Tang Hualong did have the intention to be recruited, but it was not just recruiting the amnesty. What the Constitutional Protection Party wanted was to rehabilitate. Since last year's Cai Yuanpei coup, the people of the Constitutional Protection Party widened their eyes and looked at the changes in the domestic political situation. At the end of last year, the constitutional modification ended, and private property rights were raised to an unprecedented level, which caused controversy among the party. When this year's Lantern Festival Gala, Yang Rui met with gentry and celebrities from various provinces, such as Zhang Jian from Jiangsu, Tang Shouqian from Zhejiang, Tan Yankai from Hunan, Chen Bolian from Guangdong and others, and the fool also knew that the country was going to change.

How could the Constitutional Protection Party be missing if it really changes? With such thoughts, Liang Qichao kept asking his former relatives and friends to go to the capital to inquire about the details of the Constitutional Change, but there were all the news that came back. The most frightening one was that after the term of office of this prime minister ended, Yang Rui would completely retreat, and then it was very likely that the Kuomintang Song Jiaoren took over. According to the representative seats of the Academy of Sense, even if Yang Rui retired, the position of Prime Minister may not be Song Jiaoren's turn, but there will be no wind and waves. If there is such a rumor, there will naturally be such a possibility. But what kind of transaction will exist between the Fuxing and the Kuomintang? Also, what benefits can the Constitutional Protection Party gain in this round of "Change" have always been a question that Liang Qichao and others have thought deeply.

However, if you think behind closed doors, there will be no result. Thinking of Tang Hualong's reputation in Hubei, Liang Qichao specially sent him back to China first, but before returning to China, he urged him to go to Geneva to meet Yang Du. This person is Yang Rui's confidant, and he might be able to ask for some real news.

In Yang Du's office, after giving a solemn greeting, Tang Hualong asked for advice straight to the point: "Brother Xizi, I heard that the farmer association is going to be demolished in China. Is this news true?"

He looked at Tang Hualong with some surprise, and Yang Du said in surprise: "This matter was confirmed last year, why are you..." He suddenly thought of Song Jiaoren and asked: "Has Song Dunchu mentioned it to you?"

"What!" The flesh on Tang Hualong's face began to twitch slightly, and he almost stomped his feet, "Song Dunchu, he! He! Alas, it's better not to mention it!" He finished the pain and said aggrievedly: "Brother Xizi, Song Dunchu and others have never told us the truth. They are afraid that we will also form a party and rob their seats."

I was a little surprised when I first heard that Tang Hualong mentioned the reason. Yang Du felt relieved. Unlike the Fuxing who relied on farmers and small merchants, the Kuomintang and the Constitution-protecting Party fought against the votes of gentry and gentry. The votes were limited. If there was another Constitution-protecting Party, the Kuomintang might not reach the minimum vote limit of 5%. Therefore, he hesitated at the temptation of Liang Qichao and others. There was no truth at all.

"Brother Jiwu, hurry up and tell Mr. Ren to return to China. Maybe you are all representatives of the next 未分大学." Yang Du, who had just returned, was very busy. He had to sign some documents with the help of his secretary and talk to Tang Hualong. Although this did not respect the guests, the status of him and Tang Hualong were very different, and Tang Hualong was as if he was struck by lightning just now, and he didn't care about his rudeness at all.

"Xi...Brother Xizi, aren't you lie to me?" Tang Hualong recovered from the 'thunder strike' for a long time. Before, they were still desperate people in the world, but then they could sit in the Jingshi Academy and become one of the sharingists of the Greater China regime. Even if they were performing operas, they were not so outrageous.

Unexpectedly, Tang Hualong, who had always been so experienced, had such an elm-headed. Yang Du had to put down his pen and said seriously: "Brother Jiwu, have you not read domestic newspapers? Even if you don't believe in domestic newspapers, you should have read the government gazette? Now the military system has begun to be changed in China. After the Fuxing Army, the Fuxing Army is divided into provincial troops and national troops. The provincial government will be allocated by the provincial government agencies, and the national government agencies will be allocated by the national government agencies.

The tax system is also changing. In the past, most of the taxes belonged to the central government, and then the Ministry of Revenue allocated to the provinces; now, each province only needs to pay the annual amortization fees of the Notice of the Court, and the remaining most of the taxes belong to the local government. This means that the provinces and governments should not "go to Beijing to go to Beijing" as they did before, causing housing prices in the capital to soar.

