A few years ago, Lu Zhengxiang, ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Gu Weijun, vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly came to Wang Maoru's home, asked him who should be the Chinese ambassador to the Soviet Union, and recommended many to Wang Maoru.

Back then, since Bi Guifang was driven out of Heilongjiang Province by Xu Lanzhou and Wang Maoru, she wanted to complain to President Xu Shichang, but Xu Shichang couldn't protect himself. After Wang Maoru swept the Northeast and became the king of the Northeast in the real sense, Xu Shichang had to borrow Wang Maoru's power to suppress Duan Qirui. Later, Bi Guifang has been working as a translator for Russia in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and now the Ministry of Education is preparing to build a Chinese University of Foreign Languages.

However, what Bi Guifang waited for was not the transfer order to the Ministry of Education, but directly took him to Wang Maoru, Wang Maoru told him that he wanted him to be the first ambassador of the Republic of China to Soviet Russia, Bi Guifang was first speechless in surprise, and then cried, his lifelong political ambition was finally able to be realized again, thanks to Wang Maoru regardless of the previous suspicions. Wang Maoru smiled slightly, telling him that he had no personal grudges against him, and that he was forced by the situation at that time, and hoped that he could be worthy of his recommendation. Bi Guifang immediately said that he must be loyal to Xiushuai and definitely live up to Xiushuai's high expectations.

After the last meeting of the Ministry of National Defense at the end of the year, Wang Maoru invited many generals to a happy gathering, saying that it was a happy gathering. In fact, it is to win over his subordinates and prepare for the rotation of personnel in major military regions. In order to prevent the Wehrmacht from becoming a warlord force, Wang Maoru and Jiang Fangzhen and Sa Zhenbing studied and decided. The Corps Commander of the Wehrmacht is changed every six years at the longest, the Division Commander is changed every five years, the Brigade Commander is rotated every four years, and the regiment commander and battalion commander are rotated every three years, except for the Company Commander who does not rotate. The purpose of this was also to prevent the emergence of warlords within the military, but in fact, the system of rotation of officers had already been in practice in Western countries, even after the Meiji Restoration in Japan, China's neighbor. And then the whole world except Africa. The rotation of officers is widely adopted, which is why there are many wars and warlords in Africa every year.

Wang Maoru planned that by the end of the 12th year of the Republic of China, that is, before the end of 1923, the Ministry of National Defense would first transfer the commanders of 30 divisions, and by the end of the 13th year of the Republic of China, all the commanders of the 50 divisions of the Ministry of National Defense would be transferred. At the end of the 14th year of the Republic of China, the transfer of 15 corps commanders was completed. As for the replacement of brigade commanders, regiment commanders and battalion commanders, it will also be an extremely onerous task for the Military Affairs Department of the National Defense Forces, and it can be said that the powers of the Military Affairs Service have been further increased after the introduction of the officer rotation system. He Rufei, the chief of military affairs, also smiled.

The gradual introduction of the officer rotation system is a very important task. Its significance far outweighs the chaos it causes, and in this way, it also breaks off the warlord mentality of many people who claim to be kings and hegemons. Therefore, Wang Maoru took advantage of the fact that in the past few years, various officers had a heart-to-heart talk one by one, and there was no doubt that the banquet of the Ministry of National Defense was the best way. In order to gradually gain the support of most of the officers, Wang Maoru first found his sworn brother Gai Tianjiu, as the commander of the Gyeonggi garrison, although Gai Tianjiu was inferior to others in ability, but his role was far from being reflected in the military rank. Wang Maoru did not hesitate to praise Gai Tianjiu's loyalty, and he was also extremely relieved of him.

When Wang Maoru said to Gai Tianjiu, the rotation of division commanders is to prevent warlords from sitting big. Gai Tianjiu immediately waved his hand and said, "Don't say anything else, Xiusheng." I'll do whatever you want me to do, whoever makes you my brother, even if you want me to block bullets for you, I'm willing, let alone this rotation. I have become such a big official in my life, and I am also content, when the emperor of the soil wants to be dissatisfied with the ambitious things, I will not do it, and my children and grandchildren will not do it. Wang Maoru was greatly moved after hearing this, and then Zhao Zengfu, Mao Ziping, Gong Xiaoqi and Yong Xingbao all expressed their support, with the exemplary role of these five people, others also expressed their positions, and even Ren Yuanxing, who was far away in the Western Regions, also sent a telegram to express his support.

Of course, there are also reluctant ones, such as Wu Peifu, Tang Jiyao and Liu Xiang, Wu Peifu mastered the Xuanwu Legion and opened up hundreds of square kilometers of territory in Mongolia. Tang Jiyao has always been in the air power of Wang Maoru, and now he wants to transfer his henchmen away, how can he be willing. And Liu Xiang is known as the king of Sichuan, if he is transferred out of Sichuan, what will happen to his industry in Sichuan?

