Beiyang 1917

It has to be said that Wang Geng's words reached Duan Qirui's heart in one sentence. The Prime Minister wanted to keep his face sullen, but he still showed a smile, and there was a long-lost feeling of meeting a confidant in his heart Feel!For a while, he just nodded slightly but didn't speak.

"Democracy and republic are the goals that people with lofty ideals like Premier Duan strive for in their lives, but the process will inevitably be repeated. In my opinion, in order to promote democracy, we have to implement dictatorship first!"

Wang Geng's tone was relaxed, but his point of view was extremely sharp. Duan Qirui couldn't help being shocked when he heard it. This guy, this point of view is really fresh and sharp!

"In order to realize democracy, we have to be dictatorship first..." Duan Qirui muttered, chewing on the artistic conception in Wang Geng's words.

"Prime Minister Duan, your personal integrity and character are a role model in this era, not only in China, but also in the world. But if it is for the well-being and future of the [-] million compatriots in China, do you think your current reputation is more important than yours? Is the future of the country important?"

Wang Geng's words went straight into Duan Qirui's heart, as deafening as a bronze bell!

The Prime Minister was speechless for a while, and wanted to scold Wang Geng, but he couldn't speak. Could it be that he really cherished feathers too much?

"Prime Minister Duan, history is written by successful people. If we can't make the country strong and prosperous, if we can't let the people live a good life, so that the Chinese can stand proudly among the nations of the world, we will have such a good personal reputation. What's the use?"

Nima, how can you get on top if you don't engage in conspiracy and tricks?If I hadn't rushed back from the United States all the way, wouldn't you have arranged for Zhang Xun to bring down the Congress with the farce of restoration in the end?Don’t be afraid of the fifteenth day if you dare to do it in the first day of junior high school. The most important thing is to do things first, even if you can do whatever you can to do it!

"Democracy and republic are irreversible trends in history. Now the world's major developed countries are at most constitutional monarchies. Is there any government in which a dictator has always been in power? It is impossible to persuade this old man to become an emperor. I don't believe you Wang Geng didn't see Yuan Shikai Since I dared to stand up against him claiming the emperor, I would never think of becoming emperor myself!"

Duan Qirui quickly gathered his mind, and his eyes became clear and sharp again. The Wang Geng in front of him is so avant-garde, could he be a future dictator?The old Duan felt a little suspicious for a moment.

"I know you don't want to be an emperor, and I don't want to be an emperor. If it's not for world peace, or for the nation, I don't have to travel all the way back to mess around." Wang Geng let the cigar dance on the back of his hand, and didn't care. the way.

"Let's not talk about dictatorship and democracy. The cabinet is going to declare war on Germany. The president and the Congress can't make it through now. What can you do?" Duan Qirui brought the topic back and anxiously asked for ideas.

"Let Li Yuanhong step down, use the position of the president to appease the people in his immediate family, and resolve the current stalemate in the dispute between the government and the court!" Wang Geng said word by word. .

Duan Qirui nodded lightly. Obviously, this Wang Geng's vision is not usually sharp. In fact, Xu Shuzheng came up with the same idea last night. Li Yuanhong, this smelly and hard stumbling block, must be removed. position to appease the immediate people, so as to not only resolve the current dispute between the government and court, but also unite Beiyang!

"If Li Yuanhong is willing to step down, what's the reason for today's court dispute! Could it be that as soon as you Wang Geng go and tell him, he is willing to step down?" Duan Qirui shook his head and said, Xu Shuzheng had already made a dangerous tightrope walk last night He hadn't decided whether to do it or not for a while.

"There are many ways to get Li Yuanhong to step down, but it must be a conspiracy. If the Prime Minister sticks to this and wants to be upright and subjugate everything without fighting, then nothing can be done in China at the moment!" Wang Gengyi He stared at Duan Qirui word by word.

"What kind of conspiracy do you want to do? Aren't you afraid that I won't dare to use you in the future?" Duan Qirui couldn't help but ask.

Nima, have Xu Shuzheng's plots and tricks under your old duan's acquiescence and secret promise gone?Wang Geng slandered in his heart, but said in his mouth,

"Since the prime minister can tolerate Xu Shuzheng today, how can he not tolerate Wang Geng in the future?"

