When Chen Xunen heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows and scolded: "Yang Gengguang, you dare to persuade the adult to resign, what is your intention!" ”

Sun Yuanqi glared at Chen Xunen for a while, and then asked in a harmonious voice, "Geng Guang, what do you mean?" ”

Yang Jie replied respectfully: "Mr. Mingjian, what the student said is not inferior in the slightest, just a matter of facts. Update fastest 78xs// Yuan Xiangcheng will definitely take into account the reaction of Mr. before agreeing to Zhao Zhi'an and others to join the Kuomintang; Since he knew the consequences and allowed Zhao Zhi'an and others to join the Kuomintang, it shows that he has made up his mind to deal with our New China Party, and he has no intention of retaining him." In that case, why should the gentleman be in love with the throne?

"And the congressional election is imminent, if Mr. insists on taking office, in addition to making Yuan Xiangcheng more suspicious, the slightest mistake will inevitably suffer from open guns and hidden arrows from the Beiyang Department and the Kuomintang, which will damage Mr.'s reputation. If he took the opportunity to retire, he could not only preserve his reputation and win more popular support, but also make the Kuomintang suffer from the backlash and its prestige plummeted. Pros and cons are compared, so students suggest that adults resign. ”

Sun Yuanqi sighed slightly: "Sun is not in love with the power of the stack and refuses to resign, but the education blueprint that he dreamed of sketching more than ten years ago has just been unfolded, and there are still many details that need to be improved. Moreover, the education subsidies we pay every year are as high as 10 million yuan, which is a big fat meat in the eyes of the central government and provincial governors, and everyone wants to take a bite of it. In the past, our New China Party occupied three seats in the cabinet, and they were still somewhat jealous; Once we quit all the time, those education subsidies are like fish to be slaughtered. A third of it can go into the hands of students, even if they have a conscience! ”

Chen Xunen said: "At the beginning, Yuan Xiangcheng promised that all education affairs in the country would be decided by adults, and the central government would not interfere. That's why we agreed to transfer all the taxes paid by the four provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Jinjin to the state education funds, regardless of the amount of taxes. Now that Yuan Xiangcheng has broken his word and deliberately forced the adult out of the cabinet, he will blame us for his injustice, and the adult can completely cut off all the funding supply while resigning.

"In the past, the Kuomintang only persuaded all cabinet members to join the party, with the intention of realizing a party cabinet early, which caused an uproar throughout the country. In many places, students even destroyed the Kuomintang's office premises. If the adults really resign and cut off all funding, I am afraid that millions of student unions across the country will rise up. forced Zhao Zhian to step down! ”

Sun Yuanqi shook his head and said: "First of all, I don't want students to get involved in political struggles, which was and is now. In the future, too. Secondly. Education is the foundation of the country, and funding is the guarantee of education, which has a great stake, and we must not cut off education funding just because someone goes. Anyone who violates these two articles is a person with ill intentions! Although Sun's talent is mediocre, he doesn't want to bear the infamy behind him. ”

Chen Xunen also shook his head: "My lord, I'm afraid that Yuan Xiangcheng and Zhao Zhi'an have eaten through your simple, pure, patriotic, and musical-educated nature, so they dare to force you to quit the cabinet unscrupulously!" The subordinates dare to persuade you. Although the officialdom must be even-hearted and kind to others, it is also necessary to be ruthless at critical moments. can do everything, just like Yuan Xiangcheng can betray Emperor Guangxu at the most important time of the Restoration. The so-called 'murder and arson of the gold belt, building bridges and repairing roads without corpses', it is useless to blindly be pure and good! ”

Sun Yuanqi smiled bitterly: "Why don't I understand the truth that 'people are good at being bullied, and horses are good at being ridden by others'?" It's just that people live a lifetime of grass and trees, and they always have some of their own ideals and pursuits. If you blindly chase fame and fortune, ignoring the needs of society and your own dreams, then what is the point of living in the world? ”

Yang Jie praised this: "Mr. can be described as 'beyond the image, in the ring'!" It is true that in officialdom, there is a lot of deception, and scheming is indispensable, but many things cannot be obtained by calculation alone, so there is a saying in officialdom that 'small victories rely on wisdom, and big victories rely on virtue'. Mr. can ignore the trap of Yuan Xiangcheng with an unbearable heart, and continue to care for students across the country, which is enough to make people all over the world want to see Mr. Gaofeng Liangjie. With this prestige, the world can be transported in the palm of his hand, let alone the chief of education?

"Besides, the time for Mr. to leave the post of chief of education will definitely not be too long, because the reputation of the Kuomintang will inevitably fall sharply after this battle, and even if it wins, it will be a miserable victory, and it will be difficult to resist the alliance between our New China Party and the Republican Party. At that time, the cabinet of Zhao Zhi'an announced the end, the cabinet of pure political parties will no longer be implemented, and our New China Party and the Republican Party will form a joint cabinet, and Mr. can not only continue to serve as the chief minister of education, but even the prime minister of the cabinet is not impossible! ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "If you are a high official, you will be troubled, and if you are troubled, you will be humiliated, how can you be as comfortable as a teacher?" ”

Chen Xunen was a little surprised: "Is the adult really ready to resign?" ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "Since Yuan Xiangcheng is so persecuted, I'm afraid that it will not work if he doesn't resign." However, I will assess the situation according to the development of the situation, and if things take a turn for the better, it is best to be able to give up. If there is no way to recover and I have to resign, I will discuss it with Zhang Siweng and Tang Yuweng in advance. ”

As a result, the next day, there was another major change in the cabinet that caught Sun Yuanqi by surprise: Lu Zhengxiang, who believed in Catholicism, announced his resignation without warning, and then Yuan Xiangcheng and Zhao Bingjun introduced a new foreign minister, Liang Ruhao.

