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Chapter 157 The Enemy of Beiyang (2)
Yuan Keding: Right, right, I remembered it as soon as you mentioned it. I remember that the newspapers published it at that time, and the students even cried to the special envoy of the President, demanding that Wei Zonghan and Ding Jin be dismissed immediately. I don’t know whether these two guys have been dismissed. Dismissal, what's going on now.

Liang Shiyi: The situation of those two people is not clear, but Jiang Fangzhen failed to commit suicide. Your father Yuan Shikai invited a famous doctor from the Japanese embassy to see him. There was a female nurse in the car, Miss Meizi, who was beautiful and gentle. As a result, Jiang Fangzhen took a look and immediately recovered. No matter what she said, she wanted to marry Miss Meizi as his wife. Meizi fled back to Japan in fright, but in the end, she was attracted by Jiang Fangzhen and married Jiang Fangzhen as his wife.You must know that Japanese women are the most gentle and know how to serve men best, Mr. Yuan, don't you think so?

Yuan Keding: Me?Could it be that brother Yansun wants me to marry a Japanese wife?

Liang Shiyi: Why do you want to marry a Japanese wife?

Yuan Keding: I don't know why, isn't it what you asked for?
Liang Shiyi said: Did I make this request?By the way, Mr. Yuan, what I want to say now is not Miss Meizi. Meizi has already married Jiang Fangzhen, so you are really dead.What I want to talk about is Jiang Fangzhen, a military strategist. Do you know what suggestions he made recently?
Yuan Keding: What suggestion?
Liang Shiyi said: Jiang Fangzhen once said that the Beiyang new army, after many years, has already lost the vigor of the past, and it is difficult to fight again.If you want to improve the army, the best way is to organize and train model regiments, train a group of new officers, and then send them to serve in various armies, and then reform the entire Beiyang Army.

Yuan Keding's eyes lit up: Officer, reform...that's right, this is a rare good opportunity, just like my father's early military training at small stations, to cultivate his own army.

05 It's useless to be angry
Yuan Keding came to find his father Yuan Shikai: Dad, let me tell you something.

Yuan Shikai: What's the matter?Why do you have so many things to do every day?

Yuan Keding: Dad, your son has a lot of things to do, so it's better than doing nothing, right?

Yuan Shikai: That's right, let's talk about something quickly.

Yuan Keding: Father, I want to imitate your military training at the small station and train the model regiment of the new army.

Yuan Shikai: Take a rest, you, this matter has been handed over to Cai E.

Yuan Keding: Father, how can you leave this matter to Cai E?
Yuan Shikai: Nonsense, Cai E is the most talented military man among the younger generation. When he was in Yunnan, he trained an elite new army of [-] people. Now he is throwing it in Yunnan. If he says he can use it, he can use it. You can compare with him ?
Yuan Keding: I am not saying that I am better than Cai E, who can compare to him, what I mean is...that is...by the way, Dad, you use Cai E again, I am afraid that our old soldiers in Beiyang will not follow.

Yuan Shikai looked at his son: "Silly treasure, I really let you talk. Everyone knows that Cai E is capable, and they know that they can't compare with him, but those old people in Beiyang are desperate to give Cai E Put on eye drops, this is really... Sigh.

Yuan Keding: Dad, I want to remind you that you must not harm Cai E because you use too much. I don’t know if Dad still remembers military strategist Jiang Fangzhen. He is really a talent. Not one can come out.But what happened?Just because of a few villains, he couldn't do anything, and he chose to commit suicide in anger. Although he attempted suicide, but this lesson, father must not forget it.

Yuan Shikai was stunned, and it took a long time before he said: "Silly treasure, you go down first, let Dad think about it."

After a few days, Yuan Shikai finally figured it out, so he called Duan Qirui, chief of the army, and said: Xiao Duan, let me tell you something. After thinking about it for several days, after pondering and pondering, in the end, I think the most suitable candidate for the head of the team is my Dabao Keding.Duan, do you think so too?

Duan Qirui laughed loudly: "President, have you made a mistake? Your Dabao is a lame man who walks with a limp. If you let him stand on the playground like this, the soldiers will be so happy. What's the matter?" Training?
Yuan Shikai's face darkened: Zhiquan, Keding is not as miserable as you think, he is very smart, you can see that he has only been abroad for a few days, and he can speak English and German fluently.

Duan Qirui said: "Guagualiu is useless, training model regiments requires military talents, does your son have this stuff?"I'm afraid he hasn't even heard of it?

Yuan Shikai: Hey, let me tell you a little bit about you, why do you speak so badly?
Duan Qirui: President, I have always been like this, not just today.

Yuan Shikai: Let Yuan Keding be the head of the model group. I am the president, and that's it.

