Seven hundred and ninetieth chapters in charge of the country
"Vice President, since the late Qing Dynasty, China has been in chaos. The central government has lost its power and cannot control local areas. As a result, powerful powers have arisen, power has been dispersed, and the country has fallen into internal strife. Facing the pressure of the West,
The country's power is gradually declining. Therefore, in order to change this situation, a military and political strongman must come forward to unify all the forces of the country and call on all people to work hard together to save the decline."
Yang Du was talking eloquently to Zhang Tinglan. When he got excited, he couldn't help but raise his fist. Zhang Tinglan leaned on the sofa of the special train and listened carefully, wanting to see this controversial person.
What kind of ideas do characters have?
"Mr. Xizi, is that why you encouraged Yuan Shikai to ascend the throne and become emperor?"
When it came to the Hongxian monarchy, this was a pain in Yang Du's heart. He couldn't help but feel discouraged, but then he said: "Yes, I did think so at the beginning. But Yang still misjudged him, thinking that Yuan Shikai
With strong troops in hand, he can decisively change the world and implement the New Deal. However, Yuan Shikai is simply too old to be used. In his heart, he is still the old bureaucrat. In the face of foreigners, he always chooses to kneel down, and he cannot really do it.
Tough. Compared with Zhang Zhuoyan, he, a strong military and political man, is nothing more than an appearance. The responsibility of changing the world actually falls on Zhang Tinglan's shoulders."
"Mr. Yang, you are ridiculous. To say that changing the world is the work of countless people in the world. If the credit is mine, I will not refuse, but I want to say that this country is already undergoing transformation, and the First Five-Year Plan will be completed soon.
The Second Five-Year Plan has also begun to be laid out. As long as industrialization is completed, China will be completely changed."
"This is not enough!" Yang Du said very decisively: "With industry, it only solves what can be produced, but it cannot solve what people think in their heads. The most serious problem in China is fragmentation and vicious infighting. Only by solving
Only with these things can China be truly and completely unified. Only with a high degree of unity from top to bottom can a country have combat effectiveness."
"One country, one leader. Put aside the pompous Congress, abolish the cabinet system, and change the president to a life-term term. The president also serves as prime minister and commander-in-chief of the three armed forces. Consolidate military and political power into one body and establish a vertical system from top to bottom. Centralization
Only with the power of all the people in the world can China compete with the great powers, restore its former sphere of influence, and create another prosperous China since the days of Emperor Qin and Emperor Hanwu..."
Yang Du wanted to continue speaking, but Zhang Tinglan smiled and waved his hand: "Mr. Xizi, why does this statement sound a bit like fascism advocated by Mussolini in Italy?"
"It can also be said that, from the bottom of my heart, I hope that the vice president can ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. China has thousands of years of imperial tradition, and the people have adapted to the existence of the emperor. After becoming the emperor, he speaks the truth and follows the law. In fact,
It is more conducive to changing the country quickly. However, the Hongxian monarchy and Zhang Xun's restoration completely ruined the reputation of the monarchy, and Yang had to settle for the next best thing."
Zhang Tinglan listened to Yang Du's words. He stood up and looked at the vast land passing by outside the car window. He said with emotion: "Its prosperity is also rapid, and its demise is also sudden! In the past five thousand years, there have been a few real occurrences.
Strong emperors, and every strong emperor, the country will sink after their death. No matter how strong the Han and Tang Dynasties were, they could not escape the fate of prosperity and decline. This shows that there is no value in pursuing temporary prosperity, and only consolidating the country
The real way out is to build the foundation and strengthen the people and the country."
"Vice President, you are right. But today's era is different from the Han and Tang Dynasties. The world has become one. If you eat one more bite, I will eat one less bite. If you don't seize a good place quickly, I'm afraid nothing will be left.
In my humble opinion, the vice president should be the founder of the country, vigorously expand the country's territory, and make China as big as possible. Even if there are setbacks in the future, it can maintain its foundation."
"Mr. Yang, after all, you still can't let go of your imperial skills!" Zhang Tinglan smiled and shook his head: "China's core challenge is how to control vested interest groups. The Han Dynasty was due to the expansion of aristocratic families, and the Tang Dynasty initiated the imperial examination system
, suppressed the aristocratic families, and as a result, the army expanded again. By the time of the Song and Ming Dynasties, it was the expansion of the civil service group, and the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were the expansion of the imperial family. After careful calculation, China's crisis is internal but not external. If we want to solve this problem
, there are only two words at the core: checks and balances! But Mr. Yang wants to completely give up checks and balances, I’m afraid he’s trying to make ends meet, right?”
