In the blink of an eye, it was November 1918.

It's winter, and it stands to reason that all ages in the capital should hide in their houses for the winter, but today the whole capital is cheering and pouring into the streets, because yesterday the French Marshal Foch, on behalf of the Entente, and the German representatives signed an armistice in the carriage of the station in the forest of Compiègne in northeastern France, marking the end of the four-year world war. That's why Congress declared a national holiday to celebrate.

Yes, China was a member of the Entente, one of the victorious powers.

Originally, at the beginning of the war, Sun Yuanqi declared absolute neutrality on behalf of the government of the Republic of China, and even fought with Japan, one of the members of the Entente, for this purpose, sinking two-thirds of Japan's naval ships, annihilating Japan's five and a half permanent divisions, and successively bombing Nagasaki, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Kagoshima and other cities - at the critical moment of the war between the two countries, the air force pilots even risked great dangers and made great sacrifices, using auxiliary fuel tank technology to drop bombs over Tokyo - and captured half of Korea, and the war won a decisive victory.

In the end, with the mediation of the British, China and Japan reached a reconciliation agreement: Japan returned the previously occupied Taiwan Island and its affiliated islands, the Penghu Islands and other places; The Korean Peninsula was divided equally along the 38th parallel, with the north under the jurisdiction of China and the south temporarily under the administration of Japan; The status of the Ryukyu Islands is undecided, and for the time being, it is under the joint administration of China and Japan. In addition, Japan compensated China with 420 million yuan in silver, equivalent to 30,000,000 taels of silver in the former Qing Dynasty, which was exactly the amount that the Qing government compensated Japan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

Since then, Japan has been in a slump, while China has taken advantage of its technological superiority to make a fortune in the European war, and its economy has taken off day by day. In the process. Sun Yuanqi gradually turned Bloomage Bank, Beiping Iron Works, Hanyang Iron Works, Zhiyong Pharmaceutical Company and other enterprises into state-owned, built various new factories with dividends, and actively encouraged landlords to exchange land for shares. It makes industry and commerce become popular in the country, and the market is more prosperous.

During this period, Sun Yuanqi mobilized three mixed tank brigades and one rocket artillery brigade to cooperate with the first and second divisions of the Outer Mongolian Army to expedition to Kulen, Tangnu Wulianghai and other places, completely recovering the entire territory of Outer Mongolia. In the process, the Cossack cavalry of Tsarist Russia once came out to help, but was surrounded by tanks and rocket artillery so that they could not even recognize their own mother, and never dared to show their faces again. The Outer Mongolian army, which has lost its support, is a mess of mud. In addition to looking at the wind and descending, you can only look at the wind and flee.

At the end of the fourth year of the Republic of China (1915) and the beginning of the fifth year, the National Assembly held an election in accordance with the law, and as a result, the New China Party won a complete victory in the war against Japan and recovered the entire territory of Outer Mongolia. With 73% of the seats in both houses of the Senate, it successfully defended its title as the largest party in Congress. and soon formulated the Constitution of the Republic of China.

At that time, the members of the National Assembly unanimously demanded the election of a full president, and Sun Yuanqi was of course the best candidate in the public expectation, as for Li Yuanhong - who is Li Yuanhong? However, it was used by Sun Yuan as "the president once every five years." It should be chosen in the eighth year of the Republic of China (1919)". Comrade Li Yuanhong, who has been acting as interim president for two years, will stick to the presidential palace and continue to play the role of a rubber stamp.

At the end of 1917, the U.S. government, which had reaped the benefits of the war, repeatedly lobbied China, which had also made a huge war windfall, to enter the war. And then there was today's grand celebration.

"Convene Congress as soon as possible and elect a full president!"

"Long live the Republic of China! Long live Premier Sun! ”

"Build a prosperous and strong new China and establish a new order in East Asia!"

Sun Yuanqi sat quietly in the old house in Houhai, listening to the slogans of the people outside the window. My thoughts were in a trance, as if I had gone back to the time when I suddenly appeared in this world twenty years ago. Some are confused, some are frightened, some are overwhelmed, and then they are pushed forward by history and various characters. Lao Tong, uncle and grandfather, Zhang Nanpi, Yuan Xiangcheng...... These deceased people seem to have appeared vividly around them yesterday, but when you think about it, you find that they have long since turned into a pinch of loess.

Sun Yuanqi suddenly wanted to go to the Horse Temple, which was the Horse Temple where he first appeared. As soon as this thought came to mind, I couldn't wait. He got up and changed into a jacket, and then said to his son Nianzu who was with him: "I want to go to the Horse Temple to see, you can go too!" ”

"Horse Temple?" Sun Nianzu immediately came to his senses, "Father is talking about the old site of Peking University, right?" It is said that you, your mother, your grandmother, grandfather, and uncle lived in it for a long time! Why do you want to go now? ”

Sun Yuanqi walked out and said, "Are you going?" ”

"Go, go, I've wanted to see it for a long time!" Sun Nianzu hurriedly replied.

Accompanied by several plainclothes guards, Sun Yuanqi and Sun Nianzu walked around the side gate and walked to the Horse Temple. Because the current Prime Minister has lived and taught here for nearly two years, and there are often students who graduated from the old era to revisit the old place, and there are not tourists who are looking for curiosity to visit the "Land of Longxing", the Horse Temple has no traces of dilapidation, but has become more and more quaint.

It is still the ninth month of the lunar calendar, and the leaves on the branches have not fallen much, only slightly yellowed, with a slight flavor of early summer, coupled with the sunny weather, Sun Yuanqi is more and more grateful for that time twenty years ago. Sun Yuanqi said to the guards beside him: "I want to go alone, you don't have to follow!" ”

Sun Nianzu is nearly twenty years old, but he is still a young man, so he naturally can't pay attention to the feelings of middle-aged people, and seeing that Sun Yuanqi wants to be quiet alone, he took the opportunity to say: "Father, I'll go to the courtyard where you lived before." Since I was a child, I often heard my grandma and grandpa mention it, and I saw if I could find it! After saying that, he flew away as if he were running away.

Although Sun Yuanqi said that he wanted to walk alone, the guards did not dare to disobey the order but did not dare to obey, so they had to stay far behind, watching Sun Yuanqi slowly meditate with his hands behind his back. When they bypassed a corridor, they suddenly found that there was no Premier Sun in front of them, and everyone couldn't help but "Huh": "Where is Premier Sun?" Wasn't it just ahead? ”

Everyone hurriedly split up to search, but after searching all over the horse temple, they didn't find any trace. Only then did the guards realize that the problem was serious, and while taking care of Sun Nianzu, who was a little confused, they hurriedly sent people back to ask Secretary General Yang Du and Minister of Internal Affairs Yang Yongtai. Soon after, martial law was declared in the capital, and a large number of police forces surrounded the temple and conducted a dragnet search, but nothing was found.

According to later scientific history, the famous scientist and educator Sun Yuanqi died of illness at the age of 43 on November 12, 1918 while visiting the Horse Temple. (To be continued......)

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