It's just that... nature plays tricks on people!

After sighing in his heart, Li Zicheng couldn't help but sympathize with this person in his heart. What kind of person is this Yuan Shikai!

Thinking in his mind, Li Zicheng said with some emotion.

"The president has always been famous in China for training troops, and now he has wonderful theories on governing the country. Zicheng has really benefited a lot. China is really lucky to have a president..."

Really?

I don’t know! Looking at Yuan Shikai, Li Zicheng didn’t know why he would choose that path of no return three years later. If he had not chosen that path, what would China be like?

When Yuan Shikai heard this compliment, he said helplessly.

"This interim president..."

With a long sigh, Yuan Shikai's eyes were slightly disappointed.

"The revolutionaries in the south called me a "big thief", and some people scolded me as a "traitor of the world." Alas... they were comparing Yuan to Cao Cao!"

Yuan Shikai, who finally used Li Zicheng's words to introduce the "main topic", leaned on the sofa and took his eyes away from Li Zicheng for the first time.

"Can……"

Suddenly, Yuan Shikai sat up suddenly, his eyes that were a little disappointed suddenly emitted bright light again,

"But if Yuan can achieve Cao Wei's achievements and save China's crisis, the reputation of this traitor who steals the world will not be unbearable!"

However, Yuan Shikai's words, which seemed to be self-deprecating and self-predicting, surprised Li Zicheng, and at the same time he couldn't help but praise his "straightforwardness" in his heart. This just won Li Zicheng's good impression of this person, and his good impression

At that time, another sentence, the sentence describing Cao Cao, emerged in my mind.

"A traitor is as loyal as a traitor!"

You have to be more careful!

"Can……"

After another wry smile, Yuan Shikai's face showed a bit of self-deprecation.

"If you say how I feel after becoming this "big thief", I'm afraid it's only eight characters. My days are like years, and I'm walking on thin ice!"

Coming!

The initial good impression faded a lot after Yuan Shikai's "truth", but it also made Li Zicheng silent.

"Not to mention the civilian armies and local forces of the southern provinces, after all, this is our own business. Our own affairs are easy to discuss. After discussion, there will always be a solution!"

Hearing these words, Li Zicheng couldn't help being shocked. What he said was really unexpected. He couldn't help but stare at Yuan Shikai, trying to see whether he was true or not. But his face, as sincere as an old farmer,

But I can't see any artificiality at all.

Yuan Shikai glanced at Li Zicheng, and then continued.

"Since the "Kulun Incident" last year, the country's attention has been directed outward. People everywhere say that the central government will use troops to restore Mongolia. But no one knows that today, China's domestic and foreign affairs have fallen into an unprecedented crisis! It is not as the press said, the central government

I don’t dare to use troops, it’s really…”

With a long sigh, Yuan Shikai's eyebrows all squeezed together.

"Does Zhiyuan know the situation in China today?"

Yuan Shikai, who was frowning, asked back, but Li Zicheng uttered four words after a moment of silence.

"Difficulty both internally and externally!"

After four words, Yuan Shikai nodded.

"Since the late Qing Dynasty, the situation in China has been very bad. In addition to various domestic civil strife, China's biggest enemies are its two evil neighbors: Tsarist Russia in the north and Japan in the east. Russia is a greedy and vicious polar bear.

Russia has never been soft on China since ancient times. However, although Russia is extremely vicious and shameless and has repeatedly poisoned China, it is a pity that due to its own geographical location and national conditions, it is difficult for it to completely colonize and enslave China. After all, it is a European country, and its main

All of its economic, political and military strength is in Europe, and its main population is also in Europe. Therefore, the main focus of the country's previous rulers is still on Europe. Tsarist Russia's main enemy is also in Europe. Although Russia is a trouble to China, it is only a border country.

Trouble!"

Ignoring Li Zicheng's surprise, Yuan Shikai just continued.

"If Tsarist Russia is a huge and greedy polar bear, then our eastern neighbor Japan is a short and ferocious hungry wolf. Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan has realized that if it wants to become a world-class power, it must seize vast overseas colonies. This

It is also determined by Japan as an island country, just like the United Kingdom."

