192 Sima Zhaozhixin

Yuan Shikai held a cup of tea in his hands and sat cross-legged in his study, staring at the slowly dark sky outside the room in a daze. The endless snowflakes are still fluttering slowly. Since the rare sunshine appeared in the morning, when it came out of the Prime Minister's government, the sky began to snow again.

In the prime minister's government, the Manchurian nobles who came out of several bird cages were so scared that they couldn't make a sound. The Empress Dowager Longyu was a female, and it was not as far away as Cixi. At this time when she had no choice, she knew that Yuan Shikai might not be reliable, so she had to ask him to try to simply retreat to the regent and take all the rights of the Qing court, together with the ban of Gongwei Jingji. Together, the guards entrusted Yuan Shikai and promised Yuan Shikai to make peace with the south. After being ordered, Yuan Shikai has also sent his comrades-in-arms who bullied Xiao Dongyang together in North Korea. Tang Shaoyi, the first aesthetic child of the Qing court, was the plenipotentiary to negotiate peace.

In addition to appointing Tang Shaoyi as the general representative of the plenipotentiary minister, Yuan Shikai appointed Yan Xiu and Yang Shiqi as representatives, Wang Jingwei, Wei Chen Group and Yang Du as counselors, and one person in each province in Beijing as the representative of each province, including: Zhili Liu Ruozeng, Shandong Zhou Ziqi, Shanxi Qu Benjiao, Shaanxi Yu Banghua, Jiangsu Xu Dinglin, Zhejiang Zhang Zongxiang , Sun Duosen in Anhui, Zhu Yifan in Jiangxi, Zhang Guoan in Hubei, Zheng Yuan in Hunan, Fu Zengxiang in Sichuan, Yan Fu in Fujian, Feng Gengguang in Guangdong, etc.

Wang Jingwei, who was released from his peers, was imprisoned in the Ministry of Law for plotting to bomb the regent. Naturally, he is a southern element and a well-known idol of the League, but it has nothing to do with this Wuchang Revolution.

It is also a lot of trouble for Wang Jingwei to become the counselor of the Northern Conference and the League. Wang Jingwei was also too eager to persuade him anyway, so he fell into Lao Yuan's urn. In order to persuade Yuan Shikai anyway, Wang Jingwei kept in contact with his son Yuan Keding, and even did not hesitate to define Jinlan with Yuan Ke. I remember that when his son Yuan Keding came to see Lao Yuan with Wang Jingwei, Wang Jingwei and Yuan Keding first kowtowed to Lao Yuan Si, and the two kowtowed to each other. Then Yuan Shikai sat south, and Wang Jingwei and Yuan Keding stood north. Yuan Shikai said slowly, "In the future, you two will be brothers with different surnames. You should look at Zhao Ming as your brother; Zhao Ming is young, and you should wait for your brother. I'm old, and I hope you can be more than flesh and blood as brothers with different surnames. Wang Jingwei and Yuan Keding said in a very respectful spoken language, "It's like an adult's life." So he kowtowed to Lao Yuan Si again, and the scene of "righteous" ended with the etiquette of Jinlan. The father and son were accompanied by Yang Du and others and drank happily. Taking this opportunity, Wang Jingwei strongly adged Yuan Shikai to recognize the situation and praised him as "one word to make the world safe" and hoped that he could be China's "Washington". In the middle of the night, Yuan Shikai said that he wanted to "research" and did not make a statement. Wang Jingwei was drinking, and Yuan's father and son were not weak. One night was really a mess and dispersed happily.

Now, the unlucky Zaifeng resigned from his position of "regent", and the Qing court is completely in a state of "widow orphan". Zaitao, the commander of the Imperial Guard, has also left his post. He will be controlled by Feng Gou, the direct line of Yuan Shikai, who is about to go north, Feng Guozhang, and the Qing court in Beijing is in the hands of Yuan Shikai. Under such circumstances, Yuan Shikai summoned Tang Shaoyi, Wei Chen Group and other representatives in Yuandi, Xila Hutong tonight, and discussed the matter calmly late at night.

