Beiyang 1917

As soon as Wu Tingfang left, the entire state affairs conference became a meeting between Duan Qirui and his confidantes. Of course, Chen Jintao and Xu Shiying's buttocks are not clean now, and they are controlled by two fat bastards, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communications respectively. It's not that Duan Qirui didn't hear the news in the oily Yamen, it's just that he couldn't find a suitable replacement for a while.

What's more, now that Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang is leaving, Duan Qirui will not be able to move his cabinet members easily. The next meeting will almost focus on the issue of how to promote China's participation in the war as soon as possible after the United States enters the war.

Chen Jin-tao and Xu Shiying are the only confidantes of Duan Qirui, the Prime Minister, who is the leader at the moment. They are good at how to make money, and they are all kinds of leaders in the judiciary and law. In the stalemate of the dispute between the government and the court, the idea that can be come up has been out long ago, and it doesn't matter at all, what new method can be come up with at this moment?

Xu Shuzheng's mind was no longer on how to promote the war. The young West Point Wang Geng who suddenly appeared beside Duan Qirui was the focus of his sight this morning. Obviously, this Wang Geng had somehow gained Duan Qirui's trust. In the future, he may really become his competitor.

Of course, at this moment, Xu Shuzheng hasn't put Wang Geng, a young West Point student, in his eyes. From the very beginning, he became Duan Qirui's close friend, maybe he was just a candidate for the secretary who talked a lot and won the favor of the old man for a while.

The state affairs meeting quickly finished the process. Duan Qirui said that the meeting was over, and the bureaucrats behind the chief ministers immediately got up, saluted the prime minister who was in the main seat, and quickly left the meeting room through the back door.

Wang Geng saw that the chiefs and Duan Qirui were all sitting still, so this guy also sat quietly, and waited to see what was going on next.

Chen Jintao and Xu Shiying exchanged glances, obviously they admired Wang Geng's composure, this young man is not rough, but calm, no wonder the Prime Minister knows people with eyesight!

Duan Qirui waved his hand, and the secretary of state who was in charge of meeting minutes and documents on the other side also got up and saluted, opened the door and went out. There were only a few people left in the huge conference room!

Xu Shuzheng thought to himself, this Wang Geng is really calm, he didn't even have the consciousness to stand up when others left, and he entered the prime minister's inner circle after only one day, I want to see what he can do!

"Youzheng, I have appointed Wang Geng as a major general counselor of the Ministry of Army and the commander of the 16th mixed brigade. Remember to take care of this when you return to the ministry in the afternoon!" Duan Qirui said unhurriedly.

"Prime Minister! It doesn't matter if the major general is a member of the council. Wang Geng is just a graduate of the West Point Military Academy. The West Point graduation ceremony is usually held at the end of May. I'm afraid he won't even be able to show his diploma at this time! Come on and be a brigade commander! The Americans themselves will be awarded the rank of captain after graduation at West Point!"

Xu Shuzheng's voice was a little anxious, and he couldn't help standing up and objecting.

"Youzheng, Wang Geng has enough talent. Before he entered West Point, he had already obtained an undergraduate degree from Princeton University. He has been ranked No. 1915 in the class for years! I think he is capable enough to serve as the brigade commander of the 16th mixed brigade, and that's it! "

Duan Qirui glanced at his beloved general with dissatisfaction, and thought that most of the titles graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy are second lieutenant and lieutenant. When you came back from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy, I made you No. 1 Beiyang The military councilor of the town is a decent colonel now, how dare you laugh at the fact that it is too exaggerated for me to appoint a No. [-] graduate of American West Point as a brigade commander?

Wang Geng slandered in his heart, Nima, the Chinese studying in Japan to study military affairs are the ones who have graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy. After returning to China, they have become colonels and major generals.Why didn't you feel that your education was too low when you became the general staff of Duan Qirui's first army?

The food looks so ugly now, don't blame me for not telling you that we are friends from Jiangsu fellows in the future!

In this era, whether it is the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy or the West Point Military Academy in the United States, it mainly recruits high school students, and only trains middle and lower-level officers. After graduation, it is generally rare to be awarded the title of captain!

"Youzheng, Wang Geng is from Wuxi, Jiangsu, and you are from Xiaoxian County, Jiangsu. Speaking of which, you are not far from Anhui. Both of you are young and talented, you are from the same town, and you are both under the old man's command. From now on, you must unite sincerely Yes! I am optimistic that Wang Geng will become the second you!"

