Chapter 90 Section 89

"What?" Yang Shixiang was quite surprised, and he was also quite alarmed: "Xiang Cheng has come to Tianjin!" "Yes." Zhang Zhenfang replied, "I took the bus with me, and I live in Astor right now." "He returned home on order, how could he sneak to Tianjin? I can't take responsibility for this matter, I can only act according to the facts." Zhang Zhenfang's sense of surprise at this moment is no less than Yang Shixiang's feeling of Yuan Shikai's arrival in Tianjin.However, he was very deep, nodded and said, "I'll go back and tell Xiang Cheng."

After finishing speaking, before Yang Shixiang brought tea to see off the guests, he bowed first and walked away. When I met Yuan Shikai in Lishunde, I naturally confessed Yang Shixiang's words.Yuan Shikai was stunned when he heard this, and slumped on the chair, unable to make a sound for a long time. "Hmph!" Zhang Zhenfang sneered and said, "In the year of Gengzi, he was just a Yongtai, promoted to Quansi, promoted to Ganfan, transferred to Zhili, promoted to governor of Shandong, and then took over Beiyang. Wasn't it your personal protection that time? I can't imagine today It's this face!"

"Forget it!" Yuan Shikai became very deep again: "There is no need to be as knowledgeable as him." "You are the 'Prime Minister's punting', others can't see it!" Zhang Zhenfang said angrily: "Hurry up tomorrow, I will ask Yuntai to give you fifty years of life, and pick out the one he gave you." , send it back to him, and see what he says?" It turned out that Yuan Shikai's 50th birthday in August of this year was granted by Yi's decree. Yang Shixiang, who was born in the Imperial Academy, in the preface to his birthday, claimed to be "successful", but he actually paid homage to the door.Originally, the gate of Zhizhi Prime Minister was the old system of the Tang and Song Dynasties, but the age is generally not far from the actual situation. Moreover, although Yuan Shikai is a military aircraft, he is admitted to the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister.Therefore, Yang Shixiang's move was quite ridiculed.Who knew that at the beginning it was called "receiving karma", but now he rejects the teacher and refuses to accept it. In the heat and cold, it is unavoidable to make people shudder, so Zhang Zhenfang is so indignant.

"There's no need to mention him anymore." Yuan Shikai said: "Let's say that there is a tendency to advance and retreat, what do you think?" "Let's stay for two days. I'll go to Wang Zhulin to find a solution. I'll have to spend dozens of coins before I can go back to Henan." Before he could finish his sentence, the phone rang, Zhang Zhenfang picked up the receiver, only to hear the operator say: "Mr Zhao Shilang in Beijing, I want to ask Master Yuan to speak." "Wait!" Zhang Zhenfang covered the microphone with her hand and said to Yuan Shikai, "Zhao Zhi'an!"

"I'll take it." After answering the call, Zhao Bingjun only heard Zhao Bingjun say: "Zhang Zhongtang asked me to go and said he should enter the palace to thank you..." "Ah!" Yuan Shikai couldn't help crying out when he was reminded. The other party paused for a while and then said: "Go back to Beijing today, hand in the paperwork tomorrow morning, there is still time." "Okay!" Yuan Shikai replied: "You first ask Zhang Zhongren to prepare a note for me to thank you, and I will call you later." "What did Zhao Zhi'an say?" Zhang Zhenfang asked.

"Nanpi means that I should go to the palace to thank you." Yuan Shikai said, "It seemed a little too hasty for me to leave like this. Now that Zhao Zhian said so, there is probably nothing else to do. I can go back at ease." "How to go? I think you can come quietly, but you can only go, I should accompany you back to Beijing!" "Alright! No one needs to be alarmed." So Zhang Zhenfang asked Li Shunde's foreign manager to book two first-class tickets for Jingfeng bus, and then called Zhao Bingjun to inform him of the train number and asked him to send an appropriate person to pick it up, but he didn't have to come himself, so as not to attract attention.Then Yuan Keding was notified.After everything was done, Zhang Zhenfang accompanied Yuan Shikai home for dinner, and was about to go out when the servant knocked on the door to announce that there was a visitor.

The uninvited guest was Yang Shixiang's eldest son, who was ordered by his father to express his condolences.Yuan Shikai is a very good faker, he sneered in his heart, but his face was full of spring breeze, he kept saying "Brother, I'm sorry", after a while, he saw off the guests and insisted on sending them to the stairs before saying goodbye. The more this was the case, the more uneasy Yang Shixiang felt. At the end of the day, the train from Beijing was sent to Beijing via Tianjin, and the railway bureau reported by telephone: "Minister Yuan and Zhang Yanyun have returned to Beijing by the same train." He was even more regretful.Yuan Shikai's condemnation was not as serious as imagined, otherwise he would not have escaped from the tiger's mouth and fell into the trap again.Knowing this, why not perfunctory?

