In fact, compared with Wang Yongtailai, Zhang Jimin is more interested in the 24 mixed association, this person has good ability, and he also knows how to be a person, and he will not fight and exclude others under the pretense of public welfare and private interests. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info In the past, Wang Yongtai used the 24 mixed association as a tool to make money for himself, and Zhang Jimin argued with it, although he was hit hard, but because of the axiom and morality standing behind him, he was never afraid of Wang Yongtai. In addition to Wang Yongtai's original veterans, many soldiers of the New Army supported Zhang Jimin, believing that Zhang Jimin was more suitable than Wang Yongtai to be the co-commander of the 24th Mixed Association.

And Wang Yongtai used to be confused and regarded the army as a tool to make money, but now that he has made enough money, he doesn't need to drink the blood of soldiers, and he focuses on army building, which has caused an embarrassing situation that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.

After Zhang Jimin left, his henchmen Xia Congming and Chen Jian immediately switched to Wang Yongtai, but it was Yang Fan, the head of the Military Affairs Division, who decided to leave here, and Wang Yongtai regretted Yang Fan leaving. Before leaving, Yang Fan sneered and said to Wang Yongtai: "General Wang, I hope that in the future, you will be able to distinguish between public and private, military affairs are no trivial matter, and if there is a war in the future, a few of your soldiers can really protect the family and defend the country." I hope General Wang will do it himself. ”

Wang Yongtai was annoyed by Yang Fan's recklessness, but on the other hand, he regretted Yang Fan's departure, fortunately, Fang Xianwu was stronger than Yang Fan in terms of logistics, and did not allow any greed in the army, and even arrested Wang Yongtai with a horse, on the grounds that this horse did not participate in the training, but instead recruited a few people to fight against the military dispatch. Fang Xianwu mercilessly arrested these people and locked them up, and no one was allowed to visit them.

Wang Yongtai went to intercede, but Fang Xianwu refused, and everyone thought that Wang Yongtai must be angry and punish Fang Xianwu, but Wang Yongtai apologized to Fang Xianwu in public, and said: "In the future, Fang Xianwu's words will be my order, and whoever violates the military affairs class will be against me." Today I pleaded, and I also violated the military rules, and if I violated the military regulations, I will be punished, and according to the regulations, I will also be locked up for a day, so for the next day, I will stay in the confinement room, and none of you are allowed to disturb me. In a word, Wang Yongtai bought people's hearts, and also made his image taller in an instant, and the atmosphere of the military camp was solemn. And Wang Yongan was thoughtful on the side, his brother is greedy for money and good at protecting his shortcomings, but he can grasp clearly in front of right and wrong and not be confused, although he is sometimes confused, but when he should be shrewd, Wang Yongtai is definitely the most shrewd.

It seems that this brother of his is stronger than himself, Wang Yongxin admires it with peace of mind.

A few days later, Wang Yongtai found Wang Yongan and said that this side has been dealt with, and the people of Yangzhou have returned one after another, you should go to Yuan's family in Henan Province to propose relatives now, Wang Yongan immediately nodded yes, and after preparing a few cars of gifts, Gong Wuyuan and Li Yao took elite soldiers to form a team of more than 70 people to Zhangde County, Henan Province.

Wang Yongtai grinned and said to his younger brother: "Fourth, you come back quickly, I have important things for you to do after I come back." ”

Wang Yongan asked, "What's important?" ”

Wang Yongtai said in a low voice: "Expand the army!" ”

"Expansion?" Wang Yongan smiled, "Second brother, have you finally expanded your army?" ”

Wang Yongtai sighed before he said: "In the past, I saw that I had no future in the army, but now we want money, people, and backers, why don't we expand the army?" Do you think I really used to drink the blood of soldiers? That's because I know that as soon as my godfather Wu Changchun dies, I will be kicked out. ”

Wang Yongan only then understood his brother's motives for inaction in the past, it seems that no matter what time it is, the backer must be firmly grasped, and without the backer and the road to advancement, many people will naturally become corrupt officials. The reason why many corrupt officials happen a few years before retirement is not because they have no way to advance, and there is only one thing left to do is corruption. On the contrary, the young officials who have hoped to climb the ladder are clean and self-sufficient, upright and upright.

The convoy left from Yangzhou, went north by water, and came to Xuzhou smoothly, from Xuzhou to the north is Lu Province, and to the west is Henan Province. Wang Yongan called Liu Tong at this time, and said in a deep voice: "Liu Tong, in the next two years, there should be basically nothing to do around me, and you can't learn anything if you stay by my side, so I let you go to a good place to learn and get it and then come back to help me." ”

"Fourth Young Master, don't you want me?" Liu Tong was anxious and hurriedly said.

Wang Yongan cried and laughed: "How can I not want you, I have another important responsibility for you, if you follow your current ability, you will always just run errands for me, I will go to your Tianjin to study." ”

"Tsumen? I've been there, what are you going to learn there? Liu Tong asked.

