After the banquet, Wang Maoru sent the guests away one by one, leaving Gao Shibin. Wang Maoru took his hand and said, "Brother-in-law, let's go, let's have a good drink." After bringing Gao Shibin to the Accord alone, Wang Maoru said again: "Brother-in-law, the two of us are relatives, and it is easy to say anything personal, but there is no way to do some national affairs." ”

Gao Shibin knew what he meant, and said: "Xiusheng, you are an understanding person, you are welcome, I represent the Jilin overseer, and my uncle Meng Enyuan also represents the people of Jilin." ”

Wang Maoru nodded, raised his glass with a smile and said, "Come, have a drink." "Just said," Meng Dujun ...... No, uncle, what does uncle think? ”

"It doesn't matter what my uncle thinks, what matters is what you think, do you want to fight without kinship, or do you want the two of us to live in peace?" Gao Shibin asked.

Wang Maoru thought for a while and said, "Brother-in-law, I want to ask, does my uncle want to be an overseer in Jilin for the rest of his life, or does he want to be the president?" ”

"What do you mean?" Gao Shibin was so shocked that he dropped his chopsticks to the ground, he thought that Wang Maoru would say all kinds of reasons to attack Jilin, but he didn't expect him to ask this, which completely exceeded Gao Shibin's expectations.

"The presidency." Wang Maoru smiled faintly and raised his glass, "Brother-in-law, have a drink and go." ”

Gao Shibin passively drank a glass of wine and hurriedly asked: "Xiusheng, don't be joking, how can my uncle be president?" ”

Wang Maoru put down the cup, laughed, and said, "Why can't my uncle be president?" He stood up, pointed his finger at it, and said, "Yuan Shikai, a person from Beiyang." became president, Li Yuanhong...... It can be regarded as a person from Beiyang. became president, Feng Guozhang Beiyang people, became president, what about uncle? Isn't it from Beiyang? ”

"Yes."

"Not only the people of Beiyang, but also the old people of Beiyang!" Wang Maoru seemed to be drunk, and said: "Since you are an old man from Beiyang, why don't you have the opportunity to be the president of the Republic of China?" With me, you, and the support of our brothers-in-law, why can't my uncle be the president? Sitting next to Gao Shibin, Wang Maoru put his arm around his shoulder. smiled: "Brother-in-law." How do you think this kind of cooperation compares to other forms of cooperation? In the future, my uncle will be the president, I will be the prime minister, and you will be the army chief! There is a saying that brothers work together, and their profits are gold. How did I, Wang Maoru, make a fortune? It's all because of the brother's help, I know the truth of the sedan chair carrying people. I want to dominate the country, I want to achieve Duan Qirui's position, if I don't move forward, what will they do? They also want to move forward, and they don't want to stay in the cold north for the rest of their lives, don't you say? ”

Gao Shibin nodded yes, and Wang Maoru said as if he was drunk: "I can't stop, once I stop." Immediately behind me, someone was going to overthrow me, so I had to keep going, going up, to a higher position. Jilin is a big rock in front of me. If I don't take Jilin, I will be overthrown, brother-in-law, I'm bitter! Do you know my pain? Gao Shibin shook his head and smiled bitterly, Wang Maoru patted the table, and said: "So, you tell my uncle, I support him as president, as long as he cooperates with me, we are relatives, I won't lie to you." If you help me and be the king of the Northeast, I can help my uncle make him the president of China. Our cooperation is not about me annexing you, but about cooperation, cooperation between the two sides, and win-win for both sides. I believe you have also seen my military strength, so to speak, if I wanted to fight Jilin, I would have fought it a long time ago. It's because of the kinship between you, brother-in-law, and your uncle that I didn't move. After saying that, he fell asleep on the table.

Gao Shibin smiled bitterly, sighed, and greeted the people: "Wang Dujun is drunk, you send him back." Wei Dongling hurriedly came over and left with other adjutants to carry Wang Maoru, and after being sent to the car, Wang Maoru suddenly opened his eyes, which startled everyone, Wei Dongling said: "You are not drunk with the handsome." ”

"Drunk?" Wang Maoru laughed and said, "Drunk, you have to divide the occasion and place, you can't get drunk at this time." ”

Wei Dongling said with a smile: "Dashuai, if you pretend to be drunk, you may be drunk in Jilin." ”

Wang Maoru laughed and said, "If Meng Enyuan is greedy, I will definitely get this Jilin!" I'm afraid that he is as timid as a mouse, and he doesn't dare. ”

Wei Dongling asked again: "Dashuai, where do you stay tonight?" ”

"Go see my second son." Wang Maoru said, "Go to Zhiya, tomorrow you have to arrange for Zhiya to live in the Overseer's Mansion." ”

Wei Dongling said: "Dashuai, I think, if you want the fourth lady to move in, you have to go home tonight and tell the other three ladies to be good, otherwise it will be later...... It's not good for the ladies to quarrel, and the handsome man has a headache for you. ”

"You have a point." Wang Maoru nodded, "But let's go to Zhiya, I owe them." ”

Meng Enyuan didn't sleep, he was old and lacked sleep, rubbing his beard and listening to a storyteller tell him about the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties alone, if he usually tells stories, this storyteller usually stops asking for money when he tells stories, but how dare he stop in the face of the Beiyang general in front of him. This commentary also lost the taste of the wine shop, Meng Enyuan was also tired of hearing it, waved his hand, and said, "Go, go, go down." ”

Yu Guifang hurriedly said: "What's the matter, general, don't you feel comfortable listening?" ”

"It's no longer what it tasted like in the teahouse." Meng Enyuan sighed.

