Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Wang Zhenyu is still very clear about himself, and he cannot compare with Sun Wen in terms of political qualifications and prestige.So from the very beginning of the negotiations, he never had the idea of ​​pushing himself to become China's No. 1, although in terms of military strength alone, he is already China's No. 1.But he still chose political cooperation rather than military dictatorship, which is wiser than Yuan Shikai.

But this does not mean that Wang Zhenyu will be a military leader for a lifetime. Wang Zhenyu's thinking is very clear, that is, to make more political allies, and at the same time absorb all kinds of talents, especially young talents, to his command .What he is most worried about is that as the youth army grows step by step, the internal hierarchy barriers will become more and more obvious, thus preventing talented young people from making their debut.But this problem is a problem that every political group must have in the process of development and growth. It cannot be completely reversed by Wang Zhenyu with a single sentence.

Politically, Wang Zhenyu's idea is to cooperate with famous people like Zhang Taiyan, Cen Chunxuan, and Tang Shaoyi to suppress the political prestige of Sun Wen and others. Yang Yongtai has already taken care of this matter.Here I have to make a digression. The appearance of Yang Yongtai solved many problems and troubles for Wang Zhenyu in the political aspect, which also made Wang Zhenyu trust him very much.

In terms of talents, Wang Zhenyu also has his own unique thinking.On the one hand, in terms of political talents, Wang Zhenyu decided to take two routes,

One is the appointment of old bureaucrats with social reputation, because although these people are a little outdated, their social connections are basically still there, and they can hold up half the sky if they are used well.Therefore, after arriving in Wuhan and Shanghai, Wang Zhenyu was polite to all the elders who came to visit, exchanged name cards, and even presented gifts. Anyway, it was to give people a glimmer of hope. After all, such a group would be needed to form a government in the future experienced old man.As for some elites of the old school, such as Yang Du, Wang Zhenyu even ignored that he was a restorationist and was wanted, and kept sending telegrams to Japan to invite them.

The other is to continue to reuse young people including Li Buwei, Zeng Qi and others, and to recruit more young talents. These young people are energetic and malleable, and the most important thing is that they are much more loyal than old-school people. Much more reliable.Therefore, Wang Zhenyu pays more attention to these young people than to the old-school figures.And it was under this circumstance that Chen Bulei was interviewed by Wang Zhenyu alone, which also made Chen Bulei feel flattered.

Chen Bulei, born in the same year as Wang Zhenyu, is from Cixi, Zhejiang.Originally named Chen Xun'en, nicknamed Wei Lei, styled Yanji.He has outstanding talent and has enjoyed a high reputation in the newspaper industry at a young age. In 1907, he entered Zhejiang Higher School (the predecessor of Zhejiang University) and graduated in 1911, ranking No.4. In the autumn of the same year, he was hired by Shanghai "Tianduo Daily" as a writer, and began to use "Bai Bu" as a pen name.He is talented, diligent and dedicated, and soon became a well-known reporter in the Shanghai press circle.During this period, he wrote a large number of current commentaries in support of the Revolution of 1, opposed the feudal monarchy, and promoted the spirit of the republic, which had a great influence; Mr. Sun Yat-sen drafted the "Foreign Declaration" in English on behalf of the Provisional Government, which was first translated into Chinese by the young Chen Bulei Published in "Tianduo".A few years later, Chen Bulei transferred to the "Business Daily" as the editorial director, and spared no effort to expose the absolute rule of the Beiyang warlords.Known as the No. [-] media, Huang Yuansheng, who was arranged by Wang Zhenyu to serve as the spokesperson for the National Government Preparatory Consultation Conference, strongly recommended it and entered Wang Zhenyu's sight.

Looking at Chen Bulei's resume, Wang Zhenyu suddenly remembered why he felt familiar when he heard the name of this person for the first time. This kid is the literary gallant of the Kuomintang in history. Haha, he picked up a treasure.Since Wang Zhenbang left, my secretary has been vacant. During this period, my second wife, Zhao Yuting, took over the secretary, but she is not good at writing, so she can only be used as a life secretary and role-playing.The appearance of Chen Bulei made Wang Zhenyu immediately think of a large number of historical celebrities he still remembers, such as Wei Lihuang, Zhang Zhizhong, Chen Cheng, Luo Zhuoying, Xiong Shihui, Zheng Jiemin, etc., are all good thugs under Chiang Kai-shek. Lao Jiang himself, these people might as well recruit them under his command.Hahaha, get rich.

As for the great gods on the other side, Wang Zhenyu was born under the red flag after all, so he feels that they can't afford it. In his opinion, it's better to let them live an ordinary life.Well, in the future, the administrators of the Peking University library will have to deal with the official establishment, and let them have the opportunity to become lecturers and professors.Those who return from studying in France still need to arrange work, preferably to devote themselves to the modern industrial construction of the motherland.Forget about the revolution, don't bother, this country can't stand too much trouble.

Off topic, let's chat with this future party-state writer first!

