Chapter 3 Acting Battalion Commander

Amid the long whistle, a train rumbled into Beijing with long smoke. This was the first time Chang Ruiqing, who was a man in two lives, came to the capital of this great motherland. Looking out through the car window, the Beijing city of this era gave people a gloomy feeling. At first glance, there were all kinds of shameful roofs. Looking forward, it was the tall and gray Qianmen Tower. The train turned a corner at the foot of the Qianmen and drove straight into the Qianmen Railway Station, located diagonally opposite the Forbidden City of the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City, Zhongnanhai, Qianmen, old railway station, uh, it's still quite new now... Everything here seems familiar to Chang Ruiqing's memories of his previous life, but it's completely unfamiliar. There is no monument to the People's Heroes, no Mao Taizu Memorial Hall, and the Great Hall of the People, even the ** City Tower looks much shorter, and even the ** Square does not seem to exist. Instead, there are several more city gates, such as the Zhonghua Gate, the Chang'an left gate, the Chang'an right gate, and a lot of mixed buildings. However, what makes Chang Ruiqing most uncomfortable is Beijing's security measures.

Chang Ruiqing took a dozen Baoding classmates in military uniforms and carrying large and small bags, got off the train, walked out of the station, and wandered around Emperor Puyi's ** and President Li Bodhisattva, Zhongnanhai, where he did not encounter a security check, nor did he see the Republic of China police who were facing a great enemy. It seems that the financial situation of the Beiyang government under the oppression of imperialism is really not optimistic. It is fine if he can't afford much army, but he can't even get the most important funds for maintaining stability. No wonder he was overthrown by the Kuomintang reactionaries in the end.

After a quick tour, Chang Ruiqing and his group found a small hotel near Dazhalan outside Qianmen to settle down. Although they had been enlisting in the army for more than ten years, they had been receiving military education and did not receive military pay. They only had 80 cents a month. Fortunately, when they left the military academy and came to Beijing to report, they received a 10-yuan trip fee for each person, but the money could not last long in Beijing. So the most urgent thing at the moment is to settle the errands as soon as possible. In addition, there are still many classmates in the military academy who are preparing to join Chang Ruiqing, waiting for him to arrange errands!

So after settling down, Chang Ruiqing washed himself up and down, put on his straight military uniform, took his disciple post, and called a carriage to go to the Army Department of Tieshizi Hutong to pay homage to the Xu Shuzheng, Chief Xu Da.

In history, Duan Qirui's number one confidant was naturally not highly praised. Who told him to die at the hands of the patriotic general Feng Yuxiang? Being killed by the patriotic General Feng Feng naturally should be unpatriotic. As for his achievements in leading troops to recover Outer Mongolia, he often avoided talking about it in the official history of later generations, and at most it was just a matter of overturning. After all, the great mentor Lenin who split Outer Mongolia from China was the great mentor, and Lenin would definitely not be wrong...

However, Chang Ruiqing, who has some research on the history of the Republic of China, thinks that Xu Shuzheng is the only big tree he can climb in the Beiyang system. In his opinion, Duan Qirui, who is not high and above, is Wu Peifu, who is under Cao Kun's sect, Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zuolin, the commander of the 16th Mixed Brigade of the Beiyang, and Xu Shuzheng, the deputy commander of the Army, can be regarded as the number one figure. As for the others, they are almost all corrupt warlords who are just like a fake one. Now, even if Chang Ruiqing wants to surrender, he probably can't even get in the door of others (can't afford to give him a door)!

Among these four, Zhang Zuolin's new figures have not yet risen. They are all military strategists who change careers in the country. They are not as good as men. Feng Yuxiang does not need serious military academy students at all, and they will not accept them even if they seek refuge. As for Wu Peifu, it is worthy of seeking refuge. It is estimated that Wu Yushuai will also like him, but when he is placed in the Third Division of the Beiyang Iron Army, it will be difficult to make a fuss alone!

Therefore, Xu Shuzheng, who was regarded as arrogant and self-righteous by the unofficial history of the Republic of China, became Chang Ruiqing's only choice in the Beiyang system. According to various memoirs published in later generations or records of oral history, Xu Shuzheng is a very disgusting character in the Beiyang system and even the Anhui system. Only Duan Qirui trusts him so much! The reason why Xu Shuzheng is annoying is that in Chang Ruiqing's view is nothing more than "extremely serious and serious", which is not much like the Beiyang warlord. Perhaps Duan Qirui is attracted to these two points and is so reused to him?

However, it is easy to deal with such people. The way of treating guests and giving gifts and flattering is useless at all. It is the most important thing to do things seriously and show your outstanding talents! These two points are the only things Chang Ruiqing can do now.

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"Report!"

Chang Ruiqing strode into Xu Shuzheng's office, stood at attention, and gave a standard military salute: "Student Chang Ruiqing, have seen Zheng Gong."

The process of meeting Xu Shuzheng today was much smoother than expected. After entering the number room, the disciple posted a small red envelope of a few dollars (that is a must). Not much time, a Beiyang officer, who looked like an adjutant, came to pass him in with his face, and then led him to turn around in the army department office transformed from the former Qing palace, and then arrived at the door of an office with the sub-master's sign. The officer went in and informed him again, and after he came out, he asked Chang Ruiqing to go in directly.

"Yaoru, sit down." The furnishings in the office were also very simple, with almost no decorations, only a mahogany desk and a few chairs. Xu Shuzheng, deputy director of the Army, sat behind the desk and was reviewing official documents. When he heard Chang Ruiqing's report, he did not look up. Instead, he wrote about official documents and said lightly: "When did you arrive in Beijing?"

"I arrived in the morning." Chang Ruiqing didn't act artificially. He pulled a chair casually, sat down straight and answered truthfully.

"You are the first in Baoding Military Academy, but that's not the same as actually leading a soldier." Xu Shuzheng paused and said lightly: "Do you have any ideas about leading a soldier?"

"Students think that the key to leading a good soldier is to share the joys and sorrows and be serious." Chang Ruiqing replied without hesitation.

"Serious and serious?" Xu Shuzheng nodded slightly and sighed: "There are many people who can speak out the joys and sorrows of the same people, but there are not many who can know that serious and seriousness. We are too unserious in doing things in Beiyang."

He smiled faintly, took out a letter of appointment from a stack of documents on his desk and handed it to Chang Ruiqing: "Yaoru, remember what you said today, I will arrange for you to be the acting battalion commander of the Model Battalion of the 13th Division. The 13th Division was expanded from the original Guard Army. There were a little more recruits, so he arranged it together to establish this Model Battalion. Give you three months to help me train a battalion elite soldiers! If you can't do it, you can just roll the bed and get out of here! Do you understand? And your classmates, let them all report to the 13th Division and arrange it in the Model Battalion first."

"Student understand!" Chang Ruiqing stood at attention again, took his appointment with both hands, and saluted Xu Shuzheng. It was a bit beyond Chang Ruiqing's expectations that he had a battalion commander so quickly, although he was just a "model battalion" battalion commander who specialized in training troops.

Chang Ruiqing was about to say a few more stingy words to repay his teacher's kindness, but Xu Shuzheng nodded slightly, and then waved his hand to let him leave. The whole process only took a few minutes. Such high efficiency in official business is probably unique in Beiyang, a yamen that almost inherited the bureaucratic style of the Qing Dynasty.

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