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- Chapter 374 The Meeting of Two Heroes
"When the train pulled out of Lianyun Railway Station, with the sound of the whistle, everyone witnessed history and a new era at this time. //www.//xt e-book download**
China! The prologue has begun today! "
As soon as Li Zicheng's special train left Lianyungang, Yuan Shikai knew about it in Beijing. It was impossible for him not to know that the whole of China was paying attention to that train, paying attention to the young people on the train, and also paying attention to Li Lianyun's arrival in the capital. Later, he met with the president.
After learning the news of Li Zicheng's departure, Yuan Shikai breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he became worried about gains and losses, and even became a little uneasy. The reason why Li Zicheng came to the capital was because he was invited by Yuan Shikai. The purpose of inviting him here was to make him the prime minister. It was to
But all that was just the initial plan, and plans could never keep up with changes. Now that Li Zicheng has come to the capital to serve as Prime Minister, he is dividing Yuan Shikai's power. He doesn't want to do it, and he doesn't want to divide power, but he can't ignore it. This is A headache.
Yuan Shikai, who was sitting in Jurentang, looked at the clock and once again worried about gains and losses.
People are always like this. Whether they are willing or not, they always need to make a decision, although sometimes that decision is very difficult to make.
Yuan Shikai lost weight.
That¡¯s sad and thin. When a person becomes thinner, his originally not generous face seems to shrink again, and he looks more energetic. He looked in the mirror and said to himself:
¡°Is this what he looks like to be a president?¡±
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? are quite a bit ashamed. However, he smiled again:
"With this look, I can be the president!"
When he closed his eyes and thought about his position as president, Li Zicheng and the State Council who were about to come to the capital once again appeared in his mind. He couldn't help but become uneasy. He took the list, which was the list of chiefs of the five departments of the State Council that Liang Qichao brought back when he came back. He looked at them one by one, thought about them one by one, and commented on them one by one:
He frowned fiercely at Chen Jintao, who was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer.
"This is a copper pea!"
Yuan Shikai is no stranger to Chen Jintao. He once studied in the United States at official expense. He first entered Columbia University and studied mathematics and sociology. He then entered Yale University and switched to political economics. After returning to China, he took the Ministry of Justice examination and passed the examination for progress in law and politics. He was admitted to the Hanlin Academy, and at the end of the Qing Dynasty, he served as director of the Qing Bank Supervision and Budget Branch, director of the Statistics Bureau, director of the Printing and Mining Bureau, and chairman of the Currency Reform Committee. After the revolution, he served as Finance Minister of the Provisional Government, and later as Senator of the Republic of China.
The provisional government was established and Chen Jintao became the Minister of Finance. Raising military and administrative expenses has become an urgent priority for the provisional government. For Chen Jintao, nothing was more urgent than the rapid establishment of a central bank. The powerful Qing Bank was exactly the one he relied on. After taking office, Chen Jintao did not stay in Nanjing, the capital, but stayed in Shanghai. He lived above the Daqing Bank on Hankou Road and discussed with the senior officials of the former Daqing Bank to change the Daqing Bank to the Bank of China and establish the provisional government. central bank.
But what impressed Yuan Shikai the most was that he was a very upright and honest person, very strict in his conduct, and the worst offender was cheating and taking bribes. It was for this reason that he called him "Bronze Bowl Bean". If Li Zicheng chooses someone else, Yuan Shikai will not notice anything. He has seen too many officials and many upright officials, but there are not many upright and talented officials. This Chen Lansheng is extraordinary. Not only was he an upright person, but he was also good at finance. He was one of the few financial experts in the country. After he established the Bank of China and used the Bank of China as the central bank, a staff member around Yuan Shikai once said that if the Revolutionary Party was given one year, the financial situation of the Provisional Government would be greatly affected. will be very different.
It is appropriate for such a financial management expert to serve as the Chief Financial Officer, but for Yuan Shikai, it is not good news. The reason is very simple - Chen Jintao cannot be used by him! Because of this, in the past few years, he would rather "waste talents" than use them, but now, Li Zicheng has used him! Can he not be grateful for his kindness and try his best to manage his finances?
Fortunately, fortunately, Liang Shiyi still has a way to contain the Ministry of Finance, and Chen Jintao's character is too upright. It is not necessarily a bad thing for him to serve as the Minister of Finance.