However, Zhang Zuolin raised his hands to support the decision of the Ministry of National Defense, and he was unwilling to continue to stay in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, where mosquitoes and ants are rampant, and said: "Whoever becomes a warlord and bandit first, then oppose it, I am a brother who supports Xiusheng." ”

In order to test the feelings of the army officers, Wang Maoru first made some adjustments between the Ghost Car Regiment of the Gyeonggi Garrison and the Mao Ziping Division of the Fifth Army in Liaoning, and the commanders of the Ghost Car Regiment under the jurisdiction of the 8th, 26th, and 30th Divisions Wang Qiyuan, Wang Chengbin, and Shang Yuanqing respectively served as the commanders of the Fifth, Thirteenth, and Nineteenth Divisions of the Suzaku Regiment of the Fifth Army, while Li Kuan, Jiang Kaitong, and Cai Chengxun, the former commanders of the three divisions, will serve as the commanders of the three divisions of the Ghost Car Regiment. Neither Gai Tianjiu's subordinates nor Mao Ziping's subordinates objected, so this first transfer did not arouse anyone's open opposition.

After testing the reaction of the army officers, Wang Maoru then began to reform the army one by one, of course, now the most powerful legion in the national defense force is the White Tiger Legion stationed in the Western Regions, in addition to itself, the White Tiger Legion also has command over the 14th Army and the 16th Army that entered the Western Regions, except for Ren Yuanxing, who can rotate with him? The only one who can replace Ren Yuanxing is the Killing God Palace Xiaoqi. Of course, the rotation of the corps commander will not be carried out until two years later, and after Wang Maoru calculated it in his heart, he ordered the year-end meeting of the Ministry of National Defense to end, and everyone should go back and prepare for the Spring Festival of the 12th year of the Republic of China.

As a congratulatory gift for the Spring Festival, Wang Maoru ordered the logistics headquarters to send a red envelope to every national defense army family to express his gratitude, and at the same time ordered to write a letter of thanks to the families of all national defense soldiers in the name of the Ministry of National Defense, thanking every family for the contribution of the Republic of China to their children. Subsequently, supplies and red envelopes were distributed to the disabled soldiers and the dead soldiers, which was also a kind of personnel compensation.

Wang Maoru sent a letter of thanks with his seal to the soldier's home, creating the world's first feat of sympathizing with a soldier, and his prestige in the military, especially among the people and soldiers, was even greater, and the family who received Wang Maoru's letter of thanks was eager to show off the letter. Wang Maoru also ordered that every village and town must hang the red flag and yellow letters, write the names of the soldiers of the national defense forces in the village and town, and serve in the troops, indicating that as the pride of the village and town, if anyone insults the flag, he should be sentenced to prison for the crime of insulting the national image.

It is said that a good man should not be a soldier or a good iron should not be nailed, so that the people of the country are proud of the soldiers, and it actually started from this red flag, the people of the country are still red, and they are respected by yellow, so the yellow characters on the red background make many families excited, the country remembers our family, and the country is grateful to our family.

Later, Wang Maoru invited Jiang Fangzhen, deputy commander of the National Defense Forces, Sa Zhenbing, deputy commander of the army, Yong Xingbao, chief of staff, Li Delin, chief of security, Wei Dongling, chief of guards, and Gai Tianjiu, commander of the Beijing-Tianjin garrison, into the basement living room of his home. After entering the underground hall, Wang Maoru asked everyone to sit down casually, and then said: "The future of the National Defense Force is up to you." ”

"Whatever Xiushuai says, this is what we should do." Sa Zhenbing was the oldest among them, and he said on behalf of the other five.

Gai Tianjiu said: "Xiusheng, if you have anything to say, just say it, brother, I support you unreservedly." ”

Wang Maoru raised his head with a smile, looked at the six people, and said, "I am going to run for president next year, and I hope you will help me." ”

The eyes of the six people widened, and they couldn't speak for a long time, but Gai Tianjiu was the first to react, and he suddenly laughed and said, "Okay! Good! Good! Xiusheng, you should have been president a long time ago. Do you want me to order the soldiers to go into the city now and arrest Sun Cannon? ”

Wang Maoru hurriedly stopped: "No, I don't need to launch a coup d'état as president, I want to be the president of the Republic of China openly." ”

Jiang Fangzhen also recalled at this time and said, "But Xiusheng, didn't you mean ...... Aren't serving military personnel allowed to interfere with the government? ”

Wang Maoru smiled: "Yes." ”

"You're going to overturn the bill you're proposing?" Jiang Fangzhen said in surprise.

Wang Maoru shook his head and laughed: "No, no, no." ”

"Are you ......" Jiang Fangzhen said in surprise, his mind turned to think of something shocking, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Are you ready to resign?" ”

"No, show off." Li Delin immediately said, "Absolutely not, Xiushuai, who will be the Minister of National Defense if you resign?" Who can convince the people? I think you are the only one who can convince the brothers, and others can't. ”

"Yes, Xiushuai, no, absolutely not." Wei Dongling immediately said, "The Guards Corps was established to protect you, if you resign, who will we protect?" We are still loyal to you, so you will never be able to resign this time. He said excitedly: "Whether you are the president or not is your word, who is the president is also your word, and nominally the military does not interfere in politics is for those turtle fools." I don't believe that anyone dares to talk nonsense when you become a big president. ”

Jiang Fangzhen raised his eyebrows and frowned, although Wei Dongling's words were a bit arrogant and aggressive, but it was the same thing, Wang Maoru mentioned that the legislators of the Congress did not interfere in politics, but now, it is Wang Maoru who dominates the country, the president is hollowed out, the prime minister is a puppet, and Wang Maoru is actually the underground head of state in China.