"Nonsense ()! Are you new here? The rules have also been forgotten! and punish yourself for a month's wages. ”

There were still three minutes left before the meal started on time at half past eleven o'clock in the afternoon, and the old butler with white hair reprimanded and moved the wrong braised pork to the west, the scrambled eggs with leeks to the east, and the steamed duck in the middle, each dish had its own place.

The old housekeeper had just poured a glass of tiger bone wine, and when he saw Yuan Shikai and Yang Shiqi walking in, he hurriedly stepped forward to help. Worrying about fatigue for a long time makes Yuan Shikai, who is known for his energy, look a lot older, especially the obvious sagging bags under his eyes, dark eyes, thin cheeks, and long-term lack of sleep at first glance, this scene can't help but remind people of the curse that has plagued the Yuan family for a hundred years.

Yuan Shikai glanced at the vacant seats around him, and sighed secretly in his heart, since he came out of the mountain this time, he had never seen a crowded dinner table. Seeing that he didn't speak, the old housekeeper knew that he was sad and hurriedly explained: "The aunts and wives all went to the theater to watch the play and said that they would not come back until the afternoon, and the young master and young lady also went out for something." ”

"Xingcheng sit down, after coming out this time, no one is willing to have a stable meal with me, an old man." Yuan Shikai beckoned Yang Shiqi to sit down, although it was a faint sentence, it was indescribable in the ears of others.

Looking at the ordinary home-cooked food on the table, Yang Shiqi didn't feel good in his heart, and there were many rumors outside recently that this person was not precious every day, no woman was not happy, and he was extravagant and hedonistic. But only those of them who have been around all the year round know that he is actually a very self-disciplined person. I get up at six o'clock every day, have breakfast at half past six, eat shredded chicken noodle soup for more than ten years, and eat lunch on time at half past eleven at noon. The recipe has been unchanged for a long time, and even the seat of the dish has not been moved! That's the kind of person you have. But being forced into such a situation by a gang of party members and Yang Qiu is really infuriating and hateful.

Seeing that he didn't move his chopsticks, Yuan Shikai asked, "What?" Xingcheng is also tired of eating these dishes? ”

Yang Shiqi hurriedly shook his head. sighed: "How can you get tired of being tired of your humble duties." It's just a little emotional. "Emotion?" Yuan Shikai's chopsticks stretched out to the duck, his habit of eating ducks is well known, and after putting it in his mouth, he chewed it slowly and said: "Today is clean without outsiders, Xingcheng might as well talk to me." ”

Yang Shiqi was aroused and said: "Since the training of the small station, the president led me to train hard day and night to finally get the elite soldiers of the six towns, and even the foreigners praised it with their thumbs. I don't know how long the Great War will last, and I don't know how many people will be left homeless! But at the end of the day?

We gave the Kuomintang a way to live, and Yansun (Liang Shiyi) even allocated nearly 10 million yuan to the Nanjing guards to disband the soldiers and maintain the operation of the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau and the government, but what about them? The soldiers were given severance pay of three silver oceans each, and the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau had not delivered a single bullet until now, and all of them were taken away and fed to their own army. What about the rest of the money?! Just such a small number of people, it costs more than a million dollars a month to do nothing, which is enough to feed tens of thousands of soldiers! What is even more shameful is that when they themselves are making a president, they will engage in the presidential system, and when you come, they will engage in the law and the Congress to set you up. The villain's behavior is shameless!

Last time Sun Wen came to Beijing, you were kind and comforting, and he was entrusted by the railway company, but what about him? The mouth full of cannons said that 200,000 miles of railways would be built, and a few days ago I was uneasy, so I sent someone to check the accounts of the railway company. Not an inch of roadbed was repaired, not to mention, millions of money were taken away from the books, and people went to Japan and have not returned ()! The more he spoke, the more excited he became, his eyes were a little red, and he held the bowl and whimpered: "That Yang Qiu has to inch in!" It doesn't matter if we take advantage of the war with the KMT, there are always such people in the chaos of the world, but it is clear that the central government has decided, but they have started a joint council of the three provinces by talking to themselves, and recently they have even said that they will change it to the Southwest United Council!

