"Dou Zhan said it well!"

"Yes!"

"As it should be!"

The main hall was suddenly in a commotion, and Ruan Zhongshu's face was even more proud. Welcome to Reading// Duan Qirui's expression remained unchanged, and he asked coldly: "Brother Douzhan, are you going to make a complete break between Dashuai and Sun Baixi?" ”

"Uh......?" Ruan Zhongshu was a little dumbfounded: Yes! Jingshi University is Sun Yuanqi's heart, and he can even turn his face with the court for the sake of school. If the Beiyang Army captured Jingshi University, wouldn't it mean that Yuan Shikai and Sun Yuanqi would completely break up?

If there is a great chaos today, the provinces have declared their independence, and the governors have joined forces for the sake of territory and interests, and the revolutionary constitution will be sung and I will appear. At this time, Sun Yuanqi concentrated the main forces of the 44th and 45th associations, quickly defeated the two-way siege of Shaanxi by the Gan army, and established the Gansu military government headed by Zhang Shiying in Pingliang. After the 44th Mixed Association returned to defend Shaanxi, the 45th Mixed Association continued to move westward, intending to level the rest of Ma Anliang in one fell swoop. From October 14, 1911, when the imperial court ordered Sun Yuanqi to temporarily serve as the governor of Sichuan, it has only been more than two months now, and the Sun family has occupied the land of the four provinces and has become one of the most powerful factions in China.

Of course, if you want to say that the strongest army in China is the first to recommend Yuan Shikai, this does not mean that he dares to be an enemy of the world. For various reasons, he was already very unpopular with the Manchu aristocracy; During the fierce war in Wuchang, he formed a lot of bonds with the revolutionary party. If he becomes a fisherman now, first cleans up the Praetorian Guards, and then occupies Jingshi University, and calls himself a lonely widow, offending the royalists and Sun Yuanqi in one fell swoop, then he will really become a loner!

Yuan Shikai was also quite hesitant: "Although the plane is a big disaster, if you want to break with Sun Yuanqi because of this, it will be a bit more than worth the loss!" ”

Only then did everyone understand that the reason why Jingshi University dared to show its plane to confront the Qing court was not only because it enjoyed a high reputation at home and abroad, or because there were more than 1,000 loyal soldiers stationed in the school, but also because behind it stood Sun Yuanqi, who owned the land of four provinces.

Yang Shiqi suddenly interjected: "Zhongtang." A few days ago, Sun Baixi sent a telegram asking him to resign from his post as Minister of Studies. At that time, the middle hall was closed for some reason, so there was no reply. Now that Zhongtang is in charge, I don't know how to reply to him? ”

Yuan Shikai said with a smile: "Sun Baixi resigned before. It's just that he wants to coerce Yuan to come forward and get the imperial court to withdraw the Praetorian Guards besieging Jingshi University, not that he really wants to resign. Now that Jingshi University has been lifted, his resignation is meaningless, so there is no need to take it seriously, just call Wen Yan to comfort him. ”

Zhao Bingjun reminded on the side: "Handsome, I'm afraid that Sun Yuanqi's resignation is not so simple!" According to information from the Shanghai side. Sun Wen and others are intensively preparing for the establishment of the provisional central government of the Republic of China, and the post of chief of education has been finalized by Sun Yuanqi. Sun Yuanqi's confidant Yang Yongtai also arrived in Shanghai with representatives of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces to prepare to participate in the federation of representatives of provincial governors. It seems that Sun Yuanqi's resignation is not only to coerce the marshal, but also to change the court and join the camp of the revolutionary party! ”

Zhang Yilu paused and said: "Although Sun Baixiwen can't govern the country and can't be safe in martial arts, he is famous for his education and education at home and abroad, and his strength is strong. It is a powerful faction who is also a university scholar and a famous person, and such a person has always been the object of the imperial court and the traitorous party. If he switched to the revolutionary party cabinet, it would undoubtedly be a big blow to the prestige of the marshal and the legitimacy of the imperial court. It makes people feel that we have turned away from the hearts of the people and the building will collapse. This time, the marshal deliberately hid and did not show up, and did not say a word about Sun Yuanqi's intercession message, for fear that he would be offended too hard, and now no matter how earnestly he retained, it would be useless. How good is that? ”

Yuan Shikai let out a long breath of relief: "Comfort is still to be condoled, do your best to settle the destiny!" If he continues to resign, we will not approve it. By the way, how did Tang Shaochuan (Tang Shaoyi) talk to them? ”

Everyone present naturally knows who the "they" in Yuan Shikai's mouth refers to. As early as when Yuan Shikai supervised the army to attack Wuchang, he had secretly sent his henchmen and cronies to start peace negotiations with the Hubei Military Government. At the beginning of December, seeing that most of the country's provinces became independent one after another, the general trend of the republic had been established. Yuan Shikai even openly sent Tang Shaoyi as a plenipotentiary to go south to hold open and comprehensive peace talks with the revolutionary party.

