Years of the Republic of China 1913

Yuan Kewen tossed about at the gate of the courtyard for a long time, making the two men serve tea, make water, rub their shoulders, beat their legs, and turn them around for a while, until they felt really boring after a whole hour, and then got up and shook their hands. The folding fan left gracefully.After seeing off the great god, Yuan Keding's two subordinates who had been busy for a long time finally breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the hot sweat from their foreheads, looked at each other, and smiled wryly at the same time.

Not long after Yuan Kewen left, Yuan Keding, who had been pestered by Yang Du for a long time, finally came back, and at this time Fang Zida also met Yuan Kewen and Yang Du in the backyard.

"Thank you brother Xi Zi for your help." Seeing Yang Du, Fang Zida quickly cupped his hands and thanked him.

"My own, why bother to say thank you, have you met the President?" Yang Du asked with a smile.

"What does father say?" Yuan Kewen asked anxiously from the side.

Nodding his head, Fang Zida gave a general account of the meeting with Yuan Shikai in a soft voice, and finally said: "What happens to this matter depends on the president's own decision."

"What Zhang Ming considers is that I, Yang Du, know the president's temper best, so your persuasion is the best way." Yang Du agreed. Yuan Shikai has a resolute personality. It was difficult to persuade, which was why Fang Zida used this method of persuasion.

The three of them whispered something quietly, and discussed the following matters roughly, and broke up quickly in order to avoid the news from being leaked.For the next few days, everyone acted as if nothing had happened, but whether it was Fang Zida, Yang Du, or Yuan Kewen and other children of the Yuan family, they were anxiously waiting for Yuan Shikai's decision.

A few days later, Yuan Shikai, who had been bedridden for a long time, suddenly proposed to go out for a walk.Meet old friends, subordinates, etc., and move out of the small courtyard to recuperate.Yuan Keding was shocked when he heard this, and quickly used filial piety as an excuse to persuade Yuan Shikai to continue to rest in the small courtyard for the sake of his health.He and Liang Shiyi just need to help with the outside affairs.

After Yuan Shikai heard this, he only said lightly: "This is not the Warring States period, and this old man is not Zhao Wu. When did this place become a sand dune?"

This sentence made Yuan Keding terrified immediately, and his head was covered with cold sweat for a moment, and he didn't dare to persuade him any more, and obediently followed Yuan Shikai's wishes to make arrangements.

Looking at Yuan Keding's back as he hurried away wiping cold sweat, Yuan Shikai narrowed his eyes and frowned slightly.Seems thoughtful.

Although Yuan Shikai's health was still poor, after he moved out of the small courtyard, he successively summoned the chiefs of the government and the heads of various departments in Beiyang, listened to the recent reports on various aspects of the country's work, and learned about the external situation.at the same time.He also specially invited Song Jiaoren and others to exchange opinions in private, and conducted some series of discussions.After being busy for more than a month, although Yuan Shikai's condition was still repeated, his spirit was much better than when he was recuperating.Moreover, after this series of contact and insinuating inquiries, Yuan Shikai gradually came to his senses, and suppressed the idea of ​​going further.

"How could this be? How could this be?"

Since Yuan Shikai resumed contact with the outside world, Yuan Keding has been fidgeting like ants on a hot pot.These days.Although he did not give up his efforts to persuade again, he obviously felt that Yuan Shikai's attitude had changed significantly.Don't say anything about proclaiming the emperor.Even Yuan Shikai's desire to be the president for life gradually faded away.This change made Yuan Keding very anxious, and he hurriedly found his hard-core ally Liang Shiyi to discuss it.

"What the hell. My father promised me well a while ago, why did it suddenly change?"

"Yeah, why did the President..." Liang Shiyi was also puzzled by this, frowning and confused about the situation.

"Yuntai, tell me carefully, what happened before the President proposed to move out? Has anyone met the President?"

"Nothing happened. I have arranged people at the gate of the courtyard. Whoever wants to see his father, the old man can't get in without my consent!" Yuan Keding scratched his head and thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a clue.

Liang Shiyi subconsciously felt that there must be something wrong with this matter, so he analyzed it with Yuan Keding one by one. After talking for a long time, Yuan Keding slapped his head and said suddenly: "I remembered something. We discussed the matter for a long time, but he didn't go to see his father. It happened that Ke Wen went to see his father at this time, but he was stopped by my people and couldn't enter the courtyard."

"What else?" Liang Shiyi asked in surprise, "Tell me about the situation before and after."

After Yuan Keding explained the situation at that time in detail, Liang Shiyi asked, "Did Yang Xizi approach you again for this matter?"

"That's not true, but father has already moved out of the small courtyard these days, he is busy with work, maybe Yang Xizi didn't find the time."

