readx; Since the Xinhai Revolution, characters from all walks of life on the land of China have appeared one after another, some of them have been lively for a while and then faded away, some of them shone like meteors and then disappeared quickly, and some of them were as dazzling as the bright moon and golden moon. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Of course, after Li Yuanhong rose in the chaos of the Xinhai year, he took this opportunity to become a role that could affect the situation in the country.

Speaking of which, when the Wuchang Uprising broke out, Li Yuanhong never imagined that the revolutionaries would force him to become the military and political governor of Hubei Province, let alone become the vice president and control the entire Hubei Province. As a result, he became one of China's many great warlords.

After taking control of Hubei, he Li Yuanhong also germinated ambitions to vigorously rectify the interior of Hubei, and reorganized the Hubei People's Army, and in the process of this reorganization, he also tried to gradually squeeze out the power of the revolutionaries, but this effort finally failed, the revolutionaries in Hubei launched a mutiny, and the army of the revolutionaries and the army under Li Yuanhong fought fiercely in Hubei, and finally Li Yuanhong reluctantly extinguished the mutiny, but his own strength was also greatly lost. Later, the expansion of the Nationalist Army in the direction of Anhui made Li Yuanhong worried, and the army of the Beiyang Army overwhelmed the border, but also bribed several important generals under Li Yuanhong, forcing Li Yuanhong to surrender to Yuan Shikai, and finally obediently went north to become his vice president, thus becoming a down-and-out warlord who lost power.

After being depressed in Yanjing City for a while, in several decisive battles between the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army, the Nationalist Army defeated Beiyang and was already attacking Yanjing.

And the condition is also a little funny, that is, Li Yuanhong can still be vice president. And Tang Jiyao, the former vice president of the Nanjing Provisional Republican Political Axe, resigned within half a month of becoming the president, because if Tang Jiyao continued to serve as vice president, then it would not be good to concurrently serve as the commander of his Sixth Army, so Tang Jiyao gave up the title of vice president without hesitation in order to personally control the army.

After Tang Jiyao resigned from the title of vice president, Chen Jingyun was not in a hurry to let someone else be the vice president, so it has been vacant.

Today, in order to win over Li Yuanhong, Chen Jingyun generously took out the title of vice president.

Li Yuanhong was originally extremely depressed in Yanjing, although he was not under public house arrest like Cai Yi, but he also had a lot of inconvenience and depression. After Nanjing's intelligence office came online, Li Yuanhong immediately had the idea of going to Nanjing, anyway, he went to Nanjing to be the vice president, and it is predictable that he is also a fictitious vice president. But the key thing is that now the Beiyang Army is about to fall apart and collapse completely, and he, Li Yuanhong, is not a descendant of the Beiyang Army, and he doesn't want to die with the big tree of the Beiyang Army.

With this determination, the intelligence department is ready to secretly take Li Yuanhong out of Yanjing, and then let Li Yuanhong announce his public support for the Nanjing Republican Political Axe and take office as the vice president of the Nanjing Republican Political Axe, preparing to once again hit the Beiyang Army from public opinion, and also hopes to use such an example to attract more Beiyang generals with real power to surrender voluntarily.

At this critical moment, Li Yuanhong had to be surprised and panicked when he learned that Duan Qirui had come to the door, although Beiyang was about to collapse, but this would not collapse yet, this Yanjing City was still under the control of Beiyang, if Li Yuanhong was caught by them at this time, the end would be very bad.

However, what Duan Qirui said to him after he came made Li Yuanhong cry and laugh.

"Brother Song Qing, I won't be polite to you at this time!" Duan Qirui just took a sip of tea and said, "I know you have a connection with the south!" ”

Li Yuanhong, who was originally pretending to be calm, quickly changed his face when he heard this: "Brother Zhiquan, this is unspeakable, as the vice president of the Republic of China, how can I have a connection with the rebellion in the south!" ”

Duan Qirui said indifferently: "Brother Song Qing, don't worry, since I can come to you today, I naturally don't say this to accuse you or to be unfavorable to you!" ”

Li Yuanhong is not stupid, as soon as he heard Duan Qirui say this, he guessed what Duan Qirui wanted to say, and immediately tried to say: "What is Zhiquan's words!" ”

Duan Qirui said: "You and I are both understanding people, and I also know your movements in the past few days, the reason why I came to the door today is to use Brother Song Qing's mouth to spread a few words to the south!" ”

Seeing that Duan Qirui picked it up and said, Li Yuanhong also knew that he was afraid that his contact with people from the south had always been under Duan Qirui's surveillance, and today Duan Qirui came to say these words, I am afraid that he also had the same thoughts as himself.

After being silent for a long time, Li Yuanhong said: "Since Zhiquan said so, I am not afraid of Zhiquan's jokes, I have indeed met a few people in the south in the past few days!" Said here with a wry smile: "In this situation, I have to think about the life of my wife, children and mother!" ”

These two people have already clearly expressed their intention to surrender to Chen Jingyun, and the next words are much smoother.

"Brother Song Qing, when you were in Hubei, I am afraid that you also knew that there was no control of the power of the lineage in your hands, and think about it, if you and I are so reckless to throw themselves over there now, even if Chen Jingyun and the rumors are so open-minded, but how will those arrogant soldiers over there treat us! If you don't have some strength in your hands at that time, it's hard to guarantee that it won't become the bridge that was demolished! Duan Qirui said.

