[Republic of China] The paradise of rebirth

In June of the Bingchen year, 1916 AD, Yuan Shikai breathed his last breath in Zhongnanhai. Because his act of proclaiming himself emperor was opposed by most Beiyang soldiers; Successive declarations of independence.

Yuan Shikai's imperial system was opposed by the masses and failed, and then lost the support of the people, so Yuan Shikai had to announce the cancellation of the imperial title in March, but because of his behavior of proclaiming himself emperor, he could not continue to be the president.

Under the two major blows, coupled with Yuan Shikai's physical problems, he died of illness in Zhongnanhai on June [-], before he could step down from the post of President.

After the news of Yuan Shikai's death reached the second master, the second master shut himself in the room for a whole day and saw no one but me. I left my son in the garden owner's yard and sat with the second master. all day.

Although he knew that Yuan Shikai would not survive this summer, the second master still couldn't hide his grief when he actually received the news. After all, when he was young in the past two lives, Yuan Shikai really loved and spoiled the second master.

It's just that as the second master grew up, the pure family affection disappeared, and everything had to involve interests and power. To get his father's appreciation, it was no longer just a matter of reading a good book or performing well.

It was only by getting acquainted with the children of the powerful and powerful, or by negotiating a business, that they could get Yuan Shikai's favor; Grandpa has been living independently.

The second master thought that a new life might improve the relationship between him and Yuan Shikai's father and son, but who would have thought that he would go the old way, and the father and son were strangers, until Yuan Shikai died, and the second master never went back to Yuan's house again.

As soon as Yuan Shikai died, the Beiyang Army began to fall apart just like in the previous life. The warlords of various departments supported themselves and refused to obey each other.

It didn't take long for the country to be in turmoil, and only the Shanghai Concession was not affected. Feng Guozhang of the Zhili line and Duan Qirui of the Anhui lineage had different ideas; Feng Guozhang advocated peace talks between the North and the South, but Duan Qirui wanted to unify by force.

Feng Guozhang originally wanted to use the power of Japan, but Chang Shu died suddenly in Shanghai for no reason. Therefore, Feng Guozhang finally relied on the power of Britain and the United States to lead the Zhili warlords to occupy Zhili and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The second master knew that Duan Qirui also planned to use the power of Japan, but he blocked it. In the last generation, the support forces of the Anhui, Feng and Jin families all came from Japan, which led to the growing power of the Japanese warlords.

Therefore, the second master wanted to cut off the wings of the Japanese warlords this time. He held the Anhui Faction in his hands, but in the Zhiwan War, the Anhui Faction would lose to Zhi; and at this time, Zhang Zuolin was already the governor and governor of Fengtian Province. Take power in Fengtian Province.

Among the Anhui, Feng and Jin factions, Er Ye was sure to control the Anhui and Jin factions, leaving only the Feng faction in contact with the Japanese.But next year will be the year of Ding Si, and the second master must find a way to prevent Zhang Xun from restoring.

Therefore, after the second master spent one day mourning Yuan Shikai, he cheered up the next day and began to be busy with the next work. Then the warlords of various factions repeatedly clashed, and the Zhiwan War was followed by the Zhifeng War, which made the country turbulent.

"Han Yun, is it feasible to get rid of Feng Guozhang?" I asked, the second master put down the letter in his hand, and was surprised by my question, "In addition to Feng Guozhang, there are also Cao Kun, Wu Peifu and others in the direct lineage. Endless."

"Besides, in this world, even if they are really killed, others will replace them. It's better to keep these people. At least we have an idea of ​​what they will do next."

I understand what Er Ye meant, no wonder he didn't want to attack Feng Guozhang after that. In fact, what Er Ye said made sense, now that it's a troubled time, there are many people who want to take the opportunity to replace him.

If we attack Feng Guozhang and others, it will give other people an opportunity to take advantage of it. If the warlords of various factions really change their leaders, we have no idea what their plans are or what decisions they will make.

Instead of needing to closely monitor the new leader, it is better to keep those from the previous life, at least the next big event, we know what to do if we want to save or change.

So I won't bring up this matter again. The Second Lord recently contacted his contacts in the Beiyang Army, and soon he planned to leave for Beijing to attend Yuan Shikai's funeral.

Naturally, my sons and I stayed in Shanghai. After all, the journey was far away, and the trip might be dangerous, so the second master refused to let us go, and only brought Yuan Qi and a few guards with us.

It didn't take long for the second master to leave Shanghai. The fifth master originally planned to go with him, but the second master also stayed behind. Firstly, the status of the fifth master was more embarrassing than the second master; secondly, their business couldn't be left alone.

Since the second master took Yuan Qi away, I helped the second master manage the shop and share Xiao Dongzi's work.The eldest son is almost six years old this year, and the younger son is also four years old, so taking care of him is much less worrying than before.

