The dining room of Yingguan Hotel is facing the back garden of Yingguan Hotel. For many politicians and gentry in Beijing, being able to eat here, even if it is just a light meal from the State Council, is enough to make them public for several days. If they can take a photo with the owners here before leaving, they will often place the photos at home, the most conspicuous part of the office. ([].)

For many people, this not-so-large restaurant is a symbol of "identity and status". However, for the owners here and Li Zicheng, this place is just a place to eat. From here, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the garden through the floor-to-ceiling windows. It is also a good enjoyment to enjoy the food while enjoying the scenery. However, most of the time, it is difficult for him to enjoy this comfort.

As often as he was not the only one in the restaurant. Although his cabinet members did not come today, Zhang Yilin, as the leader of the National Socialist Party and Congress, came to visit him again.

"Okay, that matter doesn't need to be mentioned anymore. You have read the newspaper. It's true and false. I don't want my personal questions to become a topic of discussion for everyone!"

Almost as soon as Zhang Yilin sat down, Li Zicheng took the initiative to speak out that the thing he was referring to was the news about him and Lu Qiyu that had been hyped up in the newspapers recently. Compared to him, people were undoubtedly more concerned about Lu Qiyu. At the beginning, when people were surprised by Lu Qiyu's beautiful appearance, they didn't realize anything when they learned that his uncle was the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but then they revealed that Lu Qiyu had been engaged and had escaped. However, a news broke out like a wave of the sea.

Although I never thought that the newspapers of this era were so gossipy, those news were really annoying. However, one thing that is undeniable is that Li Zicheng did not deny that he had a good impression of Lu Qiyu. At first, it might be because of her appearance, but now it is more because of her personality. Unlike the women of this era, her personality is extremely high. In contrast, this is undoubtedly an extremely precious quality.

"ah……,"

A little stunned, Zhang Yilin sighed in his heart. The Prime Minister refused to talk about this matter, which at least showed his attitude. It is said that the Prime Minister had invited Lu Qiyu to the official residence for dinner, but was rejected by the other party. From this, it can be imagined that the Prime Minister was afraid... But since the Prime Minister is unwilling to talk about this matter, there is no need to talk about it anymore. Compared with the Prime Minister's private affairs, he has more important things here.

"Prime Minister, recently... the President frequently meets with local constitutional representatives. Now, some constitutional representatives have expressed their own opinions on constitutional composition..."

Listening to this report, Li Zicheng's nose moved, and he sighed in his heart. He was silent for a moment, and then asked. "According to the current results of constitutional representatives in various provinces, the constitutional representatives of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party account for 43% of the total constitutional representatives. We do not have an advantage."

At the beginning, Li Zicheng did not expect that the Kuomintang could account for 43% of the seats, and he even was happy about it when he reached this seat, but now it seems that he is too happy too early. Sometimes, on some issues, it is far less simple than he imagined, especially when Yuan Shikai started to move.

"If I'm not mistaken, now Yuan Shikai...he should have promised some blank checks to those people!"

"Prime Minister, Yuan Shikai varies from person to person. He is now focusing on participating in the constitutional representatives of the "Tao of Heaven Constitution" and the Constitution. The representatives of both sides cannot accept the latter, and the latter is unwilling to accept the former. As a result, the meeting has not been held and internal conflicts have been formed. The President's skills can be said to have a great effect! However, on the other hand, he also reminded the representatives of non-National Society through generals in the northern provinces to pay attention to their position, so..."

After a brief pause, Zhang Yilin added.

"It can be said that the situation is not optimistic!"

His words first made Li Zicheng silent, and then made him laugh.

"The situation is not optimistic, Zhongren, but after all, there are some people who are determined to do things!"

"Ah, there are many such gentlemen, but villains are not small. This is an inevitable thing. So, if you guess it is correct, if you continue like this, soon, once this constitutional constituent assembly is opened, it is very likely to be dragged down indefinitely, after all..."

Looking up at the Prime Minister, Zhang Yilin said with regret.

"A province has not passed, but according to this principle, it will be difficult to formulate a constitution that satisfies everyone in a few years!"

Until now, whenever this constitutional principle is mentioned, Zhang Yilin is a little annoyed, because this is the principle proposed by the Prime Minister in front of him. It is precisely his opposition to "the minority obeys the majority", because "there is no minority in the Constitution", "any controversial discussion will benefit the country and the people", and now this is simply "involving oneself".

"In at least two years, if not two years, I'm afraid it's impossible to create a constitution that is in line with the spirit of the republic and the interests of the people. In short, I know that we need a constitution, a fundamental ** that can restrain the whole country. But on the other hand, I have to ask a question, have we, have that long?"

