At 6 o'clock in the morning, Han Baihang got up on time, washed briefly, and inspected the troops for morning exercises. After that, he returned to the company headquarters, sat in the office in uniform, and read the newspaper attentively. Even though he was in a remote place, he still paid close attention to the political situation in Beijing.
He specially asked someone to send some newspapers back from Shangqiu every few days. Although these newspapers were published a few days ago, it did not prevent him from understanding the current situation.
As usual, let’s read the Beijing News first. Among the newspapers, the Beijing News is the most daring to tell the truth and often discloses political scandals. These scandals reflect the current situation from the side. The big headline on the first page is: "Yesterday, Anfu Congress
The meeting is closed. The government of the Republic of China has neither a parliament nor a cabinet. It is really rare in China and foreign countries. It is a strange thing!" There is also a subtitle at the bottom: "Following the war between Anhui and Anhui in the north, the Guangdong-Guangxi War broke out in the south. The Guangdong army was overwhelming and has captured several places.
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Han Baihang read the newspaper and pondered. The dissolution of the Anfu Congress was inevitable. By this time, the Anhui clique should have been almost completely purged. As for the cabinet, it should be formed soon. Such a large piece of fat from all parties would not be left vacant.
Speaking of which, the political system of the Republic of China has been a mess for a long time. When the Provisional Government was first established, Sun Yat-sen learned from the American political system, with the president directly commanding the cabinet. Later, the provisional president was taken over by Yuan Shikai. In order to prevent Yuan Shikai's dictatorship, Sun Yat-sen first promulgated the "Provisional"
"Act", instigating the provisional Senate, and adding a prime minister, who presided over the cabinet. As a result, no one could tell whether the Republic of China was a presidential system or a cabinet system. The unclear government system led to frequent conflicts between the Presidential Office and the State Council.
Dirty, when Yuan Shikai was in power, it was good, he had all the power, and the prime minister was just a manager. After Yuan Shikai's death, no one obeyed anyone in Beiyang. The previous presidents and prime ministers fought fiercely, including President Feng Guozhang and Prime Minister Duan Qirui.
Later, Duan Qirui formed the Anfu Congress and directly became the president of the Supreme Emperor, which triggered the Anhui War. Therefore, conflicts between the president and the prime minister often led to wars. This was almost a barometer of the war between the Beiyang warlords.
Han Baihang secretly thought, if he remembers correctly, the next prime minister will be Jin Yunpeng. This gentleman has served as prime minister twice. He is a general under Duan Qirui and is Zhang Zuolin's relative. He has a good relationship with the direct line and is acceptable to all parties.
But here comes the problem. He is the prime minister elected by all parties. How to distribute the interests of all parties in the future will become the biggest problem, because no matter how you divide the cake, you will not be able to satisfy everyone.
Once someone between Zhili and Fenghuang is dissatisfied, he will not be able to continue to be prime minister, and no matter who takes over as prime minister in the future, he will not be able to get around this problem. In the long run, relations between Zhili and Fengxi will inevitably deteriorate and eventually lead to war. This is almost unavoidable.
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As for the Guangdong-Guangxi War, Lu Rongting will be completely defeated during this tour of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the old Guangxi clique will collapse. In the future, the three famous Guangxi heroes in the history of the Republic of China will take advantage of the situation and establish the new Guangxi clique.
After reading several other newspapers, a piece of news in "Ta Kung Pao" caught his attention. The news said: "Since the beginning of summer, more than ten Japanese factories in Shanghai have gone bankrupt at the same time. It is reported that inflation has occurred in Japan and funds have been interrupted.
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After reading this news, Han Baihang suddenly remembered that Japan's economic crisis seems to have started this year. Of course, people still don't use the word economic crisis, and the Japanese will not admit that there is a crisis in the Japanese economy. But from now on, the Japanese economy will
It lived in a chronic depression until the world financial crisis caused by the U.S. financial crisis in 1929, which severely damaged Japan's economy, prompting Japan to accelerate its invasion of China in order to pass on the increasingly serious domestic conflicts.
"Report to the company commander!" The guard came in from outside with an invitation in his hand, and said with a military salute: "Mayor Liu of Sanhe Town sent someone to send an invitation, asking you to go to the theater on July 15th!"
Han Baihang frowned slightly. He didn't like to listen to the show, so he waved his hand and said, "Tell Mayor Liu that I have military affairs to attend to, so I won't go to the show."
