Years of the Republic of China 1913

() The campaign for women to participate in politics and improve women's social status lasted for more than ten days, until Song Jiaoren, who was blocked and had no choice but to make a statement, agreed to form an opinion on this issue in the cabinet as soon as possible and submit it to the Congress for discussion. Only then did the Women's Army who won the initial victory cheered and left triumphantly.

But their departure was only temporary. Before leaving, one of the founders of this movement, Wu Qiannan, the first female party member of kmt, specially reminded Song Jiaoren that if he broke his word, they would definitely come back, and even It will also launch an early re-election of the chairman of the party within the party.Regarding Wu Ruonan's warning, Song Jiaoren has no temper at all. The most resounding slaps he received for the women's rights movement at the party meeting back then were thanks to this person, not to mention Wu Ruonan is still Although Zhang Shizhao's wife has no real power, she has great influence both inside and outside the party. Song Jiaoren can only nod repeatedly to such half-reminder and half-threatening words, and swears to God that she will never lie.

Song Jiaoren, who had sent away these women's soldiers, could only take a half step back and summoned cabinet members to write their demands, and the cabinet submitted them to the Congress for discussion.However, in the process, in order to avoid being criticized, Song Jiaoren did not directly agree or deny the proposal, but used Chunqiu's brushwork to ambiguously describe it.In his opinion, he just needs to fool the past first. As for the outcome of the congress, he, the prime minister, has nothing to do with it, and there will be reasons to shirk responsibility at that time. . .

After several days of busy work, Song Jiaoren was finally able to settle down and continue with the previous proposal after dealing with the affairs of these women.People are like this, when a person trusts another person, no matter how you look at it, it feels pleasing to the eye.But once this trust is lost, the feeling is completely different.Now Song Jiaoren almost regards Fang Zida as a thorn in his side, wishing he could cut off the power in his hands as soon as possible and suppress him step by step.But he never thought of it.After tossing about women's issues, when the cabinet held another meeting to discuss the reserve system, those who had agreed in advance suddenly changed their attitudes.

Zhang Jian, who was the first to mention the implementation of the reserve system as soon as possible, suddenly turned off the fire, and kept silent about this matter, as if everything before had never happened.Defense Minister Duan Zhigui talked a lot about the impact of the European war on the Chinese National Defense Forces in the cabinet meeting, and proposed that according to the news from Europe some time ago.The Allies had turned all their forces to the West after the armistice with Russia, and there were signs of preparations for a major campaign.The European Expeditionary Force Command has sent a power call to the Ministry of National Defense, requesting to send troops for support. At this time, the Ministry of National Defense believes that it should organize a second expeditionary force to Europe as soon as possible to ensure sufficient troops.Although he didn't mention anything about the reserve service, any fool can see what Duan Zhigui's intentions are. The dumbfounded Song Jiaoren didn't expect such a change in just a short time, and he didn't come back to his senses until after Duan Zhigui finished speaking. Come.

Zhang Jian and Duan Zhigui turned suddenly.Song Jiaoren was caught off guard. Originally, he planned to add fire to the implementation of the reserve system today. If Fang Zida's faction continues to oppose it, as long as the votes are equal, he still has one vote as the prime minister. The most important thing With a casting vote, it is not impossible to force this proposal through.

As long as the cabinet approves it, although there will be some troubles on the congress side, the problem is not too big.Song Jiaoren is confident that he can persuade a large number of members of Congress to vote in favor of this proposal.But now, everything has suddenly become like this.Song Jiaoren was startled by Zhang Jian and Duan Zhigui's change of attitude.

It was too late to think about how the two of them would suddenly change their attitudes, but the impasse in front of them had to be broken, otherwise the proposal would come to an end without a problem.After thinking about it, Song Jiaoren cast his eyes on Cai Yuanpei, and asked, "Brother Heqing, regarding the reserve service proposed by the previous cabinet..."

Before Song Jiaoren finished speaking.Cai Yuanpei waved his hands and said, "Cai is just a teacher, so he doesn't know anything about military affairs. If you want to write a proposal for teaching and educating people, Cai may talk about his experience. The so-called specialization in art, that's it. Don't ask Cai."

This sentence made Song Jiaoren unable to react for a long time. Why did the sky suddenly turn from clear to cloudy?Zhang Jian, Duan Zhigui, and Cai Yuanpei, the three guys who danced vigorously at the beginning, all changed the direction of the wind one by one. He, Song Jiaoren, was as helpless as Zhuge Liang who went upstairs and was taken out of the ladder. He couldn't say anything for a while.

"The war in Europe is urgent, and the General Staff has to prepare for the battle. If the Prime Minister has nothing else to do, I will..." At this time, Wang Shizhen picked up the hat on the table and put it on, and said slowly.Before Song Jiaoren could answer, Liang Dunyan, the director of transportation, also proposed to end the meeting on the grounds that he wanted to verify the survey results of the railway line. Immediately afterwards, Cao Rulin and Duan Zhigui spoke together. Looking at these cabinet members, when their eyes fell on Fang Zida, who was drinking tea leisurely and contentedly, he stopped for a moment when his gaze fell on Fang Zida, who had not said a word since the beginning of the meeting, gritted his teeth, and said two words with difficulty, "The meeting is over!"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone rose one after another and filed out.

