Sun Yat-sen's big mouth has long been commonplace among reporters, and naturally not many people really believe it. But to the reporter's surprise, I don't know whether Sun Yat-sen used forbidden spells such as the Great Summoning Technique and the Great Prophecy Technique, or whether Li Yuanhong suddenly discovered that early the next morning, Li Yuanhong announced in a high-profile manner that he would go north on the same day to discuss the state with President Yuan Da and Mr. Sun Yat-sen.

It wasn't until everyone turned on the radio and opened the newspaper that they understood the ins and outs of the matter, and it turned out that Li Yuanhong was put on a show when he was playing fake resignation, so he couldn't get off the stage, so he hurriedly announced that he was going north, in an attempt to divert everyone's attention.

Hearing that Li Yuanhong was going north, Yuan Shikai was overjoyed.

In the final analysis, Yuan Shikai was still quite suspicious of Li Yuanhong, who held the elite soldiers of eight towns (now there are only six towns) and was the thoroughfare of nine provinces, and he was never at ease to put this "revolutionary great man" in the position of governor of Hubei. It was not that he did not think of transferring Li Yuanhong to Beijing to be set aside, but he could not find a suitable excuse for a while, and if he used force to entertain the overlord, he was afraid of causing an uproar in public opinion, and the people of the world were chilled by it. Moreover, Li Yuanhong values this territory in Hubei more than his life, and he easily refuses to move his nest. After coming and going, it dragged on to this day.

Now that Li Yuanhong announced that he would go north on the same day, Yuan Shikai immediately issued a telegram expressing his 120,000 welcome: "I look forward to the arrival of Vice President for a long time!" On behalf of the 40,000,000 compatriots across the country, I would like to extend a warm welcome to Vice President Hui Ran's visit to Beijing and wait for him. Shi Kai can be shallow, and he is entrusted by the people. I hope that the vice president will teach me, consolidate the foundation of the country, and not catch me! ”

In the words of literary and artistic youth, it is: I met you. I became very low, low, all the way down to the dust, but my heart rejoiced, and a flower bloomed there. But secretly, Yuan Shikai had ordered someone to clean up Yingtai, where Cixi was under house arrest and Guangxu, and prepared to serve as Li Yuanhong's long-term residence after coming to Beijing.

When Sun Yat-sen heard that Li Yuanhong was going north, he immediately put on a strategizing look. Said proudly to his cronies Ju Zheng: "Kuansheng, how is it?" I said that Song Qing and Keqiang would definitely go north, but those reporters didn't believe it. The result? Song Qing and Keqiang are both loyal people who are worried about the world and love the country and the people, and this meeting is related to the future of the Republic of China, how could they not come? Now that Song Qing is here, will Keqiang be far away? "I don't care about Li Yuanhong's back when he goes north. How much strength did Sun Yuanqi exert.

Ju Zheng had no choice but to smile and compliment: "Mr. has far-reaching knowledge. From what an ordinary man can hope for! ”

Sun Yat-sen said quite complacently: "In the past, when King Wen saw Lu Shang, he set the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty for 800 years; Qi Huan was placed in Guan Zhong, so that the princes of Jiuhe could be in the world; Henkel has to meet Zhang Liang, and there are two Han Dynasty and four hundred years of country. Today, we went to Beijing to discuss state affairs with Yuan Xiangcheng, although it is different from the ancient monarchs and ministers, but as long as everyone works together, it is enough to create a prosperous era of China in the future for 200 years. I don't know if Kuansheng thinks so? ”

Ju Zhengqiang smiled: "What Mr. said is extremely true! As the old saying goes: 'Two people are of the same heart, and their profits are golden.' What's more, it was Mr. and Yuan Xiangcheng who served two presidents before and after. And the vice president, the general secretary, and the five people left behind work together? But the problem is that it is difficult for us to ensure that Yuan Xiangcheng, Li Huangpi, and Sun Baixi can always be of the same mind and mind as Mr. Judging from the current situation, everyone is obviously in the same bed and has different dreams. ”

Sun Yat-sen nodded: "What Kuansheng said is not unreasonable. But with the size of the world and the prosperity of goods, there are still no two identical leaves, where can we find two comrades who are completely of one heart and one mind? When we wait for the party to govern, it is nothing more than seeking common ground while reserving differences, sacrificing the small and taking care of the big. If you have to find people who are completely like-minded to talk about cooperation, how many people in the world are there in the world? What else is there to do?

