Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but be stunned: "Temporarily close the parliament? How does this make! ”

Yuan Shikai waved his hand disappreciatively: "Don't be in a hurry to answer now." Welcome to the reading // After Baixi takes over the cabinet and takes charge of government affairs, it is not too late for us to discuss this issue! Immediately changed the topic: "If Yuan is lucky enough to be elected president, he will definitely nominate Baixi as the prime minister of the cabinet, have you ever considered the candidate for the cabinet?" If you plan ahead, you can save yourself a lot of trouble. ”

In the early years of the Republic of China, the political structure was similar to that of today, that is, the Congress elected the president, and the president nominated the cabinet candidates and submitted them to the Congress for approval. According to common sense, the president should be the leader of the largest political party in charge of the Congress, and a figure like Yuan Shikai, who has no political party background at all, has no possibility of getting involved in the presidential throne at all. It's a pity that although Yuan Shikai has no political party background, he firmly controls the most powerful ground military force in the country - for the air force under Sun Yuanqi, I am afraid that the Beiyang Army is helpless, and can only huddle in the trenches and be beaten passively. - So the seat of the president was booked in advance by him.

Of course, it's just a reservation, not a sure thing.

Yuan Shikai felt that the threat mainly came from two people: one was Sun Wen, who was close to him on the surface, but in private he was making trouble, and the other was the young junior in front of him who seemed to be humble and respectful, but his strength in private was very terrifying. It happened that both of them were surnamed Sun, and they were both as good as Sun Monkey, and they tossed their Jade Emperor to the point that they couldn't eat or sleep.

If you want to say which of the two is more threatening, the answer is undoubtedly Sun Yuanqi.

Sun Yat-sen's biggest assets are fame and political parties, but Sun Yuanqi is also not weak in these two aspects. For example, fame. Sun Yat-sen was quite prestigious in the political circles of the southern provinces and countries, while Sun Yuanqi had extraordinary influence in the academic circles of the western provinces and countries, and even his status in the political circles was not inferior to Sun Yat-sen. And on the side of political parties. Although the Kuomintang claims to have a million members, in fact, more than half of it is water, and there is no loyalty at all, and it is precisely because of its mixed party that it has caused constant internal contradictions and a sharp decline in combat effectiveness, and it is even inferior to the New China Party, which has only 100,000 members. As a result, although the number of party members between the two is ten times different. But the seats in Congress are comparable.

However, in terms of army, territory, financial resources and many other aspects, Sun Yuanqi can throw off Sun Yat-sen's eight streets, not to mention that Sun Yuanqi is ten years younger than Sun Yat-sen! It is said that "I would rather bully the white beard." Don't bully young people to be poor", Sun Yuanqi has already entered the prime minister in his early thirties, who dares to despise it? Therefore, Yuan Shikai regarded Sun Yuanqi as a fierce rival in his life.

Sun Yuanqi was not pretentious, and immediately said the list of cabinet personnel drawn up with Yang Du a few days ago. Then politely and humbly: "Sun Moude can be shallow and thoughtful. The preliminary candidate may be unreasonable, and the president is asked to correct it! ”

Yuan Shikai was also secretly calculating in his heart.

Sun Yuanqi gave three places to the Beiyang Department in the list, namely diplomacy, army, agriculture and forestry, two of which have real power, and the friendship is not deep! After all, after all, it is still the party group of the New China Party, and naturally the Beiyang system cannot be allowed to dominate the world, and in addition, it is necessary to have equal interests. But there is still a big gap between this and the plan envisioned in Yuan Shikai's heart.

In Yuan Shikai's vision. It is best to occupy four seats in the cabinet: the interior, the treasury, the army, and the navy. Of course, even Yuan Shikai himself felt that this was too extravagant. If you take a step back. He was willing to abandon the Navy first. Although Yuan Shikai once served as the Minister of Beiyang, in his opinion, China's navy is simply a dou that cannot be supported!

