Chapter 696: The Knight Who Rushed to the Windmill (Part II)

Seeing Yang Wangpeng will be wrong. Xiong Chengji smiled, turned his head to look around, and then asked Yang Wangpeng.

"Zilun, I have some important things I want to talk to you about alone, I wonder if it's convenient for you?"

Yang Wangpeng was stunned for a moment, his mind was racing, then he nodded and said, "In this way, let's go to the study to talk." ”

Yang Wangpeng stood up, confessed to Dinkman and Deng Gang, and then led Xiong Chengji to the study, closed the room 'door', turned on the electric fan, sat down behind the desk, and invited Xiong Chengji to sit at the desk.

"Weigen, there is no one else here, if you have something to say, did Zhenhua call you over?"

Yang Wangpeng's speculation is not without reason, in the past two years, Xiong Chengji has acted as a messenger for Zhao Bei and came to talk to Yang Wangpeng.

But Xiong Chengji shook his head. said: "It's not that Zhenhua asked me to come over, but I came to talk to you, and it does have something to do with Zhenhua." ”

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

Yang Wangpeng was very curious, and didn't understand why Xiong Chengji spoke so strangely, and there was a taste of 'jade' words, which was not in line with his 'character' personality and style of doing things.

Xiong Chengji hesitated for a moment, and then explained his coming to Yang Wangpeng.

"Zilun, you and I are both from the ** party, Zhenhua is too, he was introduced by me to join the Guangfu Society, when we were born and died together against the Qing Dynasty, in order to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and establish the Han family. In the past, my understanding of ** was still very superficial, thinking that the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty and the establishment of the Han regime, even if it was a success, at the beginning, most of the members of the Liberation Society also thought so, but later, after the establishment of the Republic, the Liberation Society gradually moved closer to the Alliance, and finally merged together to form a united front, and it was from then on that Mr. Song Yuchu began to become my teacher, my mentor. ”

Speaking of which. Xiong Chengji paused, as if recalling his 'friendship' with Mr. Song Jiaoren.

Yang Wangpeng found that Xiong Chengji's eyes were red, and he understood Xiong Chengji's current mood very well, since the establishment of the United Front, Song Jiaoren has become Xiong Chengji's mentor, and with this constitutional mentor, Xiong Chengji has gradually become a constitutional pioneer, and actively assisted Song Jiaoren in promoting the construction of constitutionalism, but Song Jiaoren did not see with his own eyes the real establishment of the constitutional system he expected. During the days of the exchange, Song Jiaoren was assassinated for no apparent reason, and the murderer is still at large, and he doesn't even know who did it.

Since the death of Song Jiaoren, Xiong Chengji has actually inherited the mantle of his mentor, continued to promote constitutionalism, and in fact became the vanguard of the new constitutional cause, but compared to Song Jiaoren, Xiong Chengji's 'sexual' personality is not suitable for politics, he is too strong and does not know how to take a roundabout route. It is not as flexible as Song Jiaoren, so this constitutional road is getting narrower and narrower, and now in this country, political life completely revolves around the United Front and even the president, the Congress has become an ornament, and the constitution is 'played' by the president, which is far from the design of Song Jiaoren back then.

The current head of state is Zhao Bei, he was born in the Liberation Society, back then, it was Xiong Chengji who introduced him to join the Liberation Society, and it was for this reason that at the beginning, when Zhao Bei asked Xiong Chengji to put the interests of the United Front first, Xiong Chengji took the initiative to assist Zhao Bei to rectify the United Front, and even did not hesitate to offend a large group of bigwigs, his work actually helped Zhao Bei stabilize the interior, and finally helped Zhao Bei seize all the power.

However, Zhao Bei's next performance made Xiong Chengji a little panicked, first established the Commander's Hall, and then set up the Army and Navy Joint Staff, using these two special political departments 'door', Zhao Bei not only controlled the main government affairs, but also tightly grasped the military power in his hands, and did not allow others to 'interfere', and then a series of actions to attack the National League, curb the power of the Congress, support Zhang Binglin as the chairman of the United Front, and contain Xiong Chengji's power in the United Front...... By all indications. Zhao Bei was moving quickly on the road to monopoly, and at this time, Xiong Chengji came back to his senses and found that he had been used, and at this time, he was powerless to launch a counterattack.

In Yang Wangpeng's view, Xiong Chengji is probably a 'fan' of the authorities, and he trusts Comrade ** too much, so he was finally used by others to push the constitutional cause he fought for to an unknown path, and as for how to develop in the future, it is no longer something he can control.

In the final analysis, Xiong Chengji is too young, and his experience in political struggle is almost blank, compared with the scheming Zhao Bei, Xiong Chengji is a political rookie, and Yang Wangpeng is also a political rookie, otherwise, how could the two of them be defeated in front of Zhao Bei?

Yang Wangpeng is convinced, so what about Xiong Chengji? Is he planning to fight back? Or did you come to Yang Wangpeng just to complain?

Xiong Chengji didn't finish his words, Yang Wangpeng had basically guessed his true intention, Xiong Chengji just recalled his career as a **** and the teacher-student relationship with Song Jiaoren. The purpose is probably to resonate with Yang Wangpeng.

