Beiyang 1917

It should be said that the office of the State Council of the Beiyang government should be in the former Prince Regent's Mansion at the northwest foot of Zhongnanhai, but since Duan Qirui, the Prime Minister of the State, and Li Yuanhong, the President's Palace, are in serious disputes, Duan Qirui basically does not go to the State Council to work.

All the affairs of the State Council in Zhongnanhai were handed over to Xu Shuzheng, the secretary-general of the State Council, to take care of. Whether it was the state affairs conference or the meeting with cabinet members, Lao Duan put them in his own Duan mansion in Cangnan Hutong.

Cangnan Hutong Duanfu has a large scale, covering an area of ​​more than 2 square meters. The fourth perimeter of the house is surrounded by a wall. The walls are all made of big city bricks. The whole house faces south. There is a huge globe inside, and an eagle sits on the globe, showing the great ambition of the Prime Minister!

After entering the second gate, there is a large courtyard with a garden surrounded by a huge circular pool in the center. The main hall is in the middle of the north of the garden. corridor.There are two small stone bridges across the pool on the north and south sides of the garden, respectively connecting the garden and the main hall, as well as the garden and the courtyard from the front door.

Behind the main hall of the Duan Mansion is a generous quadrangle-style courtyard. The east, west, and north sides are all gray bungalows, thick and solid, in a typical German style. These three sides and the front hall just form a square courtyard.

The location of the State Affairs Conference of Duan Mansion is in the same gray western-style building on the west side of the main hall. Room, nine rooms deep, flat roof.

Duan Honggang, who led Wang Geng to attend the state affairs meeting, said with a smile,

"Secretary Wang, this place is usually used as a ballroom, but recently, uncle and the president have had a bad fight, so the state affairs meeting was moved here from Zhongnanhai.

Damn, it's called Secretary Wang of Lao Tzu!Are you trying to imply that you, the prime minister's nephew, are the head of internal affairs of the Duan Mansion?

Wang Geng nodded and smiled and didn't say much. This Honggang person is capable, but his temper is not good, and he seems to be more greedy for money. When he entered the door yesterday, he didn't even discuss it, so he would send me away, saying something about Sunday The Prime Minister is not seeing guests, so please go to the concierge to register early tomorrow if you have something to do!

As a result, twenty dollars was stuffed into the man's hand, his face immediately softened, and he said with a smile that he would not be free to go and see the old man for himself, and boasted that since he was a high-achieving student who had returned from studying in the United States, the old man could really spare time if he didn't keep it all see you.

Twenty dollars converted into oceans is worth a hundred oceans. If you take it and still do things for me, then it’s really no fun!Fortunately, Honggang had a wink at the end. After Wang Geng finished talking with the old man, the guy's attitude towards Wang Geng was quite warm and friendly. It was Secretary Wang who listened to each mouthful and made Wang Geng upset!

In fact, you can't blame Duan Honggang, that's what the old man in the study told him to come in yesterday afternoon,

"I hired Wang Geng to be my part-time secretary, and you take him to the guest room to live in first, yes, the room with the best lighting and the best location is reserved all the time! And another maid will be there to serve you!"

Yesterday, Wang Geng was led by Duan Honggang to live in a quiet suite in the backyard of the Duan Mansion. The houses in this old Duan Mansion are all good, but the furniture decoration is very ordinary. A lavish parent.

When Wang Geng first arrived, this fellow was once again preoccupied with national and national military training to deal with old Maozi and little devils. If he had to say that he really didn't have any thoughts on women's sex, he was about to tell Lao Duan not to arrange any girls.

But I heard Duan Honggang ask the old man, "Why don't you let Ah Chun go first?"

"Achun? Isn't that the pretty girl who served tea, snacks, and coffee just now?" Wang Geng swallowed his refusal, obviously, the little brother Wang who had been on the ocean liner for a long time took over the mastermind of this guy's brain. control.

Just like that, Wang Geng got a quiet place in the Duan Mansion, with a beautiful maid serving tea and water for daily life, but the scene of warming the bed at night that Wang Xiaodi was looking forward to did not take place, and it was still so cold in April Need a warm bed!

