In the presidential palace of Zhongnanhai in Beijing, Xu Shichang in the study was concentrating on splashing ink, only to see a pine and cypress standing proudly on the plain white silk paper on the misty mountains and mountains, two subordinates bowed their heads and waited respectfully, the door outside the study came to report and did not know what to say, he followed Xu Shichang through ups and downs for decades, knowing the temper of the master, the interest in painting came up, that is, Lafayette summoned, President Yuan had to push it aside, But the man who came now is Premier Duan Qirui Duan, don't look at the throne of the president, the lord is sitting, but the real power in the world is in the hands of Premier Duan, if he is not happy, let alone his own master, it is Li Yuanhong, and big people like Feng Guozhang have been bombarded down. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Just when he was at a loss for what to do, Duan Qirui rushed in on a rampage, and the doorman who came to report the news greeted him with a smile on his face, and said: "Premier Duan, you are here, my master is ......" Duan Qirui glared at him and said: "Lao Xiangguo is painting again, I have something important to find Lao Xiangguo today!" After speaking, he stretched out his hand to open him, kicked the door of the study open, don't look at the sound is not loud, Xu Shichang was suddenly shocked, the pen in his hand inadvertently hit the side, couldn't help sighing, simply dropped the pen, and said: "It's a disappointment, it's really a disappointment!" The two servants hurriedly took the basin and asked him to clean his hands. Xu Shichang washed his hands, and said without looking back: "Qirui, what's the matter?" What all the fuss about? Is it that those people in the southwest are making trouble again? ”

Don't look at Xu Shichang who has no soldiers and no power, but his seniority is not small, Yuan Shikai has to call out his eldest brother when he sees it, not to mention Duan Qirui, who was taught by him when they were training at a small station? No matter how delicate and arrogant they are, they have to call the teacher respectfully. When he goes out, he is also proud of his students, and Duan Qirui is naturally no exception.

Duan Qirui said: "Teacher, those people in the southwest decided in May this year to change the military government to the president collegial system, and elected Tang Shaoyi, Tang Jiyao, Lu Rongting, Wu Tingfang, Sun Monkey, Li Liejun, and Cen Chunxuan as the presidents of the military government of the Protector of the Law. Sun Monkey lost the position of generalissimo and was extremely angry, but this Sun Monkey had no power and had to leave Kunming for Shanghai. Since then, Cen has served as the chairman and president of the Government Council, and the leadership of the military government has fallen into the hands of the powerful faction in the southwest led by the Gui family. ”

"Since the southwest is fine, the world will be peaceful." Xu Shichang said lightly: "Isn't it that you still plan to unify the southwest by force?" ”

Duan Qirui sighed and said, "Why don't you have more than enough heart but not enough strength!" It is not easy for Qirui to maintain this situation in his lifetime. ”

Xu Shichang said: "It is up to people to succeed in heaven, the situation is like this, you can't force it!" Qirui, your quick temper is so good, you have to be restrained. ”

Duan Qirui nodded again and again, "What the teacher said is true!" The students made a note that they did have something important to discuss with the teacher. ”

Xu Shichang said: "The southwest has stopped, what else is going on?" ”

Duan Qirui said: "The southwest has stopped, but the southeast is making trouble, and the life is not small!" ”

Xu Shichang thought for a while and said, "Southwest? You're talking about where is Zhenbang, right? That's a good boy, how can anyone deal with him? ”

Duan Qirui said unhappily: "It's Chang Zhenbang's house!" Now he is forming gangs and factions in the southeast, forming parties for personal gain, and pulling all the local military and political personnel of all five provinces into the Chinese Renaissance Party. ”

Xu Shichang laughed when he heard this, and then said: "I didn't expect that Zhenbang, this kid also played with the political party, hehe, now the political party registered by the government is not three hundred, but also two hundred and eight, if he wants to play, let him play, anyway, it's not a big deal!" ”

Duan Qirui said nervously: "The five southwestern provinces are just a union of Lu Rongting, Tang Jiyao and others, as long as the central government has the right methods, they will definitely be able to make them fight each other." However, Chang Zhenbang was young, and he dominated the three provinces and led Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Commanding the troops of the five provinces has become a great trend, and the central authorities should take action as soon as possible to avoid causing great harm to the central authorities. ”

When Xu Shichang heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Zhenbang is just a child, far worse than you Premier Duan!" He was still the president of Guozhang years ago, how powerful is he? You Premier Duan don't pay attention to it, this old Feng has gone down, and the power is lazy and divided into the direct line, the Jiangxi line, but you are scared? And it's not the battlefield veterans like Cao Kun and Wu Peifu who are afraid, but the kid Zhenbang, are you teasing me? ”

Duan Qirui sighed and said: "Don't look at Wu Peifu, Cao Kun's soldiers are strong and strong, and he is only strong and strong, I am not afraid of him, although Chang Zhenbang is young, his shortcomings are just young, but it is terrifying!" ”

"What's so scary about a child!" Xu Shichang took a sip of tea lightly and said unhurriedly.

