After an autumn rain, there are fewer dead leaves on the trees. In a few days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the weather in the north will become colder and colder.

This is the city of Beijing, after the rain, the sun appears in the sky, although the temperature does not rise, but the sun is still gradually getting stronger.

A four-wheeled carriage drove through the wet streets, neither fast nor slow, and the cavalry accompanying the escort were also calm and relaxed, looking forward to it, judging from the armband on the left arm, they were all cavalry of the Ministry of the Interior, obviously, this carriage was also an official carriage of the Ministry of the Interior, and the passengers in the carriage might be some important member of the Ministry of the Interior.

In fact, the passenger in the carriage was not an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, this passenger was just a guest from other places who came to Beijing, named Lu Rongting, in the former Qing Dynasty, he was the commander, and now, he is the envoy of the town of southern Yunnan, and he also has 10,000 troops under him. Entrenched in southern Yunnan, it is in opposition to the Gongjin Association entrenched in northern Yunnan.

Lu Rongting took the carriage of the Ministry of the Interior to the presidential palace to meet with Zhao Bei, president of the Republic of China.

This is not the first time Lu Rongting has met the President of the Republic of China, as early as a few days ago, he had already been to the presidential palace and listened to President Zhao's teachings, and it was that meeting that Lu Rongting was officially appointed by the president as the town guard of southern Yunnan, but after the appointment letter was issued, Lu Rongting was not in a hurry to rush back to Yunnan, because the president asked him to stay in Beijing for a few more days, and then go back to his post after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The president's words are orders, Lu Rongting must obey, so he patiently lived in Beijing, and because he no longer worries that the president will detain him, this mood is naturally better, in the past few days, Lu Rongting basically turned around the places of interest in the Beijing and Tianjin area, and later went back to the poor countryside, which is more confident.

Lu Rongting as the envoy of southern Yunnan town, this is not without a price, this time to the north to meet the president of the Republic of China, Lu Rongting did not come alone, in addition to those accompanying the escort of Ma Ben, Lu Rongting also brought one of his sons Lu Yuguang to Beijing, which was specially instructed by the president. Because it is said that someone recommended Lu Yuguang to Mr. President, saying that he was a young talent and worthy of cultivation, so the president decided to cultivate Lu Yuguang, and on the same day that Lu Rongting was officially appointed by the center as the envoy of southern Yunnan, Lu Yuguang was also exceptionally promoted to army major by the War Department, and now he is working as an adjutant in the 'attendant' room of the presidential palace to run 'errands' for the president.

For Lu Yuguang's cultivation, this can be regarded as the president's "holy favor", but it can also be regarded as a "proton", if Lu Rongting doesn't want Lu Yuguang to suffer any accidents, he must honestly follow the president's command 'baton' in southern Yunnan.

For the intentions of the center, Lu Rongting's heart was clear, but he did not dare to disobey the center's arrangement, which was not only related to the rise and fall of the Lu family, but also related to the net worth of the Lu family. **After that, Lu Rongting's family business accumulated in Guangxi was basically copied by the Alliance and the Restoration Society, and now he is alone, in order to re-accumulate the family business, Lu Rongting must move closer to the center, and only the center can support him. Let him be the "King of Southern Yunnan", otherwise, relying on the support of the French Indochinese colonial authorities, he Lu Rongting will definitely not be able to support him for long, even if the Communist Association can easily eat him.

Knowing this, we can also understand Lu Rongting's current thoughts, that is, only the center is the head of the horse, and only President Zhao is the head of the horse, and the center will go wherever it says, as long as the French are not offended, everything will be decided by the center.

Therefore, today, the presidential palace sent someone over to shout, and Lu Rongting 'drawn' his life from the banquet and left, without even asking half a nonsense.

The president is summoned, there must be important things, this Lu Rongting understands, but what is the matter, he does not dare to speculate now, the recent situation in the country is not very stable, although the "Guangdong incident" has been declared to have subsided, but the work of dealing with the aftermath has just begun, the president has too many things to be busy with, and he can still think of him in his busy schedule, Lu Zhen guard, this alone can be seen that the president attaches great importance to him.

The carriage moved forward, and soon arrived at the presidential palace, and sat down for a while at the reception desk of the 'attendant' room, and the presidential palace sent a car to take Lu Rongting in. The car stopped in front of the Juren Hall, and an adjutant accompanied Lu Rongting into the Juren Hall.

Before entering, Lu Rongting asked the adjutant about his son's current situation, but he was told that Lu Yuguang had followed a senior officer to Tianjin yesterday, and he didn't know when he would rush back to the presidential palace.

With a hint of apprehension, Lu Rongting entered the small conference room of Jurentang, and found that he was the only guest here, and when the adjutant served tea to him, he took the tea and tasted it without a sip, and the adjutant stood beside him, neither approaching him, nor leaving, and the atmosphere in the conference room was a little strange.

A few minutes later, Qin Sihu, the captain of the guard, walked into the conference room first, and then Zhao Bei finally followed.

Seeing that the president arrived, Lu Rongting hurriedly put down the teacup and got up to greet him.

"Envoy Lu Zhen doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat."

Zhao Bei was not polite, shook hands with the other party and said a few words, then sat down, Qin Sihu brought a cup of warm water, Zhao Bei took a few sips and moistened his throat.

