On the afternoon of the second day after Pan Juying took some officers from the main town to leave Tangshan by train, a piece of mail sent from Tangshan was suddenly delivered to the compound of Luanzhou No. 79 Biaobiao Department.
Nowadays, the Biaobu compound seems to be quite empty. Most of the items that need to be packed and organized have been prepared. They are all piled up in the warehouse in Beiying District, waiting to be sent to the train station and loaded into the train tomorrow afternoon.
Because of the camp relocation, the soldiers of the Third Battalion stationed here in Biaobu have become more and more negative in the past few days. Now that they have decided to withdraw, what defense, what responsibilities, and what duties are all nonsense, these serious matters are still
We had to make other arrangements when we got back outside the customs. So when the postman delivered the letter, it took several hours before it was delivered to the staff office.
There was no addressee specified on the letter, only "Staff Office."
When it was sent to the west barracks, several officers didn't know who should take it apart, so they had to wait for Chen Wenian to come over before handing it over.
Chen Wennian opened the envelope and read the contents of the letter. His expression suddenly changed and he shouted quickly: "Go, go and find Staff Yuan, go, go, go!"
After a while, Yuan Su rushed over from the barracks at the back. Before he could enter, Chen Wennian rushed up to greet him. He thrust the letter in Yuan Su's hand and said, "Look first, this is Lord Pan's adjutant."
A private letter written by Yan Weishan."
When Yuan Su heard the name of the letter writer, he couldn't help but frown and asked: "A private letter written by Adjutant Yan? Didn't Adjutant Yan return to the customs with Master Pan the day before yesterday?"
Chen Wennian pointed to the cover of the envelope and said: "The date of signing of the letter was the day before yesterday, but the date of the post office level was yesterday. It was obviously Yan Weishan's deliberate arrangement."
Yuan Su had a bad premonition in his heart. He didn't say anything more and quickly read the contents of the letter.
The content of this letter is very simple. It is to inform the town that it has received "the report of Zhang Jiangong, the agent of the Seventy-Nine Bid."
We will deal with it separately after settling in. At the same time, we solemnly mentioned that the matter was reported to the Yamen of the Foreign Affairs Office in Tieshi Hutong, Beijing three days ago, and this letter is only a notification.
After reading the letter, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart. The last thing he wanted was for this matter to come to Yuan Shikai, but Pan Juying was so good that he stabbed him directly.
"Zi Jing, what should we do now? I really didn't expect Zhang Jiangong to be so despicable. He doesn't say anything on the surface but does bad things secretly. Humph, it's really hateful." Chen Wennian couldn't help but scolded.
Yuan Su now understands why Zhang Jiangong didn't object when they discussed the itinerary last time, but he doesn't understand what Zhang Jiangong's mentality is. Could it be that this guy really hopes that he and Chen Wennian will stay in the Biao Department and fight against him everywhere? Even though Zhang Jiangong has nothing to do with it.
Culture is not so stupid.
After calming down for a moment, his eyes fell on the letter in his hand again.
Why did Yan Jingfeng write this letter? And why did he delay sending it for several days?
In fact, as long as you think about it carefully, the matter is not that difficult to understand. Since I wrote this letter and specifically mentioned "notification only" at the end of the letter, it is obvious that the purpose is to let Yuan Su have an understanding so that he can first
Be prepared to respond in one step. The reason for delaying it for a few days is that there is no room for clearing up the matter. What should be reported must still be reported, and what should be handled must still be dealt with.
In short, Pan Juying neither wants to offend anyone, nor does he want to bear the responsibility of covering up and conniving!
It can be seen that even if the main town brought this matter to the forefront, Pan Juying's attitude was still clear. The most important issue at hand was Yuan Shikai. As long as this "uncle uncle" could be brought to justice,
"President" can deal with it, and everything that follows can be resolved smoothly.
"Now that Zhang Jiangong has broken his heart, we will continue to fight and have a showdown with Zhang Jiangong today. Let him get out of here tomorrow, otherwise we won't have to be polite to him anymore." Considering this, Yuan Su
Decisive decision was made.
"But the crux of the problem is not Zhang Jiangong. This guy is just a small role. How dare he lead troops to detain us? Now the main town has reported the matter to the capital. This matter is about to become a big issue. What if?
How should we respond when the higher authorities hold us accountable?" Chen Wennian asked seriously.
"Mr. Chen, don't worry too much. We had not expected that today's situation would happen. There are certainly ways to deal with it. I will go to Mr. Wang now and get the petition letter from the Luanzhou bureaucrats and gentry.
