The biggest advantage of the Spring Festival is that everyone can finally find the same excuse to gather together

In 1918, on the third day of the Chinese New Year, the Presidential Palace in Nanjing was very lively and there were bustling crowds. However, if you look closely, you will find that no matter which of these people is placed below, they are all big men who can resist one side.

It is not difficult to see among people who have never been able to see that the main power of China is here this time, but they are still clearly divided into several forces.

A group of people from the Beiyang Gong Party led by Feng Guozhang were surrounded by Feng Guozhang; the Progressive Party led by Liang Qi and his group were surrounded by Liang Qi; Cen Chunxuan was surrounded by members of the National People's Progress Association; and Song Jiaoren was also surrounded by some officials with real power; the most embarrassing thing should be Sun Yat-sen, who were surrounded by officials like Liao Zhongkai, who did not have real power, but Sun Yat-sen did not have any inferior expression on his face, but he looked very confident.

After waiting for a while, the attendant came over and brought everyone into the venue inside.

Not long after everyone sat down, Wu Shaoting appeared with a few people from the secret group, and everyone stood up.

"Please sit, please sit," Wu Shaoting signaled a sitting gesture, and everyone then did it

"This big holiday has disturbed you. Shaoting is really a little disgusted, but there is nothing we can do about it. You are all shouldering the heavy responsibility of the country, so you know the principle of giving up the ego better than me, but I still want to be shocked and wish you my old age here." Wu Shaoting said, and stood up and bent slightly, as a wish to the officials present.

"Hey, you're welcome. We should be so responsible for the honor and disgrace of China." Feng Guozhang is a veteran in the National Government, and his status is very respectful. He is Wu Shaoting's uncle. In this case, his attitude is very important. Since it doesn't matter if he has expressed his opinion, everyone naturally dare not dare to convene so many people to meet on the third day of the first lunar month. What objection do you have?

"Thank you for your understanding, Shaoting is here to get to the point. This time, you have three things to discuss with you. The first thing is that the first seven-year plan has already started, and you will report the achievements and ask you to make valuable suggestions for the next work plan; the second thing is to discuss the distribution of rights of the National Government; the third thing is that everyone has not been together for a long time. Everyone has contacted and communicated with each other to exchange their experiences, otherwise it will be rare to gather together in the world." Wu Shaoting simply gave a simple report on the purpose of summoning everyone this time with everyone present. In fact, the other two things are for the second thing. The real purpose is to allocate the rights of the National Government, which is the most core point.

The first thing was that the Minister of Finance read out the income and expenditure of the entire national economy last year. Although it was the first year of the implementation of the seven-year plan, there was a huge demand from the entire European market and the entire national economy was greatly stimulated. With the rapid development, both the export of agricultural products and the sales of industrial products have increased significantly. Coupled with the implementation of timely reform measures, the overall national economy has maintained steady growth.

In 1917 alone, the fiscal revenue of the National Government increased by 204.7%, but a certain problem was also found that the disposable income of urban residents increased by only 82.6%, and the income of rural residents increased by only 40.5%. The lag in the increase in residents' income can easily cause their proportion of national income to continue to decline. On the basis of the original tax revenue, citizens' income did not increase in the same proportion as the overall economic increase. Therefore, under the suggestion of experts from the Ministry of Finance, tax reduction policies will be greatly promoted this year to further increase residents' income and stimulate consumption. The war will end sooner or later. Therefore, expanding domestic demand can ensure the sustained, stable and rapid growth of the national economy.

The first thing was solved. The next second thing, before it was proposed, Wu Shaoting could feel that there was a strong smell of gunpowder. After all, it was the first time that all the forces in China talked on one surface. Before that, Wu Shaoting was also very nervous. After all, Wu Shaoting had already realized that many of these people came out of warlord melee. They had a stronger desire for power than others, and they almost regarded power as the foundation for their survival.

Of course, from the beginning, they were holding a person who would rather be tragic for the country, the nation, and the people, such as Song Jiaoren, Sun Yat-sen, etc.

The confidence that Wu Shaoting dared to take the distribution of power of the National Government to the table is that no matter what purpose this group of people is here, they have something to be sure of. They are all patriotic and hope that China will continue to prosper and strengthen. With this foundation, Wu Shaoting feels that many things can be solved.

Wu Shaoting stood up with a heavy expression. What should come will always come. "Everyone, since the Opium War in 1840, the incompetence of the late Qing government has caused our country to be humiliated by Western powers. There are seniors here who have experienced that period of time. They know that difficult years better than me. The Xinhai Revolution led by Mr. Zhongshan successfully overthrew the corrupt late Qing government. However, China has entered the era of warlord melee. These are all domestic. Until today, the Western powers have not forgotten their covetous desire for our country. But now, the country is peaceful and the Western powers cannot protect themselves. It is not easy for China to get to where they are today. On behalf of the vast number of Chinese people, I thank you for your efforts." Wu Shaoting said and bowed deeply, and warm applause rang out from the audience.

"Thank you... Thank you..." Wu Shaoting said a few thanks in a row before calming down the applause. In fact, the people in the audience not only applauded Wu Shaoting, but also applauded themselves. In just a few decades, China has come to this day, and the efforts they have paid off, so they should applaud themselves.

