The so-called layman looks at the liveliness, and the insider looks at the doorway. Therefore, an expert refers to a person who has made certain achievements in the relevant industry, and a layman refers to a person who has participated in the relevant industry. Those who have not participated in related industries at all cannot understand the doorway, let alone the excitement.

In terms of politics and military, Duan Qirui is an expert, and he can know where the doorway is just by looking at him. The People's Party's demand for the reorganization of the Beiyang Army is an overly straightforward issue that does not need to be mentioned at all. The People's Party demanded that the roads into Xinjiang and other places be taken over, and that once the roads were cleared, the People's Party would be able to clean up the Beiyang Army at any time. If the BJP's proposal is accepted, it is basically no different from surrender.

"Mr. Jidao, are you underestimating me by proposing this condition?" Duan Qirui finally found a wording that was more suitable for the current situation.

Yan Fu smiled and shook his head, "Brother Zhiquan, if I really underestimate you, then I can make a wish for you to be an official and make some means behind my back." Although we, the People's Party, are absolutely not allowed to engage in these things within the party, it does not mean that we ourselves do not know how to use these means. Brother Zhiquan, you are a smart person, why bother? ”

"So what does the BJP want to do to me?" Duan Qirui can understand Yan Fu's words, there are many ways to stab a knife in the back, but the more he wants to stab a knife in the back, the better he has to cover it up on the surface.

Yan Fu replied: "We don't want to do anything to you now, we just want to solve the problem of recovering the old land now." In the process, what path you have to choose is your business. You can refuse us now, then we will go to Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia. It's just a matter of blood and sweat. When we come back to you, that's another story. ”

Duan Qirui shook his head slightly, "Mr. Daodao, you say it, or do you want us to surrender." ”

"Brother Zhiquan, recovering the old land is a matter for the whole of China, whether you want to surrender to us or not, that is your business. These two things are not the same thing in the first place, so why should you confuse them? Yan Fu asked Duan Qirui questions.

Standing at the height of the country, Yan Fu's words gave Duan Qirui great pressure. Chen Ke threatened Duan Qirui to make Duan Qirui "Shi Jingjiao's second", Duan Qirui originally took it as a joke, and as the conversation deepened, Duan Qirui felt more and more that Chen Ke's threat really couldn't be seen as a joke.

The current fact is that Duan Qirui will never be able to win against the People's Party, and the only thing he can do now is to cause some trouble for the People's Party when the People's Party recovers the old land. The BJP has made it clear that it will never retaliate against this. Of course, Duan Qirui still has a way, that is, to surrender obediently, and then completely withdraw from the stage of history. But Duan Qirui is only 53 years old this year, which is the golden age for a big man in politics. Let him obediently withdraw from the stage of history, Duan Qirui felt that it was better to die.

All kinds of entanglements made Duan Qirui unable to decide what he should do. In the end, he agreed with Yan Fu to continue negotiations the next day, and then send Yan Fu to live first. Duan Qirui found Wang Shizhen. "Brother, the People's Party must eliminate our Beiyang road. I don't know what you suggest. ”

Wang Shizhen replied calmly: "I think it's down." ”

"What?!" Duan Qi Rui became excited, "It's just like this?" ”

Wang Shizhen had long known that Duan Qirui would have such a reaction, and he frowned and said to Duan Qirui: "Zhiquan, I know that you value my brother and me very much. But every time you are in a situation out of control, please ask my brother and me to help you solve things. As long as the situation improves, when do you say you have listened to my brother? ”

Duan Qirui knew that Wang Shizhen was not wrong, in fact, not only Duan Qirui, but all the Beiyang generals were like this to Wang Shizhen. Duan Qirui said with some embarrassment: "Brother, are you angry?" ”

Wang Shizhen smiled: "I'm not angry, you are all like this." What am I angry about? Zhiquan, everyone thinks I'm very capable and smart. But I never thought so, if it was about being capable and smart, Zhiquan you were much better than me. ”

Duan Qirui didn't know whether Wang Shizhen's words were praise or ridicule, he said a little chatteringly: "Brother, you better say it directly." At this time, what are you still doing with this dumb riddle. ”

Wang Shizhen was not ready to be polite, he said: "You and everyone want that result, you just want that result, so you try to run towards that result." When Yuan Gong was alive, you people made great efforts to train the soldiers. What even whisperers kill, violators kill. It is your ability to think of these methods. But I want to ask, if there is no regular monthly salary, can the Beiyang New Army be trained by your methods alone? ”

For the sake of military salaries, Duan Qirui's intestines were about to break. Hearing Wang Shizhen ask this, he simply didn't say anything.