"Well, you Yang Xizi! I finally understand!" Liang Shiyi slapped the table, his face so gloomy that he could squeeze out water, he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't guess, I'm sure it's probably Yang Xizi who did it. Ghost, and your good second brother."

"What! This... Yansun, are you sure?" Yuan Keding said in astonishment.

"Hmph, I Liang Shiyi and Yang Xizi have known each other for many years, so I don't know about the flamboyant intestines in his stomach? How can there be such a coincidence in the world that he, Yang Xizi, doesn't go sooner or later, so he just went to look for it at this time. You? And your second brother happened to be going to meet the President at that time? Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, secretly, and secretly, I never expected that you, Yang Xizi, would become more and more powerful."

"Impossible?" Yuan Keding was skeptical, thought for a while and said, "Kewen was stopped at that time, I can guarantee this, my people will never hide it from me."

"So what? If I'm not mistaken, your second brother was stopped, but who can guarantee that when your second brother was stopped, no one would take this opportunity to avoid your people and quietly went to meet the President ?”

"Ah! This... who? Who could it be?" Yuan Keding suddenly jumped up and said angrily: "I found out who broke a good thing, I must skin him!"

"Anyone is possible, maybe it's your third or fourth brother, maybe your eldest sister or fifth sister, but the most likely one is Fang Zhangming!" Liang Shiyi sneered.

As the saying goes, the person who knows a person best is not his friend or himself, but his enemy.Liang Shiyi and Yang Du have been fighting each other for many years, each winning and losing. Liang Shiyi knows Yang Du better than Yang Du himself. Liang Shiyi lost a huge benefit in the Zhongyang Bank incident. Liang Shiyi hated Fang Zida for a long time. After Yuan Keding said so, he was the first to suspect Yang Du and Fang Zida, because only They can do it, and they can do this kind of thing.Not to mention, Liang Shiyi's judgment was very accurate, except for a slight deviation in details, it was basically correct.

"Fang Zhangming? This...he...should not?" Yuan Keding and Fang Zida have always had a good relationship, and they supported each other a lot, especially now that the force he relies on most is Fang Zida's central bank guards. He never imagined that Fang Zida would make such a move. When it came to this kind of thing, he hesitated and thought about it, looked at Liang Shiyi and asked: "Yan Sun, Zhang Ming has helped me a lot, you won't say that he did it just because of the personal grievances you had with him?"

"I, Liang Shiyi, would be such a villain?" Liang Shiyi said a little displeased, seeing Yuan Keding still didn't believe it, he sneered and asked: "My Mr. Yuan, let me ask you a question, did Fang Zhangming give you a clear answer?" Do you support the president's ascension?"

"That's not true, but I haven't had time to discuss this with him in detail..." Yuan Keding shook his head.

"What are you talking about?" Liang Shiyi said decisively: "It is true that Fang Zhangming is the son-in-law of the President and your brother-in-law, but don't forget that he is still KMT and Song Jiaoren's confidant. Fang Zhangming was overseas for a long time before returning to China. Since he was a child, he drank foreign ink, ate foreign bread, and his mind was full of those foreign things about constitutionalism. Over the years, since he entered the central yang, he has jumped up and down, engaged in central yang banks, and proposed Reorganize the National Defense Forces, engage in industrial and commercial development to save the country, and advocate the separation of military and civil administration, etc., which one is not here under the banner of constitutional government? In my opinion, his suspicion is even greater than that of Yang Xizi, and he might be behind the scenes."

"What!" Yuan Keding was stunned on the spot, thinking carefully about Liang Shiyi's words, the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.Yuan Keding was originally a young man with great ambition and talent, so he panicked for a while, not knowing what to do, so he asked Liang Shiyi what to do now.

"Don't panic, at least the President hasn't clearly rejected it yet, maybe there is a possibility of redemption." Liang Shiyi first reassured An Yuan Keding, tapped his fingers on the table, thinking for a while.

"Yan Sun, what's the matter? I'm so anxious, come up with an idea!"

"Hey, it seems that this is the only way. Come here..." Liang Shiyi smiled bitterly, and whispered something to Yuan Keding, and Yuan Keding's eyes widened as he listened.

"This... Yansun... this...." With a trembling tone, Yuan Keding's face changed in shock.

"What? Are you scared?" Liang Shiyi asked coldly.

"Yan Sun, is there no other choice but this?"

"In the matter of Chen Qiao back then, if Zhao Kuangyin didn't have the imperial robes, how could he come to Song Taizu after? Alright, goodbye."

"Don't! Yansun, please stop, let me think... let me think carefully..."

The expression on Yuan Keding's face changed, gnashing his teeth for a while, smiling for a while, terrified for a while, and sunny for a while... The unpredictable changes are even better than the face-changing trick of Sichuan Opera.After sitting for about ten minutes, he finally made up his mind and said, "Okay! I'll listen to you, and I'll do it like this!" (To be continued...)

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