On the evening of July 14th, Jingshi Juren Hall!

Wang Yingkai stood alone in front of the window, looking at the green grass and trees outside the window with empty eyes, and he could hear the chirping of summer insects in his ears from time to time.

Many office workers outside the Juren Hall were in a hurry, and no one looked at them when all kinds of documents were scattered all over the place, and as the breeze blew, the pieces of paper on the ground flew up, and at a glance it looked like it was the bleak season of autumn and winter.

Wang Yingkai stood for a long time, although the legs supporting the fat body had begun to go numb, but he still didn't move!

The sound of the cannon outside seemed to be getting closer, and the characteristic clicking sound of the machine gun seemed to be ringing in the ears, which meant that the pace of the Feng army was getting closer and closer.

But Wang Yingkai didn't care about this qiē anymore, and now he thinks back to the days when he followed Yuan Shikai to organize the new army, and thinks of the days when he and Duan Qirui, Zhao Dongyun and others founded the Beiyang Standing Army after Gengzi years.

I still remember that I talked with Duan Qirui, Zhao Dongyun, and Wang Shizhen together, talking about how to build the army of ten towns, how to recover the Northeast and revive China in one fell swoop.

But this unity disappeared completely after Yuan Shikai's death, since Yuan Gong was assassinated, everything has changed, he and Zhao Dongyun, Duan Qirui they raised troops to overthrow the former Qing feudal dynasty, although once the Beiyang generals fought for power and profit and broke out in a civil war, but they were all resolved peacefully.

And he also ascended to the position of president of the republic, and the Southern Federation of the Beiyang Army went south to fight and retreated, and the Beiyang at that time was extremely majestic, and at that time he was also the first person in the world to republic.

But the dazzling aura has not receded, Zhao Dongyun betrayed Beiyang again, tore up the Tianjin agreement and entered the customs in a big way!

What made Wang Yingkai even more unbelievable was that the army he had put all his heart into building was vulnerable in front of the Feng army, and the battle of Tangshan almost completely destroyed the hope of the direct army to win.

Now that the Feng army has entered the Jingshi, it is only a stone's throw away from the Jurentang where he is located, but why has it become like this?

Wang Yingkai can't figure it out!

Could it really be bad luck and destiny not in him?

The sound of gunfire outside became more intensive, and Wang Yingkai could even see the smoke and dust rising after the explosion of the shells outside through the sky, and at this time a colonel hurriedly walked in: "President, the rebels have captured Chaoyangmen, and it will be too late if you don't leave!" ”

Wang Yingkai didn't look back, and laughed at himself: "Go? Where else can you go? ”

Do you want to learn from the two palaces back then, but today's China is not the China of Gengzi's year, where can you flee west?

The Feng army has already surrounded the Jingshi, whether it can escape is two words, even if it can escape, where can he escape? Now the entire Zhili has fallen into the Feng army, the east is the three eastern provinces, the south of the south has fallen into the hands of the Feng army, and the west of Shanxi is the territory of Zhao Dongyun's ally Wu Fengling, do you want to flee to northern Mongolia to be a savage?

That's it, it's over!

On the night of the 14th, Wang Yingkai issued a telegram, saying that he did not bear the burden of the presidency due to health reasons, and in order not to delay the great cause of the republic, he resigned from the presidency.

As soon as Wang Yingkai's telegram came out, he almost admitted defeat and surrendered to the Feng army!

And as soon as such a meaningful telegram came out, there was no doubt that it caused an uproar!

The first response was Duan Qirui, who was in Jinling, who issued a telegram saying that the domestic situation was difficult, and hoped that Wang Yingkai would take the overall situation first and withdraw his resignation.

Wang Shizhen, Zhang Huaizhi, Wang Ruxian and others also issued a telegram to retain Wang Yingkai to continue to serve as president.

There are many different reasons for them to keep Wang Yingkai, but they all have one thing in common, as long as Wang Yingkai does not surrender, then the banner of the anti-Feng coalition army can continue to be carried, and even if Zhao Dongyun defeats the Beijing Division, he will not be able to justifiably ascend to the position of president.

And after Zhao Dongyun saw Wang Yingkai's resignation and power, the heart that had been mentioned since entering the customs was finally put down.

Since he entered the customs, many people in China have criticized themselves for destroying the overall situation of the domestic republic, especially many people in the northern provinces are against their own entry into the customs, otherwise Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen, Zhang Huaizhi, and Wang Ruxian would not have sent troops north so simply.

Now I finally have an understanding, no matter whether others want to or not, as long as Wang Yingkai is willing to take the initiative to announce his resignation, then he can justifiably succeed to the position of president in accordance with the republican constitution.

And this is very important for Chinese people who pay attention to orthodox names!

Wang Yingkai announced his resignation and went into the wilderness, although Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen, Wang Ruxian, and Zhang Huaizhi were strongly opposed, but the opinions of the generals within the direct army were very unified, that is, surrender!

