If it is said that in the political arena of the late Qing Dynasty during the period from Jiawu to Gengzi, Li Hongzhang and Weng Tongyi fought again, then after Gengzi, Yuan Shikai and Cen Chunxuan fought again, one of these two people was an official slaughter, and the other was a human slaughter, which was not a role to provoke, and the struggle between these two people also ran through the high-level political changes in the late Qing Dynasty in the last few years of the Guangxu period. It can be seen that Cen Chunxuan had a huge political influence at that time.

However, the party struggle between the two people finally ended with Yuan Shikai's victory, since 1907 after being vacated by Cixi, he has been idle in Shanghai, although several attempts to make a comeback, but has never been able to make the trip, this is mainly after Xuantong ascended the throne, the regent Zaifeng who was in charge of the government tried to restore the Manchu imperial power, a large number of Manchus, especially the imperial family, to suppress the Han important ministers, and even Yuan Shikai, the leader of the powerful Han important ministers, had to be a' The excuse of 'foot disease' sent out the core of power, and the other Han ministers were even more unhappy, and he Cen Chunxuan had no suitable opportunity to regain the throne.

Seeing this, in fact, it can also be explained that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the reason why so many Han important ministers, including Yuan Shikai, supported the revolutionary party either explicitly or covertly, and finally pulled down the Manchu Dynasty, which is directly related to the important Manchus in Zaifeng during the Xuantong period, especially the imperial family's rejection of Han important ministers. Since the Opium War, especially after the bandit turmoil, the local governors led by the Han important ministers have actually ruled the world together with the Yanjing imperial court, and the relationship between the two is not something that Zaifeng can break if he can break it, and the rights of the Han important ministers are not something he wants to take back.

Zaifeng didn't see it through, but he did it, and the result was tragic, Yuan Shikai and a large number of important ministers and officials who advocated a constitutional monarchy supported the revolutionary party and buried the Manchu Dynasty directly.

At that time, under the background of Zaifeng's suppression of Hanchen, it was impossible for Cen Chunxuan to regain the position, but after Xinhai, he originally gave him hope, and he once participated in the north-south talks with Wu Tingfang and others, which played a big role, but later Yuan Shikai was in charge of the central government, and he Cen Xuanxuan and Yuan Shikai were mortal enemies, and they had fought with each other for so many years, Yuan Shikai said that he would not let Cen Chunxuan become an official again, so Cen Chunxuan had to continue to be idle in Shanghai. Just when Cen Chunxuan thought that he was going to die of old age in Shanghai, Chen Jingyun made a brilliant debut.

Everyone has their own position, their own selfishness, and their own ideas, and these ideas between people will always conflict, and the relationship between people cannot be all harmonious, there will always be some contradictions.

In recent years, there are many people who are not on the right path with Yuan Shikai, and there are many of these people who want to be officials again, but there is definitely no hope for them to go to the north, as for Anhui, Jiangxi or Yungui, those places have always been too limited, and the future results are limited. At this time, a force that was opposed to Yuan Shikai and had huge strength and huge development space appeared in southeast China.

The national army system under the leadership of Chen Jingyun has attracted many similar people to take refuge, and the previous large-scale surrender of the navy to Fuzhou is a clear example, Sa Zhenbing and Cheng Biguang, these naval generals, were suspected by Yuan Shikai and could not be appointed, and they were unwilling to die of old age.

Like Sa Zhenbing and Cheng Biguang and others, Cen Chunxuan can't get rid of the limitations of ordinary people. He didn't want to sink into old age and die, he wanted to do something, and the national army that appeared now became his best choice.

"Cen Lao can come, it really makes the humble house shine!" Chen Jingyun was a little surprised by Cen Chunxuan's arrival, Chen Jingyun has come to Shanghai a lot, and he has also seen a lot of famous gentry living in Shanghai, but this Cen Chunxuan has never seen this person, and he didn't see this person in the Huizhong Hotel yesterday.

Cen Chunxuan was wearing a traditional horse coat, with a thick beard on his face, and his voice was a little deep when he spoke: "Commander Chen laughed, he should have come to visit earlier, but he suffered from the wind cold last month and never had a chance to leave!" ”

Chen Jingyun said with a smile: "Old Cen you have seen the outside, I am a junior, and I will visit you if I want to visit!" ”

This first meeting, the two of them spoke a little politely, well, it was all lies. For example, Cen Chunxuan said that the wind and cold, this is obviously a pretext, and Chen Jingyun said that he would visit Cen Chunxuan in person, which is also a lie, among so many people living in Shanghai today, Chen Jingyun can count the fingers that Chen Jingyun personally visited, and he, Cen Chunxuan, as a frustrated politician, would never be among them, otherwise he Cen Chunxuan would not take the initiative to come to the door but sat at home and waited for Chen Jingyun to come to the door.

After the two of them said a kind word, they each drank a few sips of tea, this tea is a good tea, it is the spring tea on Wuyi Mountain in Fujian this year, even people like Cen Chunxuan can't help but praise after drinking it: "This tea is good, Commander Chen seems to be a good tea person!" ”

Chen Jingyun smiled: "I don't have any hobbies, that is, I like to drink some tea, so I have made a lot of good tea, since Cen Lao thinks the tea is good, I will let them send two catties to your house later!" ”

Cen Chunxuan is obviously also a tea drinker, and immediately said: "Then I'm going to take people away!" ”

Speaking of tea, you and I just opened up the atmosphere of the conversation between the two, and the topic slowly shifted from tea and family to the current political situation.

