Late at night on December 26, after a delay of several days, Wang Zhenyu officially called back to Beijing, refusing to accept the title of first-class marquis, and by the way, even his uncle Wang Longzhong, the first-class duke, also thanked Bumin.

Then on December 27, Wang Zhenyu sent a telegram to the whole country: "Wang is not easy to learn and rarely reads, but he knows that the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband." And the children of Yuan Thief Shikai's generations of officials and eunuchs, full of the books of sages, seized power in the hands of women and children, and then stole the country today. Originally, I thought that he was in a high position as the president, and he should take the common people of the world as his own responsibility, reform the rule of officials, and rejuvenate China. I don't think that this son is a wolf, and he is bent on restoring the imperial system, and today, Wang is living in the Republic of China Xianggui patrol envoy, so he should naturally fight for the Republic of China to the end, and he will not hesitate to do so. Wang Mou is not talented, on the occasion of the spring and autumn period and the overthrow of the Republic of China, he is the livelihood of the world and the republic. When there are 100,000 hot-blooded men in Xianggui, he will ride his horse and go straight to Beijing, eradicate the Yuan thief for the people, and rebuild the republic!"

Compared with Cai Yi's discussion of Yuan's telegram, the tone is frustrated and emotional. This telegram drafted by Wang Zhenyu himself is simply bullshit, and Wang Zhenyu also rejected Ye Zuwen's suggestion to find another person to draft it and sent it out.

The telegram quickly spread all over the country and became a positive teaching material for not working hard in reading, but it was such a straightforward and bullshit telegram that made Yuan Shikai so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Yuan Shikai, who was angry at Li Yuanhong's refusal to accept the title of prince, was directly angry when he saw Wang Zhenyu's nonsense telegram and said, "What about Xiong Bingsan? This is the available person he recommended, if he knew this kid's behavior today, of course the old man would not have agreed to Bingsan to let this son return to the mountain, and directly killed him in Beijing. ”

At this time, Yuan Keding's falsification of "Shuntian Daily" had been exposed, and he was severely beaten by Lao Yuan for this, and he was no longer in front of him. The adjutant could only say softly: "Great Emperor Bixia, Duke Xiong has already fled to the Tianjin Concession with his family a few days ago. ”

Yuan Shikai listened to the words and was angry again: "It seems that they are all calculating me, okay, are you all paper paste in the army in my old Yuan's hands?" ”

Lao Yuan was really angry, and the entire Beiyang war machine was immediately activated, but at this time, Lao Yuan found that the money in his hand could not support the war for a long time. Damn, I've been busy negotiating with Japan and preparing to become emperor all these years, and I haven't made any preparations for war!

Lao Yuan was heartbroken and said angrily to the ministers: "Corpse vegetarian meal, corpse vegetarian meal." People in Yunnan and Xiangxi have prepared everything, but you haven't done anything, how can this battle be fought? You tell me, how to fight? ”

Lao Yuan suddenly remembered someone: "What about Duan Zhiquan (Duan Qirui)?" He weishenme doesn't come to see me? ”

The adjutant hurriedly said: "Duke Duan asked for sick leave and refused to come to see the Great Emperor Bixia. ”

Yuan Shikai slapped the table and said angrily: "Even he Duan Zhiquan has come to see the excitement of me, you go and tell him that this situation, without anyone and Yuan Yuan, I will play the same way, and go and dismiss his army commander." ”

Anger is anger, and after the anger is over, you still have to face the problem in front of you. Yuan Shikai is worthy of being a veteran from the army, he tried to calm himself down, calmed down a bit, and Xu Shichang and others: "The battle still has to be fought, pass my order, transfer Cao Kun's third division and Zhang Jingyao's seventh division to Sichuan, and assist Chen Yan to exterminate Cai Yi, if the troops are not enough, transfer a brigade from the sixth division Ma Jizeng, Wang Zhenyu only has 30,000 people at most, and he dares to claim 100,000 like Cai Yi, I will give Long Jiguang an order here, let him attack Guangxi." This is a message from the Law Enforcement Division, and if it had been up to you War Department, the situation would have been ruined. ”

After speaking, Lao Yuan looked at the map and stopped talking, and the ministers around him didn't seem to be in a hurry. Moreover, everyone has always had confidence in the old man, and the second revolution will not be very strong, and the old man will be picked up in less than two months, and this time the matter is estimated to be similar. Everyone should hurry up and get out of the eight alleys at night......