Not every representative can be summoned by Yuan Shikai tonight, send Tang Shaoyi as the general representative, and select representatives from the people in Beijing in various provinces. It is planned that all personnel will go from Jinghan Road to Hankou, and then take the Yangtze River to Shanghai. The peace between the north and the south and the change of dynasties are extremely important political events. Of course, Yuan Shikai must have certain conditions. However, before leaving, provincial representatives will certainly not be convened to discuss or give instructions. Provincial representatives are just people who are formally matched. It's not a glorious thing to usurp the country. Tang Shaoyi is the general representative. If there are any obscure conditions, just tell him. In Yuan Shikai's heart, as long as Tang Shaoyi is confident, the representatives of other provinces are not fools. Let him go, and there is no meeting to discuss with them.

In this North-South peace talks, in addition to discussing the specific armistice measures of the army, the main focus of the debate is whether it is a "constitutional monarchy" or a "democratic republic" national choice. Yuan Shikai's original intention was to bargain with the revolutionary party with the "constitutional monarchy" and then threaten the Qing court with the "democratic republic" of the revolutionary party.

It can be seen that Yuan Shikai is confident about the overall situation of the world.

The only thing that Yuan Shikai can't grasp may be the war in Hubei.

Hubei's war reports continue to come. The reports and documents around him have piled up like mountains, and they are also mixed with the secret reports of the Southern Democratic Party reported by old bureaucrats and gentry from all over the south. The beautiful sisters tried to sort out the documents on the case for him several times, but he stopped them. Because only he can find anything from the messy volume.

After the news with Zhao Fengchang, the situation of the North-South peace discussion has also improved significantly. Even Cheng Dequan, the current governor of Jiangsu, secretly contacted Zhang Qian to prepare for the future. Tang Shouqian, the governor of Zhejiang Province, also sent people to contact Zhao Fengchang to prepare for the revolution. The wind came from the open and the dark, and it also cooperated with his peace show. Although these people are unreliable, they can find out that the temporary government still being formed in Nanjing is in a bad situation and the command is not good.

What can be worried about is still Hubei. Li Madman is fighting for destruction on the Beijing-Han Railway Line. He is still in the transfer of troops from the countryside where the Beiyang Army in Hubei can't go deep. Conscription - the matter is almost the same as what Li Madman boasted at the beginning in the People's Daily!

Yuan Shikai knows that the battle that is being fought in Hubei is the key battle. If you win, not only will it go smoothly with the parliament, but the whole Southern People's Party will be completely discouraged and will never resist again. But if it is defeated, even Nanjing will change its mind again and is unwilling to make peace!

Thinking of this, Yuan Shikai felt a little numb, and the general trend of the world was actually moved by a small lonely army of Li Crazy! Yuan Shikai suddenly got up, moved his numb hands and feet, took off his coat and walked a few steps, and then came to the front of the case. He pondered for a moment and wrote:

The vast nine schools of China

The sinking line runs through the north and south

The smoke and rain

Turtle and snake lock the river

Where does the yellow crane know?

There are tourists left

The wine is surging

The heart is high.

Thinking about it, I added another sentence in the front: "Bodhisattva Man · Yellow Crane Tower... Li Xiang."

He stopped writing and shouted outside, "Keding!"

"The child is there!" Yuan Keding, who had been waiting for a long time and did not dare to disturb Old Yuan's meditation, quickly answered, and appeared in front of Yuan Shikai almost at the same time.

When Yuan Shikai saw him coming in, he asked, "Xizi and Shaochuan haven't come yet?"

"To my father's words!" Yuan Ke stood up for Lao Yuan and said with a smile, "Mr. Tang is afraid that he is about to arrive. The two Mr. Yang are already waiting outside."

In addition to Mr. Yang Du, the other Mr. Yang is the famous Yang Shiqi.

"Call them in!"

Yang Du and Yang Shiqi outside had already heard it. They looked at each other and bowed in with their horseshoe sleeves. However, they heard Yuan Shikai ask for a gentle smile and said, "If you came first, why don't you come in? Is it cold outside?"

"It's not cold!" Yang Du hurriedly replied solemnly, "Yuan Gongxiao is diligent in politics. Why are we afraid of the cold!"

