On April 21, the day of the election of the president in the first National Assembly, members of the Jongsha Party gathered at Jae-taek's residence, but Jae-taek, who had already served as a senior adviser to the Navy Command, did not attend.

The convener is Zai Ze's younger brother Zaitao. Since Zai Ze's mansion was returned because of Zai Ze's "selling himself to take refuge", Zai Tao moved to Zai Ze's house, unwilling to "squeeze" with Longyu and Zai Feng anymore, in his words to Tie Liang, he can't live for a day, "Zai Feng has become a walking corpse, and the Queen Mother washes her face with tears every day, and the whole palace is filled with a rancid smell...... "In fact, the main reason why Zai Tao moved out of Prince Gong's mansion was that it was too crowded, and the former Qing Dynasty Mother, the regent and the original owner Pu Wei all lived in it, and he really couldn't rank it. If you look at it from the eyes of the people, hundreds of people living in the huge Prince Gong's Mansion is simply heaven, but Zaitao can't stand it.

The Zong Socialist Party does exist zài. In fact, it is a great prejudice to regard the Jongsha Party as the representative of the old forces. The last nobles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the real old-fashioned ones, those with vested interests, were very honest after the establishment of the republic. The initiators of the Zongshe Party, Liangbi, Tie Liang, Pu Wei, Zaitao, and Yinchang, were all young Zhuang factions in the Manchu nobles, most of them graduated from the new-style school, many of them had studied in Japan, Liangbi and Wu Luzhen, who was killed in the Fengtian Incident, were still very good classmates, and Prince Su Shanqi was also a famous enlightened faction among the princes, presiding over the police administration at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and was very friendly to the constitutionalists.

The convener of this day's meeting was Pu Wei, not Zaitao, who was half a master. Present at the meeting were Tieliang and Prince Shanqi, who had returned to Beijing from Jiangning to settle down. There is also a Japanese named Kotaro Munakata.

The main theme of the meeting was to borrow 500,000 yen from the Japanese Zhengjin Bank by several Manchu nobles as collateral for about 70,000 acres of fertile land near Beijing. Pu Wei and this Kotaro Munakata are the mediators between the two sides. Today is the final detail.

The new government's policy on land transfer frightened the Zonserais, who were desperate for money, and they desperately needed to get the huge amount of money they needed before the policy could be implemented.

The Japanese didn't ask these former Qing nobles what they wanted money for, and their purpose was not mysterious to the Japanese.

Naturally, the purpose of the Jongsha Party is to restore the country.

Restoration? Whose kingdom will it be restored? There is a paradox that researchers from the Han Chinese standpoint have long failed to realize: while some of the Manchu elite accepted the advanced ideas of the West, they also accepted the Western nation-state narrative, so they were more sensitive to the defense of the Manchu and Han, and they could accept the non-equal election of the Manchu and Han after the constitution, but they could not accept the Han people in the original dynasty to seize power. It was under their impetus that the weak regent Zaifeng decisively returned Yuan Shikai to his hometown. However, the Manchus overestimated their ability to control the situation, and as soon as the Guangzhou incident broke out, they watched most of the country change color. Divorced from the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

After the imperial court decided to abdicate. The Zongshe Party has never given up on restoration, and they have contributed money and efforts to plan to assassinate the people they hate the most: Yixuan, Yuan Shikai. Long Qian. Yi Liang fled into the concession. Gave up hundreds of thousands of real estate in Jingshi. Not only to escape from the Republic of China and the rebels (Geng Zinian had already suffered the scourge of rebellion), but also to the fear of the Zongshe Party, he knew that his compatriots hated him so much. even surpassed Long Qian.

However, Shanqi, Pu Wei, Zaitao and others persevered in the struggle for the enmity of their family and country, and with the support of Japan's ill intentions, they looked for an opportunity to attack. With different interpretations of the country, it is untenable to say that they betrayed the country, and in their minds, their country was dead in 1909.

Today's meeting went very smoothly, and Kotaro Munakata accepted the title deed and gave Pu Wei the first 200,000 Zhengjin bank check. Afterwards, Kotaro Munakata took his leave, and before leaving, he respectfully said to Pu Wei and Zaitao, who had sent him out, that the contemptible people knew that you were going to plan great things, and if you needed the assistance of the Japanese Empire, please feel free to speak.

Pu Wei and Zaitao expressed their gratitude.

