others are like this. Even our party is no exception, the Central Military Commission and the General Staff Headquarters are located here, and other nearby courtyards have become the residences of important leaders.

Maybe it sounds a bit cumbersome to ask the bottom of the question, but to put it simply, this place is the Zhongnanhai of the later generations!

Zhao Dongyun said that he wanted to live in Haiyan Hall, isn't this a clear fight for the position of the boss of Beiyang!

If Wang Yingkai heard this a few days ago, it is estimated that his face would be gloomy immediately, and then he would go back to meet Zhao Dongyun's sword soldiers, but now it is different, the Southern Federation is enough to shake the foundation of Beiyang, he Wang Yingkai can't sit back and watch Zhang Zhidong slowly integrate the forces of the southern provinces, and then launch a northern expedition against himself, he must end the Beiyang civil war as soon as possible, and then wave his troops south.

And since Zhao Dongyun came to Tianjin to negotiate with him today, it means that Zhao Dongyun must have agreed on several principled issues!

First of all, the Beiyang civil war must end, which is the foundation of this negotiation, if Zhao Dongyun does not agree to this principled issue, there is no need to come to Tianjin.

The second point is that since the civil war has ended in unity, Zhao Dongyun also means that he has given up the competition for the position of the boss of Beiyang.

Now the reason why Zhao Dongyun said this, in Wang Yingkai's opinion, is nothing more than being unconvinced, wanting to take the opportunity to disgust himself, and then wanting the lion to open his mouth to make a profit.

At this time, everyone also sat down one after another, although there were many people who came to Tianjin to attend the meeting, but there were not many words that could actually sit down and talk in this conference room, Zhao Dongyun, Wang Yingkai, Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen were just four people, as for Xu Shichang and Zhou Xuexi, they were mainly in the middle of the contact, and they couldn't intervene in the real core issues.

After these four people sat down around the sofa, the first thing they said was still not the right thing, but continued to nag and gossip, although the four of them are competitors to each other, but it cannot be denied that in fact, they are all old friends who have been friends for many years, and they were all brothers in the early years, when Zhao Dongyun stayed in Baoding, he did not eat and drink with Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen and Wang Yingkai.

So this small talk is also a lot of topics!

It's just that everyone came to Tianjin not to catch up on the old days, seeing that the atmosphere was almost over, Wang Yingkai coughed lightly, and then looked at Zhao Dongyun and said: "Ziyang, now the south is in chaos, and a few of us can't be scattered like before, we must unite to suppress the southern provinces first, otherwise my Beiyang foundation will be ruined in one fell swoop!" ”

When Zhao Dongyun heard Wang Yingkai's words, he knew that today's formal talks were about to begin, and he immediately considered the meeting before saying: "This south is in chaos, naturally we can't sit idly by, we still have to go south as soon as possible, after all, those provinces in the south have a lot of financial resources, and if they wait a few months, I'm afraid their troops will have to double!" ”

Wang Yingkai continued: "Well, Ziyang, you deserve to be my Beiyang, since Ziyang you have said so, then I will not hide it, brother, now this situation can definitely not go on like this, so according to what I mean, we still have to continue to do this republic, first put up the shelf of the republican government, and then gather all the troops to go south together!" ”

Zhao Dongyun said: "It should be so!" ”

Now the word republic is the only righteous name that can be erected in Beiyang, after all, in any case, the generals of Beiyang raised troops in the eyes of many people to commit rebellion, which is a typical rebellion, especially after Wang Yingkai forced Guangxu to abdicate and prepared for the founding of the country, it made many people with traditional thinking decline their impression.

At this time, in order to get rid of the influence of outsiders such as its own rebels and rebels, the north had to raise the banner of the republic and set up a model for itself, after all, although the people of the country did not oppose the imperial system, no one would say that the republic was bad, and they could only quibble that it was not suitable for the republic for the time being.

So at this time, no matter whether it is Wang Yingkai or Zhao Dongyun, they are all firmly grasping the word republic and trying to turn themselves into which side of justice!

In addition, the word republic is still very attractive to attract new talents, many people want to overthrow the imperial system, but if they don't want to play violent ~ revolution like Sun Wen, they will choose the third way, that is, choose to take refuge in Beiyang Those bigwigs who support the republic.

Of course, after they choose Beiyang, they will choose the big guy in Beiyang, that is the follow-up problem, so let's not mention these for the time being.

However, since this republican government is running, what the constitution of this republican government has to be discussed, so Zhao Dongyun took out a piece of paper, and then handed it to Wang Yingkai and said: "This is the republican constitution formulated by me in the past two days with reference to the republican powers such as France and the United States, you can take a look!" ”

Before Wang Yingkai shouted the slogan of the republic, in fact, many of his staff had already formulated the constitution of the republican government in advance, but he also knew that he could not decide these matters alone, and he had to discuss them with Zhao Dongyun, and even with Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen.

Immediately, he just looked at it carefully, but after reading it, he said: "Responsible cabinet system? I'm afraid that's not good! ”

Zhao Dongyun already knew that Wang Yingkai would oppose his suggestion, why? Because he mentioned that the republican government formed by yì adopted a 'cabinet of responsibility'.

What is the Responsible Cabinet System? That is, the leader of the country is the president, but the president is only a symbol, and the prime minister is responsible for specific government affairs.

The reason why Zhao Dongyun proposed these is not because he wants to go to Beijing to become the prime minister of the cabinet, and then play some kind of palace dispute with Wang Yingkai, but to limit Wang Yingkai's power in the future.

When things come to this situation, there is actually no suspense for Wang Yingkai to become the president of the republican government, and Zhao Dongyun can't oppose it if he wants to.

Stop the civil war in Beiyang and stop fighting for the position of the boss of Beiyang! These two articles are the prerequisites and principled issues for Zhao Dongyun to attend the talks in Tianjin.

Since Wang Yingkai wants to be the president, then Zhao Dongyun must find a way to limit Wang Yingkai's power, if Wang Yingkai is allowed to take this opportunity to integrate Beiyang in one fell swoop, he Zhao Dongyun must not cry to death, so you Wang Yingkai can be the president, but you have to get a responsible cabinet system, you Wang Yingkai don't expect to be able to completely control all the rights of the republican government.

In addition, because the prime minister of this responsible cabinet is in charge of the actual administrative power, whether it is Wang Yingkai or Duan Qirui or Zhao Dongyun, in fact, they cannot be the prime minister, and even if Zhao Dongyun is the prime minister of the cabinet, he will not dare to go to Beijing alone to take office, if he takes the third town to take office, he will definitely be happy, but Wang Yingkai will have to jump when the time comes.

"At that time, Brother Shaochen, you will be the big president, the younger brother is not talented, and the burden of the vice president can barely be shouldered, as for the prime minister of the cabinet, Zhang Anpu can also be used, Xu Juren can also be, even if it is Zhou Zhi'an, there is no problem!"

When Wang Yingkai heard Zhao Dongyun's words, he didn't have to guess that he knew that what Zhao Dongyun meant by this was that this position could be given to Zhang Renjun, Xu Shichang, Zhou Xuexi and even any cat and dog in the Beiyang civil official system! I can't give it to all of you!

Hmph, what I can't get Zhao Dongyun, don't even think about it!