When the news that Yuan Su was promoted to the Eastern Zhili Military Guard reached Luanzhou, it quickly caused quite a sensation among the officials and gentry in Luanzhou. Even Yuan Su himself never expected that it would be like this.
result.
The best-case scenario in his expectation was to be appointed as a brigade commander, or at most a division commander. Now he is the dignified envoy of the Dongzhili Army Guard. Putting aside the title of "Army Guard", the title of "Eastern Guard" is
The title "Zhili" is enough to be resounding throughout the country, and half of the important land of Kinki is exclusive. What kind of scenery is this?
The Luanzhou bureaucracy headed by Wang Litong was very happy about this, and the former 79th Army officers headed by Chen Wenian were also delighted. This exciting news signified that they finally did not follow the wrong person. After months of fear,
I finally made it through today.
In the afternoon of the same day, this official telegram from Beijing spread throughout the three counties of Changli, Tanghai, and Laoting. Whether it was the county magistrate He Keping or Li Jinfu, Zhao Jishi and other old army officers who had just surrendered, they were really attracted by this message.
The appointment was a big shock. Fortunately, they had behaved well in front of Yuan Su. They were worthy of being the nephews of the president. The principle that there are people in the court who want to be officials has never changed. From now on, they will completely give up other thoughts.
Just follow Mr. Yuan with peace of mind and abide by your duty.
For a time, the communications office in the headquarters compound was flooded with congratulatory messages, and an endless stream of gentry and celebrities came to visit.
In this day alone, Yuan Su met nearly a hundred people, whether they were big businessmen or scholars, or even slightly famous people came to fawn over him. [New] However, Yuan Su did not have any
When visiting foreigners, he received all visitors. If there were many people, he would meet them together, if there were few people, he would meet them alone. He behaved very modestly and politely.
In fact, in the face of countless smiling faces and flattery, Yuan Su felt a little proud. However, it was this proud mentality that also made him feel a little wary.
The president's uncle had always been in a bad mood before, and I believe that his government would never make such a hasty decision.
Although he would not be able to guess the true intention of this "uncle" for a while, he secretly made up his mind that he would make good use of his status as an army protector in the future to build a career of his own. As long as he could master a considerable amount of strength,
He will no longer be easily manipulated by others, and his own destiny will be controlled by himself.
The day after the telegram was sent, the honor guard delegation from Beijing arrived in Luanzhou.
The leader of the group is Dai Jishan, deputy director of the Military Scale Department of the Ministry of War. The whole group has more than 30 people, all wearing the new uniforms of the Beiyang Army. They have attracted everyone's attention since they got off the train, which shows their magnificence. Yuan Su has already arranged for people to be on the train.
He stood waiting to be greeted, and was immediately taken to the headquarters compound, where he personally welcomed him at the gate of the compound.
After some pleasantries, Dai Jishan stood at the door of the headquarters compound and read out the letter of appointment from the Ministry of War. Following the procedures, he handed over the letter of appointment, official ribbon, official seal and other documents to Yuan Su in public. Then he showed it
The guard wore a brand new uniform and was awarded the rank of colonel by the Ministry of War.[]
Now the Ministry of War is preparing for the restructuring and application of the new military ranks, but it will still take some time to implement it. However, in order to highlight the difference from the military ranks in the Qing Dynasty, the title of the new military rank was added after the old military rank.
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Dai." After the uniform and military rank were handed over to the orderlies on the side, Yuan Su stepped forward and shook hands with Dai Jishan, and expressed his condolences politely again.
"No, it's just my duty. Before leaving Beijing, Director Huang also made a special excuse to convey that the positions of military guards have always been at the rank of major general or above. But this time, after several studies, the superiors considered
After all, Young Master Yuan is still young, and he is afraid that there will be gossip when he is entrusted with the rank of general, so he temporarily accepts the rank of Colonel. But please rest assured, Young Master Yuan, with Young Master Yuan's qualifications, promotion to the general position is just around the corner." Dai Jishan smiled.
He said.
