For politicians, anything can be sold at a clear price, including birth, official position, treatment, discipline, and even life, love, and freedom. No pop-up update fast // If you can't buy it, it's because the price you paid is not high enough.

Since Sun Yuanqi and the others did not immediately turn their faces when they heard Feng Freedom's proposal, it fully shows that this matter is completely discussed. The crux of the matter is no longer whether it can be negotiated, but whether the price can be negotiated. Yang Du and Yang Yongtai wantonly listed their own advantages and attacked each other's defects, just like picking a big radish in the vegetable market, just trying to get a good price.

Liu Mingzhao saw through the intentions of the two at a glance, directly tore off the high-sounding excuses outside, and raised the most essential and core questions.

This point-to-the-point question made Sun Yuanqi's hard work to create a favorable momentum empty. In the final analysis, Sun Yuanqi, Yang Du and others are still scholars, they pay attention to gentleness and elegance, and they really don't want to directly declare ugly and dirty things, they always want to hide and put on a sanctimonious coat outside. This is also the practice of officialdom and academic circles.

Unexpectedly, Liu Mingzhao didn't play cards according to the routine at all, and released a straight ball, which caught Sun Yuanqi and others off guard.

Yang Ducai smiled for a long time: "Our adults think that the Chinese nation does not distinguish between Yi Di and Barbarians, Han and Manchu to return to Tibet, but in fact, the original intention is to hope that all the people will be born equal regardless of rich and poor, noble and low, race, and skin color. Of course, we disagree with your party's much-hyped policy of 'expelling the Tartars and restoring China,' but we are even more dissatisfied with the imperial court's policy of 'noble and undignified men'. In order to achieve the goal that all men are created equal, it is necessary to overthrow the Manchu imperial rule over China and establish a new state of democratic republic. In this respect, we adults are not averse to revolution. ”

After Yang Du's hard work, he finally pulled back the deviated theme.

Liu Mingzhao didn't care about Yang Du's feelings at all, and once again hit a straight ball: "That is to say, as long as the Republic of China government announces that it will give up the idea of 'driving out the Tartars and restoring China', Lord Sun will lead the troops anyway." Support the revolution? ”

Yang Du stared at him like a fool: "Of course this is not enough!" You must ensure that our lords have enough power in the government so that future policies will not harm our interests. ”

Yang Du's words are very mysterious: what should the government do to ensure that the policies introduced do not harm Sun Yuanqi's interests? Quite simply, the policy can be formulated by Sun Yuanqi's side. Ability to develop policies. At least it has to be a cabinet minister or above, right? Maybe it's the president, the prime minister, the speaker of the National Assembly, and the ultimate boss!

As the saying goes: "If you ask for a price in the sky, you will pay it back on the spot." "Yang Du has already set a price, and the rest should be bargained by the revolutionary party. Of course, how to bargain is not Liu Mingzhao's share. Feng Liberty has also finished healing and regained his spirits: "If Mr. Sun agrees to support the revolution and strike a blow against the Qing court, after the establishment of the government of the Republic of China." The gentleman can enter the cabinet and serve as the chief of education. ”

Yang Yongtai sneered: "Enter the cabinet? As the Director of Education? What a big deal! Don't forget, our Lord Sun is now the Minister of Education in the Cabinet, and he is also the Governor of Sichuan. Could it be that the hard work is just to serve as one less governor? Since this is so insincere, then you can go back and rest early! ”

The Minister General of Education was only the bottom line of Feng Freedom's bid, and when he saw Yang Yongtai's opposition, he immediately began to increase: "What about the Minister of Internal Affairs?" ”

In the sequence of governments of the Republic of China. The position of the Minister of Internal Affairs in the Cabinet is the third highest in the cabinet after the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and it is a sought-after position. It's much more popular than the head of education of Qingshui Yamen. But compared with the goals in Yang Du and Yang Yongtai's hearts, there is still a big gap.

Yang Du was just about to speak, but Sun Yuanqi, who had been drinking tea on the side and watching from the wall, suddenly said: "Contemptible people are only shallow in their studies, and they don't know anything about the country's military and political affairs. If the revolution succeeds in the future, and the government of the Republic of China does not dislike Sun, the contemptible people are willing to recommend themselves to serve as the chief of education. ”

Yang Du was shocked and stood up: "Baixi——! ”

Feng Liberty was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Is this true?" ”

Sun Yuanqi stretched out his hand to stop Yang Du and Yang Yongtai, and said calmly: "A gentleman's word." Horses are hard to chase! However, Sun has a few additional conditions. ”

"Mr. Sun, please speak!" Feng Liberty's face was full of joy.

Sun Yuanqi said: "First, the Ministry of Education should be in charge of the five parts of science, education, culture, health, and sports, and the affairs of the ministry and the major primary and secondary schools and academic organizations under its jurisdiction will not allow other government departments to interfere at will. ”

According to Sun Yuanqi, this Ministry of Education is big. In terms of the current structure of the State Council, it includes at least four constituent departments of the State Council: the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Health; 4 agencies directly under the State Council: the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the General Administration of Press and Publication (Copyright Office), the General Administration of Sports, and the Intellectual Property Office; 6 institutions directly under the State Council: Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Earthquake Administration, Natural Science Foundation; and five national bureaus managed by ministries and commissions of the State Council: the Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs, the Bureau of Cultural Relics, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It's almost half of the State Council!

