The news that Yan Fu was going to become the prime minister of the cabinet shook the world. Among the world's scholars, there is basically no objection to this arrangement. The phrase "survival of the fittest" proposed in "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution" is like a thunderbolt tearing through the dark clouds, and the eyes of readers who cannot find China's future after the First Sino-Japanese Naval War shine.

After the foreign devils broke into China, all the scholars had to open their eyes to the world. The phrase "natural selection for the survival of the fittest" not only points out the possibility of China's national destruction, but also points out how China can escape the fate of extinction. That's to win in the competition. Now that Yan Fu has agreed to become prime minister, it is not just a truly cultured thinker who has sat in the high position he holds today. More importantly, the People's Party, which emerged as a fierce revolutionary party, officially expressed its posture of cooperation with the Beiyang central government.

After all, the scholar is in the people, and the Beiyang cabinet in the temple is also very shocked by the news. No matter how genuine Yan Fu is in the navy and how authentic Beiyang he is. When Beiyang transitioned to Beiyang after Yuan Shikai in Gengzi year, Yan Fu did not participate in the small station training, but broke away from the Beiyang group and went to the south. After Yuan Shikai, the cadres of Beiyang naturally did not regard Yan Fu as a cadre of the Beiyang family. In addition, the background of Yan Fu's appointment as prime minister was the People's Party, which had many contradictions with Beiyang. This made the Beiyang cadres feel extremely unhappy.

It's just that the situation is stronger than people, and the strong pressure formed by the People's Party on Beiyang makes these people dare not openly oppose it. Yuan Shikai and Chen Ke are very close, and everyone knows about this.

In late August 1911, Yan Fu finally went to Beijing to take up his post. The capital has also arranged a welcoming ceremony, and in terms of security, it is also necessary to be prepared. Although Wu Xiangzi and Song Enzi were secret agents, they were also ordered to monitor whether there were any "outlaws" trying to sabotage.

The two of them are actually just small minions, and the main thing they do on weekdays is to inspect and arrest the "nonsense" guys in the teahouse and wine shop. The two brothers chatted in a low voice as they walked.

Song Enzi did not have any special political concepts, he said: "The way of the world is really difficult to talk about now. Isn't the biggest outlaw the People's Party? Other revolutionary parties have long defected to Beiyang, and what outlaws are there besides the People's Party? ”

"The People's Party openly opened an office in the capital and did a lot of business. Who counts them as outlaws? However, the news we heard a few days ago ...... "Wu Xiangzi is very concerned about this.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Song Enzi also knew what Wu Xiangzi was referring to. "Brother Song, we are all small people, if you want to tell the boss, don't say brother, I know."

"Isn't that! How many heads do I dare to say such things? Let's go to the teahouse, as long as there is no accident in the place that our brother manages, this is enough. ”

The two of them walked down the street one after the other, and Wu Xiangzi suddenly stopped, "Brother Song, do you see that the person in front of you is a little familiar?" ”

Wu Xiangzi carefully identified it, "Is that the revolutionary party that used to lead people through the streets to demand the overthrow of the imperial court?" ”

These two spies have been doing this for some days, and after determining the target, they are very sophisticated in following behind the "suspicious object", and do not immediately come forward to interrogate and arrest them.

These two secret agents were not mistaken, and the "suspicious object" was Wang Jingwei. When the preparatory session of the National Assembly was held more than a year ago, Wang Jingwei once marched on the streets with the youth of the League in Pingjin. Demanded the overthrow of the Manchus and the realization of a republic. After he came into contact with the Japanese minister some time ago, he returned to Shanghai to meet Chen Qimei. Wang Jingwei returned to Beijing only a few days ago.

In the face of the current changes, Chen Qimei's attitude is very clear. "If it's not chaotic now, there will be no chance for me to wait!"

The system of inter-provincial autonomy has managed to stabilize the current situation in China, and with the exception of a few provinces where uprisings broke out, the old system of government in most provinces has remained almost intact. Of course, there are changes in the local area. The government began to vigorously woo the gentry. The gentry had long wanted to bypass the imperial examinations through parliaments and other means and directly intervene in local politics. The two hit it off. Whether it was the old government or the gentry, when they tried to wrest power from the Manchus, they would more or less borrow the name of "revolution", and after they came to power, they became particularly afraid of the revolutionary party. Of China's well-known revolutionary parties, the League was the weakest and had no territory of its own. If the situation is allowed to continue like this, the already extremely weak alliance will inevitably become even weaker.

