Sunlight passes through the window, and the unique stained glass in Jurentang's small living room renders this small living room a colorful scene. At this time, this seemingly extremely beautiful small living room is filled with a thick

In the smoke, beside the sofa in the small living room, two people, one fat and one thin, were smoking quietly, and no one spoke.

This is a contest!

Smoking the cigar, Li Zicheng didn't even raise his head. At this time, he seemed to have returned to the night a few years ago when he first communicated with Morgan, competing with him for will and patience. At that time,

The reason why he persisted was for personal interests, and now, the reason why he persisted was not only for personal interests, but also for the interests of the country.

The conversation lasted only half an hour, but the differences between the two parties were too great, causing the two to fall into this terrible competition. After expressing his opinions, Yuan Shikai also fell silent. He waited for Li Zicheng

In his heart, he had thousands of words ready to respond to the other party's rebuttal, but now...

Li Zhiyuan was silent. He stopped paying attention to him. Did he give in?

No!

Due to his understanding of Li Zhiyuan, Yuan Shikai knew that Li Zhiyuan would make concessions on many issues, but on some issues that were of major importance, he would never make any concessions, even just a little bit.

Anyone who doubts it will suffer a big loss in the end.

In the next three and a half hours, Li Zicheng stopped talking. He just kept smoking his cigar and occasionally took a sip of tea. Unlike Yuan Shikai who occasionally took a sip of tea because of anxiety, most of the time, Li Zicheng just

Moisten his lips with tea. After a few hours, Yuan Shikai had drank three glasses of water, while Li Zicheng only drank half a glass.

It is precisely because of this that Yuan Shikai feels that the bloating between his abdomen and crotch is getting stronger and stronger. Few outsiders know that he has an unknown hidden disease. If the bloating in the abdomen can be tolerated by others, then it is undoubtedly unbearable for him.

During the torture, Yuan Shikai's face became swollen and painful at first, but then became painful again. This unspeakable pain only made Yuan Shikai's face gradually change. At first, it was ugly. But later, it turned pale, with even large drops of sweat.

It started to pour out of my forehead.

"Why don't you say anything..."

Yuan Shikai was thinking anxiously in his heart. He glanced at Li Zicheng. He was still smoking his cigar and didn't even raise his eyes to look at him.

"..."

In fact, Li Zicheng, who seemed not to have raised his eyes to look at Yuan Shikai, had been observing Yuan Shikai with his peripheral vision, and also observed the changes in his expression, and now, he was even observing his movements of fingers.

Li Zicheng almost laughed. Yuan Shikai's legs that were not tightly together indicated a problem - he was in a hurry to urinate!

Urgency to urinate!

When these two words came to mind, Li Zicheng suddenly remembered a report he saw in a newspaper in his early years. The report said that Yuan Shikai suffered from prostatitis and later died of urinary retention due to prostatic hyperplasia.

Death. The French doctor recommended surgery, but Yuan Shikai was afraid of surgery and was afraid of being murdered. He refused surgery and only used diuresis and dehumidification, which eventually led to edema all over the body, renal failure and death.

Seeing Yuan Shikai suffering from the need to urinate, Li Zicheng's heart moved slightly. He looked at Yuan's body shape again. His body shape was similar to when he first returned to China a few years ago. However, during the "Jiao'ao Incident", he was

He is much thinner than he is now. Could it be that because of this, his condition has been relieved, so...

Thinking about it, Li Zicheng vaguely felt that he might have guessed it right. At this time, Yuan Shikai's diet mentioned in the Secret Service report also appeared in his mind.

The duck alone can eat three fat ducks a week, and if it continues at this rate...

After thinking about this, the problems that had puzzled Li Zicheng for many months finally eased a little, and he even felt happy in his heart. Now that Yuan Shikai is not dead, although it has added a lot of troubles, it has also solved a lot of problems, allowing himself to

You can solve many practical problems more calmly.

"isolation!"

Finally Li Zicheng uttered two words.

"isolation?"

Li Zicheng took the initiative to break the silence, which only made Yuan Shikai happy, but also stunned. He suppressed the urge to urinate and asked.

“Representatives of the National Congress’ Constitutional Committee and provincial representatives who hold a constitutional convention must not be influenced by the outside world during the meeting. Therefore, I request that the constitutional convention must be a closed meeting, a secret meeting. The door of the conference hall is closed.

Yes, although the representatives are elected by the people, after they enter the conference hall, it is their business to formulate the constitution. The representatives decide everything, and all issues are resolved in the conference hall. The contents of the Constitutional Convention are not made public, and the proceedings are not public.

The content, process and results cannot be disclosed to the outside world at will. The chairman of the conference is not allowed to speak at the conference. All representatives must abide by the confidentiality regulations and not leak the information of the conference to the outside world. The representatives of the Constitutional Convention must maintain a close relationship with the people.

The proper distance..."

After stating this request, Li Zicheng glanced at Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai agreed to hold a constitutional conference in exchange for Jiangsu shelving the provincial constitution. However, he had his own requirements for the representatives of the constitutional conference. It was precisely because of this request that

This made the two of them remain silent as before.

Yuan Shikai did not object to the two houses of Congress voting to elect a constitution-making committee. They would participate in the constitution-making as constitutional representatives, and each province must also send new constitutional representatives. Regarding provincial representatives, Yuan Shikai did not object to Li Zicheng's proposal not to use each province as a representative

The population was limited to three representatives per province, but then Yuan Shikai proposed that these three representatives must be appointed by the generals of each province. It was on this issue that the two men had fundamental differences.

