Another World: Naval Storm

"Enough! I'm not here to listen to you quarreling! I want to hear your suggestions and ideas!" Queen Mother Chongman looked very disappointed. These people were actively fighting for power, but they were afraid to do anything when it came to getting things done.

"Queen Mother, Yuan Du is a man with evil ambitions! Don't listen to his nonsense!"

"That's right. The north is still in our hands, and we still have the power to take back the southern provinces!" In fact, the broken ship of Xunyang is about to sink. The northeast, the birthplace of the Langya tribe, has been fought over by Japan and the Russians for many years. The people of Xunyang and the Langya tribe living in the northeast no longer recognize the Xunyang royal family. They, the so-called royal relatives, have no way out.

"Maybe he's in league with the revolutionaries!"

"Don't talk nonsense. Although Yuan Duren is not a loyal minister, he certainly has nothing to do with the revolutionaries. You should know that there is a blood feud between them!" Once, after Yuan Duren reported to Empress Dowager Chongman, he left the palace from Donghua Gate in a two-horse carriage. With the guards in front and behind, when he reached the T-junction where Dong'anmen Street and Wangfujing Street intersected, several assassins suddenly rushed out of the Sanshun Teahouse on the side of the road and threw three bombs at the convoy. With two loud bangs, thick smoke billowed, and the scene was in a mess. Huang Jinbiao, the captain of Yuan Duren's guards, was blown to pieces, and the horses fled in all directions. The rest of the 30 people were injured. There were shouts and neighs, gunshots, and chaos. Although Yuan Duren, who was sitting in the car, was unharmed, he was also terrified and hurriedly evacuated the scene.

Afterwards, many of Huang Jinbiao's personal guards died of their injuries, and more than 10 revolutionaries who organized and carried out the terrorist attack were arrested and killed.

It was really a blessing in disguise for Yuan Duren. This unexpected incident gave Yuan Duren the strategic initiative. After the revolutionary uprising, there was a period of peace talks between the north and the south. There were rumors inside and outside the Xunyang government that Yuan Duren wanted to sell out his master for glory. The revolutionary party in the south also publicly claimed that it would nominate Yuan Duren as the president, which made Yuan Duren quite passive in public opinion. The Xunyang court had many precautions and restrictions on him. After this explosion, people not only no longer suspected that Yuan Duren was an accomplice of the revolutionary party, but also believed that he was a loyal minister of the Xunyang court. This virtually established a glorious image of loyalty to the emperor and the country for Yuan Duren, and also provided favorable conditions for Yuan Duwen to secretly cross the Chencang Pass.

Yuan Duren, who was very scheming, certainly would not miss this God-given opportunity. He asked Empress Dowager Chongman for leave, saying that he was injured and had a broken heart, and stayed at home to recuperate. He temporarily handed over the daily work of the cabinet to other ministers in charge of Xunyang. In this way, during the extremely sensitive period of whether the young emperor would abdicate, Yuan Duren cleverly retreated behind the scenes, protected himself, and acted freely.

"But Yuan Duren used the imperial court's food and money to train new troops, and secretly manipulated the army to force the emperor to abdicate many times. How despicable!"

"We all agree to constitutional monarchy and give up some power, but you are still being aggressive! I think Yuan Duren wants to be the emperor himself!"

"You wish! Xunyang is our Xunyang! The Yuandu people are only fit to be slaves!"

"Then get rid of him!"

"Yes, if he dies, the army will be back in our hands!" The members of the Zongshe Party were talking nonsense.

The Queen Mother Chongman's expression kept changing. I wonder what she was thinking. "I am tired. I don't understand what you are saying! I am exhausted. Please leave."

The people who left looked at each other in bewilderment, "Does the Queen Mother agree?"

"As long as the matter is done, the Queen Mother agrees!"

Every time the members of the Zongshe Party were summoned by Empress Dowager Chongman, they insisted that they should not abdicate, and Xunyang's bottom line was to implement a constitutional monarchy. Empress Dowager Chongman was unable to decide whether to abdicate or implement a constitutional monarchy because of the insistence of the Zongshe Party members such as Zhuang Wei.

At that time, Beile Yu Lang, a backbone of the Zongshe Party, had already gone abroad to study Japan and Germany. After returning to China, Yu Lang specifically referred to Wa and the Drake Empire and wrote the institutional plan for the constitutional monarchy of the Xunyang Empire.

The members of the Zongshe Party were very hostile to Yuan Duren for repeatedly forcing Empress Dowager Chongman to force Puyi to abdicate. They believed that only by getting rid of Yuan Duren could they integrate the military strength of the Xunyang government and fight a decisive battle with the revolutionary party.

Therefore, four core members of the Zongshe Party, Zhuang Wei, Liang Bi, Haoze and Tieliang, prepared to assassinate Yuan Duren. After killing Yuan Duren, Yu Lang and Haoze, who were good at handling government affairs, formed a royal wartime cabinet to deal with the difficult political situation. Liang Bi and Tieliang, who were good at commanding troops and had influence in the army, organized the Langya tribe's Eight Banners Army and the army loyal to the Xunyang government to fight a decisive battle with the Southern Revolutionary Army.

"Hey, they want to kill me, but they don't know that they will break all their teeth! These wolf cubs are no match for me!" After receiving the secret report, Yuan Duren said to his confidants nonchalantly.

"Hefei, get the troops ready. If things don't work, we'll have to use you!" Yuan Duren ordered. This was the last resort. Yuan Duren didn't want to be infamous for bullying orphans and widows and selling out his master for fame. You have to know that he is now one of the highest-ranking ministers in the Xunyang government, and Xunyang has been very kind to him.

"Yes! Your lord!"

"The Eight Banners descendants of the Langya tribe are all parasites now. They live a life of luxury and have no fighting power! They are still living in luxury, but we are still risking our lives for them!" Yuan Duren's words made everyone present nod their heads.

"Your Excellency is right! Xunyanghe should be destroyed!"

"Xun Yang's fate has come to an end!"

"Sir, why don't we add fuel to the fire!" Yuan Duren's aide Yu Jirong said loudly, drawing everyone's attention to him.

"Jirong, what's the plan?" Yuan Du looked at him with interest.

"Kill with a borrowed knife!"

"Oh~Oh~Oh~" Yuan Duren is so smart that he understands it immediately.

Yuan Duren was a cunning man. He had long known that Zhuang Wei and others were plotting to assassinate him. So before the Zongshe Party members took action first, he contacted the Southern Revolutionary Party through Gou Wangdi, saying that the revolutionary party only needed to send assassins to assassinate a few core members of the Zongshe Party first in order to intimidate Empress Dowager Chongman, thus forcing Zhuang Yi to abdicate as soon as possible.

"Yuan Duren is trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife!" Revolutionary leader Ye Wu is a passionate man, but he is not a fool.

"So should we do it or not?"

"Let's do it. The national situation is very good! The realization of national democracy is just around the corner. Even without Yuan Du, we will do it!" Ye Wu glared and calmed down.

After Yuan Duren reminded the revolutionaries, they immediately organized assassins to assassinate the core members of the Zongshe Party. In the end, they chose Liang Bi, who enjoyed high prestige in the Eight Banners Army. Liang Bi, a graduate of the infantry department of the Japanese Army Academy, was a young talent. He once served as the commander of the imperial guards and was one of the few military talents in the Xunyang court. Unfortunately, his subordinates revolted while he was in office in the south, and he fled back to the north without his military power.