Chapter 56 Chapter 16 Too Poor to Buy Fur

In the winter of 1915, British Minister Zhu Erdian quietly came to Shanghai under the pretense of visiting British consulates in various places.At night, he smeared a puddle of mud on his face to cover his high nose, changed into dirty clothes, put on a broken top hat, pulled a rickshaw, and came to the street. Under the street lamp in front, a Chinese was standing and reading a newspaper. Zhu Erdian ran over with a rickshaw: Master, take pity on me, please take my car. My business has not opened for a day, and my wife has no money to buy furs. The man put away the newspaper, boarded the car, and cursed: "Zhu Erdian, you are heartless, you are dressed up now, you are like a camel in a herd of sheep, a hippo in a pigsty, you can tell at a glance that you are a burden." Foreign agents with special missions.

Zhu Erdian said: "Tang Shaoyi, you don't come here, so what if you see it?"I'm British, you're making me anxious, tomorrow I'll disguise myself as Miss Qianjin, and let you see how many love letters I can receive. Sitting in the car, Tang Shaoyi said: Zhu Erdian, why did you invite me here?Let me make it clear to you that I have absolutely nothing to do with politics. Zhu Erdian said: Tang Shaoyi, this time you have to meddle, you know?Next year at the latest, Yuan Shikai will definitely proclaim himself emperor, and you must stop him. Tang Shaoyi yelled: Zhu Erdian, I lost your old mother. Yuan Shikai didn't want to be emperor at first, and he didn't dare to be emperor. It was because you repeatedly urged Yuan Shikai not to agree, and you still dragged Russian envoys, American envoys, and Japanese envoys. In addition to the German minister, the five families joined forces to fool Yuan Shikai, and insisted on fooling Yuan Shikai into the dead end of proclaiming himself emperor, and then you came to ask me to stop him. What kind of heart do you have?

Zhu Erdian said: Miss Tang, you misunderstood.My advice to Yuan Shikai to proclaim himself emperor is precondition.The premise is that there are no problems in China and the people respond. Under this premise, of course, one is going to be called emperor.But you have also seen the current situation, the public opinion is raging, and they are obviously plotting against your family Yuan Shikai, pushing Yuan Shikai into the pit of fire.I bet you, Tang Shaoyi, if Yuan Shikai proclaims himself emperor, those who support him now will swarm against him by then.In the final analysis, your Chinese minds are too evil, and you deliberately deceive Yuan Shikai into doing wrong things to prove yourself right.All these people think about deceiving and harming others, and they don't think about the country and the nation at all.

Tang Shaoyi: Pooh, Zhu Erdian, stop slandering us Chinese, Chinese people are not as bad as you say. Yeah?Zhu Erdian was amused: Tang Shaoyi, let me tell you, the first person who signed the persuasion form was Cai E, you can't imagine it?The second person to sign is Sun Wu, the revolutionary father of the Wuchang Uprising, you can't think of it?The third signer is Ma Xiangbo, an old scholar who founded Fudan University. You can't even imagine it? Tang Shaoyi was horrified: Cai E also persuaded Yuan Shikai to become emperor? Zhu Erdian: You can look at the persuasion form yourself, he was the first one to sign.Let me tell you the truth, if Cai E does not sign, Yuan Shikai will not be able to make up his mind, because he has broken up with his Beiyang, and he is most eager to get Cai E's support.But I don't think that Cai E is a fuel-efficient lamp, he is clearly playing with your Yuan Shikai.

Tang Shaoyi: ... No way, it is said that Yuan Shikai is better than anyone else, and if he is not good, he can't be the president, so he won't be played by Cai E and his group, right? Zhu Erdian sighed, "Tang Shaoyi, you have forgotten that once people get old, their brains will dull, their intelligence will decline, their brains will get flooded, and their minds will become more and more insufficient.What's more, you Chinese like cheating and harming others the most. Yuan Shikai, as the president, everyone is thinking about cheating him and harming him. He was not cheated by others before, so he was lucky. I don't think he can escape this time. up.

Tang Shaoyi: It's your fault, it's all your fault, why didn't you remind Yuan Shikai? Zhu Erdian: I have already reminded him. I have joined forces with the Japanese, Russian, and American envoys to issue a stern warning to Yuan Shikai, ordering him to rein in his horse immediately and stop the imperial rule.But Tang Shaoyi, let me ask you, is the warning from the ministers of the four countries more powerful than General Cai E's signature support? Tang Shaoyi was stunned for a long time, and said: "Lao Yuan is really miserable this time. Suddenly Zhu Erdian dropped the car, rushed to Tang Shaoyi, and shouted: But Yuan Shikai still has a chance, at least once.But this requires you, Tang Shaoyi, it depends on whether you are still Yuan Shikai's friend, and whether you are willing to give him a hand at the most critical moment.