Chapter 273 Ten Years

It has been raining heavily over the fields and woods in the distance. Rain clouds send moist air. Lightning occasionally cut through the gray clouds, accompanied by rolling thunder, Chen's garden was illuminated by lightning and thunder from time to time. The study of the main house of Chen's Garden welcomes its owner again.

It was raining and thundering outside the study, but there was silence in the study. Occasionally, when a thunder rang, the windows of the study even made a little shaking sound.

Smiling a cigarette, Chen Moran occasionally remembered the little girl who danced with him at the banquet, and Yi felt so interesting that some smiles appeared on his face from time to time.

Maybe this is an accident in this time and space. I never know when I will accidentally meet a historical celebrity, but I don't know that in this era when history has changed, can the three Song sisters be interspersed with modern Chinese history like history?

It's impossible!

When Chen Moran occasionally smiled when he thought about his "accidental encounter" with those historical celebrities, Qin Yuyu, who sat in front of him, saw the smile on his husband's face, the young and even a little childish face also smiled. However, at the 24-year-old young man who was the Secretary-General of the Restoration Association, was at this time for Another thing is secretly happy.

"Sir, the "Departure" has departed!"

As an "old man" of the Restoration Society, Qin Yuyu prefers to govern as a gentleman. On the one hand, it is reasonable. After all, it is the gentleman who leads everyone to the road of national restoration, but on the other hand, because of this title, it seems to be close to the rule.

"Huh?"

Listening to Qin Yuyu's words, Chen Moran was stunned for a moment and immediately understood why he deliberately said this.

"Nianxuan, do you think everything will be fine when Sun Yat-sen and others leave?"

Looking at the smile on Qin Yuqi's face, Chen Moran sighed helplessly. The people in the restoration meeting are really too young and have not undergone any political experience. Although it is easy for young people to call up, as long as they give their own orders, they will do it without asking, but the young people are always young people and think of things. Some of them are too simple.

"The purpose of letting Sun Yat-sen go abroad for inspection has been achieved, but don't forget that there are other groups in China now!"

"Mr., do you mean Zhang Yang?"

Qin Yuyu asked back in surprise. If it's about the group, I'm afraid that in China, in addition to the Guangfu Association, there is only Sun Yat-sen's Xingzhong Association, and there is also a recently emerging "Constitutional Association", which is Yang Du's newly established political party group that smashed Zhang Jian and other constitutionalists, and Sun Yat-sen, who advocates the republican. Similarly, the Constitutional Convention advocates a constitutional monarchy, but the constitutional monarchy in their mouth is a virtual monarch and implements parliamentary politics.

And Chen Moran didn't nod or shake his head. What is his most successful place? I'm afraid that it's brainwashing these young people of the Restoration Association. They have succeeded in making them believe that they obeying public opinion and taking public opinion as the highest criterion. That's why it's why it's not convenient to say many things directly, even Qin Yuyu, who is regarded as a connounuch.

However, although it is not convenient to show his thoughts in front of them, he can show his meaning to another group of people, that is, in front of Zhang Zhidong and Yuan Shikai, especially Yuan Shikai. Sometimes it is more convenient for him to use his mind, and he only needs a few words, and he can think about it for a long time. Finally, I understood what I meant.

"Sir, in Yu Yu's opinion, the constitution advocated by Yang Du and others is even far more evil than that of the revolutionary party!"

Qin Yuqi suddenly said that in the past few days, he had been looking for an opportunity to speak to his husband.

"Oh!"

Chen Moran, who was originally leaning against the back of the chair, leaned forward slightly, but he became curious about Qin Yu's words.

"Mr., the reason why Sun Yat-sen was to go abroad for investigation is to prevent the political turmoil caused by the chaos of national discussion. Yang Du advocated the establishment of a constitution, but he intended to seek power. Yang Du is a speculator, and his heart is not as good as Sun Wen and others. In the view of these people, the political turmoil is by no means what he is worried about. What he is trying to do is only for power. Already."

