Suffice it to say, Yuan Shikai left Sun Yuanqi with a rich political legacy, including a weak president, a broken Congress, a disintegrating Beiyang group, revolutionaries who fled abroad, and a dominant New China Party.

The most wonderful thing is that the third largest party, the Civic Party, has announced its dissolution, and the Civic Party legislators have been dissolved after learning that Liang Shiyi died of an unfatal tree; The second largest party, the Kuomintang, was even more dilapidated, and KMT legislators fled to avoid expulsion and punishment. At present, the number of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives simply does not reach the quorum for the convening of the National Assembly, that is to say, unless new members are elected, the day when Li Yuanhong, the acting interim president, will become a regular president will be far away, the National Assembly will no longer be constrained, and Sun Baixi's cabinet will become the only legitimate government certified by the National Assembly.

To paraphrase a popular phrase in later generations: the revolutionary situation is not a small good, nor a medium good, but a great good!

Seeing that Sun Yuanqi took the capital directly with a great victory, not only did Wu Tongjia think that Sun Yuanqi would kill the whole Beiyang group, but even the people of the whole country thought that the New China Party would take this opportunity to exterminate the Beiyang group. The governors of Beiyang, important government officials, and commanders of various divisions and brigades were all worried, waiting for the dismissal order that might come at any time.

However, Sun Yuanqi did not rush into Beijing, but first held a small-scale top-secret meeting in Datong, which was attended mainly by Sun's provincial governors, division and brigade commanders, and important party members. If these people are served in one pot, it is estimated that the New China Party will also fall apart like the Beiyang system!

Most of the participants were old acquaintances and had not seen each other for two or three years. Now that the New China Party has won a great victory, it is inevitable to exchange heartfelt complaints when we meet. There are also some people who have recently joined the ranks (such as Tan Yanmin and Sun Daolin), or those who have just been promoted in the past two years to be eligible for the conference (such as Liu Mingzhao and Feng Jishan). If you meet, you should also say a few words of greeting. For a while, there was a lot of laughter in the venue. But when Sun Yuanqi, Tang Shouqian, and Yang Du, who had just saved the day, walked into the venue, everyone saw that although they were also a little happy, they were more solemn, and it was obvious that something crucial had happened. At that moment, everyone closed their mouths in amusement and waited for Sun Yuanqi's instructions.

After Sun Yuan sat down, he cleared his throat and began to say: "Three years ago, that is, in the early spring of the third year of Xuantong (1911). Sun Mou had just been promoted from Zuo Shilang of the School to the Secretary of the School, Yu Weng (Tang Shouqian) was the chairman of the Zhejiang Advisory Bureau, and Mr. Zu An (Tan Yanhong) was the chairman of the Hunan Advisory Bureau. Mr. Huian (Sun Daoren) is the governor of Fujian, but most of the people here are still in the middle and lower strata of society, working hard for survival and future, and it is estimated that no one expected that there would be such a scene today. Including Sun himself, there is no one!

"The situation has changed in the past three years. The political arena is turbulent, and we have all seen the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, the rise of the Republic of China, the defeat of Sun Huang, and the dispersion of Beiyang. Fortunately, thanks to your solidarity and our good luck, we have been able to get to where we are now. At present, Yuan Xiangcheng is driving west due to illness, and we can be regarded as picking up a ripe peach that we have fallen. For a long time to come, the New China Party will govern the country, and it is estimated that even the people in Beiyang, who are opposed to us, will not doubt this. ”

When everyone at the meeting heard this, they all smiled, and they felt honored.

Sun Yuanqi immediately changed his words: "It can be seen that everyone is full of ambition, in fact, Sun Mou is also a little complacent." But in addition to being happy. Sun felt more panicked! Because Sun was just a teacher before, he may still know a little about sound, light, and electricity. But he doesn't know anything about the rules and regulations, politics and law. I think most of you here are halfway monks for this path, right? In the words of a great man in the past, we went to Beijing this time, and it was called 'going to Beijing to rush for the exam', and if we failed the exam, we would return it, and if we returned it, we would fail. We must not be Li Zicheng, we must get a good score in the exam! ”

Everyone only thought that the great man Sun Yuanqi called in his mouth was his grandfather Sun Jianai or something else, but they never expected that this person was actually the great grandfather who opened the world in another time and space and swept away all cows, ghosts, snakes and gods!

Tang Shouqian also said: "Li Zicheng may still be a little far away, the success or failure of Sun Yat-sen, Yuan Xiangcheng and others is all in front of him, and now one is in exile overseas because of greed for power and profit, and the other regrets Jiuquan because of perverse behavior and rebellion against relatives, how can my generation not learn from it?" ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "What the stinger said is extremely true! A small victory is pride, a big victory is even more proud, and you will eventually suffer a big loss in the future. How to avoid this problem, it is really worth noting! Especially at the moment, many people think that the Beiyang Army is declining, and we can sweep the world and eat all directions, and shout and kill at Beiyang at every turn, and ask questions about dismissal, looking forward to being able to increase officials and become knights, seal wives and sons, and have a group of wives and concubines, and a hall full of gold and jade. I forgot how many pounds and taels I had!