"Envoy Lu Zhen has been very idle lately. I'm not like you, no, I just finished a foreign affairs meeting, and I argued with a bunch of 'flower' granite heads in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a long time, and I didn't even bother to drink tea, and now my throat is about to smoke. ”

Zhao Bei put down the teacup and said a few words first, which was his opening remarks.

Lu Rongting didn't know what the president was looking for him to do, so he didn't dare to speak, just nodded and quickly picked up the teacup. I drank a few sips of tea, but I couldn't taste anything.

"Envoy Lu Zhen must have felt strange why he called you over today, and specially told you to come alone."

Zhao Bei glanced at the other party, and then got back to business.

"A few days ago, the affairs of Guangdong must have been known to the envoy of Lu Zhen, and now the 'Guangdong Incident' has basically calmed down, although a single leader of the rebels has not been caught, but it is better not to fight. Now the center is most worried about Long Jiguang, who fled to the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong, although his troops have disintegrated, but according to the estimates of the War Department, he still has a team of about one or two thousand people with him, and for the situation in Guangdong, Long Jiguang's team is a hidden danger that cannot be eliminated. I heard that Lu Zhenshou and Long Jiguang are sons and daughters, is this really the case? ”

Hearing the president's last few words, Lu Rongting's heart tightened, this cold sweat almost came down, in the past few days, if the first thing he was worried about was Lu Yuguang, then the second thing he was worried about was the relationship with Long Jiguang.

"President Junjian. There is no in-law relationship with Long Jiguang, but with Long Jiguang's brother Long Jiguang is a son's 'daughter' in-law, Long Jiguang's son Long Yungan is a lowly 'daughter' son-in-law, this 'door' family affair is still formed many years ago, the southwest border, the land of smoke miasma, it is inevitable to spread falsehood, and later, the lowly position and Long Jiguang also became a son's 'daughter' family, but the lowly position does not have an in-law relationship with Long Jiguang. ”

Lu Rongting hurriedly said a few words, but he also felt that these words could not make him clear up his involvement, after all, according to the news that came a few days ago, Long Jinguang and Long Jiguang, the two brothers, were together and were now hiding in the mountains of northern Guangdong.

Sure enough, Zhao Bei did not let go of this southern Yunnan town guard because of Lu Rongting's words.

"I see. But. Whether it is Long Jiguang or Long Jiguang, now they are the culprits who planned the 'Guangdong Incident', for their own 'selfish' interests, they do not hesitate to make the lives miserable, the country has no peace, these two people are the enemies of the center, the enemies of the republican government, and the enemies of the whole people. ”

Zhao Bei's words were quite cold, as if he was planning to kill them all, Lu Rongting's cold sweat came down in the end, but fortunately, the president's words changed next, and there seemed to be some twists and turns.

"However, if a person is not a sage, who can be without fault? Now the center plans to give Long Jiguang a chance to atone for his sins, and it depends on whether he is willing to do what the center wants. ”

Hearing this, Lu Rongting breathed a sigh of relief, so he asked: "Does the president want to let the lowly post go to Guangdong to be a lobbyist?" ”

"Yes, it's the lobbyist, and there is also a letter 'handed over' to Long Jiguang. When you get there, someone will naturally take you to the ravine in northern Guangdong, Long Jiguang is hiding in the mountains, you go to talk to him, tell him that as long as he is willing to lay down his arms, pull his team out of the mountains, and surrender to the local government, then, the center can forgive his sins, and in the future, he can go wherever he wants, and if he wants to go back to Yunnan, he will go back to his hometown, and if he wants to go to Hong Kong, he will go to Hong Kong, in short, as long as Long Jiguang does not fall into the grass and does not become a bandit, then, He could find a way to live. Now it is not as good as the Manchu Qing era, the current republican government will never tolerate bandits anywhere, in the past, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was corrupt and incompetent, and could only hope for Zhao'an, but now, the republican government will definitely not recruit any bandit army, and we will not negotiate with the bandits. ”

The president's first few words were knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, Lu Rongting was born as a bandit back then, and later accepted the Qing court's recruitment, and it is precisely for this reason that he was able to marry the hereditary Tusi Long family in Yunnan, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to have a relationship with the Long family with a bandit leader.

"The president's words have been written down, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, he will immediately set off for the south and rush to Guangdong as soon as possible."

Lu Rongting had no other choice but to agree.

"When you went to Guangdong, you met Long Jiguang and told him first that yesterday afternoon, Liu Xianqian and Liu Xianshi had been publicly executed at the Wuhan Huashang Racecourse on charges of 'armed rebellion', and I hope Long Jiguang can see the strong determination of the center to maintain the domestic situation."

Zhao Bei didn't easily believe in this Lu Rongting, to deal with this kind of reckless character, he could only use grace and power, promote him, and cultivate him, but he must also carry a wooden 'stick' in his hand at all times, and beat and beat from time to time, so as not to get carried away.

Lu Rongting's heart was tight again, he understood that this was the president's warning, not only to warn Long Jiguang, but also to warn him, in the original "Xiangqian Incident", he Lu also played the role of 'color', and the president is also very clear about this, and now execute Guizhou tyrants Liu Xianqian and Liu Xianshi, the intention of which is self-evident.

Killing decisively, this is the key to Zhao Bei's ability to become the center.

To work under such a führer, if you want to live a long time, you must learn to understand current affairs.

Now, Lu Rongting must know the current affairs, and so does Long Jiguang.