That is, the Chinese system is not democratic, and the Chinese have a traditional idea of loyalty to the monarch. If it were replaced by those Western countries, or even semi-democracies such as Germany and Austria-Hungary, Yuan Shikai would have been knocked out of power long ago if he had beaten Sun Wen first and then Wu Zhaolin, no matter how many reasons he had.

But this does not mean that Yuan Shikai can do whatever he wants, Lao Yuan's heart is very clear, maybe others dare not do anything to him, but Yang Fighting Ghost is different, if he can't settle everything before he comes back, Yang Fighting Ghost will settle himself.

The telegram said that Sun Chuanfang would first come back to discuss the battle plan, and then the large army would go to Beijing and go directly into battle. Yuan Shikai agrees with this intention very much, which is also in line with Feng Guozhang's personality, the paparazzi is fierce in war, and he has been in the army for many years, and he deeply knows what the four words mean when he is surprised, if the 30,000 army arrives in the capital to rest first, it is undoubtedly an opportunity for Wu Zhaolin and Liu Xianhe to prepare, in case they run away, it is really not easy to do.

Lao Yuan looked at Yuan Keding: "You go and tell Yan Xishan that from now until the arrival of Feng Guozhang's troops, the front line must maintain the fierceness of the attack, and Wu Zhaolin cannot be given a chance to break out of the battle!" In this case, you go to the front with your troops and supervise the battle yourself. ”

Let Yuan Dagongzi personally go to the front line to supervise the battle, it can be seen that Yuan Shikai has really made a bloody investment. Yuan Keding was overjoyed about this, because for the eldest prince, although the front line was dangerous, it was the best opportunity for him to accumulate prestige.

Liang Qichao is now China's Minister of Education, and he didn't have much of his own views in this storm, and even to some extent, people in the education circles still support Yuan Shikai, because the old Yuan has really put a lot of effort into education.

Not to mention that in the past few months, China's primary and secondary schools have blossomed everywhere, and every province has begun to build universities, let's just say that when the Great Patriotic War was at its fiercest, under such tense circumstances, Lao Yuan carried out a comprehensive mobilization of Beijing, but resolutely refused to allow those professors and students to go to the battlefield. When the salaries of the troops were in difficulty, the salaries of the professors were paid on time, which really won the favor of these people.

Although there was later a debate in the education circles about whether Western-style education should be the main or traditional education methods, this did not affect their attitude towards Yuan Shikai.

Liang Qichao really didn't plan to get involved in the struggle between Lao Yuan and Sun Wen, and occasionally posting a few comments was also pertinent for the purpose of mediation. But now that Yuan Shikai is making things bigger and bigger, the gunfire outside the city has been ringing for more than a week, when will it be over, Liang Qichao really wants to ask.

His heart was very worried. He has been looking for a path suitable for China, when he was in the northeast, he thought he had found it, and when he saw Yang Dagui and Yuan Shikai standing side by side and fighting the Russians, at that time he really thought that the hope of China lay in these two people.

But now everything has become complicated again, if we continue to fight like this. Will there be a civil war in China when Yang Xiaolin's troops return? If Yang Xiaolin really fights with Yuan Shikai, what choice should he make?

Liang Qichao was a little helpless, these two people were equally outstanding in his eyes.

"Ren Gong, Mr. Yang Du is waiting for you in the living room."

As soon as he returned home, before Liang Qichao could take off his coat, the porter hurriedly came over to tell him that Yang Du was here.

Liang Qichao was really surprised: "Oh? How long has he been here? ”

"It's been half an hour."

Liang Qichao didn't take off his coat anymore, and came to the living room directly, only to see Yang Du walking around. It's like looking at the calligraphy and paintings hanging in the middle of the living room.

"Huizi, why are you so free today?"

Yang Du turned his head suddenly, first saluted Liang Qichao, and then said, "Ren Gong." Since coming to Beijing, we have been busy with each other, rarely moving around, and there is nothing to do today, so let's come to Ren Gong to have a look. You wrote these words, right? Judging by the pen. Ren Gong's Mobao has improved a lot. ”

Liang Qichao smiled, his words were really his pride, not only praised by Yang Du. Now in Beijing, there are many people who are looking for a lot of money.

"Huizi, have you done a good job of land reform? You are the Minister of Economic Development, and this reform has a bearing on China's development, and you cannot be allowed to be sloppy in the slightest. ”

Yang Du sighed: "Where is it so easy?" I came here today to complain to Ren Gong. ”

"What? Having a hard time? ”

Yang Du shook his head slightly: "The pilot in Langfang has been restarted, and judging from the current reaction, there should not be much resistance to the policies we have formulated." But not with Yuan Gong, I wanted to talk to him about our plan when I came back, but he told me to wait and talk, and he said he didn't have time to think about it now. ”

Liang Qichao's brows furrowed, Yuan Shikai has been focusing on Wu Zhaolin recently, not to mention that Yang Du has touched a soft nail, even if he has eaten several closed doors. He didn't speak either, because he also didn't have a way to solve the problem.