Duan Qirui said: "Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong has always been the richest place in China, and now it is all in the hands of Chang Zhenbang, the sixth division of Beiyang, the twelfth division, the tenth division, and the thirteenth division have also fallen into his hands, these are all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, in addition to the Jiangxi local army, the Guangdong local army, and the Fujian local army have been too big to fall, if they are not eradicated as soon as possible, the person who can mess with the world must be this person!" ”

Xu Shichang said: "Qirui, isn't this Beiyang Tenth Division in the hands of your confidant Lu Yongxiang?" When did he become Chang Zhenbang's descendant? Chen Guangyuan of the 12th Division, Li Chun of the 13th Division, and Li Tingyu of the 6th Division are all old men in Beiyang, although they are subject to Chang Zhenbang, as long as Chang Zhenbang is against him, and the central government gives an order, these four divisions can take Chang Zhenbang's life! ”

Duan Qirui said: "That's what I said, but Chang Zhenbang was insidious and cunning, taking advantage of the chaos to take Jiangxi, swallowing Guangdong, and eroding Fujian, it was less than 30 times to monopolize the three provinces and win over the two provinces, and when Li Chun took it, Jiangsu really became his chassis, and above this Jiangsu is Shandong, Anhui, which should not be underestimated!" ”

Xu Shichang smiled, glanced at Duan Qirui and said: "Anhui Ni Sichong, Shandong Zhang Huaizhi are all your people, can they go north in Chang Zhenbang?" Hubei Wang Zhanyuan is Cao Kun's person, and it is even more impossible to collude with him, and those in the southwest, the central court can't clean it up, can Chang Zhenbang do it? Nowadays, although the central government cannot centralize power, and the local government is ready to move, so what? There are no major changes, and that's it. ”

Duan Qirui said angrily: "The teacher can't say that, China is such a big country, so many people, if it can't form a strong centralized power, it will definitely be bullied by foreign enemies, now the European war, the great powers are busy fighting, there is no time for China, once Europe is over, the great powers will be eyeing China again, especially Dongying is coveting my China for a long time, if I China is not self-reliant, I am afraid that there is no capital to cede land and sell the country." ”

Xu Shichang listened, sighed, and said, "What are you going to do?" The southwest has just stopped the soldiers, if you move the southeast, I'm afraid it won't be easy to use the sword soldiers! ”

Duan Qirui said: "Teacher, don't worry, Qirui is definitely not the person who cares about the people's hearts in vain, and this southeast matter will never need the teacher to issue a crusade order!" ”

Xu Shichang said: "Okay, since that's the case, you look at it and do it, as long as the central government doesn't issue a crusade order, everything will go according to your wishes!" ”

Duan Qirui was overjoyed, took out a two-point appointment letter and handed it to Xu Shichang and said, "Please sign it!" ”

"What is this? I'm not going to sign the crusade! Xu Shichang took out the gold wire glasses from the table on the side, gently put them on his head, looked at them, and said: "Oh, this is a good thing to transfer Li Chun as the overseer of Hubei and appoint Wu Peifu as the overseer of Jiangsu. After speaking, he signed his name on the appointment letter without hesitation and handed it over.

"The sea rises and falls, and if you don't advance, you will retreat." Duan Qirui sighed softly and said with some sadness.

Xu Shichang said: "The sea is ruthless, and there is righteousness in the world." Whether it's Shikai, Guozhang, you, or me, but if you stand on this table and know what this country is like, in order to make this old country a little revitalized, each of us has paid our own efforts, whether Shikai is the emperor, Guozhang is the north and the south, whether you are reunifying by force, it is all for this country, let's fight each other on the table, and when we leave here, we might as well go more. After all, they are all old brothers, and they have known each other for a long time. ”

Duan Qirui nodded and said, "What the teacher said is reasonable, but Qirui is in the key and can't get out, so once he has time, he will go to Guozhang's side to say hello." ”

Xu Shichang said: "I heard that Feng Guozhang's body is a little sluggish now, you have to remember today's words!" ”

Duan Qirui said: "I have been working with Guozhang for a long time, and I am by no means comparable to others, please rest assured that the teacher!" ”

Xu Shichang nodded and said, "I'm tired, you can go!" ”

Duan Qirui hurriedly stood up and saluted.

