Yuan Su took a bath in the guest house, ate something casually, and then took a nap out of exhaustion.
Unexpectedly, he slept straight into the evening. It was Yuan Keding who came to the guest house to find him, and then he woke up in a daze. When he saw that it was getting dark outside, he washed up in a hurry and dressed neatly before arriving. We met Yuan Keding in the lobby. Yuan Keding's mental outlook was not very good, as if he had just woken up.
The two chatted for a while, drank half a cup of tea in the hall, and then got up and left the guest house for Huairen Hall.
When they arrived at Huairen Hall, Yuan Keding did not immediately lead Yuan Su to see Yuan Shikai or his aunts. Instead, he took him to a small living room on the side of Huairen Hall. Two people in military uniforms were already waiting in the small living room. There are middle-aged people, one is about thirty years old, and the other is older.
Yuan Keding took Yuan Su's hand with a smile and introduced him: "Ke Li, these two are my best friends since childhood, and they are also staff officers who have been with my father for several years. This is Chen Wenyun, also known as Chen Wenyun. Yu Chen, currently the brigade commander of the 1st Beiyuan Cavalry Brigade and the senior military adviser to the Presidential Office, was just transferred back from Cullen last year."
Chen Wenyun is younger, has an imposing manner, and judging from his military uniform collar badge, he is already a lieutenant general. It is definitely rare to have such military qualifications in his thirties. When he met Yuan Su, he was quite polite and polite. He shook hands with Yuan Su and said a few polite words.
Yuan Su had some impressions of Chen Wenyun. It was said that he was indeed a direct descendant of Tai Zidang. However, after the failure of the Hongxian monarchy, he switched to the Anhui clique and became the head of the training group of the participating armies and the third soldier preparing to go to Europe to participate in the war. Commander of the Third Division.
Yuan Keding then introduced: "This is Lu Jin, courtesy name Xiushan, the former commander of the Second Town Artillery Brigade, the current military chief of staff of the Zhili Governor's Office, and the senior military staff officer of the presidential office. My father has already said, wait At the beginning of the new year, I will transfer Xiushan to Tianjin to serve as the garrison envoy."
Lu Jin was seven or eight years older than Chen Wenyun, but he had the same rank of lieutenant general in the army as Chen Wenyun. Perhaps because of his high qualifications, his attitude towards Yuan Su was much more arrogant than Chen Wenyun.
Yuan Su was not very familiar with Lu Jin, but since Yuan Keding said that he had been close friends since childhood, he should obviously be the direct descendants of the prince. He couldn't help but speculate in his heart: Yuan Keding asked me to come and meet these two people. When we met, did you also want to win me over to join the Taizi dang?
This is naturally not a groundless speculation. Yuan Shikai had great expectations for Yuan Keding. He had planned to let Yuan Keding try to control the military power in the early years. Unfortunately, the prince's ability was really limited. He not only failed to live up to Yuan Shikai's expectations, but also made Beiyang's old ministers Everyone could see the color, which was why Duan Qirui later firmly opposed it.
Currently, the only military forces that can stand with Yuan Keding are Chen Wenyun and Lu Jin.
In order to pave the way for him to become the crown prince, Yuan Keding must of course find ways to win over more people with military power. It seems that Yuan Shikai also acquiesced to this.
Compared with those outsiders, Yuan Su and Yuan Keding are cousins of the same clan, and they have also been promoted and supported many times by their uncle Yuan Shikai. The Yuan family is benevolent to Yuan Su in both life and career. Therefore, they took the opportunity to win over Yuan Su. It's just a last-minute matter, and after all, it's my family, so many things are better discussed.
Yuan Su knew very well that if he wanted to develop rapidly at this moment, he would have to forge a rapport with Yuan Shikai no matter what. As for the situation that Yuan Shikai would have to face after becoming emperor, he would have to act according to the circumstances.
