The 1911 Revolution, the founding of the Republic of China, the first democratic republic in Asia, ended China's inherent system for more than two thousand years; the five-nation republic, democracy, constitutionalism, and rule of law have since become the catchphrase of civil and military officials, and the government and the people.

To a certain extent, the Congress has become a symbol of the First Democratic Republic of Asia. The Republican Congress was the first Congress after the founding of the Republic of China. On August 27, 1912, Interim President Yuan Shikai promulgated the "Constitutional Organization of the Republic of China", the "Senate Members Election Law" and the "Senate Members Election Law" formulated by the Provisional Senate, and established a temporary agency to "Preparation Bureau for the Preparation of the Congressional Affairs". According to the "Constitutional Organization Law of the Republic of China", the Congress is divided into two upper and lower houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Senators are 22 provinces, each with 10; Inner and Outer Mongolia, **, and Qinghai, each has an election meeting, which elects 27, 10 and 3 respectively; 8 are elected by the Central Society; and 6 are elected from overseas Chinese in various places. According to the legal quota, there are 274 senators. According to the American system, they are appointed for six years and elected for two years to maintain their metabolism.

The number of members of the House of Representatives is determined by the population of each region. Each 800,000 population is elected. However, each province has at least 10 members of the House of Representatives, and small provinces with a population of less than 8 million will also be elected. Only Mongolia, **, and Qinghai have the same number of members of the House of Representatives. Among the 22 provinces, Zhili (Hebei) has the largest population, with 46 members of the House of Representatives. The provinces with the smallest population are Xinjiang, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, and each elects 10 members of the House of Representatives. The number of other provinces varies. The term of office is three years, and each election is one for three years. The election is divided into primary elections and re-elections, and the regulations are numerous, but not all. According to the statutory quota, there are 596 members of the House of Representatives nationwide. The Senate and House of Representatives have a total of 841 members.

From early December 1912 to March 1913, all parts of the country elected members of the House of Representatives and Houses in accordance with the election laws. The total number of registered voters was more than 40 million, accounting for 9.98% of the national population. In terms of their voter proportion, in this era, it was not inferior to that of Europe and the United States. For two thousand years, the Chinese have participated in a government in a general sense.

The elected parliamentarians mainly include political activists, freelancers, former Qing officials, etc. In the Chinese parliament, although there are progressive parties, the Kuomintang, other small parties, non-partisans, and members of Mongolia and Tibet who are directly pointed by the president, any foreign observer in China knows that the parliament of the First Asian Republic is composed of factions, not political parties.

The so-called factions are mainly political groups formed based on various relationships, relationships with relatives, relationships with teachers and students, relationships with classmates, relationships with fellow countrymen, relationships with world friendship, relationships with family, relationships with colleagues, relationships with in-laws, relationships with in-laws, and other interests. These factions do not have a stable political program, lack ideological consensus, and have weak foundations; the factions are very unstable. The relationships between factions often change. Although these factions also form the so-called political parties, the discipline of the party is lax, and the parliamentarians often cross multiple parties. They often break away from the party and rebel because of the temptation of money and official positions.

After the Xinhai period, the two factions were confused. At this time, the party’s party had no obvious difference. All parties made the purpose of competing for seats in the parliament. "Everyone wants to show off his skills, only asks for the purpose. He uses any means to disappear. Except for a few visionary people, the political party figures of the Republic of China did not regard developing the party as their mission." The so-called political party is "there is a name for itself, and the faction is actually."

The political party may be of false reputation. But the parliament has its own facts. However, in July 2nd year of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen organized the second revolution and failed. After being elected as the official president, Yuan Shikai ordered the dissolution of the Kuomintang on the charge of "rebellion" and expelled members of the Kuomintang, resulting in the recession of the parliament due to insufficient number of people and unable to operate. The following year, Yuan Shikai officially dissolutely dissolute the parliament. Then, Yuan Shikai even ordered the dissolution of the provincial parliament.

As a result, the parliament, the main symbol of the First Democratic Republic of Asia, was dissolved, but China is still the First Democratic Republic of Asia, but only two words are missing.

