Years of the Republic of China 1913

() The outside of the Prime Minister's Office is different from before. An hour ago, double guards were added to the gate, and there are still armed police and soldiers patrolling not far away. The area within nearly 500 meters has been temporarily martial law. 【Fengyun.baoliny.】

In fact, when Qu Tongfeng led people to lurk and prepare for action, the Prime Minister's Office was already full of security guards, but they still put on a normal appearance on the surface to confuse the other party.Now that the crisis has passed, there is no need to hide it anymore. Pulling out all the troops and arranging them where everyone can see them is not only a deterrent, but also an expression of Zheng Fu's attitude towards this matter.

Duan Qirui came to the Prime Minister's Office by car, and Wang Shizhen happened to be there when he got off the car. The two nodded at the door expressionlessly, and walked in one after the other.

When we came to the meeting room, all the chief ministers of the zheng fu cabinet had arrived, and Song Jiaoren sat at the head with a livid face. The dull atmosphere in the room was extremely depressing.

"Everyone is here, the meeting is now!"

After Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen sat down respectively, Liao Zhongkai, as the Chief of Internal Affairs of the government, announced the start of the meeting, and announced on the spot everything that happened not long ago outside the key departments such as the Presidential Palace, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Congress.

All the people here, except Fang Zida, Chief Financial Officer, Zhao Bingjun, Director of Police, Duan Qirui, Minister of National Defense, Song Jiaoren, Liao Zhongkai, etc., have just heard that this kind of thing happened, and everyone immediately burst into laughter Wow, incomparable astonishment appeared on his expression.

"Have the bandits been caught? Who is so bold?" Cao Rulin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, hurriedly asked, with an extremely angry expression on his face.

"Lawless! Absolutely lawless!"

The person who slapped the table and yelled at him was Cai Yuanpei, the head of education. The master immediately stood up and said excitedly: "Lang Lang Qiankun. In the capital, such a thing happened in broad daylight. If such a case is not resolved, there will be no peace in the world." , There is no peace in the country! We must be severely punished!"

Zhang Jian, Chief of Agriculture and Commerce, Zhang Zongxiang, Chief of Justice, and others spoke one after another, condemning the incident vigorously, and asked the government to investigate immediately to prevent such a situation from happening again.Even Wang Shizhen, who has never spoken much in the cabinet, expressed his support for the strict investigation. After all, this matter is too appalling. Once the other party succeeds.Most of the cabinet members here are afraid that they will end up as scapegoats. Thinking of this, everyone's hairs stand on end, and they are terrified.

"Investigate! We must strictly investigate! If you should be arrested, you should be arrested, and if you should be killed, you should be killed! No matter who is involved, you must not be tolerated!"

Duan Qirui raised his eyebrows coldly, and shouted louder than anyone else.

Song Jiaoren exchanged glances with Fang Zida who was next to his left hand quietly, and then nodded slightly at Liao Zhongkai.

"Everyone, the rebels have been captured. According to the chief of the Army Department, Major General Qu Tongfeng, they did not have the purpose of carrying out the rebellion. They were conducting exercises in Beijing according to the order of the Army Department. Minister Duan, what about the situation? May I ask if there is any such thing?"

"Absolutely nothing!" Duan Qirui categorically vetoed it with a calm demeanor: "If the Ministry of the Army has exercises, it should be reported to the Ministry of National Defense according to the procedures, and it can only be carried out after filing with the General Staff. Our Ministry of Defense has never received any There is no record for the General Staff Department who wants to hire brother Qing? Moreover, even the small-scale exercises of the Ministry of War are absolutely impossible to be held in such an important area of ​​the capital. I can assert that this is completely nonsense by Qu Tongfeng! For him His despicable deeds are just sophistry. It is absolutely unbelievable."

In fact, everyone present is not a fool. Although Duan Qirui is the Minister of National Defense, he used to be the Chief of the Army. To put it bluntly, it should be Duan Qirui's person.On the surface, what Duan Qirui said was just and awe-inspiring, and he categorically rejected the involvement of the Ministry of National Defense and even the Ministry of the Army, but after thinking about it, this matter must have something to do with Duan Qirui.

But Duan Qirui has a high position and weight.If there is no conclusive evidence, no one can do anything about Duan Qirui.What's more, when he spoke, he deliberately brought the General Staff into it, and he was very firm in his statement, let alone shirk any responsibility for Qu Tongfeng. For a while, everyone talked a lot, and everyone had whatever thoughts in their hearts.

"Since this matter has nothing to do with the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Army, or even the General Staff, we will formally open a case for investigation. Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any objections to this decision?"

"No objection!" Everyone present said in unison, and Song Jiaoren nodded, indicating that the matter was settled like this.

Next, the investigation of this case will be handed over by the cabinet to the police and the Military Intelligence Bureau of the General Staff. That is to say, the investigative power will be put in the hands of Zhao Bingjun and Zhou Yuanliang, or Zhao Bingjun and Fang Zida.In order to show justice, the Ministry of Justice will send personnel to intervene in the supervision and thoroughly investigate the matter.

"I have an opinion!" When Song Jiaoren asked for opinions, Duan Qirui interjected: "Since Qu Tongfeng kept saying that he was ordered by the Ministry of War, I absolutely don't believe it. But Some things are not superficial, or there may be deeper reasons, so the old man suggested to investigate the Ministry of the Army at the same time as the investigation, so as not to have Qu Tongfeng's accomplices in the Ministry of the Army. In addition, our country The Ministry of Defense will set up an internal inspection team to assist in the investigation of the case, so as to uncover the mastermind as soon as possible."

