"General Zhang, are you going to raise the butcher's knife and completely destroy Manchu?"

"Of course not!" Zhang Tinglan shook his head and said: "The Republic of China pays attention to the republic of the five ethnic groups, I think this is very haode proposition, but the Manchurian aristocracy is always unwilling to lose power, all kinds of rebellious actions continue, which has constituted the crime of treason, the government cannot persecute a certain nation, but it cannot allow some people to destroy the unity of the country, for the traitorous separatists, we must be severely punished!" ”

Zhang Tinglan's speech immediately attracted the enthusiastic applause of many reporters, which was reasonable and convincing, but in fact, since Xinhai, the problem of the Manchu royal family has not been solved, and has gradually become a trouble and burden.

In the beginning, Lao Yuan advocated preferential treatment of the Manchu imperial family, which had the implication of appeasing people's minds and preventing the division of the three eastern provinces, which could not be regarded as completely wrong. But this can only be an emergency strategy, it can't be maintained forever, it has to be changed.

"Fellow journalists, I remember that when the North-South peace talks first proposed, Pu Yi should be treated with the same etiquette as a foreign monarch, and a question arose here, according to this statement, is Pu Yi a foreign monarch? Suppose he is a foreign monarch, then the Chinese weishenme should give him preferential treatment? If he is not, then there is no emperor in the Republic of China, and what is Pu Yi? ”

After this question was raised, the pens in the hands of these reporters were also writing a little bit, which was indeed a contradictory question, and some reporters asked Zhang Tinglan: "General Zhang, then what do you think should be done to deal with the Manchu royal family and the nobles of the Eight Banners?" ”

"In the early years of the Republic of China, preferential treatment of the Manchu royal family was completely expedient, and now it has experienced Yuan Shikai's Hongxian Empire and Zhang Xun's restoration, and the two imperial systems have failed quickly. It can be seen that the concept of democracy and republic has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and no one wants to dream of being an emperor anymore. Therefore, I suggest that I take this opportunity to let Pu Yi move out of the palace and guide him to become an ordinary citizen and support himself, so as not to let people with ulterior motives use his name to make trouble. ”

"As for the issue of the Eight Banners nobles, it's easier, the emperor's position has been abolished, and their titles are naturally gone. In addition, the property of these people is the people's fat and ointment of the people of the world, and it should be confiscated completely. They also need to learn to earn money through their labor, rather than sitting on a mountain and getting something for nothing. In addition, if they are deprived of their family property, they will have no capital to make trouble, and people with bad intentions will not be able to use them. All in all. I think the best way to deal with these old and young is to make them other ordinary, and this problem is not a problem. ”

Zhang Tinglan's remarks about dealing with Pu Yi and the children of the Eight Banners. It was soon published in major newspapers. This time, Zhang Tinglan's statement was unprecedentedly supported by the press, and even many new-school literati stood up to support this viewpoint, believing that Zhang Xun's restoration was a bad thing, but if it was used well. It is also a good thing, just to put aside this burden of the Manchu royal family.

Otherwise, it is good to haode Beijing City, but there is a country within a country, which is nondescript. Whoever looks at it is awkward, the most haode way now is to follow what Zhang Tinglan said, let all the children of the Eight Banners, including Pu Yi, become ordinary citizens and support themselves, and there is no need for the Republic of China to support them!

Soon this formed a wave that swept across the north and south of the Great River, inside and outside the Great Wall. Everyone in the world was outraged by Zhang Xun's perverse behavior, so they desperately hoped for a way to solve this trouble once and for all, and people from all walks of life continued to petition Duan Qirui and Li Yuanhong to abolish Pu Yi's throne and drive him out of the Forbidden City.

After receiving petitions from all over the country, Lao Duan suddenly fell into a dilemma, to be honest, he didn't know that this suggestion was very suitable, but he had no way to do it! The reason is very simple, Beiyang was born out of the bureaucracy of the late Qing Dynasty, and the relationship between the two is too close, and the intertwined network of relationships cannot be unraveled at all.

Duan Qirui closed his eyes, and the scene of Sun Liechen and Yin Chang quarreling could still emerge, Sun Liechen, on behalf of Feng Jun, proposed to severely punish the Eight Banners nobles who participated in the rebellion and abolish Pu Yi's throne, and Yin Chang turned his face at that time.

"Duan Zhiquan, ask yourself, without my Yin Chang's recommendation, can you serve under Yuan Shikai? Can you have where you are today? When Beiyang was not in power, Yuan Gongbao had to live in seclusion in Huanshang Village, and it was I Yinchang who helped you in the capital and worked hard. As a result, in the Xinhai year, you Beiyang sold the Qing Dynasty, and we won't say anything, but you must give people a way to live, you can't kill them all, otherwise where is your conscience? ”

"Duan Gong, why do you have everything here, dare to love this old guy is a remnant of the previous dynasty, how dare he be so rampant, do you need to shoot him now?"

Sun Liechen actually knew Yin Chang's identity, but he deliberately said this, just to squeeze Duan Qirui, Lao Duan couldn't find an excuse for a while, and Yin Chang had already cried loudly: "Duan Zhiquan, you can kill me now, the old man will go to Jiuquan now, find Yuan Gongbao and talk to him, let him see how presumptuous these Beiyang disciples and grandchildren are!" ”

After Yin Chang finished speaking, he got up and was about to crash into the pillar on the side, but fortunately, Xu Shuzheng's hands were quick and he was saved, and the entire Prime Minister's Office was in a mess, but Sun Liechen held back a smile and left the Prime Minister's Office.

