Chapter 4 Chapter 2 Li Yuanhong became the President again

du8.com copyright Cao Kun was only calm for one day at his Zhiluyu inspection mission in Baoding, but it was not calm again.The melancholy cloud that disappeared from the brow hovered over the head for only a moment, and then clamped on the brow again - the chief of staff and the secretary-general went to do the work of wooing the congressmen, and relieved him a little bit of worry.However, only a little bit. "Sure enough, the congressmen are all happy. When will the congress be held? Sure enough, the congress will be held. Li Yuanhong is in the presidency. What should we do next?" When Cao Kun thought of Li Yuanhong, it was as if he was suffering from malaria. Hot, he really wanted to get rid of him at once.

Yes, a country can only have one Grand President.Li Yuanhong sat on the throne of the President of China, and no one else is allowed to sit on this throne.If he wanted to sit down, he had to drive Li Yuanhong down.Li Yuanhong pushed him to the presidential throne directly, and he didn't pull him down just because he wanted to.Why is Cao Kun not worried!? Cao Kun didn't want to pull Li Yuanhong down immediately, but Li Yuanhong was "ignorant", which forced Cao Kun to pull him down—— When Xu Shichang went to the field, Cao Kun did not agree to help Li Yuanhong again.He said impassionedly to Wu Peifu: "Since all of my immediate enemies have surrendered one by one, the president is naturally ours too! Why do we need someone else to take the post? Why is Li Yuanhong? He has long been out of favor in the hearts of the Chinese people because of politics. By military means? He has no soldiers, no square feet..."

Wu Peifu shook his head lightly, and said: "If Huangpi is not allowed to come out, it will be difficult to restore the National Assembly. If the National Assembly cannot be restored, the next move will be difficult." Cao Kun reluctantly acquiesced. "It's good to do this, besides restoring the Congress, Li Yuanhong will also know what to do." Li Yuanhong ascended to the presidency, the Congress was restored, and the speaker and members of the assembly were generally settled.However, Li Yuanhong did something ingenious and made Cao Kun very angry—— The second day after Li Yuanhong re-entered the presidential palace, he took Li Gengen and Han Yuchen, who were well-known in the political science department in his think tank, to the secret room and asked them, "How should this president be?"

Han Yuchen is straightforward and likes to get straight to the point.He said: "If you want to be a great president, you should be your own great president. If you want to have power, you have to say what you want." Obviously, this is a lesson for Li Yuanhong's ups and downs. Li Genyuan, like Han Yuchen, had come here with Li through thick and thin for many years, and they were both quite resourceful.He said: "Don't forget the past, and guide the future! High positions and great powers are the same. Nowadays, the military power and government are too scattered. The president is gone, and the government should be governed by a republic. In my opinion, the military power of these overlords should be abolished first, and local autonomy should be dominated by the political power. The world should be ruled by the president, and no longer be controlled by others."

Li Yuanhong understood and decided to adopt the advice of these two people.After negotiating with the powerful faction in the Congress, a consensus was reached, and soon it was decided to abolish the titles of tour envoy and military governor in the country, and it was clearly implemented. During the period of warlords' melee, patrol envoys and military governors were all figures who called the wind and rain.Today, the warlords of the Anhui clique have been defeated early. Although a few people still hold the old titles, they have long lost their power and are incompetent. .Apparently, what President Li Da abolished was only the direct patrol envoys and military governors who called the wind and rain.Cao Kun was the patrol envoy of Zhiluyu and the governor of Zhili, and Wu Peifu was the patrol envoy of the two lakes and also in charge of many military governors in China.Li Yuanhong's new order was obviously aimed at Cao Wu.

There are also many coincidences in the world. Cao Kun is eager to become the president and is planning to drive Li to step down, but it is difficult to find an excuse; .He issued a secret order to "invite" Wu Peifu from Luoyang, and the two giants talked about ways to expel Li. ——Cao Kun and Wu Peifu can be called the relationship of life and death.After Wu Peifu joined the army at the age of 20, he soon became well-known in the army with his writing style as a "scholar". After returning to Cao Kun's command, he was deeply trusted by Cao Kun because he admired Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general.Later, Wu Peifu contributed to Cao Kun's quelling of Chen Changyuan's mutiny, and Cao was promoted to the third commander of the artillery, and Wu Cao began to be inseparable.