"With our strength, we can only assassinate Yuan Shikai and Chen Ke." Wang Jingwei didn't care too much about his life and death.

"Zhaoming, you!" Chen Qimei had an expression of hatred that iron could not become steel, "What's the use of you assassinating Chen Ke or Yuan Shikai?" In fact, the assassination does not have to be successful at all, and the chaos I am talking about is to let the People's Party and Beiyang fight. When the two of them fight, our alliance will be able to take advantage of the situation to seize Shanghai, take Shanghai as the key point, and then seize the whole country. ”

Chen Qimei is very smart, and after listening to Wang Jingwei's attitude towards the Japanese, he understood the plans of the Japanese. Wang Jingwei is full of thoughts that he will use the current strength of the League to directly attack the People's Party and Beiyang, and Chen Qimei will not be so "straightforward". He hoped to create a situation in which the already contradictory People's Party and Beiyang had to fight in civil war.

Wang Jingwei is bloody, but not stupid. Chen Qimei's plan Wang Jingwei was very clear, and he did not agree with Chen Qimei's attempt to act as a pawn of the Japanese and expand the power of the League by provoking a civil war in China. "We have counted the facts of Beiyang colluding with the People's Party to usurp power, and we have fought with them in an upright manner, so that we can demonstrate the revolutionary merit of our alliance. If we just provoke a civil war and play with these conspiracies, it will really damage the reputation of our alliance! ”

Chen Qimei sneered, "Is Zhaoming unwilling to sacrifice?" ”

"What?" was questioned about being timid and afraid of death, Wang Jingwei immediately became angry.

"The current situation is no longer the end of the Qing Dynasty, and all parties dare not make trouble. If we don't let the People's Party fight with Beiyang, where will we still have a foothold? Even if the two sides fight and do not have the support of the great powers, it will be difficult for us to gain territory. Mr. Sun traveled from side to side, repeatedly persuading other countries. But with the exception of Japan, all other countries have stood idly by and watched from meddling in China. If we don't make good use of it, we can't make progress. Chen Qimei persuaded.

Wang Jingwei did not object to Chen Qimei's analysis of the situation, but for such a big matter, he still had no bottom of his mind, "Then does Mr. Sun know about this?" ”

"There is no need to bother Mr. Sun about these things. Since we have decided to follow Mr. Sun, we will do these things first, and if we can do it, we will ask Mr. Sun to come forward. If not, our generation should take responsibility. Chen Qimei's words are categorical.

Wang Jingwei was a loyal believer of Sun Yat-sen, and it was not a problem to die for Sun Yat-sen's three-min doctrine. However, after listening to Chen Qimei's words, Wang Jingwei understood why Sun Yat-sen always valued Chen Qimei so much. If Wang Jingwei decided to be loyal to Sun Yat-sen because he agreed with Sun Yat-sen's ideas. Chen Qimei was loyal to Sun Yat-sen, and then supported all of Sun Yat-sen's claims. So when it comes to major matters, Chen Qimei dares to act boldly, completely puts her own interests out of the way, and completely takes Sun Yat-sen's interests as the core. participated in the planning of the assassination this time, and Chen Qimei vividly expressed this attitude.

Chen Qimei's self-sacrificing spirit touched Wang Jingwei very much. He was not entirely opposed to civil war, but had a very instinctive resistance. After thinking for a while, Wang Jingwei said: "Now 40,000,000 compatriots yearn for a real revolution, and in the name of the revolution of the People's Party and Yuan Shikaito, the reality of the dictatorship of the warlords. We have to expose them for what they really are......"

Regarding Wang Jingwei's words, Chen Qimei pretended to listen carefully on the surface, but she was already very ridiculed in her heart. As a temperamental person, Chen Qimei knows himself very well, and he has his own views on the Alliance. Whether Chen Ke and Yuan Shikai are dictatorships or not, Chen Qimei is not interested at all. The revolutionary goal of the League was very clear: to establish its own one-party dictatorship. In other words, with Sun Yat-sen as the leader, Sun Yat-sen's regime was established. In this regime, Chen Qimei can of course also be in a high position, prosperous and wealthy.