"When I came, I heard that the Nationalist Army won the battle in Nanjing?" Cen Chunxuan asked tentatively, and at the same time looked at Chen Jingyun with an expectant look, expecting to get an accurate message from Chen Jingyun's mouth.

Chen Jingyun doesn't know how Cen Chunxuan knew the news, but think about it, the Nationalist Army had already conquered Taishan Town yesterday afternoon, this day has passed, and the Beiyang Army has judged it even if it is late, and based on this era, telegraphy and wireless telegraphy have been quite popular, and the speed of news transmission is also very fast, ordinary people may have to wait a few days to know the truth of the matter, but for a politician like Cen Chunxuan, he naturally has his own source channels, Therefore, as soon as the news of the fall of Nanjing reached Yanjing, it was not impossible for him Cen Chunxuan to get the news at the same time.

Now that the news has spread, there is no need to continue to hide the news, and immediately nodded and said: "That's right, although the fight is a little harder, but it can be regarded as taking down Nanjing!" The Nanjing in Chen Jingyun's mouth is only the north bank of Nanjing, and does not include the south bank of Nanjing.

Originally, Cen Chunxuan was just suspicious, but now when he heard Chen Jingyun say it himself, his face became amazing. Although he did not know the details of the battle in southern Jiangsu, he still knew a little in general, and knew that the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army were divided into several directions, and the most critical place was the Battle of Nanjing. If the Battle of Nanjing is won now, then the victory of the Nationalist Army in the war in southern Jiangsu will be greatly assured.

In fact, the news of the capture of Nanjing by the Nationalist Army is also the reason why he came to the Chen Mansion today. When he learned that Nanjing was occupied by the Nationalist Army at noon, he immediately sensed that the war in southern Jiangsu was about to take a turn for the better, and the Nationalist Army in the future was probably not something that the Beiyang Army could suppress. It also shows that the development of the National Army has a future, and these forces are exactly what Cen Chunxuan, who is eager to return to the political arena, needs.

Cen Chunxuan, who has been in the officialdom for most of his life, naturally knows that once the Nationalist Army wins the war in southern Jiangsu, then when the time comes, there will be all kinds of politicians who are optimistic about the Nationalist Army and want to defect to the Nationalist Army.

Therefore, he no longer continued to wait and see, but immediately went to Chen Jingyun's place, as long as he took refuge in the past before the news of the great victory of the national army was announced, he believed that his advantage was still great.

After confirming the news from Chen Jingyun's mouth, Cen Chunxuan did not hide it, and said directly: "The national army has many generals under Commander Chen's account, and it is expected that the victory will be achieved. However, when I look at the political situation in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces to which Commander Chen belongs, it is chaotic, so that the internal political systems of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces are very different from those of the Nationalist Army! ”

After that, he took out a stack of thick texts: "Cen has also been an official for many years, and he still has some understanding of officialdom, and he has also written some things in his spare time, Commander Chen can also take a look if he has time, I hope it can help the government affairs of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces!" ”

Chen Jingyun did not speak immediately, but took over the thick stack of articles in Cen Chunxuan's hand, the article was written in small letters with a brush, roughly estimated at least thirty or forty thousand words, Chen Jingyun just looked at it directly, most of the content in the article is about the internal affairs part, especially focusing on the rule of officials, Cen Chunxuan is known as the official slaughter, and he still has a lot of experience in opposing [***] and impeaching officials, which is one by one, even Chen Jingyun imagined applying it to the words of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces after reading it, The effect should also be great.

The rest of the talk about business and education is a rehash, and although it is not new, it also represents a question of attitudes in favor of business and education.

After Chen Jingyun read this text, he also pondered in his heart, Cen Chunxuan's speech before and after coming here today was already obvious, and he almost didn't directly ask for an official position. Chen Jingyun was not interested in winning over those important ministers of the former Qing Dynasty, mainly because these people had too much influence and involvement, and the situation that might arise after reuse was unpredictable, far less comfortable than those officials who had been promoted from the middle and lower levels. But on the other hand, once these officials with huge political influence join the national army, the positive effect is also very great, not only can strengthen the political influence of the national army, but also attract more talents to serve the army.

It's just that Chen Jingyun's current civil official system is not yet large, and it is scattered into several parties, and Fujian and Zhejiang are relatively reading civil official systems, Chen Jingyun mainly relies on the national army to control the locality, and does not interfere too much in the internal affairs of the civilian government, if Chen Jingyun wants to use Cen Chunxuan, Chen Jingyun can't even find a place for him to sit, after all, such a political tycoon comes to take refuge, it is not something that an idle petty official can send, if he can't get a weighty position, People would rather stay in Shanghai and be free.

After pondering for a long time, Chen Jingyun said: "Cen Lao has such a patriotic heart, Jingyun will not sit back and watch Cen Lao waste his good years no matter what!" If Cen Lao is willing, I would like to ask Cen Lao to be my internal affairs adviser! ”

As soon as Cen Chunxuan heard the words of the internal affairs consultant, that old face was a little unbearable, all those who got involved with the consultant in these years were basically the kind of people who were idle and waited for death, he Cen Chunxuan put down his face today and came to Chen Jingyun, but it was not for this kind of idle job to eat and wait for death.

But before he could speak, Chen Jingyun said again: "When the time comes, help me set up an internal affairs office in the headquarters of the National Army!" ”