Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

"Zhong Kai (his nickname is also Zhong Kai), what's wrong with you? Are you so scared?"

Just when Liao Zhongkai was preparing to welcome the bullet that was going to kill him through his head, he heard Song Jiaoren's voice. He opened his eyes and was stunned. In front of him, he was standing alive. In addition to Song Jiaoren, who was once thought to be dead, there were also Yu Youren and those bodyguards. Although everyone's face was bruised and swollen, he still recognized them at a glance.

"Vice President, you didn't" want to say the word "death", but at this time he realized it, so he shut up.

"You're not dead, right?" Song Jiaoren smiled, and then pointed to the side. Liao Zhongkai discovered that unknowingly, there were a few more people in simple clothes beside him. Without exception, these people had relatively tall figures. tall,

"What is this?" Liao Zhongkai asked somewhat unclearly. [

"This is the Prime Minister's bodyguard." When he said the Prime Minister, Song Jiaoren's eyes flickered, and others didn't know what he was thinking. Okay, we must get to the bottom of what happened this time. It’s tempting (Yu Youren’s words). When we get to the front station, we’ll take the return car.”

"Yes, Vice President" Yu Youren said.

Liao Zhongkai was stunned and said with some confusion: "Don't you understand Shuntian Mansion?"

Yu Youren said jokingly: "Do you want to carry out another assassination operation after the next station?"

As soon as these words came out, Liao Zhongkai had something to say.

Song Jiaoren shouted: "Tempting, don't say this again. Without evidence, it's better not to draw a conclusion. Let's talk about it when we have evidence, right?"

June 2, 1912. Soon after Song Jiaoren got on the train at Nanjing Railway Station, he encountered an unidentified gang who assassinated him on the train. Fortunately, he was spared at the last moment without serious casualties. However, the Nanjing government, which had attracted much attention before, went to Shuntian Prefecture to discuss joint economic development across the country. The matter immediately had to be put aside.

This matter aroused huge heated discussion in the telegrams and phone calls that day, and the next day, people who read it in the newspapers denounced the murderer one after another. I don’t know what happened, but everyone was shocked. Everyone looked to the north. It goes without saying that everyone guessed that Yuan Shikai had arranged the assassination. The main reason is that it is in the north. Many people who were dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai were quietly assassinated. No need to ask, everyone knows that it was Yuan Shikai who carried out this, and now Song Jiaoren is also experiencing the same thing. If Song Jiaoren had not been so lucky, he might have become the soul of the assassin in the end.

Even on Yuan Shikai's territory. Many military officers, generals, civilians, etc. They couldn't help but look at the person who ruled them. Because they also doubted whether this was done by Yuan Shikai.

Shuntian Mansion. The former guest house. Inside the current Presidential Palace.

"This is unreasonable. How can they cast their eyes on us? Isn't this too arbitrary?" The more he spoke, the angrier he became. Finally, he directly smashed the tea cup on the table to the ground. After the cup lid spun on the ground, it finally turned to the feet of one of the people.

He has a flat head, a very thick beard under his nose, big eyes, and a very big head. Wearing a military uniform, you can tell he is a standard soldier at first glance.

This person is Feng Guozhang. Feng Guozhang previously served in Hubei. Later, after Yuan Shikai agreed to reconcile with the National Government in the south, he was transferred to Zhili Province as the governor of Chongfeng. His position was taken over by Duan Qirui. , and now he was transferred to Jianghuai by Yuan Shikai, and now he is the governor and governor of Jianghuai, which was originally Duan Qirui's territory. Hubei is now under the control of Duan Qirui.

In other words, Yuan Shikai asked the two people to exchange their jurisdictions. This can be regarded as allowing these two people who are not usually at odds to continue to be serious, and Yuan Shikai will continue to implement his imperial methods. .

When the cup lid came over, Feng Guozhang naturally knew what he should say. In fact, this matter was almost within his jurisdiction and the closest. Now Nanjing is just like Shanghai, and it is a place where all forces gather. Nanjing is Domestic forces, while Shanghai is a mixture of world and domestic forces. To the south of the two cities is the territory of Lu Xun's Jiangsu and Zhejiang Communist Party, and above it is the territory of Yuan Shikai and other United Party parties. Each has his own territory. Now Feng Guozhang is following him. Chen Shaobai from the South.

He didn't tell a reason for this matter, and he himself felt that it couldn't be justified.

He pretended to cough, then saluted Yuan Shikai, who was sitting in the middle, and said: "President, there are already some clues about this matter."

Yuan Shikai glanced at him, and then said: "What's the clue?" Although it was still so unfathomable, Feng Guozhang already knew that his bet was right.