"Vice President, you have misunderstood Yang. Of course I support checks and balances, but as a leader, you do not need to be checked and balanced. It is enough as long as the people below check each other."
"As long as there is a special case, all norms will lose their effect. A society governed by people rises and falls because of one person. Only by implementing the legal system can it thrive forever."
After Zhang Tinglan finished speaking, he picked up the tea cup on the table and lowered his head to drink tea. The eviction order had been issued, and Yang Du could only turn around and leave Zhang Tinglan's carriage.
But just as he walked out, Yang Du clenched his fists tightly. What Zhang Tinglan said may make sense, but in Yang Du's view, his words are the greatest truth and the best choice. Even if Zhang Tinglan does not accept it now
Sooner or later, he would nod his head, but he didn't believe that there would be anyone who could resist the temptation of power. Yang Du was full of confidence.
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The special train returned to Beijing. As soon as Zhang Tinglan got off the train, she felt a chilling atmosphere. The train station was full of military police, and the security was extremely tight.
Sun Anhu was waiting for several senior generals, who were all waiting at the station. When they saw Zhang Tinglan getting off the bus, they hurried forward and saluted Zhang Tinglan neatly.
"What is this for? Is there going to be a coup?"
Sun Anhu said hurriedly: "Vice President, don't get me wrong, it's just an extraordinary time and we have to take extraordinary measures."
Sun Anhu bit the word "very" very hard, and Zhang Tinglan frowned. What he hated most was being good at making opinions. Li Yuanhong's death is considered a big event, but a president without real power will die when he dies.
, it was a bit too much to mobilize the troops and mobilize the troops, and the grass and trees were all soldiers.
Zhang Tinglan had a sullen face and said coldly: "Come with me and explain the situation clearly."
Sun Anhu and others followed Zhang Tinglan and left the station and returned directly to the Vice President's residence. Many mourning banners were hung along the street. There was a sentry every three or five steps, and the street was particularly deserted. Seeing this, Zhang Tinglan's
His brows furrowed even more tightly.
After arriving at the official residence, Zhang Tinglan didn't even change her clothes. She asked directly: "What on earth do you want to do? Who gave you the order to impose martial law throughout the city?"
"Vice President, these are my orders." Seeing Zhang Tinglan's displeasure, Sun Anhu hurriedly stepped forward and said loudly: "According to convention, when the president dies, the vice president should take over. This is a matter of course.
.However, several congressmen said that the vice president is not old enough to serve as president, so they advocated holding an early election, with each party nominating candidates, and conducting a truly democratic election."
Sun Anhu said this. He said indignantly: "There is no doubt about this. This group of people want to prevent the Vice President from taking power, and they want to conspire to seize power. Whoever controls the country will sit on the river. Let Li Yuanhong steal the throne of the president.
This is the biggest concession. If he dies and the vice president still cannot take office smoothly, we people will not agree to it in the first place."
Several generals behind Sun Anhu also nodded: "Yes. We all share the same opinion. These congressmen have sinister intentions. We cannot let their conspiracy succeed..."
"Stop talking." Zhang Tinglan waved his hand fiercely: "Who told you that the congressmen have sinister intentions? What they said is completely stipulated by the law. On the contrary, it is you people who dare to mobilize the army without authorization under whose order?
People in the world will not say that the congressman is wrong, they will only say that I, Zhang Tinglan, have selfish motives and want to use the army to seize power by force."
"this!"
Sun Anhu and others thought that Zhang Tinglan would praise their actions, and then order to deal with those ungrateful congressmen, but Zhang Tinglan actually reprimanded them directly, which made Sun Anhu and others particularly embarrassed.
"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and evacuate the troops. Normal order in the capital must be restored immediately."
"Yes." Sun Anhu did not dare to disobey Zhang Tinglan's order, so he immediately gave the order. Zhang Tinglan looked at the retreating figures of Sun Anhu and others, with a glint in his eyes.
Lu Yingluo came over at this time. She was holding the documents she had compiled over the past two days and sent them to Zhang Tinglan.
"Vice President, these are from the last two days."
After Zhang Tinglan took it, he frowned while looking through it. After seeing the end, he simply left the document on the table and sighed: "The water of the Yellow River is turbid, the water of the Yangtze River is clear, but the water of the Yangtze River irrigates
The Yellow River water also irrigates the fields on both sides of several provinces. It cannot be used just because the water is clear, nor can it be abandoned just because the water is turbid. This has been the case since ancient times."
