Gu Zhaozhen's final inference made Yu Zixun no longer interested in visiting the factory. So, under the pretense of being unwell, the visit to Tonghua Diesel Engine Factory stopped halfway. Fortunately, Yang Rui never advocated that the leader inspect the system, and the diesel engine factory is a commercial company, not a government department, and the factory has no reason to hold any welcome ceremony for a person who is not a customer, so the matter finally died down.

After the visit, when Yu Zixun was still thinking about countermeasures at the Longmen Inn in Tonghua New Town, an unexpected person knocked on Yu Zixun's door.

"May I ask your Excellency, ......" Yu Zixun was slightly surprised when he looked at a bearded man wearing a top hat and a Western-style dress standing at his door, he didn't think it was a Northeast beard, but only a guest in the store who had gone wrong-Tonghua is a big industrial city, and there are Western-style employees in Western-style clothes everywhere, and they are responsible for the foreign distribution of tractor factory products.

"Student Zhang Huanrong, it was Mr. Xiaomin who asked students to ......" Zhang Huanrong, who used to be the mayor of a city in Guannai, but later stepped down inexplicably, stood at the door and saluted Yu Zixun, for the revolutionary veterans, he was just a junior.

"Oh......," Yu Zixun remembered Cai Yuanpei's ominous telegram the day before yesterday, and immediately welcomed Zhang Huanrong in with a smile, and looked around with his spare eyes when he closed the door. "Yes......" After closing the door, Yu Zixun pointed at Zhang Huanrong, but he couldn't remember his words, Cai Yuanpei once mentioned this person when he was in Beijing, but it was a long time ago.

"Mr. Zixun, just call me Yinhua." Zhang Huanrong said, "It was Chief Qi who ordered the students to come......

Zhang Huanrong used to be a subordinate of Qi Qingyuan, the first captain of the Liaoxi guerrillas, and later, in order to save him, he was willing to marry Yang Rui as the wife of the village and married Qi Qingyuan, so he became Qi Qingyuan's brother-in-law. Of course, no one is involved in any kinship with the outside world, and revival will taboo this. He generally referred to Qi Qingyuan, who had become a general, as the commander of Qi.

"Good. Good. Yu Zixun understands the relationship between Qi Qingyuan and Cai Yuanpei, and also knows the relationship between Zhang Huanrong and Qi Qingyuan. He smiled and stroked Zhang Huanrong's shoulder and said with a smile: "Yinhua, Mr. Xiaomin often talks about yours, saying that you give up profit for the country, have merit and live in Fu, and have officials but do not do it, which is much more unscrupulous than some people at the moment." ”

"Hey! Mr. Zixun ...... "From Qi Qingyuan." Of course, Zhang Huanrong knew who was in front of him and what his position was, and he said bluntly: "Immeasurable head and immeasurable blood, but you can exchange it for a fake republic!" ”

Zhang Huanrong's boldness startled Yu Zixun, but he still held Zhang Huanrong's hand with both hands, and the pastor preached like a sermon: "Yin Hua, relax your mind, democracy is the general trend of the world, and China will one day achieve a republic." ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Huanrong nodded heavily, and he asked urgently: "Then how will the congress be decided this time?" Who will be the next Prime Minister? ”

"It's hard to say." Yu Zixun shook his head. "You know, we are not a democratic constitutional state, we are a constitutional monarchy, although the emperor has no power, but it is precisely because the emperor has no power that the power is concentrated in the prime minister, there is such a big prime minister, the peasant association's trick of controlling votes cannot be pierced. Now. In order to continue to consolidate its position, some people have thrown out the theory of the US threat. This time, even if he is not re-elected, Mr. Hua Feng will be the prime minister......"

"Mr. Hua Feng......" Yu Zixun, who is at the top level, is naturally very aware of the internal relations and respective struggles of the Standing Committee, but the outside world knows nothing about this. In the eyes of the people, even Cai Yuanpei in Shimono did not succeed to the second school secretary because he was more interested in learning than being an official. Xu Huafeng is not noticed except for people related to industry. Now hearing that he is going to become prime minister, Zhang Huanrong is a little stunned.

"Although the government advocates the revitalization of agriculture, it is actually for the construction of large industries. Mr. Hua Feng is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, so he will naturally support ...... after his two terms. In all probability...... He will also let the Inspectorate vote for himself to be prime minister again. Yu Zixun didn't say Yang Rui's real name, but replaced it with a short pause, but as Zhang Huanrong, who is in the same position, it is not difficult to understand.