The two sons are talented, and the second master invited a husband to teach the son to read and write, and also invited a foreigner to teach the child foreign language. At first, I was afraid that the two children would not be able to bear it, but I did not expect them to absorb it very quickly. They are not tired at all. complain.

So during the day, I was happy and relaxed, leaving my son to the two gentlemen, and then took the opportunity to enter Taoyuan to replenish the goods needed by the shop, and also sort out the food or medicinal materials in Taoyuan by the way.

After the second master left Shanghai, besides going to Taoyuan, I had to take time to visit his shop, and I also needed to pay close attention to the monthly audit, so I have become much busier these days.

Today, after I finished counting the goods in Taoyuan, I planned to go to the second master's shop to have a look. I just walked out of the mansion when I found the figure of the street corner boy, sneaking around the wall, I don't know what he was planning.

Xiao Guan seemed surprised when he saw me, his eyes widened, obviously he recognized who I was, I thought about it, and walked towards him, "What are you doing here?"

"You are Du Qingyi." Xiao Guan said in a positive tone, I nodded, since he has recognized me, it is useless for me to deny it, but my appearance has not changed much, and it is nothing if he wants to recognize me Difficult.

This is the first time Xiaoguan and I have faced each other face to face. I felt a little embarrassed that he was my substitute and entered the Yuan Mansion instead of me, so I asked: "It's a little distance from the small courtyard where you live, why don't you come here?" Are you looking for someone here?"

"Do you know where I live?" Xiao Guan looked at me in surprise upon hearing this, and I nodded. Is it strange to know where he lives?Is it necessary to react so much?

"Brother Yuan told you what?" Xiaowan asked in a low voice, I thought about it, and told him honestly, "Once I bumped into you on the street, and accidentally found out where you live."

"So Brother Yuan didn't mention me?" Xiao Guan asked, biting her lip and wringing her fingers.

"What did he mention you for? You haven't said what you're doing sneaking around outside our house." I frowned slightly. Could this young lady be looking for Yuan Qi?

"I came to see Big Brother Yuan. He promised me that he would accompany me to the streets yesterday, but I waited at home all day, but I didn't see him, so I just wanted to ask him today." Xiao Guan said softly with.

"Is Big Brother Yuan here today?" Xiao Guan didn't wait for me to answer, and asked again, so, did you really come to see Yuan Qi?I shook my head, "Yuan Qi has left Shanghai for something, and he won't be here for a few days."

"I see, thank you for letting me know." Xiao Guan bowed slightly to me, turned around and left the corner of the street. I watched his back go away, and when I was about to leave, a voice came from behind, "Is that him? "

I suddenly felt a headache, and when I turned around, there was a pale little Dongzi standing behind me. I sighed inwardly, shouldn't he be at the shop by now?Why are you still hanging around here?

"Is the shop all right today?" I asked lightly, Xiaodongzi pursed her lips and shook her head, I sighed, "I don't understand what you mean just by shaking your head, come on, how much have you heard?"

"All." Xiao Dongzi lowered his head and answered, I patted his head, "Don't take it to heart, Yuan Qi just treats him as a younger brother, understand?" Xiao Dongzi nodded, but his face still had a sad face look.

"Okay, don't make a bitter face, I'm going to the shop today, let's go together." I patted his shoulder to cheer him up, and then went to the shop with him.

I went to the herbal medicine shop first, checked the amount of medicinal materials, and confirmed that the amount was sufficient.After receiving yesterday's account, and checking the account book roughly, he continued to the next shop.

Afterwards, I went to the rice shop, wine shop, and miscellaneous grain shop. After walking for a long time, I found that I was so busy that I even forgot to eat lunch, so I planned to eat at Erye's restaurant.

However, just as I walked out of the grocery store, I ran into a man I hadn’t seen for a long time. I couldn’t recognize him for a moment. Just reached out to pull me.

"I don't know who you are?" I avoided his hand and asked politely.The other party was taken aback, as if surprised that I didn't recognize him, "Boss Du, I'm Ke Yong'a, I used to go to your perfume shop to buy perfume from you."

"So it's Mr. Ke, long time no see." I raised my eyebrows, Mr. Ke?I haven't seen him for 800 years. He is still in Shanghai?I remember that when he came with foreigners, he seemed to mention that he was studying abroad and only returned to China during the holidays.

But I figured it out, it’s been eight years, maybe it’s not certain that he’s finished his studies and returned to the country, no matter what, he always got to know each other once, although he didn’t understand people’s words before, but there should be some changes in the past few years Just grow up.

"Boss Du, I knew you were still in Shanghai." Ke Yong rubbed his hands excitedly, with a happy smile on his face, but I muttered in my heart, I have always been in Shanghai, and I never mentioned that I would leave.