Twenty Xu is already a patrol envoy of the three provinces, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a very human minister, but he is still not greedy enough! Taking advantage of the fact that we have no time to take care of the southwest, not to mention the expedition, we also wrote a letter to cede all the west of Leizhou in Guangdong and tamper with the map of the province! What a big deal is this? This person's unkindness is rare in the world, and he kicked them out of the Kuomintang after using the Kuomintang to engage in the Kuomintang Socialist Party, and he scolded you every day for betraying the country for glory and colluding with foreigners, but he also mortgaged the salt tax in Sichuan to Germany, and in my opinion, the Hanchuan Railway must have been sold! What kind of special zone did you join hands with the United States to encircle the land in a big way, how similar is this to the Aobai after the Eight Banners entered the customs?! Sar? It's not another concession that has lost its power and humiliated the country! It's a shame that he still has the face to make people preach in the newspapers every day that it can promote business, and he also said that the tax revenue has increased by 30% in less than a year, but in fact, he doesn't want to make a lot of money to arm his little belongings? ”

Yuan Shikai also sighed when he heard this: "It's not, such a big country can't be managed by us alone, and the old man has also given up power, they are still there!" Now that the outside is unstable, how can we ourselves be at peace. ”

Yang Shiqi knew that he was asking about the unexpected battle in Xiangyang, and he knew about it before, if he could take Xiangyang, it would be okay, but now he is only barely holding the periphery of Xinxian County, and said: "The eleventh standard is indeed too reckless, Cao Kun is doing nonsense and has no king's law, Zhiquan has already sent a message to reprimand, but there is a sentence Shiqi still wants to say, although Zhao Bingjun and Duan Zhigui are not doing well in this matter, they are also dedicated to our Beiyang." ”

Knowing the news of the start of the battle in Xiangyang, Yuan Shikai did feel that something was wrong, because he failed to quickly control the whole country, and made many concessions for the sake of the overall situation, so that Yang Qiu had the opportunity to let go of the attack on the southwest, seeing that the national defense army was approaching step by step, those arrogant generals below were already faintly impatient, and through this incident, he also felt that the reins of Beiyang were to the point where they had to be tightened. But he couldn't get an idea of who to send, Wang Shizhen half retired, Feng Guozhang was unwilling to take command again, as for Duan Qirui, who was too upright, not to mention that he was also faintly connected in this matter, and he was afraid that sending him would only get more and more chaotic, so after thinking about it, he asked: "Xingcheng, what do you think of Chen Eun?" ”

Yang Shiqi understood what he meant. Beiyang is the time to participate in some fresh blood, said: "Although Er'an is young, he also has a faint demeanor of a general, in addition to the humble position also recommends the eleventh standard Wu Peifu, this person is arrogant and arrogant (). But there is also a real ability to fight, if it weren't for the arrival of Yang Qiu's reinforcements this time. It is still unknown who killed the deer in Xiangyang, and if he can be entrusted with a heavy task, he should be able to get a town of elite soldiers. ”

"Wu Xiucai I know this person, he has performed well in the hands of Cao San's fool over the years. It's just that although the three fools have had it, I'm afraid to move him. He wasn't done yet. Yang Shiqi said: "The humble position means that since Zhiquan and Chen Eun have both proposed to expand to ten towns and twenty-five mixed associations, then he might as well be transferred from the three towns to take charge of one town alone!" It's better to give him a chance and see if he can make it. ”

"Well, that's a good idea." Yuan Shikai nodded and was about to ask if there were any other candidates, when a figure suddenly flashed outside the door, and he saw Duan Zhigui, Zhao Bingjun and Yang Du already standing outside.

"Humph!" Yuan Shikai snorted coldly, put down the bowl and reprimanded: "I thought you were all shrunken turtles!" Do you think I'm too old to move you? Zhao Bingjun's face turned pale with fright, seeing that Lu Zhengxiang's position in the southwest was no longer guaranteed. If the old man was dissatisfied with himself and lost the position of prime minister at this moment because of his unauthorized attack on Xiangyang, it would be more than worth the loss, so he was too scared to speak.

He didn't speak, Duan Zhigui didn't dare to do it, the submissive appearance of the two made Yang Du sigh secretly in his heart, Beiyang is really not good! Xu Shichang avoided it, the dragon and dog didn't ask about the world, Duan Qirui was stubborn and self-serving, and although Yang Shiqi had a good mind, he was also smoothed out and became a nodding worm. Tang Shaoyi's departure is a heavy blow! Because after he left, no one in Beiyang understood the operation of the political party anymore, and no one dared to speak out, and now the last Lu Zhengxiang is about to leave. Who else can carry this burden?

Just like now, there is obviously a big event, but these two don't even dare to let out a fart, how can they become a big thing? Thinking of this, he could only stand up and say: "The president is slow to get angry, today is really important." ”

Yuan Shikai is most afraid of hearing the word "important matter" now, his hand trembled and almost spilled the soup in the bowl, fortunately, no one saw it far away, so he suppressed his shock, but this scene was still taken in by Yang Shiqi, and hurriedly asked instead: "Zhi'an, the president told me yesterday that he wanted you to be the new prime minister, why didn't you even take on any responsibility?" What the hell is going on? Could it be that Yang Qiu went to attack Guangdong? ”

As soon as he heard that Yuan Shikai had promised to be the new prime minister, the corners of Zhao Bingjun's eyebrows suddenly became a little more joyful, but when he thought of this, he suddenly lowered his eyelids, and the dozens of years old actually fell to the ground with a crying sound ().

