Since the Nanjing Congress moved to Beijing, this ancient city finally has a new, somewhat republican look. ()
On the streets from Xizhimen to Zhongnan Beihai, you can see the five-color republican banners hanging high everywhere; on the main streets of the capital, you can no longer see the old and the young with pigtails, even if there are many, they will hide some;
The bannermen who used to be domineering and powerful have now been reduced to an unbearable situation. Those with some strength can still pull rickshaws, while the old, weak, sick and disabled can only beg on the street. What's wrong, Fujin goes to the land of fireworks to make a living.
someone here.
You can often see three or five Han youths on the street surrounding a shriveled old man, just because he has a boring braid like a hemp rope on his head, and they will be scolded with fingers and kicked, and they will be kicked and punched.
Those who were beaten did not dare to resist. Most of them squatted on the ground and silently allowed the Han people to bully them.
For many Han people, after hundreds of years of oppression and decades of humiliation and loss of power, they were inspired by the slogan "Drive out the Tartar slaves" and naturally blamed all the anger and resentment on the Manchus.
On the body. Now that I can straighten my back and do it, with a few curse words and a few beatings, these people can be considered to be much better off.
In early April, the Xinhuamen Presidential Palace finally completed the first phase of construction. Although there are still many buildings that need to be cleaned and renovated, it can finally be moved into the office. During this period, there are more than ten horse-drawn carriages coming and going from the Foreign Affairs Office of Tieshizi Hutong every day, which will become
Batch after batch of furnishings were transported to the Presidential Palace. On the 15th, Yuan Shikai still did not rush to leave for Xinhuamen. There were many reasons for this. The most important one was that the communications room had not been moved yet and there were many messages waiting for him.
Check it out immediately.
The two most important things before Yuan Shikai now are to prepare for next year's congressional election, and the second is to rectify national affairs.
As an interim president who made his fortune in the military, he has never liked fancy things like "congress elections". National affairs must not be left to some "idiots" and "ideologists" to control. The Qing Dynasty first had military aircraft to handle them.
, and later the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, national decision-making only needs to be controlled by a small group of people.
It's just that he is now the president of the Republic of China, and the Congress has moved from Nanjing to Beijing, so he always has to give people some face.
Regarding the current military and political situation in various provinces in China, Yuan Shikai felt that it was extremely urgent.
When the provisional government appeared in Nanjing, he had already expected that China would not be peaceful in the future. Not long ago, Feng Guozhang made a special trip to send Yuan Su two policy papers to participate in the Army Preparatory College Graduation Examination. After reading them, he once again realized deeply
to the seriousness of "separatist regimes" and "warlords".
The longer this matter is delayed, the more trouble it will end up getting. Only with centralization of power can this country be considered complete.
In Yuan Shikai's view, what Yuan Su saw was only a superficial phenomenon, but this superficial phenomenon still gave enough warning. Therefore, he had to feel that he had underestimated this sudden nephew, and Yuan Su was more or less a little bit.
Talented.
In the west corridor of the Foreign Affairs Office, Zhang Yiqi walked quickly towards the south room with the documents he had sorted out today. Just around the corner from the south political office, he unexpectedly bumped into Feng Guozhang.
During this period, in order to rectify the country's military affairs, Feng Guozhang appeared at the Foreign Affairs Office basically every day to assist President Yuan Shikai in making plans.
"Master Feng is here?" Zhang Yichen took the initiative to say hello.
"Yes, Mr. Zhang is also going to see the president?" Feng Guozhang said with a smile.
"Exactly, there's nothing particularly urgent these days. The only awkward thing is that the president's nephew got into trouble again." Zhang Yichen knew that Feng Guozhang had also been concerned about Yuan Su recently, and he even went to find him a while ago.
Yuan Su's school assessment strategy was sent over, so there was no need to keep silent about this matter.
"Oh, another trouble? What happened this time?" Feng Guozhang was surprised. He really didn't expect that Yuan Su would dare to be so bold when the president was furious. He was not angry, but seemed very interested.
I couldn't help but wonder what kind of person this Yuan Su was.
"A few days ago, the President finally gave permission for Yuan Su to stay in Luanzhou, but just to be on the safe side, he appointed Wang Maoxuan, the former commander-in-chief of Tongyong Town, to be promoted to the rank of inspector and also in charge of Luanzhou's military affairs. His original intention was to let Wang Maoxuan take care of it.
Yuan Su. Who would have expected that Yuan Su actually drove away Wang Maoxuan with his troops?" Zhang Yichen said with a sigh.
"Kicked away the king's toilet?" Feng Guozhang was stunned at first, and then laughed speciously.
He knew that Wang Huaiqing was a person of the same generation as him, Duan Qirui, and Wang Shizhen in terms of qualifications. It was a pity that this guy was ignorant and greedy, and now he couldn't make a name for himself in the Beiyang Army. Now he is a dignified person.
What kind of joke is it that an envoy with a whole town of troops was driven away by Yuan Su who only had two battalions?
"Master Feng, can you still laugh?" Zhang Yichen glared at Feng Guozhang angrily.
"I guess Wang Toilet was worried that Yuan Su was the nephew of the president, so he didn't dare to act rashly, so he was driven back. Why make such a fuss about something like this? At most, let Wang Toilet lead the team to go there again." Feng Guozhang said without knowing what was going on.
"If Wang Maoxuan can lead the team again, then this matter is not a problem. The problem is that Yuan Su directly drove Wang Maoxuan out of the customs this time. Not only that, he also took over the patrol of Tongyong Town in a drastic manner
The battalion has nearly four thousand soldiers and horses, and now they have been organized into three regiments." Zhang Yichen said with a frown.
"What? Yuan Su actually took away Wang Huaiqing's military power?" Feng Guozhang's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately realized that the nature of this matter was very different. If Yuan Su just drove Wang Huaiqing out of Luanzhou, then this was just an incident.
It was just a small fight, but now Yuan Su has driven away Wang Huaiqing and seized his men. This is a very big event.
He was very curious about how Yuan Su used 400 troops to capture Wang Huaiqing's 4,000 troops. Even if Wang Huaiqing was uneducated and incompetent, he would not have been defeated so cleanly. But obviously, he could not get the answer at this time.
The most urgent task is to figure out what Yuan Su is going to do.
"If it wasn't so outrageous, I wouldn't be so anxious." Zhang Yichen shook his head and sighed.
"This kid is too arrogant." Feng Guozhang said deeply.
While they were talking, the two of them had already arrived in front of the door of the south room. The footman standing outside saw Secretary Zhang and General Feng and quickly opened the door of the room.
When he walked into the room, Yuan Shikai was sitting at the table by the window drafting several diplomatic documents. When he saw Zhang Yichen and Feng Guozhang walking in together, he just nodded slightly and then continued to work on the documents at hand.