The Republic is so violent

Chapter 116
It is said that since the prime minister Tang Shaoyi absconded and fled, Li Yuanhong, a fat man in Wuchang, recommended the Minister of Foreign Affairs Lu Zhengxiang to form a cabinet. A person with high political prestige and no political baggage, so Lao Yuan nominated Lu Zhengxiang to give a speech in the Senate to conquer those congressmen who needed to be beaten.

Talking about parliamentary politics, the biggest characteristic is gossiping and making troubles, fighting over trivial matters every day, and digging far away from the topic all day long without getting close to the real business.For example, long before the founding of the Republic of China, the Advisory Bureau in the late Qing Dynasty launched a fierce battle around a topic: it is not a crime for a woman to be raped without a man—that is to say, a member of Parliament proposed such a motion: girls, If she is not married yet, then she can have sex with whomever she likes, and sleep with whomever she likes, and no one else can control it... It is conceivable that such a proposal proposed in the Qing Dynasty would have an explosive effect .

At that time, the Advisory Council fell into a frenzy over this proposal, arguing for three days and two nights, but nothing came of it.

By the time of the Republic of China, the Senate fully demonstrated its gossip style.According to "Memories of Cao Rulin's Life", the congressmen spent a lot of energy trying to sort out a terrible problem: rape is a crime, and rape is not a crime—meaning, some congressmen proposed a wrangling motion, thinking: Husband and wife If a man and a woman outside the relationship have a relationship, if the girl does not like the boy but insists on having it, it is a crime of rape.If the girl herself is quite willing, the occurrence of this kind of sexual relationship cannot be regarded as rape.

As soon as this motion came out, it was like throwing a bomb into a cesspit. With a bang, it aroused countless public outrages. Many members of Congress were in high spirits. They would not eat, drink, sleep, or sleep. I voted several times, but I still couldn't vote for a name.

Just when the congressmen fell into extreme anxiety and excitement, Lu Zhengxiang came, and saw him stepping onto the podium, speaking in a soft and gentle Shanghai accent, and said slowly:
My brother and I are overseas, whenever I meet a Chinese overseas, whether it is a distinguished guest, a businessman, a student, or a laborer, my brother will deal with them all.Because Zhengxiang likes his own countrymen very much.When I was in the government office, it was just a small errand, nothing serious.On the first floor of the cook, I also have to worry about billing myself.Brother, I don't want to eat flowers and wine, I don't want to compliment the officialdom, and my relatives don't get in touch, saying that Zhengxiang doesn't quote his own people, and he doesn't want to borrow money, so he is extremely cold in the social field.Just like a brother, this time a person who doesn't want to eat flowers and wine, doesn't want to compliment the officialdom, doesn't quote his own people, and doesn't want to borrow money, actually asks him to do a huge thing, Zhengxiang Qingye thought to himself, what happened today? One of the happiest days of my life.When I was in a foreign country, I didn't know my birthday, because my mother passed away quite early, this time can be said to be the day of Zhengxiang's rebirth...

The above paragraph is absolutely true and true, it is Lu Zhengxiang's speech in the Senate when he reorganized the cabinet. Its style is unique and its content is bizarre.

It is said that after listening to Lu Zhengxiang's speech, the members of the House of Representatives were at a loss at first, then dumbfounded, then lost, and finally disheartened.

A sudden explosion came from the Senate: Down!

That night, countless leaflets flew out of the Senate, writing:
Such a difficult world, such a government, is really a sign of subjugation!

Why did the congressmen hold such a strong opposition to Lu Zhengxiang's speech?
This is because the congressmen all know that they have no shit skills, so they discuss the difference between rape and rape every day with great interest, just waiting for a strong strongman to work for them.Unexpectedly, there is a Lu Zhengxiang who can talk nonsense better than the congressmen, how can the congressmen bear it?

06 Sun Wen has a bad memory
Yuan Shikai was delighted to see the councilors resigning from the cabinet one after another, and ran out to do work for the councilors one by one. This cabinet is just a decoration, and the actual work is still done by him, Yuan Shikai. Lu Zhengxiang loves to argue, and you councilors also love to argue. Why are you talking nonsense, why do you want to overthrow the cabinet?
After all, Lu Zhengxiang's cabinet was finally approved.But after this incident, Lu Zhengxiang was very sad. Everyone was chatting in the Senate, but they didn't take him to play.

When he was sad, Sun Wen led the alliance brigade to arrive.Lu Zhengxiang had no choice but to brace himself up and greet him.

Yuan Shikai attached great importance to Sun Wen's coming to Beijing. He vacated the former presidential palace and repaired it so that Sun Wen could settle down, while he moved to the State Council in Iron Lion Alley to work.

When Sun and Yuan met each other, they suddenly felt sympathy for each other, and they felt that they hated seeing each other later.

Yuan Shikai said: I don't think the mountain in the picture is so loud—meaning, I didn't expect Sun Yat-sen to be so upright and bright.

Sun Wen said: President Yuan can be kind to you, and he has absolutely no intention of being disloyal to the Republic of China.The people must not be suspicious of President Yuan and wantonly attack, so that mutual sincerity will not be satisfied, and nothing can be done, and turn to incite President Yuan to do evil.What Sun Wen meant was: You have to be careful about Yuan Shikai, be careful coaxing him, if you coax him well, he will do good things for you, and he is a good person.If you don't coax him well or piss him off, you'll be in trouble.