Surprised, Li Zicheng was completely stunned by what Yuan Shikai said at this time, so much so that he could hardly believe that the words he heard came from Yuan Shikai's mouth. Even when he looked at Yuan Shikai, his eyes changed.

That’s so accurate. It seems that the ancients really had the wisdom of the ancients!

"Without abundant resources and a vast market, Japan will never be able to become a true world hegemon. At most, it will be a quasi-first-class power in the world. More similar to Japan is the British Empire, which is also an island country. The United Kingdom can become a true world hegemon with its small British Isles.

It has been a world-class power for nearly a hundred years simply because it has overseas colonies with vast areas, rich resources, and large populations.

These overseas colonies are extremely important to Britain. They make up for the lack of British domestic resources and depressed markets. Although Japan defeated the Russian Empire through the Russo-Japanese War and seized many of our interests in southern Manchuria, China, it also took away from us through the Sino-Japanese War.

It took away North Korea and Taiwan, but it was still unable to eat up even a single province in mainland China. His invasion of China was also subject to various restrictions from the great powers, but..."

After pondering for a moment, Yuan Shikai uttered another sentence.

"Who can predict what will happen in the future? When Li Zhongtang and Ito first met, how did Li Zhongtang know that he would visit Chunfan Tower in the future?"

With his eyes half closed, Yuan Shikai sighed again.

"Although the great powers have a large number of concessions and various privileges in China, China is not a puppet state directly controlled by the great powers. It has its own relatively independent government and is an independent country in name. Therefore, Japan believes that China is still a country that has not been carved up by the great powers.

Naturally, you can rob it yourself. China is the country with the largest market and the richest resources in East Asia. As long as it controls China, Japan will dominate East Asia, and its national and military power will change qualitatively. In the eyes of the Japanese, it dominates East Asia.

In the future, we will naturally be able to dominate Asia and then the world. This hungry wolf is what worries us China!"

When he opened his eyes again, Yuan Shikai looked at Li Cheng and said.

"But even so, Japan is still not a problem for China!"

Yuan Shikai's words shocked Li Zicheng again, and he really couldn't understand what Yuan meant.

"The difficulties in internal affairs, hey..."

After shaking his head and sighing, Yuan Shikai continued.

"Zhiyuan, do you know what Li Zhongtang said to Shikai more than ten years ago?"

Huh? What did Li Hongzhang say? He glanced at Yuan Shikai in surprise. Li Zicheng's face was full of doubt. Does Li Hongzhang's words have anything to do with this?

"China's affairs lie in its internal affairs. If the internal affairs are not stable, the country will not survive! Once the internal affairs are stable, China will be strong and prosperous in ten years!"

Listening to this sentence, Li Zicheng deeply agreed. This is indeed the case in China. For a country like China, many things can be accomplished in ten years. As long as there is no civil war and no political chaos, China's affairs can only take ten years.

It will be very different in 20 years, and modern history has proven this "ten years of success" three times.

"Ten years! Ten years...sigh..."

Ten years after sighing twice in succession, there was another sigh, and Yuan Shikai continued with a look of sadness on his face.

"Yesterday, living in a foreign dynasty, Li Zhongtang worked hard to maintain it for the sake of national survival. Yuan also accepted Zhongtang's wish and worked hard to maintain it, but it was regrettable. The Manchu people's desire to defend themselves against the Han could not be eliminated, so... alas... what happened in the past

Let’s not talk about him. Originally, after the Republic, when the Han people won the throne, we could only focus on seeking power, but who would have thought that the internal affairs would be far worse than they were a year ago. It is really pitiful and pitiful!”

With a sigh, Yuan Shikai put his hands on the table with a look of sadness on his face. Looking at him, it actually gave people a feeling that often makes a hero burst into tears.

Staring at Yuan Shikai's changes, Li Zicheng was silent for a long time before he couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.

It is indeed Yuan Shikai!

(These two chapters describe Yuan Shikai, because there is no way to avoid this person. I hope you don’t mind, haha! New books are not easy to come by. Recommendations and collections are indispensable. If you are happy with reading, you might as well vote for a recommendation to support it. Thank you.
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