There were many people at the station and it was noisy, so everyone hurried out of the station to prevent accidents. Wang Maoru invited Zhang Zuolin to sit in his car, and Zhang Xueliang accompanied him. For his son, who did not attend, Zhang Zuolin didn't seem to care. He didn't say anything to Zhang Xueliang, but just nodded at him, and Zhang Xueliang felt a lot more at ease.

The car came to the Ministry of National Defense, and then Wang Ke, the Reception Department of the Military Affairs Headquarters, was responsible for holding a welcome party for Zhang Zuolin.

At this time, Zhang Zuolin came to běijīng, and his purpose was self-evident, it must be the delivery room to spread the good news - to be promoted! Everyone hurriedly congratulated and congratulated, and the whole banquet was happy.

The highest cháo of the banquet was the investiture ceremony, where Zhang Zuolin officially received the appointment letter of deputy commander-in-chief of the Ministry of National Defense and served as deputy commander-in-chief together with Jiang Fangzhen. One commander and two deputy commanders are also reasonable, but Zhang Zuolin, the deputy commander-in-chief, seems to have nothing to do, Jiang Fangzhen is in charge of the work of the staff headquarters, what is he Zhang Zuolin in charge of? But Zhang Zuolin didn't say anything, and when others asked, he laughed and said that he had arranged it for Xiusheng, and his mentality was good, so others didn't ask.

During the day, Zhang Zuolin didn't say anything about Zhang Xueliang's "empathy and don't love", which doesn't mean that he forgot about it at night. After stationing in the Liuguo Hotel that was arranged, Zhang Zuolin called Zhang Xueliang over, raised his hand and slapped him, and said angrily: "Damn, little Liuzi, do you have a brain?" ”。

This slap was too sudden, Zhang Xueliang didn't react at all, so he had to lower his head and bear it, and there was suddenly a red sè "Five Finger Mountain" on his handsome face, and he suddenly swollen. The other guards and staff were stunned. looked at Zhang Zuolin, who was glaring angrily, and remembered that this Zhang Dashuai, who was smiling and smiling, was actually a bandit. Murder without blinking, only when he is angry does he feel his horror. Zhang Xueliang was stunned, covering his face and looking at his father stupidly, he was slapped by his father in front of so many subordinates, he didn't know what he was doing or what to say.

Zhang Zuolin pointed to his head and said angrily: "Why did I ask you to come to běijīng?" Yes? Why are you here? Have you come to find a drama jì girl? Damn it, when is it? is also playing with women to find plays, and you can do it. Tomorrow, you will stay at home for Lao Tzu. Think about it behind closed doors! "In fact, the first men to act in movies were all actors of the opera troupe, and the female xìng horn sè was originally looking for girls in the opera troupe to act, but there were few women who sang operas, so everyone went to the jì courtyard to find jì women to act. So much so that anyone who knows the actors of the film knows. The flawless girls in it pretending to be green have long been jì girls on thousands of rides. Zhang Xueliang found such a woman, and thought that his father didn't care, but in fact, Zhang Zuolin wanted to give him two mouths as soon as he got off the plane, but Wang Maoru didn't do it because he was present.

Zhang Xueliang hurriedly said: "Dad, I still have to go to work in the Ministry of National Defense......

"Go to your mother's class!" Zhang Zuolin glared and shouted: "Less damn garlic for Lao Tzu, the Ministry of Defense has more than you, and you have a lot less, so you will stay at home honestly." Adjutant. You go and ask him for a leave of absence tomorrow and come back to supervise him. If he dares to leave this house. You just shoot him. If he does, I'll kill you." ”

"Yes." The adjutant hurriedly said, and Zhang Xueliang was also dumbfounded and didn't dare to speak anymore.

Wang Maoru also personally accompanied Zhang Zuolin to the new Ministry of National Defense Building and family area in Fengtai District, and picked a spacious four-story villa on Hulunbuir Road, with the house number No. 7. The front and back yards of the villa are spacious and bright, with European architectural style, and this will be his home in the future, and Zhang Zuolin's wives and children live here without a sense of crowding. It's just that Zhang Zuolin feels a little awkward, he likes the ancient Chinese courtyard-like structure, this kind of French-style architecture is like a temple in his opinion, and after visiting, he said again and again: "it, it's exactly the same as the old Maozi Temple I saw in the northeast." The crowd laughed.

But he understood Wang Maoru's kindness, and at the same time, he saw that Wang Maoru's home was not far away, and he was consciously valued. Zhang Zuolin asked who the neighbors were, Wang Maoru said that No. 6 is Wu Peifu's new home, No. 8 is a vacant house, if you want to change No. 8, it's too late, Zhang Zuolin said that it's too troublesome, and No. 8 looks more like Lao Maozi's temple. No. 9 is Li Delin's home, and No. 10 is Mi Shaobai's home.

Next, Wang Maoru said that Brother Qi, you are the deputy commander of the National Defense Forces, so I will give you a task first, and this matter must be yours. Zhang Zuolin rubbed his hands excitedly and said What kind of person, Wang Maoru said that he would go with Zhang Kuian to negotiate with the Russians, and you would be the head of the delegation to the negotiations with Soviet Russia.

Zhang Zuolin patted his bright head and shook his head and said, "It's not good, I don't know a few words, can't I be ugly like this?" That's a mess. ”

Wang Maoru said: "Seventh brother, you are not afraid of going up the knife mountain and going down to the sea of fire, this matter is bargaining, you must not back down." ”

"it, I'm it." Zhang Zuolin patted his head and said.