Duan Qirui changed his tone, and comforted Xu Shuzheng, who was shaking his fan and his face was ashen and stern!

Seeing Wang Geng's indifferent face, Xu Shuzheng reminded himself not to lose his position. Since the old man decided to use him without discussing with himself, it is obvious that in today's situation, he will never change his words and take it back, okay!Let's send you out to be the commander of the 16th mixed brigade of Lao Shizi. How can Feng Dapao's soldiers be so easy to lead?

Besides, as long as this guy stays away from Gyeonggi and the old man, I'm in charge of the Ministry of War, so it won't be easy to rub you a little brigade commander?Just being stuck without payment of food and salary may cause your 16th mixed brigade to cause a mutiny. Let's see who leaves in despair by then!

Seeing that Xu Shuzheng had stopped talking, Duan Qirui knocked on the table, and grabbed the attention of Chen Jintao and Xu Shiying who were muttering together over there, and continued,

"Wang Geng is also the commander of the 16th Mixed Brigade, and also my national policy advisor and foreign military secretary. You three need to get closer to him in the future. After all, Wang Geng is young and has just joined the group. You should be the big brothers." It is necessary to support and help him improve!"

"Thank you for your cultivation, Prime Minister. In the future, Wang Geng must learn a lot from his predecessors, especially Brother Youzheng. Wang Geng has heard quite a lot about the contributions made by the Deputy Minister and the Secretary-General to the Prime Minister and the organization over the years, even if he is abroad. There was Prime Minister Duan before the role models of Chinese Communists, and Xu Shuzheng after him. Both the Prime Minister and the Deputy Minister are role models for Wang Geng to follow! Please take care of me!"

Speaking of which, Wang Geng stood up, saluted again, and smiled and extended his hand to Xu Shuzheng on the right. Xu Shuzheng reluctantly extended his hand to shake Wang Geng's hand!

Here, Chen Jintao and Xu Shiying slapped each other loudly, one bite after another, Brigadier Wang Gao Sheng was gratifying, and the other said that the major general is so heroic in a suit, and he would be even more airy if he changed into a military uniform.

These two treasures are often suppressed by Xu Shuzheng, but now seeing that Duan Qirui really wants to use Wang Geng, he hastily flattered them!

Wang Geng thanked the two chiefs with a smile, and Duan Qirui also laughed. The atmosphere in the conference room was relaxed, not as depressing as before.

"In addition, I decided to set up a preparatory office for participating in the war, appointed Wang Geng as the supervisor, and prepared to organize and train the participating troops. Also, for the loan you got from Japan last time, first allocate 100 million oceans to Wang Geng's preparatory office for participating in the war. The 16 ocean owed for half a year of the 60th mixed brigade will also be allocated in full, so don't get stuck!"

Duan Qirui ordered step by step.

"Prime Minister! Didn't you agree that I would come to the training of the participating army? How could you let Wang Geng, who has just arrived, do it? Then what do you want me, the deputy chief of the army, to do? I won't agree to this!"

Xu Shuzheng stood up with a loud bang. The preparation and training of the participating army was something he and Duan Qirui had thought about and planned early in the morning. The main purpose of promoting China's participation in the war was to smoothly organize and train the participating army and strengthen the power of the Anhui lineage!

Why did everything go well the night before yesterday? Why did this Wang Geng change his mind after he appeared out of nowhere?

"Youzheng, you are usually so busy, the Prime Minister asked Wang Geng to go to military training, just to free up your hands to negotiate with the great powers and the warlord regiment!"

Xu Shiying persuaded from the side, he is Lao Duan's ally brother, he can be regarded as the backbone of the direct line of the Anhui Clan, Chen Jintao was easily unwilling to talk to Xu Shuzheng, so he came out to be a peacemaker.

"Prime Minister, if Brother Youzheng is willing to be the supervisor of the war preparations, then I am willing to replace him as the Deputy Minister of the Army. It is not impossible for everyone to change! They are all contributing to the country under the leadership of the Prime Minister. What is the difference? !"

Either Wang Geng didn't speak, and when he spoke, his glasses almost shattered. Except for Duan Qirui, no one in the room had ever experienced this guy being so arrogant and conceited.

Chen Jintao and Xu Shiying's eyes widened in surprise when they heard Wang Geng's words, but Xu Shuzheng narrowed his eyes when he heard Wang Geng's words, his eyes were sharp and cold!