"I understand, this is our two-person turn in the Northeast, and I still refuse to step down!" Zhang Huanrong despised this kind of trick, "Revitalizing agriculture or something, I knew it was fake in the year of the land reform, this is to ask the peasants to send him to the top with blood and sweat, and then buy the peasants from the landlord's land, if it weren't for the fact that Europe made so much money, this trick would be unplayable sooner or later." Zhang Huanrong said. The more prosperous the economy, the more blindly the people follow, hey......"

"Prosperity is only the central court, and it has nothing to do with local governments." Yu Zixun said, "We are different from the United States, and local rights are not weak, but they are simply none. The theory of Yin'an Palace is that if you want to govern the country, you must first centralize power, and it is called the construction of Greater China, but they just don't say that this China was actually invented 20 years ago by Liang Qichao, who is still in exile in Paris. Well, Yin Hua. These are the realities we are facing, and we should not forget the republican faith in our hearts. Now that I'm in Tonghua, how did you arrange this? ”

"Chief Qi asked me to pick up Mr., and the car is right below." Zhang Huanrong said.

Looking at the darkening weather outside, Yu Zixun said, "Where is this going, going to Shenyang?" Will it be seen? ”

"Mr. don't worry, after taking the elevator down to the hall, the electric switch will be closed, no one will notice that Mr. has left the inn, tomorrow morning at six o'clock in the lobby routine shift change, we will arrange for some people to check out in a hurry, and no one will notice that Mr. comes back from outside." Zhang Huanrong said, obviously, he arranged everything before he came.

"So where are we going?" Yu Zixun couldn't help but nodded, but he still didn't know where to go.

"It's near Tonghua, about half an hour's drive." Zhang Huanrong looked at his watch, and then said.

"Okay, then I'll ......" Yu Zixun turned around, not knowing what to take and what not to take, although he had already known that Cai Yuanpei and Qi Qingyuan had an unusual relationship, but now when he had to face Admiral Qi Qingyuan, the key force to achieve the republic, there was an indescribable nervousness. Fortunately, Zhang Huanrong was not in a hurry about this, and the two of them went out only after Yu Zixun was dressed.

A Westernized element who was regarded as a heretic by Yang Rui and did not expel himself for the sake of being a veteran of the revolution and having contributed to the revolution, and Qi Qingyuan, one of the three generals of the Renaissance Army and holding the power of the army, met privately, no matter what they talked about, it was a big rebellion. Therefore, the whole meeting arrangement was extremely tight, and it was seamless from the beginning of the Dragon Gate Inn. The meeting place was chosen in a military factory in the southwest of Tonghua New Town, which had long since ceased operation. Dressed in civilian clothes but obviously a military guard, holding a submachine gun developed by drawing on the experience of the European war, guarding the open and dark sentry, on the cement road in the factory, there is a military version of the Phoenix passenger plane, I don't know that this is Qi Qingyuan when he came. There is still a tool for emergency evacuation in case of an accident.

Yu Zixun obviously did not understand the interior and exterior layout of the military factory, he was not a soldier, just a businessman, and now, he was just a dissident.

"Teacher......" Qi Qingyuan stood outside the former office building of the factory without a frame and waited for Yu Zixun, and when he saw the car arrive, he stepped forward and pulled the car door and helped Yu Zixun out. However, Yu Zixun has not yet spoken. The first gallop ran to the side and vomited - when he left the city, in order to shake off the non-existent tail, the driver went around several times, and he drove extremely fast.

"What are you going to do!" Qi Qingyuan patted Yu Zixun on the back while getting angry at his brother-in-law Zhang Huanrong.

"Brother-in-law......" Yu Zixun vomited in the car, Zhang Huanrong knew that he was not doing well, but there was no way to do it.

"Alright...... I'm fine......" After pouring a sip of water, Yu Zixun finally relieved. Only then did he have the strength to look at Qi Qingyuan by the light of the Qi Death Wind Lantern next to him. He has just turned forty this year, which is the most resolute age for men. A general's military uniform looks even more heroic when worn on the body. Yu Zixun naturally patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'm afraid Qingyuan and I haven't seen each other for ten years." Hey, what you've accomplished today. The teachers are a little afraid to admit it! ”

"No matter what the student becomes, the teacher will always be the teacher of the student! Qingyuan has long wanted to see the teacher, but ......" Qi Qingyuan said with a wry smile, after the founding of the country, Yu Zixun's position in the meeting was extremely embarrassing, and he was a general, so he never dared to visit the meeting. Only symbolically send some congratulatory gifts within the specified limits on the occasion of birthday.