The guard put the invitation on the table and left. After Han Baihang read the newspaper, he accidentally glanced at the invitation again and opened it. It turned out that Mayor Liu invited him to listen to the temple fair play at Hongfa Temple. He came immediately.
It doesn't matter if he is interested in temple performances, but he has to go to temple fairs. There were no entertainment options in the Republic of China, and it almost drove him crazy.
The next day, Han Baihang handed over his military affairs, took only two guards with him, put on his casual clothes, mounted three fast horses, and headed for Sanhe Town.
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From the gate of Hongfa Temple to Sanhe Town, the seven-mile long street is crowded with people. There are stalls on both sides of the road. Temporarily built restaurants, pubs, and teahouses are everywhere. At this time, the usually diligent and thrifty people are rarely generous, and those with children and children are under the clothes.
In restaurants, some people also bring their own dry food and let the vendors at the temple fair process it for only a few copper coins.
Han Baihang left the horses in the inn and went to the temple fair along the street. After strolling for a while, he saw that the two guards were distracted, so he gave them a break and said they would meet back at the inn in the evening. Without the guards following him, Han Baihang also felt that
I felt at ease and blended in with the pedestrians, and the smoke disappeared after a while.
"Okay!" There was a sudden cheer in the distance. Han Baihang looked over and saw a large willow tree surrounded by people watching the fun. The sound of gongs and drums from time to time was very eye-catching. He crowded around
I went up to take a look and saw a dark, muscular man with a bare upper body and a red belt around his waist. He was doing a stick trick, shaving it up and down, rolling it left and right, and doing it like a madman. Even he was standing there.
Everyone in the outer circle can feel the sharp wind of the stick, and the burning pain when it hits the face.
Han Baihang squinted his eyes and looked at this man. He was a knowledgeable person, so he could naturally see that this man was not a showman, but possessed real skills. He couldn't help but compare himself with the man, and concluded that
The conclusion is that if we fight with bare hands, this man is not a strong one, but if both sides fight with weapons, it will be difficult for the three of them together to get close to the man.
At this time, the man finished playing with the stick, stopped his posture, made a circle with his fists around everyone, and shouted with a loud voice: "Young and old men in Yongcheng, if you can't stand looking at my three-legged cat skills, please reward me."
A few compliments, but if you don’t have the money, don’t worry, just try to shout out the compliments.”
After saying that, he took a gong to ask for the reward. The people donated their money generously, and soon the gong was filled with more than half of it. When the man came to Han Baihang, Han Baihang took out three silver coins and put them in.
Inside the gong, he nodded and smiled at the man.
The man was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly cupped his fists at Han Baihang and said, "Thank you, uncle, for the reward."
Han Baihang smiled slightly and said, "What's your brother's name?"
"Song Weizhou!" The man announced his name.
Han Baihang said: "It would be a pity for Brother Song to go around the world with his good kung fu. Why don't you become my instructor? I have a group of incompetent brothers under my command. You can teach them stick skills."
Song Weizhou smiled apologetically and said: "My good intentions are small, but I think there is nothing wrong with traveling in the world. It is better to be free and at ease!"
Han Baihang didn't force it. Everyone has their own ambitions, so he smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Brother Song is right, just take it easy."
Song Weizhou also clasped his fists and took the gong to ask for rewards from others.
Han Baihang withdrew from the crowd. He continued to walk aimlessly when he suddenly heard someone shouting strangely: "Fortune telling, fortune telling, no money if the fortune telling is not accurate." He looked sideways and saw that he was a blind fortune teller.
This blind man was wearing sunglasses and was lying on a broken straw mat. His appearance was very ugly. He had a worn-out cover at his hand, which read: "You can read faces without eyes, but you can tell good or bad luck by touching the bones!"
Han Baihang always stayed away from this kind of spiritual way. He glanced at it and was about to leave. Suddenly, the blind man stood up like a carp, pointed the mask in his hand at him impartially, and Jie Jie laughed: "Sir, why don't you come and count me out?"
What a pity."
Han Baihang frowned: "Can you see me?"
The blind man twitched his shoulders and laughed: "I am blind and cannot see, but my heart is not blind. I can smell your scent as soon as I smell it."
Han Baihang listened to his confused and confused words, and couldn't help but think of teasing. He deliberately said with a sullen face: "You said you can smell my body, then tell me what I do. You are right, Dayang is indispensable.
If you say it’s wrong, I’m going to tear down your sign!”
