Beiyang reactionaries

"Yes. This incident happened too suddenly. We have decided on the grand strategy. The specific plan should be made by the comrades on the front line first."

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"That's unreasonable. Duan Xun is too much. He wants to be Yuan Shikai's second, he wants to be emperor. Yang Xinye (Yang Wei) is from the old revolutionary party, but now he has become Duan Xun's accomplice. The scum of our revolutionary party."

Hu Hanmin was furious.

Very angry, angry hands trembling.Hu Hanmin and the others just came back from the congressional election reform meeting, and they were full of anger.Hu Hanmin and the others went north to Beijing this time to participate in the reform meeting of the Congress, but it has never been smooth.

"Look, look. Yu Zhongying, the butcher, has recently turned upside down in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui regions, killing a lot of people. Isn't it just reselling some grain? Even the Qing government would not do such a thing, but Duan Xun was unscrupulous. He arrested so many grain merchants, shot so many people, and confiscated so much money and land. It is simply an act of robbers. According to our preliminary understanding, Yu Zhongying confiscated more than 500 acres of cultivated land during his stay in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. [-] mu. But Yu Zhongying doesn't seem to want to stop at all, how can this be done."

Yu Zhongying is indeed very smart.

After Tang Shizun called Yu Zhongying, Yu Zhongying really involved a lot of people.The price of grain purchased by the government was too low, and many landlords secretly hid grain and sold it to grain merchants.

Yu Zhongying really handled everything.

Therefore, the confrontation became more and more intense, and the casualties increased sharply.Because Yu Zhongying made too much noise, the Hubei and Hunan regions are also investigating this matter, but the influence is far less than that of Yu Zhongying.

However, this kind of thing makes many people dissatisfied.Including those representatives who came to the Congressional election reform meeting this time, they are even more dissatisfied with this matter.

Protest a lot.

But Yang Wei completely ignored it.

"Cousin Zhan (Hu Hanmin), be safe and don't be impatient."

Wang Jingwei asked Hu Hanmin to calm down.

In fact, since Duan Xun came to Beijing to suppress the KMT, the KMT's strength has been greatly reduced.First of all, the armed forces previously owned by the Kuomintang were all dismantled by Duan Xun, and even the military department suppressed Kuomintang officers intentionally or unintentionally.If you are still a member of the Kuomintang, then the military department will consider later in promotion.As for those young officers, the military department tried their best to win them over and let them withdraw from the Kuomintang.It is to prevent the Kuomintang from controlling the strength of the army.

There are also other members of the Kuomintang, and more and more people are quitting the party.Many powerful factions joined the Kuomintang for their political future.But the decline of the Kuomintang, coupled with Duan Xun's suppression, they have been unable to bring them more political future, so of course they left one after another.Then Duan Xun far surpassed the Kuomintang in competing for young students.The Kuomintang has shrunk a lot in recent years, and it no longer has much influence among young students.

In comparison, the popularity of the People's Party has soared.Duan Xun originally attached the most importance to students and the army. The first establishment of the People's Party was the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Students, which mainly did work for students and soldiers.In recent years, women's departments and workers' departments have been successively established.In terms of momentum, the Kuomintang does not know how much it has declined.

But as the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. After all, the Kuomintang was developed by the largest revolutionary party alliance in the late Qing Dynasty.Many famous revolutionary parties in the late Qing Dynasty are still among the Kuomintang.

For example, Wang Jingwei's assassination of the regent was a real sensation throughout the country.The sentence he wrote in prison, "Success with a sword, live up to the boy's head" has inspired many young students.There is also the "Minbao" founded by the Kuomintang, which is also quite well-known in the field of propaganda.

Therefore, many KMT members also participated as local representatives in the congressional election reform held in Beijing.Wang Jingwei, Hu Hanmin, and Liao Zhongkai all participated.

"How can I be calm?"

Hu Hanmin has a big temper.

But it is.

Hu Hanmin was a big man in his early years, and he was the governor of Guangdong during the Revolution of [-].But now it is only a representative, and opinions are of no consequence.

The gap is too big.

Moreover, Duan Xun's centralization of power is getting stronger and stronger, which makes Hu Hanmin dissatisfied.In Hu Hanmin's view, there is no difference between Duan Xun and Yuan Shikai, except that Duan Xun is more brilliant than Yuan Shikai.

If the current situation continues, Duan Xun must be the next Yuan Shikai.

"Look, Yang Xinye keeps making a lot of unreasonable things. Everyone quarrels and quarrels, but it has not been resolved. But these discussions have no results, so Yang Xinye will act as the temporary chairman of the Senate. Refusing to conduct national elections for members of Congress. What does this mean? Yang Xinye intends to continue to regard the Provisional Senate as the highest legislative body in the country. But what is the Provisional Senate? The people in it are all Duan Xun’s people. I listened to Duan Xun. Whatever Duan Xun wanted to do, the Provisional Senate would pass it, and would not reject it at all. Which one of the things Duan Xun wanted to do in the past few years, had the Provisional Senate rejected? The Provisional Senate has completely become Duan Xun himself The subordinates, how can we go on like this? How will the power of the Congress be manifested. "

Hu Hanmin immediately lost his temper.

