Years of the Republic of China 1913

Yuan Shikai passed away, and the whole country mourned.

After the news of the night came out, there were many people who came to the presidential palace to pay tribute to the funeral. Except for some important officials who were unable to return to the capital in time, almost all the dignified people in the capital arrived. Even the ambassadors of embassies from various countries also came , to express condolences for Yuan Shikai's sudden death.

In a solemn atmosphere, the ambassadors from various countries bowed to the mourning hall that had been set up one after another. The Japanese ambassador Ri Zhiyi hid in the crowd with a deep look, not because he felt sad because of Yuan Shikai's death, but because he felt that this The signing of the armistice agreement was really not the right time. Japan should have continued to delay for a period of time. After Yuan Shikai died, the political situation in China would inevitably change. After receiving this news, it was too late to regret it now, and he was extremely annoyed after passing this opportunity.

Since Yuan Kedingyuan was overseas and unable to return, the ceremony could only be presided over by his second son Yuan Kewen, with Fang Zida assisting.In addition to the members of the Yuan family, several bigwigs from Beiyang in Beijing also abandoned their identities to help out. Even the Prime Minister Song Jiaoren took the initiative to serve as the premier of the funeral committee to organize the state funeral.

On the second day, the national flag was lowered at half-mast to express mourning. The embassies and consulates of various countries in China also lowered their flags at half-mast. The soldiers all wore white flowers on their chests. According to Chinese customs, Yuan Shikai will stay in the presidential palace for seven days, and after the first seven days, his spirit will be sent to the funeral.

Seven days later, the state funeral officially began.Early in the morning, the streets of the capital from the Presidential Palace to Xibianmen were full of soldiers of the National Defense Forces standing upright, and the common people in the capital stood quietly on both sides of the road and waited. When the time came, the host Song Jiaoren announced the start of the state funeral First, as the Prime Minister and the Premier of the Funeral Committee, he led everyone to express condolences to the remains, then delivered a eulogy in person, played mourning music, and then everyone stepped forward to express condolences to Yuan's family members, etc.

In the sound of mourning.Eight people, Song Jiaoren, Li Yuanhong, Yuan Kewen, Fang Zida, Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui, Xu Shichang, and Feng Guozhang helped the spirit. Amidst the paper money and yellow banknotes all over the sky, the black and huge coffin was slowly lifted out of the presidential palace, along the Slowly heading out of the city all the way...

According to Yuan Shikai's wish during his lifetime, he hoped to return to his hometown in Henan.That is Anyang.It is a long way from the capital to Anyang.What's more, the cemetery has not yet been completed, so Yuan Shikai's coffin can only be temporarily placed in the Baiyun Temple outside the Xibian Gate, and will be formally buried on an auspicious day.

Yuan Shikai's death represents the end of an era.It also represents the disappearance of the last uncompromising figure in Beiyang.

After the funeral, the Congress held a meeting, according to the constitution, vice president Li Yuanhong took over the presidency, and elected Xu Shichang as vice president.State Premier Song Jiaoren continued to perform the post of prime minister in accordance with constitutional government, but it was different from Yuan Shikai's era.Song Jiaoren's power was much greater. Following Yuan Shikai's trend and Li Yuanhong's succession, the position of the President was changed from a real position to a virtual one. He was the head of state in name and no longer had actual administrative responsibilities, thus completely beginning the cabinet responsibility of the Song Jiaoren era system.

Other than that, the ministries of the government have not changed much. Except for Fang Zida's appointment as chief financial officer, the cabinet basically has not been adjusted.Was supposed to spy on the prime minister.Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang, who wanted to push Song Jiaoren to the false "throne" of the president, were extremely disappointed, because Yuan Shikai had made arrangements before his death, and he explained the funeral to everyone before leaving, and insisted They suppressed their thoughts, and Yuan Shikai just passed away.In order to take care of influence, Duan and Feng temporarily swallowed their anger and suppressed the desire in their hearts.

However, although Yuan Shikai's death made them feel sad, they also felt that the new opportunity was coming.Although it is temporarily unable to compete with the overall situation.But Duan and Feng are not easy-going lamps, especially Duan Qirui.On the surface, he still serves as the Minister of Defense and is an important member of the cabinet, but he secretly starts planning, trying to find an opportunity to stand at the pinnacle of his life like Yuan Shikai did back then.

After the Sino-Japanese truce, Yang Du returned to the capital with Chen Yu, and attended the funeral as Yuan Shikai's former staff and staff.Chen Wei quietly left after the funeral and returned to the base to continue his military research. Yang Du also took a step closer after Fang Zida became the chief financial officer, directly serving as the assistant to the chief financial officer and the vice president of Zhongyang Bank.As for Yang Yongtai, Fang Zida also arranged for him the positions of vice president of central yang and director of the finance department, but most of them still exist as Fang Zida's think tanks.