As early as the beginning of the Westernization Movement, people of insight in the officialdom who had seen the strength of the ships and artillery of the Western powers and who had a preliminary understanding of the importance of the maritime frontier put forward a proposal for building a navy and defending coastal defense. In particular, the occurrence of Japan's invasion of Taiwan in the thirteenth year of Tongzhi (1874) caused a great shock to the government and the opposition, which triggered the famous coastal defense plan in the history of the late Qing Dynasty. Subsequently, on the basis of extensive discussions, the Qing government formulated a plan to set up the North and South Ocean Naval Divisions. After vigorously investing in construction, four relatively independent naval divisions of Beiyang, Nanyang, Fujian and Guangdong were initially formed.

Ten years later, the Sino-French War broke out.

In the Battle of Majiang, the Fujian Naval Division, which had high hopes, was defeated, and all 11 ships were destroyed. As the war spread, the Nanyang Naval Division also suffered from the pond fish and suffered a heavy blow. After the war, the Qing government learned from the pain and deeply reflected on why it was still inadequate to prepare for the construction of the navy for ten years. In the end, two reasons were drawn: one is that the state does not pay enough attention to it, and the other is that the equipment is relatively backward. In 1885, the Qing government established the Prime Minister's Naval Affairs Yamen (the predecessor of the Navy Department in the early years of the Republic of China) to be responsible for naval affairs, and at the same time decided to start with the Beiyang Naval Division to train a navy with advanced equipment to defend Gyeonggi.

Another full decade passed, and the Sino-Japanese War broke out.

The Beiyang Naval Division, which invested 30 million yuan before and after, was defeated at Fengdao and then in the Yellow Sea, and finally annihilated in the Battle of Weihaiwei, repeating the mistakes of the Fujian Naval Division. The Beiyang Navy Division trained for 10 years and invested a huge amount of money, but the result was so vulnerable that after the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, everyone in the government and the opposition bitterly slandered the navy for misleading the country, and even thought that spending huge sums of money to build the navy itself was a mistake, with the result that the whole country lost confidence and enthusiasm for rebuilding the navy. For this reason, the Qing government not only abolished the establishment of the Beiyang Naval Division, but also abolished the Prime Minister's Naval Affairs Yamen.

In the years that followed, the Qing government may have been interested in revitalizing its navy, but under the enormous pressure of the huge indemnity payments from the Treaty of Shimonoseki, it was difficult to raise a large amount of money for the purchase of ships, so it had no choice but to give up. Moreover, in the 23rd year of Guangxu (1897), the great powers set off a frenzy to carve up China's harbors, and excellent ports such as Luda, Weihaiwei, Jiaozhou Bay, Guangzhou Bay, and Kowloon Peninsula were forcibly leased by various countries, and the Chinese Navy could not even find a base for mooring warships. Despite this, Beiyang, as the gateway to Beijing, still needs the sailor as a barrier after all, so this barrier is just psychological comfort. After the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing government still squeezed out its money to buy a few barely used ships and allocated them to Beiyang.

Maybe the Da Qing Shui Division is really unfavorable for the passing years, and the Beiyang Naval Division has just had a hint of improvement, and there has been a change in the Gengzi country.

During the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Four torpedo boats were captured by the allied forces and two destroyers were dismantled, and the vitality of the Beiyang Naval Division was greatly damaged, and the rebuilding navy suffered another heavy blow. For a long time after that. The navy has become a dispensable ornament. In 1906, the Qing government changed the Ministry of War to the Ministry of War, and the following year only a naval department was established under the Ministry of War to be responsible for naval affairs.