He looked down gently. On this point, his opinion was the same as his own. As long as he thought that Yang Du was on Yuan Shikai's side and used "persuading his wife to divorce", he ran to London and talked about things with his two wives, Chen Moran felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Yang Du was just a speculator.

"Although the decrees are issued by the cabinet, and then all decrees can be implemented after being approved by the parliament, now its constitutional theory is very demagogic. If the Constitutional Convention can be supported, it will use the name of the Congress to restrict the cabinet, so as to achieve the unspeakable purpose. If the Congress drags down the decision of the cabinet, even if it is the gentleman's will If you want to strengthen the country, I'm afraid it will be useless in the end!"

In recent months, because he was not in power, Qin Yuqi had more time to study the advantages and disadvantages of the political bodies of various countries. From the beginning of Yang Du's advocacy of his "constitutional monarchy", he felt that Yang Du, like the Revolutionary Party, eventually slipped China into French-style political chaos. For the political chaos of the French powers like France, it was okay. Accepted, but what about China? China is not good.

"Governance, whether it is an imperial system or a republic, for China, the most important thing is to establish a strong central regime, so as to achieve the national unity advocated by the "tariff incident"

Hesitating to say his views, Qin Yuqi. At the beginning of the restoration of the provinces, the advisory bureau was established with the governor's axe aimed at winning the support of local gentry. As the secretary-general of the Guangfu Council, Qin Yuqi was lucky to see some chaos in the provincial advisory bureaus. For example, when Hunan was under heavy military pressure, the people in the advisory bureau actually talked about the response. He made peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and then when the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River were restored, some people in the Advisory Bureau also proposed to separate the river with the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

In a word, there are all kinds of people in Lin Zi's University. Fortunately, the consultation bureau is now undecisive, otherwise I'm afraid that the restoration plan will really be delayed by those "local sages".

"Whether it is the revolutionary party or the constitutionalists, for them, the first thing they consider is their own gains and losses, not the gains and losses of power, not as the people in the restoration meeting, as the thought, as the gentleman taught, "the old is the restoration, the present is the rise!", the restoration will abandon the preconism, only for the strong heart of the country, and how can it be that such ambitious or speculators can Compared with!"

Chen Moran was a little surprised that Qin Yuyu said these steady words, but he still didn't show his attitude, but just listened quietly.

"Mr., in this is the situation of China, if he says to hold a referendum to determine China's future political system, the people will only choose the imperial system. On the one hand, the people only know the emperor and do not know the republic. On the other hand, the people follow the little gentleman, the little gentleman goes with the big gentleman, and the whole country and the gentleman are inclined to the imperial system, and the state is the imperial system. It's a fore-the-go conclusion. But if the imperial system is carried out, the constitutional government must be carried out, but how this constitutional government is done is a question that we have to consider now... Hmm! For the time being, domestic groups can be divided into royalists and republican factions. Even in the Restoration Council, it can be divided into royalists and republican factions. Although everyone has decided to respect the people's choice, the division of the Restoration Council may be sooner or later..."

When Qin Yuyu's face showed some melancholy look, Chen Moran was also depressed, which was one of the reasons why he did not devote himself to support the Restoration.

"Compared with the republican faction, the royalists are the most powerful. Almost all the gentry of the country are royalists, and the royalists are divided into several branches. For example, Zhang Zizheng and others are one faction, Liang Qichao is another faction, and now Yang Du is more one faction. He said that it is inevitable to quarrel with each other, which is bound to create a possibility for the republican faction. If so, I'm afraid that the political world will be unstable, and the internal strife will continue, dragging down the state affairs!"

"Nianxuan, what you are worried about is not what I worry about."

Stretching out, Chen silently sighed helplessly, and then smoked heavily.

"The only way to govern and solve it is to centrally centrally and reduce the power of parliament!"

Chen Moran, who was smoking and drinking tea, suddenly became focused. He looked at Qin Yuyu, and finally suppressed the hidden focus in his heart and asked faintly.

"Nianxuan, is this what you mean or everyone!"

Although the question was not clear, Qin Yuyu still heard what the gentleman asked.