Seeing the Japanese leave, Pu Wei said to Zaitao, "The sixth child is going farther and farther." ”

Zaitao didn't say anything.

The sixth brother mentioned by Pu Wei is Zaitao's sixth brother Zai Ze. At the beginning, the Zongshe Party was established to plan the restoration of the country, and although Zai Ze was not very active, he was also one of the initiators. Zai Ze's appointment as a naval adviser has also been discussed, and the purpose of Liangbi's appointment as a "parliamentarian" is exactly the same. But Zai Ze went to the United States with Fang Shijun, and his mood changed greatly, which made Pu Wei feel that this grandfather of Zhenguo really worked hard for the new dynasty.

The two of them returned to the council chamber and listened to Shanqi and Tie Liang discussing the major events of today's Congress.

"It's just a formality. You see, there will be no more than five votes against. Shanqi said.

"Duan Fang and Zhirui can be killed!" Tie Liang said indignantly. Now his hatred for Duan Fang and Zhirui is greater than that of the old bastard Yi Liang hiding in Tianjin.

"Just now the Japanese asked us if we wanted to help ......," Pu Wei interjected.

"No, you don't! The Japanese can only do bad things! Besides, the Japanese are not good birds. Tie Liang, who has a lot of say in the Zongshe Party, said in a deep voice.

"But only the Japanese can help us. If Zhirui guards Xinjiang, there is still a place to stay, what should I do now? Cheng Erhu's 4th Division has already left for Fengtian, and he never wants to go back to Guanwai again. ”

Originally, the Zongshe Party hoped to return to the place where their ancestors were born outside the Guanwai, and for this reason, they had been doing the work under Zhang Zuolin, but with the transfer of Cheng Erhu's 4th Division to the Northern Military Region, Tang Yulin no longer dared to deal with the Zongshe Party, and even the money collected was returned by others.

"He's worried about the Russians stabbing them in the back!" Tie Liang said in a deep voice, "The Russians are also, is it useful to just protest?" People are going to take back even Tangnu Ulianghai! I can't even go to Shi Dashou's 10th Division to the northeast! The more defensive this side is, the more cowardly the Russians become. Don't say those useless ones. I'll take 50,000 yuan to Shanghai first, and I'll leave tomorrow. ”

In Tie Liang's mouth, he is naturally Long Qian. The Zongshe Party had hoped to provoke Russia by sending troops to Mongolia, and they hoped that the situation would be chaotic and the more chaotic it was, the better. But the Russians actually confessed, and watched as Fan Deping and Chi Chunxian, two murderous gods, rushed to Kulen and killed a group of Mongol princes. The recovery of Outer Mongolia by the National Defense Forces has greatly boosted the morale of the people, especially in the intellectual circles. This put tremendous pressure on the Socialist Party. Seeing that the National Assembly was convened, followed by Long Qian's official "accession to the throne", the hope of restoration became more and more slim, and many of the lower layers who actively followed the leaders retreated. In order to boost morale, they decided to hire someone to kill the old thief who killed the Qing Dynasty miserably! This move not only avenges the Qing Dynasty, but also can deter the wavering ranks of the same camp, and more importantly, it can solve the problem of funding. Yi Liang has been greedy for ink for many years, and no one can say the wealth he has gathered, and the hard currency such as gold, silver, and jewelry must be brought by him. It can be snatched up for the major events of the Jongmyo Temple.

"Fifty thousand? Too much, right? "The Japanese have their money. You can withdraw cash from Zhengjin Bank at any time, and it is not much of a problem to exchange yen for the silver dollar that the Chengqing gang likes on the black market, but Shanqi still feels that 50,000 yuan is too much.

"There is a brave man under the reward. What's more, one can't pin one's hopes on a group of people. Or do it according to the established plan. Get your hands dirty in Tianjin. You can't use a local splash. Tie Liang's eyes were cold. That man is very cunning. If you don't make some movement, don't say it's the sixth child, it's Liangbi. It may not be reliable. ”

"This, it still has to be foolproof. First, we can't arouse their vigilance, and second, the situation may not be as Liangbi said, that bastard in Zhangde will never be content to be a rich man, and I know his temperament very well. So, time is not absolutely against us. "Shanqi does not advocate rushing to take the lead and jump out.

"Aren't those Nationalists the best at this? Why did they all become shrunken turtles? Pu Wei sneered a few times.

"Bastards who have not achieved enough and have more than enough failures. Don't hope for them, Huang Xing is still a little backbone, you can count the rest, and how many are there who are determined to resist? Pu Wei scolded.