When going out, Zhang Jian and Duan Zhigui deliberately walked last, looked back at Song Jiaoren, who was sitting in the chair with a pale complexion, and the two shook their heads at the same time, and smiled subtly as they looked at each other, showing a smile. With the mysterious meaning of "you understand", they left together.

Sitting in the meeting room for a few minutes, Song Jiaoren didn't come back to his senses until Liao Zhongkai kindly reminded him.

With a bitter smile, Song Jiaoren opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't say anything.He picked up the teacup at hand and planned to drink some water, but the tea had already become cold, and his favorite Yuqian Longjing had lost its sweetness, so angry that he smashed the teacup to the ground, stood up without even saying hello. Instead of fighting Liao Zhongkai, he turned around and walked out.

"Hey..." Looking at Song Jiaoren's back, Liao Zhongkai shook his head and sighed. From the very beginning, he did not suggest that Song Jiaoren target Fang Zida, and today's scene was obviously Fang Zida's counterattack. Da understands that this person is decisive and will never let Song Jiaoren go just like that. Although he doesn't know what method Fang Zida used to persuade Zhang Jian, Duan Zhigui, Cai Yuanpei and even Wang Shizhen, it is obvious that Fang Zida's line of work is in the cabinet now. Losing the advantage, Song Jiaoren first turned against Fang Zida, and then lost the opposition and neutrals he originally planned to win over. In the end, he shot himself in the foot. Judging from the current situation, Song Jiaoren, the state minister It is unbelievable that the prime minister has become a minority in the cabinet.If a prime minister achieves this level, it can already mean that the prime minister has either been emptied or has lost control of the cabinet, so that he can no longer perform his duties as prime minister.

For this situation, Liao Zhongkai regretted and felt sad. KMT is the largest party in Congress, and Song Jiaoren is the prime minister of the constitutional government. This is what KMT has always been proud of.And what makes everyone happy is that no matter whether Yuan Shikai is alive or after his death, the whole country has been gradually becoming prosperous and strong, taking back Qingdao, forcing Japan to cease the war on the battlefield, and taking advantage of the opportunities of the European War and Russia's great changes to take back a series of national sovereignty.In terms of finance, the country's financial resources are getting stronger day by day, industry and agriculture have also developed greatly, the separatism of local forces has almost collapsed, and the central government's decrees can roughly be implemented in the localities... These achievements that can be counted one by one are not correct Is it what they expected when the country was founded?Seeing the ideal gradually become a reality, but who would have thought that such a thing would happen suddenly.

From an emotional point of view, Liao Zhongkai is close to Song Jiaoren, but from a rational point of view, he is very disapproving of the action against Fang Zida. Although Song Jiaoren told him many reasons, Liao Zhongkai is still skeptical so far.Originally, Liao Zhongkai planned to wait for Song Jiaoren to suppress Fang Zida, and then find a way to persuade Song Jiaoren after he had vented his anger, and to say a few good words for Fang Zida.But he didn't expect that today's scene caught him by surprise. At this time, he felt that he could no longer stand idly by and had to make a decision.

That night, Fang Zida's mansion welcomed a guest, and this guest was none other than Liao Zhongkai.

"Brother Zhongkai, you are a rare visitor!"

Hearing that Liao Zhongkai came to visit, Fang Zida hurriedly asked someone to come into the study, changed his clothes and hurried over.

"Hehe, Zhang Ming, I have nothing to go to the Three Treasures Palace today." Liao Zhongkai was straightforward, seeing Fang Zida coming, he quickly got up and said with a smile.

Fang Zida smiled and asked Liao Zhongkai to sit down, served a pot of good tea, and took some good cigars.You must know that Liao Zhongkai is usually too upright. Although everyone has a good friendship, he rarely visits. Except for the holidays, the number of times he comes here to Fang Zida can be counted on the fingers.

After taking a sip of tea, he lit a cigar on the fire Fang Zida gave him and took a puff. Liao Zhongkai asked bluntly: "I came here today to ask you about something, what happened between you and Dunchu?" What? The good friends at the time almost turned against each other. A prime minister, a chief financial officer, a chairman, and a director. Didn’t the two of you work closely together and have a good relationship? Why did you become like this? ?”

Fang Zida gave a wry smile, smoked a cigarette and shook his head, "Brother Zhongkai, do you want to listen to the truth or lie?"

"It was the truth at the time!"

"Okay! Then I'll say it." Fang Zida spread his hands innocently: "I don't know either..."

"You don't know?" Liao Zhongkai's eyes widened in surprise, Fang Zida nodded seriously and told him that he really didn't know.

"Could it be..."

Fang Zida waved his hand and said, "Brother Zhongkai, we are all friends. I don't need to lie to you. It is certain that I have some doubts, but Zida really doesn't know how. If Brother Zhongkai knows something, you might as well just say it."

Seeing that Fang Zida did not seem to be lying to himself, Liao Zhongkai hesitated and finally revealed the content of the conversation between him and Song Jiaoren. When he told Fang Zida the real reason why Song Jiaoren moved him, Fang Zida was stunned for a moment , Then thoughtfully, and then laughed again. (To be continued.)