Chapter 38 Yuan's Family Banquet

When Wang Maoru made a fortune in the United States, it was precisely because of the assassination of the Song Dynasty that there was a second time in the south, and there was also a student movement in Beijing, and even the students of the Baoding Army University made a disturbance and went on strike, and Yuan Shikai ordered the rectification of the style of study. Some of the students were arrested, and the students of the Baoding Army University who participated in the disturbance were immediately expelled, which shocked the ambassadors of various countries, and the relationship between the Beijing government and the Western ambassadors was very tense. Wang Maoru used the excuse of holding a birthday banquet for the wife of the Russian ambassador to renew relations between Beiyang government officials and ambassadors of various countries, which not only quelled this diplomatic accusation, but also brought the eldest prince Yuan Keding closer to foreigners. Even because of this incident, Yuan Shikai became more and more appreciative of Wang Maoru.

Lu Jianzhang sent his secretary to find Wang Maoru, explaining that the president wanted to see you, Wang Maoru nodded lightly and said that he knew. After the others left, Zhao Jiacheng said: "Xiusheng, don't you want to see him?" Wang Mao said confidently: "Why don't I want to see him, it's just that this invitation is almost late, he should have seen me two years ago, but he just sent me to the Ministry of Education casually, and really regarded me as a literati." Zhao Jiacheng said: "I see, then what are you going to do with him when you go to Xiusheng?" Wang Maoru smiled: "The words are not shocking and endless"

In Yingtai, where Emperor Guangxu was originally imprisoned, Yuan Shikai met Wang Maoru for the first time, but it was Yuan Shikai who held a family banquet. Because Yuan Keding recommended Wang Maoru, others also recommended Wang Maoru as a university scholar, the author of "The Rise of a Great Power", Gu Weijun, who is the senior secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was also quite appreciated by Yuan Shikai, because Gu Weijun recommended on the side that Wang Maoru's analysis of international relations and international affairs was unmatched in China. Wang Maoru followed Yuan Keding to eat wine at the table of the juniors, and when the banquet was dispersed, someone sent a message to Wang Maoru and asked him to come over, so he went to the internal affairs with Yuan Keding. As soon as he entered the house, he was startled, there were more than ten people in the house, and when he looked at it, what thirteen Taibao and so on were here, Yuan Shikai was direct and said, "Mr. Xiusheng? You're finally willing to come to me. It seems that Wang Mao is arrogant.

Wang Maoru smiled and saluted a junior salute, which is the youngest in his age, and Yuan Shikai also held a family banquet, and it is appropriate to salute a junior, and said: "How dare the juniors, how dare the juniors." ”

"You are so bold, I gave you the Ministry of Education's funding audit department for scientific research, but you went to the United States to make a fortune." Yuan Shikai said.

Wang Maoru said: "Haha, you can't get rich, but you have achieved a little, compared to the God of Wealth, the younger generation is a little yellow croaker who sees a whale in the sea." ”

Liang Shiyi smiled, and Yang Du said: "Little fox, you can really talk." ”

"The countryman is unparalleled, and the predecessors of Yang Huizi have praised it falsely, and they have praised it falsely." Wang Maoru saluted Yang Du and saluted.

Yuan Shikai said: "I heard Keding and Gu Weijun say that you are familiar with the international situation and the secrets of European countries? Tell me about this European shape and what you think about Europe and the United States. ”

Wang Maoru immediately shouted: "Your Excellency, the lower officials assert that Europe will definitely go to war, and Europe will definitely go to war."

