Of course, it's not easy to make a statement! You must know that Yuan Shikai values the position of president the most, and the most intolerable thing is that someone challenges his authority. Update 78 as soon as possible// And now calling for a constitution that limits the power of the president before electing the president is equivalent to violating his two taboos at the same time, and its danger is no less than that of brushing the tiger's whiskers and criticizing the dragon's scales.

The key reason why the New China Party was able to grow rapidly at the beginning was that it adopted a compromise attitude between the Beiyang Department and the Kuomintang, was not agitated, and had a peaceful ambition. If you make such a public statement now, it is tantamount to shouting at Yuan Shikai in front of the gong!

Sun Yuanqi thought about it for a while, and felt that "there are no two days in the sky, no two kings in the earth, no two masters in the family, and no two respects", he wants to be the prime minister, and there will be a lot of head-on conflicts with Yuan Shikai, the president, in the future, anyway, he will be blamed in the future, so what's the harm in expressing his position now?

Although in the Southern Expedition against the Kuomintang's "Second Revolution", Sun Yuanqi and Yuan Shikai tacitly agreed that one would take Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi, and the other would take Hunan and Guangdong, and in the end, both of them were happy, and it seemed that they cooperated happily and closely. In fact, the confrontation between the two sides in private is also a sword and a sword, such as Yuan Shikai bribing Long Jiguang's Ji army to go east to Guangzhou, and Sun Yuanqi appointed Jiang Zhiqing's naval strategy to attack northern Jiangsu. It is conceivable that there will be only a lot more overt and covert disputes between the two sides in the future!

In the past, when major policy decisions were made, the Kuomintang sheltered from the wind and rain in the front, and the Beiyang system blocked the gun and took the blame in the back, and the New China Party could be vague and left and right. Now that the Kuomintang is about to collapse and the Beiyang system is beginning to press forward step by step, can the New China Party, as the only force in China's political arena that can confront the Beiyang system, continue to be ambiguous? In particular, the formulation of the constitution is more related to the power of Sun Yuanqi, the prime minister!

At the beginning of the founding of the Republic of China, the Nanjing Provisional Government adopted a presidential system, that is, the provisional president Sun Yat-sen was in charge of all government affairs. Responsible to the pro tempore Senate. When the agreement between the north and the south was reached and the government moved north, the provisional Senate under the leadership of the League hurriedly formulated the "Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China", which instantly changed the presidential system to a responsible cabinet system, with the aim of limiting the power of Yuan Shikai, the great president. At that time, Yuan Shikai wanted to ascend to the presidential throne as soon as possible. I pinched my nose and admitted it.

However, as time passed, Yuan Shikai felt more and more that the "Provisional Covenant Law" was binding on him, and felt that the power in his hands was simply not enough to display his talents, and he urgently needed to formulate a new constitution to replace the "Provisional Covenant Law". At the same time, the Kuomintang also clamored for the formulation of a new constitution suited to the trend of the times. Both sides attach great importance to the formulation of the constitution and believe that the constitution is the foundation of the state. The discrepancy of a word may be related to the safety of the country; The increase or decrease of a word may be related to the growth or decline of democracy. However, there has been a huge conflict over the specific details of who will make it, how it will be formulated, when it will be formulated, and how the content will be revised.

For example, the question of who made it. The Kuomintang demanded that the Senate and the House of Representatives elect a special committee, refer to the existing constitutions of foreign countries, draw up a draft and submit it to the National Assembly for review, revision, and adoption. Yuan Shikai objected to this, and his reasoning was high-sounding: not necessarily all scholars in China who are suitable to draft a constitution are in Congress. Since the Constitution is the fundamental law of the state, we should be cautious and not rash. It would be advisable to set up a constitutional drafting committee within the Grand Presidential Palace, to select constitutional scholars from all over the country to specialize in drafting the Constitution, and then submit it to the National Assembly for review and voting after it has been formally drafted.

Another example is the question of when it will be enacted, which is also the most controversial issue in Congress at the moment. The crux of why Yuan Shikai and others wanted to delay the formulation of the constitution until after the presidential election was that they could use the presidential authority to revise the contents of the constitution as they wished. And there is no room for restraint in Congress. In case Yuan Shikai formulated the constitution stipulating that the president has the power to dissolve the parliament and the cabinet at will, and the organization of the cabinet does not need to obtain the consent of the parliament, Sun Yuan will have nowhere to cry at that time!

Sun Yuanqi pondered for a long time and said: "As Ren Gong said, the election of the president before the constitution is decided is indeed a bit of putting the cart before the horse!" Since the Constitution Drafting Committee elected by the Senate and the House of Representatives has completed drafting the draft constitution after three or four months of hard work, it should be submitted to the National Assembly for deliberation as soon as possible, so that our country can become a normal country at an early date. Otherwise, the fundamental law of the state is called the "Provisional Covenant Law", and the supreme head of the state is called the provisional president, like what is it? ”

Liang Qichao said with a smile: "Why doesn't Yuan Xiangcheng want to remove the word 'temporary' as soon as possible?" It's just that he wants the word "big" in "big president" to live up to his name, otherwise if he is only satisfied with the position of president in name, I don't know how much less strife there will be in this world! ”

Jiang Baili said: "There is a number of noble treasures that are well said: just when you are full, you think about clothes." There is a lack of a beautiful wife in the house; mules and horses are herds and fields, and they are afraid of being bullied by unofficials; The five-grade and six-grade officials are too small, and the third-grade and four-grade officials are too low; When the dynasty was the prime minister, he also wanted to face the south as the emperor. Yuan Xiangcheng has been a eunuch for more than 30 years, and he started as a soldier. Outside to the Minister of Beiyang, the Governor of Zhili, and inside to the Minister of Military Aircraft, Prime Minister, can be said to have experienced glory and wealth. Now that he has been sitting in the position of president for more than a year, he has no promotion or reward, and now the only way to progress is to grab more real power, and what else can he think? Can't you still ascend the throne and be the emperor? ”

To Jiang Baili's surprise, in real history, in the end, Yuan Shikai really walked on the end of becoming the emperor in the south!

