Years of the Republic of China 1913

On the way back, Song Jiaoren kept complaining about Fang Zida's recklessness. How can national affairs be so trifling?Once these appalling remarks of his are spread, they will be criticized by thousands of people, and even Song Jiaoren will not be able to protect him.As he spoke, Song Jiaoren couldn't help shaking his head, he really regretted taking Fang Zida to see Yuan Shikai today.

Fang Zida didn't pay any attention to Song Jiaoren's complaints, as if he just did a trivial thing just now, and kept smiling while sitting in the car.It wasn't until Song Jiaoren said that he got a little angry that he asked Song Jiaoren indifferently, if he officially took over as the prime minister and the government's finances were facing collapse under the current situation, would there be a good way to solve the problem? Song Jiaoren was furious It was drowned out all at once, frowning tightly and saying nothing.

Song Jiaoren is a conscientious politician and a responsible politician, but he is definitely not a mature and experienced politician. At least he is still relatively naive. Fang Zida can see this clearly.From a practical point of view, Fang Zida actually does not approve of Song Jiaoren taking over the government affairs immediately. Under the current situation, after completing the parliamentary elections and becoming prime minister, Song Jiaoren will suddenly sit on the crater from the current detached place.The current financial situation of the government of the Republic of China is extremely bad. Today, Zhou Xuexi and others should also prove this point, and the military governments in various places are full of factions, and Sun Wen and others are jumping up and down in Japan. It's the turbulent waves below, once he takes over, this particularly hot potato will fall into the hands of Song Jiaoren.

This point, Fang Zida had some expectations before, and after today's meeting with Yuan Shikai, he was even more certain.The topic of large government borrowing is very heavy. As the president, Yuan Shikai must grasp this life-saving straw no matter whether he is public or private. This is also an unavoidable hurdle for the current government.But everyone knows that no matter whether the people involved in this matter are for the country or for the individual, once the contract is signed, there is no way to escape the betrayal of the country's interests.To avoid getting involved in this vortex as much as possible and go into battle lightly, this is the only thing Song Jiaoren can do.

It was precisely for this reason that Fang Zida deliberately came forward to stir up trouble, letting everyone break up with wild words.However, he was not aimless. Although those words had the intention of helping Song Jiaoren out of the siege, they also had other intentions. No matter what the result was, it would definitely not do any harm to him.

When he returned to the residence, Song Jiaoren, who had calmed down, had already figured it out. Although he didn't say anything, he was a little moved in his heart. He took Fang Zida's hand and shook it tightly, and explained the future arrangements. After the two broke up, Fang Zida would Go to the house you just bought, and Marcos has been waiting for a long time.

The new house was simply tidied up, and Zhou Zhouer was asked to find a reliable old man to be the porter. Although a lot of furniture needs to be added, it can still be lived in.The long-term private room of the Liuguo Hotel has been given over to Marcos for a temporary stay, and Fang Zida moved here directly. After all, it is much more convenient to meet and discuss things here than other places.

After closing the door, Fang Zida and Marcos stayed in the room for more than three hours. No one knew what they were talking about. When Fang Zida sent Marcos to leave through the back door, he saw Marcos' solemn expression. With such a hint of excitement in his heart, he quickly left in the dark.

Yuan Shikai's presidential decree came down soon. With his support, Song Jiaoren immediately organized the work of the Congress. At the same time, Prime Minister Zhao Bingjun also actively cooperated with him to gradually hand over government affairs.Of course, under Fang Zida's reminder, Song Jiaoren did not immediately take over all the work of the government. With the congress to be held soon and constitutional governance as the primary reason, he only slightly participated in the prime minister's affairs. Song Jiaoren, the statutory Prime Minister of the government, was only acting as the Speaker of the House of Representatives before the formal election of the National Assembly.

The convening of the first Congress was a major event for the Republic of China, and it was also the first step in constitutionalism.Song Jiaoren sent all the people to go north to cooperate, and notified the Nanjing Senate and the House of Representatives to officially move to Beijing from now on. Fang Zida, who had no interest in convening, was also recruited by Song Jiaoren to help him share part of the work. He wandered around several venues all day long, and some trivial matters made him dizzy.Moreover, some people did not know where to find out that Fang Zida, an unfamiliar face, turned out to be Song Jiaoren's personal assistant, which attracted these political speculators who were eyeing certain Congressional positions and government vacancies, like A swarm of extremely annoying flies buzzed around him, and he couldn't be driven away no matter how hard he tried.There are countless ways to flatter, treat guests, give gifts, drink flowers and wine, and make friends with fellow villagers. What makes Fang Zida dumbfounded is that there are a few old guys who look like half of their feet will be in the coffin. Every time they meet him, they can’t stop He admired Fang Zida's youth and promise, and tried his best to sell to him his daughter, niece, niece, granddaughter, granddaughter...

"It's good to be an official, no wonder so many people want to be an official..." Fang Zida couldn't help sighing in his spare time. He, who didn't even have half an official hat on his head, became an official because of Song Jiaoren. Beijing Zhonghongren.In the past ten days, he has known more people than in the previous half a year, and there are many strangers who can't even name him. Seeing him, he is brother Zhang Ming and brother Zhang Ming, as if he is a long-lost brother. , was extremely affectionate to him.

Preparations for the Congress are in full swing, and negotiations between the government and the five-nation banking group are continuing.I don't know whether it was influenced by Fang Zida's wild words or other reasons. Premier Zhao, Foreign Minister Lu and Chief Zhou, who presided over the negotiations, suddenly made a request to the five-nation banking group to increase the loan amount.Although they were rejected by the British, French, and Japanese banking groups on the spot, it is strange that the two banking groups, Dehua and Huaru Daosheng, had an ambiguous attitude. Although they did not directly accept the proposal, they showed some emotion. The look of interest.This change made the three members of the negotiating team overjoyed, and quickly passed the news to Yuan Shikai. After receiving the news, Yuan Shikai immediately instructed them to strike while the iron was hot and try their best to win over the German and Russian bank groups to achieve the purpose of increasing loans.

The ensuing negotiations once reached a stalemate, especially in Yokohama, Japan, which seemed very dissatisfied with the change of attitude towards Germany and Russia. After several unsuccessful coordinations, it even threatened to withdraw at the internal meeting of the banking group.It's a pity that the Japanese made a wrong calculation this time. Among the five-nation banking group, Japan's Yokohama Shokin was the last to join, and its capital strength and amount of funds raised were far inferior to those of the other four-nation banking groups.Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan, an Asian island country, has risen rapidly, and even chanted the slogan of leaving Asia and joining Europe. After Japan barely defeated the Manchu Qing with the power of the whole country during the Sino-Japanese War, it paid off the huge 5000 million pounds of militarism by paying indemnity With foreign debts, Japan became a powerful country in Asia. After the victory in the Russo-Japanese War eight years ago, Japan finally became a powerful country this time.