According to Li Zicheng, the constitutional representatives must be elected by the provincial assembly or the people, because they represent the people of the province to make their voices heard at the constitutional assembly. This is the most basic common sense. In Yuan Shikai's view, the two houses

The Constitutional Committee composed of elected members of Congress has represented the voice of the people. Of course, he did not ignore the voice of the people, at least according to Yuan Shikai's explanation.

"We must take care of the local area and the emotions of those generals. If the Constitutional Convention throws them aside, I don't know what trouble will happen!"

It seems that he is also considering the country. However, while Li Zicheng controls half of the Congress through the National Socialist Party, Yuan Shikai controls most of China's local governments by appointing cronies as provincial generals. He can use this kind of "appointment"

The resulting constituent representatives can then influence and influence the future Constituent Assembly. Not to mention that this goes against the original intention, but its attempt to control the Constituent Assembly is not acceptable to Li Zicheng, so he has

The silence before.

Now, after breaking the silence, Li Zicheng did not mention the matter of selecting provincial representatives, but mentioned another matter - "isolation" to isolate the meeting.

"That's right. It is to isolate, so as to prevent others, especially the people's discussion, from affecting the Constitutional Convention and the representatives of all parties! This way, the representatives of all parties can keep a cool head."

After calmly stating this request, Li Zicheng glanced at Yuan Shikai, who seemed to be unable to bear it anymore. He seemed to think for a moment, but after a second or two, he nodded sharply.

"Okay, I have to get this, this is a good thing, we can't let people disturb the venue..."

Although he felt extremely uncomfortable, Yuan Shikai still thought about the pros and cons of isolating the Constitutional Convention. At least there would be one benefit. Li Zicheng would no longer be able to manipulate public opinion to influence the constitution, which may make his plan more effective.

Grasp success.

"that……"

Before Yuan Shikai could express his intention to leave for convenience, he was interrupted by Li Zicheng.

"President, are you referring to the issue of the qualifications of representatives from each province?"

Li Zicheng's continuous questions only made Yuan Shikai speechless. Although he was unwilling, Yuan Shikai could only continue to speak.

"Zhiyuan, you know that although many local troops have been drawn away from participating in the war, if the local interests are not guaranteed and biased, I don't know what kind of trouble will be caused. The Constitutional Assembly is about to convene.

With local support, it’s not certain whether it can be successful. No, if we want to do good for China, we have to make certain concessions. Didn’t you also say that politics is the art of compromise!”

Yuan Shikai's voice seemed very urgent, and he even spat out all the words in succession like a barrage of firecrackers, without even leaving time to breathe. Li Zicheng, who knew full well that the reason why he did this was that he couldn't hold it in any longer.

But he was smiling secretly in his heart.

"Well, what the president said is very true..."

He paused for a moment and pretended to ponder for a moment.

"On the issue of provincial representatives, I can make concessions, but there are two preconditions!"

"Um?"

Did Li Zhiyuan give in? Yuan Shikai looked at him in disbelief. He never thought that he would make concessions on this issue. Originally, he wanted to spend one day, two days, three days, or even ten and a half days with him on this issue.

The talks continued for months, but now, he gave in.

"Tell me and listen, Zhiyuan!"

"Um,"

After pondering, Li Zicheng revealed his method.

"The generals of each province can nominate six candidates, and then the provincial assembly votes to decide on the candidates!"

The reason for making this suggestion is very simple. Just as Yuan Shikai said, the interests of the generals of each province must be taken care of. In his previous meditation, Li Zicheng had already made this concession in his heart. Although he was nominated by the generals of each province, at least

We still have to go through the provincial council to pick generals among the cripples, but we can always pick two pretty good candidates...

Thinking of those representatives who were well known in later generations, Li Zicheng still sighed in his heart.

"Um,……"

Although resisting the urge to urinate was somewhat unsatisfactory, Yuan Shikai also knew that this might be the biggest concession Li Zicheng could make.

"This is okay! What about the other condition?"

The Provincial Council is just a formality!

“Among the selected representatives from each province, there must be no less than 2 lawyers!”

Lawyer, when he mentioned these two words, Li Zicheng smiled inwardly. The provincial generals may have many staffs or people who are willing to sell themselves for glory, but there are few lawyers among their staffs. For

For them, their words are law, and in this case, they also need lawyers who act as legal advisors.

And compared with other people, lawyers, because of their professional characteristics, make them better understand the meaning of negotiation and the importance of compromise. Similarly, a large number of lawyers are involved in the formulation of the constitution. Because of their professional reasons, they will pay more attention to the law rather than blindly

to accommodate or obey the interests of a certain general.

These are the only restrictive conditions that Li Zicheng can think of in a short period of time. Although there are still some loopholes, this is probably all that can be done now!

lawyer!

When he heard that the representative status must be a lawyer, Yuan Shikai just felt a headache. Maybe those generals didn't understand this profession and the people who work in it, but he, Yuan Shikai, had a lot of contact with such people. Those people

Even if they seem to be sophisticated, there is still a bottom line in their hearts. If you look closely, how many prosecutors and judges who are lawyers or legal experts dare not touch his beard. During the Song case,
To be continued...