After Sun Yuanqi visited Yuan Shikai, tensions in the Congress quickly eased, and the people of the whole country breathed a sigh of relief. In the days that followed, the New China Party and the Civic Party began substantive discussions on drafting and revising the Constitution.

The chapter on "The President" does not exceed 1,000 words, both in the Provisional Constitution and in the "Draft Constitution" originally drafted by the Constitution Drafting Committee of the National Assembly, but it is not easy to finalize the content of less than 1,000 words.

For example, the question of whether the president can be deposed. From the point of view of the New China Party, since the president can be elected by the Congress, he should be able to be deposed by the Congress.

But the Civic Party does not see it that way, and they feel that since Congress has voted for a president, lawmakers should be responsible for their voting behavior and bear the consequences of voting. Otherwise, how can we maintain the political stability of the country if the parliamentarians elect a president today because of a certain promise, and tomorrow they will depose the president because of a slight disobedience? And how can the president be free-handed? Therefore, they believe that the president cannot be impeached in Congress except for serious crimes such as treason and murder during his term of office.

Another example is how the president dismisses the prime minister of the cabinet. The New China Party believes that since the premier of the cabinet is nominated by the president and voted by the House of Representatives, the president must submit to the House of Representatives for approval if he wants to remove the premier from the cabinet. Without the restraint of the House of Representatives, the president does not care whether the prime minister is competent or not. If you want to change it, what authority does the prime minister have at all? And so on. Isn't the prime minister weakened into an eagle dog raised by the president, ignoring the people's livelihood and suffering, and only knowing how to flatter and curry favor with the president?

For its part, the Civic Party thinks that if the president does not have the power to directly remove the prime minister, how can the president's authority be demonstrated? If the prime minister is able to control the House of Representatives, won't he be able to ignore the president's restraints and act arbitrarily and exacerbate the power struggle between the ministries and houses?

For the sake of this content, which is less than 1,000 words, the two sides have been arguing for nearly a month, and there is a tendency to stalemate again. I saw the ball at the door. But the lack of a kick in the door, and the feeling of being out of reach made Yuan Shikai anxious, and I don't know how many times he jumped and scolded in the presidential palace. Sun Yuanqi naturally did not make any more concessions at this time, and held an attitude of "I will not retreat if the enemy does not retreat" and watched the stalemate in the Congress coldly.

The struggle in the Congress was in full swing, and Sun Yuanqi's department was not idle in the south, and after more than two months of intense preparations, he finally persuaded Zhu Rui, the governor of Zhejiang. And coordinated the navy, land and air forces, and suddenly exposed their minions to Sun Daoren's ministry in Fujian on the occasion of the arrival of the Lunar New Year.

According to the plan, under the command of Zhu Shaoliang, former major general of the Second Brigade of the First Division of the Shaanxi Army, the Zhejiang Independent Brigade, which was first conducting exercises in the vicinity of Wenzhou and Chuzhou in southern Zhejiang, took it by surprise and broke through the three dangerous passes of Fushi Pass, Leishi Pass, and Fenshui Pass on the Zhejiang-Fujian border in one fell swoop. Immediately afterwards, the planes of the Guangdong Air Regiment, which were transferred to Chaozhou and Jiaying in northern Guangdong, also took off. In addition to throwing leaflets, he also dropped aerial bombs in the area of Gushan and flattened a hill before he left. On the same day, some ships of the Navy's First Fleet also approached Fuzhou from Mawei. A few shots were fired intimidatingly.

Under the all-round intimidation of the sea, land and air, Sun Daoren knew that he was powerless to resist. There was no much resistance, and in the afternoon of the same day, the whole country was electrified to announce the dismissal. Sun Yuanqi didn't expect Sun Daoren to be so vulnerable, and he announced his resignation cleanly with a little threat. In view of the fact that the situation in Fujian still needs to be maintained at this time, he could not find a suitable candidate to replace him for a while, so he had to quickly call back and keep him.

In the telegram, Sun Yuan first counted Sun Daoren's tremendous contributions to the recovery of Fujian and the pacification of the localities, and then said that the main purpose of this march into Fujian was to quell the banditry, rectify the armaments, and open up the communication between Guangdong and Zhejiang, as well as Shanghai and northern Jiangsu, but he had no intention of changing the pattern of the current Fujian provincial capital, so he asked Sun Daoren not to worry too much.

Sun Daoren has been in and out of officialdom for 30 years, and he has already become as slippery as a ghost. He knew that the reason why Sun Yuanqi sent troops into Fujian this time was because Sun Yuanqi took a fancy to the territory of Fujian, or that Sun Yuanqi needed more territory in the competition with Yuan Shikai, so there was the current disaster of war; He is just "innocent and guilty", and he suffered from the pond fish, not that he committed any heinous crime!

Although Sun Daoren's strength is not good, he still has the vision to judge the situation, and when he saw Sun Yuan getting up and calling to keep him, he immediately agreed. In the following telegram, Sun Daoren wrote: "Daoren knows that there is no way to govern the province, and the crime is not forgiven. However, the turmoil in Fujian Province was initially decided, the people's hearts were fluctuating, and the affairs were complicated, so it was impossible to leave no one to take care of it. From now on, Fujian Province should strictly abide by the orders of the State Council, and only Prime Minister Sun will look forward! ”

This telegram is equivalent to Sun Daoren's letter of allegiance and a letter of nomination!