"It's okay, it's okay." Yu Zixun said with relief. As one of the teachers of the Patriotic Society, he understood how these students felt about him, and although he had helped the League during his time in Xinhai, many students did not care. Obviously, they did not know that the Furen Cultural Society was also a branch of the Renaissance Society, and only thought that it was another revolutionary force, and that Liangguang was not the sphere of influence of the Renaissance Society. "As a general, your responsibility is to defend your home and country, you have done a good job, without you, the Northeast really can't hold it!"

Yu Zixun's praise made Qi Qingyuan's heart warm. After the friendship between China and Japan, the tragic Sino-Japanese War was deliberately skipped so lightly, and the stimulation of the European War and the Northwest War made it seem as if there had never been a war in the second year of Shenwu. There is also the exploits of the reconstruction army of the Russo-Japanese War, which was also deliberately hidden by the Department of Culture and Propaganda of the Ministry of Rites, and in the new middle school textbook, the battle of Xiongyue City did not appear at all.

"The teacher still remembers the past exploits of the soldiers, but some of them have forgotten all of them." Qi Qingyuan sighed after being excited, and said that he invited Yu Zixun to meet the office building.

Qi Qingyuan and Yu Zixun were chatting in the innermost room on the first floor, which may have been the former reference room, and when they moved, people did not mind handing over scattered documents and signs on the previous walls, and the wires on the walls and ceilings were not removed, only the lampholders for the lights were removed. Under the light of the lantern and the already blazing fire, Yu Zixun saw thin wires and cobwebs woven together, indescribably dilapidated.

"This is the No. 1 arsenal before the uprising, and the ammunition and guns of the entire Liaodong team at that time relied on it for supplies. After Xinhai, it was relocated to Tonghua Industrial Zone, and in the past few years, there were still people guarding it, and they were going to use it as a sawmill, and then they said that they wanted to protect the forest, and the wooden handlers have also made a fortune over the years, or they have become the owner of the farm to raise money to set up an oil mill, and no one cares. "A cleaned table with a thick layer of newspaper, a stew pot with charcoal on it, vegetables and wine next to it, and only two pairs of chopsticks, apparently, there were only two people at the meal today.

"Teacher, please take a seat." Qi Qingyuan said again. He opened the lid of the stew pot, and a strong fragrance rushed to his mouth and nose, and inside the pot was chicken stewed mushrooms, a famous dish in the Northeast. Yu Zixun didn't eat before he came, he just ate, and he almost vomited on the way, at this time, he couldn't help but move his index finger when he smelled this strong fragrance, and he was not polite at the moment, and let Qi Qingyuan pour soup and wine for himself. After drinking a few sips of thick soup, and then two glasses of wine with Qi Qingyuan, the conversation box opened.

"At first, the revolution thought it was a good thing, but the more revolutionary it was, the more authoritarian it became. Ten years ago, everything was said in the newspapers, but now no matter which newspaper has to be careful not to violate the rules. Teacher, is this the fate of China? Qi Qingyuan asked.

"According to the theory, the primary task of the revolution is to establish an organization that is more authoritarian than the enemy, otherwise the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the revolution has no chance of success. Although the autocratic revolutionary government is also autocratic at home, unlike the previous government, the government is tough externally, if not tough, it is also slippery, and the previous two governments have well illustrated this point.

For example, after the founding of the country, the unity of the country was maintained, a large amount of foreign exchange was earned during the war in Europe, and it sided with the Entente at a critical time, providing the status of the country, and the construction that is being carried out now. These are things that can only be done by a revolutionary autocracy, and by other democracies. But the price we pay is no freedom of speech, no puppet parliament, and no end of corruption...... And all that. Under Qi Qingyuan's gaze, Yu Zixun's views were actually in favor of autocracy, which couldn't help but make people stunned.

But soon, Yu Zixun came up with his unique point of view"...... But like the wartime system, it is only necessary in wartime, and once the war is over, it must return to normalcy. The Harding presidential election in the United States used this as a slogan. Thus winning the presidential election. This is also the problem we face today, after the success of the revolution. We are facing one war after another, and we must have an appropriate autocracy to gain a foothold and develop, but now that the war is over, and new treaties have been signed with the countries of Europe, Russia, the United States, and Japan, it can be said that there will be no major changes in diplomacy for more than a decade. At this time, there should be no more autocracy, and the puppet policy of fooling the people and manipulating the peasant associations should be stopped immediately. ”

The point of view finally turned to the side of his hope, Qi Qingyuan's hanging heart finally let go, he exhaled unnoticedly, and then poured Yu Zixun wine. Said: "I will give the teacher a cup again, there is a way that if there is no money, there is no gun, and if there is no pay, there is no soldier." If it weren't for the fact that the teacher had been sitting overseas and raising huge sums of money, we would have been scared and tossed in the ravines and ravines, and the revolution really didn't know what would have been successful. Qi Qingyuan finished talking and did it himself, although Yu Zixun felt that the truth was not as he said, but it was difficult to argue, and he also raised his head and dried up the wine in the cup.