Yang Du leaned forward a little at this time: "How do you say this matter should be solved?" Could it be that we just sit by and watch them get more and more fierce? ”

Liang Qichao looked up at him: "Don't worry, when Xiaolin comes back, there will be no trouble." ”

Yang Du smiled: "Ren Gong, we all know Commander Yang's character, this time he came back aggressively, I am only afraid that if the matter is handed over to him to deal with, there will be no room for relaxation." ”

"What do you mean?"

Yang Du's hand knocked on the table: "I mean, our ministers shouldn't do nothing." ”

Liang Qichao thought for a moment, and finally said with some hesitation: "But in this situation, Xiang Cheng may not be able to listen to the persuasion of others, right?" ”

Yang Du sat upright: "Ren Gong, don't do nothing because things can't be done, let's sit in this position, the people have handed over the right to manage the country to us, and we can't let things develop." This thing is not about success or failure, but about doing or not doing, sharing worries for the country and solving problems for the people is our duty. ”

There is nothing that can move Liang Qichao more than the righteousness of the country, as soon as these words came out, the hesitation on Liang Qichao's face suddenly disappeared, and he stood up from the chair with a hula: "Alas, it's ridiculous that I was still hesitating before." These words really enlightened me and made me understand. What the blue son said is so right, even if we can't beat it, we should do our best! What are you going to do? ”

Yang Du also stood up: "Now Sun Wen and Chen Tianhua have been driven out of Beijing, but there are still six ministers in the capital, Ren Gong, me, Sheng Huaixuan, Tang Shaoyi, Li Yuanhong and Zhao Zhanyuan, although the Prime Minister's cabinet has been dissolved, our positions have not been dismissed, I think." Can we contact a few of them, and let's sign a joint petition to ask for a direct dialogue with Yuan Shikai about the current situation? ”

Liang Qichao nodded: "Okay, I'll contact them!" Believe me, this old face still has a bit of face. ”

April 28 of the first year of the Republic.

Sun Chuanfang sent a telegram saying that his troops would be able to reach Beijing at noon today, and that the vanguard force would only have 3,000 men and horses, and the rest of the army would follow behind, and would definitely arrive early tomorrow morning. The more critical things get, the slower and more difficult time passes.

Although Lao Yuan is still calm on the surface. In fact, his heart was as uncomfortable as a cat scratch, he wished that it was tomorrow morning, but this day was over, Feng Guozhang appeared directly outside Beijing. Then launch an attack on Wu Zhaolin, and it would be good if everything was over at night.

The more anxious he was, the more troublesome he was, Yuan Shikai really didn't expect that Liang Qichao would send him an official letter in the name of the six ministers in Beijing. He asked for a meeting to discuss the current situation with Yuan Shikai.

"Smack!"

The official letter was slapped on the table by Lao Yuan: "What kind of mess is Gong Ren making with me at this time?" Isn't that enough? Mr. Li, you go and meet Ren Gong right away. Tell him I can have a meeting with him and make him wait two days! ”

Mr. Li did not immediately carry out Yuan Shikai's order, but walked over and picked up the official letter and read it again, and after a while he whispered: "President, I don't think this is right. Think about it, Ren Gong has never called us hard for a while, and if this matter had been planned for a long time, Tang Shaoyi should have reported to us a long time ago, but he didn't reply now, which is not normal. ”

When Lao Yuan heard him say this, he suddenly understood something in his heart, but he was still not very clear: "What do you mean?" ”

Mr. Li said: "I think we should ask Tang Shaoyi and Li Yuanhong about the situation first, if they only found out about this matter today, then we may really be in trouble." You know, Yang Du has just returned from Langfang. ”

Lao Yuan immediately walked to the telephone, shook a phone to Tang Shaoyi, and after connecting it, he didn't say a few words, Lao Yuan figured things out, and when he put down the microphone, his face was a little not good-looking: "Yesterday, Yang Du came back and saw Ren Gong, and then Ren Gong looked for them one by one, and Tang Shaoyi just promised Ren Gong!" ”

Lao Yuan's face was very heavy, and he suddenly felt an ominous premonition. Yuan Shikai is not afraid of anyone coming to negotiate with him, for him it is now an arrow on the bow. Even if Yang Dagui personally sent a telegram to tell him to stop, he would not stop.

The key problem is that this happened a bit strangely, take a look at the whole incident together, from Sun Wen being rescued from Lu, to Wu Zhaolin's death and refusing to give in, and now Yang Du is back in Beijing, and he is just in time to come back the day before he is ready to do it, and the time seems to be too coincidental.

Lao Yuan seemed to feel that he had miscalculated something, but for a while he really couldn't remember what went wrong. Before he could think about it for a while, Yuan Keding ran in in a military uniform, with a very excited expression on his face: "Dad! Sun Chuanfang has already returned, and now he is waiting for you to see him outside. ”

Lao Yuan was surprised, and then rejoiced: "So fast? Let him in! Mr. Li, what do you think about Yuan Gong's affairs? ”

Mr. Li said: "It may not be possible not to contact them, so let's just say that you have been busy lately, leave everything to me to deal with, and I will go to find out to them first." ”

This is very much in line with Yuan Shikai's meaning: "Good! Try to steady them down. Keding, let Sun Chuanfang come in! ”

? (To be continued......)