157 bullying too much

The roses bloom, and the spring in the south of the Yangtze River is disabled.

In the Red Mansion, the meetings held by Li Xiang and the meetings around Li Xiang are held day and night.

"I heard that something happened in Jiangxi?" Li wanted to ask, "This major disarmament has been cut everywhere."

"This Nanchang mutiny is aimed at Li Liejun, the governor of Jiangxi." Li Xiping hurriedly said, "Our personnel secretly found out that this mutiny was launched by Yu Hesong, the former commander of the Third Brigade of Jiangxi, with the direct support of Yuan Shikai."

"Yu Hesong?" Li wanted to ask, "What is sacred?"

Zeng Gao, who was beside Li Xiping, knew that you had this question and said, "Yu He Matsumoto is a Japanese non-commissioned officer classmate of Li Liejun. He lost his real power by Li Tianjing, so he was very dissatisfied with Li, so he went to Yuan Shikai's doorway. Yuan Zheng asked for it, so he gave him a sum of money to return to Jiangxi for activities. As long as Li Liejun was overthrown, he would be appointed as the governor. Therefore, Yu returned to Jiangxi and instigated the old department to launch this mutiny.

Li Xiang played the poker cards in his hand absent-mindedly and said, "Does Li Liejun know?"

"How can you not know?" Li Xiping said, "We all know that Jiangxi is his territory. How could he not know, but what can he do if he knows? Are you going to break face with Yuan Shikai now?"

"Although Li Liejun knows the background of this mutiny, he has no strength to break with Yuan Shikai, so he has to endure the opportunity. In order to ease the pressure on Jiangxi in Beijing, Li Liejun called Yuan Shikai, blamed himself for the mutiny, took the initiative to divide the army and the people, and specially recommended Wang Ruikan as the governor of civil affairs in Jiangxi. Zeng Gao added.

"Hm?" Li wanted to just put down the poker card and stopped talking. He got up and took two laps, or sat down and asked, "Who is Wang Ruiqi?"

"Wang Ruiqi was the former director of Jiangxi Military Academy in the Qing Dynasty, and has a teacher- student friendship with Li Liejun. Be gentle in the world." Zeng Gao, who came from a family, knows the connections of the former Qing bureaucratic system like the back of his hand.

"I'm not an old bureaucrat yet." Li Xiang suddenly patted his hot forehead and said, "Li Liejun wants to take advantage of the friendship between teachers and students. Use him to ease the conflict between himself and Yuan Shikai. I think he made a mistake. An old bureaucrat who is obsessed with officials doesn't have any revolutionary new ideas. Didn't Li Liejun give Yuan Shikai a good opportunity?

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A governor fell from the sky, and Wang Ruiqi was of course happy. However, he thought that since Li Liejun asked him to be the governor, Jiangxi would not be a problem. However, he heard that Yuan Shikai and Li Liejun were extremely discordant. On Li Liejun's recommendation, Yuan Shikai may not agree. Wouldn't it be better to go to the Iron Lion Hutong Presidential Palace and get in touch with Yuan Shikai first?

"It's good for Governor Li to recommend Beibei as governor, but he would like to ask the president to make an appointment, which is not recommended by local officials. Doesn't this mean that China is more unified?" Wang Ruiqi nodded and bowed to Yuan Shikai.

It was only four hours after Li Liejun's telegram of Jian Civil Affairs Chief arrived in Beijing, and Wang Rui came to the door eagerly.

Seeing that Wang Ruikai was so knowledgeable, Yuan Shikai took the initiative to come to the door. He could use him to contain Li Liejun, so he piled up a smile on his face and said, "It's good to understand, just to understand... I have issued Mr. Ren's order as the Minister of Civil Affairs of Jiangxi."

Wang Ruiqi felt relaxed for a while and almost kowtowed to thank En. Thinking that it was the Republic of China, he bowed instead and said, "Thank you for the grace of the president!" After saying that, he wanted to step back.

"Don't be busy," Yuan Shikai quickly stopped him. "Jiangxi is an eventful time now. There has just been a mutiny. You went to Jiangxi. What do you think civil affairs should do?"

Hearing Yuan Shikai ask about this matter, Wang Ruiqi replied with a smile, "The president is far-sighted. It is beyond the reach of the humble position. Everything in the humble position is up to the president's decision."

Yuan Shikai said with satisfaction, "That's it, you go down."

Wang Ruiqi walked to the door and happened to see Tang Shaoyi coming in a hurry.

After Wang Ruiqi heard that Premier Tang, a member of the presidential palace, passed by, he said indignantly in private, "Today, Premier Tang, are you coming to bully our president again?"

