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The autumn rain finally stopped, but the sky was still cloudy, and the light was not bright, and although it was nine o'clock in the morning, it looked as if it had only dawned.

"Second Company Formation!"

"Really!"

"Take a break!"

At the sound of the command, teams of troops in gray military uniforms entered and exited the Zhengzhou Railway Station. The cold steel gun on his shoulder, combined with that resolute face, was enough to deter everything.

There are locomotives parked next to several platforms in the railway station, some have been hung up on the carriages, and some are still slowly moving on the cold rails under the control of the train driver, and the sound of the wheels and rails colliding with the "shouting and shouting" of the steam engine is intertwined, playing a sonorous melody of the industrial age.

In this sonorous industrial melody, a train that had been hung up sounded the whistle, started slowly, and drove out of the platform, but did not go far, turned the direction through a few turnouts, and the front of the car drove north into another platform, and then stopped, Qin Sihu jumped off the guarded car, climbed onto the platform, and walked to a dispatch room, several guards guarding the door of the dispatch room hurriedly stood upright, and saluted with guns.

Qin Sihu returned the salute, but his footsteps did not stop, he walked straight to the dispatch room, pushed open the door and walked in.

"Commander-in-chief, the special train has turned around and is ready to get on the train, and the commander asked me, if you want to send someone to carry the commander-in-chief's luggage now?"

"What luggage do I have to move?" It's just a few clothes. But the Ford car needs to be moved to the train in advance, but I am also the president of the Republic of China now, I don't sit in the carriage, and it is not suitable for horseback riding, so ah, this car is my mount. ”

Zhao Bei was originally sitting on a rattan chair in front of the table, and when he saw Qin Sihu walking into the dispatch room, he stood up, pointed to a piece of paper on the table, and said: "Sihu, you send the draft of this telegram to Chief of General Staff Lan, and ask him to take a look at it first, if there are any flaws, if there are no flaws, I will shoot it out immediately, this is probably the last telegram I took before I left, in the past two days, just the money for the telegram is enough for me to feel distressed, this politics is really a deal with money." ”

"Yes!"

Qin Sihu didn't talk nonsense, walked over, picked up the draft of the telegram, and folded it without looking at it. Slipped into the pocket of the military jacket, then bowed and retreated, and closed the door to the dispatch room.

As soon as the door was closed, the dispatch room immediately became a little stuffy, Zhao Bei walked to the window and stretched out his hand to push the window open. A delicate earthy air poured into the dispatch room again, but it didn't make him feel much better.

Song Jiaoren died, I am afraid that Song Jiaoren will not believe that he died at the hands of his immediate boss.

The order to assassinate Song Jiaoren was given by Zhao Bei personally, and even bypassed the Military Intelligence Bureau and directly issued an order to the intelligence agent with a special one-time password, and once the order was issued in this way, it meant that this ending was doomed, Song Jiaoren would definitely die, even if Zhao Bei changed his mind, it would not save his life.

In the time and space before Zhao Bei traveled, Song Jiaoren was also assassinated, according to the mainstream historiography, Song Jiaoren died in the hands of Yuan Shikai in that time and space, because he tried to limit Yuan Shikai's power by means of parliamentary elections, which was a real political assassination.

And now, the death of Song Jiaoren is also a real political assassination, but what is no longer the mastermind who issued the assassination order has changed someone, and this person is his top boss of the Song Committee and the supreme leader of the United Front, Zhao Bei.

Although the masterminds behind the two political assassinations are different, the purpose is the same, that is, to completely control the supreme power, eliminate possible political opponents, and even eliminate political opponents.

This way is intense and despicable. But that's politics, where no one can make mistakes, and no one wants to make mistakes, because taking the wrong step often means that previous efforts may be undone.

In fact, Zhao Bei did hesitate for a few minutes before issuing the assassination order, but he quickly abandoned the distracting thoughts in his heart and quickly decided the misery of Song Jiaoren

Bureau.

Song Jiaoren was too close to Beiyang and was ready to join forces with constitutionalist members of the National Assembly to support Xu Shichang in the "impeachment of the president", which was certainly one of the reasons why Zhao Bei decided to get rid of Song Jiaoren, but it was not the root cause, the fundamental reason was that Zhao Bei would not tolerate someone betraying him.