Lao Duan was in a dilemma, and there was no way to deal with the Manchu nobles, and the heaven-given opportunity could only be left to the Feng army. After Sun Liechen went back, he discussed with Zhang Tinglan and immediately sent a report to Lao Zhang, asking Zhang Zuolin to transfer an investigation team from Fengtian.

Although it is a group, but the number of people is not a lot at all, there are hundreds of gentlemen who settle accounts, if there are not so many people, and they can't count the huge assets that have been collected, from top to bottom, starting from the prince, one does not fall, first liquidate all kinds of cash deposits, real money, and then factories and shops, land granges, zuihou is real estate villas.

As long as it is cleaned up, it will be handed over to Daosheng Bank, and then transferred to Fengtian through bank transfer, this work is getting more and more convenient, and various numbers are refreshed every day, for Fengjun, this is no longer a problem of being full of bowls, but the warehouse is full!

"Ziyu, you have made a great contribution to breaking the capital, why are you a little unhappy?"

Cao Kun asked Wu Peifu with a smile, in this operation against the pigtail army, Wu Peifu also emerged in the Beiyang, and his command ability was appreciated by Cao Kun, and he was regarded as a rising star in his direct line.

"Dashuai, what's the use of breaking the capital, the head work was robbed by Duan Qirui, those benefits were taken away by the Feng army, these beards are running around the capital every day, the mansions of those princes and ministers are controlled by them, and the treasures accumulated over the years have fallen into their pockets."

"Hey, that's right, Zhang Xiaozi ate a fat one this time, don't look at Duan Qirui getting a fame, it's just a false name, these riches are real things. Ziyu, guess how much money Zhang Zuolin can knock out from Baqi? ”

Wu Peifu lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said: "I estimate that it will be at least one or two million taels, after all, the value of so many real estate and land must be very amazing." ”

"Ziyu, you still underestimate these Eight Banners disciples, the cash alone will exceed one or two million, and everything else will be sold, not to mention more than fifty million oceans!"

As soon as he heard this number, Wu Peifu couldn't recognize it and gasped, Wu Peifu never thought that it would be such a huge asset, and he suddenly couldn't sit still.

"Marshal, we can't just watch Fengjun eat meat, we can't get any soup ourselves, I will also take the soldiers to raid the house, even if we can get three or five million, it is still a lot of money, enough for us to raise two or three more divisions!

Wu Peifu turned around and was about to leave, but Cao Kun grabbed him, "Ziyu, don't go and provoke the fire, anyone can earn this money, but we can't take it, otherwise we will stab the hornet's nest!" ”

Wu Peifu is a good hand at leading troops to fight, but he is a little imbecile when it comes to political matters.

"How close our relationship with the nobles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is, we can't be separated at all, Feng Jun took this money, they patted their butts, turned around and returned to Guanwai, we still have to mix in the Beijing and Tianjin area, and when the time comes, there is no way to spend the money!"

Speaking of this, Cao Kun sighed helplessly: "We can't take it, and Duan Qirui can't take it either, and he should be more troublesome than us, it's just that he is cheaper than Zhang Xiaoman." ”

A person is unlucky, as long as he finds someone who is unlucky than him, he can suddenly feel much better, Cao Kun is like this at this time, although he can't be like Feng Jun, he can take advantage of it, but he doesn't have to bear all kinds of accusations and harassment, and he is also very lucky.

And Lao Duan was drowned by all kinds of telegrams, although many of the children of the Eight Banners were controlled by the Feng army, but there were still some who lived in Dongjiaomin Lane, and there were also many people in the Tianjin concession area, and the Feng army could not catch them for the time being.

Talking to Zhang Zuolin about this matter, I'm afraid it's useless at all, Lao Zhang has already done it to the children of the Eight Banners in the three eastern provinces, that is no affection at all, the big guy can only pin his hopes on Duan Qirui, some people climb friendships, some people talk about cleaning up, some people cry, some people make trouble, in a word, it is to let Lao Duan just stop the action of Feng Jun.

These people even moved Wang Shizhen and Xu Shichang to come forward and put pressure on Lao Duan. However, in addition to these people, there is another voice, that is, the call for severe punishment of the Eight Banners, and the most active ones are the press and academic circles.

In addition, the Sun Wen family in the south also saw through Duan Qirui's dilemma, so they did not hesitate to mobilize all the propaganda liliang, and the spearhead was the children of the Eight Banners who made trouble, and at the same time, they were also brought in by Lao Duan, saying that Duan Qirui was actually a remnant of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and shielded the Eight Banners.

Lao Duan was caught between the two voices, and it was not right to do anything, and at this time, Zhang Tinglan suddenly came to visit.

"Duan Gong, we have seized a large amount of stolen money, and the investigation is still deepening, are you sending some people to help us, this is a big case of more than 10 million yuan!"

Lao Duan's heart was like a mirror, Zhang Tinglan was deliberately coveting him, the fat was in front of him, but he couldn't stretch out his mouth, and for a long time, Lao Duan could only grit his back molars and say: "It's better to be dealt with by Fengjun!" (To be continued......)