Beckoning Yu Zixun to eat again, and then pouring the wine full, Qi Qingyuan said: "Teacher, this time the prime minister is said to still not be replaced?" ”

"Hmm." Yu Zixun nodded solemnly, "Some people are used to sitting in the position of prime minister and don't want to come down anymore." Not only did they not want to come down, but they also took the United States as their enemy and came up with an American threat theory......"

"The American threat?" Qi Qingyuan suddenly laughed, if he said that the theory of the Russian threat and the British and French threats he also admitted, it would be outrageous to say that the United States. "The United States is separated from us by the vast Pacific Ocean, and if he can threaten Japan, how can he threaten us? Besides, during the war in Europe, the American soldiers were more than brave and lacked quality, and after the war, they dismantled all their troops, unlike us, and laid off a lot, but at least 25 divisions were left, although a small half of them were shelf divisions, but there were actually nine armored divisions. If the Americans want to threaten us, how many people will he have to die to hit Beijing? ”

"But some people emphasize that because our workers' wages are low, the cost of product production is lower than that of the United States, and commercial competition will eventually lead to hostility between China and the United States...... Yu Zixun's military is a short board, after Gu Zhaozhen deduced that the cost advantage of Chinese manufacturing will be fully reflected in 15 years, he has been thinking about whether this will really provoke a war between China and the United States, and now seeing Qi Qingyuan refute the American threat theory, he immediately asked.

"But how much does it cost to fight a life-and-death battle with a big country?" Qi Qingyuan asked rhetorically: "Northeast soybeans sell well all over the world, but that was also wartime, once the war in Europe is over, tariffs will be raised again." For example, in the United States, soybeans in the Northeast are now in, and it is reported that the Americans themselves are growing soybeans. Teacher, those who advocate the American threat theory must be people with ulterior motives, when will the foreigners give us a chance to compete fairly? They have colonies and spheres of influence, and as long as they raise tariffs, not to mention that our goods will cost money, and even if they don't have capital, they will make them more expensive than anything else. ”

Having been in the Northeast for more than ten years, Qi Qingyuan knows a lot about the soybean business, and he can't help but use the soybean trade to trade industrial products. What he said was also very reasonable, which made Yu Zixun's worries slightly relaxed, and he smiled: "It's true, even now, we are only second-class people in the eyes of the white race." ”

"Teacher, what if the next prime minister remains unchanged? Will that change next time? Qi Qingyuan asked again.

"The next session will not change, and it will not change for the next twenty years!" Yu Zixun said in a deep voice.

"Ahh Qi Qingyuan was startled, "What's the matter with Mr. Xiaomin...... Why don't you ......, there are others ......"

"Although Mr. Xiao Min is a member of the Standing Committee. But he was too weak to convince others to oppose the matter. And the reason why this is so is because some people judge that the United States will have a war against us. Yu Zixun smiled bitterly: "The reason why Mr. Xiaomin had a car accident and the reason why I came to Tonghua is to verify whether this statement is true." ”

"Is that true?" Qi Qingyuan asked. After Cai Yuanpei's car accident, he sent someone to send a thousand-year-old mountain ginseng, only knowing that the car accident was an accident. I didn't expect it, but it was a big deal.

"Some of the things are real, and the cars we make are really cheaper than those made in the United States." Yu Zixun said, "But it's really hard to say the past to start a war just because of this." As you said, if the U.S. raises tariffs and other countries raise tariffs, it will be difficult to compete with domestic goods that people don't want tariffs, no matter how much they have a cost advantage.

Now Tonghua cars are selling well because the market demand for vehicles is getting bigger and bigger year by year, and it is said that five years later. The world's automobile production is to double to four million, and the vast majority of it is made in the United States. Although Tonghua has an output of 450,000 units, it only accounts for 10 percent at most, and many of the cars we produce are sold domestically, and some are sold to other countries, and not all of them may be exported to the United States. ”

"The teacher is absolutely right, the US threat must be a coercion." Qi Qingyuan nodded deeply. "But what are we going to do?"

"I have written a report and will hand it over to Mr. Xiao Min when I go back. He will use this at the Politburo meeting to refute the American threat theory. Yu Zixun said. If the American threat theory is false, re-election is impossible; If re-election is impossible, local self-government will be successful, and a true republican ...... will be achieved."

"Does local autonomy mean that in the future, the provincial governor will no longer be appointed by Beijing, but will be chosen by the provincial Inspectorate?" Qi Qingyuan said.

