Chapter 663: Entering Beijing (II)

Duan Qirui and Duan Zhigui are both Anhui He's 'fat' people. Duan Qirui is four years older than Duan Zhigui, the two are distant relatives, in terms of seniority, Duan Zhigui is Duan Qirui's brother, this kind of situation of fighting tiger brothers and fathers and sons is not surprising in the Beiyang Group where relatives and friends are everywhere, and it is precisely because of this that the xenophobic 'nature' of the Beiyang Group is very strong, if it were not for Duan Qirui's recommendation, Duan Zhigui would not have become a senior general in the Beiyang Martial Arts.

However, it is precisely because of this bad atmosphere in the Beiyang Group that the entire Beiyang is in a miasma, the real talents are not promoted, and the corpses occupy the temple, and finally the people's hearts are disheartened, if there is no strong competitor, the Beiyang Group may be able to survive for a while, but the rise of the United Front, coupled with the sudden death of Yuan Shikai, the head of the Beiyang Group, the Beiyang Group finally withdrew from the historical stage, although a small number of Beiyang relics now seem to occupy some key positions in the center, But in fact, the Beiyang forces have long since disappeared, as for the "comeback" that Duan Qirui and others have never forgotten. It's just a dream of Nanke.

Yang Du did not immediately return to the wing, he put his hands behind his back, paced in the 'flower' garden, pondered for a moment about Duan Qirui and the Beiyang relics, and then pondered for a moment about the president's training, in his opinion, if Duan Qirui agreed with the president's training, he may not be able to envelop him, this person still has some talents, but his temper is too stubborn and his heart is too high.

Just thinking about what position Duan Qirui should put in the most suitable position, Duan Zhigui had already finished the 'exchange' conversation with Duan Qirui in the study, hurried to the 'flower' garden, and walked to Yang Du.

"Huizi, Duan Zhiquan invited me to go to the presidential palace to run for his brother-in-law's affairs, and you are going to the presidential palace to meet the president in the afternoon, why don't we go over together."

"Duan Zhiquan's brother-in-law? Wu Guangxin? What happened to him? ”

Yang Du was very surprised, he didn't expect Duan Qirui to come over for Wu Guangxin, but he had been over there in Nanjing, and he didn't know that Wu Guangxin had been arrested by the military police.

"Don't mention it. Wu Guangxin's kid is that stinky temper, he is usually experienced in leading troops, and the president has praised him, but who knows, as soon as he goes to the battlefield, he can't play around, in my opinion, Wu Guangxin saw Zhou Daogang pressing on his head. I was not convinced, so I took this military order lightly, and as a result, Zhou Daogang photographed the presidential palace with a telegram, and the president was furious, and ordered the military police to arrest Wu Guangxin and take him directly from the front line in Liaodong to Shenyang. ”

Duan Zhigui told Yang Du about what happened on the Liaodong front, and Yang Du understood why Duan Qirui came to find Duan Zhigui.

"What does Duan Zhiquan mean by asking you to mediate? As the chief of the army, doesn't he know the ruthless truth of this military law? ”

Seeing that Yang Du was a little dissatisfied, Duan Zhigui also "chuckled" in his heart, and hurriedly shook his head.

Originally, Zhiquan meant that Wu Guangxin should be severely punished, but he couldn't stand his wife's offensive, after all, he was his brother-in-law, so he had to plead with the president, but he hit a nail that was neither soft nor hard, and now he has no choice. I can only ask me to come forward to turn around for Wu Guangxin, but I don't have such a big face, so I have to follow Huizi to the presidential palace, hoping that Huizi will help Duan Zhiquan for the sake of his colleagues in the past. ”

Although he knew that this was Duan Zhigui's way to pull people into the water, he still decided to give it a try, let Duan Qirui owe him a favor, and let others see his Yang someone's energy.

Duan Zhigui and Yang Du returned to the wing, the two of them never mentioned the matter of Duan Qirui running for Wu Guangxin, and continued to sit in the wing room and point out the country to the group of political speculators, this conversation reached noon, at the reception banquet, everyone was very happy, but they were worried about going to see the president in the afternoon, but Yang Du and Duan Zhigui didn't dare to drink too much wine, and they didn't even dare to eat too much.

After the banquet was over, Yang Du and Duan Zhigui took everyone to a warehouse, where they admired those antiques, calligraphy and paintings, these antiques, calligraphy and paintings were collected by Duan Zhigui, although his current salary is not high, but he has savings, plus a few years ago he co-founded a gray factory, and the annual dividends are also a lot, and it is not difficult to collect some antiques.