Chen Qimei was very unimpressed by Wang Jingwei's practice of finding out revolutionary theories in everything. If the revolution had been talked about by words, the League would have been the largest revolutionary party in China a long time ago, and it would not have been the turn of the People's Party, which has always been dismissive of external public opinion, to become a powerful force dominating China.

Chen Qimei actually admired Chen Ke's words, "Who is our friend and who is our enemy is the primary question of the revolution." "For the League, the only thing that can be used is a friend, and the one who has a conflict of interest is an enemy, which has nothing to do with revolutionary theory. Chen Qimei firmly believes that the purpose of revolutionary theory is to explain the rationality of one's actions after taking power, and if it is impossible to do so when he is in power, then there is no need to talk about any revolutionary theory at all. Not to mention the use of revolutionary theories to guide revolutionary action.

Finally listening to Wang Jingwei finish talking about the naïve revolutionary theory, Chen Qimei stared at Wang Jingwei with a look of contempt and suspicion, "Zhaoming, you are still afraid." ”

Wang Jingwei felt uncomfortable under Chen Qimei's gaze, and a wave of anger went straight to his head. "Since Brother Chen said so, it's useless for me to explain. Brother Chen, please tell me how to plan this! ”

Wang Jingwei finally left Shanghai with a sad look on his face. Chen Qimei's plan was very simple, Wang Jingwei and others pretended to defect to Yuan Keding, and then went to assassinate Chen Ke "on the order of Yuan Keding". Whether the assassination can be successful or not depends on the situation. However, whether the assassination is successful or not, it is necessary to make a fuss. As soon as this incident came out, both Chen Qimei and Wang Jingwei believed that with the profound contradictions between the People's Party and Beiyang, a civil war would definitely break out.

However, Chen Qimei's parting words made Wang Jingwei very depressed, "Zhaoming, I will definitely explain this trip to Mr. Sun in detail." When the revolution succeeds, Zhaoming's merits will never be buried. ”

Wang Jingwei is not afraid of death, and he wants to see Sun Yat-sen not to invite merit or complain. It's just that seeing that the current situation in China is much better than Sun Yat-sen's expectations, Wang Jingwei feels quite confused. Although Sun Yat-sen has successively released several versions of the revised version of the Three Min Doctrine, Wang Jingwei always feels that he is far from keeping up with the current changes. Compared with the simple and clear propaganda of "overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty and founding the Republic of China" at the beginning, the appeal is much less than before.

After thinking about it on the boat for several days, Wang Jingwei couldn't completely straighten out his thinking. The only thing that has improved is the understanding of Chen Qimei. At present, the situation is unclear, and Wang Jingwei is distressed in order to incite the supporters of the League in what name. Chen Qimei does not have this kind of problem at all, and for Chen Qimei, the current goal is extremely clear, that is, to seize power. Seize power belonging to the Alliance.

After establishing this clear goal, Chen Qimei did not have any panic, but exhausted all the means at her disposal. Wang Jingwei admits that this is the best way at present. Only when there is the power of the League can the concept of the League be promoted.

However, this kind of realistic attitude of recklessness and exhaustion of everything is of course not "moral". At least the morality of the League is contrary to the current mainstream. When the People's Party recently attacked Qingdao, it clearly declared that anyone who relies on foreign forces to invade China is China's enemy. Such sonorous words can easily make people understand the current situation. The League is now pulling foreign support everywhere, and from the point of view of the BJP, the League is already a complete enemy.

Reality and ideals, success and failure, Wang Jingwei returned to Beijing full of concerns. When the Japanese side learned of Wang Jingwei's return, they immediately sent someone to contact Wang Jingwei privately. During the talks, Wang Jingwei already understood that Chen Qimei had already contacted the Japanese. Ms. Chen's plan has also received support from Japan. Of course, it was not the Japanese government that came forward, and in recent years, Japan has also cultivated some forces in China and attracted some people.

Yuan Keding still did not find an assassin who dared to attack the People's Party, and Wang Jingwei sent a young comrade from the Pingjin branch of the League to contact Yuan Keding, saying that someone here was willing to take on the task of assassinating Chen Ke in order to avenge the death of his family in the war of the People's Party.

However, this kind of thing is not something that Yuan Keding can believe as soon as he talks about it, and there is a process of contact. After waiting for a few days, Yuan Keding never followed. Wang Jingwei became even more depressed. With his personality, to do revolution is to be vigorous. The assassination is also to be above board, even if he is arrested, he must act in an upright manner without changing his name or surname, so as to achieve the greatest publicity effect. It is no longer glorious to cause a civil war through assassination, and the protagonist Yuan Keding, a bastard who was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, is now pretending to be an uncle. Wang Jingwei deeply felt that it was really a shame for him to come into contact with this kind of person.

