The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

  When the "Linxi Newspaper" published "The Rise of a Great Power: Portugal Part II", the daily "Beijing-Tianjin Times" had already published 14 issues. "Portugal," "Spain," and "Netherlands" are all over, and the third episode of the "British", which takes a lot of time, is also discussed.

  Whether it is Spain, Portugal or the Netherlands, it is now in the past tense. When writing about these countries, although "Rise of Great Powers" attracted the attention of some people, it did not achieve a sensational effect.

   Until the British chapter came out...

  Tianjin Concession, Wei Mansion.

   This is a small three-storey western-style building, which is much more shabby than the mansion of Chu Dashuai. Duan Qirui, the former prime minister of the Beiyang government, lived here with his family.

   Duan Qirui's life creed is "no smoking, no drinking, no prostitutes, no gambling, no greed, no occupation", and he was called "six no prime ministers" at that time, which was regarded as an alternative in the officialdom of the Republic of China. He still has no real estate until now. Yuan Shikai once gave him a house, but as soon as Lao Yuan died, the son of the original owner came to the door with the deed, and Duan Qirui moved without a word.

   But no matter how different and honest he is, there must be some gray income, otherwise he will not be able to support his five-bedroom wife.

   As a man, Duan Qirui's biggest failure is the instability of his back house. The fourth concubine was frowning all day as soon as she got married. When she asked, she found out that she had a crush. Duan Qirui had to reluctantly part with her love and marry the fourth concubine out like a daughter. And the remaining wives and concubines, all smoked cigarettes behind his back. As long as Duan Qirui was not at home, several concubines would dress up and sneak out to watch movies, go shopping, listen to operas, attract bees and butterflies everywhere, and often return home in the middle of the night.

   The color of this hat, hmmm.

  Since Duan Qirui retired to Tianjin some time ago, he has devoted himself to Buddhism and ignored political affairs. His only hobbies are Go and billiards.

   At this moment, Duan Ruining was playing chess, and his opponent was his son Duan Hongye.

   On the chessboard, Bai Zi's dragon was exhausted, and Duan Qirui was killed by his son. He pondered for a long time, suddenly flipped the chessboard, and scolded angrily: "You bastard, you don't know anything about business, so you will play chess."

   Duan Hongye did not dare to raise the bar with his father, and whispered in a low voice: "The stinky chess basket can't afford to lose, and if you can't afford to lose, you still keep playing chess with me."

   "What did you say?" Duan Qirui's nose was crooked, which was a precursor to his anger.

   "No, it's nothing, hehe." Duan Hongye smiled apologetically.

  The second concubine came in and persuaded: "Master, don't be angry, this is today's newspaper."

   "Well, let it go." Duan Qirui nodded.

   Duan Hongye took the opportunity to get up and said: "Dad, you read the newspaper first, I have something to go out."

   "Sit down!" Duan Qirui reprimanded, "What serious business can you have? I warn you, if you mix with Puyi again, be careful I break your legs."

   "Haha." Duan Hongye could only sit back with a smile.

   There were many four great sons in the Republic of China. The "Four Great Young Masters of the Republic of China" in the early 1920s were Sun Ke, Zhang Xueliang, Lu Xiaojia and Duan Hongye. It's a pity that Duan Gongzi is really not good at anything other than Go, and he has become a **** by playing idle all day. In addition, his father has taken a back seat, and he has received little attention from the outside world.

   For Duan Hongye, he doesn't care about any messy politics. Puyi was wealthy and generous, and often asked him to smoke big cigarettes to play with women. Of course, Mr. Duan was happy to play with Puyi.

   Duan Qirui ignored his son, opened the Chinese version of the "Beijing-Tianjin Times", and directly turned to "The Rise of a Great Power: Britain Chapter 3". This time the content of the British Glorious Revolution, Zhou Hexuan analyzed the cause and effect as usual, and added various interesting historical jokes.

When reading about Cromwell's military dictatorship, Duan Qirui couldn't help but think of Yuan Shikai, and sighed: "Cromwell really ruled Britain, and he didn't dare to seize the throne himself. It's a pity that Yuan Gongxiong was a brilliant man, but Hearing slanderous rumors to become emperor, the great cause of the republic will be destroyed in one fell swoop."

   Duan Hongye is not interested in these, he sits there and plays the endgame, playing chess with himself.

After reading the serialized content, Duan Qirui put down the newspaper and said, "This Zhou He is a real talent. If I am still the prime minister, I will definitely recruit him as a staff member. If his ability is sufficient, he will definitely be entrusted with important tasks. ."

   Duan Hongye became addicted to smoking and yawned, "I know Zhou Hexuan. I saw him last time in the club, and foreigners appreciate him very much."

   "That's for sure," said Duan Qirui with a smile. "The Beijing-Tianjin Times is very high-profile. If he, a Chinese, can publish articles on it, he has naturally been recognized by foreigners."

   Duan Hongye said: "Speaking of Zhou Hexuan, there is an interesting anecdote."

   "What anecdote?" Duan Qirui asked.

Duan Hongye is particularly familiar with the gossip news, he said: "Zhou Hexuan also has a pen name of Jin Yong, and he has written a martial arts novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which many people in Tianjin are scrambling to read. Chu Yupu is not enough to read the serialized content. , actually sent someone to arrest Zhou Hexuan and put him under house arrest to write novels for himself."

   Duan Qirui is an old man from Beiyang, and looks down on Chu Yupu, a nouveau riche in the warlord world, and disdainfully said: "Let the talented and learned people do not use it, and actually make him write novels to relieve his boredom, Chu Yupu's vision is so short-sighted."

   Duan Hongye smiled and said, "Yes, Chu Yupu asked Zhou Hexuan to be his foreign secretary."

   Duan Qirui was scolded by his son, and said angrily: "I can make more friends with Zhou Hexuan in the future. As for Puyi, you are not allowed to contact him again! Do you hear?"

   "I heard," Duan Hongye pouted, then laughed again, "I'm going to play with Zhou Hexuan. I heard that he likes to play polo, and I happen to be good at it."

"roll!"

   Duan Qirui's nose crooked again: "You know how to play tricks all day long, can you do something serious?"

   Duan Hongye fled with a haha. He hid in his room and smoked a cigarette before going out refreshed. He didn't have much money on him, and looking for Zhou Hexuan to play polo was just a pretense, and the purpose was to invite Puyi out to play together.

At this moment in Zhang Yuan, Kang Youwei held the newspaper and read it again and again. The Glorious Revolution in Britain touched him a lot, and the British welcomed James II back to the throne, which made him vaguely see the restoration of Puyi. hope.

   "Looking at history as a mirror, we can know the ups and downs," Kang Youwei said. "The success of King Charles II in seizing the throne is our example. Now that the world is in chaos, and the people are determined, it is a good time to draw chestnuts from the chaos."

  Puyi asked suspiciously: "Zhou Hexuan showed me three ways. He didn't seem to be optimistic about restoration, but asked me to give up my status as emperor and start over."

  Kang Youwei couldn't help but smile bitterly. With Puyi's weak ability and talent, no matter which side he defected to, his bones would be eaten up. Only restoration was the right way.

   At this moment, the **** reported: "Your Majesty, Duan Hongye, Master Duan, asks to see you."