Yang Deming was sent to the 17th Brigade as a brigade commander, which is quite unexpected for many people, looking at the many brigade commanders above the level of the Feng Army, almost all of them have been promoted step by step, from battalion commander to regiment commander, and then from regiment commander to brigade commander, brigade commander to mixed brigade commander or division commander, step by step.

As for Yang Deming, although he served as a battalion management band before studying in Germany, after returning to China, he entered the Operations Department of the General Staff and served as the chief of the Operations Division for a long time.

This situation is still relatively special in the Feng army, even if it is other students studying in Germany or studying in Japan, this situation will not appear, and now there are still more students in the Feng army who are studying in Japan and Germany, and most of these people will serve as staff officers and other positions when they just return to China, and then they will fall to the field army as battalion commanders or regiment commanders.

Yang Deming's situation is rather special, when he was serving in the combat department, he was promoted to major general, and was directly released to the field unit with the rank of major general.

After Yang Deming was sent to the 17th Brigade as the brigade commander, the vacancy of the chief of the operations department was also vacant, and according to Zhao Dongyun's ideas, this position was quite important, and the importance was even no less than that of the commander of the main division, and this position was very demanding for Su zhì, so after careful selection, he appointed the former chief of staff of the First Army, Major General Shi Yanglin, as the director of the operations department.

Shi Yanglin, like many senior generals in Beiyang, was born in Tianjin, and was also the first batch of people sent by Yuan Shikai to study in Germany, although he was not admitted to the Berlin Military Academy, but he also studied in Germany for two years before returning to China, first served as the chief of the first section of the combat department, and entered the advanced training class on the job, during which he was transferred to the chief of staff of the third division, and this year he was promoted to the rank of major general and replaced Yang Shande as the chief of staff of the First Army, and Yang Shande returned to the Ministry of Education as the chief of staff. This Shi Yanglin has the experience of studying in Germany and is also a further study student, so he can be regarded as a senior staff officer with rich experience in the army.

Especially when he was the chief of staff of the First Army, he cooperated well with Meng Enyuan, and made a lot of suggestions for the capture of the Beijing Division.

After Shi Yanglin learned the news, he took the train back to Beijing from the Shijiazhuang front line on the same day, and met Zhao Dongyun as soon as he arrived in Beijing.

"I know your ability, and I believe you can handle the work of the War Department well!" Zhao Dongyun didn't give Shi Yanglin anything like that, but showed kindness and encouragement.

"Nowadays, the work of the war department is still relatively heavy, and the war in Shandong and Shijiazhuang needs to be planned by the war department, especially the war in Shandong is more urgent now, you still have to pay more attention to it!" Zhao Dongyun continued.

And Shi Yanglin said respectfully: "The president can rest assured, the ministry will definitely do its best to help the southbound troops recover Shandong and other southern provinces as soon as possible!" ”

Zhao Dongyun nodded: "Well, it's good to have this determination, you are also a busy man, I won't delay your time, go back!" ”

Shi Yanglin immediately dismissed him, and after leaving Zhao Dongyun's office, he exhaled heavily, although the time he had met Zhao Dongyun just now was only half an hour, he didn't say anything else except for the beginning greetings and a simple debriefing.

Although Zhao Dongyun also maintained a friendly look during this process, Shi Yanglin could still feel the huge pressure, so that when he met Zhao Dongyun, he didn't dare to gasp and speak loudly.

Although Zhao Dongyun's age is a few years younger than his Shi Yanglin, no one, including Shi Yanglin, dares to underestimate this Zhao Dongyun, it is this young man who has raised an army of more than 100,000 people in just a few years, and hundreds of thousands of Soviet cultural relics officials and interest classes surround him.

In just one year, the two bigwigs of Beiyang, Feng Guozhang and Wang Yingkai, were defeated by Zhao Dongyun and went into the wilderness, and Zhao Dongyun also stepped up to the peak of power step by step and became the president of the republic, and his position as president was killed all the way, and it was paved with tens of thousands of bones.

This can be seen from the attitude of other people in Fengjun towards him in recent years, a few years ago, Meng Enyuan and Chen Guangyuan could occasionally shout 'Brother Ziyang' and make a few jokes, but now the people below, including Meng Enyuan, are respectful and respectful when facing Zhao Dongyun inside, and they dare not go beyond the slightest.

Although Shi Yanglin is also young and handsome in the Feng army, he is also the same in front of Zhao Dongyun!

After leaving Zhao Dongyun's study, Shi Yanglin looked up and saw Li San, who was wearing Western-style clothes and shaved his head, how could he still think that he was a turtle elite studying abroad, but those who knew him knew that although this person was in a high position, he was only born in Zhao Dongyun's personal soldier Ma Ben, at best, he could only be a beginner in Wenmo, but no one dared to underestimate him like this Li San.

