The next few days were all activities like an assembly line, and everything, no matter how big or small, had been arranged by the presidential palace. Yuan Su attended press conferences, medal ceremonies, and various VIP banquets one after another, with almost no extra rest time during this period.
.In any case, his reputation has increased this time, which has greatly promoted the changes in the people's view of Beiyang's government. The people's voices are no longer just pure dissatisfaction as before, but they still see some new things.
hope.
At the medal ceremony, Yuan Shikai personally presented Yuan Su with three medals of honor and officially promoted him to Army Lieutenant General. Not only that, the Presidential Office also canceled the title of Shanhaiguan Governor and added the Zhili Provincial Military Affairs Office, headed by Yuan Su.
Successor to this position. Although the outside world generally believed that the Commander-in-Chief of Shanhaiguan was at the same level as the Zhili Provincial Military Affairs Office, according to official documents, the Commander-in-Chief of Shanhaiguan was still a provincial-level local official.
Furthermore, except for the Military Affairs Council Office that filled the vacancy during the Qing Dynasty, Zhili Province has never set up this official position in the years from Guangxu to the Republic of China. The Military Affairs Council Office is the second-ranking military figure in the province.
As the warlord separatism becomes more and more serious, it is common for people to hold power alone. Not only Kinki Chihli Province, but also other provinces gradually have less arrangements for military affairs meetings.
Now the governor of Zhili Province is acting on behalf of Zhao Bingjun, and Zhao Bingjun is just a scholar. Since Cao Kun's troops were transferred to the south during the Second Revolution, the only military force in Zhili Province now is the central army under Yuan Su.
Yuan Shikai specially arranged for Yuan Su to take up the post of Military Affairs Office, which actually meant entrusting him with all the military affairs of Zhili Province. Not to mention that Zhao Bingjun did not work here all year round, even if he settled in Baoding and became the full-time governor, there was no trace of military affairs.
Basically, military affairs still have to rely on Yuan Su's council to manage them.
Although Yuan Su did not expect to be promoted to the post of governor of a province immediately, he was still sincerely excited about being transferred to the Military Affairs Office of Zhili Province. He was naturally concerned about the current situation in Zhili Province.
It is clear that being able to take up the post of the Military Affairs Council is like having single-handed control of the province's military power. To put it bluntly, Zhao Bingjun is just a symbol. It is even possible that Yuan Shikai introduced Zhao Bingjun as a front in order to cover up his nephew's lack of qualifications.
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It was not until June 2nd that the schedule gradually relaxed.
Yuan Su took the time to visit Yuan Shikai at the Presidential Palace as his nephew. As the saying goes, if you get good, you will be good. When he met Yuan Shikai, he immediately put on a show of reforming his past mistakes and expressed his gratitude to Yuan Shikai for his unusual promotion and cultivation. From now on, he will
He is bound to strictly abide by Fu's military orders. But having said that, he still added some experiences in Henan at the end, including the fact that many local military disciplines were corrupted and the operations were ineffective, which was really heartbreaking.
Yuan Shikai is a typical person who accepts softness rather than hardness. Whether it is in international diplomacy or domestic policy decisions, his performance in this regard is not lacking. Since Yuan Su can know who gave him favors, he can also know
The knot in his heart naturally loosened a little as to whose orders he would listen to in the future.
Yuan Shikai gave some words of comfort to Yuan Su and emphasized that if the Beiyang Army wanted to correct its discipline, it should speed up the construction of the Central Yang Army and use the Central Yang Army as a model to lead armies across the country to reform. The comfort returned to Anhui, to
In the end, he still raised some scheduling issues. The reason is that it is precisely because of the self-respect of soldiers everywhere that military discipline has fallen into absurdity. Therefore, the issue that should be most avoided and taboo at the moment is "making arbitrary decisions".
Although on the surface he was talking about the issue of warlord separatism in various places, Yuan Su still knew Yuan Shikai's intentions very well. Now that he was single-handedly promoted to the "sacred altar" by the Fu, he should naturally set an example of loyalty to the head of state. Not to mention his own status.
In the course of several years of official career development, there have been many cases of "making arbitrary decisions" and "destroying the overall situation". How could Yuan Shikai not be more careful about his thoughts?
I stayed in Beijing until mid-June, and together with Jiang Baili, I bought a property in Dongjiaomin Lane.
