Gao Shun sighed, and said solemnly without changing his tone: "My lord, you submitted your resignation letter three days ago. There was a lot of news in Xinhua Gate that day. In fact, as early as the time when the President issued your transfer order,
There are already many people in the Central Committee talking about it. But this time, Your Excellency, you have publicly submitted your resignation, which clearly shows your dissatisfaction with this order. Many people can't help but become increasingly worried that a new rift will appear within Beiyang."
A year ago, Yuan Shikai was dissatisfied with Duan Qirui's growing momentum and unwillingness to support the imperial system, so he began to establish the Central Army to weaken the military power of the Ministry of War. This matter has not yet been resolved. Now Yuan Shikai has no positive response
It can be said that Yuan Su, who had just won military exploits, seized the military power for the sake of reason. How can it not make people have daydreams?
From the simplest point of view, Yuan Shikai's successive actions, targeting the top leaders of the Beiyang Group, will inevitably make other people feel at risk, fearing that there will be a big purge like the "founding kings" of the past dynasties. But right now
It's because such a mentality prevails, which will only make the Beiyang Group headquarters more and more chaotic.
Yuan Su secretly thought to himself: It seems that Yuan Shikai is still old, and many things are about impatient rather than careful consideration.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why, until the Beiyang regime was completely overthrown by the National Revolutionary Army more than ten years later, Beiyang was not completely united from the beginning to the end. In the final analysis, it was because of Yuan Shikai's selfish desires that laid a long-term root cause of trouble.
, eventually leading to the complete destruction of Beiyang.[
In fact, the reason why Yuan Su publicly submitted his resignation was that he hoped to combine his incident with Duan Qirui's exclusion to trigger a "resonance" effect and have some influence within Beiyang. Although
Doing this will have a great impact on Beiyang's unity, but if this step is not taken, the so-called unity of Beiyang's various factions and the promotion of centralization will be just a formal project.
After a slight pause, Gao Shun continued: "It is said that the Presidential Palace has issued a special order not to announce your resignation application to the public for the time being. The day before yesterday, in the afternoon, I made a special trip to have a meal with Adjutant Chen. According to Chen
The adjutant said that the Presidential Office’s intention is to persuade Your Excellency to give up resigning no matter what, and that at the very least, we should let Your Excellency go north to Beijing first, and we will discuss it separately if there are any other matters.”
Regarding the impact of resignation, Yuan Su was still somewhat sure. Could it be that there had been precedents of ostracizing Duan Qirui before? Moreover, his growing social status and personal reputation alone were enough for this matter.
It seems to be no small matter. Yuan Shikai has just started in the means of manipulating public opinion, and his control of public opinion is obviously more sensitive and in place.
Starting from suppressing civil unrest in Henan, then advocating for the recovery of Qingdao's sovereignty, and fighting the Japanese army in Liaodong, he was naturally involved in these major events. He even ordered his propaganda agencies to emphasize to the outside world
It was he who persuaded the president to change his mind and regain Qingdao. And this was obviously not difficult to spread. After all, Yuan Shikai initially announced the division of Qingdao into a neutral theater, but later changed his decision temporarily.
The Beiyang government and Yuan Shikai were revered by the people. This only gradually happened after the end of the Liaodong War.
"Paper cannot cover the fire. Since I have made up my mind, the outside world will know about my resignation sooner or later. If the president really wanted to change the status quo, he should have expected this from the beginning. Just be afraid, all this is just
But the president is just being polite. No matter what, since the president is suspicious, I naturally have to avoid it." Yuan Su said sadly.
"Sir, although the President has previously ordered that this matter not be announced to the public for the time being, there is no airtight wall in the world. The discussion inside Xinhua Gate is so fierce that the outside world is more or less picking up on it. And Sir, you moved here.
The news has been reported by newspapers here in Tianjin, and I believe people will have more speculations soon." Gao Shun continued.
"If it doesn't work, I will find an opportunity to come forward and clarify it later." Yuan Su said speciously. However, he knew very well mentally that it was not his turn to clarify anything in this matter, and there was no need for him to clarify it.
"Furthermore, not only the president is a little worried about this matter, but it is said that even Director Duan is also a little angry." After hesitating, Gao Shun further said.
Yuan Su looked at Gao Shun seriously. Since it was "furious", how could it be "a few points"?
"Really? If I don't take up the post, it should be a good thing for Mr. Duan. Why would he be angry?" he asked.
"There is no definite explanation for the specific reason. However, based on my understanding of Mr. Duan's personality, and Mr. Fu's special meeting with me yesterday, Mr. Duan's anger should be due to Mr. Yuan's willfulness and willfulness.
"I feel very dissatisfied. The Ministry of War is in charge of the country's military, and its ministry is the key to national defense. Soldiers should fulfill their duties faithfully and should not ignore the overall situation because of personal gains and losses." Gao Shun explained.
"This is very similar to Mr. Duan's behavior. It's a pity that Mr. Duan thinks things too simply... No, he doesn't think things too simply, but there are many things he would rather not think about. Man,
Once you think too much, you will inevitably have some twisted thoughts. It seems that Mr. Duan is well aware of this truth." Yuan Su said deeply.
"There is only this news in Beijing, but the reason why I made a special trip here is because I feel that this matter is just the beginning, and there will definitely be more and more serious consequences. I hope Mr. Yuan can
Make preparations early." Gao Shun said seriously.
"Jianyang, the reason why I submitted my resignation and moved to Tianjin this time is not because of anger or anything. I really feel that Beiyang is getting more and more chaotic now, and I have many hesitations about the imperial system that the president has been operating in secret.
I'm confused. That's why I thought of being quiet for a while and watching from the sidelines to see how these things will develop. Therefore, I don't know what actions Beijing will take. I am an outsider now and I don't really care about the secrets.
How about it?" Yuan Su said in a long tone.
Of course, his words were very high-sounding, but his purpose was not to find a decent excuse.
But for Gao Shun, he now understands Yuan Su's "real" intentions. Indeed, since the Qingdao and Liaodong incidents have settled down, the domestic atmosphere has gradually become more demonic.
Although he had heard that Yuan Su would support the monarchy before, this was just a rumor after all. Furthermore, Yuan Su had also made some preparations before. The reason why he supported the monarchy was in the hope of centralizing power as soon as possible. It is obvious that at this moment, Yuan Su suddenly had an interest in the monarchy.
He was so hesitant that he couldn't make an accurate judgment on this matter, so he chose to retreat behind the scenes. This was not considered an escape, it was just a matter of looking at the matter from a different angle.
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