Chapter 46: The Temptation of Yellow Robe

After Yun said something, Hu Xueyan's expression looked much better. In fact, Hu Xueyan knew better than anyone else. The budget submitted by the General Staff to the Ministry of Finance was simply a product after Chen Congyun agreed. Otherwise, how could Hu Xueyan only come to the General Staff to make trouble, and not Chen Congyun? This is exactly what Hu Xueyan is smart. If he really goes to Chen Congyun to make trouble, what is Chen Congyun's face? When Chen Congyun makes trouble, Chen Congyun will know that he must find a way to comfort and solve the problem, at least he will not let Hu Xueyan come back empty-handed. As for the budget submitted by the General Staff, it is absolutely impossible to change it. Hu Xueyan made trouble, just to reflect the importance of the financial part and use Chen Congyun to suppress the arrogance of the army.

Chen Congyun actually knew very well that as the strength of all aspects increased, the small abacus between various departments was rumbling, and who wouldn't want to get more capital? So Chen Congyun had to come out at this time and balance it out so as not to have a single dominant situation.

Seeing that the anger had subsided, Hu Xueyan couldn't continue making trouble. When he got up and said goodbye, he suddenly turned around and smiled strangely at Chen Congyun and said, "Sir, Zhengxiang and Shaochuan also arrived in Tianjin yesterday. It seemed that he had visited Xingsun overnight. Have you seen them?"

After leaving this sentence, Hu Xueyan flashed. Chen Congyun was a little confused. What did Hu Xueyan suddenly say this? In fact, Zheng Guanying and Tang Shaoyi arrived in Tianjin, and they should come to see him first. How did they touch Sheng Xuanhuai's house? After Li Hongzhang came down from Beiyang, Sheng Xuanhuai was an official who was under the Qing government on the surface, but in fact he became the general head of the Westernization Affairs Office of Beiyang. Due to the subtle relationship between Sheng Xuanhuai and Shen Congyun, Ronglu had ordered to deal with Sheng Xuanhuai, but the officials who were in the specific execution were not good at the limelight and were afraid that Chen Congyun would settle the score later. Even if the matter was delayed, Sheng Xuanhuai's comfort problem was not big.

At present, the major marine industries in Beiyang are still under Sheng Xuanhuai's control. It is understandable that Tang Shaoyi and Zheng Guanying come to Sheng Xuanhuai, but why did Hu Xueyan look mysterious?

Things are definitely not as simple as they seem on the surface? Chen Congyun doesn’t need to worry about the loyalty of Zheng Guanying and Tang Shaoyi, but what is the reason for these three people to meet secretly?

Chen Congyun naturally cannot rest assured about things that are not clear. The General Staff may not have any big moves within half a year. The current main task of the army is to stabilize Beiyang, monitor the Northeast, deter Guangdong and Guangxi, and advance to Fujian. These are all superficial articles, and Chen Congyun does not need to worry about it.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong. Chen Congyun came out and called Li Xiaosan and went straight to Sheng Xuanhuai's mansion in Tianjin. Now Sheng Xuanhuai is still a Taoist at Tianjin Customs Road and serves as the Minister of Revenue.

Li Xiaosan, who was following Shen Congyun, is an exception. Since he replaced Li Yaozu and became Chen Congyun's guard captain, Chen Congyun has had the idea of ​​promoting him many times. According to Li Xiaosan's qualifications, it is enough to go to a brigade commander to be a brigade commander. However, Chen Congyun has repeatedly proposed it, but Li Xiaosan rejected it. The reason is that he can do something to fight and kill, but he can't do anything else well, so he should just be content with Chen Congyun as a brigade guard.

Chen Congyun was also used to Li Xiaosan's protection, so he didn't force him.

After leaving the gate, Chen Congyun sat in the carriage sent by the American minister. He was responsible for guarding twenty-four guards, with a trail in front, a broken back in the back, and a warning on both sides. This is the benefit of power. Sometimes, Chen Congyun thought about it carefully. If it weren't for time travel, it would have been a very pleasant thing to be a white-collar worker in the past era, and life was still very leisurely.