Yang Shiqi stood behind her, and the corners of her eyes glanced at the ink-drenched poem. His eyelids jumped, but he thought without words.

This word is the proud work of Li Madman, who is now making a lot of trouble in Hubei. What is the purpose of Yuan Shikai's writing this tonight? It's worth thinking about... Since Yuan Shikai took Li Madman seriously, he ordered the spy below him to collect the information of Li Madman crazi crazily, but the result is not better than before. How much did Songcun Zhenxiong, the consul of Hankou Xiaodongyang, collect? At the beginning, Li Xiang was depressed and plagiarized in the Yellow Crane Tower, but the word that Liu Pingli's righteousness would be defeated was also appended. Li thinks about his people's affairs, and it's really mysterious everywhere...

"I've been thinking about it these days," Yuan Shikai sat back on the couch and became solemn. "The madman Li didn't cover his clothes and food in the valley of Hubei. Why can he write such a magnificent poem? If such an enemy is in one day, I will also feel that it will be difficult to eat and sleep for a day. He is not Sun Cannon, Huang Daring..."

Yuan Shikai remembered a crooked poem he wrote on Nanjing Yuhuatai: Don't love money, don't love fame, and power is in the world. Cao Mengde, a hero of thousands of years, has been known as Taishigong for a hundred years. There will be a day when the wind and clouds will come, and right and wrong cannot be clear. The long song Yongzhi ascends to the high pavilion, and the eyes of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are across the eyes. Although it seems that it is not very good, it is also extraordinary, so he thinks that he can write "the wine is surging, and the heart is high." Such a magnificent poet can stir up the wind and rain in the adversity of Hubei. He really can't underestimate...

In fact, Yang Du and Yang Shiqi both know that this word comes from the year of the Hunan-Jiangxi turbulence, but at this time, no one will accuse Yuan Shikai of this mistake.

Yuan Shikai continued with a bad face: "The battle in Huangcun Mountain can't be lost. The army of Duan Qirui's Ninth Road was besieged and attacked fiercely for a day, but there was no progress! Look, we have to send more troops! Calling you tonight is the strategy of peace, but if you come first, let's discuss how to fight this battle first.

Yang Du thought for a moment and said, "Yuan Gong, there are no troops in several provinces in the north. Although the imperial guard in the capital is in hand, it still needs Beiyang to draw some soldiers and horses to guard. After all, the praetorian guards are all flagmen. The Beiyang Army in the Jingji area is only more than 5,000 soldiers, and it can't be transferred.

"Of course, you can't make up your mind in places like Jingshi and Zhili." Yuan Shikai was also thinking, "Cao Kun and Lu Yongxiang led the third town to attack Shanxi, occupied Niangzi Pass, fell into Taiyuan, and divided their troops to plunder Jinnan Yanbei. Ni Sichong led his troops to capture Taihe and Yingzhou in northern Anhui. Zhao Ting and Zhou Fulin led a part of the Yi army to attack Tongguan from the west of Henan in order to eliminate the Shaanxi People's Army. He also sent Zhang Zhenfang to take over the governor of Zhili to strictly control the territory of Zhili, which also requires troops..."

"Yes, troops need to be sent everywhere, and there is fire everywhere," Yang Du thought about the strength of the north and the south. "Qi Yaolin replaced Bao as the governor of Henan, ordered the arrest of the Revolutionary Party, and killed eleven other members of the alliance, Zhang Zhongrui, in Kaifeng. Previously, Sun Baoqi, the governor of Shandong Province, was forced to declare "independence" due to the pressure of alliance members and the gentry merchants of the Council. After Shandong declared independence, the countercurrent of the cancellation of independence was brewing in the dark. He sent Zhang Guangjian and Wu Bingxiang to Shandong to incite Wu Dingyuan and Zhang Shuyuan in the fifth town to oppose independence. After Sun Baoqi canceled the fake independence on November 24, he immediately sent the fifth town to the states and counties to suppress the revolutionary people. Officials in the province are about the arrest and killing of the Democratic Party. There are more than ten million killings in cities and Mexico. In these areas, Yuan Gong can rest assured. But students think that Hu Shuai and Zhang Zuolin in Northeast China can still count on. The students thought that later, Duan Zhigui and Zhang Xiluan were secretly sent to Fengtian to persuade Zhao Erxun and Zhang Zuolin to agree with the abdication of Emperor Qing and support Yuan. On behalf of Yuan Gong, Duan Zhigui rewarded Zhang Zuolin for his diligence in governing the army and rewarded him with a saber and other precious items, worth 10,000 yuan. From then on, Zhang Zuolin must actively support Yuan Gong and even ruthlessly suppress the revolutionary forces in Fengtian. After all, the development of revolutionary forces is not what Hu Shuai is happy to see..."