Duan Qirui: I am the chief of the army. Regarding military affairs, if I say no, I won’t do it, and your president won’t work either.

Yuan Shikai: You, you, you... that's all right, Chief Duan, I'll recommend another head of the regiment to you, what do you think?
Duan Qirui: Which one do you recommend?

Yuan Shikai: What do you think of me?
Duan Qirui: President, are you...really angry?It's useless to be angry, and I don't agree to let your son be the head of the regiment even if I am angry.

Miss 06 Falls in Love with the Poor Boy

However, why did Duan Qirui insist on raising an argument with Yuan Shikai and not let the eldest son Yuan Keding be in charge of the model group?
As Duan Qirui himself said, he is just like this, born with a strong head and a bad temper.It's useless to be persuaded by anyone, even if he kills his head, he will not change his principles.

In the late Qing Dynasty, because of the Boxer Rebellion incident, the Gengzi nation was in trouble, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded Beijing, and the old lady Cixi fled.Later, when Cixi returned to Beijing, local officials, common people and soldiers all bowed down along the way. The train was traveling all the way, but there were countless pouty buttocks on both sides of the railway, which made Cixi very unhappy.

In front of the car dealership, I suddenly saw a mighty and majestic army, standing upright without kneeling, and blowing the bugle to welcome Empress Dowager Cixi.At that time, Cixi and the officials in the car were all stunned: who is this, dare not kneel down?
Looking closely at the leader of the soldiers in front, it was Duan Qirui from Beiyang.

It turned out that Duan Qirui hated the destruction of human nature by imperial autocracy, and knew that an army composed of slaves was powerless.The bravest soldier in the world must be a soldier with conscience and dignity, so Duan Qirui abruptly overturned the system of kneeling and worshiping soldiers, and wanted to show Empress Dowager Cixi a fresh look with a straight military posture.

Cixi didn't dare to say anything, but the officials accompanying the car went mad. They jumped out of the car, slapped Duan Qirui's legs, and forced Duan Qirui to kneel down.You, a Chinese, dare to hold your head high in front of power, and don't even want to be a slave. This is really outrageous.Duan Qirui was beaten on both legs, but he didn't move at all, still standing on the spot.His perseverance and the iron-blooded self-esteem of the soldiers strongly shook the Qing Dynasty.It is no exaggeration to say that it was Duan Qirui who restored the dignity and conscience of Chinese soldiers and made Chinese soldiers stand up.

From then on, soldiers only follow the call of their conscience, and are no longer lackeys of power.

This is Duan Qirui.

The temperament of the iron-blooded soldier comes from Duan Qirui's unique growth process.Speaking of Duan Qirui, he can also be called a military family. His ancestors once organized regiment training and fought against the mob Nian army.But when Duan Qirui was born, his family situation had fallen to the bottom. Duan Qirui was reduced to a cowherd boy in his childhood, making a living by herding cattle for the rich.

But this cow-herding boy insisted on not obeying the arrangement of fate and insisted on studying.It really made him find a private school teacher, and he didn't hear that the teacher taught him anything, so he just asked him for tuition fees.But Duan Qirui has no money.What books do you read without money?Mr. Private School was very angry, so he took away Duan Qirui's ancestral Duan inkstone.

After this incident happened, Duan Qirui was so angry that he no longer studied with this private school teacher, so he found another teacher named Xu, but he still had no money to follow the class.Although it's a class, but the teacher's house serves meals every day, and he also eats hard.Suddenly one day he picked up his rice bowl and was surprised to find that there was a piece of duck in the bowl.You know, life in the countryside was extremely difficult at that time. Even Mr. Xu couldn't eat a piece of meat for a few days. How could he, a poor student who was taking classes, get a piece of duck meat?

Must be mistaken.

If you make a mistake, make a mistake, eat the duck meat first.

Duan Qirui opened his mouth wide, babbled, and ate the duck meat.

Unexpectedly, strange things happened one after another. From then on, Duan Qirui's rice bowl would appear nutritious meat food every now and then.At this time, Duan Qirui became more and more frightened as he served the rice bowl, and he didn't dare to eat any more, so he asked the kitchen if he had made a mistake and put the meat for Mr. Xu into his bowl while refilling the rice bowl. up.

At this time, in the kitchen, behind the curtain, a girl's voice came: You just eat yours, why ask so many questions, fool!

At that time, Duan Qirui staggered and took two steps back as if struck by lightning.

The person speaking behind the curtain turned out to be Mr. Xu's daughter.

Miss Xu fell in love with this poor boy.

07 The saddest love in history

Miss Xu fell in love with the poor boy Duan Qirui, which was the most tragic love in the late Qing Dynasty.

