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Chapter 612 Forced into the Palace

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    Li Yuanhong felt bitter in his heart at this moment.  Duan Qirui fell. As a remnant of the Beiyang faction, he was in a very embarrassing situation:

    On the one hand, the two most powerful factions in Beijing, Zhizhi and Fengfeng, forced him to resign and set up a new puppet.  Since the death of Yuan Shikai, the first president of the Republic of China, he has stepped down in times of crisis, only to step down hastily.  After the immediate president Feng Guozhang and the Anhui president Xu Shichang turned around one after another, it was his turn to mount the horse again, which was also a great miracle in the Republic of China.

    This time, various forces gathered in Beijing to work on the so-called "state affairs" and made it clear that they wanted to remove him from the position of president in the name of legal rule, but he was powerless.

    The Zhili clique wanted to force themselves to step down. Among the pro-Cao faction activists, Feng Yuxiang fought in the first line, instructing army officers to surround the Presidential Palace and the State Council every day to demand military pay.

    He gradually couldn't stand the military force to force him into the palace.  The day before, he had submitted his resignation request to Congress, but Congress under direct control postponed the vote on the grounds that something unusual had happened.  In fact, it was because Sun Yat-sen's trip to the north happened unexpectedly, and the people directly involved were not ready yet.

    Originally, his coming to power was a big conspiracy, or a conspiracy.  As the core figure of the so-called "Legal Reunion", Li Yuanhong was the legal president after Yuan Shikai's death. He was the legal president elected by the first Congress established by Yuan Shikai in accordance with the "Organic Law of the Congress of the Republic of China". He was only forced to do so during Zhang Xun's restoration.  It was disbanded, but Duan Qirui refused to resume it after he came to power, so the "Dharma Protector Movement" came into existence.

    The Chinese people pay attention to "orthodoxy".  To drive away Xu Shichang and welcome back Li Yuanhong, in order to restore the interrupted legal system of the Republic of China and realize the "revival of the legal system," Li Yuanhong, a figure who "connects the past and the future," is indispensable.

    Originally, according to Wu Peifu¡¯s plan, it was natural to wait until the end of the presidential term in September, and then legally ¡°elect¡± Cao Kun through congressional elections.

    He calculated that although the Feng clique was large, it still had no influence among the members of Congress in Beijing.  As long as Cao Kun is legal and backed by the Zhili clique of considerable strength, he will not be able to compete with the Feng clique with the spirit of "holding the emperor to order the princes".

    It¡¯s just that Li Yuanhong was unwilling to be manipulated. Starting this year, he supported Zhang Shaozeng in forming a cabinet, trying to join forces with the government and the Yuan Dynasty to ¡°unify first and then go to the general election.¡± He also told the Bolivarian congressmen to say that ¡°according to the law, the presidential term must be extended until 1925.¡±  It's over" The wind was going in the wrong direction, which made Cao Kun anxious and prepared to step down early, and then he did something disgraceful.

    After the request to Gu Weijun to form a cabinet was rejected, Yan Qinghui, another favorite, also saw the situation clearly and politely refused, leading to a state of anarchy for several days.  Beijing military and police representatives held a meeting at the Chantan Temple Army Review Office and said "angrily": "The president has the right to support congressmen and politicians, but our soldiers who work hard, bleed, and defend the country and the people have not been paid for several months.  , which made us so poor that we couldn¡¯t even eat, so we had to settle the score with him!¡±

    Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Feng Yuxiang, the Army Commissioner, is Cao Kun¡¯s loyal supporter. How much of the ¡°public opinion¡± of his officers and soldiers is true?  In order to achieve the "icing on the cake" effect, Zhang Hanqing actually ordered the salary of his direct officers and soldiers to be cut off - Army Chief Sun Liechen and Finance Chief Pan Fu were both members of the Political Bureau of the People's Party.

    This group of people united the 9th, 11th, and 13th Divisions of the Beijing Garrison and representatives of the Infantry Commander, Yijun, and Police Department. A total of more than 500 people, wearing uniforms and sabers on their waists, went to the government office to demand that the President pay back wages.

    On the 8th, more than a thousand refugees formed a "citizen group" rally to demand Li Yuanhong's resignation.

