Years of the Republic of China 1913

After sending Li Yanqing away, Fang Zida did not go to the Ministry of Finance as planned. When he returned to the office, he called the Ministry of Finance with a gloomy face, and then immediately asked He Yingqin to come to Zhongyang Bank to meet him as soon as possible.

Sitting on the sofa, Fang Zida put aside the cigar he was smoking, and frowned, recalling Li Yanqing's words just now.According to what Li Yanqing said, a few days ago someone from central Beijing came to the Third Division and issued a transfer order, asking the Third Division to immediately draw out a brigade of troops to go northward to cooperate with the security garrison to defend the Beijing-Tianjin area.

This news shocked Fang Zida. Due to the reorganization of the National Defense Forces, the defense divisions of various countries have roughly completed the reorganization and started the second new reorganization.In the second new formation, according to the plan, the first division, the third division, the eighth division, and the fifteenth division will be expanded from divisions to army units. Although the number of the third division has not been changed for the time being, the size of the third division has nearly doubled. After the official reorganization is completed, its number of personnel and combat effectiveness will be more than one or two times compared to before.

At this time, Cao Kun's third division was mobilized, and there must be problems with the mobilization to the Beijing-Tianjin area.Since the reorganization of the National Defense Forces, all central yang army transfers must be jointly ordered by the General Staff Headquarters and the Ministry of National Defense, and must be personally approved by Yuan Shikai and reported to the Zheng Fu for the record.According to Li Yanqing, this strange transfer order was not issued through the General Staff and the Ministry of National Defense, but directly from the Office of the Presidential Palace. Fang Zida was immediately vigilant about what was going on with this transfer order, and couldn't help but think of another aspect.

"Liang Yansun, Yuan Yuntai..."

first timing.The names of these two people flashed through Fang Zida's mind.Liang Shiyi is the Secretary-General of the Presidential Palace, responsible for the work of the General Office of the Presidential Palace, and Yuan Keding is the eldest son of Yuan Shikai. Only the two of them can do this trick.As for mobilizing the third division without authorization, its purpose is self-evident, and it is clear that it is to use force to push Yuan Shikai to the top.

"Crazy, they are crazy!" Fang Zida never expected that Liang Shiyi and Yuan Keding would have such courage. Although the capital is the center of the country, there are actually not many central and yang troops in the surrounding areas. The combined garrison in the area is no more than two divisions.Moreover, the various troops are scattered and stationed. Except for Fengde, most of them are at the regiment and battalion level.The distance from the capital city is almost as close as day and night.

Thinking of this, Fang Zida's head became dizzy. He never expected that Liang Shiyi and Yuan Keding's Liyu Xunxin would go to this point and deploy troops without authorization to carry out a mutiny. Aren't they afraid that their conspiracy will be revealed?If Li Yanqing hadn't revealed the news, Fang Zida might not have known until the army approached, and by then it might be too late to deal with it.

"Cao Kun is not simple!" Fang Zida said to himself, if Li Yanqing decided this matter without authorization, Fang Zida would never believe it, as Cao Kun's confidant.No matter what, Li Yanqing could not tell himself such confidential information, this was definitely Cao Kun's instruction.Don't look at Cao Kun's carefree and rough appearance on the surface, but in fact he is as careful and scheming.Liang Shiyi and Yuan Keding ordered the Third Division in the name of the General Office of the Presidential Palace without telling Yuan Shikai.If Cao Kun asked the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff about the reason for the transfer in the name of the Third Division, he would definitely offend Liang Shiyi and Yuan Keding. Put yourself in this embarrassing situation.And if you follow the order.In case something happened between Liang Shiyi and Yuan Keding in the future, and Yuan Shikai blamed him, he couldn't explain it.After thinking about it, Cao Kun could only use this method to disclose the news to Fang Zida through Li Yanqing's mouth, so that he would not offend each other.He also picked himself out to please both sides.Advance and retreat freely.

Thinking deeper, how could a smart man like Cao Kun not know the purpose of Liang Shiyi and Yuan Keding in doing this? Ri can wait.Cao Kun's abacus was not bad, he thought of almost every aspect, Fang Zida lamented that this person is really unbelievable!

Report this to Yuan Shikai and Song Jiaoren immediately?As soon as this idea came up, Fang Zida immediately rejected it in his heart.How about reporting the current situation?At most, Liang and Yuan were reprimanded, and it didn't have much effect at all. In this world, only thieves are thousands of miles away. How can there be any reason for riri to prevent thieves?Once this matter is exposed now, Fang Zida not only offended them, but also offended Cao Kun.If something happened in the future, would Fang Zida be so lucky?

A few thoughts flashed through his mind, Fang Zida decided either not to do it, or to do it thoroughly.Don't you, Liang Shiyi, want to be Shi Shouxin?Don't you, Yuan Keding, want to be the prince with all your heart?Since you have refused to listen to dissuasion several times, let you completely give up this idea.

