Sun Yuanqi also hesitated at this time: how to settle the parliament and how to settle other political parties, this is the key! If you give less, others will not be satisfied; If you give too much, how can the New China Party still control the cabinet?

Yang Du also knew that he could not meddle in this kind of personnel issue, so he kept silent rationally. Fastest update 78 //

After a while, Sun Yuanqi said: "In addition to the fact that the prime minister of the cabinet must be our person, there are still ten seats left, and I plan to occupy four of them from the New China Party, namely the Minister of Internal Affairs, and I plan to be appointed by you-" Yang Du has been of great help to Sun Yuanqi over the years, and he is a real "chief adviser". For a long time after he was retained as the chief of civil affairs in Sichuan, Sun Yuanqi did not handle government affairs easily, but fortunately, Yang Jie returned to China soon and helped him for a period of time before he barely survived the difficulties.

If Yang Du said, now is the best opportunity to reward merit. And now that Yang Jie is studying in Germany, it is really inseparable from Yang Du to deal with some major issues at this time, such as saving Song Jiaoren just now. As for the vacant position of Sichuan Civil Affairs Chief, it can be used to vacate the cage for birds, and it may as well be given to Shaanxi Civil Affairs Minister Qian Nengxun or Sichuan Internal Affairs Minister Chen Xiao, both of whom have performed very well in recent times.

"Don't!" Yang Du hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I am lazy in life, and the chief of internal affairs is busy, which is really not what Yang wants." If Baixi really has the heart to show love, it is better to entrust Yang to the director or deputy director of the Secretariat of a certain State Council! ”

It can be said that as a leader, the most important thing is the personnel power and the financial power, and these two powers must be firmly in the hands of their own cronies, but it is necessary to say that the leaders are the most close to the people. But it was not the turn of the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of Finance, and seven or eight out of ten of the first places were his secretaries. Although the head of the Secretariat of the State Council is not a member of the Cabinet, he is no less important than any other member of the Cabinet. Let's take the simplest example. In the same vein as the Secretariat of the State Council during the Republic of China is the current General Office of the State Council, the person in charge of the Secretary-General has always been concurrently served by the State Councilor, and the administrative level is the vice state level, which is one level higher than the ordinary ministers of the ministries of the State Council!

Seeing that Yang Duqing was sincere, Sun Yuanqi didn't persuade him much: "Okay, you can be wronged and serve as the director of the Secretariat of the State Council." The chief of internal affairs is Yang Changqing; followed by the chief of the navy, to be held by Chiang Kai-shek; the third is the chief financial officer, who is proposed to be Meng Yongsheng (Meng Zhaochang); The fourth is the Minister of Education. It's up to me to take it upon myself. ”

The Minister of the Interior is in charge of major domestic affairs such as civil governance, police affairs, and Xinjiang management, and can be called the first department of the Cabinet. Yang Yongtai is the secretary general of the New China Party and has made great contributions in the congressional election. The post of Chief of Internal Affairs is also well deserved.

Let Jiang Zhiqing be the chief of the navy is to follow Yang Du's advice. Make room for the rotation of governors in the provinces to avoid the phenomenon of tail overheading in the future. If a world war breaks out next year, the Navy can still make a difference. As for the veteran Navy Commanders Sa Zhenbing and Liu Guanxiong, I have to see if they are willing to be the vice ministers of the Navy.

Meng Zhaochang was originally the vice president of the Preparatory Constituent Association, and after the Reorganizing of the Constituent Association into the New China Party, he served as a member of the Central Committee, the Central Committee, and the Committee of the New China Party. He had a close relationship with Zhang Jian, but after Zhang Jian's defection to the party. However, he stood on Tang Shouqian's side with a clear banner and tried his best to maintain the stability of the provincial party committees and branches in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. It can be regarded as the Optimus Prime of the southeast half of the New China Party. The appointment of him as finance minister is not only a sign of the importance attached to the preparatory constitutional association within the party, but also a kind of praise.

Yang Du hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by being the Minister of Education?" As Prime Minister and Minister of Education? ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "No. What I mean is that I am the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the president of the Central Society of Education as the Minister of Education, with Tang Yuweng as the premier. ”

Yang Du almost didn't throw the paper fan to the ground: "What, Tang Yu will be the prime minister first?" ”

Sun Yuanqi bowed slightly: "Tang Yu Weng is highly virtuous, loyal, and familiar with government affairs, and is enough to be the country's ruler." Although Sun is the leader of the party, he has really made no contribution to the governance of the country, but has a little experience in culture and education, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to become the minister of education. What does the Lady think? ”

"Nonsense, just nonsense!" Yang Du couldn't wait to smack Sun Yuanqi's face, if it weren't for the speeding car, he would probably be so angry that he would have walked away. After a while, he said, "You are the Minister of Education, and Tang Yu is the Prime Minister of the Cabinet?" Do you think Tang Yuxian will be sincerely scared and worried, or elated and grateful? Song Jiaoren's matter is not far away, do you think he dares to be the prime minister? If he does become prime minister, what will the more than 100,000 members of the party think? Let me tell you, as long as you are the party leader and cabinet of the new China, the post of prime minister of the cabinet belongs to you! ”

"I think—" Sun Yuanqi really doesn't think that the head of the party has to be the premier: if the Kuomintang does not have internal strife, wouldn't it be the vice chairman of the board of directors, Soong Jiaoren, who formed the cabinet? I haven't heard anything about Sun Yat-sen, the chairman of the board of directors.