    On the 9th, the Beijing police announced a strike. Army inspection envoy Feng Yuxiang and Gyeonggi garrison commander Wang Huaiqing jointly wrote to Congress and the diplomatic corps (foreign missions in China) expressing their willingness to use soldiers to maintain order.

    This is essentially the beginning of the Zhili military¡¯s sole control of Beijing.

    In this regard, Li Yuanhong very much hopes that Feng Xi will categorically oppose it.  According to the previous agreement, Nanyuan and Beiyuan are the garrison of the Zhizhi and Fengcheng armies respectively. Unless specially agreed, the two sides are not allowed to enter Beijing, leaving only a small number of neutral garrison troops and police in the political area to maintain public order.  For senior officials from both sides, their guards are allowed to be stationed, but the number shall not exceed 300 people.

    If Fengxi objects in this way, Zhili should also worry about going against its purpose.

    Strangely enough, Zhang Hanqing, who has always been tough, gave up his plan to be honest with his direct relatives. He was also planning to move the belongings from the Commander's Mansion in Beijing to Tianjin.  When important central figures of the Fengcian faction, including Sun Liechen, Pan Fu and Liu Shangqing, three members of the Political Bureau of the People's Party Central Committee and Wang Naibin, the fourth party chief, all left Beijing and returned to Tianjin after resigning, their actions were particularly suspicious.

    This is a prelude to retreat, but it is completely unnecessary!

    But when the news came out that the young marshal was planning to marry Miss Gu in Tianjin, everyone was relieved.  It's not that the young marshal doesn't care about the political situation in Beijing, it's that he is too affectionate.

    Because the diplomatic corpsThere was no consensus on whether to organize an "international committee" to assist the Beijing government in "organizing" finances, so they sent the leader of the mission, the Portuguese Minister to China, Fulide, to comfort the Chinese head of state Li Yuanhong who was staying in Dongchang Hutong, and said bluntly  Tell him: "When this happens in a foreign country, it is called a coup The diplomatic team is willing to do its best to protect the safety of President Lebanese."

    The matter became so big that the mission notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing with a formal letter, expressing concern about the military and police strike. Therefore, for the safety of foreigners, "foreign soldiers are planned to patrol the streets." This caused the pro-Cao faction to panic, and then  Let the police "automatically return to duty" at night.

    If foreigners were allowed to maintain order, how could he "militarily admonish" President Lebanese?

    Zhang Hanqing is watching this farce with a cold eye. Doesn¡¯t he just want to force Li Yuanhong to resign? I have removed all obstacles for you, why is it still in such chaos?

    He knows exactly what Cao Kun thinks. Has history told him? Doesn¡¯t he just want to be president?  Li Yuanhong only expires in three months. Are you in a hurry?  His plea: "Come according to the law, leave according to the law." has made many people in Beijing, Tianjin and other places look down on Zhili.

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    There are also people in the direct line who understand. Wu Peifu is a tycoon after all. He sent representative Li Zhuozhang to express his attitude on his behalf and solemnly declared to Wang Huaiqing and Feng Yuxiang: "All activities must be carried out within the track, and do not be impulsive and let the 'old handsome' earn a thousand years of infamy.  " Wu Peifu also stated that he would not participate in this political wave.

    However, as soon as the news of Sun Yat-sen's journey to the north came out, Li Yuanhong's situation immediately improved: no one urged him to resign, the military and police stopped clamoring for military pay, and the petition group also shut down.

    "In fact, if Zhang Hanqing hadn't disrupted time and space with a gentle wave of his hand, he would have packed up and left two days later.  Sun Yixian's coming to Beijing was both a reminder and a life-saving talisman for him.

    Driving out Li Yuanhong, and not reaching consensus on the selection of agents, is very likely to give Sun Yat-sen an advantage.  With Sun Yat-sen's reputation, once he takes over as president for a few months, his abilities and the interests of the Kuomintang may allow him to take advantage of the situation.  He is not easy to bluff, Li Yuanhong, who has no power but has a position, will suffer if he loses his tail.

    That¡¯s why the exorcism operation was urgently stopped.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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