Beijing.

Since the selection of the prime minister in the cabinet, the atmosphere at the Big Five meeting has been noticeably more relaxed. On the crisp day of September and autumn in Beijing, a few people sat in the sunny conference room, drinking good tea, chatting like friends about the current political changes at home and abroad, economic development, and people's livelihood. The scene is no different from the casual conversation of the students of Jingshi University in the study room, the difference is that the students are "bookish", and several of them are veritable "guidance".

Of course, the so-called "Big Five Meeting" does not have a fixed time for everyone to speak, most of the time it is Sun Yat-sen who speaks, Huang Xing who adds, Yuan Shikai who applauds loudly on the side, and Li Yuanhong and Sun Yuanqi who are mainly responsible for acting as enthusiastic listeners, nodding and applauding from time to time to enliven the atmosphere in the venue.

In fact, the atmosphere was already very warm, and there was no need for the two of them to help at all, because Sun Yat-sen's speech was very inflammatory, especially when describing the grand blueprint of the cultivators having their own fields, training millions of elite soldiers, and building 100,000 miles of railways, everyone was enthusiastic and their hearts were shaking. Yuan Shikai's applause played the role of the finishing touch, almost every time Sun Yat-sen asked a question, he would shout "Okay!" as if he saw a famous actor appearing in a play! When Sun Yat-sen said something emotional, he would stand up happily and shout "Long live Mr. Sun Yat-sen". Whenever this happens, Sun Yat-sen will also return a "Long live the president" as usual. All in all, the atmosphere was extremely harmonious and the scene was extremely touching.

In this kind of good situation, where you are in agreement and you are in love, many people have disarmed and surrendered or changed their ways. For example, like Huang Xing. Originally, before going north, he was extremely resistant and rejected Yuan Shikai, but after meeting Yuan Shikai in Beijing. I don't know whether he was poured ** soup or fed sweat medicine, his attitude has changed 180 degrees, and he told the media several times: "Huang came to Beijing this time and saw the president's hard work and all the plans for the country, and I was particularly impressed!" All the people of the Republic of China, whether in political circles or in society, should show true patriotism. In order to sponsor the great cause of the great construction of the president. "I was simply fascinated, deeper than the poison in Sun Yat-sen!

Sun Yuanqi, as a descendant and a bystander, knew the general trend of history. Therefore, he can still stay basically sober and still be vigilant against Yuan Shikai. As for how much other people can keep their senses, it's hard to say. Therefore, between meetings, he often peeks at the demeanor and micro-expressions of everyone in the venue. I want to see what they really think in their hearts.

This observation. It really made Sun Yuanqi gain a lot.

I remember that during a meeting in mid-September, Sun Yat-sen was suddenly full of interest and began to talk about his railway dream: he was ready to build three major railway trunk lines, one starting from Guangzhou, passing through Guangxi, Yunnan, and Sichuan, and going around to the south of the Tianshan Mountains; one starts from the mouth of the Yangtze River and passes through Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Yili in Xinjiang; One departs from Qinhuangdao. Circle Liaodong into Mongolia and go straight through Outer Mongolia. Yida Ulianghai. The capital is set at 6 billion yuan, and the mileage is planned to be 200,000 miles, with a term of 10 years. The method of fund-raising is to borrow money to build roads, and outsiders are allowed to undertake them, but they are nationalized for a period of several years, and the conditions must not hinder China's sovereignty.

Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but laugh a little while listening: How naïve should it be for someone to put forward such an idea! As far as I know, ** has been closed to railways throughout the twentieth century, in addition to the reasons for the shortage of funds, more important are technical difficulties, such as permafrost, plateau hypoxia, bad weather, etc. With the scientific and technological level of the early 20th century, it is estimated that it is difficult to gather the best scientists and engineers in the world to build a trans-** railway, not to mention that it is impossible to gather so many outstanding talents?

Let's not talk about the problems of liberalizing technology, but also talk about the capital problem of road construction. What is the concept of $6 billion? In 1911, China's fiscal revenue was 300 million taels of silver, which was converted into more than 500 million silver dollars; During the same period, the fiscal revenue of the United States, the world's largest economic power, was 702 million US dollars, or about 1.4 billion silver dollars, while the financial revenue of the British Empire, the old power, was 104 million pounds, or less than 1 billion silver dollars. In other words, Sun Yat-sen is ready to borrow all four years of income from the United States, or all six years of income from Britain within ten years! Is this possible?

However, Sun Yat-sen's eyes were firm, his attitude was sincere, his demeanor was calm, and he looked full of confidence. His eyes swept over Yuan Shikai, and he saw that the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes were more obvious, and a bit of sarcasm appeared in his eyes from time to time. But as soon as Sun Yat-sen's words fell, he immediately applauded and cheered: "Good! Mr. Zhongshan built 200,000 miles of railways in ten years, Mr. Keqiang established 100,000 large enterprises, Song Qing trained 500,000 national civilian personnel, Baixi established 300,000 schools of various kinds, and Yuan was willing to train 1 million elite soldiers during this period. If we work together, why worry about China's prosperity? ”

"Long live the President!" Sun Yat-sen also cheered.

