"Oops! It was really torturous for me to have King Lao Zhongtang come to greet him in person. When Ren Chao got off the train and saw Wang Wenshao, he hurriedly surrendered his hand and confessed.

"Ren Zhongtang is too polite, this time General Ren was ordered to lead his division to go abroad, break the Tsarist Russia in Jilin, and raise my heavenly prestige overseas, so that those Western barbarians no longer dare to underestimate my China, it is really happy! In addition to hearing the good news, the old man was also enthusiastic, and he originally wanted to go to Guanwai to personally welcome the triumphant return of the general, but my old bones were really useless, so I didn't make the trip, and I was really ashamed. Wang Wenshao hurriedly said. Before Ren Chao's expedition, Emperor Guangxu had decreed that Ren Chao should be named the general of the expedition, so Wang Wenshao would call Ren Chao a general.

The great general is a military attache title often set up by various dynasties in ancient China, and most of them are senior military commanders or even the highest military commanders. In ancient times, the actual functions and powers of the great generals changed greatly, and it was common to see the habit of being called "such and such a general" in various periods of history. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was usually no post of general, but in the war, the emperor sent a general to lead the army, or added a title to the general, such as the Qing Dynasty, Prince Su Haoge was the general of Jingyuan, and Prince Hui Mianyu was the general who was ordered to fight, and the power was great, and it was abolished after the war.

"Lord Zhongtang is polite, I am loyal to the country, and it is the duty of our soldiers to protect the family and defend the country, I am just doing my duty, how dare I take credit!" Ren Chao hurriedly said modestly.

"The general is too modest." Wang Wenshao said with a smile. The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and then returned to the governor's yamen together.

Ren Chao did not ride a horse this time, let alone sit in a sedan chair, but boarded a black car. This is the newest car from the Germans. Ren Chao originally wanted to invite Wang Wenshao to ride in the car together, but Wang Wenshao didn't know if he dared to sit there! Still really not used to it. He resigned on the grounds of old age and illness, and insisted on making his own sedan chair.

The sedan chair is a unique means of transportation in ancient China. There are many or few people who carry the sedan chair, generally two to eight people, and the people mostly carry the sedan chair for two people, and the sedan chair that the official rides is divided into four people and eight people. For example, the Qing Dynasty stipulated that all Beijing officials with more than three grades should take "four people to carry" in the capital and "eight people to carry" out of the capital; The governor of other provinces took the "eight people to carry", and the subordinates of the superintendent took the "four people to carry"; The minister of the third rank or above. Take the "eight-person carry" and so on. As for the sedan chairs ridden by royal relatives, there are as many as 10 or even more than 30 people carrying them. The most outrageous is Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who has to take a 64-person sedan chair to travel, and the pomp is shocking when you think about it.

Wang Wenshao insisted on making a sedan chair, and Ren Chao couldn't say anything, so he had to watch Wang Wenshao get into his eight-lift sedan chair, and Ren Chao got into the car. Out of respect for this old minister, Ren Chao originally let Wang Wenshao go first, but Wang Wenshao insisted on refusing. Ren Chao had no choice but to take a car and walk in front. But I didn't dare to drive too fast, because I was afraid that the sedan chair behind me would not be able to keep up. Walking slowly towards the governor's yamen, Ren Chao glanced back at the eight-lift sedan chair, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. "Why, it looks like I've come to make the way for this old man."

Walking on the streets of Tianjin, Ren Chao was warmly welcomed by the people in the city, which was naturally specially arranged by Wang Wenshao. Ren Chao didn't care about this, looking at the crowd on the street. I was secretly happy in my heart, after all, it was not a bad thing to be supported and loved by the people.

"I heard that Wang Zhongtang has been busy preparing for the railway academy recently?" After Ren Chao and his entourage returned to the governor's yamen. Let's go to the living room to drink tea and chat.

"It is precisely that now the country is vigorously building railways, but our country is in short supply of railway talents, so the old decay has this idea, to build a railway school, for my Qing Dynasty to cultivate some useful talents, but also live up to the emperor's grace." Wang Wenshao hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand and said with a stern face.

"What Lord Zhongtang said is that at present, our country is in short supply of all kinds of talents, and in order to enrich the country and strengthen the people, we should set up more such schools to cultivate more talents for the country." Ren Chao nodded and said.

"What the general said is extremely true, the old man must follow the instructions of the general to set up more such schools and cultivate more talents for the country." Wang Wenshao hurriedly said.

"Hmmm! For the revival of our empire, education is the most important thing. As the governor of Naoli and the minister of Beiyang, Lord Zhongtang should be an example for the whole country. Ren Chao said politely.

"Please rest assured that the old man will do his best to serve the country." Wang Wenshao said with a stern face.

"In addition to education, the construction of railways is also a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, and the two railways of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway and the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway should also be built as soon as possible. Tangshan, Xuanhua, Handan's iron works, Kaiping, Jingcheng's coal mines, and Renqiu's oil fields must be intensified, and these all depend on Wang Zhongtang's trouble. Ren Chao said with a smile.

"This is all the duty of the old man, although the old man is incompetent, he is willing to die for the country." Wang Wenshao hurriedly said.

"Lord Zhongtang is too modest, Wang Zhongtang is the pillar of the country, and Wang Zhongtang is directly under the command, and the emperor can be worry-free." Ren Chao said with a smile.

"It is the duty of the ministers to share their worries for the emperor, and it is a great honor for the ministers to share their worries for the emperor." Wang Wenshao said respectfully.

The two chatted for a while, and Ren Chao found that although Wang Wenshao was old, he was still open-minded, and he was a hundred times stronger than those diehards in the imperial court. And more importantly, this Wang Wenshao is a loyal minister, although he is not loyal to him Ren Chao, but he is loyal to the Qing Dynasty. Anyway, Ren Chao has no intention of replacing the Qing Dynasty at present, and temporarily handing over his direct subordinate to this Wang Wenshao, Ren Chao can rest assured.

Ren Chao didn't stay in Tianjin for long, and took the train back to Beijing the next day. At the Beijing Railway Station, as long as all the civil and military officials came to greet Ren Chao in the capital, they were welcomed by the people of Beijing as soon as they entered the city. Ren Chao broke Tsarist Russia in the Northeast, which can be said to be arrogant, and after that, Huaxia no longer has to look at the faces of those foreigners, and no longer has to be arbitrarily bullied by those foreigners. In addition, Ren Chao's continuous introduction of new policies is beneficial to the country and the people. These have made these Chinese children see the hope of national rejuvenation and national prosperity, so Ren Chao's prestige in China has reached a new height at this time.

After Ren Chao returned to Beijing, the first thing he did was naturally to enter the palace to meet Emperor Guangxu, although this emperor was already a little unworthy of his name, but Ren Chao still had to give him some face, after all, Ren Chao still hoped to carry this banner and unify the whole country as much as possible. (To be continued......)

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