Song Jiaoren frowned slightly. He actually didn't want Duan Qirui to intervene, but Duan Qirui's words were impeccable. From the inference, it is normal for the Ministry of National Defense to conduct self-examination because of Qu Tongfeng's defense, let alone Duan Qirui. Rui also took the initiative to ask the Ministry of the Army to conduct verification and excavation to find out who was behind the scenes. If he refused Duan Qirui's request, wouldn't it mean that he pointedly pointed out in front of everyone that he was the mastermind behind this scene?Song Jiaoren would not be so naive, he agreed to Duan Qirui's suggestion after a little thought.

"Shang Ming, do you think this has something to do with Duan Zhiquan?" After the meeting, Fang Zida stayed behind, and Song Jiaoren drank a few sips of water, put down his teacup and asked.

"It's not easy to say." Fang Zida hesitated. In fact, it is very easy for him to open his mouth and say that this matter has something to do with Duan Qirui. He has great strength in the army, and there are many Anhui politicians who are waving the flag and shouting for him, and they can affect the whole body. Besides, he doesn't have any evidence to prove that Duan Qirui is involved, and even Xu Shuzheng can't show it. It is impossible to arrest Xu Shuzheng and others based on Dai Jitao's words alone.

"However, as long as Qu Tongfeng opens his mouth, everything will be easy. I heard that this person is greedy for life and afraid of death. It shouldn't be difficult to pry his mouth open."

"I hope so." Song Jiaoren sighed quietly.

After leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhou Yuanliang, who had been waiting outside for a long time, hurried over.

"Sir, should Qu Tongfeng be interrogated immediately?"

"No need." Fang Zida thought the same as Zhou Yuanliang, the most important thing was to pry open Qu Tongfeng's mouth while the iron was hot.However, this case cannot be decided by Fang Zida alone. With the approval of all the cabinets, this case must be jointly reviewed by the Police Bureau, the Ministry of Justice, the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of National Defense. Of course, the police bureau and the military are mainly responsible for the review. The Intelligence Agency, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Defense are only monitoring and cooperating.But from this point of view, Fang Zida has lost the opportunity to review the case by du li, which is also helpless. Cases like this belonged to imperial cases in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the joint trial of the three divisions was inevitable. Although politics is good, some things have to be done according to the rules.

In addition, Qu Tongfeng is not an ordinary person, he is a major general of the army.If it was an ordinary officer, this matter would be easy to handle. With tiger stools, pepper water and the like, Zhou Yuanliang had plenty of things to torment people, so he was not afraid that he would not reveal the truth.But for a major general in the army, these methods can deal with others but cannot deal with him. As a senior general of the army, he still has to take some care, and it is inevitable that people will criticize these methods.

Of course, Fang Zida would not just watch Qu Tongfeng be at ease, and it would definitely be fruitless if he fell into his hands.Since tiger stools, pepper water and the like can't be used, he still has a lot of means.

Fatigue interrogation, mental bombing, mentally destroy the interrogation target.This is the magic weapon of later generations of public prosecutors. No matter how capable you are, you will not be able to escape this trick, and you will not be able to see it on the surface afterwards.It's just that these methods just take a little longer, but it doesn't matter, Fang Zida has some time to spend with him, he firmly believes that these methods will come out, no matter how hard Qu Tongfeng's mouth is, he will not be able to overcome this barrier.

After explaining to Zhou Yuanliang in a soft voice, Zhou Yuanliang immediately understood and hurried back to prepare.After leaving the Prime Minister's Office, Fang Zida went straight to a courtyard outside the city, where Jiang Zhiqing had been waiting for him early on.

"President, you are here."

"How about our guest?"

"Hehe, it's alright." Jiang Zhiqing replied with a smile, and led Fang Zida inside.

In the small garden in the backyard, Dai Jitao was sitting in the pavilion, and the stone table in front of him was filled with rich food and wine. Jiang Zhiqing specially invited the famous Huaiyang cuisine chef in Beijing to prepare for him.But in the face of these delicacies, Dai Jitao was tasteless, staring blankly into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Brother Chuanxian, I have admired you for a long time!"

"You are..." Dai Jitao was brought back to his senses by a shout, and when he turned around, he saw Jiang Zhiqing walking towards him accompanied by an extraordinary man.

"My humble Fang Zida."

"You are Fang Zhangming?"

"Exactly!"

Fang Zida approached with a smile, and sat down in the vacant seat beside him very naturally, while Jiang Zhiqing first lifted the jug to help Fang Zida and Dai Jitao fill their cups with wine, and then sat down with him.

"Brother Chuanxian is well-known all over the country, and Zida has been friends with God for a long time, but it is a pity that he has never been lucky enough to see Brother Chuanxian. Now that Brother Chuanxian is the common people of the world, he resolutely parted ways with the rebels, returned to the country to participate in politics, and assisted the government. Fu cracked down on the criminal group hidden among the people in one fell swoop, and it is the blessing of the country and the nation to understand the righteousness so well! Come, come, and wish Brother Chuanxian a drink!"

Dai Jitao numbly raised his wine glass and touched Fang Zida, but after Fang Zida drank the wine in the glass, he still did not move, the hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, and it took a long time before he brought it to his lips and drank it down , Before the wine glass was put down, two lines of hot tears flowed down uncontrollably.