Then Sun Wen had a meeting with Yuan Shikai, and the host and guest had a pleasant exchange. Sun Wen said: "Old Yuan, let's divide the work. You are in charge of training troops, and I am in charge of repairing railways. You come to train an army of 100 million, and I will build China's railways." to 20 miles.what do you think?
Yuan Shikai was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "The construction of the railway... You can build it as long as you want, but I know about military training. It is not easy to train elite soldiers, numbering millions." .

When Sun Wen left, Yuan Shikai said to the people around him: This Sun Dapao really dares to brag. He dared to talk about building a 20-mile railway. Alas, after all, he suffered from not having done any specific work.

What Yuan Shikai said was absolutely correct.In fact, until 2002, 53 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, China's railway had just reached 7 kilometers.By comparison, you can see that what Mr. Sun Wen said is a bit big.

However, Sun Wen lacked practical experience in government affairs, and had no idea that he was talking big. He passionately said to Member Tang Yi:

President Yuan is very talented, and I hope that he will be able to train millions of troops after ten years as president. At that time, the 20-mile railway that I built will also be completed, and the annual income will be [-] million. I can meet with other countries.

Looking at this passage, one can tell that Sun Wen doesn't have a very good memory.Yuan Shikai explained to him earlier that it is difficult to train soldiers with millions of troops.But in the blink of an eye, when he arrived at Sun Wen's place, millions had already turned into millions. If Lao Yuan heard this, how embarrassing he would be.

Then Sun Wen said: To maintain the status quo, I am not as good as Yuan, and to plan for the future, Yuan is not as good as me.For China's current consideration, it is still appropriate to have Yuan as the president within the next ten years. I will devote myself to social undertakings. After ten years, the people want me to come out to serve, and it is not too late.

This passage follows the previous one.Judging from the logic of these two paragraphs, it must be that after Sun Wen said the previous paragraph, Councilor Tang Yi reminded Sun Wen something, nothing more than: Old Sun, can we stop bragging?So Sun Wen finally realized that everyone thought he was talking big, so he moved the topic to a distant ten years later, saying: To maintain the status quo, I am not as good as Yuan, and to plan for the future, Yuan is not as good as me... In this way, everyone will Can't argue with him anymore.

On the evening of August 1912, 8, Yuan Shikai set up a grand banquet and sincerely invited Sun Wen to the banquet.

07 The Emperor joins the Revolutionary Party

At the banquet organized by Yuan Shikai for Sun Wen, there were four to five hundred guests alone, and they flocked into the hall.

At that time, the layout of the banquet was: the members of the League led by Sun Wen all sat with their faces facing south.Senior cabinet officials all sit with their backs facing north.Beiyang officers sit in the east and west rows.Sun Wen and Yuan Shikai sat in the middle.

At the beginning of the banquet, Yuan Shikai praised Sun Wen first, and Sun Wen praised Yuan Shikai again.

After boasting, the soup was served, and everyone drank the soup.

After drinking the soup, the second dish was served. At this time, there was a bang on the southwest corner. Someone started arguing, the voice was noisy, and there was the sound of fighting.Listening to the voice, some people cursed the thugs of the League for rebellion, some cursed Beiyang for suppressing the revolution, some cursed Sun Wen as a liar, and some cursed Yuan Shikai as a treacherous minister who usurped power.The scolding quickly spread to the southeast corner, and suddenly the banquet hall was full of voices, and everyone joined in the scolding battle, scolding Dapao Sun, scolding a big liar, scolding Datou Yuan, scolding a treacherous minister, they didn't know it was all Who was scolding, all the Beiyang officers in the east and west rows stood up, threw tables and dishes, kicked the floor, and the noise was earth-shattering.

Yuan Shikai, who was sitting in the middle, remained motionless, while Sun Wen was indifferent. The two clinked glasses, turning a blind eye to the noisy environment around them, and drank them all in one gulp.

There was a commotion around for a full half an hour, and the voice gradually died down. After a while, all the people present were sitting in their seats, eating and drinking, and it was not at all obvious that these people were still in a ball just now.Then Yuan Shikai stood up and gave a toast for 30 seconds.Then Sun Wen stood up to thank him, which took 20 minutes.

The banquet is over, and the guests and hosts parted happily.

On September 9, Yuan Shikai appointed Sun Wen as the National Railway Governor's Office, and provided Sun Wen with the luxury special train used by the old lady Cixi.

Two days later, more than 10 people including Chen Qimei and Li Shucheng led by Huang Xing from the Tongmenghui also came to Beijing.

The book implies that the alliance will enter Beijing in a large scale, which is very meaningful.

It turns out that since the founding of the Republic of China, the right of people to form associations has been released, and countless small parties have sprung up. The parties are extremely weird and lively.Song Jiaoren of the Tongmenghui seized this opportunity and vigorously recruited small parties and groups to form a unified party: the Kuomintang.

What Sun Wen considered was that it would be best to bring Yuan Shikai under the banner of the Revolutionary Party, and then everything would be fine.

From Sun Wen's point of view, it seems that this matter is not difficult to deal with. As long as you use your own personality charm to infect Yuan Shikai and move Yuan Shikai to tears, wouldn't it be wonderful?
But when things were done, it was not so smooth. In the process of fighting wits with Yuan Shikai, Sun Wen was obviously at a disadvantage.He could understand what Yuan Shikai said, but what he said was ridiculed as bragging.Yuan Shikai believed that Sun Wen was ignorant of government affairs and lacked practical experience, while Sun Wen believed that Yuan Shikai obviously lacked imagination, so even if the two talked for another 1 years, they would not be able to reach a conclusion.

It seems that it is not easy to get Yuan Shikai into the Kuomintang.If so...

(End of this chapter)