"But China is ours, not ours, power belongs to the people, not ours, so what I want to say is, let's work harder and work harder to build a truly equal and free China from the root to the top." Wu Shaoting and others calmed down and finally expressed their true purpose today.

As expected, things were not that simple. As soon as Wu Shaoting finished speaking, the audience began to discuss. Some supported and some opposed it. Those who supported Song Jiaoren, Sun Yat-sen and others opposed it. Those who opposed it were Wu Shaoting's confidants and people from the Beiyang Gong Party.

"Everyone, please listen to Shaoting's words. I'm just to remind everyone to be mentally prepared and truly return the power to the people. We still have a long way to go. Now I'm telling you this is to let everyone pay attention to it in their future work." When Wu Shaoting started to say this, he was trying the waters. If the audience had no obvious objection to his proposal, Wu Shaoting would follow the flow and come to a big "return the power to the people" reform. However, there was obvious objection in the audience, so Wu Shaoting had to give everyone some time.

"Zhenzhi, I don't understand what you mean. Are you going to kill the donkey? We have worked hard for the country all our lives. Now that the country is prosperous and stable, we can't use us anymore. Do you want to kick us old guys away? I tell you that we have lived a life of licking blood from the knife from the day we stepped onto the battlefield. We are not afraid of anything." The first person to stand up to oppose was Feng Guozhang, the Prime Minister of the Beiyang Gong Party. His words were fierce and even full of threat. Even Wu Shaoting did not expect that Feng Guozhang, who has always stood with him and has a conservative political opinion, would oppose him so much.

In fact, this cannot be blamed for Feng Guozhang's recklessness. The Beiyang Gong Party originally came out of the melee of the Beiyang warlords. Compared with others, they understand that the gun-bar regime is the hard truth, so they don't care about democracy and sovereignty. They think that as long as they deserve to be worthy of the people, it is better to have power in their own hands.

"Shocking, it's right. No matter what, our National Government can reach today, relying on the support of the people, and it's natural human rights. The country is not the few of us, but the vast number of Chinese people." Song Jiaoren stood up in front of Sun Yat-sen and supported Wu Shaoting. He said what Sun Yat-sen wanted to say. Sun Yat-sen didn't stand up. Song Jiaoren smiled and his eyes were full of admiration for Wu Shaoting. Unexpectedly, Wu Shaoting could really do what he said and promote democracy.

However, Song Jiaoren stood up to support and did not ease the conflict, but instead intensified the conflict. For a moment, the entire venue was in a big quarrel.

"Please listen to me." Wu Shaoting didn't expect that this incident would cause such a big controversy. Fortunately, he was given a vaccination in advance. If it was announced today, it might cause major conflicts. Even Feng Guozhang challenged him regardless of his health.

Everyone calmed down and looked at Wu Shaoting's reaction. Feng Guozhang's eyes showed hope that Wu Shaoting would give up his thoughts as soon as possible, while Song Jiaoren and Sun Yat-sen and others had encouragement and support. "I invite everyone today not to let everyone off their posts. The National Government still needs everyone, and the people still need everyone. I just made a positioning for the future development of our government. This positioning is an inevitable trend of historical development. I just said it in advance. As for what everyone is worried about once delegating power, it will threaten their own security. I, Wu, can swear to the sky and the earth today. This situation will never happen, because the choice of the people is the most correct choice. The contribution of everyone to the country and the people see it, and will never let everyone down. A country with sovereignty is a historical choice and the people's choice. What we have to do is lead the people and go on this road well."

Wu Shaoting was also very angry at the scene that was difficult to control at the venue. Unexpectedly, everyone was still so passionate about power. Wu Shaoting also asked himself in his heart, are he really willing to do this? After working hard for so long, isn’t all he wants to wield Fang Qiong’s power? Why did he give it up but gave it away? Is this right to do it today?

The second thing was not successfully resolved, and even caused some opposition awareness to crisis, which Wu Shaoting never thought of and was something that Wu Shaoting didn't want to see.

Each has his own thoughts. Wu Shaoting prepared a banquet for the officials who came. This banquet did not arrange one table and one table as before, but was a free cocktail party. The purpose was to allow everyone to have good communication. On the one hand, it could resolve the unpleasant atmosphere caused just now, and on the other hand, it could help everyone enhance their feelings and give everyone a space for communication. These people are important Chinese people. The harmony between them is crucial to China's stability. But what Wu Shaoting is most worried about is that these people are still as usual, and they are assigned to each other.

This situation is what Wu Shaoting least wants to see. The most taboo thing in all dynasties is party disputes. The reason why Wu Shaoting held this banquet today when everyone was fighting red is to tell everyone that he did not like this party dispute. Although mutual forces can restrain each other, there is inevitably friction, but in the end, the country and the people pay the price for friction are the country and the people.

The banquet was not very exciting, and the mediocre ended, which means that Wu Shaoting's approach today was not successful, but Wu Shaoting also learned a lot of lessons and experience from it, laying a solid foundation for his next plan.
Chapter completed!