"Keli is my brother. From now on, we are all on the same side. We should move around frequently and keep in touch. If there are any difficulties, we will discuss them together. If there are any benefits, we will share them together, okay?" Yuan Keding said with a smile.
"I will naturally obey the eldest son's orders," Lu Jin said without much enthusiasm.
"Yes, yes, since he is one of our own, from now on everyone will follow the eldest son as his leader." Chen Wenyun understood Yuan Keding's thoughts and immediately added fuel to the flames.
"If you treat your brother like this, I will take him as a pioneer from now on, even if your body is broken to pieces." Naturally, Yuan Su couldn't help but appreciate the compliment, and he quickly spoke more boldly.
"Haha, Keli, what you said... Haha, brother Xiushan, brother Yuchen, you two go to Qingyun Tower first. I will take Keli to see my father and aunt first, and I will rush over to meet you later.
Yuan Keding said with a smile from ear to ear.
After talking to Chen Wenyun and Lu Jin, Yuan Keding took Yuan Su to the backyard of Huairen Hall to meet Yuan Shikai.
There has always been a unified practice in the office work of Beiyang government, that is, bureaucrats only do official business for half a day, working in the morning and playing mahjong in the afternoon. Senior bureaucrats such as Duan Qirui are no exception. After returning to the official residence at noon, they often go to work in the afternoon.
He plays chess with others at home; as for Feng Guozhang, he is even more exaggerated than Duan Qirui. He has to sleep until twelve o'clock every day before getting up, and only handles official duties for a while in the afternoon.
Among the entire Beiyang government, only President Yuan Shikai does not have a fixed time every day. Once there is any urgent official business, he has to deal with it even in the middle of the night. It is dinner time, but Yuan Shikai is still in the study in the south.
When handling official business, in addition to Secretary-General Zhang Yichen, Senior Chief of Staff Xia Shoukang, and Chief of the Interior Zhang Guogan, there were also two officers in military uniforms.
Yuan Keding knocked on the door and came in. Everyone turned around and looked over one after another. He just thought that everyone present was an acquaintance. He simply said hello, then he came to Yuan Shikai carelessly and said: "Dad, Brother Keli is here.
Already."
Yuan Su followed Yuan Keding, and while Yuan Keding was talking, he nodded to Zhang Yiqi and others one by one. However, the two officers in military uniforms were not familiar to him. After looking at it briefly, one of them was about three years old.
He is in his early ten years, with a slim and straight figure, but holds the rank of major general in the army. The other person is slightly younger, standing neatly behind the young major general, and the rank on his collar badge is the rank of major.
When Yuan Shikai raised his head from behind his desk and looked at Yuan Su, Yuan Su respectfully took a step forward and gave Yuan Shikai a grand salute as a junior meets an elder.
Yuan Shikai did not stand up, but stretched out his hand to persuade with a kind smile: "Keli, my family, there is no need to do this. Get up quickly. I have some important matters that need to be dealt with first, so let Keding entertain you first.
Walk around and I'll talk to you later."
Yuan Su bowed and responded: "I don't dare to disturb my uncle from doing serious business. I don't need to pay attention to my nephew. My brother treats me very considerately."
Yuan Shikai then gave Yuan Keding a few more instructions, saying that he should treat Yuan Su well and pay more attention to him. Then Yuan Keding took Yuan Su out of the study and turned to the residence, one after another.
I met with the eldest lady and several concubines, and it took more than half an hour to end this traditional and complicated ceremony.
After everything was settled, Yuan Keding and Yuan Su left Huairen Hall, took a carriage from the main entrance of the Presidential Palace, and headed all the way to Qingyun Tower. Qingyun Tower is the earliest high-end Shandong cuisine restaurant in Beijing, which was founded in Daoguang Yi, Qing Dynasty.
In 1820, it was located in Yandai Xiejie, just one step away from "Yindingguan Mountain", one of the eight scenic spots in Yanjing. It was once a place for poetry and wine in the past.
