Chapter 85 Chapter 17

When talking about the loan of the Five Kingdoms in detail, even the most critical historians can't find Yuan Shikai's faults except for abuse.Because this loan was left by Tang Shaoyi, the first prime minister of the Republic of China who absconded, Yuan Shikai was as innocent as a newborn baby. But your innocence doesn't work. Wouldn't it be revolutionary if you were innocent? Don't forget, why did Tang Shaoyi abandon his official position and escape?It was because of low-handedness that everyone borrowed money for everyone to spend. Everyone wanted to spend money and spent a lot of money, but you were not allowed to borrow it. This was Tang Shaoyi's situation at that time.

The Revolutionary Party doesn't even understand Tang Shaoyi, his fellow traveler. How can you, Yuan Shikai, be an exception? Huang Xing issued a telegram, calling on the people of the whole country to act against Yuan Shikai's borrowing of money.What about borrowing money from foreigners? If you are the president, you should make money for everyone to spend. It is really unreasonable to borrow money from foreigners! Members of the Kuomintang House of Representatives jointly impeached Yuan Shikai and opposed the loan.Tan Yankai, governor of Hunan, Li Liejun, governor of Jiangxi, Bai Wenwei, governor of Anhui, and Hu Hanmin, governor of Guangdong—Chen Jiongming of Guangdong is still the deputy governor, responsible for suppressing and killing the disobedient old revolutionaries. ——The four governors jointly opposed Yuan Shikai's loan.

At this time, Zhao Bingjun, the prime minister of the cabinet, had already withdrawn from the arena because of the involvement of Song Jiaoren's assassination, and Duan Qirui, a soldier, formed the cabinet instead.So Duan Qirui, dressed in military uniform and wearing a long sword, came to the House of Representatives surrounded by guards. Members asked: Why borrow money?Can't borrow! Duan Qirui replied: The finances are short of money, you need your salary to eat every day, and you don’t do it if you miss a meal. What can you feed you if you don’t borrow money? Representative: ...We are not opposed to borrowing, but the government borrowed money without our consent. Is this okay?

Duan Qirui replied: I'm sorry, my old Duan also just took office, I don't know about the previous matters, and I am responsible for the latter matters.May I ask everyone if there is anything else to do in the future, just ask. The congressman was dumbfounded.Duan Qirui returned with a big victory.After he left, the members of the council rose up again, all opposing the loan, but they couldn't give a reason. Finally, the speaker Tang Hualong, who didn't know that sooner or later he would be chased by the Kuomintang thousands of miles away, was still working tirelessly. Helping the Kuomintang to drag Yuan Shikai back, he said: "If you don't understand what you say, don't say it. When it doesn't make sense, don't make sense. Let's just vote, vote, this is better than talking nonsense...

Then voted, with more than half of the votes, passed the motion against the loan. At this time, the huge sum of money had already been transferred to Yuan Shikai's account. Yuan Shikai was overjoyed, so he sent a power call and severely reprimanded the four major governors, Tan Yankai from Hunan, Li Liejun from Jiangxi, Bai Wenwei from Anhui, and Hu Hanmin from Guangdong. At this time, the Henan giant bandit Bailang rebelled. Huang Xing was overjoyed, so he sent a messenger Yan Zuolin to send a letter to Bailang, agreeing that the two families would join forces and take the country together.

On July 27, 1913, the second revolution broke out. The first to appear on the stage was still Xiong Bingkun of Wuchang who fired the first shot of the 1911 Revolution.