This appreciation was enjoyed until two o'clock in the afternoon, and the weather was hot, although there were electric fans blowing. But everyone was still sweating, Yang Du went to the bedroom to change clothes first, and then got into a car with Duan Zhigui, and went to the presidential palace to meet the president under the protection of several escort cars.

When Yang Du and Duan Zhigui entered the Commander's Hall, they didn't go to the president's office, but met the president in an ordinary office, only to find that Mr. President was playing with a small child on a model train, and there was the president's wife standing next to him, as well as a few 'maids', all of whom were smiling, watching the president play with the child.

The child was the president's son-in-law, nicknamed "Little Cow", who had just passed the age of one, and because of good nutrition, he looked stronger than other children, and he was also more naughty.

Now, the calf was taking the chimney on the locomotive and knocking it on the president's shoulder, then threw the chimney and reached out, desperately trying to grab the little pistol on the president's armed belt.

"Okay, let's stop playing with you kid, I'm going to get down to business."

I saw Duan Zhigui and Yang Du walking into the office. Zhao Bei ended the frolic with his son at the right time, 'handed over' the little cow to a 'maid', whispered a few words to his wife, and then stood up and tidied up the military uniform.

When the lady retreated with the 'maids', Zhao Beicai smiled faintly and said, "In your spare time, you don't have to be surprised. Have a seat. ”

Yang Du and Duan Zhigui sat down on the sofa, and Duan Zhigui rushed to compliment the president's son.

"The president's son is smart and clever, and he will definitely do something in the future. I heard that when I caught Zhou. Childe grabbed a pistol, so it seems that he will also be a general and handsome in the future. ”

"Haha! I deliberately put the pistol on it, I didn't expect this kid to really grab the pistol, since then, nothing to do with me to play with the pistol, I naturally don't dare to give him a real gun, can only use toys to 'get' him, who knows that after a long time, this kid even knows which is the real guy, which is the fake guy, this 'fault' is used to it. For this, Qiao'er complained about me a lot. ”

Zhao Bei smiled "haha", sat down on the sofa opposite, ordered the guards to serve tea, and then cocked Erlang's 'legs' and got down to business.

"Duan Gaoshen, you came with Governor Yang, do you have something to tell me? It's just right, I'm idle now, you can talk about it if you have something to say. ”

Seeing that the president was in a good mood, Duan Zhigui glanced at Yang Du and decided to say it directly.

"This morning, the chief of the War Department went to me, complained to me, and then told me that he planned to resign, never ask about politics, retire from the rivers and lakes, and be that carefree person."

Yang Du was stunned for a moment, Duan Qirui wanted to resign, Duan Zhigui had never told him just now, and now he didn't mention Wu Guangxin's matter, first mention Duan Qirui's desire to resign, which is a bit intriguing.

"Oh? Duan Qirui doesn't want to be the chief of the army anymore? Why is that? ”

Zhao Bei was secretly proud in his heart, but his expression was still very calm. Duan Qirui has occupied the position of army chief for a long time, and those high-ranking generals in the united front have long complained. Zhao Bei is also planning to oust Duan Qirui from power, and now he will resign on his own, so it is best not to look bad when he gets it.

Duan Zhiquan said, although he is not too old, but in recent years, the War Department has been very heavy, he has been very unbearable, and he does not agree with the center's decision to start a war against Japan, so he decided to submit his resignation to the center, today he came to talk to me, is to consult me, to see what my opinion is, although I persuaded him, but look at his meaning, that is a resolute attitude, I have no choice, I have to say hello to the president first, so as not to get too suddenly, I also ask the president to pick a candidate for army chief first, because now that the war between China and Japan is in full swing, the War Department is in charge of logistics, and no one can preside over it. ”

Duan Zhigui was wordy for a few words, then glanced at Yang Du again, and then began to care about Wu Guangxin's affairs.

"President Junjian. In my opinion, Duan Zhiquan is a high-minded and arrogant person, he is easily unwilling to admit defeat, no matter how much things are in the War Department, he will not easily retreat, in fact, the reason why he is tired is probably because of Wu Guangxin's matter, after all, it is his wife and brother, he is a brother-in-law, he can't see death without saving, but he can't do anything, as a result, this 'spirit' spirit is not as good as before, so the idea of retreating bravely came out. ”

Speaking of this, Duan Zhigui stopped and glanced at Yang Du again, but before Yang Du could speak, Zhao Bei had already spoken.

