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Chapter 192: Wild Goose Going South

Xiong Xiling has been working hard. He is only in his early [-]s. After tasting the lofty status and power of the Prime Minister, he is naturally unwilling to silently withdraw from the Chinese political stage.

Unlike Xiong Xiling in history, because of Wang Zhenyu, Xiong Xiling's talent cabinet not only lasted for two more months.Moreover, during the conflict with Duan Qirui and others, although Xiong Xiling lost Yuan Shikai's support, he created enough political prestige.Many members of Congress and celebrities even regarded Xiong Xiling as the best candidate for the country to check and balance Yuan Shikai. Although this concept is somewhat illusory for people in politics, it is indispensable.

Xiong Xiling's layout has already begun, the first is to join forces with Liang Qichao to reorganize the Progressive Party.The confluence of these two people can almost be regarded as the great union of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Hunan and Guangxi at the central level.Then it began to advocate the reopening of the Congress, which was banned after Yuan Shikai was elected as the official president of the Republic of China last year.Xiong Xiling's wishful thinking is that as long as the Congress is reopened, even without the support of Lao Yuan, he will have the opportunity to be the prime minister.

Of course, Xiong Xiling, who has known Yuan Shikai for many years, also knows very well that with Lao Yuan's cunning, it is estimated that this will be difficult to achieve, and even if it is achieved, it is probably manipulated by Lao Yuan.

So another thing Xiong Xiling and Liang Qichao planned was to find a way to get Cai E and Wang Zhenyu back to their roots and regain control of the army. This is the biggest bargaining power for people like themselves and Lao Yuan.However, Xiong Xiling still had selfish intentions in the specific operation. This old man in the officialdom was very aware of Yuan Shikai's scruples about the armed forces in these places.

Therefore, when negotiating conditions, Xiong Xiling has been going all out to ask Lao Yuan to appoint Cai E as the tour envoy to the Southwest, and this is precisely what Lao Yuan will never agree to.Xiong Xiling knew this but did it on purpose, and took the trouble to mention it every time.Naturally, there is a purpose for doing this, and that is to pave the way for Wang Zhenyu's southward travel.

But these are all small tricks, Yuan Shikai is not a child, not the kind of master who can be easily fooled by a trick.Naturally, Xiong Xiling didn't expect to achieve his goal by relying on such a small means. Those who can become prime ministers have their own merits.Xiong Xiling's second step was to complain to Yuan Shikai, saying that since Wang Longzhong became the tour envoy of Hunan and Guangxi, the taxes from Hunan and Guangxi last year have not been escorted to the central government.In fact, this is nonsense, among other things, Guangxi, a poor place that never dies, has always been poor in products and industries. In addition, it is located in the border area and has many soldiers, so it has not paid a dime to the imperial court since the Qing Dynasty. money, on the contrary, it has to rely on the transfer of funds from Guangdong by the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi every year.Moreover, on the issue of not paying taxes, it seems that apart from the Zhili and Northeast regions that Yuan Shikai can effectively control, only Yan Xishan in Shanxi obediently pays.Other provinces, including Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces where Feng Guozhang is in charge, have had problems withholding taxes. The central government's finances are completely maintained by salt taxes and customs duties.Therefore, at this time, single-handedly challenging the Hunan-Guangxi Tourist Office for not paying taxes is completely bullying the old Yuan. Yuan Shikai has been working in the north since he became an official, and his understanding of the south is limited to official documents.However, the Qing Empire had nothing else to do, and the imperial literati kept a bunch of them. If you really believed in their official documents, the whole south would be full of flowers and flourishing, and it would be a peaceful and prosperous age.

Beijing, Iron Lion Alley, Presidential Palace, Yuan Shikai in casual clothes received outgoing Premier Xiong Xiling.

"Bingsan, this is not Jurentang, there are no outsiders. You should stop mentioning Songpo as the tour envoy to the Southwest. When the country is employing people, people like Songpo belong to the pillars of the country, how can they be taken lightly from the center Heavy ground?" Yuan Shikai knew what Xiong Xiling was going to say when he saw Xiong Xiling's appearance, and quickly blocked the words with his mouth.

Seeing this, Xiong Xiling smiled secretly in his heart, the time has come, but he still pretended to be depressed and sighed: "Wang Longzhong, the inspector of Hunan and Guangxi, is he still transferred back to the capital? His nephew has lived in Beijing for more than half a year and has not seen any serious business , might as well go back and guard the border of Guangxi for the president."

When Yuan Shikai heard this request, it was really not good to refuse. After all, he and Xiong Xiling were old friends, and this time he even gave up the throne of prime minister.However, Lao Yuan has never been an emotional person, and he still did not give an immediate answer as always.

