The impact of Tao Chengzhang's assassination was huge, and the Guangfu Society and the League broke up and publicly announced that they wanted to impeach Sun Wen, and at the same time supported Zhang Binglin as president, and the situation in Nanjing instantly became turbulent, and the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe, which had already made the financial problems a mess, was even more powerless to do anything about it, let alone prepare for the Northern Expedition, and whether it could continue to maintain the status quo was a question.

In this regard, Sun Wen and others asked Wu Tingfang and other representatives of the peace talks to further relax various conditions and reach peace talks as soon as possible. Tang Shaoyi, a representative of Beiyang, also actively held peace talks in accordance with Yuan Shikai's instructions, and quickly reached resolutions on a series of issues. However, there is still a very important issue between the two sides of the peace talks that has not been resolved, that is, the abdication of the Qing emperor. The south naturally insisted on the abdication of the Qing Emperor, and if the north did not agree, then there would be no way to talk about peace talks, and even if the southern provinces had opinions, they would still form a coalition army to the Northern Expedition. In short, on the abdication of the Qing Emperor, whether it is Sun Wen, Huang Xing or Song Jiaoren, or even Chen Jingyun, the governor of various provinces, Cai Yi and others are almost determined to abdicate the Qing Emperor, and if they do not abdicate, they will continue the Northern Expedition and fight until Yanjing pulls Pu Yi off the throne of the emperor.

Regarding the abdication of the Qing Emperor, Yuan Shikai also thought about it, and has been working hard for it. From this point of view, Yuan Shikai and the Southern Revolutionary Party have the same goal, that is, they want to pull the Qing Emperor down, and as for the subsequent power struggle, it is another matter, and it cannot be confused.

Yuan Shikai's agreement also represented the consent of the Beiyang Army and the gentry and wealthy merchant class of Northern China. In this way, there should be no differences between the North and the South in the peace talks.

However, this peace negotiation is sometimes not something that Nanjing Provisional Political Axe and Beiyang can decide alone, and this matter has to be nodded by the Qing court. When the magnates of the Qing court heard the condition of wanting the emperor to abdicate, they resolutely refused to agree, especially the younger generation led by Liangbi and others formed a Zongshe Party, claiming to use all means to keep the emperor's throne, and even did not hesitate to continue fighting.

On the one hand, it hinted that Duan Qirui on the front line continued to pull the generals to ask for a republic, and on the other hand, it also made a group of henchmen and ministers continue to force the Forbidden City to abdicate voluntarily.

Yuan Shikai even thought that if this stalemate continued, then he would have to order the Beiyang Army to withdraw from Hubei, and then shrink on the Xuzhou front, he didn't believe that these people in Yanjing City would not be afraid at that time.

Yuan Shikai used various means to try to force the Qing emperor to abdicate, but he did not use military force to overthrow the Manchu Qing. This is also easy to explain, to be a man to do Yuan Shikai's job, he is already a very human minister, and the next step is the president. The power has reached such a point, and many times it is considered something inexplicable, such as fame.

Anyway, Yuan Shikai didn't want to let himself be infamous as a living Cao Ying, so he didn't want to do this kind of thing like forcing orphans and widows to abdicate with a gun, at least not for the time being.

Yuan Shikai had a lot of concerns, but the people of the League did not have these concerns, in order to silence these diehards among the Manchu elites, they used the most direct method: assassination!

As a result, four days after Tao Chengzhang was killed in the south, the League once again engaged in the old business of the beginning, and Peng Jiazhen of the Tianjin League hid a bomb and assassinated Liangbi, the leader of the Zongshe Party, on the 26th, and used a suicide bomb to seriously injure Liangbi, the leader of the diehards in the Qing court, and he himself was martyred. Liangbi was seriously injured and was hurriedly sent to the foreigner hospital for treatment, but unfortunately he was not saved after all, and he was pronounced dead in the hospital shortly after arriving. He became one of the many political figures who were assassinated in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

As soon as Liangbi died, the Manchu magnates were shocked, this was more shocking than when they heard the news of Tao Chengzhang's death, especially those diehards, who were even more heartbroken: "As soon as Liangbi goes, the country will die!" ”

Now that Liangbi, the leader of the Zongsha Party, is dead, and the remaining members of the Zongshe Party are also afraid of being assassinated and dare not go out, occasionally a few scold and scold but no one listens to the low-status talk, as for those of the older generation of magnates such as Prince Qing began to transfer property a month ago, and now they have transferred their family wealth to seventy-seven eighty-eight, and their families have also been sent to the Tianjin Concession, he himself is not going to the court now, he doesn't ask about things, just waiting for when the sky will fall, After fulfilling his last duty to defend the imperial court, he immediately flew away to the Tianjin Concession, with a rich family fortune that rivals the country, without this imperial court, he can still live and nourish the nourishment, and he can't fight with those cheap rebels.

Outside the palace is like this, and Longyu in the palace feels the bleak atmosphere, the important ministers don't come to the palace to discuss affairs very often, and occasionally a few come to persuade them to abdicate, saying what to preserve the royal bloodline. Originally, there was a group of people from the Zongshe Party who often entered the palace, although it was just empty talk, but it was somewhat comforting to listen to. Now that Liangbi died, the Zongshe Party collapsed instantly, and no one entered the palace for a few days, not to mention, even the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace felt that the Qing Dynasty was about to be finished, and the antique paintings and calligraphy were stolen and sold more and more day by day, and the antique market in the capital could see the treasures in the palace that could never be seen in the past every day.

