Years of the Republic of China 1913

() Although Yang Du met with Duan Qirui and said what he wanted to say, if he could convince Duan Qirui just by this, then he would underestimate the three masters of Beiyang.Duan Qirui joined the army at a young age. Over the past few decades, he has gradually risen to the position of Minister of National Defense.

But Yang Du is well aware of Duan Qirui's character. Although Duan Qirui loves power, is ambitious, and loves his weaknesses, this person still has righteousness in his bones.Duan Qirui, who was born as an old-fashioned soldier, was upright and honest all his life, with quite a charismatic personality. In Xu Shuzheng's case, although there were some inappropriate people, the case actually has nothing to do with Duan Qirui. On the contrary, he instructed him from the beginning Xu Shuzheng puts the overall situation first, and opposes small tricks secretly, but Xu Shuzheng acted secretly behind Duan Qirui's back, and thus got involved.

If a person is powerful and ambitious, then who is not a qualified politician?As Napoleon once said, a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. Duan Qirui is under a few people and above ten thousand. If so, maybe he has fulfilled his wish now. . .

Duan Fang and Duan Fang have enmity, which is unavoidable, but in the face of the overall situation, Yang Du believes that Duan Qirui will make the right choice.But if he pinned his hopes on Duan Qirui alone, Yang Du wouldn't be so stupid, Yang Du was not so confident that he could make Duan Qirui give up his past grievances with his good tongue.

At least, the purpose of the meeting has been achieved, as for the result, we have to wait and see.After leaving Baoding, Yang Du, who returned to the capital that night, went to Fang Zida's mansion non-stop, and reported the meeting with Duan Qirui.

"Duan Zhigui did not object on the spot, which means that he is a little tempted, but this matter needs to be heated up." Yang Du smiled confidently.

"Add more fire?" Fang Zida was actually not optimistic about persuading Duan Qirui. He couldn't think of any reason for Duan Qirui to help him at this time, which showed that Yang Du was full of confidence.Just treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Yang Du nodded, and said a few words softly, Fang Zida listened with a look of dumbfounding on his face, shook his head and pointed at Yang Du, "You Yang Xizi, you can even think of such a thing."

"Hehe, it doesn't matter what the method is. As long as it's useful, Zhang Ming, what do you think?" Yang Du asked with a smile, shaking his folding fan.

"Okay, I'll do as you said. I'll take care of the cabinet. The rest is up to you." Fang Zida tilted his head and pondered for a while, then laughed and agreed to Yang Du's request.

It is not so easy for the cabinet to complete a proposal. Regardless of the fact that the previous proposals were passed in a short period of time, it was because of the few bigwigs in charge of the cabinet.This is especially the result of the concerted efforts of Prime Minister Song Jiaoren, Fang Zida and others.As for the proposal of the reserve service system, although Song Jiaoren, nominally the prime minister, agreed to formally discuss it, due to the objections from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Communications in the cabinet, and the ambiguity of the General Staff, this proposal was immediately rejected. It has come to a standstill, and the two sides have back and forth on how to implement the reserve system, and on the specific implementation time, place, details, etc., without giving an inch.For a while, even Song Jiaoren couldn't make a final decision.In this way, this matter has been going straight for nearly a month from the beginning to the discussion.Still not fully approved by the cabinet.

"Hmph, this Fang Zhangming, do you think that you can carry it to death? A mere finance minister, really thinks that he can cover the sky when he becomes the prime minister of the cabinet?" Today's cabinet meeting just ended, and there was another big debate at the meeting. No final decision was made.After the meeting.Zhang Jian made no effort to hide the disdain on his face, walking with Defense Minister Duan Zhigui, couldn't help saying a few words.

Duan Zhigui's mouth was not so harsh, he frowned slightly and said: "This matter should not be delayed for a long time, there are many dreams in the night."

"Yes, yes. Such a matter is a matter of benefiting the country and the people. This Fang Zhangming is too domineering. Could it be that he is mobilizing the faction under him? National Defense Army, National Defense Army, is this still the National Defense Army? Isn't this a warlord? Back then Fang Zhangming held high the banner of reorganizing the army, aiming to eliminate the warlords and build a national army, but in the end it was all about gaining fame, which is really distressing!"

The one who said this was Cai Yuanpei, old master Cai, in his eyes, it was black and white. For these days, he often mixed with Duan Zhigui and others for this matter, advocating the establishment of a reserve force as soon as possible, and starting from Fang Zida's territory. a start.During the meeting, he had a heated argument with Cao Rulin and others, and the bragging and staring posture made Zhang Jian and others laugh secretly.

At this moment, Fang Zida, Cao Rulin, Liang Dunyan and others came from behind, Duan Zhigui and others kept their mouths shut, pretending they didn't see it, and the two sides went their separate ways.When Fang Zida and the others left the Prime Minister's Office and got into the car, Cai Yuanpei couldn't help cursing: "This Liang Songsheng is really out of his mind. What good does he do? It's incredible!"

