Xiong Xiling has been working hard, and after tasting the lofty status and power of the prime minister, Xiong Xiling is naturally unwilling to silently leave the curtain call on China's political stage.

Unlike Xiong Xiling in history, because of Wang Zhenyu, Xiong Xiling's talent cabinet not only lasted for two more months. And in the process of conflict with Duan Qirui and others, although Xiong Xiling lost the support of Yuan Shikai, he created enough political prestige. Many members of parliament and celebrities even regard Xiong Xiling as the best choice for the national counterbalance to Yuan Shikai, and this concept is indispensable for politicians, although somewhat illusory.

Xiong Xiling's layout has begun, first of all, to work with Liang Qichao to reorganize the Progressive Party. The confluence of these two people can almost be regarded as a great alliance of Yunnan-Guichuan and Xianggui at the central level. Then came the advocacy for the reconvening of the Congress, which was outlawed last year after Yuan Shikai was elected president of the Republic of China. Xiong Xiling's wishful thinking is that as long as the parliament is reopened, even without the support of Lao Yuan, he will get the opportunity to become the prime minister.

Of course, Xiong Xiling, who has been friends with Yuan Shikai for many years, also knows very well in his heart that with Lao Yuan's cunning, it is estimated that this is difficult to achieve, and even if it is achieved, it is estimated that it will be manipulated by Lao Yuan.

Therefore, another thing that Xiong Xiling and Liang Qichao planned was to find a way to let Cai Ye and Wang Zhenyu return to their roots and regain control of the army, which was the biggest bargaining capital between their people and Lao Yuan. However, Xiong Xiling still has selfish intentions in the specific operation, and this old man in the officialdom is very clear about Yuan Shikai's scruples about arming shili in these places.

Therefore, when negotiating conditions, Xiong Xiling has always gone all out to ask Lao Yuan to appoint Cai Yi as the southwest patrol envoy, and this is exactly what Lao Yuan will never agree to. Xiong Xiling knew this but did it deliberately, and he had to take the trouble to mention it every time. This naturally has its purpose, that is, to pave the way for Wang Zhenyu's southward journey.

But these are all small means, Yuan Shikai is not a child, not the kind of master who can use a trick to fool the past. Xiong Xiling naturally doesn't expect to achieve his goals by relying on this small means, and those who can be prime ministers are all outstanding. Xiong Xiling's second step was to complain to Yuan Shikai, saying that since Wang Longzhong became the Xianggui patrol envoy, Xianggui's taxes last year have not been escorted to the central government until now. In fact, this is nonsense, not to mention anything else, Guangxi, a poor place where birds do not pull to death, has always been not rich in products, industry is not prosperous, and it is located in the border and has a large number of soldiers, so it has not paid a dime to the imperial court since the Qing Dynasty before the war, on the contrary, it has to rely on the Liangguang Governor's Office to transfer money from Guangdong every year. And this problem of not paying taxes, it seems that at present, except for the Zhili and Northeast regions that Yuan Shikai can effectively control, only Yan Xishan in Shanxi obediently pays it. Other provinces, including Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and other provinces where Feng Guozhang was headed, had the problem of withholding taxes, and the central government's finances were completely dependent on salt taxes and customs tariffs. So at this time, it was completely bullying the old Yuan to ignore the fact that the Xianggui patrol embassy did not pay taxes, Yuan Shikai had been serving in the north since he came out, and his understanding of the south was limited to official documents. If you really believe the official documents they wrote, then the whole south is completely a flowery and thriving situation, which is completely peaceful and prosperous.

Beijing, Iron Lion Hutong, Presidential Palace, Yuan Shikai met with the outgoing Premier Xiong Xiling in civilian clothes.

"Bingsan, this is not Jurentang, there are no outsiders. Don't mention the matter of letting Songpa serve as the southwest patrol envoy, when the country is employing people, talents like Songpa belong to the pillars of the country, how can they leave the center lightly? As soon as Yuan Shikai saw Xiong Xiling's appearance, he knew what he was going to say, so he hurriedly blocked the words first.

Seeing this, Xiong Xiling smiled secretly in his heart, the time had come, but he still pretended to be depressed and lamented before saying: "Then Xianggui patrol envoy Wang Longzhong is still transferred back to Beijing, his nephew has lived in Beijing for more than half a year and has not seen anything serious, it is better to go back to guard the border of Guangxi for the president." ”

When Yuan Shikai heard this request, it was really not easy to refuse again, after all, he and Xiong Xiling were old friends, and this time they even gave up the throne of the prime minister, which is reasonable and unreasonable to refuse. However, Lao Yuan has never been an emotional person, and he still did not reply immediately as always.