"Although I have different political views with Yuan Xiangcheng and Sun Baixi, I believe that everyone is exactly the same in terms of working together for the country and the people. In this way, we have a basis for working together. On this basis, we might as well be open and honest, put the country and the nation first, abandon the interests of individuals or small groups, and work hard for the prosperity and strength of the country and the rejuvenation of the nation. So why worry about China's lack of prosperity? ”

Ju Zheng bowed deeply to Sun Yat-sen, and said solemnly: "Be taught!" ”

Almost as soon as Li Yuanhong announced the power, Sun Yuanqi learned the news that he was going north on the same day. After reading the telegram, he hurriedly found Yang Jie, Chen Xunen, Yang Yongtai and others to discuss how to deal with it.

Yang Jie said with a smile: "Li Huangpi vainly tried to respond to the impeachment of the Senate by resigning by taking the blame, but we put it together, and the result was self-defeating, and he was about to be forced to resign." But he was reluctant to resign, so he wanted to go north to intercede with Yuan Xiangcheng and Sun Yat-sen, hoping that they would come forward to stay; By the way, on the grounds of discussing state affairs, he downplayed the negative impact of his resignation. wants to wait until this limelight passes, and then come back to continue to be his governor of Hubei. As everyone knows, his going north this time is equivalent to throwing himself into a net, becoming a meat bun and beating a dog, and there is no return! ”

Chen Xunen also smiled: "Yes, Yuan Xiangcheng has always been suspicious of Li Huangpi's defense of Hubei, and he has long wanted to transfer him to Beijing." This time, Li Huangpi went north, and without our help, Yuan Xiangcheng would take the initiative to keep guests enthusiastically to ensure that Li Huangpi would have a home and would be difficult to return. The question we should urgently consider now is how the situation in Hubei will develop once Li Huangpi remains in the capital and steps down as governor of Hubei Province. And how do we respond? ”

Yang Yongtai asked: "How the situation in Hubei develops depends entirely on who will succeed the governor. In the resignation message, Li Huangpi recommended Huang Keqiang to succeed as the governor of Hubei Province, will the next governor of Hubei be Huang Keqiang? ”

Yang Jie shook his head and said, "Impossible!" Yuan Xiangcheng's suspicion of Huang Keqiang is even higher than that of Li Huangpi, how can he let Huang Keqiang supervise Hubei? Aren't you unhappy for yourself? ”

Yang Yongtai asked again: "Since Huang Keqiang is impossible, can we recommend the candidate for Edu?" For example, Fang Xuchu. ”

Yang Jie still shook his head: "That's impossible." Although Li Huangpi played a trick to induce blame and resign before this, he would definitely appoint his henchmen as acting governors before going north, waiting for his return. What Li Huangpi would never have thought of was that maybe he was still halfway there, and Yuan Xiangcheng couldn't wait to issue an order and order him to act as the governor of Hubei, completely cutting off his back road. From Li Huangpi's northward journey to Yuan Xiangcheng's appointment, the matter happened between the calcium carbide fire, and the temporary appointment of the Great Presidential Office did not need to go through the cabinet's countersignature, so there was absolutely no chance for us to intervene. ”

Yang Yongtai was a little depressed: "Could it be that we have been tossing for so long, just to make wedding clothes for others?" ”

Yang Jie said: "That's not necessarily. Before he became governor of Hubei at the end of last year, Li Huangpi had already served in Hubei for 15 or 6 years, successively serving as a translator, instructor, assistant, supervisor, and co-ordinator, and he had a wide network of contacts in the army. No matter who Yuan Xiangcheng sent to act as the governor of Hubei, it would be difficult to eliminate Li Huangpi's influence in the army in a short period of time, unless he had the courage to dismiss all six towns of the Hubei army in a big way, and then drive the Beiyang army directly into Hubei.