In this bleak atmosphere, Longyu can't take care of the ancestral inheritance, and no matter what Liangbi and others said in the past, they resisted to the end, and the woman's careful thinking thought together, you old men don't want to protect the Qing Dynasty, do you want my orphans and widows to protect it? In case the northern expedition of the party in the south hits Yanjing City, won't he be even more miserable at that time.

The conscience of heaven and earth, if Huang Xing's Northern Expeditionary Army can fight Yanjing City, what kind of peace talks will he talk about with Yuan Shikai!

Seeing that those powerful ministers and princesses of Baylor are no longer the mother and son in the palace, Longyu gritted his teeth and sent a message to Yuan Shikai, saying that it is not impossible to discuss abdication, but how to settle after the abdication, what is the status of the royal family, how to solve the problems of royal support, what kind of charter is it!

As soon as Yuan Shikai heard the news, he immediately smiled and said to Xu Shichang: "It seems that the Queen Mother and her old man have already made up her mind!" ”

Xu Shichang also said with a smile: "I think this is what it means!" ”

Yuan Shikai took a sip of tea: "In the past few months, you can be regarded as tired, seeing that the overall situation has been decided, this big drama is almost over." How about you becoming Prime Minister of this cabinet when the time comes? ”

Xu Shichang shook his head: "You and I have been friends for decades, and everyone's spleen and surname are also clear, you know who I am, and I also know your thoughts." If everyone is embarrassed by each other at that time, it is better to laugh at the situation! ”

"How can this be?" Yuan Shikai really wanted Xu Shichang to be the prime minister of the cabinet, not only because he was his friend, but also because Xu Shichang was a veteran of Beiyang and a cabinet minister, and it was extremely suitable to be a cabinet premier.

But Xu Shichang also has his own plans, which has happened so much since the Wuchang incident in the past few months, step by step to the present, it has actually made Xu Shichang have a kind of idea of leaving the political arena, of course, more importantly, he knows that Yuan Shikai is a strong person, and he is bound to be in power after becoming president. Wouldn't it be a decoration to be the prime minister of this cabinet when the time comes, so he doesn't plan to do this kind of embarrassing thing.

The next time, Yuan Shikai personally entered the palace, and Longyu did not ask the front line or anything like before this time, but directly talked about abdication.

"Yuan Shaobao, the mourning family doesn't dare to expect too much, as long as those party members in the south give the mourning family and the emperor a way out, there will be a place to live in the future." When he spoke, Long Yu's sighing expression looked at Yuan Shikai and was a little sad.

Even for a moment, Yuan Shikai felt that he was too bad, and a few months later, he forced this orphan and widow to this point step by step. However, this thought only existed for a moment, and it was left behind by Yuan Shikai after an instant.

"Don't worry, the Queen Mother, even if I Yuan Shikai fights hard, I have to earn a decent preferential terms for the Queen Mother and the Emperor!" Yuan Shikai said very firmly.

What Longyu was waiting for was his words!

After all, there can be many kinds of abdication, it is possible to abdicate and be imprisoned, some abdicate may be killed the next day, and some abdicate so that you can continue to enjoy wealth. And with Yuan Shikai's guarantee today, Longyu at least doesn't have to worry about living on the streets in the future.

Perhaps he really couldn't bear it, Yuan Shikai personally negotiated with the Southern Party by telegram in the future, and tried his best to fight for the preferential terms of the royal family, not only proposing that the Qing Emperor could continue to maintain the throne, but also that he could continue to live in the Forbidden City, and also proposed to give five million in alimony every year.

Although these conditions are harsh, when the southern party learned that the Qing emperor agreed to abdicate, they didn't care about it much, and they were all smiling, as for the preferential conditions of the royal family, isn't it just a condition, talk, talk about it!

In fact, there has always been only one important disagreement in the peace talks between the two sides, and that is the abdication of the Qing emperor. As long as the problem of this principle is solved, all that remains are small things that do not affect the overall situation, and even though the process is still a little bumpy, the overall situation of the republic has been decided, and it can always be discussed.

When this issue of principle is resolved, the peace talks between the two sides will go much smoother and will proceed rapidly. At the same time, Chen Jingyun's personal representative in Shanghai once again talked with Yang Du, and this time Yang Du gave Yu Shifeng a letter of approval, saying that as long as the peace talks were successful, Yuan Shikai would become the president, and Chen Jingyun would be the iron-clad governor of Fujian, the number of the two central divisions. Of course, the number was given to Chen Jingyun, but how to raise the army is Chen Jingyun's own business, don't think about Lao Yuan's allocation of a dime for military expenses.

Yang Du not only held talks with Yu Shijing, but also held talks with several other powerful governors in the south, and successively achieved results, and these two kinds of talks, one open and one covert, went smoothly, and after a few days, most of the conditions for the peace talks between the two sides had been negotiated, and they were waiting for a suitable time to formally announce the results.

And this time is the abdication of the Qing Emperor, when the Qing Emperor abdicates, when can the peace talks be truly determined!