Years of the Republic of China 1913

It was getting late, and although Yuan Sizhen was married, she still had her original residence in the presidential palace, and Fang Zida Suo Xing stayed here overnight, intending to return to her mansion tomorrow.

Coming out of Yuan Shikai's study, Fang Zida walked to Yuan Sizhen's side familiarly. He just walked around a corridor and ran into Yuan Keding standing there.

"Finished?"

Fang Zida nodded, wondering why Yuan Keding was waiting here.

"Did you get scolded by the old man?" Yuan Keding pointed to Yuan Shikai with a smile.

Fang Zida was slightly taken aback, how did Yuan Keding know that he was reprimanded by Yuan Shikai?It stands to reason that there would be no one outside their conversation in the study, and with Yuan Shikai's personality, if Yuan Keding dared to eavesdrop, his other leg would probably be broken as well.

Yuan Keding laughed happily and said: "This old man is like this. He doesn't praise people much, but he swears for a long time. You have stayed in there for so long, and you were recruited back on purpose this time. It's strange if you don't swear a few words." .”

Fang Zida suddenly realized that although Yuan Keding only guessed three points correctly, this cripple Yuan was really a roundworm in the old Yuan's stomach, and he had a good idea of ​​what his father was thinking.

No wonder Lao Yuan I, who was famous for his fame, would end up with a big somersault at the hands of this precious son.

"Actually, it's not a bad thing to scold the old man." Seeing his brother-in-law's face seemed a little ugly, Yuan Keding approached and comforted him: "Who in Beiyang has never scolded the old man? If the old man stopped scolding that day, I'm afraid this person will It's over."

"Thank you for reminding me, brother."

"Why do people say this. By the way, what are your plans for tomorrow?" Yuan Keding pulled Fang Zida aside and asked.

I didn't understand what the other party meant, but Fang Zida said straight forward, "I'm going to the Prime Minister's Office to report on my work in the morning, and then I will go to the Ministry of National Defense and the Zhongyang Bank. What's next, I haven't made any arrangements yet, what's the matter? Big brother wants me to do something?"

Yuan Keding nodded, thought for a while and said, "So tomorrow afternoon, I'll go directly to your Zhongyang Bank and introduce a friend to you."

"friend?"

"Hehe, don't worry, he will definitely not be some kind of messy person. Speaking of this person, he has something to do with you, and you will know when the time comes." Yuan Keding said with a smile, seeing that Fang Zida just wanted to ask, he Changing the topic, pointing to Yuan Sizhen: "It's okay, it's okay, it's over, hurry up tomorrow, you'll know when you meet someone. It's getting late, Sizhen is still waiting for you in the house, hurry up !"

After finishing speaking, Yuan Keding limped away with his hands behind his back, leaving Fang Zida standing there in a daze.Fang Zida thought about it and shook his head and smiled again, not caring what the prince was up to, turned around and walked towards Yuan Sizhen's room.

Early the next morning, Fang Zida went straight to the Prime Minister's Office. When he saw Song Jiaoren, he apologized first, because he was picked up by Yuan Keding immediately after he came back yesterday, and he couldn't come to see him.

"I'm on the go, so I have to go home first when I finally come back. Zhang Ming, you're not single now. Could it be that I, Song Jiaoren, are so unreasonable? If this is the case, younger siblings must not scold me behind my back?" Song Jiaoren said In a good mood, he and Fang Zida were joking cheerfully. After the two parties sat down, Song Jiaoren asked about the southern and Shandong matters. Here are some documents for Song Jiaoren to review.

"The Eighth Division, Zhang Xun's Wuwei Army, and Shandong Patrol Battalion, you have done a good job. Now Shandong and Jiangsu have calmed down, plus the rest of the provinces, it can be said that more than half of the country is under the control of Zhong Yang. It is a good foundation for the implementation of constitutionalism. Moreover, the success of the "Shanghai Merchants Association" has made everyone even more excited. Many people from other parties in the Congress, including your father-in-law Beiyang, also applauded. This is really a happy thing! "

Hearing Song Jiaoren's praise, Fang Zida kept a low profile, repeatedly saying that these are what he should do, but he just pushed at the right time, and he didn't deserve any credit.

Seeing Fang Zida being so humble, Song Jiaoren was even happier.You must know that when good news came one after another, the excitement in his heart could not be described in words.As the prime minister of a country, Song Jiaoren had many difficulties in taking over. Only when he sat in this position did he realize how much pressure he was under.Such a big country, and it has experienced more than half a century of suffering. The country is now poor, indebted, internally and externally troubled, and turbulent... The problems facing it are almost countless. If you want to realize your constitutional ideals, the road is tortuous It is hard to imagine.

Fang Zida has done a good job in the south these days. For Song Jiaoren, the Eighth Division of National Defense Reorganization, Zhang Xunwu Guards, Shandong Patrol Battalion, and the stabilization of Shandong and Jiangsu are the greatest support for his political work.What's more, what makes him even more happy is that the great success of the "Shanghai Merchants Association" has made everyone see the hope of the rise of industry in China. For this reason, Song Jiaoren specially recruited the chief ministers of finance, industry and commerce, and agriculture and forestry. Dear ministers, after analyzing the results of the China Merchants Association, everyone was surprised by the conclusions. These are all thanks to Fang Zida. As Song Jiaoren, who single-handedly promoted Fang Zida, saw the return of love, he was very happy. And metaphor.

