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    "Nonsense! Are you new here? You have forgotten the rules! Go down and punish yourself with one month's wages."

    There were still three minutes left before the meal was served on time at 11:30 noon. The old butler with white hair and beard scolded him and moved the wrong braised pork to the west, scrambled eggs with chives to the east, and steamed duck in the middle one dish after another.  Each formula has its own place.

    The old housekeeper had just poured a glass of tiger bone wine when he saw Yuan Shikai and Yang Shiqi walking in and quickly stepped forward to help them.  Long-term worry and fatigue make Yuan Shikai, who is known for his energy, look much older. In particular, the bags under his eyes are obviously droopy, his eye sockets are dark, and his cheeks are thin. It looks like he has been suffering from lack of sleep for a long time. This scene can't help but remind people of the curse that has plagued the Yuan family for hundreds of years.  .

    Yuan Shikai glanced at the empty seats around him and sighed secretly in his heart. He had never seen a crowded dining table since he left the mountain this time.  Seeing that he was silent, the old housekeeper knew that he was feeling sad and quickly explained: "The aunts and wives all went to the theater to watch a play and said they would not come back until the afternoon. The young master and the young lady also went out for business."

    "Take a seat, Xingcheng. After coming out this time, no one is willing to have a peaceful meal with an old man like me." Yuan Shikai waved to Yang Shiqi to sit down. Although it was a faint sentence, it could not be said in the ears of others.  The desolation.

    Looking at the ordinary home-cooked food on the table, Yang Shiqi felt uncomfortable. Recently, there were many rumors outside that this man did not eat anything rare every day, had sex with women, and lived extravagantly.  But only those who have been around him all year round know that he is actually a very self-disciplined person.  I get up at six o'clock every day and have breakfast at six-thirty. Breakfast is shredded chicken noodle soup that I have been eating for more than ten years. I have lunch on time at eleven-thirty. Not only are all the dishes I eat home-cooked.  The recipe remains unchanged, and even the placement of the dishes remains unchanged!  Just such a person.  But being forced into such a situation by a gang of gangsters and Yang Qiu is really disgusting and hateful.

    Seeing that he didn¡¯t move his chopsticks, Yuan Shikai asked: ¡°What? Are you tired of these dishes in Xingcheng too?¡±

    Yang Shiqi quickly shook his head.  He sighed with emotion: "How can you get tired of eating in a humble position? It's just a little emotional." "Sentimental?" Yuan Shikai reached out to the duck with his chopsticks. His hobby of eating ducks was well known to everyone. He put it in his mouth and chewed slowly: "  There are no outsiders today and it is quiet, so Xingcheng might as well talk to me."

    Yang Shiqi was aroused and said: "Starting from the training at the small station, the President led us to train hard day and night and finally got elite soldiers from the six towns. Even the foreigners gave thumbs up and praised you. In the Gengzi Year, the Boxers were in trouble and it was you who turned things around.  Although the situation is irreversible this time, you still have to hold on to the north. I don¡¯t know how long the Civil War will last, and I don¡¯t know how many people will suffer and become homeless! But what will happen in the end?

    We gave the Kuomintang a way to survive. Yansun (Liang Shiyihao) even allocated nearly ten million to the Nanjing guards to disband their soldiers and maintain the operations of the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau and the government. But what about them?  Each soldier was given a severance pay of three silver dollars. The Jinling Manufacturing Bureau has not handed over a single bullet until now. They have all been taken away to feed their own army.  What about the rest of the money?  !  With just that few people, it costs more than one million a month to do nothing, which is enough to feed tens of thousands of soldiers!  What's even more shameful is that when they want to be president, they create a presidential system, and when you come, they create laws and congresses to sideline you.  What a shameless villain!

    The last time Sun Wen came to Beijing, you offered him some words of comfort and entrusted him to the Railway Corporation, but what about him?  He was full of talk about building a 200,000-mile railway. A few days ago, I felt uneasy, so I sent someone to check the accounts of the railway company. Guess what was found?  Not even an inch of the roadbed has been repaired, millions of dollars have been withdrawn from the books, and people have fled to Japan and have not returned yet!  "The more he spoke, the more excited he became, his eyes were a little red, and he held the bowl and sobbed: "That Yang Qiu is even more aggressive!  Forget it while we are at war with the Democratic Party. People like this will always appear when the world is in chaos. But even though the central government has clearly decided, it is still talking about itself and setting up a three-provincial joint parliament. Recently, it has even said that it will be changed to the Southwest Joint Congress!