Zhang Jian said sourly at the side: "Hehe, brother Heqing doesn't know yet? Liang Songsheng is now a wealthy landowner, and Fang Zhangming promised him 2.5 million yuan for road repairs every year. With so much money spent, he still doesn't want to be a bodhisattva for Fang Zhangming." ?”

"Private use of public property! This is absolutely lawless! Who gave him the right! Did Fang Zhangming think that the national treasury was opened by his own family? He can give it to whoever he wants? This... old man... this old man wants to impeach him!"

It was the first time for Cai Yuanpei to hear about this. He was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at him. After a few curses, he turned around and walked back. It seemed that he was looking for Song Jiaoren.Duan Zhigui also thought it was funny seeing this old master's real appearance. It is natural for the Ministry of Finance to allocate funds to the Ministry of Communications. This kind of thing only needs to be filed by the State Council, and there is no need for cabinet discussion. Cai Yuanpei has no choice but to find Song Jiaoren and Fang Zida , but neither Duan Zhigui nor Zhang Jian would try to persuade him, so it wouldn't be a bad thing for Mrs. Cai to make a fuss at such a time.

Fang Zida was wrangling with his opponents in the cabinet to buy time, and Yang Du, Yang Yongtai and others were not idle outside, but soon a person with the pseudonym Heroine wrote an editorial on the liberation of women and the improvement of women's status in the newspaper.There are tens of thousands of words in this article, starting from the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, taking Fu Hao to fight and Hua Mulan joining the army in place of her father, all the way to the former Qing revolutionist and heroine Qiu Jin, who vigorously advocated women's min zhu and improved women's social status , have the same rights as men, etc.For a while, this article was reposted by many parties, causing a disturbance.

Immediately afterwards, with the appearance of this article, similar articles abound in newspapers, and the calls for the determination of women's status in society are also getting louder.A few days later, several members of Congress also wrote pens to express their opinions in the newspaper, calling for the liberation of women and the realization of a thorough minzhu.In this regard, other people raised objections and put forward different views on these tit-for-tat confrontations. They felt that the improvement of women's social status would definitely not be successful in a day, and it had to be done slowly and gradually.These people also took the example of Western countries for comparison. Even the so-called most minzhu American women failed to obtain the right to vote. Under such circumstances, it is simply unrealistic to completely liberate the women's movement.

With the emergence of voices of opposition, refutations and quarrels gradually emerged, especially some female members of the former Tongmenghui and now the KMT Party strongly advocated the liberation of the women's movement and denounced those opponents.As this incident became more and more troublesome, some members of the National Assembly formally submitted proposals on liberating women and improving women's social status to the National Assembly, and asked Premier Song Jiaoren to come to the National Assembly to give a clear answer to this proposal.

Hearing this, Song Jiaoren was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he dared not go to the Congress even if he was beaten to death.You must know that in the KMT party meeting, because Song Jiaoren said a few words to suspend the settlement of women's status, he was caught by Biaohan's female party members and slapped him a few times, making him dizzy and fled in embarrassment .

Now this matter is not only making troubles in the society and within the party, but even going to the Congress. Wouldn't Song Jiaoren be in a tiger's mouth if he left like this?Where did he have the guts to claim that he was unwell, and thanked the guests behind closed doors, and even the cabinet meeting was temporarily suspended.

But with Song Jiaoren like this, those female party members and congressmen were even more enthusiastic. They couldn't wait for him to appear in the Congress for a long time, so they simply ran to the Prime Minister's Office to ask for an explanation.But they couldn't get in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and some bad-tempered girls were so angry that they greeted and mobilized the crowd. Hundreds of young girls were recruited from Bada Hutong, waving colorful little girls. The flag blocked the road outside the prime minister's office, and became a joke in Beijing and China for a while.

In the tea house not far from the Prime Minister's Office, Yang Du was drinking tea and shaking a folding fan, watching the excitement with a smile.It is also an anecdote that the dignified Prime Minister was blocked by hundreds of women and could not get out.

"Well done, this is yours." After watching for a while, the door of the private room was pushed open, and a man came in with his head bowed. The check was placed on the table and pushed over.

"Thank you, Mr. Xizi, thank you..." Looking at the amount on the check, the visitor was so happy that he couldn't even look at it.This person is also an old friend. He is the leader of the Revolutionary Party, the heroine Shao Yuanchong who wrote the article. As for the other person who fought with him in the newspaper is his old partner Tan Renfeng. Man-made rebellion is impossible, and there is a way of playing with the pen. Yang Du's confession has been tossed like this within a few days, which makes Yang Du very satisfied.

"Okay, be careful when you go out. Also, you know what you should and shouldn't do these days?" Seeing Shao Yuan put away the check with a smile on his face, Yang Du asked lightly.

"I know, I know, Mr. Xizi, I will take my leave first..." With a grin on his lips, Shao Yuan made a salute to Yang Du and left quietly.

Regardless of Shao Yuanchong, Yang Du turned around and continued to look out of the window cheerfully, only to see colorful flags fluttering in the distance, soft voices, graceful appearance, very seductive, couldn't help shaking his head and becoming poetic. (To be continued.)