It was not until 1909 that the young and vigorous and talented Zaixun decided to manage the naval division with his ancestors, and served as the Minister of the Navy together with the military general Sa Zhenbing, and began the grand plan to revive the navy, and the navy barely cheered up. As the saying goes, "There are people in the DPRK and China who are easy to do." "With Xun Baylor in charge. The navy's funds have also become significantly more abundant, and 12 warships have been purchased from the West one after another. Although these warships are small in tonnage and old in style, their equipment performance lags behind the times. But for the Chinese Navy, which is seriously lacking in warships, it is already a lot of money.

In the blink of an eye, the revolution broke out.

From Zaixun's point of view, the Qing Dynasty has invested so much in the navy over the years, but the navy is bound to lose every battle on the battlefield of patriotism. Not only did they fail to serve the country. On the contrary, it dragged the country back, and I am really ashamed of the pile of white money spent by the government. At this time, in the face of the scum of the south, whose combat strength is only 5, shouldn't he exert his might and quell the rebellion with the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying? However, the reality is that dozens of ships of the Dashimizu Division announced the Yizhi uprising in phases and batches, supported the republic, and threw themselves into the arms of the revolutionary party without hesitation. was so angry that Zaixun jumped to his feet and scolded.

While the Navy is important, at the moment, the investment is huge. With little success, and the ships were relatively outdated. The officers and men of the navy have no loyalty at all, and they are simply white-eyed wolves that cannot be fed. In Yuan Shikai's mind, the navy is completely a tasteless chicken rib that is discarded. Since Sun Yuanqi wants to take over, then give it to him!

However, internal affairs, finance, and the army are all hot seats, and Sun Yuanqi may not be so generous. If he had to take a step back, Yuan Shikai would choose to give up the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Because the Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of domestic affairs, it has always been the prime minister's abstinence, and those who serve as the chief of internal affairs are all close associates of the prime minister, and I am afraid that Sun Yuanqi will not be able to leave it. If he was more serious about the selection of the chief of internal affairs, Sun Yuanqi would definitely think that he had some intentions. Why did Yuan Shikai touch this mold?

Yuan Shikai's real imperative is the Ministry of Finance and the Army, as long as there is money and soldiers, the world is big, where can not be obtained? However, Sun Yuanqi only met one of his requirements, that is, to appoint Duan Qirui, the governor of the Hubei army, as the chief of the army, which still has the taste of transferring the tiger from the mountain; But he firmly held the financial power in his own hands, and then sent a seat of foreign minister. Of course, diplomacy is also very important, which also shows Sun Yuanqi's sincerity, but this is not what Yuan Shikai needs.

Since he came into power, Yuan Shikai has paid attention to good dealings with various countries, often held meetings with ministers of various countries in China and presented gifts, and his personal friendship was very good. Those diplomatic issues that can be resolved by communication have long been negotiated in private, so how can they use the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the negotiating table? What is really sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for handling is a tricky job that cannot be handled. In that case, how much does it matter whether you want a foreign minister seat or not?

However, Yuan Shikai thought again: What positions does the New China Party, which formed a cabinet to govern, occupy? The Ministry of the Interior is the natural choice, the Ministry of the Navy is the chicken ribs, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is the leader, and only the Ministry of Finance is the goal that Sun Yuanqi wants to strive for, which is not too much at all. If he and he ask for the position of finance minister, will it exacerbate the contradictions?

At this moment, Yuan Shikai's heart turned back and forth before he replied in a deep voice: "It can be seen that Baixi has spent a lot of effort to formulate this plan, not only to pay attention to the balance of power, but also to strive for the relative satisfaction of all parties, it is really hard for you!" Although the plan is not perfect, the old man can't find any major faults for a while. Wait a while, the old man will give you an answer after thinking about it, right? ”

Isn't this the rhythm of "after investigation is fruitless, there is a reason for it"?

Sun Yuanqi still agreed, and then got up to leave.

In the next few days, Yuan Shikai helped settle the identity of Senator Song Jiaoren, but he never mentioned the matter of forming a cabinet again, and the day of the official convening of the National Assembly has come. (To be continued.) )

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