Yuan Shikai couldn't count on it, but he still couldn't draw troops. Suddenly looking back on Yang Shiqi, he asked angrily, "You claim to be resourceful and have the power to return to heaven. Why don't you say a word?"

"Students don't want to speak." Yang Shiqi quickly turned his hand and lowered his head and said, "This is a matter of changing dynasties. It is a very important political event. Let the students think about it for a while."

Yuan Shikai sneered and said, "Okay, just think about it..."

Yang Shiqi actually wants to suppress Yang Du at this critical moment. He is the first minister of the dragon. But even Yang Du couldn't do anything about it. Naturally, he had to think about it more carefully.

The study room immediately became quiet, and only heard the sound of snow outside. It was already dark.

For a long time, Yang Du finally couldn't help asking Yang Shiqi, "This..."

"Although the change of the madman in Hubei shocked the world, it is a disease of scabies." Yang Shiqi's big words surprised everyone, "At present, the Hubei war situation is stalemate, which will not affect the North-South peace agreement..."

"Bullshit!" Yuan Shikai was furious, "Are you just letting me listen to your empty words?"

Yang Shiqi kowtowed to the ground and said loudly, "Student Rong finished speaking. Feng Juntong and Li Kuangzi turned red in Hubei, and then Duan Juntong and Li Kuangzi turned red again. Now we also have red eyes with Li Kuangzi. The students think that they have ignored the object of our peace is not Li Kuangzi!"

"Hmm?" Yuan Shikai, like a cat that saw a mouse, suddenly poked his body and said, "Say!"

This sentence is familiar. At the beginning, Yang Du also analyzed it like this, but he was teased by Li Madman's People's Daily. In the end, even Yang Du was unwilling to stick to this argument.

When Yang Shiqi saw Yang Du's sour vinegar, he hid a trace of pride in the bottom of his heart and said, "The madman Li can fight, and he can't represent the Southern Democratic Party. We have nothing to talk about with him. It can be ignored for a long time. If Duan Juntong is really unsustainable in Hubei, then why is it okay to withdraw from the north? Now the north and the south are going to make peace, and the lonely army is hanging in Hubei. It is a taboo for soldiers, and the generals of the Northern Army have also complained about this for a long time. Our withdrawal to the north is to show peace. Crazy Li can have the advantage of public opinion in the People's Daily, and we can also spread public opinion through official newspapers. We take the initiative to withdraw our troops, which is a peaceful plan for the country and the DPRK! Huang was bold, and Li was defeated by our Beiyang army. Wuchang withdrew his troops with such an advantage. Who would say that we were afraid of him, Li, the madman?

This is very reasonable. Compared with Yang Du, he is more thorough and can't help nodding. However, Duan Qirui besieged and suppresses the madman Li in the mountainous area of Huangcun. Although he lost a lot of money in a day, he could not make an inch, but it was really a pity to give up at this time. After thinking about it, Yuan Shikai lowered his head and took a breath and said, "You're reasonable, I... I was so anxious that I lost my temper, but what should I do now?"

Yang Shiqi kowtowed and got up and said, "Let Duan Juntong continue to encircle and suppress the madman Li. The army of the Ninth Road is heavily besieged. He is afraid that he will fly to the sky and can't be destroyed in one day. Two days, two days can't work for three days..."

Yuan Shikai listened, and there was a light on his face. Just now, he was really impatient. The cooked duck was also afraid of flying. He smiled and said, "Since you can eliminate the madman Li sooner or later, what else should you withdraw from the north!"