The selected ones can be disbanded, and the disbanded ones can be recovered, but they only vary from time to time!

"Restore Congress!"

He raised his head and looked at Liang Shiyi. Yuan Shikai could not understand why.

Even when he thought of Congress, his hair was numb.

At that time, the Congress made Yuan Shikai panic. This was a group that could not be eliminated with a gun. Not only could it not be eliminated, but it had to be respected and gave it a smile.

So, he thought hard for a while before he came up with a way to deal with Congress.

All he will respect it and hold Congress to heaven;

He wants to take the initiative and treat Congress as a shield;

He will gradually purify Congress and make it his tool;

He only planned to organize Congress as a guise.

After all, the formed Congress gathers the elites of contemporary countries, including celebrities from all political circles, leaders from all academic circles, and overlords from all regions. If not done well, either side will cause trouble, especially the Kuomintang.

Fortunately, Sun Yat-sen himself took action against the parliament and ruined it. The second revolution, which is a rebellion. Rebellion is easy to deal with. It is quelled first and then pursued. After Yuan Shikai becomes the official president, he can naturally hold the "responsible Kuomintang that launched the rebellion". Therefore, "rebellion" became the best reason. The Kuomintang was disbanded, the Kuomintang members were expelled, and the number of members of the parliament was not enough to act. It doesn't matter. Another "political meeting" and "constitutional meeting" were convened to replace the parliament, and then the parliament was dissolved. In order to prevent the parliament from being "resurrected", he ordered the dissolution of the provincial parliament. Only the Jiangsu Provincial Parliament refused to dissolute the provincial parliament in the name of "unstolen life."

But that was only a few provinces, and the overall situation was still in his control. Moreover, the Jiangsu Provincial Assembly made contributions during the Second Revolution. Naturally, Yuan Shikai would not pursue anything anymore. But now, Liang Shiyi actually asked him to restore the parliament. Isn’t this a waste of effort? Why did the parliament be dissolved? Liang Jifu did not contribute his efforts. Why did he speak again today?

For a moment, Yuan Shikai really couldn't figure out what Liang Jifu was thinking, but he couldn't reveal it. Even if the superiors didn't understand, they couldn't say they couldn't understand, let alone understand. Otherwise, what would these staff members do? And more importantly, he wanted to hear what Liang Jifu said about him.

At this time, Yuan Shikai didn't say anything. He picked up the cigar in front of him, lit it, and then slowly paced by the table.

Liang Shiyi is familiar with Yuan Shikai's character. Others cannot force him to do something he doesn't want to do. If he persuades him, he will walk silently. Seeing this situation, Liang Shiyi, who had participated in the plot to disband the parliament throughout the whole process, didn't he know what the president was worried about, so he explained.

"President, today is different from the past. In the past, it is necessary for us to dissolve the parliament. Now it is also necessary for the restoration of the parliament!" Liang Shiyi knew that if he could not convince Yuan Shikai today, all his plans could be said to be for him. Seeing that the president seemed to have some interest in his words, he continued to explain:

"In the past, we were dealing with the Kuomintang, and that group of people did not know anything except chaos. So, we had to dissolve it. Only in this way can the country's political situation be stabilized. But now, we have to deal with Li Zhiyuan, so we need this Congress."

"Speak in detail!"

When Yuan Shikai heard Liang Shiyi say this, he hurriedly said. Perhaps he realized that he was a little anxious, so he paused for a moment before saying.

"What's the difference between dealing with Li Zhiyuan?"

Let Li Zhiyuan be the Prime Minister. Yuan Shikai was originally unwilling to do so, but he had to do it. He had to show his courage to the people and show his talent. Of course, what is more important is to "subjugate the army without fighting". He used the Prime Minister's hat to exchange his 200,000 troops to Europe. It's worth it!

But knowing the value does not mean that Yuan Shikai was willing to come out with a Prime Minister to share his power. Therefore, although Liang Shiyi's words have not been clearly stated at this moment, Yuan Shikai heard what he meant.

"Use Congress to check and balance the State Department!"