Liang Ruhao, formerly known as Tao Zhao, Mengting, Mengting, the word Ruhao, and then the word line. He and Tang Shaoyi were both born in Tangjia Town, Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province, and in the twelfth year of Tongzhi (1873), they went to the United States to study together as the third batch of young children, and after returning to China, they served as the attaché of Li Hongzhang's German adviser Mu Linde, and went to North Korea to prepare for the establishment of customs, and then the two successively entered Yuan Shikai as a staff member. It can be said that the friendship between the two has been going on for decades since they were childish. When the government of the Republic of China moved north, Tang Shaoyi, who was the prime minister of the cabinet at the time, nominated Liang Ruhao as the chief of transportation, but he did not get the consent of Yuan Shikai and the provisional senate, but it also shows that the relationship between the two is irreversible.

This time, Yuan Xiangcheng and Zhao Bingjun launched Liang Ruhao to succeed him as Minister of Foreign Affairs, which naturally had the intention of comforting Tang Shaoyi, who had left his post. Of course, more importantly, Liang Ruhao is also a confidant of Yuan Shikai, and he had joined the Kuomintang before that. In other words, there are only three non-Kuomintang cabinet members left in the cabinet, including Sun Yuanqi, Zhang Jian, and Tang Shouqian!

In this case, Sun Yuanqi had to invite Zhang Jian and Tang Shouqian to discuss the issue of going and staying.

After chatting about Tiannan and Haibei, Sun Yuanqi said: "Si Weng, Yu Weng, the situation in Beijing has been turbulent recently, and I think the two seniors have heard of it. Since the reshuffle, the Kuomintang has been aggressive, and in addition to making speeches everywhere to attract people to join the party and create a big momentum for the year-end parliamentary election, it has also vigorously lobbied Zhao Zhi'an and other cabinet members in an attempt to create a purely political party cabinet in advance. Zhao Zhi'an and others pushed the boat down the river and joined the Kuomintang successively. Just yesterday, Lu Zixing, who had never joined the party, suddenly announced his resignation and was replaced by Liang Mengting, who had a dual background in the Beiyang and the Kuomintang. I don't know what the two seniors have about this situation? ”

Zhang Jian stroked the sparse beard on his chin and said: "Since they want to make trouble, then let them make trouble, what should we do ourselves, we can't be afraid of running into ghosts and not walking at night, right?" We are all cabinet members nominated by the Great Presidential Office and officially approved by the Senate, is it because I can't join the Kuomintang, and he Zhao Zhi'an still dares to dismiss us? ”

Tang Shouqian said: "What Si Weng said is not unreasonable, but now that most of the cabinet members are members of the Kuomintang, it is difficult for the three of us to move an inch without help, and it will be difficult to pass the proposal in the future, so what is the taste of being trapped in the cabinet?" It's better to quit and be pure! ”

Zhang Jian said: "Resigning is pure, but what is the use of purity? Even if we are trapped in the cabinet now, we can at least be aware of the dynamics of the cabinet in time, maintain the influence of our New China Party as the second largest party in the cabinet, and attract more votes for the upcoming congressional election. But once we resign, what is the difference between the New China Party and the Socialist Party, the Democratic Party, and other small and chaotic parties? Anger can be blown up, and so can influence. ”

Tang Shouqian said: "The reason why the New China Party can have such an influence today is not simply because of the maintenance of you and me in the cabinet, but because of Baixi's strength in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jin and other places. As long as its strength remains, there is no need to worry that our New China Party will degenerate into a small party like the Socialist Party and the Democratic Party, and it is not even impossible for us to form a separate government in the future. What we should consider now is how to preserve our strength and avoid becoming the key target of the Beiyang system and the Kuomintang! ”

Zhang Jian said: "Yes, the confidence of our New China Party does come from the power of the western provinces, but the western provinces also need to make their voices heard in the cabinet to avoid being arbitrarily slaughtered by the central government, which is also one of the reasons why we cannot withdraw from the cabinet!" Moreover, if we want to preserve the strength of our New China Party and avoid becoming a key target of attack by the Beiyang faction and the Kuomintang, the best way is to join the Kuomintang like all the people in the Beiyang faction, so that we can not only preserve our strength, but also stay in the cabinet. ”

"However, the party program of our New China Party clearly stipulates that party members are strictly prohibited from crossing the party!" Tang Shouqian prompted.

Zhang Jian disagreed: "The party program is set by people, and if it is changed, how can we be detained with dead words on paper?" Moreover, Baixi, you, and I happen to be the supreme leaders of the New China Party, and the affairs of the whole party depend on our words. Of course, our joining the Kuomintang is only a matter of friendship with the Beiyang faction and the Kuomintang, and it will not affect the independence of our New China Party itself. Baixi, what do you think? ”

Zhang Jian and Tang Shouqian both looked at Sun Yuanqi for a while. (To be continued......)

ps: Today's first update, make up for yesterday's!!