Beiyang reactionaries

Congress.

Duan Qirui is very annoying.

Because the Kuomintang still occupies the most in Congress.When Song Jiaoren founded the Kuomintang, he pulled all the messy people into the Kuomintang, making the Kuomintang a mess and full of factions.But it is also for this reason that the Kuomintang has a large number of people and occupies a dominant position in Congress.From the first convening of the Congress, the KMT was the majority in the Congress.

In the past few years, the second revolution, Yuan Shikai's proclaiming emperor, Duan Qirui's suppression, Zhang Xun's restoration, and the dissolution of the National Assembly several times have severely damaged the vitality of the Kuomintang members, but they are still very strong in the National Assembly.How could Duan Qirui like such a Congress that is not under his control.

I am the great hero of the three republics, how can I allow the existence of a congress that restricts my rights.And soldiers like Duan Qirui look down on congressmen who know nonsense.

After the founding of the Republic of China, how many things happened in China.

But every time a big event happens, what role these members of Congress play has no effect at all.When Yuan Shikai was president, he sent people to threaten these congressmen, and they obediently agreed to Yuan Shikai's presidency.When Yuan Shikai came to the throne, and when Zhang Xun was restored, he said that the National Assembly was dissolved when he said that he would dissolve the National Assembly, so what could the members of the National Assembly do.A group of useless people, why restrict their own power.

Duan Qirui will never restore the original Congress.

That's why he consulted with Liang Qichao.

Now Duan Qirui and Liang Qichao are political allies. Duan Qirui can't understand the previous Congress, and Liang Qichao can't understand the previous Congress.After all, most of the KMT members in the previous Congress were not good for Duan Qirui, and it was also not good for Liang Qichao, who was seeking to take power.Liang Qichao's political power will be able to enter the Congress only if there are fewer members of the Kuomintang.

Without hesitation, Liang Qichao said directly: "Since the National Assembly has been abolished, we should re-elect members of Congress. Before new members of Congress are elected, the Senate can be convened, and the provisional Senate will replace the functions of the National Assembly."

"It's a good idea."

Duan Qirui nodded slightly.

In this Congress, Duan Qirui will never admit it.That being the case, anyway, now that the Congress has been disbanded by Zhang Xun, it is better to re-elect the Congress.When there is no Congress, the Senate replaces the legislative power of Congress.

The Senate and the House of Representatives are different.

Members of the Senate are recommended by local governments and appointed entirely by local authorities and do not require elections.In other words, for example, the Senate in Sichuan was appointed by the Sichuan government.To put it in a bad word, it was assigned by Duan Xun.

Now more than half of the provinces in the country are controlled by the Beiyang Army. It is conceivable that the parliamentarians recommended by these provinces are all people who support the Beiyang Army.If they did not support the Beiyang Army, it would be impossible for them to be appointed by the local authorities.

In this way, the Senate can be moved by Duan Qirui.

So Duan Qirui nodded frequently, Liang Qichao's suggestion was really good.As long as the original Congress is abolished and new members of Congress are elected, then there may be many operations.

"Ren Gong, we still need your support in this regard."

"no problem."

"That's good. Mr. Ren, I will issue this order in the name of the State Council."

Liang Qichao's support gave Duan Qirui a bottom line.Therefore, Duan Qirui immediately issued an order in the name of the State Council: "The Organic Law of the National Assembly, that is, the "Election Law of Members of the Two Houses", was passed by the Senate in the first year of the Republic of China and promulgated by President Yuan Qianda. After the coup, it was mostly caused by poor legislation, and now it is urgent to amend it. The governors of the provinces, Mongolia, Tibet, and Qinghai still select and send senators according to law. They will go to Beijing within one month to organize the Senate and elect all the organizations that should be changed , hold a meeting to decide. In addition, the functions and powers should be implemented in accordance with the law after the establishment of the formal Congress, to show respect for the legislature."

But Duan Qirui's order angered Sun Yat-sen at once.

Immediately criticized Duan Qirui in Guangzhou as a fake republic.Regardless of how poor the Kuomintang has been in recent years, if the "provisional agreement" is followed, the Kuomintang will be the majority in Congress.As long as the National Congress is restored, according to the "provisional agreement", the prime minister, the chief minister, and even the president of the Republic of China will be subject to the constraints of the National Congress.Congress is the highest authority.

But now Duan Qirui has abolished the old Congress.

Of course Sun Yat-sen was not satisfied.Sun Yat-sen's meaning is very simple.Since it was illegal to abolish the Congress when Zhang Xun was restored, now that the Republic is being rebuilt, the Congress should be restored.But you, Duan Qirui, do not restore the Congress, but replace the Congress with the Senate, and then elect new members of Congress. This is not the same as Zhang Xun before.

This is a false republic.

Therefore, on the night when Duan Qirui issued the order of the State Council, Sun Yat-sen delivered a speech, clearly stating that the purpose of protecting the law was to overthrow the false republic and build a new republic, and called on all walks of life to rise up and fight for the protection of the law.

This is the beginning of Dharma protection.

Of course, speaking seriously, the first time Sun Yat-sen proposed to protect the law was when Zhang Xun was restored.At that time, Sun Yat-sen shouted to protect the law, but before Sun Yat-sen went south from Shanghai to Guangdong, Duan Qirui had already solved Zhang Xun.However, Sun Yat-sen continued to mention the protection of the law, and put forward the so-called "true republic and false republic".Think Duan Qirui is a "false republic".