What made Cao Kun regard Wu Peifu as his confidant was the restoration of Marshal Zhang Xun with braided hair.The Restoration of Zhang Xun is the most severe test of the warlords of the various factions in the Northern Ocean. Is it the Qing Dynasty that is leaning towards the collapse, or is it leaning towards the emerging revolutionary republic? It is clear.Therefore, Zhang Xun held four preparatory meetings in Xuzhou for the restoration. The warlords of all factions were extremely shocked. Where should we go? Brains were racked.As a powerful faction of the Zhili warlords, Cao Kun was hesitant and asked Wu Peifu for advice. Wu Peifu strongly supported him to send personnel to attend the Xuzhou meeting, and clearly expressed his support for restoration.Cao Kun did this... As a result, on July 1, 1917, Zhang Xun succeeded in the restoration, and the dragon flag was hoisted in Beijing again.

Cao Kun was happy, the emperor was restored, he is a hero, and Puyi regained the throne, he should be the first to reward the heroes, and all the heroes should not be awarded! He hurriedly brought Wu Peifu to him, and said with great excitement: "Ziyu, Ziyu, the emperor has been restored. , Braid handsome has won! You hurry up and write a telegram to Zhang Shaoxuan (Zhang Xun's word Shaoxuan), we have to congratulate him!" Wu Peifu was also excited. He was the one who encouraged Cao Kun to send a representative to Xuzhou to support Zhang Zhuizi. Now that Zhang Zhuizi had won, Cao Zhi had to have a share in the restoration.So, Wu Peifu took out the four treasures of the study, stuffed himself in the secret room, searched his stomach, and compiled a congratulatory message.

It should be that something is wrong. After Wu Peifu's telegram was drafted, it had not yet been sent out. An old friend invited him to a banquet.And said, "The banquet has been set up, just waiting for your visit." Wu Peifu was proud of the spring breeze, and it was the time when he was showing off his style everywhere, so he was naturally happy.As a result, he was so drunk that he used the drafted telegram congratulating Zhang Xun on his successful restoration as a toilet paper.It was when Wu Peifu was lying on his bed drunk that Cao Kun hurried over and asked anxiously about the congratulatory message.

"Ziyu, Ziyu, why are you so drunk? Have you sent a congratulatory message to Zhang Shaoxuan?" Wu Peifu, who was very drunk, went out of his mind, as if he had returned to his hometown of Penglai, Shandong, and then got into a tobacco den in poverty, and was kicked out because he had no money.When Cao Kun asked about the telegram, he was confused and said in a daze: "No more, no more, he is going to fail, a complete failure! Why send a congratulatory telegram?" Wu Peifu never joked in front of Cao Kun.Cao Kun was taken aback when he said this suddenly today: "Could it be that Wu Ziyu can see foresight?" Look at Wu Peifu again, but he is too drunk to wake up.Cao Kun left very angrily.Before going out, he said: "If you behave like this, if there is a war, it would be a big mistake!" Not long after the Beijing dragon flag was hung, Zhang Xun and Huang Liang were dreaming, so Duan Qirui held a campaign against Zhang Xun in the horse factory near Tianjin. The swearing-in meeting, and the establishment of the "General Command of the Rebellion Army", a war of rebellion began, and Cao Kun was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the West Road of the Rebel Army.After all, Duan Qirui is a tiger of Beiyang. When Zhang Xun was restored, although his posts of prime minister and chief of the army were dismissed by President Li Yuanhong, the huge Anhui army under him remained intact. Zhang Xun Where is his opponent, let alone direct help.After the swearing-in meeting, as soon as the rebel army came out, Zhang Xun was completely defeated and sneaked into the Dutch legation.And the little imperial court who just got on the dragon seat, naturally had to return to the cold palace.