"Let's just listen, if the United States is really going to declare war on Germany next week, then there is really not enough time left for China. The later we enter the war, the less benefits we will get, and the weight of our words will be lighter!"

Duan Qirui couldn't help but scolded the little cunning guy in his heart, it's really rare for a guy who engages in conspiracies and schemes to be plausible!

"The most direct way to get Li Yuanhong to step down is to create an accident and make him disappear automatically!" Wang Geng smiled, but his idea was terribly hurt!

"Don't be presumptuous. President Li is a veteran of the Wuchang revolution. How can he make such a bad plan! We all know that the dispute between the government and court is getting more and more fierce. If there is something wrong with him, I'm afraid that I will take the blame and resign!"

Duan Qirui obviously didn't have enough mental preparation, he didn't expect Wang Geng to come up with such a bad move!

"I'm telling the truth, Prime Minister Duan, for the sake of the country and the nation, what is a mere Li Yuanhong? His title of Wuchang Uprising was forced out of the bed by the rebel army." Wang Geng said disapprovingly.

"This matter is absolutely impossible!" Duan Qirui shook his head with a look of absolute refusal, thinking that if I really want to kill Li Yuanhong, I need you, Wang Geng, to come all the way from the United States to teach me?

The problem is that the Song Jiaoren case made President Yuan Da so embarrassed that he almost couldn't come down from power, and it became an eternal mystery. To eliminate political opponents by means of assassination is definitely a bad strategy for Duan Qirui, and it is absolutely impossible. !

The benevolence of a woman, Wang Geng muttered in his heart, while he was unwilling to say,

"Prime Minister Duan, if you don't let Li Yuanhong disappear from now on, those fellows from the Democratic Party and the South will sooner or later put him in the position of President to oppose you. Now that the European War is in full swing, we are too busy with major affairs. Who has the time to accompany you?" Does he continue to cough?"

"Cough for everything, anyway, I will never allow it, Wang Geng, you are not allowed to mess around, if something happens to Li Yuanhong, I will ask you!" Duan Qirui was a little anxious, for fear that Wang Geng's beheading and playing will make something wrong!

"Okay, then it's okay to just let him step down without hurting his life?" Seeing that Duan Qirui was in a hurry and his nose was a little crooked, Wang Geng said hastily.

"Tell me how to make him step down!" Duan Qirui asked with a sigh of relief.

"Well, I heard that Li Yuanhongsu did a good job in moral articles, and it seems that there are no major shortcomings?" Wang Geng asked.

"When he was in Hubei, he always loved soldiers like a son. He also donated a lot of money to schools and hospitals. His reputation is quite good. Didn't you hear people call him "Li Bodhisattva"?" Duan Qirui was a little frustrated. Li Yuanhong's character Obviously by no means bad enough to be exploited.

"The dispute between the government and court is so entangled. If the Prime Minister resigns, will he be overjoyed?" Wang Geng asked, stopping the cigar smoking on the back of his hand.

"Hmph, he wished I had resigned one day sooner! I had resigned and went to Tianjin last month, but he asked Feng Guozhang to mediate and negotiate a peace, just because he was afraid that the Governor Army would not sell his account and declare the independence of the provinces! "

Duan Qirui frowned with anger, obviously Li Yuanhong's existence and restraint had made the Prime Minister on the verge of going berserk.

"If Prime Minister Duan has something to catch him, do you think President Li can easily expose it without mentioning it, and not criticize the Prime Minister and the cabinet in turn?" Wang Geng said while thinking.

"The old man is dedicated to serving the public. If I want to fall into his hands, can he let me go? He, the president, wants to remove me, the prime minister, and investigate him!"

"Then, why don't Prime Minister Duan be more generous and put something in his hands?" Wang Geng said with a chuckle.

"Huh? Wang Geng, what do you mean?" Duan Qirui was taken aback, thinking that this Wang Geng is not an undercover agent sent by Li Yuanhong to fool the old man?

"What I mean is that the Prime Minister has no excuses. We can design some excuses. Didn't Zhou Yu and Huang Gai use bitter tricks and countermeasures against Cao Cao back then? We can also use these tricks. If Prime Minister Duan embezzles military expenses, I believe this must be an explosive news! President Li will not remain indifferent!"

Wang Geng looked at Duan Qirui with peaceful eyes, but the idea in his mouth made the Prime Minister sweat again!