From the original protector against Zhang Xun, it became the protector against Duan Qirui.

The first to respond to Sun Yat-sen was Cheng Biguang, chief of the navy.On June 1917, 6, Cheng Biguang and Lin Baoyi, commander of the First Fleet, jointly sent a telegram, proposing three proposals: support the treaty, restore the Congress, and punish the culprits, and led a total of ten warships of the First Fleet to the south.Along with them were Tang Shaoyi, Wang Jingwei and others.A large number of former congressmen also began to go south to Guangdong to respond to Sun Yat-sen.

But that's all.

In fact, the law protection movement did not get everyone's support at the beginning, and even the public opinion did not support Sun Yat-sen.Because Duan Qirui's reasons are quite sufficient, he did not say to abolish the Congress, but only said to elect new members of Congress.Now it is just replacing the functions of Congress for a period of time with the provisional Senate.

Coupled with the halo of Duan Qirui's republic, Duan Qirui's reputation is now very high.Sun Yat-sen's empty-mouthed and white-fanged Dharma protector, of course, didn't get much support.Sun Yat-sen has no power in his hands now.There are many troops in Guangdong, but there is no army that Sun Yat-sen can rely on.The only ones who slightly supported Sun Yat-sen were the two divisions of the Yunnan Army stationed in Guangdong.But this force was not only restrained by Yunnan, but also by Lu Rongting, the patrol envoy from Guangdong and Guangxi.

Sun Yat-sen originally hoped for the support of powerful factions in the southwest, including Lu Rongting, the inspector of Guangdong and Guangxi, Tan Yankai, the governor of Hunan, Liu Xianshi, the governor of Guizhou, and Tang Jiyao, the former governor of Yunnan who was driven out of Kunming in southern Yunnan.

Because these people have the army in their hands, and they are the powerful faction.

But they were all watching, and did not immediately respond to Sun Yat-sen.Because the so-called guardians have nothing to do with these powerful factions in the Southwest.So what if Congress is restored?

When the Congress was in place, Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui could do whatever they wanted, and the Congress could stop it.Those people want to abolish Congress and abolish Congress, what else can you congressman do?The so-called Congress is the highest authority in the country, and it is all to fool those scholars.For these powerful factions, they only believe in the guns in their hands.

Therefore, they don't care whether Duan Qirui restores the Congress, replaces the Congress with a temporary Senate, or elects a new Congress.As long as Duan Qirui protects their interests, Duan Qirui can do whatever he likes.

But at this time, on June 1917, 6, Tang Jiyao in southern Yunnan suddenly issued a statement supporting Sun Yat-sen's protection.

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"Brother Xunruo, welcome."

The war to protect the law written in history seems to be vigorous. In fact, Sun Yat-sen is now calling for the protection of the law, but his influence is limited because there is no powerful person to follow up.As far as Sun Yat-sen and the Chinese Revolutionary Party are still too weak.The troops that Sun Yat-sen could command in Guangdong were limited, so he didn't have much influence at all.Newspapers across the country were also relatively indifferent to Sun Yat-sen's chanting to protect the law, and didn't care much.

On the contrary, everyone's eyes are now on Feng Guozhang who is about to enter Beijing.Because Duan Qirui has invited Feng Guozhang to go north, and Feng Guozhang also accepted Duan Qirui's invitation, and he will soon enter Beijing to serve as the president.

That's the big deal.

During the War to Protect the Nation, when Li Yuanhong was the President and Duan Qirui was the Prime Minister, everyone expected this.However, Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui launched a vigorous court dispute, which finally led to Zhang Xun, who came to Beijing to mediate, to restore Zhang Xun.

But this time, everyone has high hopes again.

Because Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui were both from the Beiyang Army, they have a very good personal relationship.We look forward to this time the President and the Prime Minister can "reconcile each other" and get along well.

This is the focus of current public opinion.

Zhang Xun's restoration has been over for half a month, and it will soon enter July.

However, Duan Xun's troops hadn't withdrawn yet, and were still stationed at the original site, so Dai Kan was sent from Guizhou to Sichuan in person to discuss with Duan Xun about the withdrawal.Because the current Big Three in Guizhou are Liu Xianshi, Wang Wenhua, and Dai Kan.

After Duan Qirui entered Beijing, Wang Wenhua entered Beijing on behalf of Guizhou and participated in the representative meetings of various provinces.Liu Xianshi wants to sit in Guiyang, of course it is impossible to come in person.Moreover, it is currently the honeymoon stage of Duan Qirui and Liang Qichao. Duan Xun is Duan Qirui's student, and Dai Kan is Liang Qichao's student. The status negotiations between the two are suitable.

"General Duan, excuse me."

"Where, please sit down."

Because Duan Qirui and Liang Qichao are currently political allies, Duan Xun and Dai Kan should also be considered allies.Especially in the southwestern province, Duan Xun has always been working alone.Even allies are created by themselves.

But Dai Kan was an unexpected ally.Because Dai Kan did not develop on his own, but because of the relationship between Duan Qirui and Liang Qichao, he has become Duan Xun's natural political ally in the southwestern provinces.

"General Duan, Prime Minister Duan has already entered Beijing, and the scandal of Zhang Xun's restoration has also come to an end. I think the rebellious army should also be disbanded. The troops of the two brigades of the Sichuan rebel army are still in Guizhou, should they be returned?"

"Haha."