As for Cai Yuanpei, the director-general of the Ministry of Education, this was not surprising. Cai Yuanpei had been a Jinshi scholar and an editor at the Hanlin Academy. The director-general of education during the provisional government was appointed as the director-general of the Ministry of Education.
Then there is the director-general of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Li Zicheng wanted to save trouble and let him serve indirectly. This was unexpected. Originally, according to Yuan Shikai's idea, Li Zicheng should manage his own people in these five ministries in a "mutual reward" manner. But it is precisely his own responsibility, but this is understandable. When it comes to running industries in China, Li Zicheng said that he ranked second, and no oneRecognize number one.
Then there is the director-general of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Zhang Jizhi from Nantong. Yuan Shikai has no bad feelings towards Zhang Jizhi. The two are old friends. Yuan Shikai is not worried about Zhang Jizhi at all. I am afraid that the number one scholar will be the director-general of agriculture and forestry. It's just a job that pays off.
The last one was the Director-General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Looking at the candidate for the Director-General of the Interior, Yuan Shikai was stunned. This person had never been found in his intelligence. It could be said that this person was a complete stranger.
How did you get such an unknown person to be the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?
Yuan Shikai, who was deep in thought and puzzled, finally gave up with a faint smile.
Putting down the list of five people, Yuan Shikai picked up the tea cup, held it in both hands, and walked slowly under the dim light, but his mind was racing
Although plans have been made for Li Zicheng to come to Beijing, there are still some things that make it difficult to feel at ease when things come to an end. After all, plans are still plans, and who knows if there will be any changes.
Just at this moment Yuan Keding came in. He stood beside his father and said nothing.
"Uncle,"
Yuan Keding walked up to his father and said:
"Li Zicheng is here?"
When mentioning Li Zicheng's name, Yuan Keding showed no respect for his "brother-in-law". In fact, he was disgusted with Li Zicheng from the bottom of his heart. The reasons were very simple. First, because of his talent and Wealth, secondly because of his age. In front of him, even as the eldest son of the president, he had no sense of superiority at all.
"Um."
Yuan Shikai responded. He was so thoughtful that he didn't hear the displeasure in his eldest son's words.
"Are you worried about this?"
"Um."
"What are you worried about? Just find a way to block it."
"any solution?"
"Let Shandong cut off the railway so that they can't get through."
"Soul theory."
Yuan Shikai glared at his son, but in his heart he just sighed that his son was not living up to expectations, and he didn't have any vision.
"If you break the railway, you have to repair it yourself. If you can escape the first day of the new year, you can't escape the fifteenth day. What's the use of delaying those days?"
"Then create trouble,"
Yuan Keding is a guy who doesn't talk about strategies and uses unscrupulous means. Since his father is worried about Li Zicheng's coming to Beijing, he, as a son, has to share the worries for his father.
¡°Then blow them up on the road!¡±
"fart!"
Yuan Shikai was angry!
He has never been so angry before, and he still calmly accepts his son's words and strategies. Today, his son's advice finally made him understand that his son is just a pile of mud, mud that cannot hold up the wall!
"One Li Zicheng is equivalent to thousands of troops, and has a higher reputation than a prime minister. Who dares to kill him? He still has 200,000 strong troops. His march north is earth-shattering. If you blow them up on the road, the situation will be What will happen? Who will clean up?"
After a pause, he said again:
"Blowing them up is equivalent to killing me, the president. What's more, your father and I haven't taken off the label of "Zhang Yuan Case" until now! What's the idea? Bombing the railway, huh, you Why not blow up Zhongnanhai too!"
After being scolded by his father, Yuan Keding calmed down. Only then did he realize that the "Zhang Yuan case" would be blamed by his father, or if he put another explosive on the railway, the consequences would be worse than that of the "Zhang Yuan case". "The Garden Case" is still serious.
"That's right, there is something to be done. The most important thing now is to let Li Zicheng come forward and explain the "Zhang Yuan case" clearly."
When Yuan Keding was silent, Yuan Shikai looked at his eldest son and sighed in his heart:
"Blowing up Li Zhiyuan is not an option. Chipping his energy and letting him relax is one of the first aid methods."