It seems that as a successful politician or revolutionary, you must first be a good actor who is good at words, rich in expression, and natural in action, and sometimes not only has to deceive everyone to believe, but even yourself has to fall into it.

The person Sun Yuanqi observed the most was Li Yuanhong, who belonged to the same role as himself, after all, he robbed him of half of Hubei, and put him together, so he naturally had to know himself and his opponent. This "Governor of Shouyi" is chubby, with a round face full of humility, and he does look like a loyal elder. Every time Yuan Shikai consulted him, the answers were "good", "yes yes", and other times he was like a gourd with a sawed mouth, without saying a word. No wonder he is called "Li Bodhisattva".

If you really think he's a good gentleman, you're very wrong. Although he didn't say it, Sun Yuanqi could see from his subtle expressions and small movements that he had his own views on all issues, but he didn't show it. Of course, he is now just a powerless vice president, and he does not dare to behave indiscriminately. But the more Li Yuanhong forbears, the more Sun Yuanqi is on guard against him, because those who can endure like this are generally ruthless characters, not to mention that this old fat man is still a bull man with two presidents and three vice presidents?

It is really because Sun Yat-sen is gushing, Huang Keqiang is fascinated, Yuan Shikai deliberately welcomes him, Li Yuanhong Pili Yangqiu, and Sun Yuanqi is coldly watching, so the current unity of "hello, I am a big guy" has been maintained and continued.

However, Sun Yat-sen went north, not just to have a good time in the presidential palace and fool Yuan Shikai, he also had another purpose for this trip, that is, to attend the reorganization meeting of the League.

The reason why the League was reorganized was due to a complex historical background and factors of the times, and it was also an inevitable trend under the objective historical conditions at that time. But no matter what you say, it is inseparable from the promotion of a key person: Song Jiaoren.

Song Jiaoren can be described as a genius in politics, and his brilliant experience has to start with getting acquainted with Huang Xing. At the age of twenty-one, Song Jiaoren studied in Wuchang Ordinary Middle School, and in his spare time he liked to discuss the revolution, and by chance he met Huang Xing. Because of the same revolutionary interests, the two soon became close friends. In the thirtieth year of Guangxu (1904), the two established the Huaxing Association in Changsha, with Huang Xing as the president and Song Jiaoren as the vice president.

Later, Song Jiaoren came to Japan and united a number of revolutionary groups to establish the League, in which he served as the chief prosecutor of the Ministry of Justice, and also acted as the general secretary of the League, presided over the daily work of the League, and became the main leader of the League, which can be described as a man of the hour. But he was limited to being a man of the hour, because when people mentioned the revolutionary party, they only mentioned Sun and Huang. As for Song Jiaoren, he is just one of the cadres, and his influence is not even as good as Zhang Binglin, who called Guangxu by name, Tao Chengzhang, who assassinated the Empress Dowager Cixi, Cai Yuanpei, who was born in Hanlin in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and others. This is also where Song Jiaoren is distressed.

Soon the Wuchang Uprising broke out, which was mainly led by the Hubei Revolutionary Group Literary Society and the Communist Association, and the League was only a marginal role, and this uprising created a group of fathers such as Li Yuanhong, Sun Wu, and Wu Zhaolin, which made Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and others feel pressure, not to mention Song Jiaoren's generation! Therefore, the League had to preemptively establish a provisional government of the Republic of China.

In the provisional government, Song Jiaoren, as a senator from Hunan, strongly advocated the adoption of a French-style responsible cabinet system when revising the "Outline of the Organization of the Provisional Government." From this, others got a glimpse of Song Jiaoren's ambition and knew that he wanted to be the prime minister. The elders of the League, the leaders of the constitutionalists, and the officials of the Qing government were all very angry: How old are you Song Jiaoren? Also worthy of being prime minister? As a result, not only did the "Outline of Organization of the Provisional Government" adopted by the Provisional Senate not have a prime minister, but even Sun Yat-sen's nomination of Soong Jiaoren as Minister of Internal Affairs was not approved by the Senate.

Fortunately, soon the peace between the north and the south was reached, and the government of the Republic of China moved north, and Song Jiaoren could finally show his face in the cabinet, but he was only the low-ranking chief of agriculture and forestry. Moreover, in the local area, there are local heroes such as the Beiyang system, the Hubei system, and the Sichuan-Shaanxi system; In the cabinet, Zhao Bingjun, Sun Yuanqi, Zhang Jian and other reputations are also far above him, and his own prime minister seems to be far away. At this time, the nationalist alliance will face disintegration because of the success of the revolution and the achievement of its goals.

After the success of the revolution, Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and others did not have a clear plan for the future direction of the League, and even many people thought that it was necessary to disband, but Song Jiaoren expressed resolute opposition to this. In his opinion, Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and others are all successful, and they can even give up participating in the presidential election by agreement, guaranteeing that Yuan Shikai will be elected and will not change the president for ten years after being elected. And what about yourself? Once the alliance is lost, what capital is there to fight with Zhao Bingjun, Sun Yuanqi, Zhang Jian, etc.?

So the alliance will not fall! Not only can we not fail, but we must strive to become the largest party in the National Assembly! (To be continued.)

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