Zhao Bingjun replied: "Back to the marshal, Brother Shaochuan has already talked with them about the same, and there is not much difference between the two sides. The governors of the provincial military governments all took advantage of the chaos in the name of the revolutionary party, and their own talents were shallow and incompetent, and the troops in their hands were even more incompetent. There is no way to confront our six towns in Beiyang, so they are unwilling to go to war, they only hope that the republic will be reached as soon as possible, and they will be able to be the founding fathers of the country in peace and security, and occupy a province in name only. ”

Yuan Shikai asked again: "Are their conditions still those ones?" ”

Zhao Bingjun said: "Not bad. Originally, it was five, that is, to determine the republican form of government; preferential treatment of the Qing Emperor; The one who overthrew the Qing government first became the president; The Manchu and Han soldiers in the north and south contributed their own merits, and each enjoyed the preferential treatment they deserved, and did not bear the responsibility of harming the enemy in wartime; At the same time, ad hoc meetings were organized to restore order in the provinces. Later, the Praetorian Guards besieged Jingshi University, and Sun Baixi urged them to add an article to the conditions of the peace talks: to ensure the absolute safety of Jingshi University. Now that the plane of Jingshi University has been revealed, the imperial court does not dare to act rashly, and the safety of the school has been guaranteed. So it's basically the same as the original ones, and nothing has changed much. ”

Ni Sichong said: "Since they added one, then we have to add one too!" Didn't they ask us to guarantee the absolute safety of Jingshi University? Yes! However, we also have the condition that the University of Kinseki must dismantle the existing aircraft and promise that it will not develop or produce such lethal weapons and equipment that threaten the security of Gyeonggi in the future. In order to ensure the long-term and effective implementation of this regulation, we must also allow us to conduct searches of the University at any time, without obstruction on the part of the university. ”

Yuan Shikai nodded: "This can be added!" Then he asked the other staff members sitting in the hall: "Do you have any objections to these peace terms?" Now say it together, and let Shaochuan talk to them slowly! ”

Why is Yuan Shikai so confident and looks like he is determined by the Southern Revolutionary Party?

First of all, it is because the military governments of the southern provinces are all in the same bed and have different dreams, and each has its own little abacus. If it is to resist Yuan Shikai's attack, for the sake of his own life, the big guys can barely work together; But if you want to talk about the Northern Expedition of the Allied Army, it is like the Eighteenth Route Allied Army attacking Dong Zhuo in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Snobbery makes people fight, and then they fight each other."

Secondly, Yuan Shikai's troops were very strong. He may not be able to annex the world, but it is more than enough to resist the Northern Expedition of the Revolutionary Army and rule the river with the revolutionary party.

Third, the Manchu government had not yet fallen. Although the revolutionary party quickly occupied half of the country with a stormy attitude, the Manchu government died like a hundred-legged insect under the cover of Yuan Shikai's wings, and after all, the Qing government ruled China for two or three hundred years, and as long as it did not die for a day, it would still be the legitimate government of China in the hearts of the people, and it was very likely that there would be a resurgence in the East Mountain.

Yuan Shikai took advantage of the ambivalence of the revolutionary party that it wanted to consolidate the power in its hands but did not want to send troops to the Northern Expedition, and that it wanted to destroy the Manchu government as soon as possible but did not want to do it himself, and put on the appearance of a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. Although he had already gotten the idea of peace talks in his heart, on the surface, he kept insisting on the constitutional monarchy system, declaring to the outside world: "The monarchy system must not be changed, and I have received the favor of the country in my life. In this way, the revolutionary party was forced to make concessions in the peace talks.

Yang Shiqi muttered: "There is a clause in the conditions of the peace negotiation that 'the one who overthrows the Qing government first is the president', according to the reason, the marshal is in the north, and the elite troops under his command are around the Beijing division, and the one who overthrows the Qing government first must be the marshal, and the country will realize a republican form of government in the future, and the position of the president is none other than the marshal." But now Sun Wen is representing the Federation of Provincial Governors in Shanghai to prepare for the establishment of the Provisional Central Government of the Republic of China. Seeing that the provisional central government was about to be established, and the Qing government had not been overthrown, it was very likely that the post of president would be spent on his family. In the future, if the marshal overthrows the Qing government, won't it be one country and two presidents? ”

Zhang Yilu said: "According to Xingweng's meaning, the revolutionary party is using the name of peace talks to contain the marshal, deliberately delaying time, and intending to join forces on the Northern Expedition? ”

Yang Shiqi shook his head: "Zhongren misunderstood what Yang meant!" What I mean by this is that the revolutionary parties in the South are numerous and independent, and it is very likely that the peace talks with us will only represent the views of some people. Now that Sun Wen suddenly returned to China and immediately set about the establishment of the provisional central government of the Republic of China, it is very likely that he was instigated by some other people to take the lead in forming a cabinet and striving for fame and justice. Once he has established his name and has gathered enough revolutionary parties, our commander will be passive! ”

Yuan Shikai's brows tightened, and his face gradually became gloomy.

Zhao Bingjun suggested: "Dashuai, you can order Tang Shaochuan to question Wu Tingfang during the peace talks tomorrow, on the one hand, they said in the conditions of the peace talks, 'The one who overthrows the Qing government first is the president', and on the other hand, they are anxious to establish the provisional central government of the Republic of China, what does it mean?" ”

Ruan Zhongshu was not so polite when he spoke: "In my opinion, that group of revolutionaries just doesn't remember to eat or fight, you have to give him a little more color!" Didn't the Lu Yongxiang Department of the Third Town and the Li Chun Department of the Sixth Town capture the Niangzi Pass and the Pingxing Pass respectively? It's better to let them join forces to attack Taiyuan, take Shanxi as soon as possible, and use Yan Xishan's head to remind the governors of the southern provinces, so that they know what a thunderbolt means is! ”

Before everyone could make a decision, suddenly a guard broke into the main hall panting, and handed over a letter in a panic: "Master, there is an emergency outside, and the little one is here to report!" ”

Yuan Shikai hurriedly opened the letter and took out the letterhead, and after reading the information, his face suddenly changed. Zhao Bingjun hurriedly asked, "Dashuai, what happened?" ”

Yuan Shikai trembled and took a sip of ginseng soup before he barely calmed down, gritted his teeth and said: "Yao Baolai, the second assistant commander of the Praetorian Guard, heard that the regent had charged him with besieging Jingshi University and wanted to punish him severely, so in a fit of anger, he took the fourth standard to Zhang Huizan!" ”。。 )