When he walked away, Xu Shichang sighed and said: "If there is a man of great talent and strategy in this world, China may not be strong but not decaying, but all of you have a patriotic heart, and the endless wars have harmed the country, which is really sad, pitiful and pity." ”

The next day, the letter of appointment was sent to the world in the form of a telegram, Wu Peifu received the telegram, overjoyed, although Cao Kun was reckless, but also knew that Jiangsu had become Chang Zhenbang's territory, Wu Peifu must go to Jiangsu to be more auspicious, but seeing Wu Peifu so excited, but a little puzzled, said: "Although Peifu this opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but that Jiangsu can never go." Wu Peifu smiled when he heard this: "This is Duan Qirui's plan to kill two birds with one stone, the Beiyang group has been divided into Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui's faction since President Yuan Long Yu Bintian, but I didn't expect that not long after President Feng went down, his supporting faction was divided into our direct line and Chang Zhenbang's Gan family, although the family has been divided, but President Feng, the old man in the family, does not die for a day, it is not considered a formal separation, and it is still a threat to Duan Qirui!" That's why Premier Duan will use the provinces of the two sides to exchange governors to provoke us to start in advance, as long as we do it, no matter whether it's good or bad, this family is divided, even if Master Feng is still alive, there is no chance of reunification, even if the third master, you don't like to listen to the old thing under Feng Guozhang's account! ”

Cao Kun said: "I can't say that, Lord Feng has the grace of promotion and reinvention for me, and it is natural for me to listen to it under his account, but what you said is not unreasonable, it is better to be the master of your own house than to listen poorly." ”

Wu Peifu smiled and said: "You know this truth, I know, Chang Zhenbang knows, Li Chun knows, and Wang Zhanyuan naturally knows it." But the word is the head, no one is not moved, but it's okay, we have always coveted the southeast, Chang Zhenbang, although disgusted with us, but our chassis makes him feel hot! ”

"That is, the southeast of Chang Zhenbang is a place where wealth gathers, and what about our three provinces? Zhili is hot, Central China is a mess, what about Hubei? If he wanted to, then the spear pressure of the Southwestern rebellion fell on him alone. There is no need for Duan Qirui to send troops, as long as he does not send troops, he can toss Chang Zhenbang to death with the southwest alone! Wu Peifu said with a smile.

Cao Kun was surprised: "We defeated Chang Zhenbang, so isn't the spearhead of the entire southwest directed at us?" ”

Wu Peifu said: "Don't worry about this, if this battle is a quick decision, we can take advantage of the victory to pursue the wave army north and drive away Duan Qirui!" If we can't make a quick decision, we can negotiate peace with Chang Zhenbang and only take the two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, after all, these two provinces are not his chassis, and he will not feel sorry for us. ”

Cao Kun nodded and said, "Since Peifu said so, I believe it, but we have soldiers, how can we get the money and food?" The First World War in Central China cost a lot of military rations? ”

Wu Peifu smiled: "The war is together." Compared with Chang Zhenbang, Premier Duan is more willing to help the third master, you Beiyang orthodoxy! Therefore, you don't have to worry about the grain and grass. ”

Cao Kun asked again: "Peifu wants to come and count the last resort, but Chang Zhenbang is in charge of the five southeastern provinces, and my heart is pounding, and I always have a bad premonition!" ”

Wu Peifu smiled slightly and said, "Chang Zhenbang's power should not be underestimated, but what? It's not just our family that sends troops to the southeast, as long as the time comes, Lu Rongting will not sit idly by, Chang Zhenbang has harmed his Guangxi, can he take the opportunity to go to Guangdong to get one? and Hunan, although the strength is a little worse, but they might as well beat the water dogs. ”

Cao Kun said: "If those people in Hunan take advantage of our fight with Chang Zhenbang, what should we do if we go north to the three towns of Wuhan?" ”

Wu Peifu smiled faintly and said: "Now that the north and the south are making peace, and Premier Duan is bent on calming the chaos, how dare he risk the disapproval of the world to give Premier Duan this opportunity." Therefore, the southwest will only use troops against Chang Zhenbang, and will not cause us any damage. ”

Cao Kun nodded again and again after hearing this, and said, "That's good, that's good!" But do you have to go to Jiangsu? ”

Wu Peifu said: "Only when Peifu goes to Jiangsu, can we force the abnormal Zhenbang, as long as he rebels, we can blatantly send troops under the banner of counterinsurgency and rebellion against the imperial court." At that time, the righteous public opinion will be in our hands, and Chang Zhenbang will have to accept our conditions strangely under the embattlement! ”

"It's just that it's a lot of difficulties to go to Jiangsu, and the third master is a little reluctant to you!" Cao Kun said emotionally.

Wu Peifu said: "Peifu is willing to serve the great cause of the handsome, which is to break his bones and go to the soup and fire!" ”

"! Where is the great cause of a thousand years, where is your Wu Peifu important! Cao Kun said: "Although our brothers have not worshipped, but the relationship is deeper than that Liu Guanzhang, listen to the words of the third master, no matter what, come back alive, we can't do without you, and the third master can't do without you!" ”

Wu Peifu said: "Take care, big handsome! Peifu will not die if he does not see you become the last powerful person in China! ”

"Take care!" Cao Kun said very sadly.

Wu Peifu nodded, put his legs together, and gave Cao Kun a very standard military salute, and then went out silently.

Cao Kun sighed silently: "Ziyu, I am a stupid person who only wants to be happy, if it weren't for you, the third master would not have found out that this world can be so happy, in order to make the third master live more happily, you must come back safely, the third master still wants to see what your world will be like!" ”

This book is derived from reading books