Facing Wang Jingwei and Liao Zhongkai, he said, "Tell me, what is the Congress? The Congress is to restrict people like Duan Xun. But now Yang Xinye has been using various excuses to refuse to restore the Congress, isn't it just to not limit Duan Xun's power? Is it? Duan Xun is now controlling the army while tidying up the local government and developing the People's Party organization. If left unchecked, the People's Party under Duan Xun will set up county party departments all over the country, and it is said that township party departments will also be established in towns , then in the future parliamentary elections, all the members will also come from the People's Party. According to the current development, there is no party in our country that can confront the People's Party. At that time, what is the use of the restoration of the Congress. The Congress still has to listen to Duan Xun .So what's the point of restoring Congress?"

"Cousin Zhan, sit down, sit down. Drink some water first."

Wang Jingwei pulled Hu Hanmin and handed him a teacup.Seeing Hu Hanmin sitting down, Wang Jingwei also sighed and said, "Then what do you think? At present, Yang Xinye has a lot of excuses and has been refusing to resume the parliamentary election. Brother Zhong Kai, you can also talk about it. What is Yang Xinye thinking?" ?”

"What's the point? I don't want to restore the National Assembly. Let the cabinet continue to centralize power. Duan Xun wants to be the second Yuan Shikai, he wants to be the emperor."

Liao Zhongkai didn't speak, but Hu Hanmin stood up again and had already spoken.

Wang Jingwei ignored Hu Hanmin.Because Hu Hanmin's temper has become more and more anxious in recent years, he looked at Liao Zhongkai.Liao Zhongkai smiled bitterly: "In my opinion, there is only one reason."

"what?"

"Congress reform, this is what Duan Xun wants to do. But there is too much resistance, so he drags everyone in the name of reforming congressional elections every day. We can't bear it until we can't bear it, and force us to accept it. Of course, if we don't accept it, Duan Xun won't either. Loss. Because Duan Xun can use this excuse to delay the election of members of Congress, and treat the provisional Senate as the highest legislative body.”

Liao Zhongkai spoke in a low voice.

Wang Jingwei frowned and said, "According to Brother Zhongkai, there are only two ways we can go now. Either we accept Yang Xinye's (Yang Wei) proposed reform of the qualifications for election of members of Congress, or we drag it all the way and let the cabinet continue to retain the provisional Senate. .”

"Yes."

Liao Zhongkai nodded and said: "Right now, Yang Xinye is giving us these two paths. Either choose to pass his plan, or see the temporary Senate continue to exist."

"What do you think?"

"The lesser of two evils."

"Which end is light, which end is heavy."

Wang Jingwei continued to ask Liao Zhongkai.Liao Zhongkai said earnestly: "The issue of election eligibility is actually not that important. It's just that some people hold it. Men think that women should not have the right to vote and be elected. Those scholars think that illiterates are not eligible to participate in elections. Those rich people think that poor people have no right to vote. Eligibility to participate in elections. In fact, they are all useless things. On the contrary, I think the reform proposed by Yang Xinye is very good. Compared with the problem of Congress, it is a big problem. No matter how Congress is elected, Congress must exist. As long as the Congress exists, the power of the cabinet and Duan Xun can be limited. Otherwise, the cabinet has too much power, and Duan Xun has too much power. The current situation is that Duan Xun can do whatever he wants, and what the cabinet wants to pass The law can pass any law. I think the same as my cousin Zhan (Hu Hanmin). If this continues, I worry that Duan Xun will become Yuan Shikai's second. Duan Xun has done a good job these years. It is also the most stable time. If Duan Xun is like Yuan Shikai, if there is another storm of restoration in our country, it will be difficult to deal with it, and it will also affect the current good situation in our country. If there is a parliament, then at least the power of the cabinet can be limited. Don’t let the cabinet have too much power.”

Liao Zhongkai is still affirmative of Duan Xun's ruling in recent years.But Liao Zhongkai is also worried, worried that if the current situation continues, Duan Xun will follow Yuan Shikai's old path.

"Well, I think so too."

Wang Jingwei nodded.

Turning to Hu Hanmin, he said, "Cousin Zhan, what's your opinion?"

"I support."

Hu Hanmin said angrily: "The functions of the Congress must be restored as soon as possible."

"Okay. Then I will talk to other local representatives and persuade everyone to accept the current reform plan. Complete the selection of members of Congress as soon as possible and end the current provisional Senate."

Wang Jingwei had already stood up.

"Okay, let's find other representatives separately."

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"General Cui, let me tell you what we think."

"Director Ge, you have more experience in fighting than any of us. Many of our officers are your students, even we have also listened to your classes."

The unrest in North Korea is getting worse.

The demonstrations started from North Korean mining workers, and then spread to students, citizens, and even many farmers on the Korean peninsula.Things are getting bigger and bigger, and Japan is also very nervous.Worried about something like the Korean Independence Movement in 1919. At that time, 200 million people participated in the anti-Japanese movement and swept the entire Korean peninsula.If it was Japan in the past, it was really not afraid of these.For those unarmed civilians, it is impossible to defeat soldiers in the era of hot weapons.In front of the guns of the army, more people are useless.