Last night was the big bed in the bedroom in the back room where Wang Geng slept, and Chunni, a pretty little maid, set up a small shop on the side of the corridor between the living room and the bedroom. Fortunately, this house in Duanfu is newly built, with electric lights, bathrooms and flush toilets. Otherwise, Wang Geng was really afraid that he would not be able to use the clean barrel that the legendary Lafayette might have used!

The exhaustion of the journey and the tossing and turning of the big pancakes between animals and animals last night made Wang Geng sleep until after nine o'clock in the morning. If it wasn't for the little girl who said that the master ordered, please invite young master Wang to attend the 10 o'clock meeting Don't be late for the state affairs meeting, Wang Geng might sleep until the afternoon!

This is the first time I slept on land in a month. The roar of the ship’s engine and the sound of the waves seemed to be the past night. From 2001 to New York in 1917, I thought it was back to the wild land. The tempo seems to have slowed down!

But when he returned from New York in 1917 to China in 1917, Wang Geng realized that the rhythm was so slow. If it wasn’t for the fact that this Duanfu was a newly built mansion combining Chinese and Western elements, Wang Geng doubted whether he should buy a boat ticket. Go straight back to America!

Fortunately, I finally succeeded in worshiping the Prime Minister of the Republic of China with his three-inch tongue. Although I am only a major general and brigade commander now, I also have the crucial position of supervising the preparations for participating in the war. This is the right time to show my talents. Let's fight first!

Nima, this is the year of the Republic of China in 1917 when there was no marriage law. If I don’t marry three wives and four concubines, I will feel sorry for myself for coming to this world!How can this go!Must stay to the end!

At 1917 o'clock on April 4, 2, Wang Geng followed Prime Minister Duan Qirui into the meeting room of the West Building. The old man appeared in the corridor on time and happened to meet Wang Geng. Stepping forward to say hello, the Prime Minister waved his hand and said, "Wang Geng come in with me, Honggang, go do your own thing."

Obviously, Duan Honggang's status is not necessarily qualified to participate in this state affairs meeting, although he is already the director of the Army Department of the Ministry of Army and the rank of colonel.

As soon as Duan Qirui entered the door, the chief, deputy chief and secretaries who had been sitting on the sofa chatting and chatting hurriedly stood up to salute the prime minister. Duan Qirui took a glance and saw that everyone who should come had come, Nod slightly.

"All here? No more traffic jams on the road? Very good! Come on, I would like to introduce to you, this is Wang Geng, an outstanding international student who graduated from Tsinghua University, was sent to study in the United States by the public, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University. He graduated from West Point Military Academy this year. I hired him yesterday as my national policy adviser and foreign military secretary! You guys are close and close!"

A smile appeared on Duan Qirui's face, and the group of cabinet officials below immediately started chattering loudly. The young soldier who was in the front, who was gentle and handsome but showed a hint of rebellion, took a step forward and charged at Duan Qirui first. Rui nodded, "Prime Minister! Why didn't you tell everyone about such a big event earlier!"

Then he turned to Wang Geng and said, "You are the honorary citizen of New York, West Point Wang Geng who dived from the Brooklyn Bridge to save people? I have long admired! I have long admired! I am Xu Shuzheng, you must have heard my name!"

"What Wang Geng, who is Wang Geng, is the honorary citizen of New York amazing?"

"Ah, you said he was the pastry trainee who appeared on the front page of the New York Times?"

"The young man is very energetic. Congratulations to the Prime Minister, he has another young hero to assist him!"

Several cabinet members of Duan Qirui's cabinet talked about everything. Obviously, it was quite surprising that the Prime Minister introduced Wang Geng to everyone in a serious manner.

Wang Geng took a step forward. Although he was wearing a suit and tie, he saluted politely and said loudly,

"Overseas students return to China to serve, and I am very grateful to be hired by the Prime Minister! West Point Wang Geng hereby salutes the Prime Minister and all the adults!"

Wang Geng turned half a circle in place, and Gu Pan seemed to meet everyone in the conference room. If this guy said that he was handsome in appearance, several old master cabinet members nodded secretly, thinking that this Wang Geng He is so imposing, he is really a good-looking talent, but he just doesn't know what his skills are!

Wang Geng's gaze and Xu Shuzheng's gaze met for a short moment, but there was already a fierce spark. Xu Shuzheng's aura of elegance and dignity can be seen at a glance, while Wang Geng, a newcomer who descended from the sky, is calm and confident, neither arrogant nor humble.