When there is something in my heart, I don't pay much attention to my body. It wasn't until he was about to enter the alley where the Pingjin branch of the League was located that Wang Jingwei habitually looked behind, and the two spies made it clear that they didn't expect Wang Jingwei to observe at this time, and immediately showed his feet. Although there was not much anti-tracking training, Wang Jingwei knew that he could not bring the spies to the branch. As if he hadn't seen the two spies, he turned around as naturally as he could. Keep walking.

Behind Wang Jingwei are Song Enzi and Wu Xiangzi, they have been doing this for a long time, and Wang Jingwei's abnormal behavior has not escaped the sight of the two. Since they had been discovered by Wang Jingwei, the two no longer hid, and followed behind Wang Jingwei openly. After walking for a while, Song Enzi glanced at Wu Xiangzi. Wu Xiangzi comprehended, and when Wang Jingwei didn't look back at an alley, he flashed into another intersection, and then walked quickly to the patrol room.

The two didn't care too much about Wang Jingwei, but simply tried to catch a few "suspicious elements". Unexpectedly, this time a guy copied a big fish. And this fish was once avoided by the two of them.

Young Master Yuan has been looking for someone who "dares to sell his life" for some time, and the news is by no means unknown to anyone. However, some people are too scared to know, and some people are blind to it with other intentions. However, after the Pingjin branch of the alliance was fired, the bandit leader Wang Jingwei absconded. However, many letters, telegrams, and documents were copied. No one dared to take this responsibility, so this group of people and things were handed over layer by layer, and soon jumped a few levels in a row and were directly sent to Zhao Bingjun, who was in charge of the police system.

Zhao Bingjun scolded the people in his heart for not taking responsibility, and felt extremely uncomfortable for this hot potato. It's about Yuan Dagongzi, even he, Zhao Bingjun, can't be the master. Zhao Bingjun strictly ordered all those involved in this matter not to leak any news, and he hurriedly went to find Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai was giving Yan Fu a reception at this time, and Zhao Bingjun was called out of the wine table. Now he didn't dare to go back, so he could only wait anxiously.

It is not a trivial matter to trust the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Yuan Shikai first set the wine, and then had a long talk with Yan Fu. It was very late before I had the opportunity to meet Zhao Bingjun. Zhao Bingjun saw that Yuan Shikai tried his best to suppress his emotions, but his anger could not be completely suppressed at all. Without waiting for Zhao Bingjun to speak, Yuan Shikai retreated from the people around him. "Zhi'an, I have something for you to do."

"President, what's the matter?" Zhao Bingjun felt that he was really a house leak and it rained overnight, and the matter that Yuan Shikai explained was definitely not small.

"You go and arrest all the people around Yuan Keding!" Yuan Shikai burst this sentence out from between his teeth word by word. After finishing speaking, he didn't know whether it was anger or shame, Yuan Shikai's face almost began to distort.

"President......" Zhao Bingjun felt uncomfortable with his dry throat, he swallowed his saliva before saying, "I have to report something to you." ”

The two things are really one thing, after Yan Fu saw Yuan Shikai, he privately revealed the news to Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai was shocked. He couldn't believe that Yuan Keding could be stupid enough to do such a thing. Second, he also knows how serious the consequences of this incident must be. Yan Fu doesn't like to slander people, and in this kind of matter, if the People's Party really wants to set any trap, there is no need to send Yan Fu to blow the wind.

In the anxiety, Yuan Shikai was really disheartened after getting the exact news from Zhao Bingjun. He sat there with an earthy face, silent for a long time.

"President," Zhao Bingjun was frightened, don't make Yuan Shikai angry with this kind of thing, "President, as far as we copied out, there are many people behind this matter who are playing conspiracy. The eldest prince was just deceived. ”

Hearing these words of relief, Yuan Shikai stood up suddenly. "Scammed? Why didn't those people come to lie to me? Why don't they lie to you? Or is he himself deluded and self-righteous. I now say that Yuan Keding, the king of eight lambs, has been deceived, who will believe it?! ”

The voice was like a wounded tiger, and the thick murderous aura made Zhao Bingjun feel difficult to breathe.