At that time, Prince Rui, Prince Gong, Prince Qing, Duke Dingguo, Duke Anguo, and Marquis Wuding were all frequent visitors here. The late famous Taiwanese writer Mr. Tang Lusun mentioned Shichahai Qingyun Tower many times in his writings. It was later closed because the boss chose another business.
After that, the backbone of the original Qingyun Building dispersed elsewhere, gradually forming the famous "Eight Buildings" in the capital, namely Dongxing Building (Cuihua Building), Taifeng Building, Zhimei Building, Hongxing Building, Zhengyang Building, and Qing Building.
Yun Tower, Xinfeng Tower and Chunhua Tower.
The Qingyun Building that Yuan Keding took Yuan Su to today is one of the eight buildings after reconstruction. The rebuilt Qingyun Building is located near Yinding Bridge in Xicheng District, Beijing. Yinding Bridge is located between Qianhai and Houhai in Shichahai, Xicheng District
On the waterway, it is a single-hole stone arch bridge running from north to south. It is called Yinding Bridge because it looks like a silver ingot. It is one of the scenery of Shichahai and one of the Eight Small Scenic Spots of Yanjing. In the past, standing on the Yinding Bridge, you could look at the Western Mountains in the distance, so the scenery was called "Yinding Bridge".
"Viewing the Mountain".
After some beating around the bush, Yuan Keding and Yuan Su arrived in front of Qingyun Tower.
At this time, the lobby on the first floor of the restaurant was very lively, with all kinds of guests gathering here, drinking and laughing.
The carriages of Chen Wenyun and Lu Jin were parked not far outside the door, and several followers were left outside to wait for Yuan Keding and Yuan Su. After seeing Yuan Keding and Yuan Su stepping out of the carriage, these followers hurriedly piled up
He came forward with a smile and greeted the two of them into the hall and directly to the second floor.
There are also several tables with guests in the lobby on the second floor, but Chen Wenyun and Lu Jin reserved the largest box on the second floor.
Walking into the private room, there was a small table for six people. The table was too small and the whole room seemed very empty. In addition to Chen Wenyun and Lu Jin, there were two other guests of some age in the room. These two guests
They were all dressed like literati, wearing traditional northern gowns, and looked very celestial.
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[Chen Wenyun (1880-?), named Yuchen, was born in Guangzhou, Henan. He was selected to go to Japan to study for a bachelor's degree from the newly established Army Camp School. In 1904, he graduated from the third batch of Chinese students of Japan's Army Non-commissioned Officer School. He served as the third town commander
Ranked as the 10th Biao Biao General. On June 19, 1911, he was appointed as the Commander (Brigade Commander) of the Sixth Association of the Third Town of the Army.
On October 7, 1912, he was appointed as the commander of the First Cavalry Brigade of the Republic of China, with jurisdiction over the Yuan Shangpin and Zheng Houyan regiments. On October 8, 1912, he was awarded the rank of Major General of the Army. In 1913, he participated in the Chahar Conquest of Mongolia. On September 11, 1913, he was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General of the Army.
.In March 1914, he led his troops to suppress the Bailang Uprising in Henan Province. On August 4, 1916, he was appointed as the envoy of the Imperial Guard and served as the Chief of Staff of Kulun. He was dismissed on March 31, 1917. In April 1917, he was appointed as the bei jing beijing general with the title of Army Lieutenant General.
The principal of the Second Lecture Martial Arts Hall.
When Zhang Xun was restored to power in 1917, he served as the commander of the middle route of the rebel army (Zhigui on the east route and Cao Kun on the west route). In 1918, he served as the head of the officer training group of the Chinese participating army. In January 1919, he was promoted to the commander of the third division of the participating army. 8
In that month, the division was renamed the Third Division of the Northwest Frontier Army. In 1925, Duan Qirui was appointed deputy supervisor of the Zhengfu Training Directorate. After liberation, he wrote "The Generals of the Anhui Clan I Know", "A Personal Experience of Machang's Pledge of Allegiance in the Restoration Campaign", etc.