"During this period of time, we can ostensibly order the Sichuan Army in the east to keep its promise, withdraw to the Fengjie and Wushan areas adjacent to Hubei, and secretly leave the elite and the remnants of the Seventh Town of the Hubei Army of Tang Yici (Tang Xizhi) to merge and reorganize into the Second Division of the Hubei Army, Tang Yici is the division commander, under the jurisdiction of the third and fourth brigades, Liu Mingzhao and Yin Changheng are respectively brigade commanders, stationed in Shinan, Yichang, Jingmen and other places.

When the time is right, he quickly ordered the first and second divisions and the first mixed brigade to capture De'an, Jingzhou, Anlu and other places respectively, of which Jingzhou held the Yangtze River and bordered Hanyang and Wuchang. In this way, we already have half of the field in Hubei, and no matter who becomes the governor in the future, we will be invincible. How can it be said that it is a wedding garment for another? ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "According to Yuan Xiangcheng's decisive and scheming character, Li Huangpi will indeed disappear like a yellow crane when he goes north this time, and he also has the courage to dismantle the Hubei army in the six towns and directly exchange the Beiyang army for blood." However, the people of Hubei are slick and tough, and the disarmament affairs are arduous and complicated, and the governor is afraid that ordinary people are not competent, so I wonder which general in Beiyang will be sent by Yuan Xiangcheng to this post? ”

Chen Xunen said: "The Beiyang Army is known as Wang Long, Duan Hu, and Feng Gou, among which Wang Pingqing (Wang Shizhen) has always been loyal to the Qing court, because he is unwilling to countersign the edict of the abdication of the Emperor Xuantong, he has resigned and retired to his hometown. It is rumored that Yuan Xiangcheng sent people to invite him to go out of the mountain to serve in important positions several times, but he was refused.

"Feng Huafu (Feng Guozhang) just succeeded Wang Tieshan (Wang Zhixiang) as the governor of Zhili and the director of the Department of Civil Affairs not long ago, and his ass is not hot yet, so he will definitely not go back to Hubei. Counting them, only Duan Zhiquan (Duan Qirui) is the most likely, after all, he was also at fault in the murder of Zhang Chunshan and was impeached in the Senate. Now that Li Huangpi has taken the initiative to take the blame and resign, is he indifferent? The dismissal of him from the post of army chief and the transfer of him out of the capital to temporarily lead the governor of Hubei can be regarded as a slight punishment. ”

Yang Yongtai smiled: "What kind of punishment is this?" The chief of the army is under the command of the president and the prime minister of the cabinet, and there are the chief of staff next to him, and the governors of all provinces are just a mouthpiece and a bag. The governor is above ten thousand people under one person, and his status is high and powerful, isn't it ten thousand times better than that empty chief? ”

Sun Yuanqi frowned slightly and said: "Duan Zhiquan has been in the army for thirty years, and he has the reputation of 'Tiger of the North Seas', I'm afraid it must be easy, right?" ”

Yang Yongtai said: "Don't mind, my lord, although Duan Zhiquan has been a horse for 30 years and has a lot of experience in arranging troops and leading troops to fight, he has never been involved in politics and the people, and I am afraid that he knows nothing about the economy and people's livelihood." If he really supervises Hubei this time, it will naturally be difficult for him to disarm, but Li Huangpi has a lot of power in the parliament, and he will inevitably be in trouble with him everywhere, and in addition to Hubei's current lack of finance and taxation and the difficulty of people's livelihood, he will definitely be anxious. We just have to wait and see what happens. ”

Sun Yuanqi suddenly asked: "Changqing, how is our New China Party developing in Hubei?" (To be continued......)