Brewing and Explosion

Wu Shaoting knew that the reason why Cen Chunxuan sang the opposite at this time was not because he had a conflict with Song Jiaoren, but because the other party was thinking about things from his own mind. He had always wanted to make good use of this period of time to develop well, and try to avoid conflicts and conflicts with diplomacy before Guangdong's strength has reached a higher level.

In the matter of powering out of the "Formal Constitution of the Republic of China", he did think that he could not bear it. Once he tolerated this, not only did he have painstakingly prepared for more than a year of national progress and became meaningless, but more importantly, he was suppressed by Beiyang in terms of momentum. Taking a step back ten thousand steps, even if he could ignore the two points of the National Progressive Council and Guangdong's momentum, he continued to endure it, and only wanted to completely kill Beiyang in one burst, but as he expected, the "Formal Constitution of the Republic of China" was just Yuan Shikai's first step, and there must be a second step after that.

Yuan Shikai's second step will definitely be more intolerable than the first step. Therefore, no matter what, you have to deal with each other, and even defend and counterattack. You must not let the conspiracy plan of Beiyang to oppress the South succeed.

"I understand everyone's words. Yes, Yuan Shikai did something stupid enough to make the Chinese people outrage. Since then, the Republic of China has no longer had the words of a democratic republic. I will never remain silent about this matter. Tomorrow I will personally contact the governors of various provinces to reach a consensus on momentum and gather the forces to put pressure on the Beiyang government. If Yuan Shikai makes progress, I will give him two steps back!!" Wu Shaoting said loudly with his blood boiling.

"Shocking, it's just that. We must make Yuan Shikai pay the price!" Song Jiaoren echoed excitedly.

After everyone dispersed, Wu Shaoting pondered for a while in the office alone.

Not long after, the office door was knocked and Deng Keng walked in.

"What's wrong?" Wu Shaoting asked.

"Yun Gong has to see Ting Shuai alone for any matters." Deng Keng said.

Wu Shaoting quickly guessed that Cen Chunxuan was still looking for him for what had happened just now. He sighed slightly, then nodded to Deng Keng and asked Cen Chunxuan to come in.

Soon, Cen Chunxuan appeared in the office again. At this time, the expression on his face was no longer the calmness he had before, but seemed a little worried. Wu Shaoting asked Cen Chunxuan to sit down and asked straight to the point: "Yun Gong, do you have any dissent about my decision just now?"

Cen Chunxuan was not vague and said, "Shishou, are you really planning to react immediately?"

Wu Shaoting spread his hands and said without comment: "Is there anything wrong with this?"

Cen Chunxuan frowned and quickly emphasized his tone: "Tingshuai, now the public opinion outside compares our Guangdong and Beiyang everywhere. It seems that our Guangdong province can be on par with the entire Beiyang Group, but it may not be a good thing to count it. After all, if we fight without any consequences, we still can't beat Yuan Shikai. This time, Yuan Shikai's formal agreement must have made sufficient preparations for the response. At this time, we should be more careful in dealing with it, rather than tit-for-tat."

Wu Shaoting thought for a moment, then smiled relaxedly: "I heard from you that Yun Gong, as if we Guangdong is going to start a war with the Beiyang Group again. The introduction of the formal contract will inevitably hurt a lot of people, such as the Progressive Party and some small warlords, which may even be a catastrophe for them. The reason why Yuan Shikai used the formal contract instead of directly dealing with all opposition forces shows that he was still afraid of the enemy. Just imagine, if the war started again because of this matter, how many people would support Yuan Shikai's subordinates at that time? How many of the southern governors would still stand by and watch?"

Cen Chunxuan insisted: "Ting Shuai, this is not something that can be decided by just conjecture. The political situation in the south is very different. People like Tang Jiyao, Lu Rongting, and Liu Xianshi change their minds when they say they change their minds, which is almost unreliable. If they have one side on their mouths and another on their backs, we will suffer."