He raised his eyes and glanced at his son again, and then Yuan Shikai said to his son:
"Now, whatever you do, you have to adapt to the situation, that is, adapt to the trend. The State Council is about to be established. As the president, I invited Li Zicheng to come to serve as the prime minister. Therefore, when Li Zicheng comes, we have to express our condolences. Warmly welcome. You have to do it and show it to the Chinese people. In addition, naturally you have to find a way and make a formality"
Yuan Keding is already smart enough. He can come up with many "clever ideas" with just a turn of his eyes. Although there are both good and bad ideas, he is better than an "honest person" who can't kick a fart with three kicks. After being reminded by my father. He suddenly became enlightened.
"Ah, I understand!"
Yuan Keding put his mouth to his father's ear, spoke a few words in a contemplative manner, and asked:
"Uncle, how about this?"
Yuan Shikai squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, nodded quietly and said:
"It's a good idea. But it's not perfect yet."
"What the uncle means is"
Yuan Shikai also imitated his son's method, put his mouth close to his ear, lowered his voice, and said something in a dignified manner, then turned his face and whispered:
"You have to handle this matter yourself. This matter is not only to weaken his spirit, but also to show it to the people of the country and tell them that China's affairs still have to rely on me. Do you understand?"
Yuan Keding agreed and then exited Jurentang. When he exited Jurentang, Yuan Shikai smiled and then touched his head.
"Li Zhiyuan, I treat you well, but if you are not treated well, it is no wonder that I am the president!"
To welcome Li Zicheng, lights were decorated around the city of Beijing, and a colorful shed was set up outside the Zhengyang Gate. On the colorful shed, a huge word "welcome" was pierced with green cypresses; two rows of large flags were erected on the west side of the colorful shed. The flag is divided into five types: red, yellow, blue, white and black, symbolizing the five-cluster republic. On the day Li Zicheng arrived in Beijing (May 31), a welcome ceremony was held in front of the colorful shed: the troops stood in formation and raised their guns in salute, and Yuan Shikai sent an envoy to expel him. Military music blared, gun salutes shot into the sky, and the Chinese Gate was opened to welcome the people into the city.
Although Yuan Shikai did not come to the train station to greet him in person, the welcome was still grand. However, when those important officials from various ministries and congressmen who had been in the Four-Nine City for many years welcomed him at the train station, they still smelled a trace of it in the air. strange
"After careful envoys, none of the ministers from various countries came, and no one was sent from the embassy!"
On the way into the city by car, Gu Weijun, who was sitting next to Li Zicheng, whispered a reminder. He had noticed this strange thing while waiting for the train to arrive at the train station.
Maybe it doesn't matter to others, but as a foreign affairs attach¨¦ in the Economic and Strategic Envoy's Office, he knows that for Chinese people, especially those in political circles, they attach great importance to the attitude of "foreigners", which is probably not related to China's weakness. It doesn't matter, in their view, nothing can be accomplished without the support of foreigners. And now, when Li Zicheng, the future prime minister, arrived in Beijing, not only did the ministers from various countries not come, they did not even send a counselor. It is really abnormal to come here to welcome him, and this abnormality will lead to many speculations.
"Minister?"
??Grinning and talking about these two words, Li Zicheng quietly stretched his waist and said.
"This matter won't go as smoothly as we imagined, let's just treat it as a little show!"
As he said this, he also had a completely unconcerned look on his face. In fact, to Li Zicheng, it didn't matter whether the ministers welcomed him or not. In fact, what they did was just what they were thinking, at least not now. When dealing with them, when dealing with them in the future, there will naturally be no "friendship" at all. Originally, I might have been "welcoming" to other countries, but now that the ministers of various countries don't "want to see" me, what's the problem?
"What's more, right now, the most important thing is that we have to deal with the president!"
Yuan Shikai used the etiquette of expelling state guests to expel himself, but he himself did not come. This actually made Li Zicheng murmur in his heart, and he had doubts in his heart:
"What kind of trick is Yuan Xiangcheng playing?"
Yuan Shikai knows how to play tricks. Out of his understanding of Yuan Shikai, Li Zicheng knew that he would not let him become the prime minister easily and quickly. Treating him with national courtesy but not showing up was probably his first step.
It¡¯s just an excuse!