"Xiangyan, you don't have to beat around the bush, I know that Duan Qirui went to talk to you just for Wu Guangxin's affairs. Wu Guangxin, as the commander of the 105th Division, knew that the war was imminent, but he regarded the military order as nothing, Zhou Daogang told him to go faster, he walked slowly, this is disobeying the military order! Regardless of other charges, this 'disobedience to military orders' alone is enough for him Wu Guangxin to go to court-martial. ”

Hearing Zhao Bei say this, Duan Zhigui had no choice but to look at Yang Du again.

Yang Du hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to help, so he said: "Wu Guangxin is a talent, so it is a pity, although this person is a little arrogant and looks down on Zhou Daogang, but in view of his efforts for the central training in the past few years, I hope that the president can give him credit and be lightly punished." ”

In a few words, he blamed Wu Guangxin's reason for not obeying military orders on not being a man, not because he had other plans, Yang Du was indeed smart, but it was a pity that it was Zhao Bei who was sitting in front of him, and Zhao Bei was very clear about Wu Guangxin's thoughts.

The reason why Wu Guangxin delayed the march was to preserve his strength, after all, the 105th Division was a "Beiyang relic", Wu Guangxin and the old and young Beiyang relics refused to put this last bit of Beiyang capital into the war against Japan, this point, Zhao Bei knew very well, although he didn't know what role Duan Qirui played in it, but he understood that this was his best opportunity to bring down the Beiyang relics, so he made a decisive move, in fact, when Wu Guangxin was domineering a few years ago, Zhao Bei forbeared, Just to wait for the right time and the right excuse, what better excuse than to disobey military orders in the face of a national war? Even those officers from Beiyang will not agree with Wu Guangxin's approach, and it is most appropriate to wipe out Wu Guangxin and those "Beiyang relics" at this time.

It doesn't matter whether the military court will convict Wu Guangxin, what matters is that those "Beiyang relics" must get out.

After Wu Guangxin was arrested by the military police, Duan Qirui immediately ran to Zhao Bei to intercede for his brother-in-law, but Zhao Bei was not such a good talker, he hinted to Duan Qirui at that time, unless Duan Qirui gave up the position of army chief, otherwise, the military court would definitely convict Wu Guangxin, and when the time came, Duan would inevitably go to deliver food to his brother-in-law in prison.

The president's conditions are too harsh, Duan Qirui has to weigh a few days, and just today, obviously Duan Qirui has made up his mind, in his opinion, compared to a nominal army chief, or brother-in-law is more important, so he asked Duan Zhigui to give the president a message, he has accepted the president's 'handover' exchange conditions, the freedom of the army chief to change his brother-in-law, and the automatic resignation of a group of Beiyang widows who occupy a high position, which is also the president's 'handover' exchange conditions.

Of course, these insiders, whether it is Yang Du or Duan Zhigui, they don't know, and Zhao Bei doesn't plan to tell them, but he also decided to continue to play the officialdom below well.

"Since you also intercede for Wu Guangxin, then let's raise our noble hand and let Wu Guangxin go, fortunately, his stupidity did not cause any losses to the army, and if he does not go to the military court, it is indeed a matter of two things. Okay, I'll send a telegram to Shenyang and ask them to release Wu Guangxin, but on the other hand, Wu Guangxin's 'sexuality' is perverse, and it is not suitable for him to continue to serve in the army, so I will order him to retire and retire as an ordinary private. ”

Zhao Bei took out his opinion, Yang Du didn't have any idea about it, but Duan Zhigui felt sorry for Wu Guangxin, after all, he was a professional officer who had studied abroad to study military affairs, and it was indeed a little emotional to quit the military world so gloomily.

"As for the post of Chief of the Army, I wonder who the president wants?" Duan Zhigui asked.

"First of all, Cai Yi is in charge of the War Department, although he is younger, but young people are aggressive, and they are better at grasping the key to military innovation than veterans who stick to the rules." Zhao Bei said.

Just then, an 'attendant' lieutenant entered the office and presented a telegram.

Zhao Bei looked at the content of the telegram, smiled faintly, handed the telegram to Yang Du, and said: "This is a telegram just taken from the front line in Liaodong, just at noon today, our East Road Column has taken Xiuyan, and surrounded the retreating Japanese troops, now the Japanese army is tired and lacks ammunition 'medicine' supplies, I believe that in a few days, the army on the front line will be able to come with good news, when the time comes, we will hold a press conference to announce the news of the victory of the army to all the people."

Of course, we should not only be concerned about the military affairs on the front line, but also about this political matter, and we will discuss this matter here today and handle this matter well, because this is not easier than the military affairs, and the front line is fighting, and our rear is also fighting. ”