Chapter 58 Petition on the Border

After Wang Maoru knew that he was being targeted by the Ministry of War, he hurriedly found Yuan Keding and expressed to him his desire to go to the border to be a border army, which surprised Yuan Keding and said, "Could it be that Xiusheng is not comfortable in Beijing?" What are you doing in that bitter cold place? ”

Wang Maoru said: "Back to the eldest prince, Xiusheng followed the eldest prince, but his qualifications are still shallow, and it is difficult to go to the border, but he also does not lose the place of experience." In the future, if the eldest prince ascends the throne......"

Yuan Keding laughed and said, "Xiusheng, don't talk nonsense. ”

Wang Maoru hurriedly said: "Yes, the eldest prince taught a lesson, and a lesson was learned." He added: "A few years later, the eldest prince took power, and his subordinates trained a team of elite soldiers for the eldest prince in the border to deter those veterans in the Beiyang Army who did not obey the eldest prince." ”

mentioned the Beiyang veterans who were not satisfied with Yuan Keding, which made Yuan Keding very angry, and the bigwigs in the Beiyang Army almost did not look up to him, not only Duan Qirui, Cao Kun, Zhang Xun, Zhang Xiluan, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen, etc., but also Xu Shuzheng, Li Chun, Wang Zhanyuan, Tian Zhongyu and others who were younger generations, treated themselves as if they were juniors. Originally, Yuan Keding was very likely to serve as the head of the model regiment, but it was the unanimous opposition of the Beiyang bigwigs that made him lose face if he could not be the head of the regiment. Thinking of this, Yuan Keding patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay for you to try, but you can't give advice by my side, so I lose an arm." Wang Maoru was busy and modestly said that he didn't dare to dare, if Yang Du heard this, with Yang Du's careful eyes, he would definitely have to calculate himself when he turned around.

With Yuan Keding's assurance, Wang Maoru rushed to the War Department, and it happened that Xu Shuzheng, the deputy minister of the army, saw him and called him to the office. Xu Shuzhengpi said with a smile: "The commendation that the president's office asked you for has been delayed for a month. The War Department has been agreeing to award you to the rank of Major General in the Army. ”

Wang Maoru put his feet together and saluted: "Thank you for the help." ”

Xu Shuzheng said: "The rise in military rank is one aspect, and the War Department plans to merge the flight team of the Ministry of Communications with the Beiyang Flight Team of Nanyuan to become the Beiyang Army Aviation Corps, and you will no longer serve in the Ministry of Communications." Wang Maoru didn't speak, Xu Shuzheng said: "This is with the consent of the president, and the War Department also knows that this flying team is one of your properties, so in order to compensate, the War Department bought it at a price of three thousand taels of silver per plane." I heard you already have ten planes? ”

"Yes." Wang Maoru said.

Xu Shuzheng nodded, "Thirty thousand taels of the War Department can afford it." ”

Wang Maoru said: "I don't want the 30,000 taels of silver, now that the country is poor, it is better to devote this money to national construction, the flight team is gone, and it is also to serve the country." ”

Xu Shuzheng was a little surprised, 30,000 oceans said to donate it? Does this Wang Mao really care if he is rich, or is it for some other purpose? said: "I will tell the War Department about your intentions." The War Department will not treat you badly. ”

Wang Maoru hurriedly said: "Serving the country and serving the government is not a disadvantage. ”

Xu Shuzheng also said: "Another thing is that since the two flying teams have been merged, the establishment of the flight team garrison brigade has also been abolished, but it is also a trouble for those hundreds of soldiers to be disbanded on the spot, and the War Department plans to transfer them to Henan and integrate them into the mixed third brigade." ”

Wang Maoru asked, "What about the officers?" ”

"Those who are willing to go to the third brigade will go, and those who are not willing to go will be disbanded." Xu Shuzheng said coldly, he didn't have a good impression of those cadet soldiers.