After a nightmare-like disaster passed, Cao Kun suddenly realized: "Wu Ziyu is not an ordinary person, this person will become a great weapon in the future!" Based on this, he believed and relied on Wu Peifu even more. When Cao Kun saw Wu Peifu coming, he said anxiously, "Ziyu, something is wrong, do you know that?" Wu Peifu didn't panic, just smiled lightly, and said, "I just want to take the power into his hands alone, and there won't be much trouble." "Huang Pi is ungrateful and has stabbed you and me." "It can only be said to lift it up. Can it be opened or not? The initiative is not in his hands yet." "In whose hands?" Cao Kun was anxious. "With you, with me? You and I are not the president!" "How did Huang Pi become the president? Who is his backer?" "Now that he is in position, he can give orders, and the orders can be followed by the law. The name is justified." "Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it." Cao Kun breathed a sigh of relief - he understood in his heart: "The Huangpi boat was pushed up by force, and with force, it will naturally overwhelm him." Cao Kun, who has played force for most of his life, forgot force today role.He hit his head and blamed himself secretly: "Well, that's right. Duan Qirui has a crooked nose (Duan Qirui has a crooked nose problem, he often has a crooked nose when he gets excited, so he has another nickname) isn't he mighty, the throne sits more than Huang Pi Didn't he go away obediently when he used force? It's much easier to drive away Li Songqing than Duan Qirui." Cao Kun smiled easily and said to Wu Peifu: "Okay, let's do it as you want. A remonstrance!" Wu Peifu quickly shook his head and said, "When did I say 'military remonstrance'? It is not the best policy to use troops for this kind of thing." "Didn't you say that 'water can capsize a boat'? If you don't move your troops, Huangpi will go away automatically?" Cao Kun was anxious again.Don't look at Cao Kun as a veteran in the officialdom, but in terms of resourcefulness, he often doesn't know the point, and sometimes he only acts on passion.Compared with Wu Peifu, it is still a step behind. Seeing Cao Kun like this, Wu Peifu smiled to himself. "I only know how to use soldiers! How can it be effective if there is no name for the division?" He said to Cao: "Now it seems that there is no need to use soldiers. To get Huangpi to step down, a few small moves will do." "What little trick?" Cao Kun didn't believe it. "Look for a few people to discuss together, and there will be." Cao Kun neither nodded nor shook his head.After being silent for a long time, he only asked for Chief of Staff Xiong Bingqi to be called. "Run Cheng", Cao Kun called Xiong Bingqi by his nickname, briefly introduced to him what he had just discussed with Wu Peifu, and then said: "On this matter, I invite you to come here, just to hear your opinion. what do you think?" Xiong Bingqi, known as "Little Zhuge", actually asked: "How do you plan to treat Li Songqing?" "I want to send a call to force him to leave automatically." Cao Kun said bluntly. Xiong Bingqi also didn't nod or shake his head to this answer, but turned his eyes slowly to Wu Peifu, wanting to hear Wu Peifu's opinion.He admires Wu and knows that he will have a good way.Just like Wu's usual catchphrase: "People say that there is no way to do it, but I say 'Wu' has a way." So he changed the subject: "Yu Shuai, what's your opinion?" du8.com copyright Wu Peifu put on the demeanor of a Confucian general, and said slowly: "China's power will eventually fall into our hands. How can it fall into our hands? I think we have to consider things that conform to the people's will. The ancients said: "Rule the country's main way", "a gentleman is the country, straighten its discipline, and rule its law", "the one who invades first has the military power, and the one who builds the foundation upholds morality." Even "Yanzi Chunqiu" also said: "Be able to love the people in the country Those who can subdue the evil outside the country'. In my opinion, it is nothing more than using two methods, light and dark, to achieve a long-term peace and stability from near to far..." Wu Peifu gave an impassioned speech, and he explained his two methods so well that Cao Kun couldn't keep his mouth shut for joy, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, good! One of these two methods is given to Uncle Xiao, and the other is given to Run Cheng. You, the governor of Zhili and the chief of staff of the visiting mission, will definitely be able to complete it properly." Wu Peifu's method is really treacherous: Let's talk about the dark one. He asked Wang Chengbin to win over the members of Congress, so that the members would not support the president, so that the president lost his support, and then made things difficult for the prime minister, forcing the prime minister to be unable to work and step down.There is no prime minister in the responsible cabinet, and the government is naturally paralyzed.This step was done very smoothly. After Li Yuanhong came to power, Zhang Shaozeng was the prime minister of the cabinet, and he was originally used to decorate the facade.All of a sudden, so many people in the Congress and the