Originally, Yuan Shikai was already exhausted for the affairs of the Congress, but suddenly heard the news that Sun Yuanqi sent troops into Fujian and Sun Daoren offered a book to surrender to Chengcheng, and he was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and he couldn't help but scold: "Sun Baixi, a bastard, dares to hide from the sky and deceive the old man!" If the old man does not avenge this arrow, he will not be a man! After scolding, I only felt a sweetness in my throat, and I couldn't help coughing up a few mouthfuls of blood, dark red blood snaked down the corners of my mouth and beard, and finally dripped on my chest and wet a large piece.

Yuan Keding, who was standing behind him and waiting, hadn't noticed it yet, and he was still scolding angrily. Liang Shiyi, who was sitting at the table to report the situation, looked at it squarely, and hurriedly stepped forward: "Dashuai, you!" ”

Yuan Shikai wanted to wave his hand to show that he was fine, but as soon as he raised his arm, his eyes suddenly turned black, he didn't have half the strength in his body, his head suddenly fell down, and he actually fainted on the rosewood desk.

By the time Yuan Shikai woke up, it was already more than one o'clock in the morning, Yuan Keding was sitting near the head of the bed, his eyes were not aimed at Yuan Kewen, Yuan Keduan and others behind him, and several wives and concubines of Yuan Shikai were silently wiping tears on the side, and their eyes were secretly looking around from time to time. The outside room was illuminated by high-wattage light bulbs as clear as day, Liang Shiyi, Zhao Bingjun, Duan Qirui, Yang Shiqi and other Yuan cronies sat on the Taishi chair like wood carving clay sculptures, and no one tasted half of the good fragrant tea, and they were relatively speechless with frowns.

Yuan Keding saw Yuan Shikai suddenly open his eyes, and couldn't help but whisper: "Father, you're awake!" ”

This sound seemed to be a signal, and the other sons quickly gathered around, and the cries of those wives and concubines suddenly became louder. Yuan Shikai frowned, struggled to sit up with Yuan Keding's support, and scolded: "The old man is not dead yet, what are you crying about!" When the old man really returns to the West one day, it will not be too late for you to cry. Ji'er, what about Yansun, Zhi'an, and Zhiquan? ”

Yuan Keding hesitated: "Father, they are all waiting outside!" Why don't you take care of your body first and see them tomorrow? ”

Yuan Shikai said unequivocally: "You go and call them in, and everyone else will go out!" ”

Liang Shiyi and the others suddenly heard a cry in the inner room, and thought that Yuan Shikai was so bad that he almost collapsed to the ground. Seeing that Yuan Keding came out to invite him, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After entering the house, Yuan Shikai put down the ginseng soup and asked, "Yansun, the news of the old man's unfeeling hasn't spread, right?" ”

Liang Yansun replied respectfully: "Returning to the handsome, whether it is the person who reported the news or the doctor who diagnosed the disease, they are all trustworthy people, and the news should not have been spread." ”

Yuan Shikai was a little self-deprecating: "It's really funny!" At the beginning, whether it was the coup d'état of the Empress Dowager of the West to imprison Emperor Dezongjing, or the Eight-Nation Coalition Army broke through the Beijing Division, forcing the Empress Dowager to hunt in the west, and even was dismissed from all positions and ordered to return to his hometown to recuperate, the old man was calm and behaved as usual. Who knew that today I suddenly heard that Sun Hui'an (Sun Daoren) had changed his banner, and the old man was so distracted that he fainted, which was really ridiculous! ”

Zhao Bingjun said: "Dashuai has always been in good health, and this fainting is just caused by emotional agitation, so there is no need to worry too much." The Japanese doctor I invited said that as long as you take care of yourself for a while, you will definitely be able to return to normal. ”

Yuan Shikai nodded, and said with a smile: "Recuperation for a period of time? It seems that it is not good to be old! Thinking back to 30 years ago, the old man fought with the Japanese army in Korea, and the guns and bullets were still bravely moving forward; Twenty years ago, I practiced with Zhujun at a small station in Tianjin, and I went out every day to drill at dawn and gallop on horseback, how fast! In a blink of an eye, the old man was nearly sixty years old, and he was almost the age of ear shun. The horse has not been ridden for a long time, and the body is declining day by day, which makes people sigh in the flesh! ”

Legend has it that the big-eared thief fled to Jingzhou and took refuge in a distant relative, Liu Biaomen, who lived a stable life for a few years. One day, Liu Biao had a treat, and the big-eared thief was also fortunate to attend, and Grandma Liu, who was used to living a hard life, called a mountain to eat and drink! Halfway through eating, he couldn't hold back and wanted to go to the toilet to empty his memory, but he burst into tears when he came back from the toilet. Liu Biao was very strange, so he asked, "Xuande, do you have a stomachache after eating?" The big-eared thief said: "At the beginning, I often did not leave the saddle (the main reason was that I often lost battles and rode a horse every day to escape), and both legs were muscles; Now that life is comfortable, there is no need to ride a horse, and both legs are about to become elephant legs. The sun and the moon are like galloping, the veteran is coming, and the merit is not built, it is a sad ear! ”

Yuan Shikai quoted this allusion, is it really fat on the legs? Or do you feel that "the veteran is coming, but the work is not built"? That's a lot of thinking. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m.qidian. )

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