Something unexpected happened to Wang Zhenyu, and Yuan Shikai seemed to attach some importance to Cai Ye and himself as a local powerful leader who was sent to Beijing. didn't take advantage of the female body and didn't care about it like some gay men in later generations.

The interview lasted for an hour, while the original Jihua should have lasted only fifteen minutes, and it was the day after he arrived in Beijing.

Yuan Shikai was very surprised by Wang Zhenyu's youth, was it such a young man in his early twenties who defeated Lu Rongting in Guangxi? This is really a talent with talents. But can such a person be of his own use?

"You are Wang Wenzheng who defeated Lao Lu in Guangxi?" Although Yuan Shikai's tone was gentle, he still couldn't hide the trace of condescending domineering and dissatisfaction in his tone.

In the face of such a Wang Ba's anger, Wang Zhenyu naturally bowed down with a sincere face and said: "The humble position is Wang Zhenyu." ”

Wang Zhenyu avoided the topic of Guangxi, and Yuan Shikai really didn't know much about what happened in Guangxi, but even if Lu Rongting was standing in the audience, Lao Yuan would not put it in his eyes, so he still believed in Wang Zhenyu's sincerity and fear.

He took a closer look at Wang Zhenyu's expression, and there was indeed no fakeness, it seemed that he should be no different from his straightforward uncle, but he just caught a good creation. This preconceived view helped Wang Zhenyu, but at the same time, it also harmed Lao Yuan himself.

But at this time, Lao Yuan didn't feel that he was preconceived, he was full of thoughts about training Wang Zhenyu and Cai Yi, these rising stars, although these two people had already entered the palm of his hand: "Wang Wenzheng, the old man has something to ask, you need to answer truthfully!" ”

Wang Zhenyu immediately bowed down again and said: "The president is the co-lord of all the peoples, and if there is any question, he will be truthfully repaid." ”

Yuan Shikai seemed to be very satisfied and nodded: "Is Zhao Hengti, the commander of the first division of the Hunan Army of the Chaotic Party, in your place?" ”

Wang Zhenyu lowered his head and heard the name of this sworn brother, and immediately passed a few times in his mind, he knew that Lao Yuan was testing himself, but fortunately, he had already prepared.

I saw Wang Zhenyu raise his head and said with surprise on his face: "Humble duty is guilty, humble duty is guilty, Brother Zhao is indeed in a humble position, and he also misbelieved the rumors before he went astray." Although he hated Sun Wen for the party, Zhao Hengti was the eldest brother of the lowly position, if the lowly position turned him away for his own little power, then the lowly position is still a person? The great president Shengming, who did not dare to hide his humble position today, only wanted to atone for his sins on behalf of his brother and appease the wrath of the president. ”

After speaking, Wang Zhenyu made a move that made Cai Ye very surprised and slightly contemptuous, and actually landed on his knees, kowtowed and apologized. He knew that Wang Zhenyu was scolding angrily in his heart at the moment: "Yuan bald, your grandfather Wang kowtows for fear that you can't afford it." ”

Yuan Shikai was also stunned, this seems to be the Republic of China, Wang Zhenyu's actions don't seem to be in line with the rules, but doesn't this just show that this person is from the grassroots and has no ambitions?

Lao Yuan, who was very satisfied with Wang Zhenyu's attitude, immediately got up, stepped forward to help Wang Zhenyu and said: "Wenzheng, now it's the Republic of China, and it's not like the Qing Dynasty, for the sake of you, you are also talking about brotherhood, and Zhao Hengti's evil deeds are not good, I will not investigate this matter, and I will issue a warrant to pardon your righteous brother later." ”

Wang Zhenyu hurriedly said: "Thank you for President Longen." ”

Yuan Shikai glanced at Wang Zhenyu again, and suddenly changed his words and asked: "Wang Zhenyu, there is another matter, you want to protect Liu Guxiang and these rebellious party elements?" ”

Wang Zhenyu replied: "President, students don't know who reversed black and white in front of the president, distorted right and wrong, Liu Guxiang did participate in the chaos of the party, but when Sun Yi and others made a rebellion, he did not respond as the commander of the Fifth Army in Guangxi. Later, it also triggered two mutinies by the rebels, and his wife and daughter-in-law were killed at the hands of the rebels. How can such a person be in the hands of a chaotic party, this matter can withstand the investigation sent by you, the president. If there is half a lie, it will be at the disposal of the president. ”

Yuan Shikai seemed surprised: "There is such a thing, then what's going on between you and Lu Rongting?" weishenme your army zuihou marched into Nanning? ”

Wang Zhenyu replied: "President, I really want to say that this is a big misunderstanding, but when I say this, except for you, the president, everyone here will definitely not believe it." But the facts are indeed misunderstandings, but it was not that I misunderstood, it was Lu Dudu who misunderstood, he thought I was here to grab the land, so he took the initiative to beat me. You may not know that the border between Hunan and Guizhou is full of mountains, and after my men and horses drove over at the request of Liu Guxiang to suppress the rebellious party, they naturally had to defend themselves in the face of Lu Dudu's attack. Originally, this problem was not a big problem, but I didn't think that Lu Dudu's men and horses were actually more powerful than the Guizhou bandits I eliminated in Jingzhou, and when I received a quick horse report from the front, his army was wiped out. The generals under my command were eager to seek merit, so they took advantage of the situation to occupy Nanning, the president, I will not hide it from you, just relying on such a poor place in Xiangxi to raise my more than 20,000 troops, it is true that I can't support it, so I also have the idea of expanding the territory and increasing the income to raise troops. But now I am on a mission under you, and you have an edict, and I will immediately give up the territory of Guangxi. Military spending or something, I'll figure it out again? ”