Zhang Zuolin's sudden appearance in the negotiation with the Soviet Union caused confusion in Soviet Russia, who is this little bald head? After learning that he was the new deputy commander of the defense forces, he was greatly surprised, what is this little man capable of being a deputy commander? Why haven't you heard of it before?

Then the Soviet Russian delegation inquired about Zhang Zuolin's experience, it turned out to be a veterinarian, and then became a bandit leader, and then Zhao'an became the leader of the Qing army, and when the Republic of China was established, he also protected the Qing Dynasty, and saw that the Qing Dynasty could not be saved, so he turned into an anti-Qing warlord, and then became the Fengtian Overseer, and was defeated in the battle for the northeast by Wang Maoru and was forced to go to Suiyuan, and then occupied Shaanxi with the support of Wang Maoru and became the king of the northwest. When Wang Maoru unified China, Zhang Zuolin led the crowd to surrender and turned into a frontal soldier who supported the reunification of the motherland. After three years as Corps Commander, he has now risen to the post of Deputy Commander of the Defence Forces.

This person is a loach, slippery and does not leave his hands, the representatives of Soviet Russia have defined him.

Wang Maoru handed over the negotiations with the Soviet Union to Zhang Zuolin, a seemingly rough but meticulous person, but also because he knew Zhang Zuolin's ability and bottom line, Zhang Zuolin is a person who regards the land as more important than life, maybe he has no culture, but compared to those cultured traitors, the bandit Lao Zhang is far more able to protect the foundation of his ancestors than them. There is no need to worry about handing over the negotiation to Lao Zhang, and Wang Maoru also feels that Lao Zhang's ability is not limited to this, and he should give full play to Lao Zhang's bandit xìng to give a new impact to the Soviet Russian delegation.

Then, Wang Maoru began to prepare for the appointment of the commander of the National Defense Army, the highest military rank of the National Defense Army is the rank of general, and the rank of marshal should belong to the honorary rank, and there is no marshal since the establishment of the National Defense Army.

In fact, Wang Maoru has long had a rough idea of marshal, but he cannot be the only one in the defense force who has the final say, and he must give other subordinates a right to build a marshal, otherwise the subordinates will feel that they are useless and cause rebellion. Therefore, Wang Maoru set up a selection and evaluation team, which included Wang Maoru, Sa Zhenbing, Jiang Fangzhen, Yong Xingbao, Liu Guanxiong, Lu Rongting, Li Delin, He Rufei and others, and special advisers Duan Qirui, Cao Kun, Li Yuanhong, Wang Shizhen, and Xu Shichang.

According to the requirements of the commanders, it is necessary to open up the territory or recover the territory, or make great contributions to the country, Wang Maoru drew up a list, and the first batch of commanders included five people, namely Jiang Fangzhen, Zhang Zuolin, Wu Peifu, Liu Xiang, and Ren Yuanxing. And the number of Feng Shuai was finally decided, and in the end it was five. In terms of numbers, these five people are definitely not much, thousands of generals of the Wehrmacht, hundreds of thousands of officers, millions of troops, only five lists are really less, look at the period of the Beiyang Republic of China, there were many marshals, and now, a marshal is so difficult - but it is full of gold, no longer the grass-headed marshal is ridiculed, but it is also more attractive.

Of the five candidates, Wang Maoru believed that there was no doubt that their merits would be enough to advance to the rank of marshal.

First of all, Jiang Fangzhen planned the national war, was the action planner of the battle, and after saddling the horse by Wang Maoru's side, he used his connections to help Wang Maoru stabilize the army, and he was selfless, Wang Maoru thought that he should be made commander.

Zhang Zuolin stabilized the four northwest provinces, Shaanxi, Suiyuan, Gansu, and Ningxia when he was in the northwest, unified the northwest, and at the same time supported Wang Maoru's national unification when the country was unified, and went south to act as a pawn in the subsequent battle.

There is only one reason why Wu Peifu was made commander, that is, he was stationed in Mongolia and expanded millions of square kilometers to the north, and he really annexed Lake Baikal to China halfway.

Liu Xiang's contribution was actually the work of his subordinate Lu Taoxiang, who entered Xīzàng and completely reincorporated Xīzàng into the Chinese territory, and Liu Xiang, as the leader of the Sichuan Army, chose to join the Wehrmacht to support reunification.

Ren Yuanxing got Wang Maoru's title for the simplest reason, in several foreign wars, Ren Yuanxing led the troops to rush to the front line, making outstanding contributions to the country, especially the heart of Asia battle won a complete victory, but also established his status as the first general under Wang Maoru.

But at the meeting of the selection and evaluation team, after Jiang Fangzhen saw his name, he immediately blushed and picked up a red pen to tick off his name. He said to Wang Maoru: "Xiushuai's heart is really grateful, but it's a pity that I can't bear this trust." ”

Wang Maoru said: "Deputy Commander Jiang is modest, and he has the greatest credit for laying this foundation, and you should be the first person to be the commander." Zhang Zuolin is second, and Wu Peifu is again. And in the future, Brother Baili will be in charge of the staff headquarters, if he is not commandery, it may be difficult to convince the public. ”

Jiang Fangzhen refused again: "Xiu Shuai is falsely praised, the National Defense Force has been rì so far, Xiu Sheng, you have the greatest credit, if you are the commander, you should be the first person, but why is you missing from the list?" ”

Wang Maoru said: "I am already at the extreme, and it is difficult to bear it any more." ”

Jiang Fangzhen said: "Xiusheng, if you are not handsome, it may be even more difficult to convince the public." ”

Wang Maoru smiled and thought about it, but politely declined. (To be continued......)