And..." Yang Du has paid little attention to domestic things recently, so he became speechless after saying two things in a row. He looked at Tang Hualong, who was still stunned and said with a heart-warming heart: "Brother Jiwu, if you really believe in Yang Du, then go back to China immediately. Don't go to Song Dunchu to talk to the Prime Minister. He will definitely give you a satisfactory answer. If you go back late, don't talk to the Beijing Institute of Juyi, you are afraid that you will not be able to enter the Provincial Institute of Juyi."

After Yang Du said this, the Japanese representative and Deputy Secretary-General of the Secretariat of the League of International Secretariat appeared outside the office. Yang Du, who knew that the Japanese must be related to the "Fu Manchu" case, had to serve tea and see the guests. After Tang Hualong left, the newcomer came down and said, "Yang Jun, Secretary-General Sir Kedu Meng (F Japanese e-d milk m Touching) has now handed over the matter to the investigation committee for investigation. Before the investigation is over, he suggests that your country be patient for the time being."

The Investigation Committee is a department just established this year. Although it is better to hand over the matter to the Investigation Committee for investigation than to go directly to the arbitration court, it is already a formal procedure. Yang Du, who was worried, asked: "Who will be left to investigate the matter?"

"I heard that Mr. Robert-johnson was going to hand him over to Mr. Rapporteur." Ina Shintodo replied with a frown. Mr. Robbermei is the former Senate of France, but this Mr. Robbermei is a British man. When an Englishman investigates a case involving Britain, no one can guarantee whether the investigation is fair or not.

Shinto Tora frowned, Yang Du's face became very ugly. He felt that this was perfunctory. Shinto Tora had to comfort him: "Mr. Yang, since the 'Barma War [Note 129]', the West has slandered the East Asian nation for decades. It was mainly targeted at Japan before, but now it is targeted at your country. It can be imagined that the more prosperous your country is, the more prevalent the Yellow Peril theory will become. One day, this prejudice will cause war. But I think it is impossible to eliminate this prejudice in a short period of time, we can only..."

"Xindu Jun..." If it were in the past, Yang Du definitely did not understand why there was such prejudice, but now he understands it. Unlike the Warring States Period, the straitors only seek interests, race and sect are also important factors in international conflicts. Westerners often say that the East is barbaric, but in fact the most barbaric is precisely the monotheists and racists. "...I feel more and more slim about solving this problem safely. Even if the investigation found that "Fu Manchu" does have the effect of vilifying the image of Chinese expatriates, and the novel author was banned from writing, but many of his readers are on the other side of the ocean, and he can go to the United States to continue writing..."

Sometimes literati are the hardest to deal with. Although they had conducted private negotiations before, Lomore did not buy it. They had to pass official pressure, but Yang Du's understanding of Lomore would never give up. What's more, Lomore was enjoying the huge dividends that aroused international disputes at this time, the novel, which was not sold much, has now been sold for tens of thousands of copies due to newspaper reports. At the same time, the matter has reached this point. Under the huge pressure of public opinion, it is too late for the agents of the West Factory to intervene again. If the action fails, it will surely confirm that China is a barbaric nation. It is really a slander! Yang Du sighed.

Unlike Yang Du, who was frowning, Tang Hualong, who was anxious to return to Paris, looked full of joy. During the party meeting, Liang Qichao also said that the domestic situation will change a few years later. Others don’t know, but Tang Hualong knew that this was a completely deceptive trick. If not, the remaining people of the Constitutional Protection Party were probably disbanded long ago. Although the funds are worry-free, people can’t lose hope, right? Now, things have changed completely as Liang Qichao said before.

After Tang Hualong, who returned to the Paris Liberal Newspaper, repeated Yang Duzhiyan at the meeting, Liang Qichao's disciple Jiang Baili was the first to object, saying: "Teacher, Yang is cunning and cannot be trusted! If we really cooperate with him, maybe he would send us all into prison as soon as he turned against him. Now Brother Zong Meng and others are still in prison!"

Zong Meng is Lin Changmin. Last time he attacked the Jiangsu State Taxation Bureau and participated in the assassination of Tao Chengzhang, he was sentenced to twenty-five years. This is actually one of the hidden worries of the Constitution Protecting Party members. Although Tao Chengzhang was not planned by the Constitution Protecting Party, everyone knew about it. If you really want to find any evidence, you might have to be sentenced to twenty or thirty years. If you are already in your forties and fifties, and if you are in prison for another twenty or thirty years, your political life will end early.