As a traverser, Zhao Bei certainly knew. The mainstream trend of world politics is that constitutionalism replaces dictatorship and dictatorship, and civil power defeats monarchy, but also as a traverser, Zhao Bei also knows that the country in this era cannot follow the path formulated by Song Jiaoren to constitutional government, which is of course related to domestic factors, but international factors are more critical, and now this country, the most urgent need is not a civil rights activist, but a military strategist, a military strategist who can bring the country out of danger.

If there were no traversers, it would be impossible for such a strategist in this country to be able to see the general trend of history, but now that Zhao Bei has crossed over. Well, he will not allow others to usurp the power of this "military strategist", and in order to cling to this power, he will destroy all enemies. Whether it comes from inside or outside.

Therefore, Song Jiaoren is a threatening potential political enemy, Zhao Bei must solve him, if he can't be drawn to his side, then there is only one option to eliminate him.

Even if Song Jiaoren doesn't die this time, then. As long as he still adheres to his ideals and beliefs, he will become an obstacle to Zhao Bei's advancement, and sooner or later he will withdraw from the political stage.

It's not about morality, it's about interests.

It is impossible for Zhao Bei to tell others that he can see the future clearly, and he has no intention of doing so. For the sake of his own ideals and beliefs, he can only get rid of all political opponents, even if they have not really begun to confront him.

As the most prestigious politician of the constitutionalists. Song Jiaoren is indeed very appealing, and the existence of this appeal is itself a threat to the superior Yuan Shikai felt this threat, so he got rid of Song Jiaoren in another space-time plane, and in the same way, Zhao Bei also felt this threat. So he removed a potential political opponent in this plane.

If Song Jiaoren is given a choice and given plenty of time to think about it, perhaps, he will change his original position and choose to follow Zhao Bei, then he will not have to die, but the problem is. There is not enough time, as long as Xu Shichang is still the president of the Republic of China, then Zhao Bei will not be able to grasp the central power at the legal level, and many things will not be able to be done well, so Song Jiaoren Fanshi died in the "impeachment of the president" this time. Speaking from the heart, Zhao Bei admires Song Jiaoren very much, but admiration is admiration, if there is a fundamental conflict of interest between the two, one party must withdraw, Zhao Bei is unwilling to withdraw, then he can only wronged the other party to withdraw, politicians can not be swayed by private feelings, "when the judgment continues, it will be chaotic" The ancients have summed it up very clearly.

Zhao Bei was very guilty of Song Jiaoren's death, so in the past few days, he has been in a bad mood, even if he is about to take a special train to Beijing now, his mood is the same as the weather in Zhengzhou. Gloomy and gloomy.

Just as he was staring at the dark sky in a daze, the voice of a guard came from outside the door.

"Commander of the Maku, I'm looking to see you."

"Invite him to come in and speak.

Zhao Bei gathered his mind and closed the window with his hand. When he turned his head to look, Xiong Chengji had already walked into the dispatch room, his left arm was tied with a black veil, and his expression was also very solemn.

"Is Song Yuchu's memorial service properly arranged?" Zhao Bei looked at an empty teacup on the table, but he was asking Xiong Chengji.

"It's all set, just wait for the commander-in-chief to go." Xiong Chengji nodded.

"I'm in a bad mood and I'm not going this time. I'll go at the state funeral. I just wrote a eulogy for the dull beginning, and you give it to the staff officer. ”

Zhao Bei opened the drawer, took out a blank piece of paper from it, and handed it to Xiong Chengji.

"Although the Song family is fast, the spirit is immortal."

Xiong Chengji whispered out the eight words on the blank paper, pondered for a moment, and said, "These eight words are concise and concise. Although he is gone, his constitutional spirit is immortal. Now that the United Front has grasped all the power of the center, Zhenhua has also become the president of the Republic of China. As long as we push our efforts, the country will soon be able to realize the blunt ideal. ”

"Ajine, you are too optimistic, although the United Front has the central power, it does not mean that the ideal of the dull beginning can be realized so quickly. We still have a long way to go, this road is full of thorns, both domestic and foreign, we must not be blindly optimistic, we must be prepared to fight to the death against domestic and foreign enemies, this preparation is both psychological and material, without which nothing will work. Ajine, I want everyone to come and help me and stand by me. Now that Tan Chu has passed away, you have to worry more about party affairs, and you have to tell everyone that we must guard against arrogance and rashness, and we must not rush for quick success. ”

Zhao Bei's words made Xiong Chengji slightly stunned, and he heard some extraneous voices from this passage, but he didn't want to discuss party affairs with Zhao Bei now.