A month later, with the impact of the state funeral quietly gone, the Chinese government has completed a smooth transition on the surface, but in fact it is still undercurrent.This day, Yang Du hurried from the outside and entered Fang Zida's office. When he saw Yang Yongtai, he happened to tell them a news in a hurry.

"Anfu Club? What's going on?"

Fang Zida was a little puzzled, although the name of this club sounded familiar, but a small club would make Yang Du so nervous, could there be some mystery in it?

"Can Zhang Ming know Wang Yitang and Zeng Yujun?"

"Of course, Wang Yitang. Isn't this person a former councilor of the Presidential Palace, a senator of the National Assembly?" Fang Zida replied casually. He and Wang Yitang did not have a deep relationship. The former Beiyang Association has long since withdrawn from the military and entered politics instead.

But Zeng Yujun and Fang Zida didn't know much. Although he seemed to have heard his name, he couldn't remember it.

"Zeng Yujun was the former director of the Army Department, and now he works in the Ministry of Defense. He belongs to Xiao Xu." Yang Yongtai explained from the side.

The little Xu he was talking about was Duan Qirui's right-hand man Xu Shuzheng. Fang Zida suddenly realized after hearing this, and found the appearance of this person from the depths of his memory.

"Yes? Are there problems with these two?"

"It's a big problem!" Yang Du said with a stern expression. According to the news, Wang Yitang and Zeng Yujun recently set up a club at Liang Shitang's residence in Anfu Hutong in Xuanwumen, which was called Anfu Club to the outside world.He also recruited people to join the club everywhere, and privately set up organizations and positions such as the secretary department, council, and government affairs research association. Now many Anhui parliamentarians, political officials, and politicians have quietly joined this club. "

Fang Zida was taken aback for a moment, according to what Yang Du said, isn't this club a political party?Could it be that Wang Yitang and Zeng Yujun plan to form a political party?But why not use party names and clubs to disguise it?

"Of course there is mystery in it!" Hearing Fang Zida's question, Yang Du immediately said that I asked about it. Now the members who join this club are basically members from Anhui or Beiyang Anhui, that is, Duan Zhiquan's faction, and if I guess If not, I'm afraid Duan Zhiquan is the real mastermind behind the scenes, and today I deliberately took a look from a distance, guess who I saw? "

"Could it be Xiao Xu?" Yang Yongtai asked quickly.

"It's him!" Yang Du raised his thumb in admiration, Yang Yongtai didn't guess at all, he saw Xu Shuzheng, Duan Qirui's left and right hand.

By this time, Fang Zida didn't understand that he was a fool. Duan Qirui asked Xu Shuzheng to come forward, and then Wang Yitang, Zeng Yujun and others took the lead to organize such a club with members of the Anhui Department, which was actually a private party building.Probably because Yuan Shikai had just passed away, and in order to avoid being accused by other bigwigs of Beiyang, he would bear the responsibility of splitting Beiyang, so their club is actually the result of a political party, but they still use the club's banner to cover up .

"Good calculation, really good calculation! I didn't expect Duan Zhiquan to have such a skill!" Thinking about the cause and effect, Fang Zida couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding. He didn't expect Duan Qirui to play this trick. Now that Zheng Fu advocates constitutionalism , then he also obtains the rights and status he needs in a constitutional way, which is irreproachable on the surface.However, a good scripture is often read by a crooked monk. With the consistent practice of Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng, Wang Yitang, Zeng Yujun and other old-school people, it is very likely that they will eventually resort to some unscrupulous means to achieve their goals, such as: threatening Although Fang Zida is not well versed in modern history, he has also heard the story of Cao Kun buying votes to become the president.

Min Zhu is good, but also bad.Some of the methods that are unavoidable in ** Zhengfu are not yet perfected in the legal system and the wisdom of the people is not yet fully developed. It is simply impossible to achieve a truly transparent, efficient, honest and open min zhu.After laughing a few times, Fang Zida's expression gradually became solemn, he lit a cigar and smoked quietly, and after a long time asked Feng Huafu what's the situation?Wouldn't he also set up a club?Not many words”

"That's not true. Feng Huafu led troops to station in Hebei, mainly for military purposes. It is said that he has not had much contact with important political figures."

"Hehe, Feng Huafu is not as good as Duan Zhiquan after all!" Fang Zida smiled slightly, stood up and said that according to the Constitution of the Republic of China, whether it is a self-organized political party or an association, as long as the purpose is not to subvert the country, registration is legal, let alone what they do is nothing more than It's a club.I know this, and I will talk about it later. "

Chapter 220 Eight Anfu

Chapter 220, Chapter [-], An Fu, was hand-written by members.