Li Yuanhong was also shocked when he heard this, and after going to Nanjing according to his initial plan, he naturally had no ambitions, and only thought that he could be his vice president in peace and stability, and did not think about fighting for any actual power in the past. But today's words made him see another hope, and he immediately asked tentatively: "What does Brother Zhiquan mean?" ”

Duan Qirui said: "If my guess is correct, I'm afraid that the south side has promised you the position of vice president!" ”

Li Yuanhong felt that this was not a secret, and immediately did not speak but nodded slightly.

Duan Qirui said: "When there is no foreign aid, I am afraid that you will be as the vice president as today, and it may not even be as good as today, but ......" Speaking of this, Duan Qirui paused and continued: "If you have foreign aid as the vice president at that time, if there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the army to back you up at that time, I am afraid the situation will be much better!" ”

, of course Li Yuanhong knew that it would be much better, but where did you ask me to find the backing of tens of thousands of national troops, but when he saw Duan Qirui's expression, he immediately thought of a possible surname, and immediately said, "Brother Zhiquan wants to?" ”

Duan Qirui nodded slowly: "Duan Mou is not boasting, except for the old man in the Beiyang system, Duan's prestige is unmatched." Speaking of this, he showed a gloomy look on his face: "It's a pity that Beiyang is no longer the Beiyang of the past, and now we can only control tens of thousands of troops in Gyeonggi, the northeast side is not a climate, and Shanxi has also voted for the national army, and the remaining Hubei Duan Zhigui is afraid that it will not be able to support it for long." And at this point, it is also a last resort to preserve the Beiyang bloodline by going south. So I pondered, if you and I can work together, it should not be a problem to control the situation in the capital, and when the time comes, there will be tens of thousands of troops in Yanjing City to present such a big gift to Chen Jingyun, according to Chen Jingyun's treatment of the senior generals of our army who took the initiative to surrender, it should not be difficult for me to get the position of army commander at that time, and the tens of thousands of troops that have been retained at that time will be the support of you, the vice president, and at that time, the vice president, you can also say a word or two for the remnants of Beiyang in the central government! ”

After Li Yuanhong heard this, all kinds of thoughts flashed in his heart, this Duan Qirui is really a guy who is unwilling to fail, seeing that the big tree in Beiyang is about to fall, he, the core of the Beiyang boss, is ready to throw himself to the side of the National Army, and it is not enough to surrender to Cheng, but also to bring Yanjing and the remaining tens of thousands of Beiyang Army over. What's more, this person has not yet surrendered, and he is already planning to fight for power in the Nanjing Republican Axe in the future. Hasn't he heard that Chen Jingyun is different from Yuan Shikai, and the National Army is not the same as the Beiyang Army.

The Dian Army, the Gui Army and even the Jin Army can still maintain a state of half-reading power after taking the initiative to throw themselves into the National Army, but the Beiyang Army is absolutely not good, seeing that Yanjing has become the main force that brings together many National Army, people did not expect the Beiyang Army in Yanjing to surrender, and even if they don't surrender, they don't care. If it is said that it surrenders, then the army will definitely be absorbed by the national army in the future, and it is hell that he Duan Qirui can still maintain a Beiyang army of tens of thousands of people.

But I have to say that Duan Qirui's proposal is very tempting, anyway, he is ready to throw himself to Chen Jingyun, if he can bring the name of the vote, he will naturally be able to live better in the future. Moreover, even if Duan Qirui can't control the old Beiyang lineage in the future, Chen Jingyun will not directly put Duan Qirui under house arrest in order to show that he will not demolish the bridge across the river, and maybe he can continue to lead the troops, even if he is hollowed out, he will definitely have a certain amount of power. At that time, he will have the support of Duan Qirui, the military generals of the old Beiyang system, in the political axe, and he will be able to have an external force.

Thinking about it, Li Yuanhong felt that there was no harm to him, anyway, even if Duan Qirui did not succeed at that time, it would not affect Li Yuanhong's existing actual interests, and immediately said: "That's fine, but how to do this?" ”

Duan Qirui said: "You should know the news that the old man is seriously ill!" ”

Li Yuanhong nodded!

Duan Qirui took a deep breath and said, "Now that the old man has reached the end of his life, if nothing else, it will probably be a few days!" ”

Hearing this news, Li Yuanhong was also taken aback, he didn't expect Yuan Shikai to die, and he was going to die in a few days, so he immediately said: "Is it really that serious?" ”

Duan Qirui said: "So far, why should I lie to you, the old man's condition has always been blocked by me and Brother Wang, and even Yuan Dagongzi doesn't know!" Outsiders now only know that the old man is seriously ill, but they don't know the specific condition! ”

Yuan Shikai's serious illness has begun last year, during which although it was kept secret, it still circulated, and now the news of Yuan Shikai's serious illness is known to all Chinese, but outsiders do not know that Yuan Shikai has reached the final death.

"So what I mean is to take advantage of the last opportunity to control the troops in the city first, and wait for the old man to drive west, and then Brother Song Qing will take over the position of president, and then announce the peace talks between the north and the south, so that we old guys can save some face!"

Duan Qirui and Li Yuanhong's secret conversation soon reached Chen Jingyun's ears, and he was not too surprised that Duan Qirui was going to surrender, the big tree in Beiyang was about to fall, and no one wanted to die with him.

Chen Jingyun looked at the report in his hand for a long time before he ordered: "Let's arrange a grand funeral for Beiyang!" ”