I don't know if Junzaburo Yamada, Hong Shuzu, and Ying Guixin have not yet discussed a specific assassination plan, or whether Ying Guixin, Huang Yin and others did not expect the New China Party to suddenly intervene in this matter, or whether the air rescue method is too high-end, so they are completely overwhelmed, in short, the rescue of Song Jiaoren was extremely smooth. A few days later, Sun Yuanqi met the political genius who stirred up the whole country at the airport on the outskirts of Beijing.

Probably having considered the possible situation after returning to Beijing during the long flight, Song Jiaoren returned to his usual confident smile. It's just that during this period of time in Shanghai, I was trapped in a lonely city, and my body shape was obviously reduced a lot, coupled with the cold of high-altitude sailing, my face was frozen white and blue and purple, and my smile obviously had a far-fetched taste.

Seeing Sun Yuanqi coming to greet him, Song Jiaoren's smile was a little brighter, and he hurriedly walked a few steps to greet him: "Brother Lao Baixi deigned to greet him, Song is really ashamed!" ”

"It's too polite! Sun looked south a month ago, hoping that you could go north early to have a happy meeting, who knew that because of its involvement, we were able to meet today, which is really a good thing! Sun Yuanqi grabbed Song Jiaoren's hands and asked with a pun: "Although the wind and sand are quite strong at the beginning of Jingshi, the smoke willows are sprouting at the beginning and the grass is yellow and the grass is yellow, which should be slightly better than the scenery in Shanghai?" ”

Song Jiaoren's face was embarrassed: "Jiaoren is shallow in learning, and he is bound by secular affairs for a while, and he can't go north to visit him immediately after receiving the letter, which is really rude!" Fortunately, Brother Baixi was like a big belly in the sea, not only did he not think he was angry, but also sent a special envoy to Shanghai to greet him, so that Song was able to get out of the sea of suffering. As soon as I thought of this, I was ashamed! ”

Sun Yuanqi knew that this was not the time for a deep talk. Then he smiled and said: "The journey has been dusty all the way, and the journey is tiring, so I guess the god jīng is extremely tired. Please go back to the hotel for a while. Tomorrow, Sun will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you. ”

When Sun Yuanqi met Song Jiaoren again at noon the next day, he had already become rejuvenated, and it seemed that a safe environment and comfortable sleep had allowed him to recover from the nightmare in Shanghai. The two met without mentioning it, and then the banquet began, and everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp to sit up noisily. When the core of the dish is exhausted, the conversation is to get to the point.

Sun Yuanqi took the lead in asking: "At the beginning of the day, what are your plans to go north this time?" ”

Yang Du, Yang Yongtai, Qiu Liang and others all stopped making noise when they heard the sound. Song Jiaoren put down his wine glass. With a long sigh, he replied: "Song has been running for the revolution for more than ten years, and he has always taken advantage of this to make the country prosperous and strong, and the nation to get rid of ignorance, under the blood of countless people with lofty ideals. Fortunately, the revolution was successful, and the mínzhǔ form of government was within reach. I thought it was enough to comfort the martyrs of Jiuquan, but who knew that the cunning rabbit was not dead today, and the lackeys cooked first. Song is really disheartened! Once upon a time. For example, yesterday rì died; Since then, for example, rì is born. Song plans to leave the political circles, and is willing to use this remnant life to prosper the newspaper and open up the wisdom of the people. ”

Of course, Sun Yuanqi didn't believe Song Jiaoren's nonsense, but he still pretended to persuade him: "Don't make mistakes at the beginning!" Mr. Zhongshan is a great revolutionary man, and everyone knows that this turmoil must have been played by evil villains. At the beginning, as long as you calmly wait and see the changes in the capital. In less than three or two years, we will be able to keep the clouds open and see the moon! ”

Song Jiaoren shook his head: "Since ancient times, there have been no powerful ministers. And the general can make contributions to outsiders. What's more, Song is alone in the north, once things are repeated, how can he convince his colleagues in the party? ”

Seeking strong reinforcements, this is the purpose of Song Jiaoren's weakness! At the beginning, the League and the United Republican Party, the Kuomintang Party, the Kuomintang Progressive Association, the Republican Practical Progressive Association, and the National Joint Progressive Association were formed into the Kuomintang, and the most powerful glue was to succeed in the election and form a cabinet to govern. Now that the hope of ruling is very slim, and under the strong disappointment, the party will inevitably set off a trend of "overthrowing the Song Dynasty". What's more, there are Sun Yat-sen and others in the south to add fuel to the fire? If there is no strong reinforcement to help Song Jiaoren set up a field and suppress the position, Song Jiaoren is likely to be overturned to the ground, and even the Kuomintang, which has just been established for less than a year, will collapse in an instant.