"Zhenhua, did you really decide to go to Beijing?" Xiong Chengji changed the subject.

"Of course, otherwise, what would I do with such a lot of effort to deploy troops? You can rest assured. This time I went to Beijing, I went to subdue the Beiyang Army, not to send me to death, after all, I am the upright president of the Republic of China. Besides, Beijing is the capital of the country, and it is impossible for me, the head of state, to stay in Zhengzhou all the time. ”

Zhao Bei pretended to smile lightly, and the day before yesterday, Duan Qirui sent a telegram, announcing that he would accept the proposal of the United Front and unify the troops of the Beiyang Army and the United Front for reorganization.

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if. If you go back on your word, how do you get out? Xiong Chengji is still not at ease.

"Didn't you bring two infantry brigades? There are also armored train escorts, plus those engineering troops and railway workers who build railways, almost tens of thousands of troops, even if the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, I will not sit idly by, besides, the ministers of Germany, the United States and other countries in China jointly guarantee it, and the bereaved dogs in Beiyang will not dare to act rashly. In addition, I have already chosen a vice president, and I am waiting for Congress to approve it, and if anything happens to me, the United Front will not be left without a leader. ”

"Who does Zhenhua think is suitable to be the vice president?"

"Li Huang Chen is more suitable, it is he who I am nominating, the Constitutional Committee elected Zhang Han, but he is definitely not Li Huang Sui's opponent."

"Li Yuanhong? This man is not a true revolutionary. Of course, Zhenhua knew it in his heart. ”

Xiong Chengji shook his head again and again, as a high-ranking figure of the revolutionary party, he knew that Li Yuanhong was fine, and Zhao Bei had also told him the truth about Li Yuanhong's "uprising", and Xiong Chengji had always despised such a speculator.

Of course, Zhao Bei understood what Xiong Chengji meant. So he smiled faintly and said: "Of course I know the details of Li Huangxuan, but it is precisely for this reason that I will nominate him as vice president." Flavor root. You are a smart person, think about it, and you will definitely be able to figure out the truth of this. ”

Before Xiong Chengji could figure out the truth, a few whistles suddenly came from outside, and a moment later, Qin Sihu walked into the dispatch room.

"Commander-in-chief, the special train is ready to go. Do you want to go now, or do you want to leave after lunch? ”

"Lunch? It's still early until noon. Let's set off now, and if we arrive one day sooner, the situation in the whole country will stabilize one day sooner, and my hanging heart will be able to completely let go. ”

Zhao Bei took the military hat, walked out of the dispatch room with Xiong Chengji, and got on the special train from the platform.

"Xiuhao, after I leave, you have to worry a lot about military affairs, and you don't have to ask for instructions on everything, the most important thing now is two things, the first thing is to rectify the troops, especially the Revolutionary Guards, you must be ruthless in rectifying military discipline, and the second thing is the matter of the arsenal, but Jiang Baili is responsible for this matter, you can worry less. Ajine, this country can't be saved by me alone. It will take the efforts of all of us, but if we are not united, then we will still be scattered and have no strength, so our most urgent task at present is to unite the whole people, whether it is the Beiyang clique or the United Front, whether it is the merchants of Zhushen or the peddlers of the country, we must unite and fight against the enemy at home and abroad. This time I went to Beijing and Tianjin, I went to unite Beiyang, this country does not have much time to waste, we must end the infighting as soon as possible. Turning my attention to building the country and awakening the people is a very difficult task, and my biggest concern now is party affairs, after the death of Tan Chu. The various forces in the National Assembly are dividing very quickly, and the united front is metamorphosing, and after I leave, the affairs of the united front will be left to you, and in any case, you must ensure that the formal unity of the united front is maintained, at least for a short time. The united front must not be divided. ”

There were many people who bid farewell to Zhao Bei, but Zhao Bei just said a few words to Xiong Chengji, Lan Tianwei and others, and then, with an order, the special train sounded the whistle. Follow the armored train out of the train station. The many trains that traveled with them traveled northward, and finally disappeared into the fields of northern Henan.