"Yes, I don't have to worry about food and clothing, I want to be an official, and I want to be an immortal when I become an emperor; became a god and wanted the Jade Emperor, and became the Jade Emperor and wanted Foshan. When will there be an end to human desires? Speaking of this, Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and began to wake up to himself: "Thinking about more than ten or twenty years ago, Sun's wish was just to settle down in the capital, marry a wife and have children, and then spend this life smoothly. Whenever I think about it, I feel confused! ”

Sun Yuanqi's "stumbling" refers to a certain year, a certain month, and a certain day when he was idle and broke into the horse temple to go around, and as a result, he made people, and from then on he completely worshiped the previous world, and had to work hard in the late Qing Dynasty where he was unfamiliar with his life. And Liang Qichao and Jiang Baili understood the "stumbling", thinking that Sun Yuanqi stepped into the officialdom, and since then he has lost his freedom and can no longer dominate the academic world.

Liang Qichao hurriedly comforted: "Baixi, you are a pedantic and a man, unique and far-reaching, he will inevitably be in the position of a generation of grandmasters who carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future!" Now that the sect has been established, Baixi, you don't have to be too conservative, otherwise a hundred years later, it will just be a name in the national history "Confucianism Biography" and "The Biography of the Domain", how can you occupy a place in this era and the biography? Moreover, people who can be called ancestors in academics throughout the ages must also have great achievements in officialdom, so that they can complement each other and be passed down for generations.

"Far away such as Yao Shun Yu Tang Wenwu Zhou Gong not to mention, even Confucius, who traveled around the world and suffered many hardships, also served as the chief justice (Da Sikou) of the Lu State. Like Dong Zi (Dong Zhongshu), who has served as several local administrators (Jiangdu State Minister, Jiaoxi State Minister); Like Han Zi (Han Yu), who once served as the deputy chief of the army (the squire of the military department), Jing Zhaoyin and other important positions; Wang Yangming will quell the chaos when he goes out, and give lectures when he returns, not to mention. This is the so-called 'the one who knows everything, and the capable can do everything'! ”

Jiang Baili also persuaded: "Since Prime Minister Baixi came to power, the benevolent government he has done has benefited all the people, and his merits are far greater than the opening of the altar to preach, so how can he talk about 'stumbling'?" Learning and excellence is a master, ancient and clear. Prime Minister Baixi should think of the common people in the world, work hard to enter politics, and not drop out of the middle way! ”

Sun Yuanqi knew that his affairs and the two of them could not be explained clearly, so he had to talk about him left and right: "What Ren Gong and Baili said is very true, and now the national situation is like this, all our people should take the rise and fall of the country as their own responsibility, and strive to move forward, not drop out, and even not allow themselves to pursue their hobbies." For example, Ren Gong weighed the pros and cons of national policymaking, and Baili was ordered to study certain military topics, which may not be his own interests. But working hard for the needs of the country is the driving force for the development of the country and the rejuvenation of the nation! ”

The three talked for a while, and Sun Yuanqi said goodbye to Liang Qichao and Jiang Baili on the grounds of "heavy exposure in the late autumn" and "busy work", hurriedly returned to the city, and began to arrange the struggle between Fujian and the National Assembly.

According to the plan agreed with Yang Du before, the strategy of Fujian should not attract Yuan Shikai's attention in the early stage, and it is best to "quietly enter the village, don't shoot on the ground", just make a fortune in a muffled voice, and do not need any fancy and noisy actions; When Yuan Shikai found out later, Fujian had already cooked raw rice and cooked rice, and it was too late for him to intervene.

In contrast, the congressional struggle, as a cover for the Fujian plan, should attract Yuan Shikai's attention as much as possible. Therefore, the next day, Sun Yuanqi's imperial newspaper and the official mouthpiece of the New China Party, Zhengjing Daily, published a news on the front page, claiming that the Kuomintang was advocating rebellion in the south, and that many Kuomintang legislators were also in the Diet and responded to independence, and should be punished to set an example for others.

Subsequently, some members of the New China Party also met with Yuan Shikai and submitted a draft proposal for the expulsion of unconstitutional members and put forward a number of comments on this. According to the meaning of the New China Party congressmen, it is necessary to deal with the Kuomintang and dismiss certain members before electing the president, otherwise it will not be possible to accurately express the will of all the people, and it will also violate the relevant laws and regulations of the state. This behavior of the New China Party is not only like caring for President Yuan Da and ensuring President Yuan Da's smooth ascension to the throne, but also like falling into a hole against the Kuomintang and trying to exterminate the Kuomintang, and it is also like deliberately obstructing the convening of the National Assembly and delaying the presidential election.

Just when Yuan Shikai couldn't figure out what medicine Sun Yuanqi was selling in his gourd, the New China Party suddenly put forward another bill in the National Assembly, demanding that the Constitutional Drafting Committee submit the draft to the National Assembly for a vote as soon as possible. Yuan Shikai suddenly woke up: it turned out that constitution-making was Sun Yuanqi's killer weapon! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m.qidian. )

ps: This year is not good, not to mention the cold and illness, I actually lost my ID card, lost my bag, and even wrote a manuscript of thousands of words!