Liang Shiyi expressed his ideas slowly. For him, perhaps he would choose to cooperate with Li Zicheng, but it did not mean that he would turn to Li Zicheng. For Liang Shiyi, the most important thing was the power in his hands. Liang Shiyi's mentality at this time was completely different from the past, and he even regarded himself as a part of this power game.

He wanted to use Li Zicheng to balance Yuan Shikai, he wanted to use Congress to balance Li Zicheng, and finally use Yuan Shikai to balance Congress. But he - Liang Shiyi, in the end, was the host of this game. As the host of this game, he must have the ability to restrain the three parties. Only in this way can he, as the secretary-general of the Presidential Office, maintain a transcendent position in the future.

Looking at the President, Liang Shiyi, who had deposed Congress with the President, naturally knew why Yuan Shikai was afraid of Congress and feared Congress. Therefore, if he wanted the President to agree to restore Congress, he had to make the President realize that there was not only no harm in restoring Congress, but also benefits. Well, maybe there was a little harm.

"President, do you still remember when Shizumi was acting as Prime Minister of State, the MP asked Shizumi about the loan?"

Looking at the President, Liang Shiyi mentioned an old story, which was caused by Yuan Shikai to avoid the parliament. At that time, in order to avoid the parliament's consultation on state affairs, Yuan Shikai stipulated that "all those belonging to the public government will be answered by the Prime Minister and the State Councilor!", so he successfully got rid of the complexity of consulting state affairs.

At that time, Duan Qirui had already served as prime minister, and it was just the time when Congress was excited about the loan. Faced with the congressional question, Duan Qirui naturally didn't know how to deal with it. Before going to the House of Representatives, he asked Yuan Shikai for a call, but Yuan Shikai only said a few words to "stop" and "suffer" and "suffer". However, he only said two words in the Senate of the Congress, without explaining anything, and then turned around and left.

At that time, Duan Qirui left, and the members of the parliament were stunned. The members of the Congress who knew a little about the republic and democracy were all stunned. They could not imagine that the Prime Minister of the government, who was supervised, would dare to ignore democracy so much! He stared at him and said nothing, and the Prime Minister of State left without any ambiguity.

After Duan Qirui left, the House of Representatives in Congress would not be happy. They either shouted to return the advice to the government to see how he explained to the people. They were shouted to impeach the government immediately and asked if there were any people in their eyes. But in the end they had to leave it alone.

How could Yuan Shikai not have no impression of this? It was his first "winning battle" against Congress. That was what made him realize that Congress was just "strong from outside and strong at the same time". Those members of Congress always called for the endorsement of gentlemen for the people of the world. But it was that time that made Yuan Shikai understand that dealing with them was no different from dealing with ordinary officials, at least most of them were like this.

Thinking of the great victory against Congress, Yuan Shikai's face appeared with a smile, and he looked at Liang Shiyi with a smile. It wasn't that he who saw the parity of Congress from this incident, thus formulating that "step-by-step" plan. In the end, he "forced" Congress to death step by step.

Thinking of the past, and then contacting Liang Shiyi's past achievements, Yuan Shikai realized that he had many misunderstandings about him. Yang Shiqi and others said that he had made friends with soldiers with bad intentions. However, Yuan Shikai, who was born in the military and had been in the officialdom for decades, understood that those soldiers did not take him seriously at all. As for Yang Shiqi and others, they were just jealous of their power and slandering them.

In connection with the recent months, Liang Shiyi has been busy working hard. Thinking of his misunderstanding of him, Yuan Shikai warned himself in his heart.

"Lu Yao knew the horsepower, so you must not listen to it in the future!"

At this time, Yuan Shikai naturally blamed the removal of Liang Shiyi from his post on Yang Shiqi and others for the slander. He just "wrongly listened".

"Although it calmed down later, Zhiquan was exhausted at that time!"

Yuan Shikai said with emotion, it can be said that it was that thing that made Duan Qirui, who was struggling to deal with it, take the initiative to resign from him. Yuan Shikai was naturally happy to go with the flow and fulfill his resignation.