After a while, Yuan Shikai slowly spit out two words: "Okay, this matter is as you wish, Bingsan, this man named Wang Zhenyu is your student, as long as he does not associate with the rebellious party, he will not lose his integrity." , everything else is fine. However, the transfer of this level cannot be decided in a day or two, and Wang Longzhong must be transferred back first."

Xiong Xiling naturally had no objection to this, because Tian Yingzhao had already written to himself to report.Wang Longzhong has freedom in his position as the patrol envoy of Hunan and Guangxi, but he does not have much power. To a large extent, he is more like a puppet guarding the house for his nephew. There is no way, although the predecessor of the Youth Army is the Hunan Army The ninth brigade of the fourth division, but most of the officers are newly promoted. Except for Yang Wangui who is still the chief of staff, others such as Hao Bing and Song Xianfu have been transferred out.Looking around, I don't even know my teacher, alas!

To be honest, Yuan Shikai really looked down on Wang Zhenyu in his heart. In his opinion, he was just a boy in his early twenties. Went to the pipe belt.As for the Battle of Yudaimen, the Beiyang Army who came to the front line intentionally covered up the fact that they were defeated, so Yuan Shikai didn't know Wang Zhenyu's battle of fame at all.As for the battle between Changde and Guangxi, because of intelligence, Yuan Shikai's conclusions were even more varied. Changde was Qingheng's rebellion, while Guangxi was instigated by the three armies.Such a stunned conclusion, besides making Yuan Shikai lament that Wang Zhenyu's luck is not so good, is more contemptuous of this person.

Habitual thinking kills people. Because of preconceived views, Yuan Shikai is now worried that Wang Longzhong will really win over the local troops in Hunan and Guangxi.For Wang Zhenyu, a 23-year-old young man, combined with his performance of eating and dying in Beijing all day, Yuan Shikai gave a judgment. It is impossible for such a young person to win the heartfelt support of his subordinates, so it is okay to let him go back.If Yuan Shikai knew what this young man did later, he would definitely regret today's decision.If he could be given another chance to choose, he would definitely let Lei Zhenchun kill this kid.

It's a pity that there has never been an if in the world. . . . . .

On March 28th of the third year of the Republic of China, Lei Zhenchun was summoned by President Yuan Da to go to Jurentang again. There was nothing else. general.Then there are a few words of consolation, which can be regarded as cheering up. After all, I have scolded Lei Zhenchun a little too much these days. Don’t forget to reward a jujube if you slap too much. This is Lao Yuan’s consistent principle of employing people. Naturally even more so.

At this moment, neither Yuan Shikai nor Lei Zhenchun thought that such a simple summons would actually save Lei Zhenchun's life.

Hou Yiyuan, a famous painter in the period of the Republic of China and the judge of the Beijing Military and Political Law Enforcement Office, still remembers what happened in the Capital Military and Political Law Enforcement Office on this day. scene.

In the words of Mr. Hou, looking at the entire Republic of China, there is no one who is more arrogant than Wang Yaqiao. . .

At about eleven o'clock in the morning, Luo Zu entered the gate of the Law Enforcement Office, and the sixteen guards who had been in charge of following him went back to the brigade for business according to the rules.Because in Luo Zu's view, the Law Enforcement Office is absolutely safe, and there will be criticism if he brings sixteen guards with him when he arrives at the Law Enforcement Office.Major General Wang Dezu, the deputy director of the Military Law Enforcement Department, because the director Lei Zhenchun went to Zhongnanhai Jurentang, so according to the usual practice, he went straight to the director's office to be on duty.

The law enforcement department still attaches great importance to its own defense. The high wall and the live wire clearly tell anyone with unruly intentions not to climb over the wall.The four corners are condescending sentry towers, and a sentry will be changed every two hours to observe the surrounding situation, and they will sound the alarm if there is any abnormality.Military police dogs are indispensable, but there are not many in the entire compound, because the brigade responsible for arrest and search does not work here, the gate is generally closed, and non-vehicles enter the small gate, and the personnel entering and exiting will accept the certificate Check and register, hand over the weapons you carry, and then have a sniff by well-trained police dogs. Once asked about the smell of explosives, these sensitive police dogs will bark.It can be said that apart from the Presidential Palace and Ju Ren Tang, the entire Beijing has the highest security level of the Military, Political and Law Enforcement Department. Whether it is a revolutionary party or a socialist party, there is an endless relationship with the law enforcement department. . .

Two watchtowers were set up separately at the main entrance. Although they were not high, they could clearly see the movement of the outer wall. At this moment, the person in charge of patrolling the sentry posts suddenly saw a police carriage running over from a distance.

Four well-built young men got off the carriage. They all wore the uniforms of senior police officers of the Jingshi Police Department, and had special armbands from the Investigation Department on their arms.Although the Investigation Division of the Jingshi Police Department is not as good as the Law Enforcement Division, it is still a tyrannical existence in Beijing, so the gatekeeper is still polite to the visitors, and immediately opens the small door and welcomes them out.

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