Another World: Naval Storm

The Revolutionary Party would rather establish a provisional republican government with Yuan Duren and negotiate unification with the Beiyang Army than send the Xunyang court to the garbage dump of history. Ye Wu believed that Yuan Duren had great military talent and prestige, so he proposed to the parliament to resign as the provisional president of the South and recommended Yuan Duren as the new president. The parliament agreed to this request, and Yuan Duren was inaugurated in Yanjing and sworn in as the first president of the Xunyang Democratic Republic.

"President, Ye Wu voluntarily abdicated and made way for someone more capable. You deserve to be on the throne!"

"Haha, you're too kind, Master!" Yuan Duwen felt very happy to hear the compliment.

"The constitutionalists, conservative officials and the great powers all support you. Without you they would not be able to control the situation!"

"Haha, do you think they are so happy? It's because these revolutionaries are out of money, and the great powers will not give them the tariff surplus!" Yuan Duren sneered.

The imperialist powers strongly supported Yuan Duren. In order to safeguard their own rights and interests in Xunyang, the imperialists, under the guise of strictly observing neutrality, constantly exerted pressure on the revolutionaries in military, economic and diplomatic fields, forcing the revolutionaries to compromise. The powers supported Yuan Duren in his administration, especially in diplomacy.

"The Southern Revolutionary Party in Xunyang is still too naive!" Leo threw aside the newspaper that published the statement of the Southern Revolutionary Party leader Ye Wu giving up his position. The national bourgeoisie represented by Ye Wu was relatively weak, and in the process of revolution, it was inherently weak and compromising.

"Didn't Yuan Duren give in? As long as both sides cooperate sincerely, Xunyang will definitely get better and better!"

"You are naive too, Dawson. Power can be addictive!" Leo had no choice but to take care of Dawson as he still had the same personality after so many years.

"Didn't you see that the Southern Revolutionary Party compromised this time because of pressure from various countries including the Empire?" Various countries intercepted the customs tax revenue in Xunyang, making the Revolutionary Party's temporary government finances extremely difficult. It could not support the war for a long time, let alone support the construction of the regime, and was forced to compromise with Yuan Duren. Moreover, Ye Wu was an idealist. He believed that democracy and republic were the general trend and the will of the people. He did not believe that Yuan Duren would go against the trend.

"Isn't Tarun very supportive of the Revolutionary Party?"

"Humph, they will only support the victor! Besides, Yuan Duren has a high reputation in Xunyang!" Yuan Duren has a high reputation and talent. During his time as the Governor-General of Zhili and the Minister of Beiyang, he has created a good social image. The constitutionalists, the old bureaucrats and the great powers all agree with him. He also has the most powerful Beiyang Army in Xunyang. These factors make Yuan Duren the best candidate to stabilize the situation.

If Ye Wu did not retreat, the revolutionary team he led would engage in a direct battle with Yuan Du's people, which would inevitably cause bloodshed and countless casualties. In addition, the revolutionary group led by Ye Wu was formed by the merger of many small groups. The organization was relatively loose and there was no unity of opinion. The revolution was not monolithic, but was temporarily united by Ye Wu's prestige.

The revolutionary group led by Ye Wu was relatively weak compared to Yuan Duren's Beiyang faction. Objectively speaking, there was still a big gap between them in terms of military, politics, diplomacy and economy. Although Ye Wu was supported by everyone in the revolutionary party, Yuan Duren had been in politics for many years and had many supporters, so his influence was still greater than Ye Wu's.

At this time, the revolutionaries were also very dissatisfied with Ye Wu's giving up his throne to Yuan Duren.

"Sir, how can you give up the position of head of state to Yuan Duren?"

"That's right! He's of the old school! He won't make a revolution!"

"Be patient, although Yuan Du is an old-school bureaucrat, I believe he will not go against the trend of the times!" It is not surprising that Ye Wu is too idealistic. There are not so many awakened people in Xunyang now. Most of the people in Xunyang are muddle-headed all day long and just want to have more meals.

"Although thirteen provinces have declared independence, many of the old bureaucrats in Xunyang have not been liquidated, and we do not actually control the local areas!" Ye Wu took a sip of tea and continued, "Once these people turn against us when we are fighting against the Yuandu people, the fruits of the revolution will be damaged at any time!"

"Then we'll just watch Yuan Du grow bigger?"

"We can also learn from Yuan Duren and wait for the right time. If he truly supports the republic, I, Ye, will be submissive from now on. If he pretends to support the republic... he will be overthrown just like the Xunyang court!" Yuan Duren said firmly. The purpose of his revolution was to overthrow the monarchy and abolish the feudal system, not to sit on the supreme position and make Xunyang a land of corpses and the people miserable. This was not what he wanted to see, otherwise he would be no different from the feudal rulers who took human lives lightly.

However, just in case, in order to curb Yuan Shikai's power, the first temporary Senate on April 4 passed the "Provisional Constitution of the Xunyang Republic" with an overwhelming majority of votes.

Political power is divided into three parts: legislation is held by the Senate, executive power is held by the President and the State Council, and justice is held by the courts.

However, unlike the presidential system, the Provisional Constitution system is based on the spirit of the cabinet system. The president and vice president are elected by the Senate and are in charge of government, military affairs, and civil service appointments. However, the regulations of the official system, personnel appointments, and diplomatic actions must all be approved by the Senate.

Therefore, Yuan Duren was unable to vigorously implement his political ambitions and had to cooperate with the largest force in the Senate, that is, the Revolutionary Party.

"Sir, we are willing to follow you forever!" The revolutionaries who started the rebellion with Ye Wu have not yet been corrupted by power, and are willing to accompany Ye Wu to change Xunyang for the new world.

"Okay, okay, I'm laid off. I will pay more attention to people's livelihood in the future. You should also visit different places in Xunyang more often to learn about the local customs and culture." After leaving his job, Ye Wu traveled around Xunyang, promoting democracy and continuing to advocate for national unification and ethnic unity.

"He is a true patriot!" Leo admired Ye Wu very much. He would never do such a thing, even if he traveled through two lifetimes as a human being.

"He may have misjudged Yuan Duren. The 300,000-strong revolutionary army should not be disbanded. Having guns and not having guns are two different concepts!"

"But Xunyang's political situation is tending towards peace, and they really don't have the money to support so many soldiers! The decrees issued by Yuan Duren are indeed beneficial to Xunyang!"

"The wisdom of a politician. If Yuan Duren hadn't messed around, Xunyang would have been rich and powerful!"

At the end of April 1913, Yuan Duren's government announced that it had signed a loan agreement with a banking group of five countries, including Talen, Fran, Drake, Rakshasa and Japan, with a total amount of 4 million pounds, an issue price of 2500% off, an interest rate of 5%, and actual collection of less than 2100 million pounds. After deducting various overdue loans, reparations, officials' salaries, military disbanding fees, etc., the actual collection was more than 900 million pounds.