Yuan Shikai jumped up and walked around Yang Shiqi. Seeing Yang Shiqi's hesitation, he said, "It's just..."

Yuan Shikai asked urgently, "Just what?"

Yang Shiqi suddenly said, "The Beijing-Han railway line is broken, the material supply of Beiyang can't keep up, and the ammunition is exhausted. I'm afraid it can't support the long-term battle... So the students have the proposal to withdraw from the north..."

Yuan Shikai suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "If you can, you can't. We're not talking to him, the crazy man!"

Yuan Shikai strode to the door: "Shaochuan and others should also come. Let's go and have a good chat with them..."

After the Wuchang Uprising, Yuan Shikai took the opportunity to take advantage of the power of the Democratic Party to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and urgently want to obtain the position of president who dominates the national military and government. In order to achieve this goal, he had planned a strategy of suppressing, touching, and using the three together long before "out of the mountain". His actions have always followed his strategy. At the beginning of September, in addition to suppressing the civilian army with troops, he also sent a private representative to Wuchang to test contact. At that time, the civilian army was in full momentum and could not be returned. However, he continued to send people to contact and explore privately and openly, and asked foreign envoys to mediate and promote it. Gu Jianyuan used peace to solve the situation at that time and achieve his goal with all his heart.

Yuan Shikai sent Tang Shaoyi as the plenipotentiary representative of the Prime Minister's cabinet minister to Wuhan to discuss the overall situation with "Li Junmen" or its representatives. The revolutionary army has just received information from Zhang Qian, the champion, that Huning is ready to send Wu Tingfang as the plenipotentiary.

Yang Shiqi followed closely. As soon as he was accepted by Yuan Shikai, he took the opportunity to say to Yuan Shikai, "Shaochuan is a Cantonese, and Cantonese people are the most about township friendship. Sun Wen, the revolutionary leader, is also a Cantonese, and Wu Tingfang is also a Cantonese. Cantonese and Cantonese meet. If you say a few words in Cantonese, you have to be careful!"

Tang Shaoyi is from Xiangshan, Guangdong, and Wu Tingfang is a newcomer in Guangdong. They are all the first aesthetic children of the same level in Tongzhi for 13 years. They are old and old acquaintances. How could Yuan Shikai not know? Yuan Shikai also knew that Wu Tingfang was actually a person who sat in the south and north, and was in Cao Ying's heart in Han.

Yuan Shikai smiled and said as he walked, "Xingcheng, don't worry, I'll ask you and your family to go south with Shaochuan. Yuzi is from Hunan, and there are many Hunan people in the revolutionary army. Let Hunan people meet with Hunan people and say a few words of Hunan.

In the Alliance, Hunan people are second only to Guangdong people, and the Central Alliance Association, headquartered in Shanghai, is the world of Hunan people, and the protagonists of this Xinhai storm are several Hunan people.

At the same time, Yang Du was very familiar with Sun Yat-sen when he was in Tokyo, and he was very close to Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren. Sun Huang's understanding was still Yang's introduction, so Yang was influential in the peace talks. Although Yang Du never admits it in front of Yuan Shikai, he knows everyone around him very well.

At this time, in the private residence of Yuan Shikai's Xila Hutong, there were a lot of people in the living room. In addition to 20 representatives, there were also some secretaries, attendants, etc. Among them, there are many acquaintances who know each other. The oldest one is Chen Baochen (Bo Qian), a native of Fujian Minhou. He used to be the governor of Shanxi and was recently recalled to Beijing. Some colleagues did not receive the same Cambodian post. Before they came, they didn't know why. After arriving at Yuan Di, their acquaintances were asking each other, and then they knew that they were sent as representatives of the northern branch to participate in the North-South peace conference. The Qing court stipulated that there were a total of 20 national representatives in the north, which was presumed to be one in each of the 20 provinces in the country.

Not long after, Yuan Shikai came out in casual clothes. When he saw the oldest Chen Baochen, he said politely, "This peace is a major event of the court, so please come out and hope that uncle will work for the country."

Chen Baochen was tightly wrapped in the warm living room, dressed in bloated and inconvenient clothes. He seemed to be even more old-fashioned. He got up with difficulty and said modestly: "I've been older recently, and I'm not in good health. It's much better to invite Yan Youling to go."