capital created rumors about him and spoke ill of him. He was unable to manage state affairs, so he had to step down. The high-level cabinet is just declaring its name and ignoring politics. The government is still paralyzed, but there is a prime minister on the surface. Besides, Yu Wuming’s is even more powerful—— Li Yuanhong, who re-ascended the throne of the President, was not overjoyed because of his re-ascension. He always felt that his feet were stepping on thin ice, and he would fall into the ice cave if he didn't know if he took a small step carelessly. Although he is not old at the age of 58, due to the ups and downs of Li Yuanhong's official career, not only his face is covered with wrinkles prematurely, his eyes have lost their vitality, his temple hair is also more silvery, his back is also obviously bent, and he can move freely. It's not as neat as it was a few years ago.It is in line with the saying "A man grows old with all his sorrows". It was not easy for Li Yuanhong! He was born in the Beiyang Navy, and trained the new Hubei army with German instructors. From now on, he will basically use Hubei as his base.He was promoted from being a leader and leader in the army to a leader of the 21st Mixed Association.Hubei is one of the bases of the Revolutionary Party, but Li Yuanhong personally killed the uprising soldiers in many activities to sabotage the Revolutionary Party.After the Wuchang Uprising, he was pushed to the throne of the military governor of the Hubei Army. When the Nanjing Provisional Government was established, he was elected as the vice president.After Yuan Shikai's death, Li Yuanhong was promoted from vice president to president.Unfortunately, irreconcilable conflicts occurred between his presidential palace and Duan Qirui's State Council, which became the first "controversy between government and courtyard" in the Chinese political arena after the abdication of the Qing Dynasty.Taking advantage of Zhang Xun's restoration, Duan Qirui pulled Li Yuanhong down.After the failure of the restoration, the warlords of the Anhui faction were in a great situation, and Duan Qirui pretended to let Li Yuanhong be the president again.Li Yuanhong knew it was false, so he said something like this: "How can the leaves of the rhetoric return to Lin Ke, and the flowers that have fallen into the mud can return to the yin mat. The heart is full of courage, so what can I do." Li Yuanhong really looks like "the rhetoric" "Leaf" never returned to "Lin Ke". This happened in July 1917. Unexpectedly, after five years, in 1922, after the Zhili warlords ruled the country, Li Yuanhong was forced to be pulled out to become the president.Li Yuanhong is "ignorant". He is clearly the president of Cao Zhi, but he insists on exercising his own independent power. But Li Yuanhong felt that he was a "hero" and that he had "become a hard-nosed president."It was just when President Li felt proud of himself, Feng Yuxiang, the army inspection envoy, and Wang Huaiqing, commander of the Gyeonggi Garrison, came to the presidential palace together, "We must see the president." "They?" Li Yuanhong was startled.He has very little contact with them, and these two people are the backbone of the immediate family. "What are they doing here?" Although I didn't want to see him, I couldn't see him.So, hurried to a small living room and waited for them. Feng Yuxiang and Wang Huaiqing came in, each gave a military salute first, and then said at the same time: "Hello, President!" Li Yuanhong bowed his body, pointed to a row of mahogany chairs next to him, and said, "Please, both of you! Please sit down and talk." Feng and Wang sat down.Li Yuanhong still said calmly: "You two have come to visit in a hurry, there must be something urgent. Please tell me." Feng Yuxiang looked at Wang Huaiqing and said, "Please speak for Commander Wang." Wang Huaiqing didn't refuse, he bowed his body, made a gesture, and said: "President, we have been facing a disaster for several months, and we came to the President as a last resort, hoping that the President can be sympathetic to his subordinates and solve it." "If you have any specific difficulties, tell us, and we will discuss solutions together," Li Yuanhong said.That's it... Feng Yuxiang stood up, straightened his chest, saluted another soldier, and said: "The military salaries of our two departments have not been paid for several months. The officers and soldiers are very anxious and complain. Most officers and soldiers are old and young, and their families are starving for food. It is really difficult to take tougher measures. I implore the president to allocate the stockpile to meet the urgent need." du8.com copyright "There has been no military pay for several months?!" Li Yuanhong trembled. "How can this work?" He was about to inquire about the specific situation, when someone came to report: "A lot of military police came outside the presidential palace. They shouted slogans, they want to live, I want to eat. What should the President do?" Li Yuanhong said: "Advise them to go back first, their commander is here to discuss this matter." The visitor exited.Wang Huaiqing took the opportunity to say: "President, we have reported to you