The property was not listed in the name of Yuan Su or Jiang Baili. Instead, Hu Longxiang, the dean of academic affairs of Army University, was invited to come forward and he signed the property deed.
The purpose of this property is naturally for the establishment of the Beiyang Young Officers Club. However, during the period when he returned to Bei Jing, Yuan Su thought about it again and believed that even if the club is to be established, there should be a process first. Especially in
After talking to his uncle Yuan Shikai, I already understood that Yuan Shikai was always wary of him, and I increasingly felt that I should not be too public at this time.
He temporarily hopes to build this club into a "Army University" and "Baoding Army Officer School" fraternity club. On the surface, he will use these two military schools as a cover, just like a class reunion initiated by Yuan Su and Jiang Baili.
A class reunion is always better than blatant cliques. Moreover, factions in military schools within Beiyang have been around for a long time and have long been an unwritten practice.
Jiang Baili was reluctant at first. After all, he had said well before that he should take advantage of the recent limelight to make the name of the Young People's Faction known. However, Yuan Su explained again and again that he was not saying that he could not do it.
I feel that the young group is originally aimed at some military academy cadets. On the one hand, they have received a certain cultural education foundation, and on the other hand, they have more professional military knowledge. If the so-called "enlightened" people are in this group
If you can’t find it anywhere, where else can you find it?
Not only that, now is the critical moment for him to regain Yuan Shikai's trust. As long as he can completely win Yuan Shikai's trust, and then use his brand as a young man in a big way, he will definitely get more support and save more unnecessary troubles.
In the end, Jiang Baili could only follow Yuan Su's arrangement, but after some further consultations, the two decided to type out the name "Young Officers Club" first.
Anyway, cadet officers are also young officers. The two former names of Army University and Baoding Army Officer School are too long, so I simply use the ambiguous word "youth" to refer to them. It is only in some articles, regulations and systems of the club that cadets are used.
The officers came to cover, and on the surface it was just a military academy reunion.
Choosing a good day, the "Beiyang Young Officers Club" officially opened. Yuan Su held a small ceremony and invited a few guests to the scene. Although the number of guests was not large, they all represented the Beiyang government.
Important central positions include Chang Yinchang, the Attendant of the Presidential Palace, Yuan Keding, the eldest son, Xu Shuzheng, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of War, Qu Tongfeng, and Dai Xiangzhi of the General Staff Headquarters. These are just the guests who were invited to join in the celebration, and there are also several veterans of the Beiyang government.
The uninvited guests also added a bit of momentum to the ceremony, such as Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Transportation Liang Shiyi, Director of the Army and Navy Marshal's Office Wang Shizhen and others.
These uninvited guests were not too embarrassed, and Yuan Su had guessed some of their meanings. It was obvious that Liang Shiyi, Wang Shizhen and others were entrusted by Yuan Shikai to come uninvited, ostensibly to support the occasion.
Momentum, in fact, it is very likely that he came to find out the inside story of this club.
The ceremony was simple but not grand, and it ended in less than half an hour.
Of course, Yuan Su gave a speech at the ceremony. He clearly and briefly explained his purpose of opening this club and the purpose of this club. Although he did not throw out all the ideas of the "Young Strong School" to the point, he still
The description is more or less obscure.
He said that the "Beiyang Young Officers Club" aims to unite the younger generation of military personnel in Beiyang and ensure that the blood of Beiyang can be continued purely. He also hopes that the club can be used to refine a clearer "Beiyang military soul." Members accepted by the club
There are not many requirements. The only hard requirement is that they must be officers who have officially graduated from a military school registered with the Army Department or the General Staff Headquarters. The club will hold regular gatherings to guide, promote and condense the spirit of "unity, loyalty, and service to the country" among these young officers.
Thoughts of God.
He also particularly emphasized that the Beiyang Young Officers Club will promote "non-partyism". The duty of soldiers is not to participate in politics, but to protect their families and the country. Partisanship will only divide the army and alienate soldiers, so they should be classified as members of the army.
taboo.
That night, Yuan Shikai received a report from below. The report also included a model magazine of the "Shuntian Times" that was expected to be published tomorrow morning. The second page of the model magazine was about the "Beiyang Young Officers Club"
News. Whether it is a report or a draft news item in a newspaper, there are basically not many differences in the situation described.
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