Seeing him kneeling on the ground, Duan Zhigui, who was in cahoots with him, also knelt down, and these two blows startled Yuan Shikai, and he hurriedly got up with the support of the old housekeeper and asked, "What happened?" It has to be so. ”

Before the two of them could speak, there was a rush of footsteps behind them, and before he could see the person clearly, he had already knelt on the ground, and shouted nervously: "Daddy, something is wrong!" After Yang Qiu arrived in Shanghai yesterday, he talked with Song Jiaoren all night, this morning and this morning. ”

Seeing Yuan Keding who fell to the ground, Yuan Shikai became even more anxious, and he couldn't wait to kick it over, and said angrily: "What is this morning? Don't say it yet! ”

Yuan Keding saw that his father was angry, and hurriedly glanced at Zhao Bingjun, who took over the words and pretended to be nervous and shouted: "President, what kind of national cooperation agreement has he Yang Qiu and Song Jiaoren reached!" A press conference was held in Shanghai this morning, announcing that the two companies would join hands to participate in the general election! ”

Yuan Shikai still hadn't turned a corner, after all, he was not familiar with this kind of thing of party coming and going, so he hurriedly went to see Yang Du. The latter sighed again in his heart and arched his hand: "President, Yang Qiu and Song Jiaoren have reached an agreement to jointly run for election, which means that the Kuomintang and him have come together!" It is very likely that the two will join forces to win half of the seats in the National Assembly, so that according to the "Covenant Law", the Democratic Party and Yang Qiu can join forces to form a cabinet, and you have no right to interfere! ”

As soon as he heard that he couldn't interfere, Yuan Shikai was dumbfounded and asked, "Why can't even I interfere?" Am I not the president who can't put it on display? ”

Yang Du smiled bitterly, the meaning of political parties and cabinet formation is too lacking, and explained: "Since you have promised the "Covenant" to adopt the parliamentary system, then more than half of the political parties elected in the parliament can form a cabinet, that is to say. He glanced at Zhao Bingjun and continued: "Even if Zhi'an can be the prime minister, if the two families get half of the majority after the election, then they will be the prime minister!" ”

Hearing this, Yuan Shikai's body shook violently a few times, and Yuan Keding was so frightened that he got up and helped him (). Seeing this, Yang Du didn't want to say any more, but thinking that if he didn't say it at this moment, he was afraid that it would be worse later, so he simply gritted his teeth: "The "Covenant Law" stipulates the parliamentary system, and after controlling half of the parliament, not only can you get the position of prime minister, Li Yuanhong, the vice president, will be secured, and all the bills they want to pass can be easily passed, and even if the War Department wants to do something, it depends on their faces!" ”

"Daddy, they're going to put us to death! Think about it, if you want to charge more taxes in the future, you won't be able to add an extra battalion! As long as the two vetoes, no decree can be implemented! And once they take power, they can even start the impeachment of the president like the foreigners, which is to force you to go into the wilderness! Yuan Keding's words added fuel to the fire and made Yuan Shikai's face turn pale from red, he had worked hard for so long, and he had endured it until now, it was better for Yang Qiu to go to Shanghai to shake hands with Song Jiaoren.

What the is this!

Yuan Shikai was really flustered, his right hand trembled slightly, pointed at Yang Du and asked: "We can also connect with them, go to Zhang Jizhi, go to Liang Qichao, are we still afraid of them?" ”

Yang Du took a deep breath, this person who has played tricks and tricks all his life, but because he doesn't understand party politics, he was played around by others in the end, which is really cruel. But now it is useless, so he took out a letter from his pocket and shook his head: "President, it's too late!" This is the letter that Lu Zhengxiang entrusted me to bring to you, this time the two joined forces with him and he could not escape the blame, so he formally submitted his resignation, and he also reminded you that Zhang Jizhi and Liang Qichao may not want to take this opportunity to seize the second place in the Congress in one fell swoop, so it is impossible to talk about joining forces at all, and I hope that the president will prepare early. ”

Morning fart! The grief and anger in Yuan Shikai's heart all exploded, and he suddenly rushed to the table and lifted the table, the plates and bowls clinking and rolling to the ground, not to mention, because he used too much force, he shook his body a few times, and then his eyes turned black and he suddenly fell backwards.

"Daddy!"

"Great President!"