Yang Wangpeng does have some resonance, but what can this change? Zhao Bei has already controlled the army, and now the national defense army is up and down, among the officers at all levels, many of them are Zhao Bei's cronies, they control key positions large and small, as long as they are not 'chaotic', Zhao Bei can calmly suppress any resistance, and, through the development of industry and commerce, a large group of consortia were tied to the chariot of interests by Zhao Bei. With the support of these conglomerates, Zhao Bei has ample funds to buy or eliminate those who oppose politics, not to mention his allies in the world.

Now Zhao Bei, its dominance is already unshakable, the Sino-Japanese war, the Chinese army has frequent successes, which further solidifies his position, at this time, any resistance is futile, Yang Wangpeng knows this very well, he will never be at this time for others to take the fire.

Of course, Xiong Chengji is not clear about Yang Wangpeng's current thoughts, and after recalling the teachings of his mentor back then, he finally got back to business.

"Since the death of Mr. Dull Chu, although there is a group of people with lofty ideals to assist, but Xiong is not talented enough to be qualified for the constitutional cause, although he is struggling, but today's political circles are getting farther and farther away from Mr. Dull Chu's plan back then. In the past, I pinned my hopes on Zhenhua's side, hoping that after he grasped the central power, he could help me realize Mr. Duchu's constitutional ideals, but I did not expect that once I grasped the central power, Zhenhua was like that group of Beiyang politicians, began to be obsessed with power, and refused to 'hand' the power to the people. In my opinion, he is a "fan" of power, and he has completely forgotten the ideals of Mr. Duchu back then. Now, that Yang Du jumped up and down to form the Discipline and Government Promotion Association, which was actually Zhenhua's plan, which was to build momentum for the president's monopoly of power. Zilun, you are also from the ** party, we can't sit idly by, we must take measures to make Zhenhua wake up and change his past. ”

When Xiong Chengji said this, he looked at Yang Wangpeng, but saw that the other party had a blank face.

Yang Wangpeng sighed and asked, "Weigen, in your opinion, what kind of government is most suitable for our country at present?" ”

"Constitutionalism, of course."

Xiong Chengji was a little strange, he said so many things just now, didn't Yang Wangpeng listen to it?

Yang Wangpeng shook his head and said, "Wrong, wrong." Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, our country has been poor and weak for a long time, although the republic was established, but the sinister international situation has not changed, now, our country must catch up, and we must become stronger in the shortest possible time, and open the wisdom of the people. Constitutionalism is good, but at present, there are too many illiterate people in our country, and even those gentlemen and literati do not know what 'constitutionalism' is. In my opinion, what the current country needs is not a ridiculous Congress, but a wise leader, a strong man, only in this way can the people unite and catch up with the powers, so, in my opinion, since Zhenhua is currently doing a good job, then, it is not impossible to let him train the government, as long as he does not become the emperor and does not run the world, then, we naturally have no reason to oppose him. ”

Hearing this, Xiong Chengji stood up and said angrily: "Why do you say that? Li Songqing said this, Tang Jiwu also said so, and even you Yang Zilun said so, do you think that too much illiteracy among the people can be an excuse for the president to discipline and govern? Zhenhua is doing a good job now, and no one is more suitable to be president than him, but can you guarantee that he will never make wrong decisions in the future? Pinning the future of the country on one person is a risk after all, and how many saints have there been throughout the ages? The reason why constitutionalism is to limit the president's 'selfishness' and protect the interests of the people and the future of the country, although the efficiency is not high, but it is better than risking the future of the country, and it is better than pinning hope on the side of the Holy Tomorrow! That's right, Zhao Zhenhua is now strong and invincible, and there is no good end to going against him, but as a **, how can we retreat because of the strength of our opponents? At the beginning, compared with the Manchu court, wasn't the strength of our ** party members weaker? There is a foreign story about a knight who rushes to a windmill, although the knight looks a little dull, but how can the kind of 'spirit' god who challenges power be ridiculed? ”

Speaking of which, Xiong Chengji also understood that Yang Wangpeng would not support his position, so he hugged his fists, said "farewell", and then turned around and left the study.

Yang Wangpeng hurriedly got up to send him off, and sent Xiong Chengji to the outside of the courtyard 'door', Xiong Chengji turned to look at Yang Wangpeng, as if waiting for him to change his mind, but Yang Wangpeng didn't plan to do this, knowing that the road ahead was dangerous, and he had to rush over, such a person, Yang Wangpeng admired it very much, but he would not take this kind of person as an example.

Seeing that Yang Wangpeng did not express his support for his position for a long time, Xiong Chengji was very disappointed, sighed, and turned to leave.

Yang Wangpeng caught up a few steps and said, "Weigen, this car belongs to the German Legation, I have learned to drive now, why don't I send you back." ”

Xiong Chengji looked back and saw Yang Wangpeng standing by the car outside the courtyard 'gate', and couldn't help laughing a few times, and said: "No need, you go and enjoy your life, the future is difficult, you don't have to come with you." ”

After speaking, Xiong Chengji didn't look back, Yang Wangpeng stood by the car, shaking his head again and again, he understood that this anti-Qing ** person of the year has now returned to the ** pride of the year, but this time, the target he chose was obviously the ** comrade of the year.

The future is difficult, Yang Wangpeng is not afraid, he just doesn't want to be the knight who rushes to the windmill, because he understands that no matter how brave the knight is, no matter how dare to challenge the power, he can't overturn the windmill after all, which has nothing to do with the 'spirit' god and faith, only about strength.