Chu Dashuai's days after marriage became busy, because his military expenses were almost raised, and he was preparing to expand the army crazily and desperately expand his power. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

When he first occupied Tianjin, there were only 20,000 or 30,000 troops under his command, and they were only under his control in name. Because of the part of the Zhilu coalition army led by Chu Yupu, some of them were Zhang Zongchang's soldiers, and some were the direct remnants of the army that were incorporated along the way.

Why did Chu Yupu wantonly cronyism, and even the unemployed vagrants who came to his hometown to become big officials? The most important reason is that he wants to install cronies in the army and localities, and firmly control the army and territory.

Don't look at this handsome man who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, he is shrewd.

All disobedient officers were executed by him on charges of being a spy in the Nationalist Army; All bureaucrats who did not obey were shot by him under the hat of propaganda redness. In just over a month, Chu Yupu has really grown from a general under Zhang Zongchang to a marshal with territory and an army.

Chu Yupu is not enough, because of the strong enemies around him, he wants to continue to expand the army, expand the army, and expand the army again!

As for the life and death of the people in the Zhili area, he, the governor of Zhili, doesn't care, he is the king of grass if he has a gun this year.

Most of the silver looted from Tianjin was used by Chu Yupu to buy guns and cannons, and the newly recruited troops couldn't even get together their uniforms.

By the time of the battle with the Northern Expeditionary Army next year, Chu Yupu's troops would already be known as 100,000 troops. As for how many of them are really capable of fighting, only the ghosts know.

On this day, Chu Dashuai, who came back from the barracks, rarely had the leisure to listen to a piece of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". He called Zhou Hexuan and Shen Yaorong to him and asked, "How is the little emperor doing over there?" ”

Shen Yaorong said proudly: "The person I sent has already connected with Concubine Shuxiu Wenxiu, and she is a little moved by the proposal for divorce, but it is still difficult to make up her mind. I believe that as long as we continue to instigate and provoke, we will be able to achieve results in one or two months at the earliest. ”

Concubine Wenxiu's life was hard, after Pu Yi moved into Tianjin Zhangyuan, she lived on the second floor with Wanrong, and threw Wenxiu on the first floor (where the servants lived) and ignored it, and the treatment was similar to that of an ordinary palace maid. And Wenxiu has always opposed Pu Yi's restoration, which makes Pu Yi feel even more disgusted, she even committed suicide with scissors last year, but fortunately was found and rescued.

In this case, as long as someone preaches the idea of equality and freedom to Wenxiu, she can easily lead her to the road of divorce.

Chu Yupu was very satisfied with Master Shen's work progress, and asked Zhou Hexuan again: "What about you?" ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Handsome, didn't the French consul's wife invite me to the salon last time?" Pu Yi and Wanrong were also there at that time. I talked in the salon, trying to attract Wanrong's attention, but I didn't think about it, but I attracted Pu Yi. ”

"Could it be that Pu Yi still likes men?" Chu Yupu laughed.

Zhou Hexuan actually told the truth: "Pu Yi thinks I am quite talented and wants to recruit me. He asked me to stay by Dashuai's side to do internal response, secretly help him with advice, and cooperate with Kang Youwei and other royalists to take the opportunity to start an incident. ”

"He dares!" Chu Yupu was furious when he heard this, slammed the table and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "I am ready to promise him......"

"Bastard!" Shen Yaorong abruptly interrupted Zhou Hexuan's speech, looking like an indignant loyal minister, and shouted, "Dashuai, this surnamed Zhou is not a good person at first glance, let me shoot him!" ”

Chu Yupu raised his hand to silence him, squinted his eyes and asked Zhou Hexuan: "Tell me more details." ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Dashuai, we might as well do it." On the surface, I promised Pu Yi to secretly monitor their every move, so that any of their movements could not escape the eyes of the commander. ”

Chu Yupu was silent for a long time before sneering: "You don't want to be a two-sided spy, do you?" ”

"Hehe, I'm not stupid," Zhou Hexuan calmly responded, "When President Yuan Da wanted to be the emperor, he attracted the opposition of the whole country, and Pu Yi wanted to succeed without soldiers and power?" He thinks too highly of himself. ”

Chu Yupu was relieved and said with a smile: "Just do as you say." ”

Zhou Hexuan said again: "That's right, Dashuai." I met two foreign reporters at the salon, and they thought that my article was well written, so they asked me to write a manuscript, and it was estimated that they would be able to read the newspaper in the next two days. ”

"You don't need to tell me about this kind of thing, go down." Chu Yupu waved his hand and said.

After Zhou Hexuan left, Shen Yaorong offered a slander: "Handsome, this kid has a lot of flowers, beware of being deceived by him." ”

"Lao Tzu is not stupid!" Chu Yupu's eyes widened, and he shouted, "You just do your own thing, and don't chew your tongue." ”

If Zhou Hexuan was present at this moment, he would definitely shout "handsome and wise". As for our Master Shen, he could only retreat gloomily, silently lamenting that his loyal minister was not trusted by the lord.

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Zhou Hexuan's recent life is very happy, and the people of Tianjin are suffering from Chu Dashuai's expropriation and expropriation, but he stays in the concession safely. Even if he sometimes encounters extortion when he enters the city, as long as he shows his identity as the marshal adjutant, whether he is a hooligan or a ruffian in the army, he will not dare to make a mistake at all.

Even the two families of Li Shoumin and the landlord Shan Chengfu were taken care of by Zhou Hexuan, and they were rarely robbed and blackmailed.

Zhou Hexuan felt that this was very good, and he was no longer in a hurry to run away and get out, anyway, now that there is chaos everywhere, it is much safer to stay by Chu Yupu's side. What he needs most now is to continue to increase his fame and make friends with powerful people everywhere. When he felt that there was danger, he could just hide in the house of a foreign consul, even Zhang Zuolin didn't dare to bring troops in to arrest people.

Another weekend, Zhou Hexuan was invited to play polo, and I heard that today he was accompanied by a British consul couple, a French consul and a Pu Yi couple, as well as a garrison commander in the Tianjin Concession.

Early in the morning, a Ford sedan came to the Marshal's Mansion to pick up people, and Li Xuanzhu wanted to follow and get into the car, but was driven down by the French driver, and the two goods could only follow behind the butt of the car and chase wildly.

It's very helpless to say, Chu Dashuai, who is rampant and domineering in Tianjin, doesn't even dare to fart when he encounters a foreigner -- even if this foreigner is just the driver of the consul's house.

The horse farm is in the Guotonglou livestock farm in the south of Tianjin, covering an area of 200 acres. Adjacent to the racecourse is the Friendship Club, where you can enjoy bowling, billiards, tennis, golf and other sports, as well as dances and revels for foreign dignitaries.

Of course, China's wealthy people can also patronize here. For example, Li Yuanhong, the president who retired to Tianjin as a living father, often comes here to ride a horse to relax, and Duan Qirui, who announced his departure not long ago, also occasionally invites friends to come to the club to play billiards.

In the turbulent China, it seems that only the territory of foreign devils can enjoy a moment of tranquility.

"Mr. Zhou, it's here." The French driver pulled the car down and said respectfully.

Zhou Hexuan pushed the car door and happened to see Pu Yi and his wife coming out in sportswear.

Pu Yi came over to shake hands with him quite enthusiastically, and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Zhou, have you thought about it?" ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled disdainfully, this old man was too eager, and at first glance he was not a person who did big things. Still want to be restored to be the emperor? Wash and sleep.