Chen Congyun remembered the past and was a little distracted. He didn't notice that the carriage actually stopped.

Li Xiaosan opened the car window and whispered outside: "Sir, the brothers who were exploring the way forward came back and said that several acquaintances had entered Sheng Xuanhuai's mansion in succession."

Chen Congyun was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously: "Who are there?"

"Mr. Ouyang's follower, the adjutant of Commander Aftershock, the adjutant of Lord Liu Yongfu, Zhao Xinglong's personal counselor, and..." A string of acquaintances reported the names of Chen Congyun was shocked when he heard it. Why did these people get together? Could it be...?

Chen Congyun didn't dare to think down, but he couldn't help but think about it. After pondering for a while, Chen Congyun still couldn't figure it out. He reached out to greet Li Xiaosan and said, "Send someone to catch someone alive. I'll interrogate myself. I want to see what medicine they bought in their gourds."

Hu Xueyan revealed this matter. Zhao Xinglong from the Military Intelligence Bureau was involved. Chen Congyun naturally had no idea. No wonder Hu Xueyan seemed obedient. Could it be that these guys knew about this and just kept it from him?

Chen Congyun returned and waited patiently in the study until dark. Li Xiaosan finally came back. The two guards behind him were still carrying a sack, and one of them was struggling and twisting inside.

"Let it go!" Chen Congyun said coldly.

The man in the sack was wearing a military uniform. After being untied, he opened his eyes and scolded: "Are you going to rebel? Is I from the Military Information Statistics Bureau? Which army are you from?"

"Hmph! Who are you calling me? If you have the ability, please call me and try it?" Li Xiaosan said gloomyly, and the two guards pulled out the dagger on their waists.

After standing straight, this unlucky guy finally saw the surrounding environment clearly. When he saw Chen Congyun sitting at the desk with a smile, he immediately shuddered and stood attentively: "Liu Zhengming, the liaison officer of the Student Military Information Statistics Bureau, has met the principal."

"Do you recognize me? Which period of the intelligence department of Shanghai Wubei Academy? Does Zhao Xinglong like you very much? He actually asked you to be a liaison officer." Chen Congyun said and stood up, waved his hand to signal the others to go out. Li Xiaosan hesitated for a moment and led his men out.

Liu Zhengming looked a little embarrassed. As soon as he came out of Sheng Xuanhuai's mansion, he was tied up with a bag. The guards around Chen Congyun were all selected through the most rigorous training. The ability to arrest people is definitely the first-class. It is not a piece of cake to deal with a weak combat staff member.

"The student was originally from Tianjin Wubei Academy, and was later reported to the Information Department of Shanghai Wubei Academy for a year and was fortunate to meet the principal." After Liu Zhengming answered, Chen Congyun sneered and said, "I knew that Zhao Xinglong's people were from Tianjin Wubei Academy. He and the two bastards, both liked to do this."

Liu Zhengming was so scared that he shivered. Thinking about the secret mission he shouldered, he immediately sweated down. The Military Bureau was fine, but the strict discipline was scary. As Zhao Xinglong's liaison officer, he knew a lot. Chen Congyun really asked, would he say or not?

Liu Zhengming had a cold sweat on his forehead. Chen Congyun smiled and was not in a hurry at all. He returned to the chair and sat down, saying slowly: "Zhao Xinglong asked you to go to Sheng Xuanhuai's mansion. What should I discuss? Don't tell me that Zhao Xinglong sent you to give gifts. Sheng Xuanhuai's family has no happy events recently."

Liu Zhengming became even more nervous, glanced at Chen Congyun, and suddenly stood at attention and said: "The principal asked, the students should tell the truth, but the Military Affairs Bureau has discipline. The students beg the principal to shoot the students to achieve the spirit of all students."

