Fang Zida was not a hot-head. Song Jiaoren's sudden change of attitude made him feel in crisis. Although Song Jiaoren had nothing to do against Fang Zida for the time being, he was the chairman and prime minister of KMT after all, and he was a stable person in every aspect.

Fang Zida is at his wits end. If he makes a desperate move, it will be very difficult for Fang Zida to deal with him.

Judging from the current situation, it is only a matter of time for Fang Zida and Song Jiaoren to have a tit-for-tat confrontation. It is better to take the initiative than to passively defend in the future. Fang Zida, who has become more mature, is not the junior brother he was back then. He has a lot of influence in the cabinet and the party.

He had enough capital to compete with Song Jiaoren. In this case, why did Fang Zida deliberately keep a low profile? In fact, he had already made this decision before Liao Zhongkai came.

Telling Liao Zhongkai this decision, Fang Zida naturally had his own intentions. In terms of Liao Zhongkai's personality, he would definitely try his best to reconcile the conflicts between Song Jiaoren and Fang Zida as a last-ditch effort. In doing so, Fang Zida also clearly told

Liao Zhongkai didn't have to do this. He completely gave up the idea and forced Liao Zhongkai to make a choice.

In the end, should you choose Fang Zida or continue to support Song Jiaoren?

Putting this issue in the hands of Liao Zhongkai, his choice is particularly difficult. From a personal relationship point of view, the relationship between Liao Zhongkai and Song Jiaoren is deeper, but from a overall perspective, it may be better to choose Fang Zida.

Liao Zhongkai knew very well that no matter who he chose in the end, it would be a very painful decision. This was Fang Zida's real purpose. Since Liao Zhongkai promised that he would not reveal his plan to a third person, with his character

This guarantee is credible. There are only two outcomes for Liao Zhongkai in this choice.

First, the possibility of choosing Fang Zida and abandoning Song Jiaoren is not impossible, but it is extremely slim.

Second, the two do not help each other and get entangled repeatedly. This is the most likely step. The entangled Liao Zhongkai will do this in all likelihood, and Fang Zida also hopes that he will choose this way. As long as he, as a party director and chief of the interior affairs,

Being able to maintain neutrality and gain and lose is equivalent to cutting off one of Song Jiaoren's arms, greatly increasing Fang Zida's winning rate.

After the reserve proposal came to an end, the government continued to operate as usual, and the cabinet members did not change much. There was a fuss over certain proposals that should be made, objections that should be opposed, and approval that should be passed.

However, everyone felt that an undercurrent was gradually surging, which was the competition between Fang Zida and Song Jiaoren. Although no one could see it on the surface, they would greet each other with a smile when they met. They looked the same as before.

appearance.

People's senses are very sensitive, and Fang Zida could see the anger behind Song Jiaoren's smiling face. But he didn't care. He had started making preparations since the day before Liao Zhongkai came to visit him.

Since its establishment, kmt's organizational structure has been as follows: the chairman includes nine directors, 30 councilors, 10 reserve councilors, seven honorary councilors and ordinary party members.

In the Shanghai Railway Station incident, kmt director Huang Xing was assassinated. During the second revolution, Sun Wen took some people away to start a new revolutionary party in Japan. After these events, the internal organizational members of kmt were completely different from what they were back then.

In addition to Fang Zida, Liao Zhongkai and others, nearly half of the senators, alternate senators and honorary senators have also been replaced. As for the ordinary party members below, there are also many who have quit the party or been expelled from the party due to their involvement in various incidents.

Judging from the current situation, among the nine directors of the entire council, including the chairman, Fang Zida, including people from his faction, has occupied three seats. The other three seats of the nine directors remain neutral, and Song Jiaoren occupies one seat as the chairman.

The remaining two seats are theoretically biased towards Song Jiaoren. One of these two seats includes Liao Zhongkai. From this aspect, Fang Zida and Song Jiaoren seem to be evenly matched, but after careful analysis, neutral

Among the three seats, Gongsan Norbu and Fang Zida had secretly flirted with each other and reached an agreement in private. However, Liao Zhongkai basically did not help each other because of Fang Zida. From this point of view, Fang Zida has actually reached nearly half of the council.

Almost controlled the board of directors decision-making.

After these years of management, nearly one-third of the thirty members of the Senate also belong to Fang Zida’s camp, and Fang Zida is likely to recruit half of the remaining two-thirds. Among the party members under the Senate, Fang Zida has

There are countless people who like him. Song Jiaoren relied on his unparalleled eloquence and organizational skills to rise to power. But today's situation is completely different from when the Revolution of 1911 was just successful. After the country's political situation has stabilized, the constitutional system has also passed.

After a long period of implementation, everyone's revolutionary enthusiasm has gradually shifted from impulse to rationality, and it is no longer that useful to win the support of party members through blind agitation.