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: 20 or so and he is already an envoy to three provinces. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a very capable minister, but he is still greedy!  Taking advantage of the fact that we had no time to take care of the southwest, we not only launched an expedition, but also submitted a letter to cede all the west of Leizhou in Guangdong and tampered with the provincial map!  What a big deal this is?  This person is rare in the world. After using the Democratic Party, he kicked them away to join the National Socialist Party. He scolded you every day for betraying the country and seeking glory and colluding with foreigners, but he also did the same to Sichuan's salt tax.  It was mortgaged to Germany, and I think the Han-Sichuan Railway must also be sold!  They also joined forces with the United States to enclose land and establish special zones. How similar is this to Obai after the Eight Banners entered the customs?  !  Special Zone?  It¡¯s not another concession that loses its rights and humiliates the country!  Fortunately, he still has the nerve to have people preach in newspapers every day that he can promote business, and he also said that tax revenue has increased by 30% in less than a year. In fact, he doesn't want to make a lot of money to arm his small fortune?  "

    Hearing this, Yuan Shikai also sighed and put down his job: "That's right, we can't manage such a big country alone. I have also delegated power, and they actually?Hey!  Now that the outside world is unstable, we ourselves are not at peace.  "

    Yang Shiqi knew that he was asking about the unexpected Xiangyang war. He had known about it before. If he could capture Xiangyang, forget it, but now he could only hold on to the outskirts of Xin County. He said: "The eleventh bid is indeed too big."  It's reckless, Cao Kun is acting recklessly, and Zhiquan has already sent a message to reprimand him, but there is one thing Shiqi still wants to say, although Zhao Bingjun and Duan Zhigui did not do well in this matter, they are still dedicated to our Beiyang."

    After hearing the news about the start of the Xiangyang war, Yuan Shikai did feel that something was wrong. Due to his failure to quickly control the country and his repeated concessions for the sake of the overall situation, Yang Qiu had the opportunity to attack the southwest. Seeing the National Defense Force approaching step by step, the arrogant generals below were feeling a little uncomfortable.  He was impatient, and through this incident he felt that Beiyang's reins had to be tightened.  But he couldn't decide who to send. Wang Shizhen had half-retired, and Feng Guozhang was unwilling to take command again. As for Duan Qirui he was too upright, not to mention that he was also vaguely connected with this matter, so he sent him  I'm afraid that going there will only make the chaos worse, so I thought about it and asked, "Xingcheng, what do you think of Chen Huan?"

    Yang Shiqi understood what he meant.  It was time for Beiyang to bring in some new blood, and said: "Although Er'an is young, he still has the air of a general. In addition, he also recommended Wu Peifu, the eleventh grader, for his humble position. This man is very proud and arrogant. But he also has real ability in fighting.  If Yang Qiu's reinforcements hadn't arrived this time, we still don't know who would win the battle in Xiangyang. If we can be entrusted with important tasks, we should be able to get an elite army."

    "Wu Xiucai I know this person. He has performed well in the hands of Cao San fool in recent years. It's just that even though Cao San fool has done it, I'm afraid" He hasn't finished speaking yet.  .  Yang Shiqi said: "The meaning of the humble position is that since Zhiquan and Chen Huan both proposed to expand to ten towns and twenty-five mixed associations, then we might as well transfer him from the three towns to take charge of one town! We might as well give him a chance to see  Can you type it out?"

    "Well, that's a good idea." Yuan Shikai nodded and was about to ask if there were any other candidates. Suddenly a figure flashed outside the door, and Duan Zhigui, Zhao Bingjun and Yang Du were already standing outside with their hands trembling.

    "Hmph!" Yuan Shikai snorted coldly, put down the bowl and scolded: "I thought you were all fools! Do you think I'm old and can't beat you anymore?" Zhao Bingjun's face turned pale with fright, and he looked to the southwest  Lu Zhengxiang's seat is no longer guaranteed.  If the old man was dissatisfied with himself and lost his position as prime minister because he took the initiative to attack Xiangyang without permission, it would be more of a loss than a gain, so he was too scared to speak.

    Duan Zhigui didn't dare to speak even more when he didn't speak. The two people's submissive looks made Yang Du sigh inwardly, Beiyang is really in trouble!  Xu Shichang avoided running away, Dragon and Dog were indifferent to worldly affairs, Duan Qirui was headstrong and self-willed, and Yang Shiqi had a good idea, but his edges were smoothed off and turned into a headache.  Tang Shaoyi's departure was even more of a heavy blow!  Because after he left, no one in Beiyang understood the operation of the political party anymore, and no one dared to speak out. Now the last Lu Zhengxiang is about to leave.  Who else can shoulder this burden?

    "Just like now, there is obviously something big going on, but these two people don't even dare to fart. How can they become something big?"  Thinking of this, he could only stand up and say: "President, wait a moment to get angry, there are really important things today."