Wang Ruikai was shocked. The concept of servants is still the same. What about Yuan Shikai, who is the president? The responsible cabinet system is that the head of state is responsible to the Congress, and the president must be in an empty position. However, Yuan Shikai holds military power, has always been arbitrary, and absolutely unwilling to hold a false position. He regards the cabinet as the shogunate team and the prime minister as the chief of staff. In his opinion, people like Tang Shaoyi can only bow down and obey their orders, and should not make their own opinions. But now Tang quarreled with him from time to time... Wang Ruiqi didn't dare to think about it any more.

Tang Shaoyi also heard this kind of gossip, but thought that Yuan Shikai would not be fooled by such ignorant people.

But when he saw Yuan Shikai today, Yuan Shikai saw Tang Shaoyi coming again and said impatiently, "Shaochuan, I'm old. You can be the president!"

These sudden words surprised Tang Shaoyi and realized that Yuan Shikai had a grudge against him. However, Tang Shaoyi still wants to take on the responsibility of the Prime Minister and does not want to obey the orders of the presidential palace in governance.

"Xiangcheng, disarmament issues should be the same across the country. We can't just focus on the south. The League will complain about this at the cabinet meeting." Tang Shaoyi has always adopted a reconcilable attitude towards the contradiction between the Beiyang faction and the League, and said to Yuan Shikai, "All the allies treat each other with sincerity and have no other intention."

"If several governors of the Southern League have no other intention, why do they support themselves?" Yuan Shikai sneered.

Tang Shaoyi said again, "Xiang Cheng, on the issue of cabinet employment, the new is not expensive, and the old is not a last resort, and the old people must not be extended."

Yuan Shikai's cronies Zhao Bingjun and Duan Qirui got a hint from Yuan and made a scene with Tang Shaoyi on the issue of employment. Zhao blamed Tang Da, and his words were extremely harsh, so they clashed with each other and almost used force. Zhao Bingjun threatened with his resignation. In the end, Tang had to give in, that is, he would not interfere with Zhao Yu's right to use people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Duan Qirui, the commander-in-chief of the army, quarreled with Tang Shaoyi over the employment of the Army Department. Duan Qirui first recommended his confidant Xu Shuzheng, the 8th graduate of the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer School, to be the deputy commander of the army, but he was unhappy and had to accept Tang Shaoyi's opinion. Jiang Zuobin, the former deputy commander of the Army Department of the Nanjing Provisional Government, was appointed as the deputy commander, and called him to bring the secretary to the north. However, without Jiang Zuobin's arrival in Beijing, he first appointed Wang Yu and five other people as the director, causing Jiang Younan to bring more than 80 people, unable to take a position one by one. Jiang Da was angry, which caused a tate with Duan. After mediation, in addition to the original 5 divisions, three additional divisions were added to accommodate Nanlai members, and it was agreed: "In the future, the director will be recommended by Duan, and Jiang will not be anoincipated. The section chief will be appointed by Jiang below. Duan will not interfere, and Xu Shuzheng recommended by Duan will be appointed as the secretary-general."

This is the case with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of the Army, and other ministries of foreign affairs, navy and finance are basically the same. Although the Tang cabinet was established, Yuan Shikai not only took away key departments such as internal affairs, diplomacy, army, navy and finance, but also tried every way to reduce the authority of the cabinet after the establishment of the Tang cabinet in an attempt to empty Tang Shaoyi.

However, the Revolutionary Party believes that the responsible cabinet system is directly related to the success or failure of the democratic republican system, and must not be allowed to be destroyed by Yuan Shikai at will. According to the provisions of the Official System of the State Council, the promulgation of laws, religious orders and other relevant documents related to state affairs by the interim president must have the Prime Minister or all State Councilors or the Prime Minister and the relevant State Councilors. If it is not forcibly announced by the Premier of the State Council and the deputy state affairs officer, it will be a violation of the law. This is undoubtedly a big restriction for Yuan Shikai's idea of promoting authoritarian dictatorship, which is intolerable for Yuan Shikai. After Tang Shaoyi joined the alliance meeting, she was obviously politically inclined to the alliance meeting. In the cabinet, every important matter must be held in consultation with Song Jiaoren, the general of agriculture and forestry, and Cai Yuanpei, the president of education. They were determined to implement the responsible cabinet system and abided by the contract law in everything. Yuan Shikai refused to sign the deputy according to the contract law as the Prime Minister with every facility, so that he could not do whatever he wanted and was deeply unhappy. Yuan Shikai planned carefully and waited for the opportunity to drive Tang Shaoyi out of power. Can he agree to Tang Shaoyi's opinion at this time?

Yuan Shikai said bluntly, "Although the official system has been changed, it is impossible to change all the novices. It should still be appointed as before, or slightly changed."

"Wang Zhixiang has arrived in Beijing," Tang Shaoyi sighed secretly and said, "I request the president to issue a letter of appointment."

Tang Shaoyi's unconscious name for Yuan Shikai has changed from "Xiangcheng" to "Great President".