"That's what everyone means!"

It was raining outside the window. After hearing this answer, he slowly stood up and walked to the window, looking at the heavy rain outside the window.

"Oh!"

Chen Moran, who seemed to have full of words to say, finally sighed, but did not see the following. And with this sigh, it was time for him to have a secret conversation with Zhang Zhidong before Shanghai came to his mind!

At this time, a flash reflected the study, and then there was another thunder. The night was destined to no longer be calm. It was dawn, and the autumn rain was still falling on the sky for a while. It was gray and the fog was like a thick layer of barrier. The silky autumn rain, like leaking from the barrier, fell silently. , inexplicably underground, persistent underground.

The whole city of Shanghai finally got rid of the night and entered the fog and rain. In this misty rain, the industrial bank building on the bank of the Huangpu River is still showing the magnificent momentum of the building itself under the light columns of green and orange searchlights. The spire of the towering industrial building reaches to the sky, drawing on the glitz of Gothic churches and Baroque castles and attracting the industry of Chinese architectural style. From the day it was built, it has become a landmark building in Shanghai together with the Huangpu Building.

The Industrial Bank Building is not only the headquarters of the Industrial Bank, but also the headquarters of the Industrial Company. At the same time, the building is also a high-end hotel for external business, with as many as 204 rooms, including 10 suites and 55 luxury customers. Just like the Industrial Bank Building, when the Industrial Hotel was put into use, It has always been sought after by the outside world.

Outside the window, it was full of rain and fog, but the light was melting inside. In the guest room on the eighth floor of the industrial hotel, in order to eliminate the uneasiness in his heart, Yang Du asked for a few small dishes from the hotel in the study, drinking with Zhang Zhongduan and chatting.

Zhang Zhongduan, who came to Shanghai with Yang Du, naturally knew his painstaking efforts and deeply. In his heart, he also admired what he had done recently. He ran outside for a day during the day. At this time, he faced Yang Du's good intentions and drank wine with a smile on his face.

"Be such a human being, sometimes we don't have to get into the horns. In the face of practical things that can't be changed, we should all learn to adapt, for example! This hot summer is the season we don't want to spend; this cold winter is also the season we don't want to spend, but do we refuse because we are tired of the heat and winter? No, we can't refuse, because we can't refuse at all. What should we do if we can't refuse? I have to get used to it..."

Zhang Zhongduan listened attentively. He knew the reason why Yang Du said so, just because today, the representative of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce refused Yang Du's request to speak at the Shanghai Consulting Bureau.

Shanghai is equal to half of China. At least in terms of economy and finance, even if the 3,852 enterprises that have been put into operation or are under construction in Shanghai are not to mention, there are 67 banks and two stock exchanges in Shanghai alone, that is, holding the top of China's economy. In the restoration war, the ruling axe is the most powerful support. The holder is Shanghai Silver World.

It is also the cooperation of the whole Shanghai banking industry that has made the "industrial ocean" replace the circulation status of Yingyang in East China, South China and China in less than five months. It is also the cooperation of the Shanghai banking industry that has cracked down on foreign banks through the way that banks refuse to collect foreign banknotes. Banknotes are issued, thus creating an opportunity for the further circulation of industrial bonds.

Yang Du took out an "industrial ocean" from his pocket. The industrial building on the front of the new industrial ocean flashed silver under the light. This industrial ocean is a Shanghai business gentry today. This kind of "generosity" is more afraid of the self-insurable power of the Constitutional Association.

"A gentleman is not greedy for money, but if he does it with the constitution, he has to get financial help. If I want to do it with the whole country, I must borrow the financial power of the business gentry. If there is no financial help, it is difficult for the constitutional guild to win the future!"

Staring at the industry on the table, Yang Du only felt a trace of shame and indignation. Now he has resigned from the Ministry of Justice and rushed to the Constitutional Convention with all his strength. The British party not only did not get a good impression of the government, but also made the government feel bad. After returning to Nanjing, Yang Du looked around, but painfully found that even Liang Shiyi, who had been in trouble with him, had already sat in the position of Finance Commissioner when he went to England, and he was still sitting on the cold bench of the Ministry of Justice. He was really envious and angry.