"Mr. Ke, I still have something to do, so let's go." I nodded, and I wanted to bypass him and go to eat quickly. I didn't eat lunch, and my stomach started to hurt.

"Boss Du, is this your shop?" Boss Ke quickly stopped me and asked, I was eager to get rid of him, and nodded indiscriminately, "Yes, you are welcome to come and walk around when you have time."

"Yes, yes, then I won't delay you." Mr. Ke took a few steps back with a smile, and I took another look at him. It seems that he has made progress, at least he can understand people's words.

I turned and left, but I didn't expect that an unintentional "come and walk around" would provoke brown candy that I couldn't shake off.

When I came to Er Ye's restaurant, I asked Xiao Er not to greet me, and walked through the corridor to the wing room in the backyard. The servant outside the door saw that it was me, and hurriedly opened the door for me, "Why did you come here at this time? Have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet, bring me some food first." I entered the room, and the servant hurriedly served tea and food. After working for a while, I finally took a sip of tea and had an exquisite lunch.

"Okay, there's no need to wait, I'll collect these later, I'll rest for a while, don't let anyone disturb you." I put down the teacup and let the servant exit the room.

Then I undressed and went to bed, intending to take a nap before checking accounts, but before I slept long, a servant knocked on the door, and I struggled to open my eyes, "What's the matter?"

"My lord, Mr. Wan has a message." I got up quickly when I heard it, dressed hastily, walked to the door and opened the door, "Does the owner have a message?"

"Well, Steward An is waiting in the lobby." The servant said, I raised my eyebrows, what kind of important matter should Xiao Anzi come to find me?I had no choice but to order the servant to send the ledger to Xiao Dongzi so that he could take it back to the mansion.

When I came to the lobby, I saw Xiao Anzi waiting there with an uneasy expression, so I hurried up to greet him, "What's wrong? Something happened in the mansion?" Xiao Anzi hurriedly pulled me out when he saw me.

"Quick, something happened to Mr. Lou." My heart skipped a beat when I heard it, and I quickly asked, "What's wrong with the owner? What happened? Where's Mr. Wu?"

"Fifth Master went to discuss business with someone, and he couldn't find anyone for a while. Today, a person from the patrol room came suddenly, saying that Mr. Lou committed a crime and wanted to arrest him." Xiao Anzi said anxiously.

"How is it possible? The owner of the garden seldom goes out." I was extremely surprised. How could the owner of the garden offend the people from the police station?

"Lord Lou stopped me and didn't let me tell others. He said he was afraid of causing trouble to you, so I shouldn't listen to him. This is no trouble." Xiao Anzi said angrily, I still don't understand what the owner of the garden is doing. Mess with the man on the watch.

"I'll have time to explain. Now go rescue Lord Lou with me." Xiao Anzi dragged me to walk quickly, and I asked quickly, "Has the owner of the garden been taken away?"

"Not yet, Wu Ye's guards stopped him, but it's not a problem to openly resist the patrol. Lord Lou said he would go with them. I heard that it's okay, and I can't come back after I go, so I came to you quickly." It's gone." Xiao Anzi said anxiously.

When we rushed back to the mansion, the owner of the garden had already left with the patrol, and Xiao Anzi thumped the table angrily, "That son of a bitch! I knew he had no good intentions!"

"What's going on?" I asked anxiously, it turns out that February will be the fifth master's birthday, the owner of the garden had a whim a few days ago and wanted to send fifth master a congratulatory gift, so he took Xiao Anzi to the street.

I didn't think about it, but I had a conflict with someone. The other party insisted that the owner of the garden damaged his jade pendant and asked the owner to apologize.

Who would have thought that the other party would actually ask for it, and would not give up until the owner had to accompany him to have a meal. The owner immediately turned down his face, threw the silver ticket on the man's face and left.

Xiao Anzi was afraid that the man had something to do with him, so he planned to tell Fifth Master about it, but was stopped by the owner of the garden. The owner thought he had lost the money, and the man didn't know his identity, so the matter was over. uncovered.

Who knew that the man could find out the identity of the owner of the garden and let the police from the patrol room come to arrest him. I frowned.

I told Xiao Anzi to go find Fifth Master immediately. Fifth Master has a lot of connections, so he might be able to get the garden owner out.Then I hurried back to my room, entered the Taoyuan and came to the bronze mirror. It didn't take long for the bronze mirror to show the owner of the garden.

It seems that the owner of the garden was imprisoned, but he didn't seem to have suffered any injuries. I felt relieved for the time being, but the environment in the cell is very bad, and the owner of the garden is weak. If he stays in the prison for a long time, it may be extremely harmful to his health.