The reason is this, when Duan Qirui was feinted to be ill in Xishan, Xia Shoukang was impeached by Xia Shoukang for impeaching Xu Shuzheng** foreign arms and reported 400,000 yuan, but no evidence was provided, and the matter was settled.

Who is Xia Shoukang? That was President Yuan's No. 1 hidden aide. Under Yuan's rule, there is never a prominent figure who has a lot of power, and the way of employing people is to choose people for things, and he wants everyone to be driven by him, for example: Xinhai dealt with the Qing family, and Yuan used Hu Weide, Zhao Bingjun, and Liang Shiyi; negotiated peace with the south, Yuan used Cantonese Tang Shaoyi and Wang Zhaoming; If you want to contact Li Yuanhong, Yuan Yong, Zhang Guogan, Xia Shoukang; The Battle of Gui Chou, Yuan Chong's Second Section (Duan Qirui and Duan Zhigui); On Japan's 21st Article, Yuan paid full authority to Cao Rulin (Cao was only the vice minister of foreign affairs at that time, and he actually stayed in the presidential palace); If you want to change the national system, you will use Yang Du; If they want to manipulate political parties, they will use Li Yuanhong and Tang Hualong; In order to model the army building, Yuan reused Chen Guangyuan; In the Generalissimo of the Navy and Army, he trusted Wang Shizhen (at that time, in the presidential palace, there were Xia Shoutian and Zhang Yilu, Wu Youyinchang and Tang Zaili, Zhang Zhenfang Siduzhi, and Lu Jianzhang in charge of agents); In the negotiations with the British, Yuan Nai entrusted Cai Tinggan to settle Zhu Erdian; In order to dredge up U.S. President Wilson, Yuan actually used an unknown Gu Weijun...

But Xia Shoukang is an exception.

He is Yuan Shikai's most trusted confidant, and the top management knows it. His appearance, although the evidence is not sufficient, sends a message to the outside world: Lao Yuan is dissatisfied with Xu Shuzheng again.

It is said that it is "again", which can be traced back to the winter of the second year of the Republic of China, when Duan Qirui, then the army commander-in-chief, was ordered by Yuan Shikai to go to Hankou to persuade Li Yuanhong to go north and act as the governor of Hubei on behalf of Li. According to the practice of officialdom, if the commander-in-chief is not there, Xu Shuzheng, the deputy commander of the army, should act as his deputy, and Yuan will send Zhou Ziqi to act as the minister, which shows that Yuan has a bad impression of Xu Shuzheng.

This incident is probably caused by Lao Yuan, which is to embarrass him, or to retreat from the difficulty. I was worried about Duan Qirui's face before, but now that Xu Shuzheng's biggest benefactor has left, this extremely smart and talented "little fan" can no longer incite Duan Qirui to block him.

At this time, there was already a rumor that Lao Yuan was ready to let Tanaka Yu take his place. Because Duan Qirui had just been removed from the post of army chief a few days ago, Xu Shuzheng, the deputy director, was not easy to be---- he didn't want to be anymore.

At this time, Zhang Hanqing came to the door and said that he was instructed by the former chief Duan Qirui. Xu Shuzheng never took others in his eyes, but he was like a god to Duan Qirui---- Duan was not only his guide, but also his knowledge.

This is also the first time Zhang Hanqing has seen this figure who has been in the early days of the Republic of China for more than ten years. Xu Shuzheng was in the prime of life at this time, he shaved his standard military small flat head, thick eyebrows and big eyes were very energetic, which reminded Zhang Hanqing of one of his nicknames "Xu Xuzhou", and his face was really "Xuzhou".

This is not a pejorative meaning, and calling someone by their place of origin is traditionally an honorific title for that person, just like "Duan Hefei" and "Yuan Xiangcheng" in that era. The ancients also had similar names, such as Liu Zongyuan, also known as Liu Hedong, Han Yu, also known as Han Changli, etc. Xu Shuzheng's standard face of Chinese characters is in line with the physiognomy of people in Xuzhou and the north.

