Back to the Republic of China as a commander

It was already two o'clock in the morning when Yang Du left Wang Zhenyu's Wenlu. He was in a very relaxed mood, because Wang Zhenyu had personally promised at the end of the meeting just now that he would appoint himself as the governor of the Hubei Provincial Government. Chief Yang Yongtai no longer holds the post concurrently.If this were to be placed in the former Qing Dynasty, it would be equivalent to the lack of Zhili governor!After working here for Wang Zhenyu for almost a year, Yang Du finally got his first real job, which was not possible in Yuan Shikai's hands. How can you make him not easily satisfied.Of course, rewards need to be paid. Just now he solved several problems for Wang Zhenyu.

Yang Du now has a clear view of the content of Wang Zhenyu's entire power structure. On the one hand, Wang Zhenyu's control over the various forces is very mature and in place, not as comprehensive as Yuan Shikai's, but the efficiency is higher and the effect is more obvious.In contrast, Lao Yuan's playing is too empty, and no one else will sell him.But Wang Zhenyu is much smarter than the old Yuan. He throws out the power and controls the general direction by himself, and no matter whether the people below support Wang Zhenyu or not, after gaining real power, they will become restrained. Naturally, they dare not make a decision with Wang Zhenyu. The general direction is difficult, and he even cooperates from time to time to ensure that his vested interests will not be taken back by Wang Zhenyu.In this way, Wang Zhenyu's ability to actually control the overall situation far surpasses Yuan Shikai who likes to give people false positions but not real power. Yang Du feels that this is the so-called master, and this is the so-called kingly way.

But on the other hand, the human heart is selfish, and resources such as power are always scarce, which has led to the fact that these people appointed by Wang Zhenyu are either consciously or unconsciously grouped together.For example, the Hubei faction of Xu Yuanquan and the Guangxi faction of Li Zongren, which have always existed in the military system, are more representative of Yang Yongtai, another great counselor who has not dealt with him very much. A small group from the academic department came out, and during this period of time, they got together with the Shonan Department headed by Cheng Qian in the military system, which seemed to be a military-political alliance.Of course, it seems that this behavior has aroused Wang Zhenyu's resentment. As far as Yang Du knows, Yang Yongtai is in Wuhan now, but Wang Zhenyu only summoned himself. The post of prefect of the province was wiped out for himself, which was self-evident.Yang Du also secretly reminded himself that since he was a teacher, he has been wandering for half of his life, and he has finally been reused by the national government. If he wants to last longer, he must be careful, not to form cliques or selfish interests, and follow Wang Zhenyu, a young man wholeheartedly. By the way, the prosperity and wealth of myself and my family are all tied to him.

And Wang Zhenyu, who sent Yang Du away, obviously benefited a lot, otherwise he wouldn't have given Mr. Xizi the post of governor easily.He walked back and forth in the room a little excitedly, sorted out his thoughts by the way, and then said to Chen Bulei who had been standing beside him: "Secretary Chen, you go to sort out your writing, that's it, I want a A sacrificial tribute to the heroic soul of the expeditionary army. In addition, I have a few orders here to be issued to the Chief of Staff Wan of the General Staff Department. You record them and then convey them yourself. In addition, I thought about it, you still have to be a military member. The last time you said you don’t like wearing military uniforms, you don’t want to wear them if you don’t like them, but it’s still necessary to become a military member.”

Chen Bulei is a very stubborn scholar, so he is very reluctant to wear military uniform from the bottom of his heart.But since the commander-in-chief had mentioned it to him several times, it was hard for him to refuse, so he nodded and took out his small notebook to record the orders.

"The first order is to call General Bai Chongxi, the commander of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, and General Zhu Zhixin, the chief of staff, to return to China to report on their duties. Lieutenant General Li Liejun, Minister of the Army, will be appointed as the acting commander of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, and Lieutenant General Jiang Baili will be the acting chief of staff. For high-level foreign affairs counselors. During this period, the mission of the expeditionary force is positioned to rest and wait for help. Some officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force can return to China with General Bai and General Zhu to rest. The country can transfer part of the army to Europe to participate in the expeditionary force. Specifically, those troops will be dispatched. The staff will report a plan first."

After thinking for a while, he said: "The second order is to set up a martyr's shrine in Zijin Mountain, Nanjing, to pay homage to the martyrs who died in the revolution; Authority, make sure it stays alive . . . "

It is said that when Bai Chongxi, who was resting in Lyon with 18 expeditionary officers and soldiers, saw the telegram calling him back to China to report on his duties, his face turned livid and he didn't say a word, which made the staff officers around him silent.

Li Liejun, who was the Minister of the Army at the time, was a bit funny. When the Nationalist Government was formed, Li Liejun chose to continue serving in the military system instead of being transferred to a civil servant.But in the days that followed, as the deputy chief of staff of the General Staff Department, his life obviously became difficult. A large number of officers who were not direct descendants were included in the reserve system by the National Armed Forces Mobilization Department. In fact, they had no soldiers. Pay [-]% of the salary and wait for death.Because of the current industrial production capacity, the armed front-line combat troops are very reluctant, and it is impossible to have excess materials to form a reserve force.Li Liejun is also a fierce person, so he naturally refused to agree to this, and stepped forward to intervene. At first, he thought it would tear his face, but Wang Zhenyu is really a man with a stomach. Li Liejun made such a fuss, well, his immediate family members don't need to go After serving in the reserve, he was directly assigned to serve as an officer in the security forces being formed in various places.Although he was still dismissed, it was better than being sent to the reserve service. No matter how violent Li Liejun's personality was, he could only accept this arrangement.