While everyone was pondering, Zhang Junli, the chief writer of the Free Press, who was studying political science in Germany, said: "Ren Gong, there is indeed a major change in the country. Ling Gongquan is discussing the establishment of Shanghai Bank with celebrities in Shanghai recently. Moreover, famous gentry and merchants in various provinces across the country are discussing the establishment of provincial banks, but no one can say why, this is absolutely not a trivial matter. Since Cai Jimin's rebellion, all kinds of actions of the Revival will be prepared for the future. This is exactly in line with Yang Jingcheng's statement that he will no longer serve as the Prime Minister in the next term.

Yang Xizi has always been Yang Jingcheng's confidant, and he can still believe his words. From a political standpoint, Revival will be shifting from a tyrant regime to aristocratic regime. Although it still has prestige among the people, it is no longer a peasant party. In time, what it can really rely on is the landlords, factory owners, and gentry and business celebrities from all over the country. This is exactly the same as us..."

"Brother Shilin's words are very wrong!" The person who spoke was Liu Chongjie. He is from Fujian and had served as the first-class counselor of the Qing Dynasty Embassy in Japan earlier. "According to your opinion, the Revival Society is about to compete with our Constitutional Protection Party to support it. We do not unite with the Kuomintang, but we go to the Revival Society, which is really unwise. Since the domestic political situation is about to change drastically, why can't we return to China first and prepare for the next election of the Senate Academy with the Kuomintang? This is better than being swallowed up by the Revival, right?"

"Brother Zikai, why should we win over gentry and celebrities from all over the world?" Zhang Junli was obviously not a nerd. He fully understood that the Yang Jingcheng cabinet would completely complete the domestic political layout. It is precisely because of this that they could reach some agreement with the Kuomintang Song Jiaoren and the Kuomintang supported various proposals of the Revival Association. The next session of the Revival Association supports Song Jiaoren to come to power. The Constitution-protecting Party must benefit from it, so naturally they have to talk to Yang Jingcheng instead of the Kuomintang.

Zhang Junli's extremely pragmatic question made everyone nod, and he then said: "Only by closely uniting with the Revival Association, can the Constitutional Protection Party obtain more benefits. The small taxpayer voters it abandons today are likely to become supporters of the Kuomintang in the future. We do not have to fight with the Kuomintang, we can only reap profits as long as we stand on the side of the strong.

The planner was Yang Jingcheng. I think in order to seek support from gentry and celebrities from all over the country, they will definitely buy them with something. We are most familiar with landlords from all over the country. Although we had conflicts before, our relationship was still there. There is also the reputation of Ren Gong and the lords breaking their families and protecting the constitution. This is our value."

"Silin, what benefits do you think Yang Jingcheng will give to get the support of the gentry?" Zhang Junli's words made Liang Qichao have some imaginations.

"The benefits?" Zhang Junli was just a theoretical guess. Now after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but be shocked: "It's not land compensation, right?"

"What!", "How is it possible?!" The participants couldn't help but be excited when they heard this. This was actually the highest mission of the Constitutional Protection Party, but it was really a great irony to propose the revival meeting that opposed the full compensation before.

Tang Hualong looked at Zhang Junli in a hot heart, and then looked at Liang Qichao again. He said in a daze: "How is this possible? How much does it cost?"

"It's possible." Tang Juedun said. "400 million mu of arable land, 20 taels per mu is 8 billion taels. Twenty percent have been paid, and there are still 6.4 billion taels left. It is said that during the European War, the Ministry of Revenue made a total of nearly 10 billion yuan in profits. As long as the Juyi Academy agrees to compensate the landlords, the money can still be obtained."

"You guys, I think the revival will probably be like the 'official decentralization order' issued by Japan during Meiji period. In the name of compensating landlords, generals of military industry, coins, communications, railways and various industrial companies will be handed over to the landlords." The Tang Hualong, who suddenly figured out, jumped up like a spring, "This is the fundamental reason why the constitutional amendment last year focused on 'protecting private property'." After saying that, he grabbed his head and stroked his face excitedly, and said excitedly: "Mr. Ren, you guys, we must return to China immediately. If we go late, we will not get anything!"

"It's true?!" Even Liang Qichao was moved this time. During the Meiji Restoration of Japan, Japan established many official companies, but due to poor management, most of these companies suffered serious losses. Later, the chaebols and politicians colluded to issue an official decentralization order, buying and sending the official companies half to the chaebols, which finally completed privatization of the Japanese economy. However, Japan's official companies did suffer serious losses at that time, but all domestic official companies made money.

