Chapter 783: A Promise
Emperor Hongxian decreed as follows:
"The Republic of China was built, the changes were multiplied, the virtue was like giving, the hardships were great, the people who were worried about the country were afraid of the disaster, and many lords restored the imperial system, so as to eliminate disputes and seek long-term peace. Since the ugliness, the words have been endless. It is extremely severe to be repeatedly reprimanded. Since the last year, the situation is different, almost unstoppable, pretending to be the Chinese national system, not the implementation of a constitutional monarchy, by no means enough to survive, Fu Youmoxi, Portugal dispute, will be the continuation of Vietnam, Burma, so there are most people advocating the imperial system, the words are reasonable, the officials and scholars, with this enthusiasm, the literature and telegrams, urgent appeal. ………… The case of recognizing the imperial throne on December 11 of the previous year was immediately revoked, and the Qu Zhengshitang returned all the letters of recommendation to the Senate and the Legislative Yuan for referral, forwarding and destroying them. All preparations should be stopped immediately, and the ancients would be sincere in their own sins in order to negotiate the virtue of good life in heaven, cleanse their hearts and minds, and calm down their lives.
…… All parties are guilty, and one person is guilty! ……”
Watching Yuan Shikai condense the already small remnants of the emperor's rules into colorful words across the sky of this plot world, Lao Ba and Mai Linglong couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
This is tantamount to the emasculation of the highest rules of the self, abandoning part of the core composition rules, and the foundation of the kingdom of God established by Yuan Shikai as a historical epic will be shaken because of this, although it will not fall to this level, it has completely cut off the hope of further progress.
is worthy of being a hero, and his decision is so ruthless.
"Li Yan has already announced his candidacy for the presidency in Nanjing, competing with Li Yuanhong, the successor recommended by Yuan Shikai." Mai Linglong looked at the new news with an incredible expression, from such a distance, Zhao Gao actually cooperated with Li Yan very tacitly, and the whole process was seamless.
"I'm still curious, how Yuan Shikai is willing to give up so easily." Lao Ba's thinking angle is different from Mai Linglong's, he put himself in the shoes of a high-ranking person for a while, but still did not find a reason for Yuan Shikai to give up power.
"You are wrong, what Yuan Shikai wants now is not a chance to give up, but a chance to give up." Zhao Gao is not surprised that Lao Ba has this question, in the traditional sense, it is far more difficult to put down than to pick up.
"Just because of this preferential condition for the president's abdication?" Mai Linglong has a public agreement in his hand, signed by Li Yan in the south, and the Beiyang generals under Yuan Shikai, and there is no doubt about the credibility.
This is not the first time this has been the case, in the early years, Yuan Shikai used the southern forces to coerce Emperor Puyi to abdicate, and also listed a "preferential conditions for the Qing family", which expelled the forces of the Qing Dynasty from this plot world in disguise, and at the same time formed a mortal enmity with the Qing Empire.
The so-called lessons from the past, I didn't expect that within a few years, Yuan Shikai, who had just ascended to the emperor's throne, was also coerced by external pressure, in addition to the next "Cancellation of the Imperial Order", it was also necessary to change the president of the Republic of China to a vacant position to ensure the inheritance of the family.
"Emperor Hongxian's preferential conditions for resignation:
Emperor Hongxian agreed to abolish the throne, but would assume the presidency of the Republic of China.
The President is in favor of changing the presidential system to a cabinet system, and the President will no longer wield any real power other than national honor.
The Republic of China will treat each other forever with the gift of the president.
The President has the power to appoint the next President.
When the president was in office, his monthly salary of 300,000 yuan was allocated by the special funds of the Republic of China.
When the president is in power, a separate presidential palace will be set up for him and his family to live in, and he will have a certain number of independent guards, and the salary will be paid by the Republic of China.
When the president and his family die, they will be buried in Yuan Lin, and the guards selected by the Republic of China will protect them carefully.
The President's original private property shall be specially protected by the Republic of China.
The President's public and private powers over the Republic are equal to those of the whole people.
The president's family is forever exempt from the obligation to pay taxes as a soldier.
The President annulls all acts contrary to the laws of the Republic.
Discontinue the use of era names.
The President cannot issue a proclamation to the people without the consent of the Parliament and impose sanctions.