After a long while, Yuan Shikai slowly spit out two words: "Okay, this matter is as you wish, Bingsan, this is called Wang Zhenyu is your protégé, as long as he doesn't deal with the chaotic party and doesn't lose the big festival, everything else is fine." However, the transfer of this level is not a matter of one or two days, and it is necessary to transfer Wang Longzhong back first. ”

Xiong Xiling naturally had no objection to this, because Tian Yingzhao had already written to report to him. Wang Longzhong has freedom in the position of the Hunan Gui patrol envoy, but he does not have much power, to a large extent, he is more like a puppet who guards his nephew's home, no way, although the predecessor of the Youth Army is the Ninth Brigade of the Fourth Division of the Hunan Army, but most of the officers are newly promoted, and his former old subordinates are still serving as chief of staff except for Yang Wangui, others such as Hao Bing and Song Xianfu have been transferred. As far as the eye can see, I don't know myself as a teacher, alas!

To be honest, Yuan Shikai really looked down on Wang Zhenyu in his heart, in his opinion, he was just a hairy boy in his early twenties, and when he checked his resume, he relied on Wang Longzhong's promotion to enter the new army, and walked to the pipe belt step by step. As for the Battle of Yudaimen, the Beiyang Army on the front line deliberately disguised itself because it wanted to cover up the fact that it had suffered defeat, so Yuan Shikai didn't know about Wang Zhenyu's famous battle at all. As for the battle between Changde and Guangxi, it was because of the relationship between the intelligence network, and Yuan Shikai came to a variety of conclusions, Changde was Qingheng against the water, and Guangxi was the three armies were plotted against it. Such a dumbfounded conclusion, in addition to making Yuan Shikai sigh that Wang Zhenyu's luck is not ordinarily good, is more contempt for this person.

Habitual thinking kills people, because of preconceived views, Yuan Shikai is now worried that Wang Longzhong has really collected the local army of Xianggui. For Wang Zhenyu, a twenty-three-year-old young man, based on his performance of eating and waiting for death all day long in Beijing, Yuan Shikai gave a judgment that it is impossible for such a young person to win the heartfelt support of his subordinates, so it is okay to put it back. If Yuan Shikai knew what this young man did later, he would definitely regret today's decision. If he could be given another chance to choose, he would definitely let Lei Zhenchun kill this kid.

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as an if......

On March 28, the third year of the Republic of China, Lei Zhenchun was called to Jurentang by President Yuan Da, and there was nothing else, Yuan Shikai just asked him to further strengthen the monitoring of the hundreds of officials in Beijing, especially generals from local areas like Cai Yi. After all, I have scolded Lei Zhenchun a little too much these days, and don't forget to appreciate a jujube if I slap too much, but Lao Yuan's consistent principle of employing people is even more so for Lei Zhenchun's loyalty.

At this moment, neither Yuan Shikai nor Lei Zhenchun thought that such a simple summons would actually save Lei Zhenchun's life.

Hou Yiyuan, a famous painter during the Republic of China and the examiner of the Beijing Military and Political Law Enforcement Department, still remembers what happened in the Beijing Military and Political Law Enforcement Department on this day, and many years later he still relishes the blood-boiling scene of his children and grandchildren.

In the words of Mr. Hou, looking at the entire Republic of China, there is no one more arrogant than Wang Yaqiao......

At about eleven o'clock in the morning, Luo Zu entered the gate of the law enforcement department, and the sixteen guards who had been in charge of following him returned to the brigade on business according to the rules. Because in Luo Zu's opinion, the law enforcement department is an absolutely safe existence, and it will be criticized for bringing sixteen guards to the law enforcement department, and that shelf is bigger than the director. Major General Wang Dezu, deputy director of the Military Administration and Law Enforcement Division, went to the director's office to be on duty because Director Lei Zhenchun went to Jurentang in Zhongnanhai.

The law enforcement department still attaches great importance to its own defense, and the high fence and electrified barbed wire clearly tell anyone with bad intentions not to climb over the wall. The four corners are condescending watchtowers, and every two hours a sentry is changed to observe the surrounding situation, and if there is an abnormality, they will sound the alarm. Military police dogs are indispensable, but there are few in the entire compound, because the brigade responsible for arrest and search does not work here, the gate is generally closed, non-vehicles enter the small door, and the personnel who enter and exit will be subject to document inspection and registration, hand over the weapons they carry, and then sniff by the well-trained police dogs, once they ask about the smell of explosives, these sensitive police dogs will bark non-stop. It can be said that in addition to the Presidential Palace and Ju Ren Tang, the whole of Beijing belongs to the military and political law enforcement department with the highest alert level, and there is no way, who has let the military and political law enforcement department have been fighting on the front line of suppressing the chaotic party and cracking down on the restoration, whether it is the revolutionary party or the Zongshe Party, and the law enforcement department is an endless relationship......

There are also two separate watchtowers at the main entrance, although they are not high, but you can clearly see the movement of the outer wall, and at this moment the person in charge of patrolling the sentry suddenly saw a police carriage running from a distance.

Four sturdy young men got out of the carriage, all dressed in the uniforms of senior officers of the Kyoshi Police Department, with special armbands from the Investigation Department attached to their arms. Although the Investigation Department of the Beijing Police Department is not as good as the Law Enforcement Department, it is also a strong existence in Beijing, so the gate guard is still polite to the visitors, and immediately opened the small door and greeted him.