This Li San is in the position of the director of the Secretariat, and he has almost followed Zhao Dongyun's side for many years, and he has trusted Cheng Dù, and even Lin Yongquan and Zhao Dongping have to bow down, and most of the other important members of the Soviet Department will shout Director Li when they see him on weekdays.

Of course, more people will despise him in their hearts!

In addition to Yang Debiao's slightly inferior education, the secretaries of this secretariat are either talents who have returned from studying abroad or those Jinshiju people who have experience in foreign affairs in the former Qing Dynasty, but Li San, who is new to literature and ink, has become the director, and many people speculate that Li San is estimated to not even be able to read official documents!

But no one would say it to offend Li San for no reason, so Shi Yanglin smiled when he saw Li San: "Brother Baoke, you and I haven't gotten together for a while, what's the matter, let's have a drink together tonight?" ”

Li San smiled: "If it were another time, I would definitely go to congratulate Director Shi on his promotion, but tonight is unfortunate, I have to pick up the president's wife and her party in the afternoon, and tonight I have to settle those who came from Shenyang, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave!" ”

Although Li San is very sufficient, Shi Yanglin is not a stupid person, this Li San postponed him to understand, this Li San is really not easy to talk to as others say, I am afraid it is not easy to invite him to a meal.

He didn't know that Li San also had his own concerns, he followed Zhao Dongyun all the year round, it can be said that his identity is extremely special, so if he has close contacts with the cultural relics officials outside, it is estimated that he will be the head of the department, so he has always been extremely cautious about human relations, except for a very few, such as Zhao Dongping and Zhao Dongzhi, the children of the Zhao family, the rest of the military and political leaders he will never meet in private.

Shi Yanglin didn't force it, and immediately said: "Then there will be a chance to drink together again in the future!" ”

Then he walked out of the presidential palace quickly, and then went to the general staff, where there was still a lot of work waiting for him, after the Second Army marched into Shandong, and Duan Qirui, Zhang Huaizhi's troops had a firefight, Xu Bangjie called to say that the front-line troops lacked ammunition and troops, and tried to reinforce the troops. And to send that force to reinforce Shandong? How to fill the original defense vacancies after the reinforcements are transferred, whether the logistics on the Shandong side can be supported after the reinforcements are increased, and how to send ammunition to the front line by relying on the canal alone, these things need to be handled by the Operations Department as the main thing and together with other departments of the General Headquarters.

After Shi Yanglin, who was busy with work, left, Li San walked to Zhao Dongyun's office door and knocked on the door, and after Zhao Dongyun came in, he pushed the door and entered.

"President, Chairman Zhao of Fuchang is already waiting!" Li Sandao.

Zhao Dongyun glanced at Wen Jiàn on the table and said, "Lead him in twenty minutes!" ”

After Li San went out, Zhao Dongyun picked up the pen and commented on the thick stack of documents on the table, these official documents are varied, there are military briefings sent by the General Staff, there are also this month's financial budget sent by the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Education sent an application report requesting the establishment of five government-run normal schools in Zhili, and said that the preliminary funds of 200,000 yuan are needed, and the Ministry of Communications has also sent a report requesting the continuation of the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, and attached a funding application. It is requested that 1 million won be paid to the arrears since last winter and 1.5 million won this year.

The ordinary official documents sent by these departments will not be sent directly to Zhao Dongyun's desk, but are generally sent to the secretariat, and then the secretary in the secretariat will draw up opinions according to the content of these official documents, and then these reports will be sent to Zhao Dongyun's desk along with the secretariat's opinions.

Of course, if it is a major matter, it is generally sent directly to Zhao Dongyun by the person in charge of each department, and then Zhao Dongyun personally approves it.

And those things that need to be resolved by meetings are generally major events that affect the situation at home and abroad.

After reading the previous reports, Zhao Dongyun directly approved the two words that had been read, and then forwarded them to the secretariat, and then the secretariat sent them back to the ministries for implementation, and the Ministry of Education put forward a report on the preparation of a normal school, and the secretary on duty of the secretariat proposed that the plan could be approved, but the required funds should be raised by the provincial finance and the local government and county finance.

In the face of this kind of report, Zhao Dongyun can see a lot of reports every day, and except for a very few, in fact, most of the secretariats give the same handling opinions, that is, the plan is good, the prospects are good, but the central government has no money, and if you want to do it, you have to borrow funds from the local government or various ministries and institutes themselves.

And Zhao Dongyun is also the same batch of four words: allegedly read! If it is a study of Zhao Dongyun's approval habits, if there are only two words that have been read, then it means that Zhao Dongyun has approved and implemented. But if you allegedly read these four words, I agree in principle, but the central government has no money, so you have to solve it yourself.