Tang Tianxi opened the envelope and took out the letter paper, read Zhao Bingjun's suicide note in ten lines at a glance, and then replied: "Zhao Zhi'an mainly thanked the marshal for his kindness for so many years in the letter, and asked the marshal to forgive him for his sins. Welcome to read // As for the last wish, there is only one wish, and that is to implore the marshal to allow him to be buried near Chongling. If not, it is okay to be buried near the Lianggezhuang Palace. ”

Chongling is the mausoleum of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, and it is also the last mausoleum of the emperors of all dynasties in China, located in the scope of the Western Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty, in the first year of Xuantong (1909) shortly after the death of Emperor Guangxu, the second year of the Republic of China (1913) that is, the underground palace was completed last year, the coffin of Guangxu and the Empress Longyu who had just died of illness were able to enter the soil for peace, before his Zigong Palace has been temporarily stored in the Guande Hall of the Forbidden City.

Yuan Shikai obviously didn't expect Zhao Bingjun's last wish to be this, and he was silent for a long time before saying: "Although Zhao Zhi'an said that he was grateful to the old man for his kindness, in fact, he was most grateful and guilty of Emperor Dezongjing. In his opinion, it is precisely because of Emperor Dezongjing's eclectic meritocracy that he was able to gradually rise from a soldier and a historian to a governor and a squire, but he forced the orphans and widows of the Empress Dowager Longyu to issue an edict of abdication during the Xinhai period, so he was still angry until his death, and wanted to be buried near Chongling to express both the intention of arching and guarding, and also to express the feeling of atonement. ”

Tang Tianxi said: "Then should we promise him?" ”

Yuan Shikai said: "The so-called 'beauty of a gentleman as an adult, not the evil of an adult.'" Since Zhi'an has such a good heart, we should try our best to fulfill his last wish, so why bother to be this wicked person? ”

Tang Tianxi replied immediately: "Yes, let's do it!" ”

Yuan Shikai waved his hand: "This matter is not in a hurry, the old man still has two things to explain to you, now that Yansun and Huizi have passed away, the people around him are half-hearted, only to trouble you!" The first thing we did was to call the whole country, and quickly summon the reporters of various newspapers to release the news, informing us that the newspapers under our control were printing numbers, saying that Zhao Zhi'an was plotting to seize power. He killed Liang Yansun, secretary general of the Great Presidential Office, and privately signed a traitorous treaty with the Japanese minister in China.

"The second thing is to cooperate with Nguyen Dou Zhan to deal with the affairs of the Congress as soon as possible. As soon as the official president is elected, he immediately announced the dissolution of the Civic Party and agreed to Sun Baixi's previous proposal to expel and punish KMT legislators, and deprive all KMT legislators of their qualifications. Confiscate their credential badges to ensure that Congress is difficult to convene in the next two years. ”

Tang Tianxi was puzzled, but he still replied cleanly: "Humble obedience!" ”

Yuan Shikai seemed to see Tang Tianxi's doubts, and immediately explained: "Yunting, do you think it's unkind for the old man to pour dirty water on Zhao Zhi'an?" It is said that the dead are the greatest, and Zhao Zhian has followed the old man for most of his life. There is no merit and hard work, and now we should try our best to protect his honor, why should the old man be so ruthless? The old man is also forced to do this! In the past, we have become infamous for coercing the Congress and besieging the headquarters of the New China Party; Now, coupled with the signing of such a traitorous treaty with Japan, I am afraid that we have already become the target of thousands of people, and in the eyes of the people of the whole country, we are completely equivalent to Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, and the generation of chickens and dogs and thieves disdain to be with us. What's more, my Beiyang group is full of talents?

"We are worried about falling apart internally, and Sun Baixi outside is surging with national public opinion, and if we are not careful, the Beiyang group that we have been operating for decades will be wiped out in one day. At this time, the old man had no choice but to give up his car to protect the handsome, and exchange Zhao Zhi'an's sex naming festival for the understanding and support of the people of the whole country for our Beiyang group, and then rely on the power of the president to compete with Sun Baixi. The reason, can you understand Yunting? ”

Tang Tianxi replied solemnly: "I understand my humble duties!" ”

Yuan Shikai sighed and then said: "Maybe some people will criticize the old man for loving power, and would rather sell the country and destroy the republic than give up the presidency." As everyone knows, looking around the country, who dares to claim that he is more suitable to be the president than the old man? Zaifeng can't do it! He is only suitable for being an idle prince who grows flowers and vegetables, walks horses and birds. Sun Yat-sen can't do it either! Although he has a thousand words in his mouth, he really has no plan in his chest, and what he is best at is to deceive the world and deceive people's hearts. Such people still talk about governing the country and the people, do they really think that there is no one in the country? Huang Keqiang and Li Songqing are even worse! At most, they can be a division commander who keeps to themselves, and they can't even go to the battlefield, and they will definitely lose nine out of ten battles on the battlefield. and Sun Baixi. He was a merry man and a scholar in his prosperous days, but in troubled times, he inevitably begged for food and starved to death on the side of the road. Now to be able to do the post of prime minister, in addition to the shadow of the ancestors, it is completely lucky!

