Falling West Mountain. The city rate is only shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun. It's like a mountain of haze

Beijing, Zhang Xiao's residence.

Unlike usual, Zhang Sai was not in his study or office at this time, but sat upright in front of the east chamber to discuss the current situation with a group of senior cadres of the National League.

At noon, an explosive news spread from the telegraph office: Yang Du, the governor of Jiangsu and the president of Jiangsu, had been assassinated in Nanjing. This incident is indeed shocking, enough to compete with the assassination case of Wang Zhaoming back then.

Telecommunications may be exaggerated, but as a relatively powerful political group at present, the National League has eyeliner throughout the country, according to reliable information from Nanjing, Yang Du was indeed assassinated, although Governor Yang was only slightly injured, but the assassin did not catch it, at the scene of the assassination, the police only showed some leaflets. The contents of the leaflet seem to indicate the identity of the Assassins, who apparently opposed Yang Du's proposal for a "lifetime presidential system" and officially called Yang Du a "national thief" and called on everyone to be punished.

After receiving the news, many people in the National League celebrated, because in their opinion, Yang Du was self-inflicted, he was arrogant, and he never left room for himself, so it was no wonder that he would suffer from others

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The so-called politics of "pulling one and moving the whole body" is so complicated, and Yang Du's assassination is likely to lead to a series of chain reactions, and the National League, as the opponent of the United Front, must not be guarded against, although Yang Du is indeed not a formal member of the United Front.

As a result, Zhang Xiao, in his capacity as leader of the Kuomintang League, convened the meeting to discuss how to use the assassination of Yang Du to maximize the interests of the party.

The meeting lasted more than an hour. Some time ago, the National League had blocked Yang Du several times through the Jiangsu Provincial Assembly, although the two sides had not yet decided the winner, but they believed that as long as Yang Du was still in the panic after the assassination, then the National League in Jiangsu could find an opportunity to settle the situation in one fell swoop, since the United Front and that President Zhao Da valued this the most. "Public opinion" then the Kuomintang created this public opinion, squeezed Yang Du out, recaptured Jiangsu Province in its own hands, and controlled this rather rich southern province.

Yang Du was assassinated because of the "presidential system for life". This seems to be a completely different interpretation from two angles, and from the perspective of the United Front, Yang Du should be fully comforted by the "attack on duty". However, from the perspective of the National League, Yang Du is self-inflicted, not only can not be appeased, but also must be held accountable for the crime of "lying and disturbing the country", if it were not for his proposal of a "lifelong presidential system", perhaps there would not be any "blood light team" at all

Therefore, after discussing in Zhang's Mansion for more than an hour, they have come up with a relatively safe plan, and they believe that the central government should not reject this plan.

It's not that complicated. It was the central committee that sent an investigation team to Nanjing to conduct an in-depth investigation into the assassination of Yang Du. In the process of this investigation, the National League will find a way to insert its own people, and then use this person to investigate what Yang Du did in Jiangsu, and use the relationship of the Jiangsu Provincial Assembly to completely stink Yang Du, and then use public opinion to force the center to transfer Yang Du back to Beijing, so that Jiangsu Province will also fall into the hands of the National League.

As the vice president of the Republic of China, Zhang Yu is very clear about the character of the president, assassinating high-ranking officials, this kind of challenge to the authority of the center and the authority of the president He will definitely not let go easily, as long as the president still wants to grasp the public opinion, he must send a special person to Nanjing to investigate the assassination case.

But on the other hand, in view of the teaching of the last "mass arrest of the Kuomintang League" in Jiangsu, Zhang Han and his subordinates had to be cautious. As soon as the president reveals his intention to suppress the National League, the crowd must immediately cease their actions in order to hold out until the congressional elections come, and they really don't have many cards.

Although the meeting is coming to an end, everyone is still full of interest, they all want to see how Yang Du will perform next, they are not worried at all that Yang Du will use this as an excuse to clean up the provincial parliament, if it were not for the president's support for him, he would not have his current status, okay, the only thing everyone needs to worry about is the president's actions.

Everyone understands in their hearts that Yang Du is actually just a chess piece of Zhao Bei, Yang Du's promotion of the "lifelong presidential system" is actually creating public opinion for Zhao Bei, and now Yang Du was suddenly assassinated, Zhao Bei cannot ignore it, considering his consistent style and means of doing things, everyone is somewhat worried, after all, the "National League arrest incident" in Jiangsu has left a deep impression on everyone, and we must always be cautious when dealing with such a military strongman

Everyone was discussing in the East Chamber, and at this time, the housekeeper of the Zhang Mansion walked into the East Chamber.