about the military pay. We hope to find a solution in a short time to stabilize the morale of the army. There are soldiers making trouble outside, let us go out and deal with it." Stand up with Feng Yuxiang. Li Yuanhong wanted to be a peaceful president under the "civilian rule" for several years. He was afraid that someone would cause trouble, and he was anxious about the soldiers outside the presidential palace. When he saw Feng and Wang taking the initiative to resolve the situation, he was naturally happy.He hurriedly said: "Okay, okay! If you two go out, you will be able to disband. As for the matter of military pay, I will definitely intervene, I must intervene." Feng and Wang withdrew, and Li Yuanhong suddenly felt relieved.In fact, he had no idea that this was a move that forced him—Feng and Wang got into their own cars after leaving the presidential palace, honked their horns, and flew away without a trace. Outside the presidential palace, more and more military and police officers were ordered to make a fuss about "military pay" and the slogan "I want to live and I want to eat" became louder and louder. In a short time, the street was completely surrounded and the world was turned upside down.At this time, Li Yuanhong felt that the problem was serious.There was no reply from Feng and Wang, and it was useless to send people out to dissuade them. He could only run around in a hurry, but he couldn't do anything. Gangs of military and police rioted from morning to afternoon, from afternoon to night, and from the presidential palace to the streets and alleys of Beijing.When the sky is full of stars, the noise fills every corner of the capital. "What should I do?" the President was in a hurry. The military and police stationed in the capital are all direct troops, so Li Yuanhong naturally thought of Cao Kun who lived in Baoding.An urgent call, "Let Cao Kun come to Beijing as soon as possible!" I want to ask him to find a way. Cao Kun, who was a little anxious at the patrolling mission in Baoding, was wondering whether Wu Peifu's "Ming" move would work. I have to go to Beijing." Cao Kun hurried from Baoding to Beijing in his special car, and got into the presidential palace. Li Yuanhong couldn't bear it.As soon as Cao Kun arrived, he immediately summoned him in the small living room as if he had caught a lifeline. This is a very special summons. One (the president) is eager to get rid of the siege because of the troubles of the military and police, and the other (the tour envoy) is because he is eager to realize his plan to force the palace. Both of them are racing against time, and both of them are anxious. Anxious.As soon as they met, Li Yuanhong pulled Ren Maokun with both hands to relieve his burden and said, "Shan Shuai, Shan Shuai, I'm looking forward to you!" Cao Kun also said: "President, I am anxious to see you!" After a burst of enthusiasm, Li Yuanhong still spoke out his thoughts first. "Shan Shuai, you have seen the situation in Beijing, right? The military and the police are all complaining that they have no food to eat. The army is under the jurisdiction of your Wang Xiaobo, and the police are under the jurisdiction of Feng Huanzhang (that is, Feng Yuxiang). You have to solve the problem of salary, and you can't let it starve!".The President, Cao Kun was much calmer. He just smiled lightly and said, "I also want to report to the President because of the salary issue. Beijing has a salary issue, and Baoding is even more violent than Beijing. I can hardly Come to Beijing." "Why isn't the military salary paid on time?" Li Yuanhong asked anxiously. "The president should ask Kim Young-yeon, the chief of the army. Ask if they have lowered the military salary?" "Why don't you pay the military salary?!" "I'm here in Beijing this time, and I also want to ask about this matter." ——Actually, Cao Kun didn’t need to ask the question Li Yuanhong wanted to ask. He knew best that the army’s salary would not be paid. Don't try to exercise authority.The Chief of the Treasury has no money to allocate to the Ministry of War, and the Chief of the Army naturally has no salary to allocate to the military and police headquarters.This is exactly the situation Cao Kun wanted to create.Today, when this situation has been created, he is calm and happy, and there is no need to ask any more questions.Li Yuanhong called the chief of the army, and the chief of the army truthfully stated that "it is a fact that the salary was not paid", but he refused to say the reason for the non-payment.The president suddenly understood, so he also.Without further questioning, he just waved at him and let him go out. After the chief of the army left, Li Yuanhong seemed to suddenly understand many problems, especially the problem of money-the war has been going on for years, the treasury is empty, and some money is all in the hands of the warlords. Where can the prime minister and the chiefs get money? The President originally wanted to blame Cao Kun, but he didn't expect Cao Kun to bring him a very difficult problem.He said helplessly to Cao Kun: "Shan Shuai, the responsibility does not lie with the soldiers. Hurry up and do the work of persuasion, and I will negotiate with