"Ridiculous, ridiculous," exclaimed the fat Cao Kun on the side, "what do you know?" There will be a war in Europe, a hundred years of peace in Europe, how can there be a war? ”

The rest of the people were busy asking why he said this, and Yuan Shikai was also very curious and asked, "Xiusheng, don't be alarmist." ”

Wang Maoru hurriedly apologized and said: "The lower officials are not alarmist, and now European countries are actively preparing for war and increasing imports, just to prepare for war. As you know, there are seven great powers in Europe: Great Britain, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy, and Spain. Among them, Germany and Austria-Hungary shared the same race and language, and the emperors of the two countries were cousins, forming the Central Powers. Great Britain, France, and Russia formed the Entente in order to contain them. The two blocs were in constant conflict, with Britain, France, and Russia being the first to divide the world's wealth, while Germany, Austria-Hungary, was the new and so fast that it frightened the other old empires. The two blocs are constantly clashing and frictional, and Europe is now a powder keg, just a spark away from detonating. And once it detonates, the European civil war, we China will have a good opportunity for development. ”

Secretary Yang Du retorted: "What nonsense, what does the European Civil War have to do with us? ”

Wang Maoru asked rhetorically: "May I ask my seniors, what did this European civil war fight?" ”

"Naturally, it's the army." Someone answered.

Wang Maoru said with a smile: "Half of the answer is right, in addition to the army, it is still resources, logistics, including guns, food, and steel." If we seize the opportunity to dump our national products in Europe, won't the country become rich and the people strong just around the corner? ”

Yang Du said with a smile: "Speaking of which, it still involves you businessmen, Xiusheng, you don't forget to make money all the time." The others also laughed, knowing that he had recently opened a cannery, and because of the relationship between the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the 1st and 3rd Divisions of the Beiyang Army stationed in Zhili, as well as the newly formed 7th Division of the Beiyang Army, had placed orders. If the canneries are built, the annual orders from the army alone will generate hundreds of thousands of oceans.

Wang Maoru smiled and said, "Haven't you ever thought about making money? What water bottles, military quilts, military boots, armed belts, bullets, guns, cans, iron cups, forks and spoons, once the Europeans fight, maybe there will be no shortage for a year or two, but once the war lasts for more than two years, these things will be in short supply, and your opportunity to make a fortune will come. ”

Yang Du smiled again: "You have robbed Liang Caishen of his job." ”

Wang Mao Ruxin said, "Aren't you provoking Liang Shi to criticize me?" It seems that you are not the secretary general of Yang Da, and your heart is very bad, so he laughed and said: "How can the younger generation compare with Liang Lao, he thinks about the wealth of a country, and what I think about is just the wealth of a family, I am much more relaxed, haha." ”

Liang Shiyi's face changed for the better, and Yuan Shikai nodded and said, "Yes, you also have the ability to make everyone money." Just because of Yuan Shikai's words, the Northern Business Federation asked him to be the president, but Wang Maoru shirked and refused to take responsibility. However, if there is any dispute in the business world, others go to Wang Maoru, who is fair and coordinated, and has a good reputation.

The six gentlemen and the thirteen Taibao are all vigorously advocating the imperial system, and some people say that the eldest prince wants to inherit the throne, and he must not have military power.

Before Yuan Shikai became the president, he let his children serve as officials, but after becoming president, in order to avoid suspicion, he did not allow the Yuan family to come out to be officials. However, at the time of the Beijing Mutiny, Yuan Shikai found that his subordinates were full of factions, and he had gradually lost control of the army.

As a result, Yuan Shikai began to rebuild his army after taking power, and at this time, Jiang Fangzhen, the principal of the Baoding Army School, proposed to train a "model regiment" to reorganize the army, and Yuan Shikai adopted this opinion. The so-called "model regiment" means that officers at all levels are selected from each division to serve as officers and soldiers, organized into regiments, and sent to each division to serve as officers after half a year of training, so as to transform and optimize the officer structure in the army.

At the beginning, Yuan Shikai planned to let Cai Yi, who came to Beijing from Yunnan, be the head of the model regiment, but this proposal was opposed by the Beiyang generals. After Yuan Keding heard about this, he also wanted to learn from Yuan Shikai's experience of training troops at the small station, so he proposed to the old man that he should be the head of the model regiment. Yuan Shikai began to feel inappropriate, and Yuan Keding said that when he was in Germany, he found that the German imperial family could only hold military positions in the country and was not allowed to interfere in internal affairs, which was a good method worth emulating.

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