"These people are so scared in front of the general that they are all fart, how dare they tell the story." Yu Guifang patted her ass.

Meng Enyuan laughed, then sighed again, and said, "Zhiyuan, you saw today's military parade, the monkey cub is ruthless enough." ”

"Yes."

"This Wang Xiusheng is unstoppable." Although Meng Enyuan became a soldier at the age of thirty-nine, and achieved the position of Jilin overseer by relying on his whiskers and horses all the way to the position of Jilin overseer, he was not completely a straw bag, he could see that compared with his own army, this Wang Mao was like a large number of soldiers, generals, well-equipped, imposing, and more money than himself. Not to mention pounce with all his might, Wang Maoru is half of the troops, and the Ji army can't stop it.

This is the reason why Meng Enyuan couldn't sleep today, Yu Guifang also sighed and said, "General Shangwu." General Shangwu, ......" and then said helplessly, "The students don't know what to say. This martial general is a wolf. ”

"Jieji (is) a hungry wolf, a hungry wolf from the grassland." Meng Enyuan said next, and he didn't know whether he was talking to Yu Guifang or talking to himself.

At this time, Secretary-General Dai Zhangxun came back with Gao Shibin, the two looked different, Meng Enyuan looked wrong, and hurriedly asked: "How?" Wang Mao is playing and is it and? ”

Gao Shibin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This Wang Maoru is not simple. ”

"You're saying something nice." Yu Guifang said hurriedly on the side.

"He said that he wanted to nominate you as the president, uncle."

"Huh?" Meng Enyuan and Yu Guifang, including Binjiang Dao Yin Li Hongmo, who had not spoken, exclaimed, and then everyone looked at Meng Enyuan neatly. Meng Enyuan couldn't laugh and said in Tianjin dialect: "What do you think I do? ”

"Uncle. The plan we made before was useless, and he didn't take a single move. "Coats Hama Road.

In fact, Dai Zhangxun, secretary general and director of military affairs, is Meng Enyuan's think tank, but his health has always been poor, and this time he also dragged his sick body to accompany Meng Enyuan and his party to Qiqihar. The purpose is to take a closer look at Wang Maoru, a careerist who rose in Hulunbuir. Meng Enyuan looked at him, Dai Zhangxun thought about it, and said, "What does the general think?" ”

Meng Enyuan smiled bitterly: "What can I think, I can't even think of it, Jiewang Maoru has a lot of ideas." My mind is muddy now, don't ask me, or what do you want you to do, give me thought, think hard. And he said, "Wuru." You learn from us, you tell Wang Xiusheng what he says, including what he eats, drinks, and what he says, don't make a mistake every word, say it. ”

This Gao Shibin was also promoted step by step from the staff officer, and his oral ability and memory ability are very good. So I told this story word by word, and everyone analyzed it, and everyone was half chilled when they heard it. With Wang Maoru's personality, when passing by Xinmin Mansion, he stubbornly swallowed a brigade of the 28th Division, and Beijing did not dare to say anything. This Wang Maoru made an excuse to say that his subordinates forced him to fight Jilin, which means that he has been prepared for this a long time ago, and he has not prepared anything on his side. Meng Enyuan asked Dai Zhangxun, "Song Tang, what about our ammunition reserves?" ”

"General, do you want to hear the truth or do you want to hear lies?" Dai Zhangxun asked with a wry smile.

"Truth."

"The truth is, if we fight the Heilongjiang army for a month, there will be no problem, but if we fight for more than a month and a day, we will run out of ammunition." Dai Zhangxun said, "We have Wang Maoru in the front, Zhang Zuolin in the back, a wolf in the front and a tiger in the back, alas...... Now you can't fight with anyone, fight with Zhang Zuolin, Wang Maoru will definitely lead the army to occupy Jilin in the back. Fighting with Wang Maoru, Zhang Zuolin will not let go of this opportunity. Even if you don't fight with them, it's hard to ensure that these two people will work together to carve up Jilin. ”

Meng Enyuan said angrily: "Without the order of the central government, they dare to do it!" Do you dare to rebel? ”

"Others can't do it, Wang Mao can't do it." Dai Zhangxun sighed, "Didn't he make an excuse after the fight, President Yuan was honest when he was there, President Yuan is gone, you see what he has done in the past few years, which thing is allowed by the central government?" Occupy Heilongjiang, fight Lao Maozi, fight Zhang Xun, and annex a brigade of the 28th Division, if he really waits for the permission of the central government, he Wang Maoru will not have today's achievements. ”

Not to mention that no one slept tonight, Wang Maoru walked into the small courtyard and heard Mama Hu say: "Fourth lady, the second son is really well-behaved, if you don't cry or make trouble, you will definitely have something to do in the future." ”

"Thank you Mama Hu for taking care of you." Zhiya said that her Chinese is now as good as Japanese, and the serious Beijing official dialect is more formal than that spoken by Beijingers.

"Where is this the fourth lady, my life is to serve people's lives, and it is also my blessing to be able to serve the second son. You don't know, how many people want to work in the Overseer's Mansion, I can serve the second son this time, but it's eight lifetimes of creation. In the future, our lord will become the emperor, and the second son will be the prince. Mama Hu is talking nonsense, this old lady is also from the previous dynasty, and she is used to having an emperor, and now that there is no emperor, she has to press a future emperor candidate in her heart, so naturally Wang Maoru has become the inevitable person of this emperor, and she said: "It's not good, our second son is the crown prince." ”