Wang Shizhen didn't care whether Duan Qirui said or not, he continued: "Zhiquan, do you still remember Rong Lu's second military parade at the small station twenty years ago? ”

Duan Qirui nodded slightly, in February 1898, Rong Lu went to the small station again to review, passing by the Haihe River, the river surface is not wide, and there is still freezing. Wang Shizhen used a special canvas to make a bridge and build it on the ice. Rong Lu's infantry, cavalry, and artillery passed over the bridge, and the road was like a smooth road. This kind of canvas bridge is a small boat after a little finishing, which can be used for swimming, if it is disassembled and folded, it is very easy to collect and carry, and Rong Lu is more happy after seeing it. When he returned to cross the Haihe River after the review, Wang Shizhen still built a canvas bridge for him, and Rong Lu was worried that the weather was getting warmer and the glacier was thawing, which was dangerous. Wang Shizhen said: "Don't worry, the freezing will be resolved after three days." And so it turned out. Rong Lu is deeply convinced that Wang Shizhen is accurate.

Wang Shizhen sneered: "Rong Lu thinks that I am like a god, but in fact, every time the Haihe River freezes, I order someone to record it, usually when it freezes, how thick the ice is, and when it thaws." I don't know how to calculate where there is anything like the power of God. I watched a lot, remembered a lot, walked on the ice too much, fell into the water too many times, drank too much water, and didn't want to drink anymore, so I couldn't help but learn how not to fall into the water. I know you say that I like to walk around and look very laid-back. I'm leisurely, if I can't see things and learn them, I will definitely be blinded when I use them! ”

Duan Qirui is not a fool, after hearing Wang Shizhen say this, he has secretly felt that what Wang Shizhen said is actually quite similar to the problems that Duan Qirui usually encounters.

Wang Shizhen continued: "What do you people think? I want to walk on weekdays, I don't have to look, at most I can take a few steps. Or read a few random books after recognizing a few words, and then when someone asks you, you can immediately tell when it freezes and when it thaws. That's what makes me different from you, Rong Lu asked me, and I did the same. Rong Lu didn't ask me, I still did it. If it was according to my thoughts, I didn't want Rong Lu to ask me at all. That's a nuisance. ”

Duan Qirui suddenly understood that he was looking for Wang Shizhen to do things on weekdays, and saw that Wang Shizhen was always the kind of "fairy wind bone" with a calm expression, and promised to be "calm and calm" when doing things after the incident. Wang Shizhen is known as the dragon of the North Ocean because of the feeling that "the dragon sees the head but does not see the tail". I didn't expect to hear Wang Shizhen confide in her heart, but it was not the case at all.

His face was slightly red, and Duan Qirui said with some sneering: "Brother, are you saying that I don't pay attention to the rules and am too eager for quick success?" ”

"Nope! I mean, you're so good! I mean, I'm a good thing. Wang Shizhen was extremely rare and almost angry.

was so violently attacked by Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui stammered a little when he spoke, "Brother...... Where do you come from that? ”

Wang Shizhen said calmly: "Back then, Yuan Gong was a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, but he wanted to go to the next level and overthrow the Qing Dynasty. I was very much against it. But at that time, it was also an arrow that had to be sent, and if Yuan Gong didn't do it, others would have to do it, and there was no way to do it. After Yuan Gong became the president, he didn't do what he should have done. Let's not say that the BJP is treacherous and cunning, harboring evil intentions. When didn't we think about destroying the BJP? And the People's Party is committed to the people's livelihood and is strong and strong, did it fall from the sky? Of all the countless money they earned, which one of them didn't do it little by little? Fighting Germany and Japan, is it possible that Germany and Japan deliberately lost to the People's Party? Yuan Gong himself did not try to do his own things well, but he thought of borrowing a large amount of money from foreign countries to fight the people's party, isn't this not a proper job? ”

Duan Qirui had never heard Wang Shizhen attack Yuan Shikai so violently, and the whole person was stunned.

