Beiyang reactionaries

Originally, according to normal procedures, 1923 was the year of the third presidential election of the Republic of China.Don't look at the fact that after the founding of the Republic of China, many great presidents came out.Starting from Sun Yat-sen, Yuan Shikai and Li Yuanhong all served as presidents.But after going through a regular presidential election, only two people were elected as the official president.

One is Yuan Shikai and the other is Xu Shichang.

Regardless of how Yuan Shikai was elected president, he was indeed the first official president of the Republic of China to undergo a formal vote.Then there was the election in 1918, Xu Shichang who was elected president. The 1913 presidential election was the first presidential election in the Republic of China, and 1918 was the second presidential election.

According to the original plan, Xu Shichang's five-year presidential term expired in 1923, which means that next year will be the year of the third presidential election.

It's just because after Xu Shichang became the president, many changes occurred later.Not to mention the two direct-anhui wars in the middle, I don’t know how many cabinet prime ministers have been changed, and the Anfu-affiliated Congress that elected Xu Shichang as the president was also disbanded.

More importantly, the choice of a grand president is somewhat arbitrary.

Not an institutional one.

Therefore, as early as when Wang Chonghui was the prime minister of the cabinet, Xu Shichang, Wang Chonghui, and Duan Xun all agreed that the election should be institutionalized.The time for deciding each major presidential election is placed in October of each year.

It was also officially decided that the third presidential election of the Republic of China would be held in October 1922.As the president, Xu Shichang also agrees with this point.

Of course, this is Duan Xun's suggestion.

In fact, Duan Xun didn't care about the 1922 election or the 1923 election.It's just that Duan Xun didn't want to focus on the election in 1923, an important year. There were more things to deal with in 1923, and Duan Xun hoped to have a stable Beijing government by then.

Unexpectedly, someone has already started activities.

"I see."

Duan Xun nodded.

Then he said to Shi Tiyuan: "This matter is not allowed to spread, as long as you know."

"Yes."

"Then you are busy first. Don't send too many people to deal with this matter, it will have a bad influence."

"Yes."

Shi Tiyuan finished his report and left Duan Xun's command room.

Spying on members of Congress can easily cause political turmoil.After all, this is tantamount to "secret politics", which will disgust many scholars, will also make many government officials plan, and will even affect Duan Xun's reputation.

So Duan Xun will not let his intelligence agency focus on the political figures below.

Shi Tiyuan was not monitoring these councilors, he was monitoring those big men who had already left the field.Don't look at Xu Shuzheng entering Beijing quietly, but they are all under Duan Xun's surveillance.

"Changqing (Yang Yongtai), what do you think?"

"very dangerous."

"Tell me."

"Prime Minister, we beat the Congress some time ago and threatened many members of Congress, which made these members of Congress very dissatisfied. Although Duan Hefei (Duan Qirui) was the prime minister, he was even more aggressive towards these members of Congress. Now Many members of Congress were directly kicked out of Congress by Duan Hefei, and then became members of Anfu Congress. But after all, there was a period of time in the past, they only remembered our threats, they only remembered our bad treatment to them, and they all forgot Duan Hefei’s threat. And they probably hope that Duan Hefei will come to the Beijing government to fight against us, so that they can have both ways and increase the influence of Congress.”

Yang Yongtai analyzed the thoughts of members of Congress.

Speaking of which, Duan Xun's beating on Congress is nothing compared to Duan Qirui.At that time, Duan Qirui turned the Congress into the "Anfu Congress" for his position as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and to expel Feng Guozhang, the President of the Republic of China.Those who were willing to obey at that time joined the Anfu Department and listened to Duan Qirui.Members of Congress who were unwilling were kicked out of Congress by Duan Qirui.

Duan Xun is very gentle in comparison.

But for congressmen, neither Duan Qirui nor Duan Xun are good people.They are all from a group of Qiu Ba, who don't know how to respect scholars, and don't know how to respect the Congress.

Therefore, they hope that Duan Qirui and Duan Xun will fight among themselves in the Beijing government.

Only in this way can the importance of Congress be reflected.

"Let's talk about the President of the Senate, Wang Yitang, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Wu Jinglian. They are probably very dissatisfied with the Prime Minister's last incident. Moreover, the Speaker Wang (Wang Yitang) was originally from the Anfu Department, and he has a very good personal relationship with Xu Shuzheng. The Anfu Department back then was Xu Shuzheng and Xu Shuzheng. Speaker Wang worked together to run it. If Duan Hefei can return to the Beijing government, their position will be more stable, so they must strongly support Duan Hefei to become the president."

"You mean, Congress will definitely recommend Duan Hefei?"

"Yes."

Yang Yongtai nodded firmly.

Then he said directly: "Prime Minister, the attitude of the Congress is actually very obvious. If the President is re-elected this time, President Xu Shichang is definitely not as good as Duan Hefei. If the Congress is allowed to vote in this state, the President in October this year In the presidential election, Duan Hefei's election is a certainty."

"A sure thing?"

Duan Xun took a deep breath.

Duan Qirui?

Capable, qualified, and has all the conditions to become a president or a prime minister.In China at present, there are not many capable and prestigious people who can achieve the position of president.

Counting back and forth is three people.

Duan Qirui, Xu Shichang, Li Yuanhong.

But among these three people, whether Xu Shichang or Li Yuanhong, Duan Xun agreed with them as the president.But the only person who opposed it was Duan Qirui.

It's not because Duan Xun hates Duan Qirui, but because Duan Xun fears Duan Qirui.

Although Duan Qirui has been out of the field for two years, Duan Qirui was Yuan Shikai's successor after all, and once served as the head of the Beiyang Army.Among the many troops organized by Duan Xun at present, many are under Duan Qirui's subordinates.

Of course, compared to these problems, Duan Xun is most afraid of his relationship with Duan Qirui.

Duan Qirui is his wife's uncle, his teacher, and Duan Xun's benefactor for many years.Without Duan Qirui's support, Duan Xun would not be able to reach his current position, or it would be impossible to reach his current position so quickly.

Under such circumstances, if Duan Qirui came to the Beijing government, how would Duan Xun treat him?

What if there is disagreement?

Duan Qirui is here, can Duan Xun dominate the power as he is now?

It is absolutely impossible.

Therefore, Duan Xun absolutely cannot allow Duan Qirui to return to the Beijing government.

"Changqing, tell me, how should we deal with this matter?"

"Prime Minister, Speaker Wang (Wang Yitang) is no longer fit to work in Congress."

"Then what do you mean?"

Wang Yitang is the speaker of the Senate. To the Beijing government, he is not a small person, but a big person who can influence the Congress.The position of President of the Senate is not something that Duan Xun, the prime minister of the cabinet, can remove if he wants to.After all, in name, Duan Xun is currently only the highest administrative official, while Wang Yitang is the head of the highest legislative body, the Congress.Duan Xun, the leader of the executive body, has no right to recall the leader of the legislative body.

And Wang Yitang is not easy to provoke.

Once Wang Yitang was to be removed from the position of Senate President, he didn't know what troubles would arise.

"Just dissolve Congress."