With the national situation, the voice of asking for a referendum in China has become more and more popular. Yang Du, who has always been ** in politics, naturally sniffed out the trend, and he happens to be a hardcore fan of the constitutional monarchy. Compared with the imperial system and the republic, Yang Du never thought that the republic was a good system. In his eyes, the most suitable path for China is still the constitutional monarchy.

When the Ministry of Justice was reprimanded for leaving his post without authorization, he decisively chose to resign. With the reputation brought by the three articles of the constitution, he made friends with people from all sides to discuss the constitution, and set up a constitutional guild headed by Zhang Jian, and Yang Du also got what he wanted - the secretary-general of the constitutional guild.

In the past few days, when he gave a speech in the advisory bureaus of various places as the Secretary-General of the Constitutional Convention, he was praised by the gentry, which really calmed Yang Du's down a little depressed mood, and even gave birth to another sense of willow dark flowers. Previously, when he came to Shanghai, he was confident that he could raise at least 500,000 yuan in Shanghai. In addition to the 200,000 yuan raised before, he could lecture on constitutional government in consultation bureaus all over the country and encourage the business gentry to join the constitutional guild, so that the constitutional guild would preside over the future advisory house with the constitutional guild. As a result, Zhang Jian was still Zhang Zhidong. It is their business to be the prime minister or prime minister. As long as they can preside over the consultative house, no matter who is the prime minister, they dare not despise him anymore.

When he first arrived in Shanghai, the welcome of the Shanghai business gentry gave Yang Du hope, but on the same day, Zhang Zhidong, who was far away in Nanjing, knocked him with a stuffy stick in the Guangfu newspaper. Zhang Zhidong, a consultant of the ruling axe, publicly supported the constitutional government in the newspaper. He also said, "The Guangfu Association said yesterday that the responsibility of Guangfu has been completed, and now it is the responsibility of strengthening the country! At the same time, it also proposed that "the ruling axe has a political order, five years to follow the old system, take five years as the system, set a new law, and then prepare for another five years to establish it with the constitution. Ten years later, the constitutional government can succeed."

Then, the governors of the provinces successively supported the consultant's proposal to "Meet the victory with change - China's victory!" Even for those who are the least ** in politics, even if it is constitutional, the singer of the main play is still the Restoration Association. Eight of the ten governors in the country are from the Restoration Association. Although they are young, they are not in power.

And Zhang Zhidong's excessive proposal in the newspaper that "the transition of the five-year old system, the establishment of justice, and then the five-year preparation, the constitution, ten years of success" is not only the support of those governors, but also the support of the gentry in various places. What kind of person is Zhang Xiang? It is respected by the world and respected by the scholars and doctors of the world. The big man, even his old man said, "If there is no constitution in the country, how can a constitution be established", "the constitutional law should be carried out, and if the law is not complete, it is difficult to make a constitution", "in line with the old system, five years of the system, set a new law, and then take five years to prepare to determine the constitution, and change the local consultation bureaus to provincial, municipal and county councils", that's must be right.

For a while, the whole country said that "the old man really has the important knowledge of success, which is beyond our reach". The pat of the horses who met stood up, together with Liang Qichao and others, also known as "the advice of the government, it is actually a steady move", and then took the Japanese as an example. It was said that it was only 23 years before the Meiji 23 years of Meiji. Nineteen years of success in the constitution, but China's regular ten years is not easy.

It is also because of this that the Shanghai Consultative Bureau refused Yang Du's speech to the Consultative Bureau, and the subsequent indifference of the gentry. For those businessmen, they need to at least wait until the situation appears before they can give support. As for now a few people want to take the money to float.

"But on the side of Shanghai..."

"It's just a group of people who know!"

Staring at the silver dollar on the table, Yang Du said angrily.

After a long silence, he came up with another amazing word.

"If they want to delay for ten years, how can I let them taste it!"

(to be continued)