"President, are you looking for me?"

Not long after, He Yingqin hurried over from outside the city, saw Fang Zida Yin sitting upright with a sullen face, and asked softly.

"Sit." Pointing to the sofa beside him, Fang Zida asked directly: "What has Wang Jixin been up to these days?"

"Him? It's the same as before, no different." He Yingqin replied subconsciously.

Fang Zida frowned slightly, and said in displeasure, "Is there no difference?"

"This... let me think about it..." He Yingqin said quickly, racking his brains to think, after a while he patted his head and said: "I remembered, Mr. Yuan came to drink with Wang Jixin a few days ago, he After entering the city for half a day, I returned to the station. Nothing happened these few days, but I was in the barracks for food and lodging, and I paid more attention to the guards than before."

"Oh, didn't he pay attention to the guards before?"

"That's not true. After all, Wang Jixin was not from a military background. He felt a lot of inconvenience in the military camp. He used to take one or two days a week to go back to his mansion in Beijing for a short stay. But since the visit of Mr. Yuan Wang Jixin hasn't been back to Beijing for six days, and Ying Qin didn't pay much attention to such trivial things at first, if the president didn't suddenly ask, I wouldn't have thought of it for a while..."

He waved his hand and interrupted He Yingqin's explanation. Fang Zida didn't ask him to listen to such nonsense.

"Respect, can you be the master in the guard army?"

"Of course!" He Yingqin said hastily: "At the beginning, the president assigned Ying Qin to the guard army and explained it. Don't think that Wang Jixin is Ying Qin's boss, but Ying Qin has always been in charge of the actual military affairs. Most of the middle and lower-level officers He is also Yingqin's person, as long as I give an order, there will be no problem. What? President, you want to... "

"Don't ask me what I want to do, I'll just ask you, if Wang Jixin wants to pull troops out to do something, can you control the entire guard army? Including Wang Jixin himself?"

"President, don't worry, there's no problem at all!" He Yingqin hurriedly stood up, touching his heels and replied loudly.

"Good! Good!"

Patting He Yingqin on the shoulder, Fang Zida smiled with satisfaction, and then said with a straight face: "He Jingzhi, I issue an order to you as the deputy finance minister and the president of Zhongyang Bank. From today onwards, without my own warrant, No one is allowed to mobilize a single soldier of the guard army, if there is any unauthorized mobilization of troops, you can do it cheaply, understand?"

"Yes!"

He Yingqin quickly saluted and responded to the order, and then left in a hurry.

After arranging the matter of the guards, Fang Zida asked someone to contact Yang Du. That day and night, Yang Du was invited and quietly entered Fang Zida's residence.

After meeting, Fang Zida first told Yang Du what happened today, and then explained his arrangements for the guards, and then asked Yang Du what he thought.

"Shang Ming's arrangement is good, and his idea is right, but this matter is tricky!" Yang Du didn't say a word when Fang Zida was talking about it, and gently patted the folding fan in his hand, as if he was thinking about something.When Fang Zida finished speaking, he sighed softly and shook his head.

"What? Xizi thinks my arrangement is wrong?"

"That's not true." Yang Du shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "If Liang Yansun was the only one who did this, what Zhang Ming did was right, but there is also Yuan Yuntai involved, I'm afraid this will cause trouble It's not easy to end!"

"Of course I know this. The long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain. Although Yuan Yuntai is my brother-in-law and the eldest son of the president, how can the country's affairs tolerate such actions? Once this end is opened, it will not end in the future. For the president That's right..."

Yang Du nodded, and he saw it the same way.Although Fang Zida's arrangement was cautious, he also saw his decision.After thinking about it, Yang Du asked seriously: "Shang Ming, you really decided to do this?"

After receiving Fang Zida's confirmation, Yang Du also made up his mind and said, "Since this is the case, then we should do it this way. It's a pity that President Yuan, a hero for the first time, gave birth to such a villain in the end." Sighing, Yang Du said: "As for other matters, if Zhang Ming has anything to solve, just ask. Although I, Yang Du, can't lift my hands or carry it on my shoulders, it's okay to help with errands, talk, and circle around."

"Thank you, brother Xizi, what I said is exactly what I want." Fang Zida quickly thanked Yang Du, and he called Yang Dulai for exactly what he meant. After the incident started, there must be a lot of work to be finished, and there must be someone to help with it. , and this person Yang Du happens to be just right.

"It's a coincidence that an old friend comes to Beijing. I will take him to meet Zhang Ming tomorrow. This old friend is talented, resourceful, and has a wide range of friends. He is more suitable for some things than me. .”

"This person is...?"

"Hehe, this person also happens to be named Yang, Yang Yongtai, and Yang Changqing."

"It turned out to be him!" Fang Zida was overjoyed and couldn't help standing up. (To be continued..)

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