Time, the most tense thing now is probably time. God has not given himself too much time. On the one hand, the tension of time is the urgent need for the Constitution in the future situation of the country. On the other hand, it is that the formulation of a constitution requires too many issues to consider, and at the same time, it also requires coordination of too many aspects of interests. All of this requires debate, compromise, and consultation. The reason why legal scholars or lawyers are emphasized in the identity of constitutional representatives is very simple. Compared with most Chinese people, they have more legal knowledge. At the same time, more importantly, they know how to compromise better and know that compromise is an art.

Shaking his head, Li Zicheng answered this question himself without waiting for Zhang Yilin to answer.

"We don't have that time!"

"But can we make a constitution hastily?"

"cannot!"

The self-questioning answer seems to give an oppositional contradiction that cannot be resolved.

Moreover, as Zhang Yilin said, Yuan Shikai now uses the Constitution of the Temple of Heaven that he once could not accept and the Constitution he secretly instructed to formulate, and uses these two groups of people to create conflicts among the constitutional representatives. This means that it will take at least several months to solve this problem alone, and the prospects of the Constitutional Convention are worrying...

The tension of time and the need for constitutional creation... Li Zicheng fell silent as he thought.

"Well... how to solve this problem is indeed a very troublesome problem?"

Although he didn't know why a constitution was so urgently needed, Zhang Yilin, who noticed the Prime Minister's words, said after a moment of silence.

"I personally think that if we can use some methods... maybe, there is hope!"

"Oh? What are some ways."

When asking a question, he noticed Zhang Yilin's expression change. Li Zicheng waved his hand to the waiter in the restaurant and exited.

"Tell me."

Putting down the chopsticks in his hand and leaning against the back of the seat, Li Zicheng asked.

"Tell me what you do,"

Seeing that he seemed to be hesitating, Li Zicheng added.

"Nothing, I've said it a long time ago. Can I speak freely here?"

"Prime Minister,"

Hesitating, Zhang Yilin looked at the Prime Minister and said tentatively,

"Prime Minister. You should know that no matter what kind of persons the Constitutional Delegates are, in the end, once the Constitutional Assembly is over, it means that they will be unemployed in some way."

"Oh? Unemployed?"

He was slightly stunned. Li Zicheng seemed to understand what Zhang Yilin wanted to say.

"But, in the State Council and provinces, we can provide them with many positions, some of which can be said..."

Noting that the Prime Minister's expression did not seem to have changed much, Zhang Yilin specifically emphasized.

“The social status is very high and the treatment is also very generous!”

There are many positions in the State Council, and no one would doubt this, especially after the establishment of institutions in various provinces, those positions are not only prominent, but also superior. This "excellence" refers not only to the advantages of salary. No matter how regulated, there are always some "gray superiority". In fact, even as a confidant of the Prime Minister, Zhang Yilin has arranged some friends to enter relevant institutions under the State Council. Sometimes, politics is always the case, either you go with the flow or...

However, Zhang Yilin's suggestion made Li Zicheng silent. His suggestion was very straightforward, and it was nothing more than a bribery. He directly used a "rich return" job as a bribery, so that those constitutional representatives turned to their own side instead of being Yuan Shikai's "gun". Compared with Yuan Shikai, the State Council is more proactive and direct institution, which is necessary to expand power, and this directly brought another result - the State Council has more job opportunities.

If you use those job opportunities to buy it... political nobleness? Is there so-called nobleness in politics? If it exists, why did you set up "special funds" in Huaihai Bank? Isn't it just to bribe others? However, according to Zhang Yilin's suggestion, this is not to bribe money, but to use government positions. This... For a moment, Li Zicheng hesitated, would it be possible to introduce this bad habit into the government...

A few days to come—

Over the past few days, Lu Qiyu has been living almost in dire straits.

At the banquet a few days ago, as the lady invited by the Prime Minister, she began to attract much attention. Almost the next day, the newspaper published photos of the guy who invited her to dance, and the photos of the two dancing and enjoying the fireworks on the terrace. Then, in the afternoon of that day, the young master Ma asked someone to break the engagement, which was not as "rude" as before.

But before she could come over, the incident of escaping marriage and breaking the engagement began to appear in the newspapers. For a moment, she became more eye-catching, and what was even more annoying was that the guy actually wanted to invite him to have a meal at the official residence. She refused directly without any consideration.

She knew, perhaps, that she would affect his reputation.

After these things happened, people had two reactions.

Some people felt very sympathetic to her, and some even applauded her for her courage to escape marriage, and even blessed her and him. Although what he said that night made her blush and she didn't know what to say. But only she herself knew that there was no possibility for her and him.

