In the presidential palace, the president of the Republic of China who usually has a simple and honest smile, like an Amitabha Buddha. Li Yuanhong, nicknamed Li Bodhisattva, has a gloomy face now as if he can twist out water. His two majestic German-style bearded beards even tremble slightly.

Just a few minutes ago, Prime Minister Fang Zida had just left, and the Prime Minister suddenly came to visit him in person. This is a rare thing in the Presidential Palace. You should know that Fang Zida has entered here for a few times since Yuan Shikai's death. In addition to the important official business, Li Yuanhong signed and stamped it on the official documents, he rarely walked around.

Speaking of which, Li Yuanhong, the president, cannot be compared with Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai has great prestige and real power, and can compete with the State Council. Even when Song Jiaoren, who is vigorously promoting constitutionalism, had to discuss with Yuan Shikai whenever he had something to do, because he knew clearly that without Yuan Shikai nodding, many decrees could not be implemented at all.

After Yuan Shikai's death, most of the Beiyang faction was accepted by Fang Zida. Duan Qirui, who tried to take advantage of this opportunity, ended up being in a mess and even lost the throne of Minister of National Defense. As for Prime Minister Song Jiaoren, with the support of Fang Zida, he truly exercised government powers, and the position of President became a false position with a high reputation but not a heavy reputation, and a light person.

In addition to the nominal head of state and corresponding treatment, the real power in Li Yuanhong's hands can be said to be extremely small, and even any member of the cabinet cannot compare with him. In this case, what else can he do if he doesn't become a Bodhisattva? It also confirms his famous nickname.

Today, Fang Zida's sudden visit surprised Li Yuanhong, but as the president, he still enthusiastically received this nominal subordinate. After the actual highest decision-maker of the Republic of China met, Fang Zida and Li Yuanhong were having a lot of laughter and chatted about the recent government situation, and politely asked him that as the president, he would have criticism and guidance on the government's work.

Of course, Li Yuanhong would not take these polite words seriously. How could Fang Zida let the Presidential Office interfere with political affairs? Unless his mind was in a state of water, he said modestly, haha, and praised the State Council casually. Li Yuanhong did not give any suggestions, and said tossing and turning around, either good or good, and other nonsense. At the same time, the president was smiling and secretly guessing the real purpose of Fang Zida. Based on his understanding of Fang Zida, he would never have to eat enough and do nothing to do. He came to the Presidential Office and talked about these messy things.

As expected, after a lot of trouble, Fang Zida's conversation turned to the sensational Wang Yaqiao case that had caused a while ago. He seemed to discuss with Li Yuanhong with great interest. As the president, Li Yuanhong must of course be consistent with the government's statement, and said some words were clear and said that such a serious criminal case must be strictly tried to avoid such incidents from happening again.

As soon as Li Yuanhong finished speaking, Fang Zida clapped and praised him for flattery and threw it around the other party's head, such as loyalty to the country, evil as hatred, national model, constitutional pioneer, etc., which made Li Yuanhong dizzy, and at the same time, he became more vigilant, afraid that Fang Zida would have some ulterior motives behind this praising.

As expected, Fang Zida changed his expression after praising him, and told Li Yuanhong with a solemn expression that after investigation, Wang Yaqiao's case was complicated. There are shadows of various factions, including the revolutionary party that has disappeared, the opposition parties in China who are dissatisfied with the government, and even the Russians, the Japanese, the British, and the French, a series of connections. Fang Zida begged the Presidential Office to support the State Council to thoroughly verify the case, capture all the mastermind behind the scenes, safeguard the dignity of the law and ensure social stability, and to restore the country's bright world.

Li Yuanhong's smile became fainter when he heard it. Although Fang Zida's every word was discussed with him from a fair standpoint, some of his tone and words vaguely revealed that in addition to these obvious news, there were other information unknown to outsiders, especially when Fang Zida got up and said goodbye after talking about Wang Yaqiao's case. Before leaving, he suddenly asked Wu Zhaolin's recent situation without thinking. This made Li Yuanhong sweat suddenly, and his smile instantly frozen on his face.

After Fang Zida left, Li Yuanhong's heart sank to the bottom, his face was gloomy and his hands were trembling slightly. He sat in the study without moving for a long time

After a while, he asked someone to find Wu Zhaolin immediately. An hour later, his old partner, old subordinate, army general, and presidential office senator Wu Zhaolin rushed over.

"Brother Song Qing, what's the matter with me?" As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Yuanhong sitting on the sofa motionless. Wu Zhaolin took off his coat and handed it to the servant, and asked casually.

After making a gesture of closing the door, Wu Zhaolin waved his hand and asked the servant to go out and take the door. When the door was closed, before Wu Zhaolin could approach, Li Yuanhong, who was sitting on the sofa, suddenly jumped up. With his skills that were not as good as his age, he grabbed the book on the table and smashed it hard at the other party.

"Wu Weisan! You! You are going to kill me!"

Fortunately, Wu Zhaolin was born in a military camp. Although he failed to do this, he flashed the "hidden weapon" in a panic. He didn't care that his originally shiny hair was as scattered as a chicken coop. He hurriedly shouted: "Brother Song Qing... Why is this? Why is this?"