"Comrade Chen Bulei, I have read your resume, and I have also read some of your published articles. I found a very interesting thing, that is, you highly respect and support the revolutionary struggle carried out by Mr. Sun Yat-sen and his comrades. I'm curious, what do you think of me, the National Socialist Party, and even the Youth Army?" Wang Zhenyu asked a very sensitive question, and he wanted to see what kind of person this famous writer in history was. Is it idealistic or pragmatic?The former will stay as a secretary for himself, and he will take good care of him. If it is the latter, he will be sent directly to the Propaganda Department to become China's Gobert.

Chen Bulei's words surprised Wang Zhenyu: "In fact, whether it is Mr. Sun or you, what you are doing now can be regarded as a revolution, but the result of this revolution has not changed much in this country. For you and your leadership The National Socialist Party and even the Youth Army, I can only say that they are still neutral at present, and it is difficult to say good or evil. It is more of an expectation that this organization will not become a new bureaucratic group in the end, and will not be degenerate and corrupt.”

Wang Zhenyu immediately gave Chen Bulei a very pertinent assessment. This kid is a sensible person. No wonder he chose to commit suicide in the end.Such a person finally chooses to commit suicide can only explain one problem, he sees everything clearly, sees through everything!

"Okay, well said." Wang Zhenyu nodded and asked again, "I see that your resume says you are from Zhejiang. I have a very sensitive question to ask you. Do you think regional grouping is good?"

Chen Bulei shook his head and said: "It's hard to say whether it's good or not. The national conditions are such that the same hometown and the same family are folk customs accumulated over thousands of years. Aren't the generals under your command also mostly from Hunan? Some things are clearly inappropriate but cannot be avoided. So all you can do is control, don't make it more than one degree."

The answer was unremarkable, Wang Zhenyu thought for a while and asked again: "Do you think the one-party system or the multi-party system is better?"

Chen Bulei felt that the handsome man in front of him was very strange, didn't he recruit a secretary?Why are they asking questions that political consultants should answer?But it's strange, he still replied patiently: "I have dabbled in this area before. Personally, I feel that the one-party system is no different from the feudal system except for the direct hereditary system. Of course, it can concentrate on major tasks in a short period of time. But once a mistake is made, it is difficult to correct it by itself. At the same time, the high concentration of power also makes politics deformed, lacking the basis for negotiation and compromise. Although the multi-party system is cumbersome, if it is used well, it will accumulate a lot of money.”

Wang Zhenyu laughed when he heard this. If I asked you to shout for a country and a leader that day, would you shout?

"Hehe, you are really knowledgeable. What Brother Yuansheng said is true. The last question, are you willing to join our organization and make our organization brighter and stronger so as to avoid degeneration and decay?"

Chen Bui got up and said: "Although Bui is a commoner, he is willing to give his seven-foot body to the country."

Wang Zhenyu clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Okay, from today onwards, you will be my secretary, Chen Hao, take Mr. Chen to go through the formalities, and he and we will be a family from now on."

Then he stood up and shook hands with Chen Bulei and said, "I have to mine mines. If I get a national treasure, I will work hard and I will have great achievements in the future."

Chen Bulei was also very moved by the importance he attached to Wang Zhenyu, and he remained loyal to Wang Zhenyu for the rest of his life.

Wang Zhenyu is recruiting talents here, and the negotiations over there are not idle. In fact, there is no need for any big boss to come forward to coordinate. Wang Zhenyu's plan is attractive enough for any party.According to this plan, a regional central coalition government with strong stems and weak branches will be newly released. What does this mean?Stablize.This is exactly what everyone expected after the turmoil in the early years of the Republic of China.So why is everyone still arguing so much now?

The problem came out. Everyone's quarrel is not about the right or wrong of this plan. After all, there is a balance of power.There are seven and a half provinces on the side of the National Socialist Party, and one and a half provinces on the side of the Revolutionary Party;On the side of the Revolutionary Party, there are no more than 30 field troops, and there are many militias of various types, but they are also a mob without weapons.So as the negotiations continued, the revolutionary party gradually came to the realization that anyway, since their family was weak, no matter how they merged, they would not suffer.As for the quarrel, it is nothing more than gaining more benefits after the merger.

Therefore, on the third day, the negotiation entered the stage of benefit distribution from ideology. . .

Wang Zhenyu still didn't attend on the third day, he was busy meeting the few future generals he thought of yesterday.

Wei Lihuang, Zhang Zhizhong, Chen Cheng, Luo Zhuoying, Xiong Shihui, Zheng Jiemin, Jiang Dingwen, Zhou Zhirou and more than 20 young people are standing in a row in front of Wang Zhenyu. The oldest among them is Xiong Shihui, 22 years old, and the youngest is Chen Cheng At the age of 18, he was still a trainee platoon leader under Zhu Rui of the Zhejiang Army.And these young people were very surprised besides being surprised. Why did Marshal Wang, the most powerful man in China at present, summon us little radish heads?

Before they thought about it, Wang Zhenyu didn't want to have in-depth communication with them like Chen Bulei. Firstly, if he had a foundation, he had to rely on his own hard work to grow up. Wang Zhenyu couldn't be exhausted from asking one after another, so he waved his hand: "From tomorrow onwards, you will practice at the attendant's office for half a year, and then you will all apply for the military academy."

What surprised Wang Zhenyu the most was Chiang Kai-shek, who actually refused his summons, shit, it was too embarrassing. . .