The tragedy of love lies in Duan Qirui's family, which is too poor.He couldn't afford to find a matchmaker to talk about this relationship for him. Even if there was a heartless matchmaker who was willing to take on this job, the Xu family might not agree.But at Miss Xu's place, because of the constraints of etiquette and family rules, at most she secretly added two pieces of meat to Duan Qirui's rice bowl, but she couldn't reveal the slightest of her thoughts.

Love is separated by a thin curtain, but we cannot meet each other.

After that, this lonely boy, with only one silver dollar in his pocket, walked more than two thousand miles to Weihaiwei, Shandong Province to join the army.Because of his upright nature, hard work and hard work, he quickly stood out in the army and became the number one important figure in Beiyang.

The poor boy became famous and rich.The first person to come to the door was the private school teacher who snatched Duan Qirui's ancestral Duan inkstone.

When the teacher came, Duan Qirui respectfully performed the disciple's gift, entertained him with good tea and meals every day, but never mentioned that the teacher snatched his inkstone.This teacher is really happy. He has lived with Duan Qirui for more than a month, and eats his mouth full of greasy food every day.It's been more than a month, and I can't live anymore. It would be too embarrassing to live any longer.Seeing that the teacher insisted on leaving, Duan Qirui held a farewell banquet for the teacher after several attempts to persuade him to stay.When the wine was hot, Duan Qirui handed the teacher a paper bag. The teacher opened it and immediately shed old tears.

What was in the paper bag was the deed of the real estate and land that Duan Qirui bought for his teacher in his hometown. He wanted this poor teacher to have a place to retire.

At that time, the teacher burst into tears: Xiao Duan, look at you, you don’t remember the old grudges at all, but I, the teacher, feel ashamed of being such a good student like you. Back then, I robbed your family’s ancestral Duan inkstone... ancestral huh , I say grab it, grab it. Back then, your arms and legs were too thin to beat the teacher, so you had to let the teacher grab it. Now the teacher can't beat you...

The ashamed teacher finally returned the ancestral Duan Qirui to Duan Qirui.

The teacher's kindness is finally repaid.So what about Miss Xu who loved him?

But Duan Qirui didn't dare to inquire. After so many years, Miss Xu must be married. He can't be fully armed and lead an army to kill him, right?In case Ms. Xu is living a loving and happy life now, what do you think happened to you in the past?

Can only endure.

This forbearance lasted for many years.

Until his later years, Duan Qirui couldn't bear it anymore, so he went out to find Miss Xu, hey, he really found her.

At this time, Ms. Xu was already a white-haired old lady. She came to see Duan Qirui on crutches. After entering the door, her presbyopic eyes looked around: Mr. Duan, who is Mr. Duan? Look at my eyes I can't see clearly... At that time, Duan Qirui was also in tears, and even called her teacher.Two elderly people hold hands and look at their tearful eyes, the more they look at each other, the more sad they feel.

Duan Qirui's sad reminder of love tells us: Young people, cherish the good times, and love as soon as you are young.But don't be like Duan Qirui, who is full of thoughts for the country and the people, delaying his love, and being scolded for no reason.

Not worth it!Really not worth it.

However, a person's character determines a person's fate. It's useless for you to say it's not worth it. Duan Qirui himself doesn't know it's not worth it, but his character determines that he will eventually be on the same level as Yuan Shikai who cultivated him.

08 scumbag hits the big time
The relationship between Duan Qirui and Yuan Shikai went to two extremes. At first, Duan Qirui was all to blame, but later, Yuan Shikai was more and more to blame.

The so-called beginning refers to Jiang Fangzhen's suicide.On the surface, this case was a small conflict between military expert Jiang Fangzhen and military science director Wei Zonghan and section chief Ding Jin, but in fact it was the first power struggle between Yuan Shikai and his general Duan Qirui. The battlefield is in the presidential palace.

Speaking of Jiang Fangzhen, he is actually the number one person with a unique strategic vision in China.He studied in Japan when he was a teenager, and he had a clear understanding of Japan's ambition to annex China, and he accurately analyzed the strength comparison between China and Japan.Jiang Fangzhen knows that China is definitely not Japan's opponent, and the more it develops, the more it will be left behind by Japan. If China, a weak and ancient agricultural country, wants to gain the right to survive in front of Japan, a powerful industrialized country, it must not count on it. The world depends on the first battle, and we must fight a protracted war.

The protracted war was first proposed by Mr. Jiang Fangzhen.

Mr. Jiang Fangzhen's military thoughts are broad and profound, and protracted warfare is only one of them.He found that the Beiyang new army had lost its vigor and was depressed, so he put forward the strategic idea of ​​reforming the new army.