Originally, Wang Zhixiang's appointment as the governor of Zhili was an oral agreement between Tang Shaoyi and the League when he formed the cabinet, and was approved by Yuan Shikai. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shikai's promise was just a stopgap measure. The purpose was to deceive the alliance and promise to let Tang Shaoyi form a cabinet. Yuan Shikai regarded Zhili as his birthplace and absolutely refused to give it to people who had nothing to do with him, not to mention that Wang Zhixiang was close to the alliance.

Yuan Shikai took out a few telegrams, but the Zhili Fifth Route Army opposed Wang Zhixiang's appointment as governor.

Yuan Shikai smiled regretfully and said, "The Zhili army is opposing it. Let's re-apsign Wang Zhixiang as a consolation for the southern army."

Tang Shaoyi disagreed: "The government should not lose faith in the people because of the opposition of the army."

Yuan Shikai immediately retorted harshly, "If the army is violent, who is responsible? Except for Wang Zhixiang's direct governor, everything can be at the order of the Prime Minister. Wang Zhixiang must be transferred to Nanjing to handle the demobilization of the army, and the governor of Zhili must be Feng Guozhang.

Tang Shaoyi was extremely angry and said, "The president has promised before. How can he lose his trust? What's more, military personnel's interference in politics may not be the blessing of the Republic of China.

Yuan Shikai snorted and said, "That's what you promised before. How did I agree?" Wang Zhixiang is a revolutionary. If he comes to be the governor of Zhili, won't he lead the wolf into the house?

Tang Shaoyi said angrly, "It is the authority of the cabinet not to appoint. How can it be changed at will because of military interference?" In addition, Wang Zhixiang has arrived in Beijing. How can I explain it to my cabinet prime minister?

Yuan Shikai smiled and said, "It's not difficult. I have my own way."

In this democratic society, soldiers should remain neutral and should not interfere in domestic politics, but it is easy to say, but in fact it is extremely difficult to do. For example, during the period of the Republic of China, it was almost common for soldiers to do politics. Compared with the previous Beijing mutiny, the electricity of the five-way military circles this time and the politics of the warlords at the peak, it is really small and not worth mentioning. Tang Shaoyi experienced the democratic politics of the United States when he was young. He also realized the seriousness of the problem of military politics, but he didn't have a gun at hand. What can he do? If he has a gun barrel, isn't he also a soldier in politics? This seems to be a strange paradox that can't jump out of the strange circle.

Tang Shaoyi left the presidential palace and took a carriage home. At the entrance of the Iron Lion Hutong, two soldiers suddenly came to the front, waving whips in their hands. Tang Shaoyi's royal was almost whipped by them.

Tang Shaoyi hurriedly ordered to give up the carriage to the roadside. Take a look. There was no one else sitting in a beautiful carriage, but Duan Zhigui, the commander of the arch guard of the presidential palace.

When the car passed, Tang Shaoyi's carriage drove slowly. He couldn't help saying to himself, "It's so majestic. Only the former Qing regent can be so majestic."

At the gate of the presidential palace, Duan Zhigui jumped out of the carriage like a whirlwind, followed by a soldier behind him. It was Wang Zhixiang.

Yuan Shikai summoned Wang Zhixiang alone and promised to give him a generous amount of money to appoint him as the comfort envoy of the southern army and return to Nanjing to assist the governor of Jiangsu Cheng Dequan to dismiss the army. After all, Premier Tang's face is not as big as President Yuan's, and Wang Zhixiang was originally a bureaucrat who was at the helm. After getting Yuan Shikai's guarantee, he ignored the support of the alliance and agreed to Yuan Shikai's new appointment.

When Wang Zhixiang took the appointment letter to Tang Shaoyi and asked him to be his deputy, Premier Tang was completely in the dark and didn't know anything about it. Only then did Tang Shaoyi come to his senses that he was betrayed by his boss, President Yuan and his friend Wang Zhixiang!

Premier Tang said angrily, "Old Yuan bullies people too much!" Can I sign such a dishonest letter of appointment indiscriminately?

Tang Shaoyi sternly refused the request of the deputy secretary, but Wang Zhixiang was a person who cared about the official position very much. He actually went straight to Nanjing to take office with the appointment letter without the deputy secretary of the prime minister!

That night, Tang Shaoyi stayed up all night and wandered all night. At this time, he remembered all kinds of frustrations and hardships since he took office as Prime Minister for more than a month. His heart seemed to have overturned a hundred flavors. He was sad, angry, lonely and helpless. He really had mixed feelings. Sitting alone in the cold window facing the lonely moon, Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but say to herself, "Democratic and republican is determined by the Provisional Covenant Law. Since the president's order does not require a cabinet deputy, what do I, the Prime Minister, do with it?

After saying that, Tang Shaoyi's mind was determined. When the sky was getting brighter, he packed his bags and took his family directly to the railway station to Tianjin.