"Get rid of Liang Yansun? Absolutely not!" Although Zhao Bingjun's eyes were blurred, he still remained clear enough on such a big issue of right and wrong. "Although Zhao couldn't understand Liang Yansun's behavior, he would not be so ruthless. Otherwise, it will definitely be our Beiyang Group that suffers, and Sun Baixi, Li Songqing and others will benefit instead."
Cheng Jingshi smiled and said: "My lord, you are overthinking. No matter how ignorant you are of your lowly position, you will not encourage your lord to assassinate the Secretary-General of the Presidential Palace! This will require beheading!"
"What do you mean?"
Cheng Jingshi said: "Didn't the president now appoint Liang Yansun to be responsible for party formation? There is no hint of a test in this. As long as we let Liang Yansun fail, or lose his reputation in the process, the president will definitely be very disappointed with him. So. As soon as it comes, Sir, you can take the opportunity to replace it!"
Zhao Bingjun shook his head slightly: "The formation of the party is related to the presidential election. The commander-in-chief is extremely concerned about this and every move is under his control. If he knew that we would interfere randomly to ruin his good deeds, I am afraid that our lives would be in danger! Zhao has already Having passed the age where I know my destiny, I have also held important positions such as Chief of the Interior and Prime Minister. I have long understood that fame, fortune and wealth are external things and will not be taken with me until death. Therefore, I regard them as the same as garbage. I am happy to gain them and take them lightly when I lose them. If I throw away my good head for such external things, wouldn¡¯t ghosts and gods laugh at me?¡±
Cheng Jingshi didn¡¯t know whether this was a smoke bomb deliberately released by Zhao Bingjun or a delirium made after smoking opium, but he was certain that this was by no means Zhao Bingjun¡¯s true intention. Therefore, he continued to persuade: "Yes, yes, my lord, you have read all the world affairs and have a very thorough view of fame and fortune, but you cannot swallow this breath because of your humble position! If you want to say that the person who should be the prime minister and the most suitable to be the prime minister in the country is none other than you, my lord, Why did Tang Shaochuan, Sun Baixi, Liang Yansun and others take away the position of prime minister that belongs to you again and again? Moreover, today is a democratic republic, and the position of prime minister is a public asset of the world. It should be expelled by the whole world. Those who are virtuous and capable will get it first. How can we give and receive privately? And the person in office is not from our Beiyang family, so why should we have so many scruples?"
Zhao Bingjun exhaled a puff of smoke and said with a sad smile: "Yes, if Qin loses its deer, the whole world will chase it. The one with the best and the fastest will get it first! But why should we compete with others? In the past, we were not as lucky as Tang Shaochuan, and we were not as strong as Sun Baixi. , we can only suffer defeat; and now in terms of financial resources, favor, and age, we can¡¯t compete with Liang Yansun. Why should we compete with others!"
Cheng Jingshi said in a low voice: "Sir, although Liang Yansun is a few years younger and has recently gained the favor of the president, and has considerable financial resources due to his control of the Ministry of Communications and the Bank of Communications, his victory is not infallible. As long as we operate properly. . Even if he cannot ascend to the throne of Prime Minister, it is enough to make Liang Yansun fall into disgrace!"
"Oh?" Zhao Bingjun's tone was very vague.
Cheng Jingshi perked up and said hurriedly: "Sir, it may take a lot of hard work to accomplish something, and it depends on the right time and place, but it is really easy to ruin something! For example, Liang Yansun formed a party to win over the Kuomintang membership. Congressman, intends to compete with Son Baek-hee for the position of prime minister. It will take three to five months from now until he finally takes the throne, right? But if we want to prevent him from getting involved in the cabinet, it will be effortless!
"Didn't the President promise to allocate 900,000 yuan to Liang Yansun as party building funds? There is no doubt that Liang Yansun will use this public money to buy off Kuomintang members. With your methods, you will definitely be able to easily collect the power and money transactions between them. Evidence. When the time comes, we will send the evidence to the media and newspapers controlled by the New China Party to ensure that Liang Yansun will be disgraced and discredited, and naturally he will not be able to aspire to the cabinet. This is the simplest and easiest way!"
Zhao Bingjun put down his cigarette and shook his head: "What serious crime is bribing members of parliament and trading power for money? Not to mention the members of the Yuan Yuan across the country, as pure and holy as Sun Baixi, they have done many similar things in private. How can it be possible based on this? To overthrow Liang Yansun? If this delays the presidential election and makes the commander-in-chief furious, even if we conduct a thorough investigation, we will not be able to escape our involvement."
Cheng Jingshi said: "Your Excellency, you are absolutely right. Nowadays, bribery is common across the country. Trading power for money and bribery of parliamentarians are indeed not serious crimes, but these are all done in secret. No one dares to bring it to the table. Especially especially Those members of Congress were all elected by the people after making countless promises, and they are even more cautious. Once the stolen goods are revealed and cause public outrage, they will definitely not be able to protect themselves. As the other party involved, can Liang Yansun'an be immune? As for the president's subsequent investigation. He should first suspect that Sun Baixi was the one behind it. As long as we do everything perfectly, we will never be traced back to us."
