As soon as the chill of February subsided, the colors of spring began to appear. In March, the spring breeze came to the ancient city with lightning speed. The most sensitive ones were the young people, who hurriedly took off their heavy winter cotton-padded clothes and put on their clothes.

With the slightly thin spring clothes on the trees, the trees began to change obviously: one by one, the dead branches began to tender and shoot buds, and a hint of spring could be seen on the trees in the streets and alleys.

Yuan Shikai, who lives in Jurentang, Zhongnanhai, seems to be extremely uncertain about the weather. In other words, he is too preoccupied with the weather to notice it. He will not change clothes until it is extremely hot.

When the National Socialist Party first appeared in the newspapers, Yuan Shikai was initially indifferent and did not take it to heart. He only thought that this was normal and that it was just a trick played by Li Zicheng.

If you bring in a large number of people, at most you can bring in a few small parties, it won't have any impact.

What's more, even Li Zhiyuan has been in the hands of Yuan Shikai for a long time. He will become the prime minister, but what will he do if he becomes the prime minister? As soon as he arrives in the capital, Yuan Shikai will use his soft knife to use public opinion, the country, and the overall situation.

, to remove his armor, seize his bow, and send his troops to Europe

On the European battlefield, thousands or tens of thousands of people die every day. Maybe in half a year, or at most a year, the Jiangsu Army will be finished by the meat grinder of the European battlefield. By then, by then,

What kind of trouble can Li Zhiyuan make when he has no troops or only an army of ten or twenty thousand?

As for Longhai, although he knew that Longhai was like "dragon water" to Li Zicheng, Yuan Shikai also prepared a soft knife, just waiting for Li Zhiyuan to come to Beijing, and then slowly, little by little, he

Tie the rope around his neck, and in less than two years, at most two years, he can be hanged in the capital with the soft knife and soft rope.

“What can the National Socialist Party do?

He sneered and forgot about this party.

But when he woke up, he suddenly felt that the National Socialist Party was a terrible organization. It was a monster in China. Members of Congress were elected by political parties, and Li Zicheng's purpose in organizing the National Socialist Party was obviously to seize Congress.

The National Socialist Party is a different kind of Kuomintang. The Kuomintang has nothing but reputation. But Li Zicheng has reputation, money, and an army. It can be said that he has both military and financial power. Now he lacks that power. If he becomes the

Prime Minister, that doesn't give you power.

With military power, financial power, and power, the National Socialist Party is likely to form the largest political party in the country. This Congress may not show much, but what about the future? The number of seats in the Congress in the future. This...

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Thinking about the future, Yuan Shikai became a little scared. He felt that his chair, his Jurentang and his Zhongnanhai were all crumbling! This sudden awareness made Yuan Shikai anxious, and he was so anxious that his whole body burst into flames.

Come.

Li Zicheng is going to take a plane to hold a lecture tour in Qian Country!

Thinking about the news he read in the newspaper, Yuan Shikai felt hot, cold, panicked, and calm. Li Zhiyuan's irregular movements were not a big deal, but a complete movement would be a blockbuster!

Since he was interested in the National Socialist Party, he began to study the National Socialist Party. The more he studied, the more chilled he became. Is there any political party in China that demands to sacrifice one's life for the realization of its program?

have!

Revolutionary Party! But the Revolutionary Party was not included in the program!

Moreover, the Revolutionary Party makes people rebel, and rebellion will lead to losing their heads. However, the National Socialist Party is different. They require party members to be prepared to sacrifice themselves for their ideals and beliefs for the sake of the country and the people.

In comparison, the Revolutionary Party is not even worthy of carrying shoes for them.

But the more this happened, the more Yuan Shikai became uncertain about the future. He was afraid that his soft knife and soft rope would eventually fall on him.

In the official circles of the late Qing Dynasty, people made such comments that Zhang Zhidong was a man of learning but not skill; Yuan Shikai was a man of skill but no learning; and Cen Chunxuan was a man of no learning and skill. Skill became Yuan Shikai's superhuman strength.

ability.

Li Zichengcheng was a "super talent" in Yuan Shikai's eyes. From the first time the two met, Yuan Shikai recognized this. Otherwise, he would not have adopted the set of suppressive tactics, and later used him

A full set of methods to win over talents was used to win over Xu Shichang, Liang Shiyi, Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui, Wang Shizhen, Cao Kun, Zhang Xun, etc., but the result was that he was very disappointed.

You can pull it over at will.

"Li Zhiyuan, do everything with a plan in mind!"

Outsiders say this about Li Zhiyuan, but what is his mission?

In the past, Yuan Shikai was a little confused, but after the National Socialist Party compiled its program, Yuan Shikai vaguely understood what Li Zhiyuan's program was.

Just then the guard came from the side.

"Mr. Liang, the General Office of Taxation, is here!"

"Yifu, you've been working hard recently, you've been working hard

After Liang Shiyi entered the room, Yuan Shikai asked him to sit down and said to him. What he said is true. Now Liang Shiyi has begun to prepare for the re-establishment of the State Council. Of course, the most important thing is to divide the "future" between the government and the court.

"Powers and Responsibilities", this matter seems simple, but in fact it is by no means an easy task.

The division of "powers and responsibilities of the government and Yuan", on the one hand, must satisfy Li Zicheng, and on the other hand, it must ensure that the power of the Presidential Office is not reduced. There is no such thing as the best of both worlds in the world, so in the past half of the year,

In the middle of the month, Liang Shiyi came up with several plans, but they were all rejected. Power, when it comes to power, sometimes, even a little bit of power is too much, let alone the division of the power of the whole country.

