The Republic is so violent

Chapter 107
Everyone looked at Zhao Fengchang, the most politically wise old man in China, did he have a way to solve this problem?
Zhao Fengchang smiled and said: Yi Er, the prime minister of the cabinet, ah, I see, let Xiao Tang do it.

Tang Shaoyi was overjoyed: That's great... No, what I mean is... I'm not a member of the League, this, this... While speaking, he swept his eyes at Sun Wen and Huang Xing, hoping to get their approval.

Sun Wen and Huang Xing pretended not to hear, and went about their own business.

But Zhao Fengchang laughed and said: "What does it matter if you are not a member of the Tongmenghui?"You can join the League now.

Tang Shaoyi suddenly became dizzy: I will join now...

That's right, it's now!Zhao Fengchang got up, leaned on his stick and said: I thought the first cabinet of the new president was a bridge between the old and the new, so the Premier of the State Council must be someone trusted by the old and new presidents, Sun and Yuan.And you, Tang Shaochuan, were originally Yuan Shikai's best friend, and now you hang out with people from the Tongmenghui every day, talking about everything, so you are the only person in China who is suitable to be the prime minister.As long as Mr. Sun Wen and Huang Xing have no objection, I really want to persuade Mr. Shaochuan to join the Tongmenghui, become a member, and then serve as prime minister. This is the way to balance both sides.

Sun and Huang were overjoyed, because Tang Shaoyi stayed in the United States since childhood, and was with Mark?Twain's daughter danced more tap dances, full of common people's thoughts, and more radical than the people in the League.Then Tang Shaoyi expressed his welcome, so Tang Shaoyi joined the Tongmenghui, and then sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai, asking him to be the prime minister of the cabinet, and Yuan Shikai immediately agreed.

It is said that during the Revolution of [-], Yuan Shikai took advantage of all the advantages. In fact, Tang Shaoyi also took advantage of it.Tang Shaoyi was overjoyed to get the position of prime minister just by taking such an opportunity of negotiation.

However, Zhao Fengchang's move was really wise, and it easily broke the deadlock between the North and the South, which is amazing.

But Zhao Fengchang's political wisdom has been severely underestimated in history—in fact, his entire person has been erased from history.Yet such erasure is undesirable, and distances us from history, from truth, and from wisdom itself.

But how did Mr. Zhao Fengchang know that someone wanted to erase him from history?He threw himself into the next fierce battle with great interest and vigor.

The next tug-of-war between the north and the south is for the post of chief of the army.

11 Tripartite competition between North and South

Regarding the chief of the army, Yuan Shikai strongly recommended Duan Qirui, because the old Duan was the most politically minded in the Beiyang Army.As for this position, Huang Xing was also determined to win, and the situation fell into a stalemate again.

This problem was mainly solved by Zhao Fengchang and his brother-in-law Hong Shuzu, who kept sending telegrams and trying to find a way to solve it.

The solution is actually very simple. The disparity in strength between the North and the South, coupled with the fact that Huang Xing's military talent is so weak that it is ridiculous, let Huang Xing be the chief of the army, even the members of the League will feel embarrassed, but if you tell Huang Xing The ability is too poor, isn't this just asking for trouble?
I had no choice but to write to Huang Xing.

Nanjing, Chief of the Army Huang, and Wang Jingwei:
The Victoria's Secret cabinet was established in a hurry, and the dangers were extremely high.The southern army maintains that the north is also facing all kinds of difficulties. The current civil strife and diplomacy are extremely turbulent.The day before yesterday, Dichang sent a letter to Keqie to describe it, but it has not yet been decided. Brother Qi expressed his interests to Xianghong (Shu Zu) and others, so as not to be stubborn, and told Kexu to refrain from the soldiers, so as to save the crisis.

Weep and pray.

Chang, Ren
This letter was written by Zhao Fengchang to Huang Xing and handed over to Wang Jingwei. The general idea is: let his brother-in-law Hong Shuzu do Yuan Shikai's work there, and give Huang Xing the post of Chief of the Army General Staff.Here, Zhao Fengchang kowtowed and prayed to Huang Xing, repeatedly explaining the reality, your Nanjing government is about to collapse, there is no money, and a large-scale mutiny is just around the corner. Hurry up……

Seeing that Zhao Fengchang was weeping and praying, Huang Xing resigned himself to being the chief of staff of the Army Department of the "Republic of China".

Then there is the formation of a cabinet. In theory, this cabinet should be formed by the Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi, which is stipulated in the contract.But this regulation is just deceitful. The cabinet candidates are actually the balanced result of the three-party game between Wuchang, Nanjing and Beijing. Balance is the most important thing. At least the three parties will not make a big fuss because of this. As for whether this cabinet will come in handy. That is God only knows.

Xiyintang Zhao Fengchang's home has always kept this original layout list that he fiddled with. This list is accepted by the north and the south, and no one has raised objections yet.

The candidates for the cabinet members and the layout of the North and South tripartite forces are as follows:

President: Yuan Shikai, representing the Beiyang military forces.

Vice President: Li Yuanhong, representing Wuchang Revolutionary Holy Land.

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs: Tang Shaoyi, who represented both the Southern Revolutionary Army and the Northern Beiyang Army, scooped rice from the two pots at the same time, and served them happily.