"Okay, that's a good point, if all the generals in Beiyang have the idea of Wenzheng, why should the world be uneasy!" Of course, Yuan Shikai knew that it was impossible for the so-called order to make Wang Zhenyu hand over the territory of Guangxi, at least Xiong Xiling would be the first to object. But he still made an old look of relief and patted Wang Zhenyu on the shoulder. After a little chat, Yuan Shikai also felt that there was nothing to talk about, so he asked Xiong Xiling to announce the appointment of the two and let the two retire.

Cai Yi's appointment fully reflects Lao Yuan's attention to this southwest king of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and the members of the Political Conference, the Senate to participate in politics, the generals of the General's Palace, the clerks of the Army and Navy Command Office, and the supervision of the National Economic and Boundary Bureau, etc., a large number of titles are smashed into Cai Yi's head without money, and he is not afraid that Cai Yi's head is too small to fit. However, in Wang Zhenyu's opinion, none of these titles have real power, especially the supervision of Zuihou's Economic Boundary Bureau, what is that doing?

It turned out later that Lao Yuan was not completely false, at least in Lao Yuan's opinion, Cai Ye was a talent, so he was summoned many times since then to discuss national affairs. And Wang Zhenyu was raised because he gave Lao Yuan the impression that the city government was not deep and the strategy was insufficient, so he ignored it.

This can be seen from the arrangement of his position, Wang Zhenyu actually got an extremely lofty position, a senior adviser to the presidential palace, a general of the general's mansion, a monthly salary of 300 yuan, and then, then, there is no more......

Wang Zhenyu's home was arranged in a courtyard in Ganmian Hutong, about five miles from the presidential palace in Tieshi Hutong, and the previous occupant here was none other than Wang Zhenyu's uncle, Wang Longzhong. In the east, parallel to the dry noodle alley is the famous Lu Micang alley in history, this alley is the place where the official grain is stored in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the place where the Eight Banners receive salaries after the Manchu Qing Dynasty enters the customs. The cart transporting grain runs through the alley in the west, and the flour is scattered when it is blown, and it is everywhere when the wind blows, so people call the alley in the west "dry noodle alley". Wang Longzhong lived in a large courtyard before, the face was not wide, only three people were allowed to pass over, and there was no magnificent stone lion at the door, only one sitting on the stone for people to rest. There is no way, the general's monthly salary is only 120 yuan, which is not a high salary in Beijing, where prices are soaring, plus Wang Longzhong's family of six plus servants, a total of more than a dozen mouths of food and clothing, and the weekday expenses are also tight.

This time, Xiong Xiling came forward and made a replacement, Wang Zhenyu was tossed to Beijing, and Wang Longzhong, who had the false title of Northwest Patrol Envoy, was first appointed as the overseer of Guangxi, and then he was promoted to the Xianggui Patrol Envoy without waiting for him to take office. Wang Longzhong's hard days are over, but when he thinks that his nephew is coming to pay him back, he always can't help it. Therefore, I didn't rush to leave, waiting for Wang Zhenyu to arrive in Beijing and meet before going.

Wang Zhenyu didn't feel that there was anything to be sorry or unhappy, he and Wang Longzhong talked secretly in the study all night, telling his uncle that when he arrived in Anjiang, he should find whoever he wanted, and then go to Nanning to sit down. Although Wang Longzhong is not a human being, there are too many lessons in the past two years, and he immediately understands what role he should play, just be a puppet for his nephew to take care of the house.

Wang Zhenyu is not afraid that Wang Longzhong can give birth to any other thoughts in his own land, first, Wang Longzhong is not a person with too many ambitions, and second, no one on his own territory can come forward to collect Liliang from all walks of life in the military, politics and economy.

"Uncle, you believe your nephew once, Lao Yuan's control over Beiyang has begun to decline, and the future world will definitely not be Beiyang. Therefore, when you come to Guangxi, your focus is to cooperate with the Luxembourgers to engage in construction, and the better that industry is carried out, the greater the future of our Wang family in the future. ”

Wang Longzhong thought for a while and said: "Wenzheng, you have changed too much over the years, and my uncle can't understand you more and more, but this time my uncle believes in you and will do what you want." ”

The next day, Wang Longzhong went to Hunan with his family to take office, and Wang Zhenyu officially took over the right to use the large courtyard house in Ganmian Hutong.

The so-called presidential adviser is an adviser, hired to ask, hired but not asked, so Wang Zhenyu does not have the problem of getting up early or clocking in at work. Even if he slept until three o'clock in the morning, no one would care about him.

But as a traverser, Wang Zhenyu is not destined to be a safe person.

There was a knock on the door of the study. Wang Zhenyu was reading the history of the Ming Dynasty hard, and when he heard a knock on the door, he raised his head and said, "Come in." ”

It was Wang Chenhao who pushed the door in, and he said with a relaxed face, "Dashuai, the person you want to see is here, and no one has noticed." ”

Wang Zhenyu glanced at Wang Chenhao and said, "Well, I know, please come in......"