the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Finance again. The wages owed to the brothers will always be paid." Satisfied, Cao Kun left the presidential palace with a smile. Cao Kun didn't do work for the soldiers, he didn't need to do the work of the soldiers at all.The most urgent thing right now is that he has to leave Beijing quickly, and he has to return to Baoding quickly to rule out implicating him in what will happen in Beijing... du8.com copyright Cao Kun left.Li Yuanhong looked at the doorway where he disappeared and smiled faintly. "Cao San idiot, Cao San idiot, although I may not win you in this fight, but you are much worse than Duan crooked nose." Thinking, he picked up Cao Kun's unfinished teacup, With a strong wrist, he poured out half a cup of residual tea; when pouring the tea, he almost threw out the white marble teacup—because it was Ouchi's vessel, he was reluctant to part with it. When Li Yuanhong turned around to enter the inner room, someone rushed to report: "President, the police on the main streets of Beijing have been dismissed, and the whole city is in chaos!" "Ah?!" Li Yuanhong was surprised. "What's going on? What's going on?" "The police are off duty." "Why?" "They said they had nothing to eat." "Isn't it being resolved, how can we not quit?" Someone came to report: "President, it's not good." "What's the matter?" "In the streets and alleys, colorful slogans fly all over the sky, making people panic?" "What slogan?" The visitor handed Li Yuanhong the slogan he picked up on the street. The President took a look at the red, green and green slogans, and was stunned: the large and small slogans almost all have the same content, the same line of words, that is "Li Yuanhong, go to the field quickly!", Li Yuanhong's brows furrowed Get up: "Who did this? Could it be Cao Kun? No way.I let him say everything he wanted to say, and I promised to settle it for him when he asked for a salary. He has no reason to encourage his subordinates to do so. "Li Yuanhong was thinking like this, shaking his head. He picked up the phone and asked for the Police Headquarters. The Police Headquarters can't get through. He picked up the phone and asked for the headquarters of the Gyeonggi Garrison.The phone of the Gyeonggi Garrison Headquarters was also disconnected. "Give me the Presidential Guard!" "Report to the President, and the phone number of the guards will not work." Only then did Li Yuanhong feel that "the situation is serious!" He frowned, took a deep breath, and said to himself: "Cao Kun is going to drive me out of the field. He looked up at the sky blankly, turned sideways and listened to the call sign outside the big wall, and secretly said fiercely: "Cao Kun, Cao Kun, you are so eager to drive me out of the field today, why did you pull me out in the first place? Aren't you Are you playing with someone!" At this moment, Feng Yuxiang, the army inspector, and Wang Huaiqing, the commander-in-chief of the Gyeonggi Garrison, requested to resign in the name of "the situation in the capital has changed suddenly, and the rank cannot control the overall situation, and they have neglected their duties." The center is in chaos, and the capital is in chaos. "What should I do?" Li Yuanhong was as anxious as he was during the Wuchang Battle, wishing he could get under the bed again.He left the presidential palace in a hurry, and hurried to his private house in Dongchang Hutong, intending to hold an emergency meeting at home with all his cronies, both civil and military, to discuss an emergency solution. Cao Kun did not return to Baoding.His car circled around the outskirts of Beijing, then turned back to the capital, and drove straight into the official residence of Wang Huaiqing, commander-in-chief of the Gyeonggi Garrison.Wang Huaiqing reported the deployment situation to him, and then said: "Huangpi is too overzealous. There are so many changes in the capital, and he is still in love with the presidential palace. People say, 'If you don't see the coffin, you won't cry'. This is what he saw. The coffin does not shed tears." Cao Kun closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and said: "Li Songqing is obsessed with officials, and often forgets about them. To prevent the dog from jumping over the wall in a hurry, come first." "What will happen to him?" Wang Huaiqing said, "We have the military and police in our hands, so there is not much he can do." "Don't forget, Duan Hefei was both the Prime Minister of the State and the Chief of the Army at the beginning, so it can be said that he has a lot of power. The world was exempted by Huangpi.Huangpi is amazing! Wang Huaiqing smiled: "Shan Shuai, don't just let Li Huangpi's prestige grow. Hefei was exempted by him, but what happened in the end? Hefei only used a small trick to pull him from his high position with the help of Zhang Zizi's knife. Come down. We, we..." Cao Kun also laughed. "What to do, you can figure it out." Wang Huaiqing said: "Shan Shuai, don't worry, I know what to do." When Li Yuanhong returned home, he had just sat down in the study when he shouted, "Come here!" "President..." An attendant came to him. "Call Li Genyuan and Han Yuchen over here very quickly. I