After leaving the train station, the car drove directly to Zhongnanhai, instead of the Yingbin House, which was designated as the "official residence". The Yingbin House was built in the former Qing Dynasty to expel the German Crown Prince. It served as the official residence of the Prime Minister in the late Qing Dynasty and the official residence in the early Republic of China. The Provisional Presidential Palace has now returned to its original name of "Guest Guest House", but Li Zicheng knows that this "Guest Guest House" will be changed to the "Prime Minister's Official Residence" in a few days.
Outside Xinhua Gate, this was another extremely grand scene. Starting from Xinhua Gate, the troops held guns and played military music. Yuan Shikai, who did not appear at the train station, stood outside Xinhua Gate to greet them.
At this time, Yuan Shikai, as in the past, was wearing a black woolen uniform with a short stand-up collar and four pockets, a tasseled military cap on his head, a five-color ribbon on his chest, and black leather boots on his feet.
The moment Li Zicheng got out of the car, Yuan Shikai took the initiative to walk up and even opened the door for Li Zicheng. Before Li Zicheng could react, Yuan Shikai said warmly.
¡°Brother Zhiyuan, I haven¡¯t seen you for many years, but I miss you so much, Brother Yu!¡±
" Seeing Yuan Shikai taking the initiative to open the car door for him, Li Zicheng couldn't help but be shocked. He was indeed Yuan Shikai. If he didn't welcome him at the train station, thenHe was cut in front, but now he opened the door for himself, and became respectful in the back again, Yuan Shikai! Yuan Shikai got out of the car and looked at Yuan Shikai repeatedly. Li Zicheng, who opened the car door, pretended to be moved.
"Brother Weiting, you have lost weight. You are working for the country, but you are also taking care of your own health!"
For a moment, when the two parties met, there was no official atmosphere in their words, but only the endless affection between the two "brothers". This scene made the reporters surprised.
After exchanging polite words outside the Xinhua Gate, at the reporter's suggestion, the two stood outside the Xinhua Gate. After the reporter took pictures, Yuan Shikai personally took Li Zicheng's hand and stretched it toward the inside of the Xinhua Gate.
"Brother Zhiyuan, please!"
"Brother Weiting, please come first!"
After that, the two people walked towards the Xinhua Gate. The reporters looked at the "brotherly and respectful" scene in front of them, and most of their expressions seemed a little complicated. This scene was really amazing. The two met. There is no sense of official rank, they are just like brothers. They only hear about brotherhood and do not see the opinions of politicians. It is indeed surprising, but it also makes people expect. Even if the president and prime minister are so close, some people are worried about the "fear of feuding between the government and the court." "The fear will disappear!"
So after this performance, in the eyes of some reporters, the president's "thorn plum" hat was not so firmly worn. Probably as Liang Qichao said, it was done by the revolutionary party and was intended to cause civil strife in China. Fortunately, , these two are both calm enough, otherwise the country would be in disaster if they fell into the trap!
The guests and hosts sat down in Jurentang, and the waiter offered tea. Just as the waiter retreated, Yuan Shikai stood up and bowed deeply to Li Zicheng, who had just sat down. To everyone's surprise, Li Zicheng quickly stood up and evaded.
"President, you"
But Yuan Shikai opened his mouth and said.
"Zhiyuan, this bow is for Zhiyuan to protect Jiao'ao for the country, and for Shikai to be the president of China. From now on, the people of today express their gratitude!"
When he finished speaking, Yuan Shikai bowed again, but was helped down by Li Zicheng.
"Zhiyuan, although the "Zhang Yuan case" has nothing to do with my brother, I was injured because of him. I am really sorry. My brother wanted to collude with me to enrich the country, but the situation turned out to be like this. I also thought to myself that I am about to be six years old. 10. I know that I am not talented enough to hold the important task of being president, but in order to make the country prosperous and strong, it is enough to be a peaceful citizen. Brother Zhiyuan can be said to be famous in the world. Now that he has come to Beijing to serve, it is really a blessing for the country! Citizens! Very lucky!"
Supporting Yuan Shikai and looking at Yuan Shikai's performance, Li Zicheng's heart was filled with admiration instead of admiration. He was indeed Yuan Shikai, really
"Brother is so complimentary, brother is so complimentary"
At this moment, another sentence from Yuan Shikai hit Li Zicheng like thunder.
It was so shocking that he couldn't speak for a while.
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