Chapter 758, Threat

Arriving at the Presidential Palace, Wu Shaoting asked Deng Keng and Yuzi County to issue a notice to convene all members of the National People's Progressive Party in Nanjing and hold an emergency party meeting in Dingjia Garden this afternoon. Although the party meeting was too hasty, he believed that everyone in the party already knew the reason for the meeting, so there was no need for too much preparation.

Afterwards, he returned to his official residence to have lunch with Zhang Xiaoya and Feng Yanan. After dinner, he met with Song Jiaoren, Cen Chunxuan, He Fuguang and Xu Chongzhi, who happened to be in charge of military affairs in Nanjing. He listened to the latest developments of the government and the army about the Communist Party Progressive Conference, and also discussed ways to deal with this political party crisis.

Song Jiaoren believed that he should have a head-on talk with Sun Yat-sen and the two sides should discuss ways to deal with the problem together. After all, political parties are originally political opinions. Since there are different opinions within the party, political parties have no right to force these people to leave. In other words, the members who have applied for *** these days are reasonable and legal.

Cen Chunxuan sighed and smiled bitterly: "Since this is a reasonable and legal thing, why should China talk to us? They would be satisfied with it if they wished to make us apart. As I said, at this time, it was not a reasonable or legal issue at all, but whether there was a problem with the cohesion within the party. If it was simply different political opinions, these people would be considered a good thing. If they left theirs, they would make us a more purity in their progress. But if it was because the party members did not trust the party, this was a serious problem."

Song Jiaoren was silent for a while, hesitated for a hard time, and then said, "Actually, I have an idea, I'm afraid..."

Wu Shaoting said calmly: "Fisher and Brother, this is a major issue related to the future of the Communist Party of China. If you have any good suggestions, you might as well say them directly. Whether it is good or not, it is a new idea."

Song Jiaoren then said: "I have made some trade-offs. Now our Progressive Association is one of the ruling parties. You are the best candidate for the Grand Consul and the future President. So the comrades below only know how to enjoy the success, but gradually lose their ambition. The day before yesterday I talked about this with Liang Zhuoru. Even Liang Zhuoru thought that the party should be reformed in a timely manner. Their Progressive Party has also held a party affairs meeting in the past few days to re-form a brand new party and government stance and political proposition."

Wu Shaoting nodded, he did not object at all to this point and said, "The fisherman's words are said by all, this matter can be included in the agenda of the party affairs meeting in the afternoon."

Song Jiaoren continued: "However, I don't think we can only limit our attention to the present. From the perspective of party politics, whether it is the Progressive Party, the Beiyang Gong Party, or the Chinese ***, these are all organizations with differences in political opinions and are even more competitors in the general election."

Wu Shaoting didn't understand what Song Jiaoren meant for a moment and asked, "Father and Brother Fisherman, what do you mean..."

Song Jiaoren said: "From the standpoint of the National People's Progressive Council, we must strive for more seats in Congress and become the ruling party that has the advantage. Instead of increasing unnecessary competitive pressure, why not transform our competitiveness into our own strength, so that we will have more influence in Congress."

Cen Chunxuan's face changed, and he asked, "Father Fisherman, did you say that we would merge with China ***?"

He Fuguang, Xu Chongzhi, who had not spoken, was stunned for a moment and immediately became energetic. The two of them both turned their eyes to Song Jiaoren and waited for Song Jiaoren's answer. It was obvious that the merger of the two parties was an extremely sensitive matter, and it involved many political interests, and they should not be underestimated in any case.

Song Jiaoren took a breath and said solemnly: "Yes, I have this idea. In fact, I have carefully studied the political propositions of China. The concept of equal power and equality is the most direct embodiment of the democratic spirit. This is the most effective political way to break the feudal remnants. I believe that within the next ten years, this concept will become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and receive more support from the people. Isn't the lifelong wish of us politicians to promote democratic politics, seek welfare and equality for everyone in Greater China, and is there some self-esteem?"

Cen Chunxuan frowned and looked at Wu Shaoting inquiring. Wu Shaoting was a little surprised. Song Jiaoren was not a representative of bourgeois politics. When did he suddenly lean towards the proletarian revolutionary thought? He said solemnly: "Brother Fisherman, what you said does make sense, but you seem to have overlooked one thing. The completion of the Republic of China's great responsibility for unification does not mean that the bourgeois revolution has been accomplished. Although we established the Republic of China and completed national unity, we have not yet restored our country and sovereignty in Greater China. The great powers still regard us as weak countries and are still blackmailing, exploiting and stealing our national rights and interests through various means. If we cannot carry out the revolution to the end, what is the meaning of talking about equal power now? It is not just a piece of paper."

