This time, he was ordered to go south to Shanghai. Yang Du really intends to make some achievements, let Zhao Bei see his ability, and let Mr. President understand that Yang Huizi is not only the material of a staff, but also the material of the feudal officials, and when the time is ripe in the future, he Yang Someone will also recommend himself to take on important responsibilities, even if he can't be the governor, he must be a general chief.

Therefore, when he understood that Li Yuanhong wanted to go south to assist him, Yang Du's mind became active.

"Let's not go to the hotel." Yang Du said.

"Not going to the hotel? So where to go? Zhang Yilu asked.

Li Xiehe also looked at Yang Du and said, "Why don't you go and visit Li Songqing first?" In the past few days, he has been very depressed, his temper has become a little shorter, and when he urged Congress to move north, he was also a little more anxious. Li Songqing is resting in his apartment today, so let's go and talk to Li Songqing, and you can also tell him the news about the political circles in the north, and also 'hand' the letter from the president to the congressman to Li Songqing, so that he can go through it first. ”

Yang Du nodded. He said, "That's exactly what I meant. Let's not go anywhere, let's go to Li Songqing. In my opinion, no matter who planned the assassination of Li Songqing, the most important thing now is not to track down the whereabouts of the assassin, but to straighten out the affairs of the Congress. In the past, when Yuan Xiangcheng was alive, he often said to me that he had the heart to cure the country, but the ** party in the south did not agree, and now it is the turn of the ** party to sit in the world, but there are still people who do not agree. Since the establishment of the republican government, the 'chaos' between the north and the south has been coaxing for so much half a year, and now it is indeed time to stop and stop, since Zhao Zhenhua is the president of the Republic of China, then he is the current head of state, we should assist him, sincerely assist him. ”

Although this confession is Yang Du's heart, it may not have the intention of deliberately saying it to Li Xiehe. Li Xiehe's identity is extraordinary, he is not only a cadre from the Guangfuhui like Zhao Bei, but now he is a celebrity in front of Zhao Bei, in the United Front, Li Xiehe's status is second only to Xiong Chengji, and before Yang Du and Zhang Yilu went south, Li Xiehe was also Li Yuanhong's right and left hand, which shows his high status. More importantly, Li Xiehe has a special password in his hand, which can directly contact the confidential office of the presidential palace, which is equivalent to his possession of the power of "secret folding", although Li Xiehe is not a big official now, but the power in his hands is extraordinary, Zhao Bei asked him to be Li Yuanhong's follower, and he may not have the intention of surveillance.

Now Yang Du is loyal to Zhao Bei in front of Li Xiehe, and the intention is also very clear, that is, he Yang Huizi has now sincerely returned to President Zhao, and the president should not be suspicious, and he Yang Huizi will also repay the favor and do his best for President Zhao.

Of course, whether Yang Du's confession can reach the heavens through Li Xiehe's "secret fold" and let President Zhao know that his Yang Huizi's sincerity is not something that Yang Du can control, so Li Xiehe must also be wooed.

Yang Du's thoughts. Li Xiehe also knew very well that in fact, the day before yesterday he had received a telegram from Zhao Bei, at which Zhao Bei told him that he must take advantage of the opportunity of Yang Du's southward trip to win him over, and then use this "constitutional vanguard" to maintain the situation in the Congress and continue to control the Senate and the House of Representatives in the hands of "his own people."

Who are the "own people" of President Zhao Bei? Li Yuanhong, Tang Hualong, Li Xiehe, Rao Hanxiang...... These people are all President Zhao's "own people", although they may not all be "intimate people", but at least for now they are on the same side, and as long as these people occupy key positions in the Congress, then the Congress is President Zhao's own Congress.

For "constitutionalism", Li Xiehe only knows a little about the skin 'Mao', in this regard, he is not as good as Yang Du, but this has not affected Zhao Bei's trust in him, at this point, Zhao Bei values not ability, but loyalty, so Li Xiehe was able to occupy a high position and concurrently serve as a member of the United Front as a senator of the United Front.

But it is not enough to have loyal people in the Congress, and it is also necessary to 'insert' some capable people, Zhao Bei elected Yang Du, so Yang Du came over, and as soon as he arrived, he made his current position clear to Li Xiehe.