A word woke up the dreamer, and everyone present instantly understood the recent policy intention of the Revival Association. That is, full privatization. After a quiet moment, Jiang Baili, who felt disappointed for some reason, said: "I didn't expect that Yang Jingcheng, who has always shouted 'Serve the people wholeheartedly', would do such a stealing thing!"

"Brother Baili's words are inappropriate." Zhang Junli's view was completely opposite to Jiang Baili. "The land where the landlords were collected before should be compensated at the market price. Now Yang Jingcheng uses these companies to make up for it. It is open and honest. How can he steal? Do you not pay for buying things?"

"Why don't you make up for it before? Otherwise...or Songpo won't..." Jiang Baili didn't know how to refute Zhang Junli, but felt it was a bit difficult to accept the reality. Isn't this saying that the war of protecting the Dharma was in vain?

"Brother Baili, the policy change is unpredictable. Since Yang Jingcheng used legal means to reform the land, I knew he had taken advantage of the loopholes in the Constitution. The Constitution only stipulated that the State Taxation Bureau could collect taxes. But it did not say that it could not levy more than a certain amount of taxes, so Dali Temple could not do anything to him. After all, it was legal in procedurally. It was extremely unwise to resist the law-abiding policy with force, which would only make things worse and worse." Zhang Junli opposed the war of protecting the law from beginning to end. He even opposed being involved with Sun Wen and accepting the Russian ruble. In this way, the white ones became black ones, and the constitutional protection party and the traitors were almost the same.

"Okay, what Jiwu said makes a lot of sense." Liang Qichao's heart flew over Cai E. But it was just a flash by. He was not a person who values ​​love and friendship. Although his disciples died a pity, how could he not die? "Let's discuss when to return to China." Liang Qichao, who was confident in his heart, made a decision on the spot.

Feeling that China's political situation suddenly changed, countless similar discussions and decisions have occurred at home and abroad. However, in the Gyeonggi and various small circles, a "big event" is being talked about by people today. The Prime Minister has had an affair with a female employee of the Prime Minister's Office. The Prime Minister's wife asked someone to make trouble at the woman's house, and then the city is full of storms...

After this, there are rumors that this girl is Lu Mei, the daughter of Lu Ding and Lu Jiansan. She is the famous lady in the capital who cut her veins at a wedding banquet last year and the campus queen of the Sacred Heart Women's School in France. Because of this, the girl and the Prime Minister got along, so she cut her veins and refused to marry...

There are also rumors that it is not because she is in love with the Prime Minister but because she is pregnant with the Prime Minister at that time. She really gets married and cannot explain her husband's family, so she has to commit suicide. Now it is time to have a child, and the woman is probably hiding at home and giving birth, otherwise how could she take a long vacation to not work...

Rumors splashed, and everything was said. Originally, gossip news about big people was a topic of talk that the common people liked, but the Revival Society was much better than the princes of the Qing Dynasty. So once such news came out and it was related to the Prime Minister, it would spread all over the country like a radio. The old and young men kept guessing how many women the Prime Minister had favored, and did that Lu Bicheng count? The girl and his wife were curious about what the woman named Lu Mei looked like, who had met the Prime Minister’s wife knew that the wife was elegant and luxurious, but how charming Lu Mei was and how shameless she could seduce the Prime Minister to bed?

Like the romantic affairs of big men in history, although Yang Rui was unpredictable and even had the possibility of violating the criminal law, the public opinion condemned that a certain woman was too shameless. Lu Ding, who had first heard of this, was so angry that he couldn't eat for several days. His wife Wu Manhua was even more ill. The Lu family is not a small family, and he has to be shameless after all. Last year, his daughter committed suicide and regretted marriage, which made the Lu family unable to raise her head. Now her daughter has seduced the Prime Minister.

Although Wu Zhiying, who came to the door to lobby for the Lu family to manage her daughter, did not mention the word "seduction". But her meaning was obviously like this. Perhaps in the eyes of those women in the Female Revival Association, the Prime Minister and the more beautiful Lu Bicheng had never surpassed each other, but had an affair with Lu Mei, which must have been tempted by Lu Mei. Besides, this woman attracted bees and butterflies in the girls' school, and some foreigners also admired and pursued her. She inexplicably sneaked into the Prime Minister's Office, and must have been holding an ulterior motive in advance.