"Vice President, what are you saying?" Lu Yingluo said in confusion: "Everyone knows that the Yellow River should be greatly controlled, and the Yangtze River should be greatly utilized, but you confuse the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. It seems fair, but in fact there is no right and wrong.
Right or wrong.”
Zhang Tinglan burst out laughing when he heard this: "That's not what I said, but what the Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty said. These words indeed seem fair and wise, but in fact they are completely confused. If Secretary Lu had been there at that time, I would have said
I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will not be destroyed!"
Zhang Tinglan stood up with a smile and said to Lu Yingluo: "Go and prepare me some mourning clothes. I'm going to see Li Yuanhong."
Speaking of which, Zhang Tinglan was in a very bad mood when he returned to Beijing this time. Sun Anhu and the others used the army without authorization, which had touched Zhang Tinglan's bottom line. No matter how close he was, he could not overstep his authority. This was Zhang Tinglan's biggest bottom line.
In addition, Zhang Tinglan was dissatisfied with the movements of Congress. It was obvious that he was still thinking about how to deal with the age issue, but someone jumped out to make a fuss, obviously to prevent Zhang Tinglan from taking office.
Whether it was his subordinates who overstepped their authority or someone provoked the situation, Zhang Tinglan had violated Zhang Tinglan's taboo. That's why he said what he just said. He obviously wanted to punish both parties.
However, Lu Yingluo's words reminded Zhang Tinglan that he had already rejected Yang Du's imperial skills. If he used the emperor's eyes to deal with the problem again, that would be the real trouble!
Thinking of this, Zhang Tinglan already had an idea. Power must be fought for, but the method should be more gentle. Only by boiling the frog in warm water will the best results be achieved.
That's why Zhang Tinglan decided to pay homage to Li Yuanhong first. As the saying goes, the deceased is the most important, Zhang Tinglan came to the Presidential Palace accompanied by his close associates. Not only Zhang Tinglan, but also Wang Yongjiang, Liang Qichao, Zhang Taiyan and other celebrities from all walks of life came to the Presidential Palace.
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Zhang Tinglan personally presented an elegiac couplet to Li Yuanhong's portrait and offered incense. After everything was done, Zhang Tinglan said to everyone: "Gong Li has been the first righteous person in Wuchang since 1911 and has made great contributions. The founding of the Republic of China, Li Yuanhong
Duke Le worked hard on state affairs, and when he became president, the country's industries prospered and people's livelihood changed greatly, which further demonstrated the benevolence of the president. Therefore, I propose that Duke Le be given a state funeral to express the condolences of the whole country."
In fact, everyone knows better than Zhang Tinglan what Li Yuanhong did, but the person is already dead, and there is really no need to cause trouble anymore. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with giving Li Yuanhong some honors. On the contrary, there are many people from the old era.
, I also hope that when I die, I can be lively and glorious, so this proposal was easily passed.
However, after the proposal of a state funeral was passed, everyone suddenly woke up. A state funeral, as the name suggests, is a funeral held in the name of the country. The head of state must be present at the funeral, otherwise it can't be called a state funeral!
But Li Yuanhong is the president. If he died in office, logically he should succeed as president. However, Zhang Tinglan's age is stuck there. Isn't this a deadlock?
Just when everyone was struggling with this etiquette, Liang Qichao proposed a compromise, that is, Zhang Tinglan would serve as the interim president, preside over the state funeral first, and then discuss the election law.
This proposal was announced and was immediately approved. Although some members of Congress objected, the number was sporadic and had no effect at all. Zhang Tinglan was successfully promoted by half a rank and became the interim president.
"Honestly, I didn't expect that you would actually use such a move. It's really unexpected." Wang Yongjiang said with a smile.
"Mr. Minyuan, how do you think we should attack?"
"Of course, just like in Shanghai, we should go on a killing spree and kill all those congressmen. As the saying goes, those who follow me will live and those who go against me will die. This will look majestic enough."
Zhang Tinglan also laughed and said: "Mr. Minyuan, do you think it is better to kill in large numbers, or do I do this?"
"With four ounces, a thousand pounds can be lifted. This is the skill that a politician should have. Although Congress occasionally hinders it, it is indispensable. These congressmen are really annoying, but they are also a sharp sword on the heads of officials. I must say that you are well versed in the third taste of political struggle."
Now, it’s time to be tough and tough, and it’s time to be gentle and gentle. Only by combining hardness and softness can we be invincible.”