Yuan Shikai talked a few words with Chen Baochen, and then turned to the representatives and made a simple conversation. The content was to advocate the constitutional monarchy. First of all, he expressed his enthusiasm for "loyalty and patriotism, with the idea of the social court". Then he put forward that "the Democratic Party in the south is very rampant, especially the madman in Hubei. We always want to make sure. The perfect strategy to protect the society." For the powerful officials of the Qing Dynasty and the old ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, Yuan Shikai has always shown loyalty. He vowed to live up to the "orphan and widowed mother" and would desperately protect the emperor of the Qing Dynasty to repay the kindness of the country.

After swearing to block the curse, he deliberately asked, "Think about what kind of national style is the most appropriate?"

At this time, the representative talked nonsense. He was afraid that if he said something wrong, he would not be able to leave this Hongmen banquet alive. It all depends on what Lao Yuan said.

Seeing that the representative did not answer a word, he also stressed: "I advocate that it is most appropriate to implement the constitutional monarchy now. In the future, the national level will gradually open up, understand the true meaning of republicanism, and then slowly change to a republican government."

"At the same time, there is also a popular legend that "to change the state", some say "constitutional monarchy", some say "democratic republic", and some say "monarch republic", which are different. I think that the monarchy system can never be changed. I have received the favor of the country in the world. Unfortunately, the situation is like this. It is better to sacrifice my life. I can only maintain the monarch's constitution to the end, and I don't know anything else.

Yuan Shikai repeatedly inferred to dozens of minutes, and his words were extremely painful. Some representatives still think that Yuan Shikai should adhere to the constitutional monarchy, and he is very happy. But more representatives still saw his heart of Sima Zhao.

"After Huafu went south in early September, Hankou and Hanyang were recaptured from the people's army. In this way, it was easier to contact Li Yuanhong, and from the contact, he gradually learned that the civilian army had the meaning of "harmony". Later, he agreed to a truce and convene a peace conference in Wuchang. During the meeting between the two sides, the civilian army seized Nanjing, which made the traffic between Shanghai and Hubei difficult. Recently, I heard that the legend of the Democratic Party's change to hold a meeting in Shanghai has gradually confirmed that the North-South peace has become clear. This time, Shaochuan was sent as a plenipotentiary representative to make peace with the civilian army, and decided to take the Jinghan Railway to the south. Before the representative left, I sent an official letter to you in the name of the Prime Minister's Office, calling you to the private residence to attend the meeting.

Yuan Shikai also mentioned: "To this end, please go south to negotiate peace, and ask Shaochuan as the general representative and Xingcheng as the deputy general representative."

"Xiang Cheng, just look at me." Tang Shaoyi got up and said rudely. Although he was an official in the Qing court system, he was dressed in a dress, and the braids on the back of his head were cut as early as these two hundred and five. He finally emphasized, "I understand what you are thinking."

"Just understand." Yuan Shikai smiled. This old comrade-in-arms in North Korea is actually very hot-blooded. Yuan Shikai talked about another quarter of an hour, and finally said politely, "If you have any opinions, please publish them. It's a big deal. Please publish them."

Although there are many opinions, who dares to make any comments because of what he said to him on that occasion at that time? What's more, most of them represent the people in the north, that is, there are southerners, who have been under him for many years, so they all nodded in agreement, and no one spoke. However, the representatives here have an almost common mentality, thinking, "Sima Zhao's heart is well known by passers-by, let alone my generation?"

Then the general affairs office sent a Daqing bank check with a silver amount of 200 taels per person as travel expenses.

At this time, the room was shaken, and the market no longer believed in silver liang, so the exchange rate of present foreign countries was much higher. Two hundred taels of silver could be exchanged for 280 yuan, but at this time, it could only be exchanged for 230 yuan at most. They may not like this little money, but Yuan Shikai means it.

Yuan Shikai smiled and looked at the representative's door leaving, thinking about the bright prospects of peace, and seemed to forget the crazy Li, who always caused trouble and disgust.

( Scene: Send my simplest blessings, brothers, happy holidays!)