Lu Ding didn't know what others thought, but after Wu Zhiying left, the Lu family stayed behind closed doors and stopped seeing guests. Lu Mei was also imprisoned after returning home from get off work. Originally, Lu Ding wanted to buy a train ticket to leave the capital immediately, but his wife suddenly became ill. The family matters were always the ones who had made the decision, but the successive blows made the arrogant wife unable to hold on anymore, so I don't know when the disease would end.

In the Lu house in Zhaojialou Hutong, Lu Ding, who was sitting on a rocking chair in the lobby, was holding a newspaper, and he couldn't see any of the words on it. At this time, he was completely stunned. He only came back to his senses when the thrush hanging on the window screamed for a while. He hadn't gone out to walk the birds for a long time, and if this continued, the bird might die...

Thinking of her concerning the lives and deaths of those birds, Lu Ding couldn't help laughing at herself. The matter of her daughter and her wife's illness were both worry-free, especially the precious daughter. She asked her if the matter was real that day, but she did not deny that she had anything to do with Yang Jingcheng. When she wanted to beat her, she said without shame that she was Yang Jingcheng's woman. She also said that Yang Jingcheng had told her that she would kill anyone who dared to bully his woman.

When Lu Ding heard the word "kill", he trembled all over. Yang Jingcheng did kill people without blinking, killing people, killing Japanese, killing Russians, and killing Germans. This Greater China was exactly what he brought to kill people with him. If his daughter really had that kind of relationship with him, he might really kill a few people from the Lu family;

Lu Ding was frightened by Yang Jingcheng's murderous aura, and his wife was heartbroken because her daughter ignored her reputation. Since childhood, Wu Manhua has taught her daughter carefully. At first, she followed the four virtues. Later, the west wind spread eastward, and she tried her best to send her daughter to the Sacred Heart Girls School, hoping to cultivate a generation of famous socialites. The purpose has been achieved in twenty years, but she did not expect that her daughter actually committed adultery with a married man. Her reputation was corrupted, and all her twenty years of hard work were wasted.

In the view of the arrogant Wu Manhua, with Yang Jingcheng's identity and power, it is impossible for his daughter to marry him as a concubine, but it is unwise for her daughter to be so unfair. Why do she need three books and six rituals to marry? It is extremely complicated and complicated. The man knows that a woman is not easy to marry and her daughter is so despicable. Not to mention that she cannot marry a concubine now, even if she can marry, when Yang Jingcheng gets tired of it, she will be just an abandoned wife.

I didn't know that Lu Ding was thinking about the two heart problems at home, but he still couldn't come up with any idea as before. When he threw down the newspaper and looked at the ceiling in a daze, a smell of medicine came, and the butler who came in said, "Master, the lady's medicine has been boiled."

"Let's leave it here." Lu Ding answered weakly. After saying that, he got up and prepared to bring the medicine to his wife. Unexpectedly, the figure flashed at the stairs, and the servant was helping his wife Wu Manhua downstairs.

"Ah! Why... why did you get down? You don't call me." Lu Ding trotted up and supported him, blaming him with a heartache.

"What's the use of calling you?" Wu Manhua, with a pale face, gasped, "If I can't get up, can I still count on you?"

Lu Ding shrank when Wu Manhua said, then she said: "It's all like this, so let's think about the benefits. I'll talk to Mei'er. If you go find a lawyer, it's better to be a foreigner."

"Ah, look for a lawyer? Are you going to sue...?" Lu Ding was shocked.

"What are you talking about? Just go!" Wu Manhua glared at him, as if he was disappointed. (To be continued.)

ps: Note 129: In 16, in order to drive away the Chinese gold diggers in the northeast, Tsarist Russia, which occupied the foreign northeast, used force to attack Qingdao (China calls it, one mile southeast of Vladivostok, now Ascolid Island). The island is a gathering place for Chinese gold diggers. The authorities used gunboats and troops to complete the target. A few Russian troops were injured during the operation. Thousands of Chinese gold diggers armed after being driven ashore counterattacked the newly established colonial village of Nikolisko (now Twin Cities), killed and burned them. However, when continuing to go to Kamen Rebolov and arrived at the town of Dubininskaya, they encountered the Ussuri Cossack camp and the third border battalion that rushed from Kamen Rebolov, and were later defeated by the Russian army.

This incident was called the Barbarian War (the Russians despised Chinese as barbarians at that time). The huge number of Chinese in the northeastern region (relative to Russians) and resistance caused panic in Tsarist Russia. This is considered to be an important reason for the emergence of the Yellow Peril theory.
Chapter completed!