After sending Tang Shouqian away, the situation in the capital took a sharp turn for the worse.

First, the 3rd Army Division surrounded the meeting hall of the National Assembly and the headquarters of the New China Party in accordance with the plan, and then, in disregard of the threat of a joint telegram from the governors of the 11 provinces of the Sun family, they brazenly used weapons to attack the headquarters building of the New China Party and carry out the long-awaited arrest operation. However, the key targets Sun Yuanqi and Tang Shouqian had already fled, and the arrest operation naturally ended in vain.

At this time, Sun Yuanqi understood that it was meaningless to cover up his hiding again, and finally came forward to publish the first telegram since today. In addition to severely condemning the acts of coercing the Congress and besieging the headquarters of the New China Party, the telegram also put forward its own statement on the current situation, which includes:

1. Immediately cease the siege of the National Assembly and restore the personal freedom of its members;

2. The National Assembly and the Cabinet shall form an investigation committee to investigate the real culprits behind the incident;

3. Severely punish those involved in the incident;

4. The constitution shall be formulated by the National Assembly, and no one shall interfere with it;

5. In view of the fact that the army units stationed in Nanyuan and Beiyuan, as well as the Jingshi Police Department, did not play any role in obstructing the incident, but on the contrary maintained a tacit attitude, it was necessary to completely reorganize them.

Finally, he demanded that the Beijing side must give a reply within 24 hours on the above contents, otherwise the New China Party has the right to take any action.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this statement has neither the threat of shouting and shouting to kill, nor the meaning of cutting down the grass and eradicating the roots, and it is reasonable to call for peace and neutrality. But when people who know the inside story read it, they feel that the content of the statement is hidden in the needle. What is meant by "a commission of inquiry composed of the Diet and the Cabinet." Investigate the real culprit behind the incident"? Who doesn't know that the National Assembly is now dominated by the New China Party, and the cabinet is controlled by Sun Yuanqi! Who doesn't know that the real culprit behind the coercion of the Congress and the siege of the headquarters of the New China Party is directed at the Grand Presidential Palace! It is also necessary to "severely punish the relevant people involved in the incident", which is completely not to give Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang Department a way to live!

Yes. Sun Yuanqi is not ready to leave a way for Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang Department to live!

Originally, Sun Yuanqi felt that although Yuan Shikai was a little conservative in his thinking, he was patriotic and a nationalist; Moreover, he has a good set of military management, and he is ready to lower his posture and work together with him to deal with the upcoming First World War. I didn't expect him to be so crazy and use such ruthless tricks in an attempt to kill himself and the New China Party in one fell swoop. It's bearable. What's intolerable?

The so-called "no turning back arrow when opening the bow", since Yuan Shikai secretly made such a ruthless move behind his back, there was a great rift in the relationship between the two sides, and it was obviously unrealistic to talk about cooperation again. Sun Yuanqi also didn't want that when he was desperate with foreign countries, someone behind him would stumble and release cold arrows, so it was better to simply take this opportunity to wipe them out. And indeed, as Yang Du said, now is the best opportunity to deal with Yuan Xiangcheng!

Forcing the other party to voluntarily refuse with excessive demands. This hand is the result of Sun Yuanqi's learning from Taizu.

After the end of the three major battles and before the outbreak of the battle of crossing the river, both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were exhausted and needed some time to gather troops to restore morale and cope with the outbreak of the next major war. The results are as known to everyone. In the end, it was the government of the Republic of China in Nanjing that refused to sign the "Internal Peace Agreement", which pushed away the olive branch extended by our party, thus forcing our army to launch a battle to cross the river and drive the Chiang dynasty to an overseas island.

But what is the real reason?

In fact, in the face of the PLA's devastating trend, it was the Nanjing Nationalist Government that needed the most time to recover. The reason why they refused to sign the Internal Peace Agreement. This is because the Red Dynasty has never let up its grip on the issue of war criminals, the most sensitive issue of war criminals of the Republic of China, and the "list of war criminals of the civil war" listed by Yu not only includes Chiang Kai-shek, Li Zongren, Sun Ke, He Yingqin, Chen Guofu, Chen Lifu and others. There are other accomplices who are extremely heinous (such as Hu Shi), including almost all party and government dignitaries in the Republic of China government. If this is signed, won't it be tantamount to sending yourself to a prison cell with your own hands? Will the friends be able to play happily together in the future?

Of course, this trick is not original from Taizu, he is also attacking and learning from the achievements of his predecessors. For example, during the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in the Han Dynasty, Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and others made a request to Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty to "clear the monarch's side, punish Chao wrong". Who is Chao Wrong? That was Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty ("Prince's Family Order"), in the era of paying attention to the "Heaven and Earth Monarch Teacher", how could the teacher kill it casually! However, Emperor Han Jing was so unusual, in order to calm the situation, he said, "I don't love anyone and thank the world", and directly cut the Chao Cuo in Chang'an East City!

There are those who can be ruthless, and there are those who can't. For example, in the later stage of the Jingyan Battle of the Ming Dynasty, the army of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was on the Yangtze River, and Emperor Jianwen on the other side saw that things were not good and hurriedly negotiated peace, and Zhu Di's price was to kill Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and other traitors. In the end, Emperor Jianwen was not ruthless, and as a result, his uncle broke into the palace and seized the throne.

Sun Yuanqi didn't know that Yuan Shikai couldn't be ruthless, but he was sure that a hero like Yuan Shikai would never fake the control of his fate to others, let alone wash his neck and lead his neck to be killed! Despite this, he was still curious about what Yuan Shikai's reply would be.