    What Yuan Shikai was most afraid of hearing now was the word "important matters". His hands shook and he almost spilled the soup in the bowl. Fortunately, no one saw him from a distance, so he suppressed his fright. However, Yang Shiqi still managed to close the scene.  Seeing this, he quickly asked: "Zhi'an, yesterday the president told me that he would serve as the new prime minister, why didn't you even take any responsibility? What happened? Did Yang Qiu go to attack Guangdong?  "

    When he heard that Yuan Shikai had agreed to serve as the new prime minister, Zhao Bingjun's brows suddenly became a little joyful, but when he thought about this, he suddenly drooped his eyelids, and the man of several decades fell to his knees with a cry.

    Seeing him kneeling on the ground, Duan Zhigui, who was collaborating with him, also knelt down immediately. Yuan Shikai was startled by these two actions. He hurriedly got up with the help of the old housekeeper and asked: "What happened?"  ? It has to be like this.¡±

    Before the two of them spoke, there was another rush of footsteps behind them. Before he could see clearly who was coming, he had already knelt down and shouted nervously: "Dad, something bad is going on! Yang Qiu arrived yesterday  After Shanghai, I chatted with Song Jiaoren all night, this morningthis morning."

    Seeing Yuan Keding kneeling on the ground, Yuan Shikai became even more anxious. He wanted to kick him over and said angrily: "What is this morning? Why don't you tell me quickly!"

    Seeing that his father was angry, Yuan Keding quickly winked at Zhao Bingjun, who took over the words and shouted nervously: "President, what did Yang Qiu and Song Jiaoren reachthe National Cooperation Agreement!  A press conference was held in Shanghai this morning, announcing that the two families would join forces to participate in the general election!"

    Yuan Shikai was still a little bit confused. After all, he was not familiar with this kind of party-going thing, so he quicklyGo see Yang Du.  The latter sighed again in his heart, cupped his hands and said: "President, Yang Qiu and Song Jiaoren have reached an agreement to jointly run for office, which means that the Democratic Party and him have come together! It is very possible for the two parties to join forces to win half of the seats in Congress.  Maybe, in this way, according to the "Contract" the Kuomintang and Yang Qiu can join forces to form a cabinet, and you have no right to interfere!"

    When he heard that he could not interfere, Yuan Shikai was dumbfounded and asked: "Why can't I even interfere? Could it be that I, the great president, am just pretending?"

    Yang Du smiled bitterly. This person really lacked the meaning of political parties and forming a cabinet. He explained: "Since you, the President, have agreed to adopt the parliamentary system in the "Convention Law", then the political party with more than half of the votes in the Congress can form a government.  That is to say" He glanced at Zhao Bingjun and continued: "Even if Zhi'an can be the prime minister, if the two families get half of the majority after the election, then the position of prime minister will be taken by them!"

    Hearing this, Yuan Shikai's body shook violently a few times, and Yuan Keding was so frightened that he rolled up and stood up to help him.  When Yang Du saw this, he didn't want to say anything anymore, but thinking that if he didn't say anything now, it would be worse later, he simply gritted his teeth and said: "The "Convention" stipulates a parliamentary system. After controlling half of the Congress, not only can you get the position of prime minister, Li Yuanhong, the vice president,  Their position is guaranteed, and any bill they want to pass can be passed easily, and evenif the War Department wants to do something, it all depends on their faces!¡±

    "Dad, they are trying to kill us! Think about it, if this happens in the future, even if you want to collect more taxes or add an extra camp, it won't work! As long as the two families veto it, no law will be implemented.  ! And once they take power, they can even imitate the way foreigners do and start the impeachment of the president, just to force you out of office!" Yuan Keding's words added fuel to the fire and made Yuan Shikai's face turn from red to pale. He had endured so much hard work.  For such a long time, I have been forbearing for so long, and now it is actually not as good as Yang Qiu going to Shanghai to shake hands with Song Jiaoren.

    What the hell does this mean?

    Yuan Shikai was really panicked. His right hand trembled slightly and he pointed at Yang Du and asked: "If they contact us, we can contact them too. Go to Zhang Jizhi and Liang Qichao. Shouldn't we be afraid of them if we join forces?"

    Yang Du took a deep breath. This person has been playing tricks and tricks all his life, but in the end he was played around because he didn't understand party politics. It was really cruel.  But it was of no use now, so he took out a letter from his pocket and shook his head: "President, it's too late! This is the letter Lu Zhengxiang asked me to bring to you. He cannot absolve himself of the blame for the two companies joining forces this time, so he formally proposed  Resignation, he also reminded you that Zhang Jizhi and Liang Qichao may not want to take this opportunity to seize the second position in Congress, so joining forces is out of the question. I hope the president will make preparations in advance."

    What a fart!  All the grief and anger in Yuan Shikai's heart burst out. He suddenly rushed to the table and threw it over. The plates and bowls clinked and rolled to the floor. He even shook his body a few times because of the excessive force, and then  His eyes went dark and he suddenly fell backward.

    "Daddy!"

    "The President!"

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