Wang Yongan said: "You first go to the Beiyang Army Primary School to study for two years, and after you finish your studies, you will go to the Jinmen Police Academy to study, and I will arrange for you to go to the Dongyang Police Training School for further study in the future." ”

Liu Tong asked, "Fourth Young Master, do you want me to be a policeman?" ”

Wang Yongan said: "I don't just want you to be a policeman, you will be my eyes and ears in the future, do you understand?" ”

"I don't understand." Liu Tong immediately said, "But I know that if the fourth young master ignores me, you won't be able to see where others are in the future, and you won't be able to hear what others say, right?" ”

"Clever." Wang Yongan said with a smile, "I will go to Jinmen to see you in two years, you study your skills there, with your ability, in fact, you can live comfortably without me, but at most you are just a small errand thug for the Qinggang Cao Gang." But with me to help you, your future is in the sky, Long Xiang Jiutian, Liu Tong, I will give you a table word, Xiangtian, remember, you are Liu Tong Liu Xiangtian. ”

"I remember, I remember." Liu Tong said excitedly.

Wang Yongan took out a wallet, stuffed it into his underwear pocket, and said: "Here are a thousand taels of silver tickets and twenty taels of broken silver, after you arrive at Jinmen, first find a place to live, give me the address, I will give you a thousand taels of silver every year, you can spend this money, you can also use it to socialize and meet friends, but you must not smoke a lot, you know?" As soon as a person smokes a big cigarette, it is wasted. ”

Liu Tong choked up a little and said, "Fourth Young Master, no one has ever been so kind to me...... I must not smoke a lot, I must ......."

"Okay, let's go, learn your skills well, I'll need more places for you in the future, Xiangtian." Wang Yongan waved his hand.

Liu Tong nodded, turned around and walked dozens of steps with his luggage on his back, suddenly turned around, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, and said: "Fourth young master, you are good to me, I will never forget it in my life, and I will repay you in the future." ”

Wang Yongan smiled slightly, waved at him, sighed in his heart, and said Fortunately, it is the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China.

All the way north, entering Henan Province, Wang Yongan feels more and more that his current style of acting is different from the previous self, is it more people affecting the environment, or is the environment affecting people more? If you say that you used to have a lot of cleverness in your head, you were considered by your neighbors and teachers to be talented and intelligent, and you must be successful in the future, and then you went to college, graduated and entered the society, like thousands of working people, working hard for three meals a day and a future house, but nothing came of it. At that time, what I wanted to do every day was to work hard, make money and buy a house, and have a foothold in the big city, and I would only think of finding a girlfriend in my spare time, but I was hurt by my first girlfriend and didn't have this mind for a while. Why didn't I think about harming people or calculating people at that time, but in this era, that's what I think about all day long?

Wang Yongan thought that he had never broken the law before, and he had not even been called a parent by a teacher since he was a child, but in this era, he killed people, harmed others, and calculated people, although he could not say that he did all evil, but what he did was not a good thing. Especially pretending to be a ghost and using rumors and ghosts to scare tens of thousands of Yangzhou people to abandon their homes and businesses and flee from Yangzhou, which is a lack of morality.

"It's no wonder that I'm sick, and God can't see it." Wang Yongan laughed at himself.

Maybe it's really the environment that affects people, in this environment of the late Qing Dynasty, if you don't count on being crushed, you will be crushed by history in the future, if you don't hurt people, you will let people die. No one can survive the great historical environment of the late Qing Dynasty, and no one can escape this historical torrent, just as they cannot change their historical destiny. And what Wang Yongan can do is only to raft in this long river of history, avoid the waves of floods, and enjoy the tranquility in the storm.

For the first time, Wang Yongan felt his insignificance in history, no matter who he was, he was actually only a part of the torrent of history, but he could not change the trend of the entire history. It's like the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, if there is no Zhu Yuanzhang, there are also Zhao Yuanzhang, Zhang Yuanzhang, and Wang Yuanzhang to overthrow Yuanchao, just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty entering the customs, if there is no Wu Sangui to release the Qing soldiers into the customs, the Southern Ming and Dashun don't know how many years to kill each other, and finally unify, just like this Manchu Qing Dynasty will die, no matter who comes, they can't change the sky with one hand.

"Protect yourself, protect your family, protect the people you care about, and have a clear conscience." Wang Yongan finally said to himself.

A few days later, when he arrived in Zhangde County, Yang Jinzhao waited here early, saying that the new aunt would wait for two more days, Wang Yongan said strangely: "Brother Yang, why is this?" ”

"Wait for the auspicious day, two days later." Yang Jinzhao said matter-of-factly.

Wang Yongan couldn't cry or laugh, well, Yuan Shikai's family also believed this, but this is the tradition of the Chinese, and the rules cannot be broken, so Wang Yongan and his party temporarily settled in Zhangde County. In the evening, Yang Jinzhao said that the master was invited, and we rushed to Huanshang Village overnight, and Wang Yongan took a few guards and rode to Yuan's Mansion in Huanshang Village.