Chapter Twenty-Three: The Iron King's Roar

(The first update arrives.,Sorry I didn't have time all day.,The second update is stepping up the code.,It will be updated in about two and a half hours.) )

The door of the study room of the War Department was always closed, the table full of official documents was spread out on the table, there was not even a light in the room, and the darkness occupied the highest military position of the empire like the master, I don't know if it was the reason for the sky, or the emotions of this Shangshu lord, in a trance, he sat on the chair, his face was always almost iron blue.

"What's wrong with our Tie Shangshu?"

"Who knows, I'm angry all afternoon!"

"Could it be that some revolutionary party is rebelling again?"

“”

Outside the gate, a large group of clerks, clerks, pen posts, senators crowded into a pile, are anxiously waiting for the door to be reopened, a whole afternoon, the door of Lord Shangshu has not been opened, I heard that just now, there are two reports on emergency military affairs of the pen post style recklessly broke in, but without exception was reprimanded by Tie Liang, the official document in his hand was thrown on his face, and the two had to leave in a hurry. Today, Lord Shangshu's attitude is clear and unambiguous: no one is seen!

Seeing that these two colleagues had hit a wall one after another, and with the lessons of the past, a group of people were naturally very knowledgeable, and no one dared to go in to provoke this iron lion who was angry, but none of the documents in their hands were not confidential military newspapers related to the defense of the empire, and they were all eagerly waiting for the Minister of War to make a final decision, and in this contradictory and anxious mood, there was an atmosphere of complaint outside Shangshu's office.

These low-level officials of the War Department naturally had no way of knowing the intelligence and news that had happened at the highest level of the Empire, in stark contrast to the outside was the deathly silence in the room, Tie Liang sat in his seat, and did not say a word, the only thing he could hear was the heavy panting sound that he tried his best to suppress, three hours ago, when the news of the reorganization of the Military Advisory Office reached his ears, the first reaction of the War Minister who had always been hot-tempered was shock, and in addition to this, there was a deep sense of humiliation, and after a little thought, he was furious, Ruthlessly sprinkled his anger on those two unlucky people who didn't open their eyes.

When it comes to such a major issue as the change of military institutions, the regent who is high up in the sky actually excludes the number one person in the army, and what is even more embarrassing is that this military advisory office is to be separated from his War Department, which is equivalent to the news of cutting meat on the War Department, until Zaifeng informed him in the official way of the edict, Tie Liang woke up like a dream, and like everyone else, he was the last to know.

Tie Liang was full of hostility and a sense of potential threat to this nascent military advisory office, in his opinion, Yuan Shikai was deposed, the command of the Beiyang Army was transferred to the War Department, and Zaifeng did not need or need to set up a new military staff department, the only explanation for this arrangement was that he and the War Department behind him did not make the regent feel at ease.

And after that, another piece of news, like a premeditated serial bomb, once again ignited the irrepressible anger in the iron conscience, in addition to the Military Advisory Office, there is also the Navy Department also subordinate to the War Department will also be independent, and coincidentally the former is exactly the same, this notice is issued to Tie Liang in the form of a formal official document, which means that this is an order and not a discussion that leaves room for turnover, in other words, this is already the final resolution, and this dramatic arrangement once again clearly declares a truth, You, Secretary of the War Department, have been kicked out of decision-making.

A succession of bad news followed, which made the hot-tempered and upright Minister of War almost lose his mind, however, when the anger was extinguished little by little in this quiet room, Murcha Tieliang suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness, everything he did was given by the man who sat on the throne of power, so since it was a gift, it meant that all this would never belong to him, and his path to promotion could be called one step at a time, from an ordinary soldier to Ronglu's staff, and then to the deputy minister of training of the Beiyang Army, when he ascended to the throne of the Ministry of War as he wished, and his lifelong enemy Yuan Shikai was deposed and returned to his hometown, he thought that the Beiyang Army was finally his, and no one fought with him anymore, however, he overestimated himself a little, since he was positioned as a chess piece, even if the chess piece was made of gold, after all, it was still difficult to escape the fate of being abandoned or simply eaten one day, Zaifeng could not bear a minister of war whose power was above him, especially in military power.

Tie Liang's eyes were almost dull, he didn't taste the sweetness after the bitterness, but the suffocating bitterness, whether it was Yuan Shikai or himself, after all, it can't be said that he has no real ability, but this is exactly what every person who holds the supreme authority wants, loyalty is more important than anything else, as for the illusory military talent, there will always be a better person to replace it.