Xu Shuzheng paid rare attention to Zhang Hanqing's arrival, firstly, he held Duan Qirui's handwritten letter, and secondly, he also heard more or less about Jiang and Cai's evaluation of Zhang Hanqing. When he saw that Zhang Hanqing was really just a teenager, he sighed softly in his heart and thought disappreciatively: "The two over-angry generals pretended to be amazing, do they want to brush up on their sense of existence?" ”

He looked at the note Zhang Hanqing took out and was silent. Zhang Hanqing also understood his situation, so he pretended to be very enthusiastic and said: "It's not a big deal, if Uncle Xu is in trouble, I'll think of a way, it's a big deal." ”

Who knew that these words made Xu Shuzheng angry and said: "What a big deal! You took my words to the General Affairs Department to find Tang Zaili, and said what I said, the people you mentioned hurry up! "The tiger will not die to the ground, and if he sits as vice president of the army for one day, he will exert his residual heat for one day, so he personally filled out a letter of transfer and signed and sealed it.

Please don't be as good as agitating generals, knowing that Xu Shuzheng is arrogant, Zhang Hanqing sees people drugged, and deliberately retreats to advance. Joke, if he can really forget it like this, he will go to Duan Mansion and come to the War Department again to toss? With his words, Zhang Hanqing was relieved to boldly clip private goods. On the one hand, he applied to report the list of Yang Wenkai, Deng Yancun and others, and on the other hand, he also added Jiang Dengxuan's name, which was naturally to enrich the teaching base of Fengtian Lecture Martial Arts Hall.

Zhang Hanqing already had the experience of entering the office, and this time he was still accompanied by Cai Ye to enter, and directly met with Tang Zaili, the actual person in charge and director of the General Affairs Department, and requested that Yang, Deng, Jiang and others be transferred to the Fengtian Arsenal and the Fengtian Lecture Hall respectively.

As soon as this list came out, Tang Zaili was a little hesitant. Although Jiang Baili and Cai Ye are famous, they are only in name and have no real power, so he can politely refuse them with the words of the president. And although Xu Shuzheng's reputation is not as famous as the previous two, it is much more difficult than them. Although Duan Qirui was relieved of his post as army chief, who doesn't know who is really in charge of the Beiyang Army?

Since the founding of the Republic of China, the post of army chief has been held by Duan Qirui for a long time, and he has also served as the director of the Military Department of the Presidential Office (this position was later concurrently held by Yuan Shikai). Regarding the establishment and deployment of the army, and the selection and replenishment of generals, almost all of them were presided over by the Duan clan. Moreover, most of the new forces of the Beiyang Army were successfully cultivated by the Duan clan, and the relationship between Duan and Yuan gradually replaced the relationship between Yuan.

Although these ordnance experts are good, there is no need to turn their faces with Xu Shuzheng, that person is notoriously difficult to get along with, anyway, the meat is rotten in the pot. However, Jiang Dengxuan's matter is not easy to handle, and he wants to advance and retreat with Zhu Qinglan, and he has resigned, so it is not easy to use administrative methods to make a transfer. Besides, he is far away in Heilongjiang, and it is not very convenient to send messages and communications, so it is necessary to reach an agreement with himself on such a transfer.

He then replied: "Yang and Deng Zhuren, the commander will be released immediately, but Jiang Deng's election should be considered in the long run." ”

It's not a big deal, but it takes time to negotiate. Zhang Hanqing was satisfied with several ordnance experts as he wished, and he only tried his best to choose Jiang Dengxuan. immediately expressed his gratitude and said: "I can be the director of the hall, Yucheng, for this matter, I feel sincere, and the younger generation has thanked my father on behalf of him." ”

However, when Tang Zaili spoke, he attracted the attention of others. He glanced at Zhang Hanqing, and suddenly laughed and said, "Is this little friend the Hanqing praised by the two generals, Jiang and Cai?" Zhang Hanqing looked over when he heard the voice, this person was dressed in a military uniform, not angry and arrogant, and he was about thirty-five or sixteen years old. As soon as he spoke, the office that had been a little noisy suddenly became quiet.