need to find them urgently." Li Yuanhong gave orders. However, the attendant stood still and his face was very ugly.Li Yuanhong became angry. "Why don't you go?" "President, didn't you see it when you came in?" "What did you see?" "Even the doorman has been changed in our house." The attendant said, "Once the doorman changes, no one is allowed to go out..." "Then call!" "The water and electricity are all cut off. Our yard is isolated from the outside world." du8.com copyright "What?" Li Yuanhong felt that the matter was serious.He frowned and started spinning around on the spot.At this moment, Army Chief Jin Yongyan and American adviser Fu Kaisen rushed over. "President," Jin Yongyan said as soon as they met each other, "the situation is chaotic, Cao San fool is attacking us, we have to take urgent measures." "What measure?" Li Yuanhong asked. "There should have been measures a long time ago, why did you think about it today?" "I thought about it a long time ago, but the Beijing-Tianjin area is all within Cao Zhi's sphere of influence, and the needle cannot be inserted." "What measures can be taken now?" Li Yuanhong was anxious. The American adviser sent a message: "President, it is like this. We want to ask the President to hide for a while, safety first. Then there is a setback, and then we will think about countermeasures." "Where are you going to hide?" "I would like to invite the President to Tianjin first." Jin Yongyan said: "Afterwards, I will invite Li Genyuan and the others to Tianjin as well." "The third idiot Cao has already attacked first, he let me out?" Li Yuanhong was nervous. The American adviser laughed. "President, please rest assured. We Americans can still guarantee the freedom of movement of the President. President Kim has arranged a special car. We'd better leave now." Li Yuanhong had no idea, so he nodded in agreement. On June 13, 1923, when the red sun had just fallen to the top of Xishan Mountain, President Li Yuanhong, accompanied by the chief of the army, American advisers and a few family members, secretly left Dongchang Hutong and boarded the special train of the Ministry of War. Stealthily drove towards Tianjin. Li Yuanhong's special car had just started, and Cao Kun knew about it.No, it should be said that Cao Kun knew about Li Yuanhong and his group when they walked out of Dongchang Hutong.However, he lacked the kind of immediate decision, busy and unruffled mind, and before he had time to make a plan to deal with it, Li Yuanhong flew away like thunder.Cao Kun was only panicked and anxious.After being anxious for a while, I hurried to find Wu Peifu, and wanted to ask him to find a way. Wu Peifu is here.After listening to Cao Kun's introduction, Wu Peifu was not excited. He thought for a moment calmly and said, "Shan Shuai, should I invite Uncle Xiao here to listen to his opinion?" Cao Kun frowned—he thought : I asked you for an idea, and you pushed it to Wang Chengbin. Wang Chengbin is the governor of Zhili. How could he ask about the president? He didn’t speak for a long time. He knew in his heart that he and Wu Peifu had something to do with the president. However, they agreed on the issue of opposing Li Yuanhong's abolition of the tour envoy and military governor. Therefore, driving Li has also become a common goal. "Why didn't Wu Peifu express his position and pushed the matter to Wang Chengbin?" Cao Kun Not sure. He had no choice but to say: "I have already called Uncle Xiao, and he will be here soon. Why did Wu Peifu push this matter to the governor of Zhili, and he didn't go anywhere? Han Peifu also has his idea.Expulsion of Li is a major issue in the immediate lineage. What will happen after the expulsion of Li is successful? But it is also a big disagreement in the lineage.Cao Kun is eager to expel Li, because he can't wait to become president. He will not wait for the national unity and the direct power to be strong.Wu Peifu still feels that the time is not ripe, and now he has a big position, which is a "castle in the sky".If Wang Chengbin is allowed to do this matter, no matter whether he advances or retreats in the future, Wu Peifu will leave himself a setback. Wang Chengbin, governor of Zhili and military governor, came.When Wang Chengbin saw Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, he said, "Huang Pi has escaped. Good run!" "What's so good about running away?" Cao Kun said, "He's still the president, and it's the same wherever he goes." "He will escape, and we will naturally have a way to deal with it." Wang Chengbin didn't think so much like Wu Peifu, Wu Peifu is a Confucian general, and he always pays attention to "righteousness and obedience" and "non-propriety".The governor of Zhili only followed his own ideas. ' "Do you have a solution?" Cao Kun thought endlessly. "For example, Huang Pi is the president, and he carries all the president's seals with him." "Don't worry, old man," Wang Chengbin said confidently, "The monk can't run away from the temple. He can only go to Tianjin. Tianjin is still in my hands. I have my own way." "Okay, okay, hurry up and do it." Cao Kun relaxed.However, he turned around and asked Wu Peifu again. "Ziyu, what's your opinion?" When Wu Peifu saw Bao