Sun Yuanqi said: "Although there is a slight gap between you and Mr. Zhongshan at the beginning of the escape, the outside world knows very little about this matter, even if it is Sun, he only knows a little bit about it after listening to the story of Brother Yuncun (Qiu Liang), let alone other people?" And now that he has gone north safely, Mr. Zhongshan will not take the initiative to tell him about this matter and put himself in an unkind and unjust situation. In this case, you may as well pretend that nothing has happened and start preparing for the formation of a cabinet after the formal convening of the National Assembly, so as to cope with all changes. ”

Song Jiaoren smiled bitterly: "Now that Song is satisfied, he dares to hope for others?" In order to thank Brother Baixi for saving his life, Song will later issue a telegram to the whole country in his capacity as the acting chairman of the Kuomintang, announcing that he would abandon the appeal for the formation of a cabinet and fully support the leadership of the party and cabinet of New China. ”

Sun Yuan was shocked: "How can this be made?" Your party is the largest party in the National Assembly, and there is great hope for forming a cabinet, and if you suddenly announce that you will give up, will you not provoke the anger of the people and become the target of the party? Moreover, you have a disagreement with the radicals in the south, and at this critical moment, you should calm down and think carefully about how to bridge the gaps. But you have to take the initiative to give up forming a cabinet, so don't you take the initiative to give them the truth to attack? In my opinion, it would be better for your party to form a joint cabinet with our New China Party, and the two parties will certainly be able to pass the test smoothly because they occupy nearly 70 percent of the seats in the National Assembly. ”

Song Jiaoren seems to have already considered this issue, and only shook his head slightly when he heard this: "Brother Baixi's kindness, the younger brother understands it, but Song has always advocated a pure political party cabinet, and everyone in the world knows it, if he breaks his promise and fattens himself because of a temporary setback, won't he become the laughing stock of the countrymen?" As for the attacks of dissidents within the party, they are nothing more than floating clouds. Song has experienced the wanted of the Qing court and has also been framed by his own people, is he still afraid of this short-term reputation? Moreover, through the performance of the New China Party and the Kuomintang in this congressional election, Song understood a simple truth, that is, 'a thousand birds in the forest is better than a bird in hand'.

"Previously, our Kuomintang claimed to have a million members, and the scale was 10 times that of your party, and it was said that it should win in the Senate and the House of Representatives, but who knew that the seats of the two parties were about equal, what does this mean? It shows that among the millions of party members of our Kuomintang, there are many people who cheat, many who tend to follow the flames, many who see the wind and steer the rudder, and there are very few who are absolutely loyal, so they have suffered such a disastrous defeat. It is precisely because of this punishment that Song decided to adopt the constitution of the French party that 'no cross-party' is allowed, and used this defeat to carry out a major clean-up of the whole party, stir up the clean waves, clean up the imperfections, and wait for the future. ”

Sun Yuanqi was happy and worried when he heard this: the joy was that Song Jiaoren announced that he would support the New China Party to govern and give up the joint formation of the two-party cabinet, and if he agreed, Sun Yuanqi really didn't know how to allocate the cabinet seats; What worries me is that Soong Jiaoren suddenly woke up and began to draw on the successful experience of the New China Party to reform the complicated Kuomintang, which will inevitably become a great enemy in the future.

"It is really admirable that Chairman Dunchu still has such courage to destroy the party and build the party at this critical moment!" Sun Yuanqi told the truth, "But as you just said, Mr. Zhongshan was deceived by the villain and has a lot of prejudices against you. And you want to carry out a major clean-up of the whole party in the near future, which will affect tens of thousands of party members, and it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction within the party. What do you plan to do if things go back and forth? ”

Song Jiaoren turned sideways and bowed deeply to Sun Yuanqi: "I'm about to trouble Brother Baixi!" As the saying goes: 'A good man does it to the end, and sends the Buddha to the west.'" The younger brother pleaded with the brother to help the needy and generously help. ”

The so-called "giving up the appeal of forming a cabinet and giving full support to the ruling party of the new China" is indeed conditional.

Sun Yuanqi hurriedly supported Song Jiaoren: "You and my brother, why do you have to do this?" After Song Jiaoren sat down again, Sun Yuanqi continued: "As far as I know, Yuan Xiangcheng also attaches great importance to the great talent of his virtuous brother, and his love is like that of a nephew; The virtuous brother and Yuan Xiangcheng also had a close relationship, and they were once called the 'pro-Yuan faction' in your party. I think that as long as the virtuous brother does not come out of běijīng, Yuan Xiangcheng will definitely be able to protect you. Of course, he was definitely not only concerned about his own safety, but also about the internal affairs of the Kuomintang.

"To tell you the truth, although Brother Xian is the acting chairman of the Kuomintang, his influence in your party is not comparable to that of Mr. Zhongshan, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, and even inferior to Huang Keqiang and Li Songqing. The advantage is that the Kuomintang běijīng branch has not been established for a long time, and Mr. Zhongshan's influence is relatively weak; The běijīng branch was founded by you, and your personal prestige is high, which allows you to break free from the control of the party elders and establish your own position. Moreover, the political atmosphere in the North is relatively conservative and moderate compared to that in the South, and it is very disgusted with the 'second revolution' proposed by the radicals in the South, which is also one of the fundamentals of your foothold. The disadvantage is that without the support and support of Mr. Nakayama, your authority and influence in the běijīng branch will decline rapidly.

"Although the benefits outweigh the disadvantages in the overall view, and the disadvantages far outweigh the disadvantages in the long run, the disadvantages should not be ignored either. Once the members of the běijīng branch unite with Mr. Nakayama, you will be stripped of your position as acting chairman and director, and you will be reduced to an ordinary member of the million-strong party. At worst, he was expelled from the party and became a rootless duckweed in the political arena. There is only one way to deal with this drawback, and that is to establish your authoritative position in the zhèngfǔ, so that Mr. Zhongshan cannot ignore your influence, so that the běijīng branch does not dare to give birth to two hearts, so that your position will naturally be stable. ”

Song Jiaoren carefully chewed Sun Yuanqi's words, pondering what he wanted to express, and only after a while did he ask: "What is Brother Baixi's good strategy for establishing an authoritative position?" (To be continued.)