Looking forward to Yuan Shikai's reply is not only Sun Yuanqi alone, but also people at home and abroad who care about the city bureau. However, intelligence shows that after Sun Yuanqi's telegram was issued, the presidential palace was busy for a while, and then it fell silent and did not issue any proclamation, as if it was this silent silence against Sun Yuanqi's high-profile statement.

Some people speculated that President Yuan was discussing countermeasures with his aides, so he kept silent for the time being. Some people also speculate that President Yuan Da is completely dismissive of Sun Yuanqi's statement, and what he has to do now is to arrange troops and prepare to fight to the death with Sun Yuanqi, so why waste words and words to make senseless disputes? Among the 40,000 people in China, only a few people know that now that Yuan Shikai has fallen into a coma because he vomited blood, whether he will wake up in the next 24 hours is still two words, how to respond to Sun Yuanqi's statement?

In this silent waiting, the news revealed by the media from all sides has made the people even more worried:

The 47th Mixed Brigade, which had been stationed in Datong, completed its assembly later that day and then gradually advanced in the direction of Zhangjiakou. As everyone knows. In the direction of Zhangjiakou are stationed the 1st Division of the Army and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade of the Beiyang Department, and any inadvertent move by both sides may open the prelude to the war.

The 1st Division of the 3rd Army and the 10th Division of the Army stationed in Beiyuan previously broke through the headquarters building of the New China Party. After advancing five miles in the direction of Jingshi University, he began to build a defensive position on the spot, and the spearhead was directed at Jingshi University, which was more than ten miles away. Not to be outdone, the University immediately announced the temporary suspension of classes, conscripted some students into the army, began to distribute weapons, strengthened vigilance, and took active measures to deal with all possible provocations.

Fighters from the air forces of various provinces were assembled in batches in Xi'an, Taiyuan, Datong and other cities in the surrounding areas of Beiyang rule, and for this reason, the airports in many cities were temporarily closed. Flights to North China are already hard to come by. China Airlines said that the current situation will continue for a long time, and the specific lifting date is yet to be determined.

In addition, Navy Chief Jiang Zhiqing and the First and Second Fleets also issued a telegram, expressing the full support of the Navy for the decision made by the National Assembly and the Cabinet, and calling on the Beijing side to reply to Premier Sun Baixi's statement as soon as possible.

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Seeing that the situation was getting out of control little by little, the rioters surrounding the Diet had no intention of dispersing, and the members of the Senate and House of Representatives could only spend the saddest day since entering politics in the meeting room. Not only were they hungry, but they were also frightened, and they all looked at each other with tears and sorrows. Those political enemies who attack each other like black-eyed chickens when they see each other on weekdays don't even bother to lift their eyelids when they see them, for fear of consuming the few physical strengths they have.

Fortunately, in the evening, the mob was so kind that they allowed some outside to bring something in. Only then did the parliamentarians temporarily get out of the situation of hunger and cold. But the news brought by the entourage made them fall into the ice cellar again: what, the headquarters building of the New China Party was broken by the Beiyang Third Division? Sun Yuanqi has fled to Datong and is now ordering the capital to release all parliamentarians within 24 hours? Both the New China Party and the Beiyang Department are sharpening their knives and preparing for war?

Parliamentarians are only now realizing that they have unwittingly become a wrestling tool between the big presidential palace and the cabinet, and that it is still a cheap and throwaway kind of use. Despite being unremarkable. I can't just say anything, in case I make a wrong bet and stand on the wrong team. It may not wait for the outbreak of war to turn into powder.

At this time, all the members of the New China Party also learned the news, and everyone was full of mixed feelings, some were glad that Sun Yuanqi had escaped, some cursed Yuan Shikai for being mad, some were worried about the current situation, and of course, some expressed remorse for joining the New China Party before. As the secretary general of the New China Party, Yang Yongtai comforted loudly at this time: "Chairman Sun had vaguely heard the news that Yuan Xiangcheng would be unfavorable to us before, so he made some preparations, but I didn't expect Yuan Xiangcheng to be so hysterical and dare to hold the Congress hostage and besiege the headquarters of our New China Party!" The fact that such a person has not been elected president by the National Assembly shows that you have a clear vision and deep understanding of people, and that you are responsible for the country and the people. On behalf of Chairman Sun and the New China Party, Yang Du would like to express his gratitude to you.

Yuan Xiangcheng dared to act so recklessly, which fully showed that he was already exhausted in donkey skills, so he had to make a desperate bet. However, thanks to your efforts, his desperate gamble did not achieve any results, and his final defeat could be just around the corner! At present, Chairman Sun has issued a telegram demanding that Yuan Xiangcheng restore the personal freedom of the legislators as soon as possible. Under such circumstances, Yuan Xiangchengan dared to go against the name of the whole country, move against the tide, and bring about his own destruction? So rest assured, by tomorrow at the latest, you will walk out of this building and see a completely different country! ”

There was silence in the large lounge, then whispering to each other about where the country's politics were heading, and it soon became crowded.

Li Zhaofu whispered to Yang Du beside him: "Mr. Huizi, how do you think Yuan Xiangcheng will reply when he receives Chairman Baixi's statement?" ”

Hearing Li Zhaofu's question, Yang Du shook the folding fan and replied casually: "Who knows? ”

In fact, Yang Du still had quite objections to Sun Yuanqi's move to postpone for 24 hours. In his opinion, as soon as the mob surrounded the National Assembly and the headquarters of the New China Party, Sun Yuanqi could identify them as the Third Army Division through the radio, and then issue a telegram of condemnation, and then the plane would bomb the inside and outside of the capital, so as not to let Yuan Shikai die on the spot, but also to frighten him to flee the capital. Simple, brutal and straightforward! Why do you need to salute before you do now? (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. )