On the other hand, many women were so angry with her that they thought that her face was the best weapon to deceive men's feelings. So they all added fuel to the fire and said that she had escaped marriage and abdicated. Anyway, in the end, she became a "bad woman".

Some newspapers that also love to hype news began to broadcast this series of news, and made a series of detailed reports from the beginning to the present story, and also drew a relationship diagram, which was more clear than the person involved.

But God knows that the so-called "news" are simply fake, they are all fabricated. These fabricated news are the most hurtful things. Even the tabloid reporters have dug up her experience of teaching in Lianyungang, and even added to the qigong saying that she has always had ulterior motives towards the Prime Minister.

All this only made Lu Qiyu extremely sad. She didn't want to hear the ups and downs from the outside world at all. She was hurt inside and even felt that this was the guy who was retaliating against her in this way. After all, she had slapped him in the face, although she knew that he could not do this, but...

"Xiaoyu..."

Pushing the door gently and seeing her haggard niece, Pede felt a sense of shame. She never thought that a dance would cause so many storms. The previous hurt might only make her feel wronged, but the current hurt may really hurt her.

"Aunt……"

Lu Qiyu, who looked extremely haggard, looked at her aunt and showed off a smile as much as possible, although the smile was even worse than crying.

"I. I want to leave here..."

"Leave? Go there?"

The niece's words only made Pede stunned, and she looked at her niece in surprise.

"I...I don't want to stay here anymore!"

Xiude Girls' School.

In the late Qing Dynasty, this girls' school was the place where the ladies from some noble families in Beijing went to school. They learned court etiquette and Western ladies' education. After the founding of the Yuan Dynasty of the Republic of China, most of the nobles of the Qing Dynasty in this school dropped out of school, and this school gradually became the place where high-ranking officials and wealthy ladies of the Republic of China were high-ranking officials and wealthy ladies.

On this campus where the palace was once a princely house, these ladies who were fed and fed were learning Chinese traditional girls' education, and on the other hand, they received British lady education under the teachings of British teachers. However, most of the time, what these ladies longed for will always be the prince charming in fairy tales. It seems that other than that, their lives have no meaning. The topics they discussed are always the sons of a certain family and the young masters of a certain family, of course, the ones of a hotel are inevitably welcomed. However, for most ladies, the ones of a hotel are at most just part of their dreams of fairy tales. But despite this, in recent days, this fairy tale has given them more topics of conversation. After all, news has been heard there.

"Lu Qiyu..."

When listening to the students chanting that name and even cursing that name, Luo Zixin quietly walked to the pavilion by the lake alone, and then sat in it, looking at the calm lake water, the statue of the Bodhisattva with snow in her mind was always the first to come to her mind, and then the young master looked concerned.

"He probably forgot that little girl!"

Now, Luo Zixin has long since grown from a little girl to a graceful girl, and has long since become a "country girl" to a city girl. Whether dressed or talked, she was studying in such a school like other daughters. However, now she felt that she was a little out of place with the place, to be precise, she was a little out of place with these daughters.

"This sister Lu is also a miserable person."

Unlike her classmates, at the beginning, when she saw the photo of Miss Lu dancing with him in the newspaper, although she felt very bitter in her heart, she had no jealousy and was even happy for him because he finally found a suitable person. Now, she was worried about Sister Lu and sympathized with Sister Lu. She was like her, a miserable person, but...

"Is it a miserable life? Then Lu Qiyu is just a charming boy. If I go to the dance, maybe the Prime Minister will invite me!"

The friends who were originally in the corridor took over the conversation and cleverly ridiculed Luo Zixin. She always smiled at their ridicule. Perhaps, to outsiders, she was the sister of the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but only she herself knew that her sister was just a tool for "brother" to try to please him, but she had never had a chance.

Because of this, she never had any sense of superiority in front of these classmates. She always had a closed mood for everything around her, like an ice lotus, not like a worldly fireworks, quietly looking at everything around her, just waiting for a certain day to come, perhaps...

But at this moment, her thoughts were interrupted. The teacher from the school told her that her "big brother" was waiting for her in the car outside the school gate.

"Yeah, Zi Xin"

After looking at his sister, Wei Zidong was silent for a moment, and then said.

"You don't seem to like this school?"

In the past few years, the hard work he devoted to this "sister" has far exceeded his imagination. After all, humans are an emotional animal. Although they know that she is just a "tool", he still has some affection for her.

Silence, Luo Zixin did not answer her brother's words, there was nothing she liked or disliked. This was just life.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Wei Zidong, the "confidant" of the prime minister around him, put away the seemingly kind smile on his face and said seriously.

"Since you don't like it, then go home. In a few days, you will go to another place!" (To be continued...)

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