Wang Maoru knew about this decision for a long time, so he could only sigh in his heart, but he said: "Resolutely obey the commander's orders." ”

Perhaps it was his attitude that satisfied Xu Shuzheng, and said: "So, in order to compensate you, the War Department is discussing your promotion within the Ministry of War, and the Major General of the War Department naturally wants to go to a good place, yes or no, rest assured, since they are all from the Army, they will never treat you badly." ”

Wang Maoru said with a smile: "Thank you to the deputy minister for your support." ”

Xu Shu suddenly asked, "What do you think, tell me?" ”

Wang Maoru hurriedly said: "Obey the orders of the military department." ”

"Okay." Xu Shuzheng clapped his hands and smiled, this time he showed a satisfied smile, "Don't worry, the War Department will not lose money with you." ”

"Thank you, Deputy Chief," Wang Maoru said, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Actually, my subordinates have a small wish and are ready to submit it to the General Staff of the War Department." ”

"What wish?"

"My subordinates want to be a border army and guard the border."

"Frontier?" Xu Shuzheng was a little surprised, he didn't expect that he would give up the prosperity of the capital and go to the border, in this era, the border is nothing, there is no water, no electricity, mosquitoes, tigers and leopards attack, bandits and rebels are everywhere, and those who have a little ability do not go to the border army. If Wang Mao wants to be a border army, it is indeed beyond Xu Shuzheng's expectations. Moreover, now, the capital hopes that Yuan Shikai will be the emperor, and there is a lot of uproar. With Wang Maoru's good relationship with Yuan Keding and the Emperor faction, it is easier than anything else to get a promotion among them, but he didn't expect him to want to get out of the matter.

Xu Shuzheng thought for a while and said, "The military department will consider it, so go back and wait for news." After Wang Maoru left, Xu Shuzheng walked around the office, thinking about this person's thoughts and purposes. It stands to reason that the meaning of the War Department is his own meaning, and Army Chief Duan Qirui will not pay attention to this kind of thing, the War Department is his own hall, and it is actually his intention to say that the War Department discusses. Wang Mao was so respectful and respectful, but he couldn't find fault with it. The previous punishment for his unauthorized expansion was lost because of the protection of the president, and this time this kid learned to be smart.

It's not that he looks down on Wang Maoru, he looks down on anyone, this Wang Maoru returned from Europe, and said that it was good to travel to Europe, and what was bad was that he wandered in Europe, a broken household, came back and wrote a book about the rise of European countries, made money and fame, and wanted to join the military to get a background, it was really wishful thinking. Thinking of this, Xu Shuzheng was even more dissatisfied with Wang Maoru, but he didn't know where to start with this dissatisfaction, and he also received a car from someone else. He walked to the window, opened the curtain and looked down, Wang Maoru got into a small car, which was an ordinary American Ford, which was much lower than the grade he gave himself.

Forget it, for the sake of the car's face, let's let you go.

If you want to be a border army, okay, I'll be a border army for you.

Xu Shuzheng walked to the map, carefully looked at the map of the Republic of China, looked up and down, the border army, there are obviously many dangerous places on the border now, Tibet, Xinjiang, Chahar, Suiyuan, Ningxia, Heilongjiang, Jilin. Xinjiang, Heilongjiang because of territorial disputes with the Russians, has not been peaceful, Chahar, Suiyuan, Ningxia, because of the proximity to Outer Mongolia, the princes of Outer Mongolia and declared autonomy, obviously even more peaceful, Tibet repeated rebellions, behind the British is indispensable, Jilin is in the Russians and the Japanese within the scope of contention, not very peaceful. The border army is less cold and hard, Wang Maoru wants to be a border army, but he doesn't know where to send him for a while.

After thinking about it, he suddenly saw the secret dish on the table, the news about the logging contract signed between the Hulunbuir Autonomous Government and the Russians, and the news that the Babu Zabu rebels were entrenched around Hailar, and a sneer appeared on his face, thoughtful.

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