In fact, it's not just the people below who think so, Lao Yuan also thinks so. But when he took the information about the local government in Xianggui from the hands of Xu Shuzheng, deputy minister of the Ministry of the Army, he looked at it and asked in surprise: "What's the matter, why is it just like this, I haven't even figured out the most basic number, the number of people, and the configuration of firepower?" How did you do the War Department, you guys just messed up your life, right? Rice buckets, a bunch of rice buckets. ”

Xu Shuzheng's recent days have also been sad, since Duan Qirui and Lao Yuan had an awkward quarrel, he, the deputy commander of the army, will be scolded when he has nothing to do, and he will be scolded again. Xu Shuzheng is also a grievance in his heart at the moment, Xianggui is like a haunted, no matter how many people he sends in here, there is no return, how can he get this kind of information back. But the old man was angry, so he naturally didn't dare to speak out, and it was okay to be scolded honestly.

It is said that the Hongxian Empire is indeed a farce, and Lao Yuan did not even complete many basic preparations, so he became the emperor in the coaxing led by the Fengtian general Duan Zhigui. The auspicious day of the zodiac was set for January 1, 1916, and before that, Yuan Shikai decided to hold a congratulatory meeting of 100 officials, and let Yuan Keding pick the date. Yuan Keding was impatient and said, "Tomorrow, December 13th is a good day!" ”

On the morning of the next day, Yuan Shikai held a congratulatory meeting of 100 officials in Zhongnanhai. Due to the rush of time and the lack of any preparations in advance, only the officials who came to the pilgrimage included those in Beijing, and none of the local officials participated. Ironically, there was no uniform dress or procedure for this pilgrimage, and some of the officials who came to congratulate him wore long robes and horse coats, while others wore suits and dresses, and military attachés even entered the congratulatory service, while some idle officials simply came in civilian clothes.

The ceremony was presided over by Duan Zhigui, the "imperial cadre" of Emperor Yuan, but what puzzled him was that the emperor actually ordered him to bow three times when he congratulated him, and he was annoyed that the three bows and nine bows he imagined could not be performed. At 9 o'clock that day, under the guidance of the four military attachés, Yuan Shikai came to Jurentang, but he did not put on the million-dollar dragon gown and crown that everyone guessed, but wore the generalissimo's uniform, and he didn't even wear a hat (because he always hated the marshal's military hat with feathers). However, this makes his big head even more shiny, as if purple qi is coming from the east, and the sky is full of blessings.

Although the civil and military officials have been divided into shifts, Duan Zhigui is a martial artist, and he doesn't know the rules of the master of ceremonies, and he hasn't waited for Emperor Yuan to take his seat, he himself has bowed first, and the others are also chaotic when they visit because there is no one to command, some bow, some bow, and some shout "Long live the emperor", which is uneven, but it makes Emperor Yuan not sit or stand, hesitate for a long time, just hold the throne dragon chair with his left hand, and hold the palm of his right hand xiangshang, and frequently nod to the bowing and bowing people.

After the congratulatory ceremony, Emperor Yuan let everyone disperse and go back to work, and he didn't even invite everyone to eat at the banquet. After everyone walked out of Jurentang, they came back to their senses: this pilgrimage ceremony is too simple and economical! It's like usual, as if he is closing the door to be the emperor, sneaking around, and being unsightly...... What's going on?

But that's not it, when Cai Yi, Tang Jiyao and others raised the banner of "protecting the country" in Yunnan, Yuan Shikai had to postpone the date of enthronement, saying that he would wait until the rebellion was quelled before ascending the throne, but this push was far away, and the war to protect the country would not end in a while and a half, as a result, Yuan Shikai did not officially ascend the throne until his death, at best he was a "closed emperor".

Even the enthronement is like this, and the counterinsurgency should not be expected to have any clues. Yuan Shikai sighed, can this time really settle things as smoothly as the Second Revolution?

It's a pity that Lao Yuan's opponent this time is not Sun Yat-sen......