Although Yang Du is a constitutionalist, he is also a supporter of strongman politics. It is precisely because of this that he strongly opposes the republic and advocates a constitutional monarchy, so when the constitutional monarchy is no longer possible, Yang Du chose Yuan Shikai as the object of allegiance, he hopes to achieve constitutional government through Yuan Shikai, a military strongman, but Yuan Shikai is not a real military strongman after all, the real military strongman is Zhao Bei, the leader of the United Front, so when the Beiyang Group fell apart, Yang Du did not hesitate to submit to this real military strongman, because he understood, Only this man can help him realize his political ideals.

On one side is Zhao Bei, on the other side is Yang Du, the two former opponents are now coming together because of complementary interests, and now they are ready to join forces and fight side by side to achieve their respective interests, which is to use each other and support each other, just like Zhao Bei's alliance with Song Jiaoren at the beginning, this is a community of interests, and the difference from the last alliance with Song Jiaoren is that it is different. This time, Zhao Bei and Yang Du have the same position on the issue of "strongman politics", and perhaps, they will cooperate more happily.

Several people in the carriage had their own thoughts, and soon fell silent, and Li Xiehe instructed the coachman to turn the carriage and drive straight to Li Yuanhong's apartment in Nanshi, Shanghai.

The carriage was moving forward, and the autumn rain outside was still whining, and I don't know how long it took, the carriage finally stopped, and the coachman pulled the car 'door'.

"A couple of gentlemen. It's time to Loei. The driver took a few umbrellas from under the seats, but none of them took them.

"It's not raining, so we don't need umbrellas. You go back to the National Assembly first, come and pick us up before dark in the afternoon, and you will store the luggage of these two gentlemen in the Congress first. ”

Li Xiehe instructed the coachman a few words, then led Yang Du and Zhang Yilu to get out of the carriage and walked straight to the typical Jiangnan courtyard.

There were several heavily armed soldiers standing at the 'gate' of the courtyard, Li Xiehe handed the business cards of several people to an officer, and the officer 'handed over' the business cards to the 'gate' room, and when the 'gate' room came out to see, he saw that it was Li Xiehe, so he hurriedly welcomed a few people into the house, invited them to sit in the 'gate' room for a while, and then took the business cards of several people to report to Li Yuanhong.

After a while, the 'gate' room hurried back, led Li Xiehe and the others to the side room, called the servants again, served tea and snacks, and several people waited here for a while.

Soon after, Li Yuanhong rushed to the wing room with two soldiers, and the soldiers stood guard outside the 'door', while Li Yuanhong walked into the house and bowed his hand to several people.

"Speaker Lai, how are your injuries?"

Yang Du hurriedly stood up and returned the salute, and looked closely, but saw that Li Yuanhong was still wrapped in a bandage around his neck, remembering what Li Xiehe had said in the carriage, and looked at Li Yuanhong's shoulder, but he didn't see anything unusual, I don't know why the other party wrapped a bandage around his neck.

Li Yuanhong 'touched' his neck, and said with a wry smile: "Huizi is not an outsider, let me tell you the truth, in fact, my neck is not injured, it hurts my shoulder, but it is just a wound from the window frame, and the skin is 'flesh'." It's okay now. ”

"Then why did you wrap your neck around you?" Yang Du was even more surprised.

"It's for someone else to see." Li Yuanhong pointed to the bandage around his neck.

"To whom?" Yang Du got to the bottom of it.

"This is for the Confederacy." Li Xie and Li Yuanhong answered Yang Du's question.

"The Alliance? Isn't it already disbanded? Yang Du was stunned.

"On the surface, it is disbanded, but in fact, it is still active." Li Yuanhong sighed, found a Taishi chair and sat down, and took a sip of tea.

Seeing that Li Yuanhong was in a bad mood, Li Xiehe solved Yang Du's 'confusion'.