"Sun made it clear here that in addition to necessary adjustments, we will not make too many changes to Beiyang in the next one or two years, and your official positions will not be promoted much. In the past few days, Chief Changqing (Yang Yongtai) has not taken the trouble to take some time to start from two aspects: first, starting with the Ministry of the Interior, strictly investigating officials at all levels in various provinces who bend the law and twist the law for personal gain, and severely punish them to set an example; On the other hand, starting from within the party, formulate a number of guidelines for party members to be honest and honest in politics, and if there is a crime, the crime will be added to the first! In my opinion, you should do your job honestly in the future, so as not to let Sun catch the handle and become the rooster that scares the monkey. ”

Hearing Sun Yuanqi's statement, the participants were happy and worried.

The good thing is that Tan Yanmin, Sun Daoren and others, who later joined the Sun family, were already in high positions and could not be promoted, and now they can maintain their power, even if they are supreme grace, otherwise they will be transferred from the position of governor above 10,000 people under one person to Beijing to serve as a nominal deputy minister or a nominal adviser to the State Council.

The worry is that those who have followed Sun Yuanqi for a long time are the cronies of the lineage, they are even backwards, and their qualifications and experience cannot be compared with those old fritters, and they have only been in the official career for two or three years, and those who are lucky such as Zhao Jingxing, Yan Xishan, Cheng Ziyin, etc., have already paid homage to the governor, and more are still struggling in the position of brigade commander and deputy division commander. Although these positions are beyond the reach of ordinary people in a lifetime, who doesn't want to be able to take the next step in their lives? Especially now that the country has been decided, it is the best time to reward merit, and the defeated Beiyang system occupies so many important positions, they have been looking forward to it for a long time. Unexpectedly, Sun Yuanqi actually said, "Your official positions will not be promoted much", how can everyone not be disappointed?

Sun Yuanqi seemed to see the disappointed expressions of most people, and immediately said coldly: "I saw that many people here showed frustration, what are you frustrated?" Do you really think that now is the time for Ma Fang Nanshan to reward meritorious deeds? Today's participants are all their own people, and Sun may as well tell you the truth: You are very wrong! In half a year, we will usher in an unprecedented life and death test, if we are lucky to win, the prosperity of the natural country and the prosperity of the nation are just around the corner; If we are defeated, I am afraid that Sun and all of you here will become sinners of the country and the nation! ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and many people secretly speculated in their hearts: Is it to go on an expedition to Kulun?

As Sun Yuanqi's hardcore confidant, the upright Cheng Ziyin couldn't help but ask: "Master, what are you talking about?" ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "I think you should all know the "Treaty of the Three Peoples" signed by Zhao Zhian and the Japanese Minister to China, Enjiro Yamaza, right? The first of these was the promise that Japan would inherit all German rights and interests in Shantung in the future if the time was right. Although Germany is now in trouble with Japan because of this clause, we must also see two points from this: First, Germany has no time to look eastward at all, otherwise it will not engage in a senseless war of words with Japan; Second, Japan's ambitions for China's Shandong are clearly exposed, and as long as the time is right, it will inevitably make some moves.

"Is there an opportunity for Japan to be tempted in the future? The answer, of course, is yes! According to the mutual corroboration of intelligence services and research institutes, Germany will have a big fight with Britain in Europe in the second half of this year, and at that time Japan will inevitably launch an attack on the German troops stationed in East Asia in accordance with the "Treaty of Alliance" signed between Britain and Japan. Where was the headquarters of the German army in East Asia? Jiaozhou, Shandong. The drunkard meaning of Japan's army is obvious! ”

Cheng Ziyin couldn't help but be angry: "What, little Japan dares to stretch out its hand to our Shandong?" I chopped his dog paws! ”

Sun Yuanqi continued: "Once Japan enters and occupies Shandong, what should we do? Will you sit idly by, or will you raise your troops to fight? Some people may say that the Japanese Navy and Army are extremely strong, first defeated Korea, then defeated the Qing Dynasty, and then defeated Tsarist Russia, and fought all over East Asia. Furthermore, it was the former Qing government that signed the "Jiao-Macao Concession Treaty" and leased Jiaozhou Bay to Germany, and it was the Beiyang government that signed the "Sino-Japanese Treaty of Civil Affairs" and sold Jiaozhou Bay and even Shandong to Japan.

"It's true that we don't have to fight this war, but if we don't fight, how will the people of the whole country view us? Civil War Insider, Foreign War Outsider? Only care about your own wealth and don't care about the survival of the country? Sun might as well tell you that this battle is not only about my Sun Yuanqi's face and the honor and disgrace of our whole party, but also about the gains and losses of Shandong and the rise and fall of the country. ”

Sun Yuanqi's words were sonorous and powerful, and the whole audience was shocked.

Zhao Jingxing stood up and said: "Xingzhi led all the gentry, military and civilians in Shanxi to fully support Mr. to make a decision, and fight to the death with the invading enemy!" ”

Yan Xishan also hurriedly stood up: "I, the 50 million soldiers and civilians in Sichuan, also fully support Mr.'s decision, and fight with Little Japan endlessly!" ”

"And I'm Shaanxi!"

"The children of Sanxiang are in this national crisis, and they will never be left behind!"

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Provincial governors and division and brigade commanders stood up one after another to express their positions. (To be continued.)

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