"Master Dai is too polite. Mr. Yuan has no merit and no virtue. This promotion from above has made me sincere and frightened. How dare I have any other unreasonable thoughts? Please tell Master Dai when he returns to Beijing, what arrangements will be made from above for Mr. Yuan in the future?"
You must obey orders." Yuan Su said in a sincere tone.
"Don't worry, Mr. Yuan, I will definitely lead you." Dai Jishan said.
Afterwards, Yuan Su first arranged for Dai Jishan's entourage to rest in Xiying District, and said that he would host a banquet for the honor guard tonight at Tingfeng Xiaozhu, and then went to the camp office with Dai Jishan. After preparing tea, the two faced each other.
Take a seat.
Dai Jishan happened to have other official matters to convey, so he spoke first: "The ministry has made a decision. Mr. Yuan's subordinates will be temporarily included in the Army's second town. However, considering Mr. Yuan's current special situation, it is only
Nominally, they belong to the establishment of the Second Town. Everyone in the Second Town also tacitly understands that in the future, except for extraordinary military affairs or inviting Mr. Yuan to attend meetings, there should be no intersection in normal times."
Yuan Su nodded slightly to express his understanding. After all, the Second Town was the backbone of the Beiyang Army. It was a very cost-effective thing for him to get a designation under the Second Town establishment. Then he asked further: "I don't know.
Has the exact number of our department been drawn up?"
Dai Jishan said: "It has already come down, and it has been temporarily organized into the First Mixed Brigade of the Second Town. In a few days, the Munitions Department will send down serial numbers, identification and other items. Mr. Yuan only needs to change the deployment badges as soon as possible.
."
Yuan Su remembered that there were five brigades (associations) in the second town, but they were all of the same type of arms, either infantry or cavalry brigades, and the arrangement of these five brigades was also divided according to arms, such as infantry
The first brigade, the first cavalry brigade. Now his troops are mixed, including cavalry and infantry, so they have become the first mixed brigade in the second town, so they are named the "first" mixed brigade in the lineup.
However, these are just trivial matters. According to Dai Jishan's description of the Army Department, he feels that his brigade is more like an independent brigade under the Second Town.
"Obviously, even if Mr. Dai doesn't mention this matter, Yuan will not neglect it. Speaking of it, there are quite a few things that are confusing about the president's personal promotion of the military envoy. Although the president is my uncle,
, but it has never been a nepotism style. I wonder if Mr. Dai can give me some advice?" Yuan Su asked instead.
"Haha, Mr. Yuan is too proud of me. I am just following orders. As for the intentions of the above, how can I not allow you to speculate randomly. But Mr. Yuan can rest assured that this time it is General Feng and Minister Duan who are working together to handle Mr. Yuan.
Regarding my appointment and designation, I, Mr. Feng Gou and Duan Hu of Beiyang, have no objections, and naturally others will not dare to have any objections." Dai Jishan said matter-of-factly.
Yuan Su knew that Dai Jishan had misunderstood him, but thinking about it, as the deputy chief of the Military Height Department, what deeper intentions could he guess?
That night, Yuan Su led a group of officers from the headquarters and invited Wang Litong, Zhang Juren and other Luanzhou gentry to accompany the honor guard delegation to a banquet in Tingfeng Xiaozhu. Zhang Juren was originally reluctant to travel a long distance.
Entering the city, not to mention the banquet, you must stay in the city overnight, but considering that this is a great day for Yuan Su to be promoted to the military guard, he should attend the banquet regardless of etiquette or concern.
Yuan Su has become an important person with great power. Wang Litong, who was in front of others in the past, has naturally changed his status now. In the past, he was intimidated by the wealthy gentry in Luanzhou, and he had to act based on other people's faces all day long.
The governor of this state is indeed a coward. Now the gentry all know that he is working for Yuan Su. With Yuan Su as his great backer, the situation has finally changed.
At the banquet that night, Wang Potong showed great enthusiasm, as if he had become the host of the banquet.
Of course, as an old man who has been in the officialdom for so many years, he also has a good grasp of the "measure". He wants to show his appearance to the gentry present, rather than usurping the guest.