The first to surrender were the remnants of the 11th Division and the 12th Division, which had actually been completely defeated under Wang Yingkai's announcement, and on the eve of the surrender, only the remnants of more than 4,000 people were gathered near the Forbidden City, and the other tens of thousands of people were either killed or wounded or fled.

Lu Yongxiang said that the first division was willing to continue to be loyal to the republican government, well, that is, the republican government after Zhao Dongyun took over, and Zhao Dongyun promised Lu Yongxiang to continue to be the commander of his first division, as for the junior officers, they followed the precedent of the first mixed brigade, and the lieutenants were appointed after entering the military academy for retraining, and the school officers were transferred to other units of the Feng army.

But the 1st Division must also be reorganized according to the Fengjun formation!

And the surrender of the remnants of Lu Yongxiang's First Division officially announced the end of the war in Beijing, and the Feng army officially took over the defense of Beijing!

On the sixteenth, Zhao Dongyun, who had been waiting outside the city for more than a day, couldn't wait to wear a full set of senior generals' dresses, wear white gloves, ride a tall war horse, and set foot on the land of the Beijing Division with the support of the soldiers of the Ninth Division.

When I first entered the Beijing Division, although there were still traces of war on the streets, it was obvious that they had been cleaned intensely, and the soldiers of the Feng army on both sides of the road were marching forward with joyful steps, and a large number of people could be seen waving the five-color Republic flag to welcome the Feng army into the city.

What's a little funny is that these welcome ceremonies were not organized by Feng Jun himself, but by Zhao Bingjun, the cabinet authority in Beijing, why? In order to give a good impression to Zhao Dongyun, who is about to become the master of Beijing!

As mentioned above, this year's republican cabinet actually has little to do with Wang Yingkai, Zhao Dongyun and others, and was originally in consideration of guarding against various families, basically those cabinet candidates are neutral people, and considering that many territories in the country are actually controlled by major warlords, so this cabinet has little power, and even Zhili can't control it.

Now that Zhao Dongyun has moved into Beijing, it is certain that he will become the president, so he will definitely form a new cabinet, and Zhao Dongyun is different from Wang Yingkai at the beginning, because everyone knows that Zhao Dongyun controls the three eastern provinces and the two large territories of Zhili, and there may be Shandong, Henan and Shanxi in the future, so that the follow-up republican cabinet can become a powerful cabinet and manage many northern provinces.

For these reasons, there are countless people who want to flatter Zhao Dongyun!

And riding on a war horse, Zhao Dongyun went all the way to the Juren Hall on the west side of the Forbidden City, and the original owner of this place, Wang Yingkai, had quietly left this place yesterday, and then entered the British Legation, if nothing else, he would go to the Tianjin Concession as his apartment like Feng Guozhang.

It was Zhao Dongyun who still wanted to put him under house arrest, but although Wang Yingkai announced that he had gone to the field because of the defeat, he was not stupid enough to pin his life on Zhao Dongyun's kindness.

Now Zhao Dongyun is walking on thin ice, and he has to be cautious and cautious about any incident that may cause conflict with the great powers!

When Zhao Dongyun walked into Jurentang, looking at this Western-style western-style building, Zhao Dongyun felt strange in his heart, he was still back to this place for the first time in his two lives, let alone living here.

Since Wang Yingkai moved in and worked here, this building has had a strong political significance in the past six months, and has become a symbol of power of the Beiyang Republican government!

When you move into this building, you become the country's top leader!

This place has been cleaned in the early stage, and there is no trace of the mess that was a few days ago, Zhao Dongyun went in and looked carefully at it in the living room, and then looked up at the group of civil and military generals who were following him, and smiled: "Sit down, this place didn't have a chance to sit before!" ”

As he spoke, Meng Enyuan on the side laughed: "What the president said is that we have gone through a lot of hardships, isn't it for today!" ”

After Meng Enyuan took the lead in taking a seat, Lin Yongquan, Fang Biyong and others also sat down together, in addition to these senior generals, there were also many important members of the Government Council who followed Zhao Dongyun into Beijing, including Xiong Xiling, Zhao E, Zhou Ziqi and others.

Zhao Dongyun did not put on the previous shelf, but put down his body and chatted with these subordinates, the atmosphere was very harmonious, and when he spoke, Zhao Dongyun suddenly said: "Now that we have also arrived in Beijing, this cabinet should also be prepared!" ”

Zhao Dongyun has already had a plan for the preparation of the new cabinet, after all, the formation of his own cabinet this time is different from the first cabinet last year, the cabinet at that time was the product of compromise between all parties, and this time the cabinet has nothing to do with other Beiyang warlords, it is completely a government agency under Zhao Dongyun, plus Zhao Dongyun in terms of employing people, especially when appointing senior generals and important officials, is often arbitrary, and there will be no such thing as letting subordinates discuss candidates.

"The ministries of this cabinet are still basically copied from our original candidates for the bureaus of the Government Council, but this cabinet is the prime minister!" Zhao Dongyun looked at everyone as he spoke, he had already seen the eyes of several people!