He secretly praised his luck and said: "These people did not identify themselves, and they all got on the train in Nanjing. In other words, they all came with Song Jiaoren all the way. They are not in our territory, but only in Nanjing." It was just that when the assassination happened, it finally passed by us. Therefore, we have reason to claim our innocence, and even use this in turn to express dissatisfaction against the southern government."[

"So, there are some reasons." Duan Qirui, who was next to him and had always disliked Feng Guozhang, spoke up at this time, but it didn't sound so good to Feng Guozhang.

Duan Qirui saluted Yuan Shikai, then turned to Feng Guozhang, and said jokingly with a smile: "Brother Huafu (Feng Guozhang's nickname), have you been so wet these days that you have forgotten that people can do a lot of fake things?" For example, who knows if these people are instigated by others and are not even afraid of death? Will they directly frame the president because of someone? After all, every household now, many times There is still a saying that there are dead men at home." The last sentence was addressed to Yuan Shikai.

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"You" Feng Guozhang was a little angry, but he didn't know what to say, because he also understood that although Duan Qirui was angry with him, what he said made sense, so he looked at Yuan Shikai in the center with some worry . At the same time, he also cast his eyes on the man next to Yuan Shikai, with a faint hint of asking for help.

Zhao Bingjun was Yuan Shikai's most trusted person. As the Minister of Internal Affairs, he was even assigned the title of deputy prime minister, which shows how high his status was in Yuan Shikai's heart. Although Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang were also among the people Yuan Shikai valued, they still knew how to deal with Zhao Bingjun, the man who followed Yuan Shikai's real travels.

Zhao Bingjun naturally saw the look in Feng Guozhang's eyes, and sighed, thinking that it would be good to make friends with him at this time. After all, he also knew that the president would probably not do anything to these people. After all, there is a shortage of talent now. When thinking about talents, he couldn't help but sigh. The majestic Greater China is now fragmented and competing for talents everywhere. It's really sad.

He saluted Yuan Shikai and said: "President, I think we should directly announce this matter in the newspaper, directly explain that we do not care about our affairs, and directly block the mouths of those people. As for whether they are suspicious or not, then We can only bear it ourselves. After all, some people will continue to cause trouble for us, and it is impossible for us to silence them all. Fortunately, Song Jiaoren is fine this time, otherwise, he will really be able to take action. This matter will be even worse. Especially the hearts of those patriots who want to reform, they will think that the president is a person who does not want to reform the country, and then choose to support those southern parties."

When talking about the parties in the south, he glanced at Yuan Shikai secretly and sighed in his heart. In fact, he didn't know what Yuan Shikai was thinking in his heart was that he didn't want reform and wanted to continue to control power until his death, even as his As a think tank, he knew the other party's ambitions better, and it was precisely because he knew and supported him that Zhao Bingjun gained the true trust of Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai may have thought of this and frowned, not knowing whether it was intentional or not. From Zhao Bingjun's words, he already knew the core of Zhao Bingjun's words, that is, Yuan Shikai did not want reform. This is exactly what he thought, and Zhao Bingjun's words officially hit the best point.

This made Yuan Shikai really hesitant.

Reform, he knows, must continue. In the end, he will truly become a president like foreign countries who need to campaign to continue. Although he knows that he is still very sure of being elected, but what about the next term? As for the next term, the two terms combined will only take eight years. He is only 53 years old this year. In eight years, he will be 61 years old. If he cannot be re-elected, can he still do whatever he wants like now? The answer is naturally no. This made him absolutely unwilling.

But if he does not reform, he will be rejected by the whole country, and eventually even lead to a crusade from all reformists. This is also a very dangerous thing for him. After all, he has been reading "Quotations of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty". He also understands that water can carry a boat and also capsize it to govern a country.

There are dangers in reform. Without reform, the danger seems to come faster because of Song Jiaoren. This really makes Yuan Shikai feel that it is neither progress nor retreat. It’s really hard to draw a conclusion.

Zhao Bingjun, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and the other three people below were also waiting for Yuan Shikai's final conclusion. They all held their breath because they knew which of the president's decisions would bring about changes for them. The consequences in the future will be a completely different life. This feeling is really painful.

It is precisely because of this that they all began to be more alienated from Yuan Shikai because of today's reasons. The two fought openly and secretly, which made Yuan Shikai sleepless. Later, Yuan Shikai called Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang the " Wang Shizhen, the leader of the Three Beiyang Heroes, came out to suppress them and laid the groundwork.

Second update, who planned the move? Please guess, it will be revealed in the next chapter! (To be continued...)