This means that the magistrates will no longer be appointed by the central government, and the peasant associations will be reorganized. The vagrants, prisoners, and thieves recruited for the revolution would be purged from the peasant associations, and of course, the government would give them a generous pension to prevent them from making trouble. "Yu Zixun understands very well the essence of the peasant association, that is, the institution that recruits hooligans to suppress the good people, and then coerces the good people to exploit the landlords. The more the revolution is in trouble. The more people in the peasant associations did evil, the best way to deal with them was to release the military power by the glass. "Qingyuan, no matter how you deal with it, if you want these people to give up their real power, you still have to have the assistance of the army, and this depends on the support of you, Yizhen, Zhou Marrow and others."

"Teacher, does this really work?" Qi Qingyuan was obviously not satisfied with the method proposed by Yu Zixun, he said: "Look at Yunnan and Liangguang from afar, and look at Beiyang from close. It is not possible to only think of a way politically, and the result will only be another Wu Shouqing (Lu Zhen), who will be sent to the German submarine to borrow a knife to kill people. ”

"Qingyuan, don't use your brains!" Yu Zixun said with a straight face, and he suddenly found that Qi Qingyuan and his thinking were different. "The country has been stabilized, and the violent seizure of power will only lead to unimaginable consequences!"

"Teacher, don't forget that power comes out of the barrel of a gun!" Qi Qingyuan forcibly suppressed his excitement and felt very aggrieved, "If you can't fully grasp the situation at the first time, then the matter will never succeed." His prestige is too great now, and there is no hope for Wendou; Besides, what we want is only to persuade us to quit, not to kill people, and you or Mr. Xiaomin can be prime minister when the time comes. The teacher has been in the United States for many years and has traveled extensively, so I will definitely support the ...... of other countries."

"No way!" Yu Zixun objected again. "No use of force, at least not first, that's the most basic principle, if not, then how can you guarantee that the government after that won't be autocratic? We overthrew the Manchus by force and did not fulfill the democratic republic, so you want to seize power by force? But who can prove that a government established after the seizure of power by force can be democratic? Never forget that we are looking for freedom and democracy, and since that is the case, we cannot create more tyrants just because we oppose one tyrant! ”

After Yu Zixun surfaced his position, Qi Qingyuan completely wilted, and he realized that Mr. Zixun, who had been in the United States for more than ten years, thought so. But what kind of person is Yang Rui, he claims to know better than anyone else that it is absolutely impossible to get him out of power in the form of political fighting!

After sending Yu Zixun off early the next morning, Zhang Huanrong rushed over and asked, "Brother-in-law, Mr. Zixun ...... last night?"

"It's all in vain." Qi Qingyuan hung a cigarette in his mouth, with a disdainful expression. "It seems that this Guan Fujin can't be saved......"

"If you can't keep it, you can't keep it, he made it up to smuggle soybeans in the first place, this kind of person is insatiable, and he deserves to die!" Zhang Huanrong said.

"It's easy to say, if he can't keep your brother-in-law, I can keep it?!" Qi Qingyuan excitedly threw the cigarette from his mouth, pointed at Zhang Huanrong's nose and said loudly, and then pointed at himself. "I can't keep your brother-in-law, and your ideal of a democratic republic can be realized? It's really milky and undry, how can politics be as innocent as you think. After saying these words, he sat back and said, "Blame me for ...... at the time, hey, a mistake has to make ten mistakes to cover up, and ten mistakes have to make a hundred more mistakes to block, so rolling down like a snowball, after all, one day it will be a rebellion......"

"I won't go all the way with you if you rebel." Zhang Huanrong insisted. In his eyes, although Qi Qingyuan is a brother-in-law, his concept is different in the end, and it is just a temporary cooperation.

"You have ideals and morals!" Qi Qingyuan scolded, "Your sister is also clever enough, why are you so stupid?" ”

Qi Qingyuan scolded Zhang Huanrong as if he didn't see it, and he asked anxiously, "What does Mr. Zixun mean?" ”

"What does Mr. Zixun mean," Qi Qingyuan laughed, "He means that the use ......of force is not allowed, even if he doesn't kill people, he can't just put him under house arrest." ”

"That ......" Zhang Huanrong was not surprised by this, but thinking of the inspectorate who was getting closer and tighter, he turned to a harmonious voice: "Then that incident..., then what should you do?" ”

"Me? Hehe......" Qi Qingyuan smiled: "Do you think there is a grasshopper on the rope?" When he said this, he smiled sadly, lit a cigarette and said, "What else can I do, the strong man has broken his wrist." (To be continued......)