1913年初,张季鸾与曹甫成在北京创办《民立报》,并兼任于右任经营的上海“民立报”驻北京通信(即记者),这一年3月20日,刺宋案发生,张季鸾在北京《民立报》上为宋案“慨慷执言利”,为袁世凯所切齿痛恨。 4月26日,张季鸾采访到袁世凯为筹措镇压革命党的经费,指派国务总理赵秉钧等往北京东交民巷汇丰银行,与英、法、德、日、俄五国签订“善后借款合同”,出卖中国主权。该合同以中国的盐税作为抵押担保,是清末民初向外国银行团举借的最大一笔外债。张在上海《民立报》予以揭露,引起轩然大波,成为孙中山领 In early 1913, Zhang Jizhang and Cao Fucheng set up the “Minli Pao” in Beijing and served concurrently as the deputy director of the “Minli Pao” Shanghai-based Peking (Beijing) correspondent (reporter). In March 20 of this year, , Zhang Jianye in Beijing “People’s Daily” for the Song “generous execution profiteering,” Yuan Shikai cut teeth hate. On April 26, Zhang Jikun interviewed Yuan Shikai for financing the suppression of the revolutionary party and assigned Premier Zhao Bingjun to HSBC in Beijing’s East Jiao Min Lane and signed a “good loan contract” with Britain, France, Germany, Japan and Russia to sell China’s sovereignty . The contract, with China’s salt tax as collateral, is the largest foreign loan borrowed from foreign banks in the late Qing dynasty and early Republic of China. Zhang was unmasked in Shanghai’s Min Li Bao, causing an uproar and becoming Sun Yat-sen’s leader