However, after the good news was finished, Song Jiaoren looked a little embarrassed.Regarding Fang Zida's return to Beijing to report on his work, as the prime minister, he was actually unwilling. The key was that Fang Zida's actions in the south were too big, and what he did was too successful.

These days Fang Zida attracted the attention of many people in Beijing.Among these people, there are Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang from Xu Shichang's office, and Fang Zida's old enemy, Liang Shiyi, the former general manager of the Bank of Communications, and others.in addition.Members of other parties in the Congress also disagreed with Fang Zida. They worried that Fang Zida's popularity would make Song Jiaoren and even Yuan Shikai behind him more prestigious, which would affect the development of their parties.Even within the wmt party there is such a voice.Some party members have mentioned to Song Jiaoren more than once that although Fang Zida is a comrade of KMT, he is also Yuan Shikai's son-in-law. This person who has two branches of WMT and Beiyang must be used with caution, lest Fang Zida has too much power in his hands. , which led to an imbalance in the constitutional government. Now that the affairs of the South are over, Fang Zida should be called back to the capital as soon as possible.

"Shang Ming, I am actually opposed to calling you back to Beijing this time, hey... I really wronged you."

Song Jiaoren's words were sincere, and Fang Zida could hear the helplessness in his heart and understood the embarrassment of the prime minister.As the idealist and pioneer of Chinese constitutionalism, Song Jiaoren would absolutely not be able to go against his own ideals and do things that are beneficial to him. In his heart, constitutionalism is the first no matter what. Ren's belief in his life is also the reason why he said this.

"I understand. Anyway, the affairs over there are almost done. The government and the Ministry of National Defense will take over directly. By the way, how do you choose the civil affairs chief of the two provinces?" Fang Zida didn't show any blame on his expression. · Instead, he asked about zheng fu's arrangement.

Regarding Fang Zida, Song Jiaoren did not hide anything, and immediately named a few people, intending to choose two of them to be the governors of Shandong and Jiangsu respectively.Although these people Fang Zida didn't have much contact with each other, they have been famous for a long time.After hearing this, he nodded again and again, feeling that the candidate Song Jiaoren had chosen was really good.

"Zhang Ming, what's next?"

"There is still a lot of work to be done in Zhongyang Bank, and I have to find time to visit Tianjin Merchants." Fang Zida replied.

Song Jiaoren nodded, feeling very comforted in his heart. He also felt that Fang Zida had been treated badly.However, there will always be a chance to make up for it in the future, and he immediately encouraged him with a few words, hoping that Fang Zida would not feel any burden in his mind.

The two chatted for a long time, and Fang Zida didn't get up until someone from the Ministry of Finance came to Song Jiaoren to deal with the matter.After leaving the Prime Minister's Office, he went to the Ministry of National Defense and met with the new Minister of National Defense Duan Qirui.Still the same as before, Duan Qirui was very enthusiastic about Fang Zida's arrival, and it was impossible to see that he had done a lot of tricks in Fang Zida's recall.Stayed in the Ministry of National Defense for more than an hour, and handed over the materials such as the Eighth Division and the No.15 Division’s spare roster to Duan Qirui. After the handover, Fang Zida politely declined Duan Qirui’s invitation to invite him to lunch Invited, and left the Ministry of Defense on the grounds that Zhong Yang Bank had something to deal with.

During the days when Fang Zida left, although he was not in Beijing, he could keep in touch with the headquarters of Zhongyang Bank by telegram. He was well aware of the work progress and situation of Zhongyang Bank. Moreover, the staff he selected also worked hard. Not bad, according to some plans before he left, it was carried out in an orderly manner, especially Zhou Chen, who was the chief of staff, arranged everything properly. Both Yang Du and the Ministry of Finance praised his ability Plus.

"Mr. Fang, these are the documents that you dealt with when you were away, and these sorted materials, please have a look." In Fang Zida's office in Zhongyang Bank, Zhou Chen put several stacks of documents on the table one by one, and asked Fang Zida reported the work progress in recent days.

Fang Zida listened quietly, interrupting to ask a few questions from time to time, Zhou Chen answered with confidence, and some important numbers came out of his mouth without any hesitation.

"I'm not in these days, Brother Yicheng has worked hard." Fang Zida put his hand on the document and patted it lightly, then raised his head and said with a smile.

"No hard work, no hard work, this is what I should do." Zhou Chen said modestly, helping Fang Zida refill the cup with tea, and then left, watching Zhou Chen walk out of the office, Fang Zida sighed softly, He picked up the file and looked at it carefully.

I don't know how much time passed until someone knocked on the door and said that Yuan Keding had come, Fang Zida put down the documents and got up.When they got to the reception room next door, they saw Yuan Keding was sitting on the sofa with a handsome man talking and laughing happily. When Fang Zida came in, Yuan Keding and the man stood up quickly.Say hello to him.

"Come on, come on, Zhang Ming, this is the friend I mentioned last night. He is my sworn brother, and he used to be a member of your kmt."

For some reason, the more Fang Zida looked at that person, the more familiar he became, but he couldn't remember where he saw him.Quickly walked a few steps to the other party, stretched out his hand and smiled and asked, "Hi sir, what's your name?"

The man was handsome in a suit and had a charming smile. He shook hands and said, "I have admired Mr. Zhang Ming for a long time. I am Wang Zhaoming." To be continued.