Wang Shizhen continued: "You took your brothers to the northwest, if you work hard to rectify the people's livelihood, you will have a lot to do now. I also heard about Xu Shuzheng, he was committed to recovering Outer Mongolia, so after the People's Party was demoted, the People's Party also entrusted him with important tasks. If you can work hard as soon as possible, you will recover Outer Mongolia first. At this time, the People's Party is afraid that it will already negotiate peace talks with you. As a person who has made great contributions to the country, the People's Party will not dare to disrespect you. ”

Regarding Wang Shizhen's hypothesis about recovering Outer Mongolia, Duan Qirui has also remembered it many times since Xu Shuzheng defected to the People's Party. Every time I think about it, I can't help but sigh, and I deeply regret why I didn't do it earlier. The People's Party has not mobilized troops against Beiyang for more than two years, and Duan Qirui actually has plenty of time. After listening to Wang Shizhen's scolding, Duan Qirui said after a long time: "Brother, what does this have to do with my good deeds?" ”

Wang Shizhen was completely disappointed at this time, he actually didn't want to say it so bluntly, but even if he said it so bluntly, Duan Qirui still didn't understand what the problem was, which couldn't make Wang Shizhen feel a kind of despair. He let out a long sigh, "Zhiquan, what is a good thing is not to think about one's own duty, but to think about things outside of one's duty. The artifact has no owner, and the virtuous and powerful live in it......"

At this time, Duan Qirui felt that Wang Shizhen looked down on himself too much, and his face changed, "Brother, are you saying that I am not virtuous and talented?" ”

"If I say that you are virtuous and talented, you are virtuous and talented, of course I can say that you are virtuous and talented! But in this situation, what do you want me to say about you? Wang Shizhen is also-for-tat.

Duan Qirui was almost confused, he almost subconsciously said: "Isn't it that I lost to the People's Party?" ”

Wang Shizhen's face turned pale, "When the People's Party was in Anhui thirteen years ago, there were only a few people?" Ten years ago, when we attacked the BJP and lost to them, how many of them were there? How many people have you taken to the Northwest, and how many years have it been since you arrived in the Northwest? The BJP didn't even exert all its strength to beat you like this. What more do you want to say? ”

was robbed of white like this, Duan Qirui was already speechless with shame.

Wang Shizhen is actually a person who values feelings, and the old brothers of Beiyang in Pingsuri found Wang Shizhen to ask him to do something, as long as he is not looking for trouble, Wang Shizhen will consider it. Even if it was the leak that these poke spirits poked first, but when things forced these guys and made them desperate, Wang Shizhen couldn't help but help if he could. But this time he really had enough. At the moment when the People's Party is working hard for the interests of the country, Duan Qirui is still full of his own little Jiujiu, and he still wants to get the greatest benefit for himself, Wang Shizhen really doesn't want to wipe Duan Qirui's ass again.

"Zhiquan, what is a good thing. That is, if you don't go your own way, you have to follow someone else's path. As long as this step is taken, there is only the difference between early and late in the future, and there is no reason not to have an accident. Now that the People's Party has drawn the line, you can see how it goes. ”

Hearing that Wang Shizhen was going to give up completely, Duan Qirui was also a little flustered. At this time, he was desperate, no matter how unhappy he was, Duan Qirui couldn't accept to break off with Wang Shizhen. He hurriedly got up and said, "Brother, don't be angry. Brother, I just think it's okay now, what if the People's Party finishes fighting in the north and immediately turns its face and denies people? ”

"If you want to go the same way with the People's Party, then what are you afraid of the People's Party turning face?" Wang Shizhen asked.

"When did the People's Party get on the same path as us from Beiyang?" Duan Qirui still tried to quibble about his actions.

"Is Yan Fu from Beiyang? Is Pu Guanshui from Beiyang? Is Shang Yuan from Beiyang? Xu Dian, Qin Tongren, which of them is not from Beiyang? Even if you think they are not, isn't Xu Shuzheng from Beiyang? If you don't want to go down the same path as the People's Party, then don't say anything that is not with you. After Wang Shizhen finished speaking, he stood up, "Zhiquan, I'm sleepy today, you can go back first." ”

"Brother......" Duan Qirui wanted to say something more, but saw Wang Shizhen turn around with his hands behind his back. Standing behind Wang Shizhen with his fists clenched, Duan Qirui struggled in his heart for a while before finally turning around and leaving.

After Duan Qirui left, Wang Shizhen still stood there for a long time without moving. He found that deep down in his heart, he still didn't want to ignore Duan Qirui. However, the People's Party, which has always been able to grasp the opportunity in the domestic situation, is not so sharp in this foreign war. Since the strategy is already slow, it can only find time back in other links.

Duan Qirui is hesitant now, quite waiting for a price to sell. But the People's Party was so anxious at this time that it wouldn't give Duan Qirui too many opportunities at all. Wang Shizhen was almost certain that if Yan Fu hadn't been able to persuade Duan Qirui to succeed this time. As long as Yan Fu returned to Shaanxi County, where the People's Party had gathered troops, they would immediately launch an attack on Duan Qirui. That's when the real end of the mountain and water.

So even if Duan Qirui can't understand his hard work, Wang Shizhen thinks that he still has to force Duan Qirui to make a decision as soon as possible.