Song Jiaoren was stunned, as if he was aware of it, but he quickly resumed his persistence and said: "But the restoration of national sovereignty is not something that can be achieved overnight. From the Meiji Restoration to the abolition of various unequal treaties to becoming emerging powers, many processes have also been experienced during this period, and the democratized political environment is also an indispensable factor."

Wu Shaoting shook his head slowly and said in a serious tone: "Fisher and Brother, democratization is relatively important. *** The real reason for the rise is that they launched two wars that determine the destiny of the country, and these two wars were only able to survive smoothly under a high centralization. We cannot ignore the importance of conforming to the national conditions just because Sun Yixian put forward a political proposition that conforms to democratic development, but instead ignore the importance of conforming to the national conditions."

Cen Chunxuan agreed and said: "Yes, democracy is just a political pursuit, but we cannot ignore the actual situation of the country because we are eager to achieve success. The equality of power and equality proposed by China *** can cater to the expectations of the general public. But who do most of the Chinese people understand what politics is? What is democracy? The people's thoughts cannot be enlightened. Even if we hand over power to them, how can they exercise it?"

Song Jiaoren fell into deep thought. Although he thought what Cen Chunxuan and Wu Shaoting said was reasonable, he realized that Wu Shaoting's interpretation of high centralization was somewhat biased. Is it centralization or the president who was the one who was centralized?

At this time, Xu Chongzhi stood up and said, "Although Xu is just a martial artist and does not understand political principles, it is simply boring to merge our National People's Progress Association with China. Our National People's Progress Association worked hard in the country, but because China's Progress Association secretly made some small moves, he was very worried and wanted to eliminate competitiveness through mergers. Is our National People's Progress Association so unconfidence?"

He Fuguang said carefully: "The merger also depends on whether the result of this matter is beneficial. As of now, if we merge with China, it will make China, and they will suddenly rise from the county and provincial advisory council to the level of Congress. What benefits can we get? Should we use Mr. Sun's reputation to improve our strength, or to use the Chinese political propositions to enrich ourselves? To talk about fame, is Ting Shuai's reputation not great enough? To talk about political propositions, can they have China, and will there be no China Promotion Association?"

Wu Shaoting nodded deeply and said to Song Jiaoren: "Father Fisherman, first of all, if we don't talk about any big truth, the vast majority of people in the party will not agree to the merger."

Song Jiaoren sighed and said, "I also expected that this matter could not be easily mentioned, so I had many worries at the beginning. It was just right, just pretending that I had never said it, but so far we still haven't found a solution to the problem. How should we discuss it in the afternoon meeting?"

Wu Shaoting said calmly: "No matter what, I agree with one thing about your previous words. The manifestation of party politics is that political parties are the main body. In the general election, both for political views and for party members, the parties should strive for the greatest interests and use legal conditions to weaken competitors. Let's regard China as their current competitors, so what we need to do now is to rectify party affairs and refine the political propositions of our National People's Progressive Association at this stage, and on the other hand, to curb competitors and strengthen the party's momentum as much as possible."

Cen Chunxuan replied: "This is a good thing. We should not only improve our own strength, but also find ways to defeat our competitors. If China*** can attack us, how can we sit and wait for death?"

Although Song Jiaoren felt that it was inappropriate to use tricks to attack his competitors, he woke up after listening to Cen Chunxuan's words. If China can do this, will the National People's Progress Association surrender? Political competition is also a battlefield, and there is no sympathy for the enemy on the battlefield. He nodded solemnly and said, "I understand that these two points are our main agenda in the afternoon. There is not much time, so we must make preparations as soon as possible."

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Shaoting and others took a bus to Ding Family Garden. More than 200 members of the National People's Congress in Nanjing had already arrived. Ding Family Garden is currently the office of the Congress, but during this period, the Congress is carrying out a new general election. The Senate and the House of Representatives have long since no normal official handling, and all members of the parliament are busy with the new election. The venue was arranged in the morning, and the hours were a little rushed. Fortunately, many venues in the Congress are ready-made, and those with a little simple arrangement can be handled.
Chapter completed!