When Chen Congyun heard this, he was furious and slapped the table and said, "Okay, Liu Zhengming, you only have Zhao Xinglong's discipline in your heart, right? Okay, forget it if you don't say it, I'll call Zhao Xinglong and let him tell me." After that, Chen Congyun pressed a button on the table and Li Xiaosan came in at the door.

"Go and have someone invite Zhao Xinglong."

When Liu Zhengming heard Chen Congyun say this, his face became more and more uneasy, but he still refused to say it. He just stood straight and looked ahead without looking sideways.

After waiting for less than twenty minutes, Zhao Xinglong shouted at the door: "Report!"

"Get in!" Chen Congyun's tone was filled with anger and murderous aura.

Zhao Xinglong pushed the door and saw Liu Zhengming standing inside. He smiled awkwardly. After glaring at Liu Zhengming, he immediately stood up and said, "Military, my subordinates are ordered to come."

Chen Congyun walked to Zhao Xinglong, looked up and down, and sneered: "Zhao Xinglong, you are so capable. Your liaison officer dares not answer my question. You are not bad, much better than Nian Gengyao."

As soon as this was said, Zhao Xinglong burst into cold sweat. Nian Gengyao's fate was clearly written in the history book. Yongzheng asked the generals under Nian Gengyao to remove their armor, but the generals looked at Nian Gengyao with their eyes and did not obey Yongzheng's orders. This was a very fatal matter, something that the Lord suspected.

"You bastard, I want to kill me. Why don't you answer the truth about the military captain's question? Have you forgotten? Is the Military Control Commission directly responsible for the military captain? I'll kick you to death." Zhao Xinglong said as he raised his foot to kick Liu Zhengming. Chen Congyun looked at it and sneered: "Okay, acting has come to me."

This was even more deadly. Zhao Xinglong shivered all over and hurriedly ran to Chen Congyun, and stood attentively and said, "What do the military officer want to know? I must report it according to the truth."

"What do I want to know? Why are you pretending to be confused for me?" Chen Congyun said the more ugly Chen Congyun looked, and Zhao Xinglong's face was sweating more and more. He closed his eyes suddenly and then opened his voice loudly: "Military throne, subordinates, please ask you to follow Song Taizu and put on a yellow robe. Now all aspects have been contacted, and I will wait for your consent."

When Chen Congyun heard this, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice hole, and his whole body was cold in an instant.

It was because I thought things too simple! Chen Congyun thought so. Yes, Chen Congyun, who traveled through time, was unwilling to be an emperor because he knew the trajectory of history and knew that the United States, which had a republic system in the future, would eventually become the most powerful country in the world. Of course, this was due to the United States' own geographical advantage, and the United States' successive years of World War I and World War II. It is not good to copy the American system, but it is even more unacceptable to being an emperor.

In the conception of Chen Congyun, the future China should be based on the republic system as its basic national system, and for decades, it will implement military and political dictatorship and promote the reform of the domestic system from top to bottom. If he really becomes an emperor, all reforms can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Chen Congyun is fine in his position, but can his successor have the same ideological awareness? The answer is obvious. In China, no one can reject the temptation of the emperor's position. Even Chen Congyun himself has been struggling and thinking for a long time before he made the decision.

Chen Congyun doesn't want to be emperor, which does not mean that his subordinates don't want to be founding fathers, right? Now it seems that the people who participated in the plan to support Chen Congyun to become emperor, Aftershock, Zhao Xinglong, Tang Shaoyi, Zheng Guanying, and Sheng Xuanhuai are all the people who Chen Congyun trust the most. They believe that only Chen Congyun becomes emperor is in line with China's national conditions and in the interests of everyone.

"Okay! OK! OK!" Chen Congyun sneered and said three words "Okay", then fell into a long silence, with a slight ray on his face, and he just didn't say anything. Zhao Xinglong, who was standing opposite, dared not be born, but just secretly watched Chen Congyun's expression change with his eyes, and his body was straight.