October 10, 1918, was the National Day in the seventh year of the Republic of China. On this day, the government specially held a grand National Day celebration. Colored lanterns were hung everywhere in the capital. The people were beaming with joy. The head of state, President Li Yuanhong, came to the National Assembly in person.

He delivered an exciting speech, followed by the head of government, Prime Minister Song Jiaoren, and Fang Zida, who attended as the chief finance minister of the cabinet, and sat in a later seat with the other chief ministers.

Song Jiaoren was truly unparalleled in his eloquence. Compared with Li Yuanhong, his speeches were more inspiring, sometimes passionate, sometimes touching. He did not read the manuscript at all, and talked about everything, attracting bursts of warm applause.

"Dun Chu is so eloquent!" Sitting next to Fang Zida was Cao Rulin, the Director-General of Foreign Affairs. Looking at Song Jiaoren's high-spirited posture on the stage, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother Runtian is also very eloquent, why should you envy others?" Fang Zida joked with a smile. As the Minister-General of Foreign Affairs, Cao Rulin also has a steel mouth and iron teeth. This is well known in the cabinet.

Cao Rulin shook his head and smiled: "No way, how can this be compared? Compared with Dun Chu, I am nothing."

"Haha, Brother Runtian can be so humble sometimes. This is not like your usual style."

"Zhang Ming is joking. People need to be self-aware. Dun Chu's eloquence is unparalleled. I, Cao, have always admired it. Just like Zhang Ming's ability, Cao admires it even more..."

Cao Rulin smiled at Fang Zida with a pun and was about to continue talking when a staff member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suddenly entered the venue from the side door. From a distance, he saw Cao Rulin on the stage waving anxiously.

Cao Rulin was slightly startled when he saw it, said sorry to Fang Zida, bent down and quietly walked out from behind. He came to the man and whispered something unknown, and his expression was suddenly shocked. Because the distance was too far,

You can't tell whether he is happy or sad in his eyebrows.

Not long after, Cao Rulin came back. He also sent the man from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs away. When Cao Rulin returned to his seat, not only Fang Zida, who was sitting next to him, showed a curious expression, but also several other chief ministers.

A questioning look.

"Brother Runtian, what happened?"

Fang Zida asked, and the other people closest to him raised their ears at the same time to listen to Cao Rulin's answer.

Cao Rulin looked around and saw everyone staring at him, with a faint smile on his face.

Lowering his voice, Cao Rulin said: "I just received the news that the United States announced that it will join the Allied Powers and officially join the war..."

"What!"

Although Fang Zida was surprised, he was not too surprised. According to the historical process, it was only a matter of time before the United States joined the war. But the other commanders on the side were different. The United States announced its participation in the war, and the war situation in Europe was bound to change drastically. Who is this?

Everyone could have imagined the result, especially Defense Minister Duan Zhigui and Chief of General Staff Wang Shizhen. They were shocked and uncontrollably excited. Duan Zhigui had even forgotten that Song Jiaoren was still speaking to the members on the stage, and couldn't help but say

Shout out.

As soon as the words came out, Duan Zhigui knew that he was being reckless. Sure enough, Song Jiaoren, who had been talking endlessly just before, suddenly stopped, and the parliamentarians in the audience couldn't help but cast their eyes on Duan Zhigui.

It was not a pleasant feeling to be in front of everyone, but Duan Zhigui was also very human. After a brief moment of embarrassment, he quickly came to his senses, stood up, walked quickly to Song Jiaoren, and told him the news in a low voice.

Song Jiaoren was also stunned and turned to look at Cao Rulin. Cao Rulin nodded to him knowingly to confirm.

Turning around, Song Jiaoren looked at the congressmen in the audience and said loudly: "Congressmen! Just received the good news. Just now, the U.S. government announced that it would join the Allied Powers and declare war on the Allies! This means that the Allies are about to fail.

, and the Allied Powers sounded the clarion call for victory! As a member of the Allied Powers, our Expeditionary Force to Europe of the Republic of China is about to become the first army to win a foreign war since the founding of the People's Republic of China. This is a great victory since the Opium War and marks our

The Chinese nation has stood up again from the ruins. As the head of the government and the Prime Minister, Song is extremely proud of this. Let us cheer for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation! Long live the Republic of China! Long live the constitutional government! Long live the expedition!"

The sudden news made the whole venue boil. As a member of Congress, everyone knows what it means for the United States to join the war. China has been weak for a hundred years. As a Chinese, who doesn't want to make their country prosperous and strong? As a member of the Allied Powers, win this foreign war.

, as Song Jiaoren said, this represents the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Following Song Jiaoren's exciting words, everyone couldn't help but cheer loudly, and bursts of slogans resounded through the sky. Fang Zida, who stood up together, was of course no exception. As everyone cheered together, looking at the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but

I remembered that when the National Assembly was established, the speech was delivered by President Yuan Shihao. Now things are different, but the scene is so similar. At that time, he was just an unknown member sitting below, but now he has
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