Da, the Governor of Zhili, came down, he also said easily: "Soldiers are precious and fast. Since Uncle Xiao has a comprehensive plan, he must implement it immediately, so as not to have long nights and dreams, leaving future troubles." "Well, I will Hurry to Tianjin with the fastest speed. Everything will be done." Said, Wang Chengbin backed out. ——Sure enough, Wang Chengbin notified the Gyeonggi Garrison Command to tell the Beijing Railway Bureau to control the speed of Li Yuanhong's special car, and at the same time took the best car and rushed to Tianjin.A fierce battle broke out at Tianjin Station... When Wang Chengbin, governor of Zhili and military governor, arrived in Tianjin, Li Yuanhong's special car had not yet arrived.He arranged the troops, set up guards inside and outside the station, and then led his entourage into the VIP room of the station. Tianjin Station was quiet. There were no incoming trains, and even outgoing trains were temporarily stopped. Except for those with strong technical skills, the bustling crowds of the past had disappeared.Li Yuanhong's special train drove in like a fierce lion. When he walked out of the carriage with his Chinese and foreign entourage, he was surprised to find that the governor and military governor Wang Chengbin was waiting for him on the platform! du8.com copyright "Hello, President!" Wang Chengbin greeted him politely. "It's you?" Li Yuanhong immediately darkened his face. "Didn't expect that." Wang Chengbin's tone was threatening. "I've never wanted to think like this." Li Yuanhong stood in Che 19 and said angrily, "Please don't hinder my official actions." "Received the instructions from Beijing that the President left Beijing without any reason, and he has already expressed his resignation." Wang Chengbin still smiled respectfully: "In this way, please hand over the president's seal for the time being." Li Yuanhong was furious. He squinted his eyes, puffed up his chest, and said violently, "I am the president. Why should I hand in the seal? What is the intention of intercepting the car to seize the seal?" Although the voice of the president was still loud, it was clearly It can be heard that the tone lacks confidence. It turns out that while he was speaking, his eyes had peeked up, down, left, and right of the station. He found that the passage, the front and rear of the train, and the inside and outside of the platform were full of neat troops. He was surprised that they were all Cao Kun's subordinates.In those days, all those who played with soldiers and power understood that all power and prestige were based on strong soldiers. As long as there were a few divisions in hand, no matter whether you were a human or a ghost, you had status and prestige; After losing the army, you are surrounded by other people's armies. Even if you have three heads and six arms, even if you still wear a dragon robe, you have to be a "grandson" obediently.Li Yuanhong felt "weak" and felt that he had become a "grandson". He sighed, shook his head, and said, "It was your immediate family who wanted me to be the president; today you forced me to leave and seized my seal." Yes, it’s your direct line again. Don’t you fear others’ condemnation if you turn your hands into clouds and rain like this? Don’t you care about the punishment of history?” Wang Chengbin smiled. "President, don't forget 'this time, that time'. It was absolutely correct to ask you to be the president at the beginning; it is also completely correct to ask you for the seal of the president today. This is the trend, this is the time Bureau. When it's your turn, you do the same." Li Yuanhong stopped answering, and closed his eyes and mouth together——Li Yuanhong had foreseen the current situation.Before leaving Beijing, he arranged for his concubine Li Wenxiu to be "hospitalized" in the French Hospital in Dongjiaominxiang, and he took the president's seal with him.He wanted to go to the concession to exercise the power of the president as a last resort.However, he never expected that the situation would develop so quickly that he didn't even have time to say goodbye to his aunt when he left Beijing. However, the President's seal still stayed with Aunt Li in the French hospital. Wang Chengbin forced the seal, should he give it or not? Li Yuanhong is like an ant on a hot pot at the moment, his thoughts are chaotic, and his whole body is dry.He thought: Handing in the seal is undoubtedly announcing his automatic resignation.Li Yuanhong had experienced what it was like to step down from the field. It was after Zhang Xun's restoration in July 1917 that he was forced to step down from the throne of the presidency.Once down, people are not like people, and ghosts are not like ghosts.Now, he is a bit regretful, regretting that he shouldn't "return to Lin Ke".What if you don't hand in the seal? There is no way to go on the train station in Tianjin.黎元洪山穷水尽了，猛然之间，他领略了官场上的险恶。沉默有时，他转身对身后的副官唐仲寅说：“去，打个电话给法国医院，让姨太太把大印交给高凌蔚。” 唐仲寅应了声“是”走出去了。 王承斌却不放心，他说：“请大总统先到休息室休息，待孝伯安排一下，再送总统出去。” 黎元洪明白，王承斌不是作什么安排，而是以他作为“人质”。大不到手，人质是不放行的。他叹息着，只好被囚进一个“休息室”。 住在北京东交民巷法国医院的黎文绣接到天津电话，知道大事不好，只好将大总统所有印件悉数交给代理国务总理高凌蔚。黎元洪总算又当了一次中华民国的大总统，虽然只是昙花一现。在常人眼中，有一现总比没一现好。 不过，黎元洪虽把总统印交出了，能否走得利索，尚不知。