On the same day, Tokyo, Japan. Sun Wen ushered in his old friend Song Yaoru and his second daughter, Miss Qingling, who was in her prime.

"Americans have been watching the formation of a new government. Due to the increasingly close economic ties between the two sides, there is no need to doubt the establishment of formal diplomatic relations with them. Oh, today, there will be official election results in Beijing. Song Yaoru said to an old friend.

"Hmph, in the name of democracy, the practice of dictatorship. What is there to see in such elections? Sun Wen, who had a sallow face, snorted.

"Is Sir angry at the mass defection of his former subordinates?"

"I have long said that a revolutionary party must have its own revolution. A large number of speculators, such as the Liberation Society, were the main cause of the failure of the revolution. But it's nothing, just start over. "The Guangfu Society fell almost entirely to the Mengshan Army, and although there were historical factors during it, Tao Chengzhang's death was a proximate cause. And the surrender of the so-called Central Association such as Song Jiaoren and Tan Renfeng made Sun Wen even more angry.

Song Yaoru stared at her old friend. His unyielding character is still the same, but the situation is different. The slogan of expelling the Tartars cannot be mentioned, the new China has been established, what program should be used to unite the people's hearts?

"Sir, it is better to think differently," Song Yaoru thought for a moment, "Overseas Chinese have great enthusiasm for the establishment of the new government, and there are even calls to invite the new president to visit the United States. After all, what New China has done in the past few months is refreshing, especially the resolute dispatch of troops to Outer Mongolia to quell the rebellion, which has made overseas Chinese rejoice...... With the popularity of Mr., even if he returns to China, he will be treated as a guest...... Didn't Yuan Shikai serve as the vice chairman of the Military Commission? ”

"That's fake! Yuan's first generation is a hero, and now he is being played with by others, which is contemptible! Sun Wen was annoyed that Long Qian didn't pay attention to his big tiger at all, as if he didn't exist at all, and he had completely perished in politics! Of course, even if Beijing extended an olive branch to him, he would not bow down. But the people ignored it, which made the Sun family even more annoyed.

The reason for this is that Song Yaoru is generally clear, although the Beiyang system fought against the Mengshan army in Shandong and Jinzhou, but the subsequent choice was forgiven by Long Qian, but it was the actions of the Kuomintang in Shanghai that angered the current supreme authority. Therefore, Long Qian ignored Sun Wen, who was in Tokyo.

"And what are you going to do?"

"Reorganizing the organization, of course. There are still a large number of staunch revolutionary comrades overseas, and the revolution will not fail, but it is just a few more setbacks......" Sun Wen's heart was dripping blood when he said this, this defeat is by no means the same as before, Shenzhou has changed hands, and the Japanese government, which has always supported him, has basically severed ties with him, although Miyazaki Yinzang and other non-governmental figures will not abandon him, but the possibility of gaining the support of the Japanese government is extremely small, and Guangdong, Hunan and other areas with strong traditional forces of the League have completely fallen under the hands of Long Qian's soft and hard, The Southern Military Region and the Southwest Military Region have intensified their efforts to eliminate and surrender the separatist forces entrenched in the mountains. The party was officially banned and considered an illegal organization. The leaders of the Hui Party have either gone to prison or surrendered, and Sun Wen is losing the basis for his actions while losing a large number of backbones, which is what he is most worried about.

Song Yaoru knew this, of course, but he was reluctant to point it out. In Song Yaoru's view, the Longqian Group has passed the most difficult period, and although they have spent half a year and risked great danger to prepare for the formation of the government, they have received excellent results. The establishment of the Central Bank and the issuance of the New Chinese Dollar. It marked the completion of the economic consolidation of the Longqian Group, and it is said that they received strong support from Standard Oil and DuPont in the United States to obtain large dollar loans to support the issuance of the new Chinese dollar. It is easy to do things with money, not to mention that there are more than 20 divisions of troops in their hands. The Shun lì of the Congress was convened. It marks the completion of its work to consolidate power......

This old friend Zhengzhshang, who was determined to pursue revolution and overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and establish the Republic of China, has died. Song Yao's purpose in doing so was to visit his old friend. It was also to persuade him to give up his ideals and return to China to do some practical work. With his popularity, Long Qian would definitely have a headache. But he ignored the reality at home and was unwilling to change his ways......