Wu Shaoting said confidently: "Don't worry, Yun Gong, I fully understand what you mean. Guangdong should not be the first to be the first. But there are two points that I hope Yun Gong will keep in mind. First, Yuan Shikai is clearly targeting our National People's Progress Association this time, so he pressed step by step and concocted formal agreements to stabilize his status. If we do not respond in time at this point, Yuan Shikai's arrogance will become more arrogant; second, war is the result that no one wants to see. I am not a war madman, so I will naturally do my best to avoid it."

When Cen Chunxuan heard this, he wanted to say something else, but when he saw Wu Shaoting staring at him with a sharp look, his heart suddenly became confused and he soon understood. Wu Shaoting had already made up his mind on this matter, and he was afraid that he would never make any changes easily. Although he was very worried, fortunately, there was also some relief. Obviously, Wu Shaoting was a person with a sense of restraint and had a bottom line in the other party's consciousness.

"Oh," he breathed a little, and then asked, "What are you going to do next when Ting Shuai? Do you really need to contact other supervisors? These people are definitely not good men and women. They should not believe them all, otherwise they will mislead Ting Shuai."

"Don't worry, Yun Gong, I'm not a three-year-old child yet. What's more, I never thought I could win these people over to stand together. I just used this telegram inquiry to create momentum so that Yuan Shikai knew that Guangdong would not sit idly by his conspiracy. We would like to give back to the cards he played, and it depends on who can calm down his tone." Wu Shaoting said with both voice and expression.

At the end of May, Wu Shaoting contacted several southern governors one after another, including Lu Rongting.

He did not consider these telecommunications so important. The higher the power of this era, the more verbal and disagreeable people were.

In the reply telegram, in addition to Lu Rongting's vague attitude and plausible wording, Tang Jiyao, Liu Xianshi, Xiong Kewu, Chen Shufan from Shaanxi, and Zhu Rui from Zhejiang were almost dissatisfied with the formal contract promulgated by Yuan Shikai, and there were also fierce words among them. In addition, Wu Shaoting also specially contacted the Hunan Governor Tang Xiangming, Jiangxi Governor Li Chun and Fujian Governor Li Houji. These are all internal figures of the Beiyang Group, but they are not people who are devoted to Yuan Shikai.

Among the three, Li Chun and Li Houji had a short electrode, just a sentence, indicating that they would insist on supporting public opinion decisions. The term "public opinion decision" seemed very interesting. Chad thought that Li Chun and Li Houji were standing on Yuan Shikai's side and supporting the formal contract passed by the Senate and Congress, two public opinion institutions. However, careful consideration seemed to be implying the reaction of the people. What does domestic public opinion mean, they supported this meaning.

No matter what, from this point, it can be seen that Li Chun and Li Houji are more or less dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai's decision. However, considering that they are both the interests of the Beiyang Group, and on the other hand, the formal agreement will not cause much damage to their personal interests, so this is such an ambiguous attitude.

As for Tang Xiangming, he was a genuine old fox. Although his status was built by Yuan Shikai, he could have worked hard step by step to lay a foundation of strength in Hunan Province. Therefore, he would rather be a part of his own in Hunan. In his telegram reply to Wu Shaoting, he made a long discussion and made detailed statements about the benefits and harms of the "Formal Constitution". Finally, he threatened to follow the leader of the General Manager Wu!

Wu Shaoting was not proud of it. He knew that Tang Xiangming was deliberately encouraging him to stand up, hoping that Guangdong and Beiyang would fight another battle, and then the other side, Hunan Province, which was in the north and south central, would definitely make a fortune.

In addition, there were also fierce voices from the Progressive Party in the north. Liang Qichao, Xiong Xiling, Zhang Jian and others could no longer hold back and protested to the Presidential Office. However, their voices were only hotly discussed for a while and were soon suppressed by Yuan Shikai. The reason why Yuan Shikai was able to allow the Senate and Congress to pass their own "Formal Contract" was naturally because he was coercive and tempted a group of figures within the Progressive Party and Congress. In addition to the senior Liang Qichao and others, the Progressive Party had long been a mess under it.

