Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

From Yuan Shikai's appointment as Prime Minister of the Qing government to January 25, 1912, Yuan Shikai finally chose to send messages to various princes to express his support for the Republic. After gaining the approval of the people of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai was forced to ask the emperor to take the throne on February 12. Empress Dowager Longyu accepted preferential treatment and obeyed Yuan Shikai's persuasion, declaring the end of Manchu rule in China.

On the 15th, he officially took over as the interim president of the Republic of China, and on March 10th, he was officially declared the president of the Republic of China. Implement a cabinet system to reduce the power of the president, Yuan Shikai.

For Yuan Shikai, this was something he absolutely did not want to see happen. However, he had already acknowledged the provisional treaty of the Republic of China to all the princes and governors in the world, so his remorse at this time would definitely attract everyone's attention. His distrust and ridicule are absolutely something that he cannot but take seriously.

He even wondered whether this was a set up that Sun Wen and Sun Yat-sen deliberately set up for him, so that he could enter it step by step and become his puppet. After all, the main representative of the military is Huang Xing, which shows that Sun Yat-sen has realized the role of the hard power of the army. As a soldier, Yuan Shikai naturally understands it better. Therefore, Huang Xing, the generalissimo of the Republic of China, also has goosebumps in his heart. of.

However, fortunately, he already has a lot of secret chess in it. These are enough for him to cope with things in the military, but in politics, that is not the case. [

It was precisely because of this that he called over Zhao Bingjun, the think tank he relied on most. According to him, Zhao Bingjun came to conquer the world with him. Even if you don't trust your wife, Zhao Bingjun is definitely a more trustworthy person than his wife, because before he got married, he and Zhao Bingjun had already drank wine together and watched women take a shower. Friendship is definitely not something that other people can compare to. For nearly thirty years now, the relationship between the two has reached the point where they are almost indifferent between you and me.

When Yuan Shikai served as the Prime Minister of the Qing government last year, he promoted this close confidant to serve as Minister of Civil Affairs. Then after joining the Ming Dynasty this time, he did not agree to move the capital to Nanjing and chose Beijing. After it was passed, he took over the position of president and directly appointed Zhao Bingjun as the chief minister of internal affairs of the Beijing government. It can be said. This is already the highest level.

However, he was not too mny yet, because he was already planning to appoint Zhao Bingjun as prime minister, but at this time, people from the Tongmenghui objected. Because his assumption of power has made those in the south feel dissatisfied. They didn't get much benefit. And now he has to restrain them. Such a result will naturally arouse doubts. And although that guy Sun Wen has now retired and said he wants to move overseas, he still points out the so-called shortcomings of this government from time to time. Before, he directly expressed his support for Song Jiaoren to take over as prime minister and form a political system like France. The president serves as the defense prime minister and runs the government. However, how could he, Yuan Shikai, feel at ease to accept such an arrangement from Sun Wen?

Of course he needs to resist. Since Song Jiaoren is yours, I will never make him feel better, even if he really takes the position of Prime Minister.

"Zhi'an (Zhao Bingjun), does Sun Wen really want to give his old subordinates a good destination before leaving, or does he want to arrange for them to enter the critical department and then wait for opportunities to prepare? Make a comeback?”

Zhao Bingjun is a man with a natural and existing smile on his face. He was born in Ruzhou, Henan, a famous city in the Three Kingdoms, which at least proves that his current status is worthy of the famous Cao Cao in the history of the Three Kingdoms. battle.

There is an expression of indulgence on his face, maybe he is from the same hometown, and at the same time, because of this indulgence, Yuan Shikai thinks highly of him, so he has the current friendship and trust in his ability.

Zhao Bingjun naturally gave Yuan Shikai a gift.

After pondering for a while, he said: "No matter what Sun Wen wants to do, in short, they will still be able to pass our level. In the end, his purpose is Yyng, so, President, I think we can do it under his Please give them more ties if asked."

Yuan Shikai said worriedly: "But Sun Wen has already told the world to give way to me. If we embarrass him everywhere, then the whole world will pay attention to it. This reputation of West Lake is really not good, right? ?" When people reach a certain level of status, sometimes small profits often fail to arouse their interest. However, even if it is a big temptation, when faced with the possibility that their reputation will be damaged because of it. , he will also think twice before taking action.

Zhao Bingjun sighed: "People say that Sun Wen and Sun Yat-sen are great and see through fame and fortune, but how could they think of getting it? But Sun Wen is taking retreat as a way to advance. Sun Yat-sen's abdication has put him in an invincible position now. But now we are facing a dilemma. We have to face the loyalty of the local military governments. Not counting us, we now have to face the foreigners questioning whether their interests are protected again and again. , To be honest, the position of prime minister is really not that easy to hold."

"Furthermore, I know the president's trust in me, but I ask myself, in this situation now, we might as well learn from Sun Wen's principle of retreating before advancing and let others come forward to deal with foreigners. In this way, we You can stay outside. Sun Wen started to withdraw after overthrowing the Qing Dynasty, and threw this mess to the president who just wanted to take over.

Since this is the plan for us, of course we should reciprocate. Sun Wen wants to keep his power here and is afraid that we will give his nest to the birds, so of course we are willing to give him a chance. However, it depends on whether they are competent or better than their competitors? "When he talked about the last competitor, his eyes flickered. Yuan Shikai knew as soon as he saw this familiar face that his think tank had any good ideas." So he didn't rush to ask this time, and Waiting for him to say it directly.

Zhao Bingjun obviously did not want President Yuan Shikai to cooperate like a child by asking questions, so he continued: "Since politically, we have shortcomings in the Republic of China, and although the Tongmenghui passed by Li Yuanhong, We have won over a lot of people in the past, but we still have the disadvantages that we lack. In this case, we might as well use the strategy of using barbarians to fight barbarians on them. Don’t forget that in addition to the Alliance, there are other powerful forces in the Republic of China. of!"

Yuan Shikai's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "If you don't tell me, I have forgotten that Spain clearly supports the joint development meeting led by Lu Xun, and there are now a lot of talents. So, we really can't let these talents go too far. Everything is wasted, well, let's do this. I heard that Cai E under Lu Xun had good military capabilities. He trained many revolutionary troops. He even served as the governor of Yunnan before and is now the governor of Jiangxi. Uh, let him be Let's talk about taking over the position of Lu Xun, the scholar's deputy marshal, and Lu Xun, can we give those people in the Tongmenghui a surprise?"

Zhao Bingjun also smiled and said: "If Sun Wen, Song Jiaoren and Huang Xing knew that Lu Xun had become the Prime Minister of the Republic of China, what would their expressions be like? It would be exciting to think about it."

Yuan Shikai also smiled and said: "I'm looking forward to it too."

First update. (To be continued...)