Zhao Bingjun said: "You think things are too simple! Since we did it, it will definitely leave traces. How can it be done seamlessly? Furthermore, if the commander wants to be suspicious of someone, is it necessary? What evidence doesn¡¯t work?¡±
? ?Jingshi lowered his head and thought silently for a moment: "That was the simplest way just now. It will inevitably slip through the net. I still have another idea. Aren't Liang Yansun and Tang Shaochuan incompatible with each other? Not long ago, Tang Shaochuan, who was at the end of his rope, accepted Sun Baixi's recruitment and became the head of Guangdong Province. As the Provincial Civil Affairs Minister, I think there must be correspondence between them. We only need to fabricate a letter in some tabloids about Tang Shaochuan's secret persuasion to surrender and Liang Yansun's diligent response, and then spread it to the ears of the President, which will definitely make the President Suspicion on Liang Yansun. As your Excellency just said, if the President wants to raise suspicion on someone, doesn¡¯t he need any definite evidence?
"Furthermore, Liang Yansun has always had a close relationship with the leaders of small societies such as Qianshe and Jiyishe. It is difficult to imagine that there is nothing fishy in it. There will definitely be many transgressions in the process of party formation. As long as we collect carefully and weave a little bit, we can completely We can write a good article on this. As long as we persevere, we are not afraid that the president will not be suspicious of Liang Yansun. As long as Liang Yansun resigns, your Excellency, you are the most suitable person to take over as the leader of the party, and the subsequent succession as prime minister will be a matter of course!"
Zhao Bingjun nodded slightly: "This idea is quite interesting. It leaves no traces, moisturizes things silently, and does not delay the commander's business. Of course, how to implement it, let Zhao think about it for a few days!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the carriage stopped. It turned out that he had already arrived at the door of Zhao's house when he spoke.
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Let¡¯s not talk about how Zhao Bingjun dealt with Liang Shiyi. Let¡¯s say that after Liang Shiyi received the authorization from Yuan Shikai, he officially established the banner of the ¡°Citizen¡¯s Party¡± and began to spend money to recruit troops. The main targets included politicians, famous scholars, old bureaucrats from various places, and big officials. Business owners and compradors, etc. The most important targets among them are naturally members of Congress, and the silver bullet offensive is particularly fierce. The semi-public quotation is that all members of the party who join the party will be given a monthly allowance of 200 yuan to spend.
In an instant, the name of the Kuomintang appeared on the front pages of newspapers every day, and spread all over the country.
But what is strange is that although the Civic Party is huge, it does not have a formal party constitution or even clear political views. In the "Political Opinions" they issued, they claimed: "Using state power to implement political unification and enhance people's welfare is a political power that the party believes in. It can issue policies at any time and seek the sympathy of the majority of the people." It seems quite representative and advanced. The subtlety of nature, in other words: Although our Kuomintang does not have any specific political views, we can advocate whatever political views you want.
What¡¯s even more strange is that after the Civic Party held its founding conference, it claimed to quickly establish its headquarters in Beijing and branches in various provinces. But no one, including the main backbone of the Kuomintang, knows where the Beijing headquarters is located in the capital, because the Kuomintang has never established a formal party headquarters. The weirdness doesn't end there. The Beijing headquarters held a meeting at a venue and elected a number of directors, counselors, commentators, and officers. However, the party leader was not elected. The highly anticipated candidate for the party leader, Liang Shiyi, only served as a director.
??Isn¡¯t it strange enough that a political party has no party constitution, no political opinions, no headquarters, and no party leader?
This strange phenomenon immediately aroused a lot of discussion across the country. It is generally believed that the Civic Party is actually Yuan Shikai's royal party, and its purpose is to compete with the Prime Minister Sun Yuanqi in the Congress. As for the vacant position of party leader, it is natural to retain To Yuan Shikai, even Liang Shiyi, secretary-general of the Presidential Palace, did not dare to overstep his authority and could only serve as a director of the party.
However, as a bystander, Sun Yuanqi knew that the Civic Party was established because the presidential election could not be held for a long time and he kept making small moves. Under this situation, Yuan Shikai could not sit still and decided to jump out and fight with him in person. red! Therefore, the first task of the Kuomintang is not to draft a party constitution, finalize political opinions, establish a headquarters, and elect a party leader. It is to use various means to win over enough members and elect Yuan Shikai as the official president as soon as possible.
Although the Civic Party was established in a hurry, it was so powerful that Sun Yuanqi did not dare to underestimate it. In addition to organizing people to vigorously criticize the Civic Party in various newspapers and media, criticizing their corrupt practices of bribery of members and power-for-money transactions, and damaging the reputation of the Civic Party in Congress and the people, they also resorted to tricks to fight with the citizens. The party launched a battle for Kuomintang members in Congress.
There were originally nearly 300 members of the Kuomintang. Some of them fled to the south to participate in the second revolution some time ago. Yuan Shikai shot and arrested several of them on charges of "colluding with gangsters, plotting civil strife, and having a clear record of evil". Sun Yuanqi was also accused of The slogan of severe punishment scared many people into exile overseas After all, there are less than 200 Kuomintang members remaining in the capital. These people have become the targets of competition between the New China Party and the Kuomintang.