……”
This agreement is almost exactly a copy of the abdication agreement of the year, and the terms are not unfavorable, but from another point of view, if the transition of power can be smoothly and peacefully, then it is a plan with the least loss for all parties.
"Isn't this the Glorious Revolution?" Mak Linglong pursed her lips, and she was quite familiar with modern history, and she quickly found a similar bill, which was nothing more than turning the king into president, so as to achieve the constitutional basis of unity and not rule.
"If this bill continues, then Yuan Shikai's family will lose its supreme power and have a detached status, and it only needs to live for a few generations, then each generation will share the luck of the Republic of China and become at least a historical figure above the B level, which can be regarded as another form of sharing the same fortune with the country." Lao Ba shook his head as he spoke, the look on his face did not fully agree, but turned his head to Zhao Gao and asked, "You used this to persuade Yuan Kewen, and then Yuan Shikai?" ”
"It's that simple!" Zhao Gao smiled bitterly, if this alone can be done, why should he bother, and Yuan Shikai's ambition can be dispelled by the current predicament and words?
Even if Zhao Gao has epic props like "Zhang Yiyu", it is useless, and what can convince him must only be tangible interests.
Zhao Gao rubbed his fingers carefully as he continued: "Yuan Shikai can let go, this is the premise of being able to convince him. At that time, he refused to take office on the grounds of leg disease, until the Qing court had to give up the bottom line to make him the prime minister of the cabinet. ”
"How?" Hearing Zhao Gao's analysis, Mai Linglong also became interested, originally thought that the matter could come to an end, but she didn't expect it to be the beginning of another story.
Yuan Shikai was able to threaten the generals of Beiyang, but under the gift of modern rules, the people gradually awakened. The people's concern is not who rules the country, but the manifestation of their power. The flaws that Yuan Shikai himself experienced were an obvious obstacle for him. He took a step back at this time, and the contradiction between the originally suppressed Beiyang system and Li Yan in the south rose to the main contradiction, so that when they went to internal friction until both sides lost, the country would inevitably suffer losses, and even worse than the current situation. Otherwise, Yuan Shikai will continue to hold on to the other two parties, and will inevitably become the first victim of catharsis of public opinion. ”
After this paragraph was narrated, Mai Linglong was of course dumbfounded, and even the eighth child couldn't help but high-five and admire, in the area of calculating people's hearts, Zhao Gao had already gathered the great success of strategists.
After a while, Lao Bacai asked dryly: "What if the Beiyang Department and the Southern Li Yan reach an alliance, and there is no internal friction?" So won't all the plans come to naught? ”
Zhao Gao chuckled lightly and said: "It's okay for them, no matter what they think in their hearts, there is a conflict of interests if there is a group, even if we don't make a move, Yuan Shikai has hundreds of ways to make them suffer from internal friction - even not at all, their internal friction itself is unavoidable under the incompatibility of rules." ”
This story does not need to be explained to have an answer, and any history is contemporary history, a confirmation of current action. Yuan Shikai's choice can be said to be a kind of yang conspiracy, which is to put the present and plan for the future.
However, what Zhao Gao used was also a conspiracy. Once the rules are established, even if they are broken, there will be traces, although Yuan Shikai is a hero, he may be able to regain power smoothly, but what about the future? To be able to ascend to the position of prime minister of the cabinet is bound to be the best among the people, and as long as there is a generation of waste materials among the successors of the Yuan family, the power they have will inevitably be spit back again, and at that time, it will be permanent.
The incapable Yuan family has become a rich mascot in the Republic of China, which is probably the result that Yuan Shikai is willing to see.
The profound meaning of Zhao Gao's move does not stop there.
In the process of transitioning from the centralization of power by the president to the democracy of later generations, the constitutional presidential constitution can be said to take into account the rules of both sides to the greatest extent, so as to quickly solve the problem of integrating the world too much into modern rules.
"What about you, what benefits have you gained from your hard work?" Mai Linglong has been convinced, and the only problem with this matter now is the participant Zhao Gao, who almost took into account the interests of all parties, but he was busy in vain.
"The bloodless revolution, this world owes me a huge favor, including Yuan Shikai, Beiyang generals, and Li Yan." Zhao Gao's expression was indifferent, and he said, "They all owe me a promise, that's all." ”
PS: When it comes to it, you have to do it.