Let's say that Qiu Liang is drinking residual wine alone in an izaka, although he is calm on the surface, but in fact he is fighting fiercely in his heart: what should I do? What to do!

I don't know if Yuan Huaxuan took into account the relationship between the two alumni, fellow villagers, and old friends, and deliberately reminded himself to avoid disasters, or he deliberately revealed the news in a vague way, hoping to save Song Jiaoren through his own mouth. In short, it is easy to conclude from his words that Mr. Zhongshan had lost trust in Soong and began to look for a more suitable and obedient candidate, ready to remove him from the post of acting chairman of the Kuomintang at any time.

Personnel changes within the party are commonplace, and the key is how to deal with them after the replacement. Is it to continue to maintain his position as a member of the Kuomintang Council? Or is it as he himself had foretold, that someone will borrow his head from him? As an old member of the League, Qiu Liang knows the most about the means of intra-party struggle, how did Tao Chengzhang, Tao Junbao, Xu Xueyun and others die? It's not your own hands!

But even if he told Song Dunchu the news, what could he do? Carefully recalling the previous conversation between the two, it is not difficult to find that Song Dunchu seems to have already recognized the impending crisis and is consciously responding to it, but from now on, it seems that his struggle was not successful. You must know that there are too few people in this world who can save Song Dunchu, almost a handful, and Mr. Zhongshan has been in the party for a long time, so it is difficult for Song Dunchu to resist.

After drinking the last glass of sake, Qiu Liang finally made up his mind: it's done! Although he disobeys Mr. Nakayama's will, he is likely to ruin his reputation and even lose his life; Although on his own. It is difficult to undo Song Dunchu's tragic ending, but Qiu Liang is still determined to try. Because Song Dunchu is too important to the Kuomintang!

Song Dunchu not only had the best academic character, but also had the best organizational strength, motivation and governing ability in the Kuomintang. If something happens to him. As a result, the Kuomintang is likely to stagnate, or even fall apart. And what about yourself? It's just an ordinary group of millions of party members, and it's not a pity to die. If he could exchange his sacrifice for Song Dunchu's life, Qiu Liang felt that it was worth a thousand dollars! Even if you don't succeed in the end, after all, you have worked hard, and you can be worthy of it at any time.

Qiu Liang had made up his mind, and hurried to the telegraph office after leaving the izakaya. A telegram was sent to Song Jiaoren in Shanghai. The message is a five-word poem that is out of tune: "Swimming from the red pine nuts, the peach source can avoid time." The mountain pressed the fisherman's father to die, and asked you what to do? "It's poetry though. The implication is very obvious, the allusion of "traveling from the red pine nuts" is often used as a metaphor for the great merit and the high merit after the earthquake to avoid disaster, "Taoyuan" is the hometown of Song Jiaoren, and the "mountain" is Sun Yat-sen. Song Jiaoren called himself "Fisherman". As long as there is a little culture, a little heart. It's not hard to see what he wants to say.

After sending the telegram, Qiu Liang hurried to buy a ticket back to China, but his destination was not Shanghai, but Beijing.

Although Qiu Liang was involved in this matter with an attitude of going to death, it was not the same as blindly sending him to death, and he also had his own considerations: Shanghai has always been the strongest fortress of the League in China, and Sun Yat-sen had a great influence there, and even Song Jiaoren could not get out of it for a while. How much more are you such ants? I'm afraid that if I go to Shanghai today, I will be sunk to the bottom of the Huangpu River tomorrow. Moreover, Song Jiaoren is already active in Shanghai. With his superb political skills and agitation skills, he did not need to help himself at all.

In Beijing, where the central government is located, Qiu Liang feels that the vast world has a lot to do. Although there are not many people who can really save Song Jiaoren, there are two in Beijing: Yuan Shikai and Sun Yuanqi. Qiu Liang planned to visit the two of them one by one with a faint hope to see if he could find a solution. If it really doesn't work, Qiu Liang decided to use his identity as the chief writer of "Democracy Daily" to tell the news he knew in the newspaper, even if the newspaper was closed down and he was imprisoned!

Qiu Liang, who did not know that he had escaped by sending a telegram, returned to Beijing smoothly in early March, and then went non-stop to visit Sun Yuanqi at Jingshi University.

The reason why Sun Yuanqi chose Sun Yuanqi instead of visiting Yuan Shikai first was not because Sun Yuanqi was more capable, but because Sun Yuanqi had been living in Jingshi University outside the city since he retired from the post of chief of education, which was no different from an ordinary teacher, and it was relatively easy to visit. Yuan Shikai is now in a high position, and there are not many high-ranking officials and eunuchs who visit his door every day, plus he has experienced countless conspiracies and tricks, and the mansion is heavily guarded inside and outside. If a mortal like him wants to ask to see him, he has to spend a lot of time in the middle and get through countless links. When he saw Yuan Shikai, he was afraid that Song Jiaoren's tomb had been arched.

Sun Yuanqi was very surprised by Qiu Liang's presumptuous visit, but he still met him politely.