Under such circumstances, Liang Shiyi was working hard and was clearly in a dilemma. Yuan Shikai heard people say that Liang Shiyi almost turned over the table several times.

"President, you have worked harder, you have worked harder

Liang Shiyi was sitting and talking, but the thick dark circles under his eyes showed how hard he had worked recently, but while working hard, there was still a fire in his heart, because... until now, he had no idea about the reset

Regarding the matter of the Presidential Secretariat, the President still did not say a word of affirmation, let alone made any arrangements for him. He just asked him to divide the "powers and responsibilities".

"When everything is done and done, you have to take a good rest for a few days."

Yuan Shikai said with close concern:

"There are too many things to do, take your time, don't be in a hurry, you know, I, the presidential office, cannot do without you now, and I will not be able to do without you in the future."

Of course, Yuan Shikai knew Liang Shiyi very well, and he knew very well what he wanted. However, these ambiguous words now are like fishing bait, just bait for him to hear and see.

, but he just can’t eat. Only in this way can he do his best for himself.

"Yes, yes, the president also needs to take care of himself."

Although he heard the hidden meaning of Yuan Shikai's words, while Liang Shiyi showed tears of gratitude, he sneered in his heart. He had a deep understanding of the president's method of winning people's hearts, so naturally he knew it, and naturally he couldn't talk about it.

There is no real gratitude, at least until you get the real thing. What's more, in Liang Shiyi's view, even if he became the Secretary-General of the Presidential Secretariat, it was not a "reward" given to him by the president, but

It was Liang Shiyi who earned his fortune with his own talents. Just like what the president said before, "If you can't live without him now, you won't be able to live without him in the future." But he had to show his gratitude;

"President, according to the newspaper, Li Zicheng will fly to Wuhan today to start a tour to support the election."

Liang Shiyi quoted the "new words" he had just learned from the newspaper. His words made Yuan Shikai's scalp feel slightly warm and his eyelids twitched:

"Yes! This Li Zhiyuan wants to imitate Song Yufu! First he formed a party, then he ran for election. He wants to form a cabinet!"

Remembering that it was Liang Shiyi who insisted on reopening the Congress, a wave of displeasure welled up in Yuan Shikai's heart.

"Form a cabinet, form a cabinet. In the future, Li Zhiyuan will probably use Congress to impeach me, the great president."

Yuan Shikai didn't want to speak more clearly, but in front of Liang Shiyi, he had to speak more clearly:

"Congress..."

After pondering, Yuan Shikai did not continue speaking, but looked at Liang Shiyi, obviously waiting for his explanation.

"President, the movement of the National Socialist Party is not small, but now it is a presidential system, not a cabinet system. No matter what cabinet he forms, even if he is the prime minister, the prime minister is given to him by you, the president."

Understanding Yuan Shikai's worries, Liang Shiyi persuaded him.

"As for the National Socialist Party's participation in the election of members of Congress, it is just a move by Li Zicheng. President, no matter what, at least in this by-election, it is really remarkable that they can win at most 300 seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

, even if they win the 29 seats in the House of Representatives and the 123 seats in the Senate that were vacated after the dissolution of the Kuomintang, so what?

Even if the party controls 90% of the seats, how much trouble can it make!"

While talking like this, Liang Shiyi felt regretful in his heart. If he could, he would never come up with the idea of ​​"reopening Congress and holding a by-election". He never thought that Li Zicheng

His reaction would be so fast and his actions would be so big. He would directly create a political party and use the opportunity of congressional by-elections to try to control Congress. This was completely different from his original plan. According to the plan... But what can I say now?

It's too late. The only chance now is to use the president to clean up Congress.

After a moment of silence, Yuan Shikai finally understood what Liang Shiyi meant.

"There is something that needs to be done quickly."

"President, please explain."

"Now that the National Socialist Party is running for election, won't Huang Xing and his National Affairs Research Association also run for the election? Let's give Huang Xing and others a sum of money and let them compete with Li Zhiyuan!"

As he spoke, Yuan Shikai's eyes flashed with energy. The seats to be expelled in the by-election were vacated by Kuomintang members. If he did not want Li Zhiyuan to win those seats, he could only make a fuss at the State Affairs Research Conference.

"The President is wise!"

The president's suggestion made Liang Shiyi feel that there was a bright future in the dark, and he quickly praised:

"I'll send someone to do it right away."

"No, you go do it yourself and send it to them..."

After a moment of silence, Yuan Shikai thought about it in his heart before speaking.

"Well, two million!"

Liu'er Hutong, before people enter the alley, they can see the propaganda posters posted on both sides of the alley. The contents of the propaganda posters are nothing more than the program and propositions of the National Affairs Research Association. These handwritten or hand-painted slogans are obviously not the same as those of the National Socialist Society.

Party compared to those prints.

In the past few days, the National Affairs Research Institute has set up a campaign committee based on the National Socialist Party. On the other hand, it has actively colluded with the press and used the reputations of members of the National Affairs Research Institute to increase the "reporting rate." In short, the National Affairs Research Institute

The Party seemed to be striving to catch up, and it looked like it was preparing for an election battle with the National Socialist Party.

Amid the curiosity of public opinion, the reporting rate of the National Affairs Research Institute has naturally increased several times compared with before. However, this kind of passive propaganda obviously cannot be compared with the increased reporting rate of the National Socialist Party's "active propaganda and making news", let alone active propaganda.
To be continued...