"Why? You... do you still have the face to ask me? If it weren't for the good things you did...I..." Li Yuanhong gasped and pointed at Wu Zhaolin with a heavy breath, his expression was anxious and angry

"Brother Song Qing, you and I have been together for decades. You know the best of me, Wu Zhaolin. Even if you want to fight or kill, you have to let me die. I will understand? What happened to you today? Why are you so angry?" Wu Zhaolin was confused and still couldn't figure out what was going on.

"I ask you, did you ask me to expand the power of the president?"

"yes"

"Did you say you have the opportunity to allow Congress to pass the change of the prime minister system to the presidential system?"

"That's right!"

"Did you also say that after Sun Yat-sen's death, the revolutionary party was invincible and was a great time to win people's hearts?"

"Of course, although the Revolutionary Party failed to do anything under Sun Yat-sen, there are many talents in it that can still be used by us. Taking advantage of the opportunity to gather a group of people can also improve the strength of our progressive Party."

"You...have you got in private with people from the Revolutionary Party?"

"this……"

“Yes or not?”

"I have contacted it! So what? KMT has also gathered a group of revolutionary party members? Can't we do it if they do it? You know that our Progressive Party is also a member of the Congress!" Wu Zhaolin replied dissatisfiedly. In his opinion, this matter is not a matter at all. You have me among the parties in the Republic of China, and I have you among you. Who did not have the documents of several parties? Only KMT later developed a policy that could not cross the party, which gradually reduced this kind of situation between the parties.

"What's the matter? What's the matter?" Li Yuanhong jumped and cursed: "When did I promise you to do this? Ah!"

"I..." Wu Zhaolin was speechless and cursed in his heart: "Yes, you didn't agree, but when I talked to you, you didn't say you didn't agree. Isn't this obviously acquiesce? Now he actually brought this up and said that I'm going to take the blame? The blame? Not good!"

Thinking of this, Wu Zhaolin's face suddenly changed. He finally realized that it was because of his private contact with the revolutionary party? Something big is wrong?

"I understand? I know? You...you!" Wu Zhaolin was noisy, and Li Yuanhong sat back on the sofa angrily.

"Brother Song Qing, what's going on? What happened?" This time, Wu Zhaolin approached with fear and asked. He glanced at this loyal old subordinate. Li Yuanhong shook his head and sighed slowly and told him what he had just visited Fangzi.

With Li Yuanhong's account, Wu Zhaolin's face became more and more ugly. In the end, he was even scared and sweated. Fang Zida's style and character were very clear. Wu Zhaolin knew very well. Don't think that he was very kind in his usual reasoning, and he also took the national system as the top priority in doing things. But once he started a ruling, everyone was afraid of him. Is Master Yuan powerful back then? Fang Zida was taken abroad and has not come back yet. Duan Qirui is holding great power, right? Now he is just a farmer who has thought about his mistakes behind closed doors and former Prime Minister Song Jiaoren

T. The leader of the Party holds the power of the government, and he is so messed up by Fang Zida. He finally goes abroad... This series of things does not include the gangsters he took over the 8th Division of the Nanjing City and the resolution of the revolutionary party and the reorganization of the National Defense Forces. Even Xu Shuzheng's death is a forced person. Although Wu Zhaolin is an admiral, he is already standing aside. In terms of power in his hands, Xu Shuzheng had to be left several streets before. How could he have fallen into Fang Zida's hands?

"Song Qing, Song Qing, save me! That's right, I've seen Chen Shaobai and others, but I didn't let them kill anyone! I can swear to the sky! Song Qing!" The more I thought about it, the more I became more and more afraid, Wu Zhaolin knelt in front of Li Yuanhong with a loud bang, hugged his thigh and begged hard, holding his thighs and begging hard

Li Yuanhong looked at him helplessly, thought for a while and asked seriously: "You really only contacted me, didn't do anything stupid?"

"No! Absolutely not! If I talk nonsense, the sky will hit the five thunders!" Wu Zhaolin burst into tears and patted his head to promise.

"That's good...this is good..." Li Yuanhong could believe Wu Zhaolin's words, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. At least the result was not as serious as he thought.

"Song Qing, can you explain with Fang Zhengming..." Seeing Li Yuanhong's tone relax, Wu Zhaolin's heart, which was hanging in the air, was halfway back. After thinking about it, he hesitantly suggested.

"Confused! What to explain? How to explain? Can you let others catch us?" Li Yuanhong became angry as soon as he heard this. Wu Zhaolin was usually very flexible, so why did he lose his opinion today? Can this kind of explanation be taken and said it actively? It's so naive

After looking at Wu Zhaolin again, Li Yuanhong sighed and comforted: "In my opinion, Fang Zida did not want to really hold you accountable. If he really wanted to do it, he would probably just ask the Security Bureau to find you, and he would not come to the Presidential Palace to talk nonsense to me now... Just pretend that this has not happened, and don't mention it no matter who asks it. In addition, if there is a person from the revolutionary party contacting you, you should report it directly to the Security Bureau immediately and they will deal with it next."

"Is this good?" Wu Zhaolin asked in amazement.
Chapter completed!