When Duke Keqiang was critically ill, Li Liejun was suddenly summoned by Huang Xing, and then he was introduced to Wang Longzhong's school.The days that followed seemed to be getting better, and a large number of generals from the League had to be transferred to civilian positions, but Li Liejun remained unchanged, but after the death of Duke Keqiang, he was assigned to the Ministry of War as Minister.Strictly speaking, this third-level department belongs to the Ministry of National Defense system, and the current boss of the Ministry of National Defense system is Xu Chongzhi.However, under the pressure of the Military Commission, the General Staff, Armaments, and the National Armed Mobilization Department, the Ministry of National Defense now has two tasks left, one is to issue various commissions, and the other is to appoint military attaches abroad.The Ministry of the Army is even more of a joke. The Ministry of the Navy can at least participate in the formation of the new navy. The biggest job of the Ministry of the Army is to write letters to the families of the expeditionary forces, telling them that their children are in distant Europe for the motherland and the nation His interests were honorably martyred.

The Ministry of the Army doesn't even have basic personnel and financial rights. What Li Liejun can do now is to go to Room 2, 1nd Floor, Tianyuan Wai Building, Tianyuan Place every day, and talk to his assistant minister, Major General Ouyang Wu, when he is free. Play chess to relieve boredom.This Major General Ouyang Wu is an old subordinate of Li Liejun's Jiangxi Army. He used to have a rift because of the Second Revolution, but because of Li Liejun's hard work and the half-year life of a difficult brother and sister, the relationship between the two is now broken. The reconciliation was as good as before, and I played and studied there with a chess book every day. In fact, the officers in the ministry knew that the chess skills of the two were stinky, so they generally didn't go up to play chess.There was only one adjutant who was in charge of making Kung Fu tea for the two of them and then quit, and the two lived a leisurely life.

However, on the morning of June 6th, the adjutant sent a military report, which said that Duan Qirui also established the "Dingjiao" headquarters in Tuanhe, with Xu Shuzheng as the chief of staff and Duan Zhigui as the commander-in-chief. He was the commander of the 15st Route and commander-in-chief of martial law in the capital, Qu Tongfeng was the commander of the 1nd Route and the commander of the former enemy, Wei Zonghan was the commander of the 2rd Route, Zhang Xun was the commander of the 3th Route Army, and Ni Sichong was the commander of the 4th Route Army. An order to punish Cao Kun, Wu Peifu and others was announced.Then Duan Qirui announced the crusade against Cao Kun, Lu Jianzhang, Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang and others. . .

Li Liejun looked at it and found it very boring, so he threw it to Ouyang Wu. Ouyang Wu glanced at it and said, "We don't care what to do. We don't know if we will have a chance to lead troops in this life. Let's play chess!"

Li Liejun sighed when he heard this: "We are not as good as Zhu Zhixin. At least he has already made contributions in Europe by relying on Sun Wen's relationship. Mr. Keqiang left too early. Let's not talk about this, Nan Lei Brother, I will definitely beat you today..."

Just as he was playing chess, there was a knock on the door. Li Liejun was at a disadvantage, and he was very upset. What's the matter with this adjutant, he usually doesn't come in when he is playing chess.But it's okay to be unhappy, Li Liejun said in very kindly, the experience of this year has long smoothed out his violent temper.

The adjutant came in cautiously and saluted, "Report to Minister Li, colleagues from the General Staff are looking for you."

Li Liejun was stunned for a moment, but before he spoke, two young colonel officers came in following the adjutant. Hey, right now there are a lot of young school officers in the Youth Army.

These two people really don't know each other, but it doesn't matter, Li Liejun, who doesn't usually hang out, sees everyone strangely now.

"Reporting to Minister Li, we are the staff officers of the General Staff Office, and now I am reading to you the latest order issued by Chief of the General Staff Wan: Li Liejun is hereby appointed as the acting commander of the Chinese European Expeditionary Force, and Jiang Fangzheng is the acting chief of staff. The The order will take effect immediately, now please go to the Standing Committee Building to meet with General Counselor Wan to meet the Chairman."

When Li Liejun heard this order, his eyes straightened immediately, while Ouyang Wu's eyes shone brightly behind him. A man who lives a lifetime, isn't he trying to put an end to the world's affairs in front of him, and leave meritorious deeds behind him? name?

Ouyang Wu stabbed Li Liejun several times with his hands, and Li Liejun burst into tears with excitement. He turned around and grabbed Ouyang Wu's body: "Brother Nan Lei, the committee did not forget us, did not forget us!"

Ouyang Wu quickly reminded Li Liejun that he still had to go to see the boss, so don't lose your composure.

Li Liejun also knew how stressful his next job would be. He wiped his eyes, adjusted the corners of his clothes, put on his general cap, and followed the two colonels and staff officers to the Standing Committee Building. . .