When Yuan Shikai mentioned this old thing, he suddenly lit up. Looking at Liang Shiyi, his smile gradually became stronger. Liang Jifu wanted to make trouble for him or Li Zicheng, and he simply wanted to use the legitimate "destroyed Li" of the Congress.

"President. At the beginning, those members of the House of Representatives wanted to return the advice to the government. It depends on how the government explains to the people, and some people even need to impeach the government immediately! But in the end, they had to leave it alone. Why is this?"

When he asked back, Liang Shiyi smiled in his heart. The members of the House of Representatives were too heartbroken. China is China, China that has taken the feudal path for thousands of years! Whoever has power, the army has power, and the etiquette and law have also been handed over to him. The supervision power is given by them. Never forget that the supervision power he gave you is not really for you to supervise him. But it is a good example. If you really exercise it, you will eventually supervise them.

Liang Shiyi's words made Yuan Shikai nod, and of course he knew why. But at this time, Liang Shiyi continued:

"President, if you supported Congress back then, what would happen?"

Support Congress?

Yuan Shikai, who had not turned around for a while, almost felt that Liang Shiyi was the one who was in trouble. He was most afraid that he could not be confused with Congress, so how could he support Congress, let alone...

Looking at the President, Liang Shiyi explained further.

"If the President can support Congress, the State Department will probably be more than tired of dealing with it!"

After a while of silence, Yuan Shikai understood what Liang Shiyi meant. He was using the power of Congress to attack Li Zicheng, and he, as the president, only needed to support him behind the scenes.

"But, Jifu, if that's the case, would the State Council have any ideas!"

There is what the State Council has to think, but will Li Zicheng have to think by then?

"President, everything is subject to national laws and regulations!"

Liang Shiyi said confidently.

"At that time, whether you question the government or impeach the government, you are above the law. What you support is nothing more than the legitimate power of the Congress elected by 40 million people! The Republic of China is a country where people are ruled by the people, and the national system of the Republic of China is a republic! Naturally, as the President of the Republic of China, supporting the legitimate power of the Congress is also the responsibility of the President!"

"Don't be confused, confused! How can we let Congress repeatedly cause trouble for the government?"

At this time, Yuan Shikai was not worried about the government, but about himself, worried that Congress would make a big splash. At that time, if Li Zhiyuan was sent away and Congress turned against each other, wouldn't he be in trouble?

Obviously Liang Shiyi had already prepared something, he explained immediately.

"After the last disbandment of Congress, the members of the two houses of Congress have already understood the reason. Among the members of the two houses of Congress, the stubborn rebels have long been transferred to Japan, and most of those who are still in the country are waiting and watching here. They don't know that without the support of the president, the Congress will be nothing!"

Liang Shiyi said word by word, almost without any concealment. But just as Liang Shiyi said this, Yuan Shikai suddenly showed a cold face, and his tone became gloomy.

"Shame, confused! Since you know that the Republic of China is a country where the people are masters, and the national system of the Republic of China is a republic! From now on, all matters will be decided by the people. The Congress is chosen by hundreds of millions of people. How can it be nothing? The Congress is a symbol of my Chinese Republic,"

Perhaps he realized that his words were a little heavy, Yuan Shikai comforted him slowly as if he was serious.

"Jifu, you are my side. You can't say that next time Congress will be like this. Let outsiders know. The impact is not good! The Congress, there will be nothing there..."

At this time, Liang Shiyi would be angry because of the president's heavy words. Now he laughed and was anxious. Yuan Shikai's answer made him understand that the Congress was about to be restored!

After seeing Liang Shiyi off, thinking about Liang Shiyi's move to "attack Li with a good idea", thinking about Duan Zhiquan's tired look, Yuan Shikai breathed a sigh of relief with great relief. He sat on the chair of the Grand Master, took the cigar, and sucked it himself.

Looking at the rising smoke, Yuan Shikai said as if he was talking to himself.

"As the President of the Republic of China, I do not show favoritism or abuse the law, but only use the law to punish you!"

After saying that, a burst of laughter burst out from Yuan Shikai's voice.


Chapter completed!