Army Chief: Duan Qirui, representing the northern forces.

Army Chief of Staff: Huang Xing, representing the southern forces.

Chief of Finance: Xiong Xiling, because he spends every day in Xiyintang and got this position near the water. He represents the southern forces and is actually a constitutionalist.

Foreign Minister: Lu Zhengxiang, this person studied in Japan, but married a German wife, a professional diplomat, representing the northern forces.

Director of Education: Cai Yuanpei, founder of the Restoration Association and the Assassination Group, representing the southern forces.

Chief of the Navy: The candidate was first Beiyang's Cheng Pikuan, and when it was officially announced, it was changed to Liu Guanxiong, representing the northern forces.

Chief of Agriculture and Forestry: At first, Zhang Jian, a constitutionalist, was appointed. When it was officially announced, Song Jiaoren of the Tongmenghui pushed Zhang Jian down in a light way, and Song Jiaoren was replaced.

Chief of Justice: It was originally planned to be Wu Tingfang, an envoy from the south. It was not easy for Xiao Wu, but when the official announcement was made, Wang Chonghui from the League of Nations entered in and snatched this position, representing the southern forces.

On the list of Xiyin Hall, there is also a Minister of Civil Affairs Xu Shichang, who represents the northern forces, but when the official announcement was made, Xu Shichang disappeared, and the party member Chen Qimei rushed in as the head of industry and commerce. From this, the strength comparison between the North and the South was instantly different. reversed.

On the officially released list, excluding Tang Shaoyi, who has both the north and the south, the strength comparison of the three parties is as follows:
The Tongmenghui got four seats, Beiyang got three seats, the constitutionalists got one seat, the independent factionist Lu Zhengxiang got one seat, and the Wuchang Revolutionary Military Government got zero seats.

In other words, the alliance has a slight advantage in the cabinet.

It is likely that this advantage gave Sun Wen unlimited imagination.

So Sun Wen began to ponder, should this president...don't give up to Yuan Shikai?
12 Allah is not vain

As early as the second day after returning to China, Mr. Sun Wen first went to Xiyin Hall for a meeting, and then returned to Ying Chengkui's home where he lived, and quarreled with Song Jiaoren again.

Although Zhao Fengchang of the Xiyin Hall wanted to elect Sun Wen as the Grand Marshal at that time, the revolutionaries had already made concerted efforts to seize this opportunity, secretly covert Chen Cang, and directly set up a grand president.But regarding this great president, Mr. Sun Wen and Song Jiaoren have differences.

Song Jiaoren believes that the cabinet system should be implemented to avoid the dominance of the president.But how can Mr. Sun Wen allow others to hinder him?Insisting on the grand presidential system, Song Jiaoren failed to quarrel with Sun Wen in the end, and the Nanjing government successfully tried the grand presidential system.Now according to the secret agreement between the north and the south, the person who overthrew the Qing Empire first will be the president, and this president should belong to Yuan Shikai. At this time, Sun Wen felt a drum in his heart: it is not appropriate, it is not appropriate, this Yuan's brain is not reliable, it is still a cabinet system good!

From January 1th to the 18nd, Mr. Sun Wen sent five telegrams in a row to Wu Tingfang, the representative of the South, and strongly demanded to revise the five offers.Wu Tingfang was extremely angry and flatly refused. The five proposals were the agreement finally reached after repeated negotiations between the North and the South. The agreed legal documents have already been signed and pledged by both parties. How could you, Sun Wen, change it if you want?

Sun Wen saw it, oops, this Wu Tingfang is actually disobedient, if he is disobedient, I will fuck you!

Whoops, Mr. Sun Wen published all the five secret agreements he had revised in the newspaper.Tell the people of the whole country that what we discussed with Yuan Shikai is the cabinet system, the cabinet system, look good, if Yuan Shikai doesn't do this, he is a big villain, everyone scold him...

Yuan Shikai cried when he read the newspaper.He said: Is there any mistake? How could Sun Wen do such nonsense... Then who, Hong Shuzu, send a telegram to your brother-in-law Zhao Fengchang immediately...

Hong Shuzu said: Zhao Fengchang is not my brother-in-law, I am his brother-in-law...

Yuan Shikai yelled: "What time are you still talking about this? Send a telegram to your brother-in-law immediately. If Sun Wen really dares to break the contract, we will break up at once. At worst, I will urge the teacher to come in and beat you Sun Wen with black nose and face... …

Hong Shuzu had no choice but to send a telegram to Zhao Fengchang.When Zhao Fengchang received the telegram, he asked Wu Tingfang what was going on, and Wu Tingfang also cried at that time.He said: I was hired by Li Yuanhong, the governor of the Southern Army. It was Chen Qimei who knelt outside my door all night before I agreed to be the envoy. Ala quit, if Ala suffers from this uselessness again, your whole family will be ashamed...

Wu Tingfang was so angry that he resigned, Zhao Fengchang was very depressed, but Mr. Sun Wen was beaming with joy. On February 1912, 2, he personally met with Senge, a contact person in the Japanese political and financial circles.

Mr Sun said:

Yu et al hoped to entrust Manchuria to Japan, and Japan would aid the revolution.

(End of this chapter)