It was more than eleven o'clock when we arrived in Beijing, and the people sent by Zhao Bingjun and Yuan Keding were all at the station to meet him.The Zhengyang Gate was still closed, and Yuan Shikai was not allowed to call the city, so he rested in the station master's office for a while, and at twelve o'clock the city gate opened, and entered by "following the city". As far as this day is apart, when the wife and children meet each other, it feels like a world apart.In the dead of night, the Yuan family, father and son, together with Zhang Zhenfang, re-discussed the aftermath.During this day, Yuan Keding had met many people and heard a lot of inside stories, so Yuan Shikai could feel more at ease.

"Prince Qing is finally very friendly. He specially sent Zhen Beizi here, saying that according to your old man's wishes, Bao Natong entered the military plane. In the afternoon, it was already revealed..." "Then," Yuan Shikai interrupted his eldest son and asked, "Have you gone to congratulate him?" "I went. I went with my father's name card. Jinyu Hutong is full of guests. I can't stay long. Please let me go. The minister pulled me aside and said, 'Please go back and tell your old man Don’t worry! After going back to Henan for a few months, King Qing and I must have a solution.” He also said, “Tie Baochen is too eager to seize power, and sooner or later he will fall into a struggle.” “Is it Tie Baochen? Are you playing tricks?" Zhang Zhenfang intervened and asked.

"Yes! There is no doubt about it. However, the key lies in Zegong. Some people say that it is best to clear up Zegong's place. I don't know what Dad means?" "Why do you want to humiliate yourself?" Yuan Shikai said, "Sheng Xingsun has been planning for a long time. Now that Zegong is completely surrounded, how can he clear the law? If you have this money to block a dog's hole, it is better to work hard in Beifu." "Yes!" Yuan Keding said very excitedly: "I heard that when the regent returned to the mansion, Fujin complained about him, saying that Mr. Yuan was someone that the old man valued. Lafayette often said when he was still alive that the gengzi year was not as bad as it was." A person like Yuan with a clear heart, otherwise the situation would be disastrous. The regent said that he did not intend to embarrass Yuan, but the Empress Dowager Longyu's words were threatening, so he had to accommodate."

"Threat?" Zhang Zhenfang asked puzzledly, "What is the threat?" "Isn't that easy to understand?" Yuan Shikai said: "The Emperor Daxing hated me first, and Rong Wenzhong second. If you don't sacrifice me, you will have to overturn Rong Wenzhong's old account." "It's not easy to turn over! She wants to turn over the old account, but people want to turn over her new one?" Zhang Zhenfang asked suddenly: "There is a saying in Tianjin, I wonder if Beijing has heard it?" "Talk about that?" "The emperor has passed away! It is said that the emperor has a terrible stomachache, and he was poisoned! Once he died, his face was very ugly. The empress usually does not go to Yingtai, but at that moment Feng Jia stopped and let Concubine Jin retreat out. , until the emperor passed away and was buried, even the old empress was seriously ill. Why? Because no one can walk over with the empress here. Legacy." "It makes sense." Yuan Shikai asked, "Who said that?" "I heard that it was reported by people in Su Wang's mansion, it probably can't be fake!" This interruption took the conversation away.Yuan Shikai thought for a while and said: "At this moment, I can't plan in detail, I can only grasp a few key points." He saw Yuan Keding's order: "You remember it!" "yes!" "First, you must preserve your strength. I don't think Zhao Zhi'an can keep it. You tell him to accept it. If you can keep it, second, King Qing must be able to hold it. Si Gege was able to deal with the Empress Dowager Cixi very well back then. Now why not go to perfunctory, perfunctory Queen Mother." "Yes." Zhang Zhenfang interjected: "This move is very important, and if Xiao Dezhang is perfunctory outside, Zegong can be offset." "That's right! The priority is always to weaken Zegong's power. Also," Yuan Shikai slightly raised his voice, "Tie Baochen will definitely fight for power with Lianglaichen. Lianglaichen is appreciated by Tao Beile. There is a lot of room for use in the middle, you tell Zhen Beizi, please ask King Qing to think about it." Yuan Shikai's meaning is very clear. Tie Liang's power struggle with Liang Bi is tantamount to power struggle with Zai Tao.Support Zai Tao, and then use Zai Tao to speak in front of the regent, it is not difficult to defeat Tie Liang and weaken Zai Ze's power. The one-night conversation between the father and son basically set out Sheng Xuanhuai's strategy of transporting officials, maintaining the old alliance, isolating Zaize, resisting Tieliang, and taking the opportunity to overthrow new and old grudges.