"Master, I want to see you."

Originally, everyone thought that someone who was late had rushed over, but when they heard the butler's words, many people shook their heads and sighed.

Yuan Dagongzi is Yuan Shikai's eldest son Yuan Keding, since Yuan Shikai's death. This Yuan Dagongzi has become a gentleman who no one cares about. Although he has the status of a member of Congress, he has not been seen in the Congress for many years, and he can often be seen socializing with people in Willow Lane and Fashion Clubs on Flower Street.

Yuan Keding is also a frequent visitor to Zhang Han's mansion, which is mainly due to two reasons: first, in the last "Outer Mongolia Turmoil" incident, the National League made good use of Yuan Keding and united some of the old people in Beiyang. Second, Zhang Xiao and Yuan Shikai are old friends, the two not only worked together in the early years, but also had the friendship of teachers and students, although they later parted ways because of political differences, but because of the constitutional matter, the two finally came together again, so, in Zhang Sai's view, he is Yuan Keding's elder, and he has the responsibility and obligation to help this junior, which is also taking into account the friendship with Yuan Shikai back then. As a result, Yuan Keding became a frequent visitor to Zhang's mansion, and sometimes when he came over, he often brought a calligraphy and painting, and asked Zhang Xiao to help appreciate it, so as to sell it at a high price, and Zhang Sai was often in the way, most of the time he paid for the calligraphy and painting, and then carefully collected it, as for whether those calligraphy and paintings were the treasures of Yuan's mansion, no one knew.

Now, Yuan Keding is here again, most of the people think that he is here to fight the autumn wind, so naturally they will not look at him squarely, only Zhang Wu did not show any dissatisfaction, and ordered the housekeeper to lead Yuan Keding to the east chamber to meet everyone.

When Yuan Keding walked into the East Chamber, everyone realized that he came empty-handed, obviously not planning to sell calligraphy and paintings to Zhang Mi again.

As soon as he entered the East Chamber, Yuan Keding shouted at the top of his voice.

"Ji Lao, this time, someone wants to give the National League a pot! I'm here to report to Ji Lao. ”

This is alarmist. Although most of the people present were a little disapproving, most of them were still curious and didn't know what Yuan Keding's purpose was in doing this extraordinary move.

"Nephew, you don't have a beginning or an end in your words. Sit down and say, sit down and say. ”

Zhang Sai glanced at the butler. The housekeeper led the meeting and instructed the servant to move a Taishi chair and put it on Zhang Sai's right hand. Please sit down.

After Yuan Keding sat down, he glanced at everyone in the room, and then said unhurriedly: "You are holding a meeting here, but you don't know that there are already people in Jiangsu who are stumbling over the National League. Just now, someone sent me a telegram telling me a shocking news, that in the morning, the Nanjing Garrison Command sent troops to raid a grocery store and set aside a batch of guns and ammunition and a list of guns and ammunition that were the same as those of the assassin of Yang Du. Now, some people are relying on these guns, ammunition and lists to give the National League a pot. The crime was "armed rebellion."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. Even Zhang Han couldn't sit still, so he hurriedly stood up and walked to Yuan Keding.

"Keding, is your news really reliable?"

"If it's not reliable, how dare I come here and talk nonsense? I also want to give Uncle Shi a reminder, so as not to get into the way of others. I am also a member of the National League, how can I see my party being destroyed? ”

As soon as Yuan Keding said this, Zhang Yu finally became a little flustered, calmed down slightly, and immediately made an important decision.

"Butler, prepare the car, follow me to the presidential palace!"

When the others heard this, they couldn't help but change their faces, and a few people stood up at the moment to persuade Zhang Saimo to surrender himself

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But Zhang Cha just smiled faintly. said: "Everyone, I am the vice president of the Republic of China, I have judicial immunity, and I went to the meeting alone, no matter how arrogant Zhao Zhenhua is, it is impossible to take me down on the spot."

"Ji Lao, if you go to the presidential palace. I'll go with you. ”

Seeing that Zhang Sai insisted on going to see Zhao Bei. Zhou Xuexi also volunteered to stand up and accompany him to the presidential palace.

"No need, I'll just go alone. As for you, you can go back to your own homes now, but don't panic. Yang Du's assassination has nothing to do with us, so why should we tell the truth? Now, things are getting weirder. I had to go to the presidential palace and see what the president had to say about it. In any case, we people can't fall in the same scene, and if we fall, we will be the gangs of foolish grandchildren who have lost the big tree. ”

Zhang Yu said that he would leave, and left the apartment in a blink of an eye, took a car, and drove directly to the presidential palace under the escort of the guards.