Yang Du interrupted Sun Yuanqi's defense: "The so-called 'Sichuan Ze is dirty, the mountains hide diseases, Jinyu hides flaws, and the monarch is dirty', politics is originally to bear humiliation and humiliation, and face endless challenges. When Yang heard that you were confident in your life for 200 years, you would be hit by water for 3,000 miles, and then he fell in love with you and followed the north and south. If you don't even have the courage to become the prime minister now, Yang can only think that he has met a non-human person, and he will hang up the crown and seal it away early tomorrow morning, so as not to regret it in the future! ”

Sun Yuanqi was stunned for a moment before he clapped his fist and said, "The prince will have a kind of Xiangning!" Since Hui Zi is so highly respected, Sun Mou will take up the post of prime minister of the cabinet, Huang Zi is the director of the Secretariat, Yang Changqing is the chief of internal affairs, Chiang Kai-shek is the chief of the navy, Tang Yuweng is the chief of finance, and Meng Yongsheng is the chief of industry and commerce. This is the main candidate of our New China Party in the cabinet. As for the Beiyang First Department, I intend to give them three seats, respectively, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and it is proposed that Lu Zixing (Lu Zhengxiang) will be the post; the chief of the army, to be Duan Zhiquan (Duan Qirui); The chief of agriculture and forestry is proposed to be Chen Duoshi (Chen Zhenxian). ”

Lu Zhengxiang is a veteran diplomat, and he is very competent as the chief diplomat in terms of his professional qualifications and his own moral standards. Although he signed the "Twenty-One Articles" on behalf of Yuan Shikai, and was ridiculed as a "traitor" by young students during the May Fourth Movement, it was not his guilt, and to use a common saying, that is, "a weak country has no diplomacy". The country itself does not have great strength, and it is bullied everywhere, as a diplomat, even if he has a lotus tongue, what can he do?

Duan Qirui's military talent is beyond doubt, and the "Three Heroes of Beiyang" is not in vain. In Hubei, he drastically rectified the Hubei army that Li Yuanhong had worked so hard to cultivate, redeployed the military strength of the whole province, and eyed the western and northern Hubei regions, bringing tremendous pressure to Jiang Zuobin, Liu Mingzhao, and others. It happened that he had served as army chief twice before, and this time he was transferred back to Beijing under the pretext of forming a cabinet.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is a clear water yamen, similar to the role of soy sauce. The reason why Chen Zhenxian was appointed as the chief of agriculture and forestry was nothing more than to give three seats to the Beiyang department, but he didn't want to give them so much power, and in the end he had to fill up the number of departments in name only.

Yang Du's face softened slightly: "Give Yuan Xiangcheng three seats, two of which have real power, he should be more satisfied." ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "On the Kuomintang side, I plan to give them two seats, one is the chief of education, and it is planned that Cai Heqin (Cai Yuanpei) will be appointed; One is the chief justice officer, who is to be appointed by Song Dunchu, and if Song Dunchu is unwilling to enter the cabinet, Wang Liangchou (Wang Chonghui) will be appointed instead. The Republican side gave them a seat, that is, the chief of transportation, and it was proposed that Cheng Xuelou (Cheng Dequan) should be in charge. ”

Judging from his performance in the past few months, Cai Yuanpei is very competent as the Minister of Education, and he is indeed a man of great fame. If he had to pick a successor, Sun Yuanqi preferred Cai Yuanpei. As for Wang Chonghui, although he has a close relationship with Sun Yat-sen and is more south-leaning like Cai Yuanpei in terms of political views, he is a genuine Yale doctor of law, and he should understand the true meaning of fairness and justice, and it is still appropriate to serve as the chief justice.

Although the Republican Party's Cheng Dequan is not as qualified as Yuan Shikai and Sun Yuanqi, he can also be called a "veteran of the Three Dynasties". As early as the Qing Dynasty, he served as the general of Heilongjiang, the acting governor of Heilongjiang, the governor of Jiangsu and other important positions; After the Xinhai Rebellion and the rise of the revolutionary army, seeing that the fall of the Qing court was imminent, he resolutely cooperated with the revolutionaries and became the first Qing Dynasty feudal official to participate in the revolution anyway. Since then, he has served as the Governor of Jiangsu and the Chief of Internal Affairs of the Nanjing Provisional Government. After the government of the Republic of China moved north, he was appointed by Yuan Shikai as the governor of Jiangsu to complete the unification of Jiangsu. In addition, he also actively participated in the formation of political parties, including the establishment of the Republic of China Federation with Zhang Taiyan, the formation of a political opinion discussion meeting with Li Yuanhong, and the participation in the Republican Party.

This draft cabinet formation is a typical example of "sitting in a row and eating the fruits." It includes not only the Kuomintang, the New China Party, and the Unification Party, which are the top three in the Congress, but also the Beiyang system, which has no party formation but has great influence. Of course, Sun Yuanqi also has a last resort: Who allowed the New China Party to occupy more than 30% of the seats in the Congress? If you don't win over more accomplices, I'm afraid that many bills will be difficult to pass in Congress!

Fortunately, the New China Party itself holds 5 seats, plus Lu Zhengxiang has no clear political views, Cai Yuanpei has a close relationship with Sun Yuanqi, Wang Chonghui and Sun Yuanqi are Yale alumni, Duan Qirui, Cheng Dequan and others are not particularly screwed roles, even if there are political parties who disagree in the future, they will not make jokes about the collapse of the cabinet.

So Yang Du frowned and acquiesced to this plan: "Let's leave it at that!" I also know that Baixi is also embarrassed, in order to please all parties, you have drawn up such a plan to sprinkle pepper noodles. However, Baixi needs to pay attention to the next time he forms a cabinet, 'only benevolent people can be good people, and evil people can be evil', for the major political parties, we must not only win over a group, but also target a group, and only by giving and giving can we be in an invincible position. ”

Sun Yuanqi smiled bitterly: "What, there is a next time?" (To be continued.) )