The form is now very clear. Most people from all walks of life have slandered the promulgation of the formal "Constitution of the Republic of China", but no one really dared to stand up and resist Yuan Shikai's arbitrary act. The mentality of several governors in the south was actually just unhappy, but they did not believe in any constitution, constitution, or law at all. Therefore, the formal constitution was not binding on them. In addition to the disappointment of bureaucrats such as the Progressive Party, the powerful people did not have a serious view on this.

But Wu Shaoting could see that whether it was the southern warlords or the Beiyang groups, they were waiting for a fierce collision to change the current domestic situation. In the eyes of these people, the candidates to complete the collision were nothing more than Wu Shaoting and Yuan Shikai. Although the promulgation of the formal agreement was just a prelude, all forces could not help but prepare, put their decisions in place, and wait for the opportunity to fuel the fire and fan the flames.

Wu Shaoting is not a rule-abiding person. Instead of letting others fan the flames, it is better to take the initiative by himself.

On May 29, he secretly held a joint meeting between the Ministry of Information and the Ministry of Military Affairs and planned a public opinion incident.

On the morning of June 1st, the Guangdong Min Daily, Guangzhou Weekly, Guangdong Business Daily and other newspapers with great influence in the south also published an interview article. Two days ago, Wu Shaoting invited several journalists with good relations and scholars from the National Academy to describe the content of the contact with the provincial governors during this period, and stood up to fully support these governors against Yuan Shikai's trampling on the laws of republican democracy.

Once the interview article was published, it spread all over the country within ten days, and it became a sensation.

In the eyes of the people, it turns out that the military governments of various provinces are already planning to resist the formal constitution. However, it is very embarrassing for the several supervisors of the parties. They never expected that Wu Shaoting would do this, and he brought some private comments out and pushed them to the forefront as a shield.

Especially Tang Xiangming, after reading the contents of the newspaper, he immediately swears.

Wu Shaoting did not care about the reactions of these supervisors. Those who sincerely opposed Yuan Shikai would naturally not be nervous. Those who were false and false could only bear the consequences. He was not afraid of offending these supervisors. For these people who held real local power, lifelong hatred would never be greater than temporary benefits. As long as profitable, these people would always smile.

Not long after, the report reached Beijing.

That day Duan Qirui got angry at the Army Department and scolded Tang Xiangming, a guy who was stubborn.

A few minutes later, the Office of the Presidential Office sent someone to the Army Department and asked Duan Qirui to go to the Presidential Office to discuss matters immediately.

Duan Qirui knew that the president must be asking about this matter, so he did not dare to neglect it. He hurriedly prepared and then set off for the Presidential Office of Huairen Hall. When he arrived at the office, Yang Shiqi, Lu Jianzhang, Zhang Yiao, Li Yuanhong and others had already arrived. What made Duan Qirui feel strange was that President Yuan Shikai's face was not bad, but on the contrary, it seemed very relaxed.

"Zhiquan, you are here. Everyone is here." Yuan Shikai said calmly.

"President, have you read today's newspaper?" Duan Qirui asked quickly.

Yuan Shikai didn't say anything, but nodded to his desk, and saw a copy of today's "Shuntian Daily" spread out on the table in front of him. It was obvious that he had just read this newspaper.

"President, Hunan is really unreliable. I think it is necessary to change someone." Although Duan Qirui was even more confused, he still said first according to his own wishes.

Yang Shiqi, who was standing beside him, sneered twice, but he just squinted his eyes and didn't say anything.

Duan Qirui felt a chill in his heart. It seemed that he had realized the wrong meaning of Yuan Shikai.

At this time, Yuan Shikai breathed a sigh of relief and said leisurely: "Zhiquan, do you know what the purpose of Wu Shaoting's posting this interview article?"
Chapter completed!