That night, Chen Qimei got the news of Beijing from the Japanese. Long Qian was officially elected as the first president of the Republic of China with an absolute majority of 117 votes in favor, 4 votes against, and 1 abstention, and was instructed to form a government. Song Yaoru has no doubt about Long Qian's appointment as president, and now he is concerned about how the government will be formed and how many cabinet seats the Sun family can occupy.

The warm spring breeze has already woken up the willows in Beijing, but in the distant northern city of Kulun, it is still icy and snowy. After learning that after the presidential election in the National Assembly, Lu Shan, commander of the Northern Military Region, held a banquet for the generals of the National Defense Forces to march to Outer Mongolia.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Commander has been officially elected President. Let's toast to this good news! "Lu Shanti yì.

The crowd responded.

Fan Deping, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Northern Military Region, who was sitting under him, said, "The commander just loves to make trouble, fuck, there are three bastards who don't choose the commander!" Find out and make him look good! ”

"That is, the country was spelled out by the commander with a knife and a gun! What qualifications do they have against ?! These turtle grandsons are hiding in Beijing, but we are suffering here with the northwest wind, without us, how old are they?! How dare you vote against! Chi Chunxian, the commander of the Independent Cavalry Brigade, was indignant.

"You can't say that," Xiong Xun, who felt Cullen, shook his head, "Didn't the commander say it many times?" Fighting the world is different from sitting in the world. Moreover, the commander did not want those of us who led the troops to be too concerned about politics. How many votes against can bite the ball? . ”

"That's what Xiong Xun said." Lu Shan changed the topic and said to Fan Deping and Chi Chunxian, "You have gone on a killing spree in order to eliminate the hidden danger once and for all, but you have also offended the Mongolian people, especially those who believe in religion and sincerity, you have cut off the heads of other people's living Buddhas," Lu Shan smiled, "According to the order of the General Staff, Deping, you immediately set off to return to Changchun to preside over the Northeast Military, and the headquarters may give you punishments, you can understand, but just make an example for them." I took Lao Chi's independent brigade to Tangnu Uliang. Xiong Xun's unit remained in Kulen and began its work in accordance with the plan agreed upon by the military region. ”

That's the order. Chi Chun stood up first, "Where is the need for you to go in person?" My Independent Brigade is guaranteed to complete the mission! ”

"No, according to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Agency, the Tangnu-Ulianghai area is somewhat different from Kulen. When it comes to diplomatic issues, we must be cautious. We are all good at fighting, but we don't understand the overall situation of the commander and the difficulties of the commander. Let's just talk about this Congress, what kind of crime are you willing to suffer as commanders? Wouldn't it be appropriate to be the emperor directly! Now I understand the commander's painstaking efforts, no, I don't dare to say that I really understand. It is definitely better to bring together the Manchu Tartars, the Kuomintang and the Beiyang than to drive them out! Lately there have been people saying that the Commander gave a large number of thrones to our former enemies, and this is a bastard! What qualifications does Yuan Shikai have to be the vice chairman of the Military Commission? Because he has prestige in the Beiyang system! It's as simple as that. Who knows, even if Yuan Shikai came forward to give orders, no one listened, let alone us, even the 12th division may not listen. However, with their original boss there, the officers of the Beiyang Department of the 12th Division felt much more comfortable! Feng Guozhang told me that the commander's strength is like a sea, isn't it very good? As for the seats, first, you are reluctant to have the army, and second," Lu Shan smiled, "The government ministries will be formed immediately, and the commander will recommend a group of people to take off their military uniforms, hehe, when the time comes, don't think I'm not interesting enough." From the governor to the minister, and then to the mayor and director below, there are many seats, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it! I, Lushan, have made up my mind to lead the troops, not to mention going to government offices, even to the army's command organs, and I won't go! In this life, he was in the army, and in the north! Lao Tzu really likes this land, even if he dies, he will be buried in the north and guard the north gate for the country! Okay, take action immediately, especially the provisions, bring me enough, and I can't be sloppy. ”

"No, no, if I don't go to the government, Commander Lu, don't look at me." Xiong Xun smiled and waved his hand.

"Commander, I heard that there is a military parade at the end of Congress, but unfortunately we can't participate." Fan Deping regretted that he could not witness the grand opening of the country with his own eyes.

"There are so many opportunities! Deping, you leave immediately, and you will leave tomorrow. I'm not at ease over there in Changchun. "Lu Shan Yan sù up. (To be continued......)