The proposal of this strategic thinking is to deal with Japan's approaching invasion of China. In short, China must always retain a powerful army to maintain the balance of power between China and Japan.But this balance is too fragile, and it always tilts against China. Therefore, in order to avoid the deterioration of the situation, the Beiyang New Army must start to reform.

This is Jiang Fangzhen's idea of ​​reforming the new army.

This idea immediately attracted Yuan Shikai's attention. Yuan Shikai was a confidant of the Japanese and had always paid close attention to the transformation of the army. Therefore, after he discovered Jiang Fangzhen, he couldn't wait to appoint him as the principal of Baoding Military Academy to promote Chiang Kai-shek's military training. The new army transformation plan.

But Duan Qirui disagreed with Jiang Fangzhen's new army transformation plan.

Why did Duan Qirui disagree with this plan?Could it be that he wears a pair of pants with the Japanese?
No, Duan Qirui also regards Japan as a confidant.But the problem is that the ass determines the head, and a person's thinking depends on his specific position in society.You must know that Duan Qirui is the chief of the army, the highest officer in the military, and is responsible for specific tasks. In his eyes, Beiyang, the first problem is obedience. An army that refuses to obey orders and cannot command is definitely not a good one. army.

It is obvious that the officers trained by Jiang Fangzhen will not obey Duan Qirui's orders.

Therefore, Duan Qirui felt strongly dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai's "unauthorized" bypassing him and directly appointing Jiang Fangzhen as the principal of Baoding Military Academy.But the problem is that Yuan Shikai is the president, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he can't find trouble with Yuan Shikai, he can only find trouble with Jiang Fangzhen and add trouble to Jiang Fangzhen.

Therefore, Jiang Fangzhen went to Baoding Military Academy and found that the work was difficult to carry out, so he called the students together on the playground, scolded Wei Zonghan, the chief of military science, and Ding Jin, the chief of the section, for making trouble, and then shot himself. She saved her life, but things have already caused a lot of trouble.The two guys, Wei Zonghan and Ding Jin, also became popular quickly as the despicable villains who dragged their legs, and everyone knew it.

But it didn't take long for these two live treasures to be popular, and people discovered that the reason why these two little-known little people dared to talk nonsense with Jiang Fangzhen, the most military-minded military strategist in China, was because they had backers and backers.

This background backer is Duan Qirui, Chief of the Army.

09 The law of inverse ratio of character
So far, the description of Duan Qirui in the historian circle is still changing.If Duan Qirui is mentioned separately, it is probably a positive role.Duan Qirui lives a frugal life. He wears cloth socks made at home all the year round. He likes to read and play chess. He respects intellectuals the most and likes to learn how to write poems from them.When he went to Wuchang to welcome Li Yuanhong to Beijing, he wrote a couplet in front of the Yellow Crane Tower, saying:
A glass of wine talks about the past, and the sound of thousands of miles of waves surges in the sky.

Ascending to Huai's homeland, Bagong Mountain is so beautiful.

This pair of couplets, even the most picky literati bachelor, can't help but shake his head again and again, cursing in his heart: Damn, you, a rough man who touches the barrel of a gun, can write such a good couplet, what a fool I am! .

But when he mentioned Jiang Fangzhen, Duan Qirui changed his face in an instant, from an upright and bold martial artist to a despicable villain.There are indeed inevitable factors in this historical trend, which makes people sigh in vain and feel helpless.

Duan Qirui was accused: he withheld funds from Baoding Military Academy many times, and deliberately troubled Jiang Fangzhen, causing Jiang Fangzhen to be in trouble, making Jiang Fangzhen unable to train officers as he wished, and in anger, he drew a gun and committed suicide.

After Jiang Fangzhen's injury improved, Yuan Shikai valued his talent and specially appointed him as a counselor of the Military Department of the Presidential Palace.

This appointment shows that Yuan Shikai is indeed dedicated to the country and values ​​talents.

Of course, this appointment still needs Duan Qirui's signature and a letter of appointment.

But guess what Duan Qirui did?
You would never have guessed that he has been slow to issue a letter of appointment to Jiang Fangzhen.What does he want to do?Do you still want to force Jiang Fangzhen to commit suicide again?

It's really outrageous.

Yuan Shikai found out that Duan Qirui was still dragging his legs, so he was extremely angry, so he came to write the letter of appointment in person. On the word "first class", two huge circles were drawn, which meant that Duan Qirui could see clearly for himself.

Although Duan Qirui had his own reasons for this conflict, the dial pointer of justice pointed to Yuan Shikai and Jiang Fangzhen, and Duan Qirui was obviously not a thing.

It's no wonder that he and Miss Xu, who loves him, have never been able to get together for the rest of their lives. What are they doing together?Let Miss Xu watch him do such embarrassing and jealous things every day?I'm afraid Miss Xu will be mad at him sooner or later.

(End of this chapter)