After a long time, Li Xiaosan pushed the door and whispered: "Sir, it's time for you to have a meal."

Hearing the word "Dinner" and Chen Congyun looked up at the dark sky outside, and the anger suppressed in his heart finally burst out.

"Bang!" Chen Congyun slapped the table and said, "Dinner! Use a fart meal. These guys are all in my ears." After that, Chen Congyun looked at Zhao Xinglong coldly and said, "Zhao Xinglong, immediately draw out the list of guys who participated in or sent people to participate in the conspiracy today, and give it to Li Xiaosan. I will invite all these guys to me. I will hold an enlarged meeting overnight. Remember, if one person's name is missing, I will throw you into the Haihe River to feed the fish."

Chen Congyun said as he walked out of the study angrily, leaving Zhao Xinglong smiling bitterly in the spot, and Li Xiaosan stood aside with a fierce look.

Whenever Chen Congyun encounters something, he always likes to walk alone on the trail in the yard. This habit is not unknown to all the people in the mansion. He knows more clearly that if he dares to disturb Chen Congyun at this time, don’t speak up. The hidden guards can twist the disturbing person’s head off.

The yard was silent, and the light moonlight was like water, and the mottled light and shadow poured into the yard. When the breeze brought a cool feeling, Chen Kounyun heard a slight sound of footsteps from behind, and his brows frowned.

During the entire thinking process, what Chen Congyun thought the most was the issue of concept. Most people in this era believed that it was natural to have an emperor in the world, and without an emperor, it was a worrying thing, which was the root of the turmoil in the world.

Such an idea is left behind by the feudal era for thousands of years. It is also the reason why Chen Congyun's subordinates and partners conspired to support Chen Congyun as emperor.

Who doesn’t want to be an emperor? Chen Congyun himself thought about it. However, from the perspective of historical development entering the city, the turmoil during the Republic of China was caused by the lack of control over warlords in various places, rather than the problem of the republic system itself. The most important point is that no Chinese people do not want to be emperors, and they would rather be chicken heads than ox tails. This sentence can reflect the mentality of the Chinese people.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Chen Congyun, who had thought about it and didn't know how to convince everyone, felt annoyed in his heart for no reason, and suddenly turned around and said angrily: "Who? Didn't you tell me not to disturb me?"

"Master, why are you so angry?" When a gentle voice came, Chen Congyun was stunned for a moment. When he looked carefully, he found that the person turned out to be Zi Yu.

"Why are you here?" Chen Congyun put away his anger and greeted him with a smile. He didn't bring any of the women around him these days, and he was busy all day long and had no time to think about women.

"Madam is worried that no one will take care of you, so she asked me to bring Xiaozhen girl to serve you. As soon as we arrived, I heard that the master had something to do and came to the backyard." Zi Yu smiled and reached out to put a long gown on Chen Congyun, and whispered with a smile: "It's cold tonight, so go back to the house. Is there anything that can't be done? It's worth sulking alone here?"

If you are good at observing words and expressions, and Shen Congyun, you can count Zi Yu as the best.

"No? You just said that it was the wife who asked you to come? When did you meet the wife?" The wife in Chen Congyun's mouth was naturally Yu Xiu.

"Haha, it was the wife who took the initiative to go to the other yard to find me. She said that the master did not bring any sister this time, and I'm afraid it was because she was worried that she felt uncomfortable. So, let me take care of you."

Chen Congyun thought of Yuxiu and couldn't help but feel silent. A scene that happened in Shanghai immediately appeared in front of him. If it weren't for the timely treatment, Yuxiu would have died. Chen Congyun felt a little guilty about this.

"Go back, Li Xiaosan said at the door just now that some of the people you asked for were in Beijing and some in Liaodong, and there were still some people who could not get together for a while."

Chen Congyun realized that he was confused and gave a bastard order. Aftershocks are now Fengtian and Liu Yongfu is in Beijing, how can he arrive immediately?
Chapter completed!