"Although the old man admits that he is not as good as the Qin Emperor, Han Wu, Tang Sect and Song Zu and other virtuous monarchs. But I am confident that I can slightly outperform the above people, so this is the right thing to do! However, the Kuomintang and the New China Party thought that the old man was fighting for power and profit, and he was hindering the Congress and the cabinet everywhere, and the old man really couldn't bear it, so he coerced the Congress and besieged the New China Party. Those who know me say I'm worried, and those who don't know me say what I want! It's not that the old man boasts, if it is a few years of pretending to me, I will definitely be able to level the division and unify the provinces in the country, and then mention my Beiyang elite soldiers, defeat the Japanese in the east, collect Kulen in the north, expel Tsarist Russia, and return me to China! ”

Hearing these words, Tang Tianxi's blood boiled and his heart shook, and he replied in a loud voice at the moment: "Others don't understand the good intentions of the handsome, but Yunting understands!" Yunting is willing to follow the handsome, do his best, and serve the dogs and horses! ”

Yuan Shikai also replied angrily: "As long as Yunting does not live up to Yuan, Yuan will never live up to Yunting in this life!" ”

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Although Tang Tianxi often stays in the presidential palace, how to make a telegram and release news is still a big girl in a sedan chair - the first time! Even with the assistance of other secretaries of the Great Presidential Office, it took two or three hours to deliver all the contents of Yuan Shikai's explanation and the expensive transportation expenses to the reporters and newspapers who should be delivered, but the specific results will not be known until tomorrow.

Because of this, Tang Tianxi is also fully aware of Sun Yuanqi's technical advantages.

For example, now, there are only two ways for Tang Tianxi to publish a piece of news, one is to ask the newspaper to publish the news, not to mention the weekly, ten-month, and monthly newspapers with a long cycle, even if the newspaper company of the descendant line agrees to give the publication number, from receiving the news content to plate making, to printing, distribution, and delivery, it will not take half a day to get down! The other is to electrify the whole country, similar to the current mobile phone mass text messaging.

It is said that the people of the Republic of China have a soft spot for electrification, and they want to be electrified when they come to power, they want to be electrified when they go to the field, they want to be electrified when they are committed, they want to be electrified for commendations, they are electrified for condemnation, they are electrified for crusading, they are electrified for peace talks, and even students rise up to march and teachers are owed salaries to electrify the whole country. There are two disadvantages of electricity, one is expensive, how can it cost hundreds of oceans to send out a single electricity! Well, as long as the whole country can be informed quickly, the Grand Presidential Palace is not short of this money. But who can have the luxury of installing a radio receiver to listen to the nation's electricity? That's the second feature, the audience is too narrow.

The China Broadcasting Corporation, which is controlled by Sun Yuanqi, is the only radio station in China at present, and it naturally does not show any tendency in broadcasting news in normal times, but when it comes to critical moments, every news it broadcasts has undergone heavy scrutiny to ensure that public opinion is favorable to Sun Yuanqi and the New China Party. Of course, in addition to tendencies, the most important thing is the timeliness of the broadcast. After receiving the news content, it can be broadcast on a rolling basis after more than ten or twenty minutes, and it will be known throughout the country. By the time the Beiyang Department used electricity and newspapers to publish news, the daylily had already cooled!

Fortunately, radios are more expensive nowadays, and they have not yet spread to thousands of households, but can this amount of money compare with installing a telegraph and hiring a few round-the-clock translators and transmitters? What's more, the radio can be easily carried with a battery, and the telegraph is so convenient? The upper class paid attention to the taste of life and never lacked that little money, so the radio soon became the standard equipment in the home and office of the upper class, and there was a tendency to gradually spread to the middle class.

It was precisely because it was not easy to publish the telegram and the news that Tang Tianxi simply combined the two things that Yuan Shikai confessed about framing Zhao Bingjun, dissolving the Civic Party, and expelling the Kuomintang, and directly made them all public. He thought that when he left the Congress, the lawmakers had already begun to fill out their ballots, and now that more than four hours had passed, how could the election results be known, right? Why wait so much longer!

When these things were done, he hurried to the National Assembly, ready to collect the certificates and badges of the Kuomintang members. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived halfway, he met the soldiers under his command who were wearing makeup to surround the Congress, Tang Tianxi hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted to stop him and asked, "Why did you withdraw back?" Who gave the order? ”

"Back to Brigade Commander, it was Secretary General Ruan who ordered us to retreat!" The leading battalion commander replied.

"So what's going on over there in Congress? Is there a president? Tang Tianxi asked again.

The battalion commander replied: "The National Assembly has been released in accordance with Secretary General Nguyen's order, and the parliamentarians have dispersed. As for the election of the president, there should be no result, right? Since you, Brigade Commander, have left, Secretary-General Nguyen has ordered us to temporarily withdraw from the venue and wait for further information. Just now there was a rumor that Mr. Zhao Zhi'an died of a violent illness at home, and Secretary-General Nguyen immediately ordered us to lift the strictness and release the legislators, and the election of the president was naturally fruitless. ”

"What? Why did Ruan Douzhan give such an order? Where is Nguyen Douzhan now? Tang Tian was so angry that he almost jumped to his feet and scolded, but no one on the scene could answer this question.

Perhaps only Ruan Zhongshu himself knows the reason: in the process of Zhao Bingjun's murder of Liang Shiyi, he played the role of an accomplice. Now that Zhao Bingjun has been corrected, he estimates that he will not be able to escape death! After weighing the pros and cons, Ruan Zhongshu decided to sell himself a good fortune to the New China Party and leave a way for himself to survive in the future. After releasing all the members of the National Assembly, Nguyen Trung Shu also fled.

Tang Tianxi knew that now was not the time to go crazy, so he immediately ordered: "Go back quickly, and bring all the councilors you meet on the way!" ”

In fact, even Tang Tianxi himself knew that this move was completely futile, because the parliamentarians looked no different from ordinary people, how could the soldiers distinguish them? What's more, the New China Party deputies are all picked up and dropped off by cars, and so much time has passed, how can it be possible to catch up with the more than 300 congressmen with the legs of soldiers? (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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