After the greetings, Qiu Liang asked tentatively: "Mr. Sun, I heard that you invited Mr. Song Dunchu to go north a few days ago to discuss the formation of a cabinet, but he politely refused. What is your comment on this? ”

Sun Yuanqi frowned, and then replied carefully and carefully: "Although the Kuomintang is called the largest party, it only won about 35 percent of the votes in the National Assembly, far less than a simple majority, and it is not easy to form a cabinet. As the second largest party in the National Assembly, the New China Party and Mr. Song Dunchu went north to discuss the formation of a cabinet out of public interest. Since he politely refused, it was obvious that the Kuomintang had a better solution. On behalf of the New China Party, Sun would like to extend his heartfelt congratulations to the Kuomintang. ”

Qiu Liang asked again: "Then did Mr. Sun think about what other reason Song Dunchu refused to go north?" ”

"For example?"

Qiu Liang said: "For example, he was hindered by some people, and it was difficult for him to get out of the north? For example, under the threat of certain forces, you don't dare to go north for the time being? ”

Sun Yuanqi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the famous "Song Jiaoren assassination incident" in pre-modern history, which was described in middle school history textbooks, because it directly led to the outbreak of the "second revolution". Later generations have also continued to express deep regret for this, because of his assassination, the Kuomintang rose up, so that China, which was in a period of rapid transition, departed from the original path of democracy and rule of law, and the ancient country that could have been reborn lost a golden opportunity for development, so it had to helplessly continue to carry a heavy inheritance, and staggered forward in the watchful eyes of the great powers and the warlords.

Because of his own butterfly, the Kuomintang did not meet its original expectations in the congressional election, and Soong Jiaoren's formation of a purely party cabinet has become an extravagant hope. Sun Yuanqi thought that the assassination had been flapped to Papua New Guinea by himself, but he did not expect that the wheel of history would still stubbornly move along the original rut. If I remember correctly, the history books should clearly point out that the real culprit behind Song Jiaoren's assassination was Yuan Shikai and his cronies. Could it be that this time it is still Yuan Shikai and Zhao Bingjun?

Although Sun Yuanqi had doubts in his heart, it was the first time he met Qiu Liang, and it was impossible to tell him directly and honestly, but said solemnly: "Mr. Reporter, don't talk nonsense!" As far as Sun knows, President Yuan Da admired Song Dunchu very much, and long before Zhao Zhi'an became the prime minister of the cabinet, he strongly recommended him to be the prime minister of the cabinet, but it was not achieved because Song Dunchu insisted on refusing; Song Dunchu is also known as the 'pro-Yuan faction' in the alliance, which shows that the relationship between the two is irreversible.

"Zhao Zhi'an and Song Dunchu did not have a big quarrel in the cabinet, even if there was a quarrel, it was for the justice of the country, not a personal vendetta. It is said that during Song Dunchu's tenure in Beijing, because it was inconvenient to live outside the city, he often stayed in Zhao Zhi'an's house, which shows the intimacy of the relationship between the two. Now that it is a major matter of the country to form a cabinet in the north, who dares to threaten and obstruct it? Mr. Reporter, don't talk nonsense, you need to know that the laws of the country are there! ”

Qiu Liang borrowed Song Jiaoren's words and replied: "I am afraid that Ji Sun's worries are not in the moment, but within the Xiao Wall." ”

When Sun Yuanqi heard this, Huo Ran stood up and shouted, "Who are you?" ”

Qiu Liang got up and bowed deeply to Sun Yuanqi: "Under the surname Qiu Mingliang, the word is contained, a native of Xiangyin, Hubei, who studied in Japan at the end of the Qing Dynasty, studied at the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and was the same class as the governor of Qinghai Xu Youzheng (Xu Shuzheng) and the brigade commander of Hubei Jiang Yuyan (Jiang Zuobin), and served in the military advisory office of the Qing government after returning to China. After the founding of the Republic of China, he served as the director of the War Department of the Nanjing Provisional Government. After the government moved north, he gave up his official position to engage in the newspaper industry, and is now the chief writer of the "Democracy Daily".

Because they are all fellow villagers in Hunan, they got acquainted with Song Dunchu in the 30th year of Guangxu (1904) and participated in the national revolution that overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The Guangxu 31st Year League was established in Tokyo, and he was listed among them, and served as the president of the Hunan Branch, and had a close relationship with Song Dunchu. When the Kuomintang was founded last year, he accompanied Song Dunchu to participate in negotiations as a representative of the League. So I know more about Song Dunchu's affairs. ”

Sun Yuanqi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then why are you visiting today?" ”

Qiu Liang didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly replied: "Song Dunchu offended some party comrades in the party because of the reorganization of the League for the Kuomintang, and recently because of the defeat in the congressional election, some old League members in Shanghai were excited. Moreover, he believed that Song Dunchu abandoned the roots of the League and compromised with the counter-revolutionary bureaucracy in order to seize power in a short period of time, and was the first sinner of the League. Therefore, they actively plotted to get rid of Song Dunchu before he went north, so as to set an example. In the next time, I came here to ask Mr. Sun for help in rescuing Song Dunchu from Shanghai! ”

At the beginning, Sun Yuanqi and Song Jiaoren had worked together in the cabinet for a period of time, and to be honest, Sun Yuanqi did not have a very good impression of him, feeling that he was young and vigorous, too sharp, and extremely power-hungry, and it was easy to attract people's jealousy, and it was reasonable for him to offend party comrades. As for whether to save him, Sun Yuanqi was quite hesitant: "Mr. Qiu, shouldn't you ask Mr. Zhongshan for help for this kind of problem first?" (To be continued.) )

ps: Advance notice: I'm going to sing again tomorrow, and I may break off. I'm sorry!