"Huizi, I was in the carriage just now, I can't say more, but now that I have arrived in Loei, I have no scruples. The reason why the League announced its dissolution was because Song Yuchu planned to establish the Kuomintang, but as soon as this coalition party was established, the party leader Tao Huanqing was assassinated, and the coalition party immediately announced its dissolution and was replaced by the United Front, Zhao Zhenhua was the leader of the party, but some members of the League had opinions about Zhao Zhenhua, and they broke away from the United Front under Chen Qimei's plan and continued to use the United Front. The Alliance's nominal activities, but they are weak and have no influence at the moment, so it is not clear to the outside world that the Alliance is actually still active, and this organization continues to respect Sun Wen as its leader.

Some time ago, the war between the north and the south started, but Chen Qimei and others were not in the country, but went to Nanyang, after Xu Shichang went into the wilderness, their gang returned to China with the banner of "Alliance", and instigated the original alliance members of the United Front everywhere, saying that Sun Wen was about to return from Nanyang and wanted to rebuild the Alliance, but at present, the United Front is in full swing, and their gang has not attracted many allies. A few days ago, Li Songqing was bombed in his study and could not preside over the work of the National Assembly for several consecutive days, Chen Qimei and others shouted for Li Songqing's resignation, and also elected Huang Keqiang to the post of Speaker of the Senate of the National Assembly. The reason why Li Songqing wrapped a bandage around his neck was to let those people see the sacrifices he had made for the Congress and the constitutional cause, which was not hypocritical. ”

After listening to Li Xiehe's narration, Yang Du groaned for a moment, stood up and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back for a few steps.

In this way, I am afraid that Chen Qimei's gang planned the assassination of Speaker Lai. They have always been keen on assassination and are good at using bombs, and now they are in a hurry to seize power from the speaker of the Lebanese parliament, which is even more self-defeating. ”

Yang Du analyzed it and looked up, but saw that Li Yuanhong, Li Xiehe and all nodded again and again, and Zhang Yilu also had the same expression, obviously, they all thought that the assassination of Li Yuanhong was probably planned by the 'agitators' of the Alliance.

"How can this be true? We should report to the center as soon as possible, and ask the center to give an order to ban the League! "Zhang Yilu is very 'excited' and angry.

"But we have no evidence, Chen Qimei's gang elected Huang Keqiang as the speaker of the Senate of the National Assembly, and the reason is also high-sounding, saying that they are afraid of delaying the northward move of the Congress, otherwise, why did I rush to China to preside over the work? Now that the republic is a republic and pays attention to the law, if there is no evidence, Chen Qimei's gang cannot be convicted, and the matter of banning the alliance involves the freedom of association, and the center is afraid that it will not be easy for the center to 'intervene' in this matter. ”

Li Yuanhong made a free and easy appearance, and the words he said were also dignified, but he gritted his teeth and said these words, and when he spoke, he stretched out his hand and 'touched' his shoulder.

"Speaker Lai's words are reasonable, and at this time, the center cannot give people the truth, and everything should be done with caution. At present, the most urgent thing is that the Congress will move north, as long as the Congress is moved to Beijing, I am afraid that the League will not be able to jump for long, and now the majority of the members of the Congress are still stranded in Shanghai, and it is easy to be incited to fight against the center. He also asked Speaker Le to take more care and complete the move of the National Assembly to the north as soon as possible, so as to avoid long nights and dreams. ”

Yang Du's words were very reasonable, and Li Yuanhong also agreed, and several people were discussing the matter of the parliament's northward relocation in depth, when the 'gate' room suddenly walked outside the 'door' of the wing room and communicated to Li Yuanhong.

"Master, Mr. Huang Keqiang and Mr. Huang came to visit and said that there is something important to discuss."

Hearing that Huang Xing was coming, Li Yuanhong, Yang Du and others were a little surprised, Li Yuanhong sank a little and decided to meet Huang Xing in this room.

Not long after, Huang Xing followed the 'door' room into the wing, only to find that Yang Du and others were present, and he was also quite surprised, and exchanged a few words with a few people, and then cut to the point.

"Speaker Lai, Mr. Sun, the former leader of the League, is about to return to China, and some members of Congress have suggested that after Mr. Sun returns to China, he should be invited to give a speech in the National Assembly.

Huang Xing's words made Li Yuanhong and the others stunned for a moment, they really didn't expect that Mr. Sun, who had traveled in Nanyang, would want to return to China so soon.

Perhaps, this is also one of the chain reactions of Song Jiaoren's assassination.