Who's this? How can there be such a big aura, even Tang Zaili takes the initiative to chill? Zhang Hanqing didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "That's the two uncles who show love, it is the younger generation Zhang Xueliang." "People are under the roof, and they can only pretend to be grandchildren. In this command office, all of them are famous figures at the beginning of the Republic of China, and no one is less influential than his father Zhang Zuolin, so he can only accompany them with a smile.

The man smiled and said, "The two generals are not casual lovers, our Gong Guards have been admiring them for a long time!" ”

Zhang Hanqing understood. The Gong Guard Army is a famous hall made by Lao Yuan in order to set up another mountain in the Beiyang system, and it is hung under the model regiment, which can be regarded as a new army in the Beiyang Army. The commander of the first phase of the model regiment was concurrently served by Lao Yuan, and a total of four brigades of the Gong Guard Army, two regiments of artillery and cavalry, and one machine gun battalion were trained, and the results were very good. So Lao Yuan continued to cultivate the second phase, this time the head of the regiment was his eldest son Yuan Keding, in this way, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this model regiment exists to replace the Beiyang Army---- Duan Qirui has been meddling in the Beiyang Army for too long, and Lao Yuan can't believe it.

And this middle-aged man is Lu Jin, Yuan Keding's deputy, the model regiment and the actual head of the Gong Guard. The Office of the President of the People's Republic of China has two directors with real power, one is Tang Zaili, director of the General Affairs Department, and the other is the director of the Military Affairs Department, which is concurrently served by Lu Jin. His energy is focused on the Gong Guard, and it is rare for him to come to the office.

What's the name? Do you really think that being praised by the two generals will become a character in a few words? Zhang Hanqing is not so superficial. The words of the Chinese can be considered in two directions. Since Lu Jin is Yuan Keding's stick---- otherwise Lao Yuan would not be at ease to hand over such an important army to him, so can this sentence be understood in this way: "I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Zhang Hanqing, who has already preliminarily achieved his goal, does not want to do much, especially when the situation of the enemy and the enemy is unclear but the probability of the enemy is high. But Lu Jin has already been entangled, and it is not so easy to get rid of it. He thrust a bar so annoyingly, Zhang Hanqing had an ominous premonition: I'm afraid that good things will be grinded too much.

Sure enough, Lu Jin smiled and said, "Nephew Zhang Xian is doing something?" It's only been two months, and I've been able to go to the president's command office to do things, so it can be seen that the vision of the two generals is really not bad---- Zhang Xian's nephew is this? ”

Zhang Hanqing had no choice but to be sloppy: "It's not a big deal, it's just a matter of going through the process," and he had already greeted all three generations of his ancestors in his heart.

Lu Jin still smiled: "The virtuous nephew is really not simple, and there are not many young people who can do things according to the rules now." If you need my help, I won't bother. As he spoke, he looked at the transfer letter.

Seeing that it was the names of Deng Yancun, Jia Xiaohou and others, his eyes were sudden. "Good guy, I have wiped out several experts from the Military Industry Department, is this a move or what?" Lu Jin was still smiling, but his eyes had begun to sharpen.

Zhang Hanqing knew that he was going to suffer, but there was no way to hide it, after all, he had seen it all. He was in a hurry, so he hurriedly said: "The War Department has agreed to borrow them from Mukden for the time being, and there will be another explanation when the arsenal is operating normally." ”

Lu Jin suddenly slammed the transfer letter on the table and said loudly: "The War Department is messing around!" The President has repeatedly and strictly ordered that stability should be the main priority in the eventful season, and that all military and political power should be vested in the Generalissimo of the Army and Navy. Do they still have the big president in their eyes?! ”