Come here and send it to the Governor's Mansion in Baoding as soon as possible. Even if this matter is reported directly to my uncle, my uncle will definitely order the Governor of Zhili to deal with it first. As long as we deal with the Governor's Mansion well, half of the matter will be solved."
Yuan Su said calmly.
"I hope so." Chen Wennian nodded heavily. From the current point of view, the arrow has to be fired, so he can only place his hope on Yuan Su.
"I'll go right away. When I get back, you and I will go find Zhang Jiangong. To be on the safe side, Mr. Chen immediately sent someone to the Supervisory Training Office and told Guo Boji and Ge Zhongwen to order a group of militiamen to the Biao Department immediately.
Waiting for orders nearby, it will be said to the outside world that it is special training." Yuan Su added.
Of course Chen Wennian knew that Yuan Su did not want to fight with Zhang Jiangong, but was just trying to create a certain amount of pressure. He immediately nodded and agreed to go to the southern suburbs in person.
After the explanation was completed, Yuan Su and Chen Wenian went their separate ways.
The day before yesterday, I ordered Wang Litong to do something, and today exactly two days have passed. Although the process of collecting petition letters was not very smooth, after a lot of hard work and lobbying, I still lived up to my trust. After all, the matter is very important, and Wang Litong has done everything possible.
Don't dare to neglect.
After Yuan Su came to Wang Litong's residence to meet, he casually checked the status of the petition letters. The number was not small, and there were roughly a hundred or so letters. Looking through the signatures, there were individual signatures and group signatures. Luanzhou
Officials of all sizes from the government and its subordinate county and town governments wrote letters; as for the gentry and celebrities, they were all just little-known figures, including a few members of the Consultative Bureau.
Anyway, these letters are going to be sent to Baoding. It is expected that the Governor of Zhili cannot know the details of everyone, so there is no big problem in creating a publicity and bluffing people.
Yuan Su did not stay at Wang Litong's house for long, but before leaving, he asked Wang Litong to send an official telegram to the provincial government in the name of the Chief of Civil Affairs of Luanzhou to inform him about the petition letter and say whatever he wanted.
Just a few words of support and expectation would be enough. Wang Liantong was looking for an opportunity to show his face to the provincial government, so that the provincial government would know that he was now the civil affairs chief of Luanzhou. This happened to be an opportunity, so he hurriedly took pictures
The chest pain came to an end.
When we returned to the Biaobu compound, Chen Wennian had not returned yet.
Yuan Su asked Du Yu to summon the servants and officers from the staff office to sort out the petition letters brought back.
After that, he packed and sealed these petition letters, and wrote a special letter of petition. He first briefly explained the current situation in Luanzhou, and then reiterated the previous serious banditry in Luanzhou.
At the end of the letter, he expressed in a relatively obscure way that he would follow public opinion and lead the soldiers who "volunteer to stay" to garrison Luanzhou together, which was regarded as a greeting to Zhang Zhenfang.
He called the communications corps of the Ministry of Biography and appointed an officer to take the train overnight to deliver the letter of petition and petition to the Governor's Mansion in Baoding. In addition to the letters, a telegram was naturally also sent. He wrote it himself again
After drafting the message, it was just a simple notification to let Baoding know the general idea, and at the same time be responsible for receiving the officers and soldiers who delivered the message.
Just after finishing all this, Chen Wenian and Guo Wenyuan strode into Xiying and met Yuan Su.
"Sir, the team has gathered in the small square outside the train station. Ge Zhongwen stayed outside to direct." Guo Wenyuan immediately explained the situation.
"Thank you for your hard work. It's getting late. I'm afraid the militia brothers will have to stay here for the night. Boji, please make arrangements in advance. Whether it's setting up a tent or staying overnight nearby, don't let the militia brothers go without."
Whereabouts." Yuan Su said.
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." Guo Wenyuan finished speaking neatly, turned around and strode out again.
"Master Chen, let's go find Zhang Jiangong now and explain clearly." Yuan Su said in a serious tone.
"Let's go." Chen Wennian has long wanted to break up with Zhang Jiangong and scold him. No matter what the outcome of this matter will be, he will risk it now.
Yuan Su took Yan Jingfeng's letter and left the staff office with Chen Wenian and went straight to the Biaobu barracks. It was already close to five o'clock in the afternoon. When they arrived at the barracks, they did not find Zhang Jiangong.
After asking, they found out that Zhang Jiangong had already returned to the dormitory to prepare for dinner. Immediately, the two of them left the barracks again and rushed to the Biaotong dormitory in the North Camp District.
However, just as we arrived at the intersection in Beiying District, seven or eight people walked quickly towards us. The leader was none other than Zhang Jiangong.