For politicians in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, they believed that the important ones were foreign affairs, internal affairs, army, navy, finance, agriculture and commerce, transportation, justice, and other departments with power and money. Science, education, culture, public health, and sports are simply dispensable, and can only be given to the opposition parties as consolation prizes.

Now that Sun Yuanqi is rushing to ask for this piece of chicken ribs, how can Feng Freedom not like it? Almost as soon as Sun Yuanqi's voice fell, he nodded and agreed.

Sun Yuanqi spoke rashly before, which had already made Yang Du lose a good opportunity to blackmail, and at this time, he was afraid that Sun Yuanqi would waste the opportunity again, so he hurriedly said: "Baixi, since you want to be the chief of education, we can't object. It's just that in this additional condition, and allow Yang to make his own assertions! ”

Sun Yuanqi felt quite guilty about making his own decision to be the chief of education just now regardless of the feelings of Yang Du and others, and when he heard this, he nodded and said, "Huizi, please speak!" ”

Yang Du pondered for a moment before saying, "Our second rule is that the government of the Republic of China established in the future must recognize that Lord Sun has the right to administer in Sichuan and other places under his control. ”

Feng Freedom blinked, as if wondering if there was another mechanism in Yang Du's words.

Yang Du explained: "Lord Sun was originally the governor of Sichuan, and he was going to bring thousands of soldiers from the 44th Mixed Association under his command into Sichuan to quell the rebellion. The soldiers trekked through mountains and rivers, ate and slept in the open, and went through a lot of hardships to come to the border of Sichuan and Shaanxi, just to make a name for themselves on the battlefield. Now that Lord Sun is righteous, he has to find a place for these hard-working soldiers, right? ”

"Okay." Feng Liberty reluctantly agreed to this, "Then Mr. Sun, what other conditions do you have?" ”

Sun Yuanqi couldn't think of any other conditions for a while, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Liu Mingzhao sitting next to him, his heart moved, and he pointed at him and said: "The third is that I hit this little brother at first sight and wanted to leave him as the captain of my guard." ”

Yang Du and Yang Yongtai looked at each other.

Feng Liberty was also a little surprised: "Keep him?" ”

Liu Mingzhao lost his composure even more: "Let me be the captain of the guards? ”

It's no wonder that everyone is suspicious. Liu Mingzhao is only 19 years old and was born into a poor peasant family in Zhangjiaba, Kaixian County, Sichuan. I went to a private school before, went to a high school, and was later admitted to a government middle school. He joined the student army after the rise of the Sichuan Road Protection Movement, and until now, his military experience has not been more than three months. Sun Yuanqi had to sacrifice a precious additional request for him, and said that he would be appointed captain (similar to a company commander). Is there anything more ridiculous than that?

Sun Yuanqi was serious, his face was serious, and he didn't look like a joke at all. Feng Freedom looked at his bodyguard again, wanting to see what was so good about him, and said for a long time: "Mr. left Brother Bo Chengxian, and there is no objection to it. It's just that whether Brother Bo Chengxian can stay or not depends on his own intentions. ”

Liu Mingzhao thought for a moment and replied: "Thanks to Mr. Sun's blue eyes, it is better to obey his fate than to be respectful." But Bo Cheng didn't want to stay in the guards, and was willing to serve as a platoon officer in the front army, even if it was a shed officer, and liaise with the Baolu Comrade Army in various parts of Sichuan, so as to avoid the addition of swords and soldiers, and recover Sichuan as soon as possible! ”

Sun Yuanqi knew the truth that "pine can't grow in a flower pot, and an eagle can't fly in a birdcage", and he also read the story of pulling seedlings to help grow and hurt Zhongyong, and understood that the general did not have a crash course, so he agreed with Liu Mingzhao's idea after a little silence.

As the saying goes, "You can't hold fire in paper." "What's more, this fire was not deliberately wrapped in paper at all? The news of Zhao Jingxing's recovery of Xi'an and Yan Xishan's recovery of Taiyuan quickly spread, and the latest person to get the news was naturally Yuan Shikai, who was spying all over the world.

At this time, Yuan Shikai was supervising the battle on the front line in Hubei, and the Beiyang Army and the revolutionary army were facing each other in the compartment, and the sound of artillery was incessant day by day. The war on the front line along the river in Wuhan is blazing, and the smoke of gunpowder is dense. Of course, Yuan Shikai didn't use all his strength, if he had exerted twelve points of strength, he would have already recovered the entire territory of Hubei. However, he was not in a hurry, and while he was fighting with the revolutionary army, he sent people to have close contact with the revolutionaries in private.

After dinner on November 5, Yuan Shikai came to the headquarters as usual, and reviewed the gains and losses of today's battle with Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui, Ni Sichong and other cronies, arranged tomorrow's battle plan, and exchanged feelings by the way. On the third watch, everyone was about to disperse, and an urgent telegram came from the telegraph room. After reading it, Yuan Shikai did not circulate it to everyone as before, but covered it up easily, and said slowly for a long time: "Everyone, tomorrow's battle plan will be canceled!" ”

Ni Sichong couldn't hold back the words in his stomach, and immediately asked out loud: "Dashuai, what happened?" ”

Yuan Shikai said leisurely: "In the past, I thought that there were only three and a half people in the world who could really pass Hanlin, Zhang Youqiao (Zhang Peilun), Xu Juren (Xu Shichang), and Yang Lianfu (Yang Shixiang), which were counted as three whole people, and Zhang Jizhi (Zhang Jian) was counted as half. Now it seems that I missed one! (To be continued.) )