"Bell"

There was a heavy knock in the room, especially loud in the silence of the room, and Tie Liang had no mind to deal with the chattering officials outside, but when the screeching of the door opened and the accompanying footsteps reached his ears, he couldn't help but cheer up.

Tie Liang raised his head with difficulty, he was no stranger to the person in front of him, Ha Hanzhang, the deputy envoy of the Military Command Department, walked in front of him with a stack of thick documents in his hand, seeing that there was something to decide for himself.

"Tie Shangshu, the urgent official document of the Military Orders Department has been detained here for a long time, and I also ask Lord Shangshu to make a decision as soon as possible, so as not to delay the military situation." Ha Hanzhang said respectfully to his boss.

Tie Liang waved his hand, trying not to leak the anger just now in front of his subordinates, and replied with a somewhat sluggish breath: "The headquarters is unwell today, put down the official documents, and the headquarters will look at it later." ”

"That's good, Tie Shangshu." Ha Hanzhang put the official document in his hand on Tie Liang's table with an expressionless face, turned around and was about to leave, he didn't even say a word of comfort to this boss, and his attitude was unreasonably cold.

"Oh, by the way, Tie Shangshu." Ha Hanzhang suddenly stopped, turned around again, stretched out his hand and pulled out a stack of official documents, and placed it in front of Tie Liang with some solemnity.

"This official document is particularly important, Lord Shangshu should take a look at it now, this is the personnel dispatch list of the Military Advisory Office, and many departments of the War Department will transfer some manpower."

Ha Hanzhang read slowly, his eyes staring straight at the contents of the official paper, he didn't notice that Tie Liang wasn't looking at the paper at all, and he didn't even notice that Tie Liang's eyes suddenly widened and his face turned purple and blue a little when he heard a few words from the Military Advisory Office.

"Ha Junsi!" Interrupting Ha Hanzhang rudely, Tie Liang's words were no longer as polite as just now, and he stood up and straightened his neck.

"The head office said that I was unwell today! We'll talk about it another day! Tie Liang glanced contemptuously at the deputy envoy of the Military Command Department in front of him, who did not know the height of the sky, and said almost every word deliberately tough.

"This is what the regent meant, and I hope that Tie Shangshu will be convenient." When these words reached his ears, Ha Hanzhang seemed to ignore them, and then said unrelentingly.

"Regent? Hum! The moment he heard this, Tie Liang's fists clenched, his eyes were like a raging lion, staring at Ha Hanzhang viciously, if it wasn't for the fact that the other party was a director of the War Department, he really wanted him to poke this piece of waste paper and throw it on the latter's face.

"You, a small deputy envoy of the War Department, have the right to dare to drink the headquarters like this?"

In this regard, Ha Hanzhang looked calm, and in the former's lion-like roar, he sneered lightly, he slowly picked up the personnel dispatch paper, pointed to the line of words on it and said: "I think Lord Shangshu must not have taken a good look just now, this envoy was transferred from the War Department by order of the regent, and served as the deputy envoy of the Military Advisory Office and the general staff officer of the Praetorian Guard. ”

Ha Hanzhang quietly stacked the paper on top of the stack of papers, and turned to leave.

"The anger hurts the body, since Tie Shangshu is unwell, he can recuperate with peace of mind, the official duties of the War Department are heavy, Lord Tie should not forget the order of the regent."

"Bang", the door was slammed shut, the room returned to silence, darkness shrouded the whole room, the scene that happened here just now, as if in this unceremonious way to herald an eternal truth, the end of the eliminator, only the curtain call.

Ha Hanzhang, who walked out of the door of the Shang study, breathed a long sigh of relief, and gently wiped the cold sweat on his head, at first he was still a little worried, what is the temper of this iron lion Shangshu, no one in the entire War Department does not know, if it is not for his classmate and colleague who prepared the script in advance, he just needs to follow the script step by step, then in addition, he really has no courage to say anything.

"Liangbi, Liangbi, you are really going to give Lao Ha a problem."

A relieved smile appeared on Ha Hanzhang's face, no matter what, the final result was satisfactory, he turned his head, looked